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Consultant: Coal mine hiring moving forward

By Dylan Lovan
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Virginia consulting company seeking out-of-work coal miners says it is moving forward with plans to place workers in hundreds of jobs at idled mines in Virginia and Kentucky.

Eddie Estep, president of Professional Contracting in Norton, Va., said in a telephone interview Thursday he has already placed about 50 miners in jobs.

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