- The
Horonai coal mine (幌内炭鉱, ,
Horonai tankō) is the
oldest mine of the
Ishikari coalfield of the
Sorachi (Mikasa)
mining region on the ****anese island...
- The
Horonai Railway (官営幌内鉄道, kan'ei
Horonai tetsudō) was a ****anese government-managed
railway which was
among the
first to be
built in Hokkaidō. Established...
- “****anize” Hokkaido's geography. The
second prison opened near the
Hokutan Horonai coal mine,
where Ainu
people were
forced to work.
Cheap prison labour pla****...
- in
northern ****an. One of the
first mines in
Hokkaido was the
Hokutan Horonai coal mine. Coal
mining produced almost 4
million tonnes of coal in 2014...
-
coalfield Yūbari
Ikushunbetsu Miike Hashima Iriomote Utara Kami-Sunagawa
Horonai Hokkaidō
Shinbun Sorachi 'Yama'
Shuzaihan (北海道新聞空知「炭鉱」取材班),
Sorachi Tankōisan...
-
first used in Hokkaido, upon the
establishment of the government-sponsored
Horonai Railway in 1880. The
locomotives were
imported from the
United States....
- 3 km (4.5 mi)
closed on 16 May 1994.
Horonai Line [ja]
Iwamizawa -
Ikushumbetsu 18.1 km (11.2 mi) and
Mikasa -
Horonai 2.7 km (1.7 mi)
closed on 13 July...
- Akabira. In 1868,
carpenter Kimura Kichitarō (木村 吉太郎)
discovered coal in
Horonai,
Mikasa (三笠). However, it took
another six
years before the
local government...
-
company was
established in 1889 when the state-owned
Horonai Coal Mine (幌内炭鉱,
Horonai Tankō) and
Horonai Railway were sold to the company. The
company developed...
-
throughout the year, but is
heaviest from
August to October. In the past,
Horonai Line and
Manji Line ran from Iwamizawa.
Hakodate Main Line :
Horomui -...
