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This list is a quirky collection of links I have encountered while searching
the web for genealogical and historical resources concerning coalmining
and coalminers. It is reflective of my personal interests and does not
pretend to be comprehensive or objective. I do not list sites which do
not have a genealogical or historical component.
General Sites
National Association of Mining History Organisations
History in Song: Songs from the Mines
Links from Industrial Archaeology This site also sells
Mining Videos
Hemisphere - Mining
and Exploration Reference Dictionary
IAEG Homepage
Souterrains
Mining History Network
.. Homepage
Mining History
Network.. wwwlinks
General State
of Industry - Coal-Mines and Iron-Works
Coal Miners of
the U.K. and the U.S.
Miners' Lamps Collector Page a
website for information on miner's lamps
Welsh Miner's Lamps
Dictionary
of Historic Mining Terms
Mining and Steel Industry in Europe
Africa
South Africa
Australia
Belgium
Canada
- Cambria Publishing ~ CoalDust Grins ~ Portraits of Canadian Miners
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Coal Association of Canada has coal information
for mostly current production and economics, but there is some material
on history of production.
Alberta
- Resources of Alberta
British Columbia
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The British Columbia
Archives has a number of sources and lots of material, including a
"death index".
- COAL MINERS MEMORIAL - (Michel, Natal and Sparwood)
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
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Geology and History of
Coal in Nova Scotia
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History of Coal
Mining in Nova Scotia
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The
Colliery Route (NS)
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Pit Pony the site associated
with the CBC movie about Nova Scotia mines.
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Westray Mine Disaster
Index the best site for Westray and the 26 miners.
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American
Coal Fields; The Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, and Other Coal Fields. (1858)
China
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China Coal Information Institute
France
- ...:::Mineur de Fond:::...
- Association de Sauvegarde des Chevalements Les Graves-Bayard
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THE LEWARDE HISTORICAL
MINING CENTRE
- The Gohelle
- Mineur de fond, les dernières mines de charbon en France
- Site de l'association Ste Barbe des Mines
- SALON INTERNATIONAL DE L'OBJET MINIER
Germany
- Die Zechen im Ruhrgebiet - Bergbau an Ruhr, Emscher und Lippe
- Pro-Bergbau - DIE Mailsammlung für die deutsche Steinkohle !
The Netherlands
- Coal Mining in the Netherlands_ Steenkolenwinning in Nederland
New Zealand
- Roa Mining Company Ltd
United Kingdom
- Mines Rescue UK
- Coalmining Research Services
- BRITISH MINING DATABASE
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Peak District Mines
Historical Society Ltd.
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Women
in the British Mines by Rev. T. M. Eddy (1854)
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COALMING RESOURCE CENTRE A Database of Mining Deaths in Great Britain
and Mining Disasters in Great Britain
- Landmark Publishing
England
- South Kirkby Colliery Disaster Documents
- Durham Mining Museum
(if this doesn't work, try HERE)
- Forest of Dean Coal Mining
- A Coal Mine Dad? Pitwork?
- Coal mining heritage
- Yorkshire Coal mining heritage
- A Local History and Mining Site for North Derbyshire
- A Miners Son - The North East Derbyshire Coal Mines
- Wet Earth Colliery at Clifton, Manchester
- Haig Colliery Mining Museum
- The Meadow Colliery, the history of mining in Coalbrookdale, Telford, Shropshire
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National Coal Mining Museum for England
- WHEATLEY HILL HISTORY
- Poynton Collieries: Introduction
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Seaham Colliery
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Woodhorn
Colliery Museum
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Nottinghamshire
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Coal
Mining and Railway History in North Eastern England
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County Durham Communities
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Beamish Museum,
Durham
- Bearpark (near Durham City)
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List
of the Victims of the Wood Pit Explosion Haydock, 1878
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Wakefield, Yorkshire information
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Collieries
in Northumberland and Durham
Scotland
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Lady Victoria
Colliery
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Grampian
Speleological Society Library - Mining Section
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Midlothian and Eastern Scotland
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Redding Pit
Disaster
Wales
- Welsh Coal Mines
- Gwent Coal Mines
- Bedwas Navigation Colliery, South Wales Coalfield
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A List of Mines
in Pembrokeshire and the adjoining parts of Carmarthen and Ceredigion.
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The South Wales Coal Field
Collection essentialy an archive of all of the information about coal
mining in Glamorgan and surrounding counties.
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A
Pitman's Wedding by James Wight
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A
Welsh Mining Feud by James Wight (1875)
United States
- Coal Miner Stamp Web Site
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Turn-of-the-Century
Coal Mining Machinery
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Pictoral
Essay on Coal Mining
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Index of /projects/Coal/
(Ohio State University)
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Mining USA
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Mine Safety and Health Administration
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AMONG
THE COAL Miners
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FDR - Address to Coal Miners
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Suzanne
Tallichet - Researcher of Female Coal Miners
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USGS Mapping Information:
GNIS Data Base Query Form
Alabama
Arkansas
- Coal Mining in Johnson County
California
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A
California Coal Mine by Charles S. Greene (1898)
- Tesla
Colorado
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Slaughter in Serene: the Columbine Coal Strike Reader
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Trinidad,
Colorado: Features - Coal Miners Memorial
Idaho
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Success
Mining Company (Idaho)
Illinois
-
Mining (Saline
County, Illinois)
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Welcome to the Coal Museum
Iowa
- Coalville, Iowa Homepage
Kentucky
-
Kentucky Coal Miners
- Women Coal Miners In The Mines of Southeastern Kentucky
- Coal Miners in Kentucky - Roger`s World
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Achievement of Coal
Miners Daughters & Sons (Kentucky)
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Coal Education Web Site (Kentucky)
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Kentucky Coal History
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Guide to Appalachian
Coal Hauling Railroads
Maryland
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Western Maryland Coalfields
Ohio (click state name for commercial genealogical resources)
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Ohio
Division of Mines and Reclamation
Pennsylvania (click state name for commercial genealogical resources)
- Virtual Museum of Coal Mining in Western Pennsylvania
- The Minersville Area Miners Memorial
- Green is the Valley, Blue are the Hills
- Colver, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
- PA
State Archives - Department of Mines and Mineral Industries
- Huber Breaker Preservation Society
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Slovenian Genealogy
Society: "Pennsylvania" - Trunk 1912 - Slovenia - translation
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Hazleton,
Pennsylvania
- McIntyre, PA - The Everyday Life of a Coal Mining Company Town: 1910-1947
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Schuylkill Canal
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CoalSpeak: Dictionary of
the Coal Region
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New Deal Network Library
(Mine War in PA)
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The Great "Bootleg"
Coal Industry
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THE
OVERTHROW OF THE MOLLY MAGUIRES
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Patch/Work Voices Coal and Coke
Heritage Project (PennState)
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Coal
Mining in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
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Papers of Joan Schrock
Phillipi
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George Korson Collection
(Field Recordings of the music of American coal miners)
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Tales of the
Mine Country
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The Coalcracker
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Forest City
Miner's Memorial
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ANTHRACITE
COAL MINES AND MINING
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The
Life and Work of Coal Miners
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Lattimer Massacre
Centennial Commemoration
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Men
and Things Underground; or, A Visit to the Coal Mines of Carbondale
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In
the Coal Regions of the Schuylkill
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Punxsutawney History
- WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA COALFIELDS
Tennessee
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Dunlap TN Historic Coke Ovens
Park
Utah
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Mining Subject
Index -- Photograph Archives, Univ. Utah
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Coal
Mining in Utah
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Winter Quarters Mine
Disaster (Utah)
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Castle Gate
Explosion Victims
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Mine Accident Victims Lists (UTAH)
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Underground
accidents...Carbon Co., Utah
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Scofield Mine
Disaster Collection, Univ. of Utah
Virginia
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POCAHONTAS EXHIBITION COAL
MINE &MUSEUM
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David B. Robinson,
CPA Coal Mining in Chesterfield, VA
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Dante, Virginia History
West Virginia
- Appalachian Power (Oral History)
- Coal Camp Memories of Helen, WV
- West Virginia Coal Mining
- Growing Up in a West Virginia Coal Camp
- SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA COALFIELDS
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Bramwell:
Village of Millionaires (WV)
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Fatalities in
West Virginia Coal Mines 1883-1925
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The Cliftonville Riot (West
Virginia)
Coal Mining Books Available from ECampus.com
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The History of the British Coal Industry: Before 1700 : Towards the Age of Coal

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The History of the British Coal Industry: 1830-1913 : Victorian Pre-Eminence

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History of the British Coal Industry, 1913-1946: The Political Economy of Decline

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History of the British Coal Industry 1946-1982: The Nationalized Industry

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Competition in the Midwestern Coal Industry

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Beyond Nationalization: The Labor Problems of British Coal

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Coal Models and Their Use in Government Planning

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Conflict and Accommodation: Coal Miners, Steel Workers, and Socialism, 1890-1920

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Coal Hole Mystery:

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The Coal King's Slaves: A Coal Miner's Story : A Historical Novel

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The Coal Industry of the Former USSR: Coal Supply System and Industry Development

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Soft Coal, Hard Choices: The Economic Welfare of Bituminous Coal Miners, 1890-1930

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The Buffalo Creek Disaster: How the Survivors of One of the Worst Disasters in Coal-Mining History Brought Suit Against the Coal Company--And Won

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Coal

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Coal and the State

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Coal Is Our Life

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The Kingdom of Coal : Work, Enterprise & Ethnic Communities in the Mine Fields

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Coal Mine: Work in the Mine

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Managing Industrial Decline : The British Coal Industry Between the Wars

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Dictionary of Coal Chemistry/Petrochemistry

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Daughter of the Hills : A Woman's Part in the Coal Miners' Struggle

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Economic Redevelopment in Bituminous Coal: The Special Case of Technological Advance in United..

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Appalachian Coal Mines & Railroads

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Black Days, Black Dust: The Memories of an African American Coal Miner

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Southern Illinois Coal : A Portfolio

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Coal

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Coal, Capital, and Culture: A Sociological Analysis of Mining Communities in West Yorkshire

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The German Tradition of Organized Capitalism : Self-Government in the Coal Industry

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Women of Coal

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Coal Miners' Wives: Portraits of Endurance

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Coal in Appalachia: An Economic Analysis

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The Economics of Kentucky Coal

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Growing Up in Coal Country

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Chinese Coal Industry - An Economic History

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Dear Mr. President: Theodore Roosevelt Letters from a Young Coal Miner

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Coal Town : The Life and Times of Dawson, New Mexico

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Independent Collier: The Coal Miner As Archetypal Proletarian Reconsidered

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