OVEN FORK, Ky. (WYMT) - Families, survivors and mourners gathered Monday to mark the 50th anniversary of the Scotia Mine disaster, which killed 26 miners in the Oven Fork community of Letcher County ...

The United Mine Workers of America held a memorial service at the Willow Grove Mine site, honoring 72 miners who lost their ...

SAGO, WV (WVNS) — There are many mine disasters that have occurred in the Mountain State throughout the years. One such ...

Here is 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. Timeline December 6, 1907 – Worst coal mine disaster in ...

As Utah again debates coal, grid stability, energy security and the strain growth places on infrastructure, the Crandall ...

A series of events were held Sunday to remember the Knox Mine Disaster — a coal mining accident that happened Jan. 22, 1959 in Jenkins Twp. when the Susquehanna River broke through the mine’s roof.

The 1976 Scotia disasters in Letcher County transformed U.S. mine rules. Fifty years later, the rescuers were honored.

The Knox Mine Disaster — when 12 coal miners died on Jan. 22, 1959 after the Susquehanna River broke through the roof of the mine where they were working — was remembered with an annual ceremony on ...