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In the 1850s, oil from this type of coal became a popular fuel for lamps
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The cannel coal industry was directly responsible for this river improvement.
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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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What kind of ovens were used to transform coal into coke?
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What 2006 mine disaster in Upshur County killed 12 men, while one miraculously survived?
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What method of mining strips away earth, rock, and vegetation (known as overburden) to expose the coal deposit?
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Which candidate for governor first campaigned largely on an anti-strip mining platform?
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What prompted the U.S. government to negotiate the 1946 Miners Health Plan?
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What percentage of people living in the Buffalo Creek hollow were left homeless by the 1972 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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