Definition of coal seam
: a bed of coal usually thick enough to be profitably mined
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Then, in 1959, miners working coal seams broke through the bed of the Susquehanna river, which flowed into the caverns below like bathwater swirling down a plughole.
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New gas source Geologists had suspected there was methane gas buried in Australia’s vast coal seams.
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Many researchers believe the disease’s new intensity stems in part from the size of the coal seams being mined.
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1756
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