All Colorado Coal Mine Disasters in Descending Year Order

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All Colorado Coal Mine Disasters in Descending Year Order
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Date Mine Name Location Mineral Disaster Cause Killed Report
04/15/1981 Dutch Creek No. 1 View the planets for this day Redstone, CO Bituminous Explosion 15 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
09/19/1968 Somerset View the planets for this day Somerset, CO Bituminous Roof Fall 4 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
03/02/1966 Burnwell No. 1 View the planets for this day Hesperus, CO Bituminous Explosion 3 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
12/28/1965 Dutch Creek No. 1 View the planets for this day Redstone, CO Bituminous Explosion 9 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
01/27/1942 Wadge View the planets for this day Mount Harris, CO Bituminous Explosion 34 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
01/20/1936 Monarch No. 2 View the planets for this day Broomfield, CO Bituminous Explosion 8 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
05/27/1927 Delagua No. 3 View the planets for this day Delagua, CO Bituminous Explosion 7 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
10/07/1923 Midwest View the planets for this day Palisades, CO Bituminous Explosion 6 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
05/05/1923 Southwestern View the planets for this day Aguilar, CO Bituminous Explosion 10 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
03/24/1922 Sopris View the planets for this day Sopris, CO Bituminous Explosion 17 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
12/13/1921 Satanic View the planets for this day Morrison, CO Bituminous Fire 6 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
02/12/1921 Oak Hills No. 2 View the planets for this day Oak Creek, CO Bituminous Explosion 5 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
08/18/1919 Oakdale View the planets for this day La Veta, CO Bituminous Explosion 18 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
03/31/1919 Empire View the planets for this day Aguilar, CO Bituminous Explosion 13 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
04/27/1917 Hastings View the planets for this day Hastings, CO Bituminous Explosion 121 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
12/16/1913 Vulcan View the planets for this day New Castle, CO Bituminous Explosion 37 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
06/18/1912 Hastings View the planets for this day Hastings, CO Bituminous Explosion 12 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
02/09/1911 Cokedale View the planets for this day Trinidad, CO Bituminous Explosion 17 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
12/14/1910 Leyden View the planets for this day Leyden, CO Bituminous Fire 10 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
11/08/1910 Victor American No. 3 View the planets for this day Delagua, CO Bituminous Explosion/Fire 79 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
10/08/1910 Starkville View the planets for this day Starkville, CO Bituminous Explosion 56 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
01/31/1910 Primero View the planets for this day Primero, CO Bituminous Explosion 75 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
07/06/1909 Toller View the planets for this day Tollerville, CO Bituminous Explosion 9 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
05/19/1907 Engleville View the planets for this day Engleville, CO Bituminous Fire 5 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
01/23/1907 Primero View the planets for this day Primero, CO Bituminous Explosion 24 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
04/22/1906 Cuatro View the planets for this day Tercio, CO Bituminous Explosion 18 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
02/19/1906 Maitland View the planets for this day Walsenburg, CO Bituminous Explosion 14 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
10/28/1904 Tercio View the planets for this day Tercio, CO Bituminous Explosion 19 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
08/07/1902 Bowen View the planets for this day Bowen, CO Bituminous Explosives 13 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
09/16/1901 Spring Gulch View the planets for this day Spring Gulch, CO Bituminous Explosion 6 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
09/03/1897 Sunshine View the planets for this day Sunshine, CO Bituminous Explosion 12 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
02/18/1896 Vulcan View the planets for this day New Castle, CO Bituminous Explosion 49 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
01/10/1893 Como View the planets for this day King, CO Bituminous Explosion 24
09/09/1889 White Ash View the planets for this day Greeley, CO Bituminous Inundation 11 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
01/24/1884 Crested Butte View the planets for this day Crested Butte, CO Bituminous Explosion 59 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
01/31/1883 Crested_Butte View the planets for this day Crested Butte, CO Anthracite Avalanche 6
 
 
 

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