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All M/NM Mine Disasters in the United States
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View the Mine Disaster Calendar Decade:  1920s   (Display in Date Order)

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Date Mine Name Location Mineral Disaster Cause Killed Report
11/03/1926 Barnes-Hecker View the planets for this day Ishpeming, MI Iron Ore Inundation 51
08/27/1922 Argonaut View the planets for this day Jackson, CA Gold Fire 47 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
02/05/1924 Milford View the planets for this day Crosby, MN Iron Ore Inundation 41 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
06/27/1922 Holston Quarry View the planets for this day Strawplains, TN Marble Explosives 9
08/13/1920 Pounding Mill Quarry View the planets for this day Pounding Mill, VA Rock Explosives 9
02/28/1929 Stone Mt. Quarry View the planets for this day Decatur, GA Copper Expl. Vessel 7
11/24/1927 Magma View the planets for this day Superior, AZ Copper Fire 7 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
10/29/1927 Quincy Shaft No. 2 View the planets for this day Hancock, MI Copper Rock Fall 7
10/16/1923 Utah-Apex View the planets for this day Bingham, UT Silver/Lead Cave-in 6
04/15/1920 Jefferson Island View the planets for this day Delcambre, LA Salt Explosion 6 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
04/19/1920 Lehigh Quarry View the planets for this day Ormrod, PA Limestone Explosives 6 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
09/04/1929 Calaveras View the planets for this day Copperopolis, CA Copper Cave-in 5
07/12/1923 Sloss No. 1 View the planets for this day Bessemer, AL Iron Ore Pwd Haulage 5 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
03/01/1928 Badger-State View the planets for this day Butte, MT Copper Asphyxiation 3
09/24/1926 Pabst View the planets for this day Ironwood, MI Iron Ore Pwd Haulage 3
12/04/1925 Cardinal View the planets for this day Nederland, CO Gold/Silver Fire 1
 
 
 

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