Tag Archive: West Virginia
Photo Feature: An Active Surface Mine in West Virginia

Have you got your annual MSHA training? What about OSHA refresher? Now a days you also need to be a “Safety Sensitive Personnel” to visit most mines in West Virginia. The Picture below shows an active surface coal mine with…
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Photo Feature: Wooden Coal Box

For last years, I have come across wooden coal boxes more often than any other type of equipment to store coal once it is recovered from the core barrel. Most of the drillers make the box by themselves. It usually…
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Photo Feature – Sandstone Overburden and Coal
Appalachian Coal at New River Gorge Museum

Coals from the New River Coalfield brought the Industrial Revolution in the United States. Remnants of the once thriving coal industry exist as historic sites in many parts of the West Virginia. In fact, you can drive along the Coal…
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