A mine explosion in West Virginia killed 25 on Monday, April 5, 2010. The Massey Energy Company, a Richmond, Virginia based company, confirmed that an explosion at it's Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia killed 25 of the 31 workers on the site at the time of the blast. The explosion is one...
Aesop's FablesBy Aesop Translated by George Fyler Townsend The Wolf and the Lamb Wolf, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to justify to the Lamb the Wolf's right to eat him. He thus addressed him: "Sirrah, last year you...
The West Virginia mining site rescue efforts are ending and funerals for the 25 victims have begun. The mine, named Upper Big Branch and located in Montcoal, West Virginia is owned by Massey Energy. Massey energy has numerous citations for safety violations and own the Montcoal mine which is the...
