Roof fall kills 2 miners in West Virginia (AP)

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/13/miners.trapped.ap/index.html

Roof fall kills 2 miners in West Virginia
POSTED: 5:23 p.m. EST, January 13, 2007

CUCUMBER, West Virginia (AP) -- A roof collapsed in a mine Saturday morning, killing two miners, authorities said.

The miners apparently were caught when a pillar fell, said Ron Wooten, director of the state Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training. Wooten said rescuers were bringing their bodies to the surface.

"There's no need for rescue teams, the individuals have been recovered," he said.

Dispatchers said the accident scene was up to 1½ miles beyond the entrance to the Brooks Run Mining Co. LLC's mine in McDowell County, about 90 miles west of Roanoke, Virginia.

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these mines need to be nationalized and unionized.

Half the mining fatalities in the nation last year occurred in West Virginia.

In the town of Spring Hill you don't sleep easy
Often the Earth will tremble and groan
When the Earth is restless, miners die
Bone and blood is the price of coal
Bone and blood is the price of coal