The name of the community changed to Durham after the mining area on Lookout Mountain was purchased by the Durham Iron and Coal Company. After the first shipment was made in 1892, the mining of ...

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The project is being led by the Mining Remediation Authority in partnership with Durham County Council, according to Environment+Energy Leader. It will use geothermal energy that will then be ...

Water lying in old coal mines could be used to grow food, a council has said. Durham County Council has secured a £110,000 grant to study the feasibility of using the naturally generated heat ...

Companies in multiple sectors are looking for dollars to keep going, but finding no one is writing checks. Last week, a group of Method Savvy employees were told the Durham advertising firm many ...

Before it was the site of a newly opened trail system, Durham was a booming coal mining town located atop Lookout Mountain. Active from the late 1800s to the early 1900s, the town had electricity ...

A former coal mine in County Durham could be used to grow food and heat comnmunity organisations. A feasibility study is being carrried out to explore how to use heat from the mine water in Horden. It ...

The cathedral has an association with the coal mining industry dating from the early 1800s. The exhibition is being staged in collaboration with the Durham Mining Communities Banner Groups Association ...