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   Vol. 70/No. 22           June 5, 2006  
 
 
As we go to press…
Another miner killed on the job in W. Virginia
 
BY DAVE FERGUSON  
HARLAN, Kentucky, May 24—A coal miner was killed this afternoon at the International Coal Group’s Sycamore mine near Jarvisville, West Virginia. Reports indicate that the worker, whose name has not yet been released, was killed in an underground equipment accident. This fatality brings the number of coal mine deaths to 33 nationwide.

The International Coal Group, which also owns the Sago Mine in West Virginia, where 12 workers were killed in a mine explosion in January, reported revenues of $212 million for the quarter ending March 31—a 38 percent increase compared with the same period last year.
 
 
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