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Coal Mine Disasters in the United States
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View the Mine Disaster Calendar Cause of Disaster:  Cave-in   (Display in Date Order)

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Or View From These Lists: Metal/Nonmetal Disasters Coal and Metal/Nonmetal
 
Date Mine Name Location Mineral Killed Report
12/18/1869 Sugar Loaf No. 1 View the planets for this day Stockton, PA Anthracite 10 
09/13/1886 Marvine View the planets for this day Scranton, PA Anthracite 8  Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
06/17/1918 Short Mountain View the planets for this day Lykens, PA Anthracite 4 
12/22/1920 Black Diamond No. 11 View the planets for this day Black Diamond, WA Bituminous 4  Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
01/05/1918 Barnum View the planets for this day Pittston, PA Anthracite 2 
08/13/1963 Sheppton View the planets for this day Sheppton, PA Anthracite 1  Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
 
 
 

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