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    50.40; 3.50 The Compagnie des mines d'Anzin (Anzin Mining Company) was a large French mining company in the coal basin of Nord-Pas-de-Calais in northern...
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    The Compagnie des mines de Bruay (English: Bruay Mining Company) was a French coal extraction company which operated in the Nord-Pas de Calais Mining...
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    The Compagnie des mines de Béthune, sometimes called the sometimes called the Compagnie de Grenay after the name of the concession, was a French coal mining...
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    Bruay-la-Buissière (French pronunciation: [bʁyɛ la bɥisjɛʁ]; West Flemish: Bruwaei, Picard: Brouay-l'Bussière) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department...
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    1880 and the need for an industry organization reappeared. The Compagnie des Mines de la Loire set up a study committee on 1 July 1886 to review mining...
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    and the D163 roads. Work on Mine 8 at Auchy-les-Mines began by the Compagnie des mines de Béthune in July 1891, and the mine was opened in November 1893...
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    French : Compagnie des mines d'Anzin). Afterwards, some houses built and alien labour forces from Belgium recruited, the population of Bruay open out...
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    present-day "Chemin brûlé." In 1852 the first site explored by the Compagnie des mines de Béthune was near the village of Bully. The land was poorly wooded...
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    Somain-Péruwelz Railway (category Railway lines in Hauts-de-France)
    de Bruay in 1938 Gare de Fresnes in 2009 Gare de Condé/Escaut circa 1950 Gare de Vieux-Condé circa 1906 Gare de Péruwelz in 2009 "FACS: Histoire des chemins...
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    and the D58. Excavation of the 640 metres (2,100 ft) Mine 11 at Grenay by the Compagnie des mines de Béthune began in October 1904. Excavation of the 749...
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