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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

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

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

Had someone an interest in defending the new coal field against any attempt at working it?

From The Underground City, or, the Child of the Cavern by Jules Verne

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