Associated Press: Coal once fueled the British Empire, employed armies of men and shook the power of governments.
On Friday, workers at Britain's last operating deep coal mine finished their final shift, emerging -- soot-blackened and live on television news channels -- to cheers, applause and tears.
Some of the men carried lumps of coal as mementos from the Kellingley Colliery, 200 miles north of London. The last haul of coal from the pit is destined for a mining museum as a once-mighty industry fades into...