In June and July of 2021, cave-ins at two Coahuila mines claimed the lives of nine miners. Mexico's worst mining accident also occurred in Coahuila on Feb. 19, 2006, when an explosion ripped through the Pasta de Conchos mine while 73 miners were inside.
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A central Montana coal mine must pay a $1 million fine for violating environmental and employee safety regulations by failing to report worker injuries and improperly disposing of mine waste, …
HOLLSOPPLE, Pa. (AP) — A mining company employee was crushed to death in an accident involving a shuttle car in a western Pennsylvania mine, authorities said. LCT Energy said in a statement …
Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine choose the best free family history websites to research the history of coal-mining in Britain.
—April 5, 2010: A massive explosion ripped through the underground corridors at the Upper Big Branch mine, killing 29 men in the worst U.S. coal mining disaster in 40 years. —April 25, 2010: In a eulogy, a somber President Barack Obama told the families of the workers that the nation would honor their memories by improving …
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two miners were killed when a cable snapped on the bucket used to lower them into a small, primitive coal mine that was operating illegally …
Today's post is by John LeGloahec, Archivist in the Electronic Records Division at the National Archives in College Park, MD. "Mine America's Coal" (National Archives Identifier 515013). Tomorrow, Friday March 16, the exhibit "Power & Light: Russel Lee's Coal Survey" opens at the National Archives Building in Washington DC. It …
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association plans to close two of its coal-fired power plants and a coal mine in Colorado and New Mexico. Menu. Menu. World. U.S. Election 2024. Politics. Sports. Entertainment. Business. Science. …
Quick Facts. 110 records of coal leases on public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management.; 14 authorized coal leases; 1 cancelled coal leases; 65,715 authorized coal acres; 95 closed coal leases
One hundred years ago today, on October 22, 1913, a massive coal mine explosion occurred in Dawson, New Mexico at the Stag Canyon Fuel Company's Mine No. 2. Today's "Tombstone Tuesday" pays tribute to some of the immigrant miners who perished on that horrific day.
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Records relating to health and safety, including microfilm copy of employment and accident schedules for coal mines, 1930-35 (89 rolls); for metal mines, 1915-35 (90 …
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday struck down a moratorium on coal leasing from federal lands in a move that could open the door to future coal sales from vast, publicly …
New Mexico could soon have money to build an inventory of exactly how many coal mines were abandoned in the state before 1977. The Interior Department announced earlier this month that the state can now apply for $2.4 million as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed by Congress in 2021, a key element of President …
2 of 12 | . This Sept. 20, 2022 image shows the San Juan Generating Station behind a chain link fence near Waterflow, New Mexico. The closure of the coal-fired power plant and the adjacent mine is resulting in the loss of hundreds of jobs and tens of millions of dollars in tax revenue for a local school district that serves mostly Native American …
This Sept. 20, 2022 image shows the San Juan Generating Station behind a chain-link fence near Waterflow, New Mexico. The closure of the coal-fired power plant and the adjacent coal mine resulted in the loss of hundreds of jobs and tens of millions of dollars in tax revenue for a local school district that serves mostly Native American …
AMASRA, Turkey (AP) — Funerals for miners killed in a coal mine explosion in northern Turkey began Saturday as officials raised the death toll to at least 41 people. Desperate relatives had waited all …
In the first quarter of 2024, the workforce in Coal Mining it was of 14k people, 98.9% men with a reported average monthly salary of $12.7k MX and 1.06% women with a salary of …
PIKEVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A coal dust examiner who worked for a Kentucky mining company has been sentenced to six months in prison for falsifying dust samples and lying to federal officials.
From the Collection: The Albuquerque and Cerrillos Coal Company collection consists of general records associated with the operation of the company and the town of Madrid, N.M. The records span the entire duration of operation of the coal mines between 1880 and 1961, but are comprised primarily of records generated between 1924 and 1945.
Hopes have faded of rescuing 10 men trapped by a flood in a Mexican coal mine this month. But evidence is mounting that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador intentionally revived a form of coal mining so dangerous and primitive that lawmakers in both houses of Mexico's Congress had tried to ban it
Relatives of miners who are trapped in a collapsed and flooded coal mine wait for information outside the mine in Sabinas in …
South Africa's coal mining industry employed nearly 91,000 people as of 2022. In total, coal mining personnel earned some 31.7 million rand that year.
Coal Mining History of New Mexico Devlon Shaver Dept. of Mineral Engineering, New Mexico Tech. [email protected]. From bizjournals. 1. ... • In 2021, the total estimated employment by coal mines was about 837 people, not including support personnel. • Beginning in the late 19th century, it was common
Published 4:09 PM PDT, May 25, 2023. MEXICO CITY (AP) — The owner of a northern Mexico coal mine where 10 miners died last year has been arrested, the Attorney …
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday struck down a moratorium on coal leasing from federal lands in a move that could open the door to future coal sales from vast, publicly owned reserves of the fuel that's a major source of climate-changing greenhouse gases.. The ruling from a three-judge panel of the 9th …
We hold the main historical records of coal mining in Scotland - the records of the National Coal Board which include the records of earlier coal companies This guide covers these records and references to mining in other record series. ... restrictions on the export of coal and regulations relating to the employment of miners. The published ...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities announced Wednesday that they found the remains of some of the 63 miners who were trapped 18 years ago in a coal mine in northern Mexico. The accident occurred at the Pasta de Conchos mine in the state of Coahuila, which borders Texas, on Feb. 19, 2006.
Lehigh Coal Navigation Company Employment Records. National Canal Museum, Easton, Pennsylvania. About Pennsylvania, U.S., Coal Employment Records, 1900-1954. The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company (LCNC) was formed in 1820 by a merger of the Lehigh Coal Company and the Lehigh Navigation Company. Both had been founded in …
The records span the entire duration of operation of the coal mines between 1880 and 1961, but are comprised primarily of records generated between 1924 and 1945. ... in this collection are financial in nature and are associated with the day to day business operations at the Madrid coal mines. Other records include employee and workman's ...
FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — The coal-powered Four Corners Generation Station in New Mexico will limit its operations starting in 2023, the station's owners announced on Friday. The plant's five co-owners agreed to shut down one of the facility's two generators for seven months each year beginning in the fall of 2023.
Relatives of miners who are trapped in a collapsed and flooded coal mine wait for information outside the mine in Sabinas in Mexico's Coahuila state, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. The collapse occurred on 10 miners after they breached a neighboring area filled with water on Wednesday, officials said. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Monroy)
CRAIG, Colorado (AP) — In a quiet valley tucked away from Colorado's bustling ski resorts, far from his hometown in northern Mexico, Trinidad Loya found a way to support his family's American dream: Coal.
Efforts continued this weekend to rescue ten miners trapped underground in the El Pinabete coal mine, 70 miles southwest of Eagle Pass in Sabinas, Coahuila in …
The State Coal Mine operated as a state-owned black coal mine and employed persons in Wonthaggi, Victoria, Australia from 1909 to 1969. Over the life of the mine, the town of Wonthaggi grew from a make- shift tent town to a thriving town, while the mine produced nearly 17 million tonnes of coal and expanded to nearly 5,000 kilometers of tunnels.
The disaster highlighted the dangers workers endure at small, unregulated mines in Mexico's coal heartland where people like Briones are hired informally and paid in cash to extract coal...
Ten men were trapped by a flood in a Mexican coal mine this month, once again calling attention to dangerous conditions at small mines.
