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M/NM Mine Disasters in the United States
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Date Mine Name Location Mineral Killed Report
06/08/1917 Granite Mountain View the planets for this day Butte, MT Copper 163  Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
05/02/1972 Sunshine View the planets for this day Kellogg, ID Silver 91  Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
08/27/1922 Argonaut View the planets for this day Jackson, CA Gold 47  Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
04/07/1869 KY-Yellow Jacket View the planets for this day Gold Hill, NV Gold 37 
11/20/1901 Smuggler-Union View the planets for this day Pandora, CO Gold/Silver 31 
09/07/1895 Osceola View the planets for this day Calumet, MI Copper 30  Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
03/05/1968 Belle Isle Salt View the planets for this day Franklin, LA Salt 21  Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
02/14/1916 Pennsylvania View the planets for this day Butte, MT Copper 21 
02/23/1911 Belmont View the planets for this day Tonopah, NV Gold/Silver 17  Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
06/24/1887 Gould and Curry View the planets for this day Virginia City, NV Gold/Silver 11 
11/30/1907 Fremont View the planets for this day Drytown, CA Gold 11 
11/13/1885 Bull Domingo View the planets for this day Silver Cliff, CO Gold/Silver 10 
04/21/1893 Silver Bow No. 2 View the planets for this day Butte, MT Copper 9 
11/06/1903 Kearsarge View the planets for this day Virginia City, MT Gold 9 
03/10/1895 Old Abe View the planets for this day White Oaks, NM Gold 8 
08/23/1911 Giroux View the planets for this day Ely, NV Copper 7  Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
04/08/1896 Hope View the planets for this day Basin, MT Gold 7 
05/05/1911 Hartford-Cambria No. 2 View the planets for this day Negaunee, MI Iron Ore 7 
11/24/1927 Magma View the planets for this day Superior, AZ Copper 7  Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
11/23/1889 Anaconda View the planets for this day Butte, MT Copper 6  Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
06/04/1908 Gold King View the planets for this day Gladstone, CO Gold 6 
02/16/1881 Belmont View the planets for this day Belmont, MT Copper 6 
09/20/1873 Yellow Jacket View the planets for this day Gold Hill, NV Gold 6 
07/14/1930 Glenn View the planets for this day Lost Chance, CA Gold 5 
02/20/1945 St. Anthony View the planets for this day Tiger, AZ Lead 5 
07/16/1950 Lark, U.S. Smelting View the planets for this day Lark, UT Lead/Zinc 5  Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
01/21/1914 Boston View the planets for this day Bingham, UT Copper 5 
07/01/1879 Yellow Jacket View the planets for this day Virginia City, NV Gold 3 
12/04/1925 Cardinal View the planets for this day Nederland, CO Gold/Silver 1 
01/21/2010 Viburnum No. 29 View the planets for this day Viburnum, MO Lead/Zinc 0  Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
08/30/1917 Lincoln View the planets for this day Virginia, MN Lead 0 
 
 
 

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