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 ".

There is a long history of mining in the Andes, from the Spanish silver mines in Potosí in the 16th century to the vast current porphyry copper deposits of Chuquicamata and Escondida in Chile and Toquepala in Peru.

* 2009 – Twenty people are killed in Handlová, Trenčín Region, in the deadliest mining disaster in Slovakia's history.

Due to the rich mining history dating from medieval times ( the Black Forest was one of the most important mining regions of Europe circa 1100 ) there are many mines re-opened to the public.

Though early thermal weapons, such as Greek fire, have existed since ancient times, the first widely used explosive in warfare and mining was black powder, invented in 9th century China ( see the history of gunpowder ).

The translation was made by Herbert Hoover, then an American mining engineer ( better known to history for his later term as a President of the United States ), and his wife Lou Henry Hoover.

Unlike many South American countries, Paraguay has few mineral resources and very little history of mining success.

Although mining and precious stones have been human interests throughout the history of civilization, the development of the related sciences of economic geology and mineralogy did not occur until the 18th century.

By the mid-1990s, Telluride had shed both its mining personality and drug image to establish itself as a premier resort town balancing modern culture with fascinating western history.

Old mining camps that have lost most of their population at some stage of their history, such as Aspen, Central City, Crested Butt, Cripple Creek, Deadwood, Marysville, Oatman, Park City, St. Elmo, Tombstone, and Virginia City, are sometimes included in the category, although they are active towns and cities today.

Robert Dudley was a pioneer of new industries ; interested in many things from tapestries to mining, he was engaged in the first joint stock companies in English history.

The village of Hallstatt in Austria, which is known for its long history of salt mining, claims to contain " the oldest industrial pipeline in the world ", dating back to 1595.

Its status as capital makes it a major hub of activity at the county, state, and federal level while its mining history has continued with mineral processing plants located around the city.

Palynology is used by geologists to help date rocks for petroleum, mining and water exploration and to help unravel the history of plants on Earth ; by geographers to investigate climatic and environmental change: by botanists for plant taxonomy and phylogeny ; by immunologist to investigate allergenic pollen ; by archaeologists to study the customs, rituals and agricultural practices of ancient peoples ; by zoologists and environmental scientists to understand foraging habits of insects, birds and mammals and to investigate past native vegetation and habitats in order to preserve the present and protect endangered species.

Like his father, Pierre Berton worked in Klondike mining camps during his years as a history major at the University of British Columbia, where he also worked on the student paper The Ubyssey.

Phosphate mining also played a major part in the history of the County until the end of WWII in which phosphate mining was largely moved overseas.

Many aspects of the area's mining history are depicted in exhibits at two local museums: the Mariposa History Museum, located in the town of Mariposa ; and the California Mining and Mineral Museum, located at the Mariposa Fairgrounds ( 2 miles east of Mariposa on Highway 49 ).

During his first term several government-owned enterprises in areas such as steel milling, telecommunications and mining, such as Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional, Telebras and Companhia Vale do Rio Doce were sold to the private sector, marking the deepest process of denationalisation in Brazilian history amidst a polarized political debate between " neoliberals " and " developmentalists ".

Core drilling resulted in the discovery at the Marlou prospect, in 1979, of a stratabound primary Zn-Pb deposit at a depth of 200 m. The marble quarrying had a parallel history with the mining activity of the Byzantine period.

Now that tin is no longer mined the mines are mostly flooded, Sungai Lembing is a dying town with few prospects except tourism based on its history of mining and trekking up Bukit Panorama.