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Willow Lake Mine to remain closed; 400 layoffs to result (Illinois coal mine)
The State Journal-Register ^ | November 27, 2012 | Tim Landis

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...

(Excerpt) Read more at sj-r.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Local News
KEYWORDS: coal; illinois; layoffs; willowlakemine

1 posted on 11/27/2012 3:00:31 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: null and void

bump


2 posted on 11/27/2012 3:03:56 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Elections have results.


3 posted on 11/27/2012 4:27:33 PM PST by bgill (We've passed the point of no return. Welcome to Al Amerika.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Will the laid-off (sarcastically) thank Obama? Will the “news” media cover it if they do?


4 posted on 11/27/2012 4:29:28 PM PST by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

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.


5 posted on 11/27/2012 4:36:46 PM PST by Wisconsinlady ("When injustice becomes law, then resistance becomes duty." Thomas Jefferson)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Reep what you sow ,,,, enjoy it ,,, there’s more to come .


6 posted on 11/27/2012 4:38:07 PM PST by Lionheartusa1 (-: Socialism is the equal distribution of misery :-)
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To: Wisconsinlady
It is Obama’s promise/threat to shut down all coal mines.

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.

7 posted on 11/27/2012 4:56:38 PM PST by Graybeard58 (What G.O.P.e. candidate is in store for us in 2016?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Looks like John Prine had something to do with this anti-coal deal:

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

8 posted on 11/28/2012 2:14:47 AM PST by trebb (Allies no longer trust us. Enemies no longer fear us.)
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