Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981

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Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1928MAR19
1927SEP19
1953JUN28
1965DEC28
1906MAR31
1944SEP16
1910DEC14
1890SEP23
1909MAY16
1905APR17
1937MAR31
1903MAR27
1924FEB23
1951JAN16
1956FEB2
1922AUG1
1912MAR25
1934OCT4
1910NOV8
1958AUG24
1899DEC10
1942JAN27
1942JAN27
1922MAR24
1906NOV7
1926JUL30
1976MAR9
1914JAN20
1918APR1
1922NOV21
1911NOV22
1925DEC29
1939OCT24
1918JAN31
1903OCT13
1901OCT1
1897SEP18d
1925MAR23
1925NOV16
1919JUL31
1923SEP7
1923JUL9
1971JUL29
1907JAN31
1918AUG9
1913FEB21
1900NOV19
1943JAN18
1914FEB4
1912JUL6
1929NOV6
1891MAR12
1896MAR15
1942JAN9
1898JUN14
1898FEB1
1965NOV20
1897JAN17
1889SEP9
1889OCT1
NAME
ABALOS, ESIQUO
ABALOS, FRANCISCO
ABBOTT, C C
ABELIN,
ABERNATHY, SAMUEL
ABEYTA, RICHARD
ABEYTA, THOMAS
ABEZTA, PEDRO
ABLETT, EVAN
ABLETT, RICHARD
ABLETT, WILLIAM G
ABRAMS, EMILIO
ABSOLOM, WALTER
ACKERMAN, JOHN W
ACKERSON, KENNETH M
ACOSTA, FRANCISCO
ACOSTA, FRED
ACTON, W C
ACUTO, JOE
ADAIR, JOE RAY
ADAIR, JOHN L
ADAME, ANTONIO
ADAME, PLUTARCO
ADAMO, PETE
ADAMS, JOHN
ADAMS, JOHN
ADAMS, ROBERT DEE
ADAMS, WILLIAM
ADAMSON, ROBERT
ADENLADIC, MATT
AGGAN, KOGAN
AGIRE, PORFIRIO
AGIRRE, JESUS
AGNES, JOHN
AGOSTI, ELARIO
AGRANA, FRANCISCO
AGRIE, JOSE
AGUILAR, E N
AGUILAR, RAFAEL
AGUILAR, RAMON
AHERN, WILLIAM
AHIL, ADAM
AINSWORTH, JOHN H
AKERS, CHARLES
ALAMILLO, MONICO
ALAYCHECK, MIKE
ALBERT, ALME
ALBERT, CLAUDE
ALBERT, JAMES
ALBRICO, MIKE
ALCOLA, IGNACIO
ALDEROON, THOMAS
ALDGRIN, JOHN
ALDRICH, JOHN
ALFAST, LARSEN
ALLARIA, BAPTISTA
ALLBRANDT, EDWIN H
ALLEN, CHARLES
ALLEN, JOSEPH
ALLEN, MIKE
Years
Single/
mining Age Married
14 36 M
19 S
NATIONALITY
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
OCCUPATION
TIMBERMAN
PICK MINER
AMERICAN
ASSIST. FOREMAN
31 M
MEXICAN
MINER
46 M
WELSH
WELSH
WELCH
AUSTRIAN
WELSH
MINER
MACHINE MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
20
43
51
21
37
S
M
M
S
S
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
LOADER
WEIGH-BOSS
MEXICAN
TRACKLAYER
29
35
70
33
M
S
S
M
No.
Children
COMPANY
4 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN OIL & PAVING
MID CONTINENT COAL AND MINE
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
6
DENVER FUEL CO.
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN
MACHINE HELPER
FIRE BOSS
SHIFT BOSS
NEGRO
MINER
RUSSIAN
TURK
MEXICAN
PICK MINER
MINER
MACHINE MINER
COLORED
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
MINER
COMPANY HAND
MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
MACHINE MINER
MACHINE MINER
CARPENTER
MUCKER
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
AMERICAN
MEXICAN
RUSSIAN
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
FOREMAN
MINER
MINER
CONTRACTOR
42
20
4
4
33
32
50
37
42
40
29
30
28
M
M
M
S
S
M
42 M
27 S
39
18
12
35
35
22
44
38
51
33
46
22
27
28
31
22
38
M
M
S
GRIFFITHS COAL CO.
MUTUAL COAL CO.
TELLURIDE MINES, INC.
SHATTUCK DENN MINING CO.
3 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
MONITOR MINING CORP.
1 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
ACE WELL SERVICE
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
WEST PORTAL
Mid-Continent Coal and Coke Co
1 TEMPLE FUEL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
0 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING
5 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
0 TEMPLE FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
NATIONAL FUEL
CALIFORNIA-HIDDEN TREASURE
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
26 M
PRIDE OF WEST, INC.
53
PIONEER CONSTRUCTIN Co
GOLDEN FUEL CO.
IRISH
23
DELAGUA
TOLLER
DUTCH CREEK MINE
SIMPSON
FREDERICK
MCLAUGHLIN
SOPRIS
MAGNET
ENGLE
GRIFFITHS
SOPRIS
MUTUAL
TELLURIDE
COLUMBINE
PRIMROSE
PEACOCK
DELAGUA
HUMBOLDT
WADGE
WADGE
SOPRIS
TERCIO
MOFFAT TUNNEL
Coal Basin No.5
KENNETH
RAVENWOOD
TIOGA
COLUMBINE
BONCARBO
WALSEN
ROUSE
HASTINGS NO. 1
PEERLESS
IDEAL
BRODHEAD NO. 9
BERWIND
H-E Lowdermilk Construction Co
M
M
S
S
M
S
M
M
COLORADO COAL & IRON CO.
TRAMMER
MINE
SOMERSET
MORLEY
PARKDALE
CHANDLER
IDAHO SPRINGS
BERWIND NO. 3
BERWIND
EL MORO
LAPLATA
SILVERTON
STANLEY
MICHAEL BREEN
MATTIE W
WHITE ASH
R.A.M.
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
County
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BY FALLING BRICKS
PIT
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
BOU
FALL OF ROCK
LAS
MACHINERY
LAS
FALL OF ROCK & COAL
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
FRE
STRUCK BY A PLANK IN AIR SHAFT
LAS
FALL OF ROOF
FRE
SUFFOCATED
LAS
FALL OF DRAW SLATE
HUE
FALL OF ROCK
SAM
FELL IN MILL (SUPPORT BEAM TO FLOOR)
CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK
WEL
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
LAS
RUN OVER BY RAILROAD CAR ON TIPPLE
SUM
FALL OF ROCK
LAS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF MAN. DERRICK COLLAPSE
TEL
EXPLOSION PUSHED BUCKET INTO SHAFT
ROU
GAS EXPLOSION
ROU
GAS EXPLOSION
LAS
EXPLOSION
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
GRA
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY TIMBER
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
LAK
THROWN FROM CAGE
HUE
FALL OF ROCK
HUE
FALL OF DRAW SLATE
WEL
FALL OF FACE COAL
LAS
CAUGHT BETWEEN CROSS BAR & CAR
HUE
FALL OF ROCK
HUE
FALL OF COAL
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
HUE
FALL OF ROCK
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
LAK
FELL DOWN A FLUE
SAM
RETURNED BEFORE THE LAST SHOT WENT OFF
CLE
RUN OVER BY TRUCK
GUN
FALL OF COAL
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
WEL
FALL OF SLATE
FRE
FALL OF COAL
CLE
DROWNED
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
SAG
FELL DOWN A RAISE
LAS
CAUGHT BETWEEN A PIT CAR AND A "RIBSIDE"
LAK
PREMATURE BLAST
SAJ
SUFFOCATED
DOL
FELL DOWN SHAFT
OUR
ROPE BROKE WHILE DESCENDING RAISE
EAG
FALL OF ROCK
ELP
FALLING TIMBER DOWN SHAFT
JEF
DROWNED BY INUNDATION OF WATER FROM SHAFT
LAK
FELL FROM BUCKET DOWN SHAFT
Page
Reference
29 12c
Report
year
1976
19
17
53
9
1898
53
12
1971
8
9
1892
28
10
1942
50
12
1965
23
10
1890
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1920JAN12
1909OCT17
1927AUG14
1913MAR27
1950FEB10
1926APR12
1925JUL27
1946OCT19
1918APR3
1914AUG12
1927NOV11
1959MAR5
1914JUL2
1899MAR15
1943JUL3
1911JAN6
1910JAN31
1932NOV7
1893NOV5
1893NOV5
1922MAR24
1929APR2
1906APR22
1906APR22
1965DEC28
1924SEP19
1906JUN11
1919OCT8
1899FEB8
1916JUN12
1970JAN2
1910DEC20
1965DEC28
1897OCT7
1896SEP2
1897SEP2
1893JAN10
1896DEC7
1952SEP19
1897MAY21
1904SEP5
1918APR1
1896DEC18
1929NOV19
1894JUN21
1896OCT9
1894NOV10
1884JAN24
1910JAN31
1884JAN24
1909AUG28
1970SEP18
1914JAN8
1948DEC27
1897SEP3
1897SEP3
1897SEP3
1943JAN2
1940APR30
1979JAN24
NAME
ALLENBAUGH, E
ALLER, TONY
ALLISETTE, JOE
ALLISON, J. W
ALTMAN, WILLARD P
ALVARADO, ANDRES
ALVARDO, BENARDO
ALVAREZ, FRANK MENDEZ
ALVAREZ, JOE
ALVAREZ, PEDRO
ALVAREZ, TRINIDAD
ALVING, OLAF ALVIN
AMATO, ASPER
AMBREE, C L
AMBROSE, JOSEPH
AMBROSE, WILLIAM
AMBROZIC, JOHN
AMEN, GEORGE
AMES, FRED
AMES, FREDERICK
AMETEIS, FRANCESCO
AMEZCUA, JOSEPH
AMICHAUX, PAUL
AMICHAUX, PAUL JR.
AMIDAY,
AMIDEI, EVRET
AMIDIE, EURACTO
AMOS, GUST
AMUNDSON, LAWRANCE
ANASTASSOPOULAS,GREG
ANDERSN, HAROLD GUS
ANDERSON J. J.
ANDERSON,
ANDERSON, A W
ANDERSON, ABE
ANDERSON, ABRAM
ANDERSON, ANDREW
ANDERSON, BEN
ANDERSON, C
ANDERSON, CARL
ANDERSON, CARL ADOLPH
ANDERSON, CHARLES
ANDERSON, CHARLES C
ANDERSON, E J
ANDERSON, EDWARD
ANDERSON, EDWARD
ANDERSON, GEORGE
ANDERSON, HENRY
ANDERSON, J. H
ANDERSON, JOHN
ANDERSON, JOHN H
ANDERSON, STEVEN CURTIS
ANDERSON, W. P
ANDERSON, WALLACE
ANDREATTE, EMIL
ANDREATTE, JOHN
ANDREATTE, LOUIS
ANDREATTI, MARIO
ANDREW, EDWARD
ANDREWS, DON D
NATIONALITY
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
OCCUPATION
MACHINIST
MINER
MACHINE MINER
MINER
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
PICK MINER
ROCK MAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
PICK MINER
Years
mining
Age
44
50
5 24
22
6
2
20
12
Single/
Married
M
S
S
S
39 M
30 M
26
40
30
49
27
S
S
M
ITALIAN
PICK MINER
LOADER
MINER
GERMAN POLE
AUSTRIAN
GERMAN
DRIVER
MINER
MINER
RANCHER
41 S
50 W
58 N
ITALIAN
MEXICAN
FRENCH
FRENCH
PICK MINER
MACHINE MINER
MINER
MINER
23
27
52
18
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
GREEK
PICK MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
GREEK
MINER
AMERICAN
PIPEMAN
No.
Children
COMPANY
0 MOFFAT COAL CO.
NATIONAL FUEL CO.
UTAH FUEL
IDARADO MINING CO.
6 CALUMET FUEL CO.
3 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
BLUE BLAZE COAL
NATIONAL FUEL
ROUTT COUNTY FUEL
1 COLORADO & UTAH COAL CO.
S
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
11
14
M
S
M
M
S
32 S
33 M
29 S
38 M
37
27 S
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
0
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
2 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
MID CONTINENT COAL AND MINE
OAKDALE COAL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
DAVIS DRILLING Co
MID CONTINENT COAL AND MINE
UNION PACIFIC COAL
HOISTMAN
SWEDE
30
59
TRAPPER
14 S
60
SIGNAL MAN
27 S
28
MINE
MOFFAT
BUNKER HILL
MONARCH NO. 2
SOMERSET
OURAY
CALUMET NO. 1
CHANDLER
PRYOR (NEW)
THORMINE
PINNACLE
HARRIS
MARR
TABASCO
RIDGE
INDUSTRIAL
PINONJ
PRIMERO
BYRNES
LAST CHANCE
LAS CHANCE
SOPRIS
CHANDLER
CUATRO
CUATRO
DUTCH CREEK MINE
OAKDALE
DELAGUA
FREDERICK
OPHIN TUNNELO
STARKVILLE
STARKVILLE
DUTCH CREEK MINE
IRON MASTER
MATTIE L
JEFFERSON
KING
REVENESE TUNNEL
CROW BAR
SMUGGGLER
STARKVILLE
VIRGINIUS
COLORED
MINER
45 M
AMERICAN
MINER
AMERICAN
DRIVER
MINER
MINER
MINER
TIMBERMAN
TIMBERMAN
40 M
19
46 M
24
3
26
CANON CITY COAL
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
1
OZARK-MAHONIING Co
2 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
PIKES PEAK FUEL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
BOULDER VALLEY COAL CO.
PERINI Corp
MAID of ERIN
MODOC
ROCKVALE NO. 1
CRESTED BUTTE
PRIMERO
CRESTED BUTTE
LAST CHANCE
REX NO. 1
PIKEVIEW
SUNSHINE
SUNSHINE
SUNSHINE
CRESTED BUTTE
CENTENNIAL
HUNTER TUNNEL
County
ROU
HUE
BOU
GUN
OUR
HUE
FRE
HUE
LAS
ROU
ROU
JAC
LAS
MIN
BOU
HUE
LAS
ARA
MIN
LAS
FRE
LAS
LAS
PIT
HUE
LAS
LAS
SAM
LAS
KIO
LAS
PIT
ELP
ELP
ELP
PAR
OUR
ROU
PIT
LAS
GIL
OUR
FRE
LAK
BOU
FRE
GUN
LAS
GUN
ELP
JAC
BOU
ELP
GAR
GAR
GAR
GUN
BOU
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
GLOVE CAUGHT IN LATHE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
HIT BY FLYING COAL FROM BLAST
PROBABLE BAD AIR OR GAS
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY A TRIP OF EMPTY CARS
FACE FALL
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF LOOSE COAL AND ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FELL FROM BUCKET
HAULAGE
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
FALL OF DEBRIS
CRUSHED BY BUCKET;WIDOW ELLA C. LOVE
SKIP JUMPED TRACK
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROOF
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
FALL OF "BONEY"
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
POWDER EXPLOSION WHILE LOADING HOLE
FALL OF BONY COAL AND ROCK
RUN OVER BY TRUCK TRACTOR
STRUCK BY A TRIP OF CARS
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
FELL DOWN SHAFT FROM SURFACE
EXPLOSION WHILE LOADING HOLE
THAWING POWDER OVER CANDLE
EXPLOSION
DRILLING OUT MISSED HOLE
HEART ATTACK
CAVE OF DRIFT
BURNED BY LAMP SETTING FIRE TO HIS CLOTHES
LOST FOOTING AND FELL
CAGE FALLING DOWN SHAFT
CRUSHED UNDER A ROCK
FELL OUT OF CAGE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK & COAL
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
OVERCOME BY GAS FROM SHOT
CRUSHED BY LOADER
WEDGED BETWEEN CAR AND RIB
ASPHYXIATION
EXPLOSION OF GAS/ DUST-LIGHT OPEN
EXPLOSION OF GAS/ DUST-OPEN LIGHT
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FACE-BUMP
CAUGHT BETWEEN MOTOR & ROOF
FELL INTO MIXER
Page
Reference
Report
year
17
10
1894
53
12
1970
gend
20
10
1894
53
12
1970
35 12m
1979
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1901NOV20
1927JUL27
1889JUL4
1910NOV
1910NOV8
1920JAN8
1900JAN3
1912JAN15
1897MAR1
1927MAR5
1893JAN10
1912FEB1
1891NOV11
1893JAN10
1893JAN10
1920DEC7
1893JAN10
1893JAN10
1913FEB27
1929FEB6
1917APR27
1896DEC18
1917APR27
1924JUN2
1897NOV22
1943NOV12
1918JUN2
1908AUG24
1927FEB27
1907DEC3
1909DEC21
1925OCT7
1911JAN28
1901AUG14
1952SEP6
1908MAR15
1930APR7
1910JAN31
1894OCT19
1906FEB19
1939JAN23
1951JUL18
1911JAN4
1917MAR27
1889SEP15
1896OCT19
1957APR20
1888DEC31
1943AUG29
1910NOV8
1918JUL31
1930FEB11
1929MAR7
1966AUG3
1901NOV20
1927AUG20
1922MAR26
1938JUN16
1912JUN18
1962SEP5
NAME
ANESE, ANTOINE
ANGELES, DOMINICK DI
ANGELICO, DOMNICK
ANGELINA, PETE
ANGIONA, JOSE
ANGLUS, JOHN
ANIONNIE, TONY
ANIZO, JOS
ANSELMO, FRANK
ANSTER, JOE
ANTERIMI, CHARLES aka
ANTHONY, FRANK
ANTONELI, GUISEPPE
ANTONELLI, ANTONI "Aneonelli"
ANTONELLI, CHARLES
ANTONELLI, JOHN
ANTONELLI, MIKE aka
ANTONETTI, MIKE
ANTONICH, VENAZIO
ANTONIO, DOMENIC
ANTONUCCI, STEVE
ANTRAS, JOHN
ANUSIS, JIM
APALONIAR, TIBURCIO
APLINGTON, E C
APODACA, JOE
APPLEBEC, WILLIAM
ARCHIEL, JOE
ARCHULETA, ALEJANDRO
ARCHULETA, ANDRO
ARCHULETA, FIANO
ARCHULETA, MIKE
ARCO, ANGELO
ARDISSONI, LOUIS
ARELLANO, LEO ARTHUR
ARESTAS, MIKE
ARGADY, PETE
ARGUELLA, FIDEL
ARGUELLO, J.
ARI, TONY
ARMENDAREZ, DOLORES
ARMENDAREZ, PABLO
ARMERIGO, BARCILO
ARMIS, CLATO DELL
ARRIBLE, LEVERICK
ARRICK, L. J
ARROT, R W
ARROWSMITH, WILLIAM
ARTHUR, EDWARD P
ASAIDA, S.
ASCHWANDEN, JOSEPH
ASH, FRANK
ASHBY, C M
ASHLEY,JAEMS D
ASHONE, JOHN
ASMUSSEN, JR. WILLIAM
ASPURUS, LOUIS
ASSALA, LOUIS
ASTI, LOUIS
ASTLE, THOMAS J
NATIONALITY
OCCUPATION
ITALIAN
PICK MINER
AUSTRIAN
MEXICAN
GREEK
MACHINE HELPER
MINER
PICK MINER
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
MINER
MINER
MINE FOREMAN
AMERICAN
TOP-MAN
ITALIAN
PICK MINER
SLAVONIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
MINER
PICK MINER
SLOPEMAN
GREEK
MEXICAN
MINER
PICK MINER
SLAVONIAN
HISPANIC
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
SPANIARD
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
MINER
MUCKER
MINER
MUCKER
CAR SPRAGGER
MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER
GREEK
HUGARIAN
MEXICAN
MINER
PICK MINER
DRIVER
ITALIAN
MINER
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
7
30 M
12
32 S
35
28 S
42
No.
Children
COMPANY
1 JEWEL COLLIERIES CORP
COLORADO COAL & IRON CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
MOFFAT COAL CO.
43 M
5
62 M
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
UNION PACIFIC COAL
46 S
25
23
2
COLORADO COAL & IRON CO.
UNION PACIFIC COAL
UNION PACIFIC COAL
7 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
UNION PACIFIC
UNION PACIFIC
AMADOR FUEL
5 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
1
see JOHN HATAS
48 M
47 S
44 M
53 M
40 S
41 M
2 AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING
THOR FUEL
36
26
30
25
39
25
16
S
M
M
M
S
S
1 PACIFIC COAL MINING CO.
1
FREEMAN & FIELDING
RESURRECTION MINING CO.
25
30 S
51 S
26 S
MOFFAT COAL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
29 S
BEAR CANON COAL & COKE CO.
HUERFANO COAL CO.
MEXICAN
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
JAPANESE
AMERICAN
MINER
MINER
COMMISSIONER
MINER
LESSEE
BLACKSMITH
MACHINE MINER
AMERICAN
MACHINE HELPER
CONTRACT MINER
ITALIAN
DRIVER
MINE
SMUGGLER UNION
CRESTON
COAL CREEK NO. 2
MAITLAND
DELAGUA
OAK HILLS NO. 1
ORIENT
ROCKVALE
ENGLEVILLE
LESTER
KING
PERRY
ROAD CANON
KING
KING
LESTER
KING
KING
AMADOR
MORLEY
HASTINGS
VIRGINIUS
HASTINGS
BONCARBO
NEVERSINK
THOR
40 W
49 S
34
22
3
73
34
42
59
41
26
4
CEDAR HILL COAL & COKE
CORN CONST. CO.
COLORADO COAL & IRON CO.
STATE OF COLORADO
1 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
M
M
M
M
3 CALIENTE COAL CO.
IDARADO MINING Co
22 S
27
28 M
51
COLORADO & UTAH COAL CO.
L
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
MOAB DRILLING CO.
DIAMOND
PACIFIC
HASTINGS
PIEDMONT
FREEMAN
BERWIND
ENGLE NO. 1
LEADVILLE
STANDARD
OAK HILLS NO. 2
PRIMERO
ENGLE
MAITLAND
BEAR CANON NO. 6
LUDLOW
WOOTTON
TOLLER
COMPROMISE
BURLINGTON
ROBINSON
DELAGUA
CAMP BIRD
RAVENWOOD
SMUGGLER UNION
HARRIS
COLUMBINE
HASTINGS
County
SAM
LAS
FRE
HUE
LAS
ROU
SAG
FRE
LAS
HUE
PAR
ROU
LAS
PAR
PAR
HUE
PAR
PAR
LAS
LAS
LAS
OUR
LAS
LAS
PAR
LAS
SAG
GAR
HUE
LAS
LAS
MOZ
LAS
LAS
LAK
BOU
ROU
LAS
LAS
HUE
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
PIT
EAG
HUE
OUR
LAS
BOU
OUR
HUE
SAM
SAM
ROU
OUR
WEL
LAS
GAR
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
FIRE
RUNAWAY TRIP
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BY ORE PILE
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
RUNAWAY PIT CAR
EXPLOSION
CRUSHED BETWEEN CARS
FALL OF SLATE
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
CAGE FALLING DOWN SHAFT
EXPLOSION
CAUGHT BETWEEN CAR & PROP
DIRT CAVED IN WHILE TIMBERING
ROOF FALL
FALL OF ROCK
SUFFOCATED FROM POWDER SMOKE
DRILLED INTO MISSED SHOT
STRUCK BY DERAILED CAR
MISSED SHOT
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
CAUGHT BETWEEN RIB OF DRIFT & MOTOR CAR
EXPLOSION OF FIREDAMP
STRUCK BY RUNAWAY CAR
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
FALL OF ROCK
GAS EXPLOSION
FALL OF FACE COAL
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
CAVE IN STOPE
FALLING FROM BUCKET DOWN SHAFT
CRUSHED BY OVERTURNING TRACTOR
RUNAWAY PIT-CAR ON THE MAIN SLOPE
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
OVERCOME BY POWDER GAS
SLIPPED OFF LADDER & FELL 15 FEET
FALL OF ROCK
FELL DOWN ORE PASS
FIRE
FELL IN FRONT OF MACHINE
FELL WHILE CLIMBING A RAISE
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP
FELL WHEN CONVEYOR FRAM COLLAPSED
Page
49
Reference
9
Report
year
1898
gend
9
9
1892
gend
gend
gend
gend
23
10
1890
62
12
1966
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1918MAY2
1902NOV11
1941JAN24
1912JAN23
1911SEP17
1942JAN9
1977OCT4
1917APR27
1884JAN24
1900MAR9
1910DEC14
1958JUL8
1927FEB15
1918JAN29
1910NOV8
1895AUG29
1963MAY10
1919DEC3
1932MAR19
1942DEC11
1959MAY4
1981APR15
1891NOV5
1935DEC16
1925JUN9
1918OCT30
1944MAR1
1943AUG3
1973FEB2
1917APR27
1909FEB4
1919MAR31
1928FEB27
1936JAN20
1922JUN15
1908JUN3
1906FEB7
1936JAN20
1921MAR24
1942JAN27
1969NOV21
1884JAN24
1944JUL29
1910OCT8
1906JUL12
1896FEB18
1922DEC7
1897JUN21
1935FEB21
1897MAY5
1901AUG31
1925NOV13
1895JUN24
1892OCT20
1915JAN4
1899NOV15
1919AUG18
1910OCT8
1903FEB11
1957MAR11
NAME
ASUNBERG, OSCAR
ATAKA, T.
ATCHLEY, PETE
ATHIS, AMTHON
ATIDA, MARTIN
ATKINS, HOWARD M
ATKINSON, DAVID
ATWOOD, E. H
AUBREY, WILLIAM
AUGUST, OSCAR
AUGUSTINE, JOHN
AUSTIN, GEORGE
AUSTIN, PAT
AUSTRIRUS, AUSTINUS
AVALOS, RAMON
AVENSIUNI, ACILO
AVERILL, ROBERT G
AVI, DOMINICK
AVILA, JAMES
AXELSON, JOHN E
AYALA, FRANK J
AYALA, JOHN
AYCOTE, JACK
BACA, ALEX
BACA, EMILIO
BACA, ENTINIO
BACA, JOE M
BACA, JOSE
BADDING, DANIEL F
BADEL, STEVE
BADOVICH, STEVE
BAHANIS, GUS
BAILEY, JAMES E
BAILEY, RAY
BAILEY, THOMAS
BAIRCH, GEORGE
BAIRD, JAMES
BAIRD, OSCAR
BAKEMIER, WALTER
BAKER, CHARLEY
BAKER, EDGAR S
BAKER, PETER
BAKER, STANLEY
BALDAZARI, G.
BALDE, MARTIN
BALDIS, ALPHONSE
BALDON, KENNETH
BALDWIN, JOHN
BALDWIN, WILLIAM
BALDWIN, WILLIAM J
BALLANTYPE, WILLIAM
BALLARD, CHARLES C
BALLARD, RICHARD
BALLENICK, JOHN
BALLON, EPIFANIO
BALSLEY, E O
BALTERIO, JUAN
BALTUSZNIK, PAUL
BANALETTI, GUISEPPI
BANKS, C E
NATIONALITY
JAPANESE
GREEK
MEXICAN
AMERICAN
OCCUPATION
Years
mining
Age
30
30
27
21
45
37
28
42
MINER
MUCKER
MACHINE-HELPER
BUCKET-DUMPER
MINER
TIMBERMAN
DRIVER
Single/
Married
S
S
M
M
M
NIGHT FOREMAN
55 M
AMERICAN
GREEK
MEXICAN
TIMBERMAN
MINER
MINER
36
35 M
40 M
MEXICAN
MINER
MACHINE MINER
28
34
21 S
DRIVER
CAR DROPPER
PICK MINER
2
28
10
LABORER
GREEK
AUSTRIAN
GREEK
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
DAY MAN
MUCKER
MINER
MINER
MOTORMAN
BUCKETLOADER
COMPANY
VETA MINES, INC.
2
PRIDE OF WEST, INC.
MIC-CONTINENT COAL and Coke Co
1
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
MEXICAN
No.
Children
2
1
50 M
40 M
21 S
41
23
38
25
46
52
26
19
31
23
33
23
M
M
S
M
M
S
S
M
56
M
S
S
M
LEYDEN COAL
REECE & AUSTIN LESSEES
1 BEAR CANON COAL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
MINE
WALSEN
TELLURIDE
HUERFANO
ROCKLAND
SILVERTON
DUTCH CREEK No.1
HASTINGS
CRESTED BUTTE
JAY
LEYDEN
BEAVER CANON
DELAGUA
AMERICUS
IDARADO MINING Co
BOULDER VALLEY COAL CO.
CALUMET FUEL
COLORADO CONSTRUCTORS, INC.
MID CONTINENT Resources Incorporated
4 CLAYTON COAL CO.
3 THE HUERFANO COAL CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
INTERSTATE ENGINEERING
NEW JERSEY ZINC Co
2
BOULDER VALLEY
SOMERSET
DUTCH CREEK #1 MINE
RUSK-IVANHOE TUNNEL
CLAYTON
LUDLOW
DELAGUA
FREDERICK
PUEBLO
3 EMPIRE COAL CO.
HASTINGS
BERWIND
EMPIRE
1 NATIONAL FUEL CO.
MONARCH NO. 2
2 NATIONAL FUEL CO.
PINON
JEWEL
MONARCH NO. 2
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
IDARADO MINING Co
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
PAONIA FARMERS COAL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
SLAV
AMERICAN
MINER
MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
10
25
20
24
28
AMERICAN
MACHINE HELPER
20
34 M
5 LOUISVILLE-LAFAYETTE COAL CO
ENGLISH
AMERICAN
DRIVER
TOPMAN
M
47 M
2 DAN LEE & SON
SLAV
MEXICAN
MINER
MACHINE OILER
22
MEXICAN
RUSSIAN
ITALIAN
MACHINE MINER
MINER
MINER
34 S
40 S
38 M
3 FOX COAL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
OAKDALE COAL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
SIGNAL OILFIELD SERVICE
WADGE
CRESTED BUTTE
PAONIA FARMERS DELTA
STARKVILLE
LEYDEN
VULCAN
FOX
IOWA
Hi-WAY
BRONALIER
SIMPSON
MASCOT
GENESE VANDERBILT
PICTON
TABASCO WASHERY
GRANT QUARRY
OAKDALE
STARKVILLE
PRIMERO
County
SAM
HUE
SAM
HUE
HUE
SAJ
LAS
GUN
CLE
JEF
BOU
LAS
LAS
GIL
OUR
SAJ
WEL
GUN
PIT
LAK
WEL
HUE
LAS
LAS
PUE
EAG
LAS
LAS
LAS
BOU
BOU
TEL
HUE
LAS
BOU
SAM
ROU
SAM
GUN
DEL
LAS
JEF
GAR
BOU
SAJ
BOU
CLE
BOU
ELB
OUR
HUE
LAS
LAR
HUE
LAS
LAS
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
CAUGHT BY A RUN DIRT
FALL OF ROCK
HEAD CAUGHT BY PLATFORM
FALL OF TOP COAL
FELL INTO CHUTE
SUFFOCATED
OUTBURST OF COAL
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION OF GAS; BD. AKRON, OH
STRUCK BY ROCK IN EXPLOSION
FIRE
CRUSHED BY FALL OF ROCK
FELL DOWN SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
DROWNED IN FLOODING OF MINE
FALL OF ORE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
ROOF FALL
FALL OF ROCK
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
STRUCK GIANT POWDER
FELL UNDER A CAR
CRUSHED IN A COLLISION OF TWO CARS
FALL OF ROCK
HAULAGE
DIPPERSTICK BROKE OFF & FELL ON HEAD
BURIED BY JUCK
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROOF
GAS EXPLOSION DUE TO ELECTRIC ARC
FALL OF ROCK
GAS EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
GAS EXPLOSION
SUFFOCATION
GAS EXPLOSION
CRUSHED BETWEEN MOTOR COWLING AND CHUTE
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
SURFACE HAULAGE (TRESPASSING)
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
STRUCK BY A DERAILED CAR
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
BLAST
SHEAVE WHEEL FELL DOWN SHAFT ON CAGE
PICKING OUT MISSED SHOT
KICKED BY MULE
RUN-A-WAY TRIP OF EMPTY CARS
FALLING ROCK FROM TOP SHAFT
PREMATURE BLAST; or Oct15
DRAWN INTO A GEAR WHEEL WHILE OILING IT
CUTTING UNEXPLODED HOLE
EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
FALL OF COAL
SLACK CABLE LOOPED AROUND HEAD
Page
Reference
Report
year
28
31 12c
10
1942
1977
44
12
1963
gend
60
12
1973
45
12
1969
gend
11
17
9
17
gend
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1935MOV13
1917APR27
1912SEP23
1904OCT28
1904OCT28
1911JAN16
1895DEC27
1917APR27
1949FEB5
1941JUL21
1952MAY9
1901NOV20
1907DEC2
1898MAR15
1936MAR8
1893NOV10
1963MAY28
1952JUN7
1957MAY10
1941OCT21
1951NOV21
1910OCT8
1919AUG18
1895JUN12
1884JAN24
1928MAR1
1920MAR9
1903APR27
1928NOV29
1918MAY23
1897JAN19
1924MAR5
1895FEB15
1962OCT29
1913DEC16
1902JAN13
1903SEP10
1958SEP16
1918OCT20
1942NOV23
1935AUG12
1935AUG15
1917APR27
1914JAN27
1965MAR27
1941MAY8
1892JAN2
1907FEB11
1942MAR3
1895FEB18
1913JAN8
1913JAN3
1891OCT24
1906JAN2
1907MAY19
1909SEP20
1917SEP24
1905AUG14
1918FEB23
1940FEB1
NAME
BANKS, WARREN E
BANNER, JOE
BANONI, ANTONIO
BARAGA, JOE
BARAGA, JOHN
BARATONA, SAM
BARBER, JOHN T.
BARBER, M.
BARBER, TERRELL
BARBER, W L
BARBOUR, ROBERT E
BARCLAY, CAREY
BARDOVIC, MIKE
BARNES, CHARLES
BARNES, MELVIN J
BARNES, THOMAS
BARNES, WILLIAM H
BARNETT, JAMES F
BARNETT, LESLIE E
BARNETTI, JASPER
BARNHILL, BOB M
BARONSKI, JOSEF
BARRELLO, TONY
BARRETT, JAMES
BARRETT, PATRICK
BARRETT, WILLIAM
BARRICK, GEORGE
BARRO, GUISEPPI
BARRON, CONCEPTION
BARRON, PETER
BARRON, WILLIAM
BARROS, JUAN D
BARROW, THOMAS
BARTELL, LEO A
BARTH, BERT
BARTILOTTI, NICOLO
BARTINOLA, CANDIDA
BARTLETT, DONALD E
BARTLUSSI, GLENN
BARTOLA, BOSTON
BARTOLO, JOHN
BARTON, GEORGE A
BASAKAS, HARIS
BASHAM, KING W
BASHOR, ROBERT D
BASNETT, BUFORD OTIS
BASSI, PEDRO
BASSO, DOMENIC
BASTA, MARK
BATCH, MICHAEL
BATCHILETTI, GEORGE
BATEY, JAMES
BATHOLEMEW, JANO
BATKI, JOONAS
BATTU, GUISEPPI
BAVELLE, JOE
BAVIER, ABEL
BAXTER, DAVID
BAXTER, GEORGE
BAXTER, RAYMOND E
Years
Single/
mining Age Married
45 62 M
45 S
22 S
23 S
25 M
34 M
NATIONALITY
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
OCCUPATION
MINE FOREMAN
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
ITALIAN
ELECTRICAIN
MUCKER
HOISTMAN
30 M
28 M
56 M
HUNGARIAN
MINER
38 M
AMERICAN
TIPPLE MAN
1
No.
Children
COMPANY
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
4
0
RICO ARGENTINE MINING CO.
J. B. MESTER
GIBBONS- REED & BOYLE BROS.
26 M
0 COLORADO & UTAH COAL CO.
23
W.B. ECKMAN MINING Co
AARON STROMBERG & CO.
GOLDEN CYCLE CORP. (URAVAN)
MIDWEST FUEL & TIMBER
B & M SERVICE CO.
4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
OAKDALE COAL CO.
MINER
POLE
ITALIAN
MINER
DRIVER
34 M
22 S
AMERICAN
TIMBERMAN
TEAMSTER
MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
NIGHT BOSS
PICK MINER
FIRE BOSS
FOREMAN
MINER
MINER
MINER
64
44
49 M
22 S
58 M
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
0 BREEN COAL MINING
45 M
5 FRUTH & STONE CO.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
ITALIAN
MEXICAN
RUSSIAN
MEXICAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
18
34
31 M
26
22 S
AMERICAN METALS CLIMAX, INC
CORYELL MINING LEASING
MINE
BOULDER
County
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
BOU
LAS
DOL
BOU
LAK
SAM
LAS
LAK
ROU
LAP
MONR
BOU
CHAMPION
ROU
STARKVILLE
OAKDALE
SOMETHING GOOD
CRESTED BUTTE
LAS
HUE
ELP
GUN
TEL
JEF
HUE
LAS
HUE
LAS
HUE
HUE
LAK
GAR
GUN
LAS
FREDERICK
HASTINGS
ROUSE
TERCIO NO. 3
TERCIO NO. 3
FORBES NO. 6
ANNIE C. TUNNEL
HASTINGS
RICO
ARCHER
CLIMAX
SMUGGLER UNION
STARKVILLE
WHITE CAP
HARRIS
DUGAN
SUNSHINE
DELAGUA
BREEN
STARKVILLE
LEADER NO. 1
ROUSE
VULCAN
CRESTED BUTTE
SOPRIS
LOWELL THOMPSON (CLIMAX U.)
MOTORMAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
GREEK
AMERICAN
MACHINE MINER
MACHINE MAN
MINER
MINER
MINER
ITALIAN
15
4
10
21
48
36
34
39
28
M
S
M
S
M
26 S
45 M
AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN
MINER
MACHINEMAN
MINER
MINER
MINER
FINLANDER
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
BELGIAN
AMERICAN
MINER
LABORER
COMPANY MAN
MINER
DRIVER
43
23
36
21
19
27
52 S
52 M
M
S
M
S
S
BUTTE VALLEY COAL
0 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
PIKES PEAK FUEL CO.
1
DORR COAL
GIBSON-ROBERTS Inc
WOLF TONGUE MINING CO.
COLORADO FUEL CO.
LONDON MINES & MILLING CO.
AMERICAN FUEL CO.
8 SOUTH CANON COAL CO.
COLORADO FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
UTAH FUEL
WILLIAM HUNT
BUTTE VALLEY
DELAGUA
PIKEVIEW
HASTINGS
DORR
BOULDER
SOPRIS
PICTOU
ALMA
COAL CREEK
MATCHLESS
SOUTH CANON
COAL RIDGE
SOMERSET
ENGLEVILLE
HASTINGS
SOMERSET
RUGBY
HUNT
LAK
HUE
LAS
ELP
LAS
ELP
CHA
BOU
LAS
HUE
PAR
FRE
BOU
GAR
GAR
GUN
LAS
LAS
GUN
HUE
LAK
LAP
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
STRUCK BY LOADED CAR
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF BLAST
EXPLOSION
CAVE-IN FROM ROOF
ASPHYXIATION
DRILLED INTO MISSED HOLE
FIRE
FALL OF ROOF
PICKING OUT MISSED HOLE
STRUCK BY BOX CAR LOADER
FALL OF SLATE
SLAB RELEASED
PREMATURE BLAST
CRUSHED BETWEEN SKIP & TIMBER
HAULAGE
BURNED BY OIL TANK FIRE
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP
POWDER EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION OF GAS; BD. PLYMOUTH, PA
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF SLATE
FALL OF ROCK
SHOT EXPLOSION
CAUGHT BETWEEN TOP OF CAR & ROOF
TRIP OF RUNAWAT CARS
PIPE FAILED AND STRUCK BY SWINGING VALVE
DUST EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
ELECTROCUTION UNDERGROUND
STRUCK BY A TROLLEY
GAS EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
DIABETIC GANGRENE
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
CAUGHT BETWEEN ROLLER AND BELT
CRUSHED BETWEEN MACHINE & WALL
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF SLATE
PREMATURE BLAST
BLOWN-OUT SHOT
FALL OF SLATE
FALL OF COAL
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND COAL DUST
FALL OF ROCK
FIRE-SUFFOCATION
FALL OF COAL FROM CHUTE
FALL OF COAL
RUN OVER BY A TRIP OF CARS
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF (COAL)
Page
45
Reference
12
Report
year
1963
gend
47
9
1898
gend
19
17
49
12
1965
9
9
1892
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1913DEC16
1899DEC2
1891SEP12
1906FEB19
1917JUN9
1909JAN15
1896JAN9
1918APR9
1924APR16
1884JAN24
1957APR19
1912JAN23
1929SEP8
1942JAN27
1896FEB18
1910NOV8
1910NOV8
1910NOV8
1950NOV6
1919OCT9
1896OCT26
1942JAN27
1973DEC6
1962JUL27
1947MAY1
1953DEC16
1913JUL22
1896FEB5
1897NOV24
1903JAN28
1912OCT11
1933OCT3
1910NOV8
1871JUN16
1915MAR4
1894JUL18
1899SEP3
1973COT25
1917MAY19
1918NOV4
1936JAN24
1917JUN20
1916DEC3
1942JAN15
1974JAN9
1918AUG27
1912JUN18
1935MAR4
1912JUN18
1912NOV10
1946AUG22
1942JAN12
1890AUG29
1920JUL22
1943JAN18
1899NOV3
1910NOV8
1927JAN16
1906JUL28
1912DEC18
NAME
BAXTER, WALLACE
BAXTER, WILLIAM
BEACH, FREDIRICK
BEAM, F.
BEAMER, AUGUST
BEATO, MIKE
BEAUCHET, LEON
BEBER, JOHN
BEBOS, GOST
BECHT, FRED
BECK, E G
BECK, HENRY
BECK, JOSEPH S
BECK, LEO
BECKER, PETER
BEDALLA, JOSE
BEDALLA, M
BEDALLA, R.
BEDIENT, L B
BEDINI, JOE
BEECHER, C. F
BEEN, HARRY T
BEERBAUM, KONRAD ERIC
BEGAY, RAYMOND
BEGLUITTI, FRANK
BEIROW, HAROLD F
BEITLER, PETER
BEKER, ERICK
BELARIO, DOMINIC
BELCHER, CLYDE
BELJAS, CHRIS
BELL, ABE
BELL, DAVE
BELL, FRANK P
BELL, JOHN
BELL, JOSEPH
BELL, MATT
BELL, PAUL G
BELL, WILLIAM C
BELLIN, MILTON
BELLOTTI, ERNEST
BELLOTTI, FERDINAND C
BELOS, GEORGE
BELTRAM, DOMINIC
BELVILLE, CLIFFORD D
BEMBRY, C. L
BENDETTI, BEN
BENDOWSKY, EDWARD C
BENEDETTO, BEN
BENEDTTI, JOE
BENHAM, CECIL L
BENI, FRANK
BENNET, EDWARD H
BENNETT, CHARLES
BENNETT, CHARLES
BENNETT, F N
BENNETT, JAMES
BENNETT, OSCAR H
BENNETT, WILLIAM
BENOSSI, LOUIS
NATIONALITY
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
OCCUPATION
Years
mining
LOADER
TRAPPER BOY
MINER
FOREMAN MINER
DRIVER
Single/
Age Married
S
40 M
No.
Children
COMPANY
CORYELL MINING LEASING
1
COLORADO COAL & IRON CO.
28 S
31
S
AUSTRIAN
GREEK
PICK MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
AMERICAN
TRACK-LAYER
SUPERINTENDENT
22 S
51 M
GERMAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
LOADER
MINER
MINER
MINER
25
16
40
18
ITALIAN
MACHINE RUNNER
28 S
MOTORMAN
20
31
24 S
GERMAN
MINER
25 S
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
DREILING DRILLING Co
UNION CARBIDE NUCLEAR CO.
R. L. JONES
ARAPAHOE DRILLING CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
AMERICAN
SLAV
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
MOTORMAN
MINER
MINER
16
22
44
22
MOFFAT COAL CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
20
26 S
42 M
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
HINMAN BROS. CONST. CO.
ENGLISH
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
GREEK
AUSTRO-TYROL
AUSTRIAN-TYR
ITALIAN
MINER
COMPANY MAN
MACHINE LOADER
TIMBERMAN
MINER
MINER
MACHINEMAN
MINER
MINER
20
S
S
M
S
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
ERNEST HICKS & SON
GORDON COAL CO.
S
S
S
S
72 W
3 JAS. ETCHELLS
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
45
57
30
54
28
27
GREEN-MASSMAN CONSTRUCTION
4 INTERNATIONAL FUEL
CORYELL MINING LEASING
4 MAJOR COAL CO.
37
27
25
37
25
38
M
S
M
S
S
M
S
M
YAMPA VALLEY COAL
SAMPSON COAL MINE
DRAVO Corp
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
ENGLISH
ITALIAN
TIMBERMAN
MINER
45
49
56 M
MOTORMAN
TRAMWAY CARPENTER
MINER
MACHINE RUNNER
19 S
45
45 M
23 M
COKEDALE
TENDERFOOT
ROCKVALE
TABASCO
CRESTED BUTTE
WADGE
VULCAN
DELAGUA
DELAGUA
DELAGUA
HIDDEN TREASURE
GORDON
IBEX
WADGE
LEADVILLE
CRESTED BUTTE
UNION
PELECAN DIVES
PRIMROSE
RAVENWOOD
OAK HILLS NO. 2
DELAGUA
SEATON
PARKDALE
PICTON
NORTH STARR
WOLF CREEK
GARFIELD-VULCAN
MAJOR
YAMPA VALLEY NO. 6
SAMPSON
HASTINGS
NEW ZEALAND GOLD MINES, INC.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
5
COLOWYO COAL
MOFFAT COAL
ENGLISH
VULCAN
VAUGHN
COAL CREEK NO. 2
MAITLAND
OAKDALE
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
25
MINE
CALIFORNIA-HIDDEN TREASURE
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
1
HASTINGS
TOLLER
RED WING
MOFFAT NO. 1 & NO. 2
LEXINGTON TUNNEL
IDAHO SPRINGS
UNION PLANT
DELAGUA
GREEN CANON
TOLTEC
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
County
GAR
DUST EXPLOSION
FALL OF COAL
FRE
ACCIDENTLY HANGED HIMSELF WITH A ROPE
HUE
GAS EXPLOSION
SAJ
CRUSHED BY FALL OF ROCK
LAS
SQUEEZED BETWEEN CAR AND RIB
ELP
THAWING POWDER BY HOT SAND PROCESS
FRE
PREMATURE SHOT
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
GUN
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK (CUT WALL)
HUE
FALL OF ROCK
LAK
FELL IN MINE
ROU
GAS EXPLOSION
GAR
EXPLOSION
LAS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
LAS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
LAS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
MES
FALL OF ROOF
HUE
FALL OF ROCK
LAK
CAVE OF GROUND
ROU
GAS EXPLOSION
ROU
WRAPPED BY SURVEY WIRE LINE
SAM
CRUSHED BETWEEN CAR AND TIMBER
LAK
CAUGHT BETWEEN MOTOR & CHUTE
CRUSHED BY FALL OF PULL-BACK WEIGHT
GUN
FALL OF ROCK
LAK
FALLING DOWN MAN-WAY
CLE
SCALE FALLING FROM BACK OF SLOPE
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
HUE
FALL OF ROCK
ROU
FALL OF DRAW ROCK
LAS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
GIL
EXPLOSION
WEL
INHALING NOXIOUS GASES
HUE
FALL OF ROCK
TEL
ROCK FELL OFF BUCKET
PUE
PLYWOOD DECKING GAVE WAY
ROU
SLIDE OF COAL AND ROCK
GAR
EXPLOSION OF GAS
HUE
FALL OF ROCK
CLE
FALL OF SALB OF ROCK
ROU
CRUSHED UNDER A HOIST
HUE
ROOF FALL
GRA
FALL OF ROCK
TEL
STRUCK ON HEAD BY AIR PIPE
LAS
GAS EXPLOSION
TEL
CAUGHT BETWEEN CAGE FLOOR & TIMBER
LAS
EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP
LAS
FALL OF COAL
MOF
HAULAGE
ROU
FALL MATERIALS
DOL
EXPLOSION WHILE CHARGING HOLE
TEL
FALL OF ROCK
CLE
DROWNED
LAK
CAUGHT BETWEEN BELT & PULLY
LAS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
OUR
HIT BY RUNAWAY BUCKET
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
HUE
ELECTROCUTED
Page
Reference
Report
year
gend
9
9
1892
62
12
1973
62
12
1973
50
12
1974
47
10
1890
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1919MAY23
1950NOV15
1939MAR30
1944APR13
1910JUN11
1926AUG1
1923JAN11
1902AUG7
1958NOV20
1942DEC12
1938FEB22
1922MAR4
1946OCT11
1910JAN31
1896JUN22
1921MAR8
1890MAR13
1937SEP26
1893FEB22
1953SEP16
1886MAR25
1922MAR24
1891JUN1
1911OCT9
1917APR27
1910MAY2
1926FEB12
1918JUN24
1924DEC10
1892NOV16
1908APR15
1947JUN24
1948FEB27
1904APR29
1928FEB6
1960NOV17
1891OCT8
1955JAN14
1904AUG3
1902JAN3
1902JAN3
1924AUG2
1910JAN31
1918JUN7
1901SEP16
1928APR6
1940APR4
1926NOV22
1913NOV6
1900MAY19
1978AUG8
1901JUN27
1898APR30
1898SEP17
1899DEC18
1966MAY27
1908AUG26
1899NOV9
1961OCT2
1959APR17
NAME
BENSON, ADOLPH
BENSON, WALTER L
BERARDI, ANGELO
BERARDI, JAMES
BERDAR, NICK
BERG, CARL F
BERG, GUS W
BERG, OSCAR
BERG, PAUL W
BERGAMO, PRIMO J
BERGANT, FRANK
BERGEN, ALBERT
BERGOSH, JOE
BERHANT, ANTON
BERKEY, VIRGIL
BERNANDEZ, RAFAEL
BERNARD, ALFRED
BERNS, WILLIAM
BERRY,
BERSONNET, III, W N
BERTASA, MAURICE
BERTETTO, ANTONIO
BERTINO, DOMNICK
BERTOK, JOE
BERTOLINA, PIETRO
BERTUZZI, S
BERUMEN, JESUS
BEST, GEORGE
BEST, HERMAN L
BETISTE, BENJAMINO
BETT, ANDY
BETZ, CHARLES
BETZ, HENRY
BEVAN, WILLIAM
BEVERIDGE, THOMAS
BEYE, JACK R
BEZOT, JOSEPH
BIA, FRANK KEE
BIALANTO, CAPERANO
BIAMA, DOMINIE
BIAMA, PETE
BIANCHI, CAMILLO
BIBERNIK, JOE
BICICE, JOE
BICKERTON, ROBERT G
BIDLEMAN, W J
BIELLA, HERMAN
BILLICH, JOHN
BILLIE, MIKE
BILLINGS, BERT
BINGEL, RICHARD
BIONEO, JOHN
BIORK, CHARLES
BIOTTI, ANTONIO
BIRCH, THOMAS
BIRDSEY, SAMUEL N
BIRTANKLE, JOE
BISHERD, JOHN
BISHOP, GEORGE H JR.
BISHOP, ROBERT DALE
NATIONALITY
OCCUPATION
MILLMAN
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
20
No.
Children
COMPANY
OSAGE COAL
BLACK DIAMOND FUEL CO.
CALDIROLA COAL
CROATIAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
DRIVER
SHOVEL HELPER
MUCKER
DRILL HELPER
LOADERMAN
MEXICAN
PICK MINER
AUSTRIAN
ROPE RIDER
MEXICAN
AMERICAN
MACHINE MINER
30
2
23 S
18
63
23 S
49
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
23 S
21 S
1
MUCKER
LABORER
24 S
38
25 M
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
MINE
CRYSTAL RIVER RAILWAY
County
HIN
ROU
BOU
FRE
HUE
LAK
OUR
LAS
GUN
HUE
ROU
LAS
LAS
LAS
BOU
LAS
GUN
CLE
GAR
CAMERON
SOPRIS
ROAD CANON
TABASCO
HASTINGS
PIEDMONT
EMPIRE
JOBAL
HUE
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
HUE
CALEDONIA
COALBASIN
BOU
PIT
MORRISON
NONAC
PICTOU
WEL
FRE
HUE
MOF
LAS
OSAGE STRIP
BLACK DIAMOND NO. 2
CALDIROLA
IDEAL
BOWEN
BEAR
ROBINSON NO. 4
PINNACLE
MORLEY
MORLEY
PRIMERO
INTER-OCEAN
DELAGUA
MAY-MAZEPPA
GRIFFITH LEASING CO.
WILLIAM N. BERSONNET, JR.
MINER
PICK MINER
22 S
SLAV
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
MEXICAN
ENGLISH
MINER
MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
MACHINE RUNNER
OILER
39
34
25
32
37
33
ITALIAN
MINER
WELSH
AMERICAN
MINE FOREMAN
TIMBERMAN
MACHINE MINER
ITALIAN
9
W
S
S
S
S
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
COLORADO COAL & IRON CO.
3
EMPIRE COAL MINING CO.
LOMA FUEL
UNITED COAL CO.
MEXICAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN
44 M
26
32
MINER
PICK MINER
ROLLERMAN
MINER
DRIVER
MACHINE MINER
VINNELL CONSTRUCTION CO.
CLAYTON COAL
43
50 M
49 S
20
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
U.C.N.C. JOHN D. MOON
COLORADO FUEL CO.
RICO ARGENTINE MINING CO.
35 S
12
33 W
25 M
24 S
4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO AND UTAH FUEL
25
53 M
3 GRAND JUNCTION MINING & FUEL
BOULDER VALLEY COAL CO.
JUGO-SLOVAK
SLAV
AMERICAN
MINER
MINER
32
25 S
ITALIAN
DRIVER
26
27 S
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
MINER
BOX CAR LOADER
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
MINER
35
30
32
44
45
30
M
M
UNION COAL & COKE
CHOCTAW MINING Co
4
3
ROUSE
BERWIND
ROBINSON
ROBINSON
SOPRIS
PRIMERO
HARRIS
SPRING GULCH
STERLING
CENTENNIAL
PRYOR
PALISADE
RUBY
STARKVILLE
REVENUE TUNNEL
ROCKVALE
CURTIS
EMPERIUS MINING Co
M
M
4 UNION COAL & COKE CO.
SAGE DRILLING CO.
HALLIBURTON OIL WELL
PICTOU
PRYOR
LAS
HUE
HUE
LAS
LAS
ROU
PIT
WEL
BOU
LAK
LAS
MES
LAS
OUR
FRE
ELP
MIN
BOU
HUE
LAP
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
CAUGHT ON A RUNNING BELT
CAUGHT BETWEEN TRUCKS
FALL OF COAL
ELECTRICITY
RUN OVER BY A TRIP OF CARS
CRUSHED BETWEEN SHOVEL FRAME & TRUCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
ROOF FALL
ROOF FALL
FALL OF FACE COAL
CRUSHED BETWEEN CAR & ROOF
ROOF FALL
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
SLIPPED FROM LADDER
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF MISSED HOLE
CARBON MONOXIDE GAS
EXPLOSION
FELL FROM LADDER INTO SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
MISSED SHOT
EXPLOSION
FALL OF COAL
TRIP JUMPED THE TRACK & STRUCK HEAD
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BY DESCENDING WEIGHTS OF ELEVATOR
FALL OF SLATE
FALL OF ROCK
DRILLED INTO MISSED HOLE
HAULAGE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
SCRAPER CRASHED TO PIT BOTTOM
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BY FALLING SLAB
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROOF & COAL
FALL OF ROOF & COAL
CRUSHED BETWEEN LOADED CAR & PROP
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
CRUSHED BETWEEN CARS & RIB
FALLING CROSS BAR
FELL DOWN A RAISE
FALL OF ROCK
BAD AIR
CRUSHED BETWEEN TIMBER AND TANK
FALL OF ROCK
FELL DOWN SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK
SHOULDER CAUGHT IN SHAFT
FELL FROM RAISE
FALL OF COAL
STRUCK BY SIX CARS
STRUCK BY TONGS WHILE RELEASING VALVE
TWISTER HIT RIG & COLLAPSED
Page
Reference
25
10
Report
year
1890
gend
22
9
1886
9
9
1892
9
9
1892
33 12m
1978
126
9
1898
62
12
1966
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1909FEB11
1897FEB6
1910NOV8
1918JUN15
1934AUG12
1919DEC23
1895OCT10
1904MAY21
1917NOV1
1965OCT2
1899NOV6
1922DEC9
1927MAY14
1937MAR1
1922NOV9
1963MAR23
1937JUN2
1896AUG10
1922JAN14
1897JUL22
1965JUN7
1942JAN27
1908NOV18
1919AUG18
1893JAN10
1894JAN31
1947MAY10
1900FEB8
1884JAN24
1893OCT3
1923OCT5
1896MAR18
1939SEP20
1919FEB8
1919MAY5
1892FEB15
1912FEB16
1917OCT25
1913APR28
1902APR11
1922MAR24
1903JAN7
1929APR12
1938FEB4
1925MAR3
1899DEC8
1919FEB18
1903FEB11
1907AUG21
1913DEC16
1913DEC16
1902APR29
1966JUL12
1923FEB20
1900FEB8
1916JUL29
1910JAN31
1940JAN30
1925JAN21
1935AUG26
NAME
BISSOLA, ANDREW
BITSCHAUER, LOUIS
BITTAGOMEZ, R.
BIVENS, NATHAN
BIXEMAN, WILMER F
BIXLER, G W
BLACKOCK, WILLIAM
BLACKWELL, EDWARD
BLAIR, JAMES M
BLAKBURN, ORLEY L
BLAKE, MICHAEL
BLANTIZ, JOE
BLANTON, GEORGE H
BLASER, HENRY W
BLATNICK, JOHN
BLATTER, C R
BLAZONIK, FRANK
BLEA, NOVERTO
BLOCHTER, RUDOLF
BLOCK, JOHN
BLOMQUIST, HAROLD ALBERT
BLOUNT, WALTER
BLOZOSKY, MIKE
BLY, JAMES
BLYTH, ROBERT
BOCKHOUSE, FRANK
BODAY, JOHN A
BODERICK, THOMAS
BODEWALD, CARL
BODHAINE, TURIN
BOELZ, W R
BOFFO, ANTONIO
BOGAN, JR., SAM
BOGAZ, JACK
BOGLE, NEIL C
BOHI, LOUIS
BOLLER, JAKE
BOLSTER, HARRY
BOMNOLES, ALEGRO
BONATO, DOMINIC
BONATO, GUISEPPE
BONATO, TONY
BOND, JESSE
BOND, PETER
BONE, WILLIAM
BONELLI, FRANK
BONELLI, VEINZ
BONENA, AUGUST
BONI, JAMES
BONTO, LEE
BONTO, W.
BONVICINI, CESARE
BOOKER, CHRIS D
BOOTH, THOMAS W
BORDERICK, THOMAS
BORELLA, JOHN
BORETZ, STEVE
BORSA, JOSEPH
BORSUK, JOHN
BORTMAN, JOHN
NATIONALITY
ITALIAN
MEXICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN
OCCUPATION
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
23 M
DRIVER
MINER
ROPE RIDER
BRAKEMAN
PICK MINER
DRIVER
MINER
TIMBERMAN
PICK MINER
MINER
TIMBERMAN
PICK MINER
MACHINE MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
27
38
27
27
M
M
M
W
23 S
29
27
2
33
12
32
21
44
61
50
47
10
MINER
DRIVER
0 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
4 MUTUAL COAL
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
1 HESPERUS FUEL CO.
M
M
FAIRPLAY GOLD MINES
1 CITY COAL CO.
F.H. LINNEMAN Inc
JUANITA COAL & COKE CO.
S
S
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
BOYLES BROTHERS DRILLING Co
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
21
AMERICAN
DRILLER
MINER
23 S
POLE
PICK MINER
TRAMMER
50 M
36
SLAY
TIMBERMAN
TEAMSTER
MINER
PICK MINER
ROCK DUMPER
MACHINEMAN
27 S
26
28 M
M
64 M
22 S
57 M
AMERICAN
COMPANY MAN
21
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
ORE LOADER
MINER
MINER
LOADER
MINER
MINER
32
25
25
21
50
23
23
43
1 OAKDALE COAL CO.
UNION PACIFIC COAL
SMOKELESS COAL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
CITIZENS' COAL CO.
ALAMO COAL CO.
MOFFAT COAL CO.
2 MOFFAT COAL
CANON CITY COAL CO.
MEXICAN
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
MACHINE HELPER
ITALIAN
HUNGARIAN
MINER
MINER
RUSSIAN
AMERICAN
MACHINE MINER
MACHINE LOADER
28
11
42
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
1
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
PIKES PEAK FUEL CO.
ROYAL FUEL CO.
S
M
S
M
CORYELL MINING LEASING
3 CORYELL MINING LEASING
M
STANDARD METAL Corp
3 CANON-RELIANCE COAL CO.
M
30 M
33 S
55 M
MINE
STARKVILLE
TOM BOY
DELAGUA
MUTUAL
HESPERUS
VULCAN
BERWIND
MORRISON-KNUDSEN Co Inc
2 CEDAR HILL CAOL & COKE CO.
29 M
21 M
MINER
COMPANY
M
26
SLAVONIAN
MEXICAN
No.
Children
2
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
DELDOSSO COAL CO.
W. E. RUSSELL COAL CO.
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
IBEX
GREENVILLE
CITY MINE
KING
STARKVILLE
WALSEN
WADGE
OAKDALE
OAKDALE
KING
OTIS
FREDERICK
WOLFTONE
CRESTED BUTTE
HECLA
ALAMO
SOPRIS
MOFFAT NO. 1 & NO. 2
MOFFAT NO. 2
ROCKVALE NO. 7
LUDLOW
MORLEY
STARKVILLE
SOPRIS
STARKVILLE
PIKEVIEW
ROYAL
LORD BYRON
PRIMERO
ALPINE
VULCAN
VULCAN
HASTINGS NO. 3
RELIANCE
MAB
MORLEY
PRIMERO
SOPRIS NO. 1
RUSSELL
ROBINSON NO. 4
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
County
LAS
SAM
LAS
HUE
LAK
LAP
GAR
LAS
TEL
EAG
LAK
LAS
JEF
PAR
LAP
JEF
DEL
LAS
HUE
STRUCK BY A CAR
DRILLED INTO UNEXPLODED HOLE
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
HIT BY DERAILED CARS
CRUAHED BETWEEN CAR & GRAVEL BIN
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BETWEEN CARS AND THE LAST CHUTE
FALL OF BONY COAL
CRUSHED BY CAGE AND TIMBERS
VEHICLE FELL INTO MUD AND WATER
DRYER EXPLODED CAUSED FROM FROZEN PIPE
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY CAR
HEAD STRUCK BY SHAFT TIMBER
FALL OF ROCK
FELL FROM CONCRETE FORM
ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL & ROCK
EAG
ROU
HUE
HUE
PAR
BOU
LAS
LAK
GUN
BOU
HUE
LAS
ROU
ROU
TEL
FRE
LAS
PUE
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
TEL
ELP
LAS
CLE
SAM
LAS
GUN
GAR
GAR
LAS
SAJ
HUE
LAK
LAS
LAS
LAS
WEL
HUE
CRUSHED BY ORE CAR
GAS EXPLOSION
HIT BY RUN-AWAY CARS
EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP
EXPLOSION
FALL OF COAL
ROOF FALL
FALL OF ROCK FROM DRIFT
EXPLOSION OFGAS AND DUST
FALL OF COAL
CAUGHT BETWEEN DUMP CAR & ROOF
INTERNAL INJURIES
SQUEEZED BETWEEN CAR & TIMBER
FALL OF ROCK
DYNAMITE EXPLODED
PREMATURE BLAST
FALL OF ROCK
THROWN FROM TOP OF LOAD
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF SLATE
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BETWEEN FLOOR & CAGE
FALL OF SLATE
SQUEEZED BETWEEN CAR & WEIGHT-HOUSE
BLAST FROM MISSED HOLE
CRUSHED AND SUFFOCATED UNDER A DERAILEDCAR
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
DUST EXPLOSION
DUST EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FELL THROUGH OPEN ORE PASS
FALL OF ROCK
ROCK FALL FROM DRIFT
DELAYED SHOT CAUSED A FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
FALL OF TOP COAL
ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF ROCK
Page
Reference
Report
year
49
12
1965
45
12
1963
49
12
1965
gend
gend
gend
18
62
17
12
1966
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1920JAN29
1939APR15
1910NOV8
1896MAR16
1914MAR25
1942APR2
1921JUL30
1960AUG17
1890FEB6
1927JUN16
1921DEC13
1921DEC13
1934SEP9
1889SEP9
1954JUN5
1914AUG27
1940JAN31
1897MAY11
1936JAN3
1942SEP4
1899APR20
1887OCT5
1933DEC2
1907JAN23
1926JAN23
1917DEC5
1920MAR20
1979OCT8
1910JUN13
1926JUN24
1923AUG16
1904OCT28
1910MAR23
1898SEP19
1910OCT8
1893JUL5
1896APR5
1912AUG12
1971AUG28
1897NOV1
1897NOV1
1941JUL29
1941JUL19
1922NOV22
1890FEB20
1893JUL21
1928MAY29
1890FEB20
1904JAN22
1898DEC14
1898MAR24
1898MAR24
1920MAR18
1902JAN20
1899APR10
1922AUG6
1952NOV26
1951JUL29
1922FEB8
1897JUN7
NAME
BORYS, STEVE
BOSCHOWITZKI, OSWALD
BOSOVICH, BLAZO
BOSWORTH, BENJAMIN
BOTTARN, SALVATOR
BOTTS, FRANK F
BOTTS, J E
BOUGHNER, WILLIAM M
BOURGER, JOHN
BOURKE, BEN
BOVIE, EUGENE F
BOVIE, EUGENE F JR.
BOWDEN, JAMES
BOWDEN, WILLIAM
BOWEN, HAROLD T
BOWEN, REUBEN W
BOWMAN, ADOLFO
BOYCE, JAMES
BOYCE, JOE
BOYD, JIM
BOYD, JOHN W
BOYER, VINCENT
BOYLE, R J
BOZO, GIOANNI
BRACKEN, DAN
BRADFIELD, SETH T
BRADLEY, CHARLES
BRADLEY, MARY F
BRADLEY, WILLIAM
BRADY, HUGH
BRADY, VICTOR
BRANDENBURG, CHARLES
BRANDOFER, THOMAS
BRANIGAN, MATT
BRANKA, PETE
BRANNAN, THOMAS
BRANSON, MORT
BRASCH, JOE
BRAWNER, LLOYD RAY
BREECH, PETER
BREEN, PETER
BREITKREUTZ, HERBERT
BREITKREUTZ, PAUL R
BRENNAN, EDWARD J
BRENNAN, HUGH
BRENNAN, JAMES
BRENNAN, LUKE
BRENNAN, MARTIN
BRENNAN, PATRICK
BRENNAN, THOMAS
BRERELIN, O. W
BRERETON O. WADE
BRETT, CLAY GEORGE
BREWER, J. H
BRIA, PAULI
BRIGGS, MATT D
BRINK, GENE H
BRINLEE, ERWIN C
BRITENBAUGH, GUS
BRITTON, THORNTON
NATIONALITY
MONTENEGRIN
OCCUPATION
TRAMMER
MUCKER
MINER
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
46
23 S
26 S
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
KRAMER MINES, INC.
25
LINNEMAN CONSTRUCTION CO.
UNION COAL CO.
COMO NO.5
AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
MINER
MUCKER
LABORER
PICK MINER
MACHINEMAN
48
55 M
25 S
42 M
AMERICAN
MINER
27 M
SCOTCH
MINER
JIGGERBOSS
25
41 M
35 M
AMERICAN
HUNGARIAN
AMERICAN
MINE FOREMAN
MINER
FOREMAN & LEASOR
MACHINE DRILLER
MINER
25
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
HUNGARIAN
AMERICAN
GERMAN
MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER
42
36
58
40
25
23
60
62
34
22
33
POLE
TIMBERMAN
32 M
AUSTRIAN
MINER
32 S
27
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
MINER
MINER
CLAY MINER
CLAY MINER
PICK MINER
ENGLISH
AMERICAN
IRISH
MACHINE MINER
AMERICAN
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER
MACHINE MAN
ITALIAN
SUPERINTENDENT
5
2 COLLIERIES CO.
COLLIERIES CO.
UNITED GOLD MINES CO.
GOLDEN FUEL CO.
GERANIUM MINING CO.
0 LEYDEN COAL
GUS GARCIA
3 MOFFAT COAL CO.
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
M
M
M
C. C. C. CO.
0 GOOD FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
M
1
M
S
S
2
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM Co
28 M
51
21 S
25
35
HERMAN ERBERT & ASSOC.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
MINE
24 S
32 S
MINER
MACHINEMAN
LABORER
20
COMPANY
DELAGUA
JENNIE B
DELAGUA
SALIDA
ITALIAN
25
No.
Children
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL AND IRON CO.
SATANIC
SATANIC
PORTLAND NO. 3
WHITE ASH
LEYDEN NO. 2
GARFIELD
ORPHA MAY NO. 2
MOFFAT NO. 1 & NO. 2
CLIMAX
PT
ROCKVALE NO. 5
LITTLETON VALLEY
PRIMERO
HARVEY GAP
CLIMAX
PRIMERO
KEYSTONE
TERCIO NO. 3
MATCHLESS
ORPHA MAY
STARKVILLE
ANTHRACITE
GILES
LEYDEN
Allison Drilling Co
EUGENE JACKSON
EUGENE JACKSON
BARRY COAL CO.
61 M
35
42 M
0 COLORADO SPRINGS CO.
34 M
4 CALUMET FUEL CO.
45
33
STEARNS - ROGERS MFG. CO.
CALDIROLA MINING CO.
RUBY
RUBY
CASTLE ROCK
CASTLE ROCK
RIO BLANCO
MOLLIE GIBSON
CITY COAL
MOLLIE GIBSON
PRIMROSE
PORTLAND
FLOURICE
FLUORINE
PERINS PEAK
PICTOU
ENGLE
CLIMAX
CALDIROLA NO. 2
45
KEYSTONE
County
SAJ
BOU
LAS
LAR
LAS
CHA
GAR
SUM
PAR
BOU
JEF
JEF
TEL
JEF
JEF
LAS
ELP
ROU
LAK
CLE
FRE
JEF
LAS
GAR
TEL
BOU
LAK
LAS
LAK
ELP
LAS
BOU
ELP
LAS
GUN
BOU
JEF
ARA
GUN
GUN
DOU
DOU
RIB
PIT
GUN
ELP
PIT
LAS
ELP
ELP
ELP
LAP
HUE
SAM
LAK
FRE
TEL
ELP
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
PUSHED CAR INTO SHAFT & FELL 200 FEET
FELL DOWN SHAFT
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
HANGING WALL CAVED IN
FALL OF SLATE
EXPLOSION WHILE PICKING
CAR RAN AWAY
CRUSHED BY DUMPSTER
EXPLOSION OF CARBURETED HYDROGEN GAS; or Jan29?
SUFFOCATION
OVERCOME BY FUMES
OVERCOME BY FUMES
FALL OF ROCK
DROWNED BY INUNDATION OF WATER FROM SHAFT
PREMATURE BLAST
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF (WATER SLIP)
FELL DOWN SHAFT
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
PREMATURE EXPLOSION
FALL OF SLATE
SUFFOCATED
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
EXPLOSION OF GAS
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
PREMATURE BLAST
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF GROUND
CRUSHED BETWEEN A CAR & ROOF
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
CAR FALLING DOWN SHAFT
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
CAUSED BY A TRIP OF LOADED CARS
TAMPING POWDER WITH IRON BAR
FALL OF ROCK
CAUGHT BETWEEN SPINNING CHAIN AND ROLLER
CRUSHED BY CAR
CRUSHED BY CAR
TOP OF TUNNEL CAVED IN & CRUSHED TO DEATH
TOP OF TUNNEL CAVED IN & CRUSHED TO DEATH
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF STAGING
RUN OVER BY CAR
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF STAGING
FALL OF ROOF
STRUCK BY ROCK
FELL DOWN LADDER TO BOTTOM
FALL FROM LADDER TO BOTTOMM OF SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
TRIP OF CARS
BLOWN TO PIECES WHILE LOADING HOLES
STRUCK BY A 30-TON TRAVELING CRANE
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK
DIRT FALLING FROM SIDE OF SHAFT
Page
Reference
7
Report
year
17
gend
34 12m
1979
gend
53
12
1971
54
9
1898
25
15
10
10
1890
1894
25
10
1890
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1895AUG29
1911APR10
1903DEC8
1909JUL6
1924SEP26
1961DEC7
1917APR27
1938JAN12
1952AUG20
1967JUL26
1917APR27
1904JAN26
1914MAY8
1905JUN13
1905JAN30
1942JAN12
1907APR11
1890JUN30
1926AUG7
1908DEC3
1942JAN14
1891JUL2
1894NOV8
1896FEB18
1900APR23
1916JUL7
1922JAN20
1895AUG29
1920FEB10
1917DEC22
1924NOV30
1929JAN9
1915JUL27
1911DEC19
1903JUL23
1948JAN10
1911OCT30
1899DEC10
1942AUG18
1892AUG29
1906APR26
1904MAY6
1968OCT21
1912JAN5
1913OCT20
1905JUN26
1914MAY22
1973JUN13
1898DEC13
1919AUG6
1937SEP12
1913MAY1
1870AUG15
1900FEB18
1943OCT23
1887AUG5
1951AUG24
1939MAR12
1895DEC26
1930JUN7
NAME
BROCKLEBANK, BEN
BRODNY, FRANK
BRODRAC, JOE
BRONK, ANTONIO
BROOKER, J D
BROOKS, IRA T
BROWN, A. T
BROWN, ARTHUR W
BROWN, DONALD K
BROWN, FLOYD E
BROWN, GEORGE F
BROWN, H S F
BROWN, JAMES
BROWN, JOHN
BROWN, MAT
BROWN, RAY G
BROWN, ROBERT
BROWN, THOMAS
BROWN, THOMAS R
BROWN, WILLIAM
BROWNFIELD, JOHN P
BROWNLEE, GAVIN
BROWNLEE, WILLIAM
BRUGGER, CHRISTIAN
BRUMAN, JOHN
BRUNER, E. W
BRUNNER, HENRY H
BRUNNER, PETER
BRUNO, MATTIO
BRUNTEN, WILLIAM
BRUZES, TONY
BRYANT, DOUGLAS
BRYSON, CLAUDE
BUCKNER, W. B
BUDDA, MARTIN
BUENO, SABINO
BUIC, JOSEPH
BUKJOY, JOHN
BUNICH, DAN
BUNTIN, WILLIAM
BUNTON, MAT
BURAGO, ELOGO
BURCH, EVERETT J
BURKE, GEORGE
BURKE, GEORGE
BURKE, MIKE W
BURNES, MIKE
BURNETT, RICHARD DEAN
BURNETTE, ROY E
BURNHAM, GEORGE
BURNS, BURTON
BURNS, EDWARD
BURNS, JOHN
BURNS, MICHAEL
BURNS, OTTO
BURNS, PETER
BURROUS, R WENDELL
BURTELL, HUGO
BURTON, ELI
BURTON, LORN
NATIONALITY
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
SLAV
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
ENGLISH
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
SCOTCH
OCCUPATION
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
MINER
MINER
MINER
TEAMSTER
OPERATOR
MINER
25
25
26
58
63
25
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MACHINE HELPER
TIMBERMAN
MINER
UTILITY MAN
MINER
MINER
40
No.
Children
COMPANY
S
M
S
S
51
35 S
M
29 M
40 M
30 M
38 M
20 M
45
54 M
50 S
21 S
47
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM
EMPERIUS MINING Co
DRIVER
MINER
ENGINEER
ELECTRICIAN
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
GREEK
MINER
MACHINE-HELPER
PICK MINER
LABORER
MACHINE RUNNER
MINER
MINER
TIPPLEMAN
MINER
AMERICAN
COLORED
HUNGARIAN
SLAV
30 M
28 S
29 M
29
16
7
10
44
22
29
19
24
42
34
46
25
M
S
S
S
S
M
M
1 UTAH FUEL
8 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
WOLF PARK LEASING
HAYDEN BROS. COAL CORP.
MISSOURI
STANDARD
WOLF PARK
HAYDEN
1 VICTOR TELLER Co.
1 FOX COAL MINING
RED ELEPHANT MINE
0 CALUMET FUEL CO.
VETA MINES, INC.
2
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
3
THOR FUEL
S
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
UNITED COAL CO.
SCOTCH
MEXICAN
MINER
MINER
COLORED
AMERICAN
IRISH
IRISH
MINER
DRIVER
TIMBERMAN
MINER
ENGLISH
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
MINE FOREMAN
MACHINE RUNNER
MINER
MINER
40
43
47
35
38
42
55
31
11
S
S
ROBINSON
SUFFIELD
PRYOR
THOR
HASTINGS
LOUISVILLE
PINNACLE
WILLIAMSBURG
BOWEN
HEZRON
IDARADO MINING Co
M
M
S
W
40 M
27 M
15
MACHINE MAN
MINER
MINER
MACHINEMAN
GREEN VAL.
HASTINGS
DELAGUA
CLIMAX
HASTINGS
STRATTON'S INDEPENDENCE
FOX
ROBINSON
LEYDON
IDAHO SPRINGS
MAJESTIC
GALLAGHER
CALUMET NO. 2
SOUTHWESTERN
TELLURIDE
GLOBE
CHANDLER
VULCAN
CRESTED BUTTE
SOMERSET
BOOK COAL MINING
GERMAN
AUSTRIA
AMERICAMN
MINE
SLEEPY-HOLLOW
MONARCH NO. 2
BOOK CLIFF
TOLLER
2 NATIONAL FUEL
0 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
CAMP BIRD COLORADO Inc
7 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
2 COLORADO & UTAH COAL CO.
BLACK CANON FUEL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
COLORADO COAL AND IRON CO.
37 M
35 M
HASTINGS
MONARCH NO. 2
BOWEN
ALPINE
COLUNBUS
BERWIND
HARRIS
CADDELL
GREGORY SECOND
SMUGGLER-UNION
WADGE
CRESTED BUTTE
RESERVOIR NO. 22
SHENANDOAH DIVES MINING
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
LISTER
CLIMAX
County
GIL
BOU
MES
LAS
ELP
DEL
LAS
LAS
LAK
MIN
LAS
TEL
BOU
HUE
JEF
CLE
LAS
LAK
HUE
LAS
SAM
CUS
FRE
GAR
GUN
GUN
ELP
GIL
BOU
FRE
ROU
EAG
HUE
LAS
HUE
LAS
LAS
LAK
ROU
FRE
LAS
HUE
SAM
LAS
BOU
LAS
GUN
OUR
LAP
LAS
ROU
HUE
GIL
SAM
ROU
GUN
SAJ
BOU
LAK
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
DROWNED
FALL OF SANDSTONE
PREMATURE SHOT
GAS EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
HAULAGE
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK
STRUCK BY DISINTEGRATED WHEEL
EXPLOSION
CAGE ACCIDENT
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FELL DOWN WINZE
CAVE OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK
SLIPPED AND FEEL OFF LADDER
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
HIT BY A BURSTING OF A 10-INCH STEAM LINE
ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF ROCK ON SLOPE
RUN OVER BY LOADED CARS
ELECTRIC SHOCK
EXPLOSION OF POWDER
ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
HAULAGE-SURFACE
FALL OF SLAB OF CLOD
FALLING ORE FROM ROOF
ROOF FALL
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY FRAGMENT OF AVALANCHE GUN
FALL OF COAL
RUN OVER BY A LOADED CAR
HIT BY A TROLLEY WIRE, ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF ROCK
ELECTROCUTED
EXPLOSION CAUSED BY SLIP ON CAP
FALL OF ROCK
ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BY BUCKET
FALLING FROM BUCKET
FACE FALL
FALL OF SLATE
PREMATURE EXPLOSION
SLIPPED & FELL OFF LADDER & FELL 55 FEET
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
Page
Reference
Report
year
19
17
48
12
1967
10
1890
gend
26
gend
14
17
44
12
1968
61
12
1973
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1902SEP21
1902OCT30
1942AUG17
1938MAR1
1973MAR18
1942SEP10
1914JAN30
1942JAN27
1922DEC14
1898JUN9
1973JUL24
1894JUL7
1910APR25
1919JAN4
1907JUL12
1920MAY19
1910NOV8
1931OCT10
1942JAN27
1942JAN27
1942JAN27
1916JAN6
1918OCT21
1886APR
1917APR27
1904JAN7
1941NOV13
1930NOV8
1871JUN11
1938SEP25
1941DEC4
1933JUN9
1897APR6
1915DEC2
1918OCT15
1898SEP15
1899JUN18
1916DEC20
1889JAN21
1920JUL24
1904OCT28
1920JAN19
1899DEC2
1899FEB12
1934OCT18
1899OCT14
1900SEP27
1898NOV21
1909JUN23
1928JUN25
1917APR27
1890FEB5
1895AUG29
1900APR27
1909SEP16
1909NOV25
1906JUL16
1916JAN18
1915AUG9
1895APR10
NAME
BURTON, W. J
BUSETTI, ZEFERINO
BUSH, ARTHUR JAMES
BUSIN, LUDWIG
BUSS, WILLIAM HENRY
BUSSELLE, H W
BUSSETO, JOE
BUSTOS, MAXIMO
BUSTUS, MATT
BUTLER, EARL
BUTLER, GEORGE D
BUTLER, JOHN
BUTLER, S. LEE
BUZZ, HERMAN
BYOLETTE, FRANK
BYOUK, JOE
CABILLA, M
CABLE, BERT G
CABLE, RALPH R
CABLE, RAYMOND P
CABLE, ROSS J
CADDELL, FRED
CADDELL, WILLIAM J
CADDY, WILLIAM
CADERIA, JESUS
CAFFREY, THOMAS
CAINE, WALTER DOUGLAS
CAIRNEY, JAMES
CAIS, LANG
CALEGOJ, ANTON
CALHOUN, JAMES H
CALHOUN, JOHN
CALLAHAN, DANIEL
CALLAS, CHRIST
CALLAS, STEVE
CALLEN, GEORGE
CALLICOTT, DAVID
CALMETTE, EMIL
CALONNE, ALFRED
CAMARENA, JOE
CAMILLO, JOHN D
CAMP, G I
CAMP, GUS
CAMPBELL, MIKE L
CAMPBELL, WILLIAM S
CAMPION, EDWARD F
CANNA, LOUIS
CANNON, PETER
CANTANI, FRANK
CAOMA, JOE
CAPACO, GEORGE
CARATTO, JOHN
CARBIS, THOMAS
CARBONATO, PAULO
CARBONI, FRANK
CARBONICH, FRANK
CARCICH, JOHN
CARDELLA, PHILIP
CARDINALI, LUIGI
CARDONE, ANTONIO
NATIONALITY
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
OCCUPATION
ITALIAN
MEXICAN
PIXK MINER
AMERICAN
SCOTCH
MEXICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
Single/
Age Married
28
34 S
49 M
MINER
miner
MINER
DUMP LESSEE
MINER
IRISH
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
MEXICAN
Years
mining
MINER
MACHINEMAN
MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
HOISTMAN
ELECTRICIAN
DRIVER
MINER
MINER
COAL DUMPER
LABORER
LOADER
42
71 S
31 M
2
4
22
35 M
35
22
34
30
24
20
28
55
S
M
S
S
M
M
22 M
57 M
M
27 M
35 S
24 M
39 M
GREEK
GREEK
ENGLISH
DRIVER
HOISTING ENGINEER
MINER
26 S
25 S
42 M
AMERICAN
MINER
24 S
MEXICAN
ITALIAN
PICK MINER
MINER
TRAM MAN
4
30
36 M
36 M
52
47 M
MEXICAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
GREEK
UNITED STATES VANADIUM CORP.
GORDON COAL CO.
TOLTEK DRILLING Co
EMPIRE LEE MINING CO.
2 COLORADO CENTRAL COAL & MINE
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
3 D. W. CORLEY
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
0 TURNER COAL
1 CADDELL & CARLSON
5
0
HIGHLAND MARY MINES, INC.
0 ALAMO COAL CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
JAMES H. CALHOUN
32 S
SUPERINTENDENT
COMPANY
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
6
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
MARSHALL CONSOLIDATED COAL
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
3 GORDON COAL CO.
M
MINER
MINER
MINER
23 S
56
44 M
3
UNION COAL CO.
ITALIAN
SLAV
SLAVONIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
33
38
36
22
34
MINE
TYNON
PRIMERO
URAVAN
GORDON
CRIPPLE CREEK
CENTRAL MINE
WADGE
MORLEY SLOPE
BIG DICK
CLIMAX MOLYBDEUM Co
OWNER
TRAMMER
SCOTCH
No.
Children
S
S
M
S
M
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
6 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
LILLIAN
GREENVILLE
KLONDYKE
TOLTEC
ELK MOUNTAIN
DELAGUA
FAUNTLEROY
WADGE
WADGE
WADGE
TURNER
HEZRON
ATLANTIC
HASTINGS
SUNNYSIDE
SILVERTON
ALAMO
NAPOLEON-GEORGETOWN
PINNACLE
GARCIA NO. 2
SARAH S.
BIG SEVEN SHAFT
GORHAM
PINNACLE
ENGLEVILLE
GALCONDA TUNNEL
COAL CREEK
MARSHALL NO. 3
STARKVILLE
TERCIO NO. 3
PORTLAND
LILLIE
GORDON
ENTERPRISE
CAMERON
PORTLAND
TOLTEC
HASTINGS
COMO NO. 5
SLEEPY-HOLLOW
CAMERON
BERWIND
LUDLOW
TOBASCO
GORHAM
PRIMERO
ENGLEVILLE
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
County
BOU
LAS
MON
HUE
WEL
TEL
FRE
ROU
LAS
ELP
LAK
LAK
LAS
ELP
HUE
GUN
LAS
TEL
ROU
ROU
ROU
HUE
HUE
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF COAL & ROOF
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY DRILL PIPE
SUFFOCATED
DROWNED BY A RUSH OF WATER
GAS EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FELL INTO SHAFT
STRUCK BY AIR DOOR
CRUSHED BY CAVE-IN
FALL OF TOP COAL
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF
MINE CAR STRIKING HIM
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
OVERCOME BY GAS
GAS EXPLOSION
GAS EXPLOSION
GAS EXPLOSION
ELECTROCUTED BY COAL CUTTER
EXPLOSION OF GAS
LAS
BOU
SAJ
HUE
CLE
ROU
LAS
LAP
GUN
BOU
ROU
LAS
RIG
FRE
BOU
LAS
LAS
SAJ
TEL
ELP
HUE
DOL
HUE
ELP
HUE
SAM
LAS
PAR
GIL
HUE
LAS
LAS
LAS
BOU
LAS
LAS
EXPLOSION
FALLING DOWN SHAFT
FELL OFF TRAM
FALL OF RIB COAL
EXPLOSION
FALL OF SLATE
ROOF FALL
SUFFOCATED
ROCK FALLING FROM SIDE OF SHAFT
SQUEEZED BETWEEN A CAR , ROOF , AND RIB
TRIP OF CARS STRIKING HIM
FALL OF ROCK
FALLING ROCK FROM ROOF OF TUNNEL
ELECTROCUTED BY LIVE LIGHT WIRES
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
THROWN INTO TOWER
EXPLOSION WHEN LOADING HOLES
STRUCK BY DESCENDING CAGE
ELECTROCUTED
FALL FROM LADDER
FALL OF ROOF
DRILLED INTO MISSED HOLE
FALL OF ROCK
CABLE BROKE & DROPPED 45 FEET
EXPLOSION
FALLING BETWEEN MOVING CARS
DROWNED
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF FIREDAMP
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
Page
Reference
Report
year
61
12
1973
60
21
12
10
1973
1894
9
1898
19 24MI
125
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1945DEC15
1956APR19
1935MAR8
1902MAR4
1889NOV1
1936SEP18
1926SEP13
1927MAY1
1898JAN1
1918OCT13
1890OCT25
1905MAY5
1897NOV11
1896FEB18
1896JUN19
1950FEB14
1933FEB10
1897MAY29
1946JUN28
1932SEP14
1973SEP6
1893JAN10
1928FEB18
1921FEB20
1904DEC30
1912SEP14
1953SEP8
1918JUN15
1912SEP14
1971MAY20
1899FEB9
1932FEB6
1979JUL18
1942SEP14
1919SEP26
1907JAN23
1887AUG31
1901SEP16
1917MAY27
1896DEC12
1917JUN9
1967FEB15
1980FEB26
1938SEP26
1950JUN13
1926AUG9
1896APR1
1897SEP3
1936MAR30
1935JUN14
1902AUG7
1930AUG17
1910NOV8
1927MAY27
1910NOV8
1907FEB15
1911APR26
1899JAN8
1925OCT29
1882AUG17
NAME
CARESTIA, PAUL
CARGILE, LESTER R
CARIA, CARLOS
CARIOLA, SYLVESTOR A
CARLSON, A
CARLSON, ANDREW J
CARLSON, ANDY
CARLSON, GUSTAF
CARLSON, JOHN
CARLSON, JOHN
CARLUCI, CARMINE
CARMELETTO, FRANK
CARNES, EDWARD
CARNEY, TIM
CAROLINE, ANDY E
CARPENTER, CHARLES H
CARR, FORRESTER
CARR, WILLIAM
CARRICATO, MARSE
CARRIG, JOHN C
CARRILLO, BRUNO
CARROGGOLE, CELESTE
CARROLL, BARNEY
CARROLL, JOSEPH
CARROLL, PETER
CARROS, JOHN
CARSON, AMOS A
CARSON, SAUL
CARSTOS, MIKE
CARTER, ERNEST R
CARTER, JOHN
CARTER, SOLAN OTIS
CARTER, TERRY
CARTER, WILLIAM T
CARVER, S. E
CASAGRANDE, COSTANTE
CASANO, STEPHEN
CASANOVA, GEORGE
CASE, GEORGE
CASE, JASON
CASERTA, ISADORE
CASEY, JOSEPH D
CASIAS, ANTHONY P
CASIAS, FRANK
CASIAS, JOE E
CASITTO, DOMINICK
CASKEY, WILLIAM C
CASSAGRANDE, JOE
CASSAI, DOMENIC
CASSAI, EDWARD
CASSIDY, MIKE
CASSIDY, VIRAN T
CASTAGNA, ANNABILLE
CASTAGNA, AUGUST
CASTAGNA, JOHN
CASTELINE, JOE
CASTIO, ISMEL
CASTLE, WILLIAM
CASTLEBERRY, J F
CASTREW
NATIONALITY
SPANISH-AMER
MEXICAN
SWEDE
AMERICAN
SWEDE
SWEDE
OCCUPATION
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
PICK MINER
15
MASTER MECHANIC
FOREMAN
PICK MINER
16
30
35 M
24
60 M
36
52 S
No.
Children
COMPANY
CANON MONARCH COAL
IDARADO MINING CO.
5 CITY COAL MINES
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
MINE
CANON MONARCH
CITY
MAJESTIC
DUNKIN
ROBINSON NO. 4
AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING
BONCARBO
AMERICAN EAGLE
MARSHALL CONSOLIDATED COAL
MARSHALL NO. 2
STARKVILLE
MONTGOMERY
VULCAN
OLD LOT
TELLURIDE
GARFIELD
NORMAN
CRESTED BUTTE
IBEX
55
ITALIAN
MINER
45 M
IRISH
MINER
36 S
AMERICAN
MACHINE MINER
14
33 M
TELLURIDE MINES, INC.
1 GARFIELD COAL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
MASTER MECHANIC
AMERICAN
IRISH
GREEK
DRIVER
MINER
MINER
TIMBERMAN
AMEREICAN
GREEK
BOSS DRIVER
TIMBERMAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
MINER
PICK MINER
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
65 S
45
26
6
LEASER
MACHINEMAN
DAY MAN
ROPE RUNNER
ROPE RIDER
MINER
MILL ROUSTABOUT
15
45 M
31
65 S
32 S
32 M
34 S
51
51 M
M
27
70 M
47
21 S
29 S
UNDERGROUND Roof Bolter
34
61
40
ITALIAN
MINE FORMAN
49
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
MEXICAN
MINRT
PICK MINER
PICK MINER
TRACK LAYER
ELECTRICIAN
MINER
MOTORMAN
TRACKLAYER
MINER
MINER
AMERICAN
MACHINE MINER
30
11
3
4
3
57
34
27
32
26
23
42
48
22
JACK FRANKS DEVELOPMENT
UNION PACIFIC COAL
2 BOULDER VALLEY COAL CO.
PORTER
SUMMIT
TWIN T. DRILLING CO.
3 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
Centennial Development Co
5
1 DELISA CANON COAL CO.
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM Co
UNITED GOLD MINES CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
EMPERIUS MINING Co
CFandI Steel Corp
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
EMPIRE ZINC DIV.
W
S
S
S
M
S
M
S
S
42 M
KING
BOULDER VALLEY
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
PEACHEY COAL CO.
HAYDEN COAL CO.
2 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
2 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
3 RAPSON COAL MINING CO.
INDUSTRIAL
SUMMIT
PIETOU
CUCKOO
CLIMAX
CRIPPLE CREEK
PRIMERO
COMO NO. 1
SPRING GULCH
DELAGUA
ROWLAND (TRINIDAD)
ALLEN
FREDERICK
GILMAN
ERA
SUNSHINE
ROBINSON NO. 4
OJO CANON
BOWEN
HAYDEN NO. 3
DELAGUA
DELAGUA
DELAGUA
BRODHEAD
KENNETH
EL PASO GOLD COIN
RAPSON
BUENA VISTA
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
County
FRE
ELECTRICITY
IMPROPER BLASTING PROCEDURE
ELP
FALL OF ROCK
LAS
RUNAWAY TRIP
LAK
FALL OF GROUND
HUE
ELECTROCUTED
CLE
FAINTED & FELL TO BOTTOM OF WINZE
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
ELP
INSECURE STAGING
CLE
OVERCOME WITH GAS AND FELL
BOU
FALL OF COAL
LAS
FALL OF ROOF
BOU
DRILLED INTO UNEXPLODED HOLE
GAR
EXPLOSION
GUN
FALLING FROM CARPENTER'S TRESTLE
SAM
CRUSHED BETWEEN CAR & TIMBER
MES
FALL OF ROCK
ELP
THAWING POWDER
GUN
ROOF FALL
LAK
DELAYED IGNITING OF FUSE
RIG
GROUND CAVE-IN
PAR
EXPLOSION
WEL
CRUSHED UNDER LOADED PIT CAR
OUR
FELL FROM PLATFORM 65 FEET
LAP
FALL OF ROOF
BOU
FALL OF SLATE
CRUSHED BY FALLING DRILL PIPE
BOU
STRUCK BY ELECTRIC MOTOR
HUE
STRUCK BY FALL OF SLATE
MIN
FELL DOWN WINZE
CRUSHED BY A LOADED PIT CAR
FRE
FALL OF ROCK
LAK
CRUSTED BY OVERTURNED TRUCK
TEL
FALL OF ROCK
TEL
FALL OF ROCK
LAS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
PAR
THROWN FROM TRAIN OF CARS
PIT
EXPLOSION
LAS
EXPLOSION OF COAL-DUST
FALL OF COAL
BOU
ELECTROCUTED
MIN
CRUSHED BY LOADER FRAME
FALL OF ROCK
LAS
RAN OVER BY CAR
EAG
CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK
SAM
FELL DOWN SHAFT
ELP
THAWING POWDER OVER FORGE FIRE
GAR
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
HUE
FALL OF ROCK
HUE
FALL OF ROCK
LAS
EXPLOSION
ROU
ELECTROCUTED
LAS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
LAS
EXPLOSION OF COAL-DUST
LAS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
LAS
SUFFOCATION BY GAS FROM GAB FIRE
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
ELP
STRUCK BY BAR
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
CHA
FOUL AIR
Page
Reference
Report
year
24
10
1890
60
12
1973
gend
52
12
1971
35 12m
1979
gend
49
28 12c
12
1967
1980
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1900OCT7
1919MAR31
1965DEC28
1918FEB11
1926JAN29
1930AUG13
1922MAR24
1918JAN18
1938OCT12
1896MAY22
1910JUN25
1920JAN8
1922DEC29
1905JUL19
1899SEP7
1909DEC8
1929JAN4
1920JUN13
1941JUL14
1906APR22
1904MAY28
1920FEB14
1909MAY4
1942JUL9
1916DEC9
1925JUL3
1933JAN29
1912JUN18
1904DEC17
1895MAR27
1899DEC7
1929MAR25
1918DEC5
1944SEP1
1900FEB25
1930JAN29
1900APR28
1909AUG10
1951AUG24
1902APR1
1947JAN20
1953JAN7
1925FEB21
1921MAY5
1929MAR21
1929SEP26
1925MAY29
1898JAN6
1919JAN22
1943MAR25
1918AUG19
1928APR21
1921JUN20
1961JAN14
1923MAR25
1909NOV10
1917OCT30
1933JAN18
1891SEP25
1917APR27
NAME
CATARDI, BANAMIO
CATON, HENRY
CATOOR,
CATTANACCI, LUIGI
CATTANI, ABE
CATTANI, ORESTO
CAUDILLO, MIGUEL
CAUGHEY, BERT
CAUMIANT, AUGUST
CAUMO, LEWIS
CAVAR, JOHN
CAVARAS, FRANK
CEDENO, TRINIDAD
CEFANO, CASINO
CEMA, LEWIS
CEPRINI, JOSEPH
CERCONE, FRANK
CERIN, JACK
CERNIWAY, FRANK
CEROLI, MATT
CERRO, GERLAMO
CERVANTES, PUEBLO G
CERVELLI, DOMENICO
CESARES, TRANQ.
CESEROLI, FARICINO
CESSERICH, ROCCO
CESSNA, CHARLES
CGONTOS, GEORGE
CHAIMERS, ARCHIE
CHAMACK, JACOB
CHAMBERLIN, CARL
CHANNELL, GRANVILLE
CHAPMAN, A R
CHAPMAN, WALTER
CHASE, CLARENCE
CHASE, JOHN N
CHATFIELD, FRANK
CHATFIELD, GEORGE M
CHAUSSART, GILBERT F
CHAVEZ, AUGUSTINE
CHAVEZ, C J
CHAVEZ, CELSO
CHAVEZ, E
CHAVEZ, J A
CHAVEZ, JESUS
CHAVEZ, MANUEL
CHAVEZ, SAM
CHAVEZ, SCIPIO
CHEESEBROUGH, S. J.
CHELON, GEORGE
CHENAN, JASO
CHENICK, MIKE
CHEPIRIO, JOE
CHESNIK, L
CHESS, OSCAR
CHIARO, FELIX
CHIARO, ROCCO
CHICCOVI, JOHN
CHIDO, THOMAS
CHIEK, MIKE
NATIONALITY
AUSTRIAN
FRENCH
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
MEXICAN
OCCUPATION
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
23 S
38 M
MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
WEIGH-BOSS
LOADER
MUCKER
8
23
44
28
28
52
S
W
M
M
No.
Children
COMPANY
2 EMPIRE COAL DO.
MID CONTINENT COAL AND MINE
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
3 BEAR CANON COAL CO.
3 VICKERS COAL CO.
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
McNEIL COAL CORP.
SLAV
GREEK
SPANIARD
ITALIAN
MINER
PICK MINER
MOTOR MAN
MINER
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
MINER
MACHINE HELPER
TRAMMER
WRECKING MILLER
MINER
BOXCAR LOADER
CRUSHERMAN
MINER
SLAV
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
1
11
20
36
28
24
35
S
S
M
M
29
40
37
59
39
28
36
35
S
S
MOFFAT COAL CO.
2 AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
M
M
M
M
2
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
3 NORTH PARK COAL CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
ITALIAN
SLAV
AMERICAN
GREEK
SCOTCH
SLAV
MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
ROCKMAN
FOREMAN
MINER
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
MACHINE MINER
DRIVER
45
61 M
48 M
8 BOULDER VALLEY COAL CO.
1 JUANITA COAL & COKE CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
AMERICAN
MINE FOREMAN
15
40 M
2 CLAYTON COAL CO.
AMERICAN
CAGER
MEXICAN
MINER
MACHINE RUNNER
10
MACHINE MINER
PICK MINER
12
27
19
5
SPANIARD
CAR DROPPER
PICK MINER
DUMPER
MUCKER
TIMBERMAN
PICK MINER
PICK MINER
MACHINE MINER
LOADERMAN
MACHINE MINER
MINER
TIMBERMAN HELPER
RANCHER
POLISH
MINER
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
BOHEMIAN
ITALIAN
13
20
26 S
32 S
W
24 S
50 S
E.M. ROBERTS CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
22 M
15
6
10
38 M
37
26 S
M
M
40 M
23 M
28 M
38
34 M
40
32 M
39
M
29 M
37
41 M
10
3
6
1
3
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
LEADER COAL CO.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
NATIONAL FUEL CO.
BARBOUR COAL CO.
THE CALUMET FUEL CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
1 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
CRESTED BUTTE ANTHRACITE
0 MUTUAL COAL CO.
4 GARFIELD COAL M & T CO.
ENGLEVILLE
EMPIRE
DUTCH CREEK MINE
GRAY CREEK
BEAR CANON NO. 3
KENNETH
SOPRIS
McNEIL
CIMERRON
BLACK DIAMOND
OAK HILLS NO. 1
BONCARBO
HASTINGS NO. 2
REVENUE TUNNEL
SOMERSET
FREDERICK
SILVERTON
CUATRO
SOMERSET
HASTINGS
DELAGUA
WALSEN
TOLLER
MOORE NO. 1
HASTINGS
GORHAM
ACME
LOGAN
BOULDER VALLEY
KING
PINNACLE
BANKER
CLAYTON
LOST DOLLAR
CAPITOL
RESERVOIR NO. 22
HEZRON
FREDERICK
LEADER NO. 2
COLUMBINE
IDEAL
PURITAN
ALAMO NO. 2
CALUMET NO. 1
SOPRIS
DELAGUA
DELAGUA
SMITH-ANTHRACITE
MUTUAL
SOMERSET
GARFIELD
DELAGUA
2
COLORADO COAL & IRON CO.
31 S
MINE
CAMERON
HASTINGS
County
LAS
LAS
PIT
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
MON
ROU
SAM
LAS
ROU
LAS
LAS
OUR
GUN
LAS
SAM
SAJ
LAS
GUN
PUE
LAS
LAS
HUE
LAS
JAC
LAS
BOU
BOU
BOU
WEL
DEL
ROU
LAK
WEL
TEL
BOU
HUE
LAS
HUE
WEL
HUE
WEL
HUE
HUE
LAS
TEL
LAS
LAS
GUN
HUE
GUN
MES
LAS
PIT
ELB
HUE
LAS
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
SHOT FIRED AT HIM; ASPHYXIATION
GAS EXPLOSION DUE TO ELECTRIC ARC
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
CAUGHT BETWEEN CAR AND ROOF
EXPLOSION OF GAS
CAUGHT BETWEEN ROPE & SHEAVE WHEEL
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FELL INTO AN ABANDONED AIR SHAFT
FALLING WALL IN STOPE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
CAUGHT BETWEEN CAR AND MOTOR
FALL OF ROCK
FELL DOWN SHAFT
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
CAUGHT IN A DEFECTIVE CHUTE
FELL WHILE WRECKING OLD MILL
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
CRUSHED BETWEEN CHUTE & CAR
CAUGHT BY COLLAR OF JUMPER & CHOKED
GAS EXPLOSION
HAULAGE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
SEPTIC POISONING
EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP
HIT BY A RUNAWAY TRIP OF CARS
FALL OF ROCK
PICKING OUT MISSED SHOT
FALL OF TOP COAL
CAUGHT BETWEEN A TRIP OF LOADED CARS & RIB
HAULAGE
FALL FROM BUCKET
CAUGHT BETWEEN EMPTY CAR & RIB
DRILLED INTO UNEXPLODED POWDER
CAUGHT BETWEEN CAGE & SHAFT BOTTOM
PREMATURE EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
MACHINE JACKPIPE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL & ROCK AT THE FACE OF STUMP
FALL OF ROCK
SUFFOCATION FROM NOXIOUS GASES
RAILROAD CAR RAN OVER HIM
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BY CAR
FALL OF ROCK
ROOF FALL
RUNAWAY CAR
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
HAULAGE
LIFTING A MINING MACHINE
FALL OF ROCK
CAVE IN OF STOPE
FALL OF SURFACE DEBRIS
PIECE OF COAL FROM A BLAST
EXPLOSION
Page Reference
15
17
Report
year
10
17
119
9
1898
9
9
1892
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1906MAY1
1914NOV21
1945MAR27
1933DEC29
1902JAN24
1936OCT14
1921AUG22
1910JAN31
1922AUG31
1910OCT8
1910JAN31
1896APR21
1930MAH28
1919AUG18
1923MAY21
1922NOV6
1943APR23
1894DEC6
1917APR27
1959NOV16
1915AUG23
1937MAR5
1916FEB5
1911AUG11
1912FEB17
1896FEB18
1926DEC17
1916JAN24
1917APR27
1923SEP24
1913DEC16
1920FEB13
1957NOV7
1904APR10
1938SEP14
1862JUN24
1932FEB27
1898SEP8
1906AUG6
1934OCT20
1922DEC30
1913JAN2
1900JAN26
1896DEC8
1933JAN31
1933SEP5
1890DEC19
1899APR24
1934MAY20
1920FEB16
1960MAY5
1926MAY28
1965OCT21
1933NOV29
1906FEB7
1940AUG31
1951MAR8
1941JUN6
1949DEC3
1904JAN26
NAME
CHIGGI, TONNY
CHINCHERICK, GEORGE
CHIODA, MUNZIO
CHIODO, LOUIS
CHIPPINI, VINCENTO
CHIRRI, FRANK
CHIVONS, LEW
CHO, I. C
CHONDRICH, JOE
CHOVENSKI, MEKER
CHOY, C. Y
CHRISTIAN, E.
CHRISTIANSEN, LOUIS M
CHRISTOPHER, WILLIAM
CHTELOUGU, MIKE
CHUBA, ANDREW
CHURCH, ELDON C
CHURCHILL, GEORGE
CHURCICH, FRANK
CIANI, LOUIS
CIMILA, ADAM
CIMINO, JOE
CIMINO, MANUEL
CINCCUHO, PETER
CINCIO, CARMELLO
CINOTTO, LOUIS
CIPOLLINA, JOE
CIPPOLENI, JOE
CIRCO, VINCENZO
CISCO, SILAS
CISPKA, A.
CLAIR, GEORGE
CLARADA, BRUCE LEON
CLARICH, JAKE
CLARK, CLAUDE
CLARK, CLEMENT A
CLARK, CLYDE
CLARK, DEL S
CLARK, HUGO
CLARK, JAMES
CLARK, JAMES H
CLARK, PERFECTO
CLARK, RICHARD
CLARK, ROBERT G
CLARK, SAM
CLARK, W P
CLARK, WILLIAM
CLARK, WILLIAM
CLARKE, B L
CLAUDIO, N
CLAUNCH, JOSEPH F
CLEMENTS, R C
CLENNEY, ONILEE
CLOSE, VAN
CLOTHWORTHY, WILLIAM
CLOUD, RICHARD H
COBB, VERNON F
COCHRAN, CHARLES
COCHRAN, JAMES
COCHRANE, FRANK
NATIONALITY
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
OCCUPATION
CAR COUPLER
MACHINE HELPER
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ROPE RIDER
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
23 S
23 S
No.
Children
COMPANY
MINE
39
69
45
44
40
33
M
2 GIULIANO & CARPINE COAL CO.
LUDLOW
CENTRAL
GRADEN
CRESTED BUTTE
HEZRON
CEDAR CANON
M
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
PRIMERO
M
M
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
STARKVILLE
PRIMERO
WELDON
46
47
45
17
31
M
S
M
RARE METALS CORP.
OAKDALE COAL CO.
2 MOFFAT COAL CO.
CANON-RELIANCE COAL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
S
BULGARIAN
ENGLISH
MINER
MINER
TIMBERMAN
FIREBOSS
36
59
31
60
53
42
22
40
35
21
39
24
45
62
AUSTRIAN
MINER
26 S
KOREAN
POLE
KOREAN
WELSH
RUMANIAN
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
TALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
SCOTCH
MEXICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
MACHINE MINER
PROSPECTOR
MINER
MUCKER
MINER
MINER
MACHINE SETTER
FIREBOSS
PICK MINER
DRIVER
MACHINEMAN
MINER
SALAVAGE
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
SHOT FIRER
23 S
16
10
1
30
11
M
S
M
S
M
M
M
S
M
3 ROYAL FUEL
ROUSE COAL MINING CO.
3 RAPSON COAL MINING
S
M
CORYELL MINING LEASING
6 McNALLY & THOMPSON
TRACE ELEMENTS CORP.
LESSEE
43
57 S
MINER
MINER
DRIFT CONTRACTOR
CAR-OILER
23 S
59 M
38
17
30
40
ITALIAN
MACHINE MINER
PICK MINER
NIGHT ENGINEER
MINER
TIMBERMAN
COMPANY MAN
AMERICAN
FIRE BOSS
14
AMERICAN
MACHINE MINER
26
SCOTLAND
M
HELPER
LABORER
MINER
3
48 M
55 M
54
53
44
40
33
29
43
54
COLORADO CENTRAL COAL & MINE
GRADEN COAL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
M
S
S
M
M
30 M
M
0 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
5
BOULDER VALLEY COAL CO.
AMERICAN METALS CLIMAX, INC
OAKDALE
OAK HILLS NO. 2
RELIANCE
CANON CITY
NEW CASTLE
HASTINGS
CROW BAR
ROYAL
ROUSE
RAPSON
HASTINGS
HASTINGS
VULCAN
ALPINE
CHANDLER
HASTINGS
VULCAN
MAITLAND
CRESTED BUTTE
NEW CENTENNIAL
CHAIN O'MINES
EUREKA
CHAMPION
BIG FIVE GOLD MINING CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
2 SHAMROCK COAL CO.
5 MANCOS HILL COAL CO.
STANDARD COAL CO.
1
SUMMIT MINES CO.
GLOBE COAL MINING CO.
Z.H. & W.H. LOWDERMILK CONST
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
E.P. MINING Co
3 COLORADO & UTAH COAL CO.
ABANDONED MINE
H. M. WILLIAMSON & SON
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
BECKMAN, INC.
VICTOR TELLER Co.
DELAGUA
JOE DANDY
GOLD CAP
SHAMROCK
MANCOS HILL
STANDARD
WALSEN
CAPITOL
ROBINSON NO. 2
HARRIS NO. 1
RUSSELL GULCH
CANNON BALL
JAMESTOWN
CLIMAX
STRATTON'S INDEPENDENCE
County
LAS
FRE
WEL
GUN
HUE
FRE
JAC
LAS
SUM
LAS
LAS
LAK
MON
HUE
ROU
HUE
FRE
GAR
LAS
ROU
LAS
HUE
ELP
LAS
LAS
GAR
GUN
FRE
LAS
SAM
GAR
HUE
GUN
BOU
LAK
GIL
GUN
HUE
BOU
LAP
LAS
TEL
GUN
WEL
MOZ
BOU
PAR
BOU
ROU
HUE
MES
ROU
GIL
SAM
LAK
TEL
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
STRUCK BY COAL FLYING OFFA RUNAWAY TRIP
ELECTROCUTED BY POWER LINE
ELECTRICITY
RUN OVER BY TRIP OF EMPTY CARS
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF HOLES IN BREAST OF TUNNEL
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
FALL OF ORE
STRUCK BY A MACHINE
EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP
FALL OF TOP COAL
ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF ROCK
CAP EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
ELECTROCUTED
EXPLOSION
FELL 200 FEET WHILE PUSHING A LOADED CAR
DUST EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
SUFFOCATED IN ORE BIN CAVE
FALL OF TOP COAL
MOVING MACHINERY
HANGUP RELEASED AND BLAST OCCURRED
EMPTY CARS COLLIDED WITH A TRUCK
JUMPED FROM WAGON
FALL OF ROOF
FELL DOWN CHUTE
FALL OF ROCK
CAUGHT IN GEAR-WHEEL
PLATFORM FALL
THROWN FROM SLED
ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF ROCK
FALLING DOWN THE SHAFT
STRUCK BY A PIECE OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF SLATE
CRUSHED BY EUCLID SCRAPER
FALL OF ROCK
HIT BY FALLING CLAY SLAB
FALL OF DRAW ROCK
EXPLOSION
TRESPASSERS - DISCHARGE OF DYNAMITE
FALL OF ROCK DOWN SHAFT
BURIED BY FALLING ROCK
BURNED IN A FLASH FIRE
CAGE ACCIDENT
Page
Reference
Report
year
gend
gend
48
12
1965
ancestry
gend
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1914NOV23
1871JUN2
1919SEP17
1904JAN26
1909JUN14
1887APR26
1896JAN3
1965MAY13
1937MAR16
1922JUN15
1904OCT28
1921NOV21
1928AUG20
1903JAN23
1954JAN9
1927JUL9
1895DEC15
1892DEC23
1889SEP9
1904JAN26
1889SEP9
1904DEC29
1907MAY11
1911AUG4
1878AUG9
1898FEB11
1918JUL2
1899APR27
1907DEC30
1927DEC27
1901SEP9
1917APR27
1961MAY15
1933JAN25
1969APR2
1917MAY4
1950SEP28
1890JAN7
1899NOV13
1897NOV2
1893JAN10
1935DEC13
1887FEB23
1893NOV17
1908SEP24
1951FEB11
1897NOV13
1913DEC16
1981APR15
1927JAN14
1926JAN23
1899NOV20
1921NOV29
1895SEP30
1894JUN28
1901SEP28
1937SEP26
1906APR22
1976DEC13
1942SEP3
NAME
COCKRAN, JAMES
COCKRAN, MICHAEL
CODIZIO, JOHN
COGENE, HARRY
COLBERT, JAMES W
COLE, EDWARD
COLE, JOHN
COLE, ROBERT D
COLEMAN, EUGENE
COLGIN, A M
COLICHIO, AMIGO
COLLETTI, JIM
COLLEY, C D
COLLIER, GEORGE
COLLIER, GLEN L
COLLINS, CHARLES
COLLINS, DOLPHICE
COLLINS, HARRY
COLLINS, JOHN
COLLINS, W B
COLLINS, WILLIAM
COLOMBO, MIKE
COLOMBO, SAM
COLOMBO, VENISIANI
COLRGROVE, G. R
COLTON, CHARLES E
COMFORT, WILLIAM T
CONAZZA, JOHN
CONDERS, JOE
CONDOR, ANDREW
CONEGLIO, TONY
CONKAS, TOM
CONKLIN, RICHARD
CONLEY, RALPH
CONN, ALAN D
CONNELLEY, DANIEL
CONNORS, ARDEN E
CONNORS, JOHN
CONNORS, ROBERT
CONRADO, DOMINICK
CONTI, STEPHEN
CONTONI, ALBERTO
CONWAY, FRANK
CONWAY, JOHN
COOCHIC, MACK
COOK, ARTHUR
COOK, ERICK
COOK, FRED
COOK, KYLE
COOK, THOMAS A
COOK, WILLIAM
COOL, GEORGE
COOLIDGE, WILLIAM K
COONEY, FRANK M
COOPER, J P
COOPER, WILLIAM
COPLEY, EARL WILLIAM
CORAZ, MIKE
CORBIN, PAUL BERTON
CORBIN, WALTER
NATIONALITY
ENGLISH
AMERICAN
OCCUPATION
TEAMSTER
MINER
ENGINEER
MINER
PAINTER
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
55 M
No.
Children
COMPANY
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
WELSH
AMERICAN
BLACKSMITH
ROCKVALE
GLEN ALVIN
45
M
30 M
3 VICTOR TELLER Co.
C. C. C. CO.
LOADER
MACHINE MAN
MINER
MACHINE MINER
MACHINE MINER
NIPPER
MINE
8
28
41
36
52
28
34
43
17
M
M
S
M
S
STRATTON'S INDEPENDENCE
OAK HILLS
ROCKVALE
UNION
JONES-HARRISON JOINT VENTURE
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
ROUTT PINNACLE COAL CO.
3 TEMPLE FUEL CO.
TERCIO NO. 3
ROUTT PINNACLE
BRODHEAD NO. 9
PRIMERO
County
FRE
CLE
LAK
TEL
ROU
FRE
SAM
CLE
LAK
TEL
LAS
ROU
LAS
LAS
FALCON SEABOARD DRILLING CO.
55
MINER
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
MINER
38 S
DRIVER
27 S
24 S
23 S
MINER
MINER
FOREMAN MINER
33
SLAVONIAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
GREEK
MINER
MACHINE MINER
MINER
MINER
AMERICAN
PICK MINER
19 S
26 M
M
36 S
29
40 M
25
54
11
1
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
GOLDEN FUEL CO.
VICTOR TELLER Co.
GOLDEN FUEL CO.
1 PURITY COAL CO.
J.A. PARKS CONST. CO.
2 WM. MARRIOTT
Union Carbide Corp Mining and Metals
IDARADO MINING CO.
AMERICAN
37
COMPANY HAND
AMERICAN
PICK MINER
AUSTRIAN
MINER
20
41 M
UNION PACIFIC COAL
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON CO.
25 S
COLOWYO COAL CO.
AMERICAN
MINER
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
PICK MINER
AMERICAN
FEED COAL CRUSHER
AMERICAN
COLORED
SLAV
BLUSTER
MUCKER
MINER
MINER
45
22
47 M
8S
CORYELL MINING LEASING
MID CONTINENT Resources Incorporated
1 COLORADO SPRINGS CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
46 M
2 CRESTED BUTTE ANTHRACITE M.
30
38
31
38
43
42
M
M
S
W
GRIFFITH LEASING CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
U.S. SOIL CONDITIONING Co
EMPIRE ZINC CO.
INDEPENDENCE
ANTHRACITE
WHITE ASH
STRATTON'S INDEPENDENCE
WHITE ASH
BERWIND
BERWIND
CHANDLER
DIAMOND
ANCHORIA-LELAND
GOLD DIRT
MAITLAND
RELIANCE
HASTINGS NO. 2
HASTINGS
MARRIOTT
OURAY
ASPEN
VICTOR
ROCKVALE
KING
CAMERON
EL MORO
MORNING STAR
LEYDEN
RED WING
SILVER BELL
VULCAN
DUTCH CREEK #1 MINE
CITY COAL
HARVEY GAP
BLUE BIRD
SMITH-ANTHRACITE
TOM BOY
TRESSIE C.
MAITLAND
CUATRO
Thunder Mountain Quarry
GILMAN
SAM
ELP
GUN
JEF
TEL
JEF
LAS
LAS
FRE
LAP
ELP
LAK
GIL
HUE
HUE
LAS
LAS
LAK
SAM
SAM
TEL
OUR
PIT
TEL
FRE
PAR
HUE
LAS
LAK
JEF
MOF
SAM
GAR
PIT
ELP
GAR
TEL
GUN
SAM
CHA
HUE
CLE
LAS
EAG
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
RUN OVER BY WAGON
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
CAGE ACCIDENT
STRUCK BY A RUN-A-WAY CAR
FALL OF ROCK
PICKING OUT MISSED HOLE
CRUSHED BY ROCK SLIDE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
RUN OVER BY CARS
STRUCK BY DRILLIMG PIPE
ELECTROCUTED
CAUGHT BETWEEN TIMBERS & CAGE
FALL OF ROCK
DROWNED BY IUNDATION OF WATER FROM SHAFT
CAGE ACCIDENT
DROWNED BY INUNDATION OF WATER FROM SHAFT
FALL OF BONE & COAL
ELECTROCUTED ON OTSIDE PIT CAR TRACK
FALL OF SLATE
EXPLOSION
STEPPED ITON OPEN SHAFT
POWDER GAS
CAVING OF ROCK FROM DRIFT
FALL OF SLATE
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF DRAW SLATE
CRUSHED BY LOADER
FALL OF ROCK
FELL DOWN RAISE
FELL THORUGH CRIBBING HOLE
INHALING POWDER SMOKE
FALL
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF TOP COAL
STRUCK BY CAGE
SQUEEZED BETWEEN RIB AND CAR
UNKNOWN
DRILLED INTO UNEXPLODED HOLE
DUST EXPLOSION
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS
FELL DOWN INCLINE
CRUSHED BETWEEN CAR & CAR DOOR
FALL INTO A ROCK CRUSHER
FALL OFF LADDER
EXPLOSION
CARBON MONOXIDE GAS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
RUN OVER BY MAINTAINER
SUFFOCATED
Page
Reference
Report
year
gend
49
12
1965
44
12
1969
24
10
1890
55
9
1898
gend
17
10
1894
20
67
10
1894
gend
64
33 12m
1976
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1896JAN10
1938DEC5
1945JAN16
1945JAN10
1917JUL15
1916JUL3
1923MAY5
1943AUG30
1906NOV18
1916NOV20
1941APR17
1893JAN10
1920JAN6
1938SEP25
1911JUL10
1912OCT15
1917APR27
1907MAY10
1917APR27
1920MAR4
1914NOV3
1910AUG5
1917APR27
1910NOV30
1893APR20
1907APR6
1926FEB27
1896FEB18
1926OCT28
1884JAN24
1901NOV27
1924AUG25
1913FEB22
1917JAN10
1907OCT30
1922MAR24
1939APR23
1914DEC3
1926DEC20
1902JUL28
1910NOV26
1900JAN6
1917JAN1
1936NOV24
1927MAY27
1961MAY9
1919DEC8
1891DEC5
1895MAY10
1888JAN3
1907JUN29
1928NOV24
1923DEC27
1919MAR31
1966SEP30
1929JUN24
1973NOV14
1897JUN19
1896JUN8
1947SEP10
NAME
CORBIN, WILLIAM
CORDOVA, ALBERT
CORDOVA, CARLO
CORDOVA, DONACINO
CORDOVA, FRANK MARK
CORDOVA, JUAN
CORDOVA, LEON
CORDOVA, MOYSES
CORDOVA, OLANDRO
CORDOVA, THOMAS
CORDRAY, ROBERT D
CORISILLI, CELESTIA aka
CORNACK, JOHN
CORNISH, FERDINAND
CORNISH, STANLEY J
CORNUSCO, PIETRO
CORRETICH, JOE
CORRICK, TONY
CORTESE, MIKE
CORTEZ, FELIPI
CORTEZ, JOSE
COSMADAKIS, JOHN
COSTAS, JIM
COSTELLI, TELESOFORE
COSTILLANO, JAMES
COSTO, MARTINO
COSTOR, RAY
COTTLE, ROBERT
COTTON, JOSEPH
COUGHLIN, JAMES
COUPLA, JOHN
COURTAD, GEORGE
COURTIER, DORIS
COUTTS, THOMAS
COVI, ALEXANDER
COVI, MAX
COVINGTON, BEN F
COWAN, CHARLES SR.
COWAN, JOSEPH A JR.
COWAN, THOMAS
COWERSHAW, JOHN
COWIE, WILLIAM
COWLISHAW, GEORGE
COWLISHAW, LEONARD
COWSILL, WILLIAM
COX, CLARENCE R
COX, HARRY L
COX, JAMES
COX, SYLVESTER
COX, WILLIAM
COX, WILLIAM
COX, WILLIAM J
COY, GLEN
COZZETTI, MIKE
CRAGIN, WAYNE D
CRAIG, WILLIAM F
CRAMER, LEWIS FARNHAM
CRANE, NATHAN A
CRAPA, PHILLIP
CRAVEN, JOE E
NATIONALITY
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
OCCUPATION
DRIVER
MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER
FIREMAN
TRACKMAN
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
30
33 M
37 M
42 M
45 M
45 M
28 M
MOTORMAN'S HELPER
36
ENGLISH
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
POLANDER
ITALIAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
GREEK
GREEK
ITALIAN
HELPER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
26
45
23
30
31
35
22
30
30
23
S
M
M
S
M
M
S
M
S
S
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
MINER
DAY MAN
MINER
ROCKMAN
27
32
21
24
S
M
S
M
No.
Children
COMPANY
NUSHAFT CANON COAL CO.
GORDON COAL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
5 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
7 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
ALPINE FUEL
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
GOLDEN CYCLE CORPORATION
UNION PACIFIC COAL
REGAL COAL CO.
3
1
3
4 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
4
VICTOR COAL AND COKE CO.
8
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
SCOTCH
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
ENGLISH
AMERICAN
ENGLISH
2 RAPID CREEK MINING & POWER
2 PACIFIC COAL M. CO.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
M
PROSPECTOR
DRIVER
MILL MAN
MINER
MACHINE RUNNER
CHUCK TENDER
SUPERINTENDENT
MACHINE HELPER
2
FIREBOSS
FIREBOSS
PICK MINER
TRACKMAN
21
24
LABORER
60
19
27
19
44
22
73
19
S
S
N
S
M
S
M
34 M
42 M
41 M
45 M
23
35
ROUTT COUNTY FUEL
4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
WARNER CONSTRUCTION CO.
7
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
1 MCLEARN MERCANTILE CO.
2
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
1 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
COLORADO FUEL CO.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON CO.
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
COMPANY MAN
DRIVER
TRAMMER
PICK MINER
ORE CRUSHER MAN
MINER
SLUSHER OPERATOR
19
37
36
19
33
45
60
22
70
M
M
M
2 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
4 EMPIRE COAL CO.
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM Co
MINE
WINZE TINZE
REX CARBON
GORDON
ROCKVALE NO. 3
FREDERICK
SOUTHWESTERN
ALPINE
MIDWAY
STARKVILLE
CRIPPLE CREEK
KING
REGAL
GULCH
ROBINSON
HASTINGS
LEYDON
HASTINGS
DELAGUA
LESTER
FLORESTA
HASTINGS
RAVENWOOD
VICTOR
HASTINGS
GENTER
VULCAN
CADDELL
CRESTED BUTTE
REX NO. 1
PINNACLE
QUINTO
SOPRIS
BLACK DIAMOND
KENWOOD
RIFLE
BOWEN
ONEIDA REDUCTION MIL
PICTOU
FREDERICK
DELAGUA
ANTHRACITE
SOPRIS
COAL CREEK NO.2
GORHAM
VULCAN
EMPIRE
S
24 M
CLIMAX MOLYBDEUM Co
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
WAYTO WEATTH
ENGLEVILLE
CLIMAX
County
ELP
FRE
HUE
FRE
LAS
LAS
GUN
HUE
LAS
TEL
PAR
SAJ
BOU
PIT
HUE
LAS
JEF
LAS
LAS
HUE
GUN
LAS
HUE
LAS
LAS
GUN
GAR
HUE
GUN
BOU
HUE
ROU
BOU
LAS
LAS
SUM
DEL
FRE
LAS
TEL
HUE
LAS
LAS
LAK
ELP
GUN
LAS
FRE
BOU
BOU
TEL
LAS
LAK
SAJ
CLE
CLE
LAS
LAK
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
DRILLED INTO UNEXPLODED HOLE
FALL OF FACE COAL
FACE FALL
ROOF FALL
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS & DUST
HAND TOOLS
FALL OF ROOF
FALL FROM TRESTLE
CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO CARS & MOVING TRAIN
EXPLOSION
CHEST CRUSHED WHEN CAR TIPPED OVER
ELECTROCUTED
CRUSHED BETWEEN CARS
CRUSHED BETWEEN ROOF AND LOADED CAR
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROOF
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BETWEEN TWO LOADED CARS
FALL OF ROOF
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROOF
EXPLOSION
FALLING OFF A SKIP
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BETWEN TWO LOADED CARS
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION WHILE LOADING A HOLE
PRECIPITATED OFF A TRESTLE
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
FALL OF COAL
CAUGHT IN GEAR FROM FURNACE
STRUCK BY A RUNAWAT CAR
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF COAL-DUST
CRUSHED BY LOOSE GROUND
RUN OVER BY A TRAIN
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS (CH4)
PREMATURE BLAST
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL & ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
GAS EXPLOSION DUE TO ELECTRIC ARC
ROTATING BALL MILL
FELL IN A CONVEYOR BELT
STRUCK BY FAN BLADES
CAVE IN OF OPEN CUT
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
Page
Reference
Report
year
gend
9
9
1892
63
12
1966
60
12
1973
gend
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1913DEC16
1963FEB20
1913DEC16
1902AUG7
1884JAN24
1907JUL1
1917APR27
1894AUG24
1942JAN27
1904MAR23
1911SEP19
1917APR27
1929JAN31
1893FEB22
1900JAN8
1897OCT27
1946JAN4
1896APR16
1894JUL13
1896OCT6
1897FEB2
1921MAR1
1930OCT2
1885MAR3
1961JUN24
1910DEC14
1900JAN9
1901AUG3
1902DEC15
1932OCT6
1916MAY20
1964MAY4
1955JAN1
1895OCT15
1925NOV21
1899OCT26
1908OCT2
1912OCT11
1896MAY6
1917JUN16
1896OCT7
1928MAY15
1897MAY29
1899MAY31
1899FEB22
1910OCT8
1921JAN8
1910JAN31
1912AUG26
1942FEB5
1901NOV20
1910MAR4
1924DEC27
1928JUN27
1897NOV21
1901SEP16
1905JUL23
1910NOV8
1921APR11
1905MAY
NAME
CRAWFORD, CLINT
CRAWFORD, GEORGE E
CRAWFORD, L. L
CREECH, H.
CREELMAN, JOHN
CRESCENTIA, BATIST
CRESEVIK, JOHN
CRESSALE, THOMAS
CRETON, SEVERIN, P
CREW, FRANK
CRIST, HARRY
CRISTULAKIS, GUST
CROMAN, FRANK
CROOK, ED
CROSS, JACOB
CROSS, MIKE
CRUMP, MARTIN
CRUZ, ANDREAS
CRUZ, HANARIO
CRUZ, J. B
CRUZ, JUAN M
CRUZ, MANUEL
CRUZ, SALVADOR A
CRUZE, SALVADOR
CSEGEZI, LASZLO
CSKATTI, FRANK
CUCCIO, MIKE
CULBERSON, SAM
CULLEN, L.
CUNICO, NELLO
CUNNINGHAM, ALEXANDER
CUNNINGHAM, BOBBY LEE
CUNNINGHAM, HAROLD
CUNNINGHAM, S. J
CUPON, A J
CUPPLES, SAMUEL L
CURANO, ANTON
CURIC, JOAN
CURNOW, WILLIAM
CURRAN, EDWARD
CURREN, J. W
CURRY, VERNON
CURTIS, FRANK
CURWEN, HENRY
CUTRO, JOHN
CYSZ, JOHN
DAANDREA, JOHN
DABOSEK, MARTIN
DACHOFF, JOHN
DAHLKE, HERMAN
DAHLSTROM, EMIL
DAILEY, MIKE
DAILY, WILLIAM H
DAIZ, PATRICIO
DALANELLIS, JOSEPH
DALDOUS, PETE
DALDUE, NICK
DALIPICOLI, GIOVANI
DALLEFESTI, JOE
DALLOP, JAMES
NATIONALITY
AMERICAN
OCCUPATION
LOADER
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
MINE FOREMAN
DRIVER
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN
MINER
MINER
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
S
55
30 M
38 S
No.
Children
COMPANY
CORYELL MINING LEASING
W.A. and Z.H. LOWDERMILK
1 CORYELL MINING LEASING
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
57 M
38 S
28
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
SLAV
GREEK
GREEK
ROADMAN
MINER
MINER
LEASER & MINER
39
21
23
62
36
38
AMERICAN
S
S
S
S
S
S
MINER
MINNEQUA FUEL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
MINER
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
BOHEMIAN
ITALIAN
COLORED
ITALIAN
SCOTCH
MINER
MINER
ROPE RIDER
MACHINE MINER
MINER
TIMBERMAN
MINER
LOADER
MINER
MINE FOREMAN
AST. FOREMAN
14
25
14
40 M
44 M
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
2 NATIONAL FUEL CO.
24
40
42
30
63
32
41
20
GEORGE V. LIVERMAN
4 LEYDEN COAL
M
M
M
M
M
9
4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
4 CEDAR HILL COAL & COKE
MARION TRONE
UNITED STATES VANADIUM CORP.
AMERICAN
CARPENTER
60 W
2 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
ITALIAN
SLAV
TIMBERMAN
MINER
54 M
32 M
3
TRAMMER
45
TRAMMER
22
MINE
VULCAN
VULCAN
BOWEN
CRESTED BUTTE
BERWIND
HASTINGS
AMETHYST
WADGE
DELAGUA NO. 5
BIG FOUR
HASTINGS
CRYSTAL RIVER RAILWAY
MORGAN
NEW CASTLE
MORNING GLORY
BERWIND
SOPRIS
WALSEN
HASTINGS NO. 1
KEBLER NO. 1
PURITAN
WALSEN
LEYDEN
HASTING'S NO. 1
BRODHEAD NO. 3
PIKEVIEW
KEBLER NO. 2
TOLLER
TOM BOY
PINNACLE
OIL CREEK TUNNEL
PRYOR
RAVENWOOD
BON AIR
GOLD COIN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
POLE
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
BULGARIAN
MINER
MINER
MACHINE MINER
DRIVER
MINER
HOISTMAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
MEXICAN
PUMPMAN
PICK MINER
PICK MINER
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
DRIVER
MINER
TIMBERMAN
MINER
AUSTRIAN
40
20
25
37
63
21
29
44
S
M
M
S
M
M
50 S
38 M
41 M
20 S
28 S
41
45 S
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
0 NATIONAL FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
1
UNITED STATES VANADIUM CORP.
0 JUANITA COAL & COKE CO.
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
NORMAN
INDEPENDENCE
BERWIND
STARKVILLE
MONARCH NO. 2
PRIMERO
INDUSTRIAL
URAVAN
SMUGGLER UNION
BERWIND
KING
FREDERICK
IOWA
SPRING GULCH
TERCIO
DELAGUA
GREENVILLE
County
GAR
BOU
GAR
LAS
GUN
LAS
LAS
MIN
ROU
LAS
HUE
LAS
PIT
GAR
ROU
GAR
HUE
LAS
LAS
HUE
LAS
HUE
WEL
HUE
MES
JEF
LAS
LAS
ELP
HUE
LAS
MONR
SAM
ROU
TEL
HUE
HUE
LAK
LAK
ELP
TEL
ELP
TEL
LAS
BOU
LAS
BOU
MON
SAM
LAS
DEL
LAS
SAJ
PIT
LAS
LAS
SAM
LAS
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
DUST EXPLOSION
CRUSHED BY RUNAWAY TRUCK
DUST EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION OF GAS; BD. PITTSDBURG, PA
FALL OF ROOF
EXPLOSION
FALL OF SKIP
GAS EXPLOSION
HIT BY MINE CARS
HIT BY CARS
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
MACHINERY
FALL OF "BONEY"
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
COAL FELL
SQUEEZED BETWEEN CAR & RIB
FALL OF COAL & ROCK
FALL OF SLATE
HEAD CAUGHT BETWEEN RIB & STEERING WHEEL
FIRE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF COAL
RUNAWAY OF FOURTEEN CARS
CRUSHED BY LOADED CAR
ROASTER ARM. BROKEN NECK
CAVE OF GROUND
KILLED BY A MORTAR BOX
STRUCK UNEXPLODED POWDER
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY CAR
LADDER BOKE & HE FELL TO BOTTOM OF SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK
THAWING POWDER
LOSSE ROCK FALLING FROM WALL
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
POWDER EXPLOSION
PINNED BY CAR
FIRE
CAUGHT BETWEEN MOTOR AND CAR
FALL OF COAL
CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO PIT CARS
DRILLED INTO UNEXPLODED BLAST
EXPLOSION
CAUGHT BETWEEN TRIP OF CARS & RIB
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
STAGING BROKE
FALL OF ROOF
Page
45
Report
year
gend
12
1963
gend
Reference
22
10
1894
123
54
9
9
gend
1900
1898
48
9
1898
15
9
1886
46
12
1964
gend
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1959SEP17
1917SEP12
1934DEC10
1913APR15
1941OCT11
1893JAN10
1942FEB28
1934MAR25
1889OCT11
1915DEC30
1901FEB8
1910OCT7
1898JAN14
1932MAY13
1932MAY13
1939DEC2
1910JAN31
1910NOV8
1899AUG1
1909JUN4
1974JUL16
1942MAR7
1884JAN24
1960MAR14
1943OCT29
1945OCT18
1904APR5
1888AUG9
1913DEC16
1933MAR11
1934AUG15
1922MAY9
1918NOV4
1902NOV11
1956JUN27
1934MAR13
1898SEP3
1910NOV8
1912MAY27
1924NOV20
1917APR27
1936JAN20
1915JUL19
1919JUN19
1960APR15
1950SEP30
1936JUL8
1921NOV9
1938DEC22
1934MAR26
1907NOV22
1942APR2
1946MAY13
1910APR14
1929DEC10
1922JUL6
1909JUL17
1908MAR20
1890JAN31
1904MAY20
NAME
DALTON, CECIL
DALTON, GEORGE W
DALY, JOHN J
DAMI, NARSO
DAMIANA, ALEX J
DANA, JOSEPH
DANIEL, WYATT A
DANIELS, JOHN
DANIELSON, A
DANJINOVICH, JOE
DANKO, JOHN
DANOFF, GEORGE
DARNELL, JOHN
DARR, JAMES
DARR, WILLIAM
DAUBENSPECK, ELBERT W
DAUGHERTY, REUBEN
DAUGHERTY, JAMES
DAVENPORT, JOHN J
DAVIDE, GIACOMO
DAVIDOVICH, STEPHEN
DAVIDSON, JOHN C
DAVIDSON, WILLIAM
DAVIES, ALBERT H
DAVIES, CARADOC
DAVIES, WALTER G
DAVIES, WILLIAM A
DAVIS, BEN
DAVIS, BEN E
DAVIS, CHARLES LEON
DAVIS, CLARENCE
DAVIS, COSMOS
DAVIS, CRADOC
DAVIS, DAVID E
DAVIS, DENVER P
DAVIS, G L
DAVIS, GEORGE
DAVIS, JERRY
DAVIS, JOHN
DAVIS, JOHN L
DAVIS, R. L
DAVIS, STEVE
DAVIS, THOMAS
DAVIS, W. T
DAVIS, WALTER
DAVIS, WILLIAM A
DAVIS, WILLIAM F
DAYWALT, FRANK
DEAN, LEONARD
DEAN, LLOYD CHARLES
DEAN, WILLIAM
DeANGELENO, BLISS
DeANGELIS, PIETRO
DeANGELO, TONY
DEBORSKI, JOHN
DeCALLIS, TONY
DECAMILLO, CHARLES
DECAMILLO, SALVADORE
DECAMP, JUSTINA
DECARIO, ANTONIO
NATIONALITY
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
OCCUPATION
MINER
ENGINEER
SWITCHMAN
MINER
FACEMAN
Years
mining
18
MILL OPERATOR
MINE FOREMAN
SWEDE
AUSTRIAN
SLAVONIAN
BULGARIAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
MINER
MINER
MINER
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
PICK MINER
PICK MINER
SHOVELER
DRIVER
DRIVER
ITALIAN
MINER
30
1
Single/
Age Married
35 M
W
37 M
27
57
32
25
18
48
M
M
47
24
49
38
24
0 PRIMROSE COAL
M
5
M
S
M
M
S
3
AMERICAN
MINER
22 S
AMERICAN
DRIVER
AMERICAN
WELSH
WELSHMAN
MACHINEMAN
MACHINE MINER
COMPANY MAN
MINER
25
45
35
43
45
56
12
S
S
S
M
S
MACHINEMAN
40 M
AMERICAN
COLORED
WELSH
AMERICAN
WELSH
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
NIPPER
MINER
DRIVER
DRIVER
FIRE BOSS
ROPE-RIDER
MOTORMAN
16
52
48
38
44
33
34
29
AMERICAN
LOADER
TIMBERMAN
25
57 M
45
AMERICAN
COLORED
DRIVER
MINER
MACHINEMAN
13
30 M
30 M
21 S
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
MINER
JAMES DARR
BUTTERFLY CONSOLIDATED MINES
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
52 M
26
57
57 M
MINER
PICK MINER
FIREMAN
MINER
MINER
COMPANY
LEON WHATLEY, LESSEE
2 CEDAR HILL COAL & COKE
0 NATIONAL FUEL CO.
5 ROUTT COUNTY FUEL
NATIONAL FUEL
UNION PACIFIC COAL
UNITED STATES VANADIUM CORP.
M
DISTRICT REP.
ITALIAN
POLE
No.
Children
32
15
28
23
45
29
35
19
S
M
M
S
M
S
M
S
M
W
S
STANDARD METALS Corp
HUERFANO COAL
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
BLUE RIVER CONSTRUCTORS
UNITED MINE WORKERS
PITTSBURG COAL
C. C. C. CO.
CORYELL MINING LEASING
LONDON MOUNTAIN GOLD MINING
E. H. HONNEN CONST. CO.
4 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
CORYELL MINING LEASING
IDARADO MINING CO.
ALMA LINCOLN MINING CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
3 YAMPA FUEL CO.
0 NATIONAL FUEL CO.
YAMPA VALLEY COAL
2 TEMPLE FUEL
RICO ARGENTINE MINING CO.
ADAMS DRILLING CO.
6 BOULDER VALLEY COAL CO.
McNEIL COAL CORP.
5 McNEIL COAL CORP.
KRAMER MINES, INC.
GRADEN COAL
3 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
1
AJAX COAL CO.
25 S
MINE
BLACK DIAMOND
MONARCH NO. 2
PINNACLE
EAGLE
KING
URAVAN
SLIDE
SCOTCH GIRL
PRIMROSE
ROUSE
INDUSTRIAL
MONUMENT
HAPPY CANON
HAPPY CANON
PRIMERO
DELAGUA
CLIMAX
STARKVILLE
LUDLOW
CRESTED BUTTE
PORTLAND
PITTSBURG
LEYDON
ROCKVALE NO. 4
VULCAN
DELAGUA
GARFIELD-VULCAN
ROCKVALE
LINCOLN
VINDICATOR
DELAGUA
KUBLER
YAMPA
HASTINGS
MONARCH NO. 2
YAMPA VALLEY NO. 1
BRODHEAD
BRUSH
BOULDER VALLEY
STERLING
STERLING
PINON
SALIDA
GRADEN
PRIMERO
INDUSTRIAL
MIDWAY
MORLEY
AJAX
ROUSE NO. 1
County
LAS
BOU
ROU
WEL
PAR
MON
BOU
OUR
LAS
HUE
BOU
TEL
MON
MON
SAM
LAS
LAS
TEL
LAS
SAJ
LAS
GUN
PAR
BOU
JEF
FRE
GAR
PAR
ARC
LAS
GAR
FRE
CLE
ELP
LAS
GUN
ROU
LAS
BOU
ROU
LAS
DOL
WEL
PIT
WEL
WEL
HUE
CHA
WEL
LAS
BOU
FRE
HUE
LAS
BOU
HUE
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
CRUSHED BETWEEN SLAB & MACHINE
CAUGHT IN HOISTING MACHINERY
CAUGHT BETWEEN FLY WHEEL & WALL
FALL OF ROOF
RIB FALL
EXPLOSION
CAUGHT CLOTHING IN SHAFT
STRUCK HEAD ON ROCK
EXPLOSION WHILE RAMMING PRIMES
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK; or Jan8?
FALL OF ROCK
BLAST EXPLODED WHILE LIGHTING FUSE
CARON MONOXIDE POISONING
CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING
FELL DOWN INCLINE ORE PASS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
ROCK FELL FROM BUCKET
FALL OF ROCK
CAUGHT BETEEN DRILL BAR AND CHUTE
HAULAGE
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
CRUSHED UNDER A 12-INCH WATER LINE
RUNOVER BY CAR
TRUCK
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
DUST EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
MISSED SHOT
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
EXPLOSION OF GAS
FALL OF ROOF
SUFFOCATED WHEN CAUGHT IN STOPE ORE CAVE
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLODED WHILE LEAVING HOLE
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF TOP COAL
FALLING OFF CAR
EXPLOSION
GAS EXPLOSION
SQUEEZED BETWEEN A PITCAR & SNOWSHED
ELECTRIC SHOCK
SLAB FALLING FROM ROOF
FELL FROM DERRICK
CAUGHT BETWEEN PIT CAR & RIB
CAUGHT BY A RUN OF FINE DIRT ON THE TUNNEL
CAUGHT BETWEEN MOTOR & ROOF
STRUCK BY MINE CAR
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION WHILE PICKING
HAULAGE
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
FALL OF ROCK
BLOOD POISONING
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF SLATE
FALL OF ROCK
Page
Reference
Report
year
gend
46
10
16
17
50
12
1890
1974
gend
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1926MAR19
1918MAY18
1946JAN24
1897JAN12
1904OCT28
1914JUL17
1904OCT28
1885NOV13
1967NOV2
1950MAR18
1908SEP1
1910MAY12
1936SEP11
1917APR27
1910NOV8
1903FEB26
1898MAY19
1906APR22
1917JAN26
1906APR22
1906APR22
1895FEB5
1927SEP24
1922MAR24
1916OCT14
1942JUL23
1939JUL8
1952MAR16
1902MAR27
1918MAY29
1920JUL5
1927MAY27
1909AUG3
1892OCT8
1927MAY27
1977JAN27
1917APR27
1909SEP30
1913SEP10
1893OCT21
1920JUN29
1918MAY16
1897JUL22
1910OCT13
1892JUN21
1920JAN12
1947JUL11
1897MAY17
1918NOV23
1921JUN15
1910NOV5
1906APR22
1925SEP25
1970SEP17
1889NOV26
1930FEB18
1910OCT8
1893JAN10
1925OCT23
1910DEC12
NAME
DECKER, CHARLES
DEEDS, MANNIE
DeFELICE, FELIX
DEGARINO, P. A
DeGIACOMO, MIKE
DEGIORGIS, GEORGIO
DeGREGORIO, ROCCO
DEGROSSLER, NAPOLEON
DeHERRERA, HORATION LEROY
DeHERRERA, JOSE L
DEITREZ, CONSTANT
DEJAGAMA, L
DeJEFFY, ARCHIE
DeKLEVA, TONY
DELA, JOE
DELAMO, MIKE
DELANCEY, W. A
DELANEY, CHARLES
DELANEY, E. G
DELANEY, ERNEST
DELANEY, FRED
DELANEY, JAMES
DELAURENTE, ALEX
DELDOSSO, PETE
DELDUCA, NICK
DELEON, HERMAN
DELEZ, LOUIS
DELLACROSE, M
DELLEHANTY, PATRICK
DELMAR, JOHN A
DELNOSTIA, JOE
DELORA, JOHN
DELOST, CARMEN
DELOURY, RICHARD
DELUCA, CHARLES
DeLUKE, JAMES
DELY, ALEX
DeMARCO, EGILIO
DEMCHYSHAK, MIKE
DEMENT, A. L
DEMITEO, NICK
DEMITRO, PHILPI
DEMSHOIR, ANTONE
DENARDO, JOE
DENEHY, THOMAS
DENNIS, AUGUST
DENNISON, ROBERT
DENNSRO, JOHN P
DENNY, CLAUDE T
DENNY, JOHN
DENTON, ARTHUR
DEPASSE, JOE
DEPEDRO, NICK
DERBY, KEITH M
DERGANS, MARTIN
DERMIC, TONY
DERMICH, JOE
DEROCK, CHARLES
DERRERA, GAVINE
DeSALVO, MIKE
NATIONALITY
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
OCCUPATION
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
22
MUCKER
MINER
42 S
42 M
51 S
MINER
No.
Children
MINER
MINER
LOADER
MINER
NIPPER
MINER
FRENCH
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
VISTING FATHER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MACHINE HELPER
MACHINE MINER
MINER
ITALIAN
ITALISN
ITALIAN
MKINER
LOADER
MACHINE RUNNER
TRANSFROM BUILDER
MACHINE MINER
NIPPER
MINER
MEXICAN
NIPPER
GREEK
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
MINER
MINER
TIMBERMAN
RUMANIAN
GREEK
MACHINE MINER
MINER
ITALIAN
MINER
GERMAN
MACHINE MINER
ELECTRICIAN
MACEDONIAN
AMERICAN
FRENCH
AMERICAN
PICK MINER
DRIVER
MINER
MACHINE MINER
FRENCH
FRENCH
29
TRACKMAN
MINER
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
TIMBERMAN
MINER
MOFFAT
PIKES PEAK FUEL
PIKEVIEW
ADSIT TUNNEL
TERCIO NO. 3
HESPERUS
TERCIO NO. 3
BULL DOMINGO
IDARADO MINING Co
HIGINIO CORDOVA
M
S
M
S
S
S
2 MOFFAT COAL CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
26
18 S
48 M
15
25
12
6
2
9
27 M
24 M
24 M
57 S
43
34
36 M
22 M
32 M
18
57
30
33
31
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
2 CALUMET FUEL CO.
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
4 VICTOR AMERICAN FUEL CO.
PEAKS COAL
HERCULES MINING CO.
7 COLORADO SPRINGS CO.
0 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
CASTLE CONCRETE Co
S
M
S
M
50 M
45 M
17
51
5
5
55 S
69
45
37
21
28
19
44
32
43
20
S
S
M
S
M
S
21 M
19 S
BONCARBO
NONPAREIL
MAJESTIC
MOFFAT NO. 2
HASTINGS
DELAGUA
REX NO. 1
DARCUS
CUATRO
CUATRO
CUATRO
VULCAN
CALUMET NO. 1
SOPRIS
CHANDLER
PEAKS
PIKEVIEW
PICTOU NO. 1
1
1 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
COLORADO FUEL AND IRON CO.
0 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
1 MOFFAT COAL
50 M
AUSTRIAN
SERIVAN
45
19
41
27
16
15
MINE
EAST PORTAL
2 PORTER FUEL
23
FRENCH
ITALIAN
FRENCH
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
COMPANY
COLORADO FUEL AND IRON CO.
McNALLY & THOMPSON
ROBERT DENNISON HALL BROS.
AMALGAMATED DEVELOPMENT CORP
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
BIG FOUR COAL & COKE CO.
PETER KIEWIT SONS Co
EMPIRE ZINC CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
UNION PACIFIC
2 ROYAL FUEL CO.
CITY NO. 1
DELAGUA
MORLEY
SUNSHINE
DELAGUA
CASTLE QUARRY
HASTINGS
REX NO. 2
STANDARD
PICTOU
GRANT
MOFFAT NO. 2
TOMBOY
ROCKVALE
ANTHRACITE
MAITLAND
KENNETH
BLUE BIRD
ELK CREEK
THOMPSON
CUATRO
CENTENNIAL
SARATOGA
EAGLE
STARKVILLE
KING
ROYAL
ROCKVALE
County
GIL
PIT
ELP
BOU
LAS
LAP
LAS
CUS
OUR
LAS
BOU
LAS
ROU
LAS
LAS
BOU
ELP
LAS
JAC
LAS
LAS
GAR
HUE
LAS
FRE
HUE
SUM
ELP
HUE
JEF
ELP
LAS
LAS
GAR
LAS
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
FALL OF ROCK
LOST BALANCE AND FELL ON HEAD
ROOF FALL
EXPLOSION WHILE LOADING HOLES
EXPLOSION
FALL OF COAL
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION/FIRE
SUFFOCATED BY WET ORE
HEART ATTACK
GAS EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF ROCK
FELL FROM BUCKET
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
Page
Reference
48
12
1967
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
EXPLPOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF ROCK
ELECTROCUTED
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
HEART
EXPLOSION OF DYNAMITE
ROOF FALL
BLAST
ELECTROCUTED BY HIGH TENSION WIRE LINE
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF COAL-DUST
FALL OF COAL
EXPLOSION OF COAL DUST
EXPLOSION OF COAL-DUST
30 12m
LAS
BOU
BOU
HUE
WEL
ROU
SAM
FRE
GUN
HUE
LAS
TEL
SAM
ROU
LAS
LAS
BOU
EAG
GIL
EAG
LAS
PAR
LAS
FRE
Report
year
EXPLOSION
FALL OF TOP COAL
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF PILLAR COAL
ROCK FALLING DOWN ORE CHUTE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL-SURFACE
MATERIAL FALLING DOWN SHAFT
FELL 430 FEET
BEING PULLED BY A DERAILED PUSH CAR
MISSED SHOT
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF ROCK & COAL
CRUSHED BY FRON-END LOADER ROLL OVER
ROCK FELL WHILE IN SHAFT BOTTOM
RUN OVER BY TRUCK
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
53
14
1977
12
10
1970
1890
gend
gend
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1936JAN20
1910NOV8
1910NOV8
1910NOV8
1891OCT14
1947SEP5
1947FEB20
1897DEC1
1896JAN4
1939JUN25
1957SEP26
1910DEC14
1946FEB28
1957AUG12
1917APR27
1895JUN21
1920JUL29
1900APR14
1917APR27
1917APR27
1931OCT23
1919MAR14
1899MAR23
1912JUN18
1935NOV12
1912JUN18
1931OCT23
1902DEC10
1939OCT9
1915OCT31
1887NOV14
1888MAY5
1918MAR19
1894APR27
1902APR22
1913JUN11
1938JAN18
1892FEB27
1917JUN16
1907JAN15
1930MAR18
1927JAN11
1919AUG18
1957APR19
1922JUN20
1923JUL31
1913OCT16
1906FEB19
1910JAN27
1930MAY5
1904MAY14
1910OCT8
1948FEB9
1973AUG21
1899JUN9
1894NOV21
1917APR27
1893JUN20
1910AUG24
1910NOV8
NAME
DeSANTIS, ANTHONY
DESANTOS, CAMILLA
DESANTOS, ORAZIO
DESANTOS, RAFFAEL
DESIDERIS, FRANK
DESNICA, GEORGE
DeSOTO, FERN.
DETADO, FRANK
DEUSMORE, JOESPH
DeVELBESS, ALVIN
DeVENCINTIS, FELIX
DEVEY, ELI
DEWITT, TOM RICHARD
DEXTER, WILLIAM H
DIAKAS, JOHN
DIAMONETTA, BATISTA
DIANA, JOE
DIAZ, AUGUSTINO
DIAZ, PEDRO
DIAZ, SAVERIANO
DICACOMO, LORENZO
DICCA, JOHN
DICHELLES, JOHN
DICHIAZZO, PIETRO
DIEHL, LEONARD S
DIETUAZZO, PETRO
DIGACOMO, SAM
DIGEOCOMO, DONITO
DIGHERA, JOE
DIGIACOMO, PETER
DIJACIMO, ANTONIA
DIJOIRO, GEORGE
DILLION, O. E
DILLION, WILLIAM
DIMARCO, PHILLIP
DIMONTE, GIOVANNI
DINARDI, TONY
DINGAO, LOUIS
DINWIDDIE, JOHN W
DIOMENTI, JOSEPH
DIPAOLO, DOMENICK
DIPAOLO, MIKE
DIRCHIO, FRANK
DiRITO, A J
DISANTIS, JOE
DISPENZA, JIM
DIVINCENZI, CRISANTO
DIVIZIO, P.
DIXON, GEORGE
DLUGOPOLSKI, WALTER
DOBBINS, JOHN
DOBRANSKI, JOSEJ
DODD, FRANK
DODDS, ROBERT CHARLES
DODGE, WILLIAM
DOECHER, JULIUS
DOLAN, FRANK
DOLD, HENRY
DOMENKO, LOUIS
DOMINICK, MURZIA
NATIONALITY
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
OCCUPATION
SHOT FIRER
MINER
MINER
MINER
SHAFTMAN
LOADERMAN
MINER
Years
Single/
mining Age Married
15 38 M
44 M
44 M
45 M
3
47
26
WHISTLEPUNK
44 W
AMERICAN
MINER
35 M
GREEK
MINER
23 S
ITALIAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
DRIVER
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
PICK MINER
LABORER
MINER
MINER
MINER
ITALIAN
MINER
31
24
26
35
16
33
23
30
69
30
48
33
ITALIAN
MINER
50 M
8
MINER
MINER
No.
Children
6
2
4
4
COMPANY
NATIONAL FUEL CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
COLORADO COAL & IRON CO.
RESURRECTION MINING CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
IDARADO MINING CO. (OURAY)
1 LEYDEN COAL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
RAINBOWS END URANIUM CO.
M
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
M
M
0
1
S
S
M
M
M
INTERNATIONAL FUEL
1
UNITED GOLD MINES CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
L
M
GIULIANO & CARPINE
4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO COAL AND IRON CO.
COLORADO COAL & IRON CO.
35
32
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
MINER
MINER
M
26 M
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
CARPENTER
TIMBERMAN
DRIVER
PICK MINER
TRACKMAN
65
25
44
30
32
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
POLE
AMERICAN
POLE
CANADIAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
ITALLIAN
PICK MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
DRIVER
MINER
ROPE-RIDER
MINER
MINER
TIPPLEMAN
MINER
MINER
MINER
23
15
12
20
S
M
M
S
40
42
45
19
M
S
S
S
L5
S
12 28 M
34 S
40 M
2 41
21
35
25 S
35
30 M
45 M
1
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
OAKDALE COAL CO.
HINMAN BROS. CONST. CO.
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
CADDELL & SON
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
EDNA COAL
CLIMAX MOLYBDEUM Co
2
1 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
MINE
MONARCH NO. 2
DELAGUA
DELAGUA
DELAGUA
CAMERON
LEADVILLE
PICTOU
COAL CREEK
ANNA LEE
County
BOU
LAS
LAS
LAS
HUE
LAK
HUE
FRE
ELP
LAK
LEYDEN
WADGE
JEF
ROU
HASTINGS
SLEEPY HOLLOW
TABASCO
PEERLESS
HASTINGS
HASTINGS
OLD FERRELL
WOLF CREEK
VICTOR NO. 2
HASTINGS
LAS
GIL
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
ROU
HASTINGS
OLD FERRELL
MAJESTIC
CEDAR CANON
BERWIND
COAL CREEK NO. 2
COAL CREEK NO. 2
ADA BELLE
ALPINE NO. 2
PRIMERO
CHANDLER
SOPRIS
MONARCH
TOLLER
TOLLER
OAKDALE
BERWIND
HEZRON NO. 3
MIDLAND
MAITLAND
KENNETH
PICTOU
BLACK DIAMOND
STARKVILLE
EDNA STRIP
NEWTON
PORTLAND
HASTINGS
MAMMOTH
PORTER
DELAGUA
LAS
TEL
LAS
LAS
LAS
FRE
LAS
FRE
FRE
LAK
TEL
GUN
LAS
FRE
LAS
TEL
BOU
LAS
LAS
HUE
LAS
HUE
GAR
HUE
LAS
HUE
LAS
LAS
ROU
LAK
CLE
TEL
LAS
MIN
GUN
LAS
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
GAS EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF ROCK
FELL DOWN SHAFT
ROOF FALL
FALL OFROCK
CAVING IN OF SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK & MAN
FIRE
ROOF FALL
IMPROPER BLASTING PROCEDURE
EXPLOSION
FALL DOWN SHAFT
BETWEEN CAR AND RIB
FALL OF ROOF
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION OF GAS
FALL OF BONY COAL
CRUSHED UNDERA RAILROAD CAR
GAS EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP
EXPLOSION OF GAS
STRUCK BY A RUNAWAY TRIP OF 5 LOADED CARS
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF TOP COAL
PREMATURE BLAST
KILLED BY SLOT THROUGH TO HIS ROOM
STRUCK ON THE RIBS BY IRON BAR
FELL TO BOTTOM OF SHAFT
FALL OF TOP COAL
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF DRAW SLATE
BUCKET FALLED ON HIM FROM BOTTOM OF SHAFT
CAUGHT BETWEEN TIMBERS AND CAGE
FALLING DOWN SHAFT
RUN OVER BY LOADED PIT CAR
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP
CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK (CUT WALL)
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
GAS EXPLOSION
FALL OF COAL
TRIP OF EMPTY CARS RAN OVER HIM
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
KILLED WHILE WALKING ON RAILROAD TRACK
CRUSHED BETWEEN MIXER CAR AND AIRLINE
CAUGHT IN BELT
STRUCK BY ROCK
EXPLOSION
FALL OF BUCKET
FALL OF COAL
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
Page
Reference
Report
year
9
9
1892
56
51&52
9
10
1898
1896
19
10
1894
gend
60
12
1973
23
10
1894
14
10
1894
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1893JAN10
1884DEC26
1884DEC26
1927DEC27
1906SEP19
1910JUL7
1896JAN16
1884JAN24
1893JAN10
1896FEB23
1884JAN24
1889OCT12
1897JUN14
1907MAY23
1917APR27
1921JUN3
1925APR24
1896FEB18
1896FEB18
1896FEB18
1921DEC13
1900SEP14
1899MAY13
1929FEB9
1910JAN31
1894JUL7
1918MAY24
1871JUL4
1897JUN15
1956DEC2
1918APR12
1898JAN12
1896DEC1
1912JUN4
1910JAN31
1902MAY31
1884JAN24
1911NOV9
1921NOV1
1927JUN21
1889JUL5
1884JAN24
1911DEC6
1949MAY27
1903OCT22
1926MAY13
1917FEB26
1935SEO5
1900AUG3
1891NOV30
1919MAR31
1923JUL25
1910NOV8
1909DEC1
1899OCT10
1896MAY11
1980MAR28
1894MAR31
1965DEC28
1921DEC13
NAME
DOMINICO, ANGELO
DOMINICO, CASINO
DOMINICO, MIKE
DONAGHE, OSCAR
DONATO, GUISEPPI
DONATO, SALVADORE
DONAVON, M.
DONEGAN, H
DONNA, JOSEPH aka
DONNELLY, J. W
DONNELLY, JOHN
DONOHOE, HENRY
DONVAN, FRANK
DONVIVICH, TOM
DORADO, ISADORE
D'ORAZIE, LUCIANO
DORCHOFF, GEORGE
DORE, ABLE JR
DORE, JOE
DORE, WILLIAM
DORIGATTI, LOUIS
DORSCHA, FRANK
DORSEY, JOE
DORSEY, THOMAS
DOTSON, FRANK
DOUGHERTY, EUGENE
DOUGHERTY, JOHN
DOW, HENRY
DOWELL, JOHN
DOWLING, JOHN L
DOWNTAIN, JOHN C
DOYLE, JAMES
DOYLE, PATRICK
DRAB, JOE
DRAGOVICH, JOE
DRAKE, JAMES
DRANST, JOSEPH
DRASPA, JOHN
DRATTER, JOSEPH
DREBOT, JOHN
DRECHATEAU, LEON "JOE"
DRISCOLL, JAMES
DRUMSACK, PAUL
DUBY, LYLE E
DUCHAK, MIKE
DUCY, ALFRED
DUFF, MAXWELL
DUFF, PETER D
DUGAS, LOUIS
DUGGAN, JAMES
DUHAUT, ALBERT
DUHICK, PETER
DUKOVITCH, NICK
DULGARE, DOMINIC
DUNCAN, DACY
DUNCAN, EDWARD
DUNCAN, RODNEY A
DUNLAP, JOHN
DUNLAY,
DUNN, G E
NATIONALITY
OCCUPATION
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
No.
Children
COMPANY
UNION PACIFIC
IRISH
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ROPE RUNNER
ROPE RUNNER
LOADER
MINER
MINER
13
27 M
32 M
27 S
1 CALIENTE COAL CO.
MINER
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
UNION PACIFIC COAL
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
CANADIAN
AUSTRIAN
MEXICAN
ITALIAN
BULGARIAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIA
NEGRO
COLORED
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
25
MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
MACHINE MINER
RUSTLER
BELL-BOY
TRAPPER
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
13
25
MINE FOREMAN
29
39
24
44
17
20
15
42
39
23
48
48
M
M
M
W
S
S
M
2
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
2 THE BELL MINING CO.
4 COLLIERIES CO.
M
S
1 MOFFAT COAL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
54 M
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
MINE
KING
COMO SLOPE NO. 1
COMO SLOPE NO. 1
RAVENWOOD
CHANDLER
GREENVILLE
PENROSE
CRESTED BUTTE
KING
FREE SILVER
CRESTED BUTTE
BELDEN
LITTLE JONNY
WALSEN
HASTINGS
BERWIND
EUREKA
VULCAN
VULCAN
VULCAN
SATANIC
ROCKVALE
CRESTED BUUTE
OAK HILLS NO. 1
PRIMERO
BLACK DIAMOND
WALSEN
IOWA
THOMPSON CREEK NO. 3
MINER
82
IRISH
SLAV
AUSTRIAN
ENGLISH
YUGOSLAV
POLE
AUSTRIAN
RUSSIAN
51
21 S
30 S
S
DRIVER
MINER
MINER
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
MINER
TRACKMAN
MACHINE MAN
25
34 M
41 S
32
30
4
OAKDALE COAL CO.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN
SLAVONIAN
FRENCH
SLAVONIAN
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
MINER
CHUCK TENDER
MINER
CRUSHER FEEDER
MILL MAN
FOREMAN
DRIVER
PICK MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER
55
45
55
45
21
60
26
10
ROOF BOLTER
AMERICAN
SUPERINTENDENT
36
31
38
28
W
M
M
M
S
W
S
M
M
30
2
38 M
GRAFE-CALLAHAN CONSTRUCTION
INDIANA
KANSAS
TOLLER
PRIMERO
COAL BASIN
CRESTED BUTTE "Jokerville"
HUERFANO
OAKDALE
GENERAL LAFAYETTE
CRESTED BUTTE
CONGO
CLIMAX
PRIMROSE
GOLDEN CYCLE CORP.
COLORADO FUEL CO.
1 EMPIRE COAL CO.
OAKDALE COAL CO.
4 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
3
COLORADO WESTMORELAND Inc
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
MID CONTINENT COAL AND MINE
1 COLLIERIES CO.
MAITLAND
ANTHRACITE
EMPIRE
OAKDALE
DELAGUA
BERWIND
COLE
VICTOR
ORCHARD VALLEY
ANTHRACITE
DUTCH CREEK MINE
SATANIC
County
PAR
PAR
PAR
HUE
FRE
LAS
LAK
GUN
PAR
PIT
GUN
EAG
ELP
HUE
LAS
LAS
WEL
GAR
GAR
GAR
JEF
FRE
GUN
ROU
LAS
TEL
HUE
BOU
SAJ
PIT
BOU
GIL
GIL
LAS
LAS
PIT
GUN
HUE
HUE
TEL
LAK
GUN
LAS
LAK
LAS
PIT
BOU
ELP
HUE
GUN
LAS
HUE
LAS
LAS
MIN
ELP
GUN
PIT
JEF
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
EXPLOSION
HURLED FROM CAR
HURLED FROM CAR
FALL OF ROCK
PREMATURE BLAST
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
EXPLOSION
CAUGHT BETWEEN CAGE & SHAFT TIMBERS
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
FELL DOWN WINZE
FALLING DOWN CHUTE
FALL OF ROOF
EXPLOSION
FALL OF BONY & COAL
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
OVERCOM BY FUMES
FALL OF COAL
STRUCK BY A PIECE OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
FELL OUT OF BUCKET
FALL OF ROCK
RUN OVER BY WAGON;FROM WAYNE CO., IN
STRUCK BY TRAM CABLE
RIB FALL
CAVE OF GROUND
STULLS BROKE IN SLOPE
FALL FROM BROKEN ROPE
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
FALL OF COAL
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF TOP COAL
OVERCOME BY POWDER FUMES
FELL DOWN SHAFT
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST; BD. PLYMOUTH,PA
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY LUMP OF FROZEN DIRT
ENTANGLED IN COLLARS OF THE ROLLS
STRUCK ON HEAD BY BELT
RUNAWAY TRIP OF 8 LOADED CARS
FALL OF ROCK
GAS EXPLOSION DUE TO ELECTRIC ARC
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF TOP COAL
FELL FROM ROOF OR BACK OF DRIFT
STRUCK MISSED HOLE, WHICH EXPLODED
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY COAL CAR
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
OVERCOME BY FUMES
Page
Report
year
gend
9
1886
9
1886
Reference
13
13
gend
24
10
15
17
21
10
7
17
1890
1894
23
10 gend&1890
19
17
9
17
9
14a
28 12c
1892
1980
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1896AUG22
1888APR20
1873OCT8
1926JUL12
1903JUL11
1925APR21
1947MAY8
1969OCT3
1904OCT28
1948NOV11
1919MAR31
1952JUN29
1960MAY16
1910NOV8
1913FEB13
1897JAN21
1919MAR31
1941APR9
1945JAN31
1927JAN14
1887SEP5
1910OCT8
1929DEC3
1923JAN5
1910NOV8
1924JAN25
1928DEC8
1923NOV20
1971NOV27
1970SEP2
1926MAR17
1940JAN16
1909DEC7
1914JAN28
1922NOV16
1960JUL16
1895JUL29
1910SEP12
1910JAN31
1911JAN13
1917JUL26
1914AUG1
1974AUG27
1931MAR21
1928APR29
1902AUG7
1898DEC5
1926AUG2
1941OCT6
1899MAR10
1895OCT6
1940JAN30
1899APR3
1970APR14
1889NOV26
1948JAN22
1901SEP16
1921JUL30
1966OCT20
1919AUG18
NAME
DUNN, HARRY
DUNN, JAMES
DUNN, THOMAS
DURAN, ALBERT
DURAN, BREGIDA
DURAN, E P
DURAN, LEE
DURAN, PATRICIO T
DURAN, TRINIDAD
DURAN, VICTOR
DURAND, ABEL
DURFEE, RAY
DURFEE, ROBERT E
DURONOS, FELICE
DUSA, FRANK
DUSELLE, ERNEST C
DUSSART, F
DUZAN, BILL EDGAR
DUZENACK, MIKE
DYER, FRED C
DYKE, ANDREW
DYLENSKI, JON
DYTRI, LEE
EBER, GEORGE
ECARDE, CARLO
ECCHER, AUGUST
ECKERT, EMIL
EDWARDS, NINIAN
EDWARDS, RALPH JESSE Jr
EGER, ROBERT THOMAS JR
EGGERS, JACK
EGNATOFF, COSTA
EHLER, GEORGE
EHNOTT, MIKE
EICHINGER, CHARLES W
ELENGA, HAROLD
ELGIN, J. W
ELIAS, BOB
ELIAS, JACK
ELIES, PROCORO
ELIGIO, AURELIO
ELLEFF, FRANK
ELLERMAN, JAMES D
ELLIOTT, HOWARD
ELLIOTT, JOSEPH P
ELLIOTT, W. H
ELLIS, ROBERT
ELLIS, WILLIAM
ELMER, ED
ELOIN, E. G
ELRICK, CHARLES M
ELSE, RICHARD JOHN
EMERSON, WILLIAM
EMIGH, DONALD E
ENDERMAIL, RUDOLPH
ENDICOTT, JONATHAN
ENDRIETTA, BERTIE
ENGEL, C E
ENGER, CHARLEY A
ENGLAND, JAMES
NATIONALITY
OCCUPATION
AMERICAN
MEXICAN
AMERICAN
LABORER
MINER
PICK MINER
NIPPER
MEXICAN
SPANISH-AMER
DRIVER
MINER
DRIVER
ITALIAN
SLAVONIAN
MINER
CAR-DUMPER
BELGIAN
PICK MINER
MINER
AMERICAN
MACHINE RUNNER
RUSSIAN
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
DRIVER
PICK MINER
DRIVER
MINER
PICK MINER
MACHINE MINER
MECH ENGINEER
AMERICAN
LABORER
GERMAN
SLAV
AMERICAN
MINER
DRIVER
PICK MINER
RUSSIAN
AMERICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MACEDONIAN
MINER
DRIVER
MINER
MINER
MINER
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
MACHINE RUNNER
MINER
MINER
AMERICAN
MASTER MECHANIC
TIMBERMAN & MINER
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
26
14
14
26
43
47
34
30
20
35
43
M
M
M
44 M
22
18
14
11
39 M
21
37
34
26
35
34
70
30
19
46
S
M
S
M
M
M
7
2 THREE PINES COAL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
FRONTIER CONSTRUCTION Co
BLACK BEAUTY COAL
6 EMPIRE COAL CO.
KIMMES DRILLING CO.
MODEL MINING CO.
2 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
7 EMPIRE COAL CO.
RED ASH COAL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
T. C. & C. CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
2 PIKES PEAK FUEL CO.
MUTUAL COAL CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
1 BOULDER VALLEY COAL CO.
JELCO INCORPORATED
CLIMAX MOLYBDEUM Co
COUNTY OF DOLORES
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
40 S
22 S
38 M
43
46
26
28
24
22
31
38
27
COMPANY
S
24
45 M
32 S
17
No.
Children
M
S
S
M
M
ROUTT COUNTY FUEL
4 PRODUCERS COAL CO.
SEIGRIST CONSTRUCTION CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
0 ROUTT COUNTY FUEL
STATE Inc
2 BLUE BIRD MINES, INC.
M
48 M
48 M
3 FRAKER COAL CO.
RESURRECTION MINING CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
34 S
45
PUMPMAN
30
71
OZARK-MAHONING Co
COLORADO FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
MINE
C. C & GOLD TUNNEL
ROBERT EMMET
ALMA
CONCRETE
ROUSE
THREE PINES
FREDERICK
TERCIO NO. 3
BLACK BEAUTY
EMPIRE
OURAY
DELAGUA
TERCIO
PIKES PEAK
EMPIRE
LEADER #2
KEBLER NO. 2
ROCKVALE
STARKVILLE
STARKVILLE
PIKEVIEW
MUTUAL
DELAGUA
LESTER
BOULDER VALLEY
CRESTED BUTTE
HESPERUS
PINNACLE
PHILLIPS NO. 1
UNION M & LEASGE
BOWEN
PRIMERO
ENGLE
WALSEN
PINNACLE NO. 2
BOWEN
SILVER LAKE
BEAR RIVER
LEADVILLE
COMMODORE
ANCHOR
CRESTED BUTTE
PEERLESS
ROUSE
FREDERICK
SPRING GULCH
LABORER
AMERICAN
PICKMAN
50
67 N
STERLING CONTRACTING Co
0 OAKDALE COAL CO.
OAKDALE
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
County
ELP
PREMATURE BLAST
PIT
CRUSHED BY CAR
PAR
EXPLOSION
CRUSHED BY COVER OF CONVEYOR
HUE
FALL OF SLATE
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
LAS
HAULAGE
LAK
ASPHYXIATED DUE TO BAD AIR
LAS
EXPLOSION
HUE
FALL OF ROOF
LAS
GAS EXPLOSION DUE TO ELECTRIC ARC
OUR
PINNED BETWEEN SHAFT & DRUM, PUNTURED LUNG
MES
IMPROPER BLASTING PROCEDURE
LAS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
LAS
CRUSHED BETWEEN A LOADED CAR & RIB SIDE
ELP
FELL DWON LADDERWAY
LAS
GAS EXPLOSION DUE TO ELECTRIC ARC
HUE
ROOF FALL
HUE
HAULAGE
FRE
ELECTROCUTED
LAS
FALL OF SLATE
LAS
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
ELP
FALL OF COAL FROM ROOF
HUE
FALL OF ROCK
LAS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
HUE
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
WEL
FALL OF COAL & ROCK
TEL
FELL DOWN A SHAFT
CLE
RUN OVER BY CONCRETE MIXER TRUCK
LAK
RUN OVER BY LOADER
DOL
FALL OF ROCK
GUN
FALL OF ROOF (ROCK)
LAP
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
ROU
CAUGHT BETWEEN CARS
MOF
FALL OF ROCK
DEL
CRUSHED BENEATH LOADER BUCKET
LAK
FALL DOWN CHUTE AFTER ROPE BROKE
LAS
FALL OF ROCK; ALIAS PAUL FLICH
LAS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
LAS
FALL OF SLATE
HUE
FALL OF ROCK
ROU
FALL OF COAL FROM DELAYED SHOT
CLE
PULLED BY DELIVERY BELT
JEF
HAULAGE ROPE BROKE & CAUGHT BY CARS
GAR
EXPLOSION OF POWDER
LAS
EXPLOSION
SAJ
EXPLOSION FROM SHOT
ROU
CAUGHT & DRAGGED BY HORSE FOR TEN FEET
LAK
FELL BACKWARD INTO TIMBER SLIDE
MIN
EXPLOSION WHILE CUTTING CAPING FUSE
ELP
EXPLOSION OF POWDER
GUN
CRUSHED WHILE REMOVING SPRAGS
FALL OF TOP ROCK
JAC
CRUSHED BY DOZER
HUE
FALL OF ROCK
LAS
HAULAGE
PIT
EXPLOSION
GAR
CAR RAN AWAY
LAR
ELECTROCUTED
HUE
EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP
Page
44
Reference
12
Report
year
1969
gend
53
53
12
12
1971
1970
51
12
1974
52
12
1970
63
12
1966
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1897JUN21
1910JUL7
1933OCT14
1937JAN22
1911JAN2
1910FEB20
1897SEP3
1898FEB2
1918AUG3
1980DEC2
1921JUL28
1898APR6
1901NOV7
1910NOV26
1954SEP16
1910NOV8
1910NOV8
1927NOV28
1910NOV8
1914APR11
1974JAN18
1897AUG13
1913JAN27
1918MAY23
1913OCT16
1893FEB21
1889NOV4
1879MAY7
1917APR27
1929DEC4
1919JAN14
1897MAY23
1910NOV8
1904JUN10
1926APR22
1910NOV8
1910NOV8
1917AUG25
1893OCT30
1904AUG31
1917APR27
1938DEC15
1921OCT7
1921SEP1
1897JAN7
1949AUG19
1954JAN30
1956SEP5
1921FEB25
1911OCT28
1921JUL30
1896NOV3
1893DEC28
1889DEC4
1890MAR20
1916FEB12
1898DEC15
1910OCT8
1910OCT8
1900SEP8
NAME
ENGLER, JAMES
ENGLISH, RAPHAEL
ENGLISH, SAMUEL A
ENLOW, CHARLES
ENOKNIOFF, JORDAN
ENRIETTA, PETER
EPPICH, ANTON
ERICKSON, ANDREW
ERICKSON, GUY
ERICKSON, HERBERT
ERICKSON, JOHN
ERICKSON, LOUIS
ERJEN, PAUL
ERKANG, NICK
ERTZ, MARVIN L
ESPINOSA, E.
ESPINOSA, S.
ESPINOZA, JOSEPH
ESPJINOSA, YSA
ESPOSITO, LUIS
ESQUIBEL, JOSE H
ESTAS, JOHN T
ESTRELLA, FRANCISCO
ETCHELLS, JAMES P
EURIATTI, JOHN
EUSTIN, LUCAS
EVA, EDWIN
EVA, RICHARD
EVANCICH, ANTON
EVANHOFF, JOHN
EVANOFF, TONY
EVANS, DONALD M
EVANS, LLEWLYN
EVANS, NELSON
EVANS, OLIVER
EVANS, W. J
EVANS, WILLIS
EVERLY, THOMAS L
FAAS, JOHN
FABERT, LASZA
FABIAN, SAM
FABIJAN, MARTIN
FABRIZIO, ANGELO
FACKLER, HERBERT V
FAGON, PETER
FAHRENBROUCH, LLOYD R
FAHRION, JOHN E
FALAGRADY, JOE
FALAGRADY, ROBERT
FALLATTI, BEN
FALLICE, LEWIS
FALLIS, CLARENCE F
FALLIS,HIRAM
FALTCH, MIKE
FANCIS, HENRY
FAREIHOLTC, JOHN
FARGO, JOE
FARO, JOHN
FARO, PETE
FARRA, FRANK
NATIONALITY
ITALIAN
BULGARIAN
ITALIAN
OCCUPATION
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
MINER
OPERATOR
MOTORMAN
MACHINE HELPER
DUMPER
MINER
25
61
40
28
52
ENGINEER
29
45
28
MINER
MINER
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
SPANIARD
MINER
MINER
MACHINE MINER
MINER
MINER
MEXICAN
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
7
AUSTRIAN
BULGARIAN
BULGARIAN
MINER
MACHINE MINER
MINER
AMERICAN
COLORED
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
PIT BOSS
DRIVER
MACHINE MINER
ASST. SUPER
RESCUS MAN
MINER
HUNGARIAN
AUSTRIAN
MINER
MINER
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
WEIGH BOSS
MACHINE MINER
AST. M. F.
DRIVER
MINER
LABORER
EMPIRE ZINC CO.
2
1
TECTONIC CONSTRUCTION Co
M
M
M
M
S
39 M
40 M
45 M
34
37
40
18 52
37
ca39
41
30
3 42
24
25
59
45
22
29
3
LABORER
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
40
30
29
31
23
25
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
6 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
0 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
1 CALIENTE COAL CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
AMERICAN SMELTING and Refining Co
1 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
3 NATIONAL FUEL
4 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
COLORADO FUEL AND IRON CO.
2
1
5 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
CEDAR HILL COAL AND COKE
M
M
S
M
S
M
3 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
BOULDER VALLEY COAL CO.
2 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
5 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
S
S
KEYSTONE COAL CO.
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
1 BOULDER BLACK DIAMOND COALCO
33 S
50
4
GRANBY DAM CONSTRUCTORS
JOHN E. FAHRION
63
20 S
19 S
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
AMERICAN
CANON CITY COAL CO.
ENGLISH
SWEDE
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
MINER
MINER
MINER
41
27 S
20 S
24 S
35 M
HECLA
SPRING GULCH
SUNSHINE
ESMERALDA
MCNALLY & MATHEWS
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
4
County
SAM
LAS
TEL
EAG
BOU
PIT
GAR
CLE
SAM
COLONY PROJECT
INGRAM
MIDLAND
CAMERON
M
M
W
S
M
32 M
MINE
NELLIE
BERWIND
DIG GOLD
22 S
SUPERINTENDENT
MINER
ENGLISH
COMPANY
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
TIMBERMAN
SLAVONIAN
HOLLANDER
S
M
S
M
M
No.
Children
DELAGUA
DELAGUA
RAVENWOOD
DELAGUA
FREDERICK
IDA TUNNEL
PINION
MONARCH NO. 1
MIDLAND
ROUSE
SARATOGA
GOLDEN
HASTINGS
INDUSTRIAL
GREENVILLE
VESTEL (at Rico, CO)
DELAGUA
STARKVILLE
BOULDER VALLEY
DELAGUA
DELAGUA
ROCKVALE
C.O.D.
HEZRON
HASTINGS
KEYSTONE
COAL CREEK
BLACK DIAMOND
MIDLAND TRACK
GRANBY
FREDENICK
SOPRIS
GREENVILLE
OK
ANACONDA
BROOKSIDE NO. 7
SULLIVAN
MAITLAND
COLUNBUS
STARKVILLE
STARKVILLE
SUNSHINE
SAM
BOU
GAR
HUE
LAS
LAS
HUE
LAS
LAS
LAK
RIG
HUE
BOU
GAR
HUE
GIL
JEF
LAS
BOU
LAS
DOL
LAS
LAS
WEL
LAS
LAS
FRE
TEL
HUE
LAS
ROU
FRE
BOU
LAK
LAS
LAS
LAS
GAR
ELP
TEL
FRE
BOU
HUE
LAP
LAS
LAS
HUE
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
ROCK ROLLING OVER CLIFF
FALL OF ROCK
OVERCOME BY CARBON DIOXIDE
CAUGHT BETWEEN POST & BATTERY BOX ON MOTOR
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY A CAR ON THE INCLINE
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
PICKING OUT MISSED HOLE
LOST FOOTING AND FELL
BACKED BULLDOZER OVER LEDGE
OVERCOME BY POWDER GAS
ROCK FALLING FROM HANGING WALL
FALL OF COAL; or Nov4?
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY SLUSHER
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF SLAB
EXPLOSION WHILE PREPARING POWDER
FALL OF ROCK
ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
WALKED INTO SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK; BORN DEVONSHIRE, ENGLAND
EXPLOSION
ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF ROCK
FALLING DOWN 325 FT MINE SHAFT
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF ROOF
CRUSHED UNDER LOADED CAR
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION WHILE TAMPING HOLE
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF ROCK
THAWING POWDER IN OPEN FIRE
FELL DOWN ACCESS SHAFT
CRUSHED BY SLAB OF ROCK
ROOF FALL
ELECTROCUTED
BRIDGE COLLAPSED
CAR RAN AWAY
PICKING OUT MISSED HOLE
EXPLOSION OF POWDER
STRUCK BY A TRAIN OF CARS
PREMATURE BLAST
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION CAUSED BY SLIP ON CAP
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
FALL OF COAL
Page
Reference
37 12m
Report
year
1980
16
17
50
12
1974
13
10
1890
16
10
1894
18
10
1894
14
10
1890
gend
gend
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1907DEC31
1913DEC16
1929FEB2
1919AUG18
1910NOV8
1910NOV8
1891FEB5
1907JAN23
1919MAR31
1918JAN18
1907JAN23
1890SEP29
1917DEC15
1890JUN3
1906APR22
1929MAY31
1894AUG24
1906DEC1
1909MAY13
1947FEB4
1951JAN21
1907SEP14
1907OCT21
1917APR27
1899NOV28
1901NOV20
1898JUN7
1975MAY31
1928NOV27
1937MAR25
1912JUN18
1901SEP30
1907MAY16
1898OCT12
1912MAR28
1904NOV4
1926DEC2
1926JUL30
1918JUN25
1940NOV19
1906DEC6
1896FEB18
1929NOV4
1901NOV16
1927FEB19
1975JUL24
1907JUN13
1922SEP8
1903MAR11
1917NOV28
1927JAN20
1907MAY19
1885AUG15
1943MAR13
1923DEC31
1898OCT23
1922NOV20
1941DEC2
1906NOV7
1910JAN31
NAME
FARRELL, PETE
FARREN, JOE
FARRER, W F
FARSERO, JOHN
FASINICH, DOMINICK
FASINICH, MARCO
FATTA, JOSEPH
FATUR, GIOANNI
FATUR, JACOB
FATUR, JOHN
FATUR, ROBERTO
FAUCETT, M M
FAUGHNAN, HUGH
FAULK, W J
FAURE, PETE
FAVA, LOUIS
FAY, HUGH
FEATNE, JOE
FEDDISH, JOHN
FEDERICO, JONATHAN
FELICE, FLORENDO
FELICIA, GIOVANNI
FELINO, BENNY
FELIX, A. B
FELLOWS, WILLIAM W
FELMAN, ALIKE
FENEKSBURY, WILLIAM
FENISON, A J
FENQUAY, CECIL
FENTON, JOHN
FERAZZO, EMANUEL
FERDINANDO, FRANK
FERDIZZI
FERENZ, MIKE
FERGELLIO, MIKE
FERGUSON, ALEXANDER
FERGUSON, C B
FERGUSON, HENRY
FERGUSON, MAXWELL
FERINA, MARTIN
FERINDO, JOE
FERINEO, JASON
FERKOL, TONY
FERNANDA, PHILLIPA
FERNANDEZ, ABUNDIO
FERNANDEZ, ELIAS
FERRANTI, JONATHAN
FERRARI, ANTHONY
FERRARI, DOMINICK
FERRARI, GIOVANNI
FERRARO, ANDY
FERRARO, FRANK
FERREON, JAMES
FERRIS, JAMES
FERRIS, LARIMER A
FICCO, CARLO
FICKES, JAMES F
FIDAS, JAMES
FIDEL, MIKE
FIELD, W. E
NATIONALITY
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
HUNGARIAN
AUSTRIAN
SLAV
HUNGARIAN
AMERICAN
IRISH
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
IRISH
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
OCCUPATION
DAY MAN
PICK MINER
MINER
DAY MAN
MACHINE HELPER
MOVING MCGINTIES
TIMBERMAN
MINER
COMPANY MAN
MINER
MINER
GRADER
MINER
AMERICAN
MACHINE MINER
SLUSHER OPERATOR
MINER
TRIP-RIDER
MINER
MINER
MINER
OILER
TRACKMAN
LABORER
BLACKSMITH
ITALIAN
SLAVISH
TALION
SCOTCH
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
SCOTCH
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
MEXICAN
MINER
MINER
LABORER
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
MINER
MACHINE MINER
MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
LABORER
MINER
MINER
MULE DRIVER
MINER
PICK MINER
FACEMAN
MINER
MINER
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
GERMAN
COLORED
Age
45
42
21
27
MINER
MINER
MINER
PICKMAN
MINER
MINER
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN-TYR
Years
mining
MACHINE MINER
42
Single/
Married
S
M
S
S
M
S
29 S
S
39 M
24 S
27
25 M
35
29 S
42 S
28
34 M
30 S
61
No.
Children
COMPANY
4 CORYELL MINING LEASING
OAKDALE COAL CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
COLORADO COAL & IRON CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
EMPIRE COAL CO.
4 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
1 PIKE'S PEAK FUEL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
TAYLOR COAL MINING. CO.
TAYLOR COAL MINING. CO.
30 M
45 S
29 S
2
10
3
26
7
10
36
30
31
25
14
29
35
24
64
58
48
48
S
M
S
S
S
S
M
W
M
37 S
35 M
40 W
32
M
44
35 M
55 M
42 M
22 S
46 M
25 S
42 M
34 M
32 M
45 M
40 M
U.S. ENERGY Corp
OHIO CREEK COAL CO.
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
7 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
WEST PORTAL
5 BIG FOUR COAL & COKE CO.
CAPROCK FUEL CO.
1 ALAMO COAL CO.
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
CLIMAX MOLYBDEUM Co
5 BIG FOUR COAL & COKE CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
PIKES PEAK FUEL
2 FORT LUPTON COAL CO.
0
0 FRANK M. FICKES HIS FATHER
CONSOLIDATED COAL & COKE
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
MINE
SIMPSON
VULCAN
OAKDALE
DELAGUA
DELAGUA
ROAD CANON
PRIMERO
EMPIRE
DELAGUA
PRIMERO
VIRGINIUS
PIKEVIEW
GALLAGHER
CUATRO
AMETHYST
HASTINGS
BERWIND
ROUSE
RAPSON NO. 2
WALSEN
SOUTH CANON
HASTINGS
CHIPPAWA
SMUGGLER UNION
REVENUE TUNNEL
O. C.
HASTINGS
STARKVILLE
ROBINSON
SANTA CLARA
PIEDMONT
PRIMROSE
CHANDLER
MOFFAT TUNNEL
CENTENNIAL
CAPROCK
FORBES NO. 6
VULCAN
ALAMO NO. 1
HEZRON
LESTER
BERWIND
CENTENNIAL
BERWIND
ROUSE
CAMERON
ENGLEVILLE
WALSENBURG
PIKEVIEW
WITHERBEE
NEW CASTLE
COALBY RED CANON
BAUM
HECLA
PRIMERO
County
BOU
GAR
DOL
HUE
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
OUR
ELP
LAK
LAS
SAJ
MIN
LAS
LAS
HUE
LAS
HUE
GAR
LAS
LAK
SAM
HIN
TEL
GUN
LAK
LAS
LAS
HUE
HUE
LAS
LAS
FRE
GRA
BOU
JEF
LAS
GAR
HUE
HUE
HUE
LAK
LAS
BOU
LAS
HUE
HUE
LAS
HUE
ELP
WEL
GAR
DEL
WEL
BOU
LAS
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
DUST EXPLOSION
EXOLOSION OF ROUND HOLES
EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF COAL
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
GAS EXPLOSION DUE TO ELECTRIC ARC
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FELL DOWN SHAFT WITH LOADED CAR
FALL OF COAL
FELL IN SHAFT
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
CABLE BROKE & THROWN TO GROUND
FALL OF SKIP
FALL OF ROOF
RUN OVER BY A RAILROAD CAR
ROOF FALL
FALL OF ROOF
RUN OVER BY A TRIP OF LOADED CARS
POWDER EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
FALLING ROCK FROM BREAST
FIRE
DRILLING TOO CLOSE TO MISSED SHOT
BAD AIR
FALL OF ROCK
PINNED BETWEEN HOIST & I BEAMS
EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP
CRUSHED BY CAR
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK
ELECTROCUTED
HIT BY RUNAWAY TRIP OF CARS
STRUCK BY A RUNAWAY CAR
FALL OF ROCK
A KICK FROM A MULE
FALL OF BLASTED COAL
FALL OF ROOF
EXPLOSION
STRUCK BY A SHELL
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
SQUEEZED BY BED
FALL OF ROOF
EXPLOSION OF BLACK POWDER
FALL OF DRAW SLATE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FIRE-SUFFOCATION
FALL OF SLATE
ROOF FALL
CRUSHED BETWEEN A MOVING CAR & PROP
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
HAULAGE
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
Page
Reference
Report
year
gend
8
9
1892
gend
47
10
gend
1890
26
10
1890
22
10
1894
54
12
1975
128
9
1898
55
12
1975
15
9
1886
129
9
1898
69
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1889DEC7
1917FEB26
1906DEC21
1910JUL12
1927AUG2
1919MAR31
1901DEC14
1898DEC22
1922JAN9
1910OCT15
1940FEB17
1935MAR26
1915FEB8
1948FEB2
1942DEC11
1911AUG1
1899NOV24
1898SEP19
1896NOV9
1900MAY28
1947JUL29
1890JUN3
1931JUN25
1969JAN30
1927MAY26
1917APR27
1898FEB12
1873AUG7
1898JAN7
1909NOV9
1911DEC30
1918JUL22
1917APR27
1938DEC5
1919APR14
1913DEC16
1947APR12
1926AUG24
1899DEC8
1899FEB20
1895AUG18
1895SEP29
1913JUL16
1909JUL6
1932NOV16
1919MAY29
1942JAN27
1897JAN30
1904JUN30
1925JUN18
1941AUG23
1898MAR3
1907JAN5
1889JAN2
1907JAN23
1943SEP10
1906JAN6
1926NOV1
1898APR23
1933DEC2
NAME
FIFER, FRANK
FIGHTMASTER, CHARLES
FIGINSHIN, WILLIAM
FILANGI, GAETANO
FILER, THOMAS
FILIS, GEORGE
FILLEPETTO, CARLO
FILLIPONE, GIOVANNI
FILSON, DEE
FINJ, JOSEPH
FINN, COY
FIORI, JAMES
FISCHER, JOHN
FISH, CLARENCE L
FISH, RALPH
FISHER, STEPHEN
FITZGERALD, MIKE
FITZPATRICK, PATRICK
FLAGG, GEORGE
FLAINE, CELESTIO
FLAKE, IGNATZ
FLANAGEN, THOMAS
FLANNERY, THOMAS F
FLAUGH, LELAND A
FLEETWOOD, VICTOR C
FLEITIS, FRIENTAFOLAS
FLEMING, GEORGE
FLEMING, PETER
FLEMING, WILLIAM V
FLIAM, EMIL
FLINN, RICHARD A
FLODQUIST, JOHN
FLORES, GONZALES
FLORES, JOSEPH
FLORES, SISTIE
FLOSSERO, RAFAEL
FLOYD, R P
FLYNN, JAMES MARTIN
FLYNN, JOHN
FLYNN, JOHN
FLYNN, THOMAS
FOLSOM, GEORGE S
FONTANDINI, JOHN
FONTENARI, JOE
FOOS, GEORGE
FORD, DENNIS
FORD, DON DAILY
FORD, LOUIS W.
FORD, TAYLOR
FOREFIELD, J R
FOREMAN, JAMES
FORGES, SIGEL W
FORINE, JOHN
FORKAS, FRANK
FORMOLLI, MODESTO
FORREST, GLENN R
FORTAREL, JOHN
FORTUNE, GEORGE
FOSLER, J. W
FOSS, CHARLES
NATIONALITY
AMERICAN
FRENCH
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
GREEK
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN-AMER
CROTIAN
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
OCCUPATION
MACHINE DRILLER
MINER
MINER
MACHINE MINER
PICK MINER
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
28
30
2
MINER
MINER
TIMBERMAN
SHOP MAN
MINER
TRUCK DRIVER
HOISTMAN
SINKER
MINER
MOTORMAN
19
5
12
AMERICAN
POND OPERATOR
SWEDE
GREEK
MACHINE MAN
MINER
54
33
50
33
M
M
M
M
S
32 M
45
55 S
65
36
30
21
51
M
M
M
M
35 M
48
30
58 W
46
51
26 M
No.
Children
COMPANY
PEARL
0 NATIONAL FUEL CO.
1 EMPIRE COAL CO.
GALETON COAL CO.
5 CONSOLIDATED COAL & COKE CO.
0 JUANITA COAL & COKE
EDNA COAL
COLORADO FLUORSPAR CO.
5
GRADEN COAL CO.
MINER
DRIVER
MACHINE MINER
DRIVER
24
21
21
22
MEXICAN
ITALIAN
PICK MINER
LOADER
MINER
MINER
33 M
27 W
38 M
47
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN
MINER
MINER
DRIVER
MINER
14
M
S
S
M
16
42 S
28 M
47
1
1
SUNNYSIDE COAL MINING CO.
0
LITTLE JOHNNY COAL CO.
2 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
3 CORYELL MINING LEASING
SHENANDOAH-DIVES MINING CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
3 LOUISVILLE-LAFAYETTE COAL CO
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
COLORED
AMERICAN
MINER
PUMPMAN
LABORER
SWEDE
MINER
54 S
HUNGARIAN
24 S
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
DAY MAN
DRIVER
MINER
CHUCK TENDER
AMERICAN
MACHINE MINER
40
13
36 M
48 M
25 M
PRIMERO
PICTOU
THOR
EMPIRE
EAGLE
HASTINGS
LEYDEN
GALETON
BAUM
KING
EDNA STRIP
SALIDA
LEYDEN
ORPHA MAY
AMERICAN EAGLE
GRAY CREEK
GRADEN
ANTIOCH
EAGLE
EMPERIUS MINING Co
MINER
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
SWEDE
MEXICAN
MINE
2 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
PLATT ROGERS CONSTRUCTION CO
COLORADO FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
40 M
29
WEST PORTAL
30 S
LOUISVILLE-LAFAYETTE COAL CO
HASTINGS
VINDICATOR
AMERICAN FLAG
DURANT
SPRING GULCH
MONARCH NO. 1
SUNNYSIDE
HASTINGS
LITTLE JOHNNY
PIEDMONT
VULCAN
SILVERTON
SMUGGLER UNION
QUEEN OF THE WEST
CASHIER
ELIZABETH
ROUSE
TOLLER
Hi-WAY
WADGE
LAKE TUNNEL
MAGNET
CHANDLER
SILVER LAKE
SOUTH CANON
ROUSE
PRIMERO
COLUMBINE
RUGBY
MOFFAT TUNNEL
LONDONDERRY
HI-WAY
County
SANJ
TEL
LAS
HUE
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAK
JEF
WEL
WEL
DEL
ROU
CHA
JEF
LAK
ELP
ELP
LAS
WEL
LAK
EAG
MIN
TEL
LAS
ELP
GIL
PIT
PIT
BOU
HUE
LAS
FRE
LAS
GAR
SAJ
SAM
SAM
GIL
GIL
ELB
HUE
LAS
BOU
TEL
ROU
CLE
FRE
FRE
GRA
SAJ
GAR
HUE
LAS
WEL
HUE
GRA
ELP
BOU
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
SWEEP DOWN SNOW-SLIDE
FELL FROM BROKEN SPRAG
FALL OF COAL & ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
GAS EXPLOSION DUE TO ELECTRIC ARC
FALL OF TOP COAL
FALL OF ROCK
CAUGHT UNDER A FALL OF GROUND
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF (ROCK)
JAMMED BETWEEN CAR & COAL BIN
FALL OF TOP COAL
HAULAGE-SURFACE
FALL OF ROCK
HIT BY ROCK
THROWN FROM ORE WAGON
CAR FALLING DOWN SHAFT
PICKING OUT MISSED HOLE
FALL OF ROOF
ELECTRICITY
EXPLOSION OF POWDER WHILE TAMPING HOLE
FELL FROM SCAFFOLD 17 FEET
CRUSHED BETWEEN DOOR AND MOTOR
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
DRILLED INTO MISSED HOLE
FALL FROM BUCKET
CAVE IN OF GROUND
FALL OF ROCK
RUN OVER BY CAR
RUNAWAY CAR
EXPLOSION
FALL OF FACE COAL
FALL OF ROCK
DUST EXPLOSION
FELL DOWN ORE PASS
HOLES EXPLODED ABOUT TIME HE LEFT
FLYING ROCK FROM BLAST
STRUCK BY ROCK
BAD AIR-GASES
PLANK FALLING DOWN SHAFT
DIED FROM STROKE
GAS EXPLOSION
CAUGHT BETWEEN LOADED CAR & CROSS BAR
FELL DEON CHUTE & STRUCK BY ORE
GAS EXPLOSION
STRUCK BY FLYING ROCK FROM BLAST
FALL OF COAL
STRUCK BY A HAULAGE ROPE
TIMBER FELL ON HIM
CAUGHT IN CABLE RIGGING
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
HAULAGE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
SHAFT HOUSE BURNED DOWN
ELECTROCUTED
Page Reference
47
10
Report
year
1890
132
9
1898
15
17
26
10
1890
44
12
1969
gend
gend
25
10
1926
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1908DEC10
1932OCT18
1956NOV7
1922NOV13
1913MAR2
1942DEC5
1894JUN6
1917APR14
1899JUN6
1899MAY10
1942DEC29
1893JAN10
1911FEB14
1939APR9
1893JAN10
1892JUL22
1932MAR19
1951FEB18
1919AUG18
1909FEB2
1909AUG2
1902JUL28
1930DEC28
1930JUN7
1904JAN26
1931AUG12
1937OCT29
1977AUG8
1899JAN28
1937OCT17
1911FEB9
1903JAN24
1917NOV28
1952JUL10
1915SEP10
1898MAY24
1956APR2
1899SEP11
1899SEP11
1918JUL8
1939FEB20
1921OCT19
1970MAR15
1913DEC16
1930JUN4
1920NOV11
1907MAY19
1892AUG11
1920JUL5
1934JAN4
1918JUL3
1896FEB18
1914NOV14
1932JAN15
1915OCT19
1951MAY13
1915MAR2
1911DEC1
1924JUL31
1888OCT20
NAME
FOSSETRE, C. B
FOSTER, DAVID
FOSTER, EDDIE
FOSTER, JOHN
FOTH, STEVE
FOTIS, STANLEY
FOUNDS, WILLIAM
FOUTIS, HARRY
FOWLER, L C
FRAME, FRANK
FRANCHINI, LOUIS
FRANCIS, DONNTI aka
FRANCIS, KARL
FRANCISCO, R L
FRANGIL, DONATTO
FRANK, PETER
FRANKLIN, EDWARD
FRANKLIN, THOMAS L
FRANKS, J R
FRANSENNI, J.
FRASER, OLIVER
FRASQUEZ, FIDEL
FRATTARELLI, PAUL
FRAZIER, SHERMAN
FRAZIER, W R
FRAZY, ERNEST
FREAR, ISAAC
FREDERICKSON, ALAN
FREEDOLPH, JOHN
FREEMAN, WALTER
FREISCH, JOHN
FREIT, EMELIA
FRENZENA, GOTTARDO
FRERICHS, AUGUST F
FREW, ROBERT
FRIAR, FRANK JR.
FRIDLEY, HOWARD W
FRITOOB, JOSEPH
FRITSCH, JOSEPH
FROELICH, PAUL
FROHLING, EDWARD
FRONK, CLARENCE
FRYE, WALTER E
FUCHINO, L.
FUENTZ, MARSIAL
FUFFOS, LOUIS
FULCHIERO, CARL
FUN, EMANNUEL
FUNARO, PETE
FUNERO, MIKE
FUNK, GLENN
FUNKE, EMILE
FURLONG, LOUIS
GABALDON, CARL E
GABRUM, PHELE
GADBERRY, DONALD W
GADDIE, FRED
GADRITIS
GAFRATO, ANGELO
GAGLANIO, FERAUDO
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
53 M
43 D
NATIONALITY
AMERICAN
OCCUPATION
PUMPMAN
MACHINE MAN
BOHEMIAN
SLAV
DRIVER
CONTRACTOR
AMERICAN
GREEK
MINER
25
48 M
CRUSHERMAN
36 M
SHOT-FIRER
DASH BLASTER
M
42 M
POLE
15
30 M
35 W
MINER
64 M
DRIVER
MINER
SINKER
DRIVER
DRILLER
POLE
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
MINER
MINER
SHOT-FIRER
MINER
MINER
28 S
S
37 M
20
35 M
30 M
S
53 M
24 M
28
30 S
45 S
35 M
40 S
33 M
SCOTCH
MINER
37 S
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
MEXICAN
ITALIAN
SWEDE
MINER
MACHINE MINER
TRAMMER
33
No.
Children
COMPANY
MINE
HASTINGS
LONDON
M. R. WATTERS
0 GRAND JUNCTION MINING & FUEL
0 CEDAR HIL COAL & COKE
BOULDER VALLEY COAL
7 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
TELLURIDE MINES, INC.
UNION PACIFIC COAL
3 CARBON COAL & COKE
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
UNION PACIFIC COAL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
COLOWYO COAL CO.
OAKDALE COAL CO.
2
ROGERS & WALLEN
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
VICTOR TELLER Co.
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
KING LEASE, INC.
ANSCHUTZ COAL Corp
SAN JUAN METALS CORP.
2 CARBON COAL & COKE
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
AARON STROMBERG & CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
CAMEO
TOLLER
CENTENNIAL
FISK
WALSEN
COMMODORE
PORTLAND
TELLURIDE
KING
COKEDALE
KING
NEW CASTLE
GOLDEN CYCLE
RED WING
OAKDALE
ROUND OAK
SOLAR
PRIMERO
CLIMAX
STRATTON'S INDEPENDENCE
ROBINSON NO. 4
THOMPSON CREEK No.1
SIMPSON
COKEDALE
HASTINGS NO. 1
ROUSE
BOULDER
COAL CREEK
LAST DOLLAR
IDARADO MINING CO. (PANDORA)
QUEEN CITY
QUEEN CITY
58
AMERICAN
MACHINE RUNNER
ITALIAN
MEXICAN
ITALIAN
TRAPPER
LOADER
MINER
LABORER
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
DRIVER
COMPANY MAN
AMERICAN
TYROLESE
SPANISH
RUSSIAN
TRAPPER
DRIVER
MACHINE RUNNER
TIMBERMAN
AMERICAN
POLE
ITALIAN
MINER
PICK MINER
23
7
10
25
18
4
43
40
45
25
24
26
M
31
48
23
13
26
38
27
M
W
M
S
S
S
M
M
S
22 S
30 S
23 M
CANON NATIONAL COAL CO.
2 BOULDER VALLEY COAL CO.
AMERICAN METAL CLIMAX Inc
4 CORYELL MINING LEASING
HAYDEN COAL CO.
CANON NATIONAL
BOULDER VALLEY
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
VICKERS COAL CO.
ENGLEVILLE
SUNSHINE
CRESTED BUTTE
KENNETH
1 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
6 CALUMET FUEL CO.
GORDON COAL
RESURRECTION MINING CO.
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
DENVER FUEL CO.
VULCAN
HAYDEN NO. 3
VULCAN
CHANDLER
CALUMET NO. 1
GORDON
LEADVILLE
FARMERS
FORBES
TOLLER
SOPRIS
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
County
LAS
CRUSHED BY PUMP
PAR
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK
MES
FALL OF ROCK
LAS
SUFFOCATED BY MARSH GAS
BOU
HAULAGE
GIL
STULL GAVE WAY
HUE
FALL OF ROCK
MIN
FELL TO LOWER TUNNEL LEVEL
TEL
CROSS HEAD FELL
SAM
CAUGHT BETWEEN BELT & PULLEY
PAR
EXPLOSION
LAS
DUST EXPLOSION, CAUSED BY A BLOWN-OUT SHOT
LAK
INJURED WHILE PUTTING SHOT IN FINGER RAISE
PAR
EXPLOSION
GAR
FALL OF COAL
TEL
SLIPPED INTO CABLE OF HOIST
MOF
HAULAGE
HUE
EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP
HUE
FALL OF ROOF
HUE
EXPLOSION OF FIREDAMP IN AIR SHAFT
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
CHA
FALL OF ROCK
LAK
FALL OF ROCK
TEL
CAGE ACCIDENT
HUE
FALL OF TOP ROCK
OUR
FALL OF ROCK
CAUGHT BETWEEN MONORAIL AND LOCOMOTIVE
FALL OF TOP COAL
OUR
FALL OF ROCK
LAS
DUST EXPLOSION, CAUSED BY A BLOWN OUT SHOT
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
HUE
FALL OF ROCK
BOU
PREMATURE BLAST
FRE
FALL OF ROCK
ELP
DRILLED INTO MISSED HOLE
CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK
SAJ
OVER CAME WITH FOUL GAS
SAJ
OVERCOME WITH GAS & FELL TO BOTTOM SHAFT
JEF
CAVE OF LOOSE DIRT
FRE
ELECTROCUTED
WEL
FALL OF ROCK
CLE
BLOWN DOWN DRIFT
GAR
DUST EXPLOSION
ROU
RUNAWAY PIT CAR
SAJ
ROCK FELL FROM BUCKET
LAS
FIRE-SUFFOCATION
GAR
FALL OF ROCK
GUN
BETWEEN A LOADED CAR & THE SHAFTS
LAS
STRUCK BY LOADED TRIP OF CARS
LAP
EXPLODED SHOT
GAR
EXPLOSION
FRE
COLLISION WITH A TRIP OF EMPTY CARS
HUE
FALL OF COAL & DRAW SLATE
HUE
ELECTROCUTED
LAK
CRUSHED BETWEEN CAGE & TIMBER IN SHAFT
WEL
STRUCK BY A CAGE & FELL DOWN SHAFT
LAS
FALL OF STONE
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
Page
Reference
20
10
Report
year
1894
gend
gend
gend
31 12c
52
1977
12
1970
gend
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1941JUL21
1893DEC17
1902AUG2
1920JUN16
1902OCT13
1900FEB1
1891APR3
1897JUL8
1910OCT8
1910OCT8
1916JAN20
1941AUG18
1923MAY5
1894JUL3
1931NOV9
1946MAR22
1959NOV27
1939DEC29
1888DEC10
1908SEP1
1904DEC11
1909DEC1
1939JUL3
1895JUL21
1896AUG10
1964AUG11
1930JAN16
1888NOV18
1918SEP10
1928AUG3
1957MAY4
1939SEP9
1899OCT31
1919SEP9
1924NOV26
1968AUG14
1919AUG18
1922SEP19
1919JAN18
1926JAN16
1944AUG10
1920MAR20
1923JAN23
1946MAY17
1950FEB1
1917APR27
1897MAR11
1955NOV7
1931JUL2
1909MAR13
1913NOV28
1917JUL16
1945DEC13
1971MAR5
1892JUL11
1894JAN24
1875JUL7
1898APR1
1917MAY18
1907DEC5
NAME
GAGON, IRVIN
GAINES, S P
GALBREATH, WILLIAM A
GALBRETH, JOHN W
GALISCINI, ANTONIO
GALLAGEHER, JOSEPH
GALLAGHER, THOMAS
GALLEGHER, JAMES
GALLEGOS, ALEX
GALLEGOS, E.
GALLEGOS, LUIS J
GALLEGOS, MATIES
GALLEGOS, RAY
GALLIGAN, M J
GALLINA, NORFIO
GALLO, JOE
GALLOB, GEORGE LEE
GALLOWAY, ARLIE
GALLOWAY, PETER S
GALLUCI, LIENARDO
GALUP, JACOB
GALUSHA, SIMON
GALVIN, JOHN
GAMBLE, PHILIP
GAMBRINO, PETER
GANO, VERNON F
GANOFF, NICK
GARBO, SAVATORA
GARCIA, ADOLPHO
GARCIA, AMADO
GARCIA, ARRASLACIO
GARCIA, BENITO
GARCIA, E.
GARCIA, FELIX
GARCIA, FILBERTO
GARCIA, GILBERT C
GARCIA, JACINTO
GARCIA, JACOB
GARCIA, JOE
GARCIA, JOHN
GARCIA, JUAN E
GARCIA, MANUEL
GARCIA, PABLO
GARCIA, RAYMOND
GARCIA, RUDOLPH
GARDELKIE, LIBOR
GARDINER, G. M
GARDNER, JACK B
GARDNER, THERON
GARGHIO, W. L
GARLIC, JOHN
GARNER, JOSEPH
GARNER, OTIS
GARNIER, RAYMOND H
GARPETA, NICOLE
GARRAGHTY, THOMAS
GARRETT,
GARSIDE, LAMSDEN
GARTNER, AUGUST
GASNICK, JOE
NATIONALITY
OCCUPATION
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
30 M
34
MINER
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
CARPENTER
MINER
MINER
No.
Children
COMPANY
A.H. SMITH
48
37 M
CANON CITY COAL CO.
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
MINER
MINER
MULE DRIVER
MINER
PICK MINER
PICK MINER
19 S
24 S
24 M
2
35
DRILLER
25 M
35
56 M
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
HAYDEN COAL
2 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
4 GEORGE FRUTH
COLORADO SPRINGS
44
LOUISVILLE-LAFAYETTE COAL CO
COLORADO COAL & IRON CO.
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN
MINER
MINER
MINER
MACHINEMAN
36
28
59
28
M
M
W
M
5
PICK MINER
17
52
43 M
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
PICK MINER
PICK MINER
1
23 M
21 S
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MACHINE MINER
MACHINE MINER
MINER
MACHINE MINER
MEXICAN
AMERICAN
PICK MINER
PICK MINER
AUSTRIAN
MINER
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
POLE
COAL DUMPER
MINER
MINER
TIMBERMAN
1
20
39
23
26
28
30
42
24
5
6
38 M
24 S
10
2
M
S
S
S
S
38 M
20
51 M
30 M
36 M
56
38
MINER
AUSTRIAN
TIMBERMAN HELPER
MINER
Union Carbide Corp Mining and Metals
4 FRUTH & MICHELETTI
TRINIDAD FUEL CO.
0 JEFFRYES FUEL CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
PRINCE BROS, DRILLING CO.
BENITO GARCIA
S
47
IRISH
ROBINSON
MOYER
ROCKVALE NO. 7
BIG FOUR
STARKVILLE
STARKVILLE
SOPRIS
HAYDEN NO. 3
SOUTHWESTERN
HIDDEN TREASURE
NEW FRUTH
CITY NO. 4
OLIVER
Hi-WAY
COAL CREEK NO. 2
DELAGUA
PRIMERO
LEYDEN
BOBTAIL
STARKVILLE
BULGARIAN
LABORER
ROPE RIDER
ARCHER
MOLLIE GIBSON
BROADHEAD
PHOENIX TRAIL MINING CO.
MINER
MEXICAN
MINE
35
56 M
1 EMPIRE COAL MINING CO.
BOYLES BROTHERS DRILLING Co
OAKDALE COAL CO.
TEMPLE FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
BEAR CANON COAL CO.
TAYLOR COAL MINING. CO.
9 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
BERWIND CANON COAL
HUERFANO
3
SHERWIN DRILLING CO.
2 AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING
1
3 OAKDALE COAL
KING COAL
Brannan Sand and Gravel Co
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
PREMIUM
CHICOSA
JEFFRYES
DELAGUA
GARCIA
PEERLESS
EMPIRE
OAKDALE
BRODHEAD NO. 9
MORLEY SLOPE
BEAR CANON NO. 6
COOK
TABASCO
FREDERICK
BERWIND CANON
LUDLOW
HASTINGS
PARK REGENT
COKEDALE
OAKDALE
KING COLE
ROAD CANON
MAHALA
SILVER PLUME
TOM BOY
ENGLE
County
BOU
PIT
LAS
CLE
HUE
LAK
FRE
LAK
LAS
LAS
LAS
ROU
LAS
GIL
HUE
ELP
GUN
BOU
FRE
LAS
LAS
JEF
CLE
ELP
LAS
SAM
ROU
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
FRE
LAS
CLE
HUE
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
PIT
LAS
LAS
HUE
CUS
LAP
ADA
LAS
LAK
CLE
SAM
SAM
LAS
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
ASPHYXIATION
FALL OF CAGE
EXPLOSION
TAMPING A HOLE WITH A STEEL SCRAPER
SHOT BLOWING THROUGH PILLAR
EXPLOSION
PREMATURE BLAST
FALL FROM LADDER TO BOTTOM OF SHAFT
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
CRUSHED BETWEEN TWO LOADED CARS
ROOF FALL
EXPLOSION OF GAS & DUST
FALL OF ROCK SLAB
RUNAWAY MINE CAR
HAULAGE
IGNITION OF EXPLOSIVE GAS
EXPLOSION OF GAS
RUN OVER BY MINE CAR
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROOF
STRUCK BY MACHINE
FALL FROM BUCKET
FALL OF ROCK
HIT BY TANK THROWN FROM RUNAWAY CAR
FALL OF ROOF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF DRAW SLATE
CRUSHED BETWEEN TONGS & WORKS
FALL OF DRAW SLATE
FALL OF ROCK
FELL UNDER A MOVING TRAIN
STRUCK BY HAULAGE ROPE
FELL TO BOTTOM OF SHAFT
EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP
ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF TOP COAL
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSIVES
BETWEEN A MINE CAR AND PROP
FALL OF ROCK
FACE FALL
FALL OF ROOF
EXPLOSION
FELL DOWN INCLINE
HIT BY FALLING DRILL PIPE
ARM CAUGHT BETWEEN BELT & PULLEY
FALL OF ROOF
PREMATURE SHOT
FELL FROM BUCKET
ROOF FALL
BACKED GRADER OVER BANK OF WATER PIT
FALL OF ROCK
CAUGHT BETWEEN CAGE AND SHAFT
EXPLOSION
CAUGHT IN PULLEY
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
Page
Reference
Report
year
17
10
1894
9
9
1892
gend
gend
21
10
1894
46
12
1964
44
12
1968
52
12
1971
18
10
1894
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1942JAN27
1919JUN3
1926JUL30
1907MAY1
1895FEB6
1946JUN10
1943MAR16
1898APR17
1910JUL23
1935SEP7
1892FEB10
1897SEP28
1963OCT24
1900JAN16
1917APR27
1943SEP23
1914FEB21
1900JUN8
1919MAR8
1942MAY27
1911MAR3
1909NOV20
1911FEB9
1910JUL23
1910JUL23
1917JUN5
1926JAN2
1910OCT8
1899OCT28
1907JAN23
1899JUN13
1887MAY9
1910NOV8
1924JUN30
1970JUL13
1943FEB26
1901APR25
1929MAR22
1956SEP30
1918JUN1
1918SEP21
1899DEC14
1931APR14
1890AUG10
1961JUN14
1907OCT11
1942SEP3
1910NOV8
1910NOV8
1935AUG29
1931SEP25
1912SEPT4
1913APR23
1930OCT2
1894AUG14
1944NOV13
1884JAN24
1943SEP20
1899JAN18
1917APR27
NAME
GASPARICH, JACK
GASPER, STEVE
GASSOWAY, PAT
GATINO, ANGELO
GATUNER, LIB
GAYMAY, JOSEPH E
GECSEI, JAMES
GEIGER, WILLIAM
GENARO, ANTON
GENHO, WEBB
GENNETT, ATTILIO
GEORGE, GEORGE W
GERARD, GERALD A
GERARDI, JOHN
GERL, FRANC
GERLICA, JR., FRANK
GERMAN, FELIX
GERMANIK, FLORINE
GERMON, WILLIAM J
GEROME, GEORGE
GESPER, JOHN
GHERNA, SAM
GHEZZL, JOE
GHIGLERI, CARLO
GHIGLERI, JOE
GIACOMELLI, LOUIS
GIACOMELLI, PETE
GIACOMO, GOYO
GIACOMO, PETER DI
GIACOMOZZI, FORTUNATO
GIAMBONI, GUS
GIAMO, MARTINA
GIAZAR, ANDY
GIBBONS, EDWARD T
GIBERSON, JERRY RONALD
GIBSON, CLARENCE
GIDION, CHARLES
GILBERT, CARLOS
GILBERT, LYLE A
GILEOVICH, JOHN
GILES, WARREN
GILL, JOHN
GILLETT, JULE
GILLIS, JAMES
GILMORE, FRANK
GINARIO, GASPERI
GINTHER, RALPH
GIORANVICH, ELI
GIORANVICH, MILAN
GIORZELLI, JOHN
GIOSO, MICHAEL
GIOVANELLI, ROCCO
GIOVANNI, GAMBOSIN
GIULIANO, FRED
GIZAS, ANTON
GLAD, MIKE
GLANCEY, THOMAS
GLASS, JOE
GLAVIANNO, NICOL
GLAVICH, TONY
NATIONALITY
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
OCCUPATION
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
CAGER
LABORER
MINER
MACHINE MAN
40
43
21 S
WHISTLEPUNK
24 M
MINER
MINER
40 M
34 M
No.
Children
WEST PORTAL
CAPITOL COAL (CAPROCK)
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
5
PAUL PREBIE & PHOEBE GENHO
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
29
AUSTRIAN
20
34
35
50
22
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
MONTENEGRIN
MONTENEGRIN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
HUNGARIAN
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
DRIVER
TRACK REPAIRER
MINER
MINER
DAY MAN
50 M
33 S
S
33 S
33 S
21 S
21
34 M
19 S
52 M
S
S
S
S
AUSTRIAN
MINER
COLORED
AMERICAN
CRUSHERMAN
DRIVER
PICK MINER
28
24
26
35
24
37
AMERICAN
MACHINE MINER
AMERICAN
CANADIAN
NIPPER
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
CONT. MINER
MINER
SHOVELER
MINER
MINER
MACHINE MINER
SLOPEMAN
LABORER
MINER
TIMBERMAN
AUSTRIAN
DRIVER
SHOT FIRER
MINER
MINER
ITALIAN
MONTENEGRIN
MONTENEGRIN
ITALIAN
15
S
M
M
W
51
40 M
30
27
39
23
27
22
20
27
27
48
39
32
19
49
MINE
WADGE
MOFFAT TUNNEL
REX NO. 2
TINDAL
CAPITOL
CLIMAX
BACHELOR
STARKVILLE
NEW CASTLE
SILVER QUEEN
MORAN BROTHERS DRILLING Co
MINER
SLUSHER HELPER
DRIVER
MINER
CAGER
NEGRO
AUSTRIAN
COMPANY
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
M
S
S
S
M
S
S
S
S
M
W
27 S
2
CALUMET FUEL
EAST PORTAL
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO COAL AND IRON CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
S.S. MULLEN CONSTRUCTION Co
TELLURIDE MINES, INC.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
0 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
VANADIUM CORP. OF AMERICA
0 CRACKER JACK COAL CO.
2 CALUMET FUEL CO.
EMPIRE ZINC CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
1 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
LOUISVILLE-LAFAYETTE COAL CO
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
3 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
BALDY COAL
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
GEORGE STEELE
3
MAIN TRUNK
HASTINGS
CLIMAX
ROBINSON
FREMONT
MORLEY
CASS
ROCKDALE
COKEDALE
WOOTTON
WOOTTON
PERINS PEAK
MOFFAT
STARKVILLE
BROOKSIDE
PRIMERO
THREE SISTERS
CAMERON
DELAGUA
TELLURIDE
PICTOU NO. 1
DELAGUA
CRACKER JACK
MINERAL ROCK
CALUMENT NO. 2
ELK
DUTCH CREEK
STARKVILLE
GILMAN
DELAGUA
DELAGUA
Hi-WAY
CENTRAL
BERWIND
DELAGUA
PICTOU
BALDY
CRESTED BUTTE
APEX
BERWIND
HASTINGS
County
ROU
SAM
GRA
BOU
JEF
JEF
LAK
OUR
LAS
TEL
GAR
CLE
SAM
CLE
LAS
LAK
HUE
FRE
LAK
LAS
LAS
FRE
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAP
GIL
LAS
FRE
LAS
SAM
HUE
LAS
JEF
SUM
SAM
HUE
LAS
LAK
BOU
TEL
HUE
LAK
PIT
LAS
EAG
LAS
LAS
BOU
TEL
FRE
LAS
LAS
HUE
LAS
GUN
ROU
LAS
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
GAS EXPLOSION
PUSHED CAR INTO SHAFT & FELL AFTER IT
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
MACHINERY
WHEELS PASSING OVER POWDER
CAVE IN OF WASH
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF CAPS
FALL OF COAL
CAVE OF GROUND IN SLOPE
FELL TO FLOOR OF RIG
ROCK FALLING FROM SLOPE
EXPLOSION
STRUCK BY CAR
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL DOWN SHAFT
HAULAGE
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
DUST EXPLOSION CAUSED BY A BLOWN-OUT SHOT
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALLING OFF THE FRONT OF A LOADED CARS
OVERCOME BY GAS
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
FALL OF COAL
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
CAVE IN OF VEIN
FALL OF SLATE
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
BLASTING A CHUTE & CARRIED HIM DOWN
CAUGHT BY BELT
SLIPPED INTO CRUSHER
ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF ROCK
ELETROCUTION, IMPROPER GROUNDING
FALL OF ROCK
RUNAWAY CAR
FELL DOWN SHAFT
CAUGHT BETWEEN HAULAGE MOTOR & DOOR FRAME
CRUSHED BY CAGE
RUSH OF WATER
FALL OF COAL
SUFFOCATED
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF ROCK
FELL 75 FEET DOWN FACE OF CUT
HEART FAILURE IN MINE
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
ROOF FALL
EXPLOSION OF GAS BD. SCRANTON, PA
EXPLOSION
FALL OF COAL
EXPLOSION
Page
Reference
45
12
15
17
Report
year
1963
gend
gend
53
12
1970
26
10
1890
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1918NOV25
1944MAR6
1926AUG31
1941FEB13
1909MAY24
1897JAN12
1897JAN12
1954JUL29
1919MAR26
1909JUN3
1933NOV8
1917MAY17
1884JAN24
1920FEB22
1964JUL2
1914JUN11
1904JAN26
1914MAR7
1898JUN25
1910OCT8
1888SEP14
1892MAR10
1889NOV26
1898JAN6
1890DEC14
1951FEB2
1921DEC13
1950JUL11
1912APR25
1925AUG15
1931MAY16
1901DEC14
1919MAR2
1914JUL1
1904AUG24
1929OCT28
1920SEP20
1926FEB4
1922JUL18
1899APR11
1924AUG16
1918DEC13
1942JAN27
1950NOV18
1924FEB6
1924FEB6
1974MAR6
1942NOV28
1929NOV20
1949JAN3
1910MAR14
1930OCT14
1932FEB10
1951NOV23
1942JAN27
1939JUL10
1974NOV12
1930DEC21
1897APR6
1902AUG7
NAME
GLAVINE, JOE
GLAZAR, MATT
GLEASON, W A
GLENNON, PAT
GLIOCANI, B.
GLOVER, HARRY
GLOVER, JOHN G
GLOVER, JOSEPH EARL
GLUMAC, DAN
GLYNN, WALTER
GOBELMAN, JOHN
GODECAGE, FRANK
GODFREY, A M
GODFREY, JOHN
GODFREY, ROBERT G
GODINEZ, DIEGO
GOEGNE, HARRY aka
GOETZ, FRANK
GOFFATT, SAM
GOGGIN, FRANCIS
GOLAN, JOHN
GOLDEN, LOUIGI
GOLDMAN, PETER
GOLDSWORTHY, JOHN
GOLIGHTLY, WILLIAM
GOLMAN, JOHN
GOLOB, LOUIS
GOMEZ, AMANDO
GOMEZ, EMELIA
GOMEZ, JOSE G
GOMEZ, MANUEL
GONDINO, FERDINAND
GONIKA, GEORGE
GONZALES, A.
GONZALES, ABRAM
GONZALES, ANDRES
GONZALES, CASIMIRO
GONZALES, FRANK
GONZALES, JOE
GONZALES, JOSE
GONZALES, JOSE
GONZALES, LOUIS
GONZALES, PHILLIP
GONZALES, REFUGIO
GONZALES, REGINO
GONZALES, REGINO
GONZALES, REUBEN F Jr
GONZALES, RICARDO L
GONZALES, SIMON
GONZALES, VICTOR
GONZALEZ, L
GOOCH, WILLIAM
GOODHEAD, ARCHIE
GOODRICH, DAVID F
GOODRICH, JOSEPH A
GOODSON, MELVIN RAY
GOODSON, ROBERT W
GOODWIN, JOHN
GORDON, GEORGE
GORDON, JOE
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
42 M
NATIONALITY
ITALIAN
OCCUPATION
PICK MINER
AMERICAN
TEAMSTER
MINER
MINER
65 M
MACHINE MINER
MINER
MINER
TIMBERMAN
DRIVER
SUPERINTENDENT
38 S
31 M
60 M
38
ITALIAN
SEVIAN
COLORED
WELSH
MEXICAN
GERMAN
ENGLISH
AMERICAN
MINER
MINER
ROCKMAN
MINER
DRIVER
MINER
45 M
28
3
45 M
34
25 M
M
51 W
48 M
18 S
S
No.
Children
COMPANY
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
LEYDEN LIGNITE
0 SOUTH CANON MINE LEASING CO.
VICKERS COAL
2
JAMES N. WARNER
RAPSON COAL MINING
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
6 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
FEDERAL RESOURCES Corp
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
3 VICTOR TELLER Co.
2 ROYAL FUEL
1
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
VICTOR COAL CO.
IRISH
22
AUSTRIAN
PICK MINER
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
ITALIAN
TIMBERMAN/DRIVER
DRIVER
PICK MINER
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
GREEK
AMERICAN
MUCKER
MINER
MINER
DRIVER
NIPPER
PICK MINER
MULE DRIVER
PICK MINER
DRIVER
PICK MINER
PICK MINER
DRIVER
LOADERMAN
MINER
MASTER MECHANIC
MULE DRIVER
LABORER
TIMBERMAN
AMERICAN
DRILL RUNNER
COLORADO FUEL CO.
CLAYTON COAL CO.
COLLIERIES CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
32 S
6
21
2
16
16
7
6
12
1
10
16
18
35 M
33 M
48 W
S
24
30 M
40 M
38 M
31 M
29 M
31 M
S
M
19 S
20 S
20 S
22
27
31
49
58
42
M
M
W
M
25 M
21
41 W
S
3
2 OAKDALE COAL CO.
0 TORRID COAL CO.
5 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
2
3
1
3
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
0 OAKDALE COAL CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
ANTHONY PARRA
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
CLIMAX MOLYBDEUM Co
AMERICAN S. & R. CO.
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
CANON MONARCH COAL
7
2 JOHN D. CRIBBS
TELLURIDE MINES, INC.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
WARNER CONSTRUCTION CO.
GARRETT RESEARCH and Development
MINE
STARKVILLE
LEYDEN NO. 3
SOUTH CANON
KENNETH
PRYOR
ADSIT TUNNEL
ADSIT TUNNEL
RAPSON
BERWIND
CHAIN O'
CRESTED BUTTE
EMERALD
LESTER
STRATTON'S INDEPENDENCE
ROYAL
SOPRIS
STARKVILLE
COLORADO CENTRAL
VICTOR
NORTH STAR
PICTOU
WASHINGTON
SATANIC
KEBLER NO. 2
ALTA
OAKDALE
TORRID
EAGLE
TERCIO
PRIMERO
MORLEY
BONCARBO
COLUMBINE
COLUMBINE
PRICE
OAKDALE
DELAGUA
WADGE
CADDELL NO. 2
BERWIND
BERWIND
BONCARBO
ROBINSON NO. 1
PINE GULCH
TOLLER
SUNNYSIDE
ROCKVALE NO. 2
TELLURIDE
WADGE
LONDON
STRICKLIN TUNNEL
BOWEN
County
LAS
JEF
GAR
LAS
HUE
BOU
BOU
LAS
LAS
GIL
PIT
GUN
FRE
OUR
HUE
TEL
LAS
LAS
LAS
CLE
LAS
SANJ
HUE
WEL
JEF
HUE
LAS
HUE
HUE
LAS
SAM
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
WEL
WEL
HUE
LAS
ROU
HUE
LAS
LAS
LAK
LAS
HUE
FRE
LAS
SAJ
FRE
SAM
ROU
SUM
GAR
SUM
ELP
LAS
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
CAR RUNNING OVER HIM
RIB FALL
FALLING OFF WAGON
RIB FALL
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION WHILE LOADING HOLES
EXPLOSION WHILE LOADING HOLES
FELL 25 FEET INTO BOTTOM OF QUARRY
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
CAUGHT BETWEEN CAR & TIMBERS
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
EXPLOSION OF POWDER
CRUSHED BY LOCOMOTIVE
COLLISION OF COAL CARS
CAGE ACCIDENT
CRUSHED BETWEEN TWO EMPTY CARS
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
ROCK FALL; FROM CANADA
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF MISSED SHOTS
EXPLOSION OF POWDER
UNKNOWN
OVERCOME BY FUMES
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF TOP COAL
CRUSHED BETWEEN LOADED CAR & SET OF TIMBER
FALL OF DRAW SLATE
FALL OF TOP COAL
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF DRAW SLATE
CAUGHT UNDER MINE CAR
CAUGHT BETWEEN RIB AND CAR
FALL OF COAL & ROCK
CRUSHED BETWEEN A LOADED CAR & PILLAR SIDE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALLING UNDER A LOADED CAR
GAS EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROOF
SQUEEZED BETWEEN CAR & PROP
SQUEZZED BETWEEN A CAR AND PROP
CONCUSSION FROM SHOT
HAULAGE
KICKED BY MULE
ELECTRICITY
FALL OF ROOF
FOOT CAUGHT IN DESCENDING CAGE
FELL IN FRONT OF LOADED CAR
FELL DOWN RAISE
GAS EXPLOSION
ELECTROCUTED
CAUGHT BETWEEN COMPRESSOR AND TRACK FRAME
FALL OF ROCK
ASPHYXIATED
EXPLOSION
Page
Reference
46
Report
year
12
1964
123
9
1898
gend
47
10
1890
50
12
1974
51
12
1974
gend
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1952SEP17
1899AUG20
1913MAY14
1910DEC14
1922MAR16
1903DEC21
1911SEP4
1910JUN21
1894APR2
1914JAN30
1911FEB9
1940DEC24
1891NOV28
1943MAY9
1922MAR31
1965AUG9
1885JAN12
1889JAN18
1901NOV20
1885JAN12
1904JAN21
1901MAY31
1931JAN2
1929APR5
1923SEP7
1934JUL18
1955SEP21
1910DEC15
1904JAN31
1895SEP26
1927APR13
1896FEB10
1893AUG19
1906JAN13
1918MAR29
1913JAN16
1925DEC2
1981APR15
1910OCT8
1928OCT17
1904JUL13
1910OCT8
1911DEC27
1907MAR1
1923MAR20
1877JUN6
1936NOV13
1909AUG9
1918MAR14
1912JAN27
1897JAN20
1902AUG2
1914NOV9
1912JUN17
1915MAY2
1929JUL6
1912OCT14
1945JUL20
1901AUG17
1897DEC1
NAME
GORDON, L H
GORDON, SCOTT
GORDON, THOMAS
GOTIRA, FRANK
GOTZOFF, PETE
GOULD, JAY C
GOUYOUCH, NIC
GOYDANICH, MAT
GOYN, FRANK
GOZETA, MARTIN
GOZNDEK, LIKAS
GRABRYAN, GEORGE
GRADISEN, JOHN
GRADY, FRANK
GRAHAM, HUGH
GRAHAM, JOHN G
GRAHAM, MICHAEL
GRAHAM, ROBERT
GRAHAM, WILLIAM
GRAHM, MICHAEL
GRANDE, DOMINIC
GRANDE, FRANK
GRANT, HERMAN
GRANT, WILLIAM IRWIN
GRANTHAN, JOSEPH
GRAVES, JOHN W
GRAVES, ROBERT LEE
GRAVES, W. C
GRAVIS, ROY
GRAY, JAMES H
GRAY, MARVIN
GRECO, JAMES
GREEN, FROST
GREEN, G.
GREEN, RICHARD B
GREEN, W.
GREENE, HILTON K
GREENE, KELLEY
GREER, FRANK
GREGG, MELVIN M
GREGIONI, PIETRO
GREGOR, SAVATO
GREGORIA, LUIGI D
GREGORIC, JANK
GREGORICH, MARTIN
GREGORY, JOHN
GREGORY, THOMAS
GREGOSICH, JONATHAN
GREGOVICH, ANTONIO
GREGRICH, MATT
GREIL, JOHN
GRENFELL, GEORGE E
GRESHAM, JOHN
GRESSELIN, SILVIO
GRETCH, MIKE
GREWELL, EDWARD
GRIBOSKI, FRANK
GRIEGO, ANDRES
GRIEGO, MAXIMINO
GRIFFIN, B F
NATIONALITY
OCCUPATION
OILER
SCOTCH
ITALIAN
BULGARIAN
AMERICAN
MONTENEGRIN
SLAV
NIGHT PUMPMAN
MINER
PICK MINER
COAL DUMPER
MINER
MINER
RUSSIAN
POLE
MINER
MINER
AUS
MINER
MINER
CAR COUPLER
SCOTCH
Years
Single/
mining Age Married
20 45
9
68
26
43
34
22
30
M
S
M
M
S
M
26 S
M
50
65 M
53
No.
Children
COMPANY
1 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
LEYDEN COAL
3 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
MARSHAL COAL
COLORADO CENTRAL COAL & MINE
4 CARBON COAL & COKE
MOFFAT COAL CO.
COLORADO COAL & IRON CO.
ALPINE FUEL
2 CONSOLIDATED COAL & COKE CO.
Lockheed Shipbuilding Construction Co
ROADMAN
FOREMAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
ROADMAN
MINER
DRIVER
DRIVER
DRIVER
PICK MINER
COMPANY MAN
ANERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
M
M
M
M
4
3
2
3
TOP DUMPER
MINER
45 W
20 S
2
MOTORMAN HELPER
27
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
MACHINE HELPER
COLORED
AMERICAN
MINER
MACHINE HELPER
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
TRIPRIDER
FARMER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINE FOREMAN
MINER
LABORER
MINER
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
SLAV
SLAV
25 S
CARPENTER
DRIVER
MINER
MINER
MUCKER
MINER
25
2
47
15
41
38
56
51
2
40
19 S
22
46 S
23 S
7
22
29
18
28
22
45
43
36
S
M
S
S
S
M
M
50 S
40 M
36
26 S
31
26
45
19
44
S
S
M
S
W
McNEIL COAL CORP.
CRESTED BUTTE COAL CO.
AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING
PIKES PEAK FUEL CO.
HORN & BURGER (WELLINGTON)
MINER
OSAGE STRIP
CARDIF
MAGNET
LEYDEN
PINNACLE
COALBASIN
GARFIELD
FORBES
MARSHAL
CENTRAL MINE
COKEDALE
MOFFAT NO. 1 & NO. 2
CRESTED BUTTE
ALPINE
BAUM
COAL CREEK
DUNKIN
SMUGGLER UNION
COAL CREEK
MONARCH
CORYELL
CAMEO
BULKLEY NO. 2
SAN JUAN
PIKEVIEW
EVANS
BRODHEAD
BELGIAN
OIKE'S PEAK FUEL
VESTA MINES, INC.
MID CONTINENT Resources Incorporated
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
ULAY
NATIONAL BELLE
MAGNET
ROMLEY
PIKE VIEW
VESTA
DUTCH CREEK #1 MINE
STARKVILLE
0
2
ROUSE NO. 4
STARKVILLE
MORLEY
RUGBY
SOMERSET
TERRIBLE-BROWNVILLE
BRODHEAD NO. 9
SOPRIS
5 MUTUAL COAL
BLACK DIAMOND
VALLEY VIEW
BROADHEAD
SIMPSON
TERCIO
MUTUAL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
3 UTAH FUEL CO.
TEMPLE FUEL CO.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
5
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
MEXICAN
MINE
CADDELL
FREDERICK
BLOOM
VALLEY VIEW
County
ROU
BOU
FRE
JEF
ROU
PIT
MES
LAS
BOU
FRE
LAS
ROU
GUN
GUN
WEL
EAG
FRE
LAK
SAM
FRE
BOU
GAR
MES
GUN
LAP
ELP
WEL
LAS
LAK
SAJ
HIN
OUR
FRE
ELP
HUE
PIT
LAS
ELB
HUE
LAS
LAS
HUE
GUN
LAS
LAS
CHA
LAS
SAM
LAS
BOU
LAS
HUE
PAR
HUE
LAS
LAS
SAM
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
MACHINERY
ENGINE HOUSE BURNED OVER SHAFT
NATURAL CAUSES
FIRE
FALL OF COAL
HIT BY RUN-A-WAY CARS
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
FALL OF ROCK
DROWNED BY A RUSH OF WATER
DUST EXPLOSION, CAUSED BY A BLOWN-OUT SHOT
FALL OF FACE (DRAW ROCK)
FALL OF COAL
ROOF FALL
CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO CARS
SPILLED GAS CAUGHT FIRE
EXPLOSION OF CARBURETTED HYDROGEN
FALL OF SLAB
FIRE
EXPLOSION OF CARBURETTED HYDROGEN
FALL OF ROCK
FIREDAMP EXPLOSION
KICKED BY A MULE
ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF TOP COAL
FALL IN RAISE WITH SKIP
FALLINF DOWN SHAFT
FALL OF ROOF
EXPLOSION OF POWDER
HIT BY ROCK FROM A DELAYED SHOT
POWDER EXPLODED WHEN TAMPING HOLE
WALKED INTO CHUTE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROOF
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
STRUCK BY COAL
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
SQUEEZED BETWEEN MOTOR & ROOF
FALL OF ROCK
CAUGHT BY RUNAWAY SLAG CAR
FALL OF ROCK
FALLING GROUND
EXPLOSION
HIT BY RUNAWAY MULE
FALL OF ROCK
SUFFOCATED FROM GAS EXPLOSION
SQUEEZED AGAINST A MOTOR
FALL OF ROCK
ROOF FALL
FALL OF ROCK
FALLING FROM TRAM BUCKET
Page
Reference
Report
year
9
9
1892
49
14
12
9
1965
1886
14
9
1886
16
17
16
10
1894
gend
gend
63
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1939AUG8
1928AUG8
1912MAR25
1920JUN21
1928MAY26
1905JUL31
1902DEC15
1909JUL6
1909JUL6
1902AUG7
1931SEP20
1931NOV18
1922AUG6
1950AUG25
1910FEBL2
1898APR15
1922AUG12
1951FEB5
1947SEP6
1952SEP20
1929SEP4
1906OCT31
1933MAR7
1918SEP8
1913AUG7
1919AUG18
1911JUN29
1909DEC9
1899DEC15
1900AUG4
1899NOV4
1919MAR20
1911JUL24
1910JUN3
1885DEC14
1906OCT10
1976OCT9
1896FEB18
1897JAN8
1899JUN20
1909APR6
1892MAR8
1911MAR29
1910OCT8
1920MAR9
1981APR15
1894APR28
1980AUG12
1927AUG4
1962DEC1
1948JAN22
1939DEC12
1964JUN5
1930OCT10
1928MAR17
1899OCT10
1904DEC27
1954AUG23
1910JUL2
1923JUL12
NAME
GRIFFIN, MICHAEL
GRIFFITH, JOHN E
GRIFFTH, WILLIAM
GRIMES, WILLIAM
GRINALDO, LORENZO
GRINGRI, TONY
GRISETI, TOM
GRIZENTI, ANGELO
GRIZENTI, CLEMENTI
GROATE, FRANK
GROBLNICK, FRANK
GROFF, NICHOLAS
GROSE, CHARLES
GRUBICH, FRED
GRUSHINSHI, ADAM
GRYER, GEORGE W
GUALANDRI, ATTILIO
GUARIENTI, ALBERT J
GUARRERO, J D
GUENON, JOHN
GUERRI, DENO
GUERRI, JOE
GUERRIERI, GENNARO
GUGLIELMOTTO, PAOLO
GUGLIEMO, GIO
GUIALINI, A
GUIGLI, ALBERTO
GUILICIO, GINSOLA
GUING, CHARLES
GUINN, EDWARD
GUISEPPI, ZATTI
GUITEREZ, BIBIANO
GUITERREZ, GAUDULUPE
GUITERREZ, M
GULICK, ATHLEZ
GULIMINO, ANDREW
GULLETT, RONALD J
GUMBORD, JNO. "John"
GUNBELL, MAYNARD
GUNDERSON, JOHN
GURULE, NICK
GUSIK, MIKE
GUSMAN, RAFAEL
GUT, PETER
GUTHRIE, FRANK T
GUTHRIE, WILLIAM
GUTHRIE, WILLIAM B
GUTIERREZ, JOHN O
GUTIERREZ, SAMUEL
GUTIRREZ, JOHN B
GUZZO, PETE
HAASE, CARL
HACKING, KENNETH
HACKLER, H G
HADDOW, GABRIEL G
HAEBERLE, WILLIAM
HAGASHIDA, K.
HAGER, CECIL
HAGUE, A I
HAIG, SAMUEL G
NATIONALITY
WELSH
MEXICAN
ITALIAN
SLAVONIAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN
OCCUPATION
SHOVELER
MANAGER
MINER
DROSS-POT MAN
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MACHINE RUNNER
MACHINE MAN
MUCKER
TIMBERMAN
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
47 S
22
25 S
54
62 W
35 S
30
24
26
40
42
34
No.
Children
COMPANY
EMPIRE ZINC CO.
FREMONT
5 HAYDEN BROS. COAL CORP.
M
S
M
S
KEYSTONE COAL
RUSSIAN
MINER
39 M
ITALIAN
DAY MAN
14
UTILITYMAN
35
59
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
MOTORMAN
MINER
PICK MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
TRACKMAN
MINER
LABORER
4
21
35
51
49
47
32
30
20
S
M
M
M
M
M
S
S
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
MINER
30
45
25
24
22
M
M
30
ITALIAN
SWITCHMAN
MINER
MINER
REPAIRMAN
MINER
AUSTRIAN
LOADER
AMERICAN
SLAV
MEXICAN
POLE
AMERICAN
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
WEIGHBOSS
26
32 M
28 M
41 S
AMERICAN
DRIVER
MINER
MINER
15
30
23
28
26 M
49
50
28
28
30 M
46 W
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
4
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
KEYSTONE COAL CO.
RESURRECTION MINING CO.
TEMPLE FUEL CO.
3 CRESTED BUTTE COAL CO.
4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
0 OAKDALE COAL CO.
2
S
S
41 M
32
30 S
55 M
SCOTCH
MACHINEMAN
ROPE RIDER
JAPANESE
MINER
28 S
AMERICAN
ENGLISH
MINER
PICK MINER
72 S
42 M
MINE
KIEWIT, BROWN and ROOT
2
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
3
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
CRESTED BUTTE ANTHRACITE
MID CONTINENT Resources Incorporated
VULCAN FUEL
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM Co
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
LEADER COAL
HUERFANO COAL CO.
R and R WELL SERVICE
EMPIRE ZINC CO.
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
HAYDEN NO. 3
MIDWAY
BOWEN
TOLLER
TOLLER
BOWEN
MAYFLOWER
LINCOLN
KEYSTONE
STANDARD
CRIPPLE CREEK
ROBINSON NO. 2
FREDERICK
KEYSTONE
LEADVILLE
BRODHEAD NO. 9
DELAGUA
BULKLEY NO. 2
STARKVILLE
ROUSE
OAKDALE
WALSEN
MORLEY
PELICAN
ENGLE
PICTON
County
EAG
CLE
FRE
PUE
ROU
HUE
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
SAJ
CLE
EAG
ROU
BOU
PAR
HUE
LAS
ROU
LAK
LAS
LAS
GUN
LAS
HUE
HUE
HUE
LAS
CLE
EAGLE
TOLLER
COLE
BERWIND
HUE
PUE
LAS
LAS
FRE
LAP
SUM
GAR
ELP
LAK
BOU
GUN
LAS
LAS
GUN
PIT
GAR
LAK
LAS
LAP
HUE
LAS
RIB
EAG
LAS
MIN
LAS
GREEN CANON
BONCARBO
LAS
LAS
MORLEY
BOWEN
THORTON
PORTER
EISENHOWER TUNNEL
VULCAN
BESSIE M
EVENING STAR
COKEDALE
CRESTED BUTTE
MORLEY
STARKVILLE
SMITH
DUTCH CREEK #1 MINE
VULCAN
CLIMAX
TOLLER
VICTORY NO. 3
LEADER NO. 2
LUDLOW
ROTO CONE CO.
28
3 AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
SUFFOCATED
PREMATURE BLAST
FALL OF ROOF
FELL 12 FEET FROM A BEAM
FALL OF RIB COAL
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF
GAS EXPLOSION
GAS EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
CAUGHT UNDER A CAVE
FALL OF RIB
FALL OF ROOF
FUSE EXPLODED
FALL OF ROCK
HAULAGE
RIB FALL
FELL DOWN MANWAY SHAFT
ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL AND SLATE
FALLO OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP
FALL OF SLATE
RUN OVER BY CAR ON TIPPIE
CAPS EXPLODED WHILE LOADING HOLES
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
LEG CAUGHT BY THE POT-CAR WHEEL
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF TOP COAL
STRUCK BY A RUNAWAY CAR
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
CRUSHED BETWEEN RIB STEEL AND CAR
EXPLOSION
FALLING FROM STEPS OF SHAFT
CRUSHED BY FRAME
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
FALL OF TIPPLE
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
STRUCK ON HEAD BY VENTILATING FAN
BURIED BY ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
MACHINERY
FALL OF FACE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL FROM LADDER
FELL DOWN CHUTE WITH RUN OF ORE
CAUGHT BETWEEN PIT CAR & RIB
LARGE QUANTITY OF DIRT & VEIN MATTER
PREMATURE BLAST
STRUCK BY ROD WEIGHT
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
Page
Reference
18
17
16
9
33 12m
11
9
Report
year
1886
1976
17
17
gend
36 12m
47
1980
12
1964
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1898FEB21
1899MAR21
1889AUG13
1964MAR24
1923JUL23
1950OCT15
1921SEP23
1904JUL7
1904AUG29
1906JUL18
1921FEB12
1895SEP26
1959DEC3
1927MAR12
1926SEP1
1908MAR31
1943JAN18
1965APR1
1906JUL9
1926JUL20
1897AUG13
1921JUL7
1890FEB14
1923APR20
1896JAN4
1939SEP6
1888FEB1
1897DEC10
1914NOV20
1920MAY15
1943OCT2
1907JAN23
1898FEB10
1900FEB23
1943MAR19
1928DEC12
1907MAR28
1942JAN27
1906SEP26
1896APR5
1896JAN4
1896JAN4
1901NOV18
1976NOV13
1899JUN8
1909AUG9
1896AUG23
1895AUG29
1929JAN28
1951AUG24
1914AUG15
1909AUG19
1896FEB18
1900JAN16
1976JAN21
1929JAN25
1896JUL14
1942JAN27
1927JAN7
1927MAR16
NAME
HAIGER, SCOTT
HAITT, HALBERT
HALKA, JOSEPH
HALL, JOHN MILTON
HALLEN, GUS
HALLOCK, JOHN R
HALLOWELL, R B
HALOZASZ, WAJCIECK
HAMATA, M.
HAMBER, MONT
HAMIDY, EDWARD
HAMILL, JOHN
HAMILTON, JACKSON S
HAMILTON, JAMES A
HAMILTON, JOHN W
HAMILTON, JOSEPH
HAMILTON, LEWIS
HAMILTON, MARION L
HAMILTON, MONTE
HAMLIN, JOSEPH C
HAMMER, NICK
HAMPTON, A
HANAKER, MAHLON
HANBY, CHARLES
HANCOCK, JASON
HAND, AUDLIN CHARLES
HAND, THOMAS
HANLEY, EDWARD
HANLIN, JAMES
HANNAH, TONY
HANNAMAN, JESS L
HANNUSEK, GIANNI
HANSCHILD, OTTO
HANSEN, CHRIST
HANSEN, HANS A
HANSEN, PETE
HARAGUCHI, E.
HARDIN, HARVEY
HARDMAN, ANDREW
HARDY, RALPH
HARMAN, THOMAS H
HARNAN, THOMAS H aka
HARPER, STANNIL
HARPER, WILLIAM G
HARRINGTON, T
HARRIS, CHARLES
HARRIS, J. D
HARRIS, JAMES
HARRIS, JOHN
HARRIS, LISLE N
HARRIS, WILLIAM
HARRISON, HENRY
HARRISON, JAMES
HARRISON, JOSEPH
HARRISON, PATRICK H
HART, SILAS
HART, W. R
HARTMAN, HARRY H
HARTMAN, N W
HARTT, ALLEN
NATIONALITY
OCCUPATION
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
No.
Children
COMPANY
COLORADO FUEL CO.
AMERICAN METALS CLIMAX Inc
41
55
IDARADO MINING CO.
POLANDER
JAPANESE
HUNGARIAN
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
HOISTMAN
2
49
26 S
28
23 S
21 S
52
49
40
22
36
23
22
PICK MINER
CARPENTER
FIREBOSS
MINER
HUNGARIAN
AMERICAN
MINER
TRAPPER
1
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
ENGLISH
PICK MINER
5
M
M
M
S
S
BUD KING CONSTRUCTION CO.
3 NORTH PARK COAL CO.
CALIFORNIA-HIDDEN TREASURE
JOHSON, M-K
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
TRIANGLE CAOL CO.
38
38 M
MINER
MOFFAT COAL CO.
5 GRAND JUNCTION MINING & FUEL
CANON EAGLE COAL CO.
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
HUNGARIAN
MINER
DRIVER
NIPPER
MINER
JAPANESE
MILLMAN
BLACKSMITH
MINER
10
28 S
24 M
28 S
68 M
48
28 S
HAYDEN BROS. COAL CORP.
1 CANON-RELIANCE COAL CO.
McNEIL COAL CORP.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
ALMA LINCOLN MINING CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
SCOTCH
MINER
24 S
MINER
AMERICAN
MINER
AMERICAN
MACHINE MINER
IRISH
AMERICAN
ENGLISH
MINER
MINER
PIT BOSS
MEXICAN
PICK MINER
AMERICAN
MEXICAN
NIGHT WATCHMAN
PICK MINER
27
25
Mid-Continent Coal and Coke Co
30 S
26
39 M
3 VICKERS COAL CO.
3
46 M
24 M
38 M
7 MOFFAT COAL
1
4
16
21
48 M
CLIMAX MOLYBDEUM Co
0 MOFFAT COAL CO.
1
54 M
23 S
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
0 CRESTED BUTTE ANTHRACITE
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
MINE
MOON ANCHOR
STRONG
ROUSE
ROBINSON
ROUSE NO. 4
PRIMERO
OAK HILLS NO. 2
BELGIAN
County
ELP
ELP
HUE
LAK
SUM
OUR
BOU
HUE
HUE
LAS
ROU
LAK
MOORE NO. 1
JAC
OAKDALE
IDAHO SPRINGS
HUE
CLE
MONR
LAS
FRE
RIG
LAP
PIT
MES
ELP
FRE
BOU
ELP
ROU
FRE
WEL
LAS
SUM
BOU
CLE
SAG
LAS
ROU
HUE
ELP
ELP
ELP
LAS
OURAY
PRIMERO
CHANDLER
IDA TUNNEL
BLACK HAWK
ASPEN
CAMEO
ANNA LEE
CANON EAGLE
STEWART
RED ROCK
JUNIPER
CANON
STERLING
PRIMERO
INVENTA
B&M
IDAHO SPRINGS
GREEN CANON
WADGE
TOLTEC
MAGNOLIA SHAFT
ANNA LEE
ANNA LEE
BOWEN
Bear Creek No.4
FOUR QUEENS
TIOGA
EMPRESS JOSEPHINE
SLEEPY-HOLLOW
KENNETH
RESERVOIR NO. 22
OAK HILLS NO. 2
BIG FOUR
VULCAN
REYNOLDS
CLIMAX
OAK HILLS NO. 2
TOM BOY
WADGE
SMITH ANTHRACITE
PINNACLE
TEL
HUE
SAG
GIL
LAS
ROU
HUE
GAR
CLE
LAK
ROU
SAM
ROU
GUN
ROU
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
GROUND DROPPED FROM BACK
STRUCK BY ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BY MINE CAR
ELECTROCUTED
SUFFOCATED IN MILL ORE BIN
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
ELECTROCUTED BY A TROLLEY WIRE
EXPLOSION OF DUST
EXPLOSION OF POWDER
CRUSHED BY DOZER
STRUCK BY CAR
FELL & STRUCK HEAD
GAS EXPLOSION
DROWNED
FELL DUE TO SNOW SLIDE
FALL OF COAL
RUNAWAY TRIP
EXPLOSION WHILE PREPARING POWDER
FALL OF ROCK
FELL INTO MILL HOLE
PREMATURE SHOT
CAVING IN OF SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF "FACE" COAL
BUCKET FELL DOWN SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK
RUN OVER BY A MINE CAR
HAULAGE
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FELL FROM LADDER DOWN SHAFT
ROCK FALL FROM HANGING WALL
STEPPED ON LOOSE PLANK & FELL INTO ORE BIN
CRUSHED BY MACHINERY
FALL OF ROCK
GAS EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK FROM BUCKET
CAVING IN OF SHAFT
CAVING IN OF SHAFT
RUNAWAY TRIP OF 7 LOADED CARS
FALL OF ROCK
DIRT FROM FOOT OF RAISE
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
FALLING DOWN SHAFT INTO SUMP
DROWNED
FALL OF ROCK
PREMATURE EXPLOSION
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
ORE FALLING FROM BACK OF SLOPE
CAUGHT BETWEEN BED AND HOUSING
CAUGHT BETWEEN CAR & PROP
INSECURE STAGING
GAS EXPLOSION
BREAKING DOWN OF BREAKER
FALL OF ROCK
Page
Reference
Report
year
46
12
1964
49
12
1965
24
10
1890
51&52
10
1896
gend
51&52
51&52
10
10
1896
1896
29 12c
1976
32 12m
1976
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1960SEP2
1918JUN4
1898MAR1
1898MAR1
1952MAY2
1918AUG24
1896DEC18
1974DEC11
1904OCT28
1882AUG17
1930OCT1
1896OCT17
1928AUG8
1924JAN5
1969OCT31
1957OCT11
1960JUN17
1899JUL26
1920MAY1
1896APR27
1896MAR27
1898OCT21
1898FEB11
1933AUG25
1899JUN21
1951APR28
1899JUN2
1903JAN17
1929AUG22
1891MAR23
1887AUG2
1896APR22
1910OCT8
1957MAR9
1899OCT26
1884JAN24
1884JAN24
1893MAR18
1896AUG31
1920FEB4
1885NOV13
1910JAN31
1953FEB16
1913SEP22
1965JAN31
1897OCT25
1909AUG2
1950SEP7
1934JUL9
1922MAY28
1922MAR6
1901NOV20
1898AUG30
1873SEP27
1913JAN12
1951OCT18
1890SEP26
1898DEC17
1903DEC18
1953MAR23
NAME
HARVEY, CLAUDE D JR
HARVEY, HARRY
HARVEY, M T
HARVEY, THOMAS
HASENBALG, HENRY T
HASPAAS, ANTONIO S
HATAS, JOHN
HATCH, GEORGE F
HATTON, EDWARD
HATTRY
HAUGH, ALBERT
HAULI, JOHN
HAUS, WILLIAM
HAUSER, ALBERT E
HAUSER, CHARLES J
HAUSER, ROBERT E
HAVINS, BUDDY
HAWKE, S J
HAWKINS, JOHN H
HAWKINS, MARTIN
HAY, JOHN
HAYDEN, JOHN
HAYES, ALBERT L
HAYNES, HOWARD E
HAYNES, JOHN
HAZELBAKER, JOSEPH
HEADMAN, P A
HEARD, SAMUEL
HEARN, WILLIAM E
HECK, JOSEPH
HECKLER, JOSEPH
HECTON, ANDREW
HEDQUIST, WILBERT
HEDRICK, GEORGE L
HEFFERNAN, MICHAEL
HEFFRON, BYRON
HEFFRON, L P
HEFLRON, DANIEL
HEGGMAN, S.
HEIDT, HENRY
HEISTER, ELMER
HELM, WILLIAM
HELMS, LeROY
HELWIG, JOHN
HEMPHILL, DAVID L
HENCKLEY, C C
HENDERSON, DAVID
HENDERSON, DONALD F
HENDERSON, FLODY W
HENDERSON, FRANK
HENDRICKS, G M
HENDRICKSON, ALLEN
HENDRICKSON, PAUL
HENNESSY, FRANK
HENRICKS, DANIEL
HENRY, FRED N
HENRY, MARTIN
HENRY, WALTER
HERBECK, JOHN
HERBERT, DALE JR.
NATIONALITY
OCCUPATION
MINER
Years
Single/
mining Age Married
15 51
41
No.
Children
COMPANY
HYGRADE
GENERAL CHEM. DIV.
STOPING MACHINE
MINE
MT. PRIDE
MT. PRIDE
JAMESTOWN
33
VIRGINIUS
58
43 M
WESTERN PAVING CONSTRUCTION
AMERICAN
MINER
AMERICAN
PUMPER
17
59 W
3 EMPIRE COAL MINING CO.
AMERICAN
MINER
MACHINE MINER
30
51 M
37
4 NATIONAL FUEL CO.
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM Co
C. F. LYTLE, INC.
HALLIBURTON OIL WELL CO.
28
ENGLISH
CAGER
WELSH
AMERICAN
DRIVER
SUPERINTENDENT
SHOVEL OPERATOR
2
19 S
18 S
38 M
42 M
NATIONAL FUEL CO.
3
COLOWYO COAL CO.
AMERICAN
WELSH
AMERICAN
MOTOR MAN
NIGHT FOREMAN
MOTORMAN
28
27 M
42 S
SMITH-ANTHRACITE MINING CO.
COLORADO COAL & IRON CO.
U. C. CO.
23 S
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
JUNIPER OIL & MINING CO.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
COLORADO FUEL AND IRON CO.
BOILER MAKER
56
AMERICAN
ELECTRUCUAN
25 S
GERMAN
MINER
34 S
32
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
SINKER
45 M
MECHANIC'S HELPER
PLACER MINER
44 M
29
50
MACHINIST
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
37 M
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
MOUNTAIN STATES DRILLING CO.
EATON COAL
BERCO Inc
1
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
ALAMA PLACER
JUMBO MINING
0 COLORADO FUEL AND IRON CO.
WINSTON BROS. CO.
44
MINER
35 M
TELLURIDE MINES, INC.
TERCIO NO. 3
BUENA VISTA
EMPIRE
LOST LOBE
PURITAN
SMUGGLER UNION
MONARCH NO. 2
REVENUE TUNNEL
LITTLE DAISY
ROCKVALE
HAYES
MONARCH
MITCHELL
RED WING
PARK REGENT
STARKVILLE
SMITH-ANTHRACITE
CRESTED BUTTE
COMO
ALBRO
STARKVILLE
MORNING GLORY
CRESTED BUTTE
CRESTED BUTTE
CRESTED BUTTE
MARY MURPHY
BULL DOMINGO
PRIMERO
OURAY
SOLAR
WADGE
SMUGGLER UNION
IRON SILVER
BRECKENRIDGE
TERCIO
LOVELAND
PITTSBURGH
CARIOLANNS
SIMPSON
County
MES
TEL
SUM
SUM
SAM
OUR
ADA
LAS
CHA
LAS
SAM
CLE
WEL
LAK
LAP
SAM
BOU
OUR
ELP
FRE
FRE
CHA
MOF
PIT
LAS
GUN
LAS
PAR
CLE
LAS
TEL
GUN
GUN
GUN
CHA
LAP
CUS
LAS
WEL
EAG
SUM
HUE
ROU
PAR
FRE
DOU
SAM
LAK
SUM
LAS
LAK
ELP
BOU
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
ROOF FALL
FALL OF ROCK
SUFFOCATION FROM SMOKE
SUFFOCATION FROM SMOKE
CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
CAGE FALLING DOWN SHAFT
SUFFOCATED BY FALL OF GRAVEL
EXPLOSION
FOUL AIR
STRUCK BY AN EMPTY ROPE TRIP
EXPLOSION WHILE CARRYING POWDER
PREMATURE BLAST
DELAYED SHOT
FALL OF GROUND
RUN OVER BY DUMP TRUCK
HIT BY PLUG & FELL TO FLOOR 15 FEET
FALL OF RACK FROM SLOPE
CRUSHED BETWEEN CAGE & COLLAR OF SHAFT
FALLING GROUND IN SLOPE
SHAFT HOUSE FRAME BLEW DOWN
CRUSHED BY CAR
CRUSHED BY CAR
CRUSHED BY GASOLINE SHOVEL
FALL OF TOP COAL
FALL OF ROOF
SHAFT HOUSE BURNED
FALL OF TIMBER
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
CRUSHED BY FALLING PIT WALL
FELL FROM BUCKET
EXPLOSION OF GAS; BD. SCHUYLKILL, PA
EXPLOSION OF GAS; BD. SCHUYLKILL, PA
FALL OF ROCK
FALLING DOWN SHAFT
EXPLOSION OF TANK
EXPLOSION/FIRE
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
CRUSHED BY FALLING ELEVATOR GUARD
OVERCOME BY GAS & FELL INTO SHAFT
COVERED BY SNOW SLIDE
FELL TO BOTTOM OF SHAFT
EXPLOSION OF FIREDAMP IN AIR SHAFT
FALL OF ROOF
BANK OF GRAVEL CAVED IN
ELECTROCUTED
SUFFOCATED
FIRE
STRUCK WITH CAGW
CAUGHT IN MACHINERY
CAUGHT IN SHAFT
CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK
FALL OF BUCKET DOWN SHAFT
FELL FROM LADDER
FALL OF TOP COAL
FELL DOWN ORE PASS
Page
Reference
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year
52
12
1974
45
12
1969
128
120
9
9
1898
1898
8
9
1892
gend
48
12
1965
27
10
1890
19
17
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1890JUL9d
1932JUL30
1919MAY20
1931OCT3
1929FEB14
1925MAR9
1917APR27
1920JUN21
1928FEB8
1929MAR21
1926MAR5
1920JUN21
1917APR27
1899MAR10
1924JAN12
1942JUL18
1920AUG3
1937DEC4
1927SEP14
1921OCT14
1898FEB5
1961JAN25
1875SEP8
1934NOV29
1884MAR10
1910DEC18
1894MAR25
1912NOV8
1904APR23
1921AUG21
1926MAY29
1923AUG25
1932OCT14
1896JUL17
1912MAR16
1929APR15
1949JUL16
1942JAN27
1921JUL30
1888OCT20
1860OCT18
1936AUG9
1908NOV9
1895AUG10
1934NOV30
1943JAN18
1942JAN27
1911FEB9
1935JUL20
1938JUN18
1925APR24
1917MAY14
1922FEB11
1871JUN20
1954JUL23
1919OCT1
1899JUL12
1924JAN9
1964DEC23
1951OCT25
NAME
HERBERT, JOHN
HERIVEL, NICHOLAS R
HERMANSON, CHARLES
HERNANDEZ, ANDREAS
HERNANDEZ, BENITO
HERNANDEZ, E
HERNANDEZ, JOE
HERNANDEZ, LOUIS
HERNANDEZ, MARGARITO
HERNANDEZ, PAUL
HERNANDEZ, PONCIANO
HERNANDEZ, VOLENTI
HERRERA, FELIPO
HESS, F J
HESTON, VERL
HEYN, C A
HIBBS, OSSIAN
HICKMAN, JOHN MARION
HICKS, CORTIS F
HICKS, JAMES H
HICKS, JOSIAH
HICKS, RAYMOND
HICKS, WILLIAM
HIGGINS, CHARLES
HIGGINS, MICHAEL
HIGGINS, SAMUEL E
HIGHTREE, JOHN
HIGINS, JOHN W,
HIGUSHI, H.
HILL, ALFRED
HILL, OSCAR
HILL, W B
HILL, W L
HILLEGHER, J
HILLIER, WILLIAM
HILTZ, CHARLES P
HINCK, ERVIN W
HINDMAN, ELMER C
HINES, GEORGE
HING, MIKE
HINKAK, JOSEPH
HINKLE, JOHN E
HIPP, J. J
HOAGLAND, FRANK
HOBERT, ELMER
HOBSON, HERBERT
HOCKMAN, KENNETH
HODBOD, B.
HODGES, JAY M
HODSON, DAN
HODSON, SCHUYLER
HOFFMAN, HENRY E
HOGAN, JOHN
HOGAUE, JIM
HOGLAND, ALAMOS ROY
HOLDEN, A G
HOLLAND, JOHN
HOLLAND, S F
HOLLENBECK, GUY P
HOLLET, GEORGE
NATIONALITY
WELSH
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
SPANIARD
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
AMERICAN
COLORED
OCCUPATION
SUPERINTENDENT
TRAMMER
PICK MINER
PICK MINER
MACHINE MINER
DRIVER
MACHINE MINER
PICK MINER
MACHINE MINER
MACHINE MINER
TRAPPER
TRAMMER
COPARTNER
CONSTRACTOR
TIMBERMAN
SURVEYOR
PICK MINER
Years
mining
4
2
2
5
7
8
5
20
26
Age
24
81
28
23
23
41
27
28
36
Single/
Married
0 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
2 TEMPLE FUEL CO.
5 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
1
TEMPLE FUEL CO.
6 HAYDEN BROS. COAL CORP.
0 NATIONAL FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
0 TEMPLE FUEL CO.
S
M
N
M
MACHINE MINER
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
JAPANESE
FINLANDER
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
WELSH
28
HEYN & MOTT
UNITED GOLD MINES CO.
0 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
3 TEMPLE FUEL CO.
8 DAVID ALLAN
MINER
35 M
2
NIGHT FOREMAN
MINER
TRAMMER
ROLLERMAN
SHOTFIRER
MACHINE MINER
45
36
44
43
46
37
M
S
1
M
M
M
3 CALUMET FUEL CO.
2 COLORADO & UTAH COAL CO.
6 VICKERS COAL CO.
MINER
FOREMAN
MECHANIC
DELAGUA
BRODHEAD NO. 9
CHANDLER
HASTINGS
BRODHEAD
HAYDEN NO.3
PURITAN
PICTOU
BRODHEAD
HASTINGS
COMMODORE
WARD
ROSE NICOL
CHANDLER
BRODHEAD NO. 9
DAYTON NO. 2
PINNACLE EXPLORATION CO.
57 M
23
25
14
MINE
ROBINSON
CALIFORNIA
19
AMERICAN
COMPANY
M
M
M
M
M
S
M
M
35 S
30 M
16
19
56
41
58
38
37
No.
Children
59 M
35 M
35 M
6
DIAMOND FIRE BRICK CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
CARIBOU
CROWN
VALLEJO SHAFT
GOLDEN ARCH
WILFLEY
SIMPSON
WALSEN
SOMERSET
HARRIS
KENNETH
REBECCA
JUNIPER
CANON CITY
WADGE
LABORER
GERMAN
AMERICAN
CARPENTER
MINER
55 M
28 S
MACHINE RUNNER
MOTORMAN
38 M
49 S
POLE
AMERICAN
MINER
TOP LABORER
AMERICAN
PICK MINER
MINE LEASER
PICK MINER
MINER
COLORED
AMERICAN
PICK MINER
4
8
20
M
49 M
54 W
56
53 W
33
30
28
COLORADO FUEL CO.
CONSOLIDATED SLUICE
2 CANON ZENITH COAL CO.
STRATTON CRIPPLE CREEK
SHENANDOAH-DIVES MINING CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
2 CARBON COAL & COKE
8 LEYDEN LIGNITE CO.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
2 THE ROSS COAL CO.
1 MOFFAT COAL CO.
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
COLORADO-UTAH COAL CO.
RIPPY CONSTRUCTIN Co
A. F. SKALLA
ROUSE
CANON ZENITH
DERUSH
SILVER AGE MILL
AMERICAN EAGLE
SILVERTON
WADGE
COKEDALE
LEYDEN NO. 3
COLUMBINE
HORACE
OAK HILLS
STALKERS
HARRIS
CLYDE
County
OUR
BOU
SAM
LAS
LAS
FRE
LAS
LAS
ROU
WEL
HUE
LAS
LAS
MIN
CHA
BOU
GUN
TEL
FRE
LAS
DOL
SAG
GIL
BOU
PIT
WEL
SUM
BOU
HUE
SAM
GUN
ROU
LAS
ELP
ROU
SUM
FRE
ROU
GAR
HUE
FRE
MES
CLE
TEL
SAJ
ROU
LAS
JEF
WEL
GUN
TEL
ROU
GIL
ROU
TEL
FRE
GAR
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
ROCK FALL FROM ROOF
SLIPPED OFF BUCKET & FELL DOWN SHAFT
CRUSHED BY A CAVE IN
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
SUFFOCATION FROM NOXIOUS GASES
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION WHILE CUTTING CAPING FUSE
SUFFOCATION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FELL 40 FEET
STRUCK BY HAULAGE TRIP
FALL OF ROCK
CAVE IN OF GROUND IN SLOPE
KNOCKED DOWN BY 15 TONS OF ORE
EXPLOSION
BLOOD POISONING
Two avalanches destroy Valejo shaft house
CRUSHED BETWEEN MOTOR & RIB
FALL OF ROCK
GAS EXLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
SLIPPED & FELL THROUGH A HOLE INTO OREPASS
COAL BLOWING OUT
CRUSHED BETWEEN LOADED TRIP & RIB
FALLING FROM SHAFT INTO SUMP
FALL OF ROCK
FELL 70 FEET INTO OPEN STOPE
STRUCK BY CHAIN BLOCK
GAS EXPLOSION
CAR RAN AWAY
FALL OF SLATE
FELL
CAUGHT UNDER COLLAPSING STORAGE BIN
EXPLOSION OF FIREDAMP
CAUGHT IN BELT PULLY WHILE TAKING BELT OFF
FALL OF ROCK
CAUGHT BETWEEN MOTOR & WALL
GAS EXPLOSION
DUST EXPLOSION, CAUSED BY A BLOWN-OUT SHOT
FELL OFF OPEN CAR
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF TIMBER
FALL OF COAL
FELL DOWN SHAFT
CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK
FALL OF COAL
HEART FAILURE
FELL 45 FEET TO CONCRETE FLOOR
HIT BY CRANE BOOM
CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK
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10
28
Report
year
1890
10
1942
19
10
1894
47
12
1964
rmn
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1920MAY10
1909DEC4
1928APR21
1926JUN23
1908OCT2
1956DEC10
1928FEB10
1942JAN9
1898JUN12
1888NOV5
1892SEP28
1959DEC4
1940MAY2
1937JUN4
1890MAR3
1896NOV3
1901JAN8
1899MAR29
1889DEC25
1904SEP3
1930OCT29
1895AUG22
1889NOV23
1900DEC5
1910SEP14
1910OCT8
1910JAN31
1937MAR8
1910OCT20
1956APR19
1889SEP9
1921JAN3
1932DEC26
1932MAR2
1914MAY15
1892OCT3
1920JUN21
1964APR26
1917APR27
1907DEC30
1957MAY3
1904JUL6
1907JAN23
1944MAR16
1919JAN14
1945FEB10
1933JUN14
1917JUN25
1932APR9
1930MAY25
1884JAN24
1922FEB9
1913JAN30
1884JAN24
1939APR23
1946DEC22
1937OCT17
1902MAR28
1910JAN31
1910JUN22
NAME
HOLLIDAY, JOHN
HOLLY, JOHN
HOLMAN, CHARLES L
HOLMAN, EVAN T
HOLMAN, O. P
HOLMES, PERRY
HOLMQUIST, JOHN
HOLSTON, FLOYD
HOLT, JOHN C
HOLT, OWEN
HOLT, WILLIAM M
HOLTQUIST, JOHN
HOLYBEE, BERNARD
HONGY0, DAIZO
HONSCULDT, GOERGE
HOOD, CLARENCE
HOOD, WILLIAM
HOPKINS, PHINEUS
HOPKINS, W H
HORAY, SAMUEL
HORHAN, WILLIAM
HORNER, GEORGE
HORNSTIEN, G. H
HOROCICK, MATTEO
HORSECROFT, RICHARD
HORVATT, E
HOSKIN, J. W
HOSKINS, HARRY G
HOTOCK, JOHN
HOTTER, ALBERT M
HOTTER, JOSEPH
HOTTLE, W H
HOUGHTON, HAROLD R
HOUGLAND, ISAAC
HOUSE, ALLAN D
HOUSTINGS, JOSEPH
HOWARD, ELMER
HOWARD, ELMER L
HOWARD, JAMES
HOWARD, MELFORD
HOZA, JAMES
HUBALL, IVAN
HUBAT, FRANK
HUBBARD, ROSCOE B
HUBERTY, JOHN H
HUDACK, JOHN
HUDDINE, CHARLES
HUER, NICHOLAS
HUFFMAN, CHARLES J
HUGGARD, ABRAHAM J
HUGHES, DAVID
HUGHES, RAYMOND
HUJANO, GUADALOUPE
HULAR, JOHN
HULDER, CHARLES W
HULL, RUSSELL DAVID
HULL, THOMAS
HULL, WILLIAM B
HUMMEL, JOE
HUMPHREY, JOHN
NATIONALITY
ENGLISH
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
SWEDE
OCCUPATION
MACHINE MINER
MINER
FOREMAN
REPAIR MAN
DRIVER
DRILLER
PICK MINER
TRAMMER
Years
Single/
mining Age Married
36 57 M
32 M
41
25
50 M
27 49
41 S
22 M
No.
Children
COMPANY
4 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
PRIDE OF WEST, INC.
T. C. & C. CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
GOLDEN CYCLE CORP.
JUANITA COAL & COKE CO.
HAYDEN COAL CORP.
MINER
JAPANESE
AMERICAN
MINER
AMERICAN
MINER
AMERICAN
FRENCH
AMERICAN
DRIVER
DRILLER
MULE DRIVER
14
57 S
33
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
14
46
18 S
29 M
2 BARBOUR COAL CO.
COLORADO FUEL CO.
SLAV
AMERICAN
SERVIAN
AMERICAN
SLAV
MINER
DRIVER
MINER
MINER
DRILLMAN
MINER
31
18
31
51
25
34
AMERICAN
FOREMAN
TRAMMER
MINER
ROPE RIDER
53
32 M
50 M
25 S
AMERICAN
PICK MINER
COLORED
MEXICAN
DRIVER
DRIVER
32 M
31
31 M
39 M
SLAV
HUNGARIAN
MINER
DAY MAN
46 M
24 S
MINER
25
MINER
MINER
MUCKER
DRILLER
51
25
23
56
7
S
S
M
M
S
M
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
CARTER MINES CO.
2
IDARADO MINING CO.
GOLDEN FUEL CO.
MOFFAT COAL
CITIZENS COAL CO.
0 UNION COAL & COKE CO.
PIONEER DRILLING Co
6
MINE
STANDARD
PRIMERO
LUDLOW
IMPERIAL
MORLEY
SILVERTON
GOLD COIN
STARKVILLE
WALSEN
KING
HAYDEN NO. 3
A.Y. and MINNIE
O.K.
NEW CASTLE
NEW ANCHOR
BLAZING STAR
HASTINGS NO. 2
ALAMO NO. 2
SUNSHINE
ANTHRACITE
GRAY CREEK
CHANDLER
STARKVILLE
PRIMERO
ROBINSON
WHITE ASH
CRESSON
ROYAL TIGER
OAK HILLS NO. 1
HECLA
PRYOR
HASTINGS
BOWEN
County
BOU
LAS
LAP
SUM
LAS
WEL
LAS
SAJ
ELP
LAS
HUE
DEL
ROU
LAK
ELP
GAR
TEL
PIT
LAS
HUE
GAR
GUN
LAS
FRE
LAS
LAS
GUN
HUE
JEF
LAK
TEL
SUM
ROU
BOU
HUE
MOF
LAS
LAS
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
KERR COAL
MOFFAT COAL
RUSSIAN
AMERICAN
MEXICAN
YUGOSLAV
ENGLISH
AUSTRIAN
WELSH
ROPE RIDER
MINER
MINER
MILL HELPER
MINER
MINER
ELECTRIC HELPER
TIMBERMAN
3
M
S
S
M
19 S
50 W
35
18
28
38
18
40
M
M
M
S
S
M
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
BERTRAND QUARRY
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
1 NATIONAL FUEL
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
WARNER CONSTRUCTION CO.
AMERICAN ZINC LEAD
SAN JUAN METALS CORP.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
3
ROUSE NO. 4
PRIMERO
CAMEO
MOFFAT NO. 1 & NO. 2
ELLIS
INDUSTRIAL
SHENANDOAH-DIVES
CRESTED BUTTE
CRESTED BUTTE
SUFFIELD
CRESTED BUTTE "Jokerville"
OURAY
GARY CREEK
PRIMERO
SAN JUAN
HUE
LAS
MES
LAK
ROU
TEL
BOU
SAJ
JEF
GUN
GUN
LAS
GUN
SUM
OUR
OUR
LAS
LAS
LAP
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
STRUCK BY A LOADED TRIP OF CARS
FALL OF COAL
ELEVATOR FAILURE & FRACTURED RIGHT LEG
ELECTROCUTED BY FALL OF POWER LINE
FALL OF ROCK
HEART ATTACK
FALL OF ROCK
SUFFOCATED
LARGE ROCK FELL FROM WALL
EXPLOSION OFR CARBURETED HYDROGEN GAS
EXPLOSION OF GAS
FALL OF ROCK & MAN
FALL FROM MOVING RAILROAD CAR
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK FROM ROOF
PICKED OUT MISSED HOLE
EXPLOSION
ROCK FALL FROM ROOF
ROCK FALL IN SHAFT
RUN OVER BY LOADED CARS
FALL OF ROCK & TOP COAL
FALL OF CLAY & BOULDERS
HIT BY CHAIN OF INCLINE CARS
FALL OF COAL
FELL UNDER RUNAWAY CAR
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
MISSED SHOTS EXPLODED
STRUCK BY DERAILED CAR
IMPROPER BLASTING PROCEDURE
DROWNED BY INUNDATION OF WATER FROM SHAFT
CRUSHED UNDER AN ELEVATOR
FALL OF ROCK
FAINTED & FELL INTO AN INCLINE RAISE
HIT BY RUNAWAY OF 3 EMPTY CARS
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
NIPPLE BLEW LOOSE
EXPLOSION
CAUGHT BETWEEN CAR AND RIB
CRUSHED BETWEEN MUCKER & TIMBER
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
ROOF FALL
FALL OF ROCK
HAULAGE
STRUCK ON HEAD BY A CRIBBING
FALL OF ROCK
ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
COLLISION OF TWO TRIPS
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
EXPLOSION WHILE LOADING A HOLE
FELL INTO SCOOP
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF TOP COAL
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
FALL OF ROCK AND COAL
Page
Reference
Report
year
28
10
1942
25
10
1890
24
10
1890
15
17
gend
47
12
1964
gend
7
17
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1898DEC3
1913MAR22
1977APR14
1902AUG7
1903JUL23
1906JUN1
1926SEP24
1882AUG19
1919OCT11
1929AUG19
1918APR3
1889SEP9
1912NOV24
1909JAN25
1908APR18
1927JUN16
1907JUL10
1950OCT2
1910OCT10
1936SEP4
1888JUN12
1890APR12
1912MAR30
1891MAY19
1918APR28
1914FEB21
1910JAN31
1910JAN31
1897JUL14
1909MAR10
1909OCT22
1911AUG25
1917DEC24
1917AUG16
1894NOV17
1894NOV17
1917MAY14
1906FEB19
1893JAN10
1910MAY4
1879NOV28
1931JUL2
1904JAN26
1896DEC18
1914SEP2
1969MAR7
1940JAN3
1907MAY19
1912MAY14
1942OCT8
1893JAN10
1932DEC24
1919MAY8
1904JAN4
1952FEB14
1898OCT10
1942JUN19
1903FEB28
1897FEB16
1893JAN10
NAME
HUMPHRIES, THOMAS
HUNTER, FRED A
HUNTER, GORDON R
HUNTER, JAMES
HUNTER, RICHARD
HUNTER, TOM
HUNTER, WILLIAM H
HUNTLY, WILLIAM
HUOACK, MIKE
HURTADO, JASPER
HUSEBY, OTTO
HUSEMAN, H
HUSTADO, SERFANO
HUTCHINSON, RICHARD
HUTCHISON, DAVID
HYDE, JAMES B
IMBROZAMO, GIAMAINE
INGMIRE, HARLEY O
INONE, J
INTIHAR, FRANK
IRELAND, WILLIAM
IRWIN, THOMAS
IRWIN, TOM
ISAACS, GEORGE
ISELLA, JOHN
ISHIDA, B.
ISKRA, JACK
ISKRA, JOHN
ISMAY, JOHN
ITO, K.
ITO, Y.
IVANSEVIC, MILE
IVERSON, J. C
IVERTINI, ALBERTO
IVEY, DUNHAM
IVEY, DURHAM
IWATTA, M.
JACAVAK, N.
JACKIBINI, AUTONE aka
JACKSON, ANDREW
JACKSON, ARTHUR
JACKSON, DAVID
JACKSON, L T P
JACKSON, LOUIS
JACKSON, MACK
JACKSON, WILLIAM C
JACKSON, WILLIAM H
JACOBS, ALEX
JACOBSON, CHRIS
JACOBSON, CLARENCE
JACOLINA, ANTONI
JACOVETTA, PAUL
JACQUES, FRANK PETER
JAMACITO, DOMINIC
JAMES, C C
JAMES, JOHN
JAMES, JOHN GEORGE
JAMES, JOHN P
JAMES, JOSEPH
JAMES, JOSEPH "JOE"
NATIONALITY
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
SCOTCH
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
MEXICAN
OCCUPATION
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
MINER
TOP-BOSS
MACHINE RUNNER
MULE DRIVER
MINER
ROPE RIDER
MINER
PICK MINE
MACHINE MINER
MUCKER
15
6
33
31
26
25
34
28
No.
Children
S
M
S
M
S
COMPANY
CONSOLIDATED COAL & COKE
IDEAL CEMENT Co
2
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
52 W
24 S
36
1 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
ALAMO COAL CO.
38 M
M
24 S
37 M
34 M
2
1
GOLDEN FUEL CO.
MEXICAN
ENGLISH
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
MULE-DRIVER
MINER
SINKER
SINKER
MINER
JAPANESE
AUSTRIAN
MINER
UTILITY MAN
AMERICAN
MINER
26 S
ITALIAN
JAPANESE
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
ROCKMAN
MINER
MINER
MINER
23
44
21
28
JAPANESE
JAPANESE
SLAV
MINER
MINER
CAR-DROPPER
TIMBERMAN
MINER
5
1 HARTMAN EXPLORATION
WINSTON BROS. CO.
25
28 S
51 M
3 REGAL COAL CO.
SIMPSON & SPENCER COAL CO.
ITALIAN
CORNISHMEN
40
26
38
27
43
40
S
M
S
M
M
M
S
ACME COAL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
0 SOUTHERN COLORADO COAL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
2
S
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
JAPANESE
SLAV
LABORER
MINER
M
S
45 S
5
NEGRO
MINER
29 M
3
AMERICAN
FIRE BOSS
MINER
51 M
2 BEAR CANON COAL CO.
1 VICTOR TELLER Co.
COLORADO AND UTAH COAL
UNION PACIFIC COAL
35
NEGRO
50 W
44
SCOTCH-IRISH
SWEDE
SUPERINTENDENT
BOX-CAR MAN
CAGER
ITALIAN
FRENCH
ITALIAN
MACHINE MINER
MULE DRIVER
MINER
MINER
MINER
LEASER
MINER
WELSH
AMERICAN
43 M
41 M
25 S
20
1
51
22
35
45
38
50
34
M
S
M
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
HOMESTAKE MINING Co
BOULDER VALLEY COAL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
2
RESURRECTION MINING CO.
UNION PACIFIC COAL
3 W. E. RUSSELL COAL CO.
BROOKS FUEL
S
ELKTON CO.
M
UNION PACIFIC COAL
MINE
NEW CASTLE
GOLDEN ASH
PORTLAND QUARRY
BOWEN
BROHEAD
MAITLAND
CHANDLER
STRAWBERRY
RADIANT
ALAMO NO. 1
URAD
WHITE ASH
COKEDALE
MATCHLESS
TOLLAR
HARTMAN
DELAGUA
LOVELAND
PRIMERO
REGAL
STAR
SIMPSON NO. 2
JUNIPER
ACME
FREMONT
BRODHEAD NO. 9
PRIMERO
PRIMERO
SMUGGLER UNION
BRODHEAD
PRIMROSE
TABASCO
DELAGUA
PERIGO
PERIGO-BLACKHAWK
HARRIS
MAITLAND
KING
PRIMROSE
GOLDEN
BEAR CANON NO. 6
STRATTON'S INDEPENDENCE
VIRGINIUS
BERWIND NO. 3
BOULDER VALLET
ENGLEVILLE
MONARCH NO. 1
LEADVILLE
KING
RUSSELL
NONPAREIL
REX NO. 2
THOMPSON CREEK NO. 1
SUNSHINE
CRIPPLE CREEK
BLACK DIAMOND
PORTLAND
KING
County
GAR
FALL OF COAL
WEL
HIT BY CAR
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
Page Reference
131
9
30 12m
LAS
LAS
HUE
FRE
CHA
FRE
HUE
CLE
JEF
LAS
BOU
LAS
BOU
LAS
LAS
BOU
CLE
BOU
ROU
BOU
FRE
LAS
LAS
LAS
SAM
LAS
LAS
LAS
CLE
LAS
GIL
GIL
ROU
HUE
PAR
LAS
JEF
LAS
TEL
OUR
LAS
MIN
WEL
LAS
BOU
LAK
PAR
WEL
BOU
BOU
PIT
HUE
TEL
LAS
ELP
PAR
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
KILLED UNDER A TRIP OF LOADED CARS
FOUL AIR
FALL OR ROCK
FELL DOWN A CROSS-CUT
CAVE UN OF WALL
DROWNED BY INUNDATION OF WATER FROM SHAFT
KICKED BY MULE
FALL OF ROOF
FALL FROM ASCENDING BUCKET
BUCKET DROPPED ON HEAD
FALL OF ROOF
CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF TOP COAL
EXPLOSION;BROTHER CHARLES IRELAND
FALLING DOWN THE SHAFT
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
POWDER EXPLODED WHILE LOADING HOLE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
RUN OVER BY RAILROAD CARS
OVERCOME BY GAS POWDER
FALL OF ROCK
SUFFOCATED BY FIRE
EXPLOSION
RUNAWAY TRIP OF CARS
GAS EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
CAVE-IN OF COAL
DETONATORS EXPLODED WHILE CARRYING
CAGE ACCIDENT
CAGE FALLING DOWN SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK
BURIED BY MUD AND ROCK
HEART ATTACK
FIRE-SUFFOCATION
RUN OVER BY A TRIP OF CARS
CRUSHED BY CAGE
EXPLOSION
KILLED BY BATTERY HAULAGE MOTOR
KICKED BY MULE
FALL OF ROOF
ROOF FALL
FALL OF ROCK
SHAFT CAVED IN & FELL
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BY CAR
EXPLOSION
Report
year
1898
1977
ancr
ancr
9
9
1892
23
10
1894
gend
gend
44
12
1969
gend
127
9
1898
gend
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1879OCT17
1884JAN24
1931MAR9
1924SEP16
1887AUG6
1908NOV4
1913JUL9
1902APR19
1909FEB26
1913DEC24
1906NOV8
1936JAN20
1904DEC12
1910NOV8
1918JUL27
1922MAY21
1924JUN25
1897DEC17
1884JAN24
1904MAY24
1896FEB18
1899FEB21
1920JUN30
1925MAR13
1910NOV8
1891JUL25
1969SEP29
1927APR8
1902AUG7
1927NOV28
1919JUN7
1929MAR30
1908JUL29
1910SEP23
1897SEP3
1910JAN13
1917APR27
1898OCT21
1896FEB26
1908JAN13
1969AUG13
1931JUL21
1923MAY5
1913DEC16
1901JAN21
1904MAY3
1908SEP5
1891NOV5
1898MAR2
1917APR27
1925DEC26
1952OCT29
1897JUN17
1919AUG18
1898MAY27
1873NOV3
1898JAN3
1902JAN20
1894JAN2
1899OCT26
NAME
JAMES, RICHARD
JAMES, RICHARD
JAMES, TONY
JAMES, URIE
JAMISON, HENRY
JAMUZZI, PETER
JANNE, ROSARIO
JANNOCITO, JOE
JANUSOVITCH, RUDOLF
JARAKES, ANTON HALL
JARAMILLO, ANDREW
JARAMILLO, JOE
JARDINE, ANDREW W
JARDOS, MATT
JAROMILLO, JOSEPH
JARRELL, JESSE E
JEFFERSON, THOMAS J
JEFFERSON, W H
JEFFRIES, BEN
JEISUKAWA, B.
JENKINS, JACK
JENKINS, JAMES
JENKINS, JOHN
JENKINS, JOHN R
JENNINGS, E. J. BYRD
JENNINGS, MIKE
JENNINGS, WILBERT W
JENSEN, ANDREW
JENSON, L. P
JIMENEZ, CARMIN
JIMENEZ, LOUIS
JIMENEZ, PEDRO
JINORE, JOE
JIS, FRED
JOANNING, JOHN
JOE, SMITH
JOE, TRATOR
JOHN, HAYDEN
JOHNS, THOMAS
JOHNSOMN, D. C
JOHNSON, ADRIAN EDWARD
JOHNSON, ALBERT
JOHNSON, ALEX
JOHNSON, ARVID
JOHNSON, CHARLES
JOHNSON, CHARLES
JOHNSON, FRANK
JOHNSON, GUS
JOHNSON, HELMER
JOHNSON, JESSE
JOHNSON, JOHN
JOHNSON, LEE
JOHNSON, M
JOHNSON, MIKE
JOHNSON, NICK
JOHNSON, NOVER
JOHNSON, OTTO
JOHNSON, PETE
JOHNSON, VICTOR
JOHNSON, WALTER B
NATIONALITY
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
GREEK
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN
JAPANESE
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
OCCUPATION
MACHINE MINER
SHOT FIRER
MINER
MINER
SCANVENGER
MINER
LOADER
DRIVER
STABLE BOSS
MINER
MINER
MACHINE MAN
OILER
PICK MINER
DRIVER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MECHANIC'S HELPER
MINE FORMAN
MOTORMAN
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
38
2
20
20
52 M
32 M
35
47
65
35
33
26
49
18
30
S
M
S
S
S
M
S
M
POLE
POLISH
WELSH
CRANEMAN
MINER
MACHINE MINER
PICK MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
PARTING TENDER
DRIVER
COLORED
MINER
SWEDE
SWEDE
COLORED
SWEDE
AMERICAN
CRANE HELPER
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
TRAPPER
COLORED
SLAV
MINER
FARMER
COMPANY
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
1 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
0 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
6 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
3 NATIONAL FUEL CO.
4 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
32
34 S
MOFFAT COAL CO.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
44
28
27
35
17
59
17
S
S
M
M
S
38
SWEDE
DANE
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
ITALIAN
SLAV
No.
Children
8
17
29
26
26
40
33
34
S
M
M
M
M
W
1
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
GRAND RIVER COAL & COKE CO.
IDARADO MINING Co
0 CALIENTE COAL CO.
0 AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING
6 AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING
2
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
40 S
29 S
18 S
18
45
55
35
46
40
35
37
22
M
M
S
M
M
S
S
45 M
40 M
COBO MINING Co
CANON CITY ZINC PLANT
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
1 CORYELL MINING LEASING
1
0
GABE-MaCALL DRILLING CO.
TURK
MACHINE MINER
34 S
SWEDISH
MINER
MINER
31 S
SWEDE
22
OAKDALE COAL CO.
MINE
BOBTAIL
CRESTED BUTTE
GRANT
COLUMBINE
GOLDEN
RUGBY
DELAGUA
MAJESTIC
BERWIND
REX NO. 1
SOPRIS
MONARCH NO. 2
FRANCEVILLE
DELAGUA
OAK HILLS NO. 2
CONGRESS
CRESTED BUTTE
PRIMERO
VULCAN
PEERLESS
BERWIND
DELAGUA
SPRING GULCH
BOWEN
RAVENWOOD
BONCARCO
BONCARBO
GREENVILLE
BRODHEAD
SUNSHINE
BERWIND
HASTINGS
ROCKVALE
PHEONIX-BURROUGHS
CURTIS
SOUTHWESTERN
VULCAN
PRYOR
SIMPSON
BERWIND
RUSK-IVANHOE TUNNEL
IOWA
HASTINGS
STAR
WALDEN
BLUE BIRD
OAKDALE
UTI MAY
TOWSLAND
DURANGO CITY
PICTOU
PENNSYLVANIA
OIL CREEK TUNNEL
County
OUR
GUN
WEL
WEL
JEF
HUE
LAS
LAS
LAS
BOU
LAS
BOU
ELP
LAS
SAM
PAR
ROU
OUR
GUN
LAS
GAR
PIT
LAS
LAS
PIT
OUR
GUN
LAS
HUE
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
GAR
LAS
LAS
FRE
GIL
ELP
MES
FRE
LAS
GAR
HUE
BOU
LAS
LAK
SAJ
LAS
MOF
ELP
HUE
HIN
LAP
HUE
SUM
TEL
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST;BD. WALSENBURG
FALL OF TOP COAL
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
FELL DOWN SHAFT
FALL OF ROOF
RUN OVER BY A DUMP CART
FALL OF ROOF
ELECTROCUTED BY A TROLLEY WIRE
FALL OF ROCK; ALIAS ANTON GALLOS
FALLING OFF TRIP
GAS EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF ROCK
DROWNED
FALL OF COAL BUMPING OFF A PILLAR
INSECURE STAGING COVERED WITH DIRT
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
FALL OF COAL
EXPLOSION ;BODY SHIPPED TO CARBONADO,WA
FALL OF ROCK
STRANGULATED HERNIA
RUN OVER BY A TRIP OF LOADED CARS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF SLATE
CRUSHING BY AIR DOOR
FELL FROM BOOM OF STEAM SHOVEL
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF ROOF
EXPLOSION
CRUSHED BY CAR
FALLING DOWN ORE CHUTE
THROWN AGAINST ENTRY
KILLED BY BLAST
CAUGHT BETWEEN CABLE & LOADED CAR
EXPLOSION OF GAS & DUST
DUST EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
RUN OVER BY A TRIP OF CARS
STRUCK GIANT POWDER
LAGGING BORKE IN CHUTE
EXPLOSION
FALL OF COAL
STRUCK BY LOOSE TONG
FELL INTO OPEN SHAFT
EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP
DRUM OF TRAM BROKE
FELL DOWN SHAFT;FROM CHILLICOTHE, MO
FALL OF COAL
EXPLOSION
DRILLED NON-EXPLOEDED HOLE
PICKED UNEXPLODED POWDER
Page
Reference
Report
year
9
44
9
12
1892
1969
128
9
1898
44
12
1969
gend
gend
119
9
1898
18
10
1894
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1896DEC17
1914NOV18
1920JUL15
1914JUL16
1913SEP10
1917APR27
1898APR23
1907SEP11
1896OCT27
1917APR27
1893AUG24
1951NOV21
1919OCT26
1904JUN5
1910DEC14
1957OCT12
1918JUN13
1960APR15
1899OCT12
1975MAY31
1917NOV13
1952SEP6
1897AUG13
1896FEB18
1899NOV13
1884JAN24
1901NOV20
1901NOV28
1921DEC13
1920APR10
1935MAR9
1900JAN16
1951JUL29
1893NOV3
1920MAR19
1900OCT24
1918OCT30
1920OCT15
1906DEC21
1896APR16
1911DEC1
1893JAN10
1893JAN10
1901NOV19
1919OCT23
1922JUN13
1917APR27
1909MAY22
1910JAN31
1901NOV20
1921JAN12
1907DEC17
1915FEB2
1889NOV26
1943JUL10
1910DEC14
1912MAY17
1965MAY13
1903JUN26
1920SEP10
NAME
JOHNSTON, AVERY
JOHNSTON, J. A
JOHNSTON, M U
JOHNSTON, WALTER
JOHNSTONE, ANDREW
JONAS, MIKE
JONES, D. D
JONES, DAVID
JONES, HENRY
JONES, JEFF
JONES, JOHN
JONES, JOHN C
JONES, JOHN O
JONES, JOHN S
JONES, LESTER
JONES, LEWIS L
JONES, LLOYD
JONES, LOUIS M
JONES, MICHAEL
JONES, PAUL R
JONES, RAYMOND
JONES, ROBERT B
JONES, ROBERT D
JONES, SAMPSON
JONES, THOMAS P
JONES, W L
JONES, WILLIAM
JONES, WILLIAM
JONES, WILLIAM
JONES, WILLIAM L
JONES, WILLIAM M
JORDAN, ADAM
JORDAN, JOSEPH
JOSEPH, JOHN
JOTKES, GUS
JOVANOVICE, ALBERT
JOVICH, SAM
JOYCE, WILLIAM H
JUAS, JOHN
JUDKINS, EDWIN
JUKOVERZK, ALEXANDER
JULIAM, ANGELE
JULIANA, ANGELO aka
JULIO, JOSEPH
JULIUS, GEORGE A
JUMOVECH, MIKE
JUNOS, JOHN
JURAN, JUAN
JURGAR, FRNAK
KAANTA, AUGUST
KACHANER, MIKE H
KAGIS, SAM
KAHNA, JOE
KAIL, PAUL
KAKALECIK, EDWARD
KAKIS, MIKE
KALB, LOUIE
KALINOWSKI, PHIL P
KALLAR, WILLIAM
KALLAS, ROY
NATIONALITY
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
GREEK
WELSH
COLORED
WELSH
WELSH
AMERICAN
OCCUPATION
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
MACHINE HELPER
MACHINE MAN
MINER
TIPPLEMAN
MINER
30 M
27
30 S
17
23 S
MINER
MINER
TRACKMAN
64 S
46 M
MASTER MECHANIC
SUPERINTENDENT
DRIVER
32 M
53 M
25 W
AMERICAN
No.
Children
COMPANY
2 BROOKS-HARRISON FUEL
HAN BY & AMES
UTAH FUEL
0
COLORADO FUEL AND IRON CO.
B & M SERVIC CO.
2 OAKDALE COAL CO.
2 LEYDEN COAL
BEAVER MESA URANIUM, INC.
21
62
MINE
HANBY
SOMERSET
HASTINGS
LONDONDERRY
BLACK DIAMOND
ENGLEVILLE
HASTINGS
ROUSE
County
CLE
BOU
TEL
JAC
GUN
LAS
ELP
LAS
LAS
LAS
HUE
OAKDALE
FREMONT
LEYDEN
HUE
FRE
JEF
DURANGO
LAP
DOL
TEL
TEL
HUE
HIN
RIG
GAR
TEL
GUN
SAM
PIT
JEF
LAS
BOU
LAK
WEL
FRE
SAM
FRE
ROU
LAK
HUE
ELP
BOU
PAR
PAR
LAS
WEL
HUE
LAS
HUE
LAS
SAM
HUE
LAS
LAS
HUE
HUE
WEL
BOU
CLE
GUN
BOU
GOLD DERT
NONPAREIL
RICO ARGENTINE MINING CO.
BURNO
AMERICAN
DRIVER
46
17 S
ENGLISH
PIPEMAN
38 M
U.S. ENERGY Corp
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO STANDARD LEAD,
CLAYTON COAL CO.
BOOK COAL CO.
WALSEN
LAKE CITY
IDA TUNNEL
VULCAN
VICTOR
CRESTED BUTTE
SMUGGLER UNION
COALBASIN
SATANIC
TOLLER
CROWN
FAIRVIEW
WASHINGTON
CHANDLER CREEK
BEAR RIVER COAL CO.
BROOKSIDE
BEAR RIVER
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
WELCHMAN
WELSH
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
DRIVER
PICK MINER
DRIVER
DRIVER
22
22
40 M
38 S
40 M
HUNGARIAN
MOTORMAN
MINER
PICK MINER
BLACKSMITH
MINER
40
27
32 S
35
26 S
RUSSIAN
MINER
24 S
SLAVONIAN
SERVIAN
2 COLLIERIES CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
1 DAVID ALLAN
UNION PACIFIC COAL
UNION PACIFIC COAL
ITALIAN
GREEK
AUSTRIAN
GREEK
MEXICAN
AUSTRIAN
LOADER
MACHINE MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
RUSSIAN
GREEK
SLAV
MINER
MINER
MINER
GREEK
AUSTRIAN
ROPE RIDER
MINER
MACHINE-RUNNER
AUSTRIAN
GREEK
ROCK MINER
DRIVER
20
6
10
40
22
47
20
47
24
S
M
S
W
S
CONSOLIDATED COAL & COKE CO.
2 GORDON COAL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
28 S
25 S
20 S
26
35
53
31
31
M
M
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
2
1
PINON NO. 3
LOST ANNIE
INDUSTRIAL
KING
KING
PRIMERO
BAUM
GORDON
HASTINGS
HEZRON
PRIMERO
SMUGGLER UNION
CAMERON
DELAGUA
BERWIND
ROUSE
KEBLER NO. 2
PURITAN
MATCHLESS
JONES-HARRISON JOINT VENTURE
S
M
0 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
CRESTED BUTTE
GORHAM
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
FELL DOWN SHAFT
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF DIRT & ROCK
FALL OF TIPPLE
EXPLOSION
SHAFT HOUSE BURNED DOWN
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
BURNED BY OIL TANK FIRE
CAUGHT IN THE GEARS OF ELECTRIC PUMP
STRUCK BY DESCENDING CAGE AT SHAFT
FIRE
CRUSHED BY FALL OF ROCK
FELL DOWN SHAFT
SLAB FALLING FROM ROOF
SHOTS EXPLODED
BAD AIR
RUN OVER BY EMPTY MINE CAR
FELL IN OPEN ORE CHUTE
EXPLOSION WHILE PREPARING POWDER
EXPLOSION
INHALING POWDER SMOKE
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
FIRE
STUMBLED WHILE TRYING TO JUMP ON THE CAR
OVERCOME BY FUMES
CRUSHED BETWEEN A CAR AND RIB
CRUSHED BETWEEN CAR & BRUSHING
CRUSHED BY SLAB FELL
HEART ATTACK
CAGE KNOCKING HIM DOWN SHAFT
CAUGHT BETWEEN THE MOTOR & WALL OF TUNNEL
FALL OF TOP COAL; or Oct10?
BETWEEN TWO LOADED CARS
EXPLOSION OF MACHINE DRILL AIR TANK
FALL OF ROOF
FALLING DOWN SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY MOVING CARS
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
FIRE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OR ROOF
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
HAULAGE
FALLING OFF ASCENDING CAGE
FALL OF SLATE
CRUSHED BY ROCK SLIDE
FALL OF ROCK
RUN OVER BY A LOADED COAL CAR
Page
Reference
54
12
15
17
Report
year
1975
gend
gend
49
19
12
17
1965
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1913DEC16
1930FEB10
1927SEP8
1918FEB8
1919DEC7
1945AUG3
1918APR7
1917NOV30
1936JAN15
1926JAN29
1926JAN19
1942NOV23
1963AUG9
1919MAY9
1910OCT23
1907NOV22
1921FEB20
1917JUL10
1917APR27
1918MAR12
1923MAY5
1922AUG26
1915MAR4
1920SEP30
1897MAY1
1912JUL13
1893JAN30
1896DEC9
1897NOV13
1899AUG30
1922FEB18
1912MAR8
1902AUG2
1899APR10
1949OCT11
1896JAN9
1900MAR13
1934JUL28
1910SEP22
1965NOV2
1870SEP14
1920SEP3
1880APR22
1897AUG10
1910OCT8
1902AUG7
1928JUL15
1899MAY31
1933NOV15
1904DEC17
1896DEC19
1910JAN31
1898MAR27
1911OCT18
1917JAN31
1923APR19
1917MAY6
1898MAR16
1910JAN31
1904JUN17
NAME
KALONSKY, STANLEY
KAMBIC, JOHN
KAMINSKY, PETER
KAMPWRUKI, MIKE
KANAGAS, CHARLES
KANAKARAIS, JOHN
KAPETANKIS, NICK
KARAZA, JOSEPH
KARCICH, FRANK
KARMOS, CHRIST
KARMOS, TOM
KARST, FRANK
KASCAK, DANIEL G
KASKIE, ROBERT F
KASPER, FRANK
KATAVISH, JACOB
KATES, F E
KATHADORES, WILLIAM
KATRES, JOHN
KATSARALIKES, GEORGE
KATSICIS, CHRIS
KATSOULIS, GUST
KAUSER, FRED
KAUSER, MARTIN
KAVANAUGH, WILLIAM
KAWAKAMI, B.
KEATING, JOHN C
KEESE, WILLIAM E
KEHOE, PATRICK
KEITH, CHARLES A
KEITH, J H
KEITH, JOHN
KELLER, E. H
KELLER, G W
KELLER, WILLIAM C
KELLEY, B. C
KELLEY, HENRY
KELLITT, WILLIAM
KELLY, JOKE
KELLY, MAX McCOY
KELLY, PATRICK
KELLY, RAYMOND A
KELLY, WILLIAM
KEMBER, HENRY
KEMPANY, RUDOLPH
KENEALY, JOHN
KENNEDY, JOHN
KENNEDY, THOMAS
KEOWN, RAYMOND
KERBISH, JOSEPH
KERMODE, HARRY
KERN, BOB
KERO, FRANK
KEROTTI, B.
KERR, DAVID
KERR, FRANK
KERR, WALTER
KERR, WILLIAM
KERT, FRANK
KETOLA, HERMAN
Years
mining
NATIONALITY
POLE
AMERICAN
RUSSIAN
GREEK
OCCUPATION
TIMBERMAN
MACHINE MINER
MACHINE MINER
MINER
MACHINEMAN
GREEK
MINER
MINER
MACHINE LOADER
30
PICK MINER
36
AMERICAN
GREEK
GREEK
GREEK
GREEK
GREEK
GREEK
GREEK
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
MILLMAN
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
PICK MINER
MACHINE MINER
TIMBERMAN
FIREBOSS
JAPANESE
MINER
SLAV
SLAVONIAN
Age
28
2 19
15 47
44
42
20
10
5
Single/
Married
S
S
M
M
44 M
33
50 M
35 M
S
30
35
25
49
22
35
30
30
36
36
41
24
No.
Children
COMPANY
CORYELL MINING LEASING
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
2 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
VULCAN
ROBINSON NO. 1
INDUSTRIAL
IDEAL
LOUIS GASPAR
4 NATIONAL FUEL
REGAL
MONARCH NO. 1
0 JEWELL COLLIERIES CORP.
4 BEAR CANON COAL CO.
BEAR CANON COAL CO.
BUTTE VALLEY COAL
JOHNSON-MK
CRESTON
BEAR CANON NO. 3
BEAR CANON
BUTTE VALLEY
S
M
M
S
S
M
M
S
GLOBE
HASTINGS
0 BIG FOUR COAL & COKE
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
3 BEAR CANON COAL CO.
5 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
OAKDALE COAL CO.
40 S
MINING MACHINERY
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
IRISH
ENGLISH
SLAV
DRIVER
MINER
HELPER
29 M
68 W
0 CANON RELIANCE COAL CO.
6
DIAMOND DRILLER
31 M
BOYLES BROS. DRILLING CO.
MINER
MACHINE MINER
MINER
45 S
58 M
38 M
30
MINER
LABORER
POLE
AMERICAN
7
36
MINE
5 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
4
F.H. LINNEMAN Inc
CENTENNIAL
HASTINGS
DELAGUA
SOUTHWESTERN
BEAR CANON
PRIMERO
OAKDALE
PELICAN DAVIS
HASTINGS
PRENTISS
PLYMOUTH ROCK
PLATEAU
ORSHA MAY NO. 1
CANON
MAJESTIC
BROADHEAD
LAST DOLLAR
TOM BOY
BROOKSIDE
COLUMBINE
CAMERON
County
GAR
HUE
BOU
HUE
SAM
BOU
BOU
LAK
LAS
LAS
LAS
HUE
MONR
CHA
HUE
LAS
TEL
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
HUE
CLE
LAS
FRE
ELP
GIL
TEL
FRE
LAS
LAS
TEL
SAM
FRE
WEL
HUE
DOU
LYDEN-MURPHY
21
ELP
MINER
SHOOTER
SHIFT BOSS
28 M
S
55
AUSTRIAN
MOTORMAN
MINER
25 M
24 S
AUSTRIAN
MINER
46 S
AUSTRIAN
SCOTCH
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
SCOTCH
AUSTRIAN
FINLANDER
MINER
MINER
INSIDE ENGINEER
MINER
TRAMWAY CLEANER
MINER
MINER
39
58
55
27
44
33
24
S
W
M
M
M
S
S
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
0 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
4 ROSS COAL CO.
3 BERWIND CO FUEL & IRON
3
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
YANKEEHILL-LEADVILLE
BUELL
STARKVILLE
BOWEN
CAMEO
SCOTCH GIRL
EAGLE
ROYAL GORGE
PONY EXPRESS
PRIMERO
ORIENT IRON
ROUSE
INDUSTRIAL
HORACE
HASTINGS
CRESTED BUTTE
PRIMERO
HEZRON
GIL
LAS
LAS
OUR
EAG
FRE
OUR
LAS
SAG
HUE
BOU
GUN
LAS
GUN
LAS
HUE
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
DUST EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK ON HEAD BY A WHEEL OFF THE SKIP
ROOF FALL
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF CAPPING FUSE
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS
FALL OF ROCK
GAS EXPLOSION
CAT WENT OVER BANK
CAUGHT ON A LINE SHAFT
RUN OVER BY A CAR
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS & DUST
ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF COAL & ROCK
FALLING ROCK IN SLOPE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF POWDER
ROCK FALLING FROM HANGING WALL
FELL WITH BUCKET IN SHAFT
RUN OVER BY CAR
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
STRUCK BY CAGE
SUFFOCATED
CAVE OF GROUND
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
SLAB FELL FROM RIB
FOUL AIR
FELL FROM A TRESTLE
CAVE-IN
HIT ON HEAD FALLING ROCK
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALLING FROM LADDER DOWN SHAFT
CAUGH BETWEEN CHUTE LIP & LOADED CAR
PREMATURE BLAST
FALLING ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
ORE BREAKING AWAY IN SLOPE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
CRUSHED UNDER A SNOWSLIDE
HEART FAILURE; HELPED IN THE RESCUE WORK
CRUSHED BY CAR
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
FALL OF ROCK
Page
Reference
Report
year
gend
45
12
1963
50
12
1965
gend
122
9
1898
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1913FEB13
1978FEB8
1923OCT7
1923OCT7
1923ICT7
1923OCT7
1917MAR3
1906JUL24
1917APR27
1915DEC2
1958JAN17
1918JUL22
1915JAN6
1910NOV8
1951AUG24
1910JAN31
1910JAN31
1910JAN31
1910JAN31
1939OCT30
1930AUG16
1942MAR7
1924NOV13
1900MAR12
1884JAN24
1884JAN24
1932AUG27
1946DEC29
1916SEP23
1937NOV6
1920JAN29
1915JAN18
1923JUL12
1928FEB5
1904JAN21
1890JUN7
1972JAN24
1941OCT29
1919MAR30
1911FEB9
1910OCT8
1921APR4
1932JUL4
1904OCT7
1917APR27
1980MAR6
1913JUN13
1920NOV23
1928FEB25
1892APR16
1912OCT19
1936DEC16
1931NOV22
1898JAN17
1933JAN5
1945OCT23
1918MAR16
1911DEC12
1919ICT30
1979AUG23
NAME
KETROE, GUS
KEY, HOWARD F
KEYS, HARVEY
KEYS, J K
KEYS, ROBERT B
KEYS, W B
KIDDY, WILLIAM
KIKA, MIKE
KIKOS, SAM
KIKUCHI, C.
KILGORE, LEVI
KILHOFFER, JOSEPH
KILPATRICK, JAMES
KILPATRICK, W. C
KIM, G J
KIM, H. K
KIM, H. P
KIM, O. H
KIM, Y. B
KIMBALL, A G
KIMMICK, GEORGE
KINDER, RAY
KING, BURT
KING, GEORGE
KING, IBER
KING, W T
KING, W Y
KING, WILLIAM
KINK, MARTIN
KIRBY, ED
KIRBY, J L
KIRCH, ADOLPH
KIREN, ANDREW
KIRK, WILLIAM
KIS, JOHN
KITELL, JOHN
KITSMILLER, KENNETH R
KITT, FRED
KITZER, ANTHONY
KLAPUCH, LUDWIG
KLIMEK, FRANK
KLIMO, PETE
KLINE, ANDY
KLINOWSKI, FRANK
KLOBAS, JOHN
KLOCKER,MARCUS A
KLUM, LOUIS
KLUPHF, H E
KNAPP, HENRY O
KNEEBONE, WILLIAM
KNIEST, CHARLES
KNIGHT, ARLISS
KNOCH, H S
KNOWLEY, WILLIAM
KNOX, CURTIS E
KNOX, HENRY
KNOX, THAD
KNOX, THOMAS J
KNUDSEN, NEILS
KNUTSON, DALE EDWARD
OCCUPATION
Years
mining
Age
28
40
16
30 56
13 29
18 31
38
26
37
30
Single/
Married
S
No.
Children
NATIONALITY
GREEK
MINER
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
SLAVONIAN
GREEK
JAPANESE
MACHINE MINER
MACHINE MINER
MACHINE MINER
MACHINE MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
ALSATIAN
SCOTCH
AMERICAN
MINER
MINER
OUTSIDE FOREMAN
54 M
48 S
42 S
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
LaSALLE MINING CO. (U.C.N.C.
2 RED ASH COAL CO.
GRAND MESA FUEL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
KOREAN
KOREAN
KOREAN
KOREAN
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
29
36
37
32
1
3
3
2
ITALIAN
MACHINE RUNNER
AMERICAN
PICK MINER
22
M
M
M
M
S
M
S
M
M
M
M
GERMAN
GERMAN
AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
MINER
SHIFT BOSS
TIMBERMAN
MINER
OILER
MINER
PICK MINER
MACHINE MINER
MINER
6
29
41
61
46
43
42
16
57
42
30
W
M
M
S
S
M
S
24
19 S
47
M
19 S
33 S
46 S
34 M
30 M
25
33 M
POLE
POLE
POLE
AUSTRIAN
POLANDER
AUSTRIAN
LABORER
TRAMWAY TENDER
SHOT-FIRER
MINER
MINER
TIMBERMAN
MINER
MINER
SLAV
GERMAN
AMERICAN
MINER
CARPENTER
MINE FOREMAN
AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN
ENGLISH
AMERICAN
MINER
NIGHT WATCHMAN
ELECTRICIAN
MINER
NIGHT FIREMAN
50
57
42
39
19
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
DANE
CAR DROPPER
MINER
PICK MINER
28 M
60 M
31 M
26
7
20
41
35
0
34 S
46 M
36 S
MINER
KOREAN
7
1
3
1
58 M
S
M
M
M
S
COMPANY
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
STANDARD METALS Corp
MIDWEST COAL CO.
MIDWEST COAL CO.
MIDWEST COAL CO.
MIDWEST COAL CO.
ROYAL FUEL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
IDLE MINE
CANON-RELIANCE COAL CO.
FEDERAL PROJECT CAMEO NO. 3
ALAMO COAL CO.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
1 HAYDEN COAL CO.
JOHN HAMM MINING & MILLING
6 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
SUNNYSIDE MINING & MILLING
CARBON COAL & COKE
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
3 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL CO.
IDARADO MINING Co
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
1 CARBON COAL & COKE
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
OAKDALE COAL CO.
LEYDEN LIGNITE CO.
2
MINE SHAFT and TUNNEL Corp
0 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
6 PIKES PEAK FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
2 TEMPLE FUEL CO.
3
GOOD FUEL CO.
BOULDER VALLEY COAL
1 IDEAL FUEL
5
0
RAMSOUR BROTHERS Inc
MINE
REX NO. 1
AMERICAN TUNNEL
MIDWEST
MIDWEST
MIDWEST
MIDWEST
ROYAL
PRYOR
HASTINGS
RAVENWOOD
RED ASH
FAIRVIEW
DELAGUA
RESERVOIR NO. 22
PRIMERO
PRIMERO
PRIMERO
PRIMERO
RITCHNEG
CANON
GRAND JUNCTION
ALAMO
IOWA CHIEF
CRESTED BUTTE
CRESTED BUTTE
HAYDEN NO, 3
LEADVILLE
GORHAM
COKEDALE
ROCKVALE
ACME
ROUSE
COAL RIDGE
CLIMAX
COKEDALE
STARKVILLE
OAKDALE
LEYDEN NO. 2
INDUSTRIAL
HASTINGS
TRACT C-a
PIEDMONT
COLUMBINE
PIKEVIEW
NEW CASTLE
CAMEO
BRODHEAD NO. 9
BANNER AMERICAN
SOPRIS
CHRISTENSEN
BOULDER VALLEY NO. 3
JEWEL
ROBINSON
MOUNTAIN AGGREGATE PIT
County
LAS
HUE
LAS
HUE
BOU
DEL
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
ROU
FRE
MES
HUE
PIT
GUN
GUN
ROU
LAK
BOU
SAJ
SUM
LAS
BOU
HUE
GAR
SAM
LAK
TEL
LAS
LAS
HUE
JEF
BOU
LAS
LAS
WEL
ELP
GAR
MES
LAS
OUR
LAS
JEF
WEL
LAS
HUE
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
FALL OF ROCK
OVERCOME BY GAS
EXPLOSION OF GAS & DUST
EXPLOSION OF GAS & DUST
EXPLOSION OF GAS & DUST
EXPLOSION OF GAS & DUST
CRUSHED UNDER A MINE CAR
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED UNDER DUMPED BUCKET OF WASTE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
PREMATURE EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
FALL OF SLATE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF POWDER
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
FALL OF TOP COAL
CLOTHING CAUGHT IN JACK SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK AND DIRT
FALL OF ROCK
ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF ROCK
PREMATURE SHOT
FALL OF ROCK
HIT BY RUNAWAY MINE CARS
STRUCK OF FRAGMENTS
FELL FROM FALLING SKIP
SUFFOCATED
CAUGHT UNDER A TRAMWAY
DUST EXPLOSION, CAUSED BY A BLOWN-OUT SHOT
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK & COAL
FALL OF DRAW SLATE
EXPLOSION
PUSHED DOWN SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK
FELL OFF TIPPLE
BLOOD POISON
FALLED FROM BUCKET IN SINKING SHAFT
FALL OF SLAB
FALL OF FROZEN DIRT
ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF ROCK
CAUGHT BETWEEN ROPE & WHEEL
ROOF FALL
RUN OVER BY A RAILROAD CAR
FALL OF SLATE
FELL INTO POND OF WATER
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year
1978
12
1972
gend
36 12m
120
35 12m
1980
9
1898
1979
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1910OCT8
1926MAR2
1900MAR14
1884SEP4
1894JUL31
1896MAR23
1917AUG15
1913MAY27
1910MAY9
1893DEC5
1921AUG10
1906APR22
1919MAR31
1917APR27
1926JAN29
1955JUN21
1935JAN10
1917APR27
1922DEC15
1961MAY2
1910MAY28
1926DEC27
1927OCT7
1942JUN17
1915APR6
1910JAN31
1917APR27
1917APR27
1918MAR4
1925FEB4
1906FEB19
1906FEB19
1915SEP27
1904NOV21
1910SEP30
1937OCT30
1929JUN27
1912OCT27
1933DEC2
1884JAN24
1913MAY22
1911APR15
1910OCT8
1910OCT8
1911SEP4
1917APR27
1917APR27
1958NOV5
1920JUL29
1912JUL11
1946MAR15
1939APR28
1902DEC23
1917FEB5
1912JUL17
1921DEC12
1922SEP25
1896APR17
1913JUL22
1895SEP26
NAME
KOBARA, LAWRENCE
KOCHANOWSKY, HARRY
KOCHEVAR, STEVE
KOEHLER, GUSTAVE
KOERPER, JACOB
KOHIBERG, E.
KOIVU, FRANK
KOLAR, NIKOLAS
KOLATIC, PAUL
KOLISER, JOHN
KOMAR, TONY
KOME, K.
KONDIS, MIKE
KONIGERES
KONTOGIANES, JIM
KOONCE, GARLAND L
KOPACZ, PAUL
KOPELAS, JOHN
KORACH, DAN
KORBEL, DONALD K
KORENTUS, EMERIC
KORPILLA, JOHN
KOS, ANTHONY
KOSAREK, ERNEST
KOSEFF, CHRIS
KOSERNIK, JOHN
KOSICH, FRANK
KOSICH, JOE
KOSMIDER, HENRY
KOSS, JOE
KOSTER, JONATHAN
KOSTER, K.
KOUKOS, MIKE
KOVATS, LOUIS
KOVATZ, ANDREW
KOVITH, DANIEL
KOWALSKI, WILLIAM
KRANKOTA, JOE
KRANLEIDES, MARTIN
KRANST, JOSEPH
KRASHITZ, FRANK
KRAUSHOPE, HENRY
KRAWCZYK, FRANK
KRAWCZYK, JOHN
KRESIN, MIKE
KRESOVICH, MARTIN
KRESOVICH, TONY
KRILL, DAVID
KRIMPOTICH, MARK
KRIPAN, ANDRE
KRIST, JOHN
KRISTY, ARNOLD J
KRIZIK, JOHN
KROGH, MARTIN
KROKOWSKI, TOM
KROPROSHEK, ANTON
KROVERTIN, FRANK
KRUZE, ANDERS
KSEYSEKOWSKI, LUG
KUHN, EDWARD H
NATIONALITY
POLE
POLE
OCCUPATION
MINER
MACHINE MINER
SLAV
MINER
MINER
SLAV
RUSSIAN
MACHINE DRILLER
MINER
MINER
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
50 M
4 26 M
DENVER COAL
35
52 M
35 M
AUSTRIAN
JAPANESE
GREEK
GREEK
GREEK
MACHINE MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
4
36
38
27
36
46
M
S
S
M
M
POLISH
GREEK
SERVIAN
COMPANY MAN
MINER
MACHINE MINER
28
M
M
M
HUGARIAN
FINLANDER
AUSTRIAN
MINER
SHOVEL PITMAN
PICK MINER
52
31
40
41
47
50
26
BULGARIAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
SLAV
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
GREEK
HUNGARIAN
HUNGARIAN
28
28
36
25
48
56
33
28
21
19
20
42
36
S
M
S
S
M
AUSTRIAN
GERMAN
POLE
POLE
POLE
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
MINER
TRACKLAYER
MINER
MINER
MACHINE RUNNER
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MACHINE DRILLER
MINER
MINE MECHANIC
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
AUSTRIAN
TRAMMER
MINER
26
43 M
MINER
MINER
FOREMAN
MINER
MINER
TIMBERMAN
MINER
MINER
28
35
49
21
36
50
SLAV
GERMAN
No.
Children
COMPANY
6 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
1 AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING
10
5
35
M
W
S
M
M
M
S
M
S
M
44 S
30
45
34
25
43
29
23
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
1
UNITED COAL CO.
2 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
EMPIRE COAL CO.
1
3 BEAR CANON COAL CO.
R. L. MANNING DRILLING CO.
6 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
3
1 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
RALPH J. PIERCE
S
M
M
S
M
M
S
MINE
STARKVILLE
BONCARBO
IBEX
CRESTED BUTTE
RALLSTON CREEK
UNION
ROUSE
RAVENWOOD
PEERLESS
RADIANT
CUATRO
EMPIRE
HASTINGS
BEAR CANON NO. 3
ROCKVALE NO. 3
HASTINGS
COLUMBINE
PRYOR
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
AMERICAN S. & R. CO.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
3 AZTEC COAL MINING
BEAR CANON COAL CO.
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
ROBINSON NO. 2
BONCARBO
REX NO. 1
PRIMERO
HASTINGS
HASTINGS
TOLTEC
BEAR CANON
MAITLAND
MAITLAND
WALSEN
CHANDLER
PINON
SHENANDOAH-DIVES MINING CO.
7
GOOD FUEL CO.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
1
4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
8
2
OAKDALE
LITTLETON VALLEY
CRESTED BUTTE
PRIMERO
PARKDALE
STARKVILLE
STARKVILLE
GREENVILLE
HASTINGS
HASTINGS
County
LAS
LAS
LAK
GUN
JEF
SAM
SAM
HUE
HUE
HUE
FRE
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
FRE
LAS
WEL
FRE
HUE
GAR
HUE
LAS
BOU
LAS
LAS
LAS
HUE
LAS
HUE
HUE
HUE
FRE
HUE
SAJ
SAJ
HUE
JEF
GUN
LAS
WEL
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
IDARADO MINING CO.
AUSTRIAN
POLE
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
POLE
8
M
1
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
VETA MINES, INC.
IDEAL
PICTOU (NEW)
PICTOU
S
M
M
30 M
0 UTAH FUEL CO.
5 CANON-RELIANCE COAL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
PIEDMONT
SOMERSET
CANON
BERWIND
STARKVILLE
BELGIAN
SAM
HUE
HUE
SAM
HUE
BOU
LAS
GUN
FRE
LAS
LAS
LAK
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF HOLE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK & COAL
PULLED CAR OFF CAGE WHILE IN MOTION
ELECTROCUTED OR OVERCOME BY WATER & GAS
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY RUNAWAY CAR
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
GAS EXPLOSION DUE TO ELECTRIC ARC
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION OF GAS
HIT BY FALLING CORE BARREL
EXPLOSION OF DYNAMITE
EXPLOSION
FALL OF COAL
CRUSHED BY LOADER
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BY A HEAVY JACK-SCREW
FALL OF ROCK
ROOF FALL
FALL OF DRAW SLATE
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
FALL OF BONE COAL
FALL OF ROCK
GAS EXPLOSION
GAS EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
FELL FROM TOWER ON A AERIAL TRAMWAY
DRAWN INTO STOPE OF RUNNING ORE
FALL OF COAL
SUFFOCATED
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
CRUSHED BETWEEN CAR AND COAL FACE
FALL OF COAL
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
ASPHYXIATION. FALL OF MAN
WALKED INTO AN OPEN CHUTE
FALL OF ROCK
ROOF FALL
PREMATURE BLAST
STRUCK BY RUNAWAY TRIP OF 6 LOAED CARS
PINNED AGAINST THE FOOT-WALL
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF POWDER
Page
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10
Reference
9
17
Report
year
gend
1886
gend
gend
18
17
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1910OCT8
1917APR27
1918FEB26
1917JAN18
1915JUN30
1926DEC23
1907MAR28
1910JUL25
1907DEC30
1905JUL8
1903FEB25
1892DEC7
1913DEC16
1957SEP25
1898APR15
1907JUL30
1902JUN1
1910JAN31
1910JAN31
1943JUN19
'1912
1909NOV20
1895MAY10
1884JAN24
1937DEC22
1899NOV28
1914MAR5
1893DEC16
1897MAY18
1892JUL11
1897OCT24
1947JUN12
1970MAY22
1899OCT28
1899AUG25
1924OCT20
1894MAY26
1893JUL19
1924MAY6
1979AUG6
1942FEB28
1901NOV20
1930APR15
1967JUN12
1969FEB15
1890SEP28
1917FEB4
1933JUN21
1894JUN30
1910JAN31
1924JAN15
1904OCT28
1927FEB9
1931OCT23
1902NOV13
1909DEC18
1917JUN28
1926OCT15
1906MAR23
1913JUN3
NAME
KUMOREK, MIKE
KUNELIS, MIKE
KURE, JOSEPH
KUREN, JOHN W
KUREN, MIKE
KURETICH, MARTIN
KUSAHARA, K.
KUSKOVITCH, FRANK
KUZMOVIC, GEORGE
KUZNIK, SCEPAN
KYLE, ROBERT
LABATO, GAVINO
LaBLANCH, JOE
LABRUM, ROCK J
LACER, WILLIAM A
LACKITTE, FRANK
LACORA, NICOLA
LaCROIX, JOSE
LaCROIX, SAM
LaCRUE, JUAN J
LACY, GEORGE
LADOLINE, ORESTO
LAEMERINGER, B
LAFFEY, THOMAS
LAINE, ANO E
LAIR, GEORGE
LaLAMA, GAETANO
LALLA, JOSEPH
LALLI, FRANK
LAMB, GEORGE
LAMB, PETER
LAMBERT, TED
LAMBERT, WILBUR GEORGE
LAMBERT, WILLIAM
LAMELA, JOS
LAMISCH, JOE
LAMPSHIRE, HENRY
LaMUNYON, JAMES G
LANDEN, W E
LANE, BARRY LEE
LANE, GEORGE G
LANE, LEON
LANER, JOHN
LANG, ANDREW
LANG, ROBERT L
LANGAN, WILLIAM
LANGDON, WILLIAM I J
LANGHOFF, ED
LANGMAN, CHARLES
LANISEK, LOUIS
LANNERS, FRANK H
LANOTINE, LEOPOLD
LANSBERRY, BERT
LaPENNA, FRANK
LAPINNA, FERINANDO
LAPINNAS, TONY
LAPPAS, LOUIS
LARGO, DOMINICK
LAROCHI, JONATHAN
LARONDELLE, AUGUST
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
JAPANESE
POLE
SLAVONIAN
POLANDER
AMERICAN
SHOTFIRER
MACHINE HELPER
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER
PUMPMAN
MINER
MINER
AMERICAN
MINER
32 M
COLORED
ITALIAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MINER
MINER
DRIVER
TRAPPER
MINER
TIMBERMAN
MINER
31 S
LOADER
24 M
LEVELER
21 S
ITALIAN
Age
35
24
31
30
32
25 53
27
3L
32
20
29
Single/
Married
M
S
MINER
MINER
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
OCCUPATION
Years
mining
NATIONALITY
POLE
GREEK
M
M
M
S
S
M
S
M
40 M
15 S
48 M
25 M
No.
Children
COMPANY
4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
2 CARBON COAL & COKE
4 JUANITA COAL & COKE CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
5 CORYELL MINING LEASING
LARK WASHBURN (U.C.N.C.)
6 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
TOLLER COAL
1
3
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
CITIZEN'S COAL
MINER
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
SLUSHER OPERATOR
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
MINER
MINER
FOREMAN
11
MACHINEMAN
AUSTRIAN
MACHINE MINER
20
AMERICAN
TUNNEL CONTRACTOR
SWEDE
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
GREEK
ITALIAN
FRENCH
FRENCH
DRIVER
QUARRYMAN
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
10
MINER
MINER
28
51
40
29
46
28
24
41
18
24
16
58
42
33
35
47
62
25
23
47
20
46
26
35
24
26
40
51
S
RICO ARGENTINE MINING CO.
CLIMAX MOLYBDEUM Co
M
W
STARKVILLE
HASTINGS
MORLEY
COKEDALE
KING
GREEN CANON
GREENVILLE
MIDWAY
SOPRIS
MAITLAND
SOPRIS
VULCAN
ENTERPRISE
PIEDMONT
STARKVILLE
PRIMERO
PRIMERO
ANCHOR
SOUTH CANON
OAKDALE
SOPRIS
CRESTED BUTTE
UTE
SEGUNDO
HECLA NO. 1
NEWCASTLE
ROAD CANON
AMERICAN EAGLE
RICO
JOE DANDY
BERWIND
M
M
M
MINE
2 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
GILBERT Corp of DELAWARE
GOLDEN HARP MINING & MILLING
1 BEAR CANON COAL CO.
International Minerals Engineering Co
CRAIGHT CREEK CONSTRUCTORS
KEYSTONE
ALBRO
CHANDLER
TRACT C-b
BOULDER
JEWEL
BEAR CANON NO. 6
HOMESTAKE
S
SILVERTON SYNDICATE
S
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
S
M
M
M
S
M
S
VIRGINIUS
PRIMERO
TERCIO NO. 3
5
0 MOFFAT COAL
NATIONAL FUEL CO.
ROYAL FUEL
OLD FERRELL
BERWIND
BERWIND
MOFFAT NO. 2
MONARCH NO. 2
REX NO. 2
ROYAL
County
LAS
LAS
LAK
LAS
LAS
DEL
LAS
LAS
HUE
LAS
HUE
LAS
GAR
BOU
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
GAR
HUE
LAS
GUN
LAK
HIN
LAS
BOU
GAR
LAS
ELP
DOL
LAK
TEL
LAS
TEL
BOU
CLE
FRE
BOU
LAS
LAS
SAJ
CLE
PIT
TEL
SAJ
OUR
LAS
RIG
LAS
SAM
LAS
LAS
LAS
ROU
BOU
BOU
LAS
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
EXPLOSION
FALL OF SOME OBJECT
EXPLODING DETONATORS
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY AN EMPTY ROPE TRIP
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY A RUNAWAY TRIP
FALL OF COAL
HIT BY MINE CARS
FALL OFCOAL
DUST EXPLOSION
CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK
EXPLOSION WHILE PICKING OUT MISSED HOLE
DELAYED SHOT
FALL OF ROOF
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
ROOF FALL
GAS AND DUST EXPLOSION
MISSED SHOT
EXPLOSION OF GAS (CH4)
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
FELL INTO CHUTE & WAS HIT BY RUN OF ORE
EXPLOSION WHILE INSERTING CAP
CRUSHED UNDER CAR
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF TOP COAL
FALL OF ROCK
MISSED HOLE EXPLODED WHILE IN SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK
FELL FROM MANTRIP
FALL TO BOTTOM SHAFT AND HOLES EXPLODED
FALL OF "BONEY" COAL
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF TIMBER
CAVE IN OF TIMBERS
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY BUCKET
FELL FROM HANGING WALL
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
CRUSHED BETWEEN CAR AND RIB
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION WHILE BLASTING
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF POWDER STICKS
FALL OF ROOF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
CAUGHT IN REVOLVING SHAFT
EXPLOSION
FELL INTO CHUTE
EXPLOSION OF GAS
FALL OF TOP COAL
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BETWEEN THE WHEELS OF A LOADED CAR
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
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year
gend
gend
51
9
1898
52
12
1970
19
15
10
10
1894
1894
34 12m
1979
48
45
27
12
12
10
1967
1969
1890
20
10
1894
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1920APR23
1937JUL18
1921JAN17
1931MAR31
1911OCT27
1916AUG11
1934MAR30
1923MAR14
1911AUG3
1919DEC17
1946JUN6
1903OCT31
1884JAN24
1962JUN21
1934FEB8
1965NOV10
1912NOV22
1929MAH11
1919APR27
1910OCT8
1895AUG21
1910DEC8
1928JUN25
1896SEP17
1942AUG18
1946OCT19
1898JUL23
1926MAY25
1973NOV7
1890FEB3
1922MAR28
1901MAY31
1912OCT28
1889DEC15
1910JAN31
1925AUG4
1973MAY25
1937OCT21
1934SEP23
1917APR27
1910OCT8
1952OCT18
1910JAN31
1962APR18
1924MAY22
1931AUG12
1910NOV8
1923APR10
1910MAY26
1919AUG30
1917DEC6
1910NOV8
1910NOV8
1889OCT29
1897APR4
1909JUL6
1910NOV8
1908DEC3
1896JAN19
1942APR15
NAME
LARSON, CARL
LARSON, GLEN
LARSON, MATT
LARSON, PETER
LARSON, ROBERT
LaSALLE, WILLIAM
LASKY, JOHN W
LASSER, JOHN
LATHAM, ARTHUR
LATTI, R F
LAUER, STEVE E
LAUGHRAN, MATHEW
LAUX, JACOB
LAVA, MIKE
LAVATO, ANTONIA
LAVATO, TONY
LaVERGNE, W W
LAVERTY, LEO
LAVRANCINI, JOHN
LAVUSKI, ALBERT
LAWSON, THOMAS
LEA, FRANCIS
LEACH, CHARLES EDWARD
LEADBOROUGH, WILLIAM
LEAL, FRANK
LEARY, JAMES P
LEARY, MICHEAL
LEBLOW, A J
LEDBETTER, JAMES M
LEDDY, JOHN
LEDWICK, GEORGE
LEE, JOE
LEE, MARCUS
LEE, S P
LEE, S. K
LEE, W J
LEE, WILEY Jr
LEECH, HUGH HOWELL
LEGAL, JOHN
LEGAS, JAMES
LEGH, ALBERY
LEIMATT, R J
LEIPAR, JOHN
LEIRER, EDWARD ERNEST
LEKICH, MIKE
LeLOGE, LOUIS
LENARSIC, FRANK
LENKE, OSWALD
LENZINI, FRANK
LENZINI, FRANK
LENZINI, JOSEPH
LEON, JOSE
LEON, M
LEONARD, E A
LEONARD, JAMES
LEONARDELLI, LOUIS
LEONARDI, GIOVANI
LEONATZ, GEORGE
LEONESI, GELINDO
LEONHARDY, OSCAR
NATIONALITY
AUSTRIAN
SWEDISH
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
IRISH
OCCUPATION
MUCKER
PIPEMAN HELPER
ROPE RIDER
MINER
MINER
DRIVER
MACHINEMAN
TIMBERMAN
GENERAL MANAGER
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER
Years
mining
Age
22
19
8 37
36
35
23
32
45
63
37
27
42
Single/
Married
S
S
S
M
S
M
M
M
S
M
No.
Children
COMPANY
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
SUNNYSIDE COAL MINING CO.
1
BIG LAKE COAL
1
2 COLORADO & UTAH COAL CO.
TELLURIDE MINES, INC.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
MINER
TIMBERING CONT.
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
RUSSIAN
PUMPMAN
ROPER RIDER
TIMBERMAN
MINER
ITALIAN
ENGLISH
MINER
MACHINE MINER
35
5
14
TIMBERMAN
AMERICAN
IRISH
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
ENGLISH
AMERICAN
KOREAN
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
GREEK
POLE
AUSTRIAN
FRENCH
AUSTRIAN
GERMAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
GREEK
TIMBERMAN
PICK MINER
DRIVER
MINER
TRACKMAN
MOTOR NIPPER
MINER
ROCK CAR RUNNER
MACHINE HELPHER
DRIVER
MACHINE RUNNER
MINER
MINER
S
M
S
M
S
21 S
38 M
25
18
ALAMO COAL CO.
4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
0 WELLINGTON MINING CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
RESURRECTION MINING CO.
22
35
4
45 M
60
40
43 M
1 NATIONAL FUEL CO.
H-E LOWDERMILK CONSTRUCTION Co
23
36
44
60
28
33
47
35
25
56
24
21
38
27
31
17
32
34
31
27
32
31
M
1
M
M
5 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
7 HAYDEN BROS. COAL CORP.
ALLISON DRILLING Co
UNITED STATES VANADIUM CORP.
2 LEYDEN LIGNITE CO.
M
M
S
M
0 LEYDEN COAL CO.
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
S
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
ALLISON DRILLING CO.
S
S
TEMPLE FUEL CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
M
S
M
M
M
MINER
MINER
MINER
24 S
31 M
LOADER
33 M
SUNNYSIDE
PERIGO
PICTOU
BIG LAKE
CENTENNIAL
HARRIS
TELLURIDE
MAGNET
CRESTED BUTTE
PINE GULCH NO. 4
SHENANDOAH-DIVES MINING CO.
STANDARD METALS Inc
44 S
MINER
NIGHT WATCHMAN
DIESEL OPERATOR
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER
TIMBERMAN
MINER
52
41
27
38
21
48
24
MINE
1
GORDON COAL CO.
1 GEO. MCNALLEY COAL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
1 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
SIMPSON
ALAMO
TABASCO
STARKVILLE
PIKE'S PEAK
HASTINGS
WELLINGTON
INDEPENDENCE
PINNACLE
LEADVILLE
PORTLAND
THOR
BEAUMONT
LEYDEN NO. 3
CORYELL
PINNACLE
COMPROMISE
PRIMERO
HAYDEN NO. 3
LEYDEN NO. 3
HASTINGS
STARKVILLE
KEYSTONE
PRIMERO
MOFFAT
BRODHEAD NO. 9
DELAGUA
COLUMBINE
TOLTEC
GORDON
MAITLAND
DELAGUA
DELAGUA
GEYSER
HIDDEN TREASURE
TOLLER
DELAGUA
MITCHELL
NORTH STAR
CLIMAX
County
SAM
LAK
HUE
GIL
HUE
BOU
CLE
SAM
BOU
ROU
SAM
FRE
GUN
FRE
SAJ
SAJ
BOU
HUE
LAS
LAS
ELP
LAS
LAS
ELP
ROU
LAK
ELP
LAS
LAS
OUR
JEF
GAR
ROU
PIT
LAS
ROU
ELB
MON
JEF
LAS
LAS
ROU
LAS
WAS
GIL
LAS
LAS
WEL
HUE
HUE
HUE
LAS
LAS
CUS
ELP
LAS
LAS
BOU
SAJ
LAK
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
FELL DOWN A TIMBER SLIDE
INJURED BY PIPE WHILE RIDING IN CAGE
CRUSHED BETWEEN PILLAR & CAR
FELL NINETY FEET
FALL OF ROCK
ELECTRIC SHOCK
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY A CAVE OF LOOSE GROUND
CAUGHT BY CAGE
FALL OF ROCK
SLIPPED & FELL IN RAISE
PREMATURE BLAST
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
FALL OF ROOF
FELL DOWN SKIPWAY
SUFFOCATED BY RELEASE OF MUCK
STRUCK BY CAGE
THROWN BETWEEN TWO TRIPS OF CARS
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
FALL DOWN SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
DRILLING INTO UNEXPLODED BLAST
ROOF FALL
GAS FUMES
CARRIED DOWN CHUTE
CAUGHT BETWEEN CHAIN PILLAR & CAR
PULLED INTO RAFT WHEEL
EXPLOSION OF SHORT HOLES
FALL OF COAL
EXPLOSION
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
SUFFOCATED BY BAD AIR
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
FELL DOWN A SHAFT
BLOWN OFF KELLY
HIT BY PIECE OF BROKEN MACHINERY
FALL OF FACE COAL
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
HEART ATTACK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
CRUSHED BY FALLING DRILL STEM
STRUCK BY CARS
CAUGHT BETWEEN PIT CARS & RIB
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
SUFFOCATION
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY LOADED PIT CARS
MINING MACHINE RUNNING OVER HIM
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
CRUSHED BY CAGE
ROPE BROKE ON BUCKET
GAS EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
POWDER EXPLOSION
BOX OF CAPS EXPLODED
FALL OF ROCK
Page
48
Reference
12
Report
year
1965
gend
61
47
12
10
1973
1890
24
10
1890
62
12
1973
gend
24
10
1890
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1911MAY25
1930FEB17
1896FEB10
1909JUL21
1897MAR21
1897APR6
1979NOV6
1914NOV26
1888AUG9
1916DEC6
1941FEB24
1907SEP16
1941MAR14
1885FEB26
1917JUL7
1910NOV8
1953APR17
1917OCT18
1917APR27
1904JUN7
1919OCT3
1981APR15
1917MAR26
1920DEC10
1951NOV20
1906AUG1
1956JUN29
1925JAN9
1904DEC19
1912APR12
1906APR22
1898MAR25
1904SEP5
1906MAR13
1930JAN11
1892JUN30
1981APR15
1910OCT8
1918DEC28
1914OCT5
1918NOV17
1899DEC5
1889SEP9
1897SEP21
1923JAN12
1896JAN4
1908JUN2
1885NOV13
1913FEB27
1950NOV23
1917APR27
1906JUL6
1899JAN3
1910JAN31
1911JUL19
1910OCT8
1916JAN25
1909NOV20
1963MAR20
1921MAY23
NAME
LEOROSI, CARMELA
LERCH, E L
LESLIE, SAMUEL
LESSANO, A.
LESSETZ, JOHN
LEU, MIKE
LEWIS, BRUCE
LEWIS, EDMUND
LEWIS, EDWARD
LEWIS, JOHN
LEWIS, ROY
LEWIS, STEVEN
LEWIS, THEODORE
LEWIS, THOMAS
LEWIS, THOMAS W
LEWIS, WILLIAM
LEWIS, WILLIAM M
LEYBA, ABEL
LEYVA, JOE
LIAS, JOHN
LIKOS, JOHN
LINCOLN, RICHARD
LINDGREN, ARTHUR B
LINDON, DEWEY L
LINGOL, EUGENE E
LINK, JONATHAN
LINN, WILLIS E
LINZA, AMELIA
LIPKOVSKI, STEVE
LISTER, ROBERT
LISYAK, FRANK
LITCHENBERGER, EDWARD
LITTLE, ANDY
LITTLE, ARTHUR
LITTLE, WALTER
LITTLE, WILLIAM
LITWILLER, DANIEL
LKIMEK, JAN
LLEWELLYN, GWILIM
LLILOFF, BOVIE
LLOYD, ALBERT
LLOYD, CHARLES E
LLOYD, DAVID
LLOYD, JAMES B
LLOYD, WILLIAM P
LOANE, WILLIAM E
LOBACK, V. A
LOBBY, JOHN
LOBDELL, FLOYD
LOCKETT, JAMES L
LOCKHARD, JAMES
LOGAN, DAVID
LOGAN, PAT
LOGAR, ALBIN
LONCAR, RADA
LONDON, HENRY
LONEFF, DAN
LONZEE, PETE
LOOSE, CHARLEY RAY
LOPEZ, BALDOMANIO
NATIONALITY
ITALIAN
OCCUPATION
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
40 S
34 S
MINER
MUCKER & TRAMMER
ITALIAN
SLAV
MINER
MINER
WLESH
MACHINE HELPER
GREEK
28 M
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
MULE DRIVER
LODERMAN
MINER
FACEMAN
MINER
MINER
SUPERINTENDENT
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
COLORED
GREEK
DRIVER
TRAPPER
MINER
PICK MINER
33 M
16
56 M
32 S
AMERICAN
COMPRESSOR MAN
DRIVER
19
21 S
POLANDER
MINER
33 M
ITALIAN
POLANDER
SCOTCH
SLAV
MACHINE MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
HUNGARIAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
DRIVER
CAR GATHERER
PICK MINER
POLE
WELSH
BULGARIAN
WELSH
MINER
PICK MINER
LOADER
DRIVER
AMERICAN
No.
Children
COMPANY
KYNER LEASING CO.
20 S
21
26 S
U.S. STEEL Corp
GORDON COAL
0 CEDAR HILL COAL & COKE
CAPROCK FUEL
47 M
LOUIS-LAFAYETTE CO.
24 M
S
7
20
30 S
26 S
36 M
M
28 S
19 S
38 S
23
40
30
41
S
M
M
M
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
CRESSON CONSOLD. GOLD MINING
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
LEYDEN COAL CO.
MID CONTINENT Resources Incorporated
INDEPENDENT LUMBER CO.
KING LEASE, INC.
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
BEAR CANON COAL CO.
3
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
JEWELL COLLIERIES CORP.
VULCAN FUEL CO.
MID CONTINENT Resources Incorporated
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
5 GRAND JUNCTION MINING FUEL
GOLDEN FUEL CO.
WELSH
FIREBOSS
45
GERMAN
MINER
64 W
36
40 S
AMERICAN
MINER
32 S
COLORED
SCOTCH
AUSTRIAN
SLAV
COLORED
BULGARIAN
ITALIAN
DRIVER
WEIGH BOSS
MINER
MINER
MINER
DRIVER
MINER
MINER
31
78
58
36
29
31
36
25
22
MEXICAN
PICK MINER
3
M
M
M
W
S
M
M
S
S
0 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
2
6
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
ALLISON DRILLING Co
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
MINE
GLOBE
SCHOOL SECTION
ROBINSON
PRIMERO
CRESTED BUTTE
STRICKLIN TUNNEL
SOMERSET
GORDON
MCGREGOR
TOLLER
CAPROCK
LAYDEN
Hi-WAY
CANFIELD
COAL CREEK
DELAGUA
STARKVILLE
HASTINGS
MAITLAND
LEYDEN
DUTCH CREEK #1 MINE
KURTZVILLE
OURAY
TOLTEC
BEAR CANON
BRODHEAD
COKEDALE
CUATRO
HAYDOCK
PRIERO
BROADHEAD
CRESTON
VULCAN
DUTCH CREEK #1 MINE
STARKVILLE
COAL CREEK
GORHAM
CAMEO
COMMODORE
WHITE ASH
NUGGET
CHANDLER
ANNA LEE
CRESTED BUTTE
BULL DOMINGO
SIMPSON
SALIDA
HASTINGS
CITY
RUGBY
PRIMERO
DELAGUA NO. 2
STARKVILLE
BERWIND
BIG FOUR
PICTOU
County
HUE
TEL
OUR
LAS
GUN
ELP
HUE
BOU
LAS
JEF
JEF
BOU
FRE
FRE
LAS
LAS
LAS
HUE
JEF
PIT
SAM
DEL
OUR
HUE
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
ELP
LAS
LAS
LAS
GAR
PIT
LAS
FRE
BOU
MES
MIN
JEF
GIL
FRE
ELP
GUN
CUS
BOU
CHA
LAS
LAP
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
HUE
WAS
HUE
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
KNOCKED DOWN BY CAGE SHAFT
FALL OF COAL
COAL FELL
ASPHYXIATED
FALL OF ROOF
ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF SLATE
CRUSHED BETWEEN A MULE & EMPTY CAR
RIB FALL
FALL OF COAL
MACHINERY
THROWN FROM A RUNAWAY CAR
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK
CRUSHED UNDER A MINE CAR
EXPLOSION
FALL FROM DRAW SLATE
FALL OF COAL FROM A PILLAR SIDE
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
FELL
STRUCK BY A LOADED CAR
FELL DOWN OPEN STOPE
FALL OF COAL & ROCK
CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
CAR BLEW INTO SHAFT
STRUCK BY A RUNAWAY CAR
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
LEG BROKEN & SERIOUS BODILY INJURIES
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
CRUSHED UNDER A LOADED CAR
FALL OF COAL
RUN OVER BY AN EMPTY CAR
FELL FROM LADDER
DROWNED BY INUNDATION OF WATER FROM SHAFT
ORE FELL FROM VEIN
DRAGGED BY A MULE
CAVING IN OF SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION/FIRE
POWDER EXPLOSION
CRUSHED BY HEAVY TRUCK
EXPLOSION
STRUCK BY RUN-AWAY TRIP
FALL OF COAL
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
ELECTRIC SHOCK
FALL OF ROCK
SWEATSHIRT CAUGHT IN ROTATING SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK
Page
Reference
50
9
35 12c
15
Report
year
1898
1979
9
1886
gend
51&52
10
1896
gend
45
12
1963
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1910OCT8
1910NOV8
1952JUL10
1906DEC24
1910NOV8
1923SEP6
1954JAN27
1899SEP21
1910NOV8
1915SEP3
1917APR27
1933OCT13
1931JAN5
1910NOV8
1928JAN24
1948NOV17
1891JUN5
1933AUG30
1901NOV20
1924FEB9
1956DEC12
1920NOV24
1906FEB19
1942NOV16
1921JUL30
1918NOV8
1895MAY10
1899JAN17
1912JAN27
1910OCT8
1910JAN31
1899DEC19
1899NOV11
1915JAN9
1948JAN8
1927APR27
1923MAY5
1956APR18
1981APR15
1955APR20
1895APR4
1915MAR23
1904NOV30
1902JUL21
1946MAR27
1907SEP4
1907OCT30
1937OCT17
1956OCT18
1962JAN24
1926MAR24
1910OCT8
1973DEC28
1899AUG26
1908AUG29
1907JAN23
1913AUG4
1910NOV8
1919MAR31
1870SEP14
NAME
LOPEZ, CARPLO
LOPEZ, ESTAVEN
LOPEZ, EZEQUIEL G
LOPEZ, FRANCISCO
LOPEZ, IGNACIO
LOPEZ, JESUS
LOPEZ, JOE D
LOPEZ, JUAN
LOPEZ, JUAN
LOPEZ, LUCAS
LOPEZ, PEDRO
LOPEZ, ROY
LOPEZ, SALVADOR
LOPEZ, V
LORD, EDWIN WALTER
LORENZI, EDWARD
LOTINE, FELIX
LOUGHRY, L E
LOUIS, BORZAGA
LOUKOGIANIS, STRATIS
LOUTH, CHARLES E
LOVATO, TRANQUILINO
LOVERA, B.
LOW, JOSEPH M
LOWE, A J
LOWE, JAMES
LUBA, JOHN
LUBA, MAT
LUBICI, ABRAM
LUBRANSKI, JOE
LUCAS, ALEXANDER
LUCAS, JAMES
LUCERO, ADOLPH
LUCERO, ALBERT
LUCERO, CAMILIO
LUCERO, GABRIEL
LUCERO, LUKE
LUCERO, RICHARD H
LUCERO, TERRY
LUCKINBILL, HAROLD R
LUCOCK, WILLFRED
LUCOTICH, JOHN
LUDONICO, LUMBERTO
LUDWIG, FRANK
LUERAS, DAVE
LUGGI, LOUIS
LUHADOL, JACOB
LUHALA, ARNE
LUJAN, JOSE G
LUJAN, TED LEO
LUJON, CASEMARO
LUKASICH, FRANK
LUKOW, ORIS W
LUMBERG, ELMER
LUMBRADA, FRANK
LUMLEY, REES
LUNA, FEDIGONIA
LUNA, P.
LUNDQUIST, JOHN
LYDEN, MARTIN
NATIONALITY
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MINER
MINER
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
AMERICAN
MINER
DRIVER
MINER
PICK MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
TRAM OPERATOR
AUS
OCCUPATION
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
22 S
23 M
6
9
1
3
S
50 M
21 M
25
20
30
28
20
30
20
26
M
S
S
S
S
S
11
33 S
MEXICAN
ITALIAN
6
26 S
37 S
64 M
AMERICAN
MINER
MINER
CARPENTER
LABORER
ROPE RIDER
AUSTRIAN
POLE
AUSTRIAN
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
SLAV
ITALIAN
GERMAN
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
EMPIRE ZINC CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
VICKERS COAL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
27
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER
FACEMAN
DRIVER
PICK MINER
COMPANY
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
AARON STROMBERG & CO.
RED CANON COAL
COLORADO COAL & IRON CO.
GREEK
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
No.
Children
38 S
44
36
30
30
28
6
6
M
M
M
S
S
27 S
46
23 M
26 S
MINER
MINER
ROAD CLEANER
MINER
43 M
44 M
MINER
DRIVER
TIMBERMAN
36 S
21 M
48 S
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
ALEX BELTRAMO, JR.
AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING
GARVIE LONDON GOLD MINING CO
HUERFANO COAL CO.
5
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
KEYSTONE COAL
2 WELLINGTON MINES CO,
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
EMPIRE ZINC CO. (GILMAN)
MID CONTINENT Resources Incorporated
DON JOHNSTON DRILLING CO.
3 PRIMROSE COAL
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
SLAVONIAN
AUSTRIAN
SPANIARD
POLE
ITALIAN
WELSH
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
SWEDE
MACHINE MINER
MINER
MINER
FIRE BOSS
MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
OWNER
30
36
47 M
27 S
48
45
46
24
25
39
M
M
W
S
SAN JUAN METALS CORP.
AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING
NEW JERSEY ZINC CO.
2 DICK COAL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
CLIMAX MOLYBDEUM Co
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
1 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
EMPIRE COAL CO.
MINE
STARKVILLE
DELAGUA
BOULDER
BROADHEAD
DELAGUA
LESTER
SWAMP ANGEL TUNNEL
DELAGUA
CAMERON
HASTINGS
KENNETH
PICTOU
DELAGUA
RED CANON NO. 1
EL MORO
AMERICAN
SMUGGLER UNION
TOLLER
BONCARBO
MAITLAND
BRECKENRIDGE
LUDLOW
SOPRIS
SOPRIS
DELAGUA
STARKVILLE
PRIMERO
WALSEN
ENGLE
PIEDMONT
KEYSTONE
WELLINGTON NO. 1
SOUTHWESTERN
DUTCH CREEK #1 MINE
OTIS (LAFAYETTE)
PRIMROSE
TERCLO
MIDWAY
COLUMBINE
DELAGUA
QUINTO
DIX
STARKVILLE
WELDON
NONPARELL
PRIMERO
DELAGUA
DELAGUA
EMPIRE
LYDEN-MURPHY
County
LAS
LAS
BOU
LAS
LAS
HUE
OUR
LAS
HUE
LAS
LAS
HUE
LAS
TEL
DEL
LAS
PAR
SAM
LAS
LAS
HUE
SUM
GAR
HUE
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
ROU
LAS
LAS
PIT
LAS
LAS
HUE
WEL
LAS
LAS
OUR
EAG
LAS
LAS
LAK
LAK
BOU
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
PREMATURE BLAST
FALL OF ROOF
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BY SLAB OF ROCK
FALLING ROCK FROM ROOF
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
FALL OF DRAW SLATE
FALL OF DRAW ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FELL FROM BUCKET DOWN SHAFT ABOUT 700 FEET
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF SLATE
STRUCK BY BUCKET
FIRE
FALL OF ROCK WHILE PREPARING A PROP
CAUGHT IN CAT LINE, PULLED INTO CAT HEAD
CRUSHED TO DEATH BY A HAULAGE MOTOR
GAS EXPLOSION
PLANK BROKE & FELL 12 FEET
CAR RAN AWAY
CRUSHED TO DEATH BETWEEN TWO CARS AND RIB
EXPLOSION OF GAS (CH4)
FALL OF COAL
ELECTROCUTED
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
STRUCK BY 15 EMPTY CARS
FALL OF SLATE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF
CAUGHT BETWEEN LOADED CAR & ROOF
EXPLOSION OF GAS & DUST
CRUSHED BETWEEN CARS IN INCLINE
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
HIT BY TRAVELING BLOCK GUARD
FALL OF
HIT BY A TRIP OF EMPTY CARS
BURNED BY AN EXPLOSION OF HIS OILER CADGER
FALL OF ROCK
ROOF FALL
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK
FURNACE EXPLOSION BURNS & FRACTURES
CAP SLIPPED AND HE FELL 6 SETS
FALL OF COAL
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
FELL INTO EXCAVATION FULL OF WATER
FELL OF CAGE
FALL OF COAL & SLATE
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
GAS EXPLOSION DUE TO ELECTRIC ARC
FOUL AIR;BROTHER MICHAEL LEYDON
Page
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Reference
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Report
year
gend
1892
gend
61
12
gend
1973
gend
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1896JUL15
1914MAR5
1933FEB27
1918MAY20
1897MAY31
1896SEP10
1889SEP30
1890FEB19
1935FEB18
1910OCT8
1896MAR1
1919AUG18
1908SEP10
1941MAY2
1922MAY21
1904APR13
1908DEC17
1896JUL5
1896SEP17
1896DEC2
1913SEP23
1910OCT8
1907JAN23
1951FEB20
1931FEB17
1951AUG24
1896DEC24
1911JAN3
1927JUN7
1924JUL21
1889AUG6
1910OCT8
1926OCT23
1920DEC10
1931FEB1
1964AUG17
1920SEP13
1895SEP26
1928OCT26
1922MAR24
1951JUL29
1923MAR4
1909MAY21
1899DEC24
1899DEC24
1943SEP4
1952MAR14
1923MAR4
1922OCT13
1904NOV25
1901JAN2
1937JAN16
1907SEP2
1901NOV20
1906AUG4
1911FEB9
1910OCT8
1911FEB9
1941JAN21
1893JAN10
NAME
LYLE, WILSON
LYNCH, JOHN
LYNCH, JOHN
LYNCH, WILLIAM
LYNIS, JAMES
LYNN, WILLIAM
LYONS, JACK
LYONS, JAMES
LYONS, MORTON
LYSCZARA, ANTON
MAATEVE, AUGUST
MACANIE, JOHN
MACCIO, MIKE
MACHIN, GEORGE J
MACHLA, JOHN
MACK, MARTIN
MACKETTE, AUGUST
MACKEY, HERBERT A
MACLEOD, D.
MACUECI, JAMES
MACURA, PAUL
MADAY, MIKE
MADDALENA, ANGELO D
MADDALONE, TONY A
MADDONA, CHARLES
MADDOX, ROBERT D
MADNEY, JESSE
MADONNA, BARNEY
MADRID, SEVERIANO
MADRIGAL, PABLO
MADSON, PETER
MAES, EMILIO
MAES, FELIX
MAES, FRANK
MAESTAS, JOSE C
MAESTAS, MANUEL
MAGA, JAMES
MAGGS, GEORGE J
MAGINIE, CHARLIE
MAGLIA, FELIX
MAGNUS, HENRY W
MAGNUSON, CHARLES
MAGON, JOHN
MAGREW, W S
MAGROW, W. S
MAHADY, EDWARD
MAHAFFEY, M D
MAHAS, GUS
MAHONEY, JOHN
MAJARI, GEORGE
MAJESTIC, MIKE
MAJOR, JOE
MAKAMOTO, S.
MAKI, KAULE
MAKOYNE, Y.
MAKROSH, JOSEPH
MALACARNE, ANTON
MALACH, JOE
MALDONADO, REFUGIO
MALERINGO, LOUIS
NATIONALITY
IRISH
AMERICAN
IRISH
IRISH
AMERICAN
POLE
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
GERMAN
AUSTRIAN
OCCUPATION
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
MINER
MUCKER
TIMBERMAN
MACHINE MAN
MINER
MINER
MACHINE MINER
MINER
MACHINE MAN
QUARRYMAN
MINER
TIMBERMAN
PUMPMAN
AUSTRIAN
POLE
ITALIAN
MINER
MINER
DAYMAN
ITALIAN
BLACKSMITH
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
MEXICAN
MINER
PICK MINER
PICK MINER
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MINER
ROPE RIDER
ROCK LOADER
SHOVELER
51 S
39 M
34 S
30
33
30
44 M
25 M
35 M
M
64 M
BIG FOUR
SPICER
SMUGGLER
WOLF TONE
HOMESTAKE
Hi-WAY
STARKVILLE
OAKDALE
MONARCH
INDUSTRIAL
11
43 S
35
5
45 M
64 M
M
3
6 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
5 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
24
30
22
34
49
36
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
STARKVILLE
KEBLER NO. 2
12
S
M
S
TRAPPER
PICK MINER
1
19 S
24 S
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
LABORER
MINER
15
49 M
32 M
30
15
48
45
60
30
45
34
25
MINER
SHOT-FIRER
MINER
HEAD SHOT-FIRER
MINER
0 OAKDALE COAL CO.
CLAUDE
MORLEY
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
18
35 M
24 S
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
JAPANESE
POLE
ITALIAN
POLE
2 LOUISVILLE-LAFAYETTE COAL CO
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
MINE
SUNNYSIDE
MARION
COMO
INDEPENDENCE
BOB TAIL
MAGNET
STARKVILLE
PRIMERO
LEADVILLE
STANDARD
RESERVOIR NO. 22
ELKTON
SOUTHWESTERN
DELAGUA
FREDERICK
20
GREEK
SLAVONIAN
AMERICAN
JAPANESE
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
BIG FOUR COAL & COKE
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
PICK MINER
GREEK
COMPANY
34
19 S
40 M
ITALIAN
DRIVER
LOADER
LABORER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MACHINE RUNNER
MINER
No.
Children
M
EAGLE
IDARADO MINING Co
3 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
JEWEL COLLIERIES CORP.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
MOUNTAIN FUEL SUPPLY CO.
4 ALAMO COAL CO.
1
HUERFANO COAL
14
M
S
M
M
S
30 S
35 M
44 M
M
4 ALAMO COAL CO.
2 IMPERIAL COAL CO.
CARBON COAL & COKE
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
2 CARBON COAL & COKE
JEFFRYES FUEL
UNION PACIFIC COAL
FORBES
BELGIAN
CRESTON
SOPRIS
HIAWATHA
ALAMO
HEZRON
SUNNYSIDE MILL
SUNNYSIDE MILL
LUDLOW
CROW BAR
ALAMO
BERWIND
PRYOR
IMPERIAL
GREEN CANON
SMUGGLER UNION
CHAMPION
COKEDALE
STARKVILLE
COKEDALE
JEFFRYES
KING
County
ELP
LAS
LAK
HUE
ELP
PIT
LAK
PIT
BOU
LAS
HUE
BOU
BOU
FRE
BOU
PIT
PAR
ELP
GIL
FRE
LAS
LAS
LAK
BOU
ELP
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
HUE
FRE
EAG
SAM
LAS
LAK
LAS
LAS
HUE
HUE
SAJ
SAJ
LAS
ROU
HUE
CUS
LAS
HUE
WEL
LAS
SAM
HUE
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
PAR
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
FELL FROM BUCKET
FALL OF ROCK
SUFFOCATION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL FROM LADDER DOWN SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK
CURSHED BY CAGE
ROCK FALL FROM OPEN DOOR
SHEAVE WHEEL FELL DOWN SHAFT ON CAGE
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
BD. NEW CASTEL;BROTHER IN SPRING GULCH,CO
EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP
RUN OVER BY A TRIP OF CARS
EXPLOSIVES
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK
LOST FOOTING ON STAIWAY AND FELL
DRILLING INTO UNEXPLODED BLAST
FELL INTO SHAFT
ELECTROCUTED
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
CAUGHT BETWEEN CAR & TIMBER IN SHAFT
STRUCK ON HEAD BY A TOOL
PREMATURE EXPLOSION
STRUCK BY DESCENDING CAGE
HEART FAILURE
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BETWEEN CAR & RIB
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
PINNED BETWEEN A CAR & RIB
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BETWEEN LOCOMOTIVE AND RIB
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF POWDER
CAUGHT BETWEEN ROOF & TOP OF LOADED CAR
EXPLOSION
CRUSHED BY FALLING DERRICK
RUN-A-WAY CAR
FALL OF ROCK
CAUGHT GLOVE IN BELT
PULLED INTO MACHINERY BY BELT
HAULAGE
ROOF FALL
RUN-A-WAY CAR
FELL INTO OPEN PIT
FALL OF ROCK
FELL FROM TRIP-RIDER
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROOF
FIRE
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
DUST EXPLOSION, CAUSED BY A BLOWN-OUT SHOT
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
DUST EXPLOSION, CAUSED BY A BLOWN-OUT SHOT
ROOF FALL
EXPLOSION
Page
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Reference
10
10
Report
year
1890
1890
gend
gend
gend
13
10
1890
gend
47
12
1964
16
17
gend
gend
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1911DEC11
1894NOV15
1899JUN8
1896JAN4
1897NOV25
1899JAN26
1910JAN31
1910JAN31
1935JUL1
1916AUG8
1904JAN2
1906APR22
1939OCT31
1921APR27
1910NOV15
1921MAR1
1906APR22
1900FEB1
1950NOV13
1910JUN27
1942OCT13
1940FEB9
1895MAR31
1917MAY25
190JAN26
1917APR27
1906APR22
1939JAN20
1914JUN23
1951NOV13
1902JAN20
1929SEP27
1908MAY14
1917APR27
1903FEB1
1895AUG29
1917APR27
1893JAN10
1930FEB4
1909NOV9
1958AUG15
1917JAN13
1899MAR22
1966DEC2
1906AUG29
1917APR27
1900JAN25
1958SEP4
1899NOV30
1910NOV8
1922MAR24
1884JAN24
1951DEC17
1968SEP13
1920OCT19
1899JUN25
1974AUG8
1884MAR10
1895NOV23
1967SEP22d
NAME
MALEZVOCK, MATT
MALICH, GEORGE
MALLONEE, JOHN F
MALLORY, JOHN
MALONE, FRANK
MALONEY, JOHN
MALOVICH, ANTON
MALOVICH, GEORGE
MAMMON, EMIL
MAMOS, TONY
MANABOSCO, ANTONIO
MANAPACE, DAVID
MANDARICH, GEORGE
MANDERICH, PAUL
MANINI, JOHN
MANLEY, SCOTT
MANLEY, V. O
MANN, FRED
MANN, GEORGE
MANNICK, MIKE
MANNING, GEORGE BRUCE
MANNINO, MIKE
MANPACE, GIO
MANTILOVICH, MIKE
MANUEL, JAMES
MANVILLE, TOM
MANZUNO, E.
MARAKAMI, F S
MARCINKO, MIKE
MARCUM, HERMAN J
MARCUS, FRANK
MARES, JESUS
MARGUS, JOE
MARIANA, SALVATORE
MARIANO, ANGELO RESSI
MARIETTA, NAZARINO
MARINCICH, ANTON
MARINO, ANGLINO "Angelo"
MARINO, BATISTA
MARINO, FELICE
MARINO, HENRY
MARIO, STEFAMIN
MARION, SANFORD
MARK, HOWARD
MARKANTONIO, TONY
MARKES, GEORGE
MARKET, BERT
MARKOVICH, JOHN
MARKOVITCH, MARK
MARLANA, JESUS
MARLO, JOE
MARONEY, WILLIAM
MARONICH, GEORGE
MARQUEZ, DAVE M
MARR, VERNON E
MARRON, CHARLES
MARSH, JEFFREY W
MARSHALL, GEORGE
MARSHALL, J. M
MARSHALL, JOHN D
NATIONALITY
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
OCCUPATION
Years
mining
MINER
Single/
Age Married
31 S
29
RUSSIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
MINER
MINER
MINER
SUPERINTENDENT
MOTORMAN
LOADING TIMBER
MINER
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
PICK MINER
MINER
ASSIT MINEFOREMAN
DRIVER
SLAV
DRIVER
HOISTMAN
23 S
55 M
SERVIAN
SINKER
TIMBERMAN
33 M
AMERICAN
JAPANESE
MINER
MINER
33 S
26 S
AUSTRIAN
DRIVER
38 M
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
DRIVER
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
AUSTRIAN
MINER
ITALIAN
MEXICAN
MACHINE MINER
MINER
ITALIAN
MINER
24 S
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
CONTRACTOR
DRIVER
34
31 M
23 S
AUSTRIAN
MEXICAN
AMERICAN
MINER
MINER
MINER
MACHINE MINER
52
28 S
28 S
33 M
ENGLISH
PICK MINER
40
30
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
21
15
35
42
29
47
31
31
25
S
M
M
M
M
S
S
38
42
38
27
M
M
M
M
No.
Children
COMPANY
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
WALDORF GOLD, INC.
4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
2 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
4
1 CANON-RELIANCE COAL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
CLAYTON COAL
16
46
35
25
34
M
M
S
M
EMPERIUS MINING CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
0 PIKE'S PEAK FUEL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
KEYSTONE COAL CO.
4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLOWYO COAL CO.
3 NATIONAL FUEL CO.
37 S
27
58 M
35 M
30
ca50
55
UNION PACIFIC COAL
2 CANON QUALITY COAL CO.
2
TITAN MINES, INC.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
MINE
PIEDMONT
ORIENT
BREECE
ANNA LEE
GOLD COIN
CITY (DURANGO)
PRIMERO
PRIMERO
EAST MORLEY
PRIMERO
CUATRO
CHANDLER
DELAGUA
WOOTTEN
CANON
CUATRO
TOMBOY
MORRISON
PIKEVIEW
CREEDE
ROCKVALE NO. 3
GONZALES CANON
PIKEVIEW
PIKES PEAK
HASTINGS
CUATRO
KEYSTONE
WALSEN
RED WING
PICTOU
THOR
STARKVILLE
HASTINGS
STARKVILLE
SLEEPY-HOLLOW
HASTINGS
KING
SOUTH MAGNET
MORLEY
ROUSE
J BEST
Union Carbide Corp Mining and Metals
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
IMPERIAL COAL CO.
SMITH-QUAD CONSTRUCTION Co
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
PRIMERO
HASTINGS
DOCTOR
APEX
RUBY
DELAGUA
SOPRIS
CRESTED BUTTE
EAGLE
STARKVILLE
HULL CITY PLACER
AMERICAN METAL CLIMAX Inc
VALLEJO SHAFT
IBEX
A.S. HORNER CONSTRUCTION Co
County
LAS
SAG
LAK
ELP
ELP
LAS
LAS
CLE
LAS
LAS
LAS
FRE
LAS
HUE
FRE
LAS
SAM
WEL
ELP
MIN
FRE
LAS
ELP
TEL
LAS
LAS
ROU
HUE
MOF
HUE
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
GIL
LAS
PAR
FRE
LAS
HUE
EAG
SAM
LAS
LAS
TEL
ROU
GUN
LAS
LAS
GUN
WEL
LAK
LAS
TEL
CLE
PIT
LAK
LAK
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY ORE
FELL DOWN SHAFT
CAVING IN OF SHAFT
LARGE ROCK FELL FROM HANGING WALL
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
CAUGHT IN MACHINERY
FALL OF ROCK
RUNOVER BY TRAMWAY OF CARS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
CAUGHT IN MACHINERY
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
ELECTROCUTED
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF BUCKET
HEART ATTACK
CAUGHT BETWEEN CARS
CAUGHT BETWEEN CABLE & DRUM
PROP KNOCKED OUT BY HAULAGE ROPE ON CURVE
SINKING PUMP AND SHAFT FALL
CRUSHED BETWEEN CAR AND RIB
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
RUN OVER BY MINE CAR
STRUCK BY MOVING MINE CARS
FALL OF FACE
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
EXPLOSION
ELECTROCUTED BY LIVE WIRES
DROWNED
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF
CRUSHED BY FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF SLAB OF ROCK
CRUSHED BETWEEN CAR AND RIB
FALL OF SLATE
EXPLOSION
FELL FROM BUCKET DOWN SHAFT
HEART
DELAYED SHOT AT THE FACE; died 12/3 of peritonitis
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION OF GAS; SCHUYKILL CO., IL
FALL OF ROOF
CRUSHED BY CONCRETE AGITATOR CAR
ELECTROCUTION
DRILLED INTO MISSED SHOT
HELICOPTER CRASH
Two avalanches destroy Valejo shaft house
CAUGHT BY CAGE IN SHAFT
FELL FROM CONCRETE FORMS
Page
Reference
Report
year
23
10
1894
51&52
10
1896
gend
63
12
13
17
44
12
1968
12
1974
12
1967
52
1966
rmn
49
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1951APR9
1956MAY30
1941AUG1
1911JAN31
1906DEC13
1928DEC12
1915AUG9
1901AUG4
1884JAN24
1915AUG9
1902FEB10
1947DEC2
1946MAR30
1905MAR15
1909JAN6
1926DEC29
1916SEP25
1939DEC8
1904SEP3
1919DEC13
1928DEC13
1934OCT15
1922MAY18
1951AUG24
1923OCT8
1968NOV19
1929MAR15
1920JUL8
1951APR17
1901NOV8
1913MAR15
1929JAN3
1906FEB16
1937JAN11
1905APR13
1924MAY20
1924SEP24
1919JUL6
1957APR25
1939OCT27
1944APR24
1922JUL19
1945NOV18
1897DEC2
1914JUL27
1942JAN27
1924JUN3
1935JUL9
1914MAR9
1927MAY27
1918OCT31
1903JAN20
1894OCT16
1923NOV5
1950NAY19
1923AUG16
1950FEB3
1950JUN28
1942JUN16
1969OCT3
NAME
MARSHALL, W ADIN
MARTEL, ANDRE
MARTENSEN, ERNEST H
MARTERY, PETE
MARTIGUA, CARLO
MARTIN, AUGUST
MARTIN, HARRY
MARTIN, JAMES D
MARTIN, JOHN
MARTIN, NICK
MARTIN, THOMAS
MARTIN, WALTER
MARTIN, WILLIAM A
MARTINCHI, FRANK
MARTINEZ, ABE
MARTINEZ, ABEL
MARTINEZ, ALEX
MARTINEZ, ALFREDO
MARTINEZ, AMBROSE
MARTINEZ, ANTEMIO
MARTINEZ, BENJAMIN
MARTINEZ, BENJAMIN
MARTINEZ, BLAZ
MARTINEZ, BRAULIO J
MARTINEZ, DANIEL
MARTINEZ, DANIEL
MARTINEZ, DANIEL A
MARTINEZ, EDUMONIO
MARTINEZ, EDWARD
MARTINEZ, EPIFANYO
MARTINEZ, FELIX
MARTINEZ, FRED C
MARTINEZ, G.
MARTINEZ, INEZ
MARTINEZ, J. M
MARTINEZ, JERONINO
MARTINEZ, JESUS E
MARTINEZ, JOE
MARTINEZ, JOE
MARTINEZ, JOE D
MARTINEZ, JOE E
MARTINEZ, JOHN E
MARTINEZ, JOSE G
MARTINEZ, JOSE L
MARTINEZ, JOSEPH
MARTINEZ, JOSEPH
MARTINEZ, JULIAN
MARTINEZ, LEO
MARTINEZ, LIERMO
MARTINEZ, LLOYD
MARTINEZ, M J
MARTINEZ, MANUEL
MARTINEZ, MATHIAS
MARTINEZ, MAX J
MARTINEZ, PHILLIP A
MARTINEZ, POLICARPIO
MARTINEZ, THOMAS
MARTINEZ, TOBY
MARTINEZ, TONY A
MARTINEZ,JOSE
NATIONALITY
OCCUPATION
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
No.
Children
COMPANY
DOUGLAS JARDINE
REYNOLDS MINING CORP.
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
GERMAN
WELSH
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
ENGLISH
ITALIAN
MEXICAN
AMERICAN
MEXICAN
MINER
ROPE-RIDER
MINER
SHOT FIRER
TIMBERMAN
FIRE BOSS
21
MINER
MINER
TIMBER HELPER
HOIST OPERATOR
DRIVER
MINER
MINER
42
19
23
44
41
47
S
S
S
S
M
MOFFAT COAL CO.
CARBON COAL & COKE
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
28 S
50 S
31 M
19 S
M
29
35 M
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
AMERICAN
MEXICAN
MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
MACHINE RUNNER
MACHINE MINER
15
19
6
MEXICAN
PICK MINER
17
SPANIARD
DRIVER
MACHINE MAN
17
26
35
34
37
29
M
M
M
M
S
52 M
38
47 M
25
VIRGINIUS MINES CO.
PRIDE OF WEST, INC.
1
0 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
2 BRENNAN COAL MINING CO,
2 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
6 AZTEC COAL MINING CO.
NATIONAL FUEL CO.
4 CUCHARA CANON COAL CO.
NEW JERSEY ZINC Co
2 McNEIL COAL CORP.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
AMERICAN
MINER
MACHINE MINER
MINER
ROCK BREAKER
MINER
MACHINE MINER
PICK MINER
DRIVER
6
25
3
CHUTE BLASTER
33 S
22 M
64
35
39
23
18
W
M
M
S
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
0 CALUMET FUEL CO.
W.P.A. PROJECT
5 ALAMO COAL CO.
MUTUAL COAL CO.
CALUMET FUEL CO.
GUNNISON MINING CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
GORDON COAL
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
AMERICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
PICK MINER
MACHINE RUNNER
MACHINE HELPER
MOTORMAN
ROPE RIDER
DUMPER
AMERICAN
PICK MINER
MUCKER
County
WESTCLIFFE
MIDWAY
TOBASCO
OAK HILLS NO. 2
COKEDALE NO. 2
NEW WALSED
CRESTED BUTTE
PRIMERO
HASTINGS NO. 1
OURAY
SILVERTON
SPRING GULCH
BRODHEAD
CUS
HUE
LAS
ROU
LAS
HUE
GUN
LAS
LAS
OUR
SAJ
PIT
LAS
SAM
LAS
GUN
LAS
HUE
WEL
HUE
WEL
PIEDMONT
CRESTED BUTTE
BERWIND
BRENNAN
COLUMBINE
TOLTEE
PURITAN
RESERVOIR NO. 22
CUCHARA CANON
CAMEO
KEBLER NO. 2
BERWIND
GRAY CREEK
CALUMET NO. 1
QUINTO
ROCK CREEK DAM
MIDWAY
ALAMO
MUTUAL
PERIN'S PEAK
DELAGUA
GORDON
22
LEYDEN LIGNITE
MINER
TRACKLAYER
MINE
BLUE RIVER TUNNEL
33 M
10
3
5
35
27
27
19
18
29
M
M
M
S
S
M
21 M
2 VICTOR-AMERICAN
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
5 ALAMO COAL CO.
3 BEAR CANON COAL CO.
1 BREEN COAL MINING
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
2 AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
LEYDEN NO. 3
PICTOU NO. 1
RAVENWOOD
WADGE
ALAMO
BEAR CANON NO. 6
BREEN
DELAGUA
PRIMERO
CHANDLER
BERWIND
BONCARBO
FREDERICK
25
24
AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING
TOBY MARTINEZ
GORDON COAL
FRONTIER CONSTRUCTION Co
LEADVILLE
STARKVILLE NO. 3
GORDON
HUE
EAG
MES
SAJ
HUE
LAS
LAS
HUE
LAS
PUE
HUE
HUE
HUE
LAP
LAS
HUE
SAM
JEF
HUE
HUE
ROU
HUE
LAS
HUE
LAS
LAS
FRE
LAS
LAS
LAS
SAM
LAK
LAS
HUE
LAK
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
CRUSHED BY LARGE PIPE CAUGHT BY MOTOR
KNOCKED DOWN RAISE & CRUSHED BY ROCK
FELL DOWN SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF
IMPROPERLY PLACED OR HANDLED SHOTS
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
JUMPED FROM A JIG-BACK TRAMWAY
FELL UNDER TRIP OF MOVING CARS
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL & ROCK
FALL OF TOP COAL
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF COAL
PREMATURE EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
SUFFOCATED BY LOOSE MUCK
RUN OVER BY CAR
BY A BLAST
TIPPLE MACH.
FALL OF ROOF
RUN OVER BY THE TRIP OF EMPTY CARS
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF COAL
CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK
STRUCK BY CROSS BAR
SUFFOCATION
DRAWN INTO A CHUTE & SMOTHERED
HAULAGE
FALL OF ROCK
RUN OVER BY A LOADED CAR
GAS EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
MINE EXPLOSION
ELECTROCUTED
EXPLOSION OF COAL-DUST
CAUGHT UNDER A LOADED CAR
FALLING DOWN SHAFT
CAUGHT BETWEEN CARS AND RIB OF ENTRY
FALL OF ROCK
UNKNOWN
FALL OF ROCK
LOBAR PNEUMONIA CAUSED BY HERNIA
EXPLOSION CARBIDE DRUM
ROOF FALL
ASPHYXIATED DUE TO BAD AIR
Page
Reference
Report
year
44
12
1968
57
9
1898
44
12
1969
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1934MAY3
1890APR26
1919APR11
1896FEB18
1911SEP15
1897SEP3
1918JUL15
1943JUN14
1923MAY3
1957FEB3
1910FEB15
1944SEP7
1893DEC19
1902AUG2
1908JAN9
1975NOV24
1961MAY9
1889DEC9
1889DEC9
1902FEB27
1966SEP30
1905FEB21
1896FEB18
1958AUG1
1902NOV21
1915AUG6
1931NOV22
1917FBE7
1892APR5
1907JUN4
1917JAN13
1903SEP23
1912JUN18
1905JUN3
1907MAR20
1937DEC31
1896JAN27
1897SEP3
1917APR27
1910OCT6
1958AUG11
1896JAN13
1974JUL18
1930NOV8
1937NOV16
1917APR27
1916APR28
1910JUN13
1904FEB17
1897AUG8
1893
1924AUG5
1978APR18
1888FEB13
1913DEC16
1943DEC14
1929FEB9
1976DEC18
1888NOV7
1907APR11
NAME
MARTINI, PAUL
MARTINI, TOMASO
MARTINI, TONY
MARTINO, ANTON
MARTINO, PETE
MARTINTONI, ANTON
MARTIS, HARRIS
MARTORANO, B
MASCARENAS, SIRIO
MASCARENAZ, J G
MASCHIC, BEN
MASCITELLI, BEN
MASON, ANDREW
MASON, GEORGE
MASON, MATT
MASON, TERRY RAY
MASON, WILLIS GENE
MASSARA, JOHN
MASSARA, JOHN
MASSERA, JOSEPH
MATEKEL, WILLIAM J
MATES, GUS
MATEVE, AUGUST
MATHIESON, ROBERT
MATHKOVITCH, ANTONIO
MATIODA, JOE
MATOVINOVICH, LOUIS
MATSON, PETER
MATTA, JOSEPH
MATTEO, DOLIS
MATTHEWS, WILLIAM
MATTILINA, JOHN
MATTINA, JOE
MATTINE, ANGELO
MATTIS, ANDREW
MATTIVI, AUGUST
MATTIVI, BORTOLLO
MATTIVI, JOHN
MAURO, FRANK
MAVOR, HENRY
MAXEY, THOMAS O
MAXWELL, JAMES
MAXWELL, SAMUEL EUGENE
MAY, MILBURN
MAYNES, CLYDE
MAYORGA, MIGUEL
MAZACO, NICK
MAZEKO, PETE
MAZNA, JOSEPH
McALLISTER, DANIEL
McAULIFFE, J F
McBIRNIE, ALEC
McCABE, DENVER
McCALLUM, JOHN
McCANN, FRANK
McCARTHY, ROBERT F
McCARTNEY, GARRETT
McCAY, DWIGHT DENNIS
McCELEVY, EDWARD
McCHWEE, BERNARD
NATIONALITY
ITALIAN
OCCUPATION
TIMBERMAN
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
MACHINE RUNNER
MINER
MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
GREEK
Years
Single/
mining Age Married
25 46 M
30 S
52 S
30 S
32 M
No.
Children
COMPANY
5 LEYDEN LIGNITE CO.
DENVER FUEL CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
2 OAKDALE COAL CO.
MARTORANO COAL
MINE
LEYDEN NO. 3
SOPRIS
RADIANT
VULCAN
SOUTH CANON
SUHSHINE
OAKDALE
MARTORANO
24
County
JEF
LAS
FRE
GAR
GAR
GAR
HUE
LAS
SAG
AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING
AUSTRIAN
MINER
29 S
CANON MONARCH COAL
ENGLISH
GERMAN
25
HELPER
MINER
34 S
23
31
UNION CARBID Corp
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
COLORADO COAL & IRON CO.
Colorado Coal and Iron
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
MINER
MINER
MECHANIC
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
PIPEMAN
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
LOADER
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
MINER
ROADMAN
DAYMAN
SLAVONIAN
ITALIAN
SLAV
ITALIAN
40
45
26
35
66
35
42
HUERFANO
PINE GULCH
HUBERT
BROADHEAD
MIDWAY
COAL CREEK NO. 1
COAL CREEK No.1
HASTINGS NO. 2
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM Co
S
M
M
M
S
4 VICTOR-AMERICAN
TERCIO
VULCAN
ALLEN
ENGLEVILLE
RAVENWOOD
35
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
28
50
25
31
29
21
53
S
S
M
S
S
S
1 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
ROUSE MINING CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
40 M
41 M
8
2
SOPRIS
HESPERUS
WOOTEN
HASTINGS
MIDWAY
RAPSON NO. 2
ROUSE
NORTH STAR
SUNSHINE
HASTINGS
ROBINSON
HUE
FRE
GIL
LAS
HUE
SAM
LAK
FRE
FRE
LAS
LAK
LAS
GAR
LAS
LAS
HUE
DOL
LAK
LAS
LAP
SAM
LAS
LAS
HUE
ELP
HUE
SAJ
GAR
LAS
HUE
RICO ARGENTINE MINING CO.
BLACK WONDER
AMERICAN
MEXICAN
ITALIAN
RUSSIAN
AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
30
16
25
29
49
29
45
TRAPPER
MOTORMAN
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
TIMBERMAN
S
M
M
S
M
NEGRO
SCOTCH
0
2 LOUISVILLE COAL & LAND
28
FIRE BOSS
30
M
43
IRISH
R.L. MANNING Co
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
SUNNYSIDE MINING & MILLING
LOADER
TIP. FOREMAN
PICK MINER
MINER
32 S
27
47 M
23
55 M
6 ALAMO COAL CO.
WILLIAMS Inc
C. C. C. CO.
CORYELL MINING LEASING
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
0 MOFFAT COAL CO.
U.S. STEEL CORPORATION
COLORADO COAL & IRON CO.
CHANDLER
HASTINGS
FIRESTONE
ROBINSON
SIMPSON
BERWIND NO. 2
BIRDELLA
ALAMO
LAST CHANCE No.3
ROCKVALE NO.1
VULCAN
COLUMBINE
OAK HILLS NO. 1
SOMERSET
CAMERON
MAJESTIC
ELP
MOF
FRE
SAJ
LAS
WEL
HUE
BOU
LAS
LAK
HUE
FRE
GAR
WEL
ROU
HUE
LAS
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
FALL OF TOP COAL
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
SMOTHERED BY GAS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF TOP COAL
ROOF FALL
CRUSHED BENEATH A HEAVY ROCK FALL
CRUSHED BETWEEN LOADER & TRESTLE
FALL OF ROOF
ELECTRICITY
FELL DOWN SHAFT
EXPLOSION
STRUCK BY RUN-AWAY CAR
FALL OF SLAB
CRUSHED BY LOOSE GROUND
CAUGHT BETWEEN LOADED PIT CAR,COLLAR TIMER
CAUGHT BETWEEN LOADED PIT CAR AND TIMBER
FALL OF TOP COAL
ROTATING BALL MILL
FALL OF COAL
EXPLOSION
FALL
ASPHYXIATION; or Nov11?
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY CAGE
FALL OF COAL or Jan6?
FALL OF ROOF
FELL THROUGH THE WINZE
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF
CRUSHED BY RUN AWAY CAR
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
EXPLOSION
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
ASPHYXIATION IN OLD RAISE
THAWING POWDER UNDER STOVE
FELL FROM DRILLING RIG
DRAGGED BY A TRIP
CLUTCH FAILED & CAGE DROPPED
EXPLOSION
FALL OF COAL
FALL OR ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL & BONY
FALL OF ROCK AND EARTH
EXPLOSION OF GAS & DUST
STRUCK UNEXPLODED CAP
BURNED IN EXPLOSION OF CARBURETED HYDROGEN
DUST EXPLOSION
TIPPLE-HG.
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
Page
Reference
Report
year
11
17
17
10
1894
55
12
1975
63
12
1966
18
17
9
17
52
12
1974
52
13
9
10
1898
1894
32 12m
1978
gend
29 12c
1976
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1926JUL22
1922JUL8
1897SEP3
1960AUG4
1893NOV12
1960DEC16
1896JAN9
1960AUG4
1885JUL7
1844NOV22
1884JAN24
1884JAN24
1910NOV1
1919JUL8
1935FEB5
1890MAR27
1942DEC31
1899JUN6
1891NOV12
1895OCT27
1884JAN24
1899APR23
1899JAN11
1894AUG24
1898MAR5
1894OCT12
1904JAN21
1912FEB19
1904OCT28
1918JUN9
1935OCT12
1897FEB14
1890SEP28
1929DEC10
1903OCT1
1895SEP26
1920DEC4
1895JUL27
1884JAN24
1899NOV28
1923JUN25
1898AUG8
1896JAN4
1927OCT20
1921SEP24
1870DEC14
1870DEC10
1894JUL2
1898APR23
1944FEB23
1892DEC28
1900FEB6
1923OCT7
1949AUG11
1939MAR6
1926SEP24
1896SEP17
1932APR16
1950JAN31
1923MAY5
NAME
McCLELLAN, RALPH
McCLOSKY, ANDREW
McCLOUD, FRANCIS
McCLOUGHAN, LESTER L
McCLUSKY,OWEN
McCOMBER, HERBERT F
McCORMACK, JOHN
McCORMICK, IRVING B
McCORMICK, J
McCORMICK, JOHN
McCOURT, JAMES
McCOWITT, WILLIAM
McCOY, JASON
McCOY, JOHN
McCUISTIAN, T C
McDERMOT, JOHN
McDERMOTT, ARTHUR
McDONALD, A A
McDONALD, ALEX
McDONALD, ARCHIE
McDONALD, DANIEL
McDONALD, JOHN
McDONALD, JOHN
McDONALD, R
McDONALD, WILLIAM O
McDONNELL, FRANK C
McDOWELL, SAMUEL
McELWEE, JOHN
McEWEN, THOMAS
McFALL, GLENN
McFEE, KENNETH
McGANN, ANDREW
McGARR, CHARLES E
McGILL, LISTON
McGINNIS
McGINNIS, CLARK M
McGINNIS, PATRICK
McGRATH, THOMAS
McGREGOR, JOHN
McGREW, EDWARD M
McGUIRE, HUGH
McGUIRE, STANTON
McGURK, MIKE aka "McGuirk"
McHALE, EDWARD
McHUGH, LAWRENCE
McILLEVEE, DAVID
McILVER, DAVID
McINTOSH, WILLIAM
McINTYRE, MIKE
McINTYRE, WILLIAM
McIVER, GEORGE
McKAY, MYRON
McKEE, GEORGE
McKEEN, JOSEPH C
McKENNA, CHARLES
McKENNA, J P
McKENNA, JOHN
McKENNA, JOHN
McKENNA, MILES
McKENNA, P F
NATIONALITY
AMERICAN
LITHUANIAN
OCCUPATION
MINER
PICK MINER
DRIVER
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
33
6 40
37
35
IRISH
57
No.
Children
COMPANY
WEST PORTAL
FRUTH & STONE
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COL-TEX MINING INC.
MINE
MOFFAT
LEADER
SUNSHINE
R.A.M.
SEACOL INC.
FOREPAUGH
54
SCOTCH
MINER
MINER
MINER
DRIVER
DRIVER
TRAMMER
TIMBERMAN
MORAN BROTHERS INC.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON CO.
COLORADO COAL & IRON
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
S
17
32 M
TRINIDAD FUEL CO.
HUERFANO COAL
GRAND RIVER COAL & COKE CO.
DRIVER
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
CANADIAN
25
IRISH
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
IRISH
TRIP-RIDER
ROPE-RUNNER
MINER
AMERICAN
TRAPPER
2
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
MUCKER
MINER
IRISH
TIMBERMAN
37
28 S
32 S
28 M
21
20
BOULDER VALLEY COAL CO.
30
22 S
40 M
50
61 S
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
CAMERON
WALSENBURG
CRESTED BUTTE
CRESTED BUTTE
TIOGA
SUMMITVILLE
CHICOSA NO. 1
LUDLOW
MIDGET MILL
MARION
IBEX
CRESTED BUTTE
MARY CASHEN
LOUISVILLE
AMETHYST
IRVN SILVER
MIDNIGHT
BRODHEAD
SOUTHWESTERN
TERCIO NO. 3
BOULDER VALLEY
MONUMENT
HOMESTAKE
LEYDEN
BELGIAN
PRIMERO
ORIENT IRON
CRESTED BUTTE
UTE
40
WHITE CROW
ANNA LEE
AMERICAN
IRISH
LABORER
MACHINE MINER
35
AMERICAN
65
63 M
21
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
UNITED COAL CO.
CAGER
AMERICAN
9 BIG FOUR COAL & COKE CO.
NEVADA MINING
5
AMERICAN
MACHINE MINER
MINER
MUCKER
MINER
SCOTCH
MACHINE MINER
38
AMERICAN
PICK MINER
33 S
63 M
51 M
54
46 M
41 M
MIDWEST COAL CO.
SELF EMPLOYED
MORAINE MINING CO.
1 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
SO. BLK. DIAM. COAL & OIL
3 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
CENTENNIAL
FLACK
BLACK-CENTRAL CITY
VICTOR
PIKES PEAK
WADGE
ACME
HENRIETLA
MIDWEST
MONARCH
SWEET
CHANDLER
FRANKLIN
SOUTHWESTERN
County
GRA
HUE
GAR
HIN
LAK
FRE
LAK
LAP
HUE
HUE
GUN
GUN
HUE
SUM
RIG
LAS
LAS
BOU
GAR
LAK
GUN
TEL
LAK
MIN
LAK
LAK
LAS
LAS
LAS
BOU
WEL
ELP
PIT
SAJ
JEF
LAK
LAS
SAG
GUN
HIN
EAG
BOU
ELP
SAM
BOU
GIL
TEL
ELP
ROU
BOU
LAK
LAK
BOU
ELP
FRE
LAS
LAS
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
SLIPPED & FELL INTO OPEN ORE PASS
ROCKS FELL DOWN SHAFT
SLIPPED & FELL INTO THE HOIST
FALLING FROM BUCKET DOWN SHAFT
IGNITING GASOLINE SPILLED ON HIM
FALL OF LARGE ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
RUN OVER BY A CAR
ELECTRIC SHOCK BY WIRE
FELL DOWN MANWAY
FALL OF ROCK
HEART
CAUGHT IN CAM SHAFT PULLEY
COAL FROM A CHUTE
CAUGHT BY CAVE RUNNING SAND
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
FALL OF ROCK FROM BUCKET
EXPLOSION WARMING POWDER
FALL OF SKIP
COVERED WITH LOOSE DIRT
EXPLOSION OF HOLE
HIT BY MINE CAR
CRUSHED BETWEEN
EXPLOSION
ELECTROCUTED BY HIGH TENSION WIRE
RUN OVER BY MOTOR
DRILLING INTO UNEXPLODED HOLE
EXPLOSION WHILE BLASTING
FALL OF ROCK
FALLING DOWN SHAFT
EXPLOSION OF POWDER
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK ON SLOPE
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
EXPLOSION WHILE INSERTING CAP
FALL OF ROCK
BLAST EXPLODED WHILE LOADING
CAVING IN OF SHAFT
OVERCOME BY SMOKE IN BUNK-HOUSE
FALL OF COAL
Page
Reference
Report
year
17
10
1894
15
9
1886
9
9
1892
22
10
1894
23
10
1894
27
10
1890
51&52
10
1896
10
1894
porbate
FALL OF ROCK
FELL DOWN SHAFT
ROCK FALL FROM BACK OF SLOPE
ROOF FALL
CAUGHT BETWEEN HOISTING CAGE & TIMBERS
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS & DUST
FALL OF ROCK
HEART FAILURE; OVEREXERTION & LIFTING CAR
FALLING DOWN UPRAISE FORTY FEET
FELL FROM BUCKET DOWN SHAFT
ELECTROCUTED
HEART ATTACK
EXPLOSION OF GAS & DUST
21
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1896SEP
1935JUL9
1911DEC15
1898AUG13
1925SEP28
1937MAY10
1942JAN27
1927MAY29
1913DEC16
1896JUN9
1897JAN23
1893OCT26
1895SEP19
1891APR13
1930JUN7
1897NOV20
1884JAN24
1908OCT3
1920APR13
1921JAN31
1888JAN14
1943JUN9
1894FEB26
1893JUN6
1886NOV25
1931OCT6
1915MAY22
1899DEC4
1978FEB22
1922DEC11
1981APR15
1912JUL24
1910APR16
1946FEB16
1953JUL30
1935JUL9
1945FEB7
1923JAN2
1913AUG18
1962AUG28
1910NOV8
1896JAN4
1911FEB9
1913DEC16
1907MAR4
1884MAR10
1909JAN5
1910OCT8
1911OCT6
1893JAN10
1950JUL7
1907MAR13
1919SEP22
1939NOV11
1930JAN13
1898JUL3
1906APR24
1907AUG19
1923JUL16
1896MAR10
NAME
McKENNA, T. C
McKEOWN, JAMES
McKINLEY, E. S
McKINLEY, L A
McKINLEY, RALPH F.
McKINNEY, JOE
McKNIGHT, THOMAS
McKOWN, C E
McLAIN, JOE E
McLAUGHLIN, JOHN
McLAUGHLIN, P.
McLEAD, KENNETH
McLEAN, JOHN A
McLELLAND, JAMES
McMAHON, FRED SIDNEY
McMANAMY, MIKE T
McMANUS, P
McMULLEN, THOMAS
McNAMARA, T G
McNEELEY, P S
MCNELTY, MIKE
McNEME, VALERIA
McNIEL, CHARLES
McNULTY, MICHAEL
McPHERSON, ANGUS
McSHANE, ARTHUR
McSPARRON, JAMES
McTEAGUE, THOMAS
McVEY, JERRY LEE
McWILLIAMS, VERNER
MEAD, LOREN
MEDENICA, MIKE
MEDEREAGE, A
MEDINA, FRED
MEDINA, J R
MEDINA, JOE
MEDINA, MIKE
MEDINA, RAFAEL
MEDINA, SOSTIN
MEDINA, TONY
MEDJODOVICH, LALE
MEE, PAT "Paddy"
MEEK, ROBERT
MEESE, WILLIOAM
MEGASAKI, CHARLES
MEGINITY, JOHN
MEHAS, JOHN
MEHORA, JOHN
MEKROVICH, PETER
MELIENTE, LOUIS aka
MELIN, AXEL H
MELKJO, PETE
MELLONS, JAMES
MELLOR, ROBERT
MELLOTT, CHRISTOPHER
MELVIN, ROBERT A
MENAGOTTE, JOE
MENAPACE, C.
MENCIN, ANTON
MENILLO, JAMES
NATIONALITY
OCCUPATION
SCOTCH
AMERICAN
SUPERINTENDENT
SUPERINTENDENT
AMERICAN
FOREMAN
MUCKER
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
5
No.
Children
60 M
23 S
0 BEAR CANON COAL CO.
30 M
21 S
2 BUTCHER KNIFE COAL CO.
H. L. SINCLAIR
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
51
28 S
SHOT-FIRER
DRIVER
MACHINEMAN
MINER
COMPANY
CORYELL MINING LEASING
28 M
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
COLORADO COAL & IRON
AMERICAN
DRIVER
CAGERS
TOPMAN
19 S
45
34
ORE SORTER
32 M
IRISH
40
AMERICAN
SCOTCH
MINER
MACHINE MINER
BRATTICE MAN
AMERICAN
MINER
MONTENEGRIN
MONTENEGRIN
MINER
MINER
MUCKER
33 M
25 S
24 M
AMERICAN
MOTOR MAN
38 W
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MONTENEGRIN
PICK MINER
MINER
ROOF BOLTER
MINER
AMERICAN
ENGLISH
JAPANESE
MINER
MINER
MINER
48 M
50 M
32 S
GREEK
POLE
MONTENGRIN
MINER
MINER
MINER
21 S
50 M
45 M
ITALIAN
GREEK
AMERICAN
TYROLESE
ITALIAN
COLORADO COAL AND IRON CO.
WALTER McDANIEL
UNITED COAL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
ROPE-RIDER
MINER
MINER
FOREMAN
MINER
40
4
4
19
15
55 S
30 M
BLUFF SPRINGS LEASING CO.
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
36
21 S
21 M
30 M
53
47 M
26
23
42
43
S
S
S
S
20 S
55 M
32
COTTER Corp
MIDWEST COAL CO.
MID CONTINENT Resources Incorporated
3
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
IDARADO MINING CO.
5 BEAR CANON COAL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
1 CADDELL & SON
0 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
5
4 CORYELL MINING LEASING
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
4
UNION PACIFIC COAL
TELLURIDE MINES, INC.
TEMPLE FUEL CO.
GEORGE E. COLLINS & ASSOC.
ALAMO COAL CO.
MINE
SWEET
BEAR CANON NO. 6
YAMPA VALLEY
ECLIPSE
BUTCHER KNIFE
BARCOE TUNNEL
WADGE
MOFFAT TUNNEL
VULCAN
STARKVILLE
LILLIE
NEW GUSTON
INDEPENDENCE
SAN JUAN
CLIMAX
PICTOU NO. 1
CRESTED BUTTE
MAGNET
CRESTED BUTTE
BIG FOUR
SOLAR
CALUMET
COAL CREEK
BLUFF SPRINGS NO. 2
ROBINSON
AMERICAN TUNNEL
SWARTZWALDER
MIDWEST
DUTCH CREEK #1 MINE
BRODHEAD NO. 9
EMPIRE
WAGON WHEEL GAP
BEAR CANON NO. 6
KEBLER NO. 2
HEZRON
GRAY CREEK
ALLEN
DELAGUA
ANNA LEE
COKEDALE
VULCAN
PRIMERO
VALLEJO SHAFT
FORBES
STARKVILLE
DELAGUA
KING
TELLURIDE
PINON
BRODHEAD NO. 9
ALAMO NO. 1
GLORIANNA
SOPRIS
MAJESTIC
GLOBEVILLE
STARKVILLE
County
ELP
LAS
ROU
BOU
ROU
PAR
ROU
GIL
GAR
LAS
ELP
OUR
ELP
LAP
LAK
HUE
GUN
FRE
SAM
TEL
GUN
SUM
HUE
FRE
FRE
HUE
SAJ
MES
PIT
LAS
LAS
LAS
HUE
HUE
LAS
LAS
LAS
ELP
LAS
GAR
LAS
PIT
LAS
LAS
LAS
PAR
SAM
HUE
LAS
GIL
HUE
ELP
LAS
LAS
LAS
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
FALL FROM BUCKET DOWN SHAFT
MINE EXPLOSION
HIT BY CAR
SLIPPED OFF CRIBBING
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
EXPLOSION OF DYNAMITE
GAS EXPLOSION
LIFTING HEAVY OBJECT & BAD RUPTURED
DUST EXPLOSION
HIT BY CAR
BLAST IN BOTTOM OF SHAFT
HIT BY STONE FALLING DOWN SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK FROM TOP OF SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
CRUSHED BETWEEN CAR AND COAL
CAUGHT BETWEEN CAR AND SHAFT TIMBERS
CAUGHT BETWEEN CAGE AND TIMBERS
FALL OF SLATE
FELL DOWN ROCK CLIFF
GAS EXPLOSION
OVERCOME BY SMOKE FROM FIRE
EXPLOSION
FALL OF TOP ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
ROCK FALL
DRUG BY CAGE
FALL OF COAL
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF ROOF
FELL DOWN RAISE
FELL DOWN RAISE
MINE EXPLOSION
ROOF FALL
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
CAVING IN OF SHAFT
DUST EXPLOSION CAUSED BY A BLOWN-OUT SHOT
DUST EXPLOSION
STRUCK BY A RUNAWAY TRIP OF CARS
Two avalanches destroy Valejo shaft house
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
BRIGHTS DISEASE
EXPLOSION
PREMATURE BLAST
FALL OF ROCK
ELECTROCUTED
FALLING OBJECT HIT HIM ON HEAD
CAUGHT BETWEEN CROSS BAR & LOADED CAR
BAD AIR
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK
OVERCOME BY HYDROGEN SULPHIDE GAS
FALL OF ROCK
Page
Reference
Report
year
gend
16
10
1894
8
9
1892
56
9
1898
14
23
10
9
1894
1886
32 12m
51&52
1978
10
1896
gend
rmn
gend
gend
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
NAME
1902JUL2
MENONI, AMADIE
1938FEB25
MERCIEZ, WALTER
1917APR27
MEREDITH, WILLIAM
1896FEB18
MERHCNAT, CHAS.
1917APR27
MERIDAKIS, GEORGE
1905APR3
MERINO, JOE
1920NOV6
MERKOVITCH, MIKE
1972DEC12
MERLING, JOHN D
1947OCT8
MERLINO, LOUIS
1942AUG4
MERLINO, TONY D
before 1884Mar10MERNON, TOM
1899JUL17
MERO, FRED G
1910DEC14
MERRICK, FRANK
1910DEC14
MERRICK, LOUIS
1901NOV20
MERRIFIELD, WILLIAM
1931MAR11
MERRITT, F G
1892JUL27
MERRITT, JOHN
1917JUN18
MESSINA, IGNAZIO
1917APR27
METAXAS, GEORGE
1917APR27
METAXAS, JAMES
1917APR27
METAXAS, JOHN
1943JAN18
METRAS, SAMUEL
1926JAN2
METROFF, DAN
1900AUG2
METZKOVIAK, ADAM
1929JUN25
MEYER, CARL J
1902AUG7
MEYERS, ARTHUR
1921MAR23
MEYERS, T O
1919NOV22
MEZNER, JOSEPH
1920JUL29
MIARANDA, ALFREDO
1932FEB29
MICHELETTI, ANGELO
1939DEC14
MICHELI, HARRY E
1913FEB18
MICHELI, JAMES
1899JAN25
MICKELSON, JOHN
1930DEC27
MICKLICH, JOSEPH
1910JAN12
MIDASCO, TONY
1942JUN5
MIHELICH, FRANK E
1904JUL14
MIKISEHKE, JOHN
1917DEC8
MILANO, PETER
1933NOV27
MILES, C W
1895NOV19
MILES, CHARLES
1889MAY8
MILES, JOHN
1910DEC14
MILIKSICH, NIC
1918MAR21
MILINKOVICH, MATT
1912JUN18
MILIRH, PETE
1892MAR10
MILK, FRANK
1917APR27
MILLARD, H. J
1917MAR7
MILLER, ANTON
1906FEB19
MILLER, ARCHIE
1972NOV7
MILLER, BERT C
1919MAR31
MILLER, CHARLES
1914OCT14
MILLER, DAVID
1969JAN30
MILLER, ELDRED
1957MAR22
MILLER, G K
1917OCT13
MILLER, GEORGE W
1899MAR3
MILLER, JACOB S
1901NOV18
MILLER, JAMES
1899JUN24
MILLER, JOHN
1919MAR26
MILLER, JOHN
1900AUG30
MILLER, LOUIS
1949JUN29
MILLER, MERRELL C
NATIONALITY
ITALIAN
OCCUPATION
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
23 S
MINER
No.
Children
COMPANY
LOUISVILLE-LAFAYETTE COAL CO
COLORED
AMERICAN
GREEK
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
MINER
LOADER
MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
OPERATOR
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
MACHINE RUNNER
MACHINE RUNNER
ENGLISH
MACHINE MINER
ITALIAN
GREEK
GREEK
GREEK
TIMBERMAN
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
LABORER
BULGARIAN
HUNGARIAN
48
25
3
28
24
52
29
35
27
64
M
S
M
M
S
60 M
4 LEYDEN LIGNITE CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
4
25
37
47
27
58
33
35
45
M
M
S
S
S
M
S
S
ITALIAN
MINER
35 S
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
PICK MINER
MINER
44 M
41 M
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
MINER
TIMBERMAN
NIGHT ENGINEER
40 M
40 W
50 M
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
SLAV
MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
WELSH
SCOTCH
ITALIAN
SCOTCH
30
26
43
33
36
21
59
41
NIPPER
CARETAKER
AMERICAN
24
59
21 S
54 M
30 S
28 S
36 M
FIREBOSS
MUCKER
FIRE-BOSS
NATIONAL FUEL CO.
CAMP BIRD COLORADO Inc
LILEY & MERLINO
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
VNGIUINS
LEYDEN COAL
3 LEYDEN COAL
MEXICAN
ITALIAN
2
25
1
25 S
31 M
SUPERINTENDENT
MACHINE HELPER
CHUTE BLASTER
MINER
MACHINE MINER
PICK MINER
AMERICAN
0
M
CALIFORNIA-HIDDEN TREASURE
EAST PORTAL
5
LILEY
ROCKVALE NO. 3
LUCKY GUS
LEYDEN
LEYDEN
SMUGGLER UNION
LEYDEN
ROBINSON
FREDERICK
HASTINGS
HASTINGS
HASTINGS
IDAHO SPRINGS
MOFFAT
PRYOR
BOWEN
AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING
0 TORRID COAL CO.
PIO MICHELI
MONUMENT VALLEY COAL MINING
0 SOUTH CANON MINE LEASING CO.
3
CALUMET FUEL
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
3 HAYDEN COAL CO.
LEYDEN COAL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
4 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
MARSHALL COAL CO.
1
M
M
M
MINE
HASTINGS NO. 3
Hi-WAY
HASTINGS
VULCAN
HASTINGS
BEACON (CUCKOO)
MONARCH NO. 2
BONCARBO
TORRID
RAPSON
LARIMORE
SMUGGLER UNION
FREDERICK
SOMERSET
PRIMERO
FREMONT
HAYDEN NO. 3
ASPEN
GRAND ARMY
LEYDEN
PRIMERO
HASTINGS
MARSHALL
HASTINGS
MAITLAND
BAILEY CONSTRUCTIN Co
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
7 MONUMENT VALLEY COAL
PEASE DRILILNG Co
JET DRILLING CO., INC.
BERWIND
LARIMORE
63
MINER
52
MINER
TRACK LAYER
MINER
29
38 S
35 M
1
COMMODOR
BOWEN
R A M SHAFT
VANADIUM CORP. OF AMERICA
PEERLESS
FIDDLING BILL
County
LAS
BOU
LAS
GAR
LAS
FRE
BOU
OUR
BOU
FRE
SANJ
TEL
JEF
JEF
SAM
JEF
HUE
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
CLE
GIL
DOL
LAS
SAM
LAK
LAS
HUE
LAS
HUE
SAM
LAS
GUN
LAS
FRE
ROU
PIT
GIL
JEF
LAS
LAS
BOU
LAS
LAK
HUE
ELP
LAS
HUE
RIB
MON
MIN
LAS
LAK
SAM
LAS
MON
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
SUFFOCATION FROM POWDER SMOKE
KNOCKED BY AN EMPTY CAR
SLAB FELL FROM HANGING WALL
HAULAGE
HAULAGE
see Pitkin county Valejo accident Rocky Mt. News article
THROWN FROM BUCKET
FIRE
FIRE
FIRE
FALL OF ROCK & COAL
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
DROWNING
OVERCOME BY GAS
STRUCK BY PILLAR
STRUCK HEAD ON IRON RAIL
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION WHILE PREPARING TO BLAST CHUTE
BACKED INTO CHUTE AND FELL
CRUSHED BETWEEN CAR AND FACE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
DRILLED INTO MISSED HOLE
FELL AGAINST EDGE OF WOODEN SLAB
EXPLOSION OF CAP
HAULAGE
FALL OF COAL
FALLING TIMBER
SUFFOCATED
CAVE IN OF GROUND
ROCK FALL
FIRE
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP
FALL OF COAL
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
GAS EXPLOSION
CRUSHED BY ROLLING TRACTOR-TRAILER
STRUCK BY MINE CARS
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY DRILL PIPE
CRUSHED BETWEEN SUB-STRUCTURES
STRUCK BY TIMBER
FELL DOWN INCLINE
RUNAWAY TRIP OF 7 LOADED CARS
DELAYED EXPLOSION FROM MISFIRED HOLE
PLATFORM IN A STOPE WHICH GAVE AWAY
STRUCK BY TRIP OF LOADED CARS
FALL OF ROCK
Page
Reference
58
Report
year
12
1972
59
12
1972
45
12
1969
rmn
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1919DEC8
1980SEP19
1902JAN28
1920DEC28
1898OCT1
1901NOV6
1957SEP8
1944JAN7
1935MAY15
1926NOV13
1894JUL1
1914APR29
1910NOV8
1923AUG23
1919FEB12
1917APR27
1951AUG24
1932DEC20
1916JUL13
1896JUL22
1930MAR27
1928SEP29
1941OCT22
1910JAN31
1908FEB7
1909JUN9
1913JAN10
1889JUL10
1918NOV30
1913JAN3
1907DEC27
1913DEC16
1913DEC16
1913DEC16
1913DEC16
1922AUG2
1919AUG21
1979JAN16
1907MAR16
1912JUL2
1919AUG18
1927APR1
1935OCT15
1918JUN11
1925MAY26
1896AUG4
1946MAR9
1934SEP5
1903MAY18
1948MAY26
1920FEB10
1911NOV30
1924OCT15
1897FEB20
1908DEC31
1929NOV28
1893JUN22
1918JAN5
1942JAN27
1929MAY16
NAME
MILLER, STEVE
MILLER, TERRY
MILLER, THOMAS JEFFERSON
MILLER, W M
MILLIKEN, ROBERT
MILLS, JOHN
MILLS, TILDEN S
MILLS, VERLIN
MILO, GEORGE
MINDENHALL, GEORGE C
MINDOCK, JAMES
MINOGGIO, AMBROGGIO
MIRALES, EPH.
MIRANDA, SAMUEL
MISHEY, CALVIN H
MITCHELL, ARTHUR
MITCHELL, FRANK M
MITCHELL, ROY
MIYAGI, Y.
MOBERG, GUSTAF
MODY, JOHN
MOEHLE, ADOLPHE
MOFFITT, R J
MOGDIC, FRANK
MOHAR, FRANK
MOHINARIES, FRANK
MOHORO, JOE
MOLACARIN, GRATANO
MOLEVICH, MARK
MOLLOY, DAN
MOMOSE, U.
MONAPELLA, TONY
MONAPELLA, VINCENZA
MONAPELLI, GABRIEL
MONAPELLI, JOE
MONDRAGON, LOUIS
MONDRAGON, SISIVARIA
MONDRAGON, STANLEY
MONEGHINE, JOHN
MONEGHINI, AMABILE
MONSON, CHARLES
MONTAGUE, A. L. La
MONTAGUE, MEWTON
MONTAYA, TOBEY
MONTEITH, WILLIAM
MONTEITK, PILE
MONTERO, JOHN
MONTEZ, FRANK
MONTOMOME, BATTISTA
MONTOYA, ALFRED P
MONTOYA, DELPHIN
MONTOYA, FIDELE
MONTOYA, SAM
MOODY, JOHN
MOOLE, MARTIN
MOON, DANIEL E
MOORE, EDWARD
MOORE, EDWARD
MOORE, HARRISON G
MOORE, J L
NATIONALITY
MONTENEGRIN
OCCUPATION
SHOTFIRER
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
SCOTCH
MINER
MACHINE MINER
SUPERINTENDENT
AMERICAN
IRISH
ITALIAN
MEXICAN
ITALIAN
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
33 S
27
8
MINER
MINER
35 M
52 M
18
29
36
52
26
25
36
50
34
No.
Children
COMPANY
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
DiCAMILLO BROTHERS MINING Co
0 AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING
M
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
BUTTE VALLEY COAL
FAIRPLAY GOLD MINES, INC.
S
M
M
CALUMET FUEL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
M
0
COLORED
MINER
MINER
MACHINE MINER
MINER
MINER
AMERICAN
JAPANESE
DRIVER
MINER
27
40 M
38 M
2 CALUMET FUEL CO.
0 OAKDALE COAL
POLE
AMERICAN
MACHINE MINER
MOTORMAN
CAR CLEANER
MINER
MINER
DRIVER
NIGHT PUMPMAN
10
15
48
34
42
26
29
21
45
M
S
M
S
S
S
M
2 TEMPLE FUEL CO.
TEMPLE FUEL CO.
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
52
34
45
35
33
24
28
24
22
19
23
27
41
30
30
22
38
S
43
36
31
19
22
25
M
S
CROATIAN
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
SLAVONIAN
SLAV
IRISH
JAPANESE
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
MEXICAN
ITALIAN
AUSTRO-TYROL
SWEDE
FRENCH
SPANIARD
SCOTCH
MEXICAN
ITALIAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
AMERICAN
SWEDE
AMERICAN
12
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
MINE LABORER
HOISTMAN
MINER
MINER
DRIVER
SHOT FIRER
MACHINE MINER
MINER
MACHINE RUNNER
MUCKER
DRIVER
PARTING TENDER
MINER
MACHINE MINER
25
23
9
5
7
S
M
M
S
S
M
5 ROYAL FUEL CO.
DENVER FUEL CO.
BREEN COAL MINING CO.
JUANITA COAL & COKE CO.
1 CORYELL MINING LEASING
1 CORYELL MINING LEASING
CORYELL MINING LEASING
CORYELL MINING LEASING
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM Co
S
S
M
0 OAKDALE COAL CO.
S
M
M
TELLURIDE MINING & MILLING
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
1 THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
6 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
MOFFAT COAL
M
M
MACHINE HELPER
28 M
35
36 M
TIMBERMAN
35 M
4 OAKDALE COAL CO.
1 CLAYTON COAL CO.
1 MOFFAT COAL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
MINE
PINNACLE
CROSS
STRATHMORE
BONCARBO
ROCKVALE
PICTOU
BUTTE VALLEY
COMMERCIAL MINING
PERIN'S PEAK
DELAGUA
SOPRIS
HASTINGS
RESERVOIR NO. 22
CALUMET NO. 1
OAKDALE
STANLEY
BRODHEAD NO. 9
BRODHEAD NO. 9
CLIMAX
PRIMERO
DELAGUA
DELAGUA
ROYAL
SOPRIS
BREEN
KING
BRODHEAD
VULCAN
VULCAN
VULCAN
VULCAN
STARKVILLE
CLIMAX
PRIMERO
CENTRAL
OAKDALE
STARKVILLE
COLUMBINE
SMUGGLER
DELAGUA
COLUMBINE
HEZRON
MOFFAT NO. 3
PARKDALE
OAKDALE
ELIZA
CAMEO
CLAYTON
VIRGINIUS
MOFFAT NO. 2
WADGE
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
County
ROU
OUTBURST OF COAL FROM A DEFECTIVE SHOT
CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING
BOU
DECAPITATED BY SKIP
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
FRE
CRUSHED BY CAR
HUE
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK (FINGER)
HUE
MACHINERY
PAR
STRUCK BY BUCKET & FELL TO GROUND 100 FEET
LAK
PICKING INTO MISSED HOLE
LAK
FALL OF ROCK
LAP
FALL OF ROCK
LAS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
LAS
ELECTROCUTED
TEL
ASPHYXIATED BY CARBONIC ACID GAS
LAS
EXPLOSION
PREMATURE EXPLOSION
HUE
GAS EXPLOSION
HUE
HIT BY A MOVING CAR
CLE
FALL OF ROCK
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
LAK
RUN OVER BY TRAM
LAS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
LAS
FALL OF ROOF
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
LAS
ELECTROCUTED BY LIVE WIRE
LAS
FALL OF COAL
HUE
FALL OF ROCK
DEL
FALL OF ROCK
LAS
STRUCK BY A TRIP OF CARS
GAR
DUST EXPLOSION
GAR
DUST EXPLOSION
GAR
DUST EXPLOSION
GAR
DUST EXPLOSION
SAG
FALL OF ROCK
LAS
ELECTROCUTED BY A LIVE WIRE
LAK
FELL INTO OPENING
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
FRE
ELECTROCUTED
HUE
EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP
PAR
FELL DOWN A RAISE
SAM
SLIPPED & FELL FROM A CABLE
LAS
RUNAWAY CAR
WEL
EXPLOSION OF POWDER
SAM
FELL FROM ELECTRIC POLE
LAS
FALLING OBJECT
WEL
ELECTROCUTED
HUE
FALL OF ROCK
ROU
FALL OF FACE
SAM
EXPLOSION PF POWDER
WEL
FELL OFF CAR
HUE
THROWN FROM A CAR AGAINST RIB
LAK
FALL FROM ORE WAGON
MES
FALL OF ROCK
WEL
FALL OF COAL
OUR
CAUGHT BY DESCENDING CAGE
ROU
STRUCK BY MINING MACHINE
ROU
GAS EXPLOSION
CLE
SUFFOCATED
Page
Reference
36 12m
Report
year
1980
126
9
1898
21
10
1894
gend
gend
gend
gend
34 12m
14
1979
10
1894
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1895OCT7
1970APR13
1913OCT10
1923APR8
1911FEB9
1925JUN19
1906FEB19
1928AUG20
1937DEC15
1925JAN14
1916JUL20
1905MAR31
1902JAN21
1912FEB27
1913SEP20
1908OCT1
1931AUG26
1923AUG29
1889SEP9
1911AUG23
1917SEP21
1902SEP11
1919AUG18
1961AUG22
1909DEC30
1904NOV23
1918MAY23
1909JUN3
1898FEB9
1942DEC21
1964MAR25
1896FEB18
1917JUL17
1932DEC23
1926JUL15
1941APR4
1907OCT24
1926MAR9
1977MAY19
1898MAY7
1898MAY15
1908DEC26
1884JAN24
1895OCT7
1940JAN5
1976AUG12
1917FEB8
1938NOV17
1911MAR18
1910DEC31
1927APR20
1929NOV16
1925DEC24
1947NOV8
1910MAY10
1942JAN9
1910FEB15
1909JUL6
1897MAY9
1926DEC15
NAME
MOORE, JAMES A
MOORE, JAMES W
MOORE, PAT
MOORE, S L
MOORE, SEWELL
MORAN, JAMES
MORAN, WILLIAM
MORAVAC, NICK
MOREAU, ALFRED
MORELLI, DAN
MORELLI, FRANK
MORELLI, GREGORIO
MORENO, JOE
MORFORD, ERNEST
MORGAN, BERNARDO
MORGAN, DAVID
MORGAN, ED. T
MORGAN, J F
MORGAN, JOHN
MORGAN, RALPH
MORGAN, RAY
MORGANS, IDRIS
MORGUESKI, JOSEPH
MORIANG, ROMEO C
MORICH, FRANK
MORIHARA, M.
MORIMILE, MIKE
MORISAKI, SAKACHIE
MORKER, LIN
MORLAN, EDMOND J
MORLAND, JAKE
MORRIS, DANIEL
MORRIS, HARRY
MORRIS, JAMES
MORRIS, OTIS C
MORRIS, SAM
MORRIS, WILLIAM
MORRISON, ALEX
MORRISON, CLIFFORD E
MORRISON, DANIEL
MORRISON, GUST
MORRISON, HARRY
MORRISON, JOHN G
MORRISON, MURDOCK
MORRISON, WILLIAM J
MORROW, RICHARD A
MORSEN, JOHN
MORTENSON, PETER
MORTON, JOHN
MORTORATRE, ANTON
MOSCHETTI, ALFONSO
MOSCHETTI, LOUIS D
MOSCHETTI, ROCCO
MOSCHETTI, TONY
MOSELY, AL
MOSER, FRANK
MOSER, SAM
MOSER, VENUTO
MOSES, FRED P
MOSKWA, GEORGE
NATIONALITY
OCCUPATION
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
No.
Children
COMPANY
MINE
MATCHLESS
IRISH
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
WELCH
MINER
PICK MINER
NIPPER
MACHINE RUNNER
MINER
MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
BOSS DRIVER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
TRACKLAYER
SHOVELER
CONTRACTOR
19
23
30
15
20
53
43
18
43
22
35
51
33
38
15
25
33
40
21
37
52
M
M
S
M
S
M
M
M
S
S
M
M
S
M
COLORADO CONSTRUCTORS Inc
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
1 MOFFAT COAL CO.
2 GORDON COAL CO.
HAYDEN COAL CO.
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
5 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
5
3 WOOTTON LAND & FUEL
GOLDEN FUEL CO.
AMERICAN
POLE
DRIVER
FOREMAN
MINER
DRIVER
HUNGARIAN
JAPANESE
ITALIAN
JAPANESE
MINER
MINER
TOP CAGER
MINER
WELCH
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
MINER
MILL MAN
DRIVER
DRIVER
LESSEE
INSPECTOR (COAL)
DRIVER
27 S
39
29
22
27
27
26
42
35
16
11
DRIVER
30
34
19
50
40
52
45
23
48
M
M
S
S
M
0 OAKDALE COAL CO.
UNION CARBIDE NUCLEAR CO.
2
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
CANON BLACK DIAMOND COAL
STANDARD METALS Corp
S
S
M
M
S
LOUISVILLE-LAFAYETTE COAL CO
5 NATIONAL FUEL CO.
WAR DANCE MINES, INC.
ROYAL FUEL CO.
STANLEY GOLD MINES Co Ltd
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
MACHINE DRILLER
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
COMPANY MAN
MINER
MACHINE MINER
MINE FOREMAN
DRIVER
OPERATOR
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
29
36
48
33
37
60
31
25
21
35
AMERICAN
MOTORMAN
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
AMAX Inc
PIKES PEAK FUEL CO.
AMERICAN
SPANIARD
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
NEGRO
20
15
20
40
22
M
2
M
M
M
8 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
4 CANON IMPERIAL COAL CO.
3 BOULDER COAL MINING CO.
VIRGIL BEAVERS
M
S
S
S
37 M
HAYDEN NO. 3
BERWIND
BERWIND NO. 3
PRIMERO
PIKEVIEW
PINON
WOOTTON
BRODHEAD
LONDON
ILSE
WHITE ASH
ROBINSON
PRIMROSE NO. 2
OAKDALE
MIDWAY
MAITLAND
ROCKVALE
PRIMROSE
ORIENT IRON
CANON BLACK DIAMOND
VULCAN
36 S
36
35
MORLEY
OAK HILLS NO. 2
MORLEY
GORDON
MAITLAND
PRIDE OF WEST, INC.
5 TEMPLE FUEL CO.
Hi-WAY
PURITAN
IDAHO SPRINGS
BOWEN
ROYAL
STANLEY
COOK
SILVER LAKE
MAJESTIC
CRESTED BUTTE
MATCHLESS
INDUSTRIAL
HENDERSON
PIKEVIEW
BEACON
WOOTTON
CHANDLER
CANON IMPERIAL
BLACK DIAMOND
BELOW BEAVER STRIP
ALPINE
SILVERTON
HUERFANO
TOLLER
PIKES PEAK
BRODHEAD NO. 9
County
LAK
CLE
LAS
ROU
LAS
HUE
HUE
PIT
ROU
LAS
LAS
LAS
ELP
HUE
LAS
LAS
PAR
JEF
HUE
MIN
LAS
HUE
MON
HUE
HUE
FRE
LAS
SAG
FRE
SAJ
GAR
CLE
BOU
WEL
CLE
LAS
LAS
GIL
SAJ
LAS
GUN
LAK
BOU
CLE
SAM
ELP
LAS
LAS
FRE
FRE
BOU
FRE
GUN
SAJ
HUE
LAS
ELP
LAS
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
DRILLED INTO MISSED HOLE
CRUSHED BY CRAWLER TRACTOR
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
RUN OVER BY MOTOR
EXPLOSION OF FIREDAMP
GAS EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF TOP COAL
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK AND COAL
FALL OF COAL
EXPLOSION OF BLACK POWDER
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK ON HEAD BY FALLING ROCK
DROWNED BY INUNDATION OF WATER FROM SHAFT
CRUSHED BY CAR AND RIB
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF
EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP
CRUSHED BY FALLING ROOF SLAB
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
CAUGHT BETWEEN ROPE AND DRUM OF ENGINE
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
EPLOSION OF POWDER
ROOF FALL
BLAST WHILE AT FACE
EXPLOSION;BD. NEW CASTLE;BROTHER IN WALES
ELECTROCUTED
DRAGGED UNDER A LOADED CAR
RUN OVER BY LOADED CAR
FELL DOWN SHAFT & DROWNED
RUN OVER BY RAILROAD CARS
RUN OVER BY LOADED CAR
BURIED BY MUCK and DIRT
FELL FROM BUCKET
FALLING OF A SLAB
STRUCK ON THE HEAD BY CAR
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
DRILLED INTO MISSED HOLE
FALL OF RIB (COAL)
BLEW DOWN DRIFT BY BLAST
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK
RUNAWAY CARS
POWER SHOVEL-STRIP
FALL OF ROCK
SUFFOCATED
FALL OF ROOF
GAS EXPLOSION
PICKING OUT MISSED HOLE
CAUGHT BETWEEN STORAGE BATTERY MOTOR &ROOF
Page
Reference
Report
year
53
12
1970
46
12
1964
30 12m
1977
32 12m
1976
28
10
1942
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1910JAN31
1929MAR14
1941DEC23
1890APR28
1963JUL5
1908MAY28
1910JAN13
1959MAR23
1897MAR8
1966OCT31
1907NOV29
1951AUG22
1945SEP7
1925JUN19
1915MAR4
1912OCT14
1917SEP10
1932SEP10
1907JAN23
1892SEP28
1928FEB6
1919APR17
1891MAR26
1892OCT17
1889AUG3
1920DEC28
1921DEC26
1939SEP24
1900SEP5
1948FEB25
1893NOV13
1902OCT4
1919DEC9
1918APR15
1896MAR13
1913DEC16
1898MAR5
1952SEP12
1959MAR11
1888JUN24
1889SEP9
1960JAN19
1888JUN29
1899APR28
1894JUN30
1915AUG30
1914OCT7
1917FEB4
1924OCT3
1922MAR24
1918AUG20
1902MAR27
1910OCT8
1920MAY5
1919AUG18
1898MAY13
1917APR27
1927SEP20
1896OCT9
1917JUL25
NAME
MOSLEY, SPEAKER
MOSS, G F
MOSSONI, ALBERT
MOTHERAL, THOMAS
MOTT, ALVIN J
MOTTO, JIM
MOTTO, Y
MOUNT, CLINTON A
MOUNT, JOHN
MOUREAUX, ALBERT H Jr
MOVASAKI, J.
MOXNES, THOMAS E
MOYA, BENJAMIN O
MOYER, HARVEY
MOZROK, STEVO
MRAH, VINCENT
MRDJA, DEMETRO
MUDRACK, GEORGE
MUFFATTI, OMOBONO
MUIR, DAVID E.
MUIR, GROVER C
MUIR, JOHN
MULDOON, JAMES
MULITS, JOHN
MULLEN, BERNARD
MULLEN, BERT
MULLEN, DENNIS
MUNDELEIN, JACK
MUNECK, MIKE
MUNEY, JOHN H
MUNEZ, SENSUIO
MUNIS, ALBINO
MUNRO, WILLIAM P
MUNSON, JOHN S
MURCHISON, JOHN
MURPHEY, NORMAN
MURPHY, JAMES
MURPHY, JAMES R
MURPHY, JAMES THOMAS
MURPHY, JOHN
MURPHY, JOHN
MURPHY, JOHN
MURPHY, PATRICK
MURPHY, PATRICK
MURRAY, J W
MURRAY, RICHARD D
MURREDU, MIKE
MURTON, JULIUS
MUSELLI, TONY
MUSIAL, PETE
MUSIC, MIKE
MUSSA, ANGELO
MUSSATI, STEFANO
MUYATA, H
MUZZIES, M
MYER, JACOB
MYERS, B. B
MYERS, F M
MYERS, GEORGE
MYERS, J. E
NATIONALITY
COLORED
AMERICAN
OCCUPATION
MINER
MACHINE MINER
FOREMAN
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
29 M
1 30 M
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
JAPANESE
37
44
27 S
S
DRIVER
MINER
MINER
JAPANESE
MACHINE RUNNER
MINER
CARTMAN
MINER
DRIVER
DYAMAN
AMERICAN
SCOTCH
DRIVER
PICK MINER
IRISH
AMERICAN
SLAV
MEXICAN
ROPE RIDER
MACHINE MAN
MINER
MINER
LOADERMAN
PRIMERO
CITY COAL
EAGLE
COMPROMISE
COLORADO CONSTRUCTORS Inc
STARKVILLE
HASTINGS
CRESTED BUTTE
26
41 M
18
10
4
10
22
39
30
50
48
27
24
M
M
M
M
M
S
22 S
42 M
43
31 M
44
31 M
23 S
39
IDARADO MINING Co
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
3 GORDON COAL CO.
1 JAS. ETCHELLS
1
3 NATIONAL FUEL
1 CONSOLIDATED COAL & COKE CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
UNTIED COAL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
2 HAYDEN BROTHERS COAL CORP.
COLORADO & UTAH COAL
VICTOR COAL AND COKE CO.
AMERICAN
16
48
44 W
0 HAYDEN BROS. COAL CORP.
AMERICAN
LOADER
19 S
CORYELL MINING LEASING
ANSCHUTZ DRILLING CO.
ASHBY DRILLING CO.
MINER
GOLDEN FUEL CO.
MINER
41
50
35
35
51
38
36
44
ITALIAN
POLISH
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
JAPANESE
MEXICAN
MINER
TIMBERMAN
LABORER
PICK MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
LOADER
MINER
MACHINE MINER
PICK MINER
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
MINER
MINER
27 S
47
MINER
60
15
10
S
S
PRIMERO
CLIMAX
COLUMBINE
GORDON
PARKDALE
CHANDLER
MONARCH NO. 2
BAUM
PRIMERO
WALSEN
PICTOU
FREDERICK
SIMPSON
ROUSE
OCEAN WAVE
HAYDEN NO. 2
BURLESON MINES, INC.
TROLLEY BOY
MINER
ROLLERMAN
AMERICAN
SCOTCH
ITALIAN
MINE
County
LAS
ELP
WEL
PIT
LAP
LAS
LAS
SMALLER MINING CO.
MINER
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
No.
Children
COMPANY
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
0 COLORADO SPRINGS CO.
NATIONAL FUEL
AZTEZ COAL MINING
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
M
M
S
2 JEWEL COLLIERIES CO.
4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
SUNNYSIDE COAL MINING CO.
24 M
40 M
33 S
4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
1 SUNNYSIDE COAL MINING CO.
OAKDALE COAL CO.
TOLTEC
HARRIS
NO. 1 VICTOR
PRIMERO
HAYDEN NO. 2
MOLLIE GIBSON
VULCAN
CORNCRACKER
STERLING
MICADO
WHITE ASH
DUTCH CREEK
LEADVILLE
GARFIELD COX
SILVER LAKE
TOLTEC
DELAGUA
JEWEL
SOPRIS
SUNNYSIDE
BROOKSIDE
STARKVILLE
SUNNYSIDE
OAKDALE
PINTO LEASE
HASTINGS
MOFFAT TUNNEL
CENTENNIAL
GUN
SAM
LAS
LAK
WEL
HUE
WEL
HUE
BOU
WEL
LAS
HUE
HUE
LAS
BOU
LAS
HIN
ROU
SAM
GUN
HUE
ROU
LAS
LAS
TEL
ROU
PIT
GAR
CLE
LAK
JEF
PIT
LAK
TEL
SANJ
HUE
LAS
CHA
LAS
LAS
HUE
FRE
LAS
HUE
HUE
ELP
LAS
GIL
CLE
MON
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
FALL OF ROCK
TIPPLE
ROCKS FLYING FROM SHOT
TRUCK ACCIDENT WITH SCRAPER
SQUEEZED BETWEEN MULE & CAR
STRUCK BY A MOTOR
THROWN OUT OF TRUCK
COAL SLIP
CAUGHT BETWEEN CAR AND CHUTE
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK
ROOF FALL
EXPLOSION OF FIREDAMP
INHALING NOXIOUS GASES
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
CAUGHT BETWEEN LOADED CAR & RIB
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
EXPLOSION OF GAS
FELL OFF TRIP
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF BOX OF CAPS
HEART FAILURE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
HAULAGE
CARS RUNNING OVER HIM
CRUSHED BETWEEN LOADED CARS
FALL OF ROCK
TRIP OF RUNAWAY CARS
STRUCK WITH STICK FROM CIRCULAR SAW
DUST EXPLOSION
TOO MANY FUSE HOLES
FELL 85 FEET TO DERRICK FLOOR
FELL TO GROUND
FELL DOWN SHAFT;BD. NY BROTHER MICHAEL (Inquest??)
DROWNED BY INUNDATION OF WATER FROM SHAFT
HAULAGE
FELL DOWN SHAFT (Inquest??)
FELL WHEN STEPPING FROM BUCKET
FELL INTO ORE CHUTE
ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK ON HEAD OR THROWN OFF BALANCE BYCAR
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
FALL OF COAL OFF A PILLAR
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP
TOO CLOSE TO BLAST
EXPLOSION
FELL ON THE BACK OF NECK
FALLING DOWN SHAFT WITH BUCKET
FALL OF GROUND
Page
Reference
Report
year
26
45
10
12
1890
1963
49
62
9
12
1898
1966
gend
9
9
1892
46
10
1890
15
17
gend
20
10
1894
gend
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1884JAN24
1924FEB27
1927OCT18
1911MAY22
1925JUN10
1926AUG30
1910NOV8
1915DEC30
1905MAR13
1909NOV16
1949JUL30
1942JAN27
1931OCT22
1904SEP3
1912JAN19
1893MAR22
1886SEP29
1923JUL11
1970AUG18
1924MAY17
1884JAN24
1884JAN24
1910JAN24
1929JUL23
1906MAR13
1923JAN10
1922SEP7
1898SEP19
1944JAN16
1917JAN25
1917JUL23
1920AUG22
1896OCT31
1897MAY7
1932FEB23
1925JAN13
1901NOV20
1922JUN12
1930MAY19
1896MAY7
1942JAN9
1909OCT9
1934JAN6
1917APR27
1942MAR25
1894OCT2
1923JUL10
1927FEB18
1919FEB25
1908MAR14
1933DEC11
1901NOV20
1932MAR23
1928JUN18
1910MAY18
1947SEP25
1917NOV1
1925FEB13
1917APR27
1917APR27
NAME
MYERS, JOHN
MYERS, RAY X
NADICH, PETE
NAGLAICH, MIKE
NAGY, STEVE
NAHAY, J N
NAKAMICHI, M.
NAKASHIMA, SAKUJIRO
NAKATANI, K.
NAKHAOGA, J.
NANCE, JOHN R
NANCE, ROBERT J
NANKOFF, GEORGE
NARANJO, MANUEL
NARCISCO, GARCIA
NARY, JOHN
NAST, ALPHONSO
NAVA, JOSE
NAVAJO, JIMMY
NAVARRO, RAYMOND
NEATH, MORGAN
NEATH, WILLIAM
NEDELSCHOFF, GEORGE
NEDERLAND, J HICKEY
NEEDS, FRANK
NEESHAM, RALPH
NEFF, EVAN A
NEGRI, JOHN
NEGRO, DOMENIC
NEILSON, NELS
NEITO, REYES
NELSON, ANDREW
NELSON, CHARLES
NELSON, CHARLES H
NELSON, CHRIS T
NELSON, G W
NELSON, JOE
NELSON, MARTIN
NELSON, MOSE
NELSON, OLOF
NELSON, OSCAR E
NELSON, PETER O
NELSON, RUDOLPH
NENICH, PETE
NENO, WILLIAM
NERO, JOHN
NERONI, TONY
NESS, CHRIS
NESTOR, ALBERT
NESTOS, MANUEL
NEUMAN, RALPH
NEVALA, JOHN
NEWELL, JOSEPH
NEWMAN, FRANK
NEWMAN, H G
NEWMAN, LAWRENCE JR.
NEWMAN, WILLIAM
NEZES, STEVE
NICCOLI, BRUNO
NICCOLI, CHARLES
NATIONALITY
AUSTRIAN
HUNGARIAN
AMERICAN
JAPANESE
JAPANESE
JAPANESE
JAPANESE
OCCUPATION
MUCKER
MINER
MINER & RUNNER
MACHINE MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
TRUCK DRIVER
BULGARIAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MACHINE MINER
MINER
MINER
MEXICAN
MINER
MACHINE MINER
MEXICAN
BULGARIAN
ENGLISH
ENGLISH
PICK MINER
DRIVER
DRIVER
MINER
MINER
MINE FOREMAN
DREDGEMASTER
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
17
16
16
8
9
25
47
38
27
37
38
33
33
35
25
21
M
M
S
S
M
M
M
S
40
60 M
44 M
32 S
22
31 S
22
65
29
42
32
S
S
S
M
No.
Children
COMPANY
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
2
4 THE COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
PIKES PEAK FUEL CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
OAKDALE COAL
2
UTAH CONSTRUCTION CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
HAYDEN COAL CO.
5
SAN JUAN COAL CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO,
RICO ARGENTINE MINING Co
COLORADO & UTAH COAL CO.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
5 UTAH FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
MUCKER
LABORER
MINER
MINE
CRESTED BUTTE
MOFFAT TUNNEL
GREENVILLE
CAMERON
PIKEVIEW
DELAGUA
OAKDALE
WALSEN
GRAY CREEK
WADGE
HAYDEN NO. 3
MIDWAY
STARKVILLE
SOPRIS
DURANGO
CASS
HARRIS
CRESTED BUTTE
CRESTED BUTTE
PIKEVIEW
WILLIAMSVILLE
SOMERSET
GOLDEN AGE
KEBLER NO. 2
35
20
22
CALEDONIA
GOLD KING
AMERICAN
MINE FOREMAN
40
66 S
64 M
AMERICAN
MINER
DRIVER
20
47
35 M
SWEDE
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
NORWEGIAN
MEXICAN
FINLAND
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
SPANIARD
GREEK
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
MINER
MINER
TIMBERMAN
DRIVER
MINER
45
41
25
22
23
PICK MINER
TRAMMER
SHIFT BOSS
DRIVER
TRACK FOREMAN
9
PICK MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
OILER
TRIP BRAKESMAN
PICK MINER
DRIVER BOSS
DRIVER
12
20
10
M
M
S
S
S
11 F. W. BLOOM
2 CALUMET FUEL CO.
PRIDE OF WEST, INC.
EMPIRE ZINC CO.
CHAIN O' MINES, INC.
38 M
32
40
36 M
33 M
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
28
40
22
25
23
33
34
34
1 JOHN D. CRIBBS
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
M
S
S
S
M
S
M
M
PLATT ROGERS, INC.
GENERAL GOLD CORP.
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
MOFFAT COAL CO.
5
5
BLOOM
SMUGGLER UNION
CALUMET NO. 2
SPOT CASH
SILVERTON
MORRISON
EAGLE
HASTINGS
CENTRAL CITY
VICTOR
FREDERICK
HASTINGS
TWIN LAKES
SMUGGLER UNION
ROCKVALE NO. 2
PINNACLE
OAK HILLS
LEADVILLE
MORLEY
OAK HILLS
HASTINGS
HASTINGS
County
GUN
SUM
GIL
LAS
HUE
ELP
LAS
HUE
HUE
LAS
ROU
ROU
HUE
LAS
LAS
LAP
LAS
DOL
ROU
GUN
GUN
ELP
BOU
ELP
GUN
SUM
GIL
HUE
CLE
PUE
SAM
OUR
BOU
ELP
MOZ
SAM
LAK
HUE
LAK
SAJ
JEF
EAG
LAS
GIL
TEL
LAS
SAJ
SAM
LAS
LAK
SAM
FRE
ROU
ROU
LAK
LAS
ROU
LAS
LAS
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
BROKEN FLY WHEEL HIT HIM BETWEEN THE EYES
STRUCK BY TIMBER
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF FACE COAL
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF TOP COAL
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK
WHEELS OF TRUCK HIT A SOFT SHOLDER
GAS EXPLOSION
CAUGHT BETWEEN PIT CAR & PROP
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
A BOY; RAN OVER BY LOADED CARS
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BETWEEN TWO TIMBERS
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
SUFFOCATED FROM POWDER SMOKE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
STRUCK BY A TRIP OF CARS
ELECTROCUTED
FELL DOWN SHAFT
FACE BUMP
FALL OF ROCK
CLOTHES CAUHGT IN REVOLVING SHAFT
OVERCOME BY SMOKE AND FELL DOWN RAISE
CAVE IN OF THE DUMP
ROLLER FALLING DOWN SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK FROM CLIFF
FALL OF ROCK
FIRE
SUFFOCATED BY CARBONIC ACID GAS
CRUSHED BETWEEN CAR & RIB
FALL OF ROCK
SUFFOCATED
FALL OF COAL FROM CHUTE
CRUSHED BY GROUND CAVING
EXPLOSION
FELL DOWN ORE CHUTE
PICKING MISSED HOLE
FALL OF ROCK
CAUGHT IN SNOWSLIDE & CARRIED DOWN MTN.
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK ON HEAD BY AIR LINE
FIRE
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED IN MACHINERY
CRUSHED UNDER A MINE CAR
FALL OF COAL
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
Page
Reference
Report
year
22
9
1886
52
12
1970
28
10
1942
22
10
1894
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1920NOV8
1935APR2
1884JAN24
1913OCT10
1977JUN20
1917APR26
1914OCT31
1925SEP29
1941JAN31
1942SEP15
1906FEB19
1906FEB19
1909JUL6
1967MAR27
1916APR29
1904JAN21
1904JAN21
1910FEB21
1895NOV3
1913DEC16
1893JAN10
1883FEB23
1899MAR31
1923AUG11
1919FEB24
1927DEC4
1897OCT16
1893JAN10
1905FRB13
1919DEC29
1911APR8
1913DEC16
1899AUG14
1917MAR9
1917JUN7
1961JUL13
1928NOV24
1907APR24
1885NOV13
1901MAR29
1910JAN31
1914APR14
1909MAY21
1936JAN20
1917APR27
1918FEB22
1899APR10
1917JUL23
1899JUL23
1919MAR31
1910OCT8
1921OCT29
1893JUL19
1936FEB27
1897JAN16
1930MAR10
1965DEC28
1913DEC16
1913DEC16
1915OCT27
NAME
NICHOLS, ANDREW
NICHOLS, HENRY D
NICHOLSON, G M
NICOLOTTA, JOE
NIGGEMYER, CARL E
NIKOLA, NIK
NILAS, RUDOLPH
NIVITOSKY, TONY
NIX, WILLIAM ANDY
NIXON, J W
NIZZI, F.
NIZZI, J.
NOAH, ALBERT
NOBLE, JACK BYRN
NOCOTERI, DOMENCIO
NOGIC, LUKE
NOGIC, V.
NOIER, PETRO
NOISON, THOMAS H
NOLAN, D. C
NOLDEAN, PETER
NOONAN, JAMES
NOONAN, JAMES
NORARE, ELESEO D
NORCIA, PATSY
NORD, DAVID
NORDEN, FRANK
NORDINI, POR aka
NORDON, JOE
NORIN, JOE
NORMAN, CHARLES
NORTON, ADDIE
NORTON, EDWARD B
NORTON, ROBERT T
NORVASD, JOHN
NORVELL, DAVID V
NOSEK, GEORGE
NOTMAN, WALTER
NOURSE, CONN
NOVACK, FRANK
NOVACK, FRANK
NOVAK, MIKE
NOVELLI, PETE
NOVINGER, KESTER
NOWATHER, JOHN
NOZENSKY, HARRY
NUCHI, PETER
NUMARI, CELESTE
NURENBERG, CHARLES
NUROJORGES, GEORGE
NYZLO, WIT
OAKS, ALBERT
OATES, RICHARD
OATMAN, O L
OATS, WILLIAM
OBEROSLER, THOMAS
OBERSTER,
OBESTER, FRANK
OBESTER, GALE
OBLOCH, FRANK
NATIONALITY
OCCUPATION
BALL MILL ATTEND
MINER
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
22
23 S
ITALIAN
MINER
BULGARIAN
HUNGARIAN
POLE
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
TRUCK DRIVER
MINER
MINER
CAGER
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
26
35
28
24
32
23
40
30
49
AMERICAN
MINER
35 M
ITALIAN
PICK MINER
AMERICAN
PICK MINER
MINER
22 S
37
35 M
3
20
38 M
21
M
32 S
35 S
M
S
S
S
S
M
S
M
No.
Children
COMPANY
HIDALGO GOLD MINES, INC.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
0 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
DAY MINES Inc
0 TIOGA COAL
OAKDALE COAL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
IDEAL COAL
THOMAS & BROWN LIME CO.
MOUNTAIN FUEL and SUPPLY Co
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
4
2 CORYELL MINING LEASING
UNION PACIFIC
RUGBY COLLIERIES CO.
2 RAPID CREEK M. T. & P. CO.
UNION PACIFIC
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
MINER
PICK MINER
TIMBERMAN
MINER
26 M
37 M
33 M
M
POLE
CAGER
MINER
SCOTCH
TRAMMER
FIRE BOSS
23
36 M
27
42
24 M
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
POLE
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
RUSSIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
DAY MAN
MINER
MACHINE MINER
GREEK
POLE
AMERICAN
PICK MINER
MINER
LABORER
AMERICAN
PICK MINER
AMERICAN
PICK MINER
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
MINER
MINER
FIRE BOSS
40
21
42
42
34
33
26
42
48
TIMBERMAN
M
S
M
M
M
M
S
M
M
2 BLACK HAWK COAL CO.
1
CORYELL MINING LEASING
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
BLUE RIVER CONSTRUCTORS
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
4 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
3
1 NATIONAL FUEL CO.
6
W. E. RUSSELL COAL
5 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
EMPIRE COAL CO.
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
1 COLORADO & UTAH COAL CO.
3
28 S
38 M
49 M
M
28 M
2
40 M
5 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
MID CONTINENT COAL AND MINE
CORYELL MINING LEASING
1 CORYELL MINING LEASING
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
22 S
27 M
56 M
2 JEFFERSON COAL CO.
MINE
CRESTED BUTTE
DELAGUA
SHERMAN TUNNEL
TIOGA
OAKDALE
MORLEY
IDEAL
PUEBLO
MAITLAND
MAITLAND
TOLLER
PRIMERO
ROUSE
ROUSE
HASTINGS
COLUMBIA-MENONA
VULCAN
KING
GILT EDGE
TOMBOY
RUGBY
GENTER
CRESTED BUTTE
KING
SOPRIS
PRIMROSE
BAUM
VULCAN
near EMPRESS MILL
CAMERON
MIDWAY
BULL DOMINGO
CRESTED BUTTE
PRIMERO
DELAGUA
HASTINGS
MONARCH NO. 2
HASTINGS
RUSSEL
ENGLE
SOPRIS
ENTERPRISE
EMPIRE
STARKVILLE
HARRIS
LUTZ EXTENSION
VIRGINIA
ALPSE
MORLEY
DUTCH CREEK MINE
VULCAN
VULCAN
SPRING GULCH
County
SAM
TEL
GUN
LAS
HUE
HUE
LAS
LAR
PUE
HUE
HUE
LAS
MOF
LAS
HUE
HUE
LAS
SAM
GAR
PAR
LAK
SAM
HUE
SAM
GUN
GUN
PAR
LAS
LAS
WEL
GAR
CLE
TEL
HUE
SUM
TEL
HUE
CUS
GUN
LAS
LAS
LAS
BOU
LAS
WEL
LAS
GUN
LAS
LAS
ROU
GIL
JEF
GIL
LAS
PIT
GAR
GAR
PIT
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
CAUGHT BY THE SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS ; BD. RAPID CITY, IL
FALL OF ROCK
BLAST
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EMPTY CAR RAN OVER HIM
ROOF FALL
HEAD HIT ROCK FACE
GAS EXPLOSION
GAS EXPLOSION
GAS EXPLOSION
STRUCK BY BLOW DOWN LINE
CONCRETE WALL OF AN OVERCAST
HIT BY RUNAWAY MINE CAR
HIT BY RUNAWAY MINE CARS
FALL OF ROCK
PICKING OUT MISSED HOLE
DUST EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
FELL DWON SHAFT
THROWN BETWEEN BELT AND PULLEY
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF TOP COAL
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
DUST EXPLOSION
THROWN FROM ORE WAGON
STRUCK BY A MINE CAR
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY PRESSURE LINE
CAUGHT BETWEEN SKIP & SHAFT TIMBERS
GAS EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION/FIRE
FALL OF ROCK; or Feb29?
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
CRUSHED BY CAR; ALIAS FRANK OSTROWSKI
FALL OF ROCK
GAS EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
IGNITING SOME BLACK POWDER
HIT BY A LOADED TRIP OF CARS
FALL OF ROCK
PICKING MISSED HOLE
GAS EXPLOSION DUE TO ELECTRIC ARC
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
FALL OF ROCK
FELL DOWN SHAFT
FALL OF TOP COAL
FALLING ROCK FROM STULL
FALL OF TOP COAL & ROCK
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
DUST EXPLOSION
DUST EXPLOSION
FALLING DOWN A CHUTE
Page
Reference
30 12m
49
Report
year
1977
12
1967
gend
gend
53
9
1898
gend
gend
16
17
gend
15
10
1894
gend
gend
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1902SEP20
1917APR27
1909JUL6
1900JAN12
1888DEC12
1884MAR10
1896APR7
1894MAR8
1906JUL23
1924NOV1
1896APR12
1890JUN3
1917APR27
1910NOV5
1910NOV8
1929FEB24
1896NOV29
1912MAY25
1907SEP30
1896JUL18
1937MAR16
1927FEB26
1918JAN4
1942JAN27
1911DEC15
1972DEC17
1899DEC24
1969FEB26
1898MAR28
1919NOV21
1918FEB2
1927JUL30
1897AUG19
1897FEB9
1925JAN30
1901NOV20
1905MAY5
1917MAY25
1898APR30
1896AUG10
1884JAN24
1910JAN31
1896DEC2
1904OCT28
1908JUL6
1912MAR6
1905JAN9
1908MAY1
1912JUN18
1914AUG28
1899DEC21
1922MAY8
1919FEB5
1894JUL23
1920OCT28
1929DEC6
1902APR23
1893JUN6
1921JUN6
1888MAY29
NAME
OBLOK, FRANK
OBRADOVICHII, MIKE
OBREZZL, JOHN
O'BRIEN, EDWARD
O'BRIEN, JAMES
O'BRIEN, WILLIAM
OBWEGER, JOHN
O'CONNELL, JAMES
ODDERZZI, JOSEPH
ODEAN, O L
O'DONNELL, J. D
O'DONNELL, JAMES
ODOROZZI, SERAFINO
OFFICER, RAMER
OGAMI, K.
O'HARE, HUGH
OHLIG, FRED
OKIMOTO, KURUCHI
OLDS, ROBERT E
OLEVETTA, S
OLGUIN, ALBERT
OLGUIN, JOSEPH
OLIGUIN, JOSE
OLIVER, HARRY P
OLIVER, R. A
OLIVER, WILLIAM J
O'LLARA, JOHN
OLME, ALBERT R
OLSEN, OLE
OLSON, CARL
OLSON, CHARLES
OLSON, ERICK R
OLSON, NELS
O'MALLEY, HUIGH
OMELENCHUK, ALEX
O'NEIL, HUGH
O'NEIL, JOHN
O'NEIL, JOHN
O'NEIL, ROBERT
O'NEIL, TIM
O'NEILL, JAMES
ONERIS, FRANK
OPIE, JOHN
OPIEKA, JOHN
OPRANDI, CALISTO
ORAZNER, FRANK
ORD, WILLIAM
ORLANDO, FRANK
ORLICH, BUDE
ORNELUS, J.
ORR, CHARLES H
ORTEGA, JOE
ORTEGAS, RECARDO
ORTEGO, M.
ORTEZ, JAKE
ORTEZ, VALENTINE
OSBORNE, H. A
OSLER, JACOB
OSPENKO, MIKE
OSTI, JOSEPH
NATIONALITY
AUSTRIAN
SERVIAN
SLAV
OCCUPATION
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
36
45 M
43 M
MINER
MINER
MINER
No.
Children
COMPANY
3
COLORADO FUEL CO.
25
MINER
AUSTRIAN
MINER
LEASER
42 M
30
MINER
MINER
MINER
MUCKER
29
35
26
30
38
JAPANESE
AMERICAN
MINER
BLACKSMITH
27 S
59 M
SPANISH-AMER
MECXICAN
MEXICAN
PICK MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
AMERICAN
MINER
IRISH
AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN
JAPANESE
6
15
S
S
S
M
22 M
49 M
23 S
44 M
56
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
0 HERFANO COAL CO.
4 PRAIRIE CANON COAL CO.
COLORADO COAL MINES
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
4
R.L. MANNING DRILLING Co
MINE
SPRING GULCH
HASTINGS
TOLLER
MORNING STAR
ROUSE
VALLEJO SHAFT
PORTER
MINERAL ROCK
ROUSE
GOLD EXPLORATION
ANTIOCH
HASTINGS
THOMPSON
DELAGUA
SILVER LAKE
LUDLOW
HUERFANO
REVENUE TUNNEL
LUDLOW NO. 2
PRAIRIE CANON
MALLOT
WADGE
RAPSON
MARY MURPHY
31
AMERICAN
MINER
STOPING MACHINE
CONTRACTOR
RUSSIAN
COMPANY MAN
AMERICAN
PITBOSS
TIMBERMAN
AMERICAN METAL CLIMAX Inc
NORTH CHICAGO
KOKOMO
37
50
25
9
32 S
32 S
39
AUSTRIAN
MINER
29 S
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
SCOTCH
ITALIAN
SLAV
MEXICAN
MINER
MINER
TRAM-CAR LOADER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
24
41
45
30
28
40
27
MEXICAN
AMERICAN
MULE DRIVER
PICK MINER
SPANIARD
MEXICAN
AUSTRIAN
RUSSIAN
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
S
M
M
M
M
M
2
23 S
18
TRIP RIDER
PICK MINER
MINER
5
15
PICK MINER
8
30 M
49 M
M
19
21 S
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
3
1 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
WOOTTON LAND & FUEL
BOULDER VALLEY COAL CO.
BLACK DIAMOND NIGGERHEADCOAL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
1 SUNNYSIDE COAL CO.
5 EMPIRE COAL MINING CO.
4
MOFFAT COAL CO.
COLORADO COAL & IRON CO.
SILVER LAKE
PHOENIX
ROBINSON NO. 2
SMUGGLER UNION
STARKVILLE
J. C. JOHNSON
DORIS
CRESTED BUTTE
PRIMERO
PUZZLER
TERCIO NO. 3
SPRINGS GULCH
BULKLEY
CITY
BERWIND
HASTINGS
TURNER
SEUTIN
BOULDER VALLEY
THREE PINES
ROUSE
SUNNSIDE
EMPIRE
MITCHELL
SILVER AGE
OAK HILLS NO. 2
MORO
County
PIT
LAS
LAS
LAK
HUE
PIT
LAP
TEL
HUE
TEL
ELP
LAK
LAS
LAS
LAS
EAG
SAJ
LAS
HUE
OUR
LAS
LAS
LAS
ROU
LAS
ROU
CHA
CLE
SAM
TEL
DOU
SAJ
GIL
HUE
SAM
LAS
LAK
PIT
LAK
GUN
LAS
ELP
LAS
PIT
GUN
LAP
LAS
LAS
LAS
TEL
WEL
LAS
LAS
HUE
LAS
BOU
CLE
ROU
LAS
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
GAS EXPLOSION
ORE FALLING FROM TOP OF SLOPE
RUN OVER BY A PIT CAR
Two avalanches destroy Valejo shaft house
FALL OF ROCK
FALL FROM LADDER
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF AIR PIPE
EXPLOSION OF POWDER WHILE TAMPING HOLE
EXPLOSION
MISSED SHOT
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF ROCK
ELECTRIC SHOCK
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY CAGE ON TOP OF SHAFT
TOOK HOLD OF LIVE ELECTRIC WIRE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
GAS EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
SCALDED BY BLOW OUT OF BOILER
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
ROOF OF CHAMBER CAVED IN
SUFFOCATED BY POWDER GAS
SPRAGGS GAVE WAY AND HE FELL
FALL OF ROCK
DRILLED INTO MISSED HOLE
EXPLOSION BY BOX CARS
FALL OF ROCK
FIRE
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ORE
CAVE IN OF WASTE
BAD AIR
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
SLIDING GROUND
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
SNOWSIDE FALLING ON HIM WHILE PLACING CAR
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP
FALL OF ROCK
POWDER EXPLODED WHILE THAWING
KILLED BETWEEN A LOADED CAR & ROOF
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BETWEEN MINE CAR & PILLAR
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROOF
CAVE-IN IN ROOF
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF SLATE
Page Reference
18
17
Report
year
rmn
19
10
1894
26
10
1890
59
12
1972
44
12
1969
13
10
1894
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1895SEP19
1937JUL22
1926JAN23
1913DEC16
1896FEB18
1920MAR9
1904JAN26
1898OCT10
1926NOV14
1927MAR7
1925AUG22
1919AUG18
1963AUG24
1945JUL25
1910DEC20
1942JAN9
1942JAN9
1909JAN6
1953NOV15
1938SEP29
1927JUN26
1890SEP10
1910NOV22
1912FEB21
1922APR10
1926AUG2
1897JUN9
1899SEP28
1908FEB17
1920NOV17
1897SEP3
1923OCT5
1900JAN12
1969NOV5
1942JUN18
1918NOV19
1925JUL3
1937AUG2
1893FEB7
1910JAN31
1922SEP19
1899OCT27
1919MAR12
1915JUL3
1910JAN17
1914OCT29
1917APR27
1894FEB5
1908JAN13
1917APR27
1917APR27
1916NOV18
1917APR27
1914DEC23
1950MAY22
1936AUG31
1917APR27
1917APR27
1917APR27
1928JUN21
NAME
O'SULLIVAN, WILLIAM
OTAVA, GEORGE
OTTEN, ERNEST
OTTEN, JOHN
OTTENO, JOE
OURAY, A C
OVERLY, JOSEPH "JOE"
OWENS, DAVID
OWENS, FRANK A
OWENS, WALTER M
OWENS, WILLIAM
OXFORD, ALFRED
PACE, JAMES E
PACHECO, JOE
PACHESCA
PACOTTI, CLAUDE
PACOTTI, FRANK
PADELLI, RAMON
PADILLA, BEN
PAFFORD, JAMES
PAGAN, LAWRENCE
PAGANINI, VELENTINE
PAIMIERI, JOHN
PAINCHI, DOMINIC
PAIZ, BERNADO
PALAFOS, CECILIO
PALATINI, JOHN
PALIC, GASPAR
PALINERE, PETE
PALLALIS, BILL
PALLASSI, THEODORE
PALLAZZO, JOE
PALLOGALLA, LOUIS
PALMER, DEE H
PALMER, HARRY RAY
PALMQUIST, EMIL
PANDOLEI, FRANK
PANIAN, ANDREW W
PANIAN, GEORGE
PANNELL, W. H
PANTOJA, JUAN
PAOLAZI, PAUL
PAOLENI, JOHN
PAPADACIO, JIM
PAPAS, GEORGE
PAPAS, SAM
PAPES, FRANK
PAPES, GEORGE
PAPISH, FRANK
PAPPAS, ATHAN
PAPPAS, GEORGE
PAPPAS, JAMES
PAPPAS, JOHN
PAPPAS, NICK
PAPPAS, RICHARD
PAPPAS, STEVE
PAPPAS, THEROS
PAPPAULIS, APIROS
PAPPAULIS, DIMITRIUS
PAPPOFF, LOUIS
NATIONALITY
RUMANIAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
WELSH
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
WELSH
AMERICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
OCCUPATION
TRACK LAYER
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER
LABORER
MINER
MINER
STABLE BOSS
PICK MINER
PICK MINER
PICK MINER
MACHINE MINER
ITALIAN
TALIAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MINER
MINER
MACHINE MINER
MACHINE MINER
TIMBERMAN
MINER
MINER
MACHINE HELPER
LOADER
PICK MINER
ITALIAN
Single/
Age Married
41
10
55
39
45
40
M
M
M
M
40
30
39
51
17
36
M
M
M
S
S
No.
Children
COMPANY
4 CLAYTON COAL CO.
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
CORYELL MINING LEASING
5
VICTOR TELLER Co.
9
12
MINER
MINER
TRAMMER
MINER
SLAV
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
GREEK
Years
mining
30
24
28
23
M
S
S
M
29
48 S
9
1
M
28 S
40 M
28 M
6
33 M
20 S
S
1
35 M
4
1
29
35 M
25
35 S
21 S
MINE SHIFT BOSS
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
PICK MINER
DRIVER
AMERICAN
MEXICAN
MINER
PJICK MINER
30 S
33 M
AMERICAN
GREEK
GREEK
GREEK
AMERICAN
SLAV
AUSTRIAN
GREEK
GREEK
GREEK
GREEK
GREEK
MACHINE RUNNER
MINER
OILER
MINER
DRIVER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
19 S
30
S
38 M
23 S
GREEK
GREEK
GREEK
GREEK
BULGARIAN
LOADER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MACHINE MINER
3 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
RAPID CREEK MINING & POWER
OAKDALE COAL CO.
IDARAHO MINING Co
CALUMET FUEL
1
PRIDE OF WEST, INC.
PRIDE OF WEST, INC.
TELLURIDE MINES, INC.
WILLIAM E. RUSSELL COAL CO.
GORDON COAL CO.
DENVER FUEL CO.
6 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
0 CALUMET FUEL CO.
2
BEAR CANON COAL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
HOMESTAKE MINING Co
EMPIRE ZINC CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
4 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
1 CEDAR HILL COAL & COKE
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
8
7
53
27
35
37
40
38
M
S
M
M
M
S
47
43
26
33
46
S
M
S
M
M
0
2 TIOGA COAL CO.
5
FOX COAL MINING
KERR COAL
BOULDER VALLEY COAL CO.
6
4
3 CLAYTON COAL CO.
MINE
MARY MURPHY
CLAYTON
HARVEY GAP
VULCAN
VULCAN
STRATTON'S INDEPENDENCE
PICTOU
ALPINE
ROBINSON NO. 2
GENTER
OAKDALE
CALUMET NO. 2
OAKDALE
SILVERTON
SILVERTON
MORLEY
RUSSELL
GORDON
SOPRIS
FREMONT
HASTINGS
SOPRIS
CALUMET NO. 2
SUNSHINE
ROCKVALE
FREDERICK
BEAR CANON
SUNSHINE
FREDERICK
SMUGGLER UNION
GILMAN
TOLLER
CRESTED BUTTE
CRESTED BUTTE
PRIMERO
DELAGUA
SARATOGA
BERWIND
GORHAM
DELAGUA
GREENVILLE
HASTINGS
WALSEN
ROCKVALE
HASTINGS
HASTINGS
TIOGA
HASTINGS
FOX
CAMEO
BOULDER VALLEY
HASTINGS
HASTINGS
HASTINGS
CLAYTON
County
CHA
WEL
GAR
GAR
GAR
OUR
TEL
HUE
GUN
HUE
GUN
HUE
SAM
HUE
HUE
SAJ
SAJ
LAS
WEL
HUE
LAS
FRE
LAS
LAS
HUE
GAR
FRE
LAS
LAS
GAR
LAS
SAM
MIN
EAG
TEL
LAS
GUN
GUN
LAS
LAS
GIL
LAS
BOU
LAS
LAS
LAS
HUE
FRE
LAS
LAS
HUE
LAS
BOU
MES
WEL
LAS
LAS
LAS
WEL
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
STULL GAVE WAY, BURYING HIM UNDER
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS
DUST EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
CAUGHT IN SLIDE OF SNOW & SUFFOCATED
CAGE ACCIDENT
FALL OF ROCK; FAMILY IN WALES
FALLING DOWN SHAFT
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
EXPLOSION OF GAS
EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP
CRUSHED WHEN SKIP RELEASED
MACHINERY
FALL OF COAL
SUFFOCATED
SUFFOCATED
FALL OF ROOF
PREMATURE BLAST
CAUGHT BETWEEN TOP OF MOTOR & CROSS BAR
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
SUFFOCATED BY SMOKE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FELL OFF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
ELECTROCUTED
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF ROCK
ROCK FALL FROM SLOPE
BURIED BY GROUND FALL
PREMATURE EXPLOSION
ELECTROCUTED BY TOUCHING A STEEL BAR
FALL OF ROCK
RUN OVER BY MINE CAR
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
FALL OF ROCK
SLAB ON SIDE OF DRIFT FELL
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF, COAL, AND SLATE
STRUCK BY A SHEAVE WHEEL
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
FALL OF TOP COAL
HEART ATTACK
FALL OF FACE COAL
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
Page
Reference
Report
year
gend
gend
127
9
1898
45
12
1963
28
28
10
10
1942
1942
51
13
9
17
1898
45
12
1969
10
17
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1908SEP2
1913AUG5
1891MAR26
1934SEP26
1904DEC19
1911MAY30
1899MAR7
1905MAR20
1914JAN27
1893JUN14
1902AUG2
1881JUN
1935JAN15
1909FEB2
1918NOV24
1889MAY22
1929FEB2
1910JAN31
1902MAR1
1909JAN2
1917JUN5
1901JUN17
1910OCT18
1981APR15
1907AUG13
1895AUG29
1937NOV9
1914FEB18
1902JAN22
1953DEC16
1921FEB12
1885NOV13
1868SEP23
1920JAN8
1925MAR15
1903JUL21
1899APR17
1907JAN23
1901OCT28
1917APR27
1920APR13
1921JAN7
1934JUL14
1943AUG4
1913SEP22
1904NOV2
1888SEP7
1922MAR24
1910AYG27
1906MAY14
1909NOV14
1937FEB23
1893FEB6
1925AUG13
1911DEC4
1915SEP17
1923JUL7
1918MAY10
1897DEC6
1894AUG10
NAME
PARADIS, GUADALOUPE
PARAGE, PETER
PARELA, GEORGE
PARESS, JOHN
PARICICH, MATE
PARINA, JOE
PARIS, LOUIS
PARK, AARON
PARK, H. M
PARK, MAXWELL
PARKER, GEORGE H
PARKS, JAMES
PARLIN, LES
PARR, ALEX
PARRA, JOSE
PARRISH, JAMES H
PARTIAN, R J
PASH, MAX
PASOLA, JOSEPH
PASQUINE, JOHATHAN
PASSARI, ANGELO
PASSEMENTTI, MARTIN
PASVENES, GEORGE
PATCH, RONALD
PATERNOSTER, JOE
PATERNOSTER, LUI
PATINO, NACARIO
PATON, WILLIAM
PATRICK, JOSEPH
PATRICK, ROBERT G
PATRICK, SAM
PATTEN, WILLIAM
PATTERSON,
PATTERSON, JOHN
PATTERSON, L C
PATTI, FRANCISCO
PATTON, FRANK E
PAULICH, GIOANNI
PAULIE, MATT
PAVELIK, VALENTINE
PAVELLO, JOHN
PAVLETICH, MIKE
PAVLICA, MIKE
PAVLISICK, WILLIAM
PAYNE, ROGER
PAYTEN, MARTIN
PEARCE, WILLIAM
PEASHKA, RUDOLPH
PEAVICH, METRE
PECARAI, GEORGE
PECKA, FRANK
PEDEROSA, JESUS
PEDRE, FORTUNATTE
PEDRON, VINCENTO
PEDUCI, FRANK
PEFFER, CLAUDE D
PEFFER, DAN
PELINE, FRANK
PELLA, LOUIS
PELLAND, WILLIAM
NATIONALITY
MEXICAN
ITALIAN
OCCUPATION
MINER
MINER
GREEK
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
ENGLISH
KOREAN
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
COLORED
MEXICAN
MACHINIST
MINER
BRAKEMAN
MINER
PICK MINER
Years
mining
22
Single/
Age Married
52 W
33 M
51
19
34
35
39
37
M
S
S
M
M
M
24
22
38
39
M
S
S
M
24 M
22 S
ITALIAN
GREEK
MUCKER
MINER
MINER
MINER
CAGER
FIREMAN
DRIVER
ITALIAN
MINER
45 M
MEXICAN
SCOTCH
POLISH
MINER
MACHINE HELPER
15
42 S
27 M
AMERICAN
MINER
22
35 M
M
GREEK
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
PICK MINER
BARN BOSS
MINER
20
38 M
42 M
29 M
HUNGARIAN
AUSTRIAN
POLISH
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
SLAV
AMERICAN
MONTENEGRIN
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
MEXICAN
MINER
MINER
MINER
MACHINE MINER
TRACKMAN
PICK MINER
DRIVER
MINER
MINER
FOREMAN
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER
FIRE BOSS
ROPE RIDER
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
TIMBERMAN
FIRE BOSS
COAL INSPECTOR
PICK MINER
PICK MINER
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
31 M
27
30 M
29 S
No.
Children
COMPANY
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
MARSHALL COAL CO.
3 CLAYTON COAL CO.
0 OAKDALE COAL
COLORADO FUEL AND IRON CO.
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
0 MUTUAL COAL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
1
MID CONTINENT Resources Incorporated
ENGLISH
IRISH
CANADIAN
24 S
5
7
26
31
30
28
46
S
S
W
M
27 S
59 M
10
25
17
36
24
40
43
29
M
M
M
S
S
64
44
22
44
43
S
M
M
S
M
HAYDEN COAL CO.
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
S. D. JOHNSON DRILLING CO.
3 MOFFAT COAL CO.
PHILADELPHIA COLORADO
0 MOFFAT COAL CO.
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
CALUMET FUEL CO.
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
6 PIKES PEAK FUEL CO.
OLIVER COAL
UTAH FUEL
4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
JOE MALONEY
UNION PACIFIC COAL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
2
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
MUTUAL COAL CO.
7 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
MINE
COKEDALE
STARKVILLE
MARSHALL NO. 5
CLAYTON
COALBASIN
PERY
SPRING GULCH
NEW BAKER
OAKDALE
CRESTED BUTTE
BROADHEAD
DOLLY VARDEN
CLIMAX
BLACK DIAMOND
MUTUAL
OK SHAFT
PRIMERO
ALPINE
ALPINE
STARKVILLE
STANDARD
DUTCH CREEK #1 MINE
STARKVILLE
AMERICUS
HAYDEN NO. 3
WALSEN
SOPRIS
OAK HILLS NO. 2
BULL DOMINGO
CLARK GARDENER
OAK HILLS NO. 1
MORLEY
BERWIND
TWIN LAKES PLACER
PRIMERO
BERWIND
HASTINGS
PERINS PEAK
KEBLER NO. 2
PIKEVIEW
OLIVER
SOMERSET
SWEET
IRON
SOPRIS
BOWEN
BERWIND
MORLEY
NUGGET
KING
DELAGUA
ROYAL
WALSEN
MUTUAL
TABASCO
STEVENS
TOM BOY
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
County
LAS
FALL OF ROOF
LAS
FALL OF COAL & ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
WEL
FALL OF FACE COAL
PIT
FALL OF ROCK
ROU
RUN OVER BY CARS
FALL OF ROCK; skull fracture; left family in Austria
BOU
FALL OF ROCK
HUE
FALL OF TOP COAL
GUN
FALL OF ROCK
LAS
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
LAK
SHOT OF DYNAMITE
LAS
FALL OF ROOF
HUE
FALL OF ROCK
LAK
FALL OF BUCKET
DOL
EXPLOSION OF ROUND OF HOLES
LAS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
GUN
FALL OF ROCK
GUN
FALL OF ROOF
LAK
STRUCK BY CAGE
LAS
BOILER EXPLOSION
BOU
FALLING OFF CAR
PIT
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
LAS
STRUCK BY RUNAWAY TRIP
GIL
DROWNED IN FLOODING OF MINE
ROU
FALL OF TOP COAL & ROCK
HUE
ELECTROCUTED
LAS
FALL OF COAL
CAUGHT IN HOISTING LINE
ROU
EXPLOSION OF DUST
CUS
EXPLOSION/FIRE
DROWNING
ROU
FALL OF ROCK
LAS
KICKED BY A MULE
LAS
FALL OF TOP COAL
CHA
FELL FROM PLATFORM
LAS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
LAS
FALL OF ROOF
LAS
EXPLOSION
LAP
FALL OF ROCK
HUE
CRUSHED BETWEEN LOADED CAR & ROOF OF MINE
ELP
FALL OF TOP COAL
GUN
ROOF FALL
GUN
POWDER EXPLOSION
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
LAK
FELL DOWN SHAFT
LAS
EXPLOSION
LAS
FALL OF POT FROM ROOF
LAS
FALL OF TOP COAL
LAS
DUST EXPLOSION
HUE
CAUGHT BETWEEN CAR & PROP
PAR
FALL OF ROCK
LAS
FELL UNDER A PIT CAR
LAS
SUFFOCATED BY GAS
HUE
BLOOD INFECTION
HUE
FALL OF ROCK
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
CLE
PICKING OUT MISSED SHOT
SANM FALL OF ROCK
Page
9
Reference
9
Report
year
1892
gend
18
17
16
17
22
10
gend
1894
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1907OCT30
1926DEC20
1915MAY13
1915MAY27
1935MAR6
1930DEC2
1934OCT6
1909OCT25
1929FEB7
1902NOV21
1918DEC3
1951SEP8
1925MAR19
1897MAY9
1895AUG29
1952FEB23
1961AUG13
1898JAN12
1910JAN31
1914JUL23
1921DEC18
1929FEB27
1926MAY12
1907MAR18
1927MAY17
1903MAR14
1897JAN16
1935APR10
1924SEP6
1887FEB23
1902JAN8
1896JUN22
1898JUN7
1896SEP19
1897SEP24
1896OCT3
1917DEC28
1955FEB12
1902JAN29
1901NOV20
1889NOV13
1897JUN8
1917JUL30
1909AUG28
1903FEB16
1911FEB27
1938MAY16
1896FEB18
1916JUN12
1896FEB18
1915FEB13
1915DEC3
1878NOV23
1939NOV16
1939SEP2
1909JUN21
1899DEC30
1884JAN24
1895SEP26
1903FEB26
NAME
PELLEGRINO, ANGELO
PELLEY, CARL E
PELUSA, SAMUEL
PENA, GUADALUPE
PENCA, JOHN
PENNY, ARTE
PENNY, E F
PEPPER, CHARLES
PERAGLIA, JOSEPH
PERALTO, POLITO
PERDUE, M. F
PEREA, ALEX P
PEREZ, DORTEO
PEREZ, ROMENI
PERGHER, GIOVANNI
PERICH, MARCO
PERKO, FRANK
PERKO, JOSEPH
PERKO, PETE
PERKOVICH, TONY
PERNA, ALFREDI
PERNA, JOHN
PERNE, JOHN
PERONIO, ANTON
PERRIER, TOM
PERRINO, DOMINIC
PERRY, C H
PESCHEL, JOHN
PESTANA, JOHN R JR.
PESTONA, JAMES
PETENECK, JOHN
PETERLIN, NICK
PETERS, THEODORE
PETERSON, A. J
PETERSON, C O
PETERSON, CARL
PETERSON, CHARLES J
PETERSON, CLARENCE
PETERSON, GUS
PETERSON, JOHN
PETERSON, PETER
PETERSON, WILLIAM
PETERUFF, HENRY
PETITALOT, HENRY C
PETRE
PETRE, GUISEPPI
PETRI, VICTOR
PETRICO, ANTON
PETRICONE, CROCE
PETRIE, ANGELO
PETTI, FRANK
PETTICOFF, SAM
PFAB, ANDREW
PFENNEBERGER, FRANK
PHENIX, LAWRENCE
PHILLIPI, B.
PHILLIPI, M. R
PHILLIPPI, WILLIAM
PHILLIPS, C. C
PHILLIPS, GEORGE
NATIONALITY
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
MEXCIAN
AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
MEXICAN
OCCUPATION
MINER
FARMER
MINER
MINER
TIMBERMAN
MACHINE MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
TOP MAN
Years
mining
25
30
2
36
MOTORMAN
MEXICAN
POLE
SLAV
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
Age
24
35
25
32
45
48
18
37
55
63
25
Single/
Married
S
M
S
M
M
M
S
M
M
PICK MINER
3
35 M
RR CAR DROPPER
MECHANIC
3
61
48
MINER
MACHINE MINER
MACHINE MINER
MACHINE MINER
MINER
STOPE CLEANER
MINER
MINER
CAGER
LABORER
36 M
24
17
21
44
41
30
36
39
S
M
M
S
No.
Children
COMPANY
1
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
2 LEYDEN LIGNITE CO.
5 NATIONAL FUEL CO.
AMERICAN INDEPENDENT COAL CO
8 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
5 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
BIG FOUR COAL & COKE CO.
9 CANON-RELIANCE COAL CO.
1 GORDON COAL CO.
M
24 S
19
M. A. NICHOLSON
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
AUSTRIAN
MINER
SWISS
MINER
35 M
TIMBERMAN
45
0
LeCLAIR CONSOLID. GOLD
LESSES DAVIS & BENTLY
SWEDE
40
AMERICAN
FRENCH
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
LOADER
MINER
MINER
MINER
19
23
38
26
S
S
M
S
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
BULGARIAN
MINER
MINER
LOADER
MINER
MINER
MINER
28
31
26
37
26
M
M
S
S
M
CRESTED BUTTE COAL
PIO MICHELI
4
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
PORTER FUEL
3 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
COLORADO & UTAH COAL CO.
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
MINER
MINER
23 M
45 M
1
4
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
AMERICAN
DRIVER
27 M
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
County
QUINTO
LAS
FALL OF ROOF
ROCK SLIDE
DELAGUA
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
ROUSE
HUE
FALL OF BONE AND COAL
LEYDEN NO. 3
JEF
FALL OF ROCK
PURITAN
WEL
FALL OF FACE COAL
INDEPENDENT
FRE
FALL OF TOP ROCK
MORLEY
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
ROCKVALE NO. 2
FRE
SQUEEZED BETWEEN SCALE HOUSE & CAR
ENGLEVILLE
LAS
ASPHYXIATION
TEL
LOST CONTROL OF ORE CAR AND WAS THROWN
CLIMAX
LAK
CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK
TOLLER
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
FORFAR
GIL
ROCK FALLING FROM BUCKET
SLEEPY-HOLLOW
GIL
DROWNED
EDNA STRIP
ROU
HAULAGE
ALLEN
LAS
HEART FAILURE
INDIANA
GIL
STULLS BROKE IN SLOPE
PRIMERO
LAS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
PRIMERO
LAS
NATURAL CAUSES
CENTENNIAL
BOU
FALL OF ROCK
CANON
FRE
FALL OF COAL
GORDON
HUE
FALL OF ROCK
REILLY CANON
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
SAM
FELL DOWN MANWAY
ROCKVALE
FRE
FALL OF COAL
SUNSHINE
HUE
SLAB OF COAL FELL
IBEX
LAK
SLIPPED WHILE PUTTING LOADED CAR ON CAGE
TEL
ELECTROCUTED
EL MORO
LAS
FALL OF TOP COAL
ROCKVALE
FRE
FALL OF ROOF
QUEEN OF THE WEST
GIL
FALLING DOWN SHAFT
HESPERUS
LAP
FALL OF COAL
30-Jul CLE
PICKING OUT MISSED SHOT
CANON CITY
ELP
EXPLOSION WHILE PREPARING FUSE
STONEWALL JACKSON
SUM
FALLING FROM BUCKET WHILE IN SHAFT
TEL
FALL OF ROCK
BULKHEAD FAILURE. FELL IN STOPE
MAY BE-CRIPPLE CREEK
TEL
FOUL AIR
SMUGGLER UNION
SAM
FIRE
CLARA
LAK
FELL OFF BUCKET
DOCTOR
ELP
EXPLOSION OF POWDER
BULKLEY
GUN
RUN OVER BY RAILROAD CARS
MONARCH
BOU
FALL OF ROCK
PRIMERO
LAS
FALL OF SLATE
TOLLER
LAS
ELECTROCUTED
RAPSON
LAS
CAUGHT BETWEEN CAR & RIB
VULCAN
GAR
EXPLOSION
PRIMROSE
LAS
FALL OF TOP COAL
VULCAN
GAR
EXPLOSION ; BD. NEW CASTLE
HESPERUS
LAP
FALL OF ROCK
REX NO. 1
BOU
FALL OF ROCK
ALPHA
LAK
INDUSTRIAL
BOU
FALL OF ROOF COAL
HARRIS
ROU
ELECTROCUTED
FORBES
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
PLACITA
PIT
STRUCK BY PIT CAR
CRESTED BUTTE
GUN
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
BELGIAN
LAK
EXPLOSION OF POWDER
STARKVILLE
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
MINE
Page
Reference
Report
year
47
9
1898
18
17
123
9
1898
24
10
1890
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1956JUL21
1896JAN5
1894JAN14
1897AUG11
1910JAN31
1929FEB12
1928AUG3
1930JAN10
1911FEB9
1965DEC3
1878NOV27
1878DEC6
1981APR15
1898JUL14
1912DEC6
1926JUL30
1952DEC19
1917APR27
1910JAN31
1927MAY16
191OJAN31
1897MAR26
1933JUL12
1897OCT16
1959OCT23
1904OCT28
1911DEC15
1898DEC4
1940DEC4
1944NOV23
1898APR23
1896MAY25
1924APR8
1926MAY12
1914JUL24
1912APR2
1974JAN18
1919JAN28
1910JAN31
1910JAN31
1907JAN23
1907JAN23
1912FEB6
1929JUL19
1917MAY28
1895DEC4
1918DEC21
1910OCT8
1961APR6
1898JUL12
1911FEB9
1918AUG5
1921OCT25
1922JUN21
1888DEC7
1908MAR5
1932AUG1
1891SEP4
1885NOV13
1933JUN21
NAME
PHILLIPS, RICHARD G
PHILLIPS, THOMAS
PHILLIPS, WALTER
PHILLIPS, WILLIAM E
PHUN, K. W
PICARDI, LOUIS
PICKARD, FRANCIS
PICKLEMIER, JOSEPH
PIECHA, KARL
PIEDMONT, BILLY S
PIERCE, HARRY
PIERCE, HENRY
PIERCE, HUGH
PIERCE, MARTIN
PIERSON, JOSEPH
PIERSON, W E
PIERT, CHARLES
PIETRAKAS, KERIAKAS
PIKADO, ANTON
PIKE, J H
PIKIER, FRED
PILATTI, MIKE
PILCH, FRANK
PILONE, JOHN
PILTZ, HERMAN F
PILZER, JOHN
PINCHAK, MIKE
PINE, JOHN
PINEDA, EDWARD M
PINEDA, SOILO
PINES, W. H
PINO, PHILLIP
PINOZZA, WILLIAM
PINTER, JOHN
PIO, CALAVANTO
PIPAN, PETER
PIPER, CHARLES E
PIQUE, HENRY
PIRSLIN, MARTIN
PIRSLIN, MAT
PISETA, ARCANGELO
PISETTA, DOMENICO
PITTICOFF PETCO E.
PLAZZA, EUGENE
PLUT, JOHN
PLUT, JOSEPH
PLUTT, MATT
PLUTTO, TOM
POBIRK, H V
PODBOSICK, JOHN
PODZORSKY, ANDY
POEZI, CHARLES
POHNL, ALBERT
POIER, BERT
POINT, JULES
POKE, GEORGE
POLETTI, AMERICO
POLITANO, JAMES
POLITONO, GRACOMO
POLITT, WALTER
NATIONALITY
OCCUPATION
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
ENGLISH
KOREAN
FRENCH
AUSTRIAN
POLE
No.
Children
COMPANY
DONALD YOUNG, UNION CARBIDE
26
MINER
TRAPPER
MINE FOREMAN
TIMBERMAN
SHOT-FIRER
35
4
33 M
67 M
4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
0 VICKERS COAL CO.
51 M
M
26
3 OAKDALE COAL CO.
CARBON COAL & COKE
MORRISON-KNUDSEN Co Inc
MID CONTINENT Resources Incorporated
COLORED
AMERICAN
MINER
LABORER
37 M
39
GREEK
AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
26 M
20 S
31
40 M
MINER
MINER
35 S
35 M
AUSTRIAN
SLAV
WEST PORTAL
STEARNS - ROGERS MFG. CO.
2
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
37 M
LONDON GOLD MINING CO.
4
PEAKS COAL CO.
CALUMET FUEL
MINER
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
SLAV
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER
FRENCH
CROATIAN
CROATIAN
HUNGARIAN
HUNGARIAN
BULGARIAN
SWISS
AMERICAN
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER
DAY MAN
DAY MAN
MINER
DRIVER
MINER
ITALIAN
GERMAN
AUSTRIAN
MINER
LOADERMAN
MINER
MINER
TIMBERMAN HELPER
MACHINE MINER
PICK MINER
COLORED
AMERICAN
MINER
PICK MINER
AMERICAN
MINER
PICK MINER
SLAV
POLE
15
20
29
49
37
33
38
65
32
35
34
22
32
34
18
S
M
M
M
M
M
S
S
S
M
S
32
24 S
33
M
16
13
45 S
37 S
3
28 S
19 S
15
34 S
CALIENTE COAL CO.
2 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
1
AMERICAN SMELTING and Refining Co
2 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
0 COLORADO & UTAH FUEL CO.
UTAH FUEL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
3 CARBON COAL & COKE
MOFFAT COAL CO.
CEDAR HILL COAL & COKE CO.
M. C. C. CO.
MATTIVI & SONS
VICTOR COAL CO.
PIKES PEAK FUEL CO.
MINE
SALISBURY MILL
SMUGGLER UNION
J. L. LINDSAY LEASE
PRIMERO
KENNETH
OAKDALE NO. 2
COKEDALE
ULE-LAKE
ULE-LAKE
DUTCH CREEK #1 MINE
HIDDEN TREASURE
PINON
MOFFAT TUNNEL
CLIMAX
HASTINGS
PRIMERO
PRIMERO
BROOKSIDE
LONDON
CRESTED BUTTE
TERCIO, NO. 3
ROCKVALE
TOM BOY
PEAKS
CALUMET NO. 2
LONDONDERRY
HASTINGS
RAVENWOOD
HASTINGS
BERWIND
RAVENWOOD
PRIMERO
PRIMERO
PRIMERO
PRIMERO
HECLA
HARRIS
SOMERSET
LITTLE JOHNNY
STARKVILLE
SOMERSET
UNION
COKEDALE
OAK HILLS
GREENVILLE
MARSHALL NO. 5
MAGNET
BUNKER HILL
VICTOR
ROCKVALE
PIKEVIEW
County
CLE
SUM
ELP
LAS
LAS
SAJ
HUE
LAS
EAG
LAK
PIT
GIL
HUE
GRA
LAK
LAS
LAS
DOL
LAS
FRE
PAR
GUN
LAS
FRE
SAM
HUE
HUE
ELP
LAS
LAK
HUE
LAS
LAS
LAK
HUE
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
BOU
ROU
GUN
LAK
LAK
LAS
GUN
PIT
LAS
SAM
ROU
LAS
BOU
FRE
HUE
LAS
FRE
ELP
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
IMPROPER BLASTING PROCEDURE
CAUGHT BY COAT & ARM IN MILL SHAFT
FALL OF SLOPE
FELL FROM BUCKET DOWN SHAFT
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
KILLED BY RUN-AWAY TRIP OF EMPTY CARS
ARM CAUGHT IN BELT-DRIVEN PULLEY
FALL OF COAL & ROCK FROM ROOF
DUST EXPLOSION, CAUSED BY A BLOW-OUT SHOT
CRUSHED BY TRUCK IN ROCK FALL
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
FALLING FROM BUCKET
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
CAUGHT BETWEEN TRIPPERS - BLED TO DEATH
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
FALL OF ORE FROM ROOF OF STOPE
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
COAL CAR
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF TOP COAL
IMPROPER BLASTING PROCEDURE
EXPLOSION
FELL INTO SHOOT
FALL OF ROOF (SLATE)
ROOF FALL
SHAFT HOUSE BURNED DOWN
FALL OF ROCK
CAVE OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF ROCK
CAUGHT BETWEEN LOADED CAR & PROP
FALL OF ROCK
BLAST EXPLODED WHILE LIGHTING FUSE
FALL OF TIMBER
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
FALL-ROOF
FALL DOWN TRAMWAY; rupture of intestines
DUST EXPLOSION, CAUSED BY A BLOWN-OUT SHOT
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF POWDER
FALL OF TOP COAL
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF SLATE
CRUSHED BY HOISTING CAGE
FALL OF COAL
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year
18
10
1894
50
12
1965
50
9
1898
53
9
1898
50
12
1974
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9
1898
9
15
9
9
1892
1886
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1921APR28
1888AUG24
1901JUN17
1929FEB1
1899JAN25
1888AUG25
1910JAN31
1910JAN31
1917DEC31
1893JAN10
1893JAN10
1910DEC15
1974SEP29
1877JUN6
1942JAN27
1920OCT13
1910MAR17
1895JUL3
1910OCT8
1930JUN7
1909JUN10
1954JUN6
1953DEC11
1917MAR11
1917APR27
1917MAY8
1923FEB22
1915APR2
1894OCT8
1912JUN19
1898MAR5
1932OCT16
1917AUG18
1912FEB25
1920JAN28
1920SEP17
1951NOV23
1897FEB24
1886OCT8
1896FEB17
1904AUG4
1960FEB2
1918FEB20
1937MAY21
1938NOV13
1948OCT22
1917APR27
1901AUG14
1923JUL9
1913AUG1
1909DEC14
1893JAN10
1893JAN10
1906NOV4
1891JAN18
1925JAN30
1884JAN24
1919OCT20
1895JUN24
1917JUN15
NAME
POLLAORA, ALFONZO
POLLARD, JOHN
POLLARD, WILLIAM
POLLCONI, MARTIN
POLLOCK, JAKE
POLLOCK, JOHN
POLOMBO, FRANK
POLOMBO, JIM
POLYEFKO, JOHN
Pomeralla, Francesco "Frank" aka
POMEROLI, FRANK
PONTIL, JOHN
POOLE, ROBERT ALAN
POPE,
POPE, RAYMOND C
POPOFF, A D
POPOVITCH, REDI
POPPEL, JOHN
PORCIE, FELIX
PORT, RALPH
PORTER, DANIEL
PORTER, ROBERT L
PORTER, THOMAS O
POSIS, GEORGE
POSLEP, ANTON
POSPAHALA, JOE
POTALO, MIKE
POTENSKI, KLEMMENS
POTTER, GEORGE
POTTS, ALBERT
POTZLER, NICHOLAS
POUCHER, RALPH C
POVINELLI, ARTHUR
POWELL, GRIFFTH
POWELL, JOSEPH A
POWELL, JOSEPH L
POWELL, MERLE R
POWELL, W. Q
POWELL, WILLIAM
POWERS, PIERCE
POWOS, TONY
POYER, OSCAR B
POZZETTI, FRANK
POZZI, LOUIS
PRATHER, GEORGE W
PRATOR, R BRUCE
PRATT, E. O
PRATTO, JOE
PREPICH, JOE
PREPODNICK, LAWRENCE
PRESCO, JAMES
PRESTTI, ANTONI
PRETIE, ANTONIO aka
PRETTI, ANGELO
PRETTIE, BRAZIL
PRICE, JAMES
PRICE, JOHN
PRICE, JOHN
PRICE, ROBERT S
PRICE, W. V
NATIONALITY
OCCUPATION
STOPE CLEANER
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
ENGINEER
MACHINE MINER
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
HUNGARIAN
DRIVER
DRIVER
SHOTFIRER
SLAV
Single/
Age Married
30
15
SHOTFIRER
MINER
ITALIAN
MINER
MINER
PIT BOSS
28 M
33 M
23 S
31 M
48 M
MACHINE RUNNER
BULGARIAN
MONTENEGRIN
AMERICAN
Years
mining
No.
Children
3 S. DOMENICO & SONS
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
2 COLORADO FUEL & COAL
7 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
UNION PACIFIC COAL
UNION PACIFIC COAL
28 S
20
10
45 M
23
24 S
32 M
41 W
COMPANY
MINE
GOLCONDA
STARKVILLE
PARAMOUNT
TOLTEC
GOLCONDA
PRIMERO
PRIMERO
BERWIND
KING
KING
BIG FOUR
BRINKERHOFF DRILLING Co
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
3 ROMAN COAL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
2
TERRIBLE-BROWNVILLE
WADGE
CROWN POINT
BERWIND
CLIMAX TUNNEL
STARKVILLE
CLIMAX
HUERFANO
County
SAM
PIT
LAS
BOU
PIT
LAS
LAS
LAS
PAR
PAR
HUE
RIB
ROU
ROU
LAS
ELP
LAS
LAK
HUE
GOLDEN CYCLE CORP.
MILE HIGH MINING CO.
AUSTRIAN
POLE
ITALIAN
RUSSIAN
AMERICAN
COLORED
WELSH
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
TRAMMER
MINER
MINER
MACHINE MINER
LABORER
25
38
20
57
29
M
S
M
S
MINER
46 M
TRAMMER
MINER
DRILLER
ELECTRICIAN
41
18
25 S
40 S
24 M
4
3
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
6 NATIONAL FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
TURNER COAL CO.
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
TELLURIDE MINES, INC.
MINER
GREEK
MINER
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
MINER
ROCK MINER
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
SLAV
ITALIAN
MINE FOREMAN
MINER
MINER
MUCKER
MINER
COMPANY MAN
20
28
35 M
40
32 M
44 S
50
45 M
45
23
39 S
38 M
DULANEY MINING CO.
2 UTAH FUEL
KEYSTONE COAL CO.
BOULDER VALLEY COAL CO.
CRIBBS-GOODMAN
3
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
4
UNION PACIFIC COAL
UNION PACIFIC COAL
ITALIAN
MINER
21 S
AMERICAN
DRIVER
NEGRO
NIPPER
31 S
WELSH
MINER
55 M
8
24 S
GRAND RIVER COAL & COKE CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
TEMPLE FUEL CO.
10 OAKDALE COAL
HASTINGS
SOPRIS
MONARCH NO. 2
FLORESTA
SMUGGLER
ROUSE
CORNCRACKER
MOFFAT
FREMONT
TURNER
ROCKVALE
TELLURIDE
SMUGGLER UNION MILL
PORTER COAL
FRITZHAUGH
STARKVILLE
SOMERSET
KEYSTONE
NEW CENTENNIAL
REX CARBON
HASTINGS
ENGLE NO. 1
TERCIO
GREENVILLE
KING
KING
PRIMERO
MARION
ROBINSON NO. 2
CRESTED BUTTE
BRODHEAD NO. 9
GENESSEE-VANDERBILT
OAKVIEW
SAM
LAS
LAS
BOU
GUN
PIT
HUE
CLE
GRA
CLE
FRE
HUE
FRE
SAM
SAM
LAP
LAK
LAS
SAM
GUN
ROU
BOU
FRE
LAS
LAS
SAM
LAS
LAS
PAR
PAR
LAS
GAR
HUE
GUN
LAS
OUR
HUE
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
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Report
year
FALL OF ROCK
BURST OF ORE CHUTE
BOILER ESPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
STRUCK BY A RUN-AWAY CAR
STRUCK BY BLOCKS AND ELEVATOR BAILS
EXPLOSION
GAS EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION OF SHOT
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF POWDER WHILE PICKING HOLE
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
ELECTROCUTED
CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK
FELL DWON ORE CHUTE
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
CAUGHT BETWEEN CAGE AND TIMBERS
FALL OF ROCK
TOO MANY FUSE HOLES
EXPLOSION OF MISSED HOLE
FELL FROM LOADED ORE CAR
FALL OF ROCK
CONTACT WITH ELECTRIC WIRE
ELECTROCUTION
FELL DOWN RAISE
FELL BETWEEN BELT AND PULLEY
EXPLOSION OF GIANT POWDER
REFIRING MISSED HOLE
ELECTROCUTED BY TROLLEY WIRE
IMPROPER BLASTING PROCEDURE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FELL ON MOVING MACHINERY
MACHINERY
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
RETURNED BEFORE THE LAST SHOT WENT OFF
FALL OF COAL
DUST EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
PINNED UNDER A MOVING CAR
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
CAUGHT BETWEEN MOTOR & DERAILED LOADEDTRIP
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL AND ROCK
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12
1974
gend
23
10
1894
23
9
1886
62
gend
gend
8
9
1892
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1908AUG13
1954JAN8
1903SEP10
1895AUG29
1908OCT27
1884JAN24
1894AUG24
1904APR17
1926JUL30
1888MAR8
1895AUG29
1914NOV18
1896JAN7
1910JAN31
1910OCT8
1909NOV11
1937MAY7
1912SEP30
1913OCT15
1900NOV7
1895OCT3
1885FEB18
1896APR3
1919AUG18
1926OCT1
1886JUL7
1942NOV18
1896NOV3
1929NOV20
1899JUN29
1908JAN13
1897OCT1
1928JAN21
1911DEC2
1918NOV9
1920APR30
1908DEC31
1910FEB11
1909NOV30
1917MAR7
1981APR15
1919FEB11
1917JAN2
1910SEP7
1918MAY10
1911JUL6
1938NOV25
1948FEB7
1926SEP8
1954JUN3
1934NOV5
1914MAY21
1965JUL5
1917DEC21
1909DEC14
1949DEC7
1920MAR10
1911FEB14
1920DEC29
1980AUG19
NAME
PRICE, WILLIAM
PRIDMORE, JAMES A
PRINCE, DAVID
PRISK, WILLIAM
PRIVES, LUCCAS
PROBST, NICK
PROCTER, CHARLES
PROMOLA, JESSIPY
PROSKE, JOHN
PROSSER, SAMUEL
PROUSE, OBID
PROVOLOFF, PETER
PRUETT, MARTIN
PSEAR, JOE
PTASCHEK, RUDOLF
PUCELL, LEO
PUGA, ANTONIO
PUK, TONY
PULLEY, JOHN
PULTO, PETER
PURDHAM, M.
PURDY, A. S.
PURMORT, JAMES A
PYKE, FRANK
PYLES, O R
QUEALY, THOMAS
QUEEN, BENTON F
QUICK, NATHAN B
QUICK, SAMUEL
QUINN, JOHN
QUINN, MIKE
QUINN, PATRICK
QUINTANA, JOSE
QUINTANNO, RAFAEL
QUINTANOS, E.
RADJENOVIE, BOZO
RADOCAJ, S.
RADULICH, MIKE
RADURCH, MIKE
RAGEN, PHILLIP
RAGLE, ROBERT
RAICOVICH, MIKE
RAILEY, C. N
RAINS, A J
RAISCH, IVAN
RAMERIZ, IGNESIO
RAMERIZ, RAMON
RAMETTI, JOE T
RAMEY, W L
RAMIREZ, J R
RAMIREZ, JOE
RAMOND, SAM
RAMOS, HENERY
RAMPONE, NICK
RAMSAY, BOB
RAMSEY, GEORGE JR.
RANCAL, TIDOR
RANEVSKY, ANDY
RANKIN, ROBERT
RANSE, THOMAS E
NATIONALITY
AMERICAN
OCCUPATION
CARPENTER
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
26 M
No.
Children
COMPANY
MINE
PURITAN
HARRY M. WILLIAMSON CO.
AMERICAN
MINER
18 S
ITALIAN
MINER
57 M
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
COAL LOADER
LABORER
34
24 S
48
BULGARIAN
LOADER
46 M
3 SUNNYSIDE COAL MINING
AUSTRIAN
POLE
SLAV
MEXICAN
AUSTRIAN
COLORED
ITALIAN
MINER
MINER
MINER
CAR DROPPER
MINER
MINER
27
29
24
52
32
50
30
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
1
5 BEAR CANON COAL CO.
2
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
1
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
17
S
M
M
M
M
M
M
WEST PORTAL
MACHINIST
AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN
PICK MINER
OILER
SUPERINTENDENT
MINER
39 S
33
OAKDALE COAL CO.
27 M
TELLURIDE MINES, INC.
ENGINEER
46 M
IRISH
MINER
60 S
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
PICK MINER
MINER
9
SERBIAN
AUSTRIAN
SLAV
SLAV
PICK MINER
MINER
COMPANY MAN
MINER
HAND MINER
5
MONTENEGRIN
AMERICAN
COLORED
DRIVER
MINER
MINER
TRAMMER
MINER
MEXICAN
AMERICAN
MEXICAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
MEXICAN
POLE
AMERICAN
NIPPER
SKIP TENDER
SUPERINTENDENT
MACHINE MINER
TIMBERMAN
MOTORMAN
DRIVER
DRILLER
PICK MINER
SHOT-FIRER
MINER
31
39 M
25
29 S
M
27 M
27 S
48
21 S
35 S
40 M
28
35
32
7
S
S
M
M
63 M
M
55 S
34
COMO
TELLURIDE
O.K.
JACK POT
THOMAS
BUELL
PRAIRIE CANON
PICTOU
UNION COAL & COKE CO.
PRYOR
BOWEN
DELAGUA
ROBINSON
MID CONTINENT Resources Incorporated
W. D. CORLEY
MOFFAT COAL
DUTCH CREEK #1 MINE
KLONDYKE
OAK HILLS NO. 2
SUNNYSIDE
1
CANON BLACK DIAMOND COAL CO.
CALUMET FUEL
58
21
41
40
18
27
25
PRAIRIE CANON COAL CO.
PRIMROSE
SLEEPY-HOLLOW
PRIMROSE
CRESTED BUTTE
AMETHYST
GRAY CREEK
MOFFAT TUNNEL
ROCKVALE
SLEEPY-HOLLOW
SUNNYSIDE
MARION
PRIMERO
STARKVILLE
DELAGUA
BEAR CANON NO. 6
OAKDALE
PRIMERO
ENGLE
SILVER LION
COMO
GILES
OAKDALE
NATIONAL FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
GENERAL REFRACTORIES Co
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
1
BECKMAN, INC.
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
CARBON COAL & COKE
TEMPLE FUEL CO.
WALTER TIMNEY
BERWIND
CANON BLACK DIAMOND
SOMERSET
HI-GRADE
PURITAN
BERWIND NO. 3
STARKVILLE
GREENVILLE
TABASCO
COKEDALE
BRODHEAD NO. 9
CALIFORNAI TWINS
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
County
WEL
FELL FROM CAGE TO BOTTOM OF SHAFT
SUFFOCATED IN STOPE ORE
LAS
FALL OF ROOF & COAL
GIL
DROWNED
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
GUN
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
MIN
FALL OF SKIP
LAS
FALLING OFF RUNAWAY CAR
GRA
FALL OF ROCK
FRE
RUN OVER BY A TRAIN OF LOADED CARS
GIL
DROWNED
HUE
FALL OF ROCK
LAK
FALL OF ROCK
LAS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
LAS
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
LAS
RUN OVER BY RAILWAY COAL CAR
HUE
FALL OF TOP COAL
LAS
FALL OF ROCK & COAL
LAS
FALL OF ROOF
SAJ
RETURNED BEFORE BLAST HAD EXPLODED
PAR
HURLED FROM CAR
BOU
TAMPING POWDER WITH IRON BAR
HUE
EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP
FRE
CAUGHT IN A REVOLVING SHAFT
PAR
THROWN FROM TOP OF BOX CAR
SAM
SLAB FROM BACK OF STOPE FELL & STRUCK HEAD
ELP
PICKED OUT MISSED HOLE
CLE
KNOCKED DOWN BY CAR & DRAGGED & ROLLED HIM
TEL
FALL OF ROCK DOWN SHAFT
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
GIL
FALLING ROCK IN SLOPE
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
HUE
FALL OF ROCK
OUR
FALL OF ROCK
HUE
FALL OF ROCK
LAS
ON GRAVITY PLANE
LAS
CAUGHT BETWEEN CAR & COLLAR WHILE RIDING
HUE
FALL OF COAL
MIN
BLAST
PIT
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
ELP
ELECTRIC SHOCK
ROU
FALL OF COAL
HUE
FALL OF ROCK AND TIMBER
SAM
AT TELLURIDE;ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIS HEAD
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
FRE
ELECTROCUTED
GUN
HAULAGE
SAG
FALL OF ROCK
FRE
ROOF FALL
WEL
FALL OF COAL
LAS
HIT BY A RUNAWAY TRIP
PUE
HIT BY FALLING GROUND
LAS
ELECTRIC SHOCK
LAS
DUST EXPLOSION
BURNED FROM A FLASH FIRE
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
LAS
DUST EXPLOSION, CAUSED BY A BLOWN-OUT SHOT
LAS
ELECTRIC SHOOK
CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING
Page
Reference
22
10
Report
year
1894
gend
14
9
1886
22
9
1886
48
12
1965
36 12m
1980
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1892DEC28
1931OCT12
1925NOV24
1878OCT26
1885NOV13
1899MAY15
1914OCT10
1909AUG11
1909MAR27
1937FEB26
1926DEC22
1902FEB10
1928FEB25
1977AUG23
1956JAN7
1904OCT21
1921JUL30
1918JUN3
1896FEB18
1894SEP4
1890MAY26
1958JUL8
1901MAY28
1911OCT26
1913DEC16
1899FEB15
1941JUL30
1946JUL28
1909MAY18
1917APR27
1899DEC6
1892AUG28
1906APR22
1929FEB1
1902APR24
1919JUN12
1952MAR1
1946MAR28
1910FEB14
1941SEP13
1927NOV21
1900AUG17
1915FEB11
1906FEB12
1922SEP22
1945OCT18
1913APR15
1901NOV20
1947FEB4
1896MAY30
1923SEP6
1937JUN21
1899OCT14
1919AUG28
1934JUN26
1952AUG21
1912NOV27
1939JAN28
1981APR15
1907FEB6
NAME
RANSOM, MATTHEW
RANSON, JR. FOSTER
RAORO, TONY
RAPPAN, THOMAS
RAPTISTA, R
RASPPLIA, ALBERT
RASSO, GEORGE
RATKOVICH, FRANK
RAVERA, ALEX
RAWLINSON, THOMAS C
RAY, ELMER A
RAYBOULD, DAVID
RAYMAN, EDWARD J
RAYMOND, ROBERT E
RAYNER, GLENN A
RAYPOLE, W. P
REBA, MARK
REBSCHER, WILLIAM
RECLA, PHILIP
RED, EUGENE
REDWOOD, MARTIN
REECE, RICHARD
REED, CHARLES
REED, CHARLES
REED, D. D
REED, HOWARD
REED, PAUL
REED, RICHARD
REES, JAMES
REESE, D. H
REESE, JOHN
REESE, THOMAS H
REESE, WILLIAM
REGAN, LESTER
REGINA, CHARLES
REGINNIS, ALEX
REGO, SAM
REGONE, THOMAS
REGRETTO, S
REID, EDWARD
REIFENRATH, EDMUND
REINHAMMER, FRANK
REITA, MIKE
RELLICK, JONATHAN
RELSE, NICK
RENOUDE, EVERETT
REOME, CHARLES LESTER
REPATI, OBERTI
REYES, PABLO P
REYNOLDS, GEORGE
REYNOLDS, JOE
REYNOLDS, JOHN
REYNOLDS, ROBERT
REYNOLDS, WILLIAM
RHOADES, JOSEPH W
RHODES, FRANCIS
RHODES, HARRY L
RHODES, JEFF L
RHODES, JOHN
RHOMSICK, JOHN
NATIONALITY
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
SLAV
SLAV
SLAV
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
ENGLISH
AMERICAN
OCCUPATION
CAGER
MACHINE MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER'S HELPER
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
2
11
23 S
39 M
2
35 S
25 M
M
32 M
25 M
26 M
ENGINEER
LABORER
SLAV
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
MINER
AMERICAN
COLORED
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
MACHINE-RUNNER
ROPE-RIDER
LOADER
DRIVER
MACHINE MAN
53
ENGLISH
AMERICAN
WELSH
DRIVER
MINE INSPECTOR
PARTING TENDER
22 S
M
27 M
AMERICAN
FIRE-BOSS
MINER
32 M
45 M
DRIVER
MINER
COMPANY
UNITED COAL CO.
BLUFF SPRINGS LEASING CO.
4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
3 PRIMROSE COAL
2
LONDON BUTTE GOLD MINES CO.
0 BUTCHER KNIFE COAL CO.
38
29
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
POLE
No.
Children
AMAX Inc
H.B. LYNN DRILLING CO.
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
HUNGARIAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN
VULCAN
BOBTAIL
MISER'S DREAM
REECE & AUSTIN LESSEES
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
4 CORYELL MINING LEASING
2
1
CANON CITY COAL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
MUTUAL COAL
54
MINER
CHUCKTENDER
MUCKER & TRAMMER
39 S
29 S
18
MINER
MINER
MINER
45 M
38 M
42 M
JIG-TENDER
MINER
18 S
11
HENDERSON
48
28 S
58
23
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
16
BUTCHER KNIFE
HASTINGS NO. 1
DANVILLE
MOFFAT COAL
ITALIAN
ACME
BLUFF SPRINGS NO. 2
SOPRIS
GEORGETOWN
BULL DOMINGO
MAITLAND
PRIMROSE
RUGBY
MONARCH
35 S
M
35 M
18
30
MINE
S. S. MAGOFFIN, INC.
7 OAKDALE COAL
2 UTAH FUEL CO.
BOULDER VALLEY COAL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
37
HUERFANO COAL CO.
MINER
MINER
46
27 M
LONDON BUTTE GOLD MINES CO.
MINER
ROAD WORKER
28
25 M
STABLEBOSS
37 M
PICTOU
HUERFANO
VULCAN
ENGLE
COLUMBINE
FREDERICK
MATCHLESS
HASTINGS
SPRING GULCH
ROCKVALE NO. 1
CUATRO
CRESTED BUTTE
MUTUAL
RUGBY NO. 6
MOFFAT NO. 1 & NO. 2
MORLEY
ESTES PARK
GLADSTONE
OAKDALE
CITY
SOMERSET
BOULDER VALLEY NO. 3
TABASCO
SMUGGLER UNION
LUDLOW
TOM BOY
JOE DANDY
AMERICAN
F.E.R.A. PROJECT NO. 22
IDARADO MINING CO.
2
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
MID CONTINENT Resources Incorporated
AUSTRIAN
MINER
44 M
OURAY
TOLLER
WADGE
DUTCH CREEK #1 MINE
SOPRIS
County
BOU
FRE
LAS
CLE
CUS
HUE
LAS
HUE
LAS
PAR
ROU
LAS
OUR
CLE
ELP
GAR
OUR
GAR
GIL
OUR
HUE
HUE
GAR
WEL
LAS
BOU
LAS
PIT
FRE
LAS
LAK
GUN
HUE
HUE
ROU
LAS
LAR
TEL
BOU
HUE
LAP
GUN
WEL
LAS
SAM
LAS
SAM
CLE
PAR
TEL
JEF
ELP
OUR
LAS
ROU
PIT
LAS
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
CAUGHT BETWEEN HOISTIN CAGE & TIMBERS
FALL OF TOP ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BY BUCKET
EXPLOSION/FIRE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF TOP COAL
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROOF
PREMATURE EXPLOSION DUE TO DEFECTIVE FUSE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
BALL OF SLAB
CAUGHT BETWEEN DRILL COLLARS, FRACTURE
CAUGHT IN REVOVLING FAN SHAFT & CRUSHED
CAR RAN AWAY
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
FELL TO BOTTOM SHAFT
RUPTURED BY ORE
CRUSHED BY FALL OF ROCK
RUN OVER BY MACHINE TRUCK
STRUCK BY CAGE
DUST EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
ROOF FALL
HAULAGE
CAUGHT BETWEEN CAR AND ROOF
EXPLOSION
RUNAWAY TRIP OF CARS
DIED IN MINE FROM HEART DISEASE
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
ELECTROCUTED
ROOF FALL
ROOF FALL
FALL OF ROCK
LYING BY TRACK NEAR TUNNEL INJURED
FELL INTO OPEN STOPE
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF COAL AND ROCK
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF TOP COAL
ROOF FALL
PULLED AROUND MAIN SHAFT LINE
FIRE
HEART FAILURE
STRUCK WITH HAMMER WHILE DRILLING
FALLING 360 FEET DOWN A SHAFT
SUFFOCATION
FELL FROM SURFACE DOWN SHAFT
FALL OF CLAY
FLYING ROCK
FELL 500 FEET IN OPEN STOPE
ELECROCUTED
RUN OVER BY MINE CAR
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
FALL OF ROOF
Page
Reference
30 12m
11
22
47
Report
year
1977
17
10
10
1894
1890
gend
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1906JAN25
1904OCT28
1908SEP14
1889JAN11
1896APR3
1959JUN18
1960NOV4
1893JAN10
1899AUG6
1940DEC10
1926MAY11
1927APR1
1898MAY21
1897DEC10
1934SEP25
1921MAR8
1896OCT20
1893JAN10
1894JAN19
1924FEB16
1895AUG17
1951AUG24
1937APR14
1925SEP15
1895AUG29
1885MAY16
1937DEC20
1895AUG17
1917JUL16
1908NOV23
1915JUL13
1915AUG2
1917MAR9
1907NOV26
1897SEP3
1913MAR15
1907DEC7
1915MAR12
1922FEB24
1927FEB27
1911NOV25
1906APR19
1907MAY19
1910JAN5
1916AUG2
1897JAN11
1884JAN24
1899JUL14
1914FEB24
1890FEB15
1909JUN15
1895OCT5
1935MAR27
1957JAN21
1917NOV21
1925MAY5
1937FEB25
1950NOV6
1896APR30
1929MAY12
NAME
RIBOR, MIKE
RICCIE, JIM
RICCO, JOE
RICE, C.D
RICE, GILES L
RICE, HARRY G
RICE, PAUL D
RICH, MIKE
RICHARDS, ALFRED T
RICHARDS, EVAN
RICHARDS, GEORGE
RICHARDS, J B
RICHARDS, JOHN
RICHARDS, THOMAS B
RICHARDSON, CARL K
RICHARDSON, JAMES
RICHARDSON, WILLIAM
RICHI, MIKE aka
RICHIE, ALEXANDER
RICHMOND, ARTHUR C
RICK, EBIN
RICKETS, MAXWELL B
RICKMAN, HARVEY
RICO, EULALIO
RICONO, MARTIN
RIDGELY,
RIEBE, CHRIS H
RIEK, EBEN aka
RIGGIO, FRANCISCO JR.
RIMAN, ANTON
RINKER, CLIFFORD
RINNA, FRANK
RIPPI, W. I
RISETTI, AUGUST
RISSEL, LOUIS
RISTOFF, GEORGE
RITCH, THOMAS
RITZ, ANDY J
RIVERA, CASIMERO
RIVERA, FRANK
RIZZE, ALBINO
RIZZI, ELLIOTT
RIZZI, JOE
RIZZIA, PETER
RIZZO, TONY
ROACH, HENRY
ROACH, MILES
ROAX, JOSEPH
ROBAK, JOHN
ROBBINS, B
ROBERTS, CLAUDE
ROBERTS, EDWARD
ROBERTS, ELMER
ROBERTS, HAROLD
ROBERTS, HAROLD JOHN
ROBERTS, IDRIS
ROBERTS, JAMES C
ROBERTS, JERRY W
ROBERTS, JOHN
ROBERTS, O E
NATIONALITY
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
OCCUPATION
Years
mining
Age
32
17
18
MINER
MINER
DRIVER
Single/
Married
M
S
S
No.
Children
COMPANY
COLORADO COAL & IRON CO.
CASTLE CONCRETE CO.
WARREN KUYKENDALL
UNION PACIFIC COAL
50
JEWELL COLLIERIES CORP.
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
SCOTCH
TIMBERMAN
MINER
JACK DRILLER
MOTORMAN
12
40 M
24 M
U.S. MINES OF COLORADO, INC.
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
UNION PACIFIC COAL
4
1 COLORADO LUMBER & INVESTMENT
PICK MINER
15
MEXICAN
LOADER
PICK MINER
3
23 S
32 S
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
CALIENTE COAL CO.
MACHINEMAN HELPER
35 S
RICO ARGENTINE MINING CO.
TRAPPER
MINER
LOADER
OVEN CHANGER
ENGINEER
COMPANY MAN
MINER
MINER
MINER
LABORER
TIPPLE LABORER
MUCKER
MINER
MINER
LABORER
MINER
MINER
17
38
33
19
32
26
S
M
S
S
M
S
TEMPLE FUEL
22
38
34
50
40
34
19
38
22
38
M
M
S
M
M
M
S
M
S
S
16
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
NATIONAL FUEL
COLORADO-UTAH FUEL
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
4 PACIFIC COAL MINING CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
TEMPLE FUEL
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
SPANIARD
ENGLISH
FRENCH
KING
LUCKY GUS
CRESTON
32
M
37 M
MACEDONIAN
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
SPANISH
AUSTRIAN
TYROLESE
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
MIDWAY
TERCIO NO. 3
DELAGUA
CAMERON
GILES
53
GERMAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
MINE
TIMBERMAN
MINER
27 S
50
61 S
MINER
32 M
LABORER
FIRE BOSS
MINER
18
42 M
25 S
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
SILVER LAKE
ORPHAN BELL
FAVORITE
FREDERICK
GENEVA
KING
FRYING PAN
GARFIELD
QUARTZ
RESERVOIR NO. 22
RAVENWOOD
SLEEPY-HOLLOW
FOREST QUEEN
QUARTZ
BRODHEAD
FREDERICK
HASTINGS
SOPRIS
TABASCO
ACME
SUNSHINE
MONARCH NO. 1
BERWIND
HARRIS
SOPRIS
PACIFIC
COKEDALE
ENGLE
ENGLEVILLE
SOPRIS
KENNETH
TOM BOY
CRESTED BUTTE
FAMOUS MILL
HASTINGS
BERTHA
LA BELLE
BUENA VISTA
NIGGER GULCH PLACER
County
HUE
LAS
LAS
HUE
BOU
MON
PAR
TEL
LAS
SAM
PAR
SAJ
ELP
SAM
LAS
ELP
PAR
LAK
MES
GIL
LAK
HUE
GIL
GUN
DOL
GIL
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
BOU
GAR
BOU
LAS
ROU
LAS
HUE
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
SAM
GUN
PIT
LAS
PIT
LAS
ELP
SUM
UNION CARBIDE NUCLEAR CO.
WELSH
AMERICAN
MINER
25
2
32 M
2 THE CANON-RELIANCE COAL CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
ERNEST HICKS & SON
CANON
WADGE
HIDDEN TREASURE
ROCKY MT. TUNNEL
SUM
FRE
ROU
MES
GIL
LAK
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
TAMPING POWDER WITH IRON BAR
HIT IN HEAD BY DIPPER
IMPROPER BLASTING PROCEDURE
EXPLOSION
FELL FROM LADDER
MINE CAR DERAILMENT
FELL WITH STULL DOWN MANWAY 85 FEET
FELL DOWN A RAISE
PREMATURE EXPLOSION
DRILLED INTO MISSED SHOT
SUFFOCATION
ELECTROCUTED
FALLING THROUGH LADDER-WAY
EXPLOSION
FALL IF IRON PIPE
FALLING IN FRONT OF A TRIP OF CARS
ROPE BROKE WHILE GOING DOWN SHAFT
PREMATURE EXPLOSION
PINNED AGAINST POST
FALL OF ROCK
DROWNED
FELL DOWN SHAFT
FLYING ROCK FROM PREMATURE EXPLOSION
ROPE BROKE WHILE GOING DOWN SHAFT
CRUSHED UNDER A MINE CAR
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY MULE
HIT BY A RUNAWAY EMPTY CAR
FALLING DOWN SHAFT
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF ROCK; ALIAS GEORHE STENANOFF
FALL OF ROCK
FALLING OFF THE TIPPLE
CRUSHED UNDER A LOADED CAR
DRILLED INTO MISSED SHOT
FALL OF ROCK
GAS EXPLOSION
FIRE-SUFFOCATION
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF COAL
CAVE OF ROCK FROM HANGING WALL
EXPLOSION OF GAS; BD. SCHUYLKILL CO., PA.
FELL INTO BEN & CRUSHED BY CAR
ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF GROUND
FALL OF ROCK
PICKING OUT MISSED HOLE
FALL OF ROCK
RUN OVER, CRUSHED BY TRACTOR
THROWN INTO POND AND DROWNED
RUNAWAY MOTOR & SOME EMPTY CARS
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF
FALLING ROCK IN STOPE
CAVE OF FINE DIRT WHILE TIMBERING A DRIFT
Page
Reference
Report
year
gend
18
10
gend
1894
25
10
1890
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1899NOV20
1884JAN24
1952DEC1
1903JUN23
1967OCT17
1899MAR17
1919FEB12
1898SEP14
1896APR10
1915MAY21
1895MAY10
1909APR21
1896FEB18
1927NOV20
1914AUG14
1957MAY8
1945SEP1
1943NOV11
1976OCT27
1905MAY5
1972DEC16
1937APR22
1959AUG4
1924APR3
1934APR1
1942JAN8
1884JAN24
1907AUG28
1917APR27
1899DEC12
1896FEB18
1906MAY9
1919MAR29
1910FEB24
1878MAR
1932SEP8
1947OCT17
1979OCT11
1909DEC14
1888AUG29
1910JAN31
1922MAR24
1903MAR3
1932MAR9
1954SEP28
1969JUN4
1923FEB17
1922MAR24
1895JUN21
1922JAN30
1907JAN31
1923AUG16
1929MAR8
1910NOV8
1910NOV8
1927DEC30
1891JAN24
1901DEC19
1904OCT28
1910DEC23
NAME
ROBERTS, ROBERTS J
ROBERTS, THOMAS
ROBERTS, WILBUR E
ROBERTSON, JOHN
ROBERTSON,JOE LAWRENCE
ROBINSON, ALBERT
ROBINSON, C.
ROBINSON, FREDERICK
ROBSON, EDWARD
ROCCHIO, TONY
ROCOCOMICH, B
RODENBUCH, JAMES
RODENSKY, FRED
RODER, ERIC
RODRIGUEZ, BRIGIDIO
RODRIGUEZ, ROBERT
RODRIQUEZ, EARNEST
RODRIQUEZ, RALPH
RODRIQUEZ, ROBERT G
ROE, JAMES
ROESKE, HARRY T
ROGERS, EDWIN
ROGERS, GEORGE DAVID
ROGERS, JEFFERSON T
ROGERS, JOHN M
ROGERS, LEROY J
ROGERS, THOMAS
ROGO, GEORGE
ROKICH, STEVE
ROLAND, SHANNON
ROLANDO, ANDY
ROLITTO, JOE
ROLLETTO, JOE
ROLLY, JOE
ROLPH, CHARLES
ROMANO, JOE
ROMANO, JOHN
ROMER, STEVE
ROMEREZ, E.
ROMERO, ANTONO
ROMERO, APIFINIO
ROMERO, CHARLES
ROMERO, DANIEL
ROMERO, ELOY
ROMERO, JOSE
ROMERO, KENNETH L
ROMERO, POLINIO
ROMERO, ROBERT E
ROMERO, SAPINERO
ROMINES, ROBERT
RONCHIETTA, CLAUD
ROPER, JOSEPH S
ROQUE, PABLO
RORIGUEZ, A
RORIGUEZ, F
ROSCOE, FRANK
ROSEPORICH, MIKE
ROSETTI, PETE
ROSETTI, SAM
ROSHOFF, GEORGE
NATIONALITY
OCCUPATION
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
No.
Children
COMPANY
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
CALLAHAN ZINC, LEAD CO.
SCOTCH
TIMBERMAN
44 M
28
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM Co
MINER
55
ITALIAN
MINER
TIMBERMAN HELPER
58 M
5 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
MEXICAN
GERMAN
AMERICAN
MEXICAN
MINER
MINER
SKIPTENDER
MINER
58 M
40 M
21
32 S
1
9
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
MICHIGAN SEWER CONSTRUCTORS
CALUMET FUEL
BUTTE VALLEY COAL
CLIMAX MOLYBDEUM Co
MACHINE MAN
SCOTCH
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
34
61 M
20
30 M
ROAD & TIMBERMAN
MINER
MINER
MACHINE HELPER
PICK MINER
DUMP LEASER
5
15
23 M
51 M
32 M
SLAVONIAN
AUSTRIAN
MINER
MINER
36 M
27 S
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
MINER
MINER
COMPANY MAN
MINER
30 S
17 S
AMERICAN
MACHINE LOADER
LOADERMAN
MEXICAN
MINER
MEXICAN
AMERICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
TRAPPER
MACHINE RUNNER
MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
MEXICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
MACHINE MINER
MACHINE HELPER
MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
POLISH
AUS
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER
TIMBERMAN
MINER
ITALIAN
BULGARIAN
MINER
MINER
DREILING DRILLING Co
NEILSON & KLINGENSMITH
1 CALUMET FUEL CO.
2 GILSON ASPHALTUM CO.
ELKTON CO.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
PALISADE COAL & SUPPLY
40 M
9
42
12
1
15
9
20
25 S
62
24
35 M
16
45
23
26
S
M
S
M
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
LOUISVILLE-LAFAYETTE
Howard Electric and Mechanical Co
DENVER FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
7 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
2 TEMPLE FUEL CO.
25
29 S
18 S
BOYLES BROTHERS DRILLING Co
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
49
29
28
28
27
32
58
S
M
ROUTT-PINNACLE COAL CO.
S
M
M
S
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
UNITED COAL CO.
17 S
35 M
2
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
County
JACKSON
CLE
CAUGHT BY CLOTHES IN WHIRLING SHAFT
CRESTED BUTTE
GUN
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
WHITEPINE
STRUCK BY FALLING ROCKS IN MANWAY
MAITLAND
HUE
HIY BY MINE CAR
LAK
ELECTROCUTED
HJ
PIT
SLAB OF ROCK FELL
TEL
ASPHYXIATED BY CARBONIC ACID GAS
PEASE-KANSAS
GIL
TIMBERS FALLING DOWN SHAFT
LEADER
BOU
FALL OF COAL
FREMONT
FRE
FALL OF ROCK
SOPRIS
LAS
EXPLOSION OF GAS (CH4)
PERIN'S PEAK
LAP
FALL OF ROOF
VULCAN
GAR
BD. NEW CASTLE;9 CHILDREN IN GILCHRIST, IL
SUM
FELL 580 FEET DOWN STEEP INCLINE
IDEAL
HUE
EXPLOSION OF GIANT CAPS
CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK (WATER TUNNEL)
SOMERSET
GUN
HAULAGE
BUTTE VALLEY
HUE
FACE FALL
CLIMAX
LAK
STRUCK BY SLUSHER CABLE
STARKVILLE
LAS
FALL OF ROOF
GRA
FELL FROM PLATFORM
VETA MINES, INC.
SAM
STRUCK ON HEAD BY TIMBER
CRUSHED BY SHUTTLE-BUGGY
CALUMET
HUE
FALL OF ROCK
CARBONERO
GAR
CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING
CRIPPLE CREEK
TEL
FROZEN CRUST FELL & CRUSHED HIM
CRESTED BUTTE
GUN
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
PINON
HUE
FALL OF ROCK
HASTINGS
LAS
EXPLOSION
SEDALIA
LAK
FELL INTO ORE BIN
VULCAN
GAR
EXPLOSION
KEYSTONE
GAR
FALL OF DOWNSLATE
PALISADE
MES
FALL OF ROCK
GREEN CANON
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
MALACHITE
JEF
FALL OF DIRT
CHANDLER
FRE
FELL DOWN SHAFT
Hi-WAY
BOU
HAULAGE
Eisenhower Tunnel (2nd Bore) SUM
BLADE SHATTERED
GREEN CANON
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
SOPRIS
LAS
FALL OF COAL
PRIMERO
LAS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
SOPRIS
LAS
EXPLOSION
MIDWAY
HUE
FALL OF ROCK
BRODHEAD NO. 9
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
MORLEY
LAS
ROOF FALL
CLE
FELL DOWN SHAFT
ROBINSON
HUE
FALL OF ROCK
SOPRIS
LAS
EXPLOSION
STARKVILLE
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
ROUTT-PINNACLE
ROU
FALL OF COAL
PRYOR
HUE
FALL OF ROCK
LAK
FALL OF SMALL SLAB OF SOFT GROUND
MORLEY
LAS
FALL OF TOP COAL & ROCK
DELAGUA
LAS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
DELAGUA
LAS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
GRANT
WEL
FALL OF ROCK
CALEDONIA
BOU
FALL OF COAL
PORTER
LAP
FALL OF ROCK
TERCIO NO. 3
LAS
EXPLOSION
PRIMERO
LAS
FALL OF COAL
MINE
Page
Reference
48
12
32 12m
59
Report
year
1967
1976
12
1972
gend
35 12m
1979
44
12
1969
8
9
1892
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1910NOV8
1920DEC13
1934MAY25
1904NOV30
1898JUL5
1959MAY30
1898JAN16
1896FEB18
1893JAN10
1893JAN10
1898JUL5
1924AUG27
1907FEB15
1919MAR31
1893JAN10
1893JAN10
1919MAR22
1905MAR31
1905JUN26
1917OCT4
1904APR6
1955APR19
1977AUG3
1889SEP9
1920JUN30
1912SET30
1952AUG13
1929MAY1
1939OCT30
1974SEP11
1945SEP4
1948DEC27
1923SEP18
1901OCT11
1923MAY5
1903JUL28
1936FEB4
1912AUG29
1901NOV20
1905AUG2
1907JAN23
1928MAR15
1929DEC12
1898JUN6
1978JAN14
1910JAN31
1896JUL20
1896FEB8
1937AUG6
1896DEC18
1896DEC18
1913AUG18
1914AUG29
1978AUG16
1921FEB5
1899JAN1
1884JAN24
1978DEC27
1924JUL24
1938FEB24
NAME
ROSILIOS, E.
ROSKOSKI, FELIX
ROSKOSKI, JOE
ROSOGIANDO, CANDIDO
ROSS, CHARLES
ROSS, CHARLES M
ROSS, JOHN
ROSS, NICK
ROSS, PETER aka
ROSS, TOM aka
ROSSA, CARLO aka
ROSSETTI, GREGORIO
ROSSI, JOHN
ROSSI, M R
ROSSI, PETER
ROSSI, THOMAS K
ROSSMAN, FRANK
ROSTER, VITAL
ROTCHIO, TONY
ROUTE, ROCCO
ROVENSIKE, JOSEPH
ROWE, EDWARD J
ROWE, JOHN K
ROWE, RICHARD
ROY, CUSTARD
ROY, JOHN
ROYAL, ARTHUR C
ROYBAL, ELROY
ROYBAL, ERNEST
ROYBAL, FRANK Jr
ROYBAL, VICTOR
ROYBALL, GILBERT
ROYCE, OSCAR
ROZIMAN, STEVE
ROZMAN, TONY
RUA, JOHN
RUBCIC, THOMAS
RUBIN, ALFRED
RUBOL, JOHN
RUDELATTE, BARTALO
RUDOLF, GIULIO
RUFFLE, LUTZ
RUIZ, LIBERIO
RULE, JAMES
RUMBAUGH, ROGER C
RUMMINGS, JAMES
RUNDLE, JAMES
RUNKLE, JACOB
RUPPEL, JOHN
RUSK, GABNEL
RUSS, GABRIEL
RUSSAC, JOHN
RUSSELL, CHARLES
RUSSELL, JAMES A
RUSSELL, JOHN
RUSSELL, M. E
RUTHERFORD, JOHN
RUTKEY, JERRALD
RUTLEDGE, MAURICE S
RYAN, CHARLES R
NATIONALITY
MEXICAN
POLE
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
OCCUPATION
MINER
DRIVER
MACHINE LOADER
MINER
MINER
CONTRACTOR
Years
mining
Age
30
2 18
30 56
25
50
Single/
Married
M
S
M
S
M
No.
Children
COMPANY
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
HUERFANO COAL CO.
2 TEMPLE FUEL CO.
RUSTLER
AUSTRIAN
FRENCH
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
RUSSIAN
MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
28 S
8
ROPE-RIDER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
50 M
41 M
S
39 M
30
32
39
23
34
M
S
M
M
M
24
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
MACHINE MINER
MINER
7
26 N
26 S
MEXICAN
MACHINE RUNNER
9
34 M
33
1 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
CHARLES SIMPSON
KIEWIT, BROWN and ROOT
GOLDEN FUEL CO.
0 AJAX COAL MINING CO.
NEW JERSEY ZINC CO.
2 CALIENTE COAL CO.
HUERFANO COAL CO.
HARRISON WESTERN Corp
BALDY COAL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
CRESTED BUTTE ANTHRACITE CO.
ITALIAN
HUNGARIAN
AMERICAN
MEXICAN
TIMBERMAN
MINER
MINER & MILLMAN
PICK MINER
28 M
35 S
28
40 M
AMERICAN
DRIVER
23
28 M
AMAX Inc
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
SLAV
MINER
LEASER
46 S
CRESSON CONSOL. GOLD MINING
AMERICAN
MACHINE MINER
12
20
20
24
17
4 EMPIRE COAL CO.
UNION PACIFIC COAL
UNION PACIFIC COAL
2 MOFFAT COAL
FACEMAN
DUMPER
MINER
COMPANY MAN
MINER
PICK MINER
MINE BOSS
MINER
MULEDRIVER
6
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
SLAV
GERMAN
GREEK
NEGRO
37 S
32
50 M
48 M
21 S
M
26
45 S
DRIVER
INSPECTOR
DELAGUA
LUDLOW
BRODHEAD NO. 9
GREENVILLOE
NEW CASTLE
County
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
GAR
ORIENT IRON
VULCAN
KING
KING
NEW CASTLE
BERWIND
BRODHEAD
EMPIRE
KING
KING
OAK HILLS NO. 1
ANTHRACITE
MAGNET
GORHAM
HASTINGS NO. 2
SAG
GAR
PAR
PAR
GAR
LAS
LAS
LAS
PAR
PAR
ROU
GUN
FRE
BOU
LAS
EISENHOWER TUNNER
WHITE ASH
GLOBE
JEWEL
GILMAN
RAVENWOOD
LUDLOW
SUM
JEF
BOU
BOU
EAG
HUE
LAS
CLE
LAS
LAS
GUN
GUN
LAS
HUE
LAS
LAS
SAM
LAS
LAS
SAG
HUE
PIT
CLE
LAS
SAM
GUN
TEL
OUR
OUR
LAS
LAS
WALKER BROTHERS
UNION PACIFIC COAL
UNION PACIFIC COAL
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
MINE
19
27
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
1 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
5
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
BALDY
FREDERICK
SMITH-ANTHRACITE
CRESTED BUTTE
SOUTHWESTERN
WALSEN
DELAGUA
PIEDMONT
SMUGGLER UNION
STARKVILLE
PRIMERO
PICTOU
SLEEPY HOLLOW
HENDERSON
PRIMERO
SMUGGLER-UNION
HOLLEY
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM Co
VIRGINIUS
VIRINIUS
TABASCO
FORBES NO. 9
EAGLE No.5
BRODHEAD NO. 9
LAFAYETTE
CRESTED BUTTE
CLIMAX
CORLEY COAL CO.
CORLEY NO. 6
see GABNEL RUSK
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
0 CHICOSA FUEL
EMPIRE ENERGY Corp
TEMPLE FUEL CO.
LAS
ELP
GUN
LAK
FRE
FRE
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
CRUSHED UNDER A LOADED CAR
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL;DAU IN ITALY
CRUSHED BY DOZER
FALLING ORE
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
FALL OF COAL;DAU IN ITALY
ELECTROCUTED
SUFFOCATION BY GAS FROM GOB FIRE
GAS EXPLOSION DUE TO ELECTRIC ARC
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
RUN OVER BY TWO LOADED CARS
FALL OF ROCK
DELAYED SHOT
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROOF
CRUSHED BY FALLING SLAB
STRUCK BY TRUCK
DRWONED BY INUNDATION OF WATER FROM SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FELL DOWN STOPE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BY BUCKET
HAULAGE
FALL OF ROOF
FALLING DOWN CHUTE
FALL OF COAL; or gas explosion?
EXPLOSION OF GAS & DUST
MISSED SHOT
FALL OF TOP COAL
GAS EXPLOSION
FIRE
FALL OF ROOF
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FELL INTO OPEN STOPE
FALL OF POT ROCK
ROCK WITH BAR
FALL OF SLAB
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
SLIPPED & FELL ABOUT 50 FEET
CAGE FALLING DOWN SHAFT
CAGE FALLING DOWN SHAFT
KICKED BY MULE
CRUSHED BY LOADED CAR AND PILLAR
TIMBER BROKE ON CUTTER HEADS
FALL OF ROCK
FELL INTO OPEN SHAFT
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
FELL DOWN RAISE
CAUGHT IN SHAFT
MACHINERY (HOIST)
Page
Reference
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year
124
9
1898
124
gend
gend
9
1898
gend
gend
30 12m
1977
51
12
16
17
1974
gend
32 12m
11
1978
17
32 12c
1978
33 12m
1978
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1896MAY5
1916NOV7
1910NOV8
1906JUN30
1921FEB10
1912JAN31
1897JUL24
1907OCT5
1961FEB26
1921NOV14
1907JAN23
1932FEB1
1921JUN25
1927NOV30
1895OCT19
1976SEP19
1917SEP28
1972MAR2
1904JUL12
1976COT27
1919JAN18
1927FEB18
1899JAN25
1935APR25
1904OCT28
1920JAN10
1922JUL20
1903APR29
1895JUL11
1917SEP11
1906JUL11
1941AUG1
1971OCT1
1910NOV8
1937NOV11
1920MAY26
1932SEP22
1903JUN25
1901NOV20
1945MAY12
1923AUG21
1949OCT6
1937JAN26
1945JUL20
1902AUG7
1917APR3
1910MAR24
1904AUG11
1885JUL14
1937JUN10
1894NOV17
1926NOV10
1919JUL16
1919SEP15
1952AUG29
1930JUL31
1927JAN7
1899DEC2
1901NOV20
1915OCT5
NAME
RYAN, MIKE D
RYMES, WALTER
SABALLO, LOUIS
SABO, LOT
SACCOCI, JOE
SACCOMONI, RAFAEL
SADLER, PATRICK
SAFFONATO, GUISEPPI
SAGE, WILLIAM JAMES
SAID, NICANOR
SAJN, GIOANNI
SAKRADIA, LOUIS
SALAS, ALBERT
SALAS, JOE
SALATHIEL, JOHN
SALAZAR, CHARLENE R
SALAZAR, DAVID
SALAZAR, JOE E
SALAZAR, O.
SALCIDO, RAYMOND E
SALDIVAR, SERAFIN
SALFISBERG, ROBERT
SALMELA, ESA
SALOMA, V E
SALTER, FRANK
SALVATI, ANTONIO
SALVATI, SOSIO
SALVATOR, TORRI
SALVO, FRANK
SALZAR, MAGUEL
SAM, PETE
SAMORA, JOHN
SAMORA, MAX I
SAMPSON, JAMES
SAMS, JAMES
SAMSON, ALEX
SAMUNDIO, FELIPE
SAN FELIPE, JOSEPH
SANBORO, GUS
SANCHEZ, ALFONSO
SANCHEZ, DOMINGO
SANCHEZ, EDUARDO
SANCHEZ, ELOY
SANCHEZ, FELIPE
SANCHEZ, JOE
SANCHEZ, JOSE EMILIO
SANCHEZ, MARIANO
SANCHEZ, THEODORE
SANDEE, EPHRAIM
SANDERCOOK, STANLEY
SANDERS, ALBERT
SANDLIN, GERALD DEAN
SANDOR, LOUIS
SANDOVAL, FRANK
SANDOVAL, G PHILLIPS
SANDOVAL, JASPER
SANDOVAL, LOUIS M
SANDSTROM, ANTONIO W
SANDSTROM, IRA
SANEFF, NICK
NATIONALITY
OCCUPATION
POLISH
MEXICAN
HUNGARIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
MINER
MINER
MINER
MACHINE MINER
ITALIAN
MINER
MEXICAN
HUNGARIAN
SIBERIAN
MEXICAN
PICK MINER
DAY MAN
MACHINE MINER
TRAPPER
ROPE RIDER
MEXICAN
MINER
MEXICAN
MINER
AMERICAN
POT MAN
TRAMMER
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
12
6
15
3
49
20
23
32
23
S
S
M
M
S
31
20
25
30
37
18
24
M
S
S
M
S
M
No.
Children
COMPANY
LOMA FUEL CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
ROBERT CADDELL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
1 BOULDER VALLEY COAL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
1 HAYDEN BROS. COAL CORP.
22
32 S
54
35 M
22
19
22
CLIMAX MOLYBDEUM Co
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
STANDARD METALS Corp
33
35
41
37
20
TELLURIDE MINING & MILLING
KIEWIT, BROWN and ROOT
MINE
FOREST QUEEN
LOMA
DELAGUA
ENGLE
KEBLER NO. 1
ROYAL
GOLD COIN
PRIMERO
ESTELLA MAE
PRIMERO
BOULDER VALLEY
CAMERON
HAYDEN NO. 3
AMERICAN EAGLE
CLIMAX
STANDARD
PRIMERO
EISENHOWER TUNNEL
SMUGGLER UNION
GERMAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
COLORED
MEXICAN
ITALIAN
MEXICAN
MUCKER
FIRE BOSS
PICK MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER
CAR LOADER
DRIVER
MINER
DRIVER
MACHINEMAN
TRAMMER
PICK MINER
MINER
12
10
S
S
M
S
S
14
M
M
S
S
AMERICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MACHINE RUNNER
MINER
MINER
MINER
26
28
40
22
M
M
M
S
TIMBERMAN
32
27
20
41
29
S
S
MACHINEMAN
MACHINE MINER
MACHINE MINER
AMERICAN
FURNACE MAN
MACHINE RUNNER
BULGARIAN
MINER
7
61
36
40
22
44
34
21
39 M
31 M
M
M
M
TERCIO NO. 3
PRIMERO
PRIMERO
COAL CREEK NO. 2
19
21 S
MACHINE MINER
MOTORMAN
MACHINE MINER
AMERICAN
HUNGARIAN
SPANISH-AMER
6 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
OAKDALE COAL CO.
HUERFANO COAL
Standard Metals Corp
1 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
BUTTERFLY CONSOLIDATED MINES
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
BEAR CANON COAL
1 TEMPLE FUEL CO.
EMPIRE ZINC CO.
5 PERINO COAL CO.
HAYDEN COAL
1
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
5
DELAGUA
LUDLOW
DELAGUA
PINNACLE
HASTINGS NO. 2
SMUGGLER UNION
BEAR CANON NO. 6
BRODHEAD NO.9
GILMAN
NEWLAN CREEK
HAYDEN NO. 4
BOWEN
FREDERICK
ENGLE
GRAY CREEK
JEFFERSON CO. COAL
LONDON MINES & MILLING CO.
PERIGO-BLACKHAWK
29 M
46 S
4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
3 AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING
STEARNS - ROGERS MFG. CO.
AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING
TEMPLE FUEL CO.
27 M
1 OAKDALE COAL
CAMERON
BONCARBO
CLIMAX
BRODHEAD NO. 9
DIAMOND SHAFT
SMUGGLER UNION
OAKDALE
County
LAK
HUE
LAS
LAS
HUE
LAS
ELP
LAS
LAK
HUE
LAS
WEL
HUE
ROU
ELP
LAK
BOU
SANJ
LAS
SUM
PUE
SAJ
SAM
SAM
LAS
LAS
HUE
LAS
SAM
LAS
LAS
SANJ
LAS
SAM
SAM
ROU
LAS
SAM
LAS
LAS
EAG
FRE
ROU
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
JEF
PAR
GIL
SAG
HUE
LAS
LAK
LAP
LAS
LAK
SAM
HUE
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
FELL DOWN SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK
FALLING DOWN SHAFT
FELL FROM BUCKET DOWN SHAFT
FALL OF ROOF
RETURNED TO BLAST AREA TOO SOON
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
CRUSHED UNDER A LOADED PIT CAR
CRUSHED BETWEEN CAR AND RIB
FELL UNDER TRIP OF LOADED CARS
TAMPING HOLE WITH IRON BAR
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF TOP COAL
SUFFOCATED BY BELT
FALL OF ROOF
FELL INTO STACK OF STEEL SETS
CLOTHES CAUGHT IN A ORE MIXER
CAUGHT IN SNOWSLIDE & CARRIED DOWN MTN.
DRILLED INTO MISSED HOLE
FELL DOWN ORE PASS WHILE TRAMMING
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
FALLING IN FRONT OF PIT CARS ON ENTRY
CAUGHT BETWEEN CAR AND CHUTE
FALL OF ROOF
ROOF FALL
FELL THROUGH OPEN ORE PASS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OR ROCK
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROOF
FIRE
FACE FALL
ELECTROCUTED
PINNED BETWEEN CAR & WALL OF DRIFT
FALL OF ROCK
ROOF FALL
EXPLOSION
FALL OF OCK
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
PREMATURE BLAST
FELL DOWN SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
DELAYED EXPLOSION OF HOLE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FELL 15 FEET TO CEMENT FLOOR
SCALDED BY MOLTEN METAL
FALL OF ROCK
FITTING COME LOOSE ON BOILER
FIRE
FALL OF TOP CAR AND BONE
Page
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year
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58
1976
12
33 12m
52
1972
1976
12
1971
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1928JAN9
1922FEB23
1946APR19
1929SEP6
1947JUN10
1895MAR22
1925DEC31
1942NOV23
1913MAR7
1910OCT8
1910OCT8
1917AUG20
1915JAN26
1939JAN30
1914MAY8
1909FEB8
1918JUN3
1910NOV8
1918JAN17
1898NOV9
1917JUL13
1912FEB8
1910NOV8
1894NOV17
1919JUN19
1899MAR24
1917JUN22
1922MAR24
1941DEC13
1910NOV8
1910OCT8
1896FEB18
1896FEB18
1887FEB23
1896MAY12
1969JU28
1896JUL20
1928SEP21
1926NOV24
1927JAN27
1923JAN12
1935MAR1
1893FEB11
1893JAN10
1898DEC6
1877OCT15
1893JAN10
1928AUG17
1886JAN5
1917FEB8
1934JUN5
1914JUN28
1964JUN11
1939JUN23
1926NOV27
1943DEC19
1916MAR15
1927OCT12
1898FEB15
1918DEC2
NAME
SANICH, GEORGE
SANKEY, ANTONE
SANSTROM, CARL
SANTARELLI, THOMAS P
SANTARELLI, TONY
SANTI, GEOVANNI
SANTI, JIM
SANTILLANES, MIKE
SANTISEVAN, FIDEL
SANTOGROSSI, SAVINO
SANTOGROSSI, U.
SAPP, VICTOR
SARACH, TONY
SARACINO, LORENZ
SARIS, JOHN
SARMORA, MARTIN
SARRIS, SAMUEL
SARSON, ANTON
SASICHI, STEVE
SASITO, GEORGE
SASSATELLI, ETAR
SASSATELLI, GUISEPPI
SASSONA, GUISEPPI
SAUNDERS, ALBERT
SAVAGE, HENRY
SAVARINO, BIAGIO
SAVIKS, JOHN
SAVIO, PETE L
SAVOY, JOSEPH
SAW, A.
SCAFRANSKI, JOSEF
SCAIFE, ALEXANDER
SCAIFE, ALEXANDER
SCANZONI, FRANCISCO
SCAVARDO, MIKE
SCHAEFFER, ALBERT ROYAL
SCHAJATONCK, ELAY
SCHEMERLING, AUGUST
SCHENAR, LOUIS
SCHENKIER, LEE
SCHENKIER, WALTER
SCHERRER, ALBERT R
SCHEUMAN, WILLIAM
SCHIDA, JOSEPH
SCHIFRA, STEVE
SCHIMEL, JOHN
SCHIOCEU, JOSEPH aka
SCHMALZRIED, J R
SCHMIDT, JOHN
SCHMIDT, JOHN
SCHMIDT, PAUL
SCHMITZ, MATT
SCHMITZ, PHILLIP E
SCHOLES, EDWARD W
SCHOOLER, O S
SCHRAFEL, WALTER V
SCHRAUDNER, JOHN
SCHROEDER, FRITZ J
SCHULTZ, JOHN
SCHULTZ, STEVE
NATIONALITY
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
MEXICAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
GREEK
MEXICAN
GREEK
AUSTRIAN
SERVIAN
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
CORNISHMEN
COLORED,AMER
ITALIAN
SLAV
AMERICAN
JAPANESE
POLE
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
OCCUPATION
TRACKMAN
PICK MINER
MINER
MINE FOREMAN
OPERATOR
MINER
PICK MINER
Years
Single/
mining Age Married
20 44 M
9 40 M
51 M
24 40 M
38 54
19
OILER
MINER
MINER
TRAMWAY GRIPAMN
MINER
TRUCK DRIVER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
45 M
23
23
19
35
27
48
22
26
25
33
23
29
35
45
25
22
50
35
38
25
DRIVER
MINER
MACHINE MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
M
S
S
S
M
S
M
S
M
M
S
S
M
S
S
M
M
M
28 S
38 M
17 S
S
No.
Children
COMPANY
4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
MIDNIGHT MINING CO.
5 CANON IMPERIAL COAL CO.
DOUBLE DICK COAL CO.
5 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
BUTTE VALLEY COAL
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
COLORADO PORTLAND CEMENT CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
2
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
3 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
2 TEMPLE FUEL
LOMA FUEL
5
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
BLACK CANON COAL & FIRE CO.
3 PIKE'S PEAK FUEL
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
CRESTED BUTTE COAL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO COAL AND IRON CO.
MINER
34
MINE
ROBINSON NO. 2
SOPRIS
ASPEN
CARBON
DOUBLE DICK
ROUSE
ROBINSON NO. 2
BUTTE VALLEY
SOPRIS
STARKVILLE
STARKVILLE
RAVENWOOD
FLORESTA
PRYOR
STARKVILLE
DELAGUA
BORDHEAD
FREMONT
LOMA
ROBINSON
DELAGUA
PERIGO
CADDELL
VICTOR NO. 1
PIKEVIEW
SOPRIS
BULKLEY NO. 2
DELAGUA
STARKVILLE
VULCAN
EL MORO
BROOKSIDE
Loveland Ready-Mix Concrete Co
DEEP SHAFT
BOHEMIAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
SLAV
MINER
TRACKLAYER
MACHINE RUNNER
MACHINE MINER
MUCKER
MINER
31
17
5
37
51 W
37 M
27 M
48
30 M
0 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
SULLIVAN & SULLIVAN MINING
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
UNION PACIFIC COAL
3
UNION PACIFIC COAL
SOUTHWESTERN
TOLLER
LESTER
KING
KING
BROOKSIDE
BROOKLYN-GEORGETOWN
KING
48
AUSTRIAN
GERMAN
AMERICAN
MINER
MINER
MINER
SHOTFIRER
M
60
48 S
25
GERMAN
AMERICAN
COMPANY MAN
MINE FOREMAN
MINER
MINER
26 S
28 M
35 S
46
POLE
MACHINE HELPER
30 S
3 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
ROYAL FUEL
McFARLAND and HULLINGER
CALUMET FUEL CO.
BARBOUR COAL CO.
UNITED STATES VANADIUM CORP.
LOMA FUEL CO.
WALSON
REX NO. 1
BALL MOUNTAIN TUNNEL
ROYAL
CALUMET NO. 2
BARBOUR
GRAND JUNCTION
POLLARD
EAGLE CITY
JOBAL
County
HUE
LAS
PIT
FRE
FRE
HUE
HUE
HUE
LAS
LAS
LAS
SAJ
HUE
LAR
GUN
HUE
LAS
LAS
LAS
FRE
HUE
HUE
LAS
GIL
HUE
ELP
LAS
GUN
LAS
LAS
GAR
LAS
FRE
LAR
PIT
LAK
LAS
LAS
HUE
BOU
HUE
PAR
FRE
CLE
PAR
TEL
HUE
BOU
LAK
LAS
GUN
HUE
HUE
MES
RIB
SAG
EAG
HUE
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
HAULAGE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF
GAS EXPLOSION
CRUSHED BETWEEN TWO GEAR-WHEELS
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
LOST BALANCE AND FELL
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF POWDER
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
CAME IN CONTACT WITH LIVE WIRE
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
ELECTRIC SHOCK
CRUSHED BY CAGE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
SUFFOCATED BY FIRE
CAR RUNNING OVER HIM
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF TOP COAL
EXPLOSION
ROOF FALL
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
EXPLOSION
BD. NEW CASTLE
FALL OF TOP COAL
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BY CAVEED IN ROADBASE
FELL DOWN OPEN SHAFT
CARRIED DOWN CHUTE BY ORE
FALL OF ROCK
FELL DOWN INTAKE AIR SHAFT
STRUCK BY A TRIP OF LOADED CARS
FALL OF ROCK
SCALDED BY STEAM FROM BURSTED PIPE
EXPLOSION
FALL OF COAL
CRUSHED TO DEATH
EXPLOSION
FELL UNDER CAR
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF TOP COAL
EXPLOSION OF CUT HOLES
BURNED BY AN EXPLOSION OF FIREDAMP
CRUSHED BY FALLING SLAB
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF WATER TANK UNDER PRESSURE
FALL OF COAL
HEART ATTACK
BLAST EXPLODED WHILE LOADED
FALL OF ROCK
Page
Reference
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year
gend
gend
130
9
1898
23
10
1894
gend
45
12
1969
131
9
gend
1898
gend
22
9
1886
46
12
1964
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1914MAR18
1941OCT30
1910DEC19
1873SEP27
1924JAN22
1923OCT7
1925SEP7
1935AUG24
1928OCT9
1951DEC20
1917JUL26
1889SEP20
1942JAN27
1919MAR19
1914AUG8
1923DEC1
1914FEB6
1904JAN26
1911JUL19
1897JAN7
1894APR28
1943JAN2
1895JUL21
1920JAN4
1900MAY4
1914JUL25
1896FEB18
1917OCT6
1915JAN30
1920DEC20
1927SEP19
1919DEC2
1911FEB9
1910JAN31
1919APR2
1914JUN16
1975JAN4
1902AUG7
1941MAY2
1909MAR3
1931AUG24
1919JAN1
1910OCT8
1905MAY11
1920SEP9
1922MAR24
1912JUN18
1942JAN27
1912JUN18
1904JAN26
1904JUL13
1909SEP10
1896JUL1
1934NOV24
1923NOV24
1937NOV9
1981APR15
1919OCT29
1921FEB12
1910JAN24
NAME
SCHUMAKER, GABRIEL
SCIACCA, PHILLIP
SCOTT, GEORGE
SCOTT, GILMER W.
SCOTT, HENRY E
SCOTT, ROBERT T
SCOTT, WILFORD
SCRUGGS, CLYDE
SCUTTE, ROCCO
SCUTTI, CHARLES
SEABREY, FRANK
SEARLE, PETER
SEARLES, GEORGE W
SEAY, JACK
SEBBEN, ANGELO
SEBBEN, J P
SEBBEN, JOHN
SEBECK, JOHN
SEBED, JOHN
SEBIA, MICHAEL
SECHRIST, J. W
SEDMAK, JOE
SEERBY, HORACE
SEFA, SAM
SEGARICH, MATTEO
SEGATO, ANTON
SEIGMUND, FRED
SEILLE, SAMUEL
SEIP, ALBERT
SELAVA, ESTEVAN
SELFISBERG, JOE
SELIA, ANTONIO
SELIGA, RUDOLPH
SELLARS, CHARLES
SELLILICH, MIKE
SELONZEK, JOSEPH
SEMPER, CHARLES
SENA, FELIPE
SENA, VINCENT
SENNA, NICOLITO
SEPCHEFF, STEVE
SEPE, FRANCISCO P
SEPPLE, FRED
SEREJAK, FRANK
SERNA, JUAN
SERRANO, ODILAN
SERTERI, PETE
SERTICH, JOSEPH
SERTORI, PETE
SEWARD, J L
SHACON, B.
SHADE, JOE
SHAFER, SAMUEL E
SHAIN, TONY
SHAREN, ROBERT M
SHARP, FRANK A
SHARP, GLEN
SHARP, ISAAC
SHARP, WEAVER
SHASOFF, ELIAS
NATIONALITY
HUNGARIAN
OCCUPATION
COLORED
MINER
MINER
MINER
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
ENGLISH
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
MACHINE MINER
MANAGER
ROPE RIDER
PICK MINER
PICK MINER
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
40 M
49 M
5
40
10
16
5
WATCHMAN
22
50
25
29
21
S
M
S
M
S
No.
Children
COMPANY
4 YAMPA VALLEY COAL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
2
STEWART SILVER REDUCING WORK
BOULDER COAL MINING CO.
5 MIDWEST COAL CO.
MIDWEST COAL CO.
5
CANON IMPERIAL COAL CO.
IDEAL CEMENT CO.
43
23
IRISH
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
POLE
MUCKER
MINER
MACHINE RUNNER
TIMBERMAN
MINER
MINER
23
25
34 M
43 M
27 M
M
M
3
5
1
4
3
DENVER COAL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
TIMBERMAN
TURK
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
GERMAN
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
MEXICAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
POLE
COLORED
SERVIAN
RUSSIAN POLE
LOADER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
ROPE RIDER
PICK MINER
TRAM LINEMAN
MINER
MINER
DRIVER
PICK MINER
MINER
MEXICAN
MACHINE HELPER
MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
CAGER
MOTORMAN
MINER
PICK MINER
MACHINE MINER
MINER
ITALIAN
BULGARIAN
AMERICAN
SLAVONIAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAM
MEXICAN
COLORED
ITALIAN
27
35
31
35
32
15
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
BULGARIAN
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER
M
M
S
S
M
M
42 M
26
37 M
M
36 M
34 S
34 M
46
30 S
0 MARSHALL COAL CO.
35
35
34
23
44
38
47
30
3
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
2 YAMPA VALLEY COAL
7 AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
CARBON COAL & COKE
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
CALUMET FUEL
2 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
REDPATH Ltd
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
15
10
MINER
MINER
MOTORMAN
MINER
PICK MINER
MUCKER
MINE FOREMAN
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
VICTOR TELLER Co.
M
S
S
M
M
W
M
30 M
CASTLE ROCK COAL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
15
24
39 M
67
41 M
40 M
36 M
33 M
VIRGINIUS
WADGE
SOPRIS
SOPRIS
SOPRIS
STRATTON'S INDEPENDENCE
RELIANCE
MIDLAND TRACK
TINDAL
CRESTED BUTTE
NEWELL SHAFT
RED ASH
SOPRIS
SOPRIS
VULCAN
PRIMERO
YAMPA VALLEY NO. 2
BONCARBO
SOPRIS NO. L
COKEDALE
PRIMERO
PERIN'S PEAK
INDUSTRIAL
BOWEN
MORLEY
BERWIND
CASTLE ROCK
3 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
STARKVILLE
MAJESTIC
BERWIND
SOPRIS
HASTINGS
WADGE
HASTINGS
STRATTON'S INDEPENDENCE
PRIMERO
ALPINE
WINDFIELD
DELAGUA
3 HAYDEN COAL CO.
MID CONTINENT Resources Incorporated
2 ALEXANDER PATTERSON
1 MOFFAT COAL CO.
4
HAYDEN NO. 3
DUTCH CREEK #1 MINE
CITY NO. 2
OAK HILLS NO. 2
PIKEVIEW
5 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
1
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
2 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
VICTOR TELLER Co.
26 M
36 S
20
MINE
YAMPA VALLEY NO. 2
MORLEY
BOWEN
GEORGETOWN
BLACK DIAMOND
MIDWEST
MIDWEST
PROSPECT
CARBON
PORTLAND
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
County
ROU
FALL OF ROCK
LAS
ROOF FALL
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
MOVING BELT AND WHEEL
BOU
FALL OF POT ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS & DUST
MES
ELECTROCUTED
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
FRE
FALL OF DRAW SLATE
CRUSHED BY SHOVEL DIPPER
LAK
SHOT
OUR
FALL OF CAGE
ROU
GAS EXPLOSION
SAJ
SNOWSLIDE WHICH CARRIED HALF BUILDING AWAY
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
LAS
STRUCK BY A LOADED CAR
LAS
CRUSHED UNDER THE ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE
TEL
CAGE ACCIDENT
HUE
FALL OF ROCK
LAK
THAWING POWDER IN OPEN FIRE
JEF
FALLING DOWN SHAFT
GUN
FACE-BUMP
LAK
EXPLOSION WHILE PULLING DOWN HOLE
BOU
EXPLOSION OF POWDER
LAS
FALL OF COAL
LAS
ELECTROCUTED
GAR
BD. NEW CASTLE; BODY BADLY MULTILATED
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
ROU
FALL OF ROCK
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
SAJ
STRUCK ON HEAD BY TUMBER
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
LAS
DUST EXPLOSION, CUASED BY A BLOWN-OUT SHOT
LAS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
LAP
RUN OVER BY MINE CARS
BOU
FALL OF TOP COAL
GRA
HELICOPTER CRASH
LAS
EXPLOSION
LAS
ROOF FALL
LAS
FALL OF ROOF
GUN
FELL ON A BURNING SLACK DUMP
PIT
STRUCK HEAD ON CAGE
LAS
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
LAS
FALL OF ROOF
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
LAS
EXPLOSION
LAS
GAS EXPLOSION
ROU
GAS EXPLOSION
LAS
EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP
TEL
CAGE ACCIDENT
LAS
HIT BY RUNAWAY TRIP
GUN
CRUSHED BETWEEN CAGE & SHAFT TIMBER
FRE
CAVE IN OF SIDE WALL OF SHAFT
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
OUR
FALL OF ROCK
ROU
FALL OF TOP COAL & ROCK
PIT
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
ELP
SUFFOCATION FROM BLACK DAMP
ROU
EXPLOSION OF DUST
ELP
SUFFOCATED FROM POWDER SMOKE
Page
Reference
46
10
Report
year
1890
gend
14
17
55
12
1975
gend
gend
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1935OCT22
1931APR1
1922SEP23
1935MAY8
1914DEC31
1896FEB23
1913DEC16
1972MAY10
1954JUL16
1896DEC23
1930NOV12
1896JAN4
1898SEP18
1927FEB27
1942JAN27
1958MAR7
1896JUL10
1940JAN30
1952APR11
1889SEP27
1908FEB6
1958MAY13
1938APR27
1913JUN27
1930OCT26
1950JUL25
1930JUL5
1949MAY11
1927MAR8
1928OCT8
1919OCT7
1926OCT14
1911JAN12
1917APR27
1936DEC28
1906DEC4
1916DEC12
1907DEC28
1897MAR19
1888JUN12
1917MAY17
1897JAN12
1903APR13
1954JUN4
1920OCT4
1938JUL15
1884JAN24
1978JAN17
1960APR10
1910NOV8
1910OCT8
1922MAY22
1910JUN10
1920JUN26
1914JAN30
1910MAY7
1940NOV9
1896SEP18
1912SEPT9
1891JUL21
NAME
SHAW, EARL
SHAW, HERBERT
SHAW, JABE
SHAW, LAWRENCE
SHAW, LONNIE
SHEA, MICHAEL
SHEARER, WILLIAM
SHEARER, WILLIAM L
SHEDD, CHARLES E
SHEELEY, WALTER
SHEFFIELD, J W
SHELDON, THOMAS H "Frank"
SHELTON, JOHN
SHEPHERD, CHARLES K
SHEPHERD, FRANK G
SHERIDAN, CASEY RALPH
SHERMAN, JOHN
SHERRETT, JAMES
SHERRILL, ALFRED Wm.
SHEUMAKA, JOHN
SHICLEY, HARRY
SHIDELER, AARON M
SHIELDS, LEO
SHIFERO, LUKO
SHIGLEY, RAY L
SHILLING, MELVIN L
SHIMIN, EDWARD W
SHINE, FRANK J JR.
SHINTLER, JOHN
SHOBLO, PABLO
SHOCKEY, JEROME
SHORES, GEORGE
SHORT, JOHN
SHORT, WILLIAM
SHORTHOUSE, CHARLES
SHOSTRUM, CARL
SHOTT, F. B
SHOTTOVISH, JACOB
SHOULTZ, W. H
SHOVANNE, JOHN P
SHREVE, IKE
SHRIBER, D. W
SHUBAL, PETE
SHULL, ALVA L
SHULLIN, FRED
SHUMOCK, JOE
SHUN, JOHN
SHUSTER, DONALD
SIGURNIK, JOSEPH V
SIKULIC, PAUL
SILANO, JOE
SILBA, CIPRIANO
SILBA, DAN
SILK, ROBERT E
SILVA, ABEL
SILVA, JOSEPH
SIMANSKI, ANDY
SIMICK, FRANK
SIMINOFF, ANGELO
SIMMONDS, GEORGE
NATIONALITY
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
NEGRO
OCCUPATION
MUCKER & TRAMMER
MINE FOREMAN
MACHINE MINER
ROPE RIDER
MINER
AMERICAN
MINER
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
TIMBERMAN
FOREMAN
Years
mining
Age
21
52
32 57
14 37
20
33
23
Single/
Married
S
M
M
M
S
No.
Children
COMPANY
GOLD LEAF MINING CO.
5 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
4 AZTEC COAL MINING CO.
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
27 M
48
1 CORYELL MINING LEASING
STANDARD METALS Corp
B. F. ALLISON DRILLIMG CO.
47 M
1 NATIONAL FUEL CO.
40 M
2 PACIFIC COAL MINING CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
SHATTUCK DENN MINING CO.
CLAYTON COAL CO.
GOLDEN CYCLE CORP.
IRISH
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
GERMAN
MEXICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
SLAV
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
SWEDE
AMERICAN
SLAVONIAN
SLAV
AUSTRIAN
49
24 S
DRIVER
MINER
TRAMMER
31 S
53 S
BLACKSMITH
MILL OPERATOR
PICK MINER
PICK MINER
MACHINE RUNNER
BRAKEMAN
MINER
TRACKMAN
MACHINE LOADER
MINER
MINER
MINER
53
20
61
52
26
21
49
41
61
26
53
43
35
38
38
S
M
W
M
S
S
W
M
M
M
HOPPER MAN
51
MINER
30 M
MACHINE MINER
4
27 S
2
22
31
26
24
48
22
23
48
28
YUGOSLAV
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
ITALIAN
MINER
MINER
MACHINE MINER
LABORER
MINER
MINER
MINER
SLAV
BULGARIAN
MINER
MINER
S
S
W
S
M
S
IDARADO MINING CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
IDARADO MINING CO.
COLORADO-MEXICO MINING CO.
AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING
3 LEYDEN COAL CO.
4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
1 MARSHALL COAL CO.
MINE
FREDERICK
TOLTEC
ROBINSON NO. 4
HASTINGS
BUSHWACKER
VULCAN
VICTOR
PURITAN
ANNA LEE
MARY MURPHY
PACIFIC
WADGE
ELP
WEL
ELP
CHA
HUE
ROU
TOM BOY
WASHINGTON
CRIPPLE CREEK
ASPEN
STANDARD
SAM
WEL
TEL
PIT
BOU
CHANDLER
DELAGUA
CRESSON
OURAY
IOWA TIGER
LEADVILLE
LEYDEN NO. 3
MORLEY
RED ASH
MOFFAT TUNNEL
SOUTHWESTERN
HASTINGS
FRE
LAS
TEL
OUR
SAJ
LAK
JEF
LAS
BOU
GIL
LAS
LAS
FRE
BOU
MES
LAS
ELP
CLE
EAG
BOU
HUE
1 CANON MONARCH COAL CO.
0 W. D. STOKES
MATCHLESS
STOKES
GREEN CANON
ELKTON
STAR
ADSIT TUNNEL
WALSEN
PRINCE BROTHERS DRILLING CO.
CADDELL & CARLSON
BOULDER VALLEY COAL CO.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
MID-CONTINENT COAL COKE Co
MOAB DRILLING CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
1 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
7 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
PLUTO COAL MINING CO.
22 S
UNION PACIFIC COAL CO.
County
BOU
LAS
HUE
HUE
LAS
PIT
GAR
SAJ
CUCHARA CANON
NEW CENTENNIAL
CRESTED BUTTE
DUTCH CREEK No.1
DELAGUA
STARKVILLE
FORBES
STARKVILLE
FREDERICK
PRIMROSE
PLUTO NO. 2
WILLIAMSBURG
INDUSTRIAL
COMO
HUE
BOU
GUN
RIB
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
HIN
LAS
LAS
BOU
FRE
BOU
PAR
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
FALL OF ROCK
CAUGHT BETWEEN CAR & RIB
FALL OF ROCK
OVEREXERTION OF POLLUTED AIR
FALL OF COAL
FALL DOWN CHUTE
DUST EXPLOSION
FALL OF SLAB
STRUCK BY TONGS
DRILLED INTO MISSED HOLE
FALL OF TOP COAL & ROCK
CAVING IN OF SHAFT
FALL THROUGH MILL HOLE
DRILLED INTO MISSED SHOT
GAS EXPLOSION
CRUSHED BY FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL & ROCK
STRUCK BY CHUTE BAR, THROAT PUNCTURED
PLANK BROKE ACROSS MILL HOLE
RUN OVER BY CAR
FALL OF MAN DOWN RAISE
RUNAWAY TRIP
FALL OF ROCK
CAUGHT BY RUNNING MUCK
CRUSHED BETWEEN MOTOR & MINE CAR
FELL FROM TRAM BUCKET
SUFFOCATED
FALL OF FACE COAL
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FELL FROM AN ELECTRIC MOTOR
CAUGHT BY CRAS
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
INJURED BY CAGE & LOADED CAR
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
PICKING OUT MISSED HOLE
EXPLOSION
PLATFORM BROKE
EXPLOSION WHILE LOADING HOLES
FALL OF ROOF
GAS BURNS FROM OIL WELL
FALL OF ROCK
ELECTROCUTED
EXPJLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
CRUSHED BETWEEN AIRDOOR AND TRAM
HIT ON HEAD BY FALLING TONG HEAD
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
FALL OF ROCK
FELL UNDER CART WHILE HAULING ASHES
CAUGHT UNDER CAVING GROUND IN A STOPE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROOF (ROCK)
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
PREMATURE BLAST
Page
Reference
Report
year
58
12
gend
1972
51&52
10
1896
23
10
1890
19
17
7
32 12c
17
1978
gend
11
17
9
9
1892
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1912NOV27
1934JUL21
1941AUG23
1944JAN19
1917APR27
1896FEB18
1945JUN2
1929JUL11
1979OCT8
1891MAR19
1942MAR24
1910JAN31
1910NOV8
1907JAN23
1896SEP18
1907JAN23
1899OCT27
1920MAY14
1933APR16
1917JUN15
1925OCT19
1902SEP5
1917DEC21
1917APR27
1919AUG31
1919JAN1
1916NOV23
1917APR27
1946OCT14
1946OCT22
1942JAN27
1930JAN22
1941MAR17
1935NOV25
1911DEC1
1910JAN31
1910JAN31
1910JAN31
1910APR22
1918SEP28
1924AUG23
1935FEB21
1937FEB2
1901MAY29
1932SEP30
1917APR27
1897AUG25
1910MAR1
1907JAN23
1900JUN22
1888JUN15
1912JUN12
1905FEB15
1915JUL2
1903DEC23
1909JUL6
1965DEC28
1917APR27
1920JUN19
1935JUL9
NAME
SIMMONS, ANDREWS
SIMMONS, THOMAS
SIMMS, EZRA H
SIMOFF, JOHN
SIMONELLI, MARI
SIMONSIE, FRANK
SIMPSON, WILLIAM
SIMPSON, WILLIAM E
SIMS, PORTER
SINGELTON, OMEROD
SINGLETON, DON
SINON, DESIRE
SINTERA, JOSE
SIPES, GUISEEPI
SIPES, JOSHUA
SIPOS, LUIGI
SIPPE, F. F
SIPPE, FLEX
SIRE, AUGUST PETER
SIRGER, JOHN
SISNEROS, JOHN
SISTA, JOHN
SISTO, SANCHEZ
SKAULAS, MIKE
SKERBINK, FRED
SKOFF, JOSEPH
SKOLL, TONY
SKRAKES, GEORGE
SKRBINA, FRANK B
SKRYZNEAR, FRANK
SKUFCA, ANTONIO
SKUFCA, JOE
SLACK, JOE
SLACK, LUDWIG
SLAK, FRANK
SLANOVIC, JOHN
SLANOVIC, MIKE
SLAVEZ, JOE
SLAVIC, JOHN
SLICKOVICH, STEVEN
SLISKOVICH, JOE
SLOAN, GEORGE
SLOAS, CECIL
SLOGAR, MARCUS
SLOGAR, TONY
SLOK, JOHN
SLOSS, J F
SMAELS, WILLIAM
SMALDEL, FRANK
SMALES, GEORGE
SMALLY, WILLIAM
SMELL, ANTONIO
SMELOMITCH, JOHN
SMERKOL, VINC
SMILEY, ALEXANDER
SMIRCICH, THOMAS
SMITH,
SMITH, ARCHIE
SMITH, ARTHUR
SMITH, CHARLES
NATIONALITY
AMERICAN
OCCUPATION
TIMBERMAN
MINER
MINE LESSEE
Years
mining
Age
65
28
68
Single/
Married
M
S
M
ITALIAN
PRUSSIAN
MINER
CARPENTER
25 S
35 S
SCOTCH
PICK MINER
63 M
26
HUNGARIAN
MEXICAN
HUNGARIAN
HUNGARIAN
AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
POLE
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
GREEK
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
GREEK
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
SLAV
AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
CROATIAN
AUSTRIAN
JIGGERBOSS
TIMBERMAN
MINER
MINER
26
23
28
20
M
S
M
S
MINER
MINER
ROPE RIDER
FIRE BOSS
MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
MUCKER
MINER
DRIVER
PICK MINER
TIMBERMAN
MINER
21
54
46
53
52
27
S
M
W
M
S
M
M
ROPE RIDER
LOADERMAN
MOTORMAN
MINER
ROPE CUTTER
OILER
MIMNER
MINER
MACHINE MAN
PICK MINER
MOTORMAN
MINER
DUMPER
PICK MINER
MINER
34
29
6
25
29
24
33
32
30
5
10
5
22
S
M
M
W
M
21 S
50
20
23
18
40
35
35
40
28
37
45
45
21
W
S
S
S
M
M
S
M
S
M
M
S
AMERICAN
HUNGARIAN
AMERICAN
NIPPER
MINER
35 M
34 S
17
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
MINER
RUNNER
MINER
MINER
MINER
28
23
52
44
32
COLORED
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
MINER
MACHINE MINER
MACHINE HELPER
39 S
20 S
38 M
No.
Children
COMPANY
UNITED STATES VANADIUM CORP.
COLORADO & UTAH COAL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
8 LEYDEN LIGNITE CO.
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM Co
TRINIDAD FUEL CO.
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
0 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
3 ROYAL FUEL CO.
1 BOULDER VALLEY COAL CO.
UNION COAL & COKE
2 HUERFANO COAL CO.
2 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
0 LITTEL-ROSS COAL
1 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
0
GRADEN COAL
BUTTE VALLEY COAL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
NUSHAFT CANON COAL
ARKANSAS VALLEY SMELTER
COLORADO FUEL & IRON PRIMERO
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
2
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
MOFFAT COAL CO.
11 HORACE ANTHRACITE CO.
2
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
C. C. C. CO.
S
M
S
M
M
SOUTH CANON COAL
4
MID CONTINENT COAL AND MINE
6
VICTOR AMERICAN FUEL CO.
0 BEAR CANON COAL CO.
MINE
SPRING GULCH
JUMPER
RIFLE
HARRIS
HASTINGS
VULCAN
MORLEY
LEYDEN NO. 3
CLIMAX
FORBES'
CLIMAX
PRIMERO
DELAGUA
PRIMERO
TOLEDO
PRIMERO
GRAY CREEK
ROYAL
BOULDER VALLEY
PRYOR
LUDLOW
STARKVILLE
HASTINGS
RADIANT
HORACE
PINNACLE
HASTINGS
GRADEN
BUTTE VALLEY
WADGE
WADGE
NUSHAFT
LUDLOW
PRIMERO
PRIMERO
PRIMERO
DELAGUA
COAL CREEK
FAIRPLAY GOLD
MOFFAT NO. 2
COALBASIN
HORACE
HASTINGS
DEAD PINE
PRIMROSE
PRIMERO
TOLTIC
ROCKVAL NO. 1
ROYAL
ROBINSON
SOUTH CANON
BRODHEAD
TOLLER
DUTCH CREEK MINE
HASTINGS
CHANDLER
BEAR CANON NO. 6
County
PIT
CUS
GAR
ROU
LAS
GAR
LAS
JEF
LAK
LAS
LAK
LAS
LAS
LAS
GIL
LAS
LAS
LAS
WEL
HUE
LAS
LAS
SAM
LAS
FRE
GUN
ROU
LAS
WEL
HUE
ROU
ROU
FRE
LAK
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
SAM
FRE
PAR
ROU
PIT
GUN
LAS
ELP
LAS
LAS
HUE
FRE
LAS
HUE
GAR
LAS
LAS
PIT
LAS
FRE
LAS
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
FALL OF COAL
EXPLOSION OF MISSED HOLES
FALL OF ROCK
FACE FALL
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
HAULAGE (SURF.)
FALL OF COAL & ROCK
PREMATURE BLAST
FALL OF ROCK
POWDER STICKS EXPLODED
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
GROUND CAVE IN STOPE
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF PROPS
RUN OVER BY A MINE CAR
STRUCK BY TIMBER TRUCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF
LOST FOOTING AND FELL
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
ELECTRICITY
ROOF FALL
GAS EXPLOSION
CAUGHT BETWEEN EMPTY PIT CAR & PROP
ROOF FALL
CAUGHT BETWEEN LOADED ORE CARS
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
FALL OF COAL
FELL
FALL OF ROCK
CAUGHT BETWEEN LIP OF CHUTE & MOTOR
FALL OF COAL
ENTAGLED IN THE TRIP of CARS
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
PICKING OUT MISSED HOLE
FALLING UNDER TRIP OF CARS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF SLATE
FALL OF SLATE
ELECTROCUTED
ELECTROCUTED BY ELECTRIC WIRE
MOTOR TRIP BEING DERAILED
FALL OF ROCK
GAS EXPLOSION
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
MINE EXPLOSION
Page
Reference
34 12m
8
9
Report
year
1979
1892
gend
gend
13
17
16
17
gend
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1917APR27
1914OCT28
1904JAN26
1884JAN24
1910MAY24
1910NOV8
1885NOV13
1913DEC16
1913FEB25
1941DEC19
1899APR7
1898DEC13
1918MAY28
1900FEB6
1904JAN19
1920JAN9
1941SEP27
1907MAY17
1891SEP5
1895APR6
1899MAR17
1912JAN24
1912OCT25
1896JAN9
1901JUN21
1910NOV8
1896SEP19
1948DEC11
1925JUN26
1949OCT4
1932APR21
1923JUN23
1907JAN13
1909JUN14
1938DEC16
1904JAN26
1917APR27
1938SEP1
1915MAY2
1906APR22
1889JUN8
1950JAN17
1918JUN2
1913JAN3
1913JAN3
1942APR30
1908JUL25
1965MAY13
1965DEC28
1926FEB24
1929AUG22
1924NOV12
1957JUL30
1915MAR25
1910JAN31
1910JAN31
1919AUG18
1923NOV9
1888AUG11
1899MAR10
NAME
SMITH, CHARLES E
SMITH, CHARLES II
SMITH, EDWARD
SMITH, F W
SMITH, FRANK
SMITH, FRANK
SMITH, GEORGE
SMITH, GEORGE
SMITH, GEORGE
SMITH, GEORGE H
SMITH, GEROME
SMITH, HARRY
SMITH, HENRY
SMITH, HENRY W
SMITH, J. J
SMITH, JACK
SMITH, JACK T
SMITH, JOE
SMITH, JOHN
SMITH, JOHN
SMITH, JOHN
SMITH, JOHN
SMITH, JOHN
SMITH, JOSEPH
SMITH, JOSEPH
SMITH, L.
SMITH, N. W
SMITH, NORMAN N
SMITH, PAUL
SMITH, RAY
SMITH, ROBERT M
SMITH, ROGER
SMITH, STEWART
SMITH, WILLIAM
SMITH, WILLIAM J
SMITHERUM, JOSEPH "Joe"
SMOLICK, JOE
SMOLIS, JOHN D
SMOLSKI, STANLEY
SMREKA, FRANK
SMYTH, JOHN
SNAIR, WALTER
SNEDDON, A. J.
SNEDDON, ANDREW
SNEDDON, WILLIAM
SNELL, WILLIAM
SNELLER, JOHN
SNODGRASS, CARL ROY
SNOW,
SNOW, FOREST N
SNYDER, LAWRENCE
SODERMAN, FRED
SODERSTROM, JAMES E
SOLAS, NICK
SOLTIC, JOHN
SOLTIC, MIKE
SOLTIS, JOHN
SOMAK, JOHN
SOMMERS, C. F.
SONA, JOHN
NATIONALITY
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
OCCUPATION
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
42 M
45 S
S
MINER
LABORER
MINER
AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN
MINER
PUMPER
AMERICAN
COLORED
DRIVER
MINER
TIPPLEMAN
24 S
31 M
M
22 S
28 S
No.
Children
0
COMPANY
MINE
HASTINGS
PIKEVIEW COAL
VICTOR TELLER Co.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
0 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
CORYELL MINING LEASING
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
STRATTON'S INDEPENDENCE
CRESTED BUTTE
RUGBY
DELAGUA
BULL DOMINGO
VULCAN
LESTER
PINNACLE
LOS ANGELES
UPPER TEN
28
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
MINER
DRIVER
TRUCK DRIVER
MINER
8
26 S
27 M
31
33 S
1 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
WARNER CONSTRUCTION CO.
COLORADO FUEL CO.
MINER
IRISH
LITHUANIAN
MINER
LOADER
54 S
59 M
6
AUSTRIAN
COLORED
MINER
DRIVER
22 M
0 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
43
49
38
47
37
20
30
LYNN & SMITH
CRESTED BUTTE ANTHRACITE
UTAH CONSTRUCTION CO.
1 TEMPLE FUEL CO.
1 RAPINI BROTHERS
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
SCOTCH
ENGLISH
OPERATOR
PICK MINER
TRUCK DRIVER
MOTORMAN
PICK MINER
TRIP-RIDER
PAINTER
AUSTRIAN
MINER
MINER
M
31 M
RUSSIAN
SLAV
MINER
MINER
45 M
30 M
MILL MAN
MINER
MINER
WHISTLEPUNK
MINER
33
16
55 M
22 M
18 S
60
GERMAN
SCOTCH
SCOTCH
AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
MUCKER
MINER & TIMBERMAN
MINER
GREEK
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
SLAV
AUSTRIAN
MINER
MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
15
18
31
8
25
22
S
M
M
M
S
S
29
38 M
25
38
27
20
28
51
M
S
S
M
M
LITTLE JOHNNY COAL CO.
VICTOR TELLER Co.
4
HAYDEN COAL CO.
5 MUTUAL COAL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
GRAND RIVER COAL & COKE CO.
BLACK DIAMOND FUEL
ALLIANCE COAL COMPANY
2 ALLIANCE COAL CO.
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
JONES-HARRISON JOINT VENTURE
MID CONTINENT COAL AND MINE
EAST PORTAL
3 SMITH-ANTHRACITE MINING CO.
HALLIBURTON OIL WELL CEMENT
5 MOFFAT COAL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
2 OAKDALE COAL CO.
5 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
T. C. & C. CO.
TASMAMA
HAIGH
ACME
GREEN MOUNTAIN DAM
BLACK DIAMOND
ROUSE
MARSHALL NO. 2
ABANDONED TUNNEL
ROYAL
CAMERON
TENDERFOOT
ROUSE
DELAGUA
JO REYNOLDS NO 2
SLEEPY CAT
SMITH ANTHRACITE
LaJUNTA
BRODHEAD NO. 9
PLACITA
COALBASIN
OAK HILLS
LITTLE JOHNNY
STRATTON'S INDEPENDENCE
HASTINGS
HAYDEN NO. 3
MUTUAL
CUATRO
NEW CASTLE
BLACK DIAMOND NO. 2
RELIANCE
RELIANCE
CLIMAX
BULKLEY
DUTCH CREEK MINE
MOFFAT
SMITH-ANTHRACITE
OAK HILLS NO. 2
PRIMERO
PRIMERO
OAKDALE
CRESTED BUTTE
STARKVILLE
COMMODORE
County
LAS
ELP
TEL
GUN
HUE
LAS
CUS
GAR
HUE
ROU
TEL
BOU
CLE
CHA
LAS
BOU
SUM
LAS
LAS
BOU
TEL
LAS
HUE
ELP
HUE
LAS
CLE
ROU
GUN
LAS
PIT
PIT
ROU
FRE
TEL
LAS
ROU
HUE
LAS
GAR
BOU
SAM
HUE
HUE
LAK
GUN
CLE
PIT
GIL
GUN
SAM
ROU
LAS
LAS
HUE
GUN
LAS
MIN
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
EXPLOSION
FALLING OFF THE CAGE
CAGE ACCIDENT
EXPJLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
EXPLOSION/FIRE
DUST EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
TIPPLE
FALL OF ROCK
PICKING OUT MISSED SHOT
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF POWDER
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BETWEEN A CAR AND RIB
STRUCK BY ORE OR STEEL
FALL OF ROOF
STRUCK OF A TRIP OF CARS
FALL OF COAL FROM END OF PILLAR
FELL INTO SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
THAWING POWDER BY HOT SAND PROCESS
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
EXPLOSION OF POWDER AND CAPS
MACHINERY ON SURFACE
FALL OF ROCK & COAL
TRUCK SLIPPED & THROWN OUT & KILLED
STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST CROSS BAR
EXPLOSION OF GAS
STRUCK BY A RUNAWAY TRIP OF CARS
STRUCK BY A RUN-A-WAY CAR
FALL OF FACE COAL
CAGE ACCIDENT
EXPLOSION
FALL OF RIB COAL
SUFFOCATED FROM GAS EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALLING DOWN A "CHUTE"
HEART ATTACK
CAUGHT IN RUNNING PULLEY
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF COAL
CAR TIPPED OVER ON HIM
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BY ROCK SLIDE
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
SUFFOCATION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
HIT BY ROTATING HOSE (STEM TORQUE)
RUN OVER BY A LOADED CAR
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP
FALLING OFF A LADDER
FALL OF TOP COAL
EXPLOSION WHILE CUTTING CAPING FUSE
Page
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year
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gend
9
9
16
17
1892
gend
49
12
1965
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1921AUG9
1910JAN31
1923JUN8
1921APR22
1923MAY5
1917DEC17
1897JUN7
1934NOV26
1949MAR18
1934SEP11
1897DEC7
1917APR27
1941AUG6
1974NOV12
1902APR23
1899AUG8
1910JUN25
1954NOV16
1940AUG10
1940AUG10
1920JUN21
1915MAY2
1914NOV2
1926DEC14
1938AUG24
1920SEP21
1955NOV17
1971OCT11
1912JUN18
1910JAN31
1917APR6
1919MAR31
DDDDDDDDD
1970AUG10
1912MAR26
1898AUG13
1965SEP22
1913JAN22
1919SEP15
1924DEC17
1915SEP27
1921JUN16
1921JUN16
1922NOV25
1963MAY21
1946SEP25
1870SEP14
1917JUN18
1909JUN4
1913DEC16
1904JUN30
1901NOV20
1897AUG6
1947APR9
1922MAR1
1941JUL28
1931JUL8
1890JAN18
1904JAN26
1930NOV6
NAME
SONEFF, PETE
SORE, TONY
SORIA, GUADALOUPE
SOTIROPOULOS, WILLIAM
SOUPAGIANES, JOHN
SOUTHERLAND, FRED
SOWTHER, JAMES
SPAGNOLI, DOMINICK
SPALDING, GORDON
SPANDRE, TONY
SPANGLER, MECHAEL
SPANODDA, ANTONIO
SPEER, H E
SPEER, JOHN CHRIS
SPEGEL, W. T
SPENCER, J. L
SPENCER, SAM
SPENSIERI, A.
SPERANDIO, JOSEPH
SPERANDIO, LOUIE
SPIROS, JOHN
SPOCK, MIKE
SPORAKIS, MIKE
SPORCICH, RUDOLPH
SPORICH, TONY
SPRAGUE, WILLARD L
SPRIELMAN, DAVID R
SPRINGER, KIRK MICHAEL
SPRINGHETTI, LORENZ
SPULARIC, STEVE
SPURR, M. O
SRADJIT, JOE
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
St.GELAIS, IREENE F
STABINGER, FRANK
STAFFONIE, PHILLIP
STAHN, DAVID EUGENE
STAKA, MIKE
STAKICH, MIKE
STAMBELOS, ANGELO
STAMOS, HARRY
STAMPHEL, J M
STAMPHEL, L J
STANDISH, JOE
STANLEY, BILLY LEE
STANLEY, HUGH
STANTON, PATRICK
STANTON, SHERMAN
STARAICWICE,STANISLAW
STARBUCK, LESTER
STARCEVICK, PAUL
STARCK, MATT
STARIKA, JOHN
STARK, JOHN
STARK, MATT
STARKOVICH, MATT
STARR, MATT
STARR, MIKE
STATEN, C C
STAVANO, MATT
NATIONALITY
BULGARIAN
AUSTRIAN
GREEK
GREEK
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
GREEK
SLAV
GREEK
AUSTRIAN
OCCUPATION
PICK MINER
MINER
TRAMMER
MINER
PICK MINER
SHIFT BOSS
Years
mining
Age
8 36
44
27
8 56
15 36
32
MACHINE LOADER
MINER
PICK MINER
25
20
MINER
CRUSHERMAN
Single/
Married
M
S
No.
Children
COMPANY
0 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
M
M
4 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
0 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
59 M
43 S
57 M
0 W. A. REAM COAL CO.
AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING
2 GEORGE BROWN
32 S
51 M
23
RICO ARGENTINE MINING CO.
GLOBE DRILLING Co
MINER
57 M
40 M
MINER
MACHINE OPERATOR
PICK MINER
LABORER
MINER
PICK MINER
17
LSBORER
PUMPER
MINER
TIMBERMAN HELPER
AUSTRIAN
PICK MINER
NNNNNNNNNNNNN
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
MINER
AUSTRIAN
DRIVER
MACHINEMAN
PICK MINER
MINER
MACHINE MAN
MACHINE HELPER
ROPE RIDER
DAISY COAL CO.
DAISY COAL CO.
1 RUGBY FUEL CO.
MUTUAL COAL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
M
S
S
S
61
20
47
25
26
35
GG
36
47
AUSTRIAN-TYR
CROATIAN
AUSTRIAN
28
28
23
39
8 UNION COAL & COKE CO.
EE
GEORGE H. SAGER
Barodynamics-Star Ltd
5 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
M
S
M
S
M
CC
4 EMPIRE COAL
YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
HARRISON WESTERN Corp
4
MINER
21
30
27
30
31
28
20
22
20
42
AMERICAN
POLE
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
TIMBERMAN
MINER
LOADER
MINER
51 M
19 S
S
24 S
8 JEFFRYES FUEL
SLAV
MINER
SUPERINTENDENT
MACHINE MINER
MINER
MACHINE MAN
46 M
32 M
CRESSON CONS. GOLD MINING
1 AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING
VICKERS COAL
GREEK
GREEK
AMERICAN
CROATIAN
AUSTRIAN
MINER
PICK MINER
9
6
3
S
COOLEY GRAVE Co
LEYDEN COAL
S
S
OAKDALE COAL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
S
McNEIL COAL CO.
POTASHNICK CONSTRUCTION Inc
MOUNTAIN QUEEN
CORYELL MINING LEASING
35 S
25
S
50 M
DENVER FUEL CO.
VICTOR TELLER Co.
7 HUERFANO COAL CO.
MINE
PINNACLE
PRIMERO
County
ROU
LAS
HUE
LAS
LAS
TEL
ELP
HUE
LAK
LAP
CLE
LAS
DOL
ADA
BOU
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
FALL OF ROCK
DELAGUA
CAR RAN OVER HIM
SOUTHWESTERN
EXPLOSION OF GAS & DUST
STRUCK BY BUCKET
INDEPENDENCE
FALLING FROM CAGE DOWN SHAFT
SPANISH PEAK
FALL OF ROCK
LEADVILLE
MACHINE TIPPED OVER ON HIM
FIRE GLOW
FALL OF COAL
CROWN POINT VIRGINA
CRUSHED BY BUCKET
HASTINGS
EXPLOSION
BECAME ILL WHILE OPERATING A CRUSHER
STRUCK BY ELEVATOR
SUNNYSIDE
FIREDAMP GAS EXPLOSION
BOWEN
FALL OF ROCK
STARKVILLE
LAS
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
CROWN
BOU
ROOF FALL
DAISY
LAS
EXPLOSION OF GAS
DAISY
LAS
EXPLOSION OF GAS
RUGBY
HUE
FALL OF ROCK
MUTAL
HUE
SUFFOCATED FROM GAS EXPLOSION
WALSEN
HUE
FALL OF ROCK
TOLLER
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
CRESTED BUTTE
GUN
FALL OF RIB COAL
SUM
FELL INTO A MOVING BELT
PREMATURE BLAST
GUN
CAUGHT IN A CAVE AND CRUSHED
HASTINGS
LAS
EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP
PRIMERO
LAS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
EAG
FALL OF ORE
EMPIRE
LAS
GAS EXPLOSION
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
UUU
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
CLE
STRUCK BY BUCKET
FORBES
LAS
RUN OVER BY A LOADED CAR
EMMA NO. 1
ELP
FELL FROM LADDER
ARA
CABLE WEIGHT CAUSED BOAT TO SINK
LEYDEN
JEF
CRUSHED BETWEEN CAR & ROOF
SAJ
FALL OF ROCK
OAKDALE
HUE
FALL OF COAL
WALSEN
HUE
FALL OF ROCK
DOL
OVERCOME BY GAS
DOL
OVERCOME BY GAS
McGREGOR
ROU
RUN OVER BY A TRIP OF FIVE CARS
SUM
TRUCK ACCIDENT
SILVERTON
SAJ
CAUGHT IN BLAST
LYDEN-MURPHY
JEFFRYES
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
ROCKVALE
FRE
STRUCK BY DERAILED CARS
VULCAN
GAR
DUST EXPLOSION
CRESTED BUTTE
GUN
FALL OF ROCK
SMUGGLER UNION
SAM
FIRE
CRESTED BUTTE
GUN
FALL OF ROCK; or Jun6?
CRIPPLE CREEK
TEL
SUFFOCATION
BONCARBO
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
KENNETH
LAS
HAULAGE
MAYFLOWER
SAJ
FALL OF ROCK
SORPIS
LAS
FALL OF COAL
STRATTON'S INDEPENDENCE TEL
CAGE ACCIDENT
LUDLOW
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
Page
Reference
Report
year
50
18
12
17
1974
52
12
1971
52
12
YYYYY
1970
48
12
1965
45
12
1963
PPP
RRR
gend
52
9
gend
1898
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1899JUL8
1927FEB5
1927FEB5
1943OCT17
1950JUL4
1889NOV9
1944NOV26
1944FEB25
1896FEB18
1896FEB18
1958NOV27
1906JAN26
1922MAY22
1901JAN8
1925JUN19
1921NOV29
1926JAN11
1910JAN31
1916JUL25
1898AUG31
1884JAN24
1877MAY12
1917APR27
1924APR4
1907JUN5
1889FEB22
1897AUG19
1895AUG18
1936JAN20
1920JAN13
1903MAY16
1904JAN26
1940FEB26
1896APR5
1926MAR23
1884JAN24
1884JAN24
1927OCT7
1884JAN24
1907JAN23
1921JUN16
1915DEC29
1917APR27
1972AUG19
1894FEB21
1922NOV7
1905JUN5
1926APR8
1939JAN30
1924AUG16
1910JUN13
1929JUN2
1965DEC28
1907JUL20
1955NOV17
1946AUG14
1913DEC16
1889FEB1
1898SEP21
1918AUG22
NAME
STEBBA, DAVID
STEBLOY, ANTHONY
STEBLOY, JOE
STECKLER, EDMOND C
STEEL, JAMES T
STEELE, F O
STEELE, ROY W
STEFFEN, WILLIAM
STEIGER, ROBERT
STEIGER, ROBERT
STEIN, DeLOYD
STEIN, JOHN
STEINER, JOHN
STEINER, WILLIAM
STEMBERGER, JACK
STENECK, ORESTE
STEPAN, SR., MIKE
STEPANIC, MIKE
STEPHENS, G. W
STEPHENS, OSCAR
STERLING, CHARLES
STERN, FRANKLIN G
STEROS, ANTON
STEVE, YENGICH
STEVENS, EARLE
STEVENS, HENRY
STEVENS, JAMES
STEVENS, JOHN
STEVENS, TOM
STEVENS, WALTER
STEVENSON, ROBERT
STEWARD, J L aka
STEWART, AARON R
STEWART, CHARLES R
STEWART, ELMER O
STEWART, HENRY
STEWART, M J
STEWART, ROBERT
STEWART, THOMAS
STIFEL, ENRICO
STILES, A C
STILES, BERTRAND S
STIMOC, MATT
STOCKS, WENDELL OWEN
STOK, MIKE
STOKES, DEWEY
STOLCH, JOHN
STOLL, CHARLES H
STONE, CLARENCE D
STONE, E L
STORDILLIS, HARRY
STORRS, V Z
STORY,
STORZL, JONATHAN
STOUT, HENRY E
STOYCOFF, CHRISTOPHER
STRANG, E. H
STRATT, SAMUEL
STRATTON, CHARLES J
STRAUB, HERMAN
NATIONALITY
GERMAN
OCCUPATION
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
45 M
16
47 M
MINER
No.
Children
COMPANY
CLAYTON COAL
CALIFORNIA CO.
33
PIKES PEAK FUEL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
GERMAN
GERMAN
TRACKMAN
TRACKMAN
42 M
42 M
SLAVONIAN
SHOT-LIGHTER
MUCKER
MINER
MACHINE HELPER
PICK MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
60 M
WASHINGTON
County
HUE
TEL
TEL
WEL
St.JOE
PIKEVIEW
WADGE
VULCAN
VULCAN
PIT
ELP
ROU
GAR
GAR
GREENVILLE
ACME
OHIO CREEK
SOUTH CANON
CHANDLER
HAYDEN NO. 3
SOUTH CANON
STANDARD
FREDERICK
DUTCH CREEK MINE
ADVANCE
LAS
SAM
GAR
HUE
LAS
GUN
LAS
LAS
HUE
GUN
SUM
LAS
LAS
JEF
BOU
CLE
GIL
BOU
LAS
LAS
TEL
GUN
LAK
BOU
GUN
GUN
HUE
GUN
LAS
DOL
MES
LAS
CLE
BOU
GUN
GAR
FRE
ROU
GAR
BOU
WEL
PIT
WEL
PINNACLE
VULCAN
DURANT
BELLE OF GRANITE
COKEDALE
ROU
GAR
PIT
LAK
LAS
PICTOU
MACHINE MAN
AMERICAN
MINE
NO
HONAKER & DAVIS DRILLING CO.
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
CROATIAN
COLORED
7
17
25
30
34
43
28
43
M
M
M
S
M
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
0 GORDON COAL CO.
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
6 CRESTED BUTTE COAL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
GREEK
AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
SCOTCH
MINER
PICK MINER
DRIVER
MINER
NIGHT BOSS
MACHINE MINER
MINER
MINER
AMERICAN
CAGER
SCOTCH
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
HOISTMAN
DRIVER
DAY MAN
BLACKSMITH
MINER
DRIVER
SLAV
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN
MINER
DRIVER
MINER
CAGER
AMERICAN
GREEK
AMERICAN
PICK MINER
MINER
MASTER MECHANIC
GERMAN
MINER
ITALIAN
12
15
24
32 S
47 M
22 S
33 M
38 S
40
6 AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING
1 NATIONAL FUEL CO.
TEMPLE FUEL CO.
VICTOR TELLER Co.
OLIVER COAL CO.
7
23 S
31
58 M
28 S
47
35 S
28 S
25
3
2
20
25
23 S
38 S
31 M
39 M
30 S
52 M
NATIONAL FUEL CO.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
0 CALIENTE COAL CO.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
BOOK CLIFF RAILROAD
HARRISON WESTERN Corp
UNITED COAL
OHIO CREEK COAL MINING CO.
2 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
HAYDEN COAL CO.
2 SOUTH CANON MINE LEASING CO.
0 FREDERICK COAL CO.
MID CONTINENT COAL AND MINE
40 M
AMERICAN
MINER
MINER
27 S
GERMAN
MACHINE MINER
47 M
GEORGE H. SAGER
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
CORYELL MINING LEASING
3 AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING
NEW CASTLE
GORDON
FREDERICK
BULKEY NO. 2
PRIMERO
PRIMERO
WALSEN
CRESTED BUTTE
STILLSON
HASTINGS
BONCARBO
LEYDON
GOLD MEDAL
CASHIER
MONARCH NO. 2
BRODHEAD NO. 9
SOPRIS
STRATTON'S INDEPENDENCE
OLIVER
BOHN
MONARCH NO. 2
CRESTED BUTTE
CRESTED BUTTE
RAVENWOOD
CRESTED BUTTE
PRIMERO
COOK CLIFF
HASTINGS
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OR ROCK & TIMBERS; SON OF JOE STEBLOY
FALL OF ROCK & TIMBERRS
MACHINERY
BURNED BY OIL WHILE CLEANING SEPARATOR
HEAVY CAVE-IN
SUFFOCATION
ROOF FALL
CALLED "BICYCLE BOB";BD. NEW CASTLE;BLAST
EXPLOSION
HIT BY FALLING OBJECT
PREMATURE SHOT
STRUCK BY A SLAB OF ROCK
EXPLOSION; DELAYED SHOT
EXPLOSION OF FIREDAMP
RUN OVER BY A MOTOR
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
FALL OF ROCK;NATIVE NEW GERMANTOWN, PA
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BETWEEN CAR & RIB
EXPLOSION
FALLING ROCK IN SLOPE
BAD AIR-GASES
GAS EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
CAGE ACCIDENT
FALL OF FACE COAL
FALLING DOWN SHAFT
FALL OF COAL
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST;BD. IRWIN, CO.
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
KILLED BY RUNAWAY TRIP
EXPLOSION OF GAS; BD. IRWIN, CO.
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
OVERCOME BY GAS
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
FELL FROM DECK
FALL OF SLATE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF TOP COAL
FALL OF ROCK & COAL
FALL OF ROOF COAL
MISSED SHOT
FALL OF ROOF
ELECTRIC SHOCK
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
FALL OF ROOF
PREMATURE BLAST
HEART FAILURE
DUST EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
SLAF OF ROCK FELL
FALL OF TOP COAL
Page
Reference
24
10
16
17
125
9
Report
year
1890
1898
gend
gend
58
10
12
17
1972
gend
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1910JAN31
1937FEB24
1894JAN9
1913MAY3
1926MAR9
1905APR24
1900APR12
1917JUN13
1937FEB6
1897MAY1
1911JAN16
1952JUN7
1914MAY26
1885NOV13
1901JUL13
1931JAN7
1933JUL21
1884JAN24
1901OCT18
1942OCT24
1889JAN30
1917APR27
1948JUN9
1904AUG25
1910JAN10
1890FEB10
1938OCT15
1941DEC12
1890OCT14
1904AUG6
1912AUG23
1914NOV19
1908SEP28
1906APR22
1902AUG26
1897APR9
1898JUN16
1898SELP3
1888APR23
1912MAY30
1941MAR11
1902JUL21
1911APR11
1901JUL25
1903JUL7
1902JUL21
1910DEC14
1919SEP7
1918OCT24
1910JAN31
1907NOV6
1942MAR12
1917FEB20
1893OCT31
1961JUN21
1923FEB14
1918JUN23
1918MAR23
1911FEB9
1936OCT12
NAME
STRAVGELD, E.
STRAZISCAR, JOHN
STREAM, CHARLES
STREENAR, MIKE
STRETZ, JOHN B
STRIBLEY, JOHN H
STRIGARA, JOHN
STRINGER, THOMAS
STRITCHKO, JOHN
STROH, JOHN W
STROMBAUGH, C.
STROMBERG, AARON
STRONG, GEORGE
STRONG, WILLIAM
STRUTHERS, ROBERT
STRUTHERS, THOMAS
STRUTHERS, THOMAS
STUART, JAMES
STUBLER, MATT
STUDHALTER, WILLIAM W
STUEBEL, JOHN
STUHLAS, STEVE
STUKEY, HAROLD S
STULTZ, JOHN
STUMPF, ANDY
STUTCHELL, J
STYDUHAR, MARTIN
STYDUHAR, TONY
SUALDIE, PETER
SUBLISKY, GEORGE
SUDAN, MICH
SUDOR, SAM
SUICK, JOHN
SULE, ALBIN
SULLIVAN, CHARLES
SULLIVAN, DANIEL C.
SULLIVAN, J. J
SULLIVAN, JAMES A
SULLIVAN, JOHN
SUMADA, TAMA
SUMMERS, ROY ERNEST
SUMSKI, TOM aka
SUMSKY, TOM
SUNDBERG, CHARLES
SUNPANICH, JOSEPH
SUNSKI, TOM
SUPANCHIS, GEORGE
SUPIN, DAN
SUPPAN, VALENTINE
SURINA, ANTON
SURMONT, LEON
SURROZ, PETER
SUSANJ, JIM
SUSIO, ANTONIO
SUTAK, GEORGE
SUTO, JOE
SUTTER, E. W. C.
SUTTON, BEN O
SUTTON, E. A.
SUTYAK, JOHN
NATIONALITY
GERMAN
AMERICAN
OCCUPATION
MINER
MACHINE MINER
ENGLISH
GERMAN
ENGLISH
MINER
OILER
FIRE BOSS
SLAVISH
MILL MAN
LOADER
ENGLISH
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
53 M
2 19 S
37
57 M
64 M
46 M
No.
Children
COMPANY
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
NUSHAFT CANON COAL CO.
6 THOMAS COAL
5 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
52
69 M
0 LOUISVILLE-LAFAYETTE COAL CO
FIRE BOSS
60 M
3
ENGLISH
MACHINE RUNNER
SCOTCH
SCOTCH
AMERICAN
MINER
MINE FOREMAN
PICK MINER
DRIVER
MINER
34 M
M
S
67 M
32 M
AUSTRIAN
32
54
16
AARON STROMBERG & CO.
1 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
6 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
2 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
CANNON COAL CO.
GREEK
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
GERMAN
DRIVER
BUGGY DRIVER
MINER
MINER
17
24 S
38
49 M
23 S
33
CLAYTON COAL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
CALUMET FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
GRAND RIVER COAL & COKE CO.
MINER
RUSSIAN
AUSTRIAN
SLAV
AUSTRIAN
SLAV
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
29
46
23
19
33
25
S
M
M
S
M
JAPANESE
31
42
26
36
34
28
26
40
M
M
SLAVONIAN
SLAV
SWEDE
AUSTRIAN
SLAVONIAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
FRENCH
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
TIMBERMAN
PICK MINER
MACHINE MINER
MINER
MINER
AUSTRIAN
MINER
27 S
ROLLERMAN
50
28
32 M
21
S
28 S
0 RUGBY FUEL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
G. R. C. & C. CO.
AMERICAN
ELECTRICIAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
SUPERINTENDENT
PICK MINER
M
M
S
M
S
48 W
26 S
40 S
15
MINNESOTA MINES, INC.
4
7 LEYDEN COAL
CALUMET FUEL CO.
1 GORDON COAL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
OLIVER COAL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
UTE COAL MINING CO.
0 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
CLAYTON COAL CO.
MINE
PRIMERO
REX CARBON
BASHELOR
WILLIAMSVILLE
ACME
ROCKVALE
SMUGGLER-UNION
Hi-WAY
WOOD MG PROPERTY
ROBINSON
BOULDER
RADIANT
BULL DOMINGO
OCEAN WAVE
DELAGUA
DELAGUA
CRESTED BUTTE
COALBASIN
PINNACLE
CANNON
HASTINGS
MORRISON
BROOKSIDE
PRIMERO
O.K.
CALUMET NO. 2
ROBINSON NO. 4
SPRING GULCH
BERWIND
HASTINGS
RUGBY
BERWIND
CUATRO
ELKTON
CATALPA
IBEX NO. 5
LITTLE JOHNNY
SUNSHINE
PERIN'S PEAK
EMPIRE
ROBINSON
PRYOR
BOWEN
FLORESTA
ROBINSON
LEYDEN
PERIN'S PEAK
GORDON
PRIMERO
GORHAM
OLIVER
DELAGUA
UTE
ALLEN
MIDLAND
COKEDALE
CLAYTON
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
County
LAS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
FRE
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
BOU
STRUCK BY CAGE
FRE
FELL INTO CAGE IN BOTTOM OF SHAFT
SAM
DRILLED INTO MISSED HOLE
PIT
STRUCK ON HEAD WITH THE WINDING LEVER
BOU
FALL OF ROCK
BOU
SLIDE OF ROCK FROM OPEN CUT
HUE
FALL OF ROCK
BOU
PREMATURE BLAST
FRE
BITS OF COAL CUTTER
CUS
EXPLOSION/FIRE
FRE
FALL OF ROCK
LAS
SQUEEZED BETWEEN CAR & DOOR FRAME
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
GUN
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
PIT
STRUCK BY LOADED TRIP of CARS
ROU
ROOF FALL
BOU
FALL OF COAL
LAS
EXPLOSION
WEL
HAULAGE
FRE
FALL OF ROCK
LAS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
PIT
FELL DOWN INCLINE SHAFT
HUE
FALL OF SLATE
HUE
HEART
PIT
FALL OF ROCK
LAS
FALL OF ROOF
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
HUE
FALL OF ROCK
LAS
FALL OF ROOF
LAS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
TEL
Crushed between cage and shaft(source CrippleCreek newspaper)
LAK
BUCKET FALLING DOWN SHAFT
LAK
ROPE BROKE ON CAGE
LAK
STRUCK WITH DESCENDING CAGE
GAR
FALL OF SLATE
LAP
FALL OF COAL
CLE
OBJECT FELL DOWN MANWAY & STRUCK ON HEAD
LAS
ROOF FELL ON HIM; or delayed shot
HUE
FALL OF ROCK
LAS
FELL IN FRONT OF TRIP
GUN
EXPLOSION OF POWDER
LAS
ROOF FELL ON HIM; or delayed shot
JEF
FIRE
LAP
FALL OF COAL
HUE
RUNAWAY TRIP
LAS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
BOU
FALL OF COAL
GUN
ROOF FALL
LAS
FALL OF DRAW SLATE
LAP
FALL OF ROCK
LAS
MACHINERY
SAG
FALLING 80 FEET DOWN A RAISE
GAR
HIT BY A TRIP OF RUNAWAY CARS
SUM
FALL OF ORE
LAS
DUST EXPLOSION CAUSED BY A BLOWN-OUT SHOT
WEL
FALL OF TOP COAL & ROCK
Page
Reference
16
17
24
10
18
17
19
18
17
17
Report
year
1890
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1929NOV12
1910NOV8
1910DEC15
1916DEC14
1914OCT25
1919NOV19
1890MAR23
1896DEC18
1899DEC25
1904JUL29
1952NOV28
1943APR11
1921AUG3
1951DEC29
1900FEB24
1907NOV15
1890JAN20
1918OCT15
1951JUL19
1911AUG9
1910OCT8
1911FEB9
1920APR30
1955SEP7
1929APR26
1912JUN8
1922NOV10
1912OCT14
1911NOV17
1917APR27
1937AUG30
1893JAN10
1901SEP16
1913DEC16
1944FEB14
1915JAN16
1904JUL6
1906FEB16
1918FEB19
1896FEB18
1904AUG13
1918OCT24
1943MAY28
1896AUG10
1920FEB2
1905FEB24
1896JAN9
1924AUG26
1967OCT27
1899AUG22
1907NOV30
1937FEB11
1899AUG22
1901JUN20
1926NOV25
1905AUG15
1918OCT8
1898DEC15
1899APR21
1911SEP6
NAME
SUVEDA, PAUL
SVIACRIO, MARTIN
SWALLOW, GEORGE
SWAN, VIRGIL
SWANBERG, FRANK
SWANSON, SWAN V
SWANSON, C
SWANSON, CHARLES
SWANSON, GUS
SWANSON, MARTIN ALFRED
SWEETLAND, FORREST E
SWIHART, PRESTON
SWINEBERGER, JOSEPH
SWINEHART, WILLIAM H
SWITZER, WILLIAM J
SWOK, Y. M
SWORN, JOHN
SYMES, FRANK
SYMOHNS, DON I
SZARNOS, JOHN
SZEVCZYK, ALOOIS
TABARELLI, DONIONO
TABERNER, J W
TACKETT, ALLEN L
TADUSZ, PETER
TAFOYA, ALEX
TAFOYA, ISIDRO
TAIS, BATTISTA
TAKAKI, GEORGE
TAKOVIC, ANDY
TALBOTT, ALLEN
TALL , JOHN
TALLER, DAN
TALLMADGE, DAVE
TALMICH, JOE A
TAMASI, MIKE
TAMBICS, GEORGE
TAPIA, A.
TAPIA, ISMAH
TAPRO, TONEY
TARARELLI, PETER
TARTANJ, FRANK
TATE, JACK R
TAYLOR, A D
TAYLOR, A F
TAYLOR, ABE
TAYLOR, BENJAMIN B
TAYLOR, HENRY
TAYLOR, HENRY W
TAYLOR, JASON
TAYLOR, JOB O
TAYLOR, PERCY ABNER
TAYLOR, THOMAS
TAYLOR, THOMAS
TAYLOR, WILLIAM T
TEBARTE, JAMES
TEDREZZI, DAN
TEELING, WALTER
TEETERS, FRED
TEETTER, EMMANUEL
NATIONALITY
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
SLAV
AMERICAN
GERMAN
OCCUPATION
PICK MINER
BATTENDER
MACHINE RUNNER
DRIVER
MINER
MINER
SWEDE
Years
Single/
mining Age Married
29 49 M
33 S
M
28 S
46 M
60
33
No.
Children
COMPANY
3 MOFFAT COAL CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
OAKDALE COAL
6 NATIONAL FUEL
36
GERMAN
MACHINE MAN
MACHINE MINER
KOREAN
SLAV
AUSTRIAN
MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
40 S
SLAV
POLE
TYROLESE
ENGLISH
MINER
MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
22
37
37
28
S
M
S
S
POLE
MEXICAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
JAPANESE
AUSTRIAN
PICK MINER
DRIVER
MACHINE MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MACHINEMAN
38
30
34
25
45
29
21
M
M
M
S
W
M
S
30
49 M
61 M
16
13
5
AMERICAN
MINER
ITALIAN
SLAV
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
MINER
MINER
MINER
MACHINE RUNNER
LOADER
MINER
PICK MINER
LABORER
35 S
19
COLORED
PUMPMAN
MINER
51
36 S
COLORED
MACHINE MINER
STEARNS - ROGERS MFG. CO.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
3 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
EMPERIUS MINING CO.
COLORADO COAL & IRON CO.
0 MOFFAT COAL CO.
TARLTON CONST. CO.
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
CARBON COAL & COKE
FRENCH & FIELDING
BECKMAN, INC.
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
1
1 TEMPLE FUEL CO.
1
3
WOLF TONGUE MINING CO.
UNION PACIFIC COAL
S
19
23
42
39
26
CORYELL MINING LEASING
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
OAKDALE COAL
S
S
M
S
M
AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINE
CHICOSA FUEL CO.
UNITED STATES VANADIUM CORP.
MINE
OAK HILLS NO. 1
DELAGUA
BIG FOUR
OAKDALE
MONARCH NO. 2
GOVERNOR
VIRGINIUS
GOLD KING
COOK
CLIMAX
COLUMBINE
VULCAN
CREEDE
BACHELOR
PRIMERO
CRESTED BUTTE
MOFFAT
CLEAR CREEK TUNNEL
IDEAL
STARKVILLE
COKEDALE
SCHOOL SECTION LEASE
MORLEY
TOLLER
BRODHEAD NO. 10
CADDELL
HUERFANO
HASTINGS
KING
SPRING GULCH
VULCAN
KEBLER NO. 2
OAKDALE
ROUSE NO. 1
QUINTO
COKEDALE
VULCAN
PIEDMONT
FORBES NO. 9
BACHELOR
ENGLISH
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
TYROLIAN
MINER
SLOPE REPAIRER
SUPERINTENDENT
MINER
MINER
LABORER
MINER
TIMBERMAN
MINER
13
53 W
23
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
LOCKHEED Shipbuilding and Construction
PICTOU
PARKDALE
57 M
48 S
45 M
77 M
23 S
39
29 M
BROOKSIDE
NORTH STAR
ROBINSON NO. 2
R. D. MARTHENS
8
5 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
2
PICTOU
PICTOU NO. 1
PINNACLE
STEVENS
COLUMBUS
HIDDEN TREASURE
ROCKVALE
County
ROU
LAS
HUE
HUE
BOU
LAK
PIT
OUR
SAJ
GIL
LAK
WEL
BOU
MIN
OUR
LAS
GUN
ROU
HUE
LAS
LAS
MOZ
LAS
LAS
LAS
HUE
HUE
LAS
BOU
PAR
PIT
GAR
HUE
HUE
HUE
LAS
LAS
GAR
LAS
LAS
LAP
OUR
ELP
FRE
GUN
HUE
EAG
HUE
WEL
CLE
HUE
HUE
ROU
LAS
OUR
LAP
HIN
FRE
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO EMPTY PIT CARS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
STRUCK BY A RUN-AWAY CAR
CRUSHED BETWEEN CARS
HEMORRHAGE OF THE LUNGS
FALL OF ROCK
THROWN OUT OF CAR
CAGE FALLING DOWN SHAFT
PICKING OUT MISSED SHOT
Page
25
Reference
10
Report
year
1890
per L Burdick
FELL 35 FEET TO CEMENT FLOOR
HAND. MAT.
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK
COLLAPSE OF TIMBER IN SHOOT
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK
CAUGHT BETWEEN A CAR WHEEL AND RAIL
CRUSHED BY TRUCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
DUST EXPLOSION, CAUSED BY BLOWN-OUT SHOT
FALL OF COAL
HEAD INJURY
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BETWEEN PROP AND LOADED CAR
FALL OF ROCK
FALL ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
FLYING ROCKS FROM DRILLED HOLES
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
DUST EXPLOSION
HAULAGE
FALL OF TOP COAL
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
MOTOR JUMPING THE TRACK
EXPLOSION
PREMATURE BLAST
FALL OF ROCK
SLIPPED & FELL ON TRACKS
FALL OF LOOSE GROUND
CAUGHT BY A SLIDE TAILINGS & SUFFOCATED
FALL OF COAL & ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BY REBAR CURTAIN
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY RUNAWAY TRIP
FELL WITH A SKIP TO BOTTOM OF SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
RUN OVER BY A SWITCH ENGINE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION CAUSED BY SLIP ON CAP
FALL OF ROCK FROM HANGING WALL
MISSED SHOT
7
17
gend
gend
gend
49
12
1967
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1897DEC3
1930DEC7
1978AUG13
1934MAY29
1899JUL5
1911OCT28
1917NOV16
1926MAY28
1910NOV8
1937MAY4
1910NOV8
1908FEB4
1898DEC12
1898DEC12
1921FEB12
1924JUL30
1917JUN29
1907NOV5
1910JAN31
1926OCT7
1923APR12
1899AUG19
1885OCT2
1919OCT30
1938FEB25
1884JAN24
1953APR26
1919JAN13
1907DEC20
1890MAR29
1884JAN24
1912JUN18
1915AUG12
1901APR4
1920NOV22
1925SEP7
1889DEC7
1906AUG27
1899JAN13
1930NOV21
1895AUG29
1897JAN25
1948MAR8
1915OCT2
1926JUL30
1892DEC6
1896MAY22
1960APR4
1907DEC13
1904JUN28
1934APR6
1893DEC12
1923MAR24
1927MAR26
1908JUN4
1910MARLL
1899JUN13
1910FEB15
1904OCT28
1899SEC18
NAME
TEHAN, WILLIAM
TEHANSIK, ANTONE
TELCK, ARTHUR
TEMPLEMAN, THOMAS
TENGARDEN, A L
TENNANT, PAUL
TENORIO, JOSE
TEPOVAC, RADI
TERICH, MIKE
TERLIP, FRANK
TERONIA, F
TERRACIN, ANGELO
TESSARI, ANTONIO
TESSARI, DOMINICO
TESTAS, CELESTIN
THAYER, EMERY F
THEORAKIS, MIKE
THEROS, GEORGE
THIESS, FRED
THIMMIG, A W
THIRLAWAY, THOMAS
THOM, JOHN R
THOMAS, ALBERT
THOMAS, CLAUDE
THOMAS, CLAUDE
THOMAS, DAVID
THOMAS, GEORGE M
THOMAS, GOMER
THOMAS, HENRY
THOMAS, JAMES
THOMAS, JOHN
THOMAS, JOHN
THOMAS, JOHN
THOMAS, JOSEPH
THOMAS, LEROY
THOMAS, MELTON B
THOMAS, N. J
THOMAS, REESE
THOMAS, RICHARD
THOMAS, TREVOR B
THOMAS, WILLIAM
THOMAS, WILLIAM
THOMPSON, CARL W
THOMPSON, CHARLES F
THOMPSON, HARTZEL
THOMPSON, HENRY L
THOMPSON, SAMUEL A
THOMPSON, STANLEY R
THOMSICK, JAKE
THOMSICK, JOHN
THONPSON, PERCY
THORLEY, JAMES W
THORNE, EDGAR
THORP, ALEX
THRELKELD, WILLIAM
THYRETT, G
TIERNA, BATISTE
TIERNEY, JOHN
TIHT, TONY
TILLERY, TRIGG
NATIONALITY
OCCUPATION
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
MINER
AMERICAN
MACHINE MINER
AMERICAN
MEXICAN
SERVIAN
MONTENEGRIN
GREEK
GREEK
GERMAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
WEIGHER
MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
SHOT FIRER
MUCKER
MINER
MINER
TIMBERMAN
DRIVER
DRIVER
AMERICAN
MINER
PICK MINER
MEXICAN
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
FRENCH
WELSH
COLORED
ENGLISH
39
63 M
37
52 M
17
16 S
24 M
45 S
19
20
36
24
34
50
14
31
23
34
35
40
22
39
2 MOFFAT COAL CO.
M
S
M
S
M
0 GRAND JUNCTION MINING & FUEL
COMPANY MAN
20 S
SUPERINTENDENT
54 M
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
FRENCH
ENGLISH
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
PINNACLE-KEMMERER FUEL CO.
0 BIG FOUR COAL & COKE CO.
W. E. RUSSELL COAL CO.
CALIENTE COAL CO.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
OZARK-MAHONING CO.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
42 S
30 M
43
AMERICAN
SLAVONIAN
SLAV
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
M
FIRE BOSS.
FIRE BOSS
DRIVER
MINER
MOTORMAN
MINER
TIMBERMAN
MUCKER
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
33 S
PICK MINER
SHOT-FIRER
2
9
6
40
26
22
20
23
COMPANY
WOLFTONE LEASE
IDEAL BASIC INDUSTRIES
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
S
M
M
WELSH
WELSH
COLORED
COLORED
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
No.
Children
M
S
S
S
M
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
3 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
GARFIELD MINE LEASING
McNALLY & THOMPSON
0 MIDWEST COAL CO.
GRAND RIVER COAL & COKE CO.
MINE
MARY McKINNEY
PORTLAND PLANT
ROBINSON NO. 4
FRANKLIN
GREENVILLE
BERWIND
ROBINSON NO. 2
DELAGUA
DELAGUA
PRIMERO
STARKVILLE
STARKVILLE
OAK HILLS NO. 2
BUSK-IVANHOE
CAMEO
HASTINGS
PRIMERO
WOLF CREEK
CENTENNIAL
LOS ANGELES
BOULDER VALLEY
RUSSELL
RAVENWOOD
CRESTED BUTTE
STANDARD
PICTOU
HOMESTAKE
CRESTED BUTTE
HASTINGS
VULCAN
WALSEN
MAITLAND
MIDWEST
SUNSHINE
BEACON
MOUNTAIN BOY
CONTINENTAL DREDGING CO.
34
28 S
KERR COAL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
WEST PORTAL
CANON CITY COAL CO.
26
25 S
55 M
35 M
V.C.A. STRAWBERRY ROAN
MINER
MINER
SHAFT TOPMAN
ELEVATOR OPERATOR
PICK MINER
TRAMMER
MINER
42
60 M
23 S
50 M
MINER
MINER
54 M
45 M
COLORADO INTER. MINING CORP.
COLORADO FUEL AND IRON CO.
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
3
5
SLEEPY-HOLLOW
VIRINIUS
CAMEO
PRIMERO
MOFFAT TUNNEL
ROCKVALE
LUCKY GUSS GOLD
LUDLOW
DELAGUA NO. 5
AJAX
NO. 10 COAL CREEK
LESTER
ROYAL GORGE
WINGER
THREE SISTERS
BIG FOUR
TERCIO NO. 3
EL PASO
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
County
ELP
MATERIAL FALLING DOWN SHAFT
LAK
FALL OF ROCK
FELL FROM PLATFORM
HUE
FALL OF ROCK
BOU
FALLING ROCK IN TUNNEL
LAS
BRIDGE COLLAPSED
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
HUE
FALL OF ROCK
LAS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
CHA
FELL 130 FEET
LAS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
LAS
FALL OF ROOF
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
LAS
FALL OF ROCK; SON OF ANTONIO
ROU
EXPLOSION OF DUST
LAK
SUFFOCATION
MES
RUN OVER BY A LOADED CAR
LAS
FALL OF ROOF
LAS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
ROU
FALL OF ROCK
BOU
TEL
FELL FROM LADDER DOWN SHAFT
WEL
FALL OF SLATE
WEL
FALL OF ROCK
HUE
FALL OF COAL
GUN
EXPLOSION OF GAS; BD. CANON CITY, CO.
CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK
BOU
FALL OF ROCK
HUE
EXPLOSION FROM BLOWN-OUT SHOT
PIT
EXPLOSION OF PICKED HOLE
GUN
EXPLOSION OF GAS; BD. CANON CITY, CO.
LAS
EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP
GAR
ELECTROCUTED
HUE
FALL OF ROCK
HUE
CRUSHED BETWEEN CAR AND PROP
MES
ELECTROCUTED
GAR
HIT BY A PIT CAR AND PROP
FRE
PREMATURE BLAST
ELP
DRILLING MISSED HOLE
SUM
FELL INTO POND & DROWNED
GIL
DROWNED
BOU
THAWING POWDER IN CAMP STOVE
MES
FALL OF ROOF
LAS
FALL OF ROCK
GRA
FALL OF ROCK
FRE
SHOT BLOWN THROUGH PILLAR
ELP
HAMMER SLIPPED FROM HANDLE WHILE STRIKING
SAM
FALL OF ROCK
LAS
FALL OF ROOF
LAS
FALL OF COAL
TEL
FELL DOWN SHAFT
FRE
FALL OF SLATE
SAM
FELL DOWN ELEVATOR SHAFT
HUE
FALL OF POT ROCK
FRE
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
MES
FALL OF COAL
SAM
CAVE IN OF VEIN
HUE
FALL OF ROOF
LAS
EXPLOSION
TEL
POWDER EXPLODED WHEN THROWING
Page
Reference
33 12m
Report
year
1978
132
132
9
9
1898
1898
15
9
1886
25
10
1890
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1860DEC13
1927DEC27
1980AUG19
1919MAR7
1931JAN15
1940FEB20
1935AUG20
1920APR13
1943SEP11
1940JUL17
1906FEB19
1895OCT27
1910OCT8
1942DEC30
1917JAN19
1899NOV11
1940JUL31
1929OCT11
1913MAR1
1921SEP14
1893SEP3
1899SEP15
1913JUN18
1907JAN23
1920APR16
1917JAN18
1893JAN10
1915JUN5
1954SEP28
1910OCT8
1895MAR31
1906AUG1
1945JAN8
1917APR27
1923MAR16
1895SEP10
1935OCT10
1916MAR2
1904OCT28
1893JUL21
1964AUG22
1917APR27
1901NOV20
1943SEP10
1912MAY3
1919MAY2
1937AUG30
1908AUG11
1906APR22
1912OCT24
1897NOV10
1900JUN5
1910JAN31
1907JAN23
1935APR8
1941DEC25
1910NOV8
1898MAR19
1897JAN26
1894FEB13
NAME
TILNEY
TILSCH, JULES
TIMNEY, WALTER
TINDALE, RICHARD B
TINOCO, DANIEL
TIPPY, JOHN M
TIPTON, OSCAR
TIREVICH, CHARLES
TISONE, THOMAS P
TITSWORTH, HUGH
TITTERS, JOHN
TOBIN, JAMES
TOBLAS, JOHN
TODD, BARNEY J
TODD, FRED H
TODD, J O
TODD, PETE
TODD, ROLAND T
TODOROFF, JORDAN
TODOROFF, K
TOFFALI, ANGILO
TOFOLLO, GREGORIA
TOHANNOVICH, GEORGE
TOKAR, FIOANNI
TOLAR, PETER
TOLENTINO, FRANK
TOLL , JOHN aka
TOLLER, ANGELO
TOMASI, BENJAMIN J
TOMAZINO, DOMINIC
TOMLINSON, RICHARD
TOMSIC, ANTON
TOMSIC, FRANK L
TOMSICK, JACK
TONEATTI, LUIS
TONEY, ALBERT "ALBERT" H
TONNELLI, UMBERTO
TONORIS, JAMES
TONTI, QUIRNO
TOOLEY, JOHN J
TOOTHAM, NELSON B
TORCHIO, JOE
TORKELSON, THEO
TORNA, GEORGE
TORNUVACCO, GIOCOMO
TORRES, JESUS
TORRES, JOSE B
TORRIZE, DAVID
TORROSINI, LOUIS
TORSONI, JOE
TORTORIEL, GUISEPPE
TOSOLINI, SIMON
TOTH, ALBERT
TOTH, GIOANNI
TOTH, JOE
TOVREA, VERN
TOWAS, VICONTI
TOWNSEND, GEORGE
TRAMENTINA, RUGO
TRAVERSE, J B
NATIONALITY
OCCUPATION
GERMAN
PICK MINER
MEXICAN
TRAMMER
PICK MINER
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
M
28 50 M
78
32
9 27 M
No.
Children
COMPANY
ELLITHORPE & TRARERSE
1 EMPIRE COAL MINING CO.
WALTER TIMNEY
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
HAYDEN COAL CO.
CRESSON CONSOLIDATED GOLD
MINER
CAGER
TIMBERMAN
32 M
49
AMERICAN
MINER
26 S
POLE
MINER
31 M
AMERICAN
MINER
38 W
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
CRESTED BUTTE COAL
4 BEAR RIVER COAL
ENGLISH
BULGARIAN
BULGARIAN
ITALIAN
MEXICAN
MONTENEGRIN
HUNGARIAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
MACHINE MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
45 S
45 M
36 M
MOFFAT COAL CO.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
2 NATIONAL FUEL
2 COLORADO & UTAH COAL CO.
MINER
MINER
DRIVER
MINER
30
35
42
26
54
TYROLESE
ENGINEER
41 M
ITALIAN
35 M
AUSTRIAN
MINER
SINKER
MINER
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
MINER
PICK MINER
23 S
43 M
ITALIAN
MEXICAN
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
MACHINE MINER
TRIP-RIDER
MINER
BLACK DIAMOND FUEL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
10
M
M
M
S
M
2
3 ROYAL FUEL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
LEYDEN COAL CO.
5 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
UNION PACIFIC COAL
3 CEDAR HILL COAL & COKE
IDARADO MINING CO.
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
37
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
ITALIAN
NORWEGIAN
ITALIAN
MEXICAN
AMERICAN
MEXICAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
HUNGARIAN
HUNGARIAN
HUGARIAN
MEXICAN
AMERICAN
MASON
FOREMAN
TRESPASSER
MINER
PICK MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MACHINE MINER
MINER
MINER
10
25
58
21
37
66
41
58
M
M
M
M
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
1 W. A. REAM COAL CO.
0 OAKDALE COAL
M
1
23 S
34 M
48 W
M
33 S
33 S
22
26
24
41
25
28
38
EMPIRE
CALIFORNAI TWINS
KEBLER NO. 2
HAYDEN NO. 3
BLACK DIAMOND NO. 2
FREDERICK
MAITLAND
HENRIETT
STARKVILLE
BULKLEY NO. 2
BEAR RIVER
PLEASANT VIEW
MOFFAT NO. 1 & NO. 2
ALPINE
PURITAN
HARRIS
MOUNTAIN QUAIL
HASTING'S NO. 2
ROYAL
PRIMERO
LEYDEN
PIEDMONT
KING
TOLLER
STARKVILLE
GONZALES CANON
PRIMERO
ROBINSON NO. 4
HASTINGS
CAMERON
LAST DOLLAR
SPANISH PEAK NO. 2
OAKDALE
TERCIO NO. 3
LITTLE MAY
SILVER BAY MINES Inc
5
COLORADO & UTAH COAL
10
MINE
S
S
S
S
M
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
CLAYTON CAOL CO.
UNITED STATES VANADIUM CORP.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
HASTINGS
SMUGGLER UNION
HARRIS
MORLEY
WALSEN
FREDERICK
BLOOMS
CUATRO
STANDARD
ROUSE NO. 3
ENGLE
PRIMERO
PRIMERO
CLAYTON
RIFLE
DELAGUA
TOM BOY
SILVER LAKE
'MAY
County
LAS
LAK
HUE
ROU
TEL
SAM
BOU
LAS
HUE
LAK
LAS
GUN
ROU
BOU
ROU
GUN
WEL
ROU
SANJ
LAS
LAS
JEF
LAS
PAR
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
HUE
LAS
HUE
ELP
HUE
HUE
LAS
TEL
SAJ
LAS
SAM
ROU
LAS
HUE
LAS
LAS
LAS
BOU
HUE
LAS
LAS
WEL
GAR
LAS
SAM
SAJ
HIN
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
BOILER EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING
STRUCK BY A RUSH OF ORE
KILLED BY A ROPE TRIP
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
CAIGHT BETWEEN CAR AND SHAFT TIMBERS
RIB FALL
FALL OF ROOF (SLIP ROCK)
GAS EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK IN SLOPE
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
ROOF FALL
FALL OF ROCK
ORE FALLING FROM HANGING WALL
FALL OF ROOF (DRAW ROCK)
FALL OF DRAW SLATE
FALL OF TOP COAL
FALL OF ROCK
POWDER EXPLOSION WHILE TAMPING HOLE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
CRUSHED BETWEEN A CAR & A MULE
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
CRUSHED BETWEEN A LOADED CAR
CAUGHT BETWEEN DRAFT DOOR & ORE CAR
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
SINKING PUMP & SHAFT TIMBER FELL
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
ROOF FALL
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK IN SLOPE
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BY FIRST CAR OF SLOPE TRAIN
EXPLOSION
TAMPING MISSED FIRE HOLE
FELL FROM LOCOMOTIVE
EXPLOSION
FIRE
SRF. HAULAGE
LEG CUT OFF BY BEING CAUGHT IN ROPE
CONTACT WITHELECTRIC TROLLEY WIRE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
CRUSHED BETWEEN LOADED CAR AND RIB
CRUSHED BY CAR
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF ROCK
PREMATURE BLAST
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL FROM LADDER
FALLINF ROCK DOWN SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK
Page
Reference
36 12m
Report
year
1980
gend
16
10
1894
gend
gend
gend
15
47
10
12
1894
1964
55
9
1898
gend
19
10
1894
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1946DEC24
1943DEC20
1941NOV12
1939JNA30
1911FEB9
1928APR27
1891FEB7
1907JAN15
1917FEB7
1912MAY4
1900OCT25
1898APR15
1895AUG23
1950JUL10
1890MAR14
1947AUG4
1964MAY12
1896DEC2
1923MAY5
1928FEB8
1894MAY15
1924NOV11
1910JUN3
1902MAY5
1937DEC13
1950MAY16
1929AUG2
1915OCT28
1959DEC14
1902JAN4
1916MAR5
1912MAY28
1968SEP18
1942JAN27
1915MAR5
1923NOV17
1932AUG13
1981APR15
1904SEP26
1958DEC13
1890AUG5
1917APR27
1916NOV29
1923FEB13
1893OCT24
1933DEC20
1901SEP16
1936SEP18
1930JAN9
1910JAN28
1958NOV14
1896FEB11
1912AUG29
1904JAN26
1962DEC10
1941DEC28
1922JAN31
1909JUN3
1917NOV1
1908MAY25
NAME
TRAVISON, JAMES
TREASURE, ARTHUR
TREBEC, ANTON
TREMAINE, DUDLEY
TRETTER, FORTUNATO
TREVETHAN, THURMAN
TREVITHICK, JOSEPH
TREW, GEORGE
TRIAGER, JOSEPH
TRIFENOFF, STEVE
TRIJILLO, YGNACIO
TRIMBATH, GEORGE
TRIMBATH, HUGH
TRISTANT, JEAN
TROSSERILLO, ANDREA
TROYER, JOE
TROYER, RICHARD LEE
TRUDGEON, RICHARD
TRUJILLO, CANDELARIO
TRUJILLO, CERILLOS
TRUJILLO, FREDRICK
TRUJILLO, IKE
TRUJILLO, INNOCENCIO
TRUJILLO, JESUS
TRUJILLO, JOHN
TRUJILLO, JOSE W
TRUJILLO, LEO
TRUJILLO, LOUIS
TRUJILLO, MIGUEL F
TRUJILLO, MILETON
TRUJILLO, PABLO
TRUJILLO, PHILLIPPO
TRUJILLO, SAM D
TRUJILLO, TIMOTHY
TRUJILLO, VINCENT
TSAKAS, GEORGE
TSIKIRIS, THOMAS M
TUCKER, BRETT
TUJI, H.
TULLIS, ALBERT J
TUOME, CHARLES
TURKOVICH, JOHN
TURKOVICH, MATT
TURLEY, JOHN
TURNER, JOHN
TURNEY, DOMINICK I
TURNGREEN, CHARLES
TURON, JOHN
TURPIN, T J
TURUGORI, S
TUTTLE, ELMER H
TWEEDLE, HENRY
TWEEDLE, WILLIAM
TWIGGS, TED "EDWARD"
TWITE, FOREST A
TYSON, WILLIAMS JAMES
UBERTI, LOUIS
UCHIGAMA, M.
UGOLINI, UMBERTO
UHR, FRANK
NATIONALITY
AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN
AUS
AMERICAN
BULGARIAN
MEXICAN
OCCUPATION
MILL SHIFT BOSS
FIRE BOSS
DRIVER
ENGINEER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
CAGER
WATCHMAN
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
26 M
45 S
35 M
31
1
65
26
48 M
34 M
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MACHINE MINER
MINER
18
39 M
23 M
CLEAN-UP MAN
36 M
19
40 M
41 M
45 M
44 M
47
MEXICAN
GREEK
GREEK
MINER
MACHINE MINER
MACHINE MINER
JAPANESE
MINER
46 M
MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
35
30 M
20 S
46 S
MINER
25 S
1
17
46 M
32 M
41 M
MINE
LEADVILLE
CALUMET NO. 2
BEAR
COKEDALE
IDARADO MINING CO.
TRINIDAD COAL & COKE CO.
CLARK COAL CO.
AMERICAN METALS CLIMAX Inc
20
5
MEXICAN
MEXCIAN
MEXICAN
4
GOLDEN COAL CO.
PICK MINER
PICK MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
LABORER
ROLLER TENDER
COMPANY
RESURRECTION MINING CO.
CALUMET FUEL
BEAR COAL & COKE
COLORADO PORTLAND CEMENT CO.
35 S
34
21 S
17
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
No.
Children
GOLDEN STAR
MALTBY
PURITAN
STARKVILLE
DONALDSON
NEW GUSTON
OURAY
STARKVILLE
EDWARDS
3 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
3 TEMPLE FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
3 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
1
GOLD KING
SOUTHWESTERN
BRODHEAD NO. 9
SOPRIS
CHANDLER
BOWEN
HEZRON
AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING
AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
5 IDEAL FUEL
IDARADO MINING CO.
LEADVILLE
FREDERICK
JEWEL
5 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
7
OSO CONTRACTORS
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
8 LOMA FUEL
0 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
0 CLAYTON COAL CO.
MID CONTINENT Resources Incorporated
CITY
SECUNDO COKE OVENS
PICTOU
County
LAK
HUE
GUN
LAR
LAS
LAK
JEF
LAS
LAK
WEL
LAS
CLE
OUR
OUR
GUN
LAK
ELP
LAS
LAS
LAS
FRE
LAS
HUE
LAK
LAK
LAS
LAS
WADGE
LOMA
CASS
CLAYTON
DUTCH CREEK #1 MINE
PRIMERO
LAP
LAS
HUE
ARC
ROU
HUE
LAS
WEL
PIT
LAS
St.KEVIN
HASTINGS
FREMONT
PIKEVIEW
ROBINSON
PORTLAND
SPRING GULCH
CRESTED BUTTE
PURITAN
HASTINGS
LAK
LAS
FRE
ELP
HUE
TEL
PIT
GUN
WEL
LAS
ENGLEVILLE
PIEDMONT
STRATTON'S INDEPENDENCE
LAS
LAS
TEL
CON
HUE
HUE
HUE
HUE
GUN
WHITE RIVER EXPLORATION CO.
FINLANDER
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN
BOHEMIAN
SCOTCH
JAPANESE
SCOTCH
ITALIAN
JAPANESE
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
PICK MINER
MACHINE MINER
MINER
DRIVER
SUPERINTENDENT
MINER
SCRAPER DRIVER
SUPERINTENDENT
PICK MINER
MINER
DRIVER
MINER
18
2
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
PIKES PEAK CONSOLIDATED FUEL
COLORADO FUEL AND IRON CO.
39 S
36 M
32 M
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
2 NATIONAL FUEL CO.
1
BRANNAN SAND & GRAVEL CO.
53 M
5
45
7
2
27
46
27
28
S
M
M
S
VICTOR TELLER Co.
SIEGRIST CONSTRUCTION CO.
PRYOR COAL MINING
OAKDALE COAL CO.
5
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
PRYOR
OAKDALE
HUERFANO
CAMERON
CRESTED BUTTE
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
SUFFOCATION
HAULAGE
HAULAGE
EXPLOSION OF POWDER
DUST EXPLOSION CAUSED BY A BLOWN-OUT SHOT
FELL TO BOTTOM OF CHUTE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF
STRUCK BY CAGE
FALL OF COAL
FELL BETWEEN OVENS
WENT OVER PLATFORM WITH CAR
CAUGHT BETWEEN SKIP & SHAFT TIMBERS
CRUSHED BY CAVING TAILINGS POND
FALL OF SLATE
ELECTRICITY-SURF.
LADDER PIN PULLED LOOSE
STRUCK BY DESCENDING CAGE
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL & SLATE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF TOP COAL
FALL OF ROCK
RUN OVER BY MATTE TRUCK
KILLED BY GAS IN BAG HOUSE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
SUFFOCATION
FALL OF ROCK
HIT HEAD ON THE GROUND
RUN OVER BY A TRIP OF CARS
PUMP EXPLODED
GAS EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
CAUGHT BETWEEN CAR & TIMBER
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
FALL OF ROCK
BURNS FROM RIG FIRE
ROCK FALL IN SHAFT
EXPLOSION
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
HELL OF SHOT CATCHING HIM
FELL DOWN A SLOPE
EXPLOSION
FALL OF TOP COAL
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROOF
HIT BY COLLAPSING BOOM
FALL OF TIMBER & ROCK
GAS EXPLOSION
CAGE ACCIDENT
SCRAPER OVERTURNED ON ROUGH TERRAIN
ROOF FALL
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
CRUSHED UNDER DERAILED CARS
FALL OF ROCK
Page
Reference
Report
year
8
9
1892
46
12
1964
44
12
1968
26
10
1890
gend
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1908NOV11
1922DEC13
1964JUL28
1906MAR7
1916JAN29
1910OCT8
1910OCT8
1904OCT28
1943JUL1
1930APR28
1907JAN23
1910JAN12
1929JUL24
1924JUL15
1908MAR20
1908JUL3
1909AUG17
1910JAN6
1917APR27
1897JUN22
1909JUL8
1917APR27
1917JUN18
1917MAR6
1910NOV8
1924OCT30
1930MAY25
1922MAR24
1922MAR24
1941JAN7
1917APR27
1918MAY8
1906FEB15
1899MAY18
1893DEC15
1939APR20
1918APR12
1918APR12
1895AUG29
1923APR18
1910JAN31
1899JAN4
1926MAY15
1918MAR7
1942JAN9
1926AUG24
1941AUG9
1942JAN27
1896FEB19
1927JAN29
1943FEB19
1899OCT28
1928MAY4
1907JAN23
1889NOV9
1930NOV29
1910SEP30
1957JAN30
1928JUL27
1913APR15
NAME
UKAMORAS, Y.
UNDERWOOD, C C
UNREIN, LARRY A
UNTERINER, JAMES
UPDIKE, J. C
UPPERDINE, LUKE
UPPERDINE, THOMAS
URBAS, JOHN
URISTA, ALEX R
URQUHART, DAVID A
URSICH, FRANK
URSICK, JOHN
URWIN, ALEXANDER W
USAI, GIOMARIO
VACARI
VAI, ANGELO
VAILIA, JOE
VAIMLECK, MATT
VALADAZ, JOSE
VALDEN, JOHN
VALDEN, PETE
VALDEZ, BEN
VALDEZ, HENRY
VALDEZ, ISAAC
VALDEZ, JOE
VALDEZ, JOSEPH
VALDEZ, JOSEPH
VALENCHICH, FRANK
VALENCHICH, MATT
VALENCIA, JOE C
VALENCICH, MATT
VALENQUELE, AGUSETA
VALENTINE, FRANK
VALENTINE, W O
VALENTZ, JOHN
VALENZANO, DOMENIC
VALENZICH, TONY
VALENZICH, TONY
VALERA, STEPHEN
VALERIO, FLAVIANO
VALINT, JIM
VALKE, GEORGE
VALQUEZ, JOSE A
VAMVAS, JOHN
VanARSDALE, ALBERT
VanAUSDAL, JAMES A
VANCE, W V
VanCLEAVE, ARTHUR W
VANDEREN, A. A
VANDERWIELE, HARRY
VANSCOY, FLOYD
VanWHY, WILLIAM
VARANTIS, SAMUEL
VARGA, ANDREA
VARNEY, JOSEPH
VARRA, JR., JOSEPH
VASANELLI, PETER
VASHOLTZ, R H
VASQUEZ, HORACIO
VATAKES, JIM
NATIONALITY
JAPANESE
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN
HUNGARIAN
AUSTRIAN
ENGLISH
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
SLAV
MEXICAN
AUSTRIAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
S. AMERICAN
SLAV
SLAV
AUSTRIAN
MEXICAN
AUSTRIAN
OCCUPATION
Years
mining
Age
35
46
23
29
34
50
28
26
MINER
MACHINE MINER
CAGER
MINER
NIGHT BOSS
TRIPRIDER
MINER
LOADERMAN
MINE FOREMAN
DAY MAN
PICK MINER
COMPANY MAN
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
PUMPMAN
MINER
MINER
DRIVER
SLATE PICKER
DRILLER
MACHINE RUNNER
MACHINE RUNNER
SHOVELER
MINER
MACHINE MINER
MINER
32
12
25
4
2
Single/
Married
M
M
S
S
M
M
S
48
30
38
40
41
23
30
39
41
25
M
S
M
S
M
S
M
M
M
M
53
27
49
28
34
19
44
32
28
50
21
24
40
M
M
W
M
M
S
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
No.
Children
COMPANY
2 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
JOHNSON, MORRISON-KNUDSEN
MEXICAN
HUNGARIAN
AMERICAN
GREEK
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
GREEK
HUNGARIAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
PICK MINER
TIMBERMAN
YAMPA VALLEY COAL
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
2 NEWLAN CREEK COAL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
3 IDEAL FUEL CO.
GOOD FUEL CO.
4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
3
4
1
3
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
3 IDEAL FUEL
2 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
THREE PINES COAL CO.
BERTRAND QUARRY
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
EMPIRE ZINC CO.
1
3 TEMPLE FUEL
STARKVILLE
STARKVILLE
TERCIO
WADGE
NEW CREEK
PRIMERO
JEWEL
CHRISTENSEN
BERWIND
MORLEY
HASTINGS
BERWIND
BOWEN
HASTINGS
IOWA
MIDWAY
HASTINGS
CAMERON
JEWEL
DELAGUA
THREE PINES
SOPRIS
SOPRIS
HASTINGS
BRODHEAD
SUFFIELD
IBEX
SOPRIS
MANLEY
45
45
12
MACHINE MINER
CHUTE PULLER
MINER
CHUCKTENDER
TRAMMER
MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
COKEDALE
COLUMBINE
BEACON
COLORADO FUEL AND IRON CO.
MANLEY COAL CO.
DRILLER
STOPER DRILL
MINE
32
23
12
22
35
34
50
28
M
S
S
2 EMPIRE COAL MINING CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
S
W
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
PRIDE OF WEST, INC.
RAVENWOOD
SILVERTON
M
VETA MINES, INC.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
TELLURIDE
WADGE
MULDOON
M
M
M
M
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
CLIMAX
JOE DANDY
KEBLER NO. 2
PRIMERO
St.JOE
MONARCH NO. 2
BERWIND
HIN
GIL
LAS
LAS
HUE
LAK
HUE
SAJ
SUM
SAM
ROU
DOU
SAJ
LAK
TEL
HUE
LAS
PIT
BOU
LAS
RAVENWOOD
EAG
HUE
LABEL PASTER
MINER
21
27
33
35
40
38
17
31
SHOVELER
MINER
24
28 S
15
County
LAS
WEL
MONR
FRE
ROU
LAS
LAS
LAS
ROU
FRE
LAS
LAS
JEF
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
SAJ
HUE
LAS
HUE
LAS
LAS
LAS
JEF
LAS
LAS
EAG
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAK
LAS
FRE
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
NATIONAL FUEL CO.
M
SLEEPY-HOLLOW
EMPIRE
PRIMERO
MAITLAND
L. M. HOLLINGSWORTH & ASSOC.
GREEK
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF TOP COAL
ROCK FALL FROM CANYON WALL
FALLING DOWN SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
EXPLOSION
ROOF FALL
FALL OF ROOF
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF ROCK
FELL DOWN SHAFT
CRUSHED BETWEEN A COAL FACE & CAR
MISSED SHOT
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROOF
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BETWEEN A LOADED CAR AND PROP
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
BLOOD POISON
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
FELL FROM LADDER DOWN A RAISE
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
PICKING OUT MISSED SHOT
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
AT LAKE CITY;DRAWN INTO STOPE & SUFFOCATED
FILLED STOPE AND SUFFOCATED
DROWNED
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
FALL OF ROCK
FELL 200 FEET DOWN ABANDONED SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK
SUFFOCATED
HOLES EXPLODED ABOUT THE TIME HE LEFT
SUFFOCATED
GAS EXPLOSION
TUNNEL CAVED IN
CAUGHT BETWEEN CHUTE & CAR
DRILLED INTO MISSED HOLE
FALL TO BOTTOM SHAFT AND HOLES EXPLODED
FALL OF PILLAR COAL
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
HEAVY CAVE-IN
CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO RAILROAD CARS
CRUSHED BETWEEN MOTOR AND CAR
IMPROPER BLASTING PROCEDURE
CAUGHT BETWEEN CHUTE & CAR
FALL OF ROCK
Page
47
Reference
12
Report
year
1964
gend
gend
gend
15a
17
28
10
1942
24
10
gend
1890
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1920APR14
1910NOV8
1918MAR6
1945NOV25
1930MAY5
1911AUG25
1907JAN29
1912MAY21
1918JUN13
1912JUN18
1918MAR28
1910JAN31
1903DEC18
1931SEP18
1926JAN29
1892APR7
1918SEP27
1951NOV2
1981APR15
1944MAY12
1945APR9
1913AUG9
1951AUG24
1911JAN14
1964JUL8
1912AUG24
1941MAR1
1922JAN30
1895FEB1
1895DEC11
1917APR27
1892JUL1
1908JAN14
1897MAR29
1912DEC4
1900JUN18
1913NOV17
1920JUL8
1947DEC31
1922MAR24
1888MAR14
1918JUN28
1895AUG29
1917APR27
1911SEP22
1920NOV23
1918MAR21
1910JAN31
1936MAR3
1916AUG26
1917APR27
1885AUG2
1914JAN17
1927JAN31
1895DEC1
1922DEC7
1891DEC8
1917APR27
1905APR21
1978JAN13
NAME
VAUGHN, THOMAS
VELANDA, PERAU
VELARDE, JOHN I
VELASQUEZ, ALFRED
VELASQUEZ, JOE
VELATTE, TONY
VELME, JOE
VELO, SILVERIO
VELORAS, EUGENIO M
VELOTTIE, JIM
VENCENTI, JOSEPH
VENOVICH, SAM
VERBECK, JOHN aka
VERCELLONO, JOHN B
VERGIS, TONY
VERLINGE, ANTONIA
VERST, PETER
VESPER, JOHN W
VETTER, THOMAS
VIA, MARIANO
VICENZI, GIUSEPPI
VICIC, JAKE
VICTORY, WARNER
VIDA, JOE
VIDETICH, STEVE V
VIDIC, JOSEPH
VIDICK, FRANK
VIDIO, FRANK
VIDOLITCH, MATTEO
VIETTA, JOSEPH
VIGIL, ALEJANDRO
VIGIL, CORNIEL
VIGIL, D. L
VIGIL, DARIO
VIGIL, GAVINO
VIGIL, JOHN
VIGIL, JUAN
VIGIL, L
VIGIL, PETER
VIGIL, PETROLINO
VIGIL, RAFAEL
VIGIL, SOLOMON
VIGUS, NICHOLAS
VIHOS, THEROS
VILENTIO, JOE
VILLAGOMES, LOUIS
VILLANUEVA, MANUEL
VILLAREAL, FERMAN
VILLINI, CLEMENTE
VILOTTI, GUERINO
VINCENZI, PAUL
VINE, WILLIAM
VINKSEL, JOHN
VIOLA, FRED
VISCA, JAMES
VISCOS, STEVE
VITTORIA, ACON
VLAHOS, TOM
VODNIE, JOHN
VODOPICH, PAUL R
NATIONALITY
AMERICAN
MEXICAN
OCCUPATION
MACHINE MAN
MINER
FURNACE FEEDER
MEXICAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
AUSTRO-TYROL
ITALIAN
CROATIAN
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
GREEK
PICK MINER
LABORER
MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
DRIVER
MINER
PICK MINER
Years
Single/
mining Age Married
22 41 M
45 M
20
1
25
19
16
35
33
38
36
44
28
35
62
45
M
S
M
M
S
S
W
S
M
M
M
No.
Children
COMPANY
6 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
0 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
KERR COAL
0 DAVICH COAL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
1 OAKDALE COAL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
7 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
1 BEAR CANON COAL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
24
SLAV
MINER
37 M
HUNGARIAN
MINER
42
40
45
38
26
AUSTRIAN
SLAV
SLAV
MEXICAN
MINER
WHISTLEPUNK
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER
DRIVER
1
M
VANADIUM CORP. OF AMERICA
MID CONTINENT Resources Incorporated
COLORADO SPRINGS
HALL BROTHERS COAL
3 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
4
M
M
M
35 M
MEXICAN
CARLOADER
MINER
MINER
COMPANY HAND
MINER
MACHINE HELPER
MOTORMAN
PICK MINER
AMERICAN
MACHINE MINER
41 M
GREEK
SLAV
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
MEXICAN
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MACHINE MINER
MINER
TRACKMAN
31
40
22
26
32
45
26
20
SLAV
ITALIAN
GREEK
MINER
ROPE RIDER
ROADMAN
PICK MINER
GREEK
SLAVONIAN
MINER
MINER
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
4
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
0 CADDELL & TAGGART
5
18 S
30
20
30
TOLLER
DELAGUA
CAMEO
DAVICH
MCKINLEY
REX NO. 1
DELAGUA
PRIMERO
HASTINGS
OAKDALE
PRIMERO
SIMPSON
INDUSTRIAL
BEAR CANON NO. 3
COAL CREEK NO. 2
ROMLEY
DURANGO
DUTCH CREEK #1 MINE
CITY NO. 3
KENNETH
RAVENWOOD
RESERVOIR NO. 22
TOLLER
AMERICAN METALS CLIMAX Inc
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
MEXICAN
MINE
27 S
21
51 M
22
51
45 S
S
M
S
M
M
M
S
S
9 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON CO.
3 AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING
4
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
1 BLACK DIAMOND FUEL CO.
CEDAR HILL COAL & COKE
32
22 S
46 M
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
3 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
10
42 M
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
37 M
25 S
40
2
HOMESTAKE MINING Co
OAK HILL NO. 1
CLIMAX
CUCHARA CANON
SOPRIS
ROBINSON
HASTINGS
SOPRIS
PRYOR
SOPRIS
FREDERICK
TOLTEC
MORLEY
FREDERICK
CASS
EL MORO
COKEDALE NO. 2
SLEEPY-HOLLOW
HASTINGS
TOLLER
DELAGUA
COAL CRREK
PRIMERO
BLACK DIAMOND NO. 2
TOLLER
HASTINGS
BATES-CENTRAL CITY
RAVENWOOD
KENWOOD
VICTOR NO. 2
ROBINSON NO. 2
ROUSE
HASTINGS
PRIMERO
BULLDOG
County
LAS
LAS
FRE
MES
LAS
ROU
BOU
LAS
LAS
LAS
HUE
LAS
BOU
BOU
LAS
FRE
LAP
PIT
ELP
LAS
HUE
LAS
LAK
ROU
LAK
HUE
LAS
HUE
LAS
LAS
HUE
LAS
LAS
LAS
SAJ
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
GIL
LAS
LAS
LAS
FRE
LAS
BOU
LAS
LAS
HUE
FRE
HUE
HUE
LAS
LAS
CLE
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
FALL OF TOP COAL
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
CAUGHT BETWEEN ELEVATOR FRAME & GRINDER
ROOF FALL
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY TRAMWAY ROPE
FALL OF BONE
CRUSHED BETWEEN CAR AND PROP
FALL OF COAL
EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
FALL OF TOP COAL
FALL OF POT ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF VEIN MATTER FROM BACK
CRUSHED BY MOVING MACHINERY
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
HAULAGE
HEART FAILURE
FALL OF ROCK
PREMATURE EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY PIECE OF CONCRETE
RUN OVER BY MINE CAR
CAUGHT BETWEEN CAR & DUMP BLOCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF COAL
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
RUN OVER BY TWO CARS
ROCK FALL
CRUSHED BETWEEN CAR AND PILLAR
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
BY A BLAST
HAULAGE
FALL OF ROCK
LOADED PIT CAR
FALL OF ROCK
DROWNED
EXPLOSION
CRUSHED BY CAR
CONTACT WITH PROP WHILE RIDING CAR
ELECTROCUTED
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
PREMATURE SHOT
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
DROWNING
BLOWN-OUT SHOT
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF POWDER
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
FALL OF COAL
CARBON DIOXIDE POISONING
Page
Reference
Report
year
19
17
46
12
10
17
50
9
1898
9
9
1892
32 12m
1964
1978
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1946SEP21
1915JUL2
1924MAR4
1913MAY7
1952DEC11
1975JUN6
1928MAR13
1897FEB13
1910NOV8
1913JUL23
1907OCT15
1942JAN27
1911OCT5
1942JAN27
1917APR27
1935FEB15
1921FEB12
1904JAN26
1904JAN26
1897JUN23
1888MAR6
1890AUG6
1899SEP8
1898MAR3
1899JUL1
1898MAR3
1909SEP11
1938FEB22
1892JAN21
1920MAR9
1918OCT9
1888NOV5
1927MAY27
1930AUG28
1950JAN3
1895NOV22
1919APR18
1914OCT17
1915FEB3
1894JAN30
1888DEC10
1896OCT3
1935NOV7
1919JAN2
1945EP11
1884JAN24
1895NOV18
1878DEC28
1897OCT16
1920JAN29
1918OCT14
1943MAR15
1917APR6
1877JUN6
1913DEC16
1927MAR12
1929NOV25
1902JAN29
1905JUL1
1942JAN27
NAME
VOGL, WALTER W
VOGMEMENT, ANDY
VOGT, FRED
VOI, EMELIO
VOIGHT, WILLIAM W
VonKENNEDY, RAYMOND
VORE, JOHN
VORGHE, ANDREW
VOROTOVICH, NICK
VORSICK, FRANK
VOSHIER, LOUIS
VRIEZEMA, ADRIAN J
VUGGERS, EDGAR
VUKOMAN, CHARLES
VURNICK, FRANK
WADDELL, BUSTER
WAGNER, HY
WAGNER, L A
WAGONER, L A aka
WAGONSTER, THOMAS H
WAH, AH
WAIT, DAVID
WAKELIN, JOHN
WALDEN, TONY
WALDNER, PAUL
WALDRON, TONY aka
WALFORD, W. B
WALKER, ALFRED
WALKER, ANDREW
WALKER, EARL
WALKER, J H
WALKER, JAMES
WALKER, JOHN
WALKER, JOHN G
WALKER, LEROY W
WALKER, PETE
WALKER, QUIMBY
WALKER, W. J
WALKER, W. M
WALL, WILLIAM J
WALLACE, HENRY
WALLACE, JOHN
WALLACE, LEE
WALLACE, ROBERT B
WALLITCH, LUDWIG
WALSH, JAMES
WALSH, JAMES
WALSH, MICHAEL
WALSH, MIKE
WALSH, PETER
WALSH, WILLIAM
WALT, JAMES
WALTER, M. C
WALTERS, HARRY
WALTERS, LOU
WALTERS, WILLIAM
WALTHALL, PRENTICE
WANNER, JOHN
WANSKI, JOHN
WARD, GEORGE H
NATIONALITY
OCCUPATION
AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
LOADER
TRACKMAN
MINER
AMERICAN
TEAMSTER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MONTENEGRIN
SLAV
FRENCH
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
20
32 S
55 S
27 S
33
50
29 S
28 M
33 M
No.
Children
COMPANY
LEYDEN LIGNITE
SOUTH CANON
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
OAKDALE COAL
GIBBONS - REED & BOYLE BROS.
AMAX Inc
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
0 CEDAR HILL COAL & COKE
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
AMERICAN
12 S
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN
MINER
MINER
SHOT FIRER
MINER
MINER
28
ENGLISH
48 S
27 M
60 S
S
S
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
MOFFAT COAL CO.
VICTOR TELLER Co.
VICTOR TELLER Co.
34
ITALIAN
TIMBERMAN
28 S
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
TIMBERMAN
DRIVER
28 S
27 S
EAGLE COAL CO.
CANON CITY COAL CO.
AMERICAN
MINER
SHOT FIRER
ENGLISH
PUMPER
MINER
AMERICAN
ENGLISH
GERMAN
IRISH
MACHINE HELPER
LINEMAN
FOREMAN
37
32 M
23
58 M
49 M
39 M
34 M
49 M
40
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
T. C. & C. CO.
1 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
CRAVEN WALKER
WALKER COAL
6 CANON RELIANCE COAL
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO COAL & IRON CO.
AMERICAN
SCOTCH
MINER
OUTSIDE LABORER
HOIST MAN
AMERICAN
ENGLISH
AMERICAN
MINER
TIMBERMAN HELPER
TIPPLEMAN
TIMBERMAN
MINER
FIRE BOSS
TRAPPER
PICK MINER
POLANDER
MINER
2
24 M
52 M
0 HAYDEN COAL CO.
2 FOX COAL MINING
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
51
18
CORLEY COAL
MINE
LEYDEN NO. 3
SOUTH CANON
PINNACLE
OAKDALE
CLIMAX
SOPRIS
DELAGUA
BLACK DIAMOND
CURTIS
WADGE
NONPARELL
WADGE
HASTINGS
OAK HILLS NO. 2
STRATTON'S INDEPENDENCE
STRATTON'S INDEPENDENCE
ENTERPRISE
COMO NO. 1
LOST DOLLAR
DAKOTA
BERWIND NO. 2
GLACIER
BERWIND NO. 2
RAPSON NO. 1
EAGLE
ROCKVALE
CAMERON
STARKVILLE
DELAGUA
IBEX
CANON MONARCH NO. 3
MOLLIE GIBSON
CANON
BERWIND NO. 3
WALSEN
CHAMPION EMPIRE
COAL CREEK NO. 2
FRANCEVILLE
HAYDEN NO. 3
FOX
KEBLER NO. 2
CRESTED BUTTE
VIRGINIUS
EL MORO
KOHNGO
KOKOMO
CORLEY NO. 6
23
40
40
22 S
63 M
58 S
CORYELL MINING LEASING
3 BOULDER VALLEY COAL CO.
COLORADO & UTAH COAL CO.
LESSEES DAVIS & BENTLEY
24 S
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
TERRIBLE-BROWNVILLE
VULCAN
CENTENNIAL
HARRIS
MAY BE-CRIPPLE CREEK
STARKVILLE
WADGE
County
JEF
GAR
ROU
HUE
LAK
CLE
LAR
LAS
LAS
LAS
ELP
ROU
BOU
ROU
LAS
LAK
ROU
TEL
TEL
DOL
PAR
PIT
SAJ
LAS
OUR
LAS
LAS
FRE
FRE
JEF
HUE
LAS
LAS
LAK
FRE
PIT
FRE
LAS
HUE
PIT
FRE
ELP
ROU
BOU
HUE
GUN
OUR
SAJ
ELP
LAK
FRE
EAG
GAR
BOU
ROU
TEL
LAS
ROU
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
HAULAGE
MOTOR TRIP BEING DERAILED
OVERSTRAINING HIMSELF
FALL OF TOP COAL
BLOOD CLOT CAUSED BY BROKEN LEG IN FALL
PREMATURE BLAST
PINNED UNDER LOADED WAGON
ROCK FALL
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF ROCK
MISSED SHOT
GAS EXPLOSION
FELL DOWN SHAFT
GAS EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF DUST
CAGE ACCIDENT
CAGE ACCIDENT
CAVE IN OF RAISE
FALL OF COAL
ROCK FAL OUT OF STOPE
PICKING OUT MISSED SHOT
FALL OF BONEY
ROOF CAVED IN
FALL OF BONEY
CAUGHT BETWEEN CAR & MULE
HANDLING EXPLOSIVES
FALL OF COAL
FALL OR ROCK
EXPLOSION OF FIRE DAMP
EXPLOSION OF CARBURETED HYDROGEN GAS
EXPLOSION OF COAL-DUST
FELL INTO WINZE OR RAISE
ELECTRICITY
BLOCK OF GROUND GAVE WAY
ELECTRIC SHOCK
ELECTROCUTED
STRUCK BY THREE RUNAWAY CARS
FELL FROM BUCKET
EXPLOSION OF GAS
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY TRAM BUCKET
CAUGHT IN SHAFT BY CAGE
FACE FALL
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
EXPLOSION OF POWDER
FALL OF COAL
PICKING OUT MISSED HOLE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCKS
ELECTRICITY
FALL OF ORE
EXPLOSION
DUST EXPLOSION
CAUGHT BETWEEN CAR & RIB
COAL BUMPED OUT ON HIM
FOUL AIR
ELECTROCUTED BY TROLLEY WIRE
GAS EXPLOSION
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year
54
12
1975
49
9
1898
26
10
1890
121
9
1898
121
9
1898
18
10
1894
gend
gend
gend
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1937FEB6
1906DEC21
1936JAN20
1898JUN13
1939FEB5
1970MAR15
1942MAR27
1958SEP11
1979DEC22
1934APR1
1924FEB27
1899OCT30
1920MAY29
1920AUG11
1939NOV9
1933MAR23
1952OCT20
1899MAR10
1929AUG20
1939OCT6
1897JAN5
1932NOV15
1937MAR14
1896FEB2
1896FEB18
1916OCT1
1932AUG13
1902APR24
1943JAN14
1884JAN24
1919DEC12
1948FEB5
1896FEB18
1898NOV10
1913DEC16
1914FEB25
1947SEP26
1931JUL1
1894JUL26
1930MAR7
1885NOV13
1901NOV23
1927FEB16
1966MAY26
1930MAY9
1898JAN18
1935NOV9
1905JUL17
1898JAN12
1896DEC17
1944AUG21
1900DEC20
1918JUN6
1894JAN30
1909JUN5
1922DEC9
1894NOV17
1894NOV17
1904JUL1
1953JUL17
NAME
WARD, JOHN ALBERT
WARD, LEE
WARD, LELAND
WARDELL, JOHN W
WARNER, JULIUS H
WARNER, RICHARD D
WARREN, ART
WARREN, ORBIE OLIVER
WARREN, STEPHEN A
WARREN, WILLIAM
WASHINGTON, GEORGE
WASHINGTON, SAMUEL S
WATKINS, WALTER D
WATKINS, WILLIAM
WATSON, F A
WATSON, JAMES W
WATSON, JESSE
WATSON, ROBERT
WATSON, W M
WATSON, WILLIAM T
WAYNICK, HURLEY L
WEAVER, ARTHUR H
WEAVER, CARL ORVAL
WEBB, ASA
WEBB, WILLIAM
WEBBER, CONSTANTE
WEBBER, GUS
WEHRING, PADDY
WEIMER, JOSEPH V
WEISENBERG, JOSEPH
WEISER, MORRIS
WELKER, WILLIAM F
WELSH, EDWARD
WELSH, PETER
WENDALL, RALPH
WERDEN, CHARLES H
WESANDER, RUBEN
WESSER, JOHN
WEST, F C
WEST, GEORGE
WESTFALL, H.
WESTFALL, JULIAN
WESTON, KING F
WESTRAND, WILLIS
WESTWOOD, WILLIAM R
WHEATLEY, JAMES
WHETSTONE, ROBERT
WHILES, WILLIAM
WHINERY, OLIVER J
WHIPP, OWEN
WHITCOMB, HUBBARD
WHITE, ARCHIE
WHITE, FRANK
WHITE, JOHN
WHITE, WALTER
WHITESIDE, F J
WHITLOW, JAMES
WHITLOW, JAMES
WHITNEY, A. E
WHITTAKER, LEO
NATIONALITY
COLORED
AMERICAN
OCCUPATION
MULE DRIVER
DRIVER
DAY MAN
Years
mining
Age
26
30
12 39
MINING ENGINEER
Single/
Married
S
S
S
No.
Children
NATIONAL FUEL CO.
M
MESSICK, OVERN, & HAHN
AMERICAN METAL CLIMAX Inc
GEORGE M. BARNELL
ORBIE OLIVER WARREN
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM Co
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
28
AMERICAN
NEGRO
WELSH
CHUTE LOADER
PICK MINER
34
20
24 S
56 M
15
30
AMERICAN
PARTING TENDER
MACHINE MINER
LABORER
TRACKLAYER
14
33
47
60
47
NEGRO
PICK MINER
44
58 S
AMEREICAN
TEAMSTER
COAL LOADER
20
27 S
41 M
AMERICAN
TYROLESE
GERMAN
AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN
MINER
MACHINE HELPER
MINER
MINER
MOTORMAN
MINER
TOP BOSS
MACHINE HELPER
ROPE RIDER
M
S
S
M
0 SUNNYSIDE COAL MINING CO.
H. L. McGOWAN
CLEAR CREEK-GILPIN CO.
5 McNEIL COAL CORP.
OLDS OIL CORP.
MOFFAT COAL CO.
BOULDER VALLEY COAL CO.
MANCOS COAL & FUEL CO.
4 HERMAN WEST
23 M
M
45 S
S
10
37 M
42
24 Y
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
MINER
STABLE BOSS
MACHINEMAN
PITMAN
35
38
23
39
M
M
S
M
ENGLISH
ELECTRICIAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
ELECTRICIAN
AMERICAN
PICK MINER
ENGLISH
MINER
MINER
22 M
65 M
AMERICAN
TIMBERMAN
41
17
24
28
40
25
23
40
COMPANY
WILSON LEASING CO.
3 CARBON COAL & COKE CO.
UNITED STATES VANADIUM CORP.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
2 CHAMPION FUEL CO.
DOMESTIC COAL
N
2 CORYELL MINING LEASING
4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
EMPERIUS MINING CO.
43
58 M
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
12
31
51
32 M
SANDRA MARIE MINES Inc
2 PINNACLE-KEMMERER FUEL CO.
MINER
MINER
CORNISHMEN
AMERICAN
MINER
DELAGUA
MONARCH NO. 2
ANCOR NO. 2
MARR
CLIMAX
LESTER
IBEX
SUNNYSIDE
VESTA
STERLING
STERLING
COMMODORE
OAK HILLS NO. 2
CENTENNIAL
SILVER LAKE
MANCOS
PINE GULCH
JAPAN
VULCAN
COKEDALE
SARATOGA
BOOK CLIFF
U.S. VANADIUM
CRESTED BUTTE
CHAMPION
STREETER
VULCAN
KLONDIKE
VULCAN
CAMERON
CREEDE
KATHERINE
MORLEY
BULL DOMINGO
FREMONT
MOFFAT TUNNEL
M
P. K. NO. 1
HERRIETT
CLARA
PINON
LELIA
FAIRVIEW
PIKEVIEW
HESPERUS
S
SHERIDAN
PAONIA
S
M
PERIGO
PERIGO-BLACKHAWK
BLACK DIAMOND
GEORGE RATH & OTTO HORNE
PIKES PEAK FUEL
CORNISHMAN
AMERICAN
MINE
IDARADO MINING CO.
County
MIN
LAS
BOU
ELP
CLE
CLE
JAC
LAK
LAK
HUE
LAK
HUE
HUE
CLE
WEL
MIN
ROU
BOU
SAJ
MOZ
FRE
SAM
GAR
LAS
GIL
MES
MON
GUN
BOU
MOF
GAR
LAK
GAR
HUE
MIN
TEL
TEL
LAS
CUS
FRE
GIL
MONR
ROU
LAK
BOU
HUE
ELP
GUN
ELP
LAP
SAJ
SANM
DEL
BOU
GIL
GIL
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
CAUGHT BETWEEN CARS & CHUTE
FALL OF ROOF
GAS EXPLOSION
FELL FROM LADDER
FELL INTO SUMP CONTAINING SCALDING WATER
BLOWN DOWN DRIFT
EXPLOSIVES
IMPROPER BLASTING PROCEDURE
FALL OF CONCRETE SLAB
EXPLOSION OF POWDER STICKS
FALL OF ROCK
CAUGHT BETWEEN TIMBERS & CAGE
RUNAWAY TRIP
FALL OF ROCK
SLIPPED ON METAL & INJURED HIS RIGHT SIDE
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY LEG OF DERRICK WHILE DISMANTLING
EXPLOSION WHILE CAPING FUSE
FALL OF ROCK
CAUGHT IN MOVING MACHINERY
FALLING ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
HANG-FIRE SHOT
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
PIECE OF ROOF FELL ON HIM
HAULAGE
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
CRUSHED BETWEEN RAILROAD CARS
MACHINERY
EXPLOSION
CAVE OF GROUND
DUST EXPLOSION
HIT BY A RUN-A-WAY TRIP OF CARS
EXPLOSIVES
HIT BY EMPTY BUCKET FROM A CATERPILLAR
FELL TO BOTTOM OF SHAFT
FELL OFF BUILDING
EXPLOSION/FIRE
FALL OF COAL & ROOF
ELECTROCUTED
PREMATURE BLAST
ELECTROCUTED
FALLING DOWN SHAFT
FELL DOWN SHAFT
FALL OF ROOF
INSECURE STAGING
EXPLOSION WHILE THAWING POWDER
HAULAGE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
CAVE-IN OF SLOPE
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
PREMATURE EXPLOSION OF A ROUND OF HOLES
SUFFOCATED BY FIRE
CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK
Page
Reference
52
12
34 12m
Report
year
1970
1979
gend
21
10
1894
62
12
1966
19
10
1894
23
10
1894
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1967JUL10
1897AUG15
1896JAN13
1901DEC3
1896APR1
1949SEP26
1941DEC24
1918NOV4
1897SEP28
1908APR14
1914SEP25
1910JAN31
1917APR27
1890AUG29
1924AUG4
1961MAY13
1929DEC20
1909JAN29
1884JAN24
1899JAN15
1943JUL20
1891OCT24
1884JAN24
1895AUG29
1927SEP3
1896JAN7
1902NOV10
1894NOV17
1894NOV17
1919JUN24
1930JUN7
1922NOV17
1900SEP17
1898OCT10
1904MAR11
1919MAR6
1931NOV6
1914DEC8
1921AUG9
1902AUG7
1955JUN27
1887APR15
1897JUN11
1952OCT23
1917JAN14
1919NOV21
1937MAR27
1900APR17
1900APR17
1930OCT18
1898JAN12
1894MAR20
1919MAR19
1927SEP10
1932SEP10
1969FEB4
1921JUL30
1898NOV18
1941MAY9
1917OCT22
NAME
WHITTINGHAM, DALE E
WIEKS, HURLEY
WIENEWSKI, STEFAN
WIGGINS, G. B
WIGGINS, JOSEPH
WILHELM, KARL
WILHITE, HUMPHREY
WILKES, ROBERT
WILLIAMS, C O
WILLIAMS, C. A
WILLIAMS, CHARLES F
WILLIAMS, D. J
WILLIAMS, DAVE
WILLIAMS, DAVID
WILLIAMS, DAVID
WILLIAMS, EARNEST E
WILLIAMS, GUS
WILLIAMS, HERBERT
WILLIAMS, JOHN
WILLIAMS, JOHN
WILLIAMS, LEO B
WILLIAMS, MIKE
WILLIAMS, THOMAS
WILLIAMS, THOMAS
WILLIAMS, TOM
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM G
WILLIAMSON, JAMES
WILLIS, JAMES
WILLS, LIPPER
WILSON, ANDREW
WILSON, ARCHIE M
WILSON, HUGH
WILSON, JOHN
WILSON, JOHN alias
WILSON, PAUL
WILSON, THOMAS
WILSON, WILLIAM, A
WIMM, H. H
WINDSOR, BUYRIL
WINFIELD, TILDEN
WINGATE, JULIUS B
WINN, FRANK
WINNFIELD, WYANT
WINOGRASKY, A
WINSLOW, ADOLPH
WINTERS, JOHN
WINTERS, LLOYD H
WISE, ANDREW
WISE, JOHN
WISEMAN, HORACE S
WISTLAND, ANDREW
WITTON, SAMUEL
WIZOREK, ALBERT
WOHLCKE, FRED J
WOLCOTT, ELLER
WOLF, ALVIN A
WOLTER, FRANK
WOOD, OSCAR C
WOOD, VERNON E
WOODBURN, ANDREW
NATIONALITY
OCCUPATION
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
40
MINER
MINER
MINER
27 S
32 M
39 S
AMERICAN
NEGRO
WELSH
WELCH
WELSH
WELSH
COMPANYMAN
LABORER
MINE BOSS
PIT BOSS
AMERICAN
WELSH
NIPPER
MACHINE OILER
45
35
38
34
40
27
30
19
RUSSIAN
MOTORMAN
10
M
S
M
M
M
S
S
No.
Children
COMPANY
YELLOW DOG MINING Co
KING LEASE, INC.
UNITED STATES VANADIUM CORP.
GARFIELD MINE LEASING CO.
ROUTT COUNTY FUEL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
4
2 CANON-RELIANCE COAL CO.
SELF EMPLOYED
BOULDER VALLEY COAL CO.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
TIMBERMAN
44 M
AMERICAN
SUPERINTENDENT
43
SCOTCHMAN
CORNISHMEN
FOREMAN
SCOTCH
AMERICAN
WELSH
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
PICK MINER
SHIFT BOSS
CAGER
5
5
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER & TIMBERMAN
ENGINEER
ENGINEER
MACHINE HELPER
45
23
35
29
31
24
58
38
29
40
27
32
19
GOLDEN CYCLE CORP.
COLORADO FUEL CO.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
M
M
S
M
M
S
M
M
M
S
S
COKEDALE COAL CO.
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
1
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
BLACK HAWK COAL CO.
LaSALLE MINING CO.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON CO.
RR CAR DROPPER
MACHINE DRILLER
MINER
MACHINEMAN
AMERICAN
MACHINE MINER
AMERICAN
MUCKER
MUCKER
MACHINE MAN
3
18
45
28
32
57 M
46 M
MINE
J COOK JR TUNNEL
CASHIER
SIMPSON
ERA
OURAY
RIFLE
GARFIELD-VULCAN
CANON CITY
CHAMPION
PINNJACLE
PRIMERO
HASTINGS
LEXINGTON TUNNEL
CANON
BOULDER VALLEY
STARKVILLE
CRESTED BUTTE
HULL CITY PLACER
CRIPPLE CREEK
COAL RIDGE
CRESTED BUTTE
SLEEPY-HOLLOW
MOFFAT TUNNEL
STRONG
AUTHRACITE
PERIGO
PERIGO-BLACKHAWK
OAKDALE
CLIMAX
FREMONT
FREMONT
SUNSHINE
HASTINGS NO. 2
MORLEY
PRIMROSE
BOWEN
COAL CREEK NO. 2
ENTERPRISE
OSAGE STRIP
AMERICAN
FRE
DOL
ROU
SUM
KOKOMO
UNITED GOLD MINES CO.
2 CLAYTON COAL CO.
27
47
54 M
51
STRAIGHT CREEK CONSTRUCTION
39 M
17
CRESSON CONSOLIDATED GOLD
GORDON COAL
ELDORADO TUNNEL
ELDORADO TUNNEL
CLAYTON
INDIANA
GOLDEN TERRY
LAST DOLLAR
LABORER
MINER
SWITCH TENDER
County
SAJ
FRE
GIL
BOU
ELP
OUR
GAR
GAR
ELP
LAP
ROU
LAS
LAS
DOL
FRE
MON
WEL
LAS
GUN
ELP
TEL
GAR
GUN
GIL
GIL
ELP
GUN
GIL
GIL
HUE
LAK
FRE
FRE
HUE
LAS
TEL
TEL
LAS
LAS
LAS
STRONG
CRIPPLE CREEK
GORDON
TEL
BOU
BOU
WEL
GIL
TEL
SAJ
CLE
TEL
CLE
GAR
ELP
TEL
HUE
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
BLAST DETONATED POWDER
USING IRON DRILL TO LAMP POWDER
FALL TO BOTTOM OF SHAFT
STRUCK BY RAILINGS BEING LOWERED
THAWING POWDER OVER FORGE FIRE
FALL OF ROCK
PREMATURE BLAST
EXPLOSION OF GAS
SPIKED HOLE WITH UNEXPLODED POWDER
EXPLOSION OF FIREDAMP
THROWN OFF A MOVING TRIP OF CARS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION WHILE TAMPING
ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF ROCK & DEBRIS
SQUEEZED BETWEEN TWO TRIPS OF CARS
CAUGHT IN GEAR WHEELS OF MACHINERY
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
ROCK FROM BUCKET
CRUSHED BETWEEN MOTOR & CHUTE
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND COAL DUST
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
DROWNED
MOTOR DROPPED & THREW HIM AGAINST TUNNEL
FALLING DOWN SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK
SUFFOCATED BY FIRE
EXPLOSION;NATIVE OF CORNWALL, ENGLAND
FALL OF TOP COAL
FALL OF ROCK
KILLED BY A CAGE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF
LAGGING BROKE CAUSING HIM TO FALL
FALL OF ROCK
HIT BY A RUNAWAY TRIP OF LOADED CARS
ELECTROCUTED
EXPLOSION
ROLLED BETWEEN MOTOR & TIMBER
FALL OF SLATE
STRUCK WITH PLANK
HAULAGE
CRUSHED TO DEATH
SUFFOCATED BY POWDER GAS
HEAD STRUCK ON CROSS TIMBER OF HEADFRAME
THAWING POWDER WITH HOT WATER
THAWING POWDER WITH HOT WATER
CAUGHT BETWEEN LOADED CAR & RIB
STULLS BROKE IN SLOPE
PREMATURE EXPLOSION OF HOLE
SNOWSLIDE WHICH CARRIED HALF BUILDING AWAY
FALL OF ROCK
FELL & STRUCK HEAD ON CORNER OF WALL
CRUSHED BETEEN CEMENT CAR and flow crete machine
CAR RAN AWAY
ROCK FALLING FROM ROOF
FELL TO BENCH BELOW
FALLING UNDER LOADED TRIP OF CARS
Page Reference
48
12
Report
year
1967
47
10
1890
23
10
1894
127
9
1898
19
10
1894
45
12
1969
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1947AUG15
1899JAN13
1919SEP15
1913DEC16
'1895
1959SEP29
1954JUN25
1888DEC3
1923JAN
1910NOV8
1940DEC7
1904JUL26
1906APR22
1899NOV18
1954MAR19
1951MAR30
1884NOV10
1967JUL10
1925MAR2
1898MAY5
1917JUN18
1902AUG26
1898APR28
1949APR28
1929JUN28
1916SEP30
1977JUN15
1945MAR31
1932OCT4
1912DEC25
1909JAN23
1915MAR10
1908MAY3
1953NOV9
1892JUN11
1908SEP22
1910JAN31
1962APR5
1934AUG1
1910JAN26
1923MAY25
1910NOV8
1907DEC2
1910JAN31
1917APR27
1927NOV8
1948FEB9
1928SEP26
1904JAN26
1953DEC29
1906NOV2
1904JAN26
1917JUL13
1916AUG31
1919AUG13
1929FEB19
1922MAR1
1939MAR24
1910AUG10
1910NOV8
NAME
WOODEN, THOMAS G
WOODRAFF, CLARK
WOODRUFF, FRED
WOODS, H. G
WOODS, JAMES
WOODS, MICHAEL J
WOODS, TRUMAN A
WOODS, WILLIAM
WOODWARD, JOHN
WOODWARD, TILL
WOOLMAN, FRED
WORKOFF, JIM
WRABIE, JOHN
WRIDE, FRED
WRIGHT, BURTON E
WRIGHT, C E
WRIGHT, CHARLES
WRIGHT, DON E
WRIGHT, EARL S
WRIGHT, G. W
WRIGHT, JOSE
WRIGHT, THOMAS J
WRITMAN, SAMUEL
WULFF, MANFORD
WURTZ, SAM
WURZER, JOHN
WUTHRICK, JOHN
WYATT, VANCE A
WYATT, W E
XENOS, GEORGE
YAB, GERMANO
YABICAN, JAMES
YAMAGUSI, Y.
YANDELL, FRANK
YANOZ, SEVROI
YANULINICH, FRANK
YAR, D. R
YARDLEY, LONZO HASKEL
YARGUS, KENNETH
YASHIDA, SISACMONI
YAUK, JOHN
YBARRA, JOSE
YEARACK, CHARLES
YEARIC, LORENZO
YEDNIK, LUDVIK
YEDYNAK, LOUIS
YELESNIANSKI, FRANK
YENICH, JOHN H
YEOMAN, HARRY A
YOB, DAVIS L
YOB, FRANK
YOEMAN, HARRY A aka
YOSHAKAWA, M.
YOUHOUSE, JOHN
YOUNG, ADAM
YOUNG, BERT
YOUNG, DONALD A
YOUNG, GEORGE
YOUNG, HUGH
YOUNG, JAMES G
NATIONALITY
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
OCCUPATION
LINE OPERATOR
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
31 S
FIREMAN
LOADER
No.
Children
52 M
34 M
COMPANY
TIMBERLINE DREDGING CO.
CURTIS COAL CO.
CORYELL MINING LEASING
MINER
ALLIED CHEMICAL & DYE CORP.
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
GRAND RIVER COAL CO.
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
FARMER
ELECTRICIAN
48 M
25 S
COLORED
SLAV
ENGLISH
MINER
MINER
MINER
27 M
41 M
40 M
MULE DRIVER
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
COLORADO & UTAH COAL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
UNITED STATES VANADIUM CORP.
FRITZ WRIGHT
COLORADO FUEL CO.
YELLOW DOG MINING Co
4 CANON-RELIANCE CO.
ELECTRICIAN
MEXICAN
TIMBERMAN
Miner and trammer
46 S
37
JEFFRYES FUEL
MINER
MACHINE DRILLER
MINER
24 S
30 S
M
43
AYERS & WULFF
AMERICAN
GREEK
AUSTRIAN
JAPANESE
JAPANESE
MACHINE HELPER
DRIVER
MINER
MINER
DRIVER
13
33
22
38
36
S
S
M
S
S
0 PALISADE COAL & SUPPLY CO.
CHICTAW MININE Co
CALDIROLA COAL
BOULDER VALLEY COAL CO.
TEMPLE FUEL
THOMPSON CRK. COAL & COKE
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
POLANDER
KOREAN
JAPANESE
AUSTRIAN
MEXICAN
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
MINER
MINER
MUCKER
MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER
DRIVER
MINER
PICK MINER
TIPPLEMAN
PICK MINER
MINER
AMERICAN
NIGHT BOSS
MINER
MINER
ROPE-RIDER
MACHINE MINER
MACHINE MAN
ELECTRICIAN
SCOTCH
AMERICAN
MINE LABORER
MASTER MECHANIC
JAPANESE
AMERICAN
GERMAN
11
7
35
13
18
28
47
41
25
42
29
30
22
21
34
22
63
27
S
M
S
M
M
M
S
S
M
M
M
M
37 M
M
42 M
18 S
47 M
50 M
35 S
66 S
46 M
FAIRPLAY
MOUNTAIN BOY
ROUTT-CURTIS
VULCAN
FLORENCE
NEW CASTLE
3
AMERICAN
AUSTRAIN
4
40
38 M
MINE
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLE AND BOND MINING CO.
PLATT ROGERS, INC.
6
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
4
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
EDNA COAL
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
1 VICTOR TELLER Co.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
1 VICTOR TELLER Co.
3 NORTHERN COLORADO FUEL
MUTUAL COAL
3 UNION COAL & COKE CO.
OAKDALE COAL CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
3 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
DELAGUA
HARRIS
MIDWAY
CUATRO
CITY
ANTHRACITE
CANON
ORIENT
JEFFRYES
MOOSE
RIDGE
NUCLA
PALISADE
YUKON TUNNEL
CANON LIBERTY
BOULDER VALLEY
PARKDALE
HASTINGS
BRODHEAD NO. 9
DELAGUA
THOMPSON CRK. NO. 1
ROAD CANON
MIDWAY
PRIMERO
TWIN LAKES WATER
WALSEN
MORLEY
DELAGUA
FRANCISCO
PRIMERO
HASTINGS
MORLEY SLOPE
EDNA STRIP
MORLEY
STRATTON'S INDEPENDENCE
ALLEN E. PORTAL
HASTINGS
STRATTON'S INDEPENDENCE
COALMONT
MUTUAL
PRYOR
OAKDALE
CHANDLER
COAL CREEK
DELAGUA
County
ELP
ROU
GAR
GAR
ELB
LAS
ROU
HUE
LAS
LAP
GUN
SAJ
FRE
SAG
LAS
TEL
MIN
SAJ
MES
FRE
WEL
WEL
LAS
LAS
LAS
PIT
LAS
HUE
LAS
MON
PUE
HUE
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
ROU
LAS
TEL
LAS
LAS
TEL
JAC
HUE
HUE
TEL
HUE
FRE
FRE
LAS
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
FALLING OBJECT
DRILLING MISSED HOLE
BOILER EXPLOSION CAUSED BY LOW WATER
DUST EXPLOSION
MOVING BELT
DRILL STAGING COLLAPSED
SUFFOCATED
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND COAL DUST
CAVE-IN
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
HEART ATTACK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF SLATE
ELECTRIC SHOCK FELL 12 FEET TO FLOOR
CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK
RUN OVER BY CAR
BLAST DETONATED POWDER
ELECTROCUTED
EXPLOSION OF BLACK POWDER
FALL OF ROCK
FALL DOWN SHAFT (Refere'e source Cripple Creek newspaper)
FELL BACKWARD
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
ELECTROCUTED
MACHINERY
RUN DOWN BY HAULAGE MOTOR
RUN OVER BY A MINE CAR
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK
SQUEEZED BY MULE AGAINST CAR
HAULAGE
STRUCK WITH A PIT CAR
FALL OF COAL
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
FALL OF LOOSE SLAB FROM DRIFT
CABLE CAUGHT BASE OF SKULL
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
KILLED WHILE WALKING ON RAILROAD TRACK
FALL OF ROCK
CAGE ACCIDENT
FALL OF ROCK
PREMATURE BLAST
CAGE ACCIDENT
FALL OF TOP COAL; DIVORCED
STRUCK BY A TRIP OF EMPTY CARS
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF DYNAMITE
ELECTROCUTED
ELECTROCUTED
STRUCK BY A TRIP OF CARS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
Page
Reference
Report
year
gend
13
48
9
12
30 12m
gend
gend
1886
1967
1977
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1923JUL7
1911JUL17
1924MAY20
1910JAN31
1910NOV8
1944MAR23
1910NOV8
1896APR20
1942SEP24
1952JUL25
1899SEP5
1913FEB27
1929JAN28
1920JUN30
1948FEB9
1932DEC21
1925DEC7
1921AUG21
1902AUG26
1906FEB19
1885AUG2
1937MAY15
1908DEC23
1890AUG14
1908JAN28
1911FEB9
1922JUN11
1917MAR14
1917APR27
1929DEC8
1944JUN28
1917APR27
1897SEP3
1949MAR18
1917SEP26
1922MAR8
1962AUG3
1902JAN22
1917APR27
1973MAY5
1913DEC1
1909AUG17
1912APR4
1906FEB19
1910OCT8
1949MAR18
1935NOV24
1923NOV15
1921DEC8
1910OCT8
1912O0CT1
1943OCT4
1901NOV20
1920SEP4
1910DEC14
1937JUL2
1905MAR2
1939SEP25
1903NOV11
1923AUG19
NAME
YOUNG, RICHARD E
YOUNG, WILLIAM
YOUNG, WILLIAM D
YURISIC, ANTON
ZABALA, ABUNDA
ZABALA, ANTONIO
ZABALA, BASALLIO
ZABRA, TOM
ZABRUSKY, MICHAEL
ZACHARYASZ, S
ZACKNER, JOHN
ZACOVICH, NICK
ZAFFARANI, CHARLES
ZAJAC, ANDREW
ZAK, JOHN F
ZALER, JOHN
ZAMANIAN, HAMAYAK
ZAMBONI, LOUIS
ZAMORA, ELFIGO
ZANATTI, A.
ZANG, SEBASTIAN
ZANGANOS, ALEX
ZANICH, ELI
ZANINI, FERDINAND
ZANOT, ALLISO
ZANOT, FORTUNATO
ZANZO, JOHN
ZARA, FRANK
ZARNADA, FRANK
ZAROVICH, JOE
ZARTELLI, JOE
ZATKOVICH, TONY
ZAUNIN, LOUIS
ZBIKOWSKI, LEON A
ZEBER, ENRICO
ZEHAR, TONY
ZEILINGER, JOHN
ZEILLEN, JOE
ZELE, JACK
ZELEZNIKAR, GREGORY
ZEMBONI, LOUIS
ZENARO, ORO
ZEWERDOWSKI, FRANK
ZEZZA, FRED
ZIMBRA, PETE
ZIMMERMAN, NEAL
ZIMMERMAN, PAUL H
ZINKO, WALTER
ZINKOVITCH, GEORGE
ZISKOWSKI, FRANK
ZITZ, ANTON
ZLATCH, V M
ZODRN, FRANK
ZUBAR, PETER
ZUBER, LOUIS
ZUBERNICK, GEORGE
ZUCKNIOSTER,VALENTINE
ZUDER, JOSEPH
ZULLO, TONY
ZUPANICK, LOUIS
NATIONALITY
COLORED
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
MEXICAN
OCCUPATION
PICK MINER
HELPER
TOP BOSS
DRIVER
MINEWR
MEXICAN
MINER
Years
Single/
mining Age Married
11 48 M
26 S
56 M
29 S
28 M
25 S
No.
Children
COMPANY
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
2 PIKES PEAK CONSOLIDATED FUEL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
FOREMAN
MONTENEGRIN
ITALIAN
ARMENIAN
ITALIAN
GREEK
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
RUSSIAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
POLE
GERMAN
POLE
RUSSIAN
RUSSIAN
AUSTRIAN
RUSSIAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
MINER
PICK MINER
TIMBERMAN
MINER
MOTORMAN
PICK MINER
CAR LOADER
MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
LEASER
MINER
MINER
TIMBERMAN
MINER
MINER
BRAKEMAN
MUCKER
MACHINE MINER
MILL OPERATOR
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
TRACK-LAYER
MINER
MINER
OIL DRILLER
MOTORMAN
MACHINE CONTR.
MACHINE MAN
MINER
SHOTFIRER
MACHINE MAN
42
6
5
67
45
28
45
44
50
25
33
M
M
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
CLARK COAL
S
S
NATIONAL FUEL CO.
43 S
17
13
42 S
S
36
32 S
33 M
59
46 M
25 S
40 M
42 M
4
10
26 M
29
47 M
53
29
29
26
46
51
31
36
M
19
39
40
37
30
S
M
S
S
M
M
M
S
S
LEYDEN LIGNITE CO.
2
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
DICK COAL
4
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
GRAFE-CALLAHAN CONSTRUCTION
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
CLIMAX URANIUM CO.
26
28
42
50
S
S
S
S
RES-ASARCO JOINT VENTURE
BALDY COAL
6
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
STERLING DRILLING CO.
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
SHOT LIGHTER
TIMBERMAN
32 M
30
TURNER COAL CO.
LEYDEN COAL
LASO BISCO
PRYOR COAL MINING CO.
ITALIAN
EDWARD
ARKANSAS VALLEY
MONARCH NO. 2
MIDWAY
MAITLAND
BATES-CENTRAL CITY
LEYDEN NO. 3
MORLEY
CONSOLIDATED GREGORY
SOPRIS
COKEDALE
BERWIND
HASTINGS
TOLLER
DIX
HASTINGS
SUNSHINE
CLIMAX
ROBINSON
HEZRON
HASTINGS
1
GRADEN COAL
DRIVER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINE
ROBINSON NO. 2
OAKDALE
PIKEVIEW
PRIMERO
DELAGUA
PINNACLE
DELAGUA
CHASE
ROCKVALE NO. 3
CROW BAR
STANDARD TUNNEL
TABASCO
IDEAL
BALDY
ALPINE
PRIMERO
MAITLAND
STARKVILLE
STERLING
ROBINSON NO. 2
STARKVILLE
SOUTH CANON
GRADEN
SMUGGLER UNION
TURNER
LEYDEN
VETA MINES, INC.
STARKVILLE
PRYOR NO. 2
CORYELL
County
HUE
HUE
ELP
LAS
LAS
ROU
LAS
GIL
FRE
ROU
TEL
LAS
HUE
EAG
GUN
LAK
BOU
OUR
HUE
HUE
JEF
LAS
GIL
LAS
LAS
TEL
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
GAR
LAK
SAM
HUE
MES
HUE
LAS
LAK
LAS
GUN
LAS
HUE
LAS
LAK
HUE
SAM
LAS
GAR
WEL
SAM
LAS
JEF
SAM
LAS
HUE
GAR
SAM
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
FALL OF ROCK
SEVERED INTESTINE
EXPLOSION OF BLACK POWDER
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
HAULAGE
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
BAD AIR
SUFFOCATION
ROOF FALL
ASPHYXIATION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY FALLING ORE
HEART FAILURE
SUFFOCATED
FALL OF ROCK
CAUGHT BETWEEN CAR AND CHUTE
FALL OF ROCK
GAS EXPLOSION
DROWNING
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF BAD FUSE
FALL OF ROOF
DUST EXPLSION CAUSED BY A BLOWN-OUT SHOT
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL AND ROCK
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
HEART FAILURE
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
HIT BY CAR
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
ELECTROCUTION
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
FELL DOWN SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
GAS EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
KILLED WHILE DRILLING
PINNED UNDER A MOTOR
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
GAS AND DUST EXPLOSION
APOPLEXY
FIRE
CRUSHED BETWEEN A PILLAR & MINE CAR
FIRE
FELL OFF LADDERWAY
RUN OVER BY A TRIP OF CARS
FALL OF SLATE
DUST EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
Page
Reference
14
10
18
17
60
12
Report
year
1890
1973
gend
gend
Colorado Mining Fatalities 1844-1981
DATE DIED
1916OCT28
1902FEB4
1944AUG15
NAME
ZURICH, FILO
ZURICK, JOSEPH
ZUZICH, MIKE
NATIONALITY
HUNGARIAN
SLAVONIAN
OCCUPATION
MINER
MINER
Years
mining
Single/
Age Married
24 M
M
No.
Children
COMPANY
1 NATIONAL FUEL CO.,
LEYDEN LIGNITE
MINE
MONARCH
REX NO. 2
LEYDEN NO. 3
CAUSE OF DEATH / COMMENTS
County
BOU
SQUEEZED BY PIT CAR
BOU
FALL OF COAL
JEF
HAULAGE
Page
18
Reference
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Report
year

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