"On the 20th of November, 1968, the ground shook beneath the town of Farmington in West Virginia..."
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
00:49 - Background
03:54 - The Farmington Mine Explosion
07:42 - The Aftermath
MUSIC:
► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory
► "Underworld" by Myuu
SOURCES:
► "Mining in West Virginia: A Capsule History" published by the West Virginia Office of Miners' Health Safety & Training. Link: https://minesafety.wv.gov/historical-statistical-data/mining-in-west-virginia-a-capsule-history/
► "How A 1968 Disaster In A Coal Mine Changed The Industry" by Molly Born, published by NPR, November 2018. Link: https://www.npr.org/2018/11/23/670147046/how-a-1968-disaster-in-a-coal-mine-changed-the-industry
► "Farmington No 9: The West Virginia Disaster that Changed Coal Mining Forever" by Douglas Imbrogno, published by WV Public Broadcasting, November 2018. Link: https://wvpublic.org/farmington-no-9-the-west-virginia-disaster-that-changed-coal-mining-forever/
► "Impact still felt 53 years after Farmington No 9 mine explosion" by Lori L Riley, published by the Times West Virginian. Available via: https://umwa.org/news-media/news/farmington-mine-explosion
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