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Coal is a fossil fuel extracted from the ground by underground
mining or open-pit mining (surface mining). It is a readily
combustible black sedimentary rock. Coal is formed from plant
remains that have been compacted, hardened, chemically altered, and
metamorphosed by heat and pressure over geologic time.
1855 is the date accepted as marking the change of the rural scene
in the welsh valleys and the historic change to heavy industry,
although coal was mined in Wales as early as the seventeenth century
for domestic purposes. By the end of the century Wales was one of
the most important coal producing areas in the world.
The coal industry at its peak in Wales employed one in every ten
persons and many more relied on the industry for their livelihood.
the Rhondda alone at one time contained 53 working collieries, in an
area only 16 miles long. It was the most intensely mined area in the
world and probably one of the most densely populated.
We needed coal, someone had to mine it !
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