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Date Mine Name Location Mineral Killed Report
11/13/1909 St. Paul No. 2 View the planets for this day Cherry, IL Bituminous 259 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
11/13/1909 Cherry View the planets for this day Cherry, IL Bituminous 259 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
09/06/1869 Avondale View the planets for this day Plymouth, PA Anthracite 110 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
04/07/1911 Price-Pancoast View the planets for this day Throop, PA Anthracite 73 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
07/05/1944 Powhatan View the planets for this day Powhatan Point, OH Bituminous 66 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
08/24/1894 Franklin View the planets for this day Franklin, WA Bituminous 37 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
06/16/1890 Hill Farm View the planets for this day Dunbar, PA Bituminous 31 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
11/03/1908 Zeigler View the planets for this day Zeigler, IL Bituminous 31 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
08/26/1908 Hailey-Okla No. 1 View the planets for this day Haileyville, OK Bituminous 29 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
12/19/1984 Wilberg View the planets for this day Women Icon Orangeville, UT Bituminous 27 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
02/25/1901 Diamondville No. 1 View the planets for this day Diamondville, WY Bituminous 26
10/29/1919 Amsterdam No. 2 View the planets for this day Amsterdam, OH Bituminous 20
03/08/1960 Island Creek No. 22 View the planets for this day Holden, WV Bituminous 18 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
05/20/1918 Villa View the planets for this day Villa, WV Bituminous 13 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
01/08/1943 Pursglove No. 15 View the planets for this day Pursglove, WV Bituminous 13 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
04/01/1893 Neilson View the planets for this day Shamokin, PA Anthracite 10 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
07/03/1872 Atwater Slope View the planets for this day Atwater, OH Bituminous 10 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
12/14/1910 Leyden View the planets for this day Leyden, CO Bituminous 10 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
01/13/1902 Milby and Dow View the planets for this day Dow, OK Bituminous 10
07/22/1972 Blacksville No. 1 View the planets for this day Blacksville, WV Bituminous 9 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
02/22/1912 Western No. 5 View the planets for this day Lehigh, OK Bituminous 9
11/14/1901 Pocahontas Baby View the planets for this day Pocahontas, VA Bituminous 9 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
08/01/1936 Kathleen View the planets for this day Dowell, IL Bituminous 9 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
11/20/1908 Red Lodge View the planets for this day Red Lodge, MT Bituminous 9
11/09/1909 Auchincloss View the planets for this day Nanticoke, PA Anthracite 9 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
12/23/1925 Webb View the planets for this day Bellaire, OH Bituminous 9
11/22/1901 Pocahontas Baby View the planets for this day Pocahontas, VA Bituminous 8 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
06/07/1906 Rocky Fork View the planets for this day Red Lodge, MT Bituminous 8
03/03/1890 Shaft No. 3 View the planets for this day South Wilkes-Barre, PA Anthracite 8 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
05/20/1876 Midlothian View the planets for this day Coalfield, VA Bituminous 8
08/21/1884 Greenback/Buckridge View the planets for this day Shamokin, PA Anthracite 8 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
11/15/1908 Pratt No. 3 View the planets for this day Ensley, AL Bituminous 8
05/09/1877 Wadesville View the planets for this day Wadesville, PA Anthracite 7 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
10/16/1965 Mars No. 2 View the planets for this day Wilsonburg, WV Bituminous 7 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
02/23/1921 Kathleen View the planets for this day Dowell, IL Bituminous 7 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
12/04/1905 Horton View the planets for this day Horton, WV Bituminous 7 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
01/16/1905 Decatur No. 1 View the planets for this day Decatur, IL Bituminous 6 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
06/07/1944 Emerald View the planets for this day Clarksville, PA Bituminous 6
05/11/1935 Barrackville No. 41 View the planets for this day Barrackville, WV Bituminous 6 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
10/30/1897 Von Storch View the planets for this day Scranton, PA Anthracite 6 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
12/13/1921 Satanic View the planets for this day Morrison, CO Bituminous 6 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
11/16/1920 Arnold View the planets for this day Earlington, KY Bituminous 6 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
09/20/1897 Belle Ellen No. 3 View the planets for this day Belle Ellen, AL Bituminous 5
09/28/1897 Jermyn No. 1 View the planets for this day Rendham, PA Anthracite 5 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
10/01/1898 Maffett Slope View the planets for this day Midvale, PA Anthracite 5 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
05/19/1907 Engleville View the planets for this day Engleville, CO Bituminous 5 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
05/05/1904 Locust Gap View the planets for this day Locust Gap, PA Anthracite 5 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
03/12/1934 West Kentucky No. 10 View the planets for this day Wheatcroft, KY Bituminous 5 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
12/13/1952 Elkhorn No. 3 View the planets for this day Evanston, KY Bituminous 4 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
10/17/1895 Franklin View the planets for this day Franklin, WA Bituminous 4
05/04/1949 Packer No. 5 View the planets for this day Girardville, PA Anthracite 4
12/12/1968 Buffalo Mining No. 8-B View the planets for this day Saunders, WV Bituminous 3 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
09/14/1966 Red Tail No. 2 View the planets for this day Bethesda, OH Bituminous 3 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
03/26/1971 Nemacolin View the planets for this day Nemacolin, PA Bituminous 3 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
01/19/2006 Alma No. 1 View the planets for this day Melville, WV Bituminous 2 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
03/10/1930 Wolf Run View the planets for this day Amsterdam, OH Bituminous 2
12/11/1941 Powhatan No. 1 View the planets for this day Powhatan, OH Bituminous 2
08/18/1936 Esry View the planets for this day Moberly, MO Bituminous 2
01/02/1939 Crown Hill No. 6 View the planets for this day Clinton, IN Bituminous 1
01/21/1912 Cherry Valley View the planets for this day Cherry Valley, PA Bituminous 1
03/15/1916 Sesser View the planets for this day Sesser, IL Bituminous 0
 
 
 

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