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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