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Memorial in Honor of Whitesville Miners

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

An official memorial to honor the miners who lost their lives in the Upper Big Branch mines is planned for the city of Whitesville, West Virginia. On April 5, 2010, a group of 29 miners tragically lost their lives after an explosion trapped then inside a mine and exposed them to toxic methane gas.

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