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Definition of Coal seam
1. Noun. A seam of coal.
Definition of Coal seam
1. Noun. (geology) A stratum of coal between strata of other rocks. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coal Seam
Literary usage of Coal seam
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions by Ohio State Dental Society, American Ethnological Society, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers (1854)
"At 64 fathoms is the Low Main coal seam as follows:— Ft. ID. Splint 0 3 Coal 5
1 Slatey Coal or Badger 0 7 At Cowpen Colliery (in the Bishop of Durham's ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1877)
"2" Coal (seam No. 18), No. 201. 1 " 6} " Sandstone, Nos. 200 and 199. 3" Coal (Seam
No. ... 1" Coal (seam No. 11), No. 181. 4 " 0 Sandstone, No 180. ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"A coal seam with a soft pavement arid a hard roof is the most subject to a ••
creep." Tho first indication is a dull hollow sound heard when treating on the ..."
4. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1911)
"SYSTEMATIC exploitation in the Pittsburg coal-seam on a large •scale is simple
where the boundaries of the property do not interfere by forcing drainage-, ..."
5. The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States by Henry Gannett (1905)
"A short distance farther up the canyon, and 60 feet above tide, a 20-inch coal
seam causes another cascade. From this seam to the top of the bluff the ..."
6. Report on the Warrior Coal Basin by Henry McCalley (1900)
"T. 14, R. 3 W, Jagger coal seam In 45, 46, 47 T. 14, R. 3 W, ... Newcastle Coal
Seam in 123 T. 15, R. 2 W., Ream coal seam in 69 T. 15, R. 3 W., ..."
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