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Date Mine Name Location Mineral Disaster Cause Killed Report
10/16/1923 Utah-Apex View the planets for this day Bingham, UT Silver/Lead Cave-in 6
06/07/1926 Berkeley Sand View the planets for this day Berkeley Springs, WV Sand Explosives 6
04/15/1920 Jefferson Island View the planets for this day Delcambre, LA Salt Explosion 6 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
08/13/1920 Pounding Mill Quarry View the planets for this day Pounding Mill, VA Rock Explosives 9
06/27/1922 Holston Quarry View the planets for this day Strawplains, TN Marble Explosives 9
04/19/1920 Lehigh Quarry View the planets for this day Ormrod, PA Limestone Explosives 6 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
11/03/1926 Barnes-Hecker View the planets for this day Ishpeming, MI Iron Ore Inundation 51 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
09/24/1926 Pabst View the planets for this day Ironwood, MI Iron Ore Pwd Haulage 3
02/05/1924 Milford View the planets for this day Crosby, MN Iron Ore Inundation 41 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
07/12/1923 Sloss No. 1 View the planets for this day Bessemer, AL Iron Ore Pwd Haulage 5 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
08/27/1922 Argonaut View the planets for this day Jackson, CA Gold Fire 47 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
12/04/1925 Cardinal View the planets for this day Nederland, CO Gold/Silver Fire 1 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
09/04/1929 Calaveras View the planets for this day Copperopolis, CA Copper Cave-in 5
02/28/1929 Stone Mt. Quarry View the planets for this day Decatur, GA Copper Expl. Vessel 7
03/01/1928 Badger-State View the planets for this day Butte, MT Copper Asphyxiation 3
11/24/1927 Magma View the planets for this day Superior, AZ Copper Fire 7 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
10/29/1927 Quincy Shaft No. 2 View the planets for this day Hancock, MI Copper Rock Fall 7
12/27/1929 East No. 5 View the planets for this day Stotesbury, WV Bituminous Explosion 2
12/17/1929 Old Town View the planets for this day McAlester, OK Bituminous Explosion 61 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
12/01/1929 Old Ben No. 8 View the planets for this day West Frankfort, IL Bituminous Explosion 7
09/27/1929 Covington No. 7 View the planets for this day Tahona, OK Bituminous Explosion 8
06/05/1929 Halcon View the planets for this day Bear Creek, VA Bituminous Roof Fall 5 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
05/27/1929 Connellsville View the planets for this day Yolande, AL Bituminous Explosion 10 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
03/21/1929 Kinloch View the planets for this day Parnassus, PA Bituminous Explosion 45 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
01/26/1929 Kingston No. 5 View the planets for this day Kingston, WV Bituminous Explosion 14 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
12/27/1928 Carolina View the planets for this day Sanford, NC Bituminous Hoisting 4
12/18/1928 Black Diamond No. 2 View the planets for this day Drakesboro, KY Bituminous Explosion 6 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
11/30/1928 Princess Poca View the planets for this day Roderfield, WV Bituminous Explosion 6 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
10/22/1928 McAlpin View the planets for this day McAlpin, WV Bituminous Explosion 6 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
08/15/1928 Irvona No. 3 View the planets for this day Coalport, PA Bituminous Explosion 13 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
08/09/1928 Hillside No. 1 View the planets for this day South Riverside, PA Bituminous Explosion 5
06/20/1928 National No. 1 View the planets for this day National, WV Bituminous Explosion 6
05/22/1928 Black Mountain No. 30 View the planets for this day Kenvir, KY Bituminous Explosives 8 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
05/22/1928 Yukon-Pocahontas No. 1 View the planets for this day Yukon, WV Bituminous Explosion 17 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
05/19/1928 Mather No. 1 View the planets for this day Mather, PA Bituminous Explosion 195 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
04/02/1928 Keystone No. 2 View the planets for this day Keystone, WV Bituminous Explosion 8 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
02/24/1928 Mama No. 3 View the planets for this day Jenny Lind, AR Bituminous Explosion 13 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
02/20/1928 Kinloch View the planets for this day Parnassus, PA Bituminous Explosion 12 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
01/09/1928 Peabody No. 18 View the planets for this day West Frankfort, IL Bituminous Explosion 21
12/20/1927 Franco No. 1 View the planets for this day Johnston City, IL Bituminous Explosion 7
08/03/1927 West Kentucky No. 7 View the planets for this day Clay, KY Bituminous Explosion 16 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
05/27/1927 Delagua No. 3 View the planets for this day Delagua, CO Bituminous Explosion 7 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
05/13/1927 Shannon Branch No. 3 View the planets for this day Capels, WV Bituminous Explosion 8 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
04/30/1927 Federal No. 3 View the planets for this day Everettville, WV Bituminous Explosion 97 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
04/08/1927 Carbonado View the planets for this day Carbonado, WA Bituminous Inundation 7 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
04/02/1927 Cokeburg No. 53 View the planets for this day Cokeburg, PA Bituminous Explosion 6
03/30/1927 Ehrenfeld No. 3 View the planets for this day Ehrenfeld, PA Bituminous Explosion 4 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
03/30/1927 Saline No. 2 View the planets for this day Ledford, IL Bituminous Explosion 8
01/31/1927 Nortonville View the planets for this day Nortonville, KY Bituminous Explosion 5
12/09/1926 Francisco No. 2 View the planets for this day Francisco, IN Bituminous Explosion/Fire 37 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
11/15/1926 Mound View the planets for this day Moundsville, WV Bituminous Explosion 5 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
10/04/1926 Rockwood View the planets for this day Rockwood, TN Bituminous Explosion 27 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
09/03/1926 Tahona No. 29 View the planets for this day Tahona, OK Bituminous Explosion 16 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
08/26/1926 Clymer No. 1 View the planets for this day Clymer, PA Bituminous Explosion 44 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
07/21/1926 Dixie View the planets for this day Moffat, AL Bituminous Explosion 9 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
03/08/1926 Crab Orchard 5 View the planets for this day Eccles, WV Bituminous Explosion 19 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
02/16/1926 Nelson View the planets for this day Nelson Creek, KY Bituminous Explosion 8
02/03/1926 Horning No. 4 View the planets for this day Horning, PA Bituminous Explosion 20 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
01/29/1926 New Orient No. 2 View the planets for this day West Frankfort, IL Bituminous Explosion 5
01/29/1926 Mossboro No. 1 View the planets for this day Helena, AL Bituminous Explosion 27 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
01/14/1926 Jamison No. 8 View the planets for this day Farmington, WV Bituminous Explosion 19 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
01/13/1926 Wilburton No. 21 View the planets for this day Wilburton, OK Bituminous Explosion 91 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
12/23/1925 Webb View the planets for this day Bellaire, OH Bituminous Fire 9
12/14/1925 Wilkeson View the planets for this day Tacoma, WA Bituminous Explosion 5 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
12/10/1925 Overton No. 2 View the planets for this day Acmar, AL Bituminous Explosion 53 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
11/18/1925 Finley View the planets for this day Madisonville, KY Bituminous Explosion 5
08/19/1925 Lochgelly View the planets for this day Lochgelly, WV Bituminous Fall of Person 4
07/23/1925 Rockwood View the planets for this day Rockwood, TN Bituminous Explosion 10 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
06/08/1925 West Kentucky No. 9 View the planets for this day Sturgis, KY Bituminous Explosion 17 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
05/31/1925 Piper No. 2 View the planets for this day Piper, AL Bituminous Asphyxiation 6
05/27/1925 Farmville View the planets for this day Coal Glen, NC Bituminous Explosion 53 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
04/26/1925 Hutchison View the planets for this day Millgrove, PA Bituminous Explosion 5 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
04/26/1925 New Slope Construction View the planets for this day Sewickley, PA Bituminous Explosion 5 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
03/17/1925 Barrackville No. 41 View the planets for this day Barrackville, WV Bituminous Explosion 33
02/20/1925 City View the planets for this day Sullivan, IN Bituminous Explosion 51 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
01/15/1925 Diamond No. 1 View the planets for this day Providence, KY Bituminous Explosion 6
12/17/1924 Burnett View the planets for this day Burnett, WA Bituminous Explosion 7 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
09/21/1924 Rains View the planets for this day Rains, UT Bituminous Explosion 5
09/16/1924 Sublet No. 5 View the planets for this day Sublet, WY Bituminous Explosion 39 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
07/25/1924 Gates No. 1 View the planets for this day Brownsville, PA Bituminous Explosion 10 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
04/28/1924 Benwood View the planets for this day Benwood, WV Bituminous Explosion 119 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
03/28/1924 Yukon No. 2 View the planets for this day Yukon, WV Bituminous Explosion 24 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
03/08/1924 Castle Gate No. 2 View the planets for this day Castle Gate, UT Bituminous Explosion 172 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
01/26/1924 Lancashire No. 18 View the planets for this day Shanktown, PA Bituminous Explosion 36
01/25/1924 McClintock View the planets for this day Johnston City, IL Bituminous Explosion 33 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
12/07/1923 Black Hawk View the planets for this day Happy, KY Bituminous Explosion 9 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
11/06/1923 Glen Rogers View the planets for this day Glen Rogers, WV Bituminous Explosion 27
10/07/1923 Midwest View the planets for this day Palisades, CO Bituminous Explosion 6 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
08/14/1923 Frontier No. 1 View the planets for this day Kemmerer, WY Bituminous Explosion 99 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
05/05/1923 Southwestern View the planets for this day Aguilar, CO Bituminous Explosion 10 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
03/02/1923 Arista View the planets for this day Arista, WV Bituminous Explosion 10
02/08/1923 Stag Canon No. 1 View the planets for this day Dawson, NM Bituminous Explosion 120 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
01/10/1923 Dolomite No. 1 View the planets for this day Dolomite, AL Bituminous Explosion 5
11/25/1922 Anthracite No. 4 View the planets for this day Cerrillos, NM Bituminous Explosion 7 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
11/22/1922 Dolomite No. 3 View the planets for this day Dolomite, AL Bituminous Explosion 90 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
11/06/1922 Reilly No. 1 View the planets for this day Spangler, PA Bituminous Explosion 79 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
10/20/1922 Progressive No. 11 View the planets for this day McCurtain, OK Bituminous Explosion 8
09/29/1922 Lake Creek View the planets for this day Johnston City, IL Bituminous Explosion 5
09/23/1922 Raleigh-Wyoming No. 2 View the planets for this day Glen Rogers, WV Bituminous Hoisting 5 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
05/25/1922 Acmar No. 3 View the planets for this day Acmar, AL Bituminous Explosion 11 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
03/24/1922 Sopris View the planets for this day Sopris, CO Bituminous Explosion 17 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
03/20/1922 Dilltown No 1 View the planets for this day Dilltown, PA Bituminous Explosion 5 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
02/07/1922 Marietta View the planets for this day Pinson Fork, KY Bituminous Explosion 9 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
02/02/1922 Belle Ellen No. 2 View the planets for this day Belle Ellen, AL Bituminous Explosion 9 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
02/02/1922 Gates No. 2 View the planets for this day Brownsville, PA Bituminous Explosion 25
01/30/1922 Layman Galloway View the planets for this day Pineville, KY Bituminous Explosion 6 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
12/31/1921 Docena View the planets for this day Adamsville, AL Bituminous Explosion 4
12/13/1921 Satanic View the planets for this day Morrison, CO Bituminous Fire 6 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
08/31/1921 Harco View the planets for this day Harrisburg, IL Bituminous Explosion 11
02/23/1921 Kathleen View the planets for this day Dowell, IL Bituminous Fire 7 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
02/14/1921 O Gara No. 8 View the planets for this day Eldorado, IL Bituminous Asphyxiation 3
02/12/1921 Oak Hills No. 2 View the planets for this day Oak Creek, CO Bituminous Explosion 5 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
12/22/1920 Black Diamond No. 11 View the planets for this day Black Diamond, WA Bituminous Cave-in 4 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
11/23/1920 Parrish View the planets for this day Parrish, AL Bituminous Explosion 12 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
11/16/1920 Arnold View the planets for this day Earlington, KY Bituminous Fire 6 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
10/25/1920 Rum Creek No. 1 View the planets for this day Dehue, WV Bituminous Roof Fall 4
08/21/1920 Degnan-McConnel No. 19 View the planets for this day Degnan, OK Bituminous Explosion 10
07/26/1920 Sublet No. 6 View the planets for this day Sublet, WY Bituminous Explosives 8
07/19/1920 Renton No. 3 View the planets for this day Renton, PA Bituminous Explosion 9 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
06/02/1920 Ontario View the planets for this day Cokeburg, PA Bituminous Explosion 6
05/22/1920 Mallory No. 3 View the planets for this day Mallory, WV Bituminous Roof Fall 5 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
05/03/1920 Submarine View the planets for this day Clinton, IN Bituminous Explosion 5
04/14/1920 Dawson No. 6 View the planets for this day Dawson, NM Bituminous Explosion 5 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
07/02/1928 Locust Springs View the planets for this day Locust Gap, PA Anthracite Inundation 0
05/25/1928 Baltimore No. 5 View the planets for this day Wilkes-Barre, PA Anthracite Explosion 10 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
05/26/1927 Woodward No. 3 View the planets for this day Edwardsville, PA Anthracite Explosion 7 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
11/16/1926 Tomhicken View the planets for this day Hazelton, PA Anthracite Inundation 1
10/30/1926 Susquehanna No. 7 View the planets for this day Nanticoke, PA Anthracite Explosion 9 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
07/03/1926 Pettebone No. 6 View the planets for this day Kingston, PA Anthracite Roof Fall 7 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
05/06/1926 Randolph View the planets for this day Port Carbon, PA Anthracite Explosion 5
08/03/1925 Dorrance View the planets for this day Wilkes-Barre, PA Anthracite Explosion 10 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
05/26/1925 Woodward View the planets for this day Edwardsville, PA Anthracite Explosion 7
06/06/1924 Loomis View the planets for this day Wilkes-Barre, PA Anthracite Explosion 14 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
12/08/1923 Mt. Jessup No. 1 View the planets for this day Jessup, PA Anthracite Roof Fall 5 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
02/21/1923 Kaska William View the planets for this day Kaska-William, PA Anthracite Explosion 5
11/03/1922 Eddy Creek View the planets for this day Olyphant, PA Anthracite Explosives 6
03/09/1921 Rahn No. 11 View the planets for this day Seek, PA Anthracite Explosion 5
 
 
 

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