A coal town, also known as a coal camp or patch, is a type of company town or mining community established by the employer, a mining company, which imports...

air. Town gas is a more general term referring to manufactured gaseous fuels produced for sale to consumers and municipalities. The original coal gas was...

Creek Township; this gave the town its first name, Bull's Head. In 1842, Centralia's land was bought by the Locust Mountain Coal and Iron Company. Alexander...

Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of...

coal scrip could only be used at the specific locality or coal town of the company named. Because coal scrip was used in the context of a coal town,...

People have worked as coal miners for centuries, but they became increasingly important during the Industrial Revolution when coal was burnt on a large...

The history of coal mining goes back thousands of years, with early mines documented in ancient China, the Roman Empire and other early historical economies...

The Centralia mine fire is a coal-seam fire that has been burning in the labyrinth of abandoned coal mines underneath the borough of Centralia, Pennsylvania...

Hollywood was an unincorporated community and coal town which was ultimately incorporated into the boundaries of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, United States...

Duff is an unincorporated community and coal town in Campbell County, Tennessee. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Duff, Tennessee...

Coal Creek may refer to: Coal Creek, Queensland, a locality in the Somerset Region Coal Creek, Victoria, a town Coal Creek (British Columbia), a creek...

relating to coal mining, especially historical. Burns, Daniel. The modern practice of coal mining (1907) Chirons, Nicholas P. Coal Age Handbook of Coal Surface...

up coaling in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Coaling can refer to: Coaling, Alabama, a town in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States Coaling Island...

Pennsylvania were home to a booming coal industry. Many of these towns also housed coking facilities for the coal mined nearby, many of which still have...

transformation in the coalfields. Beginning in 1870–1880, coal operators had established the company town system. Coal operators paid private detectives as well as...

Following the beginning of coal mining in 1908, the town was established and named after the English coal town, Newcastle upon Tyne. Coal mining had ended by...

is a town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States, on the New River. The population was five at the 2020 census. During the heyday of coal mining...

Jharia's economy is heavily dependent on the local coal fields, used to make coke. However, fires in the coal fields have made the city heavily polluted, with...

are black coal, hard coal, stone coal, dark coal, coffee coal, blind coal (in Scotland), Kilkenny coal (in Ireland), crow coal or craw coal, and black...

Coke is a grey, hard, and porous coal-based fuel with a high carbon content. It is made by heating coal or oil in the absence of air. Coke is an important...

Coalwood is an unincorporated coal town in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. The coal mine in Coalwood reached its peak in the 1950s and ceased...

Coal in India has been mined since 1774, and India is the second largest producer and consumer of coal after China, mining 777.31 million metric tons (856...

community and coal town in Johnson County, Kentucky, United States. Incorporated in 1912, the town was named for a director of Consolidation Coal Company (Consol)...

Iowa, United States. It is a former coal town, and from the 1870s to the early 1900s was one of the major coal-producing centers of Iowa. Its greatest...

Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground or from a mine. Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely...

The Town of Coal Creek is a Statutory Town located in Fremont County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 364 at the 2020 United States Census...

the town. Coal Creek and the nearby town of Briceville were the sites of a major lockout of coal miners in 1891, which resulted in the town of Coal Creek...

Lily is an unincorporated community and coal town in Laurel County, Kentucky, United States. Their post office has been open since 1881. U.S. Geological...

The coal mining communities, or coal towns of McDowell County, West Virginia were situated to exploit the area's rich coal seams. Many of these towns were...

The coal towns, or "coal camps" of Mingo County, West Virginia were situated to exploit the area's rich coal seams. Many of these towns were located in...