coal mines
- plural of coal mine.
Example Sentences
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The coal-mines of Coventry and of Newcastle had adopted this method of drainage; and the tin and the copper mines of Cornwall had been deepened, using, for drainage, engines of the largest size.
From A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine by Thurston, Robert H.
It is the seat of large and varied manufacturing industries, especially in iron, copper, and zinc, and has coal-mines.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various
While she had danced and flirted in the ball-rooms of Rome, he had laboured in the docks, gone down the black shafts of the coal-mines.
From The Later Life by Couperus, Louis
Gold-dredging is a rich industry, and the coal-mines have attendant industries in coke, bricks and fire-clay.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various
In coal-mines frequently similar streams of gas issue from the coal; these are called “blowers,” and when they are of somewhat regular occurrence are sometimes conducted away in pipes and used for underground lighting.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
