Mine Disasters

Coal mining disasters

Final Thoughts

Dying under those grim circumstances, some have written tender, assuring words to their mothers, vowing to see them again in Heaven. Some have scribbled terse notes declaring how and where they should be buried. Others have penned short but intense love letters to their wives.

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Coal Miners entering the mine photo.

Montcoal, WV Mine Disaster – April 5, 2010

On April 5, 2010 29 coal miners lost their lives at the Upper Big Branch Mine at Montcoal in Raleigh County, West Virginia. Below are two heartbreaking videos about the men that lost their lives in this tragic mine disaster. Slideshow memorial to 29 miners killed at Montcoal. A Tribute To the Miners and Their

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