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In West Virginia, thousands of acres of former coal mines sit abandoned. Refresh Appalachia—an agricultural development enterprise of the company Coalfield Development Corporation—is working to change that. From the Ashes shows us how Coalfield Development is putting former miners back to work and transforming abandoned mountaintops into fertile farmland. | Great Big Story

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Drive Thru History with Dave Stotts: in this clip from our American Holiday show, learn the history of Labor Day with Dave! West Virginia is coal mining country. After the railroad companies started carving routes through the Appalachian Mountains, coal mining really took off in the state between 1880 and 1900. New communities popped up throughout the region as immigrants from Europe and African Americans from the South poured into West Virginia for jobs and better lives for their families. The

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On December 6, 1907, a mine explosion occurred in Monongah, West Virginia. It was the worst mining disaster in U.S. history - and exemplary of the dangerous life of coal miners. | American Experience | PBS

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