Mine Disasters in the United States - By Year

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All Mine Disasters in the United States
Sorted by Year

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All Mine Disasters in the Year 1886 (Display in Date Order)

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Worst Mining Counties and States for Disasters

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Only Coal Disasters

Metal/Nonmetal Disasters

Date	Mine Name	Location	Industry	Disaster Cause	Killed	Report

01/21/1886

Newburg, WV

Coal

Explosion

39

01/12/1886

Almy, WY

Coal

Explosion

13

11/26/1886

Wilkes-Barre, PA

Coal

Explosion

12

09/13/1886

Scranton, PA

Coal

Cave-in

8

08/30/1886

Scranton, PA

Coal

Explosion

6

03/08/1886

Dunbar, PA

Coal

Explosion

6

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