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...of three mining disasters in Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada (1891, 1956, 1958)}} ...Scotia]]. In the 1891 accident, 125 died; in 1956, 39 were killed; and in 1958, 75 miners were killed. ...

'''Agecroft Colliery''' was a [[Coal mining|coal mine]] on the [[Manchester Coalfield]] that opened in 1844 in the Agec ...s & Sons Ltd.|url=http://www.dmm.org.uk/company/k1001.htm|publisher=Durham Mining Museum |accessdate=2011-01-26}}</ref> ...

All the tracks are [[Traditional]] except "[[Springhill Mining Disaster#Aftermath and representations in popular culture|Springhill Mine D ...} which was written by [[Ewan MacColl]] and [[Peggy Seeger]] following the 1958 disaster and "[[The Wind That Shakes the Barley]]" which was written by [[R ...

...y (Turicska) and Ábelová (Ábelfalva) were partially damaged during several disasters.}} Mikoviny was possibly born in Turicska or Ábelfalva, in 1686 or 1700.{{s ...wrote his records in Turicska in [[Slovak language|Slovak]].{{sfn|Purgina|1958|p=12}} Mikoviny declared himself in more of his maps and works as "nobilis ...

{{Short description|Cataloging of environmental disasters}} This article is a '''list of environmental disasters'''. In this context it is an annotated list of specific events caused by hu ...

...area by the early 1970s. The community is famous for both the [[Springhill Mining Disaster]] and being the childhood home of international recording star [[A ==Coal mining history and legacy== ...

...ise of the loom.<ref name=Lloyd1967/> The same trends were soon evident in mining and eventually steel, shipbuilding, rail working and other industries. As o ...upational songs and industrial protest songs, which included narratives of disasters (particularly among miners), laments for conditions, as well as overtly pol ...

...public inquiry]] to look into what caused one of Canada's deadliest mining disasters, and published its findings in late 1997. The report stated that the mine w ...e in the 1970s, [[Pictou County, Nova Scotia|Pictou County]]'s hopes for a mining renaissance were revived with the announcement of a proposed mine in the re ...

...upplied beef to Union Pacific Railroad construction crews, army posts, and mining towns, and was one of the wealthiest men in Colorado when he died in 1878.< ==== Natural disasters ==== ...

{{For|a list organized by the number of fatalities|List of disasters in Canada by death toll}} This '''list of disasters in Canada''' includes major [[disaster]]s (arranged by date), either [[Man ...

...[[walking]] area, and has been the site of mining activity, [[aeroplane]] disasters and a [[murder]]. ...a two feet high wall which surrounded a raised area in the middle. In July 1958, a group from the [[University of Manchester]] excavated the central mound ...

...is a village in [[County Durham]], England, known for a history of [[coal mining]]. It is situated to the north of [[Horden]], a short distance to the east Due to Easington Colliery's pit closure in 1993, the film's mining scenes were filmed at the [[Ellington, Northumberland|Ellington]] and [[Lyn ...

However the USSR did not immediately follow the U.S. lead in 1958 in establishing a program. Presumably, their position in support of a compr * 2 explosions to crush [[ore]] in [[open-pit mining|open-pit mine]]s ...

* '''[[1958 in Wales]]''' - Last execution in Wales * '''[[1934 in Wales]]''' - 265 miners are killed in the Gresford mining accident ...

Coal mining brought many eastern European immigrants to the village, including [[Rusyns ...status= usurped |archive-date= October 5, 2018 |title=Illinois Coal & Coal Mining History & Genealogy}}</ref> It was opened and operated by the [[Union Coll ...

...rtle Mountain's formation left it in a constant state of instability. Coal mining operations may have weakened the mountain's internal structure, as did a we Though the GSC concluded that mining activities contributed to the slide, the facility's owners disagreed. Their ...

...r because of the [[Bridge River Power Project|power project]] completed in 1958). Because of agriculture and [[Placer mining|placer]] activity, all signs of pre-Contact St'at'imc settlement on the Por ...

...a miner in its oldest known image on a document from 1287. In addition to mining the town's economic growth was aided by its location on a trade route and t ...title]] (ownership) to the town together with neighbouring villages and [[Mining|mines]] from the Dukes of Krnov in 1506 and established the Bruntál estate. ...

{{short description|Accident occurring during the process of mining minerals}} ...ease make this article a table instead. -->{{broader|List of accidents and disasters by death toll}} ...

The local economy was once based on coal-mining and other heavy industries; with their disappearance or substantial decline |quote=Although the local economy was historically based on coal mining and other heavy industries, most of these industries have disappeared and t ...