Miner who went missing in flooding found dead in West Virginia

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Updated on: November 13, 2025 / 9:17 AM EST / CBS News

The assemblage of a miner who went missing successful a flooded West Virginia ember mine implicit the play has been found, West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morissey announced Thursday morning. Morissey identified the antheral arsenic Steve Lipscomb. 

The foreman was moving alongside a unit erstwhile helium became trapped Saturday day wrong the Rolling Thunder Mine. Lipscomb disappeared astir three-quarters of a mile into the complex, triggering a monolithic hunt and rescue effort.

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