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Longwall Mining About 33 percent of all underground coal production in the U.S. comes from longwall mining. A continuous mining machine is used to isolate huge rectangular panels that are extracted by ...

Testing of two methane monitors from the Upper Big Branch coal mine in West Virginia has not detected any evidence of tampering, NPR has learned.... This weekend's testing of two methane monitors from ...