State:  Nevada   (Display in Date Order)   (Display in Day Order) Planet links and investigation reports will open in a separate window indicates a female fatality Displays all records in descending fatality order Display all accidents accompanied by an investigation report Or View From These Lists For Nevada: Only Coal Disasters Metal/Nonmetal Disasters   Date Mine Name Location Mineral Disaster Cause Killed Report 04/07/1869 KY-Yellow Jacket  Gold Hill, NV Gold Fire 37 02/23/1911 Belmont  Tonopah, NV Gold/Silver Fire 17 06/24/1887 Gould and Curry  Virginia City, NV Gold/Silver Fire 11 07/07/1912 Eureka Pit  Ely, NV Copper Explosives 10 09/16/1880 Consolidated Imperial  Virginia City, NV Gold Hoisting 9 08/23/1911 Giroux  Ely, NV Copper Fire 7 09/20/1873 Yellow Jacket  Gold Hill, NV Gold Fire 6 06/18/1880 Yellow Jacket  Virginia City, NV Gold Pwd Haulage 6 08/13/1936 Mountain City Copper  Mountain City, NV Copper Asphyxiation 6 08/04/1914 Copper Flat Steam Pit  McGill, NV Copper Explosives 5 06/23/1970 Texavada  Pine Grove, NV Gold Asphyxiation 3 08/24/1877 Belcher  Virginia City, NV Gold/Silver Explosives 3 07/01/1879 Yellow Jacket  Virginia City, NV Gold Fire 3 08/12/2010 Meikle  Elko, NV Gold Falling Object 2 10/31/2017 Marigold  Valmy, NV Gold Pwd Haulage 2 12/04/1907 Giroux  Ely, NV Copper Cave-in 2 10/17/2002 Storm Decline  Elko, NV Gold Heat Stress 2 07/28/1984 Nevada Moly   Tonopah, NV Molybdenum Pwd Haulage 1 01/15/1997 Getchell   Golconda, NV Gold Pwd Haulage 1 03/29/1981 Nevada Moly   Tonopah, NV Molybdenum Pwd Haulage 1

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