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All M/NM Mine Disasters in the United States
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View the Mine Disaster Calendar Decade:  1940s   (Display in Fatality Order)

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Date Mine Name Location Mineral Disaster Cause Killed Report
02/20/1945 St. Anthony View the planets for this day Tiger, AZ Lead Fire 5
03/15/1943 Atkinson Quarry View the planets for this day Excursion Inlet, AK Rock Explosives 5
02/10/1943 Mulcahy View the planets for this day Shullsburg, WI Lead/Zinc Cave-in 8 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
01/05/1943 Boyd View the planets for this day Ducktown, TN Copper Asphyxiation 9 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
03/26/1942 Sandts Eddy Quarry View the planets for this day Easton, PA Limestone Explosives 31 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
01/09/1942 Pride of the West View the planets for this day Silverton, CO Copper/Gold Asphyxiation 8
 
 
 

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