The Coal Men News

 
Historic McDowell County coal baron home is B&B, ATV lodge
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
He invented many machines used in coal mining including the Jones Coloader, a predecessor of the modern continuous mining machine. As vice president and general manager of the Pocahontas Fuel Company, he was among West Virginia's wealthiest men.


 
Two Cowichan men arrested at coal protest
Canada.com
Two Cowichan Valley men were among 13 protesters arrested when they tried to stop a coal train last Saturday. Peter Nix and Cliff Stainsby were each fined $115 for their roles in the blockade of rail lines in White Rock. They were among hundreds who ...

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C-Ville Weekly
A biography of Charlottesville's coal tower
C-Ville Weekly
Two men look up as I step into a small clearing in the woods beyond the coal tower. “It's cool,” one of them says. He moves over on the makeshift bench so I have room to sit down. “I saw you taking pictures,” he says. “You know two kids were killed ...


 
Sexual health campaign launched for students across East Lancashire
This Is Lancashire
Young men from the Coal Clough Lane school have dev-ised a thought-provoking sexual health awareness pack based around a 'sock' goody bag. Filled with two condoms and a pair of socks it is already available at sexual health clinics and Brooks Centres ...

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Coal industry offer: $50 to wear T-shirt
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
Big Coal has given a whole new meaning to the phrase: “Polluters Pay.” At a recent Chicago hearing on EPA's proposed carbon standards for new power plants, young men showed up wearing T-shirts with a message: “America Counts on Coal.


 
Nanaimo Daily News
Tragedy recalled
Canada.com
1 Esplanade coal mine in quick succession, so deep underground the explosions were barely perceptible on the surface. Miners knew the long blast on the mine's whistle could only mean bad news. When the full extent of it was known, 150 men were counted ...
City will honour memory of miners killed in historic, tragic accidentNanaimo Daily News

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CBC.ca
Search for bodies to continue south of Edmonton
CBC.ca
The search for two men on Coal Lake south of Edmonton is coming to a close for the day without success, say RCMP. Searchers are using sonar in the search for bodies.Searchers are using sonar in the search for bodies. (CBC) The two men, Dallas Simons, ...
Coal Lake search called off by RCMPiNews880.com
Two boaters still missing in Coal Lake as search enters its third dayCTV.ca
RCMP search for boaters in Coal LakeEdmonton Sun
Calgary Herald -MetroNews Canada
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