BECKLEY, W.Va., May 13 (Reuters) - Rescue workers on Tuesday clawed through the wreckage of a collapsed Patriot Coal Corp mine in Wharton, West Virginia, where two miners were killed, officials said.

Two West Virginia miners were killed Monday night in a coal roof and wall collapse at a mine owned by Patriot Coal. The mine was cited for a pattern of safety violations and unreported injuries ...

A 73-year-old recycling worker died Wednesday in a mine silo collapse in West Virginia, according to the Danville Volunteer Fire Department. Hobet Mine near Mud, W.Va., According to Daniella ...

The coal mining industry in West Virginia continues to this day ... coal they can from these pillars before allowing them to collapse, which brings the roof down gradually, effectively closing ...

West Virginia’s fund to clean up abandoned ... In 2022, three sections of hillside at the Twilight mine collapsed, sending mud and debris into a small stream. Regulators ordered the creek ...

May marks the anniversary of two of the most defining, but often overlooked, battles in American labor history: the Matewan ...

In bygone days, the mine was among West Virginia’s most productive ... financial footing and wasn’t to blame for the later collapse.) It was during Patriot’s second trip through bankruptcy ...

She was first transported to Grafton City Hospital before being transferred to the West ... mining technique used there, which shears large sections of coal and allows the overhead rock to ...