He was 86. In 2010, an explosion in a coal mine near Montcoal, in West Virginia's Raleigh County, killed 29 workers. In 2016, San Francisco became the first U.S. city to mandate six weeks of fully ...

FARMINGTON, WV (WVNS) — Coal mining is deeply ingrained with West Virginia history ... 21 miners managed to get out of the mine, 78 were killed in the accident. Fires delayed rescue attempts ...

Yet major disasters in West Virginia coal mines have often been ... The Upper Big Branch explosion that killed 29 miners in 2010, occurred at a mine owned by Massey Energy. An independent ...

killing 29 of Stewart's co-workers. Stewart was there that day but soon stepped away for good, focusing on his love for hunting, fishing and tending to his chickens and his garden when the weather ...

Retired coal miner Stanley “Goose” Stewart ... after the Upper Big Branch mine in southern West Virginia blew up 15 years ago Saturday, killing 29 of Stewart's co-workers.

The memorial honors 29 miners killed in a 2010 explosion at the nearby ... before and after the Upper Big Branch mine in southern West Virginia blew up 15 years ago Saturday, killing 29 of ...