The 6ft (1.8 metre) silhouettes have been installed at former mining pits Life-size metal figures of miners have been unveiled at former collieries to celebrate Somerset's coal heritage.
Mr Smith said that the applicants should carry out a coal mining risk assessment before North Somerset Council considered granting planning permission.
Chairman of the West Somerset Railway Jonathan Jones-Pratt ... The only remaining mine producing lump coal in the UK is Ffos-Y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil, which is due to close in 2022.
SOMERSET, Pa. – A person died in a mine accident Friday in Somerset County, state police said. Somerset Area Ambulance and the Acosta Volunteer Fire Department were initially dispatched to the ...
At least nine workers are trapped inside a coal mine in India’s north-eastern Assam state, officials said Tuesday, as authorities summoned the army to help in the rescue operation. The miners were ...
A Windber man was fatally injured Friday in an incident at the Acosta mine operated by Corsa Coal Corp on Penn Avenue in Jenner Township. Joshua Mock, 34, suffered multiple blunt impact and crush ...