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What Mingo County native succeeded Arnold Miller as national president of the United Mine Workers of America?
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Which one of the following is NOT generally considered part of the West Virginia Mine Wars?
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3
What's the largest West Virginia city built by the U.S. Coal & Coke Company?
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By 1954, more than 70 percent of all coal mined mechanically in the nation used this piece of equipment.
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Which candidate for governor first campaigned largely on an anti-strip mining platform?
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6
What international financier forced the N&W Railway to give him 50,000 acres of prime coal land in McDowell County?
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Which of these coal disasters was NOT related to an underground mine explosion?
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Boys who opened and closed ventilation doors in mines were known as what?
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Who did Pittston Coal blame for the Buffalo Creek Flood?
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In 1931, which former Mine Wars leader founded a rival union to the United Mine Workers of America?
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