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Which of the following doctors is NOT known for publicizing the dangers of black lung disease in coal mining?
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Which one of the following did NOT publicly oppose mountaintop removal mining?
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In the early 1900s, which of the following did coal company towns NOT provide for residents?
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What's a train of mine cars that transports miners called?
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Which West Virginia congressman led the effort to create the National Coal Heritage Area?
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What international financier forced the N&W Railway to give him 50,000 acres of prime coal land in McDowell County?
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Which one of these counties did NOT originally produce among the five highest amounts of coal?
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In the early days of the commercial coal industry, this was the common method used in mining.
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In what year did coal mining employment peak in West Virginia?
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According to government and citizen studies, what was the primary cause of the Buffalo Creek Flood
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