A company that owns 8 acres of old Marvine colliery land seeks from the state the release of $41,379 in reclamation bonds, ...

Deep in the hills of West Virginia, coal mining and the dangers that come with it have been a part of families’ lives for generations.

Jan. 5, 2006— -- Out of one of the toughest and most dangerous jobs in the world have come generations of powerful stories, almost all hinging on life and death and the suspense of waiting. "You ...

For the past 250 years, people have mined coal industrially in Pennsylvania, U.S.. By 1830, the city of Pittsburgh was using more than 400 tons of the fossil fuel every day. Burning all that coal has ...

After decades of mining coal deep below the mountains of West Virginia, David Bounds now struggles to carry a gallon of milk to the breakfast table without gasping for breath. The black lung disease ...