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Definition of Coalfields
1. coalfield [n] - See also: coalfield
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coalfields
Literary usage of Coalfields
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Coal in the Energy Supply of India by IEA Coal Industry Advisory Board (2002)
"Coal India Ltd is a holding company with seven coal-producing subsidiaries in
several states: • Bharat Coking Coal Ltd. (Bihar) • Central coalfields Ltd. ..."
2. Transactions of the Manchester Geological Society by Manchester Geological Society (1895)
"The area covered by the coalfields. 3. The amount of available Coal. 4. ...
The accessibility of the coalfields. 0. The classification of the Coal-bearing ..."
3. Journal by Chartered Insurance Institute (1893)
"The coalfields of Montana.—The coalfields of the Sweet Grass Hills and of the
Flathead Valley, in the north-west of Montana, are described by Mr. "WH Weed. ..."
4. Retrospective Reviews: A Literary Log by Richard Le Gallienne (1896)
"While our minds have just been turned to the grimmer aspect of labour in the
northern coalfields, it is well to have Mr. Skipsey to remind us that if ..."
5. A Rudimentary Treatise on Coal and Coal Mining by Warington Wilkinson Smyth (1900)
"DURATION OF THE BRITISH coalfields. THE astonishing increase in the consumption
of coal within the last half-century has kept pace with the advancement of ..."
6. The Geology of Coal and Coal-mining by Walcot Gibson (1908)
"CHAPTER XII coalfields OF GREAT BRITAIN—NORTHERN PROVINCE, INCLUDING IRELAND ON
crossing the Wharfe anticline, the Lower Carboniferous rocks to the north ..."
7. The Romance of Mining: Containing Interesting Descriptions of the Methods of by Archibald Williams (1905)
"... formation—The distribution of coal—Some figures—The coalfields of South Wales—Of
the Midlands—Of the Northern Counties—Of Scotland—Statistics—France and ..."
8. The Principles and Practice of Coal Mining by James Tonge (1906)
"coalfields. Formation of coalfields.—It is a well-known feature of the British
coalfields, and of the European coalfields generally, that they rest ..."