The in-depth story of the 1966 Aberfan Mine Disaster. Early on October 21, 1966, 140,000 cubic yards of coal waste from the nearby mine slid from the hill above the Aberfan and buried all the ...

Coal mines were dangerous for all workers. Collapsing mines, suffocation, gas poisoning, explosions, and heavy machinery accidents were daily dangers. Before electricity, men often worked standing ...

Thank a coal miner on National Miners Day as we remember those lost in West Virginia’s Monongah mining disaster. For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WVNS.

Reclamation of these abandoned areas began in Iowa in 1983 following the federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act ...

Image caption, Hundreds of people worked at the mine run by the National Coal Board The colliery opened ... On the day of the disaster, Brian was with 10 other men, aged between 23 and 45, who ...

Video footage showed miners emerging blackened ... Turkey witnessed its deadliest coal mining disaster in 2014, when 301 people died after a blast in the western town of Soma.

An explosion in a coal mine in eastern Iran killed at least 34 workers and injured 17 others, officials said Sunday, marking one of the worst mining disasters in the country's history as others ...

The Box Flat Coal Mine memorial service for the 17 miners killed at Box Flat Colliery Ipswich disaster. A man crushed to death in the Collinsville coal mine cave-in of August 1988 was the father ...

Coal mining was a short but significant part of ... “You look at it, and currently it’s basically like an ecological disaster right now,” said Todd Gosselink, a wildlife biologist with ...

According to a recent release, this funding will support essential training and re-training initiatives targeting miners in ...

Coal mining ... ecological disaster right now,” said Todd Gosselink, a wildlife biologist with Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Gosselink helps manage the Pella Wildlife Area, which the DNR has ...

TEHRAN, Iran — An explosion in a coal mine in eastern Iran killed at least 34 workers and injured 17 others, officials said Sunday, marking one of the worst mining disasters in the country’s ...