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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Meera Selva / The Bulletin
October 13, 2008
CWMGRACH, Wales — Deep under a pine-covered mountain, men clamber into red overalls and heavy boots, strap on lamps and attach sensors that check gas levels.
They walk with bent knees into the gloom, down a rocky, uneven slope to the coal face 1,200 feet below the surface, and chatter....