Mining in Wales provided a significant source of income to the economy of Wales throughout the nineteenth century and early to mid twentieth century....
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The coal industry in Wales played an important role in the Industrial Revolution in Wales. Coal mining in Wales expanded in the 18th century to provide...
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Welsh gold (redirect from Gold mining in Wales)
of all the gold mines in the Dolgellau gold mining area. It is situated in Bontddu, near Barmouth in Gwynedd in north-west Wales.[citation needed] After...
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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...
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remaining miners, on 16 September South Wales Police confirmed that all four had died. Coal mining in the South Wales Coalfield was a dangerous occupation...
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Mining is the extraction of valuable geological materials and minerals from the surface of the Earth. Mining is required to obtain most materials that...
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Spoil tip (redirect from Bing (mining))
removed during mining. Spoil tips are not formed of slag, but in some areas, such as England and Wales, they are referred to as slag heaps. In Scotland the...
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Anthracite (redirect from Anthracite coal mining)
recently, large-scale mining of anthracite took place across the western part of the South Wales Coalfield until the late 20th century. In the United States...
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Big Pit National Coal Museum (redirect from National Mining Museum of Wales)
Galleries of Wales as the National Mining Museum of Wales. The site is dedicated to operational preservation of the Welsh heritage of coal mining, which took...
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The Citadel (novel) (category Mining in Wales)
Cronin drew on his experiences practising medicine in the coal-mining communities of the South Wales Valleys, as he had for The Stars Look Down two years...
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underground coal mining, although accidents also occur in hard rock mining. Coal mining is considered much more hazardous than hard rock mining due to flat-lying...
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Assembly for Wales) in 1998, responsible for a range of devolved policy matters. At the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, development of the mining and metallurgical...
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ticker AYM in the mining sector. The company has three projects, Parys Mountain in Wales, Grängesberg in Sweden, and Labrador Iron Mines in Canada. Anglesey...
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North Wales Coalfield comprises the Flintshire Coalfield in the north and the Denbighshire Coalfield in the south. It extends from Point of Ayr in the north...
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coals. In New South Wales open casting for steam coal and anthracite is practiced. Surface mining accounts for around 80 percent of production in Australia...
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North and South Wales, Yorkshire, the Scottish Central Belt, Lancashire, Cumbria, the East and West Midlands and Kent. After 1972, coal mining quickly collapsed...
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Gold mining is the extraction of gold by mining. Historically, mining gold from alluvial deposits used manual separation processes, such as gold panning...
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Colliery, closed in January 2008. Despite the intense industrialisation of the coal mining valleys, many parts of the landscape of South Wales such as the...
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The Old Mining Museum building is a heritage-listed former chemical laboratory and mining museum and now commercial building located at 36–64 George Street...
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collapsed killing 116 children and 28 adults, was the worst mining-related disaster in Wales' and Britain's history, and serves as a reminder of the potential...
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Coblyn (category Mining in Wales)
creature that is said to haunt the mines and quarries of Wales and areas of Welsh settlement in America. Like the Knockers of Cornish folklore they often...
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Clogau Gold Mine (category Gold mines in Wales)
Wales portal Gwynfynydd Gold Mines Dolaucothi Gold Mines Welsh gold "Gold in Wales". Monmouthshire Merlin. 20 October 1860. "Gold mining in Wales"....
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Tours Ltd., Blaenau Ffestiniog. "Slate Mining in Wales and Cause of Its Decline". The Engineering and Mining Journal: 145–148. 18 January 1908. Retrieved...
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Mining in Australia has long been a significant primary sector industry and contributor to the Australian economy by providing export income, royalty...
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March 2024. "PRINCE OF WALES MINE". Tumut and Adelong Times. 30 March 1906. p. 6. Retrieved 30 March 2024. "MINING IN NEW SOUTH WALES". Sydney Morning Herald...
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Pride (2014 film) (category Mining in Wales)
their donations directly to a small mining village named Onllwyn in Wales. Dai Donovan, spokesperson for the miners in Onllwyn, comes to London to meet their...
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Mining was one of the most prosperous activities in Roman Britain. Britain was rich in resources such as copper, gold, iron, lead, salt, silver, and tin...
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The Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Owners' Association (MSWCOA) was an association of mine owners in South Wales that was active between 1873 and 1955...
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incident is the worst mining disaster to occur in Wales for three decades. The accident occurred in the Gleision Colliery drift mine in the valley of the...
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"Gold Mining in Wales". PapersPast. 1888. Retrieved 26 April 2016. "Gold in Wales". Monmouthshire Merlin. 20 October 1860. "Gold mining in Wales". -Lancashire...
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