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 Post subject: 2 W.Va. miners die in roof collapse
PostPosted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 5:21 pm 
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CUCUMBER, W.Va. - A roof collapsed in a mine Saturday morning, killing two miners, authorities said.

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The miners apparently were caught when a pillar fell, said Ron Wooten, director of the state Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training. Wooten said rescuers were bringing their bodies to the surface.

"There's no need for rescue teams, the individuals have been recovered," he said.

Dispatchers said the accident scene was up to 1 1/2 miles beyond the entrance to the Brooks Run mine in McDowell County.

Additional details weren't immediately available. Wooten expected to learn more once a team of investigators returned from underground.

The mine is owned by Alpha Natural Resources LLC. In October, a miner was killed in a wall collapse at Alpha's Whitetail Kittanning Mine in Newburg.

A year ago, an explosion killed 12 men at the Sago Mine in Upshur County. Also last January, two miners died in a fire at the Aracoma Alma No. 1 Mine in Logan County.

Cucumber is about 90 miles west of Roanoke, Va.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 11:05 am 
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it's been quite the deadly year .... (2006)

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 3:16 pm 
What a tragedy for the families involved. News like this is always depressing.


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PostPosted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 3:19 pm 
No disrespect meant, but "Cucumber?"

I thought that ridiculous town names was purely a PA. thing. Who knows, maybe this town was pioneered by Pennsylvanians.


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:lol:

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pa huh, how do you say that town that greg lives it? :lol:

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