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  • 1Ladyshore Colliery — Ladyshore Colliery, originally named Back o th Barn , was a coal mine situated on the Irwell Valley fault, in Little Lever near Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. It opened in the 1830s and closed in 1949. Only the colliery office (now a house) …

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  • 2Coal companies of Australia — Contents 1 Anglo Coal Australia Ltd 1.1 Anglo Coal Callide Mine 1.2 Anglo Coal Capcoal Mine …

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  • 3Coal mining — Men leaving a UK colliery at the close of a shift Surface coal mining in Wyo …

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  • 4Coal in Australia — Australian Energy resources and major export ports …

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  • 5South Maitland coalfields — The South Maitland coalfields was the most extensive coalfield in New South Wales until the great coal mining slump of the 1960s. It was discovered by Lieutenant Colonel Paterson s party when they were engaged in an exploratory visit to the… …

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  • 6Coal seam fire — A coal seam fire near Denniston, New Zealand A coal seam fire or mine fire is the underground smouldering of a coal deposit, often in a coal mine. Such fires have economic, social and ecological impacts. They are often started by lightning, grass …

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  • 7mine — Synonyms and related words: Dionaea, Eldorado, Golconda, abri, abridge, abundance, abysm, abyss, approach trench, arm, armor, armor plate, avulse, baited trap, bank, barricade, battle, bereave, blast, bleed, blitz, blockade, blow to pieces, blow… …

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  • 8quarry — Synonyms and related words: abysm, abyss, aim, avulse, bank, beasts of venery, big game, bonanza, bore, burrow, butt, by end, by purpose, chase, chasm, coal mine, colliery, cornucopia, cut out, delve, deracinate, destination, dig, dig out, dig up …

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  • 9shaft — Synonyms and related words: abysm, abyss, adit, air duct, air hole, air passage, air shaft, air tube, airway, antenna tower, arch, arrow, arrowhead, baluster, balustrade, banister, bank, barb, barbican, barbule, barrel, barrow, base, beam, belfry …

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  • 10pit — Synonyms and related words: American Stock Exchange, Amex, L, R, Wall Street, abysm, abyss, acorn, acting area, agora, alveolation, alveolus, amphitheater, antrum, apron, apron stage, arena, armpit, athletic field, audience, auditorium, auditory …

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