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  • n  a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it
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  • Days Gone By
    100 years ago - 1913 The people residing at Taylorsville, near the Glendower colliery, are enjoying the convenience of electric lights in their homes. The current is being furnished by the P&R Co. The streets are also lighted with electricity in that vic
    Aug. 31, 2013 - The Pottsville Republican & Herald
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  • Rhodri Morgan in WalesOnline
    It was our way of saying thank you to everyone at Tower Colliery, whose success in running their own coal mine proved to be a real inspiration to all the people of Wales,said First Minister Rhodri Morgan. "Their determination to save their...
  • Ramon Dominguez in Brisnet.com
    We weren't in a real hurry,Dominguez said. "We said if the No. 1 (Redding Colliery) or the No. 3 (Birdrun) wanted to go, we would let them go. Since my horse broke so good, I was going to let him go to the lead, but the No. 1 went on and I...

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