Benny Willingham worked as a miner for 30 years before he was killed. April 6, 2010 — -- Many of the men who died in the depths of a West Virginia coal mine Monday often discussed with family ...

April 5 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1614, Pocahontas, daughter of a chief, married English tobacco planter John Rolfe in Jamestown, Va. It was a marriage that ensured peace between the ...

** CORRECTS DISTANCE UNDERGROUND ** West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin visits friends and family of the 13 trapped miners Monday evening at Sago Baptist Church in Tallmansville, W.Va. The 13 coal ...

There have been 122 safety violations at Upper Big Branch mine so far this year. Apr. 6, 2010 — -- Critics say a surge of federal safety citations and revealing internal corporate memos all ...

Evidence of the dust surfaced during an investigation into the West Virginia coal mine's explosion in April. Regulations require the removal or... The search for a cause of April's deadly coal mine ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at mine disasters, accidents and deaths in the United States. This is a list of notable mine disasters and is not all-inclusive. December 6, 1907 – Worst coal mine disaster in US ...

Federal regulators said Wednesday that they were more than halfway through their investigations inside West Virginia's Upper Big Branch coal mine but still need to examine more of the mine's equipment ...

BARRACKVILLE — When Barrackville community leaders began putting together a memorial for victims of the town's mine disasters in March, Diana Marple thought it would take five years of $1,000 ...