Burning Coal Seam in West Virginia There are many known burning coal mine reported to exist. For some we know how the underground coal seam fire was started, for others we simply have no idea. A seam has been burning in mining town of Centralia, Pensylvania, since 1961 (see full review). Mount Wingen in Australia [Continue]

Poor roof rock conditions in an underground coal mine. Just few days back I had a trip to an underground mine in West Virginia. They were mining Pocahontas 3 coal seam. P-3 seam is quite thick in that area and it is a good quality coal too. However they have serious problem with poor roof [Continue]

To learn more about Coalwood, please visit the website: http://www.coalwoodwestvirginia.com/ Last weekend, I went to the Coalwood Open Sky Festival. It was a great experience. I arrived there late but still there were lots of people and activity. Coalwood is the story of your heritage – as you can see in picture is a great [Continue]