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February M/NM Mining Disasters

This document shows a list of the M/NM mine disasters with the information of the state where the disaster happened, the date of the disaster, the type of disaster, the mine name of where the disaster happened, the city the disaster occurred in, and the number of workers killed in the disaster. Please find the chart on February M/NM Mining Disasters below.

M-NM-By-Specific-Month-Qry
DATE MONTH STATE LOCATION MINE NAME MINE TYPE DISASTER TYPE FATALITIES
2/13/1874 2 MI Phoenix, MI Phoenix Copper Explosion 6
2/16/1881 2 MT Belmont, MT Belmont Copper Fire 6
2/11/1893 2 VT West Rutland, VT Sheldon Quarry Marble Roof Fall 7
2/26/1909 2 MO Joplin, MO Keystone Lead Cave In 5
2/23/1911 2 NV Tonopah, NV Belmont Gd/Sl Fire 17
2/14/1916 2 MT Butte, MT Pennsylvania Copper Fire 21
2/25/1917 2 ID Hailey, ID North Star Gd/Sl Snowslide 16
2/21/1918 2 MI Crystal Falls, MI Amasa-Porter Iron Cave In 17
2/5/1924 2 MN Crosby, MN Milford Iron Ore Wtr Inun 41
2/28/1929 2 GA Decature, GA Stone Mountain Quarry Copper Explosion 7
2/8/1933 2 NC Fletcher, NC B & C Quarry Limestone Rock Slide 7
2/19/1937 2 CA Walkermine, CA Walker Copper Explosion 6
2/10/1943 2 WI Shullsburg, WI C. F. & H. Lead/Zinc Cave In 8
2/20/1945 2 AZ Tiger, AZ St. Anthony Lead Bnk Hse Fire 5
2/19/1970 2 LA Jefferson Island, LA Jefferson Island Mine Salt Roof Fall 4
2/15/1975 2 TX El Paso, TX El Paso Quarry Stone Machinery 3

 

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