coal mines and mining

"Trampoline, a debut novel by Robert Gipe, is set in the coalfields of Kentucky. Its narrator is Dawn Jewell, a teenager who recounts the turbulent time when her grandmother Cora led her into a fight to stop a mountaintop removal coal mine. Dawn's father, Delbert, is dead, killed in the mines, leaving her mother, Tricia, a grieving drunk. Trampoline follows Dawn as she decides whether to save a mountain or save herself; be ruled by love or ruled by anger; remain in the land of her birth or run for her life"--Provided by publisher.

While searching for his younger brother who has been "sold" to be trained as a chimney sweep in eighteenth-century London, thirteen-year-old Ned meets the itinerant preacher John Wesley whose message changes the lives of his entire family.

Though he is only twelve, Conall has worked in the coal mines of Pennsylvania for a few years now, spending his time deep underground working with his mule, Angel. One day a tunnel collapses, trapping Conall, Angel, and several workers on the wrong side--but working together, Conall and Angel know they can free everyone.

"It is 1902, and a bright, inexperienced young man named Isaac Bell, only two years out of his apprenticeship at the Van Dorn Detective Agency, has an urgent message for his boss. Hired to hunt for radical unionist saboteurs in the coal mines, he is witness to a terrible accident that makes him think something else is going on...that provocateurs are at work and bigger stakes are in play.".

"An examination of the ways in which coal has historically been used as an energy source and how current and future energy demands are changing its technical applications and efficiency levels"--Provided by publisher.

Tells the story of two boys, Luis and Toni, who face hard work and danger on a daily basis by working in the coal mines in Spain, and includes a photographic documentary of various mines around the world and the children who work them.

On his first day in a coal mine working alongside his father, a young boy is rescued by his father's pit pony, who at the end of the day is brought above ground for the first time.

An introduction to coal, covering its origins, different types, historical importance, mining, processing, and present and future uses.