State:  Colorado   (Display in Date Order)   (Display in Day Order) Planet links and investigation reports will open in a separate window indicates a female fatality Displays all records in descending fatality order Display all accidents accompanied by an investigation report Or View From These Lists For Colorado: Only Coal Disasters Coal and Metal/Nonmetal   Date Mine Name Location Mineral Disaster Cause Killed Report 11/20/1901 Smuggler-Union  Pandora, CO Gold/Silver Fire 31 02/28/1902 Liberty Bell  Telluride, CO Gold/Silver Avalanche 19 08/29/1895 Sleepy Hollow  Sleepy Hollow, CO Gold Inundation 14 01/26/1904 Independence  Victor, CO Gold Hoisting 14 03/19/1906 Shenandoah  Silverton, CO Gold/Silver Avalanche 12 04/25/1885 Homestake  Leadville, CO Lead/Silver Avalanche 11 02/12/1899 Silver Plume  Silver Plume, CO Gold/Silver Avalanche 10 11/13/1885 Bull Domingo  Silver Cliff, CO Gold/Silver Fire 10 01/04/1896 Anna Lee  Victor, CO Gold Cave-in 8 01/09/1942 Pride of the West  Silverton, CO Copper/Gold Asphyxiation 8 12/23/1883 Mendota  Telluride, CO Gold/Silver Avalanche 8 01/07/1877 Whale  Hall Valley, CO Gold/Silver Avalanche 8 09/26/1895 Belgian  Leadville, CO Gold Explosives 6 06/04/1908 Gold King  Gladstone, CO Gold Fire 6 02/23/1904 Augusta  Crested Butte, CO Gold/Silver Avalanche 6 02/16/1936 Hesperus  Mancos, CO Gold Avalanche 6 03/10/1884 Conundrum Gulch  Conundrum Gulch, CO Gold/Silver Avalanche 5 06/07/1930 Climax  Leadville, CO Moly Cave-in 5 01/27/1906 Sunnyside  Eureka, CO Gold/Silver Avalanche 5 03/21/1906 Vicksburg  Vicksburg, CO Gold/Silver Avalanche 5 03/12/1911 Gold King  Gladstone, CO Gold Avalanche 4 02/24/1936 Camp Bird  Ouray, CO Gold Avalanche 3 11/17/2013 Revenue-Virginius  Ouray, CO Gold/Silver Asphyxiation 2 10/12/2002 Russell Pit   Wellington, CO Sand/Gravel Pwd Haulage 1 12/04/1925 Cardinal  Nederland, CO Gold/Silver Fire 1

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