“Matches, cigarettes, cigars, lights, anything?” John Prudent asked me. John Prudent, 30, was a coal miner. He had a college degree, but he found out that he could earn 2 1/2 times in a coal ...

At Donald Trump’s rally in West Virginia, the presumptive Republican nominee received a gift from a coal mining association ... who handed Trump the hat to loud cheers and applause.

A whimsical name that's a mystery to most of us, it's "one of the earliest forms of light for coal ... miner's pick is a candle in a forged holder with a hook to hang on the front of the hat ...

Christopher Williamson, Mine Safety and Health Association: This is my great-grandfather's hard hat that he wore when he was a coal miners. I have seen more miners packing around oxygen tanks than ...