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Coal mine   /koʊl maɪn/   Listen
Coal mine

noun
1.
A mine where coal is dug from the ground.  Synonym: coalpit.






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"Coal mine" Quotes from Famous Books



... news had spread. From the base of Graveyard Butte, Jake Hainsley, the superintendent of the coal mine, who dearly loved a fight, came running with a rifle in his hand. "I've got forty men myself," he cried, "and I've Winchesters for every mother's son of 'em, and if you need help you just let me know and we'll back you ...
— Roosevelt in the Bad Lands • Hermann Hagedorn

... orchards are the most numerous. Grapes also are grown extensively. Gold, silver, copper, iron and coal are found in many parts of the country. It is interesting to know that a Belgian company has perhaps the largest anthracite coal mine in Servia. Also, there are three and one-half million acres of forests in ...
— Birdseye Views of Far Lands • James T. Nichols

... hearers and of the momentous importance of the step he was taking, gave an additional solemnity to his eloquence. His rude auditors were electrified. They stood for a time in rapt and motionless attention. Soon tears might be seen forming white gutters down cheeks blackened from the coal mine. Then sobs and groans told how hard hearts were melting at his words. A fire was kindled among the outcasts of Kingswood which burnt long and fiercely, and was destined in a few years ...
— Introduction to the Science of Sociology • Robert E. Park

... seen Lover's Leap coal mine, or Bridal Veil coal mine, or Sleeping Giant iron mine, or Devil's Garden coke furnaces! They're putting up smelting works right opposite the steamboat landing! You say you're going South—just stop over a day in Suez. It'll pay you! You could ...
— John March, Southerner • George W. Cable



Words linked to "Coal mine" :   pit, mine, colliery, coalpit



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