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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 over 110 markers, memorials, or monuments Markers associated with memorials covering a span of years: Central Appalachia Miners Memorial Heritage Trail   The Hawk's Nest Tunnel Disaster Gauley Bridge, Fayette County, WV Pennsylvania Anthracite Miners' Memorial   Shenandoah, Schuylkill County, PA The Coal Miner Memorial   Windber, Somerset County, PA Richlands Coal Miners' Memorial   Richlands, Tazewell County, VA The Carbon County Coal Miners' Memorial   Price, Carbon County, UT Ghosts of Convict Miners Marker   Lake City, Anderson County, TN Carswell Mining Complex   Carswell, McDowell County, WV The Ludlow Massacre   Ludlow, Las Animas County, CO Mother Jones, Coalfield Organizer   Raymond, Montgomery County, IL Without Coal   Indianapolis, Marion County, IN Finley Mine Disaster Memorial   Hyden, Leslie County, KY In Memory of the Men Who Lost Their Lives   Republic, Marquette County, MI Sheave Wheels from the Speculator Mine   Silver Star, Madison County, MT World's Greatest Mine Fire Marker   New Straitsville, Perry County, OH Southern Colorado Miners Memorial   Trinidad, Las Animas County, CO Harlan County Coal Miner Memorial   Harlan, Harlan County, KY Allegheny Valley Coal Miners Memorial   Harmar Township, Allegheny County, PA Helen Coal Miners Memorial   Helen, Raleigh County, West VA The Coal Miner's Canary   Trinidad, Las Animas County, CO Briceville Church Marker   Briceville, Anderson County, TN Matewan Massacre   Matewan, Mingo County, WV "Big" Bill Murphy   Tonopah, Nye County, NV Belmont Mine Fire Mural   Tonopah, Nye County, NV Coal Miners' Statue   Pottsville, Schuylkill County, PA The Greater Pittston Coal Miner   Pittston, Luzerne County, PA Miners' Circle Cemetery   Briceville, Anderson County, TN Logan County Coal Miners Memorial   Henlawson, Logan County, WV No. Date Mine City and State Industry Cause Killed 28. 04/07/1869 KY-Yellow Jacket Gold Hill, Nevada MNM Fire 37 29. 09/06/1869 Avondale Plymouth, Pennsylvania Coal Fire 110 30. 07/03/1872 Atwater Atwater, Ohio Coal Fire 10 31. 07/24/1876 Black Diamond Nortonville, California Coal Explosion 6 32. 03/04/1881 Almy No. 2 Almy, Wyoming Coal Explosion 38 33. 02/03/1882 Midlothian Coalfield, Virginia Coal Explosion 32 34. 02/16/1883 Diamond Braidwood, Illinois Coal Inundation 69 35. 01/24/1884 Crested Butte Crested Butte, Colorado Coal Explosion 59 36. 03/13/1884 Laurel Pocahontas, Virginia Coal Explosion 112 37. 01/21/1886 Orrel Newburg, West Virginia Coal Explosion 39 38. 09/09/1889 White Ash Greeley, Colorado Coal Inundation 11 39. 12/24/1889 Utica Angels Camp, California MNM Cave-in 17 40. 06/16/1890 Hill Farm Dunbar, Pennsylvania Coal Fire 31 41. 01/27/1891 Mammoth No. 1 Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania Coal Explosion 109 42. 01/07/1892 Osage No. 11 Krebs, Oklahoma Coal Explosion 100 43. 05/10/1892 Roslyn Roslyn, Washington Coal Explosion 45 44. 09/28/1893 Mansfield Crystal Falls, Michigan Coal Inundation 28 45. 12/19/1895 Egypt Cumnock, North Carolina Coal Explosion 39 46. 02/18/1896 Vulcan New Castle, Colorado Coal Explosion 49 47. 06/28/1896 Twin Pittston, Pennsylvania Coal Roof Fall 58 48. 05/01/1900 Winter Quarters Scofield, Utah Coal Explosion 184 49. 05/19/1902 Fraterville Coal Creek, Tennessee Coal Explosion 184 50. 07/10/1902 Rolling Mill Johnstown, Pennsylvania Coal Explosion 112 51. 02/04/1907 Thomas No. 25 Thomas, West Virginia Coal Explosion 25 52. 12/06/1907 Monongah Monongah, West Virginia Coal Explosion 362 53. 12/19/1907 Darr Van Meter, Pennsylvania Coal Explosion 239 54. 11/28/1908 Rachel and Agnes Marianna, Pennsylvania Coal Explosion 154 55. 11/13/1909 St. Paul No. 2 Cherry, Illinois Coal Fire 259 56. 04/07/1911 Price-Pancoast Throop, Pennsylvania Coal Fire 73 57. 04/24/1911 Ott No. 20 Elk Garden, West Virginia Coal Explosion 23 58. 12/09/1911 Cross Mountain Briceville, Tennessee Coal Explosion 84 59. 03/20/1912 San Bois No. 2 McCurtain, Oklahoma Coal Explosion 73 60. 04/23/1913 Cincinnati Courtney, Pennsylvania Coal Explosion 97 61. 04/28/1914 Eccles 5 and 6 Eccles, West Virginia Coal Explosion 183 62. 09/04/1914 Union No. 1 Adamson, Oklahoma Coal Cave-in 13 63. 02/06/1915 Carlisle Carlisle, West Virginia Coal Explosion 21 64. 03/02/1915 Layland No. 3 Layland, West Virginia Coal Explosion 115 65. 04/27/1917 Hastings Hastings, Colorado Coal Explosion 121 66. 06/08/1917 Granite Mountain Butte, Montana MNM Fire 163 67. 08/04/1917 West Kentucky No. 7 Clay, Kentucky Coal Explosion 62 68. 06/05/1919 Baltimore Tunnel No. 2 Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Coal Explosives 92 69. 08/27/1922 Argonaut Jackson, California MNM Fire 47 70. 02/05/1924 Milford Crosby, Minnesota MNM Inundation 41 71. 03/08/1924 Castle Gate No. 2 Castle Gate, Utah Coal Explosion 172 72. 04/28/1924 Benwood Benwood, West Virginia Coal Explosion 119 73. 05/27/1925 Farmville Coal Glen, North Carolina Coal Explosion 53 74. 02/03/1926 Horning No. 4 Horning, Pennsylvania Coal Explosion 20 75. 08/26/1926 Clymer No. 1 Clymer, Pennsylvania Coal Explosion 44 76. 09/24/1926 Pabst Ironwood, Michigan MNM Powered Haulage 3 77. 11/03/1926 Barnes-Hecker Ishpeming, Michigan MNM Inundation 51 78. 12/09/1926 Francisco No. 2 Francisco, Indiana Coal Powered Haulage 37 79. 04/30/1927 Federal No. 3 Everettville, West Virginia Coal Explosion 97 80. 05/19/1928 Mather Mather, Pennsylvania Coal Explosion 195 81. 11/05/1930 Millfield No. 6 Millfield, Ohio Coal Explosion 82 82. 12/24/1932 Moweaqua Moweaqua, Illinois Coal Explosion 54 83. 12/24/1932 Moweaqua Moweaqua, Illinois Coal Explosion 54 84. 07/14/1939 Duvin Providence, Kentucky Coal Explosion 28 85. 01/10/1940 Bartley No. 1 Bartley, West Virginia Coal Explosion 91 86. 03/16/1940 Willow Grove No. 10 Neffs, Ohio Coal Explosion 72 87. 03/26/1942 Sandts Eddy Quarry Easton, Pennsylvania MNM Explosives 31 88. 05/12/1942 Christopher No. 3 Osage, WV Coal Explosion 56 89. 02/27/1943 Smith No. 3 Bearcreek, Montana Coal Explosion 74 90. 11/06/1943 Nellis No. 3 Madison, West Virginia Coal Explosion 11 91. 07/05/1944 Powhatan Powhaten Point, Ohio Coal Fire 66 92. 03/25/1947 Centralia No. 5 Centralia, Illinois Coal Explosion 111 93. 01/22/1959 River Slope Port Griffith, Pennsylvania Coal Inundation 12 94. 03/08/1960 Island Creek No. 22 Holden, West Virginia Coal Fire 15 95. 12/06/1962 Robena No. 3 Carmichaels, Pennsylvania Coal Explosion 37 96. 08/13/1963 Oneida No. 2 Slope Oneida, Pennsylvania Coal Cave-in 1 97. 08/27/1963 Cane Creek Moab, Utah MNM Explosion 18 98. 07/23/1966 Siltix Mt. Hope, West Virginia Coal Explosion 7 99. 03/05/1968 Belle Isle Franklin, Louisiana MNM Fire 21 100. 05/06/1968 Saxsewell No. 8 Hominy Falls, West Virginia Coal Inundation 4 101. 11/20/1968 Consol No. 9 Farmington, West Virginia Coal Explosion 78 102. 12/30/1970 Finley Nos. 15 and 16 Hyden, Kentucky Coal Explosion 38 103. 02/26/1972 Buffalo Creek Saunders, West Virginia Coal Dam Failure 125 104. 05/02/1972 Sunshine Kellogg, Idaho MNM Fire 91 105. 03/09/1976 Scotia Oven Fork, Kentucky Coal Explosion 26 106. 03/01/1977 Porter Tunnel Tower City, Pennsylvania Coal Inundation 9 107. 11/20/1980 Jefferson Island Delcambre, Louisiana MNM Inundation 0 108. 12/08/1981 Grundy No. 21 Whitewell, Tennessee Coal Explosion 13 109. 12/19/1984 Wilberg Orangeville, Utah Coal Fire 27 110. 09/23/2001 JWR No. 5 Brookwood, Alabama Coal Explosion 13 111. 07/24/2002 Quecreek Friedens, Pennsylvania Coal Inundation 0 112. 01/02/2006 Sago Tallmansville, West Virginia Coal Explosion 12 113. 08/06/2007 Crandall Canyon Huntington, Utah Coal Cave-in 9 114. 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.