(CNN) — Here’s a look at mine disasters, accidents and deaths in the United States. This is a list of notable mine disasters and is not all-inclusive. December 6, 1907 – Worst coal mine disaster in US ...
ROCKY TOP, Tenn. (WATE) — A rich history of a bygone era in Anderson County is on display in the town of Rocky Top, originally known as Coal Creek. A unique museum shows what life was like when coal ...
Don Blankenship, former CEO of Massey Energy, indicted on conspiracy, fraud. — -- Coal king Don Blankenship, the once larger-than-life figure in Appalachia whose strong-fisted leadership of a ...
On average, 50 to 60 miners die in America while they are on the job. April 6, 2010— -- On average, 50 to 60 coal miners die in this country every year while they work. It is such a dangerous job ...
Undermined: Fourteenth in a series about the impacts of longwall mining in Alabama. OAK GROVE, Ala.—For the first time, an Alabama official has said that a fatal March 2024 home explosion above an ...