Stone Canyon Coal Mine Disaster

Date: 19 Jan 1909 [unknown]
Location: Chancellor, Monterey County, California
Surnames/tags: Mining_Disasters California >

Contents 1 History and Circumstances 2 Miner Victims 3 Miner Survivors 4 Rescue Effort & Rescuers 5 Others Involved/Supporters and the Aftermath 6 Stickers 7 Categories to Add on Miners' Profiles 8 Genealogy Resources 9 Museums & Memorials 10 Want to Know More? 11 To Do 12 Sources

History and Circumstances

Area History

Include a short history of the town or area of the mine relating to the mine; how the mine influenced the area, etc.

Mine History

Include when the mine opened, or whatever you can find

Mine Disaster Circumstances

When it happened, why, how, etc.; who was involved.

PUT IN BOLD any names of miners, investigators, rescuers that may be in the text.

Add photos if you find any.

Investigation Report

Add any info you find of interest; if books written, make a copy of the cover and link to the book UNDER Want to Know More? section.

Add any positive results of the disaster.

Miner Victims

Create a table of Victims: If the instructions are not open in another window, please RIGHT-CLICK ON this link and "open in a new window" for the instructions to complete this section: Tables in Your Disaster Page

• Add photos if found and other items of interest.

• Add newspaper articles if found.

• Add number of children, etc., or other info about the families.

Miner Survivors

Add Survivors in a table if you find a list using the same format as victims.

If you add text containing names, add that or other info and PUT THE NAMES IN BOLD.

Rescue Effort & Rescuers

From disaster history, add the rescue efforts and any rescuers you may find.

If the NAMES are in the text you put here, BOLD THE NAMES.

You can create a table of Rescuers using the same format as for victims.

Others Involved/Supporters and the Aftermath

Many were involved after the disaster:

• family,

• investigators,

• miners, not involved in the disaster as survivors or rescuers, who might be noted elsewhere as working in that mine,

• and supporters in the aftermath

We would like to honor them also.

The sources and resources may uncover others who may be honored and remembered.

Create table if you find a list,

Add what you find in photos, stories, articles, etc.

If the NAMES are in the text you put here, BOLD THE NAMES.

Stickers

If the instructions are not open in another window, please RIGHT-CLICK ON this link and "open in a new window" for the instructions to complete this section: Adding Profile Project Templates to Your Disaster Page

Be sure to delete the instructional information when you are done with this section.

• Miners' Memorial Sticker [formally Recognition Box]:

Copy & Paste the following to the profile either just below the Biography heading or just before a paragraph that includes additional details.

For Miners, whether killed or survived [you can change the text= to fit the individual as above]:

{{Mining Disasters
|{{Name}}
|text=was killed in a coal mining disaster
|date=d-Mmm-yyyy
|category=Coal Miners<nowiki><br /> <nowiki>|flag=your flag image

Result:

Notes:

• Including the line: Name= line in the template will put the name of the person in the sticker for the profile the sticker is added to.

• With the category= set on Coal Miners, this automatically adds the profile to the Coal Miners category AND automatically added the Coal Miner Memorial image [enlarged below]

• Mining Rescuers Memorial Sticker

For Mining Rescuers:

Copy & Paste the following to the profile either just below the Biography heading or just before a paragraph that includes additional details.

• The Image=, date=, category=, and flag= should remain the same.

{{Mining Disasters
|Name={{Name}}
|text=helped in the rescue and recovery efforts in a coal mining disaster
|date=24-Sep-1939
|category=Mining Rescuers
|flag=Your Flag Image}}

Result:

Notes:

• Including the line: Name= line in the template will put the name of the person in the sticker for the profile the sticker is added to.

• With the category= set on Mining Rescuers, this automatically adds the profile to the Mining Rescuers category AND adds the Mining Rescuer Memorial image [enlarged below]

• The text on Stickers is limited to 100 characters, and can be specific to the individual.

These are enlarged images for the Coal Miner Memorial [for miners, family, others] used for this disaster, as well as the Mining Rescuer Memorial image. The Support Miners Ribbon is used throughout this project and for any miner to be honored.)

The stickers contain very small images. If you'd like a larger image to use, please see THIS PAGE for more information on the memorial images and how they can be used outside of the Sticker.

Categories to Add on Miners' Profiles

The following categories should be added to the TOP of the Miner's profiles as they are researched and added, or found on wikitree.

To add categories to an individual's page:

1. Copy & Paste the following to the top of the profile page:

[[:Category:Your Disaster Category that you created for your disaster page]]

[[:Category: lowest region category: i.e., county, state]]

2. Save Changes

3. Click on the PROFILE and make sure the categories appear.

If underlined and in BLACK, congratulations! You have added the profile to the category. You may click on the underlined categories to see the miner's profile on that category page.

Note: If you see someone you are researching, or your ancestor appears on this page you are welcome to add the categories and the project box and sticker to that person's page and contact a Profile Manager of this page for the table to be updated.

This is our way of helping you honor the miners in your family.

OR if you want to help grow the wikitree community tree:

• Research the names of miners killed on wikitree, and if found, add the categories above and the project template and stickers below to their profile page.

• Add miners to wikitree by creating their profile.

• Research names found in the investigation report and add the profiles if you find enough information.

Genealogy Resources

Add genealogy resources that are found specifically relating to this disaster, or the area.

Possible sources to add by link:

• Internment Records

• Area Genealogical & Historical Societies

• Library Collections online

Museums & Memorials

• Add links to museums or memorials

• Add photos of memorials

Want to Know More?

This is where to place additional stories, articles and other items of interest to Read More About It

• Add resources or links to articles [that may be copyrighted] that add more details

• List books about the disaster, possibly with a photo of the book cover

To Do

• Disaster Page

• History and circumstances of the disaster with photos as available
• Memorial to be used for that disaster (Profile Memorial Template)
• List of names of those killed, injured, etc. where available & Create tables
• Genealogy Resources
• Museums/Memorials commemorating the disaster links
• Resources & Read More About It [Want to Know More Section]
• Sources

• Individual Profiles To Do List

• For each miner, family member, mining rescuer or family member found:

• Research wikitree for existing profiles
• Research external sites for more information on miners killed
• review investigation reports for names of miners and others involved
• complete profile page
• upload individual miners' photos; family info of select miners, other similar if found
• Search resources and genealogy info for more information on victims and families, and others involved

• For wikitree profiles:

• All duplicates should be merged into the final profile ID. PPP should be added if there are known duplication problems/or the person is considered notable.
• Worldwide Mining project box template, sticker and categories included on the page
• Biography is cleaned up and free of any GEDCOM leftovers, Ancestry trees with no links, etc. and styled according to Category:Styles and Standards. Use of inline citations is encouraged, and please do not copy large swaths of text from elsewhere. Paraphrase and link!
• Each individual should have a quality source or reference to their association with the Mining Disaster- i.e. a website or published biography
• Create and attach immediate family
• Connect to the main WikiTree tree
• Link/include any memorials, gravestones, etc. whether photo, weblink obituary or other

• Personal ToDos

• Also can be used as a personal To Do list as the page is worked on

• Delete the Disaster Page ToDos as they are completed

Sources

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The <references /> is completed by inline references in the text

Add other sources used in completing or researching the disaster.

• TIP: add inline references and sources as you work through the page - it will save a lot of time and frustration.

Thank you for Visiting.