Coal Mining
by Collette
Coal mining is one of the older
industries in America, and the United States has numerous areas where coal can
be mined. Before the Industrial Revolution, pieces of coal were picked up on
the surface and used as a longer burning heat source compared to wood. As mechanization
developed, transportation systems improved, and the steel industry exploded,
coal became the source of heat these industries required. Coal was just one of
the natural resources discovered and developed that moved the country into the Gilded
Age and made America an industrial giant.
Sources abound for information about the
kinds of coal, the methods of mining, equipment used for extraction, uses for
the different kinds of coal, reclamation of land destroyed by the companies and
regions with coal deposits. The following would be useful to glean more
information.
www.kgs.ku.edu/Extension/cherokee/coalmining.html
www.factbites.com/topics/History-of-coal-mining
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