| 单词 | coalfield |
| 例句 | The antiunion coalfields of West Virginia came close to the feudal systems of the Middle Ages, where the lower classes worked for landowners and remained indebted to them for life. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z The Pinkerton National Detective Agency was the more dangerous entity, but its operatives of late seemed to be spending most of their energy battling strikers at coalfields and steel mills around the country. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z When the last coalfield in County Durham closed over 15 years ago, there were fears that the proud tradition of the colliery band would perish alongside it. The Miners' Hymn 2010-07-16T20:45:00Z The House of Worship sits in Floyd County, at the center of the eastern Kentucky coalfields, where there is plenty of despair, and plenty of support for Donald Trump. Pride and pain in Trump country: 'We all grew up poor, but we had a community' 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z I suddenly realised something that had escaped me till now: my great grandmother in the County Durham coalfields was illiterate. Labour championing Banksy? It's a betrayal of party values 2013-02-27T15:26:06Z He discourses freely on his friendship with Bronson, whom he remembers as "deeply, deeply damaged" by his harrowing childhood in the Pennsylvania coalfields. Michael Winner: statesman of film 2011-03-17T22:15:02Z Research after the Tylorstown landslide suggested the amount of rain falling on the south Wales coalfields had increased by 13% since the 1960s. Coal tips safety team aims to avert another Aberfan disaster 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z "Tip slides are the main problem of course - the most infamous and horrific example of that was the Aberfan disaster," said coalfield historian Dr Ben Curtis. Coal tips in Wales: New maps reveal 350 sites most at risk 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z As the mining industry continues a downward economic spiral, reclamation of abandoned mines is an increasing concern in coalfield communities, especially in the wake of corporate bankruptcies that threaten to shift the costs to taxpayers. West Virginia governor’s coal empire sued by the federal government — again 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z Pritt had been the last Democrat in the House in the state’s southern coalfields. West Virginia lawmaker leaves Democrats for GOP 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z Community advocates in the coalfields of central Appalachia and other places dependent upon fossil fuel production have long insisted that their towns cannot be left behind by the nation's switch to renewable energy. A tax break on clean energy projects is coming to coal and oil towns 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z "West Burton is where is it because it needed the coalfields," he said. West Burton A - the past and the future of power? 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z The House vote came a day after the body observed a moment of silence to honor a 73-year-old coal miner who had recently died while working in West Virginia’s southern coalfields. Cap on compensation for harm to workers headed to governor 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Mr Davies' empire grew and the expansion of the coal industry continued apace until there were mines in 16 valleys across the south Wales coalfield. Powys tycoon's former mansion on the market for £3m 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z They also reference research from the German Institute for Economic Research, which suggests that other coalfields could be used instead, albeit at a higher cost to RWE. Thousands of protestors fought the expansion of a German coal mine — in vain 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z The coalfields of central Appalachia, particularly West Virginia and portions of Virginia and Kentucky, are almost solidly red. A tax break on clean energy projects is coming to coal and oil towns 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z Cameron expressed his support for Kentucky’s coal industry, which has been in decline for years but remains a potent issue in the state’s coalfields in eastern and western Kentucky. Kentucky AG navigates GOP feud as he files for governor 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z The scars left by the mining industry are ubiquitous in West Virginia, nowhere more so than in the southern coalfields where abandoned mine tipples tower beside mountains disfigured by long gone coal companies. Unmarked graves, an ‘ugly history’: W.Va. weighs mine safety 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z They said it would hurt their constituents struggling to find work in a region where many coalfield and manufacturing jobs have vanished. Beshear vetoes bill revamping Kentucky jobless benefit rules 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z “I would’ve been run out of the coalfields had I tried to do this six to 10 years ago,” he said. Coming Soon to This Coal County: Solar, in a Big Way 2022-01-02T05:00:00Z Beyond Secure Solar Futures and the Solar Workgroup, a whole crop of renewable energy projects are popping up in the coalfields there. A tax break on clean energy projects is coming to coal and oil towns 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z "The bill includes language that will provide tax incentives to encourage manufacturers to build facilities in the coalfields that would employ thousands of coal miners who have lost their jobs," he wrote. West Virginia unions push Joe Manchin to back down on Build Back Better 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z The bill would also provide tax incentives to encourage manufacturers to build facilities in the coalfields, potentially employing miners who have lost their jobs, according to the union. Democrats ‘not giving up’ on Biden bill, talks with Manchin 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z The aim of the fund was to provide facilities in coalfield areas to help make them "less riotous", Mr Leeworthy explained. Outdoor swimming in Wales: Are lidos making a comeback? 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z An initiative examining how the state can provide economic transition support to the coalfields is currently underway, with a report expected later this year. New plant promising 2,500 jobs for southwest Virginia 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z The battery plants will be built in central Kentucky, a lengthy drive from the coalfields of eastern and western Kentucky. Green energy takes hold in unlikely places with Ford project 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Its reduced numbers echoed the shrinking industry itself, especially in the Appalachian coalfields. Deadly 1921 coal miner revolt in West Virginia remembered 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Today, the coalfield region faces economic hardships as the nation increasingly transitions away from fossil fuels. Opinion | A federal program can help give Virginia’s coal-mining towns a future 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z The world watched in horror as news began to emerge of the tragic event unleashed upon a small mining village in the heart of the industrial south Wales' coalfields on 21 October 1966. Prince Philip: The Duke of Edinburgh and Wales in light and dark times 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z Coal-county lawmakers stressed the importance of returning severance tax revenue to the coalfields. Kentucky lawmakers set stage for budget negotiations 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z In the coalfields, steelworks and docklands of south Wales, empathy for socialism was common. The Russians who came with a warning Britain wouldn't hear 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z Roberts said that despite the exodus of mining jobs, money still flows into coalfield communities through worker retirement, health care and pension plans. Deadly 1921 coal miner revolt in West Virginia remembered 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Ben Curtis, a historian of the south Wales coalfields at Wolverhampton University, said incidents like the one at Tylorstown had a powerful impact. Coal tip securing 'could cost more than £500m' in Wales 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z The move comes after the company stopped paying penalties required as part of a settlement four years ago to clean up its mines across the Appalachian coalfields. This billionaire governor’s coal company might get a big break from his own regulators 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z It took awhile for the global pandemic to wind its way through crooked mountain roads to the coalfields of far Southwest Virginia, but it’s spiking here now. This rural Virginia community thought it could escape the pandemic. Now, it has among the highest number of new cases in the state. 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z Duckworth wants to direct investment into economically depressed coalfield communities through reviving energy development tax credits, assigning a federal grant coordinator to each community and establishing home buying incentives. Sen. Tammy Duckworth's Big Idea: A Marshall Plan for coal country 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z In 1902, the nascent United Mine Workers of America began a strike in the anthracite coalfields of eastern Pennsylvania. Review | Roosevelt and Morgan: The president vs. the king of Wall Street 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z The potential is large because around a quarter of Britain’s homes sit on coalfields. Homes to be heated by warm water from flooded mines 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z Paying the regional jail bill is a burdensome monthly budgetary drain on the coalfield counties. Editorial Roundup: West Virginia 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z In 1981 a landslip survey of the entire south Wales coalfield was mapped out by the British Geological Survey. Storms 'a taste of things to come' for Wales 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z Finally, they have called on the UK government to fund an urgent review across all south Wales coalfield communities, to address concerns over landslides following weeks of rain. Calls for UK to fund flood relief in south Wales 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z There is enough carbon embedded in already operating oil, gas and coalfields and mines to take us beyond 2C, let alone 1.5C. As Nobel prize winners, we demand Justin Trudeau stop the Teck Frontier mine | Nobel prize winners 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z No place needed jobs more than the coalfields, where mechanization and cheap natural gas were putting miners out of work by the thousands. Kentucky was devastated for decades by mountaintop removal. Now scientists have figured out a way to undo the damage — one tree at a time. 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z In South Yorkshire the loss of the miners’ welfare clubs has been a huge blow and in coalfield communities Labour struggled to get the vote out. Can Momentum survive after Jeremy Corbyn stands down? 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z In line with Mr Putin's Arctic ambitions, Vostokugol is developing - albeit slowly - the Medusa Bay coalfield and two coal terminals for loading on to ships. Arctic coal passage to India threatens wildlife 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z Most communities now in the Trail Town program are in the state’s coalfields. Kentucky city set to become state’s 1st urban trail town 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z In Kermit, West Virginia, a coalfield town with about 400 inhabitants, a local family-run pharmacy received 9 million pain pills in 2 years. Tackle the epidemic, not the opioids 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z For generations, Appalachian coal fed and housed the people of eastern Kentucky, West Virginia and other coalfield states. Kentucky was devastated for decades by mountaintop removal. Now scientists have figured out a way to undo the damage — one tree at a time. 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z It’s a series of photographs about culture and social life in the former coalfield areas of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, and the evolution of old colliery sites from places of industry to landscapes of leisure. David Severn's best photograph: men hunting rabbits for beer 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z Recently, as Lee Mueller slept in his family home, in Martin County, among the coalfields of far eastern Kentucky, there was, as he put it, a “tremendous rainstorm.” Shrinking Newspapers and the Costs of Environmental Reporting in Coal Country 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z While many countries appear to be already reducing carbon emissions and moving towards an energy transition, Africa’s coalfields are open for business. Cyclone Idai shows the deadly reality of climate change in Africa | Landry Nintereste 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z Following a year of continued economic recovery and renewed hope here in the coalfields of southern West Virginia and Southwest Virginia, optimism for the new year is unusually high. West Virginia editorial roundup 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z The UN meetings, this year in Katowice, in the heart of Poland’s coalfields, constitute a checkpoint. Emissions are still rising: ramp up the cuts 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z This was not a healthy election cycle for our nation, or for the coalfields of southern West Virginia and Southwest Virginia. West Virginia editorial roundup 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z The flamboyant Ojeda is trying to lead a comeback for Democrats in the sprawling district stretching from the Ohio River through the southern coalfields to the Greenbrier Valley. Democrat Ojeda looks to win GOP-held congressional seat 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z Manufacturers and suppliers that supported coalfield operators also shut down or left, hastening the departure of families with school-age children. When ‘the heartbeat’ stops: Rural schools close as opportunity and residents flee 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z It would also generate about $12 million a year in new tax revenue for the coalfield counties of Southwest Virginia. West Virginia editorial roundup 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z Tazewell, population 4,240, is a prime example of a southwest Virginia coalfield town converting to what Chris Cannon, executive director of the economic development group Friends of Southwest Virginia, calls the creative economy. A Virginia Coal Town Finds a New Natural Resource: Serpentine Roads for Motorcycling 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z Then, in 2015, Murray Energy bought a controlling interest in Foresight Energy, which has major holdings in the coalfields of Southern Illinois. “Jobs Alliance,” funded by Trump backer, tries to block gas plants that would bring jobs 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z Another goodie, one that apparently brought along Republicans from the economically distressed coalfields, where jobs are as scarce as health care: continued tax relief for the few mining companies still operating in Virginia. How Ralph Northam struck a deal with Republicans 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z By the 1980s, working the coalfields after high school was a surefire path to a comfortable living. When ‘the heartbeat’ stops: Rural schools close as opportunity and residents flee 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z It falls outside of his normal duties, but it’s part of his lifelong mission to help his hometown dream beyond the coalfields. Virginia students plan far out experiment to outer space 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z Officials say the blast in the Marwar coalfields in Baluchistan province was caused by a buildup of methane gas in the mine. World Digest: May 5, 2018 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z Republicans are outnumbered by Democrats in every county in the 3rd District, which stretches from the Ohio River through the southern coalfields to the Greenbrier Valley. Crowded field seeks 3rd District House seat in West Virginia 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z Opponents said the changes would hurt people already struggling, especially in areas such as the eastern Kentucky coalfields where job prospects are limited. Bill making changes to jobless benefits clears House panel 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z And would it work in its American equivalent, the coalfields of Appalachia? Kentucky 2030? Could Korea export its rural Olympic gamble? 2018-02-18T05:00:00Z This is where Kennedy is from, working odd jobs in the coalfields when he was young. Virginia students plan far out experiment to outer space 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z The agency seeks to create jobs in 420 counties across 13 states, including the West Virginia and Kentucky coalfields. Trump to tap McConnell aide for Appalachian post 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z The demand for coal to produce the hydrogen needed to run gas batteries has transformed places such as Grove’s own south Wales, where coalfields are expanded to meet the insatiable need for more power. How a Victorian Lawyer from Wales Invented the Hydrogen Fuel Cell 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z But what will easing the rules do for Kentucky’s eastern coalfield? Kentucky editorial roundup 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z There were prominent academics and trade unionists who never forgave Clancy for refusing to apply a varnish of noble heroism to those he encountered in the coalfield. Clancy Sigal obituary 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z The arrival of rail in 1848 linked the city with the northern coalfields and made it a major point of entry for raw industrial materials. Dunkirk in the spotlight: could the film help bail out the city? 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z The Roanoke Times reports Lee County was the only coalfields locality projected to increase its population during that time frame. Study: Coalfields population decline to continue 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z The following year she published a pamphlet about an environmentally conscious economic strategy to revive the former coalfields. Who is Leanne Wood? A profile of the Plaid Cymru leader - BBC News 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z It also includes $1.7 million for a farm education project in seven counties and for a project that streamlines health-care services and helps provides such services to high-risk patients in coalfield communities. Grants for southern West Virginia projects announced 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z The ARC is a 52-year-old federal agency that seeks to create jobs in 420 counties across 13 states, including the West Virginia and Kentucky coalfields. In Appalachia, Trump's proposed budget has people worried 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z And because the rule’s demise won’t do much to ease the economic headwinds buffeting the United States’s coalfields, it is unlikely to unleash a mining boom. Demise of stream rule won’t revitalize coal industry 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z And the EU is ending all subsidies for the coalfields by 2018, sounding the death knell for the industry in the region. Will Spain's coal belt survive through online barter? - BBC News 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z Britain now leads the world in reducing CO2 emissions, albeit largely by outsourcing its manufacturing and closing its coalfields. Teargas, trees and oil: my life in the greatest job on earth | John Vidal 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z That skepticism is supported by industry analysts, who say any recovery won’t be centered in the eastern coalfields of Kentucky and West Virginia and will never bring U.S. coal back to what it once was. Trump's Vow To Revive Coal Country Is Met With Measured Hope 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z A successful elk restoration project could help diversify the coalfields’ economy as well. West Virginia editorial roundup 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z She says she was talking about bringing new economic opportunities to the suffering coalfields. W.Va. Democratic nominee for governor will skip convention 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z The sons and daughters of miners in the deserted coalfields of northern Spain face two choices: leave to find work, or innovate to be able to stay. Will Spain's coal belt survive through online barter? - BBC News 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z But what the pensioners, widows and coalfield communities need from him now is a clear answer. Kentucky editorial roundup 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z The exhibit, which is displayed on 18 panels, details Byrd’s life from growing up in the coalfields of West Virginia to being elected to Congress and his rise to the leadership of the U.S. Parkersburg Art Center honors artists, Byrd with displays 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z Clinton said later she was mistaken and that she is committed to coalfield workers and communities. Clinton continues tour of Appalachia with stop in Charleston 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z Clinton said later she was mistaken and that she’s committed to coalfield communities. Bill Clinton stumps for wife in southern West Virginia 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z A wealthy Scottish aristocrat, landowner and industrialist realised vast wealth lay in the south Wales coalfields and set about exploiting it. #towerlives: Rise of towers and fall of Tiger Bay - BBC News 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z In her letter dated Tuesday, the Democratic presidential candidate mentions the “depth of my commitment to our coalfield workers, families and communities.” Clinton letter to Manchin: I was mistaken in coal remarks 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z The program is an outgrowth of the Shaping Our Appalachian Region initiative to expand broadband to eastern Kentucky coalfields in an attempt to bring high-tech job opportunities to the region’s struggling job market. Eastern Kentucky college to offer broadband tech degree 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z The students’ advisers, Carl DeMuth and Michael Workman, said the Tams findings may change the way people think about the Appalachian coalfields of yesterday. West Virginia State students excavate Tams coal town 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z The state is also seeking $140 million in federal money to help rebuild communities in six southern coalfield counties. W.Va. State of the State addresses coal communities, budget 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z They complain there's no industry and no jobs in the area, particularly since the closure of pits across Lancashire's coalfield. Northern Powerhouse plan unknown to two-thirds in North - BBC News 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z That newfound GOP momentum continued Tuesday, when Republican Matt Bevin swept most of the eastern coalfields, including Pike County, in winning Kentucky's governorship. Republicans capitalize on anti-Obama fervor to win over voters in Kentucky coal counties 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z That newfound GOP momentum continued Tuesday, when Republican Matt Bevin swept most of the eastern coalfields, including Pike County, in winning Kentucky’s governorship. Republicans capitalize on anti-Obama fervor in coal country 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z The Grade II listed Durham Miners' Association hall in Red Hill, Durham City, opened in 1915 when the county's coalfield employed 200,000 men. Heritage centre plan for Durham Miners' Association HQ - BBC News 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z “When you live this close to the coalfields, everything revolves around it, so we started looking elsewhere a few years ago.” Suppliers Feel Pain as Coal Miners Struggle 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z The coalfields are filled with now-abandoned company towns, where the industry once employed hundreds of thousands of men to work in underground mines. The crumbling of Big Coal: Appalachia reels as an industry meets its demise 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z The GOP's message resonated with voters such as George Blackburn, who spent 42 years working in the coalfields. Republicans capitalize on anti-Obama fervor to win over voters in Kentucky coal counties 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z The GOP’s message resonated with voters such as George Blackburn, who spent 42 years working in the coalfields. Republicans capitalize on anti-Obama fervor in coal country 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z In the Appalachian coalfields, locals fight the mountaintop-removal strip mining that has shattered peaks and buried more than a thousand miles of headwater streams. Environmentalism's Racist History 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Counties receiving the refunds are in the state’s eastern and western Kentucky coalfields. State announces $266,141 in refunds to Ky. coal counties 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z Conway’s legal challenges to federal environmental rules extend beyond the coalfields. Power plant emissions rule draws criticism from both sides 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z McAuliffe said 3B’s consulting and engineering work entails environmental and construction services in the coalfield regions of Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky. Consulting, engineering company to create 15 jobs in SW Va. 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z When the Virginia-Kentucky District Fair returned to Wise County recently, it brought funnel cakes and whole families smiling — a sight not too common here in the coalfields. What denying Medicaid expansion looks like 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z The once mighty Durham coalfield saw its last pit close in 1993. Durham Miners' Gala: Continuing success of the city's celebration - BBC News 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z The 109 libraries of the South Wales coalfield are a wonder of labour history, and the books really were taken out. Classics for the people – why we should all learn from the ancient Greeks 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z Singrauli’s significance – and that of the subcontinent’s many other coalfields, which span the length and breadth of India, with further large reserves in Pakistan – extends globally. Why India is captured by carbon | David Rose 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z The Crooked Road wends 333 miles along Virginia’s southwest corner, from the eastern slopes of the Blue Ridge west to the coalfields region, through the valleys and peaks of the Appalachian mountains. Love Music and Americana? Head Straight For Southwest Virginia's "Crooked Road" 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z Opposition politicians accused the Congress government of "looting the country" by selling coalfields to companies without competitive bidding. India ex-PM summoned in coal scandal 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z It’s appalling that OSM would try to revive this obviously unjust abuse of property rights, but also consistent with OSM’s historical subservience to the coal industry at the expense of coalfield residents. Kentucky editorial roundup 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z Gloria De Piero and the people of former coalfield communities may have a longer wait before those lucky lottery funding numbers are back in their favour. Lottery funding figures anger MP 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z As is the case with other Indian coalfields, Singrauli is home to numerous coal-fired thermal electricity plants, some almost on the doorstep of the mines. Why India is captured by carbon | David Rose 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z “Effectively, we paid a fortune to shut down the most advanced coalfield in Europe,” says Birch. The Local Heroes Reopening a Coal Mine With a Revolutionary New Business Model The coalfields of West Virginia weren’t exempt from this economic depression. Arthurdale Heritage celebrates 80th anniversary 2014-11-09T05:00:00Z Kessler agreed that some sort of tax or fee hike would be needed to solve the southern coalfields’ road infrastructure problems. Senators gather for 1st W.Va. coalfields meeting 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z “Their proposals are sending a chilling effect throughout the coalfields,” said Rahall, 65. Coal, Obama weighing heavy in Rahall’s W.Va. bid 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z Apart from the mines and power stations, the coalfield is home to a handful of towns, poverty-stricken villages and some prosperous corporate “colonies”, with their own schools, sports fields and clinics. Why India is captured by carbon | David Rose 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z Mining is going on in some of the coalfields affected by Monday's ruling - others are still lying idle. India coal mining licences 'illegal' 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z Some have pointed out that the United Mine Workers of America only represents a small minority of coal miners in the state and none in the coalfields of Eastern Kentucky at all. Grimes and McConnell Play the Coal Game 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z "What I learned growing up in the coalfields is that you fight even when you know you can't win," he said. Oklahoma City bombing centre stage in brother's court battle 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z Job growth is a big campaign issue in Kentucky, especially in the struggling eastern Kentucky coalfields. Grimes jabs McConnell on jobs issue in new TV ad 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z Around 1,000 miners bussed in from around the eastern Donbass coalfield staged a demonstration in support of the separatists in Donetsk. East Ukraine city largely calm after battle, rebels seek Russian help 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Opposition politicians accused the then Congress government of "looting the country" by selling coalfields to companies without competitive bidding. India coal mining licences 'illegal' 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z Around 1,000 miners bussed in from around the eastern Donbass coalfield staged a demonstration in support of the separatists in Donetsk on Wednesday. Calm returns after battle as divided east Ukraine city awaits fate 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z So, together with the demise of the coalfields further north, perhaps that explains why Spelthorne is the mining and quarrying capital of the country. Surrey's mining mystery 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z "There was a danger that this important aspect of coalfield heritage would be lost from living memory." Art casts light on lives of miners 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z Some hope Russia may do for the Donbass coalfield what it did in Crimea - claim Russian-speaking borderlands for Moscow, bringing higher pensions, wages and a return to a Soviet comfort zone. City on the edge holds key to Ukraine future 2014-03-28T06:07:27Z "That is why I am calling for justice for the coalfields." Labour demands 'justice for miners' 2014-01-29T08:17:12Z Some 23,000 retirees, dependents and surviving spouses are also affected by the sale, which Roberts said is just one of many in the nation’s coalfields. CONSOL to Sell 5 Mines For At Least $850M In Cash 2013-10-28T16:11:52Z The news broke as the president made one of his many tours to key industrial regions - this time to Kemorovo in the Kuzbass coalfields - to demand greater urgency in developing Russia's vast resource base. Russia slashes economic growth forecasts, second time this year 2013-08-26T15:02:51Z Mr Kumar resigned the law ministry following a controversy over an investigation into the allocation of coalfields. India PM Singh to reshuffle cabinet 2013-06-17T04:24:59Z Unlike Mr. Byrd, who rose from poverty in the Appalachian coalfields, Mr. Dingell was, in his own words, “a child of the House.” Dingell Becoming Longest-Serving Congressman 2013-06-06T01:32:54Z Similar trends are also at work in the vast coalfields of the Powder River Basin in Wyoming, the mountaintop mines of West Virginia and the rain forests of the Brazilian state of Rondonia. Exclusive: Timelapse Satellite Videos Show Decades of Drastic Changes on Earth 2013-05-09T12:35:26Z Opposition politicians accused the government of "looting the country" by selling coalfields to companies without competitive bidding. India coal 'probe report changed' 2013-05-06T09:12:48Z Local politicians representing the coalfield communities affected are also involved. Liquidators 'in coal firm talks' 2013-05-03T12:27:58Z At that stage the tension was simmering rather than crackling, the edge of expectation dulled by the knowledge that a Chelsea victory needed a comforting answer from the distant coalfields of eastern Ukraine. Chelsea's victory fails to apply balm to their Champions League wound 2012-12-06T00:42:12Z The previous parliament session in September ended in deadlock amid uproar over alleged corruption in the allocation of coalfield concessions. Parliament set for stormy session 2012-11-22T04:06:34Z The corruption cases include allegations involving the hosting of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, mobile phone licensing, coalfield allocations, embezzlement of charity funds and the actions of Mrs Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra in property deals. Rahul Gandhi to lead poll fight 2012-11-16T03:40:51Z The corruption cases include allegations involving the hosting of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, mobile phone licensing, coalfield allocations, embezzlement of charity funds and the actions of Mrs Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra in real estate deals. Congress party holds key meeting 2012-11-09T04:05:20Z The newly elected coalition national government, led by the Indian National Congress Party, vowed to open up the power sector, which prompted a rush of applicants for captive coalfields. Scandal Bares Corruption Hampering India’s Growth 2012-09-15T18:54:42Z Solicitor General Rohinton Nariman, who represented the government in court, said a parliamentary committee was studying the coalfields allocation and that a court hearing would become a parallel investigation. India court seeks answers on coal 2012-09-14T11:37:31Z The impasse was caused by an uproar over alleged corruption in the allocation of coalfield concessions. India parliament ends in deadlock 2012-09-07T09:55:08Z Earlier this week, police raided companies which allegedly misrepresented facts prior to being awarded coalfield concessions. India parliament ends in deadlock 2012-09-07T04:07:50Z The government says the coalfields were "allocated by the same procedure by previous governments". India parliament remains stalled 2012-08-28T03:43:07Z Coalgate, as the scandal is now known here, is centered on the opaque government allotment process that enabled well-connected businessmen and politicians to obtain rights to undeveloped coalfields. Scandal Bares Corruption Hampering India’s Growth 2012-09-15T18:54:42Z Reports said some of the companies were set up only to obtain the coalfields being allocated by the government and then sell them off at profit. India court seeks answers on coal 2012-09-14T11:37:31Z The government says coalfields were "allocated by the same procedure by previous governments" and that they just followed the same policy. India BJP adamant on PM quitting 2012-08-27T03:51:10Z India's parliament is likely to be disrupted again on Wednesday over a recent report that the country lost $33bn by selling coalfields cheaply. India PM faces coal discontent 2012-08-22T04:10:49Z People living in former coalfield communities of Barnsley are facing a battle against poverty today. Education and skills have long-term effect on cities' economic well being 2012-07-12T05:00:01Z Sánchez lives in El Entrego, a small village in the Asturian mining valley that, like so many others, revolves entirely around its coalfields. Spain's desperate miners gather for a protest march on the capital 2012-06-23T16:08:17Z Citing prior experience with renewing England's coalfield communities, she stressed the need for "continued investment and belief over a long period". London 2012 legacy: the battle begins on a Newham estate 2012-06-13T14:35:14Z On Sunday, police in the capital, Delhi, baton-charged hundreds of anti-corruption protesters angered by the sale of coalfields without open bidding. India BJP adamant on PM quitting 2012-08-27T03:51:10Z North and east of Helsingborg lies the only coalfield in Sweden, extending into the lofty Kullen peninsula, which forms the northern part of the east shore of the Sound. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z No one will dispute, for instance, there is romance in war; but, it is not everyone that realizes that there is just as much that is romantic in a coalfield, a factory or a dockyard. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z Standing in your sweat-soaked pyjamas on a flaking hotel balcony watching sallow dawn creep across some sulphurous Balkan coalfield you must still resemble the England manager. Harry Redknapp must embrace agony and be able to cry real tears 2012-02-10T14:32:07Z “Carboniferous.”—Whilst the affinities of the southern coalfield of Queensland are mesozoic, a northern field, of even larger extent, has a distinct fauna more resembling the Pal�ozoic Carboniferous areas of Europe. Early Days in North Queensland 2012-01-24T03:00:29.987Z Once the busiest county in the Appalachian coalfields, McDowell now suffers from one of the country’s lowest median incomes, according to the latest U.S. Businesses, unions, nonprofits unite to rescue failing W.Va. school district and its towns 2011-12-15T19:42:39Z Cornwall is too far from the coalfields to be a manufacturing county on a large scale. Cornwall 2011-12-05T03:00:38.530Z They were away seven months, discovered indications of a coalfield, and then, on their way into Salisbury again, stumbled, within fifty miles of the town, upon a strong gold reef. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z When the sun sets over its coalfields, illegal miners take over, toiling through the night. Death of Activist Nun Highlights Reach of India's 'Resource Mafia' 2011-11-29T08:50:00Z At the mouth of the Tcharo-bets, near the latter village, coal and lignite of inferior quality are found; but this coalfield was not worked at the time I passed through Shiranuka. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z “The mining destroys Appalachian communities, the health of coalfield residents and any hope for positive economic growth.” Piggy Banks: 10 of the Largest Institutions Invest Billions in Mountaintop Removal Mining 2011-10-06T19:15:05.860Z Business owners like Howard, politicians and miners in the hilly coalfields of Central Appalachia blame the industry decline on tougher regulation from the Obama administration. AP Enterprise: Drastic declines ahead for Appalachian coal, economic mainstay of hilly region 2011-09-27T15:50:54Z One of the largest coalfields in India extends into the state, and iron ore is also found. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z Born in Batley, West Yorkshire, he left school at 16 to work in the Yorkshire coalfields. Clive Webster obituary 2011-07-10T16:59:28Z Let me tell you, sir, that Snake's Fall is the new coalfield of this great country. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z “A company that was a towering presence in the Appalachian coalfields operated its mines in a profoundly reckless manner, and 29 coal miners paid with their lives for the corporate risk-taking.” Mine Owner?s Negligence Led to Blast, Study Finds 2011-05-19T15:15:07Z Away from the coalfields and metal-bashing towns, most people – or at least enough people to return Conservative governments – did well. The despair doesn't come from the marchers 2011-03-27T00:06:48Z It is along this northern margin, where the folded beds have been thrust over the rocks which lay to the north, that the coalfields of Dover and of Belgium occur. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z Our troops attacked on a wide front including the Vimy Ridge—that grim hill which dominates the plain of Douai and the coalfields of Lens—and the German positions around Arras. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z Their engineers were at work already on the plans to be put into almost immediate operation for the construction of a private track to link up the coalfields with Snake's Fall. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z I have already told you that the Sambre cuts through an important coalfield. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z Seeing no hope of any improvement they migrated to the North of England, and found work in the coalfields, and never returned to their native county. From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography 2011-02-06T03:01:01.497Z It is served by the Erie, the Pennsylvania, the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, the Lehigh Valley, and the Tioga Division railways, the last of which connects it with the Pennsylvania coalfields 48 m. away. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z M. Chevalier has adduced an exactly corresponding case from one of the French coalfields. Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted 2011-02-01T03:00:14.553Z "How far out are the coalfields?" he inquired. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z Béthune, which may be said to mark the western limit of the coalfield, has numerous pits in the neighbourhood, and a variety of industries such as are usually found in towns similarly situated. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z The use of Negroes for breaking strikes in the coalfields and elsewhere has been a fertile source of discord, kindling the fire of race prejudice in places where it never before existed. Following the Color Line an account of Negro citizenship in the American democracy 2011-01-06T03:00:45.737Z The outcrop of this formation broadens eastward until it is covered by the Durham coalfield which occupies the centre of the county from Newcastle and South Shields to Barnard Castle. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z Powered by local coalfields, it took off in the Industrial Revolution and remained a dynamo of British manufacturing into the 1960s. Special report: In Britain's cities, the pain begins 2010-10-06T12:40:00Z In this case, a government decision to satisfy surging demand for electric power by tapping Inner Mongolia’s coalfields has flooded local highways with thousands of coal trucks, overwhelming police officers’ best efforts to herd them. China?s Rapid Growth Often Leads to Problems Down the Road 2010-08-28T00:47:00Z This coalfield is continued west into North France as far as the right bank of the Lys. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z After all, it was in a fairground boxing ring back in the 1930s that a young pitman from the Northumberland coalfield did go three rounds and win a pound. Harry Pearson on boxing's tough but romantic origins 2010-08-05T23:05:00Z Growing concern over power shortages led Bangladesh to consider nuclear energy as natural gas reserves are fast depleting and most coalfields remain unexploited. Russia to help Bangladesh set up nuclear power plants 2010-05-22T07:54:00Z When the Conservative government announced its intention to close 20 pits, Heathfield backed Scargill from the start of the strike in March 1984, and, like his president, rejected a coalfield ballot. Peter Heathfield obituary 2010-05-04T18:02:00Z Mr. Suboleski said the overall number of violations this year and in 2009 was comparable to that at similar operations in the Appalachian coalfields. | Mid-Atlantic: West Virginia: Mine Company Says Air Was Fine 2010-04-27T01:04:00Z All three of these coalfield icons have since expressed grief and outrage. Mine blast means new realities for West Virginia Democrats in Congress 2010-04-19T04:00:00Z He described those years as an extraordinary mind-broadening experience for the country boy from the coalfields of Fife. Sir James Black obituary 2010-03-23T18:53:00Z MPs query coalfields revival plan A £1bn government project to regenerate the sites of former coal mines in England has been poorly co-ordinated and lacks vision, MPs say. MPs query coalfields revival plan 2010-03-10T00:12:00Z It carries the headline of "Common sense justice at last". to the rivers of the south Wales coalfield. 2010-01-21T05:12:00Z Along the northern margin lies the intensely folded belt which constitutes the coalfield of Namur, and, beneath the overlying Mesozoic beds, is continued to the Boulonnais, Dover and beyond. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" The father got work as a miner in the Wigan coalfield, and the son, at the age of thirteen, started in the same life as a pit-boy. The Irish at the Front Upper: Red and grey sandstones, marls and clays with occasional breccias, thin coals and limestones with Spirorbis, workable coals in the South Wales, Bristol, Somerset and Forest of Dean coalfields. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" It was a royal preserve, and remains for the most part an uncultivated waste, but it is also a rich coalfield, and there are mines in every direction. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" But he reached the Bay of Brunei safely, ascended the river in a well-armed boat, and visited the coalfields at Kiangi. The Woodlands Orchids The southern boundary of this belt is formed by a great thrust-plane, the faille du midi, along which the Devonian beds of the south have been thrust over the carboniferous beds of the coalfield. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" Power is transmitted to our Allies from British coalfields by our grimy colliers. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war On the west of the hollow, the high edge of the Castle-comer coalfields rises, scarps of limestone, grit, and coal-measures succeeding one another on the ascent. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" A modification of this method, which originated in Silesia, is now becoming of importance in many European coalfields. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" The largest coalfield in China lies in the province of Shan-si. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" The Coal Measures repose upon the Millstone Grit; the largest area of these rocks lies on the east, where they are conterminous with the coalfields of Yorkshire and Nottingham. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" In later periods these rocks have suffered considerable movement and metamorphism, as in the Harz, Devonshire and Cornwall, and in the Belgian coalfields, where they have frequently been thrust over the younger Carboniferous rocks. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" To the south the scarps and moorlands of the Carboniferous Limestone and Millstone Grit form the north-western rim of the South Wales coalfield. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" In Asia the Chinese coalfields are of peculiar interest. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" The coalfield is divided into two by a mountain range of ancient granitic formation running north-east and south-west, termed the Ho-shan. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" A small tract, part of the Leicestershire coalfield, lies in the south-east corner, and in the north-west corner a portion of the Lancashire coalfield appears about New Mills and Whaley Bridge. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" On the other hand, the decision to give the coalfields at Dundee the protection contemplated by Sir W. Butler was adopted. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government With the exception of its south-eastern portion, which forms part of the great South Welsh coalfield, Carmarthenshire may be considered wholly as an agricultural county. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" A more cogent reason, however, is to be found in the fact that the principal coalfields are in flat countries, where the coal can only be reached by vertical sinking. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" This is probably the most extensive coalfield in the world. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" Flanking the hills between Ashbourne and Quarndon are red beds of Bunter marl, sandstone and conglomerate; they also appear at Morley, east of the Derwent, and again round the small southern coalfield. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" It passed through a rich mining district, in which it opened up many valuable coalfields, and it formed part of the great main line of communication between London and Edinburgh. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson Apparently everybody had got concessions in China except the British, until one of our cleverest diplomatists stepped in and procured for us the most amazingly rich coalfield of Wei-hai-tai. Bones in London Such changes seem, however, to have been very rapidly accomplished, as pebbles of completely formed coal are commonly found in the sandstones and coarser sedimentary strata alternating with the coal seams in many coalfields. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" Barry owes its seaport to the determination of a number of colliery owners to secure an alternative port to Cardiff, with an independent railway to it from the coalfields. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Other Industries.—Ayrshire is the principal mining county in Scotland and has the second largest coalfield. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" There was serious rioting in the Lanarkshire coalfields and in the Midlands, together with a Socialistic upheaval in the East of London, which had assumed the proportions of a civil war. Danger! and Other Stories Numerous mines are being worked, and some coalfields are being exploited. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development A midland group of coalfields extends from south Lancashire to the West Geographical distribution of coalfields. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" There are large coalfields in the neighbourhood, which, indeed, extend under the town. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" A coalfield extending 16 m. south-east to Radstock avails much for Bristol manufactures. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" I do not propose to chop up the coalfields into mathematical sections and compulsorily unify the collieries in those sections. Essays in Liberalism Being the Lectures and Papers Which Were Delivered at the Liberal Summer School at Oxford, 1922 Our coalfields are the blood and sinews of the country. A People's Man There is also a group of coalfields on the Atlantic seaboard of the Dominion, principally in Nova Scotia. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" Thus, so long as there is free oxygen in the universe, our coalfields might, at any time in the remote future, generate light and heat in the universal grave. The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays Shortly after the discovery of the Rand conglomerates, it became clear that a railway would have to be built between the coalfields and the mines—some forty miles. The Transvaal from Within A Private Record of Public Affairs The geological and other conditions in the different coalfields vary enormously, and these form a very relevant factor in deciding upon the ideal unit of size. Essays in Liberalism Being the Lectures and Papers Which Were Delivered at the Liberal Summer School at Oxford, 1922 Inasmuch as nearly all the coalfields of the former Empire lie outside what is now German-Austria, the industrial ruin of this latter state, if she cannot obtain coal from Germany, will be complete. The Economic Consequences of the Peace In the southern coalfields it is usually known by the miners’ name of “Farewell rock,” from its marking the lower limit of possible coal working. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" But in 1843, the year of the Midland Mining Commission, truck was still rife in the coalfields. Recent Developments in European Thought The general substratum of the peninsula is limestone and marble, bounded to the north by an immense iron and coalfield. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 494, June 18, 1831 The place was named Coalcliff, and this was the first discovery of the great southern coalfields of New South Wales. The Naval Pioneers of Australia It is now the metropolis of the Somerset coalfield. Somerset In this manner, the rich Manero corn country, and the coalfields of Illawarra, might be brought into connection with Sydney, and a prodigious development imparted to the whole colony. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits To the Islands in the Arafura Sea Truck-masters were prosecuted and truck was steadily dislodged from the coalfields and adjacent ironworks. Recent Developments in European Thought Its cloth and silk manufactures are important, and owing to the opening up of extensive coalfields in the district almost every branch of iron industry is carried on. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 The coalfields round the Grey River are enormous, and have no doubt a great future; and this useful mineral is also found in the Bay of Islands, and other places in the North Island. Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World An important feature of the coal industry, which recent events have brought into sharp prominence, is the great diversity of conditions between different coalfields and different collieries. Supply and Demand And all this when she has lost the Saar coalfields and is faced with the threatening situation in Upper Silesia. Peaceless Europe Indeed, in one coalfield after another the disappearance of truck and kindred evils coincides with the appearance of strong County Unions. Recent Developments in European Thought E. Getting heaps of remains of new Labyrinthodonts from the Glasgow coalfield, which have to be described. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1 Better, more active harbors translate into stable jobs in our coalfields, railroads, trucking industry, and ports. State of the Union Address In this respect also one coalfield differs greatly from another. Supply and Demand Thus were formed those immense coalfields, which nevertheless, are not inexhaustible, and which three centuries at the present accelerated rate of consumption will exhaust unless the industrial world will devise a remedy. A Journey to the Interior of the Earth It is anticipated that in the near future the mines on the Randt, South Africa, will be electrically driven from a coalfield generating station located on the coalfields some thirty miles from Johannesburg. Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students They told us that plenty of it was seen among the hills; but, being long ago aware that we were now in an immense coalfield, we did not care to examine it further. A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 It was like a still–erect coalfield, its roots clutching broken soil, its boughs clearly outlined against the ceiling of the waters like thin, black, paper cutouts. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea The phrase Captain Beamish had used in reference to the proposed depot at Swansea—"it would look all right on account of the coalfields"—was suggestive. The Pit Prop Syndicate They are all made up of the carboniferous limestone, so called, as your little knowledge of Latin ought to tell you, because it carries the coal; because the coalfields usually lie upon it. Madam How and Lady Why These mines extend under the waves like the coalfields at Newcastle. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea No, professor, but it needs electricity to run, batteries to generate its electricity, sodium to feed its batteries, coal to make its sodium, and coalfields from which to dig its coal. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea |
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