Modern coal mining has transitioned to mostly automated mountain top removal instead of the digging mines into the ground we might be more familiar with from fi

Modern coal mining has transitioned to mostly automated mountain top removal instead of the digging mines into the ground we might be more familiar with from film/tv, that's part of the reason the number of jobs has been shrinking combined with of course the switch to natural gas and renewables for power generation. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/11/04/heres-why-central-appalachias-coal-industry-is-dying/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/11/04/heres...