MASSEY'S BLANKENSHIP GETS PAY HIKE TO $6.1 MILLION

(08/09/2004)
Massey Energy's top executive Don Blankenship was the highest-paid executive with West Virginia connections last year.

Massey is the state's largest coal company.

Blankenship earned $6.1 million dollars in 2003.

His pay package was increased by 56 percent since 2002.

The pay increase came despite Massey Energy's loss of $40 million dollars in 2003.