coalfield
Underground fuel region
A coalfield is a region where coal deposits exist underground and can be mined.
The term typically refers to geologically defined areas where coal seams are concentrated: the Appalachian coalfield, the South Wales coalfield.
Coalfields shaped industrial development, with mining towns and infrastructure clustered around them.
Narrow vertical passage
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
- pitFruit's hard seed
- excavationAct of unearthing
- seamJoined fabric edge
drift · adit · longwall · face · galleries · headgear · ventilation · conveyor
One who excavates ore
- unionJoining into one
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
- wagesPayment for work
- workforceAll available workers
pitman · shift · community · company town · nationalization · lockout · picketing · lodge
Joined fabric edge
- strataParallel geological layers
- sedimentaryFormed from deposited material
- depositPlace for safekeeping
- formationCreation or arrangement
outcrop · anthracite · bituminous · lignite · peat · stratigraphy · paleobotany · fossilization
Underground passage collapse
- subsidenceGradual ground sinking
- explosionViolent burst of energy
- dustFine settled particles
- silicosisLung disease from dust
brattice · timbering · canary · rescue · disaster · flooding · methane · collapse
Eastern U.S. mountain region
- DonbasEastern Ukrainian industrial region
- YorkshireHistoric English county
- WalesCeltic British principality
- BowenWelsh-origin family name
Lancashire · Durham · Kentucky · West Virginia · Pennsylvania · Queensland
Substances released into air
- pollutionEnvironmental harm from waste
- reclamationRecovery of something lost
- remediationAct of correcting faults
- spoil heapAccumulated excavation debris
tailings · restoration · rewilding · brownfield · contamination · scarring · dereliction · rehabilitation
Energy transfer rate
- steelCarbon-hardened iron alloy
- cokeCarbonized coal fuel
- furnaceEnclosed heat-producing structure
- railwayTrack system for trains
canal · industrial revolution · smokestacks · ironworks · manufacturing · plant · smelting · export
shaft
Narrow vertical passage
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
- pitFruit's hard seed
- excavationAct of unearthing
seam · drift · adit · longwall · face · galleries · headgear · ventilation · conveyor · pickaxe
miner
One who excavates ore
workforce · pitman · shift · community · company town · nationalization · lockout · picketing · lodge · child labor
seam
Joined fabric edge
- strataParallel geological layers
- sedimentaryFormed from deposited material
- depositPlace for safekeeping
formation · outcrop · anthracite · bituminous · lignite · peat · stratigraphy · paleobotany · fossilization · syncline
cave-in
Underground passage collapse
- subsidenceGradual ground sinking
- explosionViolent burst of energy
- dustFine settled particles
silicosis · brattice · timbering · canary · rescue · disaster · flooding · methane · collapse · safety
Appalachia
Eastern U.S. mountain region
- DonbasEastern Ukrainian industrial region
- YorkshireHistoric English county
- WalesCeltic British principality
Bowen · Lancashire · Durham · Kentucky · West Virginia · Pennsylvania · Queensland
emissions
Substances released into air
- pollutionEnvironmental harm from waste
- reclamationRecovery of something lost
- remediationAct of correcting faults
spoil heap · tailings · restoration · rewilding · brownfield · contamination · scarring · dereliction · rehabilitation · legacy
power
Energy transfer rate
railway · canal · industrial revolution · smokestacks · ironworks · manufacturing · plant · smelting · export · port
- coalanthracite, bituminous, lignite, slack, culm
- Mining Heritagemining town, mining settlement, mining camp, pithead, miner
coalfieldwind farm
Grouped turbines generating electricity
solar farm · oil field · oilfield · oil reserve · gas field
coalfieldfarmland
Agricultural terrain
arable land · wilderness · virgin forest · greenfield · nature reserve
coalfieldwind farm
Grouped turbines generating electricity
solar farm · solar array · hydroelectric dam · geothermal field · nuclear plant