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Department of Mines Coal Mine Fire and Disaster Reports

Ar1519-1536


Ar1519

1. Acme Coal Company, Bingham Junction Mine, Harrison County, Report of Gas Ignition, April 22, 1950
2. Adrian Fuel Company, Adrian, WV, Explosion, July 27, 1937
3. American Coal Company, Pinnacle Mine, Explosion, June 9, 1924
4. American Coal Company, Deerfield Mine, Covel, WV, 1956
5. American Rolling Mill Company, Nellis No. 3 Mine, Nellis, WV, Explosion, November 6, 1943
6. Amigo Smokeless Coal Company, Hearing, January 27, 1967 (3 copies)
7. Amherst Coal Company, Lundale Mine, Logan, 1960, final report of explosion
8. Bethlehem Mines Corporation, Mine No. 41, Barrackville, WV, explosion, March 17, 1925
9. Bethlehem Mines Corporation, Mine No. 41, Barrackville, WV, mine fire, October 24, 1930
10. Bethlehem Mines Corporation, Mine No. 41, Barrackville, WV, shaft fire, May 12, 1935
11. Black Peerless Fuel Company, Ingram Mine, explosion, March 1, 1940
12. Boomer Coal and Coke Company, No. 2 North Mine, explosion, November 30, 1915
13. Boomer Coal and Coke Company, No. 2 North Mine, explosion, April 12, 1928
14/15. Boone County Coal Corporation, No. 2-A Mine, Logan County, inundation, May 8, 1958 (2 folders)
16. Boone County Coal Corporation, Mine No. 2-B, fatal roof fall accident, September 9, 1958
17. Boone County Coal Corporation, Mine No. 2-B, ventilation and face practices by Ernst Curth, September 26, 1958
18. Brule Smokeless Coal Company, Brule Mine, Otsego, WV, explosion, November 6, 1939
19. Burning Springs Collieries Company, Mine No. 1, Kermit, WV, gas ignition
20. Buffalo Mining Company, Mine No. 5-A, Logan, 1970 (folder missing)


Ar1520

1. C. C. B. Smokeless Coal Company, No. 5 Mine, Stotesbury, WV, explosion, November 27, 1929
2. Cabin Creek Mining Company, Cabin Creek Mine, Kayford, WV, explosion, April 20, 1905
3. Cannelton Coal and Coke Company, No. 5 Mine, Cannelton, WV, explosion, July 29, 1936
4. Carbon Fuel Company, No. 5 Mine, fire (folder empty)
5. Carbon Fuel Company, No. 3 Mine, Carbon, WV, mine fire, August 7, 1944
6. Carbon Fuel Company, No. 7 Mine, mine fire, February 7, 1945
7. Carbon Fuel Company, No. 9X Mine, Kanawha County, mine fire, November 27, 1953
8. Carbon Fuel Company, No. 9X Mine, mine fire, March 5, 1945
9. Central Pocahontas Coal Company, No. 3 Mine, explosion, December 11, 1924
10. Central Pocahontas Coal Company, Shannon Branch Mine No. 3, explosion, January 19, 1927
11. Central Pocahontas Coal Company, Capels, WV, explosion, May 13, 1927
12. Central Pocahontas Coal Company, Capels, WV, three explosions, August 23, September 9, September 21, 1929
13. Christopher Coal Company, Christopher No. 2 Mine, St. Paul Headings, St. Paul Coal Company, July 23, 1945
14. Christopher Coal Company, Christopher No. 3 Mine, Osage, WV, May 12, 1942
15. Christopher Coal Company, Pursglove No. 15 Mine, Monongalia County, fire, May 6, 1954
16. City Coal Company, Wheeling, Warwood Gob fire maps


Ar1521

1. Clinchfield Coal Company, Compass No. 2, April 25, 1963
2. Clinchfield Coal Company, Compass No. 2, ignition, August 1960
3. Coal Service Corporation, Harrison County, Mars Mine, mine fire, January 17-22, 1950
4. Compass Coal Company, Mine No. 3, mine fire, January 14, 1957
5. Connellsville By-Product Company, No. 1 Mine, Pursglove, recovery work, April 1, 1927
6. Clinchfield Coal Company, Mars Mine No. 2, fire and explosion, October 16, 1965
7. Consolidation Coal Company, Monongah Mine, attempted explosion, 1927
8. Consolidation Coal Company, Mine No. 97, Rivesville, explosion, September 1, 1924
9. Consolidation Coal Company, (Successor Company) Carter Coal Company, Mine No. 261, now Olga No. 2, Olga Coal Company, explosion and fire area (folder empty)
10. Consolidation Coal Company, Williams Mine, mine fire, December 21, 1954
11. Consolidated Coal Company, No. 25 mine, fire and explosion, January 23, 1936
12. Consolidated Coal Company, No. 58 mine, location of fire, 1937
13. Consolidation Coal Company, No. 261 mine, Caretta, explosion, April 18, 1930


Ar1522

1. Continental Coal Company, outburst of gas, November 16, 1937 (folder empty)
2. Continental Coal Company, Brock Mine, explosion, January 24, 1930
3. Continental Coal Company, Sands Mine, explosion, January 15, 1929
4. Continental Coal Company, Sands Mine, explosion, September 5, 1929
5. Crab Orchard Improvement Company, No. 5 mine, Eccles, explosion, March 8, 1926
6. Cranberry Fuel Company, gas ignition, December 24,1934
7. Crown Coal & Coke Company, Yukon Mine, Arnettsville, explosion, March 26, 1930
8. Davis Coal & Coke Company, No. 20 mine, Elk Garden, explosion, April 24, 1911
9. Davis Coal & Coke Company, Mine No. 23, Coketon, explosion, November 10, 1941
10. Delmar Coal Company, Ruth Mine, fire (folder empty)
11. Detroit Mining Company, Golden Arrow Mine, explosion, December 21, 1936
12. Eastern Gas & Fuel Association, Boone County, mine fire, December 1, 1953
13. Eastern Gas & Fuel Association, Eccles No. 5 & 6, Eccles, January 24, 1948
14. Eastern Gas & Fuel Association, Grant Town, Federal No. 1
15. Eastern Gas & Fuel Association, Wharton No. 2 Mine, Barrett, roof fall, May 25, 1958
16. Eastern Gas & Fuel Association, Stotesbury No. 8, gas ignition, January 10, 1951
17. Explosion map showing 18 doors, 24 stoppings destroyed ??


Ar1523

1. Eastern Gas & Fuel Association, Stotesbury No. 8, ignition, December 6, 1948
2. Elk River Coal & Lumber Company, fire
3. Elkhorn Piney Coal Mining Company, Powellton, boiler blast, December 27, 1934
4. Elkhorn Piney Coal Mining Company, No. 4 mine, September 9, ????
5. Elmgrove Mining Company, No. 2 mine, Triadelphia, explosion, September 16, 1925
6. Fairmont Coal Company, Monongah No. 6, explosion, December 16, 1907 (folder missing)
7. Fairmont Mine Fire, Jackson Addition, Fairmont, May 17, 1950
8. Federal Coal & Coke Company, Mine No. 1, Grantstown, fire, June 9, 1934
9. Fordson Coal Company, accident, February 1, 1927
10. Fordson Coal Company, accident, August 12, 1927
11. Gaston Coal Company, Gaston No. 2, Wyoming, gas explosion, May 12, 1954
12. Gaston Coal Company, No. 2 mine, Alpoca, minutes of meeting of gas ignition, May 20, 1954
13. Gauley Coal & Coke Company, Saxsewell No. 8, Hominy Falls, May 24, 1968
14. Georges Creek Coal Company, Hetzel Mine No. 1, mine fire, September 1942
15. Glendale Gas Coal Company, Mound Mine, Moundsville, explosion, November 15, 1926
16. Guyan Eagle Coal Company, No. 1 mine, roof fall, September 8, 1956
17. Hackers Creek Coal Company, No. 1 mine, Upshur County, fire sealing and reopening, 1954
18. Hatfield-Campbell Creek Coal Company, Point Lick No. 4 mine, explosion, June 14, 1941
19. Houston Company, King Mine, explosion, February 17, 1925
20. Houston Collieries Company, Carswell Mine, fire, February 1, 1936
21. Hitchman Coal & Coke Company, Hitchman Mine, explosion, May 18, 1942


Ar1524

1. Hutchinson Coal Company, Dabney Mine, explosion, August 22, 1933
2. Hutchinson Coal Company, Argyle Mine, maps relating to mine fire, March 30, 1935 (folder empty)
3. Hutchinson Coal Company, MacBeth Mine, explosion, September 2, 1936
4. Hutchinson Coal Company, MacBeth Mine, explosion, March 11, 1937
5. Hutchinson Coal Company, MacBeth Mine, mine fire, March 1943
6. Hutchinson Coal Company, MacBeth Mine, fire, October 20, 1943
7. Imperial Colliery Company, Mine No. 8, Kanawha County, report of dust explosion, April 20, 1950
8. Island Creek Coal Company, No. 20 Mine, explosion, November 3, 1931
9. Island Creek Coal Company, Bartley No. 6 Mine, gas ignition, 1958
10. Island Creek Coal Company, No. 25 Mine, rib fall, September 26, 1958
11. Island Creek Coal Company, No. 7 Mine, Holden, WV, mine fire, November 3, 1959
12-15. Island Creek Coal Company, Holden No. 22 Mine, mine fire, March 8, 1960 (4 folders)
16. Harewood Mine fire, June 20, 1952


Ar1525

1. Jamison Coal & Coke Company, No. 8 Mine explosion, January 14, 1926
2. Jamison Coal & Coke Company, No. 9 Mine, Farmington, Marion County, explosion, November 13, 1954
3. Jewell Ridge Coal Company, No. 5 Mine, Peach Creek, November 21, 1926
4. Hiabbe Coal Company, Joanne Mine, Marion County, gas ignition, February 18, 1954
5. Johnstown Coal & Coke Company, Crighton No. 4 Mine, Nicholas County, conveyor belt mine fire, November 9, 1952


Ar1526

1. Katherine Coal Mining Company, Lumberport, explosion, March 25, 1944
2. Kelley's Creek Colliery Company, No. 1 Mine, explosion, July 13, 1940
3. Kelley's Creek Colliery Company, No. 3 Slope, Ward, December 23, 1948
4. Keystone Coal & Coke Company, No. 2 Mine, explosion, April 2, 1928
5. Keystone Coal & Coke Company, fatal accident, June 9, 1927
6. Killarney Smokeless Coal Company, Kilpoca Mine, explosion, November 5, 1932
7. Kingston-Pocahontas Coal Company, Westerly No. 2 Mine, December 17, 1929
8. Kingston-Pocahontas Coal Company, No. 5 Mine, January 26, 1929
9. Kingston-Pocahontas Coal Company, Exeter Mine No. 4, Pocahontas, September 9, 1937
10. Kingston-Pocahontas investigation of complaint, Hemphill, February 20, 1948
11. Koppers Coal & Trans. Company, Federal No. 3 Mine, explosion, February 14, 1935
12. Koppers Coal Company, Carswell Mine, Kimball, explosion, January 22, 1941
13. Koppers Coal Company, Stanaford Mine, fire, April 11, 1937
14. Koppers Coal Company, Federal No. 1 Mine, explosion, May 27, 1936
15. Koppers Coal Company, Federal No. 3 Mine, Everettsville, explosion, April 30, 1927
16. Koppers Coal Company, Federal No. 1 Mines, fire, January 24, 1931
17. Lake Superior Coal Company, No. 2 Mine, explosion, October 3, 1925
18. Laurel Creek Coal Company, inrush of waters, August 13, 1951
19. Lillybrook Coal Company, No. 1 Mine, explosion, January 19, 1930
20. Lillybrook Coal Company, Affinity Mine, explosion, May 27, 1944
21. Lillybrook Coal Company, Affinity Slope No. 4 Mine, Raleigh County, mine fire, March 8, 1950


Ar1527

1. Logan County Coal Corporation, MacGregor No. 1 Mine, mine fire, December 12, 1927
2. Logan County Coal Corporation, MacGregor Mine, maps relative to mine fire, April 19, 1935
3. Logan County Coal Corporation, MacGregor No. 2 Mine, Lundale, mine fire, October 17, 1944
4. Logan Eagle Collieries, MacBeth Mine, explosion, April 8, 1925
5. Lundale Mine, inquest fatal accident, September 29, 1927
6. Lorado Coal Company, No. 9 Mine, fatal accident, April 14, 1961 (map)
7. MacAlpin Coal Company, MacAlpin Mine, explosion, October 22, 1928
8. MacAlpin No. 2 Mine, January 17, 1938
9. Marianna Smokeless Coal Company, Marianna #2
10. C. H. Meade Coal Company, No. 3 Mine, East Gulf, explosion, December 21, 1948
11. Meadows Coal Company, Lego No. 6 Mine, Shady Springs, hearing, January 28, 1967
12. Milburn By-Products Company, inquest, November 6, 1926
13. Monitor Coal & Coke Company, No. 1 Eagle Mine, explosion, November 30, 1931
14. Moundsville Coal Company, Panama Mine, explosion, November 30, 1934
15. Mountaineer Coal Company, Llewelyan Shaft, April 30, 1965
16. Mountaineer Coal Company, Loveridge Mine, fire, September 23, 1969
17. Mountaineer Coal Company, Consol No. 9, Farmington, explosion, November 20, 1968


Ar1528

1. National Fuel Company, National Mine, explosion, June 20, 1928
2. N. Connellsville Coal & Coke Company, Connellsville, AL, explosion, May 27, 1929
3. New England Fuel & Transportation Company, Federal No. 3 Mine, Everettsville, explosion, April 30, 1927
4. Nelson Creek Coal Company, Kentucky, explosion, February 16, 1926
5. New River & Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company, No. 3 Mine, investigation, January 11, 1929
6. New River & Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company, No. 6 Mine, investigation, January 22, 1929
7. New River & Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company, Minden Mine, explosion, March 16, 1935
8. New River & Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company, No. 1 Mine, Berwind, explosion, February 22, 1937
9. New River & Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company, No. 11 Mine, Capels, explosion, August 28, 1941
10. New River & Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company, No. 11 Mine, Capels, gas ignition, November 5, 1942
11. New River & Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company, No. 9 Mine, Havaco, McDowell County, explosion, January 15, 1946
12. New River & Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company, No. 11 Mine, Berwind, gas ignition, September 29, 1958 (folder missing)
13. New River & Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company, No. 5 Mine, Berwind, ventilation survey
14. New River Company, Summerlee Mine, Mt. Hope, explosion, August 30, 1938
15. New River Company, Cranberry Mine, report on mine fire, June 1, 1954
16. New River Company, Stanaford No. 2 Mine, ventilation survey, September 9-16, 1958
17. Nora Coal Company, Nora Mine, Harrison County, explosion, December 16, 1938


Ar1529

1. Oglebay Norton Coal Company, Burton Mine, Nicholas County, explosion, October 28, 1958 (1 folder and 3 volumes)
2. Olga Coal Company, No. 1 Mine, Coalwood, explosion, September 11, 1960
3. Omar Mine No. 5, map showing fatal accident to Ora Neace and Walker Crum, May 29, 1961
4. Page Coal & Coke Company, circuit court case against WV Department of Mines, February 1941
5. Parson Coal Company, Phillips No. 1 Mine, explosion, December 28, 1960
6. Pemberton Coal & Coke Company, Affinity Mine, court case, 1941
7. Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company, hearing vs. Washington Oil Company, Core, WV, September 20, 1948
8. Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company, hearing vs. A. M. Snider, Hundred, WV, September 20, 1948


Ar1530

1. Pocahontas Fuel Company, Boisevian Mine, explosion, February 27, 1932 (folder empty)
2. Pocahontas Corporation, Poca No. 34 Mine, explosion, June 24, 1937
3. Pocahontas Fuel Company, Jenkinjones Mine and Poca No. 35 Mine, explosions, October 12, 1936 and November 11, 1936
4. Pocahontas Fuel Company, Amonate Mine No. 31, explosion, December 27, 1957


Ar1531

1/2. Pocahontas Fuel Company, Bishop, explosion, October 27, 1958 (2 folders)
3. Pocahontas Fuel Company, No. 34 Mine, gas ignition, September 26, 1958
4. Pond Creek Pocahontas Coal Company, No. 1 Mine, Bartley, fire, December 28, 1931
5. Pond Creek Pocahontas Coal Company, No. 1 Mine, Bartley, explosion, January 10, 1940
6/7. Premiere Pocahontas Coal Company, Tierney No. 1 Mine, Wyoming County, roof fall, September 16, 1957 (2 folders)
8. Princess Pocahontas Coal Corporation, Spice Creek Mine, Roderfield, explosion, November 30, 1928


Ar1532

1. Pursglove Coal Gas Corporation, No. 5 Mine, Pursglove, WV, explosion, March 11, 1935
2. Pursglove Coal Mining Company, No. 2 Mine, Pursglove, WV, fire, June 23, 1936
3. Pursglove Coal Mining Company, No. 2 Mine, Pursglove, WV, explosion, July 9, 1942
4. Pursglove Coal Mining Company, Pursglove No. 15 Mine, mine fire, January 8, 1943
5. Pursglove Coal Mining Company, Pursglove No. 15 Mine, gas explosion, June 9, 1943 (folder missing)
6. Raleigh-Wyoming Mining Company, Glen Rogers, fatal accident, September 23, 1922
7. Raleigh-Wyoming Mining Company, Glen Rogers Mine, explosion, November 6, 1923
8. Raleigh-Wyoming Mining Company, Glen Rogers Mine, explosion, June 9, 1929
9. Raleigh-Wyoming Mining Company, Glen Rogers Mine No. 2, explosion, January 6, 1931
10. Raleigh-Wyoming Mining Company, Glen Rogers Mine, explosion, February 21, 1934
11. Raleigh-Wyoming Mining Company, Edwight, WV, Mine fire, October 20-25, 1944
12. Raleigh Coal and Coke Company, No. 4 Mine, explosion, December 17, 1940
13. Red Jacket Coal Corporation, Wyoming Mine, Wyoming, WV, gas explosion, January 28, 1955
14. Richland Coal Company, Mound Mine, explosion, November 15, 1926
15. Ridgeview Coal Company, Ridgeview, WV, mine fire, November 19, 1944
16. Robey Run Coal Company, Harrison Ruby No. 2 Mine, federal investigation of explosion, 1960
17. Rosedale Coal Company, November 6, 1946 (folder empty)


Ar1533

1. Sewell Coal Company, Sewell #1 Mine, Nettie, WV, shuttle-car fire, December 2, 1969 (folder missing)
2/3. Slab Fork Coal Company, No. 1 Mine, Raleigh County, explosion, July 10, 1958 (2 folders)
4. Soper-Mitchell Coal Company, Jere Mine, explosion, March 5, 1929
5. Stuart Colliery Company, Summerlee Mine, explosion, May 6, 1922 (folder missing)
6. Sun Coal Company, fatal accident, October 30, 1923
7. Trotter Coal Company, Bunker Mine, Monongalia County, gas explosion, October 15, 1951
8. Trotter Coal Company, Bunker Mine, Monongalia County, gas ignition, February 17, 1954
9. Truax-Traer Coal Company, United #1 Mine, explosion, October 31, 1951
10. J. Wesley Turner Coal Company (formerly Northwest Coal Co.), Mine No. 12, Preston County, roof fall, October 24, 1958
11. U. S. Coal and Coke Company, #6 Mine, fatal accident, February 26, 1927
12. U. S. Coal and Coke Company, #6 Mine, fatal accident, March 16, 1927
13. U. S. Coal and Coke Company, #6 Mine, fatal accident, April 9, 1927
14. U. S. Coal and Coke Company, #6 Mine, fatal accident, August 29, 1927
15. U. S. Coal and Coke Company, Gary, WV, mine fire, June 8, 1945
16. U. S. Steel Company, Robena No. 3, Greene, PA, 1962
17. U. S. Steel Company, Mine No. 6, Gary, WV, mountain bump, February 16, 1951
18. U. S. Steel Corporation, #10 Mine, Thorpe, WV, explosion, December 13, 1953
19. Upshur Coals Ltd., Adrian, WV, gas ignition, July 24, 1969
20. Warner Coal Company, Richland Mine, explosion, December 1942
21. Warrior Coal Company, Warrior Mine, fatal accident, March 9, 1929
22. Webster Sewell Coal Company, Paulcille Mine, explosion, October 23, 1939
23. West Virginia Coal and Coke Company, No. 4 Mine, Omar, WV, fire, August 19, 1925 (folder missing)
24. West Virginia Coal and Coke Company, No. 10 Mine, Bower, WV, explosion, February 9, 1929
25. West Virginia Coal and Coke Company, No. 19 Mine, Stirrat, WV, explosion, September 19, 1936
26. West Virginia Coal and Coke Company, Earling and Lyburn mines, explosion map
27. West Virginia Penitentiary State Mine, explosion, November 20, 1924
28. West Virginia Pittsburgh Coal Company, Locust Grove Mine
29. Westmoreland Coal Company, Mine No. 3, Hampton, 1958
30. Weyanoke Coal and Coke Company, Arista Operation, explosion, March 2, 1923
31. Wheeling Steel Corporation, Benwood Mine, explosion, September 20, 1923
32. Wheeling Steel Corporation, Benwood Mine, explosion, April 28, 1924
33. Whyel Coal Company, Yukon Mine, explosion, June 27, 1937
34. Williams Pocahontas Coal Company, fatal accident, June 22, 1929
35. Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company, Dehue Mine, explosion, November 12, 1928
36. Yukon Pocahontas Coal Company, Yukon Mine, explosion, May 22, 1928


Ar1534

Mine fires and gas ignitions, state and federal reports, 1956 through 1962


Ar1535

Mine fires and gas ignitions, state and federal reports, 1963 through 1969


Ar1536

1.Printout, active and closed deep and surface mine permits, December 20, 1977
2. Proposed mine drainage and reclamation projects, 1965
3. Fires - Gob files, Appalachia
4. Bituminous Mine fires
5. Hearing, Charleston National Bank, trustee Bernard G. Sampson representing trustee vs. Monroe & Laughlin, Fairmont, September 21, 1948 (Gas Well #1)
6. Carbide lamp explosion, Charleston, 1959
7. Mines, sections and working places closed during 1961
8. Index to maps of abandoned mines on microfilm in WV Department of Mines by county, January 3, 1977 (out of date)


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