coal mines
Subterranean fuel extraction
Coal mines are sites where coal is extracted from the earth, either from underground tunnels or open pits.
The term often evokes dangerous industrial labor—cave-ins, black lung disease, and exploitation of workers figure prominently in its history.
His grandfather worked in the coal mines of West Virginia.
To send someone back to the coal mines is to return them to hard, unglamorous work.
- Davy lampGauze-screened mining light
- black lungCoal dust respiratory disease
- collieryCoal extraction site
- anthraciteHighest-grade coal variety
- canaryYellow caged songbird
black gold · bituminous · pithead · Appalachian Mountains · underground · lignite · coalface · excavation · pick axe · fossil fuel · deposit · combustible · carbon · railcar · pit pony · tunnel · ventilation · pit
- Coal Miningcolliery, underground, pickaxe, headlamp, tunnels
- WalesCardiff, Anglesey, Welsh, Snowdon, Welsh dragon
- industrial declinedeindustrialization, factory closures, factory closure, plant shutdowns, plant shutdown
- Industrial Historyfactories, cotton mills, power stations, mill ponds, sawmills
- mining historygold pan, pickaxes, prospectors, mineshafts, tunnels
- Postwar BritainAttlee, NHS, National Health Service, rationing, ration books
coal minessolar farms
Large-scale photovoltaic installations
wind farms · nuclear power plants · geothermal plants · solar panels · wind turbines
coal mineswildlife sanctuaries
Protected areas for animals
national parks · conservation areas · nature preserves · nature reserves · protected wilderness
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