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The Historical Origin of Coal Mining in Shanxi Province

The history of large-scale coal mining in Shanxi Province can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty. In the middle and late Qing dynasty, the government encouraged mining, when the number of coal mines and coal production began to increase. For example, Xigou Village, Dianwan Town, Zuoyun County, Datong City, was formed because coal miners lived here continuously in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties.

In the early and middle period of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the occurrence and output of raw coal mining in Shanxi increased. But at that time, China's domestic troubles and foreign invasion limited the development of coal industry. During this period, Shanxi began to enter the period of commercial coal mining.

1937, Japan launched a war of aggression against China. In the same year, Datong was captured by the Japanese army. From 1937 to 1945, the Japanese invaders created a bloody history of coal mining in China.

In order to plunder China's coal resources, the Japanese invaders carried out a bloody policy of "exchanging people for coal" in Datong, and many miners were thrown alive into "mass graves" and smelting furnaces of all sizes just because they lost their ability to work. It is understood that during this period, the Japanese invaders plundered about 1.4 1.8 million tons of Datong coal and killed more than 60,000 miners.

After 0949+65438+65438 on 10 +0, all coal mines in Shanxi were nationalized. According to many experts who have worked in the coal industry for many years, before the "reform and opening up", coal mines were not allowed at the township level; After the "reform and opening up", the coal mining process in this province has roughly experienced three stages.

The first stage, from 1982 to 1990. At that time, the central government's policy was "big mines open, small mines open, and water flows fast". Private small coal mines, once known as the "tail of capitalism", blossomed everywhere in Shanxi overnight.

"At this stage, coal mining is characterized by health, stability and rapidity." A director of the Coal Bureau told reporters that almost all coal mines are under the effective management of the government. Because the coal seam is shallow, there is basically no mechanization, and the safety management is well grasped. "There are basically no major mine accidents, and small mine accidents rarely occur."

The second stage, from 1990 to 1998. At that time, there was widespread "private mining", illegal coal mines flooded and "disorderly development" in Shanxi. Take Zuoyun County of Datong City as an example. During this period, there were about 120 legal coal mines approved by the government, nearly 120 "illegal wellhead" and more than 150 "privately opened" coal mines. "private mining and indiscriminate digging, frequent mine accidents."

The third stage is from 1998 to the present. In the case of an obvious increase in mine accidents, in order to curb mine accidents and improve the utilization rate of coal resources, under the background of a series of macro-control of mineral resources by the central government, Shanxi has implemented the so-called 16-character policy of "strict investigation and heavy punishment, two-pronged approach, four in one, closing small and building large". We will comprehensively promote the paid transfer of coal exploration and mining rights, implement resource integration, reform coal mining methods, and severely crack down on illegal private mining.