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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...
Itmann Company Store along West Virginia Route 16. In 1916, the Pocahontas Fuel Company constructed 120 dwellings near the mouth of Barkers Creek.The Itmann mine was opened in 1918 by the Pocahontas Fuel Co. (now CONSOL) It was named after the president of the company, Isaac T. Mann, or I. T. Mann which was eventually shortened down to Itmann.
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 ...
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 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]
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 ...
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