New Mining Town In Centre Of Sardinian Coal Fields: Opening By Duce today -- A general view of the houses of the miners in Carbonia in Sardinia. Signor Mussolini is today, December 18 inaugurating a new city on the island of Sardinia which a year ago was an uninhabited headland covered with bushes. Today, it is modern town ready to receive 20,000 inhabitants. The city which is called Carbonia, is in the centre of the Sardinian coalfields. December 18, 1938. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).