At 4:07 p.m., May 19, 1928, the whistle blew at Mather Mine, alerting people of an emergency. The explosion that caused it, ...

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Even as President Trump vows to reinvigorate America's coal industry, critics say his administration has stripped away key health protections for miners.

Families who live near the coal terminal in downtown Newport News worry that it has negatively impacted their health for too long — meanwhile, city leaders continue to search for solutions.

It came as more rock was mined to reach ever smaller and more remote coal, mine union officials said. That in turn increased silica dust exposure. A NIOSH study in 2018 found that 10% of ...

After nearly four decades working in underground coal mines ... causes black lung. The dust, known as crystalline silica, is generated when miners drill through rock to retrieve coal from thin ...