But an hour and 37 minutes after their shift began, all but three of the miners were dead or dying in the worst coal mine disaster in Montana history. They were survived by 58 widows and 125 children.

The site of Australia's worst mining disaster, where 96 men and boys lost their lives in an underground gas explosion in New ...

HOLMES MILL, Ky. — An explosion in an eastern Kentucky coal mine killed five miners Saturday, Gov. Ernie Fletcher said. A sixth miner was able to walk away from the blast and out of the mine on ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — Knife River Corp. is selling its coal mines to a Colorado company, divesting itself of a business the company has been in for more than 80 years. Westmoreland Coal Co. is ...

The Midlothian Ruritan Club will be cleaning up the Midlothian Coal Mines. Members adopted the area as a project to keep the access trails and the mine site clear of trash and to trim back weeds ...