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American Coal lays off 187 workers at southern Illinois mine
The owner of a southern Illinois coal mine says it’s laying off 187 workers because of what it calls “sudden, unforeseeable circumstances and physical calamities.”
American Coal Co. says affected workers at the New Future Mine in Galatia were told of the layoffs Friday.
In Second Coal Rush, New Mind-Set in the Mines
Billy Vandom was 220 feet underground, but to him, it was the top of the world. He is a coal miner, a species of well-paid American worker that was on the verge of extinction in these parts for more than a decade.
Now global economic forces have realigned, and coal mining is back. And a new […]
