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  Books - Australasian Mining History

  20201019 · A railroad ran from the mines to Renton and Seattle, and there were roads extending to Lake Sammamish, May Valley and Lake Washington. Very little evidence of the once bustling coal mining town of more than 1000 people remains. This book tells the story of the mines, coal companies, transportation and the people of an almost forgotten era.

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  The Buffalo Creek Disaster: How the Survivors of One of the …

  200856 · The "suspenseful and completely absorbing story" (San Francisco Chronicle) of how survivors of the worst coal-mining disaster in history triumphed over corporate irresponsibility—written by the young lawyer who took on their case and won.

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  Principles and Practices of Modern Coal Mining - Amazon.in

  After the introductory chapter tracing the history of coal mining and the development of coal mining industry in different principal coal producing countries and highlighting the emerging technologies of coal mining the world over, the book offers chapter by chapter discussion of the state of art of underground and surface coal mining technology.

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  Ground Engineering - Principles and Practices for Underground Coal Mining

  This book teaches readers ground engineering principles and related mining and risk management practices associated with underground coal mining. It establishes the basic elements of risk management and the fundamental principles of ground behaviour and then applies these to the essential building blocks of any underground coal mining system, …

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  BBC - Stoke & Staffordshire - History - Cannock Chase Coalfield & Its Coal

  2009421 · The Cannock Chase Mining Historical Society was formed with the express purpose of coming up with definitive books about the South Staffordshire coalfield and its collieries and the miners who ...

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  Coal mining - Underground mining | Britannica

  202471 · Coal mining - Underground mining: In underground coal mining, the working environment is completely enclosed by the geologic medium, which consists of the coal seam and the overlying and underlying strata. Access to the coal seam is gained by suitable openings from the surface, and a network of roadways driven in the seam then facilitates …

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  The Coal Nation | Histories, Ecologies and Politics of Coal in …

  2016323 · Pages 348. eBook ISBN 9781315614793. Subjects Environment and Sustainability, Geography, Humanities, Politics & International Relations, Social Sciences. Share. Citation. Social science research is emerging on a range of issues around large and small-scale mining, connecting them to broader social, cultural, political, historical.

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  Library - National Coal Mining Museum

  De Re Metallica is the oldest artefact on site at the National Coal Mining Museum for England. Written more than 450 years ago, the book describes working methods and processes in metal mining and was the first of its kind to use a scientific approach. The author was known as Georgius Agricola, a Latin version of his own name, Georg Bauer.

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  Moore Books :: Coal Mining UK :: Coal Mining

  202472 · Coal Mining Includes mine lights and general items, also see under region for specific books on mines and areas

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