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In 1905, the St. Paul Coal Company opened the Cherry Mine in order to supply coal for the trains of its controlling company, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad. [1] [2] The mine consisted of three horizontal veins, each deeper than the last. The veins were connected vertically by two shafts set some 100 yards (91 m) apart.
The Moweaqua Coal Mine disaster happened on December 24, 1932, in Moweaqua, Illinois. The disaster was caused by a methane gas explosion killing 54 miners. The explosion occurred shortly after the day shift started, sometime between 7:30 and 8:00 Christmas Eve morning. [1] [2] Less than three years later (1935), the dangerous mine closed ...
The Herrin massacre took place on June 21–22, 1922 in Herrin, Illinois, in a coal mining area during a nationwide strike by the United Mineworkers of America (UMWA). ). Although the owner of the mine originally agreed with the union to observe the strike, when the price of coal went up, he hired non-union workers to produce and ship out coal, as he had high debt in start-
1932 Moweaqua Coal Mine disaster; R. Royalton North No. 1 Mine Explosion; W. West Frankfort, Illinois
On the morning of Aug. 4, 1917, a methane gas explosion at the Western Kentucky Coal Company’s No. 7 mine in Webster County killed 62 of the 153 men underground at the time. The other 91 men in ...
Coal mining disasters in West Virginia (12 P) Coal mining disasters in Wyoming (2 P) This page was last edited on 2 May 2020, at 03:33 (UTC). Text is available ...
Officials don't yet know what led to an massive methane gas explosion at a Massey Energy (MEE) mine in West Virginia that has killed 25 miners and left four others missing. However, it's already ...
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