Chris Cline, owner of Foresight Energy LLC, poses for a portrait inside an elevator to the mine at Foresight Energy LLC's Shay coal mine in Carlinville, Illinois, U.S., on Tuesday, June 21, 2010. In 2002, Cline spent $300 million for mining rights, land and equipment inIllinois, betting on coal his rivals were abandoning. The value of Illinois deposits quintupled during the next five years, helping Cline raise $1.2 billion to build the mines that he's now parlaying into a fortune. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Coal billionaire dies in helicopter crash, governor says
West Virginia coal billionaire and philanthropist Chris Cline died in a helicopter crash near the Bahamas, the governor said.
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Chris Cline, owner of Foresight Energy LLC, poses for a portrait inside an elevator to the mine at Foresight Energy LLC's Shay coal mine in Carlinville, Illinois, U.S., on Tuesday, June 21, 2010. In 2002, Cline spent $300 million for mining rights, land and equipment inIllinois, betting on coal his rivals were abandoning. The value of Illinois deposits quintupled during the next five years, helping Cline raise $1.2 billion to build the mines that he's now parlaying into a fortune. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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