People have worked as coal miners for centuries, but the profession became increasingly important during the Industrial Revolution when coal was burned on a large scale to fuel stationary and locomotive engines and to heat buildings. Owing to coal's strategic role as a primary fuel, coal miners have figured strongly in labor and political movements since that time.
People have worked as coal miners for centuries, but the profession became increasingly important during the Industrial Revolution when coal was burned on a large scale to fuel stationary and locomotive engines and to heat buildings. Owing to coal's strategic role as a primary fuel, coal miners have figured strongly in labor and political movements since that time.
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