In common with the rest of the South Wales coalfield, Aberdare's coal industry commenced a long decline after World War I, and the last two deep mines still in operation in the 1960s were the small Aberaman and Fforchaman collieries, which closed in 1962 and 1965 respectively.

Glace Bay is the second largest urban community in population and was the island's main coal mining centre until its last mine ceased operation in the 1980s.

Steam Lighter VIC32, the last seagoing coal fired steam Clyde Puffer.

Extreme examples of pollution from mining activities include coal fires, which can last for years or even decades, producing massive amounts of environmental damage.

The Royal Horse Artillery sounded a 21-gun salute and the last runner in the Torch Relay ran a lap of the track – created with cinders from the domestic coal fires of Leicester – and climbed the steps to the Olympic cauldron.

Old pictures of the Stegmaier Building ( which is the oldest highrise in Wilkes-Barre and the last one on Downtown's eastern border ) show that everything east of Downtown was forests and coal mines.

Benjamin Outram's Little Eaton Gangway in July 1908 with the last train of loaded coal wagons arriving.

The last remaining coal mine closed down in the summer of 2009, but Duisburg has never been a coal-mining centre to the same extent as other places in the Ruhr region.

Hartford is the home of the last working coal mine in the state of Arkansas.

But coal production started to decline after World War I, and today only some strip mining remains as the last vestige of this once all important industry.

Coal mining did not last past the 50's and with the loss of coal mines, businesses vanished and people left.

Yet this period was not to last, and as the coal seams became tapped out and the processes outdated and replaced with modern mechanical technology, communities like Penn-Pitt and Poland Mines began to fade as their reason for existence ceased.

In August 1879, The Engineering and Mining Journal wrote, " the Gaylord Coal Co. is building a new breaker in place of the one burned down last summer, and which is to prepare the coal from the old slope workings, with its tunnel to the seven foot seam, as well as the coal from its new shaft which was sunk by the Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co., when it had it, to the Bennett seam.

This was the last underground coal mine in the state of Washington.

Although the local coal mines were far from played out ( approximately 80 % of the coal in the Roslyn mines remains unextracted ) the last mine in the area closed in 1963 as business became unprofitable and an exodus of residents ensued.

However, the boom did not last as the economy took a downturn and with it came the end of the need for the lower grade coal being mined at Carbonado and the timber being harvested for use in the settlements further up the valley.

The first records of coal mining in Batley date back to the 16th century at White Lee ; the last pit in the town closed in 1973.

The 20th century saw a decline in coal mining in the Black Country, with the last colliery in the region-Baggeridge Colliery near Sedgley-closing on 2 March 1968, marking the end of an era after some 300 years of mass coal mining in the region, though a small number of open cast mines remained in use for a few years afterwards.

The last coal mine in Beringen closed its doors on October 28, 1989.

It declined with the closure of the last Walloon coal mine, namely the Sainte-Catherine shaft of the Roton company, and the fall of the iron and steel industries, formerly large employers in the area between Liège and Charleroi.

The last coal mine closed in 1992 and the large Thyssen iron and steel mill closed in 1997 ( over 50, 000 jobs ).

The last remaining gunpowder mill at the Royal Gunpowder Factory, Waltham Abbey was damaged by a German parachute mine in 1941 and it never reopened.

The last active mine in the Dartmoor area was Great Rock Mine, which shut down in 1969.

As he reported to John Taylor two weeks afterwards, " Each day he would look up in the doctors face to discover how long he should live -- he would say -- " how long will this posthumous life of mine last " -- that look was more than we could ever bear — the extreme brightness of his eyes — with his poor pallid face — were not earthly --" Severn's ordeal was recognized by Keats himself, who, a month before his death, said, " Severn I can see under your quiet look -- immense twisting and contending -- you dont know what you are reading -- you are induring for me more than I'd have you -- O!

There he repeated in a different form all that he had already said, for all the world as if he had a gramophone fixed in his brain ... When I took leave, he subjected me to an interminable handshake, meanwhile fixing his cold blue eyes on mine, and repeating almost word for word what he said to me on arrival ... I felt I should never be able to establish any human contact with this man " In early June 1940, when Mussolini informed Hitler that he at long last would enter the war on 10 June 1940, Hitler was most dismissive, in private calling Mussolini a cowardly opportunist who broke the terms of the Pact of Steel in September 1939 when the going looked rough, and was only entering the war in June 1940 after it was clear that France was beaten and it appeared that Britain would soon make peace.

This paleontological heritage was uncovered also by significant mining works, such as underground mines and open cast mines, such works permitting the three dimensional studies of the continental deposits, a unique opportunity in Europe and in the world, until the unfortunate closing of the last major mine in 2006.

The Stearns interests sold the last of their mining operations to Blue Diamond Coal in the 1980s, and the last mine operating in the county closed in 1994.

The railroads had pulled out by 1950, and the last mine, Billy Creek Coal Mine southwest of Novinger, closed in January 1966.

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 last gold mine ceased operating around 1953.

The last mine in the township closed in the late 1960s.

It has close proximity to Native American reservations, and historic lack of economic development in addition to many mine closures in the last century.

In June 1954, Charles Medura was killed in the mine by a fall of rock, the last of many fatalities at the mine.

By April 6, the last of the bodies was taken out of the mine, that of the foreman, Thomas Picton.

In March 1998, after the closure of Europe's last tin mine South Crofty in Cornwall ( which has since reopened ), campaigners trying to raise the profile of Cornwall's economic crisis encouraged commuters to pay the £ 1. 00 toll in pennies.

He approved the plan of Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside to plant explosives in a mine shaft dug underneath the Confederate line east of Petersburg, but at the last minute he changed Burnside's plan to lead the attack with a well-trained African-American division that was highly drilled just for this action, instructing him to take a politically less risky course and substitute an untrained and poorly led white division.

The region has a smelting tradition, the associated mining tradition lasted until 1976 when the last existing mine was closed.

The last mine in the Upper Harz – the Wolkenhügel Pit in Bad Lauterberg – closed its operations in June 2007 for economic reasons.

But with her hand softly on his cheek for a last moment, she closed the door and he went back down the hall and into his bed excited, expectant, and finally faintly grinning with the feel of her hand against his mouth.

I closed the last bag and stood all three at the door for the bellboy to pick up, then went to the bathroom for a drink of water.

I'm sending you a couple of customers -- yeah -- just get them out of my hair and keep them out -- I don't give a damn what you tell them -- only don't believe a word they say -- they're out to make trouble for me and it is up to you to stop them -- I don't care how -- and one more thing -- Cate's Cafe closed at eleven like always last night and Rose and Clarence Corsi left for Quebec yesterday -- some shrine or other -- I think it was called Saint Simon's -- yeah, yesterday.

The angriest young man in Newport last night was at the Playhouse, where `` Epitaph For George Dillon '' opened as the jazz festival closed.

Three more draws, the last agreed by Karpov in a clearly better position, closed the match, as he thus prevailed + 3 − 2

The last mill, used as a shirt factory, closed in the early 1950s.

* 1969 – The last of the ARPANET Nodes closed.

Currently, most electrochemical power comes from closed electrochemical cells (" batteries "), which are arguably utilized more as storage systems than generation systems ; but open electrochemical systems, known as fuel cells, have been undergoing a great deal of research and development in the last few years.

* The Hee Haw Gospel Quartet: Almost always closed the show's last segment.

* 1939 – Holocaust: the last remaining Jewish enterprises in Germany are closed.

In early 2001, Sasha suffered an ear injury and was unable to play for their last 4 dates until Twilo was closed by the New York City authorities.

Luxembourg's last tramline closed in 1964 but the city is now planning to reintroduce trams by 2012, initially from the central station to Kirchberg and then to Luxembourg Airport.

On 19 April 1946, the President of the Assembly, Carl J. Hambro of Norway, declared " the twenty-first and last session of the General Assembly of the League of Nations closed.

Among the last bases to be closed were those at Kati, on 8 June 1961, Tessalit ( un base aérienne secondaire ), on 8 July 1961, Gao ( la base aérienne 163 de Gao ), on 2 August 1961, and Air Base 162 at Bamako ( la base aérienne 162 de Bamako ), on 5 September 1961.

Mariculture has rapidly expanded over the last two decades due to new technology, improvements in formulated feeds, greater biological understanding of farmed species, increased water quality within closed farm systems, greater demand for seafood products, site expansion and government interest.

Outside the last closed electric potential shell ( the plasmapause ), the ionized particles are lost to space.

The round can also said to be closed before it has actually ended if there are still players remaining to act, but they will not be entitled to raise either because the last raise was a sub-minimum all-in raise ( see poker table stakes rules ) or because the limit (" cap ") on allowed raises has been reached.

Such technology was very secure and not easily hackable but chip cards phased out the optical phone cards around the world and the last Landis + Gyr factory closed in May 2006 when optical phonecards were still in use in few countries like Austria, Israël and Egypt.

The last to close was Carters on West Street, which closed in 1923.

The last segregated black school ( Merlin, Ontario ) was closed in 1965.

The last Canadian segregated black school ( Guysborough, Nova Scotia ) was closed in 1983.

The good times did not last, as the Padres closed out the decade with another losing season in 1979, a 68 – 93 record that cost Craig his job.

In 1930 the last Siberians were exported as the Soviet government closed the borders of Siberia to external trade.

During the last 10 years, at least 15 gaztetxes have closed down, often after protests and clashes with the police.