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West Virginia Coal Faces Job Losses and Decline in 1977 78
West Virginia's coal industry endured a dire year with strikes and market woes halting much of Appalachia. Job losses surpassed 3,500 as major producers closed mines and cut expansion plans amid weak demand and rail bottlenecks.
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Charleston
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West Virginia
United Mine Workers Union
Norfolk and Western Railway
Consolidation Coal Co
West Virginia Coal Association
Dan Fields
Eastern Association Coal Corp
Prem
Art Sander
Beckley
Ohio
James R. Thomas II
Carbon Industries