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]

Pocahontas Exhibition Coal Mine, VA Contact Town of Pocahontas Centre Street Post Office Box 128 Pocahontas, Virginia 24635-0128 A short history of Pocahontas Mine can be found here. More information can be found here. Recently I have visited the old coal town and the exhibition mine. Please click on the picture below to see some [Continue]