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Yet its stories are not widely known, even one so dramatic as this battle in the Colorado coalfields. —
Robert Forrant, The Conversation, 20 Apr. 2026 Its coalfield alone boasted 38 collieries and employed 18,000 people, while another 3,000 worked at the nearby Brymbo Steelworks. —Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026 In the coalfields of Appalachian West Virginia, everyone hopes the mine will keep giving up its coal to pay rare six-figure salaries. —Chris Kenning, USA Today, 1 May 2025 For decades, many communities in the southern coalfields have been forced to drink bottled water because the local supply has been polluted by mining. —Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 9 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for coalfield
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Robert Forrant, The Conversation, 20 Apr. 2026 Its coalfield alone boasted 38 collieries and employed 18,000 people, while another 3,000 worked at the nearby Brymbo Steelworks. —Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026 In the coalfields of Appalachian West Virginia, everyone hopes the mine will keep giving up its coal to pay rare six-figure salaries. —Chris Kenning, USA Today, 1 May 2025 For decades, many communities in the southern coalfields have been forced to drink bottled water because the local supply has been polluted by mining. —Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 9 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for coalfield
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“Coalfield.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/coalfield. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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