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King, Clarence
(Encyclopedia) King, Clarence, 1842–1901, American geologist, b. Newport, R.I., grad. Sheffield Scientific School, Yale, 1862. After serving as a volunteer assistant in the California state…Taxco
(Encyclopedia) TaxcoTaxcotäsˈkō [key], town (1990 pop. 43,836), Guerrero state, S Mexico. Founded in 1529 as a silver-mining community, Taxco was also an important stop between Mexico City and…Pachuca de Soto
(Encyclopedia) Pachuca de SotoPachuca de Sotopäch&oomacr;ˈkä ᵺā sōˈtō [key], city (1990 pop. 174,013), capital of Hidalgo state, central Mexico, at the head of a ravine surrounded by foothills of…Springhill
(Encyclopedia) Springhill, town (1991 pop. 4,373), N N.S., Canada. Located in a region of mixed farming and lumbering, it was formerly an active coal-mining center.Neunkirchen, city, Germany
(Encyclopedia) Neunkirchen, city (1994 pop. 51,997), Saarland, SW Germany. Industries include metalworking; coal mining was important until 1968. Neunkirchen was first mentioned in the 13th cent.Broken Hill
(Encyclopedia) Broken Hill, city, New South Wales, SE Australia, near the South Australia border. Since 1883 it has been a principal center of zinc and…Khakass Republic
(Encyclopedia) Khakass RepublicKhakass Republickhəkäsˈ, kəkăsˈ [key] or KhakassiaKhakassiakhəkäsˈēə [key], constituent republic (1990 est. pop. 573,000) 23,900 sq mi (61,900 sq km), S central…Thompson , city, Canada
(Encyclopedia) Thompson, city (1991 pop. 14,977), central Man., Canada, on the Burntwood River. A mining town, it developed after large nickel deposits were discovered in the area in 1956.Coalville
(Encyclopedia) Coalville, town, Leicestershire, central England. Coalville is a modern town in the center of the Leicestershire coal field. Mining is…Dunmore
(Encyclopedia) Dunmore, borough (2020 pop. 14,042), Lackawanna co., NE Pa., an industrial suburb of Scranton; inc. 1783. Coal mining there has largely…Trending
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