January 8th, 2010 (Coal Geology) The Pocahontas Mine is an underground coal mine located near Rupert, West Virginia, in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. The mine employs 74 underground coal miners and 11 surface personnel. The mine has two active mining sections with two continuous mining machines on each section, which operate simultaneously with split ventilation. [...]
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Potential Bad Roof conditions in an underground coal mine in West Virginia
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 [...]
Pocahontas Exhibition Coal Mine, VA
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 [...]
