a coal-mining area
81Westmoreland County Coal Strike of 1910–1911 — The Westmoreland County Coal Strike of 1910–1911 was a strike by coal miners represented by the United Mine Workers of America. The strike is also known as the Slovak strike because about 70 percent of the miners were Slovakian immigrants.It… …
82Underground coal gasification — (UCG) is an in situ gasification process carried out in non mined coal seams using injection and production wells drilled from the surface, which enables the coal to be converted into product gas. The process is flexible in operation and is… …
83China Coal Energy Company — Limited 中国中煤能源股份有限公司 Type State owned enterprise Industry Coal mining Founded 2006 Headquarters …
84China National Coal Group Corporation — 中国中煤能源集团公司 Type State owned enterprise Industry Coal mining Founded 1999 Headquarters Beijing, People s Republic of China …
85List of Coal Mines and Landmarks in Nanaimo area — This is a list of landmarks and historic locations, mostly related to coal mining, in the vicinity of the City of Nanaimo in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Origins of Nanaimo CoalMost of these landmarks relate to the city s history as …
86Surface mining methods — Auger mining recovers coal through the use of a large diameter drill driven into a coalbed in the side of a surface mine pit. It usually follows contour surface mining, particularly when the overburden is too costly to excavate. Area mining… …
87Datong Coal Industry Company Limited — 大同煤业股份有限公司 Type State owned enterprise Industry Coal mining Founded 2001 Headquarters Datong, Shanxi, People s Republic of China …
88Consolidation Coal Company (Iowa) — For the much larger company that operated under the same name in the eastern United States, see Consol Energy. The Consolidation Coal Company was created in 1875 and purchased by the Chicago and North Western Railroad in 1880 in order to provide… …
89Springhill mining disaster — Mine shed at Springhill, NS The term Springhill mining disaster can refer to any of three separate Canadian mining disasters which occurred in 1891, 1956, and 1958 in different mines within the Springhill coalfield, near the town of Springhill in …
90Longwall mining — is a form of underground coal mining where a long wall (typically about 250 400 m long) of coal is mined in a single slice (typically 1 2 m thick). The longwall panel (the block of coal that is being mined) is typically 3 4 km long and 250 400 m… …
