[DOC] [TLE] History of coal mining - Wikipedia [PAR] The history of coal mining goes back thousands of years. It became important in 
the Industrial ... Coal is also mined today on a large scale by open pit methods 
wherever the coal strata strike the surface or are relatively shallow. .... In 1575, Sir 
George Bruce of Carnock of Culross, Scotland, opened the first coal mine to 
extract... [DOC] [TLE] History of Virginia - Wikipedia [PAR] The History of Virginia begins with documentation by the first Spanish explorers 
to reach the ... By 1750, the primary cultivators of the cash crop were West African 
slaves. ... The first U.S. African-American governor since Reconstruction was 
Virginia's ..... Entrepreneurs had begun to mine and smelt the local iron ores. [DOC] [TLE] Timeline of Kentucky Coal [PAR] 1748, First recorded U.S. coal production. 1750, April 13th-Dr. Thomas Walker 
was the first recorded person to discover and ... 1820, First commercial mine, 
known as the "McLean drift bank" opened in ... 1866, Surface mining begins near 
Danville, Illinois. ... First train from Williamson, West Virginia to Pike County, 
Kentucky. [DOC] [TLE] A West Virginia Timeline - Jeff Miller Web Pages [PAR] Jun 30, 2016 ... Some entries on this page were taken from "West Virginia USA: A ... 1750. The 
first frontier fort, Fort Ohio, is built at Ridgeley in what is now Mineral County. 
Thomas .... The first commercial coal mine near Fairmont is opened. [DOC] [TLE] Virginia City and Early Nevada Mining | ONE [PAR] Virginia City and the Comstock Lode played a crucial role in the ... settlement on 
its western edge along the Sierra Nevada included people who ... field of mining 
litigation to establish his own fortune and became a U.S. Senator. ... With its large
-scale underground mines, the Comstock opened a new chapter for the industry. [DOC] [TLE] A history of the village of Midlothian, Virginia, emphasizing the ... [PAR] the Heth Family, early coal mining, Richmond-Lynchburg Stage ... Sketch of 
Chesterfield Railroad's opening celebration. 6. ... County and to the community 
immediately surrounding the school ..... war, he was United States Commissioner 
of Loans for Virginia. ... before 1750 according to the will of the owner, John 
Brummall. [DOC] [TLE] Pennsylvania facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ... [PAR] During early geological history, the topography of Pennsylvania had the reverse 
of its .... Pennsylvania ranked sixth in population in the United States with an .... 
and Jewish synagogues opened in many of the mining and manufacturing 
centers. .... Although Virginia and Pennsylvania both claimed the area around 
Pittsburgh,... [DOC] [TLE] the early history of the pittsburgh coal bed1 - Open Journal Systems [PAR] land, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio a greater value, at mine prices, than 
has ... in 175051, and Lewis Evans in 1754 mentioned a coal mine on the. 
Muskingum ... on East. Sandy Creek near Franklin and along the Kiskiminetas 
River.4 Curi- ..... Tench Coxe, of Philadelphia, an early economist and a United 
States. [DOC] [TLE] Moses Austin - Historic Missourians - The State Historical Society of ... [PAR] In 1789 Moses and Stephen became partners in a mine on the Virginia ... They 
convinced the U.S. Congress to raise a tax on lead imported from ... Moses and 
his brother bought the land around their mine in order to expand the .... First, the 
price of lead shot dropped by about 40 percent. .... All links will open in a new tab. [DOC] [TLE] Mid-Lothian Mines and Railroad Foundation - Midlothian, Virginia [PAR] Chesterfield County, VA Park: One of the first major industrial sites in the United 
States became a 44-acre preserve when Mid-Lothian Mines Park opened in... [DOC] [TLE] Coal mining - encyclopedia article - Citizendium [PAR] Oct 4, 2013 ... "Shaft" mines, also called deep mines, reach down vertically to open into ... Strip 
mines remove any top soil with bulldozers to get at coal near the earth's surface. 
... Drift mining is common in the extreme southwest corner of Virginia. ..... The first 
important mines appeared

Question: The USA's first mine for this opened in Virginia around 1750
Answer: coal