State:  Colorado   (Display in Fatality Order)   (Display in Date Order) Planet links and investigation reports will open in a separate window indicates a female fatality Displays all records in month and day order Display all accidents accompanied by an investigation report Or View From These Lists For Colorado: Only Coal Disasters Metal/Nonmetal Disasters   Date Mine Name Location Mineral Disaster Cause Killed Report 03/02/1966 Burnwell No. 1  Hesperus, CO Bituminous Explosion 3 09/03/1897 Sunshine  Sunshine, CO Bituminous Explosion 12 01/04/1896 Anna Lee  Victor, CO Gold Cave-in 8 06/04/1908 Gold King  Gladstone, CO Gold Fire 6 12/04/1925 Cardinal  Nederland, CO Gold/Silver Fire 1 05/05/1923 Southwestern  Aguilar, CO Bituminous Explosion 10 07/06/1909 Toller  Tollerville, CO Bituminous Explosion 9 06/07/1930 Climax  Leadville, CO Moly Cave-in 5 08/07/1902 Bowen  Bowen, CO Bituminous Explosives 13 10/07/1923 Midwest  Palisades, CO Bituminous Explosion 6 10/08/1910 Starkville  Starkville, CO Bituminous Explosion 56 11/08/1910 Victor American No. 3  Delagua, CO Bituminous Explosion/Fire 79 01/09/1942 Pride of the West  Silverton, CO Copper/Gold Asphyxiation 8 02/09/1911 Cokedale  Trinidad, CO Bituminous Explosion 17 09/09/1889 White Ash  Greeley, CO Bituminous Inundation 11 01/10/1893 Como  Como, CO Bituminous Explosion 24 02/12/1921 Oak Hills No. 2  Oak Creek, CO Bituminous Explosion 5 10/12/2002 Russell Pit   Wellington, CO Sand/Gravel Pwd Haulage 1 11/13/1885 Bull Domingo  Silver Cliff, CO Gold/Silver Fire 10 12/13/1921 Satanic  Morrison, CO Bituminous Fire 6 12/14/1910 Leyden  Leyden, CO Bituminous Fire 10 04/15/1981 Dutch Creek No. 1  Redstone, CO Bituminous Explosion 15 09/16/1901 Spring Gulch  Spring Gulch, CO Bituminous Explosion 6 12/16/1913 Vulcan  New Castle, CO Bituminous Explosion 37 11/17/2013 Revenue-Virginius  Ouray, CO Gold/Silver Asphyxiation 2 02/18/1896 Vulcan  New Castle, CO Bituminous Explosion 49 06/18/1912 Hastings  Hastings, CO Bituminous Explosion 12 08/18/1919 Oakdale  La Veta, CO Bituminous Explosion 18 02/19/1906 Maitland  Walsenburg, CO Bituminous Explosion 14 03/19/1906 Shenandoah  Silverton, CO Gold/Silver Avalanche 12 05/19/1907 Engleville  Engleville, CO Bituminous Fire 5 09/19/1968 Somerset  Somerset, CO Bituminous Roof Fall 4 01/20/1936 Monarch No. 2  Broomfield, CO Bituminous Explosion 8 11/20/1901 Smuggler-Union  Pandora, CO Gold/Silver Fire 31 04/22/1906 Cuatro  Tercio, CO Bituminous Explosion 18 01/23/1907 Primero  Primero, CO Bituminous Explosion 24 01/24/1884 Crested Butte  Crested Butte, CO Bituminous Explosion 59 03/24/1922 Sopris  Sopris, CO Bituminous Explosion 17 01/26/1904 Independence  Victor, CO Gold Hoisting 14 09/26/1895 Belgian  Leadville, CO Gold Explosives 6 01/27/1942 Wadge  Mount Harris, CO Bituminous Explosion 34 04/27/1917 Hastings  Hastings, CO Bituminous Explosion 121 05/27/1927 Delagua No. 3  Delagua, CO Bituminous Explosion 7 02/28/1902 Liberty Bell  Telluride, CO Gold/Silver Avalanche 19 10/28/1904 Tercio  Tercio, CO Bituminous Explosion 19 12/28/1965 Dutch Creek No. 1  Redstone, CO Bituminous Explosion 9 08/29/1895 Sleepy Hollow  Sleepy Hollow, CO Gold Inundation 14 01/31/1910 Primero  Primero, CO Bituminous Explosion 75 03/31/1919 Empire  Aguilar, CO Bituminous Explosion 13

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