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Prior to the 1930s, what percentage of miners in southern West Virginia lived in towns owned by coal companies?
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Which mine disaster led to passage of the federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act?
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The first coal in the New River Coalfield was shipped from this town.
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What was the main cause of unemployment in coal mines in the 1950s?
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What kind of ovens were used to transform coal into coke?
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Which West Virginia mine disaster prompted passage of the federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act?
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Which candidate for governor first campaigned largely on an anti-strip mining platform?
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Most West Virginia coal is of what type?
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By the early 1930s, about how much of southern West Virginia's coal was being mined by African Americans?
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In what year did coal mining employment peak in West Virginia?
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