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Beckley
(Encyclopedia)Beckley, city (2020 pop. 17,286), seat of Raleigh co., S W.Va.; inc. 1927. Beckley's major industries include tourism, agriculture (livestock, cotton, g...Longyearbyen
(Encyclopedia)Longyearbyen lôngˈyērbüˌən [key], town and administrative center of Svalbard, on Isfjorden, Spitsbergen island. It was founded (1905) as a coal-mining settlement by an American company and named...Louvière, La
(Encyclopedia)Louvière, La lä lo͞ovyârˈ [key], commune (1991 pop. 76,432), Hainaut prov., S Belgium. It was an industrial center of the Bassin du Centre coal-mining region but has changed its economic focus si...Mülheim an der Ruhr
(Encyclopedia)Mülheim an der Ruhr mülˈhīm än dĕr ro͞or [key] or Mülheim, city (1994 pop. 177,175), North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany, on the Ruhr River. It is an industrial center of the Ruhr district and...Kladno
(Encyclopedia)Kladno klädˈnô [key], city (1991 pop. 71,753), NW Czech Republic, in Bohemia. An industrial center of the Kladno coal-mining region, it has large iron and steel plants, and manufactures machinery a...soot
(Encyclopedia)soot, black or dull brown deposit of fine powder resulting from incomplete combustion of fuel of high carbon content, e.g., coal, wood, and oil. It consists chiefly of amorphous carbon and tarry subst...Siemianowice Śląskie
(Encyclopedia)Siemianowice Śląskie shĕmyänôvēˈtsĕ shläNˈskyĕ [key], city (1991 est. pop. 80,600), Śląskie prov., S Poland. A center of the Katowice mining and industrial region, it has ironworks and st...Anzhero-Sudzhensk
(Encyclopedia)Anzhero-Sudzhensk ənzhĕˌrə–so͞oˈjĕnsk [key], city (1989 pop. 108,000), SW Siberian Russia, on the Trans-Siberian RR. One of the oldest and largest coal-mining centers of the Kuznetsk Basin, t...Baer, George Frederick
(Encyclopedia)Baer, George Frederick bâr [key], 1842–1914, American financier, b. Somerset co., Pa. Baer became legal adviser to J. Pierpont Morgan and held many posts as a key figure in the railroad-and-coal em...Newcastle, city, Australia
(Encyclopedia)Newcastle, city (2016 pop. 155,411), New South Wales, SE Australia, on the Pacific Ocean. It is the center of one of the country's largest coal-mining areas and is a large port. Coal, wool, iron and s...Browse by Subject
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