Just north of Mount Diablo, “black diamonds” paved the way for California’s industrial development in the second half of the nineteenth century.
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11. Coal Mining
5 minutes, 27 seconds
Music: “Fred Meets Joni,” You Got to Move, by Phil Heywood.
Photos: Coal (©iStockphoto/Andrew Horwitz), Mike Moran, Nortonville (courtesy East Bay Regional Park District), Black Diamond Mines, Coal (©iStockphoto/Andrew Horwitz).