Record USA Mine Entrapments
For a complete list of more than 1,350 successful rescues along with supporting document links, visit the successful rescue pages.
Date	Mine Name	State	Miners	Period
Jan 1908	Giroux	NV	3	46 days
Feb 1891	Spring Mountain No. 1	PA	4	19 days
Mar 1936	Brown Family Mine	OH	1	19 days
Dec 1906	Edison Tunnel Cave-in	CA	1	15 days
Nov 1919	Gold Hunter Cave-in	ID	2	14 days
Aug 1963	Sheppton	PA	2	14 days
May 1968	Saxsewell No. 8	WV	6	10 days
May 1972	Sunshine	ID	2	8 days
Mar 1942	Crackerjack	CO	1	8 days
Mar 1969	Deep Lark	UT	1	8 days
Feb 1937	Abandoned WV Mine	WV	1	8 days
Nov 1926	Tomhicken	PA	5	8 days
Oct 1913	Continental Mine	PA	1	8 days
Nov 1909	St. Paul No. 2	IL	21	8 days
Oct 1914	Continental Colliery	PA	1	7¾ days
Feb 1914	Cannon	WA	1	7 days
Mar 1977	Porter Tunnel	PA	1	6 days
Oct 1913	Vogel and Lawrence	TX	7	6 days
Sep 1915	Rahn Colliery	PA	9	6 days
Aug 1926	Kentucky Zinc Mine	KY	5	6 days
Oct 1931	Mocanaqua	PA	2	5½ days
May 1968	Saxsewell No. 8	WV	15	5 days
Mar 1915	Layland No. 3	WV	47	4 days
Sep 1911	Shakespeare Placer	AK	14	3½ days
Jul 2002	Quecreek	PA	9	3¼ days

Worst Among All Mine Disasters by State Worst Coal Disasters by State         Worst M/NM Disasters by State
State	Mine Name and Location	Killed
	Banner Mine Explosion Littleton, Alabama	128
	Alaska-Mexican Mine Explosion Treadwell, Alaska	37
	Coronado Mine Haulage Disaster Clifton, Arizona	9
	Kansas and Texas Mine No. 44 Explosion Huntington, Arkansas	14
	Argonaut Mine Fire Jackson, California	47
	Hastings Mine Explosion Hastings, Colorado	121
	Broward Mine Explosives Accident Miramar, Florida	3
	Stone Mt. Quarry Air Tank Explosion Decatur, Georgia	7
	Sunshine Mine Fire Kellogg, Idaho	91
	St. Paul No. 2 Mine Fire Cherry, Illinois	259
	City Mine Explosion Sullivan, Indiana	52
	Lost Creek No. 2 Mine Explosion Oskaloosa, Iowa	20
	Shaft No. 2 Mine Explosion Frontenac, Kansas	40
	West Kentucky No. 7 Mine Explosion Clay, Kentucky	62
	Belle Isle Salt Mine Fire Franklin, Louisiana	21
	Davis No. 42 Mine Explosion Kempton, Maryland	16
	Barnes-Hecker Mine Inundation Ishpeming, Michigan	51
	Milford Mine Inundation Crosby, Minnesota	41
	Harmony Mine Inundation Crystal Springs, Mississippi	2
	Keith and Perry No. 6 Mine Explosion Rich Hill, Missouri	24
	Granite Mountain Mine Fire Butte, Montana	163
	KY-Yellow Jacket Mine Fire Gold Hill, Nevada	37
	Wharton Mine Inundation Hibernia, New Jersey	12
	Stag Canon No. 2 Mine Explosion Dawson, New Mexico	263
	Callahan Quarry Explosives Disaster South Bethlehem, New York	29
	Farmville Mine Explosion Coal Glen, North Carolina	53
	Millfield No. 6 Mine Explosion Millfield, Ohio	82
	No. 11 Mine Explosion Krebs, Oklahoma	100
	Silver Ridge Mine Explosives Accident Quartzville, Oregon	3
	Darr Mine Explosion Van Meter, Pennsylvania	239
	Homestake Mine Ground Fall Accident Lead, South Dakota	3
	Fraterville Mine Explosion Coal Creek, Tennessee	184
	El Paso Quarry Haulage Accident El Paso, Texas	3
	Winter Quarters No. 1, 2 Mine Explosion Scofield, Utah	200
	Sheldon Quarry Roof Fall West Rutland, Vermont	7
	Laurel Mine Explosion Pocahontas, Virginia	112
	Roslyn Mine Explosion Roslyn, Washington	45
	Monongah Nos. 6 and 8 Mine Explosion Monongah, West Virginia	362
	C. F. and H. Mine Cave-in Shullsburg, Wisconsin	8
	Hanna No. 1 Mine Explosion Hanna, Wyoming	169