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2. West Virginia coal wars - Wikipedia

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   The West Virginia coal wars (1912–1921), also known as the mine wars, arose out of a dispute between coal companies and miners. The West Virginia mine wars era began with the Cabin Creek and Paint Creek strike of 1912–1913. [ 1] With help from Mary "Mother Jones" Harris Jones, an important figure in unionizing the mine workers, the miners ...

3. Coal mining in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Coal mining is an industry in transition in the United States. Production in 2019 was down 40% from the peak production of 1,171.8 million short tons (1,063 million metric tons) in 2008. Employment of 43,000 coal miners is down from a peak of 883,000 in 1923. [ 1] Generation of electricity is the largest user of coal, being used to produce 50% ...

4. List of coal mines in the United States - Wikipedia

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   West Virginia 7,131,341 Tunnel Ridge Mine: Tunnel Ridge Underground West Virginia 6,988,112 Cumberland Mine: Foundation Coal [6] Underground Pennsylvania 6,769,916 Mach 1 Mine: Mach Mining Underground Illinois 6,335,835 Marion County Mine: CONSOL Energy [9] Underground West Virginia 6,114,799

5. A history of Black coal miners in W.Va. is worth ... - AOL

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   Jun. 22—In West Virginia, where the Appalachian storytelling tradition still hangs in the hollows and along the ridgetops like a whisper of morning fog, it's not just the tale. It's the person ...

6. United Mine Workers of America - Wikipedia

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   The United Mine Workers of America ( UMW or UMWA) is a North American labor union best known for representing coal miners. Today, the Union also represents health care workers, truck drivers, manufacturing workers and public employees in the United States and Canada. [ 1] Although its main focus has always been on workers and their rights, the ...

7. EDITORIAL: The real cost of coal for West Virginia - AOL

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   According to a WVU study, in 2019, coal mining and coal-fired power plants directly employed 15, 400 people (roughly 13, 000 in mining and 2, 000 in plants) and indirectly supported the employment ...

8. Battle of Blair Mountain - Wikipedia

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   The Battle of Blair Mountain was the largest labor uprising in United States history and is the largest armed uprising since the American Civil War. [ 5][ 6] The conflict occurred in Logan County, West Virginia, as part of the Coal Wars, a series of early-20th-century labor disputes in Appalachia .

9. History of coal mining in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The history of coal mining in the United States starts with the first commercial use in 1701, within the Manakin-Sabot area of Richmond, Virginia. [ 1] Coal was the dominant power source in the late 1800s and early 1900s, and although in rapid decline it remains a significant source of energy in 2024.