Eyeballing Sago Coal Mine West Virginia

3 January 2005

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/02/AR2006010201843.html

The Sago mine is listed as belonging to Anker West Virginia Mining Co., according to Terry Farley, an administrator at the West Virginia Office of Miners' Health Safety and Training. Anker's parent company is International Coal Group.

Captions by Associated Press.

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The entrances to a mine where 13 miners are trapped are pictured Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2006 in Tallmansville, W.Va. Rescue crews scrapped their conservative approach to free the 13 trapped miners Tuesday after efforts to contact the men went unanswered and air samples showed continued high levels of contaminated air. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
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Two miners who are part of a rescue team exit a mine, where several miners remain trapped, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2006, in Tallmansville, W.Va. Rescue crews scrapped their conservative approach to free 13 trapped miners Tuesday after efforts to contact the men went unanswered and air samples showed continued high levels of contaminated air. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, Pool)

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The coal tipple adjacent to the Sago Coal Mine where 13 miners are trapped is shown in Tallmansville, W.Va., Monday, Jan. 2, 2006. (AP Photo/Bob Bird)
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Television satellite trucks are parked near the coal tipple adjacent to the Sago Coal Mine where 13 miners are trapped in Tallmansville, W.Va., Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2006. Rescuers trying to reach 13 trapped miners punched a hole into the mine early Tuesday, but a Hatfield said he was "very discouraged" by air quality tests. (AP Photo/George Widman)

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2004 photo excerpted from two MrSID images:
ftp://ftp.wvgis.wvu.edu/pub/Clearinghouse/SAMB03/sp83/MrSidFiles_south/S-O04-05.sid (4.1MB)
ftp://ftp.wvgis.wvu.edu/pub/Clearinghouse/SAMB03/sp83/MrSidFiles_south/S-O04-04.sid (4.3MB)

Captions by Associated Press.
The entrances to a mine where 13 miners are trapped are pictured Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2006 in Tallmansville, W.Va. Rescue crews scrapped their conservative approach to free the 13 trapped miners Tuesday after efforts to contact the men went unanswered and air samples showed continued high levels of contaminated air. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)	Two miners who are part of a rescue team exit a mine, where several miners remain trapped, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2006, in Tallmansville, W.Va. Rescue crews scrapped their conservative approach to free 13 trapped miners Tuesday after efforts to contact the men went unanswered and air samples showed continued high levels of contaminated air. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, Pool)
The coal tipple adjacent to the Sago Coal Mine where 13 miners are trapped is shown in Tallmansville, W.Va., Monday, Jan. 2, 2006. (AP Photo/Bob Bird)	Television satellite trucks are parked near the coal tipple adjacent to the Sago Coal Mine where 13 miners are trapped in Tallmansville, W.Va., Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2006. Rescuers trying to reach 13 trapped miners punched a hole into the mine early Tuesday, but a Hatfield said he was "very discouraged" by air quality tests. (AP Photo/George Widman)