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How was cannel oil processed?
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What surface mining method uses large-diameter drills mounted on mobile equipment to bore into coal seams?
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Which West Virginia National Historic Landmark is directly related to the mining and processing of coal?
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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 was the main cause of unemployment in coal mines in the 1950s?
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A 95-year-old Ken Hechler ran for U.S. Senate in 2010 based on this one issue?
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What mining practice began at Cannelton in 1967?
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Which one of the following counties did NOT have one of the first surface mines in the state (1937)?
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Which one of these counties did NOT originally produce among the five highest amounts of coal?
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In which one of these places did a deadly coal strike occur in the 1950s?
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