Big Walker Tunnel hosts 20th anniversary open house
Bland Va. marks 20th anniversary of the Big Walker Mountain Tunnel opening on I-77 with an 11 a.m. June 29 tour at the tunnel south portal hosted by Jack Corley of the Virginia Department of Transportation and Frank Phipps the new Tazewell resident engineer. The 4229 foot tunnel cost 22 million dollars and took nearly five years to complete. The I-77 East River Mountain Tunnel at Bluefield is longer costing 37 million and opened December 20, 1974, after five and a half years of drilling.
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Bland
Jack Corley
Virginia Department of Transportation
Bristol
Frank Phipps
Tazewell
East River Mountain
Bluefield
U.S
Mine operators warned over hazardous working conditions
Stephen Webber of the state Miners Health Safety and Training warns coal mine operators they risk losing certification if workers are found under unsupported roofs. He notes 42 percent of fatal accidents from 1980 to March 31, 1992 involved miners beneath unsupported roofs, many in coal fields near Bluefield, in a memo signed by state mine safety agencies.
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Stephen Webber
State Office of Miners’ Health Safety and Training
Webber
UMWA
Bluefield
Board of Coal Mine Health and Safety
Mine Safety and Technical Review Committee
Bluefield Area
Coal and rail leaders strengthen ties in Bluefield dinner
Norfolk Southern Corp and Pocahontas Land hosted about 150 coal executives at Fincastle Country Club to foster closer cooperation. August Goode outlined NS coal strategy. Robert McMahan of Resources Data International warned on labor, pension, and market shifts. Attendees included top brass from Pittston, Massey, Peabody, and others from cities like Philadelphia and Charleston.
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Bluefield
Fincastle Country Club
Norfolk Southern Corp
Pocahontas
Tony Ingram
Goode
Wyoming County
William Bales
Roanoke
Robert Raines
Pocahontas Land
Bailes
Norfolk & Western Railway
Robert L. McMahan
Resources Data International
Boulder
Colo
Pittston
Westmoreland
Consol
Massey, Peabody
Mapco
Wolf Creek
Jewell
Ashland
Carbon Fuel
Mingo-Logan
Eastern Associated
United
Martin County
Philadelphia
Charleston
Pittsburgh
Huntington
Gilbert
Grundy
Beckley
Sidney
Richmond
Matewan
Fincastle
Charlie Baldwin
Ns’ District
Bob Raines
Tracy Hylton
Perry & Hylton, Inc
Bob DeButts
Norfolk, Va
Pocahontas Land Corp
Jim Justice
Bluestone Coal Corp
Henry Watts
Dave Goode
Norfolk Southern
Bill Bales
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EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
Airco Heating & Cooling
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