FAIRMONT — One thousand feet underground, Mike Payton has come 200 feet away from where the victims of the 1968 Farmington No. 9 Mine Disaster took place. "The coal they were mining is the same coal I ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FAIRMONT — The United Mine Workers of America are searching for family members related to victims of the Farmington No. 9 mine ...
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Speak your piece: Scotia then and now

EDITOR’S NOTE: Fifty years ago today, an explosion at the Scotia coal mine in Letcher County, Kentucky, killed 15 miners. Two ...
The 1976 Scotia disasters in Letcher County transformed U.S. mine rules. Fifty years later, the rescuers were honored.