Appalachia, a region of extraordinary beauty and natural diversity, is under attack. Mountaintop removal is strip mining on steroids—a radically destructive form of ...
Gold deposit locations, and history of gold mining in several US states.
McIntyre, Pennsylvania: history of a coal mining company towns, 1910-1947
A web site to commemorate the coal miner. Coal miners where they worked, where they lived.Links to history, pictures, coal education, coal mining.
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History of Mining . Daniel and Thomas (Thos) Sorbie, sons of Mitchell Sorbie and Ann Thomson, are both featured in the "Coal Output" book from Shawsburn Colliery ...
Just 7 miles west of Stearns, KY, Barthell Coal Camp offers personal guided tours, good country cooking, and cozy Company Houses with modern amenities and old ...
Underground Tours- new features added. Get kitted out with your hard hat and battery lamp, then descend 140m underground to discover the harsh realities of coal ...
Instructions: The Coal Mines in Illinois Viewer illustrates a general depiction of underground mining in the state and will help determine the proximity of coal mines ...
Welcome to the Scottish Mining Website. The Scottish Mining Website provides information on the history of Scottish mining, compiled from old reports, gazetteers and ...
Ghost Towns of the New River Gorge: Explore the abandoned coal mining towns of West ia's New River Gorge
Export officials hope to develop a park that reflects the borough's history as a coal-mining town. Borough council members were on hand last week to ...
Coal mining was a hard, dirty, and sometimes dangerous job. Injuries or death, due to cave ins or explosions, were always a constant threat.
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Notts Coal Mining Memories presents reminiscences, photo and historical information about six Nottinghamshire mining communities: Ollerton, Rufford, Blidworth ...
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Tin Mines n Cornwall From the West of the County mines reaching out under the sea- a rich mining heritage, much of which is well preserved
Coal is a rock that burns. It is found in two principal types: bituminous and anthracite. Bituminous coal, which is also called soft coal, has a significantly lower ...
Mechanization of the Coal Industry in Appalachia. By: David A. Zegeer May, 1997 . We have heard a lot said in the past about the history of coal mining in Appalachia.
Coal Mining. Types of Coal Mines. There are four main types of coal mines: shaft mine, slope mine, drift mine, and surface (open-cast) mine. The mine at Coalwood was ...
History of coal mining in southern Appalachia, and how it radically transformed the region.
This learning journey looks at the lives of children working in coal mines in Victorian England. Extracts from the 1842 Royal Commission into Children's Employment ...
Coal Mining and the Environment: Restored Lands and Clean Air. The nation's coal industry works to protect the environment by restoring lands after mining and by ...