December 6, 1907 - Worst coal mine disaster in US history: 362 miners are killed in an explosion at the Monongah Nos. 6 and 8 coal mines in Monongah, West Virginia. December 19, 1907 - An explosion ...
Coal mining was a short but significant part of ... “You look at it, and currently it’s basically like an ecological disaster right now,” said Todd Gosselink, a wildlife biologist with ...
December 6, 1907 – Worst coal mine disaster in US history ... kills 119 miners. November 20, 1968 – 78 miners are killed by an explosion at Consol No. 9 mine in Farmington, West Virginia.