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In this 1968 mine disaster, six miners survived for 10 days despite being trapped deep in the mine.
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Before the Civil War, what was the main method of transporting large amounts of coal?
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Which West Virginia congressman led the effort to create the National Coal Heritage Area?
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What international financier forced the N&W Railway to give him 50,000 acres of prime coal land in McDowell County?
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Most West Virginia coal is of what type?
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Since record keeping began, about how many West Virginians have died in mine disasters?
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In what year did coal mining employment peak in West Virginia?
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Who shipped the first commercial coal from the New River area in 1873?
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In which one of these places did a deadly coal strike occur in the 1950s?
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In 1902, when Miners Hospital No. 1 opened in Welch, who was its president?
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