The 1 Maja coal mine (''Coal Mine 1st May''; pol. ''Kopalnia Węgla Kamiennego 1 Maja'') was a large mine in the south of

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, Silesian Voivodeship, 260 km south-west of the capital,

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. Built in 1960, it was called "Mszana". Since 1961 it was called 1 Maja (1 May), in honor of

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. It was one of the most modern and best coal mines in the

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. It was combined with

Marcel Coal Mine The Marcel coal mine is a large mine in the south of Poland in Radlin near Wodzisław Śląski, Silesian Voivodeship, 260 km south-west of the capital, Warsaw. Until 1949 it was called "Emma". In 1995 KWK Marcel was connected with 1 Maja Co ...

in 1995. It closed in 2001. The coal mine covered 35.6 square kilometers, and coal production was around 8,400 tons per day. Coal Mine 1 May was the general sponsor of the Polish football team

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