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The Farmington Mine disaster was an explosion that happened at approximately 5:30 a.m. on November 20, 1968, at the Consol No. 9 coal mine north of Farmington and Mannington, West Virginia, United States. The explosion was large enough to be felt in Fairmont, almost 12 miles (19 km) away. [citation needed] At the time, 99 miners were inside ...
Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. MD-87, "Consolidation Coal Company Mine No. 11, East side of State Route 936, Midlothian, Allegany County, MD", 4 photos, 18 data pages, 2 photo caption pages HAER No. MD-87-A, "Consolidation Coal Company Mine No. 11, Lepley Ventilator", 4 photos, 11 data pages, 2 photo caption pages
Sep. 5—LANSFORD — When Steve Mau was growing up, he tagged along with his grandfather, a hard coal miner, as he made the rounds to local taverns. It was there, listening to miners talk of ...
The deposit mining started in 1883 in Pocahontas, Virginia [5] at Pocahontas Mine No. 1, now on the National Register of Historic Places. The coal seams—Pocahontas No. 3, No. 4, No. 6, and No. 11—are some of the finest coal in the world, and are rated at 15,000 Btu/lb (35 MJ/kg). [6]
1917: No. 7 mine explosion in Webster County kills 62 men On the morning of Aug. 4, 1917, a methane gas explosion at the Western Kentucky Coal Company’s No. 7 mine in Webster County killed 62 of ...
The Central Ohio Coal Company, once a subsidiary of American Electric Power, is now a subsidiary of CONSOL Energy. [1] At one time, they owned and operated Big Muskie in the Cumberland, Ohio area. [2] They were responsible for fueling the AEP Muskingum River Power Plant at Relief, Ohio. [3]
After evacuating its Blacksville No. 2 mine near Wayne Township in Greene County, Pa., on March 12 following a report of smoke in the Orndoff shaft, Consol Energy announced yesterday that its plan ...
Incorporated in 1912, the town was named for a director of Consolidation Coal Company (Consol), Van Lear Black. It owes its existence to the viable efforts of John Caldwell Calhoun Mayo. Mayo bought coal rights to land along Miller's Creek in Johnson County, which he later sold to Northern Coal and Coke, which in turn was later acquired by Consol.