Posted on 11/27/2012 3:00:26 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
EQUALITY - The southern Illinois coal mine where a worker died earlier this month will not reopen.
Peabody Energy announced Tuesday the company has decided to permanently close the Willow Lake Mine and layoff notices have been sent to 400 employees. The mine was closed after the Nov. 17 death of Chad Wayne Meyers, 30, of Goreville.
Meyers was pinned between a piece of machinery and the mine wall, according to the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration...
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Elections have results.
Will the laid-off (sarcastically) thank Obama? Will the “news” media cover it if they do?
This decision has nothing to do with the dead miner. RIP.
It is Obama’s promise/threat to shut down all coal mines.
apparently, they did not believe him in Illinois.
Reep what you sow ,,,, enjoy it ,,, there’s more to come .
apparently, they did not believe him in Illinois.
Southern Illinois, where the coal mines are, is conservative.
Our rat governor carried two counties in Illinois out of 102 and won.
And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
Down by the Green River where Paradise lay
Well I'm sorry my son but you're too late in asking
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away
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