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1. Methane Explosion Deep Mine

Scribd is a way to easily put your documents online. ... A massive methane gas
explosion ripped through a deep shaft in a coal mine, killing at least 61
miners. ...
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2. Public Interest Report, May/June 2000 - Federation of American ...

Many deep mines experience rock bursts, mining-induced earthquakes
associated ... 1979 of 0.3 kt and mb 3.3 was used to suppress methane in a coal
mine. ...
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3. Ukraine Mine Blast Kills Dozens - CBS News

Methane Explosion Deep In Coal Mine Kills At Least 31 ... The mine is also one of
Ukraine's most profitable, producing more than 10,000 tons of high-quality coal
daily. ...
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4. 200 DEAD IN BLAST IN A TURKISH MINE - NYTimes.com

More than 200 miners were believed dead today after a methane gas explosion
deep underground at a state-run Turkish coal mine, and rescue workers said
tonight that ...
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5. Company officials had worried about violations at mine before ...

Company officials had worried about violations at mine before explosion ... deep
inside the mine had reported finding very low or nonexistent levels of
methane. ...
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6. How Safe Are Today's Coal Mines? : NPR
Joseph Spaffoni, director of Pennsylvania's Bureau of Deep Mine Safety, talks
about the explosion and ... incident where evidently methane was ignited and
caused an explosion. ...
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7. Mining accident - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mount Mulligan mine disaster in Australia 1921. These cable drums ... to have
been caused by a methane explosion followed by a coal dust explosion. ...
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8. More Than 60 Killed In Ukraine Mine Blast - CBS News

A methane blast ripped through a coal mine in eastern Ukraine early Sunday, ...
The explosion occurred around 3 a.m. more than 3,300 feet deep inside ...
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9. Report: Lightning Caused Sago Mine Blast - wcbstv.com

Two simultaneous lightning bolts likely caused an electrical current in a cable
left deep inside the Sago Mine and touched off the methane blast blamed for
the ...
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10. Rescuers find 28 bodies in Turkish mine - ContraCostaTimes.com

ANKARA, TurkeyRescuers on Thursday found the bodies of 28 miners deep in a
damaged coal mine, making the methane gas explosion three days earlier one
of the ...
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11. Al Jazeera English - Europe - Ukraine mourns lost miners

The Donetsk regional administration said 88 miners had died and 12 remained
missing after Sunday's methane explosion deep underground in the Zasyadko
mine. ...
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12. CBC News - World - Death toll reaches 80 as rescuers battle ...
A methane blast ripped through the coal mine early Sunday morning about
1,000 metres deep inside one of the ... Methane is a natural byproduct of
mining and its concentration ...
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13. Coal Mine Explosion Kills Three In West Virginia

Three workers were killed and three others injured in an explosion January 22 at
a coal mine near Cameron, West Virginia, in the state's northern panhandle. The
six ...
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14. Crowsnest Coal: Mining Disasters

Methane gas and coal dust probably ignited by a spark caused the explosion. ...
A coal dust explosion in the No. 3 East Mine at Michel killed 34 miners. ...
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15. Deadly blast hits Russia's largest coal mine - Europe- msnbc.com
Rescuers plunge into the dangerous rubble of Russia's largest coal mine in
search of 58 trapped miners after a blast has already killed 43 people.
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16. Explosion at Russian Coal Mine Kills 22 - General News - redOrbit

MOSCOW - An apparent methane blast ripped through a coal mine in Siberia
early Saturday, killing 22 miners and trapping at least 25 others underground,
officials said.
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17. Smith Mine disaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The explosion was deep underground, and wasn't even heard from the ... The
explosion was attributed to a buildup of methane gas in the mine. The cause
of ...
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18. Story Print Friendly

Police said methane gas ignited in the mine, causing a massive explosion that
left a ... 'According to witnesses there was an explosion caused by methane
gas. ...
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19. West Virginia Coal Mine Explosion Kills at Least 25

(April 6) -- Twenty-five miners are dead and four others missing after an
explosion rocked a remote West Virginia coal mine with a history of safety
problems.
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20. West Virginia Coal Mine Explosion: 25 Dead After Massey Blast
... when a mine repeatedly cited for improperly venting methane gas exploded,
killing 25 people in the country's deadliest underground ...
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21. 31 Dead after Blasts in Huge Russian Coal Mine - CBS News
59 More Still Missing; Rescue Workers Who Entered after Initial Explosion are
Among Dead ... The Raspadskaya mine is 1,650 feet deep and has 220 miles of
underground tunnels. ...
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22. Bodies of 73 mine workers retrieved in Colombia
Rescue workers recovered the victims' bodies from the 2.500-metre-deep mine
despite high concentrations of methane and carbon monoxide, said Antioquia ...
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23. CNN.com - Hopes fade for Ukraine survivors - August 21, 2001
A fire raging deep underground in a Ukrainian coal mine has thwarted efforts to
rescue 10 miners trapped after an explosion which killed at least 36 and injured
43.
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452/**http://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/08/20/ukraine.mine/
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24. Increasing Concern Over Potential Methane Gas Explosion and ...
Now scientists are worried about other catastrophes, including a potential
massive methane gas explosion. ... Expert Gives Opinion on How Gas Caused
Deep Horizon Rig Explosion ...
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25. Marcellus gas flare may burn for days

Drillers hit a pocket of methane in an inactive deep mine, triggering the
morning blast. ... for two days and reached 1,000 feet deep when the explosion
occurred. ...
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26. Marcellus Shale gas drilling put under microscope

On Monday, drillers hit a pocket of methane in an inactive deep mine, causing
an explosion and fire that flared 50-feet high for four days, destroyed ...
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27. West Virginia Mine Disaster: Help Support Victims' Families

When methane gas in a West Virginia mine ignited, it caused an explosion that
killed at least 25 coal miners and trapped four others; rescue teams ...
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28. West Virginia Mine EXPLOSION: Massey Energy Mine Had Scores ...
MONTCOAL, W.Va. -- A huge underground explosion blamed on methane gas
killed 25 coal miners in the worst U.S. mining disaster in more than two
decades. Four others ...
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29. WSVN-TV - Russia mine blast kills 78, leaves 50 missing

Russia mine blast kills 78, leaves 50 missing
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30. 12 dead, 83 trapped after blasts hit Russian mine - Worldnews.com

... E-Mail Print Text Size: tool name tool goes here Comments (0) | Similar
stories: 12 dead, 83 trapped after blasts hit Russian mine 12 dead, 83 ...
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31. 7 dead, 19 missing in W.Va. coal mine explosion

... mine where seven workers were killed and 19 missing deep underground
after an explosion ... In 2006, 12 miners died in a methane explosion at the
Sago Mine in West Virginia.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9ETA2L80&show_article=1
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32. CNN.com - Ukraine mine fire death toll rises - August 21, 2001
If we don't have the equipment to ensure safety, we should not mine these
(deep ... Fifty miners were killed in a methane explosion at the mine in May
1999.
http://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/08/21/ukrainian.mine/index.html
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33. Coal Mine and Bed Methane

Many explosions have occurred over the years leading to the development of
“methane drainage” in mines where the gas is drained ... There are over 900
former deep mines in the ...
http://www.coal.gov.uk/publications/miningtechnology/coalmineandbedmethane
.cfm
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34. Death toll in Russia mine blasts hits 32 - Washington Times

Rescuers pulled 20 more bodies from the rubble of Russia's largest coal mine
Monday but 58 miners were still missing deep underground as water flooded
into the shafts.
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35. Disasters: Year In Review 1997 :: Mining and Tunneling ...

December 2, Southern Siberia, Russia. A massive methane gas explosion ripped
through a deep shaft in a coal mine, killing at least 61 miners.
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1997/231322/Mining-and-Tunneling
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36. Disasters: Year In Review 2007 :: Mining and Construction ...

A methane explosion at the Zasyadko deep coal mine leaves at least 101
miners dead, with a further 11 missing. December 5, Shanxi province, China.
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1392466/disaster-Year-In-Review-
2007/273445/Mining-and-Construction
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37. Dozens trapped by Colombian coal mine explosion - Worldnews.com

A coal mine explosion in north-western Colombia believed to have been caused
by a build-up of methane gas killed at least 16 miners and left dozens trapped
more than ...
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38. Methane explosion kills 12 miners - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting

...
Twelve miners have been killed in a methane explosion at the Wujek-Slask coal
mine ... Methane explosion kills 12 miners. Posted September 19 ... an aspiring
AFL player battle a deep ...
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/19/2690670.htm?section=justin
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39. Miners trapped underground in Turkish coal disaster

Hopes are fading for the survival of 32 miners who were trapped underground
by an explosion on Monday at a state-run mine near the Turkish Black Sea port
of Zonguldak.
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40. Polish miners killed, trapped in massive blast | libcom.org

8 miners have been killed and 15 more remain trapped following an explosion in
a deep coal mine yesterday in ... explosion thought to be caused by methane
trapped them deep ...
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41. What Caused the Deadly Coal Mine Explosion in West Virginia ...
It will be some time before we know for sure how the tragic explosion
happened, but the findings could affect safety laws for mines across the
country.
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42. 60 Dead in Russian Mine Blast, 30 Missing - Worldnews.com

Filed at 1:00 a.m. ET MEZHDURECHENSK, Russia (AP) -- Thirty Siberian coal
miners are buried so deep in Russia's largest underground coal mine that
rescuers use up ...
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43. Bodies of 73 mine workers retrieved in Colombia | Earth Times ...

Bogota - The last of altogether 73 miners killed in one of the worst mining
accidents in Colombia were retrieved Friday, nine days after a methane
explosion rocked ...
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44. Calgary Mining

Calgary Mining News and analysis on current events, business, finance,
economy, sports and more. Searchable news in 35 languages from WorldNews
Network and Archive
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45. CBC News - World - Russian mine blast kills 32

The death toll in two explosions at Russia's largest underground coal mine rose
Monday to 32, with about 58 people reportedly still trapped.
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46. Federal tests support lightning as cause of Sago mine ...

Federal tests support lightning as cause of Sago mine explosion ... than 2 miles
to spark the explosion deep inside the mine. The mine's owner, Scott Depot-
based International ...
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47. Handbook for Methane Control in Mining - About This Handbook ...
Handbook for Methane Control in Mining - About This Handbook - Document
Summary ... Major coal mine explosion disasters have always involved the
combustion of coal dust, ...
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48. Hope Dims for Missing West Virginia Miners After Large Blast ...
... following a massive explosion that claimed 25 lives in West Virginia. Gwen Ifill
reports on the rescue effort in the deadliest U.S. mining disaster...
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49. Methane Testing Regs

Frictional methane ignitions in mining can occur when sparks or hot metal
fragments from ... In mining sections with deep cuts, the longer probe
arrangements can ...
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50. Mine probe focuses on 'methane outbursts' at Upper Big Branch ...
Jun 9, 2010 ... Methane is released naturally from coal seams during the mining
process, ... 18, 2004, workers deep inside Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch
Mine heard a ... teams who are investigating the Upper Big Branch Mine
Disaster. ...
http://wvgazette.com/News/201006091064
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51. Story Print Friendly

Rescuers pulled another 16 bodies from deep within the mine in West Sumatra
province, which collapsed after an explosion of methane gas on Tuesday, ...
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52. Ukraine mine blast kills 17 - Oneindia News

DONETSK, Ukraine, Nov 18 (Reuters) Seventeen miners were killed and 14 are
missing after a methane explosion ripped t
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53. 4 missing West Virginia coal miners have been found dead ...
Pallbearers carrying the casket of deceased coal miner Benny Ray Willingham,
61, April 9, ... missing deep underground after an explosion ripped through a
West Virginia mine. ...
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54. 6 killed in explosion at US coal mine - Worldnews.com

Washington, April 06: An explosion at a coal mine in the US state of West
Virginia killed six miners Monday. Ron Wooten, director of West Virginia ...
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55. Blast kills 12 miners. - Free Online Library

It's the country's most serious mining accident since a methane explosion killed
23 at the Halemba mine in ... coal miners killed in Ukraine explosion; 35 remain
trapped in deep mine ...
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Blast+kills+12+miners.(News)-a0208082203
79%
56. Drills In Place To Release Gas In W.Va. Mine - Worldnews.com

MONTCOAL, W.Va. -- Gov. Joe Manchin said drills are in place to release highly
combustible methane at a West Virginia mine where 25 people have been killed
and four ...
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57. Featured Articles about Methane - Page 2 - Orlando Sentinel

A methane gas explosion killed at least 62 coal miners working ... have
discovered micro-organisms deep under the ... An underground methane fire at
a coal mine killed at least seven ...
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58. IronMiners.com :: View topic - DEP Announces Enhanced Inspection

Of ...
DEP Announces Enhanced Inspection Of Deep Anthracite Mines ... Slope Mine in
Tremont Township, Schuylkill County. A methane explosion at the mine fatally
injured miner Dale ...
http://www.ironminers.com/mineforum/viewtopic.php?p=9269
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59. Major Disasters - Thrice Cursed in Michel-Natal

A mine explosion (1904) killed seven men and set the town of Michel on fire. It
was ... at the mine entry and travelled deep into the mine to ignite a pocket of
methane gas. ...
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60. Methane a Stubborn Problem in Mines - NYTimes.com

... mine, the more pressure released in mining and the more methane freed.
The Upper Big Branch mine, where the explosion occurred on Monday, is more
than 1,000 feet deep.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/07/science/07methane.html?
twt=nytimesscience
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61. Methane Explosion Deep Mine

Scribd is a way to easily put your documents online.
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62. Mine rescue effort turns to recovery - U.S. news - Life ...
Crews begin the grim task of removing the last four bodies from a West Virginia
coal mine where 25 others died in a blast.
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63. Poisonous gas holds back W. Va. mine rescuers - thestar.com

Mine crews were checking on the alarm when they discovered an explosion had
occurred deep ... Methane is one of the great dangers of coal mining, and
federal ...
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64. Safety Issues - World Coal Institute

Coal mining deep underground involves a higher safety risk than coal ... rock
strata during the process of mining can present a high risk of explosion at ...
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65. Ukrainian coal mine blast kills 63 (w/video) | Chronicle ...

DONETSK, Ukraine A methane blast ripped through a coal mine in eastern
Ukraine early ... The explosion occurred around 3 a.m. more than 3,300 feet
deep inside ...
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66. ZENIT - Condolences Sent for Ukraine Mine Victims

ZENIT is a news agency specializing in coverage of the Holy Father, life in the ...
investigating the explosion, which occurred in a 1,000-meter-deep mine in
Krasnolimansk. ...
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67. CBC News - World - Blast shakes Ukranian mine: news agency
An explosion shook the Ukrainian mine in Donetsk, Saturday, where 100 people
died in November. At least five people are injured in this latest blast, ...
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68. Colombian coal mine blast kills 16, traps dozens - Coal Mine Gossip ...
Rescuers began drilling three deep holes to vent methane and carbon monoxide
from the mine so that search ... At Least 16 Killed, Dozens More Trapped in Coal
Mine Methane Explosion ...
http://www.zeeip.com/coal-mine-methane.html
78%
69. Death Toll Rises To 32 In Russian Mine Disaster - Radio Free ...
Rescue efforts are continuing at one of Russia's largest coal mines, where twin
explosions this weekend killed at least 32 people and injured dozens more.
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saster/2037251.html
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70. DEP: Old Mine Gas Ignites W.Va. Well Blast, 7 Hurt - WTAP-TV
Officials said today a crew drilling a natural gas well through an abandoned coal
mine in the northern panhandle hit a pocket of methane gas that ignited,
triggering ...
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71. Lawmakers urge road access in forest to vent methane from ...
Access to a coal mine in a roadless area near Delta is another ... nearly five
days after an explosion killed 25 others and trapped them deep... Markey a
polarizing force in ...
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72. Lethal gas stops rescuers from entering West Virginia mine ...
The mine's owner, Massey Energy Co., has been repeatedly cited for problems
with the ... there had been no signs of life deep underground since the
explosion. ...
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stops-rescuers-from-entering-West-Virginia-mine
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73. mining | 80beats | Discover Magazine

Methane Gas Explosion Blamed for West Virginia Coal Mining ... to be
suspended because of a build-up of methane in the mine. ... as 1400 B.C., the
people of the Andes dug deep to mine ...
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/tag/mining/
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74. Print friendly - News from The China Post

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- A coal mine explosion in Indonesia's Sumatra island has ...
by a build-up of methane gas in the mine in Parambahan, West Sumatra. ...
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75. Russian Coal Mining Disaster: 90 Feared Dead in Raspadskaya ...

The death toll from twin explosions in a Siberian mine could go up to 90,
Russia's emergencies minister told President Dmitry Medvedev Monday
afternoon. The number ...
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76. St. Petersburg Times

May 11, 2010 ... High levels of methane gas remaining in the mine had raised
fears of ... but another danger is now posed by rising water levels in the deep
mine. ... Mine explosions and other industrial accidents are common in Russia ...
http://www.sptimes.ru/index.php?story_id=31397&action_id=2
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77. The Raw Story | Russian coal mine blast kills 71

A devastating gas explosion tore through a Siberian coal mine Monday, killing at
... Tuleyev said the explosion had occurred after a rockslide caused methane
gas to build up ...
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78. 2009 mine deaths hit record low of 34 | Deseret News

That year, the nation's most deadly mine explosion killed 358 people near
Monongah, W.Va. ... 12 who died in a methane explosion at the Sago Mine in
West Virginia and five who ...
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79. A Detailed Heat Balance Study Of A Deep Level Mechanized Cut ...
A Detailed Heat Balance Study Of A Deep Level Mechanized Cut-And-Fill Stope -
Document Summary ... System Design Analysis For Explosion Protection Of Mine
Fans ...
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80. Blast hits Russia's largest coal mine, 12 dead | 89.3 KPCC
The mine is 500 meters deep and has 370 kilometers (220 miles) of ... worst
coal mining disaster in 40 years when 29 miners died April 5 in an explosion at
a ...
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81. Body of 20th miner found in Ukraine | World news | The Guardian
The body of the last of a group of miners working at the site of an explosion
deep in a coal mine in ... a total of 35 coal workers were killed in a fire, and on
July 21 a methane ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/aug/02/3
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82. ISS - Disaster-stricken West Virginia coal mine has a history ...
The possibility that a methane build-up was behind the Upper Big Branch
explosion raises the specters of the ... longwall mining equipment deep inside
the mine, the Charleston ...
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83. Methane gas explosion? I just read that the explosion in a ...
Oil also has Methane. Methane Ice is threatening to melt in the Ice Caps and
pockets of Methane in the deep coldest parts of the ocean...
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84. Mine explosion: » Local News » Bluefield Daily Telegraph ...

Crews late Friday were deep underground on ... gases and the risk of fire or
explosion. Five ambulances had arrived at the mine site ... the blast was caused
by a buildup of methane ...
http://bdtonline.com/local/x1612532134/Mine-explosion
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85. PhillyBurbs.com: Gas levels drop at WV mine; crews may start ...
Two days after the worst U.S. mining disaster in a generation, rescue crews
were called to the Upper Big Branch coal mine late Wednesday to prepare ...
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ril/07/gas-levels-drop-at-wv-mine-crews-may-start-search.html
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86. Report reveals 7 shortcomings in mine disaster in Bursa

The explosion, believed to have been caused by methane gas, took place in a
mine in the ... mining tragedies, which are frequent occurrences in deep coal
mining. ...
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87. Crews search for trapped Russian miners - World news - Europe ...
fears of ... A bigger danger, he said, was now posed by rising water levels deep
in the mine. .... Russia's deadliest coal mine explosion in decades occurred in ...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37040598/ns/world_news-europe/
76%
88. Explosives | Explosives News | Explosives Photos | Explosives ...

Rescuers on Thursday found the bodies of 28 miners deep in a damaged coal
mine, making the methane gas explosion three days earlier one of the ...
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89. Increase Pressure Deep Mine

Copernic Agent Search Results Search: Found: Date: 1. increase pressure deep
mine (All the words) 403 result(s) on _Full.Search 7/14/2010 12:36:30 PM The
Watershed Approach to Acid Mine Drainage Abatement: Sovern Run Dec 2009
- ...Potential Solution-Fillin
http://www.scribd.com/doc/34330586/Increase-Pressure-Deep-Mine
76%
90. New Ukraine Blast Kills Four - Mining Technology

An explosion has hit the Zasyadko coal mine in the Ukraine, two weeks after ...
The blast follows a methane explosion deep underground on 18 November, the
worst mining accident in the ...
http://www.mining-technology.com/news/news3300.html
76%
91. Russia mine blast kills 78, leaves 50 missing / LJWorld.com

Moscow — A methane gas explosion deep in a Siberian coal mine killed at least
78 people and left another 50 trapped Monday in Russia's worst mining disaster
in a decade.
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2007/mar/20/russia_mine_blast_kills_78_leaves_5
0_missing/
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92. West Virginia coal mine explosion kills 25; rescuers hold out ...
Apr 5, 2010 ... The explosion comes just four years after a methane explosion at
the Sago Mine in West Virginia killed 12 miners. ...
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/04/05/2010-04-
05_west_virginia_coal_mine_explosion_kills_miners.html
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93. 5 dead, 30 feared trapped in Indonesia mine explosion - CNN.com

JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN)- A mine collapse - triggered by a methane explosion -
killed at least five people ... 6 Deep-sea mysteries: Why drilling in... 7 Happiness
in business ...
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/16/indonesia.mine.explosion/index
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94. Bear Creek, MT Smith Mine Disaster, Feb 1943 | GenDisasters ...
... and the remainder died either through injuries sustained in the explosion, or
through suffocation from the carbon monoxide and methane gas in the mine.
The explosion was deep ...
http://www3.gendisasters.com/montana/5372/bear-creek,-mt-smith-mine-
disaster,-feb-1943
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95. CNN.com - Hopes fade for Ukraine survivors - August 21, 2001
The methane and coal-dust explosion ripped through a shaft in the Zasyadko
mine near the centre of the eastern city of ... equipment to ensure safety, we
should not mine these (deep ...
http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/08/20/ukraine.mine
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96. Coal Bed Methane

Methane gas is found trapped in fissures in coal and extraction reduces
explosion hazards in mines, thereby reducing safety risks ... gas originating
from operational deep coal mines ...
http://www.scribd.com/doc/18792012/Coal-Bed-Methane
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97. Dances With Bears » TWO FRESH EXPLOSIONS LEAD TO CALLS FOR
CLOSING ...
He told Mineweb there have been three methane explosions at the mine in the
past fortnight — on ... According to Starovoyt, “it is necessary to equip deep-
water ports and to ...
http://johnhelmer.net/?p=304
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98. Deadly blast is worst U.S. mining disaster in decades ...

Apr 6, 2010 ... A huge underground explosion blamed on methane gas killed 25
coal ... when they discovered an explosion had occurred deep inside the
mine. ...
http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/national/89999762.html
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99. Eight dead in Colombian coal mine explosion | Reuters

BOGOTA Aug 6 (Reuters) - A methane gas explosion in a Colombian coal mine
killed eight workers on Thursday when ... take normal precautions before
entering the kilometer (.6 mile)-deep ...
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN06344281
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100. I AM A COAL MINER'S KID

It’s time we offer prayer and respect to every miner everywhere on this planet.
Prayer changes things. ... Let’s hope that through prayer the number of men we
lose to those deep, dark dungeons will lessen, year by year until one day they
will have a much s
http://minerskid.com/wordpress/?p=11
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101. Methane keeps rescuers from entering W. Virginia mine; governor sees
...
... there had been no signs of life deep underground since the explosion.
During ... of the ventilation holes, the amount of methane, hydrogen and carbon
monoxide coming out of the mine ...
http://www.news1130.com/news/world/article/42280--state-mining-director-6-
dead-21-unaccounted-for-following-explosion-at-w-va-coal-mine
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102. Search for missing miners delayed - News - The Charleston Gazette -
During a news briefing shortly after noon, Manchin said rescuers who have been
deep inside the mine described mine railcar tracks that were "twisted like a
pretzel." ... linknet2.....If the mine being a union mine would have stopped the
explosion then why
http://www.wvgazette.com/News/201004050545
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103. Searchers could enter W.Va. mine soon

were called ... carbon monoxide and highly explosive hydrogen and methane
measured at the top of the ...
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/apr/07/072334/na-w-va-mine-disaster-still-a-
rescue-effort
75%
104. Twenty trapped after gas explosion at coal mine in northern China ...
I think we can look for a significant reduction of mine methane explosions in
China ... Sixty percent of the gas in coal beds is over 1,500 meters deep. More
than 600 coal-bed methane ...
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/asiapacific/news/article_1329926.php/
Twenty_trapped_after_gas_explosion_at_coal_mine_in_northern_China
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105. 25 dead in W.Va. mine blast, worst since 1984 - Blogrunner

Of coal mines and methane. Yesterday, an explosion in the Upper Big Branch
Mine in Montcoal, West ... Twenty-five miners were killed Monday after a coal
mine explosion deep in the ...
http://www.blogrunner.com/snapshot/D/0/0/25_dead_in_wva_mine_blast_worst_s
ince_1984/
74%
106. 7 dead, 19 missing in W.Va. coal mine explosion ...

... coal mine where seven workers were killed and 19 missing deep underground
after an explosion ... the Eagle coal seam releases up to 2 million cubic feet of
methane gas into the mine ...
http://www.whas11.com/news/national/89957587.html
74%
107. At least 33 dead in Ukrainian mine blast

A methane explosion in a Ukrainian coal mine Sunday killed at least 33 miners
and rescuers sought as ... and relatives gathered at the site for news as fire
burned deep in the mine ...
http://social.moldova.org/news/at-least-33-dead-in-ukrainian-mine-blast-77625-
eng.html
74%
108. Blast hits notorious Ukrainian mine

The mine blast has left 5 hurt and 35 missing. An explosion has hit a Ukrainian
coal mine, where over 100 died in a methane blast two weeks ago, ...
http://www.presstv.ir/Detail.aspx?id=33264
74%
109. Death Toll Hits 23 in Poland Mine Blast - washingtonpost.com

The men, aged between 21 and 59, were killed by a methane gas explosion
Tuesday at the Halemba coal mine in the ... want to meet with them in this
way," said Gawra with a deep ...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
dyn/content/article/2006/11/23/AR2006112300264_pf.html
74%
110. Explosion at Massey mine kills 25 - MarketWatch

... efforts remain on hold because of elevated methane and carbon monoxide
readings inside the mine. ... monoxide alarm when they discovered an explosion
had occurred deep in the mine ...
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/explosion-at-massey-mine-kills-25-2010-04-
06?dist=beforebell
74%
111. Methane, a Common Danger of Coal Mines - NY Times Science | e!

Science ...
Methane, a Common Danger of Coal Mines ... no definitive proof that it was a
methane explosion ... Deep sea methane scavengers captured
http://esciencenews.com/sources/ny.times.science/2010/04/06/methane.a.com
mon.danger.coal.mines
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112. MSHA - Coal Mine Fatal Accident Investigation Report: Fatalities #1 ...
... ring cavity (approximately 3-1/2 feet deep ... The flame from a methane
explosion extends about five ... On January 22, 2003, an explosion occurred at
the McElroy Mine, 5 South #2 ...
http://www.msha.gov/FATALS/2003/FTL03c1-3.HTM
74%
113. The Canadian Press: Coal mine collapse traps 15 in Turkish miners ...
Coal mine collapse traps 15 in Turkish miners; caused by methane gas
explosion ... Sun/Broadview Express; Oxbow Herald; Radville/Deep ...
http://www.thetelegram.com/index.cfm?
pid=1154&cpcat=world&stry=104623128
74%
114. USATODAY.com - Accidents at coal mines in Kazakhstan, Ukraine kill

45
A methane gas explosion at the Lenin mine in central Kazakhstan that killed 32
miners was so ... remain the most dangerous in the world because the mining
has to be done at very deep ...
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-09-20-mining_x.htm
74%
115. 7 dead, 19 missing in W.Va. coal mine explosion - AP News Wire ...
http://www.salon.com/wires/techbiz/2010/04/05/D9ET7SUO0_us_mine_explosion
/index.html
73%
116. Coal mine explosion kills three in West Virginia

Coal mine explosion kills three in West ... the bottom of a 940-foot-deep ... feet
from the active mine operations. Tests near the explosion site indicate the blast
was caused by methane, an ...
http://www1.wsws.org/articles/2003/jan2003/mine-j25.shtml
73%
117. Mining accident in Donetsk - Ukraine.com Discussion Forum

An underground methane and coal dust explosion killed ... the blast at the
Zasiadko mine, which was also the site of a May 1999 methane explosion ...
natural processes happening deep ...
http://www.ukraine.com/forums/current-events/2492-mining-accident-
donetsk.html
73%
118. RUSSIA Mining News | MINING.com News

About 180 workers remained deep in the mine hours after the explosion, said ...
Russia's largest coal mine has been hit by a second explosion hours after a
deadly methane blast killed ...
http://news.mining.com/tag/russia/page/5/
73%
119. Tags « NASA Astrobiology
Aug 26, 2009 ... A search for primordial water from deep in the Earth's
mantle .... Scientists have often attributed the Cambrian explosion to significant
...
http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/tags/cambrian-explosion/
73%

Jun 21, 2010 ... They tested the recently popular hypothesis that methane in
Titan's atmosphere originated in hydrothermal systems deep within Titan. ...
http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/tags/methane/
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121. www.WHEC.com - Rescuers find 28 bodies in Turkish mine

(AP) ANKARA, Turkey - Rescuers on Thursday found the bodies of 28 miners
deep in a damaged coal mine, making the methane gas explosion three days
earlier one of the deadliest mine ...
http://www.whec.com/news/stories/S1562718.shtml?cat=10054
73%
122. 12 Dead, 10 Missing In West Virginia Mine Explosion (Updated)

The explosion happened Monday at Massey Energy Co. ’s sprawling Upper Big
Branch mine about 30 miles south of Charleston. ... The cause of the blast was
not known, however, the operation has a history of violations for not properly
ventilating highly combu
http://ehssafetynews.wordpress.com/2010/04/05/12-dead-10-missing-in-w-va-
mine-explosion-updated
72%
123. 7 killed, 19 missing in southern W. Va. mine blast

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9ETACSG0&show_article=1
72%
124. Arctic Mine Blast Kills 23 Workers - The Washington Post ...
Arctic Mine Blast Kills 23 Workers - An apparent explosion of methane gas deep
in a Russian-operated : Encyclopedia.com
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P2-734205.html
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125. Do The Math: The Myth of A Giant Methane Explosion, Leaked ...
Do The Math: The Myth of A Giant Methane Explosion, Leaked Methane Has Less
Than 1% of ..... Other sources include mud volcanoes, which are connected with
deep ... The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) investigated several
of ...
http://beforeitsnews.com/story/94/082/Do_The_Math:_The_Myth_of_A_Giant_Met
hane_Explosion,_Leaked_Methane_Has_Less_Than_1_of_Energy_of_Mt._St._Hele
ns.html
72%
126. Express.co.uk - Home of the Daily and Sunday Express | World ...
World News :: 23 survive Ukraine mine explosion - Breaking news, sport,
showbiz, pictures and video from the Daily and Sunday Express newspapers -
updated 24/7
http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/47579
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127. Few hints of trouble in Massey Energy’s filings …

” In an 8-K filed March 24 — just a couple weeks before the Upper Big Branch
explosion — ... Deep in the agreement itself (item [z] in a list of representations
and warranties)...
http://www.footnoted.org/buried-treasure/few-hints-of-trouble-in-massey-
energys-filings-…/
72%
128. methane – News Stories About methane - Page 2 | Newser

methane - Find news stories, facts, pictures and video about ... killed early
today when a methane gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in ... More
than 360 men were safely evacuated from the half-mile deep mine, AP. ...
http://www.newser.com/tag/4101/2/methane.html
72%
129. Methane keeps rescuers out of W. Virginia Upper Big Branch coal
mine ...
Crews drilled holes deep into the ground to ... may have been caused by a
buildup of methane. The mine's ... to 29, it will be the worst U.S. coal mining
disaster since a 1970 explosion ...
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20100407/NEWS/100409487/1105/NEWS?
Title=Methane-keeps-rescuers-out-of-W-Virginia-mine-
72%
130. Mine where blast killed 7 had history of violations | Nation ...
http://www.kansas.com/2010/04/06/1256791/mine-where-blast-killed-7-
had.html
72%
131. Poland Mine Disaster | Coal Mining Safety

... of mining tragedies, which are almost impossible to avoid in deep coal
mining. Last year, a mining accident killed six and injured 17 miners, and in
2006, a methane explosion at ...
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/poland/090930/coal-mining-safety-mines?
page=0,1
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132. Press releases

14 Shaft – methane explosion (update) 18 September 2009. Following the news
release dated 14 September, it is with deep regret that Impala Platinum
Holdings Limited (Implats ...
http://www.implats.co.za/im/press_display.asp?id=254
72%

Dec 2, 2008 ... Breakdown of methane due to electric discharge: A Laboratory ...
Recovery of comet 85P/Boethin for the Deep Impact Extended Mission ...
http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/tags/deep-impact/
72%
134. The Canadian Press: Coal mine collapse traps 15 in Turkish miners ...
Coal mine collapse traps 15 in Turkish miners; caused by methane gas
explosion ... Sun/Broadview Express; Oxbow Herald; Radville/Deep ...
http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?
72%
135. WEST VIRGINIA MINE DISASTER

MONTCOAL, W.Va - A huge underground explosion blamed on methane gas
killed 25 .... Twenty-five miners were killed Monday after a coal mine explosion
deep in ...
http://remembertherainbows.org/news/west-virginia-mine-disaster.html
72%
136. Al Jazeera English - Africa - Rescue of S Africa miners under way

... hundreds of workers trapped deep underground in a South African gold
mine ... May 2001: Explosion at Beatrix gold mine near Johannesburg kills 12.
July 1999: Methane gas explosion at ...
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/3CC824B5-32FE-4B6C-814C-
61386EBC2653.htm
71%
137. Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - Coalbed methane gas powers
Chinese ...
Following the extraordinary publicity about deaths from methane gas explosions
in China’s coal mines, China ... optimal drainage spacing, which is impeded
when drilling to deep ...
http://www.gasandoil.com/goc/news/nts70999.htm
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138. Common Wealth

There are solutions for this planet to combat climate change, poverty,
population explosion because every human being breath the same air, drink the
same source of w...
http://a1pinoy.blogspot.com/2010/07/common-wealth.html
71%
139. Crews prepare desperate rescue effort at West Virginia mine ...
The Daily Register - MONTCOAL, W.Va. (AP) Crews prepared early Friday to
pump nitrogen into a coal mine where an explosion killed 25 in a bid to flush ...
http://www.dailyregister.com/archive/x1173967993/Crews-prepare-desperate-
rescue-effort-at-West-Virginia-mine
71%
140. Crews Search Mine for 4 Missing in West Virginia Blast

Rescue crews began working their way by rail car and on foot through a coal
mine early Thursday in search of four miners missing since a blast killed 25
colleagues in ...
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/national/apx_crews_search_wva_mine_
040810
71%
141. Football tycoon's investment lies behind Russia's worst mine disaster
... that the explosion occurred during an equipment check," adding that a
methane-gas or coal-dust blast caused the mine's face to ... who died in the
methane explosion deep ...
http://www0.minesandcommunities.org/Action/press1416.htm
71%
142. For Kentuckians with mining experience, disaster resonates: West ...
A second methane explosion killed 11 of them. Scotia was on rescue team
members' minds ... But in a deep, dark, gassy mine, one small mistake can be
catastrophic. "It's a moral issue ...
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-kentuckians-with-mining-experience-disaster-
resonates-west-virginia-/2010/04/11/4720793.htm
71%
143. Many miners killed in West Virginia

But federal mine safety and health officials have repeatedly cited Massey, one
of the nation's largest coal producers, and the mine's operator for potentially
dangerous c ... onditions, including venting of combustible methane gas....
http://www.brutallyhonest.org/brutally_honest/2010/04/many-miners-killed-in-
west-virginia.html
71%
144. Methane keeps rescuers out of mine - News - Virgin Media

Methane keeps rescuers out of mine ... of late on Wednesday, there had been
no signs of life deep underground since the explosion.
http://latestnews.virginmedia.com/news/world/2010/04/06/rescue_teams_to_re_
enter_us_mine
71%
145. Poisonous gas holds back W. Va. mine rescuers - thestar.com

federal ...
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/790786--hope-dims-for-miners-after-
25-die-in-w-va-blast?bn=1
71%
146. Raleigh County Mine Explosion

On April 5, 2010, there was an explosion at a Raleigh County mine. The coal
mine explosion occurred at around 4:30 PM locally. ...
http://www.mahalo.com/raleigh-county-mine-explosion
71%
147. Rescue crews waiting to re-enter mine; air unsafe - BusinessWeek

Anxious search crews prepared late Thursday to pump nitrogen into a coal mine
where an explosion killed 25, a last-ditch bid to flush dangerous gases out and
allow ...
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9EVAKQO0.htm
71%
148. Rescuers find no evidence 4 missing miners are alive after ...
MONTCOAL, W.VA. Rescuers found no evidence four missing miners were alive
after a coal mine explosion killed 25 people.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2010/04/07/2010-04-
07_rescuers_find_no_evidence_4_missing_miners_are_alive_after_west_virginia_
coal_mi.html
71%
149. Rig explosion blamed on methane bubble

A BUBBLE of methane that forced its way up from beneath the ocean floor
caused last month's oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico ... an oil leak gushing
from a sunken rig deep ...
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/rig-explosion-blamed-on-
methane-bubble-20100509-ulrh.html
71%
150. Safety Issues - World Coal Institute

Coal mining deep underground involves a higher safety risk than coal ... rock
strata during the process of mining can present a high risk of explosion at ...
http://www.worldcoal.org/coal-society/safety-issues/
71%
151. Second blast hits Siberian coal mine | Perth Now - www.kiddoosi.com
A methane gas explosion in a Siberian coal mine Monday killed at least 97
people, with 13 ... eight Siberian coal miners are buried so deep in Russia's
largest underground coal mine ...
http://www.kiddoosi.com/siberian-mine.html
71%

Apr 15, 2010 ... A search for primordial water from deep in the Earth's mantle ...
Breakdown of methane due to electric discharge: A Laboratory Investigation ...
http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/tags/art/
71%
153. Ukraine mine blast kills 17 - Oneindia News

DONETSK, Ukraine, Nov 18 (Reuters) Seventeen miners were killed and 14 are
missing after a methane explosion ripped t
http://news.oneindia.in/2007/11/18/ukraine-mine-blast-kills-17-
1195378507.html
71%
154. West Virginia Mine explosion worst in decades

after an explosion at the underground coal mine. ( AP Photo/JEFF ... as well as
methane gas, which has been blamed for the explosion. The air quality was ...
http://rockbridgereport.wlu.edu/WV%20mine.html
71%
155. 12 dead, 83 trapped after two blasts in Russian mine - The Boston ...
... largest underground coal mine after two explosions ... too dangerous to enter
the mine because of high levels of methane ... The mine is about 500 yards
deep and has 220 miles of ...
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2010/05/10/12_dead_83_tra
pped_after_two_blasts_in_russian_mine/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--
+Today's+paper+A+to+Z
70%
156. 12 killed, more missing in W. Va. mine blast - BusinessWeek

A mine safety administrator says 12 workers are dead and more trapped deep
underground after a explosion rocked a remote ... 12 miners died in a methane
explosion at the Sago Mine ...
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9ETB7080.htm
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157. 25 Dead in West Virginia Mine Explosion

- A huge underground explosion blamed on methane gas killed 25 miners in the
worst U.S. coal mining disaster since 1984 ... discovered an explosion had
occurred deep inside the mine. "I ...
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/national/25-dead-in-west-virginia-
mine-explosion1270554372399
70%
158. ANTARA News: Coal mine in Sawahlunto explodes killing many miners
An underground coal mine in Sawahlunto, West Sumatra, exploded because the
appearance of methane, killing three miners while 30 others were still trapped
under the ...
http://www.antaranews.com/en/view/?i=1245207069&c=NAT&s=
70%
159. Articles about Methane - Baltimore Sun

... yet for Monday's explosion in West Virginia's Sago coal mine, experts say a
dangerous accumulation of methane gas is ... Methane is typically dissolved in
deep groundwater.
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/keyword/methane
70%
160. At least seven dead in US mine blast - Mining - NZ Herald News

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/mining/news/article.cfm?
c_id=64&objectid=10636660
70%
161. Coal mine explodes in New Mexico — History.com This Day in ...
A coal mine explosion in Dawson, New Mexico, kills more than 250 workers on
this day in 1913. A heroic rescue effort saved 23 others, but also cost ...
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/coal-mine-explodes-in-new-mexico
70%
162. Glimpse on this

“The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration will investigate this tragedy,
and take action,” ... MONTCOAL: Rescuers raced to find 10 coal miners missing
deep underground after an explosion killed 12 of their colleagues on Monday at
a West Virginia m
http://services.all4seo.ru/ramsden/2010/04/06/glimpse-on-this
70%
163. Grieving begins, but life goes on at W.Va. mines - Roanoke.com

1976: 26 killed by explosion at Scotia Mine, Blue Diamond ... the last four bodies
had been found deep inside Massey Energy Co.'s mine ... though they believe
high levels of methane ...
http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/243017
70%
164. Indonesia mine blast toll reaches 27

An explosion has ripped through a coal mine in Indonesia, killing 17 ... the mine
in West Sumatra province, which collapsed after an explosion of methane gas
on ...
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/826608/indonesia-mine-blast-toll-reaches-17
70%
165. Methane Gas and Your Water Well

... spaces can cause an explosion . What Is Methane? Methane ... in both
shallow and deep rocks, and is frequently associated with coal beds.
Underground coal mining can release methane to ...
http://s3.amazonaws.com/propublica/assets/methane/pdep_methane_well_fact_
sheet.pdf
70%
166. Methane keeps rescuers out of W. Virginia Upper Big Branch coal
mine ...
Crews drilled holes deep into the ground to ... may have been caused by a
buildup of methane. The mine's ... to 29, it will be the worst U.S. coal mining
disaster since a 1970 explosion ...
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20100407/NEWS/100409487?Title=Methane-
keeps-rescuers-out-of-W-Virginia-mine-
70%
167. Over 80 trapped in Russian mine blast - World - NZ Herald News

Rescue workers are scrambling today to save 83 people trapped in Russia's
largest underground coal mine after two explosions killed at least 12 people and
injured ...
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10643796
70%
168. Seven confirmed dead in W.Va. mine explosion; 19 missing 7 dead,

19 ...
http://www.observer-reporter.com/OR/StoryAP/04-06-2010-MINE-EXPLOSION-13
70%
169. Toxic gas levels in W.Va. mine drop; rescuers hope to get ...
Conditions improving for W.Va. mine rescue effort ... He also said he does not
think the company has any information about methane levels in the mine
before the explosion. ...
http://calamities.gaeatimes.com/2010/04/08/toxic-gas-levels-in-wva-mine-drop-
rescuers-hope-to-get-inside-soon-to-look-for-survivors-15550/
70%
170. Twelve dead, 83 trapped after Russian mine blasts ...

The second explosion destroyed the main air shaft and all of the mine's above-
ground ... The mine is 500 meters deep and has 370 kilometers (220 miles) of
underground tunnels, ...
http://lubbockonline.com/stories/051010/wor_637010906.shtml
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171. Ukrainian coal mine blast kills 63 (w/video) | Chronicle ...

DONETSK, Ukraine — A methane blast ripped through a coal mine in eastern
Ukraine early ... The explosion occurred around 3 a.m. more than 3,300 feet
deep inside ...
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/chronicle/5311542.html
70%
172. West Virginia Coal Mine Blast Victims Obituary: West Virginia ...
Read West Virginia Coal Mine Blast Victims's life story, offer ... Mine crews were
checking on the alarm when they discovered an explosion had occurred deep
insid e the mine. ...
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries.asp?page=lifestory&n=west-virginia-coal-
mine-blast-victims&personid=141532550
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173. West Virginia Coal Mine Explosion Kills at Least 25

(April 6) -- Twenty-five miners are dead and four others missing after an
explosion rocked a remote West Virginia coal mine with a history of safety
problems.
http://www.aolnews.com/article/west-virginia-mine-explodes-killing-at-least-
6/19427460
70%
174. West Virginia Mine Explosion

... carry on the work because the mine was filled with carbon mono oxide and
methane. The management is drilling 1000 feet deep ... that are missing after
the explosion in a mine. They ...
http://www.khurak.net/west-virginia-mine-explosion-0023311/
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175. 12 dead, 83 trapped after blasts hit Russian mine

Blasts hit Russia's largest coal mine, 12 workers killed, 83 still trapped.
Rescue ... have been caused by methane, hit the Raspadskaya mine just before
midnight Saturday and ...
http://www.blnz.com/news/2010/05/08/Blast_hits_Russias_largest_coal_6019.ht
ml
69%
176. 12 killed, 83 still trapped in Russian mine - thestar.com

May 9, 2010 ... The first blast, believed to have been caused by methane, hit
the Raspadskaya ... The mine is 500 metres deep and has 370 kilometres (220
miles) of ... Mine explosions and other industrial accidents are common in
Russia ...
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/806986--12-killed-83-still-trapped-in-
russian-mine
69%
177. 25 dead in W.Va. mine blast, worst since 1984

, about 30 miles south of Charleston, left authorities with only slim hopes that
the missing miners could be found alive more than 1,000 feet underground
amid a buildup of toxic methane gas. ... The gas buildup forced rescuers to call
off efforts to reach
http://jaydeespost.jaydees.net/index.php/25-dead-in-w-va-mine-blast-worst-
since-1984/
69%
178. 25 dead in West Virginia mine blast, worst since 1984 - Massillon,
OH ...
A huge underground explosion blamed on methane gas killed 25 miners in the
worst U.S. coal mining disaster since 1984 ... discovered an explosion had
occurred deep inside the mine. ...
http://www.indeonline.com/newsnow/x998208800/25-dead-in-West-Virginia-
mine-blast-worst-since-1984
69%
179. 25 miners killed in West Virginia explosion

But federal mine safety and health officials have repeatedly cited Massey, one
of the nation’s ... largest coal producers, and the mine’s operator for potentially
dangerous conditions, including venting of combustible methane gas....
http://www.thecreativenews.com/25-miners-killed-in-west-virginia-
explosion/2010/04/06
69%
180. 7 killed, 19 missing in southern W. Va. mine blast

MONTCOAL, W. Va. (AP) - Rescuers converged late Monday on a remote coal
mine where seven workers were killed and 19 missing deep underground after
an explosion rocked the operation t ... hat has a history of violations for not
properly ventilating highly
http://biroindonesia.blogspot.com/2010/04/7-killed-19-missing-in-southern-w-
va.html
69%
181. Blast hits Russia's largest coal mine, 4 injured ...

A methane explosion tore through Russia's largest underground coal mine on
Saturday, injuring at least four people, a regional emergency services official
said.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/may/08/blast-hits-russias-largest-
coal-mine-4-injured/
69%
182. Blast Rips Through Russian Mine - Congoo

Moscow - A methane explosion tore through Russia's largest underground coal
mine on Saturday, injuring ... About 180 workers remained deep in the mine
hours after the explosion, said ...
http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?
st=111878522&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=-1
69%
183. Channel NewsAsia - Hopes fade for Indonesian miners after

explosion ...
More than 40 miners were feared dead on Tuesday after a massive explosion of
methane gas collapsed a coal mine ... was all but gone for another 40 miners
believed to be buried deep ...
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/436355/1/.html
69%
184. Corruption And Negligence Result In Death Of 50 Coal Miners

All these and more were the immediate cause of Nagda coal mine disaster on
September 6. ... of why methane caught fire and caused the explosion at Nagda
mine on that day ...
http://pd.cpim.org/2006/0924/09242006_jharkhand%20mines.htm
69%
185. Daily Herald | Officials: 33 killed in mine explosion in ...

daily herald is suburban chicago's largest daily newspaper. the daily herald
provides a ... KIEV, Ukraine -A methane blast ripped through a coal mine in
eastern Ukraine early ...
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=80163
69%
186. Deadly blast is worst U.S. mining disaster in decades | KOMO ...
A huge underground explosion blamed on methane gas killed 25 coal miners in
the worst U.S. mining disaster since 1984 ... discovered an explosion had
occurred deep inside the mine. "I ...
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187. Had you understand this one?

S. mining disaster in more than two decades. ... Rescuers began drilling three
deep holes to vent methane and carbon monoxide from the mine so that search
teams can go back in....
http://corbin.niranalyzer.eu/2010/04/06/had-you-understand-this-one/
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188. Jharia: Deep beneath a hellhole - India News - IBNLive

Jharia: Deep beneath a ... the constant danger of explosions because of lethal
combustible gas inside the mines. ... level of the dangerous methane is not
available in most mines.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/jharia-deep-beneath-a-hellhole/43045-3.html
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189. Seven dead in coal mine explosion

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%20dead%20in%20coal%20mine%20explosion&id=128504
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190. Sixty one dead in Siberian coal mine blast | Mail Online
A methane explosion which killed 61 people when it ripped through a coal mine
in Russia. ... hours after the explosion at the Ulyanovskaya mine ... Cipriani split
Model deep ...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-443344/Sixty-dead-Siberian-coal-
blast.html
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191. The Raw Story | Rescuers battle to save missing Ukrainian miners
The explosion occurred early on Sunday deep underground at the Zasyadko
mine, which has a ... caused by build-ups of methane gas, which can occur
suddenly in the mine shafts. ...
http://rawstory.com/news/afp/Rescuers_battle_to_save_missing_Ukr_11192007.
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192. To make things better

The real problem isn’t just the coal companies or the operators of the mines: it’s
really all of us. ... Go to any city at night and you’ll see why men and women
risk their lives everyday to plunge deep beneath the earth in substandard mines
with substanda
http://dennis.hitzeman.com/worldview/2010/04/06/to-make-things-better/
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193. W.Va. mine explosion kills 12; more missing

W.Va. mine explosion kills 12; more missing ... vast amounts of highly
combustible methane gas, the mine ... to find 10 coal miners missing deep
underground after an explosion ...
http://topics.treehugger.com/article/04x96HQ16Q5i2
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194. "25 dead in W.Va. mine blast, worst since 1984" (The ...
Apr 6, 2010 ... The disaster currently ranks as the deadliest mine accident
since ... explosion has not been determined, but a buildup of methane or coal ...
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5698d006e2aca/08d4ef21ff8d8b59852576fd00465f76?OpenDocument&Click=
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195. 12 dead, 83 trapped after two blasts in Russian mine - The Boston ...
... largest underground coal mine after two explosions ... too dangerous to enter
the mine because of high levels of methane ... The mine is about 500 yards
deep and has 220 miles of ...
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2010/05/10/12_dead_83_tra
pped_after_two_blasts_in_russian_mine/?rss_id=Boston.com+/
+Boston+Globe+--+World+News
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196. 17 Killed In Turkish Coal Mine Blast - Turkish Living Forums

A methane gas explosion ripped through a coal mine killing 13 miners in
western Turkey on Tuesday, just three ... Turkeys safety record in deep pits and
other heavy industries hasnt ...
http://www.turkishliving.com/forums/turkish-living-times/33193-17-killed-
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197. 25 Dead, 4 Missing After W.Va. Coal Mine Blast | 89.3 KPCC
89.3 KPCC | Southern California Public Radio's home page with news, podcasts,
radio broadcast schedules, and links to its productions including AirTalk with
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http://www.scpr.org/news/2010/04/06/25-dead-4-missing-after-wva-coal-mine-
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198. 69 killed in Ukraine mine explosion
Experts say Ukraine`s mines are dangerous largely because they are so deep ...
as dangerous due to high methane concentrations. Mines must be ventilated to
prevent explosions ...
http://news.rin.ru/eng/news/11524/
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199. 7 killed in underground blast were leaving W.Va. mine; communication

destroyed, 19 missing
MONTCOAL, W. Va. (AP) — Rescuers converged late Monday on a remote coal
mine where seven workers were killed and 19 missing deep underground after
an explosion rocked the operation t ... hat has a history of violations for not
properly ventilating highly c
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were-leaving-w-va-mine-communication-destroyed-19-missing
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200. 7 Killed, 19 Missing In Southern W. Va. Mine Blast - BLACK ...

BLACK ENTERPRISE is your ultimate source for wealth creation and financial
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201. A Convenient Solution We Desperately Need

-d. Fuel Oil, for Heating -e. Heavy Fuel Oils -3. Other Mined Fuels...
http://acsnewsupd.blogspot.com/2009/12/is-global-warming-myth-
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202. Blast hits Russia's largest coal mine, 12 dead - Boston.com

Rescue workers scrambled Sunday to save 83 people trapped in Russia's largest
underground coal mine after two explosions killed at least 12 people and injured
dozens ...
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2010/05/09/blast_hits_russia
s_largest_coal_mine_12_dead/
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203. Blast kills more than 63 miners in Ukraine - thestar.com

Some of the world’s worst mining accidents. A methane explosion ripped
through a mine in ... explosion occurred around 3 a.m. more than 1,000 metres
deep inside the Zasyadko mine ...
http://www.thestar.com/article/277531
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204. Blast Rips Through Russian Mine - Congoo

Moscow - A methane explosion tore through Russia's largest underground coal
mine on Saturday, injuring ... About 180 workers remained deep in the mine
hours after the explosion, said ...
http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?
st=111878522&Channel_ID=1&Category_ID=-1
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205. CHOSEN: End Times Newsletter - Issue 132
Issue 132 COVER
http://endtimesnews.vox.com/library/post/chosen-end-times-newsletter---issue-
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206. Climategate: A Crime Against Humanity

by Michael Rivero 1: Climategate: The Mother of All Deceptions"The whole aim
of practical
http://crazationsice.blogspot.com/2010/02/climategate-crime-against-
humanity.html
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207. Club Vesta: A Journey Beyond the Mountains of Madness to Find a Sea
of Stars
Now it smote my unprotected eyes like light from the fireball of a thermonuclear
explosion....
http://polaris93.livejournal.com/1815557.html
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208. DEP: Old Mine Gas Ignites W.Va. Well Blast, 7 Hurt
Officials said today a crew drilling a natural gas well through an abandoned coal
mine in the northern panhandle hit a pocket of methane gas that ignited,
triggering ...
http://www.wtap.com/news/headlines/95854454.html
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209. Does Global Warming Really Exist? My Green Awakening.

... rom the remaining fossil fuels - but continued consumption fuelling economic
growth at the current rate (never mind the explosion of development predicted
for the e...
http://frankiespeakingfrankly.blogspot.com/2010/01/does-global-warming-really-
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210. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE Pt. II

‘Nuclear winter’ is used to describe the aftermath of a nuclear explosion caused
due to a nuclear war or a nuclear accident....
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http://www.fruitstree.com/article/general-knowledge-pt-ii
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http://sponsoractual.com/2010/01/general-knowledge-pt-ii
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213. Handbook for Methane Control in Mining - About This Handbook ...
Handbook for Methane Control in Mining - About This Handbook - Document
Summary ... Major coal mine explosion disasters have always involved the
combustion of coal dust, ...
http://www.onemine.org/search/summary.cfm/Handbook-for-Methane-Control-
in-Mining--About-This-Handbook?
d=B9CA47C4548AD71A4B66BDA56F408A3AD5B5B032E1AC2A25F3A22F41E21
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rking+Deep+Coalbed
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with ... were pulled out after the explosion, and two miners were hospitalized. ...
http://palestineherald.com/breakingnews/x1612529413/Lethal-gas-stops-
rescuers-from-entering-West-Virginia-mine
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215. Mine News | latest Mine News | Mine News Live | Mine News update
Mine News - Get the Latest Mine News, View Full coverage of Mine, Live Mine
Updates and breaking news on Mine
http://sify.com/finance/moreheadlines/tag/mine/page/9.html
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216. Mining and Fines Go Hand in Hand | Greater Southeastern

Massachusetts ...
Massey Energy's Big Branch mine in West Virginia, where 25 miners died in a
methane explosion ... conditions, underground or deep miners—like those killed
in Monday's explosion ...
http://www.gsmlaborcouncil.org/node/4990
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217. Molten Steel & Extreme Temperatures at WTC

Structural engineers, who are experts in steel structures that have suffered
earthquakes and explosions claimed to have seen nothing like this before and
could not i...
http://911conspiracy.wordpress.com/2010/01/24/molten-steel-extreme-
temperatures-at-wtc
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218. WSVN-TV - Day of mourning across Ukraine as death tolls from ...
Day of mourning across Ukraine as death tolls from mining disaster reaches
88 ... Ukraine's mines are particularly deep, and methane increases in
concentration with depth. ...
http://www1.wsvn.com/news/articles/world/MI68443
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219. 24 Ukrainian miners found alive after explosion - World - smh ...
Twenty-four miners were found alive on Monday in a Ukrainian coalmine more
than 24 hours after they were trapped deep underground by a huge explosion,
rescue ...
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/24-ukrainian-miners-found-alive-after-
explosion/2008/06/10/1212863579644.html
67%
220. Blast hits Russia's largest coal mine, 12 dead

Blast hits Russia's largest coal mine, 12 workers killed, 83 still trapped. Rescue
workers scrambled Sunday to save 83 people trapped in Russia's largest
underground ...
http://www.blnz.com/news/2010/05/08/Reports_Blast_hits_Russias_largest_1209
.html
67%
221. Blast hits Russia's largest coal mine, 12 dead | The Jakarta Post
Daily English language newspaper in Indonesia ... The mine is 500 meters deep
and has 370 kilometers (220 miles) of underground tunnels, Tuleyev said. ...
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/05/09/blast-hits-russia039s-largest-
coal-mine-12-dead.html
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222. Chemical and physical properties

The combustion of all carbon containing fuels, such as methane (natural gas),
petroleum distillates (gasoline, diesel, kerosene, propane),...
http://carbondioxide21.blogspot.com/2010/01/chemical-and-physical-
properties.html
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223. Coal mine blast in Indonesia kills at least 32

A gas explosion at a coal mine in the Sawahlunto district ... and dangerous
concentrations of methane and carbon dioxide. Many bodies were pulled from
narrow paths deep in the mine and ...
http://www3.wsws.org/articles/2009/jun2009/indo-j24.shtml
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224. Coal-Mine Accidents Kill 45 in Kazakhstan, Ukraine (Update1 ...

In Ukraine, a methane leak at the Zasyadko mine claimed at least 13 lives,
adding to the ... They're very deep and complicated and the safety equipment is
very ...
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?
pid=20601087&sid=ag3Rl1_3uXWA&refer=home
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225. DISASTERS: Death at Black Mountain - TIME

Two days after the explosion, a group of 13 inspectors and miners were deep in
the same mine, strengthening a section of roof and repairing the ventilation
system. ...
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,911757,00.html
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Two full days after the worst U.S. mining disaster in a generation, dangerous
gases underground prevented rescuers Wednesday from venturing...
http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/lethal-gas-stops-rescuers-from-
entering-west-virginia-mine
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227. Methane blamed for blast that killed 25 miners " Breaking ...
federal ...
http://goshennews.com/breakingnews/x1687700693/Methane-blamed-for-blast-
that-killed-25-miners
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228. Poland Mine Disaster | Coal Mining Safety

WARSAW, Poland — A methane explosion in a Polish coal mine in September
that killed 17 miners and left 35 ... that strip the mineral from the surface,
Poland’s coal seams are deep ...
http://web1.globalpost.com/dispatch/poland/090930/coal-mining-safety-mines
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229. Report: Lightning likely caused Sago blast - U.S. news - Life - msnbc ...
The explosion trapped a team of miners deep inside. By the time searchers
reached them ... experts believe the spark that ignited the methane gas came
from friction between the mine’s ...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18573282/
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230. Reuters AlertNet - Hopes fade for 15 miners trapped in Polish ...
AlertNet provides news, information and analysis for everyone interested in
emergency ... 15 others underground in the deep coal mine, officials said.
REUTERS/KATARINA STOLTZ ...
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L22879991.htm
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231. Siberia Explosion Kills 22 Coal Miners - at Least 25 Are ...

An explosion, apparently caused by methane, ripped through a coal mine in
Siberia early Saturday, killing 22 miners.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/11/international/europe/11RUSS.html
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232. W.Va. mining industry mourns 29 explosion victims

W.Va. mining industry mourns 29 explosion victims ... major seismic event deep
inside the mine. It came ... Bowl when word came of a methane explosion at the
Sago Mine in ...
http://newpittsburghcourieronline.com/index.php?
option=com_content&view=article&id=1899:wva-mining-industry-mourns-29-
explosion-victims&catid=39:national&Itemid=2
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233. Blast in a coal mine in Donetsk, Ukraine - Wikinews, the free ...
Oct 26, 2008 ... Another blast shook the Ukrainian coal mine Zasyadko in
Donetsk, where over 100 miners died in a methane blast in November. ... in an
isolated part of the collery at the deep of 1078 metres, where 63 people were
working. ...
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Blast_in_a_coal_mine_in_Donetsk,_Ukraine
66%
234. Coal mining: Facts, Discussion Forum, and Encyclopedia Article

Coals that occur at depths of 180 to are usually deep mined but, ..... after damp
consists of carbon dioxide and nitrogen and forms after a mine explosion. ...
Burning methane in the presence of oxygen produces carbon dioxide and water.
...
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Coal_mining
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235. Company Ordered to Stop All WV Natural Gas Drilling Operations
Regulators have ordered an Ohio gas company to stop all operations in West
Virginia until the cause of a rig explosion that injured seven workers is
determined.
http://www.tv3winchester.com/home/headlines/96090664.html
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236. Death toll at 34 in Colombia mine blast - MiningGazette.com | ...

Jun 22, 2010 ... Rescuers carried out 13 bodies Sunday from deep inside the
1.2-mile ... Rendon says debris and the persistent buildup of methane and
carbon monoxide ... The exact cause of the explosion is unknown, but the
mine's records ...
http://www.mininggazette.com/page/content.detail/id/111979.html?
isap=1&nav=5016
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237. Disaster at No. 5 Mine - chicagotribune.com

Then the deep mine unleashed its terrifying force. A drama of mortal ... An
explosion can knock out the mine's ventilation system, allowing pockets of
methane to ...
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-0209220285sep22,0,5650571.story
66%
238. France24 - Coal mine accident kills at least four

Jun 9, 2009 ... Coal mine accident kills at least four. Four miners have died and
nine more are still reported missing after an apparent build-up of methane ...
http://www.france24.com/en/20090609-coal-mine-accident-kills-least-four-
66%
239. Funerals Held For West Virginia Mine Blast Victims As Search ...
Apr 9, 2010... coal mine disaster Friday as crews neared a refuge chamber deep
... Officials suspect the blast was caused by a buildup of methane gas. ...
http://cbs11tv.com/national/coal.mine.rescue.2.1621728.html
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240. ISS - Disaster-stricken West Virginia coal mine has a history ...
The possibility that a methane build-up was behind the Upper Big Branch
explosion raises the specters of the ... longwall mining equipment deep inside
the mine, the Charleston ...
http://www.southernstudies.org/2010/04/disaster-stricken-west-virginia-coal-
mine-has-a-history-of-trouble.html
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241. Jharkhand: Why 50 miners lost their lives

You just need a spark for an explosion," he said. Bhatdee is a high-methane-
level mine. ... reduce the density of methane gas in the mine by infusing fresh
air. ...
http://www.rediff.com/news/2006/sep/12mine.htm
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242. Methane hydrate: a future clean energy source?

Greening of Oil | Science-based news that reports on efforts to reduce the
environmental footprint of fossil energy
http://www.greeningofoil.com/post/Methane-hydrate-a-future-clean-energy-
source.aspx
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243. MTR Henderson Mine

The mine was eventually purchased by the Pittsburgh Coal Company and
operated into the 1950s. ... Henderson mine was rocked by a methane/coal dust
explosion that ...
http://www.montourrr.com/Mines/Hendersonville.htm
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244. No hope for Colombia miners | MaxiNews.co.uk

More than three thousand grieving residents of Amaga attended the funeral
service on Friday at a local church for the nine recovered bodies of miners who
were
http://maxinews.co.uk/world/no-hope-for-colombia-miners/
66%
245. Print friendly - News from The China Post

... language newspaper. Providing in-depth news from Taiwan, Asia and around
the world. ... Ukraine's worst mining disaster in years, a methane blast deep
underground that killed at ...
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/headlines/print/50483.htm
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246. Race to save scores trapped after Russia coal mine disaster ...
The first explosion, reportedly caused either by methane or pockets of highly-
volatile ... The second explosion, which shattered the mine's ventilation systems
...
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2010/0509/Race-to-save-scores-
trapped-after-Russia-coal-mine-disaster?
utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:
+feeds/top+(Christian+Science+Monitor+|+Top+Stories)
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247. Safety measures last priority of mining companies

The 54 workers at the Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) mine died following an
explosion caused. by methane gas inside the 440-mt-deep mine on Wednesday
night. ...
http://www.indiaenews.com/pdf/21553.pdf
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248. UPDATE: Flags to Remain at Half Staff this Weekend

Montcoal, W. Va. (AP)- A mine safety administrator says 12 workers are dead
and 10 trapped deep underground after an explosion rocked a remote West
Virginia coal mine. ...
http://www.wtap.com/home/headlines/89952577.html
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249. 23 Ukraine miners reach surface; 1 confirmed dead

23 Ukraine miners reach surface; 1 confirmed dead, Emergency workers went
deep into the mine in the Donbass coalfield to rescue survivors of Sunday's
methane blast.
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/06/09/20080609ukraine-
miners0609-ON.html
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250. 25 killed in West Virginia mine blast
Apr 6, 2010 ... Concentrations of methane and carbon monoxide inside the mine
made it a safety risk for crews ..... Coal mining runs deep in my WV family. ...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2487460/posts
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251. 25 Killed in West Virginia Mining Disaster wltx.com | ...

Apr 5, 2010 ... President Obama spoke briefly about the mine disaster offering
his "deepest condolences, thoughts and prayers" to the survivors and those ...
http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=85839
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252. Bear Creek, MT Smith Mine Disaster, Feb 1943

The explosion was deep underground, and wasn't even heard from the mouth of
the ... The explosion was attributed to a buildup of methane gas in the mine. ...
http://www3.gendisasters.com/book/export/html/5372
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253. Death toll in West Virginia mine blast climbs to 25 | NOLA.com

Apr 6, 2010 ... APTOPIX Mine Explosion Jeff Gentner / The Associated PressWest
Virginia ... Rescuers began drilling three deep holes to vent methane and ...
http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2010/04/death_toll_in_west_virginia_mi.htm
l
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254. Environ Health Perspect 106-11, 1998: Major Issues in Miner ...
Oct 28, 1998 ... "If you survived a methane explosion, it was a big deal." ... roof
falls; explosions; and in the case of deep mines, heat stress. ...
http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/docs/1998/106-11/focus.html
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255. HoweStreet.com - The Source for Market Opinions

True to prediction, deep Earth actually does produce abiotic methane. ... is even
some small amount of methane gas in some hard rock deep mine shafts. ...
http://www.howestreet.com/articles/index.php?article_id=2114
65%
256. Indonesia mine blast toll rises to 31

Rescuers pulled a further 16 bodies from deep within the mine in West Sumatra
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-business/indonesia-mine-blast-toll-rises-
to-31-20090617-cheq.html
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257. Newsvine - 23 miners reach surface after explosion in Ukraine

Emergency workers went deep into the mine in the Donbass coalfield to ... and
shook the windows of the mine's administrative offices. The explosion
occurred ...
http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/08/1553326-23-miners-reach-surface-
after-explosion-in-ukraine
65%
258. Pennsylvania Geological Survey: Other Geologic Hazards

In Greene County in 1997, a methane explosion destroyed a home. ... After coal
is removed from the ground, over time the roof of the mine begins to collapse ...
http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/hazards/otherhaz.aspx
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259. PRODUCTS-Shandong Yanshanpumps Co.,Ltd

we have security standard certificate and explosion proof certificate. ... can safe
use in air contain methane and explosion smut etc. flammable ...
http://www.yanshanpump.cn/page/eproduct_disp1.asp?id=162
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260. Search continues for W.Va. miners missing in blast | The Daily ...
Apr 9, 2010 ... Acord was killed on Monday during a mine explosion at Massey
Energy's ... Big Branch coal mine disaster Friday as crews neared a refuge
chamber deep ... Officials suspect the blast was caused by a buildup of methane
gas. ...
http://dailycaller.com/2010/04/09/search-on-again-for-wv-coal-mine-blast-
survivors/
65%
261. Thirteen Injured in Coal Mine Explosion in Ukraine

Thirteen Injured in Coal Mine Explosion in Ukraine. 2008-04-08 02:08:14
Xinhua ... provided that both the source and author are acknowledged and a ...
http://english.cri.cn/2947/2008/04/08/65@342979.htm
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262. VietNamNet - Final body recovered from coal mine explosion

Dec 10, 2008... last of the missing miners killed in a methane explosion in
northern ... at a 250m deep coal mine in Quang Ninh Province, which killed a ...
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/social/2008/12/817840/
65%
263. With no survivors in West Virginia mine blast, focus shifts to ...
Apr 10, 2010 ... Methane build-up likely caused the explosion, experts say. ...
shafts deep under the crust, fighting noxious fumes and blinding smoke. ...
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/0410/With-no-survivors-in-West-Virginia-
mine-blast-focus-shifts-to-responsibility
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264. [PDF]100 Years of Mining Research Program - Untitled

Prevention of Methane and Coal Dust Explosions in the Polish Hard Coal
Mines .... Continuous Assessment of Rockfall Risk in Deep Tabular Mining ...
http://www.smenet.org/annualmeeting/2010_Announce_final.pdf
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265. 25 dead in W.Va. mine blast, worst since 1984 | OregonLive.com

A huge underground explosion blamed on methane gas killed 25 coal miners in
the worst U.S. mining disaster in more than two decades. ...
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/04/25_dead_in_wva_mine_blast
_wors.html
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266. 25 dead in West Virginia mine blast, worst since 1984 ...
federal ...
http://www.thetelegraph.com/articles/montcoal-38527-new-blast.html
64%
267. At Least 25 Dead In West Virginia Mine Blast : NPR

Apr 6, 2010 ... An underground explosion in a West Virginia mine killed at least
25 ... were in the mine, asking them what did your methane tests show you. ...
It's generations deep. If it's not in your blood, it's hard to comprehend. ...
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125639621
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268. AT&T - Death toll at 32 in Colombia mine blast

Rendon says debris and the persistent buildup of methane and carbon
monoxide gases ... mine's records indicate it lacked a methane ventilation pipe
and gas-detection devices. ...
http://www.att.net/s/editorial.dll?
bfromind=2996&eeid=7377834&_sitecat=1505&dcatid=1917&eetype=article&
render=y&ac=-
2&ck=&ch=ne&_lid=575&_lnm=newsarticles.exploreatt.ap.articles
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269. Coal mining

Jan 25, 2008 ... In deep mining, the room and pillar or bord and pillar method ....
damp consists of carbon dioxide and nitrogen and forms after a mine explosion.
... During the mining operation methane, a potent greenhouse gas and a ...
http://www.worldlingo.com/ma/enwiki/en/Coal_mining
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270. Coal mining - encyclopedia article - Citizendium

Deep mines are similar to those for any other mineral deposit found deep .....
The explosion was caused by the ignition of methane (also called "black ...
http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Coal_mining
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271. Commentary: Lives lost should be included when cost of coal is ...
Apr 17, 2010 ... People in the mining camps of the Appalachian coal fields know
the ... them when I read of the probable methane gas explosion last Monday in
a mine ... methane is one of the particular hazards in the deep mining of coal. ...
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/04/17/92268/commentary-lives-lost-should-
be.html
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272. Death toll at 34 in Colombia mine blast EarthLink - ...

mine's records ...
http://my.earthlink.net/article/int?guid=20100621/12215d38-dc16-467e-b074-
52fd9bf6bee7
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273. Kemerovo: The high price of coal - Russia Beyond the ...
Following the fatal explosion of March 19, 2007, stunned Kemerovo miners
are ... Raspadskaya mine owners maintain that methane levels were within
normal range, a ...
http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/06/29/kemerovo_the_high_price_of_coal.html
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274. Laredo Sun - Movil

... out from blocked and coal dust-filled shafts after the explosion. ... mine) we
can work and where we cannot," he said, adding that electricity and ventilation
had been restored ...
http://www.laredosun.us/mobile/nota.asp?s=3&id=7021
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275. LDS Living

Seven bodies were pulled out after the explosion, and two miners were
hospitalized. ... amount of methane, hydrogen and carbon monoxide coming out
of the mine was so ...
http://www.ldsliving.com/article/203575/
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276. More miners found, death toll rises to 52 - RT Top Stories

May 10, 2010 ... Most mine explosions with a high death toll are caused by coal
dust and methane. ... of the explosions now, but the level of methane gas in the
mine at the .... to shed light on centuries-old secrets buried in the deep. ...
http://rt.com/Top_News/2010-05-10/raspadskaya-mine-victims-found.html
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277. Morning update: 25 dead at Raleigh mine | Liberty Pundits Blog

Apr 5, 2010 ... Rescuers began drilling three deep holes to vent methane and
carbon ... In 2006, 12 miners died in a methane explosion at the Sago Mine in ...
http://libertypundits.net/article/21-miners-unaccounted-for-possibly-6-dead-at-
raleigh-mine/
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278. MSHA: W.Va. mine cleared for investigators - Yahoo! Finance

MONTCOAL, W.Va. (AP) - Federal authorities say it s now safe for investigators
to begin working inside the southern West Virginia coal mine where 29
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/MSHA-WVa-mine-cleared-for-apf-
615792217.html?x=0&.v=1
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279. Officials: rescue crews evacuating West Virginia mine ...

Breaking News: 25 people killed in mine explosion 4-6-10 ... the amount of
methane, hydrogen and carbon monoxide coming out of the mine was so
high ..... on the alarm when they discovered an explosion had occurred deep
inside the mine . ...
http://www.9wsyr.com/news/local/story/Crews-close-to-rescue-attempt-of-4-W-
Va-miners/lblCYxPXFkmX8Ns9GM3MeA.cspx
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280. Scientific Frontline / Sandia researchers study possibility ...

... equipment across country and spent 10 days analyzing the likelihood that
electric current produced by a lightning strike transmitted effects deep ...
http://www.sflorg.com/technews/tn121806_02.html
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281. Seven Indonesian die in mine collapse

More than 40 miners were feared dead after a massive explosion of methane
gas collapsed a coal mine in Indonesia, highlighting rampant illegal ...
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/seven-indonesian-die-in-mine-
collapse-20090616-cgbw.html
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282. W.Va. mine rescue teams eager to resume search | Ocala.com

Apr 8, 2010 ... Rescuers had already had to wait to enter the mine until crews
drilled holes deep into the earth to ventilate lethal carbon ... about methane
levels in the mine before the explosion, and he continued to defend his firm. ...
http://www.ocala.com/article/20100408/ARTICLES/100409709
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283. [PDF]Monarch Mine issue

A huge explosion deep in the mine rocked the region around 6:20 that fateful
morning. ... methane gas hovering in the tunnel,. t h e e x p l o s i o n w a s ...
http://www.townofsuperior.com/Portals/7/Documents/PDFs/Misc/News
%20Letters/Monarch%20Mine%20Dec06.pdf
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284. 39 killed in mine blast in Ukraine

The death toll from a methane gas explosion in a coal mine in eastern Ukraine
has reached ... 1,000 meters deep inside the Zasyadko mine- one of Ukraine's
largest. ...
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=31615
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285. 50 dead in India mine blast, relatives accuse firm of negligence

Rescue workers found the bodies of 50 coal miners killed in a mine explosion in
eastern India as angry relatives accused the state-owned company of
negligence.
http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=141169
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286. Amy Goodman: Massey disaster not just tragic, but criminal ...
Massey Energy runs the Upper Big Branch (UBB) mine in Montcoal, W.Va. ...
Initial speculation on the cause of the explosion is methane in the mine. ...
http://www.theunion.com/article/20100415/OPINION/100419899
63%
287. Brunner Mine disaster

At 9.30am on Thursday the 26th of March 1896, an explosion deep in the
Brunner Mine ... a common hazard in coal mines, where a pocket of methane
gas is ...
http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/9498429
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288. Colombia coal blast kills 18 miners, 70 feared dead - FOCUS ...
Jun 18, 2010 ... The blast at the small underground San Fernando mine occurred
far from ... Last year, a methane gas explosion in another Antioquia province
coal mine ... of rescuing them from the mine, of 1500 meters deep, is not much.
...
http://www.focus-fen.net/?id=n223053
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289. Death toll at 34 in Colombia mine blast - Mauinews.com | News ...
mine's records ...
http://www.mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/111979.html?
isap=1&nav=5024
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290. massey energy company « Read NEWS

Rescue teams had made it more than five miles deep into the Upper Big .... In
2006, 12 miners died in a methane explosion at the Sago Mine in West
Virginia. ...
http://www.read-news.info/tag/massey-energy-company/
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291. Massey sues federal regulators over mine ventilation rules ...
An April 5 explosion at the mine killed 29 miners and injured two others. Federal
and ... Kevin Stricklin, MSHA's administrator for coal-mine safety and health and
one of ...
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_687311.html
63%
292. Mine explosion Colombia's 2nd deadliest ever - DailyFinance

Jun 25, 2010 ... They were located deep inside its 1.2-mile (2-kilometer) access
tunnel. ... Colombia's mining minister said the mine lacked required methane ...
http://www.dailyfinance.com/article/mine-explosion-colombias-2nd-
deadliest/1122101/
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293. Northwest Herald | Crews search mine for 4 missing miners

The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration has appointed a team of ...
The explosion and its aftermath have gripped communities that rely on ...
http://www.nwherald.com/articles/2010/04/07/r_bg8sbpllqvostouudc1yq/index.x
ml
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294. Press-Citizen - W.Va. mine blast disaster kills at least 25

Blankenship told the Associated Press on Tuesday that mine crews were
checking on the alarm when they discovered that an explosion had occurred
deep inside the mine. ...
http://content.usatoday.net/dist/custom/gci/InsidePage.aspx?cId=press-
citizen&sParam=38106102.story
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295. Rescue Crews At Big Branch Mines Near Rescue Attempt For 4 ...
Methane was blamed for the explosion that rocked the mine Monday, and a ...
debris from structures shattered by the explosion and around sections of
track ...
http://kdka.com/national/west.virginia.coal.2.1616502.html
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296. Sago Mine Disaster - SourceWatch

... deep sleep, and one person sitting near me collapsed and fell off his bucket,
not moving. ... of carbon monoxide (CO) and methane gas in the mine
atmosphere made it necessary ...
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Sago_Mine_Disaster
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297. Sago Mine Disaster Triggers New Mine Safety Regulations | ...
May 21, 2007 ... The Crandall Canyon Mine is one of the deepest coal mines
in. ... A methane explosion at the Yubileyanaya Mine in southern Siberia killed
35 ...
http://geology.com/news/2007/sago-mine-disaster-triggers-new-mine-safety-
regulations.shtml
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298. ScienceDirect - Procedia Earth and Planetary Science, Volume ...

Device development and experimental study on the methane explosion ignited
by sparks of cable bolt slippage ... The characteristic of explosion under mine
gas and spontaneous ...
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/18785220
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299. The Canadian Press: 12 Polish coal miners die in methane gas ...
>The online source for news sports entertainment finance and business news in
Canada ... A methane leak in a Polish coal mine set off an explosion Friday that
killed 12 miners ...
http://www.thetelegram.com/index.cfm?
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300. The Relation Between The Characteristic Curves Of Methane ...

The Relation Between The Characteristic Curves Of Methane Concentration
Changes In Coal Seam Gate Roads And Geological Conditions Of Surrounding
Coal Seams - Document ...
http://www.onemine.org/search/summary.cfm/The-Relation-Between-The-
Characteristic-Curves-Of-Methane-Concentration-Changes-In-Coal-Seam-Gate-
Roads-And-Geological-Conditions-Of-Surrounding-Coal-Seams?
d=C904FA2F300F7AAC68F18867C65187518312921D299338FBABC8764877F5
71EA31005&fullText=gate+road
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301. West Virginia Mine Explosion | Coal Mine Explosion WV ...

Apr 6, 2010 ... An explosion at Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch Mine in
Raleigh County, ... been put on hold until methane gas can be vented out of the
mine. ... drill deep into the West Virginia mine where a massive explosion
killed ...
http://wearestjohns.com/west-virginia-explosion.html
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302. ZENIT - Condolences Sent for Ukraine Mine Victims

ZENIT is a news agency specializing in coverage of the Holy Father, life in the ...
investigating the explosion, which occurred in a 1,000-meter-deep mine in
Krasnolimansk. ...
http://www.zenit.org/article-10675?l=english
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303. [PDF]Fact Sheet

explosion. What Is Methane? Methane is a naturally occurring gas found
underground. ... also be released from old, abandoned deep mines. Because
methane is ...
http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/minres/districts/homepage/california/S
SA/5600-FS-DEP2690.pdf
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304. 25 dead in W.Va. mine blast, worst since 1984 - WAAYTV.com ...
federal ...
http://www.waaytv.com/Global/story.asp?S=12265023&nav=menu635_1_10
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305. 25 Miners Dead in West Virginia Explosion, Four Missing

Apr 6, 2010... morning as deep holes are drilled to vent explosive methane gas
from the mine. ... Investigations into how the explosion occurred are planned by
... The Upper Big Branch Mine is located in a area of West Virginia ...
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/apr2010/2010-04-06-092.html
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306. Coal Mine Where 25 Died Had Been Fined Repeatedly for Safety ...
That's just one Massey Energy coal mine, and the numbers aren't unusual. ... 12
miners trapped after a methane explosion inside the Sago Mine in West Virginia
led to ...
http://solveclimate.com/blog/20100406/coal-mine-where-25-died-had-been-
fined-repeatedly-safety-violations
62%
307. Colombian Mine Explosion? : Blast Kills 20 | Today24News

Jun 18, 2010 ... In a Colombian coal mine explosion, at least 20 miners were
killed, ... A large concentration of methane gas hampers the rescue. ... of gas
temporarily halted attempts to reach miners trapped deep below the ground. ...
http://today24news.com/breaking/colombian-mine-explosionâ€Ž-blast-kills-20-
18851
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308. Death toll at 32 in Colombia mine blast - wtop.com

Jun 21, 2010 ... Rescuers pulled 13 bodies Sunday from deep inside the 1.2-mile
(2-kilometer) ... Rendon says debris and the persistent buildup of methane and
carbon ... The exact cause of the explosion is unknown, but the mine's
records ...
http://www.wtop.com/?sid=1982897&nid=111
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309. Death toll at 34 in Colombia mine blast | ajc.com

mine's records ...
http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/death-toll-at-34-554048.html
62%
310. Dozens Dead In Ukraine Coal Mine Explosion | Home | Sky News
Hopes of finding any survivors in Ukraine's worst mining disaster for years
are fading fast.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Dozens-Dead-In-Ukraine-Coal-Mine-
Explosion/Article/20071131293296?
lpos=Home_Article_Related_Content_Region_9&lid=ARTICLE_1293296_Dozens_
Dead_In_Ukraine_Coal_Mine_Explosion
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311. Drills in place to release gas in W.Va. mine | North America ...
federal ...
http://www.allbusiness.com/trends-events/press-conferences/14243888-1.html
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312. Greater Investment for Coal Mine Safety

Reducing methane is therefore one of the most important and economic ... Gao
said methane ponds gather human and animal waste and generate methane
gas for daily ...
http://www.china.org.cn/english/2003/Nov/80281.htm
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313. Hopes fade for victims of Zonguldak coal mine blast

May 20, 2010 ... The explosion at the mine in Zonguldak was the third mine
explosion in the country in the past six months. In February, a methane gas ...
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=210679
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314. Hopes fade in search for Ukraine mine workers - World ...
Rescuers battle a raging fire and fallen rocks in search of 20 miners. - The Age
Online ... deep inside a coal mine in eastern Ukraine following a powerful
methane blast ...
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/hopes-fade-for-trapped-
miners/2007/11/20/1195321753778.html
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315. How To Prevent Garbage Landfill Methane Gas Explosions

Discover the Process of Mysterious Landfill Explosions and How Modern
Methane Gas Detection Is Used to Prevent Hidden Explosive Dangers After a
history of unforeseen ...
http://www.methanegasdetectors.com/info/how-to-prevent-garbage-landfill-
methane-gas-explosions/
62%
316. Morning Must Reads - Mining disaster for political advantage ...
Apr 7, 2010 ... but the real question will be how methane levels got so high. ...
Joe Manchin, whose hometown lost 78 men to a mine explosion in 1968, ...
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-
confidential/Morning-Must-Reads----Mining-disaster-for-political-advantage--
90079617.html
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317. PhillyBurbs.com: Crews to start search for mine disaster ...

Apr 8, 2010 ... Crews drilled holes deep into the earth to ventilate lethal
carbon ... as well as methane gas, which has been blamed for the explosion. ...
http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/news_details/article/62/2010/april/08/crews-
to-start-search-for-mine-disaster-survivors.html
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318. Report reveals 7 shortcomings in mine disaster in Bursa

The explosion, believed to have been caused by methane gas, took place in a
mine in the ... mining tragedies, which are frequent occurrences in deep coal
mining. ...
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319. RW ONLINE: Untold Stories of Quecreek's Flood

Suddenly it became possible to open non-union deep mines-even in
coalfields .... in a methane explosion at Chengzihe mine in China's northeast
coalfields. ...
http://www.rwor.org/a/v24/1161-1170/1162/miners.htm
62%
320. tehran times : Death toll in Russian mine blasts hits 30

May 11, 2010 ... High levels of methane gas have raised fears of further
explosions and ... water levels in the deep mine, state news agency RIA Novosti
reported. ... Mine explosions and other industrial accidents are common in
Russia ...
http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=219259
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321. U.S. mine deaths hit record low of 34 in 2009 | Daily Chronicle
Jan 2, 2010 ... Horizon is considered one of Utah's several deep coal mines that
have ... That year, the nation's most deadly mine explosion killed 358 people ...
including 12 who died in a methane explosion at the Sago Mine in West ...
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/articles/2010/01/02/44216040/index.xml
62%
322. West Virginia coal mine rescue crews race against time - Los ...
Apr 8, 2010 ... Drilling crews dug three bore holes deep into the rocky
mountainside, ... to vent the deadly buildup of highly combustible methane gas,
... Officials said the explosion occurred at 3:02 p.m. Monday as 31 miners
were ...
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/apr/08/nation/la-na-coal-mine-main8-
2010apr08
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323. West Virginia Families Clinging to 'Sliver of Hope' | PBS ...

And, so, there's more and more focus, I think, now on what exactly was the ...
move air around the mine to make sure that the methane levels are diluted and
low. And, ...
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/weather/jan-june10/mine_04-07.html
62%

That year, the nation's most deadly mine explosion killed 358 people near
Monongah, W.Va. ... 12 who died in a methane explosion at the Sago Mine in
West Virginia and five who ...
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705355615/2009-mine-deaths-hit-record-
low-of-34.html
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325. 23 miners rescued in Ukraine after explosion - Netscape Money ...

Emergency workers went deep into the mine in the Donbass coalfield to ... The
state-run Karl Marx mine - where another explosion killed seven in 1999 - had
been ...
http://channels.netscape.com/pf/story.jsp?floc=FF-APO-
1333&idq=/ff/story/0001/20080609/1430230232.htm&sc=1333
61%
326. 25 dead in W. Va. mine blast, worst since 1984

Apr 6, 2010 ... Rescuers began drilling three deep holes to vent methane and
carbon monoxide from the mine, but it will take until evening to get the first ...
http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2010/apr/06/25-dead-w-va-mine-blast-
worst-1984/
61%
327. Chillicothegazette - 12 die in Russian coal mine explosions

The mine is 500 meters deep and has 370 kilometers of underground tunnels,
Tuleyev said. ... A mine rescuer leaves the entrance to the Raspadskaya mine
after two explosions tore ...
http://content.usatoday.com/dist/custom/gci/InsidePage.aspx?
cId=chillicothegazette&sParam=38463956.story
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328. Coal mines' gas problem - latimes.com

The same things that produce coal and oil - dead organic material, heat and
pressure ... methane risk by drilling into the coal seams and pumping out the
methane before mining ...
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-sci-coal-mine-methane8-
2010apr08,0,7728725.story
61%
329. Death toll at 32 in Colombia mine blast - KSNT.com - News ...

Colombian rescuers have retrieved the bodies of 32 miners killed in last week's
coal mine explosion. ... says debris and the persistent buildup of methane and
carbon monoxide ...
http://www.ksnt.com/news/world/story/Death-toll-at-32-in-Colombia-mine-
blast/xSWAWGkAfEqFNN15pjLImQ.cspx
61%
330. Deep-sea ice crystals stymie Gulf oil leak fix | Tulsa World
May 8, 2010 ... Deep sea oil drillers often encounter pockets of methane
crystals .... Another methane explosion in a Russian mine today killed 11
workers. ...
http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?
articleID=20100508_298_0_ONTHEG518275&allcom=1
61%
331. History's Most Vigorous Methane Eruption | Sweetness & Light

Jun 18, 2010 ... From a newly outraged Associated Press: Gulf oil full of
methane, ... Blasts Kill 8 In Russia's Largest Coal Mine · Shocker: Pluto Has
Gotten Redder, Warmer ... Not imposed a blanket deep water drilling
moratorium, ...
http://sweetness-light.com/archive/historys-most-vigorous-methane-eruption
61%
332. Hope Dims for Missing West Virginia Miners After Large Blast ...
... following a massive explosion that claimed 25 lives in West Virginia. Gwen Ifill
reports on the rescue effort in the deadliest U.S. mining disaster...
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/weather
/jan-june10/mine1_04-06.html
61%
333. Kentucky Mine Accident: 2 Workers Missing, Feared Dead In ...

Workers die in US mine explosion. Ellen Smith: Mine Where Roof Fell Had 25
Falling. ... coal mine today as the death toll from twin methane blasts rose to
31. ... to sound signals sent deep into a West Virginia coal mine where a blast ...
http://upcoming.current.com/search?q=Kentucky+Mine+Accident:
+2+Workers+Missing,+Feared+Dead+In+Dotiki+Mine
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334. Mechanism of instantaneous coal outbursts - Guan et al. 37 ...

Nonetheless, outbursts can lead to methane explosions. ..... To achieve the goal
of predicting and preventing coal outbursts in deep coal mines, ...
http://geology.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/content/full/37/10/915
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335. Residents hear details of proposed mine expansion " Local ...
"I've hauled out from many a deep mine, mainly coal," Engle said. ... of
methane gas that ignited, triggering an explosion that burned seven workers,
state and company officials ...
http://tribune-democrat.com/local/x546433661/Residents-hear-details-of-
proposed-mine-expansion
61%
336. The Associated Press: Death toll at 34 in Colombia mine blast

monoxide gases ... the mine's records indicate it lacked a methane ventilation
pipe and gas-detection device. ...
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gJVquLUvlhdYNUieyuRD4
0VqociAD9GFU2AO0
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337. The Burdens of Coal

This time, however, the fire burned deep into the garbage, and was still
smoking two .... he may touch off a methane explosion that may injure him, kill
him, ... ILLUSTRATIONS Water in a mine Methane - the man with the flame
Methane ...
http://mygeologypage.ucdavis.edu/cowen/~gel115/115CH12coal.html
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338. Universal Colliery explosion, Senghenydd, coroner's report ,1914

The Universal Colliery was a deep-mine opened in the 1890s. In 1913, 439
people were killed in a methane explosion carried by coal dust. The mine closed
in ...
http://www.archiveswales.org.uk/anw/get_collection.php?
inst_id=33&coll_id=2882&expand=
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339. Westray Mine Disaster Miners Coal Nova Company Scotia Safety
The Westray Mine Disaster was a Canadian diaster on Saturday, May 9, 1992, ...
Nova Scotia, when a methane gas explosion killed all 26 miners at 5:18 a.m.
ADT. ... Miners complained about working in deep coal dust and on March 9, ...
http://www.economicexpert.com/a/Westray:Mine:Disaster.htm
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340. BETHENERGY MINES V. SOL (MSHA) (94040935)

explosion entered into the B seam mine and affected the. ventilation in the B
seam and ... worked in proximity to a methane explosion and that his
opinions ...
http://www.fmshrc.gov/decisions/alj/94040935.pdf
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341. Crews begin drilling into W.Va. mine where 25 died

Apr 5, 2010 ... Authorities survey the scene of a mine explosion at the Upper Big
Branch ... when a mine repeatedly cited for improperly venting methane gas ...
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/apr/05/062149/mine-blast-leaves-3-dead-21-
unaccounted-wva/
60%
342. Death toll at 32 in Colombia mine blast - Netscape Money ...

The exact cause of the explosion is unknown, but the mine's records indicate it
lacked a methane ventilation pipe and gas-detection devices. ...
http://channels.netscape.com/pf/story.jsp?floc=FF-APO-
1310&idq=/ff/story/0001/20100621/3256.htm&sc=1310
60%
343. Explosions rock West Virginia coal mine — History.com This ...
Methane gas explosions in a West Virginia coal mine kill 78 men on this day in
1968. ... Given that the mine had only two working ventilators and the fire
continued to burn, it ...
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/explosions-rock-west-virginia-coal-
mine
60%
344. Four WV Miners Still Missing As Rescuers Drill Holes To ...

Apr 7, 2010 ... The bore holes, each 1200 deep, will let rescuers sample mine air
and release methane, a highly combustible gas. The cause of the blast ... The
explosion took place about 3 p.m. a day after Easter. Apart from the dead ...
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7018329182
60%
345. Indonesia's Mine Blast Death Toll Reaches 28

JAKARTA — An explosion ripped through a coal mine in western Indonesia,
killing at least 28 people and ... the 300-foot (100-meter) -deep mine in
Sawahlunto regency on Sumatra ...
http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=16027
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346. Moment of Silence for Miners @ 3:30pm EST: President Must End ...
Apr 12, 2010 ... The inspectors' main concern was with the buildup of methane
gas, inadequate ventilation, ... Every time another mine disaster occurs, I find
myself fighting for breath and praying ... Dark as a dungeon, deep as mine. ...
http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/04/12/moment-of-silence-for-miners-
330pm-est-president-must-end-regulated-manslaughter/
60%
347. Reference for Coal mining - Search.com

Oct 16, 2007 ... In deep mining, the room and pillar or board and pillar method
progresses .... damp consists of carbon dioxide and nitrogen and forms after a
mine explosion. ... Coal mining produces methane a potent greenhouse gas. ...
http://www.search.com/reference/Coal_mining
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348. Rescuers in collapsed Turkish coal mine find 28 bodies; 2 ...

... 28 miners deep in a damaged coal mine, making the methane gas explosion
three days ... "We are very saddened and extend our condolences to the
miners' families and the whole of ...
http://www.osoyoos.myezrock.com/news/56/1136736
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349. Rig explosion blamed on methane bubble

Rig explosion blamed on methane bubble. STEVEN MUFSON AND MARK
KAUFMAN ... Operation Cofferdam: deep and desperate bid to stem oil disaster.
5 May BP's chief ...
http://www.theage.com.au/environment/conservation/rig-explosion-blamed-on-
methane-bubble-20100509-ulrh.html
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350. Tapping Coal Bed Methane

Jan 19, 2010 ... This coal mine methane reduces the explosive hazards, ... Since
the mines are deep underground, the top surface is invariably used for ...
http://www.brighthub.com/engineering/mechanical/articles/61887.aspx
60%
351. Turkey | Turkey News | Turkey Photos | Turkey Videos

Rescuers on Thursday found the bodies of 28 miners deep in a damaged coal
mine, making the methane gas explosion three days earlier one of the ...
http://sify.com/topics/Turkey-10.html
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352. [PDF]News Release

to the aid of a fellow miner trapped following a methane explosion on Sept. .....
Hart required hospital treatment for acute abrasions, some deep, to ...
http://www.carnegiehero.org/pdfs/03julNR_1.pdf
59%
353. 12 killed in Polish coal mine fire

WARSAW - Twelve miners were killed and some 16 were hospitalised with burns
after a fire in the KWK Wujek Slask coal mine in southern Poland, media reports
said Friday.
http://blog.taragana.com/n/12-killed-in-polish-coal-mine-fire-172364/
59%
354. Beaver County Times: Death toll at 32 in Colombia mine blast

lacked a methane ventilation pipe and gas-detection devices. Submitting your
vote...
http://www.timesonline.com/bct_news/news_details/article/1512/2010/june/21/8
-dead-72-trapped-in-colombian-coal-mine.html
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355. Coal Mine Safety Research Center, Hokkaido

In this mining system, a great deal of coal dusts and/or rock dusts are produced.
... coal seams and methane hydrates which have been deposited in the bottom
of deep sea and ...
http://www.aist.go.jp/NIRE/h-center/hokkai-e.htm
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356. coalbed methane, CBM - World Coal Institute

Methane recovery from un-mined coal seams is often referred to as Coal Bed
Methane (CBM) ... is not required and the structure of the vertical and fracture
wells remains stable. ...
http://www.worldcoal.org/coal/coal-seam-methane/coal-bed-methane/
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357. Death toll at 34 in Colombia mine blast - Boston.com

The first explosion, reportedly caused either by methane or pockets of highly-
volatile ... The second explosion, which shattered the mine's ventilation systems
...
http://www.boston.com/news/world/latinamerica/articles/2010/06/21/death_toll_
at_32_in_colombia_mine_blast/
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358. Death toll at 34 in Colombia mine blast - Yahoo! News

mine's records ...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100621/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_colombia_coal_min
e_explosion
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359. Death toll at 34 in Colombia mine blast | World News ...

coal mine explosion. Antioquia state disaster coordinator John Rendon says
about 40 ...
http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-
world/20100621/LT.Colombia.Coal.Mine.Explosion/
59%
360. FOXNews.com - 4 Miners Found Dead in West Virginia Coal Mine

Apr 10, 2010... located the four missing bodies deep in a West Virginia coal
mine. (AP) .... Dozens of rescuers try to find missing miners after an explosion
kills 25 ... of releasing vast amounts of highly combustible methane gas. ...
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/04/09/west-virginia-officials-close-conclusion-
rescue-attempt/
59%
361. FRC Blog » Out of the Depths: The West Virginia Mining Disaster
Apr 6, 2010 ... The smell of that coal mine was unforgettable: dank, decaying,
and more than a little ... There are poisonous fumes and explosive gases that
can seep into those deep mines. ... A methane gas leak had caused an
explosion. ...
http://www.frcblog.com/2010/04/out-of-the-depths-the-west-virginia-mining-
disaster/
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362. Gases force crews to abandon W.Va. mine rescue

... the mine," said Kevin Stricklin of the Mine Health and Safety ... carbon
monoxide and highly explosive hydrogen as well as methane gas, which has
been blamed for the explosion. ...
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9EUUMVG0&show_article=1
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363. Indonesia mine blast kills at least 9

World news channel covers Asia-Pacific, Middle East, Europe, America and
Africa. Chinadaily.com.cn is the largest English portal in China, providing ...
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2009-06/17/content_8292984.htm
59%
364. KSBY News San Luis Obispo, Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, Paso ...
The federal mine agency has appointed a team of investigators, and President
Barack Obama ... has any information about methane levels in the mine before
the explosion. ...
http://www.ksby.com/news/rescue-crews-waiting-to-re-enter-mine-air-unsafe/
59%
365. Mid-Lothian Mines and Rail Roads Marker

Jun 5, 2010 ... On February 3, 1882, a violent methane explosion trapped 32
men in the Grove Shaft. Miners from nearby Etna pits, the Deep Run pits in ...
http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=31570
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366. Mine | Look At Vietnam - Vietnam news daily update

Final body recovered from coal mine explosion. December 10, 2008 . Filed
under News, ... last of the missing miners killed in a methane explosion in
northern ...
http://www.lookatvietnam.com/tag/mine
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367. Rescuers find 28 bodies in Turkish mine - 13 WTHR

WTHR.com is the news leader for Indianapolis and Central Indiana. Get the best
news, weather, sports and traffic information from Channel 13.
http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=12512327
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368. Show Mines of New Zealand: Brunner Mine

May 19, 2010 ... The explosion happened deep inside the mine and killed 65
miners, ... colour of the flame was an indicator of the methane level in the air. ...
http://www.showcaves.com/english/nz/mines/Brunner.html
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369. West Virginia miners trapped update

Apr 9, 2010 ... Readings of any methane or carbon monoxide would likely occur
in the afternoon, ... West Virginia was home to the worst U.S. coal mine
disaster, ... seismic charges in hopes the sounds could be heard deep in the
mine. ...
http://www.listown.com/group/west-virginia-miners-trapped-update-11536
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370. :The Daily Star: Internet Edition

An explosion ripped through a coal mine in western Indonesia yesterday,
killing ... the trapped men in the 300-foot-deep mine, but rock slides and a mix
of gas ...
http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=92978
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371. Arch Coal, Inc. | Community: Education

Arch Coal (ACI) is the second largest U.S. coal producer. Through our national
network of ... the mine ventilation system and designed to continuously move
air-methane mixtures ...
http://www.archcoal.com/community/miningterms.aspx
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372. Cengage Learning - NewsNow

... killed 25 and left two hospitalized, the buildup of methane gas and ... around
debris from structures shattered by the explosion and around sections of track
that were "wrapped ...
http://college.cengage.com/management/resources/students/hmnewsnow/man_
040810_management_news_item.html
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373. Colombian coal mine blast kills 16, traps dozens - Yahoo! News
An explosion tore through a coal mine in northwestern Colombia, killing at least
16 miners and leaving dozens more trapped and feared dead, officials said
Thursday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100617/ap_on_bi_ge/lt_colombia_coal_mine_expl
osion
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374. CrossMtnMinersList
A pocket of methane gas or coal dust had ignited, and before it would run its
course, ... Within minutes the entire community knew of the explosion. ... Deep
in the mine, most of the men weren't killed by the blast, but now faced an ...
http://www.coalcreekaml.com/CrossMtnMinersList.htm
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375. Death toll at 32 in Colombia mine blast - KOINLocal6.com

carbon monoxide ...
http://www.koinlocal6.com/news/world/story/Death-toll-at-32-in-Colombia-mine-
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376. Death toll at 34 in Colombia mine blast - LeaderHerald.com | ...

mine's records ...
http://www.leaderherald.com/page/content.detail/id/111979.html?
isap=1&nav=5042
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377. Gas levels drop at mine; crews may start search ...
were called ... Seven bodies were pulled out after the explosion, and two miners
were hospitalized. ...
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20100408/news/100409637
58%
378. Gas levels drop at WV mine; crews may start search

with ... were pulled out after the explosion, and two miners were hospitalized. ...
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9EUKLN02&show_article=1
58%
379. GENUKI: Senghenydd in the Parish of Eglwysilan

Jun 6, 2009 ... The Universal Colliery was a deep-mine opened in the 1890s. In
1913, 439 people were killed in a methane explosion carried by coal dust. ...
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/Eglwysilan/Senghenydd/index.html
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380. Indonesia mine collapse kill 7

... dead, after a massive explosion and collapse at a mine in Indonesia on
Tuesday, police and officials said. ... methane gas ignited in the mine, causing a
massive explosion that ...
http://www.thenews.com.pk/print.asp?id=80694
58%
381. ksl.com - West Virginia mine disaster hits home in Huntington

Apr 6, 2010 ... A huge underground explosion blamed on methane gas killed 25
miners in the ... deep inside the Crandall Canyon mine when the earth
shifted. ...
http://www.ksl.com/?sid=10288195&nid=148
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382. News Story - Wheeling Jesuit University

An expert on mine safety and rescue in Wheeling said it is possible ... explosion
could have brought out levels of methane gas "in greater force" within the
mine, according to ...
http://www.wju.edu/about/adm_news_story.asp?
iNewsID=1855&strBack=/about/adm_news.asp
58%
383. President Yushchenko To Visit Site Of Coal Mine Blast That ...
The blast ravaged the coal mine in the early hours of Monday morning. The
claim of a methane explosion has not yet been validated by the inquiry
committee. ...
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7009202684
58%
384. Search continues for trapped Russian miners | Stuff.co.nz
High levels of methane gas remaining in the mine had raised fears of further ...
A bigger danger, he said, was now posed by rising water levels deep in the
mine. ...
http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/3673801/Blast-kills-seven-in-Siberian-coal-
mine
58%
385. Senghenydd Colliery Disaster facts - Freebase

Apr 13, 2010 ... The Kakanj mine disaster was a mining accident on June 7, 1965
at a coal mine in Kakanj, Bosnia and Herzegovina. A methane gas explosion
at ...
http://www.freebase.com/view/en/senghenydd_colliery_disaster
58%
386. Synchromysticism Forum - View topic - Mine disasters

The WV mine disaster was preceded by two seismic events: ... West Virginia
coal mine just days before a suspected methane explosion left 25 ...
http://synchromysticismforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1634&start=0
58%
387. telegraphjournal.com - Mine disaster among America's worst ...

A huge underground explosion blamed on methane gas killed 25 miners in the
worst U.S. coal mining disaster since 1984, and rescuers on Tuesday began a
dangerous and ...
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/actualites/article/1008647
58%
388. Ukraine mourns over victims of mine disaster | HULIQ

Ukraine goes into mourning for 88 coal miners who were killed by a methane
blast underground, the most horrible mining catastrophe in the country since
Soviet times.
http://www.huliq.com/42412/ukraine-mourns-over-victims-mine-disaster
58%
389. UPDATE 1-Forty feared dead in Indonesia coal mine blast | Reuters
(Adds details, updates toll, changes dateline) SAWAHLUNTO, Indonesia, June 17
(Reuters) - A coal mine explosion in Indonesia's Sumatra island has killed 28
miners and ...
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKSP1877220090617
58%
390. UPDATE 6-At least 25 dead in West Virginia mine disaster | ...
Apr 6, 2010 ... At least 25 dead, deadliest US mine disaster since 1984 ... drills
to a West Virginia coal mine on Tuesday in hopes of boring deep inside ...
mammoth proportion explosion, a methane build-up," although the official
cause ...
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0620085320100406
58%
391. Al Jazeera English - Africa - All South Africa miners rescued

Oct 4, 2007 ... The last of the 3200 miners trapped deep in a South African gold
shaft for more ... July 1999: Methane gas explosion at Mponeng gold mine at ...
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/9C3083B2-A023-4AED-896B-
7E776E841AEE.htm
57%
392. Andrey Klyuyev - People / info about name Andrey Klyuyev - ...
Ukraine Mine Blast Kills Dozens - CBS News. Methane Explosion Deep In Coal
Mine Kills At Least 31 ... mine, said Andrey Klyuyev, Ukraine's Deputy Prime ...
http://www.yasni.com/andrey+klyuyev/check+people
57%
393. Death toll at 32 in Colombia mine blast - KPSP Local 2 - News ...
carbon monoxide ...
http://www.kpsplocal2.com/news/world/story/Death-toll-at-32-in-Colombia-mine-
57%
394. France24 - Coal mine accident kills at least four

In November 2007 a gas explosion at the Zasiadko mine killed 101 miners in
the ... The mine opened in 1975 and employs between 3,000 and 4,000
people. ...
http://www.france24.com/en/20090609-mining-accident-coal-death-donetsk-
ukraine
57%
395. Indonesia mine blast toll rises to 31

http://money.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=826829
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396. Methane and Martial Law in the Gulf of Mexico | USAHM News | ...
Jun 27, 2010 ... a) May 2010 Naft Shahr Oil Rig Blowout Explosion & Fire (melted
the rig), ... hazardous and leads to horrendous mining accidents deep under the
earth ... The intractable problem is that this methane, located deep in the ...
http://usahitman.com/?p=8513
57%
397. Mine explosion Colombia's 2nd deadliest ever: Financial News ...
Mine explosion Colombia's 2nd deadliest ever. - BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -
Colombian rescuers have recovered the last remaining bodies from a mine
where a recent ...
http://ca.biz.yahoo.com/ap/100625/lt_colombia_coal_mine_explosion.html?.v=1
57%
398. Mine explosion kills 74 in Montana — History.com This Day in ...

... though some of the company's miners claimed methane gas had built up
in ... Of the 77 workers in the mine at the time of the explosion, ... The hosts of
Deep Sea Detectives discover new evidence about the fate of the fabled liner. ...
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mine-explosion-kills-74-in-montana
57%
399. MSHA: Lightning Caused Sago Blast - kdka.com

A federal report says an abandoned pump cable deep inside the Sago Mine was
the likely conduit for lightning that touched off a methane explosion. ...
http://kdka.com/topstories/Sago.mine.coal.2.389072.html
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400. myLot - Drilling begins in search for 4 W.Va. miners

federal ...
http://www.mylot.com/w/newsarticle/24347893.aspx
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401. Nearly 80 killed in Ukraine's worst mine disaster in years

Rescuers struggled against flames and fallen rock in trying to reach 23 miners
trapped in a coal mine Monday, a day after a methane blast killed at least 77 in
one ...
57%
402. New technologies may help rescue more miners | ScrippsNews

Apr 7, 2010 ... The West Virginia coal mine racked by a presumed methane gas
explosion ... with miners trapped underground after a mine explosion or
collapse,'' said ... still missing in a deep section of the mine beyond the blast
site. ...
http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/52828
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403. News
West Virginia mine explosion kills 25 (AFP). AFP - A methane fireball tore ... coal
miners missing deep killed 12 explosion of their colleagues on owned by ...
http://www.forumhaifa.org/news-11-5-news.html
57%
404. Straight Goods - Protect workers, or else! - Bill C-45, now ...
Canada's leading (and oldest) independent online newsmagazine, Straight
Goods is ... Five years after a methane explosion deep in the mine killed 26
workers, an ...
http://www.straightgoods.ca/ViewNote5.cfm?REF=38
57%
405. UMW to report on Sago mine - ZetaTalk Newsletter

Mar 25, 2007 ... Russian mine explosion kills 75. March 19, 2007 ... least 43 are
missing after a methane gas explosion at a coal mine in southwestern
Siberia. .... They sense, at a deep level, that things are not right with the
world, ...
http://www.zetatalk.com/newsletr/issue016.htm
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406. Westray Mine at AllExperts

The Westray Mine was a Canadian coal mine in Plymouth Nova Scotia which was
the site of a methane explosion in 1992 which killed 26 miners ... Miners
complained about working in deep coal dust and on March 9, 1992 only 2
months before ...
http://www.associatepublisher.com/e/w/we/westray_mine.htm
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407. What offshore miners know | Analysis & Opinion |

Seals failed, and workers were trapped when a methane explosion ripped
through the mine's primary escapeway. ... failed, and a massive methane
explosion ignited the fire that ...
http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2010/05/11/what-offshore-miners-know/
57%
408. 55 bodies found dumped in Mexican mine: officials | ...

Jun 7, 2010 ... The bodies of 55 people have been removed from a mine airshaft
in ... a 100- meter (300-foot) deep airshaft near the entrance to a mine ... a
methane gas explosion collapsed parts of a major coal mine in northern
Turkey. ...
http://www.bullfax.com/?q=node-55-bodies-found-dumped-mexican-mine-
officials
56%
409. Central Mining Institute

OFFER OF SERVICES IN THE FIELD OF MINING AND GEOENGINEERING ...
classification of mine working (rooms) under appropriate degrees of methane
explosion hazard; ... and air-conditioning systems for deep extraction levels and
entire mines; ...
http://www.gig.eu/eng/a178/Offer.html
56%
410. Coal mine explosion in Russia

May 9, 2010 ... Officials said the concentration of methane in the mine was
rising and that fires were burning deep underground. ...
http://burycoal.com/blog/2010/05/09/coal-mine-explosion-in-russi/
56%
411. Crews search W.Va. mine for 4 miners - Washington Times

Rescue crews began working their way by rail car and on foot through a coal
mine early Thursday in search of four miners missing since a blast killed 25
colleagues in ...
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/apr/08/crews-search-wva-mine-4-
miners/
56%
412. Death toll at 32 in Colombia mine blast - AP News Wire ...

Death toll at 32 in Colombia mine blast. By Associated Press. Colombian ... the
explosion is unknown, but the mine's records indicate it lacked a methane
ventilation ...
http://www.salon.com/wires/world/2010/06/21/D9GFOUI80_lt_colombia_coal_min
e_explosion/index.html
56%
413. Death toll at 32 in Colombia mine blast | KGET TV 17

carbon monoxide ...
http://www.kget.com/news/world/story/Death-toll-at-32-in-Colombia-mine-
blast/xSWAWGkAfEqFNN15pjLImQ.cspx?rss=94
56%
414. Emerald | Fires and explosions

Methane gas caused the early-morning explosion 560 metres down at the ....
mine but the water level in the mine still remains around 70 metres deep. ...
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/fwd.php?oldurl=/Insight/viewContentItem.do?
contentType=NonArticle&hdAction=lnkhtml&contentId=1500743&newurl=/jour
nals.htm?articleid=1500743&show=html&statuscode=301
56%
415. Hyden Crime - Topix

Crime, law and justice, and police blotter near Hyden, KY or anywhere in the US.
... an explosion killed 25 others and trapped them deep underground at a
Massey Energy mine. ...
http://www.topix.com/crime/hyden-ky
56%
416. Metal Matters - Dark Side of Metal Mining

Deep down in the mine shafts, many flammable gases like methane
accumulate. ... underground mines, thousands of miners lost their lives to mine
explosions. ...
http://library.thinkquest.org/08aug/01930/darkside/mining.html
56%
417. Mine Disasters And Coal News.

Pa. coal mine owner, cited after fatal explosion, commits suicide ... an air line
explosion when in fact it was a methane explosion similar to the October
2006 ...
http://minedisasters.blogspot.com/
56%
418. Recent Explosion Stories | 6abc.com

A methane explosion tore through Russia's largest underground coal mine
Saturday, killing ... deep in a West Virginia coal mine, resulting in the worst U.S.
mining ...
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/explore?tag=explosion
56%

http://www.terrace.themixbc.com/news/56/1136736
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420. Speak Your Piece: Scotia Then and Now | Daily Yonder | Keep It ...
The Scotia Mine exploded twice, killing a total of 26 men. ... two days later, on
March 11, a second methane explosion ripped through the mine killing 11 ...
describing the deep hurt the community continues to feel and hopeful that
some ...
http://www.dailyyonder.com/speak-your-piece-scotia-then-and-
now/2010/03/16/2644
56%
421. StateMaster - Encyclopedia: History of coal mining

Deep mines were not required at first so there were a large number of small ....
The explosion was caused by the ignition of methane gas (also called ...
http://www.statemaster.com/encyclopedia/History-of-coal-mining
56%
422. W. Va. Mining Disaster d. 2010 - Obituary - Tributes.com

Apr 5, 2010 ... Searchers found four bodies deep in a West Virginia coal mine ...
An explosion rocked a remote coal mine with a history of safety problems
Monday. ... that vents methane and for allowing combustible dust to build up. ...
http://www.tributes.com/show/W.-Va.-Mining-Disaster-88250122
56%
423. [PDF]DISASTERS UPDATE

Jun 28, 2010 ... Rescue workers recovered the victims' bodies from the 2.500-
metre-deep mine despite high concentrations of methane and carbon
monoxide, ...
http://www.nidm.gov.in/News%20in%20PDF/2010/June/26-06-10.pdf
55%
424. China and West Virginia: Mobile Robots for Mine Rescue « ...
Apr 5, 2010... coal mine showed there was no significant presence of methane-
mine ... Another mine disaster, the death toll now at 32 with 58 trapped or
missing. ... Jules Verne intended), the deep sea ROVs are highly specialized. ...
http://crasar.org/2010/04/05/china-and-west-virginia-mobile-robots-for-mine-
rescue/
55%
425. Death toll at 34 in Colombia mine blast - WIS News 10 - ...

mine's records ...
http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=12682997
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426. Death toll in Russian mine blasts hits 30 - Road Runner

High levels of methane gas have raised fears of further explosions and hindered
rescue efforts. ... The mine is 500 meters (1,650 feet) deep and has 370
kilometers (220 ...
http://www.rr.com/news/topic/article/rr/9002/11205087/Death_toll_in_Russian_m
ine_blasts_hits_30
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427. Everyone in the town of <> worked for the local BHP coal mine
Most people worked in the BHP coal mine, situated west of the main street. ...
moving his piece when he heard a deep booming explosion which shook the
classroom, ... The methane in the air suddenly ignited. There was a huge
explosion, ...
http://willswebpage.0catch.com/internetother/work/mine%20story.htm
55%
428. Halliburton Presentation May Explain Horizon Oil Rig Explosion ...
Apr 30, 2010 ... There are lots of Hydrates (methane) frozen at the bottom of
the gulf. .... I bet Bean Counters like the ones who run our coal mines over ...
http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/44349
55%
429. Herald-Standard.com: Crews prepare desperate rescue effort at ...
On Monday 25 miners were killed in an explosion at nearby Massey Energy's ...
Once methane levels inside the mine have dissipated, the nitrogen will be ...
mine until crews drilled holes deep into the earth to ventilate lethal carbon ...
http://www.heraldstandard.com/news_detail/article/1220/2009/november/21/cal
-u-women-win-atlantic-regional-soccer-title-2-0.html
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430. Methane Mitigation

Hand out Methane Mitigation-Student Sheet and review answers if time
allows. ... Methane is found in coal mine gases, gobar gas, sewage gas and
bio ...
http://www.keystonecurriculum.org/highschool/2009_lessons_word_pdf_ppt/EXT-
Methane%20Mitigation.pdf
55%
431. MINE DISASTER PUT IN FOCUS; Cambrian Colliery blast 45 years ...
May 5, 2010 ... A methane gas explosion tore through a 900ft deep seam at the
pit in ... The Cambrian Mine finally closed in 1967 and former Labour leader ...
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/MINE+DISASTER+PUT+IN+FOCUS;
+Cambrian+Colliery+blast+45+years+on.-a0225513342
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432. Numerical and experimental analysis of different ventilation ...

The second is that soil contains gases such as methane. ..... Spatial distribution
of zones with the risk of explosion. ... All these criteria have been applied to
different ventilation systems of common use in deep mines. ...
http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0360132305000077
55%
433. Rescuers battle to save missing Ukrainian miners

The explosion occurred early on Sunday deep underground at the Zasyadko
mine, which has a ... caused by build-ups of methane gas, which can occur
suddenly in the mine shafts. ...
http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=202843
55%
434. Rescuers Evacuate Massey Mine as Explosive Gas Builds (Update3 ...
Apr 8, 2010 ... Rising concentrations of methane and carbon monoxide forced
rescuers to begin evacuating the mine, Stricklin said near the site of an April 5
explosion that ... The bore holes must be about 1100 feet deep to release the ...
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-04-08/rescue-teams-evacuating-
massey-mine-as-air-conditions-worsen.html
55%
435. RIGZONE - Marcellus Gas Flare to Be Capped by Week's End

morning blast. ... for two days and reached 1,000 feet deep when the explosion
occurred. ...
http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=94508
55%
436. Underground explosion kills 25 in US coal mine - Americas, ...

Apr 7, 2010 ... The death toll from a coal mining explosion in West Virginia stood
at 25 last night ... The blast, possibly caused by the ignition of methane, ...
survival chambers deep underground that are stocked with water and food. ...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/underground-explosion-
kills-25-in-us-coal-mine-1937610.html
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437. VOVNEWS.VN | Colombia mine blast claims 34 lives - Colombia ...

carbon monoxide ...
http://english.vovnews.vn/Home/Colombia-mine-blast-claims-34-
lives/20106/116758.vov
55%
438. [PDF]Development of Coalbed Methane as an Energy Source

Methane migration into coal mines poses the danger of explosion, ... expected
to be deep mined at some future date. The other is associ- ...
http://www.informaworld.com/index/777906874.pdf
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439. 16 dead, dozens trapped in Colombian mine blast - Yahoo! News

A coal mine explosion in northwestern Colombia believed to have been caused
by a buildup of methane gas killed at least 16 miners and left dozens trapped
more than 10 ...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100617/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_colombia_coal_min
e_explosion
54%
440. Coal harms more than environment » The Pioneer | Whitman news ...
Apr 15, 2010 ... A huge explosion rocked Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch
Mine in Montcoal, W. Va . ... in a methane explosion at West Virginia's Sago
Mine; the same year, ... These tiny coal particles burrow deep into miners'
lungs, ...
http://whitmanpioneer.com/opinion/columnists/2010/04/15/16576/
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441. Coal mining halts after deadly blast

The explosion may have been caused by a buildup of methane gas in the
mine. ... The 100-meter-deep mine was locally owned and produced 1,500 tons
of ...
http://www.asianewsnet.net/news.php?id=6384&sec=1
54%
442. Crews In Mine To Seek 4 Missing In W.Va. Blast - KMBZ

... way by rail car and on foot through a West Virginia coal mine early Thursday
in ... hydrogen, as well as methane gas, which has been blamed for the
explosion. ...
http://www.kmbz.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=5889880
54%
443. Death count keeps rising in Russian mine disaster « Coal Tattoo
May 11, 2010 ... More wasted lives from a preventable methane explosion. ...
2010 China International Conference on Coal Mine Methane Recovery and ...
http://blogs.wvgazette.com/coaltattoo/2010/05/11/death-count-keeps-rising-in-
russian-mine-disaster/
54%
444. Death toll in Russian mine blasts hits 31 | CapeCodOnline.com

The second explosion occurred about 3½ hours later, after rescuers had entered
the mine. ... The Raspadskaya mine is 500 meters (1,650 feet) deep and has
370 ...
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?
AID=/20100510/NEWS11/100519996
54%
445. Explosion rocks Ukrainian coal mine - CTV News

An explosion early Saturday shook the coal mine where 100 people died in a
methane blast two weeks ago, injuring five miners but causing no deaths, an
industrial ...
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071201/explosion_ukrai
ne_071201?s_name=&no_ads=
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446. Marcellus gas flare may burn for days: Fire to be capped by ...
Jun 9, 2010 ... Drillers hit a pocket of methane in an inactive deep mine, ...
going on for two days and reached 1000 feet deep when the explosion
occurred. ...
http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/4192719
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447. Museum of Northwest Colorado - Tragedy At Wadge Mine Part 4

More men were killed in the Wadge Mine explosion in Mount Harris, ... of the
day shift at the Victor American Fuel Company Wadge Mine, showed that lethal
methane ... a small amount of gas was also detected in the deep end of the
mine, ...
http://www.museumnwco.org/lookBackArticle.php?lookBackID=41
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448. Rescuers Race Against Time in Russian Mining Disaster | Europe ...
May 10, 2010 ... Flooding and explosive methane gas are complicating efforts to
rescue ... miners trapped deep below ground in the Kemerovo region of
Siberia. ... killed after entering the mine before it was hit by a second explosion.
...
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/europe/Rescuers-Race-Against-Time-in-
Russian-Mining-Disaster-93300589.html
54%
449. Search for missing miners delayed - Montcoal Disaster - The ...
Apr 5, 2010 ... The explosion is the deadliest mine disaster in the United States
since ... in the mine before methane levels became too high to continue, he
said. ... to be running the longwall miner deep in the mine, Manchin said. ...
http://sundaygazettemail.com/latest/201004050545
54%
450. West Virginia Mine Death Toll Reaches 29; Grieving Begins
Apr 12, 2010... last four bodies had been found deep inside Massey Energy
Co. ... The massive blast left the inside of the mine a mess of twisted tracks,
boulders and debris. ... they believe high levels of methane gas may have
played a role. ... whose gre
http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2010/04/12/108922.htm
54%
451. Wilbur Ross and the Sago Mine Accident: A Q&A

Jan 21, 2006 ... (There was an explosion in that mine in December 1997 that
caused ruinous ... with the controversial practice of “contract miners” for its
deep mines. ... Sago also is a “gassy” mine with large quantities of potentially
explosive m
http://www.makingsteel.com/Sago_QandA.html
54%
452. XE.com - UPDATE 1-Missing W.Virginia miners found dead, blast ...
Apr 10, 2010 ... UPDATE 1-Shell CEO says to continue deep-water drilling ... fire
and an explosive build-up of methane, carbon monoxide and hydrogen. ... He
has ordered mine safety officials to report next week on the explosion, ...
http://www.xe.com/news/2010-04-10%2001:27:00.0/1068821.htm?c=2&t=106
54%
453. ZCommunications | Massey Disaster Not Just Tragic, but ...

Initial speculation on the cause of the explosion is methane in the mine. ... the
fatal fire, instructing his deep-mine superintendents to focus on extracting
coal ...
http://www.zcommunications.org/massey-disaster-not-just-tragic-but-criminal-
by-amy-goodman
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454. [PDF]Tension reached the breaking point when

in nearly 20 years, a methane explosion in an Alabama coal mine killed .....
Although most of us probably think of deep mines when we think of coal mining,
...
http://portal.acs.org/preview/PublicWebSite/education/resources/highschool/che
mmatters/WPCP_010735
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Jan 2, 2010 ... That year, the nation's most deadly mine explosion killed 358
people ... including 12 who died in a methane explosion at the Sago Mine in
West ... at the Horizon Coal Mine, a deep mine outside Helper, Utah, last
year. ...
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705355615/09-mine-deaths-hit-record-
low.html
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456. BURNS IN GROUPS OF PEOPLE DURING THE LAST TWENTY YEARS IN

ALBANIA
Coal-mine -fire caused by methane gas explosion - 7 adults burned: two 80%,
one 50%, four 25-50% BSA deep II-III degree - Outcome: 5 recoveries, 2
deaths ...
http://www.medbc.com/annals/review/vol_10/num_4/text/vol10n4p200.htm
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457. Coal-Bed Methane (CBM)

The following is the section on Coal-bed Methane excerpted from Oil and Gas at
Your Door? ... as recover methane from coalbed deposits that are too deep to
mine.154 .... The underground explosions are not contained, and
consequently, ...
http://www.energyjustice.net/naturalgas/cbm/
53%
458. Don't Worry, Putin Will Protect Raspadskaya From All Damage ...
May 12, 2010 ... The double explosion of methane in the Raspadskaya mine on
the weekend has ... “ That kind of emission taking place deep underground
could be ...
http://www.neurosoftware.ro/finance/insurance/economy/dont-worry-putin-will-
protect-raspadskaya-from-all-damage-claims-in-the-mining-disaster-rasp/
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459. Light at the end of the tunnel

A total of 166 miners were killed at the Chenjiashan Coal Mine after an
explosion on November 28. ... my mine and Chenjiashan are famous for a high
density of methane gas. ...
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-01/25/content_411861.htm
53%
460. Massey sues federal regulators over mine ventilation rules ...
An April 5 explosion at the mine killed 29 miners and injured two others. Federal
and ... Kevin Stricklin, MSHA's administrator for coal-mine safety and health and
one of ...
http://onevoicetulsa.com/ht/display/ContentDetails/i/2149905
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461. Microsoft PowerPoint - Baldassare_final

hence, the volume of air and methane forced out of the mine would be ... into
shallow abandoned deep mine workings and migrating to the. area on Chestnut
Street. ...
http://pa.water.usgs.gov/stray_gas/presentations/Baldassare_final.pdf
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462. Mine disaster in West Virginia leaves 25 dead... | Gather

25 miners were killed on Monday, after a coal mine explosion deep in the
rugged ... of methane and carbon monoxide that is inside the mine make it a
safely ...
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978154549
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463. Mineweb.com - The world's premier mining and mining ...

Rescuers are battling a coal mine fire seeking 28 missing miners in ... mine on
Monday to track down 28 missing miners after a methane explosion killed at
least 72 others. ...
http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page38?
oid=40154&sn=Detail
53%
464. Nearly 80 perish in Ukraine's worst mine disaster in years ...

DONETSK: Rescuers struggled against flames and fallen rock in trying to reach
23 miners trapped in a coal mine yesterday, a day after a methane blast killed
at least 77...
http://www.kuwaittimes.net/read_news.php?newsid=MzA1MTEzMDE0
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465. Page Title

By then the mine at Frank extended deep into massive coal deposits beneath
the ... Explosion in 1910. The 31 miners survived the methane gas blast but
the ...
http://www.donnamacnaughton.com/Article2.html
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466. Rail Passenger Association of California & Nevada » Blog ...

Jun 29, 2010 ... First there was the explosion on April 5th in Montcoal, ... It was
latter reported that the mine owned by the Massey Coal ... There is a great deal
of methane locked up in ice deep in the oceans called methane hydrates. ...
http://www.railpac.org/2010/06/29/this-april-was-the-cruelest-month-for-the-
fossil-fuel-industry/
53%
467. RTÉ News: 40 feared dead in Indonesia mine explosion

RTÉ news, Breaking news, Irish news, international news, watch and listen to
the latest TV and Radio News, from RTÉ Irish News Broadcaster.
http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0617/indonesia.html
53%
468. Ukraine coal mine blast kills at least 77 - CTV News

Methane is a natural byproduct of mining, and its concentration increases with
depth. ... In 2002, an explosion killed 20 and 54 died in a similar explosion in
2001. ...
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071118/ukraine_deaths
_071119?s_name=&no_ads=
53%
469. US Coal Mine Blast In West Virginia Kills At Least 25 As ...

Jul 8, 2010... are still missing deep underground after an explosion ripped
through a West ... The accident on Monday at the Upper Big Branch Mine in
Montcoal, ... area because of a continuing threat of methane gas
underground. ...
http://asiam2009.co.cc/us-coal-mine-blast-in-west-virginia-kills-at-least-25-as-
rescuers-race-to-save-missing-men.html
53%
470. Death toll at 32 in Colombia mine blast - KRGV CHANNEL 5 NEWS ...
carbon monoxide ...
http://www.krgv.com/news/world/story/Death-toll-at-32-in-Colombia-mine-
52%
471. France24 - Workers killed in West Virginia coal mine explosion

... and four coal miners were still missing deep underground on Tuesday after
an explosion ... officials from state and federal mine safety agencies and first ...
http://www.france24.com/en/20100406-west-virginia-coal-mining-accident-
blast-dead-injured-missing-massey-energy
52%
472. Gas scuppers rescue work after deadly mine explosion in Poland ...
Nov 22, 2006 ... A reconnaissance team sent deep into a Polish mine to locate
15 people ... of methane gas meant there was the risk of another explosion. ...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-417945/Gas-scuppers-rescue-work-
deadly-explosion-Poland.html
52%
473. Join Our Community

23 miners rescued after Ukraine mine explosion ; 1 confirmed dead ... deep into
the mine in the Donbass coalfield to rescue survivors of Sunday's methane
blast. ...
http://newsok.com/23-miners-rescued-after-ukraine-mine-explosion-1-
confirmed-dead/article/3254938
52%
474. KNF Coal Mine Sample Extraction pump Class I, Div I, Group C & ...
... to monitor and record methane and oxygen concentrations in abandoned
mine shafts. ... KNF's model N860 series solid-PTFE pumps increases the
explosion- proof ... two-stage for deep vacuum, and parallel-head (shown at left)
for high ...
http://www.knf.com/procexproof.htm
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As of late Wednesday, there had been no signs of life deep underground. ...
http://cbs5.com/Link.ashx?
R=http://cbs5.com/national/west.virginia.coal.2.1616502.html
52%
476. RUSSIA Mining News | MINING.com News

Worldwide RUSSIA mining news. Explore related RUSSIA articles for more
information on the RUSSIA mining industry.
http://news.mining.com/tag/russia/page/4/
52%
477. SAGO MINE DISASTER: | Sunday Gazette - Mail; Charleston, W.V. ...
Jul 12, 2009 ... SAGO MINE DISASTER: 0 Comments | Sunday Gazette - Mail; ... 2,
2006, one team of miners escaped but another crew of 13 became trapped
deep underground. ... proper methane monitoring, and the removal of a pump
cable from ...
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_8183/is_20090712/ai_n51450794/
52%
478. Search on for 4 missing miners in West Virginia after blast ...
... wait to enter the mine until crews drilled holes deep into the earth to ...
hydrogen as well as methane gas, which has been blamed for the explosion.
The air quality was deemed ...
http://www.coastreporter.net/article/GB/20100408/CP01/304089978/-
1/sechelt/toxic-gas-levels-in-wva-mine-drop-rescuers-hope-to-get-inside-
soon&template=cpArt
52%
479. tehran times : At least six dead, seven missing in Ukraine ...
... shafts and reduce the presence of methane," the mine's director ... The mine
opened in 1975 and employs between 3,000 and 4,000 people. In the mine's
worst accident, 63 miners ...
http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=196397
52%
480. UNION DRILLING INC (UDRL:US): News & Press Releases ...
morning blast. ... injured in a drilling rig explosion in West Virginia's Northern
Panhandle remained ...
http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/news/news.asp?
ticker=UDRL:US
52%
481. WalesOnline - News - UK News - Anniversary of Cambrian pit ...

May 5, 2010 ... A methane gas explosion tore through a 900ft deep seam at the
pit in ... When the Cambrian Mine explosion happened, disasters of that kind ...
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/2010/05/05/anniversary-of-
cambrian-pit-disaster-91466-26377602/
52%
482. West Virginia coal mine still too toxic for rescue mission ...
... of the four miners still missing after Monday's explosion in the Upper Big
Branch coal mine were holding out what West Virginia Gov. Also related...
http://www.mashget.com/2010/04/07/west-virginia-coal-mine-still-too-toxic-for-
rescue-mission/
52%
483. [PDF]Presentations
A controlled methane explosion for research purposes ... Coal Mines in the UK
are relatively deep, the coal fields have been heavily worked over a long ...
http://www.methanetomarkets.org/expo_china07/docs/postexpo/coal_butler.pdf
51%
484. [PDF]PROBLEMS OF ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION FROM EMISSIONS OF

MINE ...
the prevention from explosions in mine workings. In Ukraine methane first
started to .... workings of deep mines without costs for expensive electric
power. ...
http://www.springerlink.com/index/p2352325pw6h3114.pdf
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485. Bibliography of Oklahoma Coalbed Methane

coal mining and coalbed methane, Arkoma basin, eastern Oklahoma: AAPG EMD
trip 2, AAPG ... the Hartshorne coalbeds in the deep portions of Pittsburg, Coal,
and ...
http://www.ogs.ou.edu/fossilfuels/coalpdfs/Oklahoma%20CBM.pdf
51%
486. California Mining Accident Attorneys - Masry & Vititoe

Apr 5, 2010 ... The skilled mining accident lawyers at the Law Offices of Masry &
Vititoe ... the cause of the explosion is that methane gas may have built up in
a ... I extend deepest condolences to the loved ones of those lost in the ...
http://www.masryvititoe.com/mining_accidents.php
51%
487. Daily Dispatch Online
... after a massive explosion of methane gas caused a coal mine in Indonesia to
collapse, ... rubble and hope was all but gone for another 40 miners believed to
be buried deep below ...
http://www.dispatch.co.za/article.aspx?id=323456
51%
488. Fox 32: Death toll at 32 in Colombia mine blast

monoxide gases ... the explosion is unknown, but the mine's records indicate it
lacked a methane ventilation ...
http://www.fox33.com/category/story/?id=235256
51%
489. Gas explosion in Ukrainian coal mine: 37 miners trapped ...

Kiev - Rescuers were racing against time on Sunday to reach 37 miners trapped
underground after a gas explosion in a coal mine in the Ukrainian region of
Donetsk, ...
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1409970.php/Gas
_explosion_in_Ukrainian_coal_mine_37_miners_trapped
51%
490. Hopes fade for Indonesian miners after gas explosion

More than 40 miners were feared dead on Tuesday after a massive explosion of
methane gas collapsed a coal mine in Indonesia, highlighting rampant illegal
mining in ...
http://www.zeenews.com/news539706.html
51%
491. Jim Walter Resources Mine Explosions

5 mine, the nation's deepest vertical shaft coal mine. .... Methane is commonly
associated with coal, but Jim Walter Resources No. 5 is an especially gassy ...
http://www.usmra.com/jimwalter.htm
51%
492. Marcellus Explosion kills 3 in PA - The HuntingPA.com Outdoor ...

According to Baldassare, the Snyder methane caused the explosion. ... A fire in
the nearly 5000-foot-deep Sunshine Silver Mine in Kellogg, ...
http://www.huntingpa.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?
ubb=showflat&Number=1365750
51%
493. Mexico's Mine Crisis: Tiny coal mines escape inspections

Sep 11, 2006 ... The mine, now 30 feet deep, should produce 30 tons of coal per
day by ... In September 2001, a methane explosion killed 12 miners in a ...
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06254/720848-357.stm
51%
494. Mines Gas Generation | Coal Mining | Coal Bed Methane (CBM) | ...
A risk that was predominantly caused by the presence of methane gas (CH4) in
the ... Coal mining has always been plagued by the constant risk of gas
explosions. ... There are over 900 closed deep mines in the UK alone from which
it is ...
http://87.106.22.153/mines-gas-generation
51%
495. Quote.com Brazil News & Commentary - News Story

Quote.com News and commentary provides the latest and breaking headlines
covering a wide ... such coal mine accidents in recent years. While a methane
gas explosion killed nine ...
http://br.quote.com/news/story.action?id=RTT006171709001758
51%
496. Quote.com Hong Kong News & Commentary - News Story

The explosion occurred late Wednesday at the San Fernando mine in the town
of ... While a methane gas explosion killed nine workers at another mine in
Antioquia ...
http://hk.quote.com/news/story.action?id=RTT006171709001758
51%
497. 'Safe' offshore oil rig explodes, 12 missing, seven critically ...
Apr 22, 2010 ... This is a very modern drilling rig that taps into very deep oil. ...
“clean” methane, coal and atomic fission (uranium mining) along with ...
http://climateprogress.org/2010/04/22/â€˜safeâ€™-offshore-oil-rig-explodes-12-
missing-seven-critically-hurt/
51%
498. Shanghai Daily | ???? - English Window to China News

The explosion at Zasyadko highlighted persistent problems that plague the coal
mining industry. ... levels of methane, a natural byproduct of mining whose
concentration ...
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/print.asp?id=338734
51%
499. Slate -> The Fray -> Best of the Fray

The same methane that makes coal mining operations hazardous and leads
to ... The intractable problem is that this methane, located deep in the ... If the
toxic gas bubble explodes, it might simultaneously set off a ...
http://www.slate.com/discuss/forums/thread/3992150.aspx
51%
500. Tulsa World: Mine rescue efforts await gas-level drop ...
that vents methane and for allowing combustible dust to build up. ...
Wednesday, there had been no signs of life deep underground since the
explosion. ...
articleid=20100408_13_A6_Toflas549466&rss_lnk=1
51%
501. West Virginia Lawyer - Mining Accident Lawsuits in West VA

Miners are exposed to the dangers of a methane gas explosion or a structural
collapse. ... In deep metal mines, hard rock bursts are also known to occur. ...
http://www.westvalawyer.com/mining-accidents.php
51%
502. [Photo of the week] Turkey mourns victims of tragic Zonguldak ...
Twenty-eight of the 30 miners who were trapped by an explosion in a coal mine
in Zonguldak on Monday were found dead by rescuers early on Thursday
morning, causing ...
http://www.sundayszaman.com/sunday/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=210899
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503. At least 25 dead in West Virginia mine - Buenos Aires Herald

Apr 5, 2010 ... Twenty-five coal miners died and four were still missing deep ...
pull back from the search area because methane gas and smoke underground
made it ... In the worst coal mine disaster in US history, 362 miners died in an ...
http://www.buenosairesherald.com/BreakingNews/View/29911
50%
504. BBC NEWS | Europe | Six dead in Ukraine mine blast

A methane gas explosion at a mine leaves six workers dead - the second major
accident at a Ukrainian mine in two weeks.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2142310.stm
50%
505. Coal mining

The most common form of mining globally is underground or deep mining. ....
Sago mine explosion: Underground coal mining is particularly dangerous. ....
Methane and carbon dioxide gas: Coal mining releases methane gas into the ...
http://www.naturalstandard.com/monographs/enviro/generic-coalmining.asp
50%
506. Conditions improve for mine rescue attempt | The Journal ...
Kevin Stricklin of the federal Mine Health and Safety Administration said,
however, that ... any information about methane levels in the mine before the
explosion. ...
http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100408/NEWS03/100409653/-
1/NEWS09
50%
507. Daily Kos: Underground: Mining, Sago, and Death by Greed

Jan 6, 2006 ... I suspect there was a methane explosion "out by" the miners who
died. ... Pushed deep into the mine by this roiling explosion, blinded by ...
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/1/6/174858/8840
50%
508. Death toll at 32 in Colombia mine blast - SignOnSanDiego.com

carbon monoxide ...
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jun/21/death-toll-at-32-in-colombia-
mine-blast/
50%
509. Death toll in Russian mine blasts hits 32 - AltoonaMirror.com ...

High levels of methane gas remaining in the mine had raised fears of ... The
Raspadskaya mine is 500 meters (1,650 feet) deep and has 370 kilometers (220
miles) ...
http://www.altoonamirror.com/page/content.detail/id/109014.html?
isap=1&nav=760
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510. EPA Research Shows Abundance of Gas in West Virginia Coal - ...
Apr 15, 2010 ... Miners understand the slow seep of methane through a mine
but can ... That's the other problem; with so many fast-depleting deep wells
being ...
http://www.statejournal.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=78316
50%
511. INO.com News - 12 dead, 83 trapped after blasts hit Russian mine
The mine is 500 meters deep and has 370 kilometers (220 miles) of ... worst
coal mining disaster in 40 years when 29 miners died April 5 in an explosion at
a ...
http://news.ino.com/headlines/?newsid=68970747007400
50%
512. Museum of Northwest Colorado - Tragedy At Wadge Mine Part 6

Soon after the explosion the women arrived at Mount Harris and ... explosion of
the liberated gas which swept through four cross entries deep in the mine. ...
http://museumnwco.org/lookBackArticle.php?lookBackID=43
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513. Pit earmarked for green energy operation - News - Wigan Today
Golborne deep mine - or Kid Glove as it was known to generations - closed in ...
Methane was the cause of the explosion that killed 10 miners in Golborne pit
in ...
http://www.wigantoday.net/news/pit_earmarked_for_green_energy_operation_1_
769373
50%
514. Sago Mine where 12 died is idled in W.V.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The owner of the Sago Mine, where 12 men died
after an explosion last year, said Wednesday it has idled the coal operation
because of high ...
http://www.abcmoney.co.uk/news/32007143464.htm
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515. Scores feared dead in Siberia mine tragedy - Mail & Guardian ...
Hopes were fading on Monday of finding alive any of the 58 miners still trapped
deep inside Russia's largest underground coal mine.
http://www.mg.co.za/article/2010-05-10-scores-feared-dead-in-siberia-mine-
tragedy
50%
516. The Charger Bulletin " APNewsBreak: Bubble of methane ...

Deep sea oil drillers often encounter pockets of methane crystals as they dig ...
is the gas, boom is the explosion and run is what you better be ...
http://www.chargerbulletin.com/2010/05/08/apnewsbreak-bubble-of-methane-
triggered-rig-blast/
50%
517. Twelve Ukrainian miners still missing after methane blast ...
Kiev - Ukrainian rescue workers Tuesday were still looking for at least 12 miners
unaccounted for after a massive underground explosion, the Interfax news
agency ...
http://www.topnews.in/twelve-ukrainian-miners-still-missing-after-methane-
blast-246610
50%
518. YouTube - US Coal Mine Blast In West Virginia Kills At Least ...
Apr 6, 2010 ... At least 25 coal miners have been killed and four are still missing
deep underground after an explosion ripped through a West Virginia mine. ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jkMYl1gyuo
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519. 12 dead, 83 trapped after blasts hit Russian mine - Story ...
ground ... The mine is 500 meters deep and has 370 kilometres (220 miles) of
http://www.3news.co.nz/-12-dead-83-trapped-after-blasts-hit-Russian-
mine-/tabid/417/articleID/154925/Default.aspx
49%
520. Baptist Press - West Virginia pastors respond to mine tragedy ...
Apr 6, 2010 ... "We want to convey our deep concern and sympathy to the
families, ... A buildup of toxic methane gas, which is believed to have caused ...
Manchin said a man who lost his father in the nearby Sago Mine disaster in
2006 ...
http://www.sbcbaptistpress.org/bpnews.asp?id=32643
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521. Coal Mines Of Franklin County Illinois

Most of the mines in this area are deep shaft mines. ... Today big fans are used
to draw the methane gas out of the mines. ... One of the worst mine explosions
in this nations history happened right here at West Frankfort when Orient #2 ...
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/il/topic/history/Coal.html
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522. Coal Mining

The United States leads the world in coal mine methane capture and ... the
energy resources in deep or unminable coal seams through the production of ...
For example, fires and explosions in coal mines are often triggered by methane
gas ...
http://www.app.gov/taskforces/coal/index.htm
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523. Coal: Experts eye methane draining in wake of W.Va. mine ...
Apr 8, 2010 ... Globally, mining companies are producing more methane as they
seek to extract more coal from deeper depths, the report says. ...
http://www.eenews.net/public/climatewire/2010/04/08/1
49%
524. Death toll at 32 in Colombia mine blast - San Diego 6

carbon monoxide ...
http://www.sandiego6.com/news/world/story/Death-toll-at-32-in-Colombia-mine-
49%
525. Death toll reaches 34 in Colombia mine blast; nearly 40 ...

mine's records ...
http://www.sfexaminer.com/economy/death-toll-reaches-34-in-colombia-mine-
blast-nearly-40-workers-trapped-with-little-hope-96877949.html
49%
526. EVENING NEWS for April 6, 2010, CBS | Product Design and ...
Apr 6, 2010 ... A third group of four miners was deepest inside the mine. ...
suspicion focuses on a methane explosion similar to the one which killed 12 ...
http://www.pddnet.com/news-ap-evening-news-for-april-6-2010-cbs-040710/
49%
527. gulfnews : Bodies of 28 miners found after three days

Ankara: Rescuers yesterday found the bodies of 28 miners deep in a damaged
coal mine, making the methane gas explosion three days earlier one of ...
http://gulfnews.com/news/world/other-world/bodies-of-28-miners-found-after-
three-days-1.629880
49%
528. Last hope gone: 4 W.Va. coal miners found dead - Netscape News
Apr 10, 2010... deep in a West Virginia coal mine shattered by an explosion, ...
but they believe high levels of methane gas may have played a role. ...
http://channels.isp.netscape.com/news/story.jsp?floc=ne-us-9-
l6&idq=/ff/story/0001/20100410/0857830078.htm&sc=1310
49%
529. OSHA data shows driller in W.Va. gas well blast has been ...
The Texas gas-drilling company that struck methane in an abandoned West
Virginia coal mine and triggered an explosion that hurt seven workers has paid
more than $226, ...
http://www.sfexaminer.com/economy/osha-data-shows-driller-in-wva-gas-well-
blast-has-been-regularly-cited-for-safety-problems-95978119.html
49%
debris from structures shattered by the explosion and around sections of
track ...
http://cbs2.com/national/west.virginia.coal.2.1616502.html
49%
531. Sun.Star Network Online - Argao mine explosion kills 1, injures 3

... and Dalaguete and is the farthest barangay of the southern Cebu town.
Adlawon Mining ... at 8 a.m. and they went into the mine about 100 feet deep.
There should have been seven ...
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/net/2006/10/10/argao.mine.explosion.kills.1.in
jures.3.html
49%
532. The Day - Little hope for 50 miners in Colombia | News from ...
Authorities believe a methane gas buildup caused Wednesday night's explosion.
... He said the mine lacked a methane ventilation pipe and gas-detection
devices ...
http://www.theday.com/article/20100619/NWS13/306199895/-1/NWSnw
49%
533. U.S. mine deaths hit record low in 2009 | North America > ...
Jan 2, 2010 ... That year, the nation's most deadly mine explosion killed at least
358 ... including 12 who died in a methane explosion at the Sago Mine in
West ... Horizon is one of several deep coal mines that have come under
more ...
http://www.allbusiness.com/safety-accidents-disasters/accidents-mining-
disasters/13675865-1.html
49%
534. Victoria Advocate | Driller in W.Va. blast has history of ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - The Texas gas-drilling company that struck
methane in an abandoned West Virginia coal mine and triggered an explosion
that hurt seven workers ...
http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2010/jun/09/bc-wv-wva-well-
explosion2nd-ld-writethru/
49%
535. West Virginia coal mine explosion: Bodies of last missing ...
Apr 13, 2010 ... West Virginia coal mine explosion: Bodies of last missing miners
... Authorities have said high methane levels may have played a role in the
disaster. ... Isola: Deep down, LeBron James knew he couldn't handle the ...
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2010/04/13/2010-04-
13_west_virginia_coal_mine_explosion_bodies_of_last_missing_miners_recovere
d_from_m.html
49%
536. WSVN-TV - Gases force crews to abandon W.Va. mine rescue

Gases force crews to abandon W.Va. mine rescue ... hydrogen as well as
methane gas, which has been blamed for the explosion. The air quality was
deemed ...
http://www.wsvn.com/news/articles/local/MI83894/
49%
537. "West Virginia Gas Blast hurts 7, Sparks Inferno" | ...

Jun 7, 2010 ... 70-foot high column of gas flame blazes at former coal mine site
in ... a pocket of methane gas that somehow ignited, triggering an explosion
that .... that there are other leaks in a deep underwater pipeline some 5 to 6 ...
http://www.prabhupadanugas.eu/?p=11712
48%
538. 14
Deep mining creates underground spaces in which people work. ... Coal dust,
mining, handling of coal, explosion, dust precipitation, flameproofing ... Coal
mining releases large quantities of methane (CH4), one of the most notorious ...
http://www2.gtz.de/uvp/publika/english/vol214.htm
48%
539. 16 dead, dozens trapped in Columbia Coal Mine

Officials say the explosion Wednesday night caused the collapse of an access ...
mine shaft collapses, methane explosions at natural gas rigs, ... ripped a crack
in the earth that was a mile long and twenty feet deep! ...
http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1103318/pg1
48%
540. Alalam
second explosion occurred about 3 1/2 hours later, after rescuers had entered
the mine. ...
http://www.alalam-news.com/english/detail.aspx?id=104639
48%
541. At Least 25 Dead in West Virginia Coal Mine Blast

An explosion ripped through a West Virginia coal mine owned by Massey
Energy, killing at ... fines it has faced over improper ventilation of methane,
Manchin ...
48%
542. CTV Ottawa- Rescuers descend into Russian mine after two ...
May 9, 2010 ... High levels of methane gas filled much of the mine after a
second, ... The mine is 500 metres deep and has 370 kilometres of underground
tunnels ... Mine explosions and other industrial accidents are common in Russia
and ...
http://ottawa.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100509/russia-coal-mine-
explosion-100509/20100509/?hub=OttawaHome
48%
543. Death toll at 32 in Colombia mine blast - The York Daily Record
http://www.ydr.com/business/ci_15343262
48%
544. Death toll rises in Russian mine explosions - News

There were 359 workers below ground when the explosion occurred and ... The
Raspadskaya mine is 1,650 feet deep and has produced approximately 8 million
tons of ...
http://media.www.omnibusonline.com/media/storage/paper193/news/2010/05/1
2/News/Death.Toll.Rises.In.Russian.Mine.Explosions-3919150.shtml
48%
545. Death toll rises to 63 in Ukraine coal mine blast - CTV News
A methane blast ripped through a coal mine in eastern Ukraine early Sunday,
killing at ... The explosion occurred around 3 a.m. more than 3,300 feet deep
inside the ...
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071118/ukraine_mine_0
71118
48%
546. ECE_ENERGY_WP4_2010_7_Resubmission
methane drainage and utilization in order to reduce fatalities and injuries of
mine workers, protect ... Methane can be captured before and after mining by
pre- and post ...
http://www.unece.org/energy/se/pdfs/cmm/corp_proj_mcu/ECE.ENERGY.WP.4.20
10.7_e.pdf
48%
547. Farmington Mine Disaster

Farmington Mine Disaster. Times-West Virginian November 21, 1968 ... that
methane was "involved" as he described the mine as "moderately gassy. ... the
explosion came when a pillar of flame rose through the 576 foot deep Llewellyn
Run ...
http://www.wvculture.org/History/disasters/farmington02.html
48%
548. FireDirect.Net : The Global Voice for the High Risk Fire ...
Ukraine A new explosion tore through a mine as workers were searching for ...
An explosion early Saturday shook the coal mine where 100 people died in a
methane blast ...
http://www.firedirect.net/_archive/_news/2007/0746-0401.htm
48%
549. FT.com / Europe - Russian mine chief quits after deaths

The mine accident was a devastating tragedy and citizen Volkov is ... mine's
management for the explosion, noting managers would often turn off
methane ...
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3b06cf6c-62a8-11df-b1d1-00144feab49a.html?
ftcamp=rss
48%
550. Gas Detection [Jan 2007] | Health and Safety International ...
The chief inflammable gas is methane (CH4), which constitutes 97 to 100 %
of .... In the recent years, with the deep reform of the science and technology
system in ... The death toll from a recent mining explosion in north China was
35, ...
http://www.hsimagazine.com/article.php?article_id=193
48%
551. Gases make W.Va. mine unsafe; 4 missing, 25 dead " Nation ...
At the time of the explosion, 61 miners were in the mine. Nine were leaving on
a vehicle ... four bodies deep in a West Virginia coal mine, dashing the fading ...
http://dailyindependent.com/nation/x908928644/Gases-make-W-Va-mine-
unsafe-4-missing-25-dead?keyword=secondarystory
48%
552. How Jharia mine turned death trap

Explosion in Bhatdih colliery may have occurred because the mine was dug too
deep and without following safety standards.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/sure-you-want-to-interview-me/20933-14.html
48%
553. Peabody, Consol coal mines in the U.S. Violations - News - ...
Apr 18, 2010 ... Massey High Big Branch Mine, site of the worst mine disaster in
40 ... of methane and that the union wants more control and regulation. ...
http://www.phongpo.com/2010/04/18/peabody-consol-coal-mines-in-the-u-s-
violations/
48%
554. Speakeasy Science - A blog about culture and chemistry
His skin was so deep a blue to appear black at a distance. ..... Twenty-five
miners were killed outright in the methane explosion at the mine and this
week's ... But in that time period, even worse methane mining disasters have
occurred ...
http://blog.deborahblum.com/?paged=2
48%
555. TheRecord.com - CanadaWorld - Blasts hit Russia's largest coal ...

the ... The mine is 500 metres deep and has 370 kilometres of underground
tunnels, ... Mine explosions and other industrial accidents are common in Russia
and ...
http://news.therecord.com/article/709103
48%
556. Untold Stories of Quecreek's Flood « Kasama

Jan 29, 2008 ... Suddenly it became possible to open non-union deep mines–
even in .... over 110 miners died in a methane explosion at Chengzihe mine
in ...
http://kasamaproject.org/journalism/untold-stories-of-quecreeks-flood/
48%
557. Wapedia - Wiki: Firedamp

Apr 26, 2010 ... The invention was prompted by the Felling mine disaster near
Newcastle upon ... then methane could pass into the lamp and burn safely
above the flame. ... in the 17th century to help in the development of deep
mining. ...
http://wapedia.mobi/en/Firedamp
48%
558. 23 survive Ukraine mine explosion - Channel 4 News

23 survive Ukraine mine explosion ... Emergency workers went deep into the
mine in the Donbass coalfield to rescue survivors of the methane blast. ...
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/23%20survive%20ukraine
%20mine%20explosion/2278052
47%
559. 4 missing W.Va. miners dead; final toll at 29 - ...

Apr 10, 2010 ... The first time rescuers went into the mine after the explosion
they ... miner was found deeper into the mine around 11:30 p.m. Friday,
Stricklin said. ... that vents methane and for allowing combustible dust to build
up. ...
http://www.altoonamirror.com/page/content.detail/id/528720/4-missing-W-Va--
miners-dead--final-toll-at-29.html?nav=742
47%
560. BBC News | AFRICA | SA miners blame bosses over accident

Methane can be controlled and the explosion is the result of negligence ... killed
in deep mining incidents in 1999, including 19 in one explosion in July ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1321394.stm
47%
561. Blasts hit Russia's largest coal mine, 12 workers killed, 83 ...
ground ... The mine is 500 metres deep and has 370 kilometres (220 miles) of
http://www.mjtimes.sk.ca/Canada---World/Society/2010-05-09/article-
1065522/Blasts-hit-Russias-largest-coal-mine,-12-workers-killed,-83-still-
trapped/1
47%
562. Climate science of methane

Methane is the most abundant reactive trace gas. in the atmosphere and arises
from both ... natural gas from coal mining and leakage from. gas processing and
...
http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/research/energy/downloads/methaneuk/chapter02.pdf
47%
563. Death toll at 34 in Colombia mine blast

http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/nation-world-news/death-toll-at-34-in-
colombia-mine-blast-775175.html
47%
564. Death toll in Russian mine blasts hits 32 - ObserverToday.com ...

The Raspadskaya mine is 500 meters (1,650 feet) deep and has 370 kilometers
(220 miles) ... Mine explosions and other industrial accidents are common in
Russia and other former ...
http://www.observertoday.com/page/content.detail/id/109014.html?
isap=1&nav=5022
47%
565. FARK.com: (5312972) Turkey mine explosion leads to gravy ...

May 18, 2010 ... more» | Get this fabulous T-Shirt and impress the methane out
of your friends! .... DoughyGuy: Drums in the deep... Drum-sticks in the deep. ...
Now Turkey has a mine explosion... (Not to mention all the mine accidents ...
http://www.fark.com/cgi/comments.pl?IDLink=5312972&hl=Turkey-mine-
explosion-leads-to-gravy-situation
47%
566. Mining
They used reverse overshot water-wheels for dewatering their deep mines
such ..... Methane gas is a common source of ignition for explosions in coal
mines ...
http://schools-wikipedia.org/wp/m/Mining.htm
47%
567. Quote.com Canada News & Commentary - News Story

The explosion occurred late Wednesday at the San Fernando mine in the town
of ... While a methane gas explosion killed nine workers at another mine in
Antioquia ...
http://ca.quote.com/news/story.action?id=RTT006171709001758
47%
568. Russian mine death toll rises to 60, 30 trapped | Stuff.co.nz

Thirty Siberian coal miners are buried so deep in Russia's largest underground
coal mine that rescuers use up most of their oxygen tanks trying to reach them
and ...
http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/3682677/Russian-mine-death-toll-rises-to-
43
47%
569. The Brunswick News - Home Page

ground ... been caused by methane, hit the Raspadskaya mine just before
midnight ...
http://www.thebrunswicknews.com/open_access/world_news/a0670-BC-EU-
Russia-MineBlast-9thLd-Writethru-05-09-0849
47%
570. TheSpec.com - BreakingNews - Blasts hit Russia's largest coal ...

May 9, 2010 ... The first blast, believed to have been caused by methane, ... The
mine is 500 metres deep and has 370 kilometres of underground tunnels,
Tuleyev said. ... Mine explosions and other industrial accidents are common
in ...
http://www.thespec.com/article/766121
47%
571. Ukraine mine blast kills 80, 20 still missing - World News ...
Rescuers battled a raging fire and a rock slide on Monday in search of 20
trapped coal miners following a powerful methane blast that killed at least 80
others in one ...
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/ukraine-mine-blast-kills-80-20-still-missing/52676-
2.html
47%
572. WEST VIRGINA MINE EXPLOSION - COAL MINER JOSH NAPPER'S ...
Monday's explosion at a West Virginia coal mine is becoming a possible test ...
have renewed focus on coal bed methane and coal mine methane projects in ...
into various places inside of the earth which are deep enough to contain it ...
http://shetoldme.com/General/West-Virgina-Mine-Explosion-Coal-Miner-Josh-
Nappers-Premonition-and-Letter/related_links
47%
573. West Virginia Dominates List of Most Dangerous Mines

Apr 15, 2010 ... The mine exploded last week, killing 29 miners in the worst coal
mine disaster in nearly 40 years. ... Liberty Processing, and the Roundbottom
Powellton Deep Mine all ... The most explosive range of methane is 5 to 15 %. ...
http://westvirginia.watchdog.org/1545/west-virginia-dominates-list-of-most-
dangerous-mines/
47%
574. What caused the coal mine explosion in West Virginia at Montcoal?
Rescuers began drilling three deep holes to vent methane and carbon monoxide
from the mine so .... "How many died in the Montcoal, WV coal mine
explosion? ...
http://askville.amazon.com/caused-coal-mine-explosion-West-Virginia-
Montcoal/AnswerViewer.do?requestId=67642172
47%
575. 25 Known Dead, Four Missing in West Virginia Coal Mine ...
Apr 6, 2010... has been halted due to the buildup of methane and carbon
monoxide in the mine, ... Today the president repeated the offer and expressed
"deepest ... The explosion "already ranks as the worst mining disaster since
27 ...
http://www.onearth.org/node/2043
46%
576. Accident | euronews

A methane gas explosion has ripped through a coal mine in north-west
Turkey ... Up to 20 miners are trapped deep underground after an explosion in a
pit in ...
http://www.euronews.net/tag/accident/
46%
577. Another take on the Millfield Mine Disaster

Eighty-two men lost their lives in this explosion of methane gas which had ...
The new airshaft was 170 feet deep. When the explo sion took place, ...
http://www.ohgen.net/ohathens/Millfielddisaster2.htm
46%
578. April 6, 2010 - News of the Day ... LA Community Policing

Apr 6, 2010 ... Four are missing in the nation's worst mine disaster since
1984. ... miners were killed Monday after a coal mine explosion deep in the
rugged hills of West Virginia, ... including venting of combustible methane
gas. ...
http://www.lacp.org/2010-news-of-day/040610-News.htm
46%
579. Blast hits Russia's largest coal mine, 4 injured - Buckeye

MOSCOW (AP) — A methane explosion tore through Russia's largest
underground coal mine on Saturday, injuring ... remained deep in the mine
hours after the explosion, said Valery ...
http://buckeyecablesystem.net/news/read.php?
rip_id=<D9FIRVG80@news.ap.org>&ps=1018&_LT=HOME_LARSDCCL3_UNEWS
46%
580. FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION

methane and 20.8 to 20.9 percent oxygen and in the No. 3 entry he ... mining
cycle could be burned or inhale toxic smoke and. gases as a result of an
explosion ...
http://www.fmshrc.gov/decisions/alj/p96-46r.pdf
46%
581. Fox 32: Death toll at 34 in Colombia mine blast

http://www.mifox32.com/category/story/?id=235333
46%
582. Methane keeps rescuers out of mine - Channel 4 News

Methane keeps rescuers out of mine
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/methane%20keeps%20rescuers
%20out%20of%20mine/3603592
46%
583. NTN - Chapter 2 - Detecting and Identifying Seismic Events
... intended to fracture rock and thus release hazardous methane gas from the
mine. ... In this scenario, a country would secretly conduct an explosion deep ...
http://www.iris.iris.edu/HQ/Bluebook/chapter2.dandi.html
46%
584. Search under way for 4 missing miners

... turned back investigators venturing for ... Mine clear of gases before
explosion. Air samples did not show ... to enter the mine until crews drilled
holes deep into the earth to ...
http://www.kxan.com/dpps/news/national/Search-starting-for-4-missing-
miners_3307761
46%
585. Workplace Fairness

State investigators have determined that a lightning strike sparked the
methane gas explosion deep inside the Sago Mine, where 12 coal miners died in
January. ...
http://www.workplacefairness.org/newsletterarchive?id=702
46%
586. [PDF]Chapter 1: Mine Ventilation – An Overview Page 1 A BRIEF ...

methane and coal dust explosions, the suffering of mining communities, .... the
air in the downcast shafts of deep mines may result in that air being too ...
http://web.mst.edu/~tien/218/218-VentHistory.pdf
45%
587. Al Jazeera English - Europe - Hopes fade in Russia mine rescue

The Raspadskaya mine, which is 500 metres deep and has 370km of ... Mine
explosions and other industrial accidents are relatively common in Russia and
other former Soviet ...
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/05/201051182447433687.html
45%
588. Blowout preventers come under scrutiny as West Virginia ...

Jun 7, 2010 ... The blast was originally thought to be an oil well explosion. ...
failure of the blowout preventer in BP's deep-water oil drilling rig on ... through
an abandoned coal mine in West Virginia's Northern Panhandle hit a ... will
decide whether
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2010/06/dep_orders_natural_gas_dr
iller.html
45%
589. Death toll from mine blast in Indonesia reaches 28 - Rest of ...
An explosion ripped through a coal mine in western Indonesia, killing at least 28
people and burying 12 others who were feared dead, officials said Wednesday.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/28-dead-in-Indonesia-mine-blast-
28/articleshow/4666031.cms
45%
590. Edward D. Yankovich, Jr., International District 2 Vice ...

We also wish to extend our deep appreciation for the mine rescue ... closure
order after excess methane was detected in that mine's return entries. ...
http://www.senatormjwhite.com/environmental/mine-safety/yankovich-
013106.pdf
45%
591. Forty feared dead in Indonesia coal mine blast - International ...
Jun 17, 2009 ... SAWAHLUNTO, Indonesia – A coal mine explosion in
Indonesia's ... caused by a build-up of methane gas in the mine in Parambahan,
West Sumatra. ... which according to media reports is 150 meters (500 ft) deep,
were fading. ...
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090617/forty-feared-dead-indonesia-coal-
mine-blast.htm
45%
592. Gases force crews to abandon W.Va. mine rescue for now
... since an explosion killed 25 colleagues in the worst U.S. mining disaster in
more than ... deep into the earth to ventilate lethal carbon monoxide and highly
explosive hydrogen ...
http://www.wkyt.com/wymtnews/headlines/90200642.html
45%
593. Industrial Murder in West Virginia

Apr 23, 2010 ... In the aftermath of the Sago, West Virginia, mine disaster four
years ago, ... cubic feet of methane released into the mine every 24 hours. ...
http://www.icl-fi.org/english/wv/957/mines.html
45%
594. KSBY News San Luis Obispo, Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, Paso ...
monoxide ... explosion is unknown, but the mine's records indicate it lacked a
methane ...
http://www.ksby.com/news/death-toll-at-32-in-colombia-mine-blast/
45%
595. Natural gas - June 21 | Energy Bulletin

Jun 21, 2010 ... On Monday, drillers hit a pocket of methane in an inactive deep
mine, causing an explosion and fire that flared 50-feet high for four days, ...
http://www.energybulletin.net/node/53177
45%
596. Rescue at Upper Big Branch mine halted - Spokesman.com - April ...
Apr 8, 2010 ... Rescuers had already had to wait to enter the mine until crews
drilled holes deep into the earth to ventilate lethal carbon monoxide and ...
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/apr/08/rescue-upper-big-branch-mine-
abandoned/
45%
597. Searchers find bodies of 4 missing in West Virginia mine ...

MONTCOAL, W.Va. - Searchers found four bodies deep in a West Virginia coal
mine shattered by an explosion, raising the death toll to 29 and ending an...
http://www.680news.com/news/world/article/43433--searchers-find-bodies-of-4-
missing-in-west-virginia-mine
45%
598. Timeline Siberia

2007 May 24, A methane explosion tore through a coal mine in southern
Siberia, ... reached the bottom of Lake Baikal, the world's deepest freshwater
lake. ...
http://timelines.ws/countries/SIBERIA.HTML
45%
599. Tour of Longyearbyen

Pictures of the tour of Coal Mine #7 in Longyearbyen Svalbard, Norway. ... out
too along with methane gas which is also a big coal mine explosion hazard. ...
http://www.yellowairplane.com/North_Pole_2005/Svalbard_Coal_Mine_3.html
45%
600. [PDF]Transitions Online, issue: 07/27 / 2004 — Ukraine: Dying To ...

The deadly explosion hit a kilometer-deep section of the Krasnolymanska ...
resume, and the mine has been partially flooded with water and nitrogen ...
prone to deadly explosions of methane gas, which is a by-product of coal
extraction. ...
http://www.ceeol.com/aspx/getdocument.aspx?logid=5&id=edd0b184-952c-
4e8d-99ed-868625b274fe
44%
601. 12 dead, 83 trapped after blasts hit Russian mine » Kuwait ...
the Raspadskaya ... The mine is 500 meters deep and has 370 kilometers (220
miles) of ... Mine explosions and other industrial accidents are common in
Russia ...
http://www.kuwaittimes.net/read_news.php?newsid=MjUzMjc1NTMy
44%
602. acapulocolypse methane death in millions - BuzzFlash.net ...

The same methane that makes coal mining operations hazardous and leads
to .... Meanwhile, a giant oil blob lies quivering in deep waters off the Gulf coast,
.... In this case, a decision was made, shortly before the explosion, ...
http://www.buzzflash.net/index.php?
search=tag:acapulocolypse+methane+death+in+millions
44%
603. Chapter 7: Accidents in the Gas Fields - Water_Watch_Alliance

7/6/1909, 9 miners killed by gas explosion in Toller Mine, Las Animas County,
Colorado. ... 4/27/1970- 121 coal miners killed in a methane gas explosion. ....
the ground at a deep level, but can also be dissolved in evaporation pits. ...
http://www.waterwatchalliance.us/ch7.html
44%
604. Coal Mine Safety Research Center, Hokkaido

In this mining system, a great deal of coal dusts and/or rock dusts are produced.
... coal seams and methane hydrates which have been deposited in the bottom
of deep sea and ...
http://www.aist.go.jp/NIRE/hist/1998-01-07/nire_WWW/h-center/hokkai-e.htm
44%
605. Coal Mines of Washington County, Illinois

The 300 foot deep mine proved to be the longest operating mine in the
state. ..... 1) Mines which liberate little or no methane are not immune from
widespread and ... Final Report of Mine Explosion, No. 5 Mine, Centralia Coal
Company, ...
http://genealogytrails.com/ill/washington/coalmines.html
44%
606. DISASTER: Blast at Old Ben - TIME

8 mine had a good record of safety. State mine inspectors had checked and ...
deep galleries. Near the source of the explosion, 27 miners died, five were
injured. The cause: "Ignition of methane gas." Illinois' Governor Dwight H.
Green, ...
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,855806,00.html
44%
607. Dr. Susan Block: Hillbilly Rebel Women v. Corporate Murderers

Jun 28, 2010 ... Investigators from the U.S. Mine Safety and Health ... appears to
have been a methane explosion—largely preventable with proper ventilation. ...
all of Massey Energy's deep mine superintendents—including those at Upper ...
http://www.counterpunch.org/block06282010.html
44%
608. Fijilive :: Indonesia mine blast toll rises to 27 - Gateway ...

Rescuers pulled another 10 bodies from deep within the mine in West Sumatra
http://www.fijilive.com/fijliive-print-story.Fijilive?17295.Fijilive
44%
609. Gov: No response yet from any coal mine survivors - AP News ...
The explosion shook the underground mine operated by an affiliate of Massey
Energy Co. ... of methane gas and carbon monoxide was too dangerous for
anyone to enter and look for ...
http://www.salon.com/wires/allwires/2010/04/07/D9EU634G0_us_mine_explosio
n/index.html
44%
610. Investigators seek conduit for Sago mine lightning

pocket of methane, setting off the explosion that left 12 miners dead. So far,
they've ... propagation and its connection to methane explosions in mines. ...
http://www.eng.vt.edu/newsitems/pdf/KnoxNews_%20National.pdf
44%
611. Methane Microscale Gas Chemistry Experiments

Gases in syringes may be under pressure and could spray liquid chemicals. ...
and repeat Steps 2 and 3; numerous syringefuls of methane can be ...
http://mattson.creighton.edu/CH4/index.html
44%
612. Miner was prepared to die, family says

Apr 6, 2010 ... In 2006, 12 miners died in a methane explosion at the Sago Mine
in .... a coal mine explosion deep in the rugged hills of West Virginia, ...
http://www.inewscatcher.com/2010/04/miner-was-prepared-to-die-family-
says.html
44%
613. Moment of Silence for Miners @ 3:30pm EST: President Must End ...
The accidents from coal dust and methane gas, the explosions, the ?res–these
all ... 2 coal mine between Benton and West Frankfort, a methane gas explosion
had taken ...
http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/04/12/moment-of-silence-for-miners-
330pm-est-president-must-end-regulated-manslaughter/?
utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=alternet
44%
614. MSHA: Mine safe for investigation - The Herald Dispatch

... to begin working inside the southern West Virginia coal mine where 29 men
died in the U.S. coal industry’s worst explosion in 40 years.<br...
http://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/briefs/x1525457071/MSHA-Mine-safe-for-
investigation
44%
615. Storms Push Teams Out of UBB Mine

Jun 11, 2010 ... The bodies of eight of the 29 men killed April 5 in an explosion
at the ... registered potentially elevated levels of carbon monoxide and
methane gas. ... Investigators won't be able to get as deep into the mine on ...
http://www.wsaz.com/newswestvirginia/headlines/95407719.html
44%
616. UNDERGROUND MINE FOREMAN

64. A greater percentage of methane is necessary to start an explosion in an
atmosphere which. contains less ... there is a mine fire or after an explosion. 93.
The atmosphere ...
http://laborcommission.utah.gov/BoilerandElevatorSafety/Miner
%20Certification/U%20Mine%20Foreman.pdf
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617. UPDATE: W.Va. mine rescue teams eager to resume search | ...
Apr 8, 2010 ... Authorities survey the scene of a mine explosion at the Upper Big
Branch ... enter the mine until crews drilled holes deep into the earth to
ventilate ... that vents methane and for allowing combustible dust to build up, ...
http://www.courierpress.com/news/2010/apr/08/crews-begin-search-four-
missing-w-virginia-mine/
44%
618. Vented confined explosions in Stramberk experimental mine and ...

The project is aimed at deeper understanding of pressure field effect upon the
structures. Methane-air mixture explosion was used to generate the blast
wave ...
http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=17560390
44%
619. [PDF]Case of the Exploding Bungalow -1- NAME FORENSIC GEOLOGY

THE ...
The day of the explosion was overcast and a very deep atmospheric
depression .... methane gas: Coal gas (from the abandoned coal mines), Landfill
gas (from ...
http://faculty.uml.edu/Nelson_Eby/Forensic%20Geology/Exercises/Case%20of
%20the%20Exploding%20Bungalow%20.pdf
43%
620. All colors fade to black in Turkish mining town - Hurriyet ...
May 28, 2010... the families of Turkish miners lost in the recent mine explosion
are ... the 30 miners who went deep underground at the Karadon mine nearly
two ... had indicated high levels of methane on the day of the explosion. ...
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=working-for-peanuts-in-the-well-of-
death-2010-05-28
43%
621. Bodies of two Turkish miners remain missing after Zonguldak ...
The bodies of two miners presumed killed in a May 17 explosion in Zonguldak
have still not been located, according to the head of the Turkish Hard Coal
Institute.
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=two-mine-workers8217-remnants-
still-not-found-2010-06-01
43%
622. Death toll at 32 in Colombia mine blast - CBS 21 News ...

carbon monoxide ...
http://www.whptv.com/news/world/story/Death-toll-at-32-in-Colombia-mine-
43%

(06-21) 15:01 PDT BOGOTA, Columbia (AP) - Colombian rescuers have retrieved
the bodies of 34 miners killed in last week's coal mine explosion. Antioquia state
...
http://www.sfchron.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?
f=/n/a/2010/06/21/international/i091157D25.DTL
43%
624. Death toll in Russian mine disaster rises to 30 - The Daily ...
May 10, 2010 ... High levels of methane gas raised fears of further explosions
and hindered ... danger was now posed by rising water levels in the deep
mine. ...
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/2010/05/10/death-toll-in-
russian-mine-disaster-rises-to-30-86908-22248368/
43%
625. Death Toll Rises to 70 in Ukrainian Mine Blast, 30 Workers ...

Rescue teams are still searching for some 30 Ukrainian miners trapped deep
underground after the Sunday's explosion that killed at least 70 others, BBC
reported.
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=87663
43%
626. Flames Shooting Skyward at Mine Leave Firefighters Groping for ...
Jun 8, 2010 ... She said the Alexander Mine is inactive and owned by ... pockets
of methane does occur but the company never before had an explosion or ...
Ms. Gittins said drilling had progressed to about 1000 feet deep when the
explosion occurred. ... Th
http://firelink.monster.com/news/articles/13332-flames-shooting-skyward-at-
mine-leave-firefighters-groping-for-answers
43%
627. How Jharia mine turned death trap - India News - IBNLive
Explosion in Bhatdih colliery may have occurred because the mine was dug too
deep and without following safety standards.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/how-coal-mine-turned-death-trap/20933-3.html
43%
628. ksl.com - West Virginia mine disaster hits home in Huntington

The mining community of Huntington, Utah, can identify with the anxiety people
are ... mine blast, worst since 1984. A huge underground explosion blamed on
methane gas killed 25 ...
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=10288195
43%
629. Mine disaster death toll reaches 54

The death toll of the Antioquia coal mine explosion reaches 54, as Colombian
rescue workers continue to work to evacuate the bodies of an estimated 20
more miners ...
http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/10427-coal-mine-disaster-
death-toll-reaches-54.html
43%
630. Problems in Ukraine's Coal Industry Run Deep | Maidan

Problems in Ukraine's Coal Industry Run Deep ... Most mine fatalities in Ukraine
are related to methane gas explosions, and most of these accidents take ...
http://eng.maidanua.org/node/154
43%
631. Sago Mine Disaster - SourceWatch

May 20, 2010 ... Such conditions have been known to contribute to past mine
fires and explosions. Other factors affecting methane liberation include whether
...
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Sago_Mine_Disaster
43%
632. The Sampradaya Sun - Independent Vaisnava News - News - June 2010
Jun 7, 2010 ... While it is not yet known how close the gas well explosion was to
the ... a pocket of methane gas that somehow ignited, triggering an explosion ...
The company had drilled through the mine before without incident, he said. ....
and numerous
http://www.harekrsna.com/sun/news/06-10/news3326.htm
43%
633. The Williamson Daily News - Massey disaster not just tragic ...
Initial speculation on the cause of the explosion is methane in the mine. ...
instructing his deep-mine superintendents to focus on extracting coal over ...
http://www.williamsondailynews.com/view/full_story/7220374/article-Massey-
disaster-not-just-tragic--but-also-criminal?
instance=news_special_coverage_right_column
43%
634. Toxic gas levels in W.Va. mine drop; rescuers hope to get ...
He also said he does not think the company has any information about methane
http://www.trailtimes.ca/article/GB/20100408/CP01/304089978/-1/trail/toxic-
gas-levels-in-wva-mine-drop-rescuers-hope-to-get-inside-soon&template=cpArt
43%
635. West Virginia coal mine explosion – 25 Miners, 25 Men, 25 ...

Apr 6, 2010 ... They worked all day buried deep in the earth. ... because of high
levels of methane – which causes huge explosions. ... 2 Responses to “West
Virginia coal mine explosion – 25 Miners, 25 Men, 25 Families – And
Counting” ...
http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/04/06/west-virginia-coal-explosion-25-
miners-25-men-25-families-counting/
43%
636. [PDF]Autonomous Exploration and Mapping of Abandoned Mines

danger of explosion of methane, a gas that frequently accumulates when mines
are no longer ...... Coal Company, Inc. for the PA Bureau of Deep Mine Safety. ...
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?
doi=10.1.1.138.2789&rep=rep1&type=pdf
42%
637. [PDF]in British deep coal mines An introduction to geological ...

Jul 9, 2010 ... dust barriers to limit the propagation of explosions and
comprehensive environmental monitoring. At the present, methane from coal
mines has ...
http://qjegh.lyellcollection.org/cgi/reprint/24/2/209.pdf
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638. [PDF]The Miike Coal-mine Explosion

mine entrance to the deepest shafts. Therefore, when a small explosion ...
Methane gas explosions create carbon monoxide when the density of ...
http://d-arch.ide.go.jp/je_archive/pdf/book/jes5_d06.pdf
42%
639. Brama - Gateway Ukraine, UkraiNEWStand and Community Press

The methane and coal dust explosion in the Krasnolimanskaya mine in ... An
explosion ripped through a Ukrainian colliery, killing at least 25 miners and
trapping 11 deep in a ...
http://www.brama.com/ukraine/headlines0407U.html
42%

http://news.findlaw.com/ap_stories/i/1102/06-21-
2010/20100621092002_42.html
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641. Death toll at 34 in Colombia mine blast - FairmontSentinel.com ...

mine's records ...
http://fairmontsentinel.com/page/content.detail/id/111979.html?
isap=1&nav=5013&showlayout=0
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642. Death toll at 34 in Colombia mine blast - News, Sports, Jobs - ...
mine's records ...
http://www.news-register.net/page/content.detail/id/111979.html?
isap=1&nav=538
42%
643. Death toll at 34 in Colombia mine blast - News9.com - Oklahoma ...

mine's records ...
http://www.news9.com/global/story.asp?s=12682997
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644. Death toll in Russian mine blasts hits 32 - AP News Wire ...
fears of ... A bigger danger, he said, was now posed by rising water levels deep
in the mine. ... Mine explosions and other industrial accidents are common in ...
http://www.salon.com/wires/allwires/2010/05/10/D9FK0UV80_eu_russia_mine_bl
ast/index.html
42%
645. Gulf oil full of methane, adding new concerns | khou.com | ...
Jun 18, 2010 ... "This is the most vigorous methane eruption in modern human
history," Kessler said. ... problems on and under the Deepwater Horizon rig
before the deadly explosion. ... that the Gulf's deep waters contain large
amounts of methane, ... Mine
http://www.khou.com/home/Gulf-oil-full-of-methane-adding-new-concerns-
96659709.html
42%
646. health : How The BP Disaster Could Kill Millions | health care
Jun 20, 2010 ... The same methane, which makes mining activities dangerous
and leads to terrible mining accidents deep underground could also pose a high
risk ... of methane could all 15:02 20 miles toxic and explosive bubble trapped
for ...
http://www.health-care-health.co.cc/2010/06/health-how-the-bp-disaster-could-
kill-millions/
42%
647. Methane Gas Bubble Triggered Deadly Oil Rig Explosion | p2p4u ...
May 8, 2010 ... Deep sea oil drillers often encounter pockets of methane
crystals .... Up to 90 feared dead in Siberian mine explosions | Damaged
Vehicles ...
http://www.p2p4u.com/?p=813
42%
648. Miners Trapped in West Virginia | Inside CBC

Apr 9, 2010 ... Crews drilled bore hole in the Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster
and rescuers ... Plays methane and carbon monoxide may occur in the
afternoon, ...
http://www.insidecbc.com/miners-trapped-in-west-virginia/
42%
649. MSHA News Release: Hazard complaints result in surprise ...
Proper ventilation is required by the law to prevent mine explosions and ... 51
Mine; the operator was also caught taking illegal deep cuts into the coal. ...
http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/msha/MSHA20100569.htm
42%
650. News - World: Ukraine: Twelve miners still missing

Rescuers have confirmed that they are still looking for 12 miners who went
missing after an explosion at Karl Marx mine, eastern Ukraine.
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?art_id=nw20080610111325649C463570
42%
651. On History: Mining brought wealth, tragedy to region ...

Any miner will tell you that working in a coal mine is a rough and treacherous
job. ... The explosion occurred deep inside the mine, just before the beginning
of the day shift, ...
http://www.broomfieldenterprise.com/ci_13422200
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652. Rant - Into the Briny Deep

Methane Hydrates or Cathrates were the main culprit that caused the .... Then
we have disasters all over from spills and mine collapses/explosions. ...
http://www.rantrave.com/Rant/Into-the-Briny-Deep.aspx
42%
653. Upper Big Branch probe to start Wednesday " Montcoal Mine ...
The explosion occurred about 4 miles deep into the Ellis portal ... Potentially
alarming levels of carbon monoxide and volatile methane forced federal and
state regulators to ...
http://www.register-herald.com/disaster/x2023223310/Upper-Big-Branch-probe-
to-start-Wednesday
42%
654. XML Parsing Error: not well-formed Location: http://www ...

... a pocket of methane in an inactive deep mine, causing an explosion and fire
that ... New deep directional drilling technology has made the 450-
million ...
http://www.beaumontbusinessvotes.com/newsArticle.jsf?
documentId=8a79116e292fee510129309227aa0328
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655. || World
At least 44 dead in India mine collapse. INDIA: The bodies of 44 ... deep in the
mine shaft," Partho Bhattacharya, managing director of state-run mine
owners ...
http://www.dailynews.lk/2006/09/09/wld03.asp
41%
656. 12 dead, 83 trapped after blasts hit Russian mine

May 10, 2010 ... A high level of methane gas after Sunday's second, more
powerful blast raised ... The mine is 500 meters deep and has 370 kilometers
(220 miles) of ... Mine explosions and other industrial accidents are common in
Russia ...
http://australiatradetimes.com/international-events/international-tradeshows-
expo/4604-12-dead-83-trapped-after-blasts-hit-russian-mine.html
41%
657. 31 dead in Russian mine blasts, 59 trapped - Taiwan News Online

May 11, 2010 ... The missing men were trapped about 490m (1600ft) deep in
the shafts, an official at the Raspadskaya mine was quoted as saying. ...
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?
id=1252072&lang=eng_news&cate_img=49.jpg&cate_rss=news_Society
41%
658. AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | Sago Evacuation Alarm Ignored

The fatal Sago explosion was fueled by methane gas, not carbon monoxide. ...
After the explosion, 12 miners were trapped deep inside the Sago Mine and
the ...
http://blog.aflcio.org/2006/05/01/sago-evacuation-alarm-ignored/
41%
659. All declared dead in Mexican mine blast - Breaking News ...
The 65 men trapped by a Mexican coal mine explosion six days ago cannot
have survived their ordeal underground and are all dead, mine owners say.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/Families-hope-for-Mexico-mine-
miracle/2006/02/26/1140888729743.html
41%
660. Articles about Methane - SFGate

Rescuers carried out 13 bodies Sunday from deep inside the 1.2-mile (2-
kilometer ) access ... An explosion tore through a coal mine in northwestern
Colombia, ...
http://articles.sfgate.com/keyword/methane
41%
661. Biblical Recorder - West Virginia pastors respond to mine tragedy

Apr 7, 2010 ... At least 25 miners were killed at an explosion in the mine. ... “We
want to convey our deep concern and sympathy to the families, ... A buildup of
toxic methane gas, which is believed to have caused the explosion, ...
http://www.biblicalrecorder.org/post/2010/04/06/West-Virginia-pastors-respond-
to-mine-tragedy.aspx
41%
662. Death toll at 34 in Colombia mine blast - The West Australian

coal mine explosion. ... says debris and the persistent build-up of methane and
carbon ...
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/world/7437377/death-toll-at-34-in-
colombia-mine-blast
41%
663. Death toll in Russian mine blasts hits 32 - World - GMANews ...
Raspadskaya mine is 500 meters (1,650 feet) deep and has 370 kilometers (220
miles) ...
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/190625/death-toll-in-russian-mine-blasts-hits-32
41%
664. Gases force rescue crews out of mine - Washington Times

Apr 8, 2010 ... The mine is outfitted with air-quality sensors that shut down
some of the mining machinery when methane levels reach a high level. ...
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/apr/08/crews-search-wva-mine-4-
miners/print/
41%
665. Massey Energy CEO brings in big money despite mining disasters ...
Apr 19, 2010 ... His company has a rich and deep tradition of skimping on things
... the explosion was caused by outrageous levels of methane gas & coal. ...
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/energy/blogs/massey-energy-ceo-brings-in-
big-money-despite-mining-disasters
41%
666. Methane growing into a big problem | methane, water, wells ...
Methane has also seeped into home basements and yards, killing vegetation
and raising ... explosion and the house goes up or you go down there and that
methane smothers you. ...
http://www.gazette.com/news/methane-36699-water-wells.html
41%
667. Mine explosion Colombia's 2nd deadliest ever - DailyFinance

where a recent explosion killed 73 people.
http://www.dailyfinance.com/article/colombian-coal-mine-blast-kills-16-
traps/1122101/
41%
668. News
... Wednesday to try and rescue 15 miners trapped with little or no air in a deep
coal mine in Poland after an explosion killed at least eight other men. ...
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/11/22/worldupdates/2006-11-
22T070938Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-277273-4&sec=Worldupdates
41%
669. NewsDork
(Reuters) – An explosion ripped through a West Virginia coal mine owned by
Massey ... morning that four miners remained missing deep underground and
that 11 of the ...
http://www.newsdork.com/
41%
670. Obama calls for accountability after West Virginia mining ...
Apr 10, 2010... deep in a West Virginia coal mine shattered by an explosion, ...
that vents methane and for allowing combustible dust to build up. ...
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/obama-calls-for-accountability-
after-west-virginia-mining-disaster/article1530099/?cmpid=rss1
41%
671. Too Greedy and Too Deep | Dartmouth Free Press

May 14, 2010 ... At 9:45 am on April 20th, an explosion rocked the Deepwater
Horizon, ... but another, earlier methane gas explosion that took the lives of 29
West ... scrubbed and un-scrubbed smokestacks, and avid coal mining in
China ...
http://dartmouthfreepress.com/2010/05/14/too-greedy-and-too-deep/
41%
672. 25 dead in W.Va. mine blast, worst since 1984 | LAWRENCE ...
Four coal miners were missing after an explosion that killed 25 and poison
gases blocked rescuers Tuesday from resuming their search in the worst U.S.
mining disaster ...
http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/040610/upd_602650918.shtml
40%
673. 32 lives, 50 desperate minutes underground - chicagotribune.com

Dispatcher Harry House sat alone in a spare booth on a hill above America's
deepest coal mine. ... system, allowing methane to build in the dead air and
setting the stage for a ...
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-0209230227sep23,0,4405385.story
40%
674. 63 Killed In Ukraine Mine Explosion - Des Moines News Story

from within the pit of the coal mine is of a large cast blast. ... mine site, The
Devil's Breath tells the story of the founding, explosion, investigations, ...
http://bhschoolre.com/eventcalimages/images/sedcoca.htm
40%
675. 9&10 News - Death toll at 32 in Colombia mine blast

Death toll at 32 in Colombia mine blast. Posted: 6/21/2010. BOGOTA, ... the
ventilation ...
http://www.9and10news.com/Category/Story/?id=235256&cID=4
40%
676. Balloon Juice

http://www.balloon-juice.com/page/15/
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677. Broadcaster - Canada's Communications Magazine - Seeking ...

A methane explosion ripped through the Westray coal mine at Plymouth,
N.S., ... Much of the deep-mined coal in the U.S. carries 19 cubic metres or more
of ...
http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/issues/story.aspx?aid=1000131747
40%
678. Coal and Coal Mining - Washington County, Illinois

The 300 foot deep mine proved to be the longest operating mine in the
state. ..... Methane had never been found in appreciable amounts and was not
thought to be a .... 5 Mine explosion disaster. He leaves a widow and two
children. ...
http://gillespieil.com/gillespie/mineswashco.html
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679. Coal mining - Wikivisual

Dec 1, 2006 ... In deep mining, the room and pillar or bord and pillar method
progresses .... after a mine explosion; Fire damp: consists of mostly methane, ...
http://en.wikivisual.com/index.php/Coal_mining
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680. Colombian-Rescuers-Retrieve-The-Bodies-Of-32-Miners-In-Last ...

http://www.my9tv.com/dpp/my9_news/Colombian-Rescuers-Retrieve-The-
Bodies-Of-32-Miners-In-Last-Weeks-Explosion
40%
681. Death toll at 34 in Colombia mine blast | NWCN.com | World News

http://www.nwcn.com/news/world/96808269.html
40%
682. Driller in W.Va. blast has history of violations - The Herald ...
Jun 9, 2010 ... (AP) — The Texas gas-drilling company that struck methane in an
abandoned ... Virginia coal mine and triggered an explosion that hurt seven
workers has ... the mile-deep Marcellus shale gas field when it hit the
methane. ...
http://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/briefs/x957504002/Driller-in-W-Va-blast-
has-history-of-violations
40%
683. Dry-type Transformer Mine Explosion-isolated Dry-type ...

The dipped paint penetrates fully into the deep layers of the coils. ... Daqo mine
explosion-isolated transformers are first-grate ones in terms of the ... Can be
used in the locations where there is much methane mixed with gases and ...
http://www.switchgearschina.com/Dry-type-Transformer-Mine-Explosion-
isolated-Dry-type-Transformers_90.html
40%
684. Environ Health Perspect 106-11, 1998: Major Issues in Miner ...
"If you survived a methane explosion, it was a big deal." ... neuromuscular
disorders; roof falls; explosions; and in the case of deep mines, heat stress. ...
http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/realfiles/docs/1998/106-11/focus.html
40%
685. Mapping step begins in Upper Big Branch probe » Montcoal Mine ...
Jun 30, 2010 ... Tuesday, she said, “they are digging in deep.” ... Potentially
alarming levels of carbon monoxide and volatile methane forced federal and
state regulators to ... More Montcoal Mine Disaster Headlines. Helium debate ...
http://www.register-herald.com/disaster/x383288079/Mapping-step-begins-in-
Upper-Big-Branch-probe
40%
686. Methane gas bubble triggered oil rig explosion, workers say ...
May 8, 2010 ... Deep beneath the seafloor, methane gas is in a slushy,
crystalline form. ... " The swoosh is the gas, boom is the explosion and run is
what ...
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20100508/ARTICLE/5081048
40%
687. Mining Disaster in West Virginia | libcom.org

Apr 8, 2010 ... This week, 25 miners lost their lives in a mine explosion at the
Performance ... evacuated three times because of dangerously high methane
levels. ... to encourage his deep mine superintendents to "run coal" at any
cost: ...
http://libcom.org/news/mining-disaster-west-virginia-08042010
40%
688. tehran times : Death toll at Ukraine mine reaches 100

... missing after an explosion in a coal mine were declared dead Monday, ...
because of high levels of methane that accumulates at deep depths. Ukraine's
mines typically run more ...
http://www.tehrantimes.com/Index_view.asp?code=158038
40%
689. The Westray Mine Explosion: An Examination of the Interaction ...

It is believed the tragedy was caused by an explosion of methane gas, .... uh, to
a less deep position in the mine, to a new fresh air base. ...
http://www.cjc-online.ca/index.php/journal/article/viewArticle/954/860
40%
690. WCBD : Mine Explosion Colombia'S 2Nd Deadliest Ever

Mine Explosion Colombia'S 2Nd Deadliest Ever. Posted: 06/25/2010 1:20 PM ...
Colombia's mining minister said the mine lacked required methane gas
detectors and ...
http://mobile.counton2.com/wcbd/db_8118/contentdetail.htm?
contentguid=j7cHQd8Y&storycount=20&detailindex=7
40%
691. West Virginian mining disaster rescue timeline and coal mine ...
If you or a loved one has been injured in a coal mine accident, claim no win no
fee compensation with the work accident experts at YouClaim.
http://www.youclaim.co.uk/coal-mine-accident-claim-timeline-of-rescue-
attempts.htm
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692. :: Bo Tai nguyen va Moi truong Viet Nam ::

The explosion killed a total of nine miners and seriously injured 24 others. ...
a.m. on December 8, at a 250m deep coal mine managed by the Khe Cham
Coal Company of the ...
http://www.monre.gov.vn/monreNet/Default.aspx?tabid=256&ItemID=56370
39%
693. 12 dead, 83 trapped after blasts hit Russian mine " Breaking ...
The mine is 500 meters deep and has 370 kilometers (220 miles) of ... people
were killed in an explosion at an iron-ore mine in the Urals Mountains region
that ...
http://goshennews.com/breakingnews/x712189396/12-dead-83-trapped-after-
blasts-hit-Russian-mine
39%
694. Bad News Day in the Gulf - Dave Chandler's Earthside.com

Jun 23, 2010 ... The same methane that makes coal mining operations
hazardous and leads to horrendous mining accidents deep under the earth also
can present ... of explosive methane gas that resulted in a supersonic explosion
killing 11 ...
http://www.earthside.com/earthside/2010/06/bad-news-day-in-the-gulf.html
39%
695. BBC News | AFRICA | South African mine blast kills 12
The death toll is the country's worst for a single accident in nearly two years. ...
killed in deep mining incidents in 1999, including 19 in one explosion in July of
that ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1319745.stm
39%
696. Death toll at 32 in Colombia mine blast - FOX23 News - The 10 ...
carbon monoxide ...
http://www.fox23news.com/news/world/story/Death-toll-at-32-in-Colombia-mine-
39%
697. Death toll at 32 in Colombia mine blast - Silver City Sun-News

http://www.scsun-news.com/silver_city-business/ci_15343262
39%
698. Death toll at 34 in Colombia mine blast | Phoenix News | ...

mine's records ...
http://www.azfamily.com/news/world/96808054.html
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699. Four More Found Dead After West Virginia Mine Explosion
Mine owner Massey Energy Co. has been repeatedly cited and fined for ...
system that vents methane and for allowing combustible dust to build up. ...
http://m.wltx.com/detail.jsp?key=129176&rc=na&full=1
39%
700. Maps.com - Maps in the News

A methane blast ripped through a coal mine in eastern Ukraine early ... The
explosion occurred around 3 a.m. more than 3,300 feet deep inside the
Zasyadko mine in the regional ...
http://www.maps.com/MITNView.aspx?nav=RM&articleid=5463
39%
701. Mining Accident | India Environment Portal

Methane leak may have been the culprit. Aman Sethi. CHIRMIRI: While officials
have refused to comment on the possible cause of the mine explosion in ...
http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining/mining-
accident
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702. Ohio-MInes
In Noble County, deep coal mines were also very productive. ... between a
broken trolley wire and the rail ignited methane gas that had accumulated in
the mine workings. The massive explosion that occurred could be felt many
miles away. ...
http://www.miningartifacts.org/Ohio-MInes.html
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703. toledoblade.com - The Blade ~ Toledo Ohio

... monoxide poisoning after an explosion consumed oxygen inside the mine and
blew down ... ignited a pocket of methane that gathered inside a mine section
that had been sealed off. ...
http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?
AID=/20060107/NEWS08/601070462
39%
704. U.S. mine deaths hit low in 2009 | Cache Valley Daily - News ...
Horizon is considered one of Utah several deep coal mines that have come
under more ... 12 who died in a methane explosion at the Sago Mine in West
Virginia and five who ...
http://www.cachevalleydaily.com/news/local/80497812.html
39%
705. UPI NewsTrack TopNews - UPI.com

News from United Press International, around the world around the clock ... Nov.
18 (UPI) - A methane explosion in a Ukrainian coal mine Sunday killed at least
33 ...
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2007/11/18/UPI-NewsTrack-TopNews/UPI-
94691195404918/
39%
706. W.Va. continues to study how lightning sparked Sago explosion ...
... investigation of how lightning sparked the methane gas explosion that killed
12 coal miners at the Sago Mine two years ago remains far from over. ...
http://www.herald-dispatch.com/homepage/x607061061/
39%
707. Westray - Here's What Happened

By the deep underground, Which brought us this way. 10 years ago, ... an
invisible cloud of methane gas, triggering a massive explosion that trapped and
killed 26 miners. ... Methane detectors were disconnected because frequent
alarms, ... The Westray mine
http://www.teamstersrail.ca/TCRC_Westray_Horror.htm
39%
708. Can you hear me?

By DAN BARRY, IAN URBINA and CLIFFORD KRAUSS. Earlier this year, in the
subterranean ... of mining — and, its operators say, emits 25 percent more
methane a ...
http://voicemedia.net/
38%
709. CBS News Mobile West Virginia Mine Cleared for Rescue Attempt
Apr 8, 2010 ... Mine Explosion Coal Mine CEO Blankenship's Revealing Tweets
Mine CEO ... Mines not Paying Fines a Familiar Story Obama Offers "Deepest
Condolences" Gov. ... of methane, hydrogen and carbon monoxide coming out
of the mine ...
http://wap.cbsnews.com/site?
sid=cbsnews&pid=sections.detail&catId=TOP&index=4&storyId=6373887&typ
e=null&searchKey=null&viewFull=yes
38%
710. Citybizlist Washington DC - 8-K Alert: CtW Urges Massey ...

In an October 19, 2005 memo to Massey's deep mine superintendents, ...
investigating the mine said that "Every single day, the [methane] levels were
double .... Investigation Report: Refinery Explosion and Fire, BP, Texas City,
Texas, ...
http://dc.citybizlist.com/yourcitybiznews/detail.aspx?id=76583
38%
711. Coal mine blast kills 7 in Vietnam - Israel News, Ynetnews

A blast Monday at a coal mine in northern Vietnam killed at least ... another
victim following the methane explosion early Monday morning, said Nguyen Van
Thuan of the Khe Cham ...
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3634942,00.html
38%
712. coal mining : definition of coal mining and synonym of coal ...
A most dangerous method of operation in deep mining and is known as
robbing .... and forms after a mine explosion; Fire damp: consists of mostly
methane, ...
http://dictionary.sensagent.com/coal+mining/en-en/
38%
713. History burns deep on the wild west road - Travel - NZ Herald ...
Mar 31, 2010 ... The mine's been closed since 2003 but they still can't put the
fire out. ... a wrongly fired charge sparked a massive methane gas explosion. ...
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=7&objectid=10635294
38%
714. Mine blast kills nine, buries dozens | The Jakarta Post
A major mine explosion near Sawahlunto city, West Sumatra, Tuesday, ... bodies
were recovered after the morning explosion at the 100-meter-deep mine at the
hilly Bukit Bual area, ...
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/06/17/mine-blast-kills-nine-buries-
dozens.html
38%
715. Mining overview

In underground, or deep, mining, the coal seam is reached through vertical
or .... Large explosions are characteristic in coal mines, but more miners
suffer ... methane gas, escapeways, roofing, wiring, and other mining
hazards. ...
http://www.emt-india.net/process/mining/mining_overview.htm
38%
716. PhillyBurbs.com: Crews search mine for 4 missing in W.Va. blast

Apr 8, 2010 ... Twenty-five miners are known to be dead following an explosion
at ... Rescuers had to wait to enter the mine until crews drilled holes deep into
the earth to ventilate ... as well as methane gas, which has been blamed for the
explosion. ...
http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/news_details/article/206/2010/april/08/crews-
search-mine-for-4-missing-in-wva-blast.html
38%
717. popular logistics — the intersection of emergency preparedness ...
Deepwater Horizon – the Chernobyl of Deep Water Drilling? ... 25 Dead in W.
Virginia Coal Mine Accident. April 6, 2010 ... killed and another four remain
unaccounted for in a methane gas explosion in a coal mine owned by Massey
Energy . ...
http://popularlogistics.com/
38%

http://www.ftnelson.peaceenergyfm.com/news/56/1136736
38%
719. t r u t h o u t | Two Workers From Sago Mine Have Shot Themselves

Sep 26, 2006 ... Five days before the disaster, John Nelson Boni found methane
building ... Staff writer Ken Ward Jr.'s coverage of the Sago Mine disaster is ...
http://www.truth-out.org/issues_06/092606lb.shtml
38%
720. World News | Global Impact

Global Impact is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping the poorest
people on ... 28 miners deep in a damaged coal mine, making the methane gas
explosion three days ...
http://www.charity.org/aggregator/World_News_Feeds?page=318
38%
721. 4 missing W.Va. miners dead; final toll at 29 - Yahoo! Finance

MONTCOAL, W.Va. (AP) - Search teams found the bodies of four men missing
almost a week since an explosion rocked a West Virginia coal mine,
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/4-missing-WVa-miners-dead-apf-
3259963327.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=2&asset=&ccode=
37%
722. 70 killed in Ukraine's Worst Mine Disaster in Years; 28 Still ...

Rescuers struggled with flames and fallen rocks in trying to reach more than
two dozen miners trapped in a coal mine Monday, a day after a methane blast
killed at ...
http://www.kolotv.com/home/headlines/11582631.html
37%
723. Death toll at 34 in Colombia mine blast - WBTV 3 News, Weather ...
mine's records ...
http://www.wbtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=12682997
37%
724. First Enercast Financial

Rising concentrations of methane and carbon monoxide forced rescuers ... feet
deep to release the methane gas and reduce the risk of another explosion. ...
http://www.firstenercastfinancial.com/e_news.php?cont=36605
37%
725. Geological Society - Coalbed Methane An Unconventional ...

In 1895 an outburst and explosion of methane at Quarter Colliery near
Denny, ... with pre-mine methane drainage using boreholes drilled into the
seam ahead of ...
http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/page3492_en.html
37%
726. James "FUCK THE JEWS" Baker

Apr 15, 2010 ... When Explosions rocked the nation's deepest Coal Mine in
2001, ... dust and Methane explosion ripped through the Westray Mine in
Plymouth, ...
http://politifi.com/news/James-FUCK-THE-JEWS-Baker-471090.html
37%
727. MSHA HQ | Underground Mining Safety - Part1

Apr 18, 2008 ... A powerful gas explosion at the Xiji (Hsi-chi) coal mine claimed
the ... An explosion in a coal mine claimed the lives of 24 miners and injured 15;
methane gas ... A gas explosion in a deep coal mine killed 14 miners. ...
http://www.mshahq.com/underground-mining-part1.html
37%
728. Newspusher :::: 1-Stop Licensing Shop for audiovisual ...

WV/MINE EXPLOSION 4/9. West Virginia, Fri 09 Apr 2010, 15:14 GMT ... FOUR
TRAPPED MINERS SAID THEY ENCOUNTERED SMOKE AS THEY WORKED THEIR
WAY AROUND DEEP INSIDE THE MINE. .... A METHANE GAS EXPLOSION KILLED
TWENTY-FIVE MINERS MONDAY. ...
http://www.newspusher.com/subject_shw.php?
subject=03&master=014&detail=001&lg=EN&mode=1&page=13&PHPSESSID
=f35a3f4968c1a5eced2b7b5c516e25f0
37%
729. Opencast mining encyclopedia topics | Reference.com

Oct 10, 2008 ... Methane gas is a common source of ignition for explosions in
coal mines .... The deepest mine in the world: Savuka Mine in the North West ...
http://www.reference.com/browse/opencast+mining
37%
730. Search - wcbstv.com

A federal report says an abandoned pump cable deep inside the Sago Mine was
the likely conduit for lightning that touched off a methane explosion. ...
http://wcbstv.com/search?n=59+4294948882&tabid=1
37%
731. The Heritage

The explosion took p1ace at the Reilly Colliery Mine #1 when methane gas ...
team probably would have been deep into the mine when the explosion
happened. ...
http://www.cambriacountyhistorical.com/newsletters/heritageqtrly/summer2006
.htm
37%
732. TODAYonline | Breaking News | Death toll reaches 32 in ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Colombian rescuers have retrieved the bodies of 32
miners killed in last... explosion is unknown, but the mine's records indicate it
lacked a methane ...
http://www.todayonline.com/BreakingNews/EDC100622-0000013/Death-toll-
reaches-32-in-Colombia-mine-blast-40-workers-trapped-with-little-hope-of-
survival
37%
733. World Environment News - 35 DEAD IN UKRAINE MINE BLAST ...

DONETSK, Ukraine - A methane gas explosion ripped through a deep coal mine
in western Ukraine on Monday, killing 35 miners more than a km (half a mile)
below ground
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/719/newsDate/25-May-
1999/story.htm
37%
734. beverly a sauer « Read NEWS

May 12, 2010... a methane explosion ripped through the mine's primary
escapeway. ... hissing and a bump when methane escaped from the deep sea
well. ...
http://www.read-news.info/tag/beverly-a-sauer/
36%

lacked a methane ventilation pipe and gas-detection device. © 2010 AP ...
http://www.watoday.com.au/breaking-news-world/death-toll-at-34-in-colombia-
mine-blast-20100622-ysww.html
36%
736. Death toll at 34 in Colombia mine blast - Netscape News

lacked a methane ventilation pipe and gas-detection device. ...
http://webcenters.netscape.compuserve.com/news/story.jsp?floc=ne-story-9-
l2&idq=/ff/story/0001/20100621/3946.htm&sc=1102
36%
737. Disaster at No. 5 Mine - OrlandoSentinel.com

Two thousand feet below the rolling, wind-scrubbed hills, in a remote section of
North America's deepest coal mine, the walls began to creak and pop.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/chi-0209220285sep22,0,1030869.story
36%
738. From the Rhino's Heart - tribe.net

In 2006, 12 miners died in a methane explosion at the Sago Mine in West
Virginia . ... Turns out that since the quake was a deep (more than 10 km depth)
...
http://people.tribe.net/missouri-rhino/blog?page=3
36%
739. Making the Modern World - Icons Of Invention - Technology - ...

This put them at risk from explosions caused by the ignition of pockets of
firedamp, a gas composed mainly of methane. ... Colliery in 1816 of the two
lamps on display led to the widespread adoption of the Davy lamp in deep
mines. ...
http://www.makingthemodernworld.org.uk/icons_of_invention/technology/1750-
1820/IC.003/
36%
740. Massey Energy sues regulator over mine ventilation

Jun 23, 2010 ... In April, 29 workers were killed in a methane explosion at
Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch mine, in West Virginia, in what was the worst
US ...
http://www.miningweekly.com/article/massey-energy-sues-regulator-over-mine-
ventilation-2010-06-23
36%
741. Methane - Kosmix : Reference, Videos, Images, News, Shopping ...

Burning methane in the presence of oxygen produces carbon dioxide and water.
... exploring a West Virginia mine where 29 men died in an April explosion have
found a crack ...
http://www.kosmix.com/topic/Methane
36%
742. Mine Safety and Health Administration: News & Videos about ...
Massey Energy Company, which owns a West Virginia coal mine in which 29
workers died in April, has sued the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration
over ...
http://topics.cnn.com/topics/mine_safety_and_health_administration
36%
743. Miners trapped as explosion kills 69 - Evening Times

... today after a methane blast ripped through a coal mine in eastern Ukraine, ...
mine in Australia after one raised the alarm with a mobile phone call from
deep ...
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/miners-trapped-as-explosion-kills-69-1.975930
36%
744. RN-T.com - Rome, Georgia news, sports, business, lifestyles ...

RN-T.com is the leading source of news, business, sports, lifestyles, videos,
calendar events, politics, photos and more for Rome and the greater Northwest
Georgia area.
http://romenews-tribune.com/bookmark/7372557
36%
745. Testimony of Jack Parker

WIPP is not unusual for a deep salt mine in bedded salt. .... There have
frequently been methane gas explosions in closed portions of coalmines and in
a few ...
http://www.nuclearactive.org/wipp/hearings/parker.html
36%
746. Turkish coalmine blast kills 28 miners: Voice of Russia

May 20, 2010... 520 meters deep underground in the Karadon coal mine
following a gas ... in Zonguldak province a methane explosion killed 270 miners.
...
http://english.ruvr.ru/2010/05/20/8179215.html
36%
747. W Va Upper Big Branch Coal Mine Explosion- Final Death Toll: ...
In 2006, 12 miners died in a methane explosion at the Sago Mine in ... Update:
President Barack Obama offered his "deepest condolences" to ...
http://scaredmonkeys.net/index.php?topic=7541.0
36%
748. W.Va. Sago Mine Where 12 Died Is Idled

Sago Mine's Owner ICG Idles the W.Va. Mine Due to High Costs, Low Coal
Prices ... 2006 after a methane gas explosion trapped a team of miners deep
inside its shafts. ...
http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=23996
36%
749. West Virginia Coal Association - Latest

The loss of nearly 30 miners in an explosion deep inside a huge West ... modern
methods of ventilation that avoid large concentrations of explosive methane. ...
s Upper Big Branch mine, I was shocked. I never expected such a large loss ...
http://www.wvcoal.com/news/latest-news.html?start=70
36%
750. [PDF]USE OF METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIA IN GAS PHASE

BIOREACTORS TO ...
This methane can pose a distinct explosion hazard in the mine environment
when .... more available to cells deep within the biofilm and, as a result, ...
http://www.anl.gov/PCS/acsfuel/preprint%20archive/Files/35_3_WASHINGTON
%20DC_08-90_0943.pdf
35%
751. 7 Hurt in W.Va. Gas Well Explosion

She said the Alexander Mine is inactive and owned by ... Ms. Gittins said the
well drilling had progressed to about 1000 feet deep, on its way to ... DEP:
Methane caused well-drilling blast that burned 7 workers in W.Va. ...
http://rr-bb.com/showthread.php?138593-7-Hurt-in-W.Va.-Gas-Well-Explosion
35%
752. 7 Injured In Marshall Co. Gas Well Explosion - News Story - ...
Jun 7, 2010... an abandoned coal mine ignited methane, triggering an explosion
that ... Union Drilling issued a statement expressing deep concern about ...
http://www.wtov9.com/news/23815397/detail.html
35%
753. ArcelorMittal Mine Accident in Kazakhstan Kills Three ...

"We all feel deep mourning about the accident at the mine," Frank Pannier,
chief executive officer of ... to operate after an explosion at its Abaiskaya mine
killed 30 workers. ...
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601095&sid=aUNjfwRWkN7E
35%
754. At least 63 workers killed in methane blast at Ukraine coal ...

At least 63 workers killed in methane blast at Ukraine coal mine - A METHANE
blast ripped through a coal mine in Ukraine yesterday, killing at least 63 people
in the ...
http://news.scotsman.com/world/At-least-63-workers-killed.3538807.jp
35%
755. Coal mining : Reference (The Full Wiki)

Nov 2, 2008 ... Coals occurring below 300 feet (91 m) are usually deep
mined. ..... damp consists of carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and nitrogen and
forms after a mine explosion. Fire damp: consists of mostly methane, a
flammable gas. ...
http://www.thefullwiki.org/Coal_mining
35%
756. Crews forced to abandon search - Logan Banner - News, ...

Rescuers had already had to wait to enter the mine until crews drilled holes
deep into the earth to ventilate lethal carbon monoxide and highly explosive
hydrogen as well as methane gas, which has been blamed for the explosion. ...
http://www.loganbanner.com/bookmark/7003431
35%
757. Crews seek two miners deep in W.Va. mine

The Associated Press By KELLEY SCHOONOVER MELVILLE, W.Va ... system
continued to work at the Alma mine and no methane was detected coming out
of the return, he ...
http://www.firerescue1.com/news/15565-Crews-seek-two-miners-deep-in-W-Va-
mine/
35%
758. Disaster at No. 5 Mine - mcall.com

Two thousand feet below the rolling, wind-scrubbed hills, in a remote section of
North America's deepest coal mine, the walls began to creak and pop.
http://www.mcall.com/news/chi-0209220285sep22,0,7480983.story
35%
759. Driller in W.Va. blast has history of violations - News ...

... methane in an abandoned West Virginia coal mine and triggered an explosion
... 000 feet toward the mile-deep Marcellus shale gas field when it hit the
methane. ...
http://dailymail.com/rssFeeds/201006090342
35%
760. Independent Resources PLC // Business

The mine closed a few years after the large methane explosion of May 1954
that ... The extent of the deeper part of the basin is interpreted by gravity ...
http://www.ir-plc.com/business/business.html
35%
761. jgmobile.net - The Journal Gazette's Mobile Edition

They said that the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration had
indirectly ... of gases such as methane, or flammable coal dust, inside the mine.
...
http://jgmobile.net/apps/pbcs.dll/article?
AID=/20100427/NEWS03/304279943/1006/NEWS
35%
762. Methane Mars

Scribd is a way to easily put your documents online.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/10494415/Methane-Mars
35%
763. Mycheap - Death toll at 34 in Colombia mine blast

Find and Learn about the best destinations, the best way to get there, the travel
business, vacation tips and Travel Adviser from Mycheap
http://www.mycheap.com/news/?
method=view&query=Death_toll_Colombia_mine
35%
764. No Response To Rescuers' Attempts To Signal Miners | 89.3 KPCC

Apr 7, 2010 ... Joe Manchin said rescue workers banged on a pipe and set off a
small explosion on the surface to send a seismic signal deep into the mine. ...
http://www.scpr.org/news/2010/04/07/no-response-to-rescuers-attempts-to-
signal-miners/
35%
765. Over 40 feared dead in Indonesian mine

"According to witnesses there was an explosion caused by methane gas. ...
Twenty rescue workers had entered the collapsed mine with specialised
equipment including oxygen tanks. ...
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=826213
35%
766. Possible Causes of Transocean Rig Failure : Methane Pocket ...

Although normally found in surface mines, methane pockets can exist deep
under the ... a single spark can ignite the methane, causing a massive
explosion. ...
http://transoceanlawsuits.com/possible-incident-causes/methane-pocket/
35%
767. Rescue operation suspended at San Fernando mine

Authorities decided to suspend rescue operations at the San Fernando mine, as
conditions are deemed to dangerous amid threats of collapse and gas
concentrations, ...
http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/10457-rescue-operations-
suspended-at-san-fernando-mine.html
35%
768. The Price Of Carbon

http://www.newshoggers.com/blog/2010/06/the-price-of-carbon.html
35%
769. W.Va. Issues Subpoenas In Mine Explosion Probe - TheStreet

WVa issues subpoenas in mine explosion probe to compel testimony from
reluctant witnesses.
http://www.thestreet.com/story/10781738/wva-issues-subpoenas-in-mine-
explosion-probe.html
35%
770. WYOMING FUEL V. SOL (MSHA) (90102003)

workings of the mine from hazards of such methane and. other explosive gases,
the operator ... 450 feet deep and a strata of shale overhangs the workings. ...
http://www.fmshrc.gov/decisions/alj/90102003.PDF
35%
771. 8/27: Mine worker after explosion - The Cellar

A mine explosion in the Ukraine resulted in 36 dead, 14 missing, and this guy
( whose fate we don't know about) looking very ... The explosion was methane
gas, and they were mining coal. ... Jack Handey, "Deep Thoughts" ...
http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=452
34%
772. Africa: Economics and Change:

Transporting men and materials down extremely deep mine shafts ... Explosions
from methane gas trapped in small pockets of rock. • Digging deeper and
deeper ...
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/teachersguides/pdf/geography/ds/africa_e
conomics_and_change.pdf
34%
773. AngloGold Ashanti: Gold Mining and Marketing - 17 Die In ...

17 Die In Underground Explosion At Mponeng Mine. Thursday, July 29, 1999 ...
Mine (formerly Western Deep Levels South Mine) near Carletonville tonight. ...
The explosion, thought to be methane-related, occurred at about 18h00 on
99 ...
http://www.ashantianglogold.com/Additional/Press/AngloGold/1999/29+Jul+199
9+69.htm
34%
774. BP Spill to Spur Clean Energy Transition

Jun 15, 2010 ... April 5, 2010 - A methane explosion at the Upper Big Branch
Mine owned by .... The government is also broke and in deep debt to China. ...
http://www.greenchipstocks.com/articles/bp-spill-to-change-energy-forever/999
34%
775. Business News: Thursday, December 07, 2006

Business News: Thursday, December 07, 2006 ... a lightning strike sparked the
methane gas explosion deep inside the Sago Mine, where 12 coal miners died ...
http://www.shashum.com.ar/business-news/2006_12_07_archive.html
34%
776. Capital FM Kenya: 30 dead in Russian mine tragedy

... to find 60 miners and salvage workers still missing deep inside a Russian
mine, over a day after double methane gas explosions that killed 30 people. ...
http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/International/30-dead-in-Russian-mine-
tragedy-8403.html
34%
777. Confirmed-(Gulf oil full of methane, adding new ...

W. VA Massey Mine explosion- METHANE [link to online.wsj.com] ..... Deep-sea
drilling operations that melt seafloor deposits of the icy fuel ...
http://204.74.214.194/forum1/message1104364/pg4
34%
778. Crews re-enter W.Va. mine to recover 9 bodies " Nation ...
... explosion that killed 29 men in the worst U.S. coal mining disaster ... when
high levels of volatile methane gas forced crews out of the mine Sunday. After
the tunnels were ...
http://dailyindependent.com/nation/x1123622078/Crews-re-enter-W-Va-mine-to-
recover-9-bodies?keyword=secondarystory
34%
779. Death toll at 32 in Colombia mine blast - KGPE CBS47 News ...
carbon monoxide ...
http://www.cbs47.tv/news/world/story/Death-toll-at-32-in-Colombia-mine-
34%
780. Methane levels 40% instead of normal 5% in Gulf - Scientists ...

Discusion about Methane levels 40% instead of normal 5% in Gulf - Scientists
are Worried in the AboveTopSecret.com website alternative topics discussion
forum ...
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread584939/pg1
34%
781. Mineweb.com - The world's premier mining and mining ...

( Methane is potentially explosive at concentrations of between 5 and ... to
equip deep-water ports and to import coke from Canada, the USA or Australia."
Steelmaking and the ...
http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page38?
oid=41278&sn=Detail
34%
782. Mosaic of Cumberland

I had two uncles killed in the explosion of 1923, in No. 4 mine. ... They are both
1000 feet deep to No. 4 seam, where very little of the production came ... of the
methane gas and the firemen would come down and chase us out of there. ...
http://mining.mosaicprojects.net/robert.williams2.html
34%
783. National: Coal mines' gas problem

Apr 8, 2010 ... Federal rules require that concentrations of methane in mines be
kept ... The gassiest mines in the United States are deep, ... Although many
experts believe that methane was responsible for the West Virginia
explosion, ...
http://mobile.latimes.com/inf/infomo?
view=page1&feed:a=latimes_1min&feed:c=nationnews&feed:i=53157519&nop
aging=1
34%
784. StarDestroyer.Net BBS • View topic - Mountaintop Removal Mining

In Butte, Montana, conventional deep mining methods killed on ..... as opposed
to a methane explosion which can catch and kill a dozen ...
http://bbs.stardestroyer.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=141675&start=0
34%
785. VOA????? - 23 Miners in Ukraine Rescued, Others Remain Trapped

... been a methane-gas explosion rocked the state-run mine during repair ...
Nobody does anything and my son is waiting there somewhere below. And
maybe he is dead." A miner also ...
http://www.voanews.cn/StandardEnglish/June/voanews20080610e.htm
34%
786. West Virginia mine blast kills 25 | World | News | Toronto Sun
Apr 6, 2010 ... Twenty-five coal miners died and four were still missing deep ...
back from the search area because methane gas and smoke underground made
it too ... In the worst coal mine disaster in U.S. history, 362 miners died in an ...
http://www.torontosun.com/news/world/2010/04/05/13474516-reuters.html
34%
787. WHDH-TV - 39 killed in mine explosion in Ukraine, dozens ...

39 killed in mine explosion in Ukraine, dozens missing in country's latest mine
disaster
http://www3.whdh.com/news/articles/world/BO67114
34%
788. After missing West Virginia miners found dead, task turns to ...
Apr 10, 2010 ... Searchers found four bodies deep in a West Virginia coal mine
shattered by an ... but they believe high levels of methane gas may have
played a role. ... Related topics: mine explosion, west virginia mine explosion ...
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2010/04/after_missing_west_virginia_
mi.html
33%
789. Associated Press: China still struggling with mine safety | CLB
The methane explosion that roared through the shaft in northeastern ... Not in
China, where most the country's methane-rich coal is mined deep underground.
...
http://www.china-labour.org.hk/en/node/36056
33%
790. Conditions improving for US mine rescue effort | Gainesville.com

MONTCOAL, West Virginia — Levels of noxious gas dropped Thursday in a coal
mine where 25 workers died in an explosion, giving rescuers hope that they
might be able to ...
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20100408/ARTICLES/100409398
33%

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/nation-world-news/death-toll-at-32-in-
colombia-mine-blast-775175.html
33%
792. English
The extraction of coal methane and the mining of coal are closely interlinked:
intensive ... of virtually 100% methane from the thick, explosion-prone D ...
http://www.unece.org/energy/se/pdfs/cmm/cmm3/ECE.ENERGY.GE4.2007.7_e.p
df
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793. Fracking a danger to communities

On June 7 seven workers were burned in an explosion caused when drillers hit a
pocket of methane in an inactive deep mine near Moundsville, W.Va. ...
http://www.workers.org/2010/us/fracking_0624/
33%
794. Orange Botswana News " Archive " Up to 90 feared dead in ...
... still trapped deep inside Russia's largest underground coal mine, two days
after double methane gas blasts ... in the shaft and then a second explosion
hours later when rescue ...
http://www.orange.co.bw/news/?p=28259
33%
795. Series of failures led to US rig blast | The Jakarta Post

May 8, 2010 ... Deep beneath the seafloor, methane gas is in a slushy,
crystalline form. ... " The swoosh is the gas, boom is the explosion and run is
what you better be doing ." ... No injuries in Papua gold mine incident · Oily
threat ...
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/05/08/series-failures-led-us-rig-
blast.html
33%
796. The Day - 6 dead, 21 missing in W.Va. coal mine blast | News ...
Virginia. ... U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration documents show 18 of
the deaths ...
http://www.theday.com/article/20100405/NWS13/100409883/1047
33%
797. Welcome to ccii

... for both mine owners and us to commercially co-develop coalbed methane
and coal products. ... largest coalbed methane producer, CUCMC then added its
own innovation and expertise. ...
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798. AmericanHeritage.com / Safety First, at Last

... roof and floor gradually come together and force methane into the ... located
outside the mine are protected by explosion doors, and auxiliary fans are
banned except by special ...
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coal-miners.shtml
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under News, ... at a 250m deep coal mine in Quang Ninh Province, which killed
a total of nine ...
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... methane in an abandoned West Virginia coal mine and triggered an explosion
... 000 feet toward the mile-deep Marcellus shale gas field when it hit the
methane. ...
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801. New Sabah Times
High levels of methane gas remaining in the mine had raised fears of further ...
The Raspadskaya mine is 500 meters (1,650 feet) deep and has 370 kilometers
(220 ...
http://www.newsabahtimes.com.my/nstweb/fullstory/38541
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804. Safety Standards for Underground Coal Mine Ventilation; Final ...
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806. Death toll at 34 in Colombia mine blast - Forbes.com

lacked a methane ventilation pipe and gas-detection device. Read All
Comments ...
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2010/06/22/business-financial-impact-lt-
colombia-coal-mine-explosion_7708902.html
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807. Death toll in Russian mine blasts hits 30-

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rescue efforts. ... The mine is 500 meters (1,650 feet) deep and has 370
kilometers (220 ...
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bodies from a mine where a recent explosion killed 73 people. No survivors
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http://www2.wnct.com/news/2010/jun/25/mine-explosion-colombias-2nd-
deadliest-ever-lt-ar-230036/
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Martinsville, ...
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under more ... 12 who died in a methane explosion at the Sago Mine in West
Virginia and five who ...
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31%
812. Viewing a thread - Hoping for the best!

Forum - Improve your writing with help from Writer's Digest - Forum ... if that
same methane is continuing to build and another explosion of greater
magnitude ...
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tid=32802&posts=9&start=1
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coal mine shattered by a deadly explosion, trying to make a section of it safe
enough.
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have ... figured out how the charge reached the area to set off a methane gas
explosion. ...
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816. Karoo
Welcome to Karoo, the local portal for Hull and East Yorkshire ... mine's owner,
Massey Energy, has been repeatedly cited for problems with the system that
vents methane and ...
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ID=B996844461270546792A00&category=World
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817. Stressed crops emit more methane than thought

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ethane_than_thought.html
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408/?hub=CP24Home
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WAFF.com: North Alabama News, Radar, Weather, Sports, Classifieds and much
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monoxide gases ...
http://www.waff.com/Global/story.asp?S=12682997
29%
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The mine accident was a devastating tragedy and citizen Volkov is ... mine's
management for the explosion, noting managers would often turn off
methane ...
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3b06cf6c-62a8-11df-b1d1-00144feab49a.html
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underground ... were killed in an explosion at an iron-ore mine in the Urals
Mountains region ...
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Poland on ...
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hydrogen as well as methane gas, which has been blamed for the explosion.
The air quality was deemed ...
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seismographs. ... by a lightning strike could transmit effects deep into the coal
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highly explosive hydrogen and methane remained far too high for ...
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At least 25 coal miners have been killed and four are still missing deep
underground after an explosion ripped through a West Virginia mine.
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reached them ... Mine Safety and Health Administration chief Richard E. Stickler
and lead investigator ...
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anxiously ... A methane gas explosion in a coal mine killed eight workers last
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kills-16-miners-70-feared-dead/
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East Donetsk region, there are 4 men injured and another 37 missing at ...
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and raising ... explosion and the house goes up or you go down there and that
methane smothers you. ...
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done enough to reduce levels of explosive methane and coal dust in the mine
and that ...
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841. Methane Release Could Cause Abrupt, Far-Reaching Climate Change

An abrupt release methane, powerful greenhouse gas, from ice sheets extended
to Earth's low latitudes some 635 million years ago caused dramatic shift ...
http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/38115/Methane_Release_Could_Caus
e_Abrupt_Far-Reaching_Climate_Change.html
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lacked a methane ventilation pipe and gas-detection devices. PRINT ARTICLE ...
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toll_at_32_in_colombia_mine_blast.html
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community information in Columbia, Lexington and the rest of the Midlands.
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844. Sandia National Labs: News: Publications: Sandia Lab News ...
... an explosive mixture of methane gas trapped in a sealed section of the Sago
Mine. ... cause for the Sago Mine explosion, the Sandia team investigated two
modes of transmitting ...
http://www.sandia.gov/LabNews/070525.html
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and was close to the 1970 Hayden accident and I know an explosion of this
magnitude not only ...
articleid=20100406_13_0_MONTCO567233&rss_lnk=1
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... China climbed to 92 on Sunday as rescuers hunted for 16 workers still
trapped deep underground in the nation's deadliest mine disaster in two
years. ...
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ia_999.html
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suited for methane hazardous areas ... for control and signaling system
application for deep coal mine. ...
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848. Coal Mine Methane (CMM) Development Project

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and ... stored in the coalbed and near. rock layers, and its main component is
methane, which is ...
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Methane/Coal-Mine-Methane2.pdf
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conveyor belt caught fire deep inside a coal mine, bringing to 14 the number of
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http://wbztv.com/national/Mine.Fire.Melville.2.262478.html
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850. W.Va. way ahead of game' in mine safety compliance " Local ...
way ahead of game' in mine safety compliance. Mannix Porterfield. Even before
the ink dried ... deep mines and avert explosions after a buildup of deadly
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mine-safety-compliance
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851. AcuSafe Incident News: July 2001

... people were killed and three injured, after an explosion in a deep coal mine.
The explosion was caused by a ... "ignitions" in the mine, in which methane gas
quickly flared and ...
http://www.acusafe.com/Newsletter/Stories/1001News-MonthlyIncidents.htm
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852. Delta Geographic/Beb C. Reynol

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difficult and ...
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853. MSHA: W.Va. mine cleared for investigators - Business ...

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making Virginia ... MSHA suspects methane and coal dust caused the April 5
explosion. ...
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beneath the city. ...
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where a recent explosion kil
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the rig explosion. ... of between 2 percent and 30 percent in waters 1,000 feet
deep. ...
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96659709.html
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860. MINING ACCIDENT IN CENTRAL KAZAKHSTAN TRIGGERS PUBLIC

OUTCRY ...
The explosion of methane gas in the morning of September 20 killed 41 miners
working 600 meters deep in the Lenin coal mine owned by Mittal Steel Temirtau
company. ...
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The-Wild--Wonderful-Whites-of-West-Virginia
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862. Drizzly mornings on Xanadu

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moon, Titan, also appears to widespread drizzles methane, according to team ...
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html
22%
863. Drummond mine closed by blast that hurt 6 in Ala.

BIRMINMGHAM, Ala. - A troubled Alabama mine could be closed for repairs for ...
ran down a cable into the mine, where it ignited methane that had been
released by the ...
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22%
864. MSHA: W.Va. mine cleared for investigators - NewsChannel5.com ...

Moving air through the mine is supposed to prevent methane gas liberated from
the coal ... MSHA suspects methane and coal dust caused the April 5
explosion. ...
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22%
865. NATURAL GAS MIGRATION PROBLEMS IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA

methane, is composed principally of methane. and carbon dioxide occurring in
most coal ... safety hazard in mining and the mining. companies generally vent
the ...
http://s3.amazonaws.com/propublica/assets/methane/natural_gas_migration_pa.
pdf
22%
866. People's Daily Online - 17 bodies found in mine gas blast in ...
An engineer and 16 miners were trapped deep underground when a methane
gas explosion ripped through the coal mine in the western Turkish province of
Kutahya. ...
http://english.people.com.cn/200504/22/print20050422_182344.html
22%
867. Ukraine mine blast kills 63, 37 still missing

A methane explosion ripped through a mine in Ukraine's Donbass coalfield on
Sunday, killing at least
http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=7a85f2f8-a29d-4a6c-a532-
625e82d18c39&k=27237
22%
868. Universal Colliery explosion, Senghenydd, coroner's report ,1914

The Universal Colliery was a deep-mine opened in the 1890s. ... 439 people
were killed in a methane explosion carried by coal dust. The mine closed in
1928 and the derelict ...
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inst_id=33&coll_id=2882&expand=
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explosion is unknown, but the mine's records indicate it lacked a methane ...
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0621/U_LT-Colombia-Coal-Mine-Explosion?pageid=1
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870. IMF 2004 | International Mining Forum

In the Polish underground (deep) mining bump hazard occurs in about 70 per
cent of ... A criterion for methane control is offered, which may be used with ...
http://www.imf.net.pl/node/14
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871. methane | 80beats | Discover Magazine

The West Virginia coal mining accident yesterday killed at least 25, and hope is
starting ... up with the flammable gas, and a stray spark can light it and cause
an explosion. ...
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/tag/methane/
21%
872. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) news from EHS Today
Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) news and articles for safety,
health and industrial hygiene professionals in the manufacturing, construction,
and service ...
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873. Montcoal Wv
given an unauthorized tour of the Beth deep mine near Danville, WV. ... 12
miners died in a methane explosion at the Sago Mine in West Virginia. ...
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874. [PDF
Methane. hydrate needs high pressure and low temperature to be stable, and is
found deep ... Furthermore, we still don't know how to mine methane hydrate
under the deep ...
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875. Death toll at 34 in Colombia mine blast - FairmontSentinel ...

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isap=1&nav=5013
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876. FortWayne.com : Fort Wayne news, sports, jobs, homes, cars

Searchers found four bodies deep in a West Virginia coal mine shattered by an
explosion, raising the death toll to 29 and ending an excruciating ...
http://www.fortwayne.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?
AID=/SE/20100410/NEWS/4100334
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877. Lsj - Death toll at 34 in Colombia mine blast

cId=lsj&sParam=38961070.story
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878. MineRescue : Messages : 4102-4133 of 7992

MineRescue: A forum to exchange ideas and provide support to the subject of
Mine Rescue. ... A methane gas explosion ripped through the Sago Mine January
2 from a portion of ...
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