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  • Coal Mining History Resource Centre - Database of UK mining deaths and injuries, 1842 Royal Commission Reports, Children in the Mines much more
  • Apedale Heritage Centre - A heritage centre in staffordshire. Dedicated to our industrial past, preserved for the future. Mine visits now open.
  • Mineral Information Institute - Excellent resource for classroom ready materials for teachers. All coal and mineral related - how minerals are used to support our lives. Excellent list of reclamation success stories.
  • Nicholas County Schools - http://www.AppalachianPower.com, a site devoted to understanding Appalachian culture and values and passing on the heritage to the students of today. The site has numerous first-person interviews with the Scots-Irish settlers and other immigrants who have struggled through coal mine tragedies, union wars, floods, and industrialization and de-industrialization to help form the modern Appalachia. It has prescriptions for reform, celebrations of things that are worth preserving in the modern world, and paints a unique portrait of mountain people in their own words.
  • Coal Virtual Library - These pages provide a comprehensive listing of all on-line coal and coal-related resources. (3/31/01)
  • Welcome To The Gallery of Harrison County, Ohio Memorial & history website for past stripping shovels (The Mountaineer and The Gem of Egypt, later called the GEM) and The Silver Spade "Ohio's only surviving stripping shovel". Also, includes information about the Annual Stumptown Steam Threshers Show and other sites of interest. (3/31/01)
  • Big Muskie - Byesville Community Development Corp. Memorial website to Big Muskie the world largest walking dragline ever built. (3/31/01)
  • Historical Construction Equipment Association-Ohio Valley Chapter and The Harrison Coal & Reclamation Park. This site along with www.stripmine.org are great sources for information about the Harrison Coal & Reclamation Park and the Silver Spade preservation effort. (3/31/01)
  • Home page for the Historical Construction Equipment Association (HCEA), a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving for public education the history of all types of construction, surface mining and dredging equipment. Founded in 1986, we have 4,300 members worldwide. We operate the National Construction Equipment Museum and an extensive Archives of construction, surface mining and dredging equipment industry at its headquarters in Bowling Green, Ohio.
  • Big Brutus, a non-profit Kansas corporation dedicated to the mining heritage of Southeast Kansas. (3/31/01)
  • Tour - Ed Coal Mine Museum - An Unforgettable Educational Experience, Just Minutes from Downtown Pittsburgh! (03/31/01)
  • Jason & Lisa's Big Muskie Site A memorial website to Big Muskie the worlds largest dragline ever built. (03/31/01)
  • Coal Education  - (02/07/01)
  • Mine Rescues UK - Great historical site on UK Mine Rescue. (6/15/00)
  • State Mine Heritage Park Lithgow - Mining Museum in New South Wales, Australia (03/13/00)
  • Kentucky Coal Mining Museum
  • History of WV Mineral Industries
  • The Era of King Coal Web, by New River Net, very good historical information.
  • Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine
  • Pocahontas Exhibition Coal Mine
  • The Coal Cracker, This website pays tribute to anthracite coal miners and allows coalcrackers everywhere to share their thoughts and stories.  Interesting reading.....
  • Mine Country, Great historical site on anthracite coal mining.
  • The National Coal Museum in West Frankfort, IL
  • Museum of Science and Industry's Old Ben No. 17 Tour - This is a great educational site.
  • Mine Rescue - A Tribute to the pioneering heroes of Mines Rescue in the U.K. - (3/13/99)
  • Great Britain Coal Mining Historical Resource Centre - Great Britain Historical Site - Nice site from our friends in Great Britain (7/24/1999)
  • Red Jacket Coals - Historical site - Very Good!!!  (3/24/99)
  • Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine and Steam Train: Anthracite Coal Mine Tour - A coal mine to tour in Pennsylvania. (11/06/99)
  • Seldom Seen Valley Coal Mine - An unforgettable underground experience! Great tourist site. (11/06/99)
  • Women in Mining - Women In Mining is dedicated to educating students, teachers and the general public about the importance of minerals. (3/12/99)
  • Haig Colliery Mining Museum - A Mining Museum in the United Kingdom. Worth a visit ! (01/13/00)

 

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