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101Astley Deep Pit Disaster — The Astley Deep Pit Disaster was a Mining accident that occurred at the Astley Deep Pit, located in Dukinfield, near Manchester, England in 1874. [cite book last = Burke first = Edmund (ed.) authorlink = coauthors = title = The Annual Register… …
102Miners' Lung: A History of Dust Disease in British Coal Mining — Miners’ Lung: A History of Dust Disease in British Coal Mining by Arthur McIvor and Ronald Johnston is a 2007 book (ISBN 978 0 7546 3673 1) which is part of the Studies in Labour History series. The book argues that British coal mining is the… …
103Motru Coal Mine — Berbeşti Coal mine Location Location Motru Commune Gorj County Country Romania …
104White coal — is a form of fuel produced by drying chopped wood over a fire. It differs from charcoal which is carbonised wood. White coal was used in England to smelt lead ore from the mid sixteenth to the late seventeenth centuries. It produces more heat… …
105Clay pit — A clay pit is a quarry or mine for the extraction of clay, which is generally used for manufacturing pottery, bricks or Portland cement. The brickyard or brickworks is often located alongside the clay pit to reduce the transport costs of the raw… …
106Stone coal — Stone Stone, n. [OE. ston, stan, AS. st[=a]n; akin to OS. & OFries. st[=e]n, D. steen, G. stein, Icel. steinn, Sw. sten, Dan. steen, Goth. stains, Russ. stiena a wall, Gr. ?, ?, a pebble. [root]167. Cf. {Steen}.] 1. Concreted earthy or mineral… …
107Q-pit — Q pits are kiln sites which were dug for the production of White coal prior to the Industrial Revolution when white coal was largely superseded by the use of coke.Many Q pits were located in deciduous woodlands and as such they are an important… …
108open-pit mining — [ō′pən pit΄] n. a method of mining, usually for metallic ores, in which the waste and ore are completely removed from the sides and bottom of a pit which gradually becomes an enormous canyonlike hole: see also STRIP MINING * * * surface… …
109Moss Pit — Moss Pit. William Moss Son were builders, railway contractors and coal merchants in Stafford from 1855 to 1884 when William Moss was killed at his sand and gravel pit now called Moss Pit. William Moss Son built many railway lines around the… …
110Khotgor Coal Mine, Uvs — Khotgor coal mine is an open pit coal mining site in Mongolia located about 120 km W of the Uvs Province capital Ulaangom in Bökhmörön sum (district) of Uvs Province in western Mongolia.Khotgor coal mine is in state property.External links* [http …
