Question

When and where was coal mining first started?

Answer 1

Answer:

The first coal mining in NORTH AMERICA began in NEW BURNSWICK , CANADA in early 1600s

Answer 2

Answer:

The first coal mining in North America began in New Brunswick, Canada in the early 1600s. Coal was found by French explorers and fur traders along the shores of Grand Lake where rivers and erosion had exposed the coal.

In India, Commercial exploitation of coal in India began in 1774 with John Sumner and Suetonius Grant Heatly of the East India Company in the Raniganj Coalfield along the Western bank of Damodar River. The growth of Indian coal mining remained slow for nearly a century due to low demand.