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First U.S. coal mining fatality of the year BY KYLE LOVERN MOUNTAIN CITIZEN THACKER, W.Va. — A coal miner has died in a mining-related accident in Mingo County. West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice said in a news release Sunday that 73-year-old William Mapes, of Freeburn, Kentucky, died Sunday afternoon. Mapes was working as a contractor…

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