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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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By what percentage did coal mining employment decline in West Virginia between 1950 and 2000?
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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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By 1954, more than 70 percent of all coal mined mechanically in the nation used this piece of equipment.
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Which West Virginia mine disaster prompted passage of the federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act?
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What mining practice began at Cannelton in 1967?
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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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What prompted the U.S. government to negotiate the 1946 Miners Health Plan?
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In the early days of the commercial coal industry, this was the common method used in mining.
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In 1902, when Miners Hospital No. 1 opened in Welch, who was its president?
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