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MineShelter

Leonard Urtso, president of A.L. Lee Corp., stands by the 10-ton underground rescue chamber as it rolls out of the company’s Mabscott facility. The chamber is the first of hundreds to be produced by the company and shipped to coal mines throughout the state. West Virginia is one of only two states that currently require underground mines to have rescue shelters.