[News Script: Coal mine] Page: 1 of 2
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12OPCS 0723- 72
AP182
138
11TH FIVE--TAKE 3
(BLACKSVILLEt VEST VIRG1IA)--A MICROPHONE VAS LOWERED INTO
A SECTION Of THE RtNED-OUT COAL MINE NEAR BLACKSVILLE, WEST
VIRCINIA, TODAY. OUT IT PICKED UP NO SO IRDS OF LIFE FROM THE
tEN TRAPPED BY A FIRE SATURDAY. A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CONSOLIDATION
COAL COMPANY ALSO SAID AIR SAMPLES SNOWED DEADLY METHANE GAS
IS PRESENT IN THE INE.
THE MINE BE LED TO RE E LIKELIHOOD OF YURTRER,
EXPLOSIONS T T OUC RES OPERATE S TO A LT TERDAY
ONE MINE OFF C AL SAYS TIE AILING VAS NE TER OFF CIA LS VERE
CONVINCED EXPLOSIO S D ENDED ALL 0 RTUNITY TO RESCUE
THE TRAPPED MEN.
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Coal mine], script, July 25, 1972, 12:00 p.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1549116/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.