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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 ...
The explosion of the Consol No. 9 mine near Farmington, West Virginia happened on November 20, 1968. This disaster took the lives of 78 men who were never recovered from the mine. The factors contributed to this disaster were stated as, "They did not want to comply with the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act...
Consol also invested $200 million in a water treatment facility and paid a $5.5 million federal penalty to the U.S. Department of Justice and half to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection in 2011. [35] The company maintains that it was never found liable for the fish kill. [36]
Citing its plans to realign its business with an emphasis on gas production, CONSOL Energy announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its five West Virginia coal mines for ...
Farmington is a town in Marion County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 389 at the 2020 census. [3] The small town is situated on Buffalo Creek and the Allegheny Mountains about 6 miles west of Fairmont, Marion County's county seat. [6] It is best known for being the site of the 1968 Farmington Mine disaster.
[9] In 2017, the company completed the corporate spin-off of Consol Energy and changed its name to CNX Resources Corporation. [ 10 ] Nicholas (Nick) J. Deiuliis, who was the President and CEO of Consol, continued in those same roles at CNX.
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The CONSOL Energy Mine Map Preservation Project is a project to preserve and digitize maps of underground coal mines in Southwestern Pennsylvania.. The project is a joint venture between the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, the United States Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining, the University of Pittsburgh University Library System, and CONSOL Energy.