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Mining Companies that Experienced
5 or More Mine Disasters
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Company Name State No. of Disasters Total Killed
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Co. Pennsylvania 18 120
Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal Company Pennsylvania 11 97
Lehigh Valley Coal Company Pennsylvania 10 71
Delaware and Hudson Coal Company Pennsylvania 10 163
Glen Alden Coal Company Pennsylvania 8 61
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company Colorado 7 208
Pacific Coast Coal Company Washington 7 65
Victor-American Fuel Company Colorado 6 267
Berwind-White Company Pennsylvania 6 45
Island Creek Coal Company W. Va. & Va. 6 35
Clinchfield Coal Company W. Va. & Va. 5 47
Bethlehem Mines Corporation W. Va. & Pa. 5 54
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Coal Company Pennsylvania 5 45
Zeigler Coal Company Illinois 5 112
West Kentucky Coal Company Kentucky 5 105
Susquehanna Coal Company Pennsylvania 5 54
Pocahontas Fuel Company W. Va. & Va. 5 112
Consolidation Coal Company W. Va. & Ky. 5 105

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