To meet the growing demand for coal in the early 20th century, West Virginia companies needed more miners. African Americans mixed with European immigrants and native Appalachians in the mines and ...

GHENT, WV (WVNS) — West Virginia’s coal mining industry has faced some monumental mining disasters, with some of the worst occurring during the 1900’s. According to West Virginia Archives ...

West Virginia coal operators built small, company-owned towns for their miners to live in. The coal towns were almost always unincorporated; there were no elected officials, no independent police ...

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. (WDTV) - A group of West Virginia coal miners helped rebuild a road in North Carolina that was destroyed by Hurricane Helene. The unnamed coal miners helped restore access to a 2 ...