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Mine Disasters Commemorated with Historical Marker Mouseover the link for a reduced image of the marker or monument Follow the link for more information about the disaster and marker Accidents shown below are displayed in ascending year order To date, we have included 79 markers, memorials, or monuments No. Date Mine City and State Industry Cause Killed 1. 04/07/1869 KY-Yellow Jacket Gold Hill, Nevada MNM Fire 37 2. 09/06/1869 Avondale Plymouth, Pennsylvania Coal Fire 110 3. 07/03/1872 Atwater Atwater, Ohio Coal Fire 10 4. 07/24/1876 Black Diamond Nortonville, California Coal Explosion 6 5. 03/04/1881 Almy No. 2 Almy, Wyoming Coal Explosion 38 6. 02/03/1882 Midlothian Coalfield, Virginia Coal Explosion 32 7. 02/16/1883 Diamond Braidwood, Illinois Coal Inundation 69 8. 01/24/1884 Crested Butte Crested Butte, Colorado Coal Explosion 59 9. 03/13/1884 Laurel Pocahontas, Virginia Coal Explosion 112 10. 01/21/1886 Orrel Newburg, West Virginia Coal Explosion 39 11. 09/09/1889 White Ash Greeley, Colorado Coal Inundation 11 12. 12/24/1889 Utica Angels Camp, California MNM Cave-in 17 13. 06/16/1890 Hill Farm Dunbar, Pennsylvania Coal Fire 31 14. 01/27/1891 Mammoth No. 1 Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania Coal Explosion 109 15. 01/07/1892 Osage Mine No. 11 Krebs, Oklahoma Coal Explosion 100 16. 09/28/1893 Mansfield Crystal Falls, Michigan Coal Inundation 28 17. 12/19/1895 Egypt Cumnock, North Carolina Coal Explosion 39 18. 02/18/1896 Vulcan New Castle, Colorado Coal Explosion 49 19. 06/28/1896 Twin Pittston, Pennsylvania Coal Roof Fall 58 20. 05/01/1900 Winter Quarters Scofield, Utah Coal Explosion 184 21. 05/19/1902 Fraterville Coal Creek, Tennessee Coal Explosion 184 22. 07/10/1902 Rolling Mill Johnstown, Pennsylvania Coal Explosion 112 23. 02/04/1907 Thomas No. 25 Thomas, West Virginia Coal Explosion 25 24. 12/06/1907 Monongah Monongah, West Virginia Coal Explosion 362 25. 12/19/1907 Darr Van Meter, Pennsylvania Coal Explosion 239 26. 11/28/1908 Rachel and Agnes Marianna, Pennsylvania Coal Explosion 154 27. 11/13/1909 St. Paul No. 2 Cherry, Illinois Coal Fire 259 28. 04/07/1911 Price-Pancoast Throop, Pennsylvania Coal Fire 73 29. 04/24/1911 Ott No. 20 Elk Garden, West Virginia Coal Explosion 23 30. 12/09/1911 Cross Mountain Briceville, Tennessee Coal Explosion 84 31. 03/20/1912 San Bois No. 2 McCurtain, Oklahoma Coal Explosion 73 32. 04/23/1913 Cincinnati Courtney, Pennsylvania Coal Explosion 97 33. 04/28/1914 Eccles 5 and 6 Eccles, West Virginia Coal Explosion 183 34. 09/04/1914 Union No. 1 Adamson, Oklahoma Coal Cave-in 13 35. 02/06/1915 Carlisle Carlisle, West Virginia Coal Explosion 21 36. 03/02/1915 Layland No. 3 Layland, West Virginia Coal Explosion 115 37. 06/068/1917 Granite Mountain Butte, Montana MNM Fire 163 38. 08/04/1917 West Kentucky No. 7 Clay, Kentucky Coal Explosion 62 39. 06/05/1919 Baltimore Tunnel No. 2 Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Coal Explosives 92 40. 08/27/1922 Argonaut Jackson, California MNM Fire 47 41. 02/05/1924 Milford Crosby, Minnesota MNM Inundation 41 42. 03/08/1924 Castle Gate No. 2 Castle Gate, Utah Coal Explosion 172 43. 04/28/1924 Benwood Benwood, West Virginia Coal Explosion 119 44. 05/27/1925 Farmville Coal Glen, North Carolina Coal Explosion 53 45. 09/24/1926 Pabst Ironwood, Michigan MNM Powered Haulage 3 46. 11/03/1926 Barnes-Hecker Ishpeming, Michigan MNM Inundation 51 47. 12/09/1926 Francisco No. 2 Francisco, Indiana Coal Powered Haulage 37 48. 04/30/1927 Federal No. 3 Everettville, West Virginia Coal Explosion 97 49. 05/19/1928 Mather Mather, Pennsylvania Coal Explosion 195 50. 11/05/1930 Millfield No. 6 Millfield, Ohio Coal Explosion 82 51. 12/24/1932 Moweaqua Moweaqua, Illinois Coal Explosion 54 52. 01/10/1940 Bartley No. 1 Bartley, West Virginia Coal Explosion 91 53. 03/16/1940 Willow Grove No. 10 Neffs, Ohio Coal Explosion 72 54. 03/26/1942 Sandts Eddy Quarry Easton, Pennsylvania MNM Explosives 31 55. 02/27/1943 Smith No. 3 Bearcreek, Montana Coal Explosion 74 56. 11/06/1943 Nellis No. 3 Madison, West Virginia Coal Explosion 11 57. 07/05/1944 Powhatan Powhaten Point, Ohio Coal Fire 66 58. 03/25/1947 Centralia No. 5 Centralia, Illinois Coal Explosion 111 59. 01/22/1959 River Slope Port Griffith, Pennsylvania Coal Inundation 12 60. 03/08/1960 Island Creek No. 22 Holden, West Virginia Coal Fire 15 61. 12/06/1962 Robena No. 3 Carmichaels, Pennsylvania Coal Explosion 37 62. 08/13/1963 Oneida No. 2 Slope Oneida, Pennsylvania Coal Cave-in 1 63. 08/27/1963 Cane Creek Moab, Utah MNM Explosion 18 64. 07/23/1966 Siltix Mt. Hope, West Virginia Coal Explosion 7 65. 03/05/1968 Belle Isle Franklin, Louisiana MNM Fire 21 66. 05/06/1968 Saxsewell No. 8 Hominy Falls, West Virginia Coal Inundation 4 67. 11/20/1968 Consol No. 9 Farmington, West Virginia Coal Explosion 78 68. 12/30/1970 Finley Nos. 15 and 16 Hyden, Kentucky Coal Explosion 38 69. 02/26/1972 Buffalo Creek Saunders, West Virginia Coal Dam Failure 125 70. 05/02/1972 Sunshine Kellogg, Idaho MNM Fire 91 71. 03/09/1976 Scotia Oven Fork, Kentucky Coal Explosion 26 72. 03/01/1977 Porter Tunnel Tower City, Pennsylvania Coal Inundation 9 73. 11/20/1980 Jefferson Island Delcambre, Louisiana MNM Inundation 0 74. 12/08/1981 Grundy No. 21 Whitewell, Tennessee Coal Explosion 13 75. 12/19/1984 Wilberg Orangeville, Utah Coal Fire 27 76. 09/23/2001 JWR No. 5 Brookwood, Alabama Coal Explosion 13 77. 07/24/2002 Quecreek Friedens, Pennsylvania Coal Inundation 0 78. 01/02/2006 Sago Tallmansville, West Virginia Coal Explosion 12 79. 04/05/2010 Upper Big Branch Montcoal, West Virginia Coal Explosion 29 Search Parameters for ALL Mine Disasters: Decade  |  Year  |  Month  |  State  |  City and State  |  County  |  Mine Name  |  Company  |  Mineral Type  |  Cause ALL Coal Mine Disasters ALL M/NM Mine Disasters Or try the Key Letter Search Tool  to locate mine disasters by mine name.