A large region of land where coal deposits are found and mined.
Compound of 'coal' and 'field' (from Old English 'feld'). Became standard terminology in geology and mining during the 19th century.
Historic coalfields like those in Yorkshire and South Wales shaped entire civilizations—they determined where cities grew, which industries developed, and which communities rose and fell with economic changes.
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