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In 1917, the Swedish serial killer Hilda Nilsson used a coal scuttle, a large bucket, and a washboard to drown children that she had been hired to care for. [5]The infamous German Stahlhelm, or Steel Helmet, is sometimes referred to in English-language publications as the "Coal Scuttle" helmet, due to its shape resembling that of a coal scuttle.
Bucket mouth/Linear lungs Someone swearing on CB/Someone who will not shut up. Similar to "Alligator Station", but usually refers to a mobile user rather than a base station. CB Rambo A radio user who brags about his fighting prowess but won't actually fight. Chicken Coop The Weigh Station also called a Port of Entry or The Scales, Scale House
Anthracite. Anthracite, also known as hard coal and black coal, is a hard, compact variety of coal that has a submetallic lustre. It has the highest carbon content, the fewest impurities, and the highest energy density of all types of coal and is the highest ranking of coals. The Coal Region of Northeastern Pennsylvania in the United States has ...
"New Year's Eve at the Coal Bucket Saloon, " goes from 8 p.m.-1 a.m. that evening, with a concert by MountainFest fan favorites, Amish Outlaws and more.
A grab dredge. Dredging is the excavation of material from a water environment. Possible reasons for dredging include improving existing water features; reshaping land and water features to alter drainage, navigability, and commercial use; constructing dams, dikes, and other controls for streams and shorelines; and recovering valuable mineral deposits or marine life having commercial value.
The West Virginia coal wars (1912–1921), also known as the mine wars, arose out of a dispute between coal companies and miners. The West Virginia mine wars era began with the Cabin Creek and Paint Creek strike of 1912–1913. [ 1] With help from Mary "Mother Jones" Harris Jones, an important figure in unionizing the mine workers, the miners ...
Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen. [ 1] Coal is a type of fossil fuel, formed when dead plant matter decays into peat which is converted into coal by the heat and pressure of deep burial over millions of years. [ 2]
Chaperon – a series of hats that evolved in 14th- and 15th-century Europe from the medieval hood of the same name. Cocked hat. Colback – a fur headpiece of Turkish origin. Deerstalker – hunting cap with fold-down ears, associated with Sherlock Holmes, Elmer Fudd, Holden Caulfield, and Ignatius Reilly. Đinh Tự.