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Pushbutton power shifts coal future in Appalachia
In PARADISE Kentucky and Wheel ing West Virginia engineers tour a record 18 million pound shovel and a coal mine showcasing automated strip and underground mining. They note rise of surface mining, automated deep mining, and lower coal prices driving a revived industry under President Moody and the 1958 National Coal Policy Conference.
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Paradise
Nana
Coal Company
Tennessee Valley Authority
Germany
Argentina
Japan
Italy
Netherlands
Wheeling
W. Va
TVA
National Coal Policy Conference
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Joseph E. Moody
Moody
Federal Power Commission
Corl
Appalachia
U.S. Department of the Interior