Today in 1968, the Farmington Mine Disaster took the lives of 78 miners at the Consol No. 9 coal mine in Farmington, West Virginia. After the disaster, the U.S. Congress strengthened mine safety laws and coal miner health and safety rights in the United States. We will always remember those fallen miners for their hard work and sacrifice. | West By God Virginia
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