It's pretty easy to find along the river banks around here. It wouldn't burn if you tossed it in a fire though, not sure why (maybe it's waterlogged or something).
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Took a tour of an old/historic cooal mine once. There was still a seam in the wall. And they had some coal and stuff in the gift shop.
You might also see it if you see a blacksmith demonstration. (For example, Historic Fort Snelling, for any one near MSP airport looking for something to do.)
Yes. We still heated our house with wood and coal in the 90s. I remember a big truck brought coal for us before winter. We even had a dedicated coal room in the cellar.
I can't remember a specific time if I've touched coal. I know I've done a geology course at one point, and visited various museums with large rock collections.
I've definitely seen coal in person protruding from the top of passing railcars... here's a picture of one I took in South Surrey earlier this month:
picture of coal train
A gas station in a mining town I visited had little statues carved out of coal.
Western PA, literally everything is near an abandoned coal mine. The woods near my house growing up had sink holes all over the place and coal just sitting on the sides of the hill where it had been dumped and abandoned.
Yep. Visited the coal mines in northern PA as a little kid. Going underground was super cool.
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I visited a former coal mine that's now a museum. If you take a tour, you get a small piece of coal to keep at the end.
Yeah was an old quarry near my house when I young used to throw rocks and sticks of the huge cliff there, was a decent amount of coal around
Yep used to do exploration for it as a geologist
As a kid, we used to go along the train tracks and pick up pieces of coal that tumbled out of the cars.
Coal heating was very common especially in the more remote regions of my area, until the late '70s.
I see coal everyday. It powers my pen
Yes, in west Virginia... The shits everywhere.
I use it and see it often for argentinian style barbecues.
My neighbour used it for heating in winter when I was a kid.
I had a hookah for a long time, so yes.