This collection uses primary sources to explore coal mining and labor in West Virginia.

A look into the coal mining industry in the Gilded Age through maps, timelines, images, and primary source documents.

A brief history of coal mining in Indiana.

The first coal mine was opened in Cape Breton in 1720. Read about the long history of coal mining there, mining techniques, how coal is formed, the industry's impact on immigration, coal miners' unionization, etc. There is a detailed...

Chapter 7 of a report on the energy industry in Texas. It looks at coal, its history, its uses, its economic impact in Texas, consumption, mining, and the transportation of coal. The process of generating electricity from coal is...

Comprehensive overview of why coal is a major source of energy in the United States. Find out what coal is, what it is used for, how it is mined, where coal reserves are located, and how it is converted into electricity.

This collection uses primary sources to explore twentieth-century mining in the Mojave Desert.

As a regulatory agency, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) provides safety information to coal miners.

A map of British Columbia that shows the locations of all the coal and metal mining operation in British Columbia in 2008. Each coal and mining operation is linked to a secondary web page that provides detailed information on the various...

Site from the Mine Safety and Health Administration that aims at teaching children about mining, prospecting, mine safety, and what the human body needs from natural resources.

Sixty-five men and boys died in the 1917 mining disaster at New Waterford in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. This collection of first-hand accounts has several interviews, news articles and documentation from the subsequent inquest. Reading...

Using a variety of learning activities and related materials, students will discover where coal is mined and the different ways it is transported to power plants or steel mills where it is used. Students will then map out their own...

Describes how coal is formed using a chart and great pictures.

A heartbreaking account of child labor in the coal mines at the turn of the century - 1904. Click on the article title in the table of contents to read this account published in 1904 by Peter Roberts.

Fifteen short experiments which test acid mine damage to the streams, rivers, and creek ecosystems surrounding it.

A resource page on coal. Learn what coal is, what it is used for, its sources, how it is mined, and advantages and disadvantages.

Excellent site devoted to the coal camps of southwestern Virginia. Great pictures, historic text, and personal narratives make this a wonderful resource for information on mining communities.

A virtual exhibition on the history of steam power, with animated images of the first steam engines. Covers the history of coal mining and engine building by millwrights and engineers, and gives biographical information about early...

This one-page summary provides many facts about the history and origin of coal in providing humans with heat and energy.

Sound recordings, photographs, manuscripts, and interactive maps describe a way of life in the mountains of West Virginia. The culture of the folks in the Big Coal River Valley as well as the environment of the Valley are explored.

Coal mining regions of the United States.

A very detailed lesson plan that stretches over nine lessons that develop the young scholars' understanding of why the Ludlow Massacre occurred and the ramifications of it. [pdf]

A brief history of coal in the state of Kentucky including explanations of scrip tokens and scatter tags.

The USGS offers maps of the locations of mines and mineral processing plants. You can find the sources for everything from aluminum to zircon!