Kentucky-Yellow Jacket Mine 1869

Date: 7 Apr 1869 [unknown]
Location: Gold Hill, Storey County, Nevada
Surnames/tags: Mining_Disasters Nevada Disasters

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Contents 1 History and Circumstances 1.1 Miner Victims 1.2 Rescue Efforts 1.3 Results and Findings 1.4 Sources

History and Circumstances

• Date: 7 Apr 1869
• Location: Gold Hill, Nevada
• Victims: 37 deaths
• Cause: Fire

Miner Victims

37 Lives Lost in the Kentucky-Yellow Jacket Gold Mine Fire in Timbers^[1]

Name	Age	Alternate Name /Spelling	Approx DOB
Grant, A G
Hallasy, John	30	Hallasy, James	1839
Hogan, John		Hogan, Patrick
Jewell, Edward		Jewell, William
Jones, Johnathan	31		1838
Laity, Thomas	32		1837
Matthews, Joseph	21		1848
Mccallum, Thomas	25	Mccollum, Thomas or Mccullin, Thomas	1844
Mcclelland, John
Mccormick, Michael		Mccormick, Richard
Mccoy, Thomas
Mcdonald, Michael
Mcdougal, Archibald "Archie"	27	Mcdonald, A J	1842
Mitchell, William	23		1846
O'brien, John
O'neil, Daniel
Peters, James	26		1843
Quinn, Patrick E
Reinay, A
Rohan, John Aka		Rowen, John
Ryan, K
Shanet, Jeremiah "Jerry"
Stephens, Harry		Stevens, Harry
Toland, Thomas
Tompkins, George	29	Tampkins, George	1840
Tooney, Matt
Toy, Anthony	24	Toy, Richard	1845
Williams, William H	35		1834

Miners Name Sourced Bio Connected Category Bickell, George age 31, b. circa 1838 Bickell, James Alt. name Bickle, James age 27, b. circa 1842 Bickell, Richard Alt. name Bickle, Richard age 33, b. circa 1836 Blouin, Peter Buckley, Patrick Chenette, Jeremiah "Jerry" Clooney, Martin Edmonds, George Alt. name Edwards, George age 35, b. circa 1834 Glassen, Joseph

Rescue Efforts

Results and Findings

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Sources

1. ↑ Nevada Index Mine

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