#coal mine

[semioticapocalypse]

Chris Killip. Terraced house and coal mine. Castleford, Yorkshire. 1976

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[germanpostwarmodern]

Conversion of the Bonifacius Coal Mine (1940) in Essen, Germany, by Fritz Schupp. Photo by Albert Renger-Patzsch.

[kropotkindersurprise]

January 10/11/12, 2023 - Tens of thousands of activists have gathered in the town of Lützerath, Germany, to stop a gigantic open pit coal mine from destroying the town and the environment around it.

They came there in support of a much smaller dedicated group of environmentalists who have occupied and blockaded the doomed town and the surrounding forest since 2020 and were starting to be removed by police. Activists clashed with thousands of riot cops who violently attacked the blockades and protesters. [video]/[video]

[supplyside]

Nazarovski coal mine, Krasnoyarsk, Russia

[scotianostra]

On 29th March 2002, Longannet, Scotland's last deep coal mine, closed, ending centuries of mining tradition.

Longannet was forced to shut after being flooded with 17 million gallons of water, and although no lives were lost, accountants said it could cost £50m to make it operational again. The mine has earned itself a name for being the last deep coal mine to ever be sunk in Scotland.

Located on the north side of the Forth of Firth the Longannet complex, employing 1,500 people at its height and powered the nearby Longannet power station.

The Longannet complex was made of three mines: Bogside, Castlehill and Solsgirth Collieries which formed a single, five-mile long, tunnel.

In March 2002, millions of gallons of water flooded into the underground workings. The 15 people below ground at the time were in another part of the mine and all were evacuated safely.

Shortly after the flooding, Scottish Coal, went into receivership. It became clear that no new operator would take over the mine, and all the pumps were switched off, allowing further flooding. Without access, the true cause of the flooding could not be conclusively determined by the investigation. It was concluded that one of the dams, or the surrounding strata, had probably failed, but the exact reason was not known.

Many people mourned the end of coal mining in Scotland, but it was a hard dirty job for those that mined the "black gold. Coal mining has always been dangerous for the men – and in the early days women and children – who went down the pits. You only have to look through my posts here to find the disasters that blighted the industry, with it's demise we are looking to make more sustainable and cleaner ways to produce our energy needs, and Scotland stands proud at the forefront of that technology, with offshore windfarms and tidal technology e look forward to a cleaner nation to leave for our children, unblighted by the fear some wives and mothers feared when they heard the emergency sirens blare from their local collieries.

Longannet was the last deep mine of any significance in Scotland and its closure effectively ended underground coal mining in Scotland. The Longannet power station closed in 2016.

[redrcs]

Coalseam Conservation Park

It was here that coal was first discovered in Western Australia. The coal was top quality but the seams were too thin to be commercial. Because the area was unsuitable for wheat or sheep, it ended up being mostly preserved and was eventually gifted to the Mingenew Shire as a conservation park. The 4th photo in this set is the remains of one of the mines in the area. It is literally meters from the river's edge. This is one of a few areas in the world where coal can be found above ground.

On my travels

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[thestaffoffice]

someone needs to ooga-booga rishi sunak. give him a good jumpscare. just enough to get him to piss and shit his pants on live television. thanks that’s all i’m asking

[crabsandbeer]

Hospital in an abandoned coal mine. by Kevin B. Moore Via Flickr: The Dr. Young Memorial Hospital in the No. 9 Coal Mine & Museum - Lansford, Pennsylvania

[kropotkindersurprise]

January 20, 2021 - An environmentalist activist climbs an excavator that is in the middle of destroying the town of Lützerath, Germany, to make way for a giant open pit coal mine, halting work for several hours. [video]

[supplyside]

Nazarovski coal mine, Krasnoyarsk, Russia - 04

[feralhominid]

Hard day at the coal mine (Art room)

[faultfalha]

A whispered rumor of vast wealth hidden deep beneath the earth in a Wyoming coal mine had passed from miner to miner, generation to generation. Little did they know that the secret store of wealth contained something far greater and more mysterious - an estimated $37bn worth of rare earth elements, giving the coal miners the power to shape the future in ways they never could have imagined.

[alvfr]

My husband, who was in the UN peacekeeping force and has worked with explosives most of his life, agrees I’m being really brave about having the flu 🤒