Category: Coal mining disasters in Wales

Category: Coal mining disasters in Wales

Coal mining, the railways, road haulage, canals and cable and wireless were nationalised in 1947, electricity and gas followed in 1948.

Coal mining continued to grow into the 20th century, producing the fuel to heat homes, factories and drive steam engines locomotives and steamships.

Coal mining in Britain, particularly in South Wales started early.

Coal mining was very dangerous owing to the presence of firedamp in many coal seams.

: Violence occurs between striking members of a miners ' union in Scranton, Pennsylvania when Welsh miners attack Irish and German-American miners who chose to leave the union and accept the terms offered by local mining companies .< ref > The Coal Riot.

Coal, iron ore, and molybdenum are found in South Korea, but not in large quantities and mining operations are on a small scale.

Coal mining declined during the next two decades but has increased again following the end of Communist rule.

mining is derived from one of the world's largest bituminous coalfields of the Upper Silesian Industrial District ( Górnośląski Okręg Przemysłowy ) and the Rybnik Coal District ( Rybnicki Okręg Węglowy ) with its major cities Rybnik, Jastrzębie Zdrój, Żory and Wodzisław Śląski.

Coal mining takes place in the three mountainous regions at 40 distinct coal beds near Mesozoic basins.

Category: Coal mining regions in France

Coal mining became prominent in the 19th century to the east of Lough Allen in Sliabh an Iariann and also to the west in Arigna, on the Roscommon border.

Peabody Western Coal Company is one of the largest coal operations on Hopi land, with long-time permits for continued mining.

Coal mining activities began in 1792, after the first coal outcrop was discovered by Matthew Hammer.

Coal and shale mining was also carried out in the Jamison Valley for many years, but when the seams were completely exhausted by the early 20th century, Katoomba was an established resort town.

* New Hope Coal, an Australian coal mining company

Coal mining in the area was first mentioned in 1536.

Coal mining began in this area after the Civil War, employing both tunnel and strip mines.

Coal mining, both strip and underground, has been an important industry in Meigs County since the late 19th century, although mining of all types largely ceased by the 1990s.

Coal mining and timber harvesting played major roles in Athens County's economy, as did the treatment and care of the mentally ill.

Only Buckingham Coal is still mining in the county, in Trimble Township north of Glouster.

* Hunosa ( Coal mining )

By 1872, the mine was operated by the Wilkes-Barre Coal & Iron Co. which had recently gained control of nearly all of Plymouth Borough's coal lands east of Academy Street, including the Lance and the Gaylord collieries.

In 1877, the Plymouth Coal Company, managed by John J. Shonk and John C. Haddock, gained control of the Dodson.

Coal mining gained importance for Wodzisław's economy as early as the 19th century.

The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company ( LC & N ) gained control of the L & NE on May 9, 1904.

Coal mining grew in importance with the increased use of steam for pumping water and by 1850 there were no fewer than 20 small pits in the township.

Contorted coal seams within the Coal Measures were once worked though the Pembrokeshire Coalfield was never of major economic importance.

Coal had been mined for several hundred years in numerous shallow shafts and adits, but took on greater importance when in 1776 Robert Vernon Atherton leased the coal rights to Thomas Guest from Leigh and John Fletcher from Bolton.

Coal mining grew in such importance that the community was incorporated as a town in 1919, a status that it maintained until 1949, when the decline of local coal mines resulted in out migration and economic decline.

Ian MacGregor later became famous for his role as Chairman of the National Coal Board during the UK miners ' strike ( 1984-1985 ).

Under the Coal Industry Nationalisation ( Superannuation ) Regulations of 1950, a pension scheme for mineworkers was established.

As historian Eric Shaw noted of the years following nationalisation, the electricity and gas supply companies became “ impressive models of public enterprise ” in terms of efficiency, and the National Coal Board was not only profitable, but working conditions for miners had significantly improved as well.

Coal tar concentrations between 0. 5 % and 5 % are safe and effective for psoriasis, and no scientific evidence suggests that the coal tar in the concentrations seen in non-prescription treatments is carcinogenic.

His father worked for the National Coal Board and his mother was a singer with the Welsh National Opera.

Attempts to gain control of or internationalize permanently the Ruhr area ( see International Authority for the Ruhr ) were abandoned in 1951 with the German agreement to pool its coal and steel resources ( see European Coal and Steel Community ) in return for full political control of the Ruhr.

Later that year, she joined Loretta Lynn and country singer Miranda Lambert on an update of Lynn's song " Coal Miner's Daughter " for the 2010 album Coal Miner's Daughter: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn.

On April 5, 1925, George Rappleyea, who worked as a local manager for the Cumberland Coal and Iron Company, happened to meet county superintendent of schools Walter White and local attorney Sue K. Hicks at Robinson's Drug Store and convinced them that the controversy of such a trial would give Dayton much needed publicity.

Helm received many plaudits for his acting debut in Coal Miner's Daughter, a biographical film about Loretta Lynn, and for his narration and small supporting role opposite Sam Shepard in 1983's The Right Stuff.

For example, in Caperton v. A. T. Massey Coal Co. ( 2009 ), the Court ruled that a justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia had to recuse himself from a case involving a major contributor to his campaign for election to that court.

Gladstone passed the Coal Vendors Act 1843 to set up a central office for employment.

The album was nonetheless a personal high point for Partridge, who ranks songs such as "( The Everyday Story of ) Smalltown " and " Train Running Low on Soul Coal " amongst his best work.

Coal and gas are rarely used for either domestic and industrial purposes.

* May – June – Merthyr Rising 1831: Coal miners and others riot in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales for improved working conditions.

* Coal gas is first used for illumination.

On the basis of that speech, France, Italy, the Benelux countries ( Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg ) together with West Germany signed the Treaty of Paris ( 1951 ) creating the European Coal and Steel Community the following year ; this took over the role of the International Authority for the Ruhr and lifted some restrictions on German industrial productivity.

Coal can simply be dug up and burned for little financial cost, one of the main costs being shipping.

Coal was used to run furnaces for the melting of metal ore. Semi-solid hydrocarbons from seeps were also burned in ancient times, but these materials were mostly used for waterproofing and embalming.

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