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  2. Remembering coal miners at the No. 9 Mine's annual ... - AOL

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    Sep. 5—LANSFORD — When Steve Mau was growing up, he tagged along with his grandfather, a hard coal miner, as he made the rounds to local taverns. It was there, listening to miners talk of ...

  3. Occupation of Trentham Colliery - Wikipedia

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    The occupation of Trentham Colliery, a coal mine in Staffordshire, England, was a protest against its closure which took place from 12 to 15 May 1993. [1] After camping outside the entrance to the Trentham superpit for months, three members of the North Staffordshire Miners' Wives Action Group entered the No. 2 pit shaft in the middle of the night.

  4. Farmington Mine disaster - Wikipedia

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    The Farmington Mine disaster was an explosion that happened at approximately 5:30 a.m. on November 20, 1968, at the Consol No. 9 coal mine north of Farmington and Mannington, West Virginia, United States. The explosion was large enough to be felt in Fairmont, almost 12 miles (19 km) away. [citation needed] At the time, 99 miners were inside ...

  5. National Coal Mining Museum for England - Wikipedia

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    The colliery was nationalised in 1947 and a drift mine opened in 1974. The colliery closed in 1985. [4] Under the directorship of Margaret Faull, the Yorkshire Mining Museum opened in 1988. The museum became the National Coal Mining Museum in 1995. [4] In October 2022, the museum staff voted to strike over a below inflation pay offer. [6]

  6. List of historical sites related to the Illinois labor movement

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    Plaque Reads: Centralia Coal Company Mine No 5 Disaster On March 25, 1947, a violent explosion struck Centralia coal company mine number 5 located in Wamac, Illinois. By March 29, it was confirmed that the explosion, combined with the subsequent release of poisonous gas, had taken the lives of 111 of the 142 men working in the mine at the time ...

  7. The Racecourse Colliery - Wikipedia

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    Close to this exhibit another original shaft was used to create Racecourse Colliery Number Two Pit, also referred to as Brook Shaft. Here coal was worked at 30 ft and has 8 ft of Bottom Coal showing. Moulds from this shaft were used to create the 'coal' for the museum's underground drift mine experience, 'Into the Thick'.

  8. Category:Coal museums - Wikipedia

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    Taiwan Coal Mine Museum; Y. Yūbari Coal Mine Museum This page was last edited on 30 March 2022, at 23:41 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...

  9. Film Review: ‘Mine 9’ - AOL

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    A modestly budgeted, cannily made survival drama centered on a fictional coal mine explosion in Appalachia, "Mine 9" plays a little like a humble blueprint for a more extravagant Hollywood ...