Fifty-six years ago, Wednesday, massive explosions and fires engulfed Consolidation Coal Company’s Farmington #9 mine in Marion County. The West Virginia Encyclopedia described the scene this way: “A ...
A coal company once headed by the governor of West Virginia has failed to fully reclaim a surface mine visible from the highest peak in Kentucky, leaving a large scar in view of a planned tourist ...
Visiting the mine is a trip to the past, a trip to a different day when dangerous work by brave workers moved the wheels of progress.
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