coal field
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of coal field
First recorded in 1805–15
Example Sentences
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The area includes an abandoned coal field where two underground fires, fueled by coal deposits, have slowly burned over the years.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 8, 2023
Long an outspoken opponent of the nonunion policy of the Colorado coal field, she got ready to fight it.
From Time Magazine Archive
The meeting room upstairs at the Ollerton colliery welfare building in the Nottingham-Midlands coal field looked like a converted high school gymnasium.
From Time Magazine Archive
Among other things, it bought a small coal field for the purpose, according to Kennecott, of assuring its own fuel supplies.
From Time Magazine Archive
Diversity of mining conditions in the various sections of the Illinois coal field and the inability of the operators to equalize competitive costs without the help of the miners were responsible for these secessions.
From The Coming of Coal by Bruere, Robert W.
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