Kaiping Coal Mine was established in:
1. As early as the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty (1403- 1424), the Kaiping mining area in Luanxian County, Hebei Province had adopted indigenous mining.
2. 1876, Li Hongzhang sent Tang to organize and draft the articles of association of the official Governor's Commercial Office, and invited investors to collect shares.
3.1On July 24th, 878 (June 25th, 4th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty), Kaiping Mining Bureau was formally established in Kaiping Town, Tangshan, Zhili.
4. 188 1 year was put into full operation. Employ 3000 people. 1882 produces 38,000 tons of coal, and 1898 reaches 730,000 tons. Over the years, the equipment has been expanded, the transportation conditions have been improved, and there are coal carriers, special docks and cribs. By the end of 19, the total assets were nearly 6 million taels of silver.
5. 1892 After the death of Tang, Zhang Yi took over the supervision, and the mining rights were gradually controlled by foreign investors.
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The historical opportunity of Kaiping Coal Mine;
19 After the 1960s, the Westernization School in Qing Dynasty started the Westernization Movement. First, the military industry was established. In order to solve the problems of raw materials, fuel, transportation and capital, we put forward the slogan of "being rich and strengthening wealth". Since the 1970s, we have established a civilian industry in an attempt to assist the development of the military industry. This historical opportunity created conditions for the birth of Kaiping Coal Mine.
Today, in Tangshan area, coal is abundant and of good quality. Since the Ming dynasty, people have been mining by indigenous methods, but the output is extremely low. In the Westernization Movement, the demand for coal is increasing day by day. Li Hongzhang, a bureaucrat of Westernization School and governor of Zhili, decided to use a new method to mine coal in Kaiping. 1876, Tang, the office of China Merchants Bureau of Shanghai Steamship, was appointed by Li Hongzhang to inspect the coal and iron situation in Kaiping Town. The survey results are satisfactory.
In the second year, with the approval of Li Hongzhang, Kaiping Mining Bureau was established, raising 802,000 yuan, ordering the government to supervise the business and adopt western technology to mine coal.