New maps showing old coal tips across south Wales have been published, as part of safety measures. Hundreds of properties lie on old colliery spoil sites, with Welsh ... of coal mining in Wales ...
25,000 Welsh workers left mining for the armed forces and other jobs between 1938 and 1941. The coal industry moved from having tens of thousands of unwanted men to a serious labour shortage.
Mine water at the former Six Bells colliery in Abertillery is pumped 40m [131ft] to the surface where it is cleaned and treated Energy bills could be cut by low carbon heat schemes which use water ...
25,000 Welsh workers left mining for the armed forces and other jobs between 1938 and 1941. The coal industry moved from having tens of thousands of unwanted men to a serious labour shortage.
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