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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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By what percentage did coal mining employment decline in West Virginia between 1950 and 2000?
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What byproduct is made by distilling volatile matter from coal, leaving behind nearly pure carbon?
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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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What method of mining strips away earth, rock, and vegetation (known as overburden) to expose the coal deposit?
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Most West Virginia coal is of what type?
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What is the most immediate cause of black lung disease?
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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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For how much did Governor Arch Moore settle West Virginia's $100 million lawsuit against Pittston Coal for the Buffalo Creek Flood?
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Who was the first West Virginia native to serve as president of the United Mine Workers of America?
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