Gujiao

According to sources close to Japanese colliery companies and the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, the plan, based on a Chinese proposal made last month, calls for the development of a steam coal mine in the Yanchow area of Shantung Province and a coking coal mine in the Kuchiao area of Shansi Province.

[1978 November 3, “Tentative Plan for Chinese Coal Field Joint Ventures Formulated”, in The Japan Times, International Airmail edition, volume 82, number 28676, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 40, column 6

In Taiyuan, the provincial capital, I was told that a new field of high-quality coking coal was being developed in Gujiao, 56 kilometers away.[...]This was intriguing, and I left for Gujiao by bus, accompanied by a comrade from the provincial coal bureau. We first crossed the Luliang mountains, 1,800 meters above sea level. In the valley, a 47-kilometer electric railway has been built, running through 18 tunnels and over seven bridges across the winding Fenhe River. The Xiqu mine in Gujiao, with a capacity of 3 million tons annually, has begun to take shape.

1981 July, Tianshen Wen, “Shanxi Province- China's Largest Coal Base”, in China Reconstructs, volume XXX, number 7, →OCLC, page 16

The miners were working in the Tunlan Coal Mine in Shanxi Province, the coal mining heartland of China, when the blast occurred at 2:17 a.m. Sunday morning, state-run news agency Xinhua reported. The mine is in city of Gujiao and is run by the Shanxi Coking Coal Group, one of China’s largest producers of coking coal, which is used in steel production.

2009 February 23, Edward Wong, “Chinese Mine Disaster Ends With 74 Dead”, in The Washington Post (Asia Pacific section), Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Apr 2009