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Miner Is Back Mining in Springhill After Coal Mine Disaster
Herb Pepperdine, 45, returns to work in Cumberland Railway and Coal Co.'s No. 2 mine, ten years after being rescued from the 1958 bump that trapped 18 others. The Springhill town mourns jobs as No. 2 mine remains sealed, with limited options as the coal market shrinks and deeper workings loom.
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Springhill
N.S
Herb Pepperdine
Pepperdine
Herb
Cumberland Railway and Coal Co
Halifax
No. 2
Levi Milley
Milley
West Virginia
Harold Brine
Toronto
Joseph Holloway
Caleb Rushton
Maurice Ruddick