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All M/NM Mine Disasters in the United States
By Decade

View the Mine Disaster Calendar Decade:  1950s   (Display in Date Order)

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Date Mine Name Location Mineral Disaster Cause Killed Report
11/05/1953 No. 1 Incline View the planets for this day Bonanza, UT Gilsonite Explosion 8 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
06/01/1959 Sherwood View the planets for this day Iron River, MI Iron Ore Asphyxiation 6 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
03/31/1954 Santa Rita Open Pit View the planets for this day Santa Rita, NM Copper Explosives 5 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
10/30/1952 Herron View the planets for this day Herron, MI Rock Explosion 5 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
07/24/1952 Arizona Concrete View the planets for this day Maricopa City, AZ Rock Bin Collapse 5 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
07/16/1950 Lark, U.S. Smelting View the planets for this day Lark, UT Lead/Zinc Fire 5 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
11/04/1951 Calloway View the planets for this day Ducktown, TN Copper Hoisting 4
06/11/1955 Miami Copper View the planets for this day Miami, AZ Copper Fall of Person 4 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
06/02/1952 Penokee View the planets for this day Ironwood, MI Iron Ore Cave-in 2
 
 
 

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