Coal-miner
121Francis Philip Woodruff — DCM, MM (1883 1961) born in Monmouthshire, he was orphaned at the age of nine, and was then brought up by his aunt and uncle in the Blaina area of the south Wales valleys in industrial Monmouthshire. The uncle, his mother s twin brother, and… …
122Xstrata — Infobox Company company name = Xstrata plc company company type = Public (lse|XTA), (tsx|FAL) foundation = 1926 location = flagicon|Switzerland Zug, Switzerland key people = Willy Strothotte, Chairman Mick Davis, CEO industry = Mining products =… …
123Sam Church — (September 20, 1936) was a miner and president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) from 1979 to 1982.Sam Church was born in Matewan, West Virginia, in 1936. His family moved to Virginia in 1944. He took a job at a sugar plant in… …
124Serene, Colorado — no longer exists. Serene was once a company town owned by the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company.Serene had company housing, a post office, a tipple, and was the site of the Columbine Mine. History In 1927 Colorado coal miners conducted a statewide… …
125Kaala Patthar — Infobox Film name = Kaala Patthar image size = caption = director = Yash Chopra producer = Yash Chopra writer = Salim Javed narrator = starring = Amitabh Bachchan Shashi Kapoor Shatrughan Sinha Raakhee Gulzar Parveen Babi Neetu Singh music =… …
126Udston mining disaster — The Udston mining disaster occurred in Hamilton, Scotland on Saturday, 28 May 1887 when 73 miners died in a firedamp explosion at Udston Colliery. Caused, it is thought, by unauthorised shot firing [ [http://www.scotsindependent.org/dates1 f.htm… …
127Clarence Gillis — Cape Breton South MP, in 1940. Source: Library and Archives Canada Member of Parliament In office 1940–1957 …
128Jock Purdon — (November 16, 1925 1998), a poet and songwriter, was born George Purdon in the village of Nitshill near Glasgow. Although Nitshill had been a coal mining village, the mine had closed before Jock grew up and it was a strange twist of fate that saw …
