Tag: Coal Mining

As West Virginia coal industry dries up, state struggles to find opportunities

West Virginia coal employment down to 20,000 from 130,000 in 1940 WELCH, W.Va. – The seams of coal in some of Eddie Asbury’s mines in McDowell County are so thin workers can barely squeeze down them. They enter on carts nearly flat on their backs, the roof of the mine coursing by just a few […]