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Yellow Jacket Mining
Yellow Jacket Mine Haulage Disaster
Virginia City, Storey County, Nevada
June 18, 1880
No. Killed – 5
See also:
KY-Yellow Jacket Gold Mine Fire
, Apr. 7, 1869
Yellow Jacket Gold Mine Fire
, Sept. 20, 1873
Yellow Jacket Gold Mine Fire
, July 1, 1879
Five men were killed and three were seriously injured when the tracks of a car and a carload of tools, picks, drills, and other material fell down the shaft upon them.
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