Coal Mining Disasters in the United States: Coal Mining Disasters in Colorado, Coal Mining Disasters in Illinois

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 148. Not illustrated. Chapters: Coal Mining Disasters in Colorado, Coal Mining Disasters in Illinois, Coal Mining Disasters in Kentucky, Coal Mining Disasters in Montana, Coal Mining Disasters in North Carolina, Coal Mining Disasters in Ohio, Coal Mining Disasters in Pennsylvania, Coal Mining Disasters in Tennessee, Coal Mining Disasters in Utah, Coal Mining Disasters in West Virginia, Coal Mining Disasters in Wyoming, Boswell, Pennsylvania, Sago Mine Disaster, Crandall Canyon Mine, Quecreek Mine Rescue, Monongah Mining Disaster, Farmington Mine Disaster, Castle Gate Mine Disaster, Cross Mountain Mine Disaster, Fraterville Mine Disaster, Hurricane Creek Mine Disaster, 1909 Cherry Mine Disaster, Aracoma Alma Mine Accident, Almy, Wyoming, Wilberg Mine, Twin Shaft Disaster, the Rose Park Mine Disaster, Scofield Mine Disaster, Knox Mine Disaster, Rolling Mill Mine, Martin County Sludge Spill, 1947 Centralia Mine Disaster, Millfield Mine Disaster, Darby Mine No. 1 Disaster, Smith Mine Disaster, No. 21 Mine Explosion, Darr Mine Disaster, Sonman Mine Explosion, Victor American Hastings Mine Disaster, Naomi Mine Explosion, Coal Glen Mine Disaster, 1932 Moweaqua Coal Mine Disaster. Excerpt: The Sago Mine disaster was a coal mine explosion on January 2, 2006, in the Sago Mine in Sago, West Virginia, USA near the Upshur County seat of Buckhannon. The blast and ensuing aftermath trapped 13 miners for nearly two days with only one miner surviving. It was the worst mining disaster in the United States since the Jim Walter Resources Mine Disaster in Alabama on September 23, 2001 killed 13 people, and the worst disaster in West Virginia since the 1968 Farmington Mine Disaster that killed 78 people. The disaster received extensive news coverage in the media worldwide. After mining officials released incorrect information, many media outlets, incl...