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 gained importance for Rybnik's economy as early as the 18th century.

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 )

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.

By the early twentieth century Sydney became home to one of the world's largest steel plants, fed by the numerous coal mines in the area under the ownership of the Dominion Coal Company.

The city of Rybnik is the centre of a metropolitan area, the Rybnik Coal Region () with a population of 0. 6 million.

It is located in the northern anthracite area called The Coal Region.

Increased German control of the area was limited by the pooling of German coal and steel into the multinational European Coal and Steel Community in 1951.

The Brilliant Coal Company served as a catalyst for growth for the area and provided ample employment for more than 50 years.

By the end of the 1950s The Brilliant Coal Company had shuttered its mining operations, however several smaller mining operations were in business around the area until the early 1990s.

The Nason Coal Company owned and company president A. J. Nason got the idea to construct an industrial city in that area.

By 1908, eleven different mines had been worked in the Marysville area, primarily by the Mammoth Vein Coal Company, which took over from the O. K.

The city was established by the Elkhorn Coal Corporation which moved in to the area in 1913.

At the time of its closing Billy Creek was the last operating deep shaft mine in Missouri. Rombauer Coal Mine, one of the multitude operating in the Novinger area at the turn of the 20th century.

The most prominent coal company in the area was the Hume Sinclair Coal Company.

The original village comprised the part of the modern village that is today west of the railroad line, and the salt works were west of this area, towards Coal Run Road.

Greensboro being a community already established with the conveniences, commerce and trade suddenly found itself as a growing cultural and economic hub for many growing " patch towns " sprouting up in the area during the area Coal Rush.

The borough was named in 1889 for Cornelius Campbell, the first superintendent of the Glenwood Coal Company ( glen is the Scottish word for valley ), which mined in that area.

It was named for Cornelius Campbell, the first superintendent of the Glenwood Coal Company, the enterprise which initiated mining operations in the area.

Coal mining has largely ceased in the area.

The Hillside Coal and Iron Company bought large tracts of land in the area, and by 1872 the first commercially profitable coal mining enterprise was established at North Railroad Street.

However Ward Manufacturing is a descendant of the Blossburg Coal mining industry and is currently the largest business operating in the Blossburg area.

Coal Center is a borough on the Monongahela River in Washington County, Pennsylvania and part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area since 1950 ..

Each year, usually in the first week of August, the residents of Appalachia and the surrounding area celebrate their heritage in a week long celebration known as Coal / Railroad Days.

Beginning in the 1880s Black Diamond was a rural coal mining area, developed by the Black Diamond Coal Mining Company of California, which owned and operated the mine.