With the employment of state-of-the-art technologies, underground mining is going to be the future of coal mining in the ...

Digital Shovel’s BluAx gives users a low-cost shot at solo mining—no farm, no pool, just you and 18 watts of rebellion.

FOSTER, West Virginia— Robert Cash, a third-generation coal miner, prays each morning with his fellow miners before going underground for a long shift. In the coalfields of Appalachian West ...

Eric Anderson, a 44-year-old coal miner, voted for Donald Trump to keep West Virginia’s mines humming and applauded the president’s executive orders allowing power plants to burn more coal.

After 100 days, Trump's vow to boost coal belies cuts to miner health programs. For John Robinson, a retired coal miner who spent his career in the Virginia mines helping to power America into the ...

The welcoming committee at Kingdom Come – a bear silhouette guiding adventurers to Pine Mountain ... For history buffs, the park’s connection to coal mining heritage adds another layer of interest.

The welcoming committee at Kingdom Come – a bear silhouette guiding adventurers to Pine Mountain ... For history enthusiasts, the park’s connection to coal mining heritage adds another dimension of ...

MADISON, W.Va. — Emory “Curly” Carter sometimes feels like he can’t breathe. Household chores, such as cleaning and gardening, leave him gasping for air, making him feel like he has a ...

Josh Cochran worked deep in the coal mines of West Virginia since he was 22 years old, pulling a six-figure salary that allowed him to buy a home with his wife Stephanie and hunt and fish in his ...

Trump has long espoused a love of coal. “I call it beautiful, clean coal—I tell my people to never use the word ‘coal’ unless you put ‘beautiful, clean’ before it,” the president ...

The Trump administration’s feckless business-first, workers-last approach is leaving the nation’s coal miners to die—and now their unions are taking him to court. U.S. President Donald Trump ...