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View the Mine Disaster CalendarAll Mine Disasters in the Year 1911   (Display in Date Order)

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Date Mine Name Location Industry Disaster Cause Killed Report
04/08/1911 Banner View the planets for this day Littleton, AL Coal Explosion 128 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
12/09/1911 Cross Mountain View the planets for this day Briceville, TN Coal Explosion 84 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
04/07/1911 Price-Pancoast View the planets for this day Throop, PA Coal Fire 73 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
04/24/1911 Ott No. 20 View the planets for this day Elk Garden, WV Coal Explosion 23 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
07/15/1911 Sykesville View the planets for this day Sykesville, PA Coal Explosion 21 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
11/18/1911 Bottom Creek View the planets for this day Vivian, WV Coal Explosion 18 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
02/23/1911 Belmont View the planets for this day Tonopah, NV MNM Fire 17 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
02/09/1911 Cokedale View the planets for this day Trinidad, CO Coal Explosion 17 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
03/11/1911 Norman View the planets for this day Virginia, MN MNM Rock Slide 14 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
10/19/1911 Wharton View the planets for this day Hibernia, NJ MNM Inundation 12 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
03/22/1911 Hazel View the planets for this day East Canonsburg, PA Coal Roof Fall 9 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
11/09/1911 Adrian View the planets for this day Punxsutawney, PA Coal Explosion 8 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
10/23/1911 O Gara No. 9 View the planets for this day Harrisburg, IL Coal Explosives 8
01/21/1911 Carbon Hill No. 1 View the planets for this day Carbon Hill, VA Coal Explosion 7
05/05/1911 Hartford-Cambria No. 2 View the planets for this day Negaunee, MI MNM Fire 7
08/23/1911 Giroux View the planets for this day Ely, NV MNM Fire 7 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
01/18/1911 Keating View the planets for this day Radersburg, MT MNM Explosives 6 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
09/03/1911 Butte-Superior View the planets for this day Butte, MT MNM Hoisting 6 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
08/01/1911 Standard-Pocahontas View the planets for this day Welch, WV Coal Asphyxiation 6 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
05/27/1911 Cameron View the planets for this day Shamokin, PA Coal Explosion 5
10/03/1911 Drifton No. 2 View the planets for this day Freeland, PA Coal Fall of Person 5 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
03/18/1911 No. 16 View the planets for this day Mineral, KS Coal Explosion 5 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
05/10/1911 Boston View the planets for this day Larksville, PA Coal Asphyxiation 5 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
01/25/1911 Hughestown No. 10 View the planets for this day Pittston, PA Coal Explosion 3 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
09/12/1911 Marvine View the planets for this day Scranton, PA Coal Mine Cars 3
03/13/1911 Elba View the planets for this day Gilbert, MN MNM Cave-in 2
09/28/1911 Shakespeare Placer View the planets for this day Dome Creek, AK MNM Cave-in 0
07/30/1911 White Oak View the planets for this day Villa Heights, MO MNM Roof Fall 0
 
 
 

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