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Last April, a mining explosion in Naoma, West Virginia took the lives of 29 men, which brings to well over 2000 the number of men killed in West Virginia mines since 1884.
James Heffernan: American Engineers Saved the Chilean Miners: That Only Strengthens My Original Case James Heffernan 2010
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Last April, a mining explosion in Naoma, West Virginia took the lives of 29 men, which brings to well over 2000 the number of men killed in West Virginia mines since 1884.
James Heffernan: American Engineers Saved the Chilean Miners: That Only Strengthens My Original Case James Heffernan 2010
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Manchin made his plea nine days after an explosion in the Upper Big Branch Mine in Naoma killed 29 miners in the worst such accident in the United States since 1972, when 91 miners died in a fire at the Sunshine Mine in Kellogg, Idaho.
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The president spoke to reporters after meeting Thursday with Labor Secretary Hilda Solis and Joseph Main of the Mine Safety and Health Administration to discuss the Naoma, West Virginia, explosion - the worst U.S. mine disaster in nearly 40 years.
Obama criticizes mine owner, orders review of mine safety records 2010
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Associated Press Gary Quarles of Naoma, W.Va., holds a helmet made in memory of his son Gary Wayne Quarles, who died in the Massey mine explosion in April 2010.
First Trial Begins Tied to Massey Blast Probe Kris Maher 2011
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Jeff Gentner/Associated Press Trevor, 11, and Rabekka Quarles, 9, of Naoma, W. Va., watched news reports the explosion that killed their father, Gary Quarles, 33.
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Jeff Gentner/Associated Press Trevor, 11, and Rabekka Quarles, 9, of Naoma, W. Va., watched news reports the explosion that killed their father, Gary Quarles, 33.
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Jeff Gentner/Associated Press Trevor, 11, and Rabekka Quarles, 9, of Naoma, W. Va., watched news reports the explosion that killed their father, Gary Quarles, 33.
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"After watching the disaster unfold in the Gulf with 20-40 million gallons of oil already spilled," says Bo Webb, in Naoma, West Virginia, "I cannot begin to imagine what would happen to our Coal River Valley if the 9 billion gallon sludge dam above us failed."
Jeff Biggers: The Next Great Coal Spill? Massey's Billion Gallon Disaster in Waiting 2010
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Jeff Gentner/Associated Press Trevor, 11, and Rabekka Quarles, 9, of Naoma, W. Va., watched news reports the explosion that killed their father, Gary Quarles, 33.
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