coalfield

Frequency: 6.57.3 per million words

An area of land where coal is found and mined. Usually used as one word: coalfield.

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  • The South Wales coalfield was the heart of the British industrial revolution.
  • This map clearly shows the extent of the largest coalfield in the state.
  • Depletion of the main coalfield led to severe economic hardship in the region.
  • Efforts are underway to reforest the land of the abandoned coalfield.
  • The museum is dedicated to the lives of miners who worked in the local coalfield.
  • Many of the country's northern coalfields were closed down in the 1980s.
  • Geologists are assessing the viability of a newly discovered deep-seam coalfield.
  • The development of the new coalfield is expected to create thousands of jobs.
  • The town originally grew up around a rich coalfield discovered in the 19th century.
  • The report analyzes the geological structure of the Bowen Basin coalfield.