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Who was president of UMWA District 17 at the time of the 1921 Miners' March on Logan?
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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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In what year did West Virginia's coal industry peak at 180 million tons?
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What byproduct is made by distilling volatile matter from coal, leaving behind nearly pure carbon?
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What's the largest West Virginia city built by the U.S. Coal & Coke Company?
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In 2000, a national publication referred to this Gilbert native as "the last of West Virginia's homegrown coal barons."
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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 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 railroad tripled Raleigh County's coal production within just a few years?
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In 1902, when Miners Hospital No. 1 opened in Welch, who was its president?
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