Mining for new opportunities in Appalachia’s coal country
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Mining for new opportunities in Appalachia’s coal country
Gerald Lucas first picked up a No. 4 coal shovel in 1972. For the next 45 years, he worked underground.Photography by Gregory Miller We’re more than a hundred feet under Beckley, West Virginia, when the lights go out. One minute, I’m scanning the roof bolts and support timbers above my head, and then, with a thunk, there’s just . . . nothing. Nothing but the faint drip of water down the rock walls. Gerald Lucas asks me to put my hand out. I can’…
·Atlanta, United States
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