Courrières mining disaster, underground explosion and fire that took place in a French mine on March 10, 1906. The mining disaster, one of Europe’s worst, killed 1,099 people; hundreds more were injured. The mine, owned by the Courrières mining company, was located near the Pas-de-Cal...
Coal Fires of Northeastern Pennsylvania Harold J.AurandJr, ...Daniel H.Vice, inCoal and Peat Fires: A Global Perspective, 2019 Carbondale, Centralia, and Other Middle Period Coal Fires Thecoal minefires in the middle period from approximately 1950 to 2000 illustrate the shift from company effort...
By the end of the 1750s other coal deposits are reported in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia. 1751 Pittsburgh coal bed described The earliest known reference to the Pittsburgh coal bed is made by H. D. Rodgers in the first geological survey of Pennsylvania. It is one of ...
Coal deposits were discovered by colonists in Virginia and Pennsylvania in the 18th century.[22] Early coal extraction was small-scale, the coal lying either on the surface, or very close to it. Typical methods for extraction included drift mining and bell pits. In Britain, some of the ...
Recent progress in dust control in bituminous coal mining.Not Availabledoi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.1972.tb40228.xKenneth M. MorseUnited States Steel Corporation Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15230John Wiley & Sons, Ltd... KM Morse - 《Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences》 被引量: 0发表: 2010...
So proclaimed the president of Pennsylvania's Pequa Railroad and Improvement Company in 1849. The importance o... Adams,Sean Patrick - 《Journal of Policy History》 被引量: 8发表: 2006年 The political economy of coal : A comparative analysis of the british and german mining industries, c ...
It provides topics of discussion on government intervention in environmental disasters and government politics, geology and health, geoscience education and public awareness, the history of anthracite coal mining and role of immigrants, etc. Additionally, one can discuss cyclothems and Pennsylvania in ...
5. Do you pick out the slate before mining new coal? The very first winter haul of the Pennsylvania anthracite patches was considered a "death march" project. It took forever. It kept slipping. The whole state was working ridiculous hours, the city shipments were delayed again, and again,...
Several articles in the second issue of Cornerstone look at these changes and challenges to the coal industry. Facing and solving such challenges will be an effort tackled from the ground up; we must take a look at the global coal mining industry first. Solutions for coal producers will be ...
“Safety First”, and Ted personally checks the mine every day before anyone is allowed to go in. There was so much information about how mining is done, and what sorts of precautions are in place to prevent disasters. Ted gave us so much information that I wish I had something to ...