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The first coal in the New River Coalfield was shipped from this town.
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Which one of the following did NOT lead to the cannel coal industry's downfall?
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What was the main cause of unemployment in coal mines in the 1950s?
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Which one of these towns does the Pocahontas #3 Coal Seam not underly?
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Which candidate for governor first campaigned largely on an anti-strip mining platform?
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Nearly all of West Virginia's coal deposits date from this geologic period.
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Most West Virginia coal is of what type?
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Which European explorer named Coal River based on its numerous outcroppings?
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Who shipped the first commercial coal from the New River area in 1873?
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Who was president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1920 until his retirement in 1960?
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