e-WV, the West Virginia Encyclopedia online, is the premier reference work on the Mountain State’s people, places, history, science, and culture. Check back often as it is updated regularly.
Since 1883, when fatality records began to be kept, more than 21,000 miners have lost their lives in West Virginia coal mines. Most of these deaths were single fatalities, many of which were not investigated in the early years. In 1883, when 20 mi...
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