The Rolling Thunder coal mine near Swiss, in Nicholas County, W.Va., on Nov. 12, 2025. Sean McCallister/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP

A missing miner in West Virginia was found dead on Nov. 13 after a five-day search, Alpha Metallurgical Resources confirmed in a statement.

Steve Lipscomb, a 42-year-old foreman at the Rolling Thunder Mine, was discovered at 7:37 a.m. by a two-man search team, part of a rescue effort that followed a flood Saturday in the Nicholas County mine in the center of the state.

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