Appalachia Grasps For Hope As Coal Jobs Fade

By JONATHAN FAHEY, Associated Press: Nation
Tue, 12/01/2015 - 8:41am

NEW YORK (AP) -- The seams of coal in some of Eddie Asbury's mines in McDowell County are so thin workers can barely squeeze down them. They enter on carts nearly flat on their backs, the roof of the mine coursing by just a few inches in front of their faces.

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