Back to To the Point To the Point The Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster Twenty-five people are dead and four others are missing in America's worst coal mining disaster in 25 years. As miners' families ...

BECKLEY — Sunshine reflected through downtown Beckley as residents gathered Monday to remember the miners who lost their lives at the Upper Big Branch mine. The ceremony drew over 50 attendees to the ...

RALEIGH COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) - A ceremony was held to honor the 29 lives lost in the Upper Big Branch Mine explosion on April 5, 2010. Friends, family and community members gathered at the Miners ...

WHITESVILLE, W.Va. — It’s been 16 years since an underground explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine killed 29 workers for Massey Energy. The sad occasion was marked Sunday with flowers and visitors to ...

Catastrophic events get the headlines, but operational disruption is quietly driving the majority of mining losses, and most ...