A Day in the Life of a West Virginia Coal Miner | Literary Hub
Jan 25, 2016· During the early 1900s, roof falls in the bituminous coal mines killed an average of 886 workers every year, as compared with the 274 deaths per year caused by explosions and fires. In West Virginia, where mines were cut near the mountaintops, the overburden was looser and more prone to collapse than in the deeper shaft mines of the North.
