Wikimedia Commons/Kinograms The Battle of Blair Mountain Most Americans have never heard of Blair Mountain, but in 1921 it ...

It was 1972. Leonard Nelson, president of the West Virginia Institute of Technology, decided to reorganize the college. He ...

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The new Brook Mine, though relatively small, offers a glimmer of optimism for Wyoming's coal industry as potentially the state's first new coal mine in 50 years.

The developer of what would be the first new coal mine in Wyoming in decades plans to process the fossil fuel to extract hard-to-get metals that are crucial for tech products and military hardware ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The developer of what would be the first new coal mine in Wyoming in decades is launching a potentially half-billion-dollar effort to extract rare earth metals from the fossil ...

A retired North Dakota coal mine is set to become the new home of a nickel processing plant.

One of the most coveted pieces of Mine Wars history has found a new home and new life at the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum ...

Coal industry officials said more than a thousand miners’ jobs are at risk this summer as demand for West Virginia’s steel-making coal tanks overseas. (WCHS) ...