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What was the development of homes called when there would be whole neighborhoods with identical houses?
Well, in the bituminous coal industry, towns built by coal companies were called "company towns" or more commonly "coal patches". For example, most of the small towns in southwestern Pennsylvania were coal patches. As company towns, all citizens were beholden to their employer, the coal company. They had to use the "company store", paid high company costs, and the company even had their own "company police" to enforce rules the company made. All the homes looked the same, one after another, built on hillsides, and with very tiny yards. Bentleyville PA, Vesta PA, Monessen PA,, Charleroi PA (and more) were all coal patches / company towns.
When was bituminous coal first mined in the U.S.?
Bituminous Coal exists in the geological area known as The Pittsburgh Coal Seam-- an area extending from Western Pennsylvania, Western West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. Mined since the days of Native American Indians, and heavily mined since 1800, it is estimated there is still enough coal in this large seam to last millions of years. Indians picked Bituminous coal from where it fell freely from the banks of the Monongahela in SW Pennsylvania.
What is the most common coal in the U.S.?
Bituminous coal, or soft coal, is the most common type of coal produced in the United States.
When was nanaimo founded?
Nanaimo began as a trading post in the early 1800s; in 1849 the Snuneymuxw chief Ki-et-sa-kun ("Coal Tyee") informed the Hudson's Bay Company of the presence of coal in the area, and in 1853 the company built a fort known as the Nanaimo Bastion (still preserved). Subsequently the town was chiefly known for the export of coal.
What was a shackler in the coal mines?
What is a shackled in coal mines
