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  2. Surface mining reclamation in West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The law establishes minimum requirements uniform for all surface coal mining on Federal and State lands, including exploration activities and the surface effects of underground mining. Mine operators are required to minimize disturbances and the adverse impact on fish, wildlife and related environmental elements and maintain the integrity of ...

  3. Category:Mining in West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Category: Mining in West Virginia. 3 languages. ... Coal mining disasters in West Virginia (12 P) L. Logan Coalfield (8 P) M. Mining communities in West Virginia (1 C ...

  4. List of coal mines in the United States - Wikipedia

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    West Virginia 7,131,341 Tunnel Ridge Mine: Tunnel Ridge Underground West Virginia 6,988,112 Cumberland Mine: Foundation Coal [6] Underground Pennsylvania 6,769,916 Mach 1 Mine: Mach Mining Underground Illinois 6,335,835 Marion County Mine: CONSOL Energy [9] Underground West Virginia 6,114,799

  5. New River Coalfield - Wikipedia

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    The New River Coalfield is located in northeastern Raleigh County and southern Fayette County, West Virginia. Commercial mining of coal began in the 1870s and thrived into the 20th century. The coal in this field is a low volatile coal, known as "smokeless" coals. [1] The seams of coal that have been mined include Sewell, Fire Creek, and Beckley.

  6. Cucumber, West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    West Virginia, including McDowell County, is one of the largest coal mining areas in the United States, and coal mining has long served as the main source of income for the local population. Between 2005 and 2008, the Brooks Run Mining Company, which operates in the Cucumber area, extracted more than 2 million tons of coal, emphasizing the ...

  7. West Virginia coal wars - Wikipedia

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    West Virginia produced 489,000 tons of coal in 1869, 4,882,000 tons of coal in 1889, and 89,384,000 tons of coal in 1917. [3] The quick expansion of mining in West Virginia prompted many mining companies to construct company towns, in which mining companies own many, if not all housing, amenities, and public services. Miners were often paid in ...

  8. ‘West Virginia Boys’ move a literal mountain to build a road ...

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    Coal miners from West Virginia – whom locals have lovingly dubbed the “West Virginia Boys” – moved a mountain in just three days to reopen a 2.7-mile stretch of Highway 64 between Bat Cave ...

  9. Pocahontas Fuel Company - Wikipedia

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    Pocahontas Coalfield is a large high quality coal deposit in Mercer County/McDowell County, West Virginia and Tazewell County, Virginia. [4] The deposit mining started in 1883 in Pocahontas, Virginia [5] at Pocahontas Mine No. 1, now on the National Register of Historic Places.

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