Mining Disasters Tables and References

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Top 5 United States Mining Disasters

Mine Disaster	Location	Date	No. Killed
Fairmont Coal Company’s No. 6 and No. 8 mines Mine Disaster	Monongah, West Virginia	6 Dec 1907	362
Stag Canyon Mine No. 2 Mine Disaster	Dawson, New Mexico	22 Oct 1913	263
Cherry Mine Disaster (St. Paul #2)	Cherry, Illinois	13 Nov 1909	259
Darr Mine Disaster	Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania	19 Dec 1907	239
Fraterville Mine Disaster	Fraterville, Tennessee	19 May 1902	216

United States Mining State Pages

State	No. of Disasters	Coal	Gold	MNM
Alabama	43	42	0	1
Alaska	4	2	2	0
Arizona	7	0	0	7
Arkansas	8	8	0	0
California	11	2	7	2
Colorado	42	33	8	1
Idaho	4	0	1	3
Illinois	45	45	0	0
Indiana	16	16	0	0
Iowa	3	3	0	0
Kansas	5	5	0	0
Kentucky	40	40	0	0
Maryland	4	4	0	0
Michigan	15	0	1	14
Minnesota	4	0	0	4
Missouri	6	4	0	2
Montana	14	3	3	8
Nevada	11	0	8	3
New Mexico	12	11	1	0
North Carolina	4	4	0	0
Ohio	19	19	0	0
Oklahoma	26	26	0	0
Pennsylvania	189	189	0	0
Tennessee	13	12	0	1
Utah	14	11	1	2
Virginia	32	32	0	0
Washington	19	19	0	0
West Virginia	102	102	0	0
Wyoming	12	12	0	0
Total	724	645	32	47

Arkansas Mining Disasters

Date	Mine Name	Location	Killed	Disaster Cause
4-Mar-1897	Kansas and Texas No. 44	Huntington, AR	14	Explosion
24-Feb-1928	Mama No. 3	Jenny Lind, AR	13	Explosion
20-Nov-1903	Bonanza No. 20	Bonanza, AR	11	Explosion
27-Aug-1940	Bates No. 2	Bates, AR	10	Explosion
8-Feb-1948	Sunshine	Excelsior, AR	8	Explosion
11-Dec-1957	Peerless No. 2	Greenwood, AR	6	Explosion
19-Nov-1936	Bates No. 1	Bates, AR	5	Explosion
11-May-1942	Peerless No. 3	Hackett, AR	4	Explosion

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