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Barnsley

(Encyclopedia) Barnsley Barnsley bärnzˈlē [key], metropolitan borough, N England. Coal mining, engineering, and…

North Bay

(Encyclopedia) North Bay, city (1991 pop. 55,405), SE Ont., Canada, on Lake Nipissing. It is the transportation and commercial center of lumbering and mining districts and a popular summer resort.…

Kiselevsk

(Encyclopedia) KiselevskKiselevskkēsĭˈlyôfskˌ [key], city (1989 pop. 128,000), S Siberian Russia. It is a major coal-mining center in the Kuznetsk Basin and also manufactures mining machinery.

Piekary Śląskie

(Encyclopedia) Piekary ŚląskiePiekary Śląskiepyĕkäˈrĭ shlôNˈskyĕ [key], town (1992 est. pop. 68,400), Śląskie prov., S Poland, in the Katowice mining and industrial region. Its manufactures include…

Steep Rock Lake

(Encyclopedia) Steep Rock Lake, 4 mi (6.4 km) long and 3 mi (4.8 km) wide, SW Ont., Canada, W of Lac des Mille Lacs. It is the site of important iron ore mining. Part of the lake was drained to…

Clearwater, river, United States

(Encyclopedia) Clearwater, river, c.190 mi (305 km) long, rising in several branches in the Bitterroot Range, N Idaho, and flowing west to join the Snake River at Lewiston, Idaho. The gold-mining era…

Cobalt, town, Canada

(Encyclopedia) Cobalt Cobalt kōˈbôlt [key], town, E Ont., Canada, NE of Sudbury, near Lake Timiskaming. Once a…