History of coal mining

Australia is a expanse of pristine land inhabited for around 60,000 years. It has held the Native Aborigines, but now boasts the reputation as the most Multicultural country in the world, housing 23,881,500 as of the 31st of August 2015. The History of Australia has been one of prosperity and of suffering, with a 228 chapter story including the First Fleet’s arrival, the World Wars, The Federation, Hurricane Katrina, The Great Depression and the election of Tony Abbott. For such a young…

Introduction Harlan County is located in southern Kentucky and is know for the mass history with coal. This has lead to the creation of the documentary titled Harlan County, USA (1976) by Barbara Kopple. Harlan County, USA is a documentary about a group of coal miners and their family that attempt to go versus the power company. The documentary is meant to show the strife that is faced by those seen as the lesser man and her advocating for worker rights. Kopple’s native goal was to film the…

Railroads were an important part of history for America in the 1800s. Early railroads, challenges and dangers in the building of the railroads, and the impact on industries were an important part of history. Early railroads were important in the 1800s. The rails were the fastest form of transportation, going about 20 miles per hour, while wagon went around 2 miles per hour making this the fastest form of transportation. Railroads were invented around 1820 in Great Britain by a man named…

It was an ordinary school day at BIS, I had just finished my history class where we were given the assignment to write about the industrial revolution. In the class I had read a interesting fact that the population in Dortmund during the Industrial Revolution grew from 4,000 to 140,000. I was talking to my friends when Mrs.Dhillion approached me and asked me to take some papers to the D.T room. Being a good student I took them but on my way there I saw a room that I had never seen before. I…

The Significance of Reminiscence Most families have an older relative who loves to tell stories and often you will hear the same story frequently. The stories are often a family history that gets handed down through the generations. Some of the stories may bring laughter and smiles to everyone’s faces, happy or funny memories. Other stories when told, will make you reflect and bring you heartache that might make you cry. In this discussion I will define reminiscence, talk about the…

A significant event in history that economists believe explains the differences that are visible in poor and rich countries currently is the Great Divergence. The Industrial Revolution is significant to the Great Divergence since it occurred roughly before the beginning of the Great Divergence, c.a. 1800, and continued for several years after. The Industrial Revolution introduced an increase in inventions and innovations that impacted the British economy, one of the most significant innovations…

Impact of Mining on Australia’s History Since the early eighteenth century, mining in Australia has had a pivotal impact on the development of the economy and environment, which has successfully continued unto today as one of Australia's most fundamental industries. In particular, the Glen Osmond silver-lead mines in South Australia have not only produced significant amounts of silver lead since its foundation, yet has also been recognised as the establishment of mining in Australia, which has…

powered train cars. In the article “The history learning site” the author wrote, “In 1804, Richard Trevithick built a steam engine at his job in Penydarren, Wales. Richard Trevithick also encouraged others in there works.” This was when the first steam engine was first built. In the article “The history learning site” the author wrote, “In 1825, the Stockton to Darlington railroad crossing was first opened to the public. The first two trains were used to pull 21 coal wagons 25 miles at 8 miles…

Big south Fork encompasses 125,000 acers of the Cumberland Plateau which was a beautiful view. As we drove up to the entrance there was a young lady waiting for us ready to show us all about the park. Starting with the parks history. Before commercial logging and coal mining the park was called a 'No Business' which was a community. This community had a little over 300 as there population. Many men went to into world war II leaving the community in 1939 and many families left as well. The last…

production of coal as mechanisms had to be power by workers and also the flows of carbon that are connected chambers beneath the ground to every factory, office, home and transportation depended on steam or electric power. Coal was a necessary resources and without the workers there was no coal production giving coal workers political power in labor. The demands of the workers had to be heard or there would be no coal. Some historic examples would be 1890 the biggest strike in the history of…