Definition of coalfield
: a region rich in coal deposits
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Billionaire Governor Jim Justice, himself a coal magnate from the state's southern coalfields, got elected in 2016 as a rare Democrat, then changed party affiliation last summer at a rally alongside a visiting Donald Trump.
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Officials say the blast in the Marwar coalfields in Baluchistan province was caused by a buildup of methane gas in the mine.
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His two main challengers, Evan Jenkins, the congressman who represents the state’s southern coalfields, and state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, spent the winter mostly ignoring Blankenship and focusing their attacks on each other.
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The approval came from the federal office of the Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), as part of the 2017 AML Pilot Program to revitalize Alabama's coalfields region.
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This village named Bluefield was, in reality, surrounded by black bituminous coalfields.
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The Times report includes a fascinating fact: The tailor who made the uniforms, Jimmie Muscatello, was from the coalfields of Gary, West Virginia.
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This small coalfield county is home to roughly 42,000 people, over 17 percent of whom live in poverty.
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Many of his clients in the impoverished coalfields of eastern Kentucky and West Virginia have fought to keep their disability checks.
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First Known Use of coalfield
1734
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: a large area where there is a lot of coal under the ground
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