Housed in old commissary building, features four floors of exhibits on the history of mining and the life of the coal miner. Features artifacts, antiques, photographs ...
History of coal mining in southern Appalachia, and how it radically transformed the region.
Coal is a combustible black or brownishblack sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms ...
Works to stop the destruction of communities and the environment by mountaintop removal mining and to help rebuild sustainable communities. Includes campaigns, image ...
A Queensland Government investigation has found a large spillage of coal at a mining port in waters near the Great Barrier Reef. The investigation, which found the ...
Coal Mining in America. Today''s modern coal mines produce about a billion tons of coal each year for electricity generation and steel making. Coal mining uses state ...
Underground Mining. Two dominant methods together account for the vast majority of underground coal mining: "room and pillar" and "longwall" mining.
In opencut mining, rock covering the coal seam (the overburden) is blasted and removed by large draglines and/or electric or hydraulic shovels and trucks.
Produces and sells anthracite coal for home heating, industrial use, and water filtration. Features histories of the company and of mining in the region, directory of ...
Cradley is less famous for coal mining than chain making, but between 1850 and 1950 the collieries were no less important than the chain works in the local economy ...
Coal is our country''s dirtiest energy source, from mining to burning to disposing of coal waste. Our campaign is uniting grassroots activists across the country to ...
There are a great many risks to your health which can be linked to coal mining operations. Though there are obvious workplace hazards associated with working in a ...
Coal Mining and the Environment: Restored Lands and Clean Air. The nation''s coal industry works to protect the environment by restoring lands after mining and by ...
Welcome to WCA, the World Coal Association. Read more for info on coal, the environment, sustainable development, industry news and facts, and information on WCA ...
Northeast mining restarts stall because CN Rail hasn''t maintained tracks for shipping coal
Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for Music of Coal: Mining Songs from the Appalachian Coalfields Various Artists on AllMusic 2007
Coal is either extracted from deep inside the earth or removed from its surface. The former is known as underground mining, the latter as strip mining or mountaintop ...
Energy Information Administration EIA Official Energy Statistics from the Government
What is mining? Mining is the extraction (removal) of minerals and metals from earth. Manganese, tantalum, cassiterite, copper, tin, nickel, bauxite (aluminum ore ...
A web site to commemorate the coal miner. Coal miners where they worked, where they to history, pictures, coal education, coal mining.
Check out these interesting coal facts and learn more about its uses and properties. Coal is an important resource that is used to create heat, energy and electricity ...
Processing the Coal After coal comes out of the ground, it typically goes on a conveyor belt to a preparation plant that is located at the mining site.
Information about the company, its mining operations, reclamation, and equipment; as well as general educational material about the coal industry.
West ia Office of Miners'' Health, Safety and Training. WEST IA COAL MINING FACTS. The West ia Mining Industry is critical to the economy and well ...