Federal employee retirements are processed using paper, by hand, in an old limestone mine in Pennsylvania. 700+ mine workers operate 230 feet underground to process ~10,000 applications per month, ...

For some, Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts evoke images of coal mines, industrial sprawl ... of “Donets Basin,” the term ...

When English leaders began fretting about coal, the late-20-something Jevons decided he wanted to address their concerns. And ...

A new "time tunnel" exhibition which tells the history of British coal mining has opened in West Yorkshire. The feature, ...

Prohibition was in full force in February 1923 when Deputy Sheriff R.T. Edwards arrested three bootleggers in Sego, Utah, ...

In the early 20th century, newspapers reported ... They would stabilize the roof with coal pillars and timber, but falling rocks still caused the majority of mining deaths. Others died from ...

Working in railways, mines, and mills caused thousands of deaths in the early 20th century and before. Photos show the ...

Today, while large-scale mining has diminished ... Her designs are inspired by 19th-century traditions when miners created simple coal beads as gifts for their loved ones. Beyond jewellery, Upper ...

In the early 20th century ... us?" Mining was another extremely dangerous occupation. "It's, by the nature of the work, inherently dangerous to go under the earth to excavate the coal," Rosenow ...

“Jewellery from coal is first and foremost a symbol of mining hardships,” Depa tells ... the first coal beads appeared in Upper Silesia in the 19th century, and were made by miners for ...

Upper Silesia, a region in southern Poland with long historic ties to the coal industry, is marked by the blood, sweat, and tears of miners. Now, designers are taking this “black gold” and ...

In the early 20th century, deadly conditions on the job killed thousands of US workers yearly. Railways and mines were dangerous ... in airless rooms choking on cotton dust; or hauling coal in ...