The West Virginia Miners Whose Stories Build a Museum

The West Virginia Miners Whose Stories Build a Museum

The West Virginia Mine Wars Museum In West Virginia near the Kentucky border, the Appalachian Mountains loom over the historic town of Matewan, a constant reminder of the vast, coal-rich earth of this area that once fueled an entire nation. At its height in 1940, there were more than 130,000 coal miners in West Virginia.