Bolesław Śmiały Coal Mine, Poland
Bolesław Śmiały Coal Mine (Credit: Hamerla Adam)


A hard coal deposit located in the central part of the Main Basin of the Upper Silesian Coal Basin, within a flat, elongated syncline (Łaziska Basin).

Coal Mine Velenje, Slovenia
Coal Mine Velenje (Source: Premogovnik Velenje/Facebook)


A bowl-shaped coal seam, up to 170 m thick in its central part, varying in depth from 200 to 500 m.