Grieving Begins, but Life and Work Go On at W.Va. Mines
Deseret News (Salt Lake City) › April 11, 2010
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COMFORT, W.Va. -- Time stopped five days ago for the families of 29 coal miners killed in the devastating explosion at Upper Big Branch mine.
As thousands waited, hoping for any word someone might have survived Monday's blast, life in coal country chugged on, men trudging underground day and night to fill the trucks and trains that haul away coal around the clock.See the full content of this document
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Grieving Begins, but Life and Work Go On at W.Va. Mines
Mining is a way of life here. So is death.
Just miles from where families gathered to wait for news, a peddler of mining gear did brisk business and tired miners covered in coal dust picked up pizzas at the end of their shifts. In the quiet, humble neighborhoods that hug the Big Coal River, the work never stopped."Wh...See the full content of this document
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