coalfield

/ ˈkəʊlˌfiːld /

noun

1. an area rich in deposits of coal

Example Sentences

The National Trust says it’s spent the last 40 years cleaning up the beaches that neighbour the former coalfield sites near where Tina’s Haven will be established.

From BBC

I was born and raised on top of Muddy Creek Mountain outside of Alderson, West Virginia, a town of less than a thousand people nestled into the Greenbrier River valley just southeast of the coalfields.

From Salon

Many parts of Britain were even "deindustrialising" say researchers -- as manufacturing drained from much of the nation to concentrate around coalfields.

From Science Daily

Job availability, growth in employment, the number of people with qualifications and wages in coalfield areas all lag behind the national average, previous research has found.

From BBC

In new interviews with the BBC, former miners, family members, police, journalists and politicians tell the story of the battle which changed Britain and its coalfield communities forever.

From BBC