Western Coal Field
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western-coal-field-189-16709715
title:
Western Coal Field
text:
The West Kentucky Coal Field, alternatively The North Pennyrile or simply Northwest Kentucky, comprises an area in the west-central and northwestern part of the state, bounded by the Dripping Springs Escarpment and the Pennyroyal Plateau and the Ohio River, but is part of the Illinois Basin that extends into Indiana and Illinois. It is characterized by Pennsylvanian age sandstones, shales and coal. In a recent effort to distinguish itself from its coal mining past, which in the last 10 years has
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Coal field in Kentucky
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Coal_Field
date created:
2004-04-18T01:51:54Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T12:51:54Z
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fields total:
13
integrity:
16