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On April 5, 2010, a disaster at the Upper Big Branch Coal Mines in Montcoal, West Virginia, killed 29 miners: Carl Acord, Jason Atkins, Christopher Bell, Gregory Steven Brock, Kenneth Allan Chapman, Robert Clark, Charles Timothy Davis, Cory Davis, Michael Tee Elswick, William T. Griffith, Steven Harrah, Edward Dean Jones, Richard K. Igne, William Roosevelt Lynch, Nicholas Darrell McCrockery, Joe Marcum, Ronald Tee Maynor, James E. Mooney, Adam Keith Morgan, Rex T. Mullins, Joshua S. Napper, Howard D. Payne, Dillard Earl Persinger, Joel R. Price, Deward Scott, Gary Quarles, Grover Dale Skeens, Benny Willingham, and Ricky Workman.
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Columbus, Ohio · United States
NEARBY MARKERS
American Federation of Labor / United Mine Workers of America
History
American Federation of Labor / United Mine Workers of America
Industry
National Veterans Memorial and Museum
Military
Columbus Union Station Arch
Transportation
Toledo and Ohio Central Railroad Station / Macklin Hotel
Transportation
The State House
Civics
