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coal field

American  

noun

  1. an area containing significant coal deposits.


Etymology

Origin of coal field

First recorded in 1805–15

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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

Meanwhile, under the pressure of the New Deal and public opinion, the entire Colorado coal field had been unionized.

From Time Magazine Archive

Within that wedge lies the great eastern bituminous coal field.

From Time Magazine Archive

For this the great coal field of Pennsylvania will afford the earliest facilities.

From The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) by Various

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