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Coal Mining Stories 

Deedie, the Daughter of a Coal Miner

April 15, 2010 admin 1 Comment 1033, 1035, 1930, 1930's, 1944, 2004, 4, abuse, abusive, accident, alcoholic, arkansas, ca, California, camp, coal, coal mine, coal miner, community, critical condition, daughter, deedie, died, discipline, doctor, fall, family, farm, farm community, farmer, farming community, flora, flora hise, games, garmeda, government aid, health, hise, hospital, hypocondriac, injured, injury, Jack, jack hise, jack ise, january, kentucky, killed, ky, lap, leo, leo hise, lpn, middlesboro, midwife, midwives, military, mine, miner, mining, mining camp, new mexico, new zealand, nm, nurse, oil field, ok, oklahoma, problems, rebellion, sare cropper, school, siblings, slate, slate fall, son, surgery, switch, tenant, tenant farmer, tulsa, union, world war II

            August 1, 1930 was a hot afternoon in a mining camp in Garmeda, Kentucky when Deedie (pronounced â??Dee Deeâ??),

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A 7 year old Litle Boy's Memories of his father's death

April 12, 2010 admin 2 Comments 1944, appalachia, bean, blast, boy, crushed, death, died, fall, father, fork, garmeda, hise, Jack, jack p hise, kentucky, killed, ky, middlesboro, mine, obituary, ospital, slate, work

The memories that remain in my mind of my father are still a haunting memory. It was January 1944 that

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Appalachia in the News 

25 Dead in WV Mine Explosion

April 6, 2010 admin 0 Comment 25, dead, explosion, methane, mine, rescue, tragedy, virginia, west, wv

By LAWRENCE MESSINA Associated Press Writer MONTCOAL, W.Va. (AP) – A huge underground explosion blamed on methane gas killed 25

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Scotia Mine Disaster of 1976

March 10, 2010 admin 0 Comment 119, 1976, 26 iners, 34, 76, administration, blast, blue, caudill, comprehensive, cumberland, diamond, died, disaster, dori, dust, eastern, explosion, fork, griffith, hayes, health, herald, hjalmarson, huff, hughes, illed, inspector, kentucky, ky, leader, lexington, memorial, mike, mine, miner, minerva, mining, misty, mountain, msha, oven, pat, remember, river, robert, safety, scotia, seams, silica, us 119, wade, whitesburg

I found this article in the Lexington Herald Leader and thought I would share it with you.  This mining disaster

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In Memory of the Sago Mining Disaster

November 5, 2009 admin 1 Comment accident, alva, alva marty bennet, anderson, bennett, church, david, david lewis, died, explosion, fred, fred ware jr, george, george hamner, george junior hamner, groves, hamner, helms, jackie, jackie weaver, jerry, jerry groves, jesse, jesse jones, jim, jim bennett, jones, lewis, marchall winans, marshall, martin, marty, marty bennett, mccloy, memorial, mine, mining, prayer, randel, randel mccloy, sad, sago, terry, terry helms, toler, tom, tom anderson, tragedy, ware, weaver, winans

I remember it as if it was yesterday.  Although I did not know the men involved, their families, or even been

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Coal Story,The Mine

October 7, 2009 admin 0 Comment coal, coal mine, mine, story, the story, video, youtube

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Appalachia in the News 

Mining for Tourism

October 7, 2009 admin 0 Comment appalachia, co, coal, county, e xhibit, harlan, herald, history, hostory, leader, lexington, mine, mining, tourism, tradition, visitor, visitors

This article was in the Lexington Herald Leader and I thought I would share.  I will copy and paste it,

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Wilson "Rome" Meade, 58,Dies In Mining Accident

June 10, 2009 admin 0 Comment 40 years, 59, accident, accident june, administration, appalachian, appalachian regional hospital, appalachianfolk.com, arlan, block, blocks, coal, coal industry, coal miner, concrete, construction, conveyer, corporation, crush, crushing, d and c, d&c, d&c mining, d&c mining corp, dead, death, deid, dies, equiptment, family, friends, harlan, harlan appalachian regional, harlan co, harlan county, harlan regional hospital, health, herald leader, kentucky, ky, load, meade, mine, mine safety, miner, mining, mining accident, news, obituary, regional hospital, rome, rome meade, sad, safety, trailer, u.s. mine safety and health administration, underground, us, veteran, wilson, wilson meade

Its a sad day in Harlan County, Kentucky.  Mr Wilson “Rome” Meade, a veteran underground coal miner, died last night

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Balkan Kentucky

May 23, 2009 admin 1 Comment appalachia, balkan, balkan ky, book, coal, kentucky, ky, mine, mining, photo, photo book

Photo Book of Balkan Kentucky made by David Thompson for his mother, Vivian D. Wilson for Mother’s Day 2009.  She

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Harlan Coal Mining Tribute

May 23, 2009 admin 0 Comment 1913, accident, appalachia, coal, coal mine, death, east ky, eastern ky, harlan, harlan county, kentucky, lives, lost, lost lives, mine, mining, rest in peace, rip, tragedy, youtube

This is a very moving tribute to the in honor of the 1288 Coal Miners who have lost their lives

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