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Ninety-nine men entered the cold, dark tunnels of the Consolidation Coal Company's No.9 Mine in Farmington, West Virgina, on November 20, 1968. Some were worried about the condition of the mine. It had too much coal dust, too much methane gas. They knew that either one could cause an explosion.

Bonnie E. Stewart is an investigative reporter covering the environment for EarthFix at Oregon Public Broadcasting. Before moving to Portland, she taught journalism at West Virginia University, where she earned tenure and the rank of Associate Professor. She spent most of her reporting career at The Indianapolis News and The Indianapolis Star and reported in California for The Press-Enterprise in Riverside and was a copy editor for The Business Journal Serving Greater Sacramento. She earned a Master's degree in English from California State University and earned a George Polk Award for metropolitan reporting and the National Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi Award for Public Service.

Introduction	p. 1
Good Night, Dad	p. 5
Dangerous History	p. 10
How Such Things Happen	p. 19
Rules of Survival	p. 33
A Beautiful Mine	p. 37
Methane Madness	p. 42
Dry and Dusty	p. 54
Warning Signs	p. 58
The Last Shift	p. 65
The Disaster Hits Home	p. 80
A Paralyzed Community	p. 90
Bungled Investigation	p. 109
Widows and Wildcat Strikes	p. 121
Body Production	p. 134
In Search of Justice	p. 143
Three More Men	p. 153
Hidden Evidence	p. 159
Ungodly Work	p. 169
Inundated by Death	p. 180
Who Can Stop Us?	p. 187
Business Is Business	p. 197
Widows' Last Stand	p. 204
Acknowledgments	p. 213
Appendices
U.S. Coal Mine Deaths 1900-2009	p. 216
Victims of the No.9 Disaster Nov. 13, 1954	p. 218
Victims of the No.9 Disaster Nov. 20, 1968	p. 219
Chronology of Disasters and Federal Laws	p. 224
Notes	p. 227
Glossary	p. 257
Bibliography	p. 262
Index	p. 279
About the Author	p. 291
Photographs
Emilio Megna and Family	p. 7
Frank Matish and Family	p. 8
Mine Goats	p. 11
Nails Illegally Driven through Shuttle Car Trailing Cable	p. 31
Continuous Mining Machine	p. 35
Methane Check	p. 38
No.1 Fan Shaft and No.9 Preparation Plant	p. 47
No.9 Preparation Plant	p. 52
Shuttle Car	p. 56
Coal Miners in Locomotive	p. 60
Smoke from Llewellyn Portal on November 20, 1968	p. 70
Gary Martin and Bud Hillberry in Rescue Bucket	p. 77
Media Briefing in Consolidation Coal's Company Store	p. 83
Frank Matish	p. 85
Pregnant Wife of Trapped Coal Miner	p. 87
Woman Waiting for News	p. 89
Red Cross Volunteers	p. 91
Tony Boyle, UMWA President	p. 93
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No. 9 : The 1968 Farmington Mine Disaster

No. 9 : The 1968 Farmington Mine Disaster

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