Approximately 75 % of the island's population is located in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality ( CBRM ) which includes all of Cape Breton County and is often referred to as Industrial Cape Breton, given the history of coal mining and steel manufacturing in this area.

Much of the recent economic history of Cape Breton Island can be tied to the coal industry.

The wealth of its coal deposits and their large-scale industrial exploitation, coupled with its location on the border between France and Germany, have given the Saarland a unique history in modern times.

Because of the intensive exploitation throughout Taiwan's pre-modern and modern history, the island's mineral resources ( e. g. coal, gold, marble ), as well as wild animal reserves ( e. g. deer ), have been virtually exhausted.

The modern history of Wales starts in the 19th century when South Wales became heavily industrialised with ironworks ; this, along with the spread of coal mining to the Cynon and Rhondda valleys from the 1840s, led to a increase in population.

Many of the coal fields date to the Carboniferous period of Earth's history.

The use of coal as a fuel predates recorded history.

The Allegheny Valley has been one of the most productive areas of fossil fuel extraction in U. S. history, with its extensive deposits of coal, petroleum, and natural gas.

The history of Jastrzębie-Zdrój as a health resort came to its end in the 1960s, when all over the area began the intensive exploitation of coking coal deposits.

The county was the scene in 1914 of the Eccles Mine Disaster, the second-worst coal mining disaster in West Virginia history.

The economic history of McCreary County has been one of boom and bust, based upon the extractive resources of coal mining and timber.

Although the Hueytown area has a history of farming, it has also been a part of both the steel and coal mining history of Jefferson County.

The AN Railway serves the industries and port of Port St. Joe and has a history of transporting a variety of products including wood chips and other forest products, chemicals, and coal.

Three words sum up the early history of Bethalto: grain, coal and trains.

Today, the Center displays a number of artifacts related to the history and culture of Muhlenberg County, including a coal museum.

Every year in June Providence hosts the annual Coal Festival in celebration of the coal mines and miners that have long been a part of the city's history.

Key events in Novinger history include the arrival of the Quincy, Missouri & Pacific railroad and filing of the town plat by founder John C. Novinger in 1878, the establishment of a U. S. Post Office the next year, and the first shaft coal mine in 1883.

On February 27, 1943, the Smith Mine # 3 exploded in the worst coal mining accident in the history of Montana, killing 74 men.

This was the worst coal mine disaster in Montana's history.

The Musselshell Valley Historical Museum captures the coal history as well as fossils and Indian artifacts.

The state's economy is healthier than most states but as western Montana is suffering from a crash in real estate and the near demise of its timber industry, eastern Montana and North Dakota are experiencing an energy boom due to coal and the Bakken formation the largest oil discovery in U. S. history.

Sixty-three miners died, ranking it among the deadliest coal mining accidents in American history.

On April 7, 1911, a fire at the Price-Pancoast Colliery killed 72 coal miners in what has been described as " the most appaling mine disaster in the history of the northern anthracite coal fields ".

Resulting in the deaths of 22 miners, it was the most significant conflict in the colonial history of Victoria.

A significant strike took place in 1894, marking one of the few times in history that a sitting governor called out the national guard to protect miners from anti-union violence by forces under the control of the mine owners.

On January 5, 1925, she became the first female governor in the history of the United States .. As governor she continued her late husband's policies, which called for tax cuts, government assistance for poor farmers, banking reform, and laws protecting children, women workers, and miners.

The " Wapping dispute " or " Battle of Wapping " was, along with the miners ' strike of 1984-85, a significant turning point in the history of the trade union movement and of UK industrial relations.

Directly east of Kootenai County is Shoshone County and the Silver Valley, which has had a history of disputes between miners and mine owners.

After nearly a century of bustling activity in the mines, including a history of disputes between union miners and mine owners, the Bunker Hill Mine (& smelter ) closed in 1981, leaving thousands out of work and a history of lead contamination.

Indeed, the Penn-Pitt neighborhood was originally company housing for miners, as were the nearby Seventh Pool and Poland Mines areas, and countless others, many of which are lost to history today.

Another of Girardville's most famous citizens was John " Black Jack " Kehoe, the high constable of Girardville during the 1870s, whose charismatic leadership in the fight for labor rights by the coal miners of the period earned him a place in local, state, national and world history.

In 1892, 45 miners were killed in an explosion at Mine No. 4 near Roslyn, the deadliest mining accident in Washington history.

One of the worst race riots in American history, known as the Rock Springs Massacre, occurred among miners working near Rock Springs on September 2, 1885.

One of the best known events in local history was the mining disaster of Lengede in 1963, when 29 miners died and 11 miners were rescued two weeks after the incident.

Arthur Scargill ( born 11 January 1938 ) is a British politician and trade unionist who was president of the National Union of Mineworkers ( NUM ) from 1982 to 2002, leading the union through the 1984 / 85 miners ' strike, a key event in British labour and political history.

The Malamute dog has had a distinguished history ; aiding Rear Admiral Richard Byrd to the South Pole, and the miners who came to Alaska during the Gold Rush of 1896, as well as serving in World War II primarily as search and rescue dogs in Greenland, although also used as freighting and packing dogs in Europe.

The worst mining accidents in history have been caused by coal dust explosions, such as the disaster at Senghenydd in South Wales in 1913 in which 439 miners died, the Courrières mine disaster in Northern France which killed 1, 099 miners in 1906, the Luisenthal Mine disaster in Germany, which claimed 299 lives in 1962, and the worst: the explosion at Benxihu Colliery, China, which killed 1, 549 in 1942.

One of the most tragic episodes in the town's history and that of the coal industry in NE England occurred during a miners ' strike during the winter of 1811 / 12.

The rich mining history of the town was highlighted in the 2000 blockbuster film Billy Elliot which was set during the UK miners ' strike ( 1984-1985 ) in the fictional County Durham town of ' Everington ', but which displayed characteristics particular to East Durham pit communities such as Seaham and Easington Colliery – both towns feature as locations in the film, notably Dawdon Miners ' Club, into which Billy's dad runs when he learns his son has won an audition at dance school.

A number of Ashton's coal miners made a significant impact on modern British history, including: Stephen Walsh M. P.

* Interview with former miners ' union activist on the recent history of the village

Hexham was named after the market town of Hexham, England with both towns being near to a Newcastle and sharing a history with one another ; many of the coal miners from Newcastle upon Tyne and elsewhere in Northumberland moved to New South Wales at the time of settlement.