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Appalachia, VA

Apr 24, 2008

Big Stone Gap, Va., Miner First Fatality Since 2004

“They were standing under a supported roof where they were supposed to be”

BIG STONE GAP, Va. Federal and state mining regulators are investigating an underground coal mine near Appalachia to learn more about a roof fall that killed a Wise County miner Tuesday morning. via News Channel 11

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