Reuters: Over 40 years, West Virginias Hobet coal mine evolved from a family run upstart to a site bought and sold in a rapid corporate shuffle. The sites transformation symbolizes change in an industry once known for dangerous work, but now for corporate buyouts that have coal on the edge.
ALKOL, West Virginia On the day Victor Clark retired after 26 years at the Hobet coal mine, the bosses called him to the office for a surprise.
His wife, daughter, and sons Rocky and Tony, both miners, turned...