1932 Moweaqua Coal Mine disaster — The Moweaqua Coal Mine Disaster happened on December 24, 1932, in Moweaqua, Illinois. The disaster was caused by a methane gas explosion killing 54 miners. The explosion occurred shortly after the day shift started, sometime between 7:30 and 8:00 … Wikipedia
The Coal Question — Infobox Book | name = The Coal Question; An Inquiry Concerning the Progress of the Nation, and the Probable Exhaustion of Our Coal Mines image caption = Graph included in the treatise author = William Stanley Jevons translator = illustrator =… … Wikipedia
Mirash open-cast coal mine — The Mirash and Bardh open cast coal mines are lignite coal mines in Kosovo operatied by the Kosovo Energy Corporation (KEK). Production The two mines cover a working surface area of 10 km2 (3.9 sq mi) and, if all the external dump… … Wikipedia
Lackawanna Coal Mine — The Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour is a museum and retired coal mine located in McDade Park in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Visitors board a mine car and descend the #190 slope into the Clark Vein of coal. At the foot of the shaft the visitors begin a… … Wikipedia
Atlas Coal Mine — The Atlas Coal Mine is a former coal mine in Alberta, Canada. Located in East Coulee, it is home to the last standing wooden tipple in Canada. HistoryBuilt in 1936, the tipple is a coal loading and sorting machine. At over 40 feet tall the tipple … Wikipedia
Working (TV series) — Working (1997 1999) is a situation comedy which took a satirical (and sometimes over the top) look at office life within a big corporate company. The show starred Fred Savage as the naive Matt Peyser whose ideals are constantly challenged by his… … Wikipedia
coal mining — Coal was very important in the economic development of Britain. It was used as fuel in the factories built during the Industrial Revolution and continued to be important until the 1980s. The main coalfields are in north east England, the north… … Universalium
Coal Strike of 1902 — The Coal Strike of 1902 was a strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the anthracite coal fields of eastern Pennsylvania. Miners were on strike asking for higher wages, shorter workdays, and the recognition of their union. The strike… … Wikipedia
Coal — Sedimentary Rock Anthracite coal Composition Primary carbon Secondary hydrogen, sulfur … Wikipedia
Coal mining in India — Coal reserves in BTUs as of 2009 Coal mining in India has a long history of commercial exploitation covering nearly 220 years starting in 1774 with John Sumner and Suetonius Grant Heatly of the East India Company in the Raniganj Coalfield along… … Wikipedia
