GHENT, WV (WVNS) — West Virginia’s coal mining industry has faced some monumental mining disasters, with some of the worst occurring during the 1900’s. According to West Virginia Archives and History, West Virginia’s coal mining industry has suffered approximately 115 coal mining disasters in the history of the Mountain State. Some of the worst tragedies […]
Disaster at the Monongah coal mine in West Virginia in 1907 when an explosion killed more than 360 workers. Meaningful safety regulations were still decades away.