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The peak year for 20th century coal production in West Virginia occurred during which decade?
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Which one of the following did NOT publicly oppose mountaintop removal mining?
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What was the main cause of unemployment in coal mines in the 1950s?
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Which of the following does NOT preserve coal mining history?
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Which one of these towns does the Pocahontas #3 Coal Seam not underly?
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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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Nearly all of West Virginia's coal deposits date from this geologic period.
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What is West Virginia's oldest commercially producing coal formation?
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Due to this development, 10 hospitals were built in the southern coalfields for miners and their families.
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Which of the following was NOT part of early mining methods?
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