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Coalgate (other)
Several settlements have been named Coalgate: * Commerce, Alberta, Canada, originally named Coalgate * Coalgate, New Zealand * Coalgate, Oklahoma, USA * Coalgate, West Virginia, USA Coalgate may also refer to: * Indian coal mining controversy, a corruption scandal See also * Colgate (other) Colgate may refer to: Places * Colgate, North Dakota, US *Colgate, Wisconsin, US *Colgate, West Sussex, England, UK * Colgate, Saskatchewan, Canada Other * Colgate (name) * Colgate (toothpaste), a product of Colgate-Palmolive * Colgate-Palmo ... {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commerce, Alberta
Commerce is a former village in southern Alberta, Canada within Lethbridge County. It was located within township 9, range 22, west of the fourth meridian, northwest of the City of Lethbridge between the Village of Nobleford and the Town of Picture Butte. It was known as the Village of Coalgate from 1912 to 1913. History The community was founded in 1912 as a residential area for the Chinook coal mine northwest of Lethbridge. It was incorporated as the Village of Coalgate on July 9, 1912. The village was renamed to Commerce on December 17, 1913 to reflect the name of its post office. Its population in 1913 was 294. The Chinook coal mine closed on January 25, 1924, and its population declined to an estimated 100 in 1924 and an estimated 50 in 1925. The village subsequently dissolved on May 13, 1926. Demographics In the 1921 Census, Commerce had a population of 360. See also *List of communities in Alberta *List of former urban municipalities in Alberta *List of ghost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coalgate, New Zealand
Coalgate is a small town in the Selwyn District of the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. It is located roughly an hour west of Christchurch on State Highway 77. The town's name stems from it being the "gateway" to the lignite coal fields around Whitecliffs, the Rakaia Gorge, and The Acheron River. Coal mining declined in the 20th century and has now ceased, but since the 1950s, commercial processing of nontronite has taken place in Coalgate. Demographics Coalgate is described by Statistics New Zealand as a rural settlement, and covers . It is part of the Glentunnel statistical area. Coalgate had a population of 339 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 24 people (7.6%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 111 people (48.7%) since the 2006 census. There were 138 households. There were 165 males and 174 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.95 males per female, with 75 people (22.1%) aged under 15 years, 51 (15.0%) aged 15 to 29, 165 (48.7%) age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coalgate, Oklahoma
Coalgate is a city in and the county seat of Coal County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,967 at the 2010 census, a 1.9 percent decrease from the figure of 2,005 recorded in 2000. The town was founded in 1889 in the Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory as a coal mining camp named Liddle. The name changed to Coalgate on January 23, 1890.Clark, Orville Verdell"Coalgate,"''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture'', Oklahoma Historical Society. Accessed July 1, 2015. History Coalgate was founded in 1889 as a coal mining camp named Liddle in Atoka County, a territorial-era county in the Pushmataha District of the Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory. It was named for William "Bill" Liddle, a superintendent for the Atoka Coal and Mining Company, who had arrived in the fall of 1888 to locate a site for a new coal mine. The Southwestern Coal and Improvement Company, a subsidiary of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway (MK&T) developed the site. A tent city sprung up, followe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coalgate, West Virginia
Coalgate was an unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the B ..., United States. It was formerly named Blockston. References Unincorporated communities in West Virginia {{RaleighCountyWV-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Coal Mining Controversy
The Coal allocation scam, dubbed in media as Coalgate, is a major political scandal concerning the Indian government's allocation of the nation's coal deposits to public sector enterprise (PSEs) and private companies. In a draft report issued in March 2012, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) office accused the Government of India of allocating coal blocks in an inefficient manner during the period 2004–2009. Over the Summer of 2012, resulting in a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into whether the allocation of the coal blocks was in fact influenced by corruption. Hereafter Draft CAG Report. The essence of the CAG's argument is that the Government had the authority to allocate coal blocks by a process of competitive bidding, but chose not to. As a result, both public sector enterprises (PSEs) and private firms paid less than they might have otherwise. In its draft report in March the CAG estimated the "windfall gain" to the allocatees was . The CAG Final R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colgate (other)
Colgate may refer to: Places * Colgate, North Dakota, US *Colgate, Wisconsin, US *Colgate, West Sussex, England, UK * Colgate, Saskatchewan, Canada Other * Colgate (name) * Colgate (toothpaste), a product of Colgate-Palmolive * Colgate-Palmolive, a corporation *''The Colgate Comedy Hour'', an American musical variety television show sponsored by Colgate-Palmolive *Colgate Clock (Indiana), an octagonal clock in Clarksville, Indiana *Colgate Clock (Jersey City) The Colgate Clock is an octagonal clock facing the Hudson River near Exchange Place in Jersey City, New Jersey. It has a diameter of . It is currently situated south of where the headquarters of consumer products conglomerate Colgate-Palmoliv ..., an octagonal clock in Jersey City, New Jersey * Colgate University, a private liberal arts college in Madison County, New York * Colgate (pony), a character in My Little Pony See also * Coalgate (other) * Colgate Clock (other) * Colegate {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
