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When Tom Hartz was a young lad in the 1950s, dragline power shovels had pretty much replaced the hardy miners that harvested coal hundreds of feet beneath the earth’s surface. Still, growing up in the ...
Object Details Artist Filippo Marchionni, Italian, 1732–1805 Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786 Catalogue Status Research in Progress Description The aedicule frame is supported by two brackets, ...
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KY Sen. Mitch McConnell, I doubt coal miners will 'just get over' proposed Medicaid cuts that could close the hospitals they fought to build.
Releasing as a Bg Bad Toy Store exclusive, Man-At-Arms, aka Duncan, is back with a new Masters of the Universe statue.
Join us as we delve into the fascinating world of street performers with an up-close look at how the Gold Man Statue meticulously gets into his astonishing position. Witness the artistry and ...
This photograph of Moses “Slo-Mo” Samuelson was on the front page of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner on March 17, 1989. That page is also on the base of the statue at Pike’s Waterfront Lodge.
Since 1970, more than 75,000 miners have died of black lung disease. Researchers working to prevent those deaths have received layoff notices.
About a fifth of the coal miners in Central Appalachia have black lung. And from 1970 to 2016, more than 75,000 died. Nationally, a 2023 NIOSH study found that coal miners are twice as likely to die ...
Once nearly eradicated, the “old man’s disease” is back and suffocating younger miners. Federal cuts risk putting a solution further out of reach.