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Date Mine Name / Page Link Location Disaster Cause Killed Report
04/07/1869 KY-Yellow Jacket View the planets for this day Gold Hill, NV Fire 37
07/15/1902 Daly West/Ontario View the planets for this day Park City, UT Asphyxiation 34
11/20/1901 Smuggler-Union View the planets for this day Pandora, CO Fire 31
05/12/1909 Callahan Quarry View the planets for this day South Bethlehem, NY Explosives 29
09/28/1893 Mansfield View the planets for this day Crystal Falls, MI Inundation 28
06/01/1910 Union Quarry View the planets for this day Devils Slide, UT Explosives 25
02/14/1916 Pennsylvania View the planets for this day Butte, MT Fire 21
07/25/1916 Waterworks Tunnel View the planets for this day Cleveland, OH Explosion 20
02/28/1902 Liberty Bell View the planets for this day Telluride, CO Avalanche 19
01/10/1906 Haverstraw Clay Pit View the planets for this day Haverstraw, NY Landslide 19
12/24/1889 Utica View the planets for this day Angels Camp, CA Cave-in 17
03/19/1906 Shenandoah View the planets for this day Silverton, CO Avalanche 12
06/24/1887 Gould and Curry View the planets for this day Virginia City, NV Fire 11
09/17/1914 Centennial-Eureka View the planets for this day Eureka, UT Cave-in 11
11/30/1907 Fremont View the planets for this day Drytown, CA Fire 11
04/25/1885 Homestake View the planets for this day Leadville, CO Avalanche 11
10/06/1905 Granville Quarry View the planets for this day Granville, NY Cave-in 10
01/07/1902 Negaunee View the planets for this day Negaunee, MI Roof Fall 10
01/12/1881 Little Cottonwood Canyon View the planets for this day Alta, Utah Avalanche 10
07/10/1879 Standard View the planets for this day Bodie, CA Explosives 10
02/12/1899 Silver Plume View the planets for this day Silver Plume, CO Avalanche 10
09/29/1892 Norrie View the planets for this day Ironwood, MI Cave-in 10
08/12/1913 Coronado View the planets for this day Clifton, AZ Pwd Haulage 9
04/18/1896 Broadwater View the planets for this day Neihart, MT Explosives 9
11/06/1903 Kearsarge View the planets for this day Virginia City, MT Fire 9
12/09/1912 Great Northern Development View the planets for this day Cordova, AK Avalanche 9
04/21/1893 Silver Bow No. 2 View the planets for this day Butte, MT Fire 9
11/12/1934 Rohl-Connolly Quarry View the planets for this day Avalon, CA Explosives 9
05/14/1892 Anaconda View the planets for this day Butte, MT Cave-in 9
09/16/1880 Consolidated Imperial View the planets for this day Virginia City, NV Hoisting 9
08/13/1920 Pounding Mill Quarry View the planets for this day Pounding Mill, VA Explosives 9
06/27/1922 Holston Quarry View the planets for this day Strawplains, TN Explosives 9
03/10/1895 Old Abe View the planets for this day White Oaks, NM Fire 8
01/09/1942 Pride of the West View the planets for this day Silverton, CO Asphyxiation 8
12/23/1883 Mendota View the planets for this day Telluride, CO Avalanche 8
06/04/1901 Chapin View the planets for this day Iron Mountain, MI Explosives 8
07/17/1917 Three Forks Quarry View the planets for this day Trident, MT Explosives 8
01/07/1877 Whale View the planets for this day Hall Valley, CO Avalanche 8
07/07/1887 Sturgeon River View the planets for this day Metropolitan, MI Inundation 8
05/12/1905 Cora View the planets for this day Butte, MT Explosives 7
05/13/1912 Norrie View the planets for this day Ironwood, MI Cave-in 7
02/28/1929 Stone Mt. Quarry View the planets for this day Decatur, GA Expl. Vessel 7
10/29/1927 Quincy Shaft No. 2 View the planets for this day Hancock, MI Rock Fall 7
02/08/1933 B and C Quarry View the planets for this day Fletcher, NC Rock Slide 7
04/08/1896 Hope View the planets for this day Basin, MT Fire 7
02/11/1893 Sheldon Quarry View the planets for this day West Rutland, VT Rock Slide 7
10/16/1923 Utah-Apex View the planets for this day Bingham, UT Cave-in 6
02/13/1874 Phoenix View the planets for this day Phoenix, MI Explosives 6
10/03/1879 Tioga View the planets for this day Bodie, CA Hoisting 6
04/11/1896 Anaconda View the planets for this day Butte, MT Explosives 6
06/04/1908 Gold King View the planets for this day Gladstone, CO Fire 6
06/07/1926 Berkeley Sand View the planets for this day Berkeley Springs, WV Explosives 6
02/23/1904 Augusta View the planets for this day Crested Butte, CO Avalanche 6
05/03/1884 Gouverneur View the planets for this day Gouverneur, NY Expl. Vessel 6
02/19/1937 Walker View the planets for this day Quincy, CA Explosives 6
09/26/1895 Belgian View the planets for this day Leadville, CO Explosives 6
02/16/1936 Hesperus View the planets for this day Mancos, CO Avalanche 6
06/18/1880 Yellow Jacket View the planets for this day Virginia City, NV Pwd Haulage 6
09/20/1873 Yellow Jacket View the planets for this day Gold Hill, NV Fire 6
05/17/1930 Terry-Butterskill Quarry View the planets for this day Union, WV Explosives 6
06/07/1910 Richard View the planets for this day Dover, NJ Hoisting 5
01/27/1906 Sunnyside View the planets for this day Eureka, CO Avalanche 5
04/13/1909 Granville Quarry View the planets for this day Granville, NY Landslide 5
03/10/1884 Conundrum Gulch View the planets for this day Conundrum Gulch, CO Avalanche 5
01/21/1914 Boston View the planets for this day Bingham, UT Fire 5
03/21/1906 Vicksburg View the planets for this day Vicksburg, CO Avalanche 5
08/04/1914 Copper Flat Steam Pit View the planets for this day McGill, NV Explosives 5
11/09/1914 Sibley No. 9 Shaft View the planets for this day Ely, MN Cave-in 5
02/25/1904 Minnie Healey View the planets for this day Butte, MT Cave-in 5
09/04/1929 Calaveras View the planets for this day Copperopolis, CA Cave-in 5
06/07/1930 Climax View the planets for this day Leadville, CO Cave-in 5
12/07/1906 Edison Tunnel View the planets for this day Bakersfield, CA Cave-in 5
03/15/1943 Atkinson Quarry View the planets for this day Excursion Inlet, AK Explosives 5
02/20/1945 St. Anthony View the planets for this day Tiger, AZ Fire 5
03/04/1901 Engleside View the planets for this day Center Valley, MO Explosives 5
07/25/1919 Hecla View the planets for this day Burke, ID Hoisting 5
11/04/1951 Calloway View the planets for this day Ducktown, TN Hoisting 4
03/12/1911 Gold King View the planets for this day Gladstone, CO Avalanche 4
03/01/1928 Badger-State View the planets for this day Butte, MT Asphyxiation 3
07/01/1879 Yellow Jacket View the planets for this day Virginia City, NV Fire 3
02/24/1936 Camp Bird View the planets for this day Ouray, CO Avalanche 3
09/24/1926 Pabst View the planets for this day Ironwood, MI Pwd Haulage 3
06/22/1906 Coronado View the planets for this day Clifton, AZ Roof Fall 3
10/27/1930 Louise View the planets for this day Ironton, MN Pwd Haulage 3
08/11/1978 Heald Pit View the planets for this day Remsen, NY Rock Slide 3
08/24/1877 Belcher View the planets for this day Virginia City, NV Explosives 3
03/13/1911 Elba View the planets for this day Gilbert, MN Cave-in 2
06/02/1952 Penokee View the planets for this day Ironwood, MI Cave-in 2
12/04/1907 Giroux View the planets for this day Ely, NV Cave-in 2
10/23/2003 Midwest Storage View the planets for this day Women Icon Quincy, IL Roof Fall 1
08/30/1917 Lincoln View the planets for this day Virginia, MN Fire 0
07/30/1911 White Oak View the planets for this day Villa Heights, MO Roof Fall 0
09/28/1911 Shakespeare Placer View the planets for this day Dome Creek, AK Cave-in 0
06/29/2017 La Farge View the planets for this day Placitas, NM Fall of Material 0
 
 
 

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