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Appalachia, VA

Jul 15, 2008

International steel making a play for coal - roanoke.com

It's been more than a century since J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie and other U.S. steel barons built mining empires that dominated life across Central Appalachia's coalfields, securing fuel for their mills.

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