Here is a look at mine disasters, accidents and deaths in the United States. This is a list of notable mine disasters and is not all-inclusive. Timeline December 6, 1907 – Worst coal mine disaster in ...

Sacrifices made to win WWII weren't just overseas.Contributions to manufacture iron and other essentials for the war effort were produced on the home front.At ...

OVEN FORK, Ky. (WYMT) - Monday will mark the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the Scotia mine disaster in Letcher County. Two explosions on March 9th and 11th, 1976 killed 26 men. It was one of ...

The 1976 Scotia disasters in Letcher County transformed U.S. mine rules. Fifty years later, the rescuers were honored.

FUXIN, China – Rescuers searching for miners trapped by a coal mine explosion in northeast China (search) found six more bodies early Wednesday, bringing the death toll in the country's worst mining ...

An explosion in a coal mine in eastern Iran killed at least 34 workers and injured 17 others, officials said Sunday, marking one of the worst mining disasters in the country's history as others ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- It's hard to believe that it's been a decade since the Sago Mine disaster left a dark cloud over West Virginia. On January 2, 2006, at the International Coal Group's mine just ...

SAGO, WV (WVNS) — There are many mine disasters that have occurred in the Mountain State throughout the years. One such disaster is the Sago Mine Disaster that occurred on January 2, 2006 at the the ...

139 men and boys - some as young as only 12 years of age - lost their lives in the underground explosion at the Combs Colliery on July 4, 1893. It is one of the worst mining disasters in history, with ...

Industrial disasters have left some of the deepest, most painful scars in human history. These tragedies — from toxic gas leaks to nuclear meltdowns — are somber reminders of what can happen when ...

SOMA, Turkey — The Turkish government and mining company officials vehemently denied Friday that negligence was at the root of the country’s worst mining disaster even as opposition lawmakers raised ...