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  History of Coal Mining in Golden, CO
The White Ash coal mine and its dump are in the foreground.
The coal mining industry of Golden is one of its greatest and one on which the growth and prosperity and foundation of the place is largely based.
It seems that as a car of coal was being hoisted from the mine, the weight of which was nearly a ton, the arm attached to the piston rod of the engine, broke at the fastening to the drive wheel and flew back with such force as to cause it to penetrate the cylinder head.
www.mines.edu /fs_home/tboyd/Coal/history   (3352 words)

  
 Indiana Geological Survey Annual Report 1870
Collett has shown that coal N, which, in the wetern part of Clay and the eastern part of Vigo counties, is of good quality, and from four to five feet thick, is only found in Sullivan county, over a small area along the Wabash river, and in the southern part of the county.
On the other hand, coal M, which only appears as a thin seam in the former counties, underlies nearly the entire area of the latter county, and attains to the grand dimensions of a nine foot seam on Pitt's farm, section 3, township 9, range 8.
Coal L, appears to be the lowest seam that is worked in Sullivan county, though coal K, has been reported in bores at several localities.
www.indiana.edu /~libgeol/cox1870/1870report.html   (1991 words)

  
 Coal Mine Fatal Accident Investigation Report, Fall of Rib, January 29, 1999
White was positioned alongside the machine inby the operator's deck tending to the machine's trailing cable.
CPR was administered to White continuously from the time he was recovered from the rib fall until the time he was placed in the ambulance.
Some of the coal that fell from the rib appeared to have been overhanging coal left from the arc formed by the cutter drum (a wedge shape approximately 17 inches by 20 inches).
www.msha.gov /fatals/1999/ftl99c03.htm   (1908 words)

  
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In the washer operation coal was physically water washed and cleaned to increase its grade and value, and in some cases it was thereafter "blended" with other coals of various grades to meet customer specifica- tions.
White Oak did, according to the record, subsequent to taking over the washer operation service the three cus- tomers who were Hallmark's major source of business for the washer.
According to White Oak, if there was a "continuity of business, it was in an integrated mining/processing com- pany," and that "if the alleged 'continuity' is to the washer, then there is none because the 'washer' is inte- grated into the White Oak enterprise." I find no merit to Respondent's unit arguments.
www.nlrb.gov /nlrb/shared_files/decisions/299/299-259.txt   (8330 words)

  
 Indiana Geological Survey Annual Report 1870
The conclusion to be drawn from the above diagrams and the study of the coal around Washington, is, that the strata rise with the hills to the north, and coal L was removed ages ago from the northern part of the county by denudation.
Gregory's coal is fifteen inches thick, and is overlaid by fl, bituminous, slaty shale, containing fish remains; superimposed on the fl shale, is forty feet of argillaceous and silicious shale, which reaches to the top of the hill.
COAL I. The coal, four feet two inches thick, at the bottom of this bore, is referable to I. The thin coal above is, probably, J, while K appears to be absent.
www.indiana.edu /~libgeol/cox1870/1870daviess.html   (8041 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - white coal
Coal, a combustible organic rock composed primarily of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
Coal is burned to produce energy and is used to manufacture...
Map of White (river, Nebraska and South Dakota)
ca.encarta.msn.com /white_coal.html   (123 words)

  
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Coal units are combined to form a single bed if the thickness of rock between them is thinner than the coal on either side.
After the program calculates the thickness of coal in each coal bed it determines if the coal beds are greater than the minimum thickness requirement as a resource.
Coals in the Deserado coal area are bituminous in rank.
geode.usgs.gov /ftp/coplateau/metadata/des_thk.met   (543 words)

  
 Superior Discussion :: View topic - Jack White getting coal for Christmas
White, who is also known for dating actress Renee Zellweger, later filed a cross-complaint, claiming that he actually got pulled to the floor by Stollsteimer, who began throttling him "about the face & body," according to White's police report.
White Stripes lead singer Jack White (real name: John Anthony Gillis) was charged today (Dec. 22) in Detroit with aggravated assault after a fight with the lead singer of another band.
White went to a police precinct early yesterday morning and gave a statement saying he struck Von Bondies lead singer Jason Stollsteimer in self defense.
www.donewaiting.com /forum/viewtopic.php?t=2377   (1647 words)

  
 The New Abolitionist
And Garrett Olmsted, a white sociology/anthropology professor, was fired last year after challenging what he called BSC's "cultural genocide." Meanwhile, BSC's literature and website still boast of its proud, rich fl tradition, and BSC continues to receive about $1.6 million in federal funds earmarked for fl colleges.
But with the mechanization of the coal industry and the subsequent loss of mining jobs in West Virginia, white coal miners' children began turning to BSC and another HBCU, West Virginia State (itself now 86% white) for cheap, convenient college education.
Until the built-in currency of whiteness is devalued, both "diversity" and "race-neutral" schemes will encourage more whites to not only demand "their" slots back at TWIs, but also more space at HBCUs: the very shelter that African Americans erected against the storm.
racetraitor.org /confronting.html   (687 words)

  
 Coal Age: White River Gets Permit For New Ind. Mine - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
White River Coal Inc. expects to begin development work in the second quarter on its new Hazleton underground mine in southern Indiana after receiving approval of its permit in late-December from the Indiana Department of Reclamation.
White River Coal is owned by the Blankenberger brothers, who also own BB Mining in southern Indiana.
White River Coal still is working to secure a customer or customers for the mine.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FTK/is_2002_Feb_1/ai_87796174   (258 words)

  
 WINDING GULF FIELD
This was low-volatile "smokeless" coal, including high quality metalurgical coal and the preferred steam coal for marine applications.
The dominant companies in the field during this time were Pemberton Coal and Coke, C.H. Mead Coal Co., Gulf Smokeless Coal Co., and E.E. White Coal Co. There were many European immigrants ("hunkies") in this field, with Italians being the most numerous, followed by Polish.
Their mines were later owned by Westmoreland Coal Co., who, along with Eastern Associated Coal Co., was the dominant company in the field during this later period.
www.coalcampusa.com /sowv/gulf/gulf.htm   (307 words)

  
 BLA UNPUBLISHED Document: 01-0165.WPD: Browning v. Peter White Coal Cor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Considering all the evidence of record on the merits, the administrative law judge found the evidence sufficient to establish the existence of pneumoconiosis arising out of coal mine employment pursuant to 20 C.F.R. §§718.202(a), 718.203(b)(2000) and the existence of a totally disabling respiratory impairment pursuant to 20 C.F.R. §718.204(c)(2000).
We decline to consider whether the administrative law judge's weighing of the evidence was appropriate under the newly amended total disability causation regulation because in considering the evidence on the merits the administrative law judge did not discuss and weigh the opinions submitted with this duplicate claim by Drs.
Therefore, we vacate the administrative law judge's finding that claimant has not established that he is totally disabled due to pneumoconiosis and remand the case for the administrative law judge to consider all of the evidence of total disability causation in accordance with applicable law.
www.dol.gov /brb/cases/blklung/unpublished/Oct01/01-0165.htm   (1362 words)

  
 Government acts on claims handling following British Coal vibration white finger litigation judgement   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
In a High Court judgement last September, British Coal was found negligent in failing to protect its employees from the harmful effects of vibration since 1975.
In November, British Coal lodged a limited appeal to establish a level of exposure below which British Coal were not liable and to question the relatively high levels of damages awarded.
Raynauds Phenomenon is a condition which affects the blood supply to the peripheral parts of the body such as the fingers, where the intermittent lack of blood produces symptoms such as tingling, numbness and sometimes considerable pain.
www.scotland.gov.uk /news/releas98_2/pr1546.htm   (501 words)

  
 Johnstown Convention & Visitors Bureau: Day Trips
Today, the building is home to the Windber Coal Heritage Center with state-of-the-art exhibits educating visitors about the coal mining and ethnic heritage of the town.
Lochrie was one of the Windber area’s noted independent coal operators who went into business for himself in 1908, establishing the Rummel Coal Company.
Windber was nominated to the National Register of Historic Places for its significance to the "history of industry, community planning and development, social history, ethnic heritage and architecture," as an example of both a typical western Pennsylvania coal mining community and as a unique example of a planned company town.
www.visitjohnstownpa.com /daytrips/windber.php   (1823 words)

  
 ISGS - White County Coal Bed Methane
A total of 16 coal samples from 7 significant coal beds penetrated by the 1,175-foot deep well, and 3 fl shale samples, were collected and placed in desorption canisters.
ISGS scientists helped Gas Technology Institute scientists collect large blocks of Herrin Coal from the Cottage Grove Coal Mine for use in measuring the velocity with which seismic waves are transmitted through the coal.
These tests will be conducted in the vicinity of the White County test wells, and the results may be used to determine optimum positions of the dewatering wells at the White County test site.
www.isgs.uiuc.edu /monthly-repts/nov2003/Methane.htm   (207 words)

  
 This Famishing World - McCann - Ch4b
The pallor of her crew and the dilation of the pupils of their eyes and marked shortness of breath here and there were observed by the ship's surgeon but were not considered significant and the men went on devouring their typical American meals, so highly rated by the advertising geniuses of the refined food industry.
In consequence of their faith in fresh meat, white flour, oleo, boiled potatoes and coffee, those thousands of bushels of whole wheat with their priceless salts were sent to the bottom.
Dr. Lucas, examining the poorly nourished war children of Belgium, to whom hundreds of shiploads of American white flour were fed by the Belgian Relief, found tuberculosis and rickets had increased to such an extraordinary extent that the hospitals and sanatoriums, supplemented with many additional clinics, were wholly unable to care for the cases.
journeytoforever.org /farm_library/Famish/famworld4b.html   (8285 words)

  
 Welcome to West Virginia Coal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The West Virginia Coal Association (WVCA) and the West Virginia Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training jointly sponsor the Mountaineer Guardian program.
To be eligible for the award, mine operations must be fatal free and must be nominated by their State safety inspector.
Featured in each photograph is John Skidmore, Chair of the WV Coal Association, Doug Conaway, Director of the WV Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training, and David Dye, Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health.
www.wvcoal.com /media_kit/releases/safety_winners_05.asp   (296 words)

  
 Bartoz Sculpture Studios, gallery, Wildlife Bronze, bartosh, Pewter, coal casting, white House, kremlin, turtles, ...
This is an assortment of the various creatures that we make.
The deer mouse is a very beautiful creature of the meadows and farms of the country side in the eastern part of the United States.
With fur of tawny brown and a belly of white.
www.angelfire.com /biz2/bartoz/bonded.html   (271 words)

  
 Investor's Business Daily: Breaking News
White County Coal's efforts to repair the vertical belt system were sufficient to allow it to perform a full test of the system yesterday.
White County Coal is an underground mining complex that employs approximately 280 workers.
The Pattiki mine produces high-sulfur coal from the Illinois No. 6 coal seam utilizing continuous mining units and room-and-pillar techniques.
www.investors.com /breakingnews.asp?journalid=29812340   (582 words)

  
 BLA UNPUBLISHED Document: 01-0781.WPD: Smith v. New White Coal Compa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
In this duplicate claim, the administrative law judge found that claimant's prior claim was finally denied on August 19, 1997, because claimant failed to establish any element of entitlement, and that claimant filed his third claim for benefits on September 30, 1998.
In finding that the medical opinion evidence did not establish the existence of pneumoconiosis, the administrative law judge accorded greater weight to the opinion of Dr. Dahhan that claimant did not have occupational pneumoconiosis or pulmonary disability secondary to coal dust exposure because it was well-reasoned and well-documented.
2) The administrative law judge's findings on length of coal mine employment, responsible operator, and at 20 C.F.R. §718.202(a)(2), (3) are affirmed as unchallenged on appeal.
www.dol.gov /brb/cases/blklung/unpublished/Apr02/01-0781.htm   (889 words)

  
 White coal - TheBestLinks.com - Charcoal, ...
White coal is a form of fuel produced by drying chopped wood over a fire.
White coal was produced in distinctive circular pits with a channel, known as Q-pits.
They are frequently found in the woods of South Yorkshire.
www.thebestlinks.com /White_coal.html   (128 words)

  
 Turning Points of Wisconsin: The White Coal of Wisconsin
The project was so large and required so many workers that the company built a small town to house workers and their families.
Evocatively called "white coal" for the color of the waves on a rushing river, water-power was touted as the future of electric power in the Midwest.
Russell, John A. The White coal of Wisconsin: Wisconsin-Minnesota Light and Power Company.
www.wisconsinhistory.org /turningpoints/search.asp?id=1283   (198 words)

  
 Edward J. Berwind | 20th Century American Leaders Database
During his years at the helm of Berwind-White Coal Mining, Berwind was closely associated with J.P. Morgan in the consolidation, reorganization, integration, and expansion of his coal operations.
Berwind was reputed to be the world's largest individual owner of coal mining properties.
He refused to bargain with employees, and his mines were the last bastions of the open shop in the coal fields.
www.hbs.edu /leadership/database/leaders/66   (63 words)

  
 Alabama Review: Challenge of Interracial Unionism: Alabama Coal Miners, 1878-1921, The
In the heat of battle, most notably during strikes, fl and white coal miners repeatedly exhibited a common stand for economic justice.
In the strikes of 1894, 1907, and 1921, Alabama's coal miners stood together and battled both white and fl strikebreakers and convict labor.
What Letwin shows above all is how both fl and white miners transcended the racial norms of their time and embarked on a campaign of economic and, at times, social justice.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3880/is_200007/ai_n8911443   (907 words)

  
 New River Coal Company Collection
Fire Creek Coal and Coke, Incorporated, Mount Hope, West Virginia, Engineering Services for Proposed 200 TPH coal preparation and material handling facilities
White Oak Fuel Corporation - letterhead paper, envelopes, statements, advertising materials, and scatter tags ("Coal contained in this car is about a bushel of ash per ton.
White Oak Smokeless Coal produced and prepared by the New River Company, Mount Hope, Fayette Co., W. Va.")
www.wvculture.org /history/ms2003-180.html   (676 words)

  
 WHITE COAL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
White coal miner going to work and Negro woman taking home groceries.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.
Translations for "WHITE COAL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/WHITE+COAL   (161 words)

  
 Faults in the Lower White River coal field
Geologic Assessment of Coal in the Colorado Plateau
Only arcs contained within the Lower White River study area were selected out of the original data source.
Faults and contacts coverage was loaded into ArcView where only the faults contained within the Lower White River coal field were selected out and converted to a shapefile.
geo-nsdi.er.usgs.gov /metadata/professional-paper/1625/b/lwr/lwr_flt.html   (406 words)

  
 White coal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
White coal was used in England to smelt lead ore fromthe mid-sixteenth to the late seventeenth centuries.
It produces more heat than green wood but less than charcoal and thusprevents the lead evaporating.
They arefrequently found in the woods of South Yorkshire.
www.therfcc.org /white-coal-337062.html   (96 words)

  
 S   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
born 27 Aug 1873; lived at Bangor; farmer; white; nearest relative: Mrs.
born 11 Sep 1877; lived at Altoona; farmer; white; nearest relative: Mrs.
born 23 Jun 1881; lived at Altoona; farmer; white; nearest relative: Mrs.
home.hiwaay.net /~bobwonda/files/miscellaneous/wwi/s.htm   (7129 words)

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