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  2. History of coal mining in the United States - Wikipedia

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    US Annual coal production by coal rank. Trends in surface versus underground mining of coal in the US Bowman Company coal mine, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, 1904.. The history of coal mining in the United States starts with the first commercial use in 1701, within the Manakin-Sabot area of Richmond, Virginia. [1]

  3. National Mine Map Repository - Wikipedia

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    One of NMMR's oldest mine maps: 1859 anthracite coal map from Hazleton Coal Co. The NMMR contains digital and microfilm maps of surface and underground coal, metal, and non-metal mines throughout the United States. Some of the information that can be obtained from the repository includes: Mine and company names; Underground mine plans

  4. Coal mining in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Total US coal production, 1870–2018 Historical coal production of different countries. Coal mining is an industry in transition in the United States. Production in 2019 was down 40% from the peak production of 1,171.8 million short tons (1,063 million metric tons) in 2008.

  5. List of coal mines in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The following table lists the coal mines in the United States that produced at least 4,000,000 short tons of coal. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), there were 853 coal mines in the U.S. in 2015, producing a total of 896,941,000 short tons of coal. [1]

  6. History of coal mining - Wikipedia

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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. It became important in the Industrial Revolution of the 19th and 20th centuries, when it was primarily used to power steam engines, heat buildings and generate electricity.

  7. Épinac coal mine - Wikipedia

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    Location of the deposit on the map of French coalfields . The Épinac coal mines are situated in the municipality of Épinac and surrounding areas in the Saône-et-Loire department, within the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Mining operations began in the mid-18th century, covering an area of 3,435 hectares.

  8. Pittsburgh coal seam - Wikipedia

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    By 1796, coal mines extended along the face of Mount Washington for 300 fathoms (1800 feet), centered across the Monongahela from Wood Street. 17] By 1814, there were at least 40 coal mines in the Pittsburgh region, worked from adits in the face of the coal seam using room and pillar methods

  9. List of coalfields - Wikipedia

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    The terminology declined into unimportance as the 20th century progressed, and was probably only referred to by a few small railroads and history buffs by the 1980s. Renewed interest in industrial heritage and coal mining history has brought the old names of the coalfields before a larger audience.