Disaster at the Monongah coal mine in West Virginia in 1907 when an explosion killed more than 360 workers. ... The history of West Virginia is intrinsically linked with the history of coal.

But few of the teens, vandals, and ghost hunters who frequented the abandoned mansion knew that it had been the center of a unique and radical experiment in Appalachian history: a cooperatively owned ...

LACKAWANNA COUNTY, Pa. — A new way of seeing the history of anthracite coal mining brought Pam Hummell of the Grove City Historical Society to the Lackawanna County Coal Mine Tour in Scranton.

State-owned Morupule Coal Mine (MCM) will boost annual output by 35% to 3.8 million tonnes a year in 2021 after completion of a new open-cast mine under construction in the central region of ...

1976: Scotia Mine explosions kill 26 in Letcher County . A series of blasts in 1976 at the Scotia Mine in Eastern Kentucky is considered to be among the worst mine disasters in U.S. history.

The Number Nine Coal Mine & Museum in Lansford is now part of a mystery thriller plot. Director Mark Savage says the area's anthracite coal history is a main feature in this movie.