The mining and railroad industries set ... to new fuels can be messy and fractious. “A lot of coal companies went bankrupt in the 19th century; it was an incredibly disorganized industry ...

Donald Trump’s new executive orders aimed at reviving the coal industry are a return to 19th century thinking and ... “Ohio is still a hub for coal mining. We have more than 4% of the nation ...

Mining began in earnest in the 1600s ... going on to power industry. In the early 19th century, a British engineer invented the coal-fired locomotive, speeding commerce across the country and ...

The four sites of the property form a strip 170 km long by 3–15 km wide, crossing Belgium from east to west, consisting of the best-preserved 19th- and 20th-century coal-mining sites of the country.