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Enugu coal deposits draw colonial attention

Coal deposits around Enugu became important to colonial railway and industrial planning.

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1908

Enugu coal deposits draw colonial attention

Coal deposits around Enugu became important to colonial railway and industrial planning.

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Coal deposits around Enugu became important to colonial railway and industrial planning. Mining turned Enugu into a major eastern administrative and labor center.

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