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Which West Virginia National Historic Landmark is directly related to the mining and processing of coal?
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Which of the following is sometimes considered the "father of West Virginia's coal industry?"
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In 1867, how many tons of coal did West Virginia produce?
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What equipment consolidated all of the basic mining steps into one machine?
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What kind of ovens were used to transform coal into coke?
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Which coal seam underlies much of northern and north-central West Virginia?
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Nearly all of West Virginia's coal deposits date from this geologic period.
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Which one of the following counties did the Coal & Coke Railway NOT pass through?
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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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According to government and citizen studies, what was the primary cause of the Buffalo Creek Flood
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