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The mine was named after Baron Hatherton, who had assumed the surname Littleton in 1812. The first workings at the mine, however, were conducted by the Cannock and Huntingdon Colliery Company in 1877. Upon sinking the first "No. 1" shaft, they encountered water at a depth of 438 ft (133 metres) and the shaft became flooded. [1]
By 1890, the coalfield was producing 3 million tons of coal per year, [2] and by 1933 this had risen to over 5 million tons. [ 3 ] The last working coal mine beneath Cannock Chase, Littleton Colliery , was situated in the village of Huntington, Staffordshire on the A34 and closed on 3 December 1993. [ 1 ]
Colorado is the eleventh largest coal-producing state in the country. In 2014, Colorado mines produced 21.8 million metric tons (24.0 million short tons) of coal, and employed 2,069 miners. But in 2022, Colorado mines produced about 12.7 million metric tons of coal. [7] Most Colorado coal is used for electric power generation.
Bootstrap Brewing Company [12] – Longmont; Boulder Beer Company – Boulder; Breckenridge Brewery – Littleton; acquired by Anheuser-Busch in 2015 [13] Brewability – Englewood; Call to Arms Brewing Company, Denver [14] Camber Brewing Company – Fraser; Cannonball Creek Brewing Company [15] – Golden; Collision Brewing Company [16 ...
The Banner mine disaster of April 8, 1911 near Littleton, Alabama was a coal mine explosion that killed 128 people. The event ranks among the 15 deadliest coal mine disasters in U.S. history. [1] The exact cause of the early-morning blast is unknown.
The first deep mine in the parish of High Littleton was Mearns Coalworks which began in 1783. [57] The Greyfield Coal Company did not start until 1833 and expanded after the opening of the Bristol and North Somerset Railway in 1847. [58] Greyfield Colliery closed in 1911, [59] and the railway in 1964. [60]
R. W. Miller was founded in 1923 as a colliery proprietor and coal dealer. [2] It became involved in the coastal coal-carrying trade of New South Wales to convey coal between Newcastle and Sydney. [3] [4] [5] R. W. Miller owned many coal mines in the Hunter Valley. In 1942, a brewery was purchased in Petersham.
Kay Moor, also known as Kaymoor, is the site of an abandoned coal mine, coal-processing plant, and coal town near Fayetteville, West Virginia. The town site is located in the New River Gorge at Kaymoor Bottom ( 38°03′00″N 81°03′17″W / 38.05000°N 81.05472°W / 38.05000; -81.05472 ( Kaymoor Bottom