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PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

by
Gerald E. Sherard
Lakewood, CO 80226-2629
(2006)
The State of Colorado has a rich history of mining which began in the mid-1800s. Many books
have been written about Colorado's mining towns with the most noted authors being John K. Aldrich,
Robert L. Brown, Perry Eberhart, and George R. Eicher. In the mid-1800s there was no organized
reporting of mine fatalities but in 1884 the death of 59 miners at the Crested Butte coal mine in Gunnison
County inspired the State of Colorado to pass legislation requiring mining companies to report their
accidents, both fatal and nonfatal. These annual and biannual reports which are listed in the Bibliography
were used in the preparation of this book.
Colorado's major mine accidents, their causes, and number of men killed are as follows:
January 24, 1884, Crested Butte Mine, Gunnison Co., Colorado Coal & Iron Co., gas
and dust explosion ignited by a lamp, 59 killed.
November 13, 1885, Bull-Domingo Mine, Custer Co., explosion and fire, 10 killed.
September 9, 1889, White Ash Mine, Jefferson Co., White Ash Coal & Mining Co.,
inundation with water when Old Loveland shaft broke into White Ash
workings, 10 killed.
January 10, 1893, Como No. 5 Mine, Park Co., Park Coal Co., gas and dust explosion
form blown out shot, 24 killed.
January 4, 1896, Anna Lee Mine, El Paso Co., caving in of shaft, 8 killed.
February 18, 1896, Vulcan Mine, Garfield Co., A.T.&S.F. Coal Co., Explosion of gas
and dust ignited by firing shot in the chute, 49 killed.
September 3, 1897, Sunshine Mine, Garfield Co., Colorado Fuel & Iron Co.,
explosion of gas and dust ignited by a lamp, 12 killed.
November 20, 1901, Smuggler Union Mine, San Miguel Co., fire, 28 killed.
August 7, 1902, Bowen Mine, Las Animas Co., Victor-American Fuel Co., explosion
of dust ignited by giant powder, 13 killed.
January 26, 1904 Strattons Independence Mine, Teller Co., Victor Teller Co., cage accident, 15
killed.
October 28, 1904, Tercio Mine, Las Animas Co., Colorado Fuel & Iron Co.,
explosion of dust ignited by blown out shots, 19 killed.
February 19, 1906, Maitland Mine, Huerfano Co., Victor-American Fuel Co.,
explosion of gas caused by open lights, 14 killed.
April 22, 1906, Cuartro Mine, Las Animas Co., Colorado Fuel & Iron Co., explosion
of gas and dust ignited by open light, 19 killed.
January 23, 1907, Primero Mine, Las Animas Co., Colorado Fuel & Iron Co.,
explosion of gas and dust ignited by a safety lamp, 24 killed.
July 6, 1909, Toller Mine, Las Animas Co., Cedar Hill Coal & Coke Co., explosion
of gas caused by open light, 9 killed.
January 31, 1910, Primero Mine, Las Animas Co., Colorado Fuel & Iron Co.,
explosion of gas and dust, 75 killed.
October 8, 1910, Starkville Mine, Las Animas Co., Colorado Fuel and Iron
Co., explosion of dust caused by arc from runaway trip, 56 killed.
November 8, 1910, Victor-American Fuel Co., Las Animas Co., explosion of gas and
dust caused by a fire, 79 killed.
December 14, 1910, Leyden mine, Jefferson Co., Leyden Coal Co., mine fire, 10 killed.
February 9, 1911, Coakedale Mine, Las Animas Co., Carbon Coal & Coke Co.,
explosion of dust caused by a blown-out shot, 17 killed.
June 18, 1912, Hastings Mine, Las Animas Co., Victor-American Fuel Co., explosion
of gas caused by a defective safety lamp, 12 killed.
December 16, 1913, Vulcan Mine, Garfield Co., Coryell Mine Leasing, explosion of
dust powder caused by an open light, 37 killed.

April 27, 1917, Hastings Mine, Las Animas Co., Victor-American Fuel Co., explosion
of gas and dust caused by an open safety lamp, 121 killed.
March 31, 1919, Empire Mine, Las Animas Co., Empire Coal Co., explosion of gas by
short circuiting of electric feed wires, 13 killed.
August 18, 1919, Oakdale Mine, Huerfano Co., Oakdale Coal Co., explosion of gas
caused by defective safety lamp, 18 killed.
March 24, 1922, Sporis No. 2 Mine, Las Animas Co., Colorado Fuel & Iron Co.,
explosion of gas and dust ignited by an electric arc-cutting machine, 17 killed.
May 5, 1923, Southwestern Mine, Las Animas Co., Rocky Mountain Fuel Co.,
explosion of gas and dust ignited by an open light, 10 killed.
January 20, 1936, Monarch No. 2, Mine, Boulder Co., National Fuel Co., explosion of
gas caused by an electric arc, 8 killed.
January 27, 1942, Wadge Mine, Routt Co., Victor-American Fuel Co., explosion of
gas caused by arc-electric machinery, 34 killed.
December 28, 1965, Dutch Creek Mine, Pitkin Co., Mid-Continent Coal Co.,
explosion of gas, 9 killed.
April 15, 1981, Dutch Creek No. 1 Mine, Pitkin Co., Mid-Continent Coal Co.,
15 killed.
The major mine accidents in Colorado which resulted in a large number of fatalities at one time
were caused by gas and dust explosions in underground coal mines. However there also were a large
number of fatalities which resulted from accidents involving one or two people. Based upon the 1934 to
1938 time period, the leading cause of these small accidents in decreasing order of frequency are listed
below.
Causes Underground:
1. Falls of roof (rock, coal or draw slate) - the most common cause of fatalities
2. Falls of face or rib
3. Mine cars and mine locomotives
4. Explosions of gas or coal dust
5. Explosives (not including those in No. 4)
6. Shaft and slope
7. Electricity (not resulting in explosions)
8. Suffocation from natural gases (not from mine fires and explosions)
9. Mine fires (burns, suffocations, etc.)
10. Roof fall due to car or machine knocking out post
11. Rush of coal, rock, or gob
12. Other falling material or objects (not being handled by injured worker)
13. Falls of persons
14. Hand tools
15. Handling materials
16. Stepping on nails or other sharp objects
Causes Surface (including tipple, breaker, shops & yards):
1. Explosives - the most common cause of fatalities
2. Mine cars and mine locomotives
3. Railway cars and locomotives
4. Electricity (shock or burns)
5. Machinery on surface
6. Falling objects
7. Falls of persons
8. Handling materials
9. Hand tools
10. Boiler explosions or bursting steam pipes
In 1920, a poll was taken to determine the nationality of the 12,799 men employed in and about

coal mines in Colorado. The results of this poll for the more common nationalities is as follows:
Nationality
American
Mexicans
Italians
Croats
Greeks
Slavonians
Negroes
Bulgarians
English
Austrian Germans
Scotch
Welsh
Poles
Germans
French
Spaniards
Russians
Irish
Hungarians
Servians
Bohemians
Swedes
Finlanders
Rumanians
Japanese
Montenegrins
Belgians

No. of Men
3651
2325
2292
857
405
369
258
245
223
221
210
192
176
153
148
122
116
104
93
72
63
63
54
38
18
18
16

In 1984 a survey was conducted to determine which counties had major coal and precious metal
mining activities. A summary is listed below.
Name of County
Archuleta
Boulder
Clear Creek
Custer
Delta
Eagle
El Paso
Fremont
Garfield
Gilpin
Gunnison
Huerfano
Jackson
Jefferson
Lake
LaPlata
Las Animas
Mesa
Mineral
Moffat
Montrose

1984 Mining Activity


coal
gold, silver, lead, copper
gold, molybdenum, silver, copper, lead
perlite
coal
gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc
coal
perlite, coal, uranium
coal
gold, silver, copper, lead
coal, molybdenum
coal
coal
uranium
gold, silver, lead, zinc, copper, molybdenum, tungsten
coal, silver, lead
coal
uranium, vanadium, coal
silver, lead, copper
uranium, coal
uranium, vanadium, coal

Park
Pitkin
Rio Blanco
Routt
Saguache
San Juan
San Miguel
Teller

gold, silver, lead, uranium


coal, iron
coal
volcanic scoria, coal
uranium
gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc
uranium, vanadium, coal, gold, silver
gold

In the Bibliography list below are given libraries which possess the annual reports. Often more
detailed information on the accidents listed is given in these references. In the fatality lists the first three
letters of a county's name was used for the county abbreviation except for the following counties:
MOZ - Montezuma
RIB - Rio Blanco
RIG - Rio Grande
SAJ - San Juan
SAM - San Miguel
In addition BD. means buried.
Information which may be given for each entry which follows is the name of the person killed, their
occupation, nationality, age at death, martial status (S = single,
M = married, W = widow) ,
number of surviving children, years of mining experience, county in which the accident occurred,
company's name, mine name, date died, cause of the accident, and other comments.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Annual Reports of the State Inspector of Coal Mines, Dept. of Natural Resources, State of
Colorado, 1884 - 1962. (Arthur Lakes Library - Colorado School of Mines,
TN805.C6, A2) (Colorado State Archives) (Denver Public Library - Western History Upper,
C622.33, C719re) (U.S. Geological Survey Library-Denver, 402(271), C719)
Annual Reports for the Bureau of Mines of the State of Colorado, 1895 & 1896 & 1919 through 1962 (No
publications 1925, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1944, 1945, and 1948). (Arthur Lakes Library - Colorado
School of Mines, TN24.06, A2) (Colorado State Archives) (Denver Public Library - Business
Documents, CD Mil.1: 1896- 1932, CD Con. 3.1: 1933 - 1962) (U.S. Geological Survey Library Denver, 402 (271), C72)
Card Index File, "Mine Accidents", Stephen Hart Library, Colorado Historical Society - Denver
"Index to Accidents May 12, 1895 to May 31, 1900", Colorado Dept. of Natural Resources,
Bureau of Mines, Colorado State Archives (Basis of data for annual reports for Bureau of Mines)
Historical Summary of Mine Disasters in the United States, 1810-1998, U.S. Dept. of Labor, Mine Safety
and Health Administration, National Mine Health and Safety Academy (1998) (Denver Public
Library Reference L38.2:H62/SUM./V.1-3; Arthur Lakes Library at CO School of Mines U.S.
Government Publications microfiche collection, 38.2: H 62/SUM./V.1-3; Univ. of Denver Penrose
Library, GPO Item # 0637 (MF), Govt. Doc# L38.2:H62/SUM./V.1-3)
Oehlerts, Donald D., Guide to Colorado Newspapers, 1859 - 1963, (1964), 184pp (Arthur Lakes Library
Reference Room & Floor 1, Z6952.C703) (Denver Public Library Western History & Genealogy
C016.071 O28gu) (Jefferson County Library R071.88 Oheherts)
Raymond, R.W., A Glossary of Mining and Metallurgical Terms (1881)
Sherard, Gerald E., Pre-1963 Colorado Mining Fatalities, (1995), 413 pp (Colorado State Archives
microfilm GR908; Denver Public Library - Western History & Genealogy Collection G929.3788,
S551pr)
Technical Information Center and Library, National Mine Health and Safety Academy, 1301 Airport Road,
Beaver, WV 25813-9426, email: MSHALibrary@dol.gov , fax 304-256-3372,
http://www.msha.gov/TRAINING/LIBRARY/FatalRecordsSearch.asp. They have a fatality
archive database of accident investigation files. As of April 2004, there were 23,500 reports in
this database with 32,767 names, but the collection is expanded on a regular basis. For

Colorado fatalities, there are only about 553 fatalities listed beginning with about January 23,
1907. This is only 10% of the actual fatalities.
http://arllib.msha.gov/BASIS/accdnt/user/all2/sf MSHA Library Fatal Accident
Archive Search
Form
http://cbs4denver.com/video/?id=12067@kcnc.dayport.com Colorado Has Its Own
Sad History of
Coal Mine Disasters video
Index to Articles on Mining in the Rocky Mountain News, compiled in the 1930s as
Part of a WPA project covers approximately twenty years from the 1860s to the 1880s. The index
is in the form of 3 x 5 catalog cards and is located in a card catalog cabinet at the Arthur Lakes
Library, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

Occupation

1928MAR19
1927SEP19
1953JUN28
1965DEC28

ABALOS, ESIQUO
ABALOS, FRANCISCO
ABBOTT, C C
ABELIN,

MEXICAN
MEXICAN

TIMBERMAN
PICK MINER

1906MAR31
1944SEP16
1910DEC14
1890SEP23
1909MAY16

ABERNATHY, SAMUEL
ABEYTA, RICHARD
ABEYTA, THOMAS
ABEZTA, PEDRO
ABLETT, EVAN

AMERICAN

ASSIST. FOREMAN

1905APR17
1937MAR31
1903MAR27
1924FEB23
1951JAN16

ABLETT, RICHARD
ABLETT, WILLIAM G
ABRAMS, EMILIO
ABSOLOM, WALTER
ACKERMAN, JOHN W

1956FEB2
1922AUG1
1912MAR25
1934OCT4
1910NOV8
1958AUG24
1899DEC10
1942JAN27

ACKERSON, KENNETH M
ACOSTA, FRANCISCO
ACOSTA, FRED
ACTON, W C
ACUTO, JOE
ADAIR, JOE RAY
ADAIR, JOHN L
ADAME, ANTONIO

1942JAN27
1922MAR24
1926JUL30
1906NOV7
1914JAN20
1918APR1
1922NOV21
1911NOV22
1925DEC29
1939OCT24

ADAME, PLUTARCO
ADAMO, PETE
ADAMS, JOHN
ADAMS, JOHN
ADAMS, WILLIAM
ADAMSON, ROBERT
ADENLADIC, MATT
AGGAN, KOGAN
AGIRE, PORFIRIO
AGIRRE, JESUS

1918JAN31
1903OCT13
1901OCT1
1897AUG12
1925MAR23
1925NOV16
1919JUL31
1923SEP7
1923JUL9
1907JAN31
1918AUG9
1913FEB21
1900NOV19

AGNES, JOHN
AGOSTI, ELARIO
AGRANA, FRANCISCO
AGRIE, JOSE
AGUILAR, E N
AGUILAR, RAFAEL
AGUILAR, RAMON
AHERN, WILLIAM
AHIL, ADAM
AKERS, CHARLES
ALAMILLO, MONICO
ALAYCHECK, MIKE
ALBERT, ALME

Years Mining
Experience
14

Age at
Death
36
19

31

Marital Number of
Company name
Status Surviving
Children
M
4 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
S
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN OIL & PAVING
MID CONTINENT COAL AND MINE
M
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.

MEXICAN

MINER

46

20

43
51
21
37

M
M
S
S

29
35
70
33

M
S
S
M

6
DENVER FUEL CO.

WELSH
WELSH
WELCH
AUSTRIAN
WELSH

MINER
MACHINE MINER
MINER
PICK MINER

MEXICAN
MEXICAN

LOADER
WEIGH-BOSS

MEXICAN

TRACKLAYER

42
20

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

AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
NEGRO

MACHINE HELPER
SHIFT BOSS
FIRE BOSS
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
MINER
PICK MINER
MINER

MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN

AMERICAN
MEXICAN
RUSSIAN
ITALIAN

4
4

18
12

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
WEST PORTAL

33
50
32
42
40
29
30
28

42
27
39

M
S

5 COLORADO FUEL & IRON

35
35
22
44
38
33
46
22
27

M
M
S

3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.


0 TEMPLE FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

M
M
S
S

2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.


NATIONAL FUEL

M
M
S
S
M

1 TEMPLE FUEL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
0 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING

Mine

County

Cause of Death

DELAGUA
TOLLER

LAS
LAS

DUTCH CREEK MINE

PIT

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BY FALLING BRICKS
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST

SIMPSON
FREDERICK
MCLAUGHLIN
SOPRIS
MAGNET

BOU
LAS
LAS
LAS
FRE

FALL OF ROCK
MACHINERY
FALL OF ROCK & COAL
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY A PLANK IN AIR SHAFT

ENGLE
GRIFFITHS
SOPRIS
MUTUAL
TELLURIDE

LAS
FRE
LAS
HUE
SAM

FALL OF ROOF
SUFFOCATED
FALL OF DRAW SLATE
FALL OF ROCK
FELL IN MILL (SUPPORT BEAM TO FLOOR)

COLUMBINE
PRIMROSE
PEACOCK
DELAGUA

WEL
LAS
SUM
LAS

HUMBOLDT
WADGE

TEL
ROU

CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK


FALL OF DRAWSLATE
RUN OVER BY RAILROAD CAR ON TIPPLE
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF MAN. DERRICK COLLAPSE
EXPLOSION PUSHED BUCKET INTO SHAFT
GAS EXPLOSION

WADGE
SOPRIS
MOFFAT TUNNEL
TERCIO
KENNETH

ROU
LAS
GRA
LAS
LAS
LAK
HUE
HUE
WEL
LAS

GAS EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
THROWN FROM CAGE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF DRAW SLATE
FALL OF FACE COAL
CAUGHT BETWEEN CROSS BAR & CAR

HUE
HUE
LAS
LAS
HUE
LAS
LAS
LAK
SAM
GUN
LAS
WEL
FRE

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FELL DOWN A FLUE
RETURNED BEFORE THE LAST SHOT WENT OFF
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF SLATE
FALL OF COAL

RAVENWOOD
TIOGA
COLUMBINE
BONCARBO
WALSEN
ROUSE
HASTINGS NO. 1
PEERLESS
IDEAL
BRODHEAD NO. 9
BERWIND

SOMERSET
MORLEY
PARKDALE
CHANDLER

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

1943JAN18

ALBERT, CLAUDE

1914FEB4
1912JUL6
1929NOV6
1891MAR12

ALBERT, JAMES
ALBRICO, MIKE
ALCOLA, IGNACIO
ALDEROON, THOMAS

1896MAR15
1942JAN9
1898JUN14
1898FEB1
1897JAN17

ALDGRIN, JOHN
ALDRICH, JOHN
ALFAST, LARSEN
ALLARIA, BAPTISTA
ALLEN, CHARLES

1889SEP9
1920JAN12
1909OCT17
1927AUG14
1913MAR27
1950FEB10

ALLEN, JOSEPH
ALLENBAUGH, E
ALLER, TONY
ALLISETTE, JOE
ALLISON, J. W
ALTMAN, WILLARD P

1926APR12 ALVARADO, ANDRES


1925JUL27 ALVARDO, BENARDO
1946OCT19
1918APR3
1914AUG12
1927NOV11
1959MAR5
1914JUL2
1899MAR15

ALVAREZ, FRANK MENDEZ


ALVAREZ, JOE
ALVAREZ, PEDRO
ALVAREZ, TRINIDAD
ALVING, OLAF ALVIN
AMATO, ASPER
AMBREE, C L

1943JUL3
1911JAN6
1910JAN31
1932NOV7

AMBROSE, JOSEPH
AMBROSE, WILLIAM
AMBROZIC, JOHN
AMEN, GEORGE

1893NOV5
1922MAR24
1929APR2
1906APR22
1906APR22
1965DEC28
1924SEP19
1906JUN11
1919OCT8
1899FEB8

AMES, FRED
AMETEIS, FRANCESCO
AMEZCUA, JOSEPH
AMICHAUX, PAUL
AMICHAUX, PAUL JR.
AMIDAY,
AMIDEI, EVRET
AMIDIE, EURACTO
AMOS, GUST
AMUNDSON, LAWRANCE

1916JUN12
1910DEC20
1965DEC28
1897OCT7
1896SEP2

ANASTASSOPOULAS,GREG
ANDERSON J. J.
ANDERSON,
ANDERSON, A W
ANDERSON, ABE

1897SEP2

ANDERSON, ABRAM

Nationality

AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

FOREMAN
MINER
MINER
CONTRACTOR

Age at
Death
28
31
22
38

Marital Number of
Company name
Status Surviving
Children
M
CALIFORNIA-HIDDEN TREASURE
S
M
M

COLORADO FUEL & IRON

COLORADO COAL & IRON CO.

IDAHO SPRINGS
BERWIND NO. 3
BERWIND

County

Cause of Death

CLE

DROWNED

EL MORO

LAS
LAS
SAG
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FELL DOWN A RAISE
CAUGHT BETWEEN A PIT CAR AND A "RIBSIDE"

LAPLATA
SILVERTON
STANLEY
MICHAEL BREEN
MATTIE W

LAK
SAJ
DOL
OUR
ELP

PREMATURE BLAST
SUFFOCATED
FELL DOWN SHAFT
ROPE BROKE WHILE DESCENDING RAISE
FALLING TIMBER DOWN SHAFT

WHITE ASH
MOFFAT
BUNKER HILL
MONARCH NO. 2
SOMERSET
OURAY

JEF
ROU
HUE
BOU
GUN
OUR

DROWNED BY INUNDATION OF WATER FROM SHAFT


GLOVE CAUGHT IN LATHE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
HIT BY FLYING COAL FROM BLAST
PROBABLE BAD AIR OR GAS

TRAMMER

26

AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
AMERICAN

MACHINIST
MINER
MACHINE MINER
MINER

44
50
24
22

M
S
S
S

MEXICAN
MEXICAN

PICK MINER
ROCK MAN

39
30

M
M

6 CALUMET FUEL CO.


3 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.

CALUMET NO. 1
CHANDLER

HUE
FRE

FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY A TRIP OF EMPTY CARS

MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN

PICK MINER

26
40
30
49
27

S
S
M

BLUE BLAZE COAL


NATIONAL FUEL
ROUTT COUNTY FUEL
1 COLORADO & UTAH COAL CO.

PRYOR (NEW)
THORMINE
PINNACLE
HARRIS
MARR
TABASCO
RIDGE

HUE
LAS
ROU
ROU
JAC
LAS
MIN

FACE FALL
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF LOOSE COAL AND ROCK
FALL OF ROCK

INDUSTRIAL
PINONJ
PRIMERO
BYRNES

BOU
HUE
LAS
ARA

HAULAGE
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
FALL OF DEBRIS

LAST CHANCE
SOPRIS
CHANDLER
CUATRO
CUATRO
DUTCH CREEK MINE
OAKDALE
DELAGUA
FREDERICK
OPHIN TUNNELO

LAS
FRE
LAS
LAS
PIT
HUE
LAS
LAS
SAM

CRUSHED BY BUCKET;WIDOW ELLA C. LOVE


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

STARKVILLE
STARKVILLE
DUTCH CREEK MINE
IRON MASTER
MATTIE L

LAS
LAS
PIT
ELP
ELP

FALL OF BONY COAL AND ROCK


STRUCK BY A TRIP OF CARS
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
FELL DOWN SHAFT FROM SURFACE
EXPLOSION WHILE LOADING HOLE

JEFFERSON

ELP

THAWING POWDER OVER CANDLE

6
2

20
12

ITALIAN

PICK MINER
LOADER
MINER

GERMAN POLE
AUSTRIAN
GERMAN

DRIVER
MINER
MINER
RANCHER

41
50
58

S
W
N

ITALIAN
MEXICAN
FRENCH
FRENCH

PICK MINER
MACHINE MINER
MINER
MINER

23
27
52
18

S
M
M
S

ITALIAN
ITALIAN
GREEK

PICK MINER
MINER
PICK MINER

32
33
29

S
M
S

GREEK
AMERICAN

MINER
PIPEMAN

38
27

M
S

PRIDE OF WEST, INC.

Mine

GOLDEN FUEL CO.


0 MOFFAT COAL CO.
NATIONAL FUEL CO.
UTAH FUEL
IDARADO MINING CO.

COLORADO FUEL & IRON


ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL

11

14

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
MID CONTINENT COAL AND MINE

FALL OF ROCK
FELL FROM BUCKET

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

1893JAN10

Name

Nationality

Occupation

1896DEC7
1952SEP19
1897MAY21
1904SEP5

ANDERSON, ANDREW
ANDERSON, BEN
ANDERSON, C
ANDERSON, CARL
ANDERSON, CARL ADOLPH

1918APR1
1896DEC18
1929NOV19
1896OCT9
1894NOV10

ANDERSON, CHARLES
ANDERSON, CHARLES C
ANDERSON, E J
ANDERSON, EDWARD
ANDERSON, GEORGE

1884JAN24
1910JAN31
1884JAN24
1909AUG28
1914JAN8
1948DEC27

ANDERSON, HENRY
ANDERSON, J. H
ANDERSON, JOHN
ANDERSON, JOHN H
ANDERSON, W. P
ANDERSON, WALLACE

1897SEP3
1897SEP3

ANDREATTE, EMIL
ANDREATTE, JOHN

MINER
MINER

1897SEP3
1943JAN2
1940APR30
1897FEB13
1901NOV20
1927JUL27
1889JUL4

ANDREATTE, LOUIS
ANDREATTI, MARIO
ANDREW, EDWARD
ANDREW, VORGHE
ANESE, ANTOINE
ANGELES, DOMINICK DI
ANGELICO, DOMNICK

TIMBERMAN
TIMBERMAN

1910NOV
1910NOV8
1920JAN8
1900JAN3

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

Company name

UNION PACIFIC COAL


HOISTMAN
SWEDE

30

TRAPPER

27

PAR
OUR
ROU
PIT
LAS

DRILLING OUT MISSED HOLE


HEART ATTACK
CAVE OF DRIFT
BURNED BY LAMP SETTING FIRE TO HIS CLOTHES

MODOC
ROCKVALE NO. 1

GIL
OUR
FRE
BOU
FRE

LOST FOOTING AND FELL


CAGE FALLING DOWN SHAFT
CRUSHED UNDER A ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK & COAL

CRESTED BUTTE
PRIMERO
CRESTED BUTTE
LAST CHANCE
REX NO. 1
PIKEVIEW

GUN
LAS
GUN
ELP
BOU
ELP

EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST


EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
OVERCOME BY GAS FROM SHOT
WEDGED BETWEEN CAR AND RIB
ASPHYXIATION

COLORADO FUEL & IRON


COLORADO FUEL & IRON

SUNSHINE
SUNSHINE

GAR
GAR

EXPLOSION OF GAS/ DUST-LIGHT OPEN


EXPLOSION OF GAS/ DUST-OPEN LIGHT

COLORADO FUEL & IRON


COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
BOULDER VALLEY COAL CO.

SUNSHINE
CRESTED BUTTE
CENTENNIAL
SOPRIS
SMUGGLER UNION
CRESTON
COAL CREEK NO. 2

GAR
GUN
BOU
LAS
SAM
LAS
FRE

EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT


FACE-BUMP
CAUGHT BETWEEN MOTOR & ROOF
ROCK FALL
FIRE
RUNAWAY TRIP
FALL OF COAL

MAITLAND
DELAGUA
OAK HILLS NO. 1
ORIENT

HUE
LAS
ROU
SAG

FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BY ORE PILE

ROCKVALE
ENGLEVILLE
LESTER
PERRY
ROAD CANON
KING
KING
LESTER
KING
AMADOR

FRE
LAS
HUE
ROU
LAS
PAR
PAR
HUE
PAR
LAS

FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
RUNAWAY PIT CAR
CRUSHED BETWEEN CARS
FALL OF SLATE

MORLEY
HASTINGS
VIRGINIUS
HASTINGS
BONCARBO

LAS
LAS
OUR
LAS
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
CAGE FALLING DOWN SHAFT
EXPLOSION
CAUGHT BETWEEN CAR & PROP

NEVERSINK

PAR

DIRT CAVED IN WHILE TIMBERING

S
CANON CITY COAL

COLORED

MINER

45

AMERICAN
AMERICAN

MINER
DRIVER
MINER

40
46
24

M
M

COLORADO COAL AND IRON


3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
1
2 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
PIKES PEAK FUEL

MINER
PICK MINER

ANGELINA, PETE
ANGIONA, JOSE
ANGLUS, JOHN
ANIONNIE, TONY

AUSTRIAN
MEXICAN
GREEK

MACHINE HELPER
MINER
PICK MINER

1912JAN15
1897MAR1
1927MAR5
1912FEB1
1891NOV11
1893JAN10
1893JAN10
1920DEC7
1893JAN10
1913FEB27

ANIZO, JOS
ANSELMO, FRANK
ANSTER, JOE
ANTHONY, FRANK
ANTONELI, GUISEPPE
ANTONELLI, ANTONI
ANTONELLI, CHARLES
ANTONELLI, JOHN
ANTONETTI, MIKE
ANTONICH, VENAZIO

ITALIAN

MINER
MINER
MINE FOREMAN
TOP-MAN

1929FEB6
1917APR27
1896DEC18
1917APR27
1924JUN2

ANTONIO, DOMENIC
ANTONUCCI, STEVE
ANTRAS, JOHN
ANUSIS, JIM
APALONIAR, TIBURCIO

AMERICAN
AMERICAN

ITALIAN

PICK MINER

SLAVONIAN

MINER

ITALIAN
ITALIAN

PICK MINER
SLOPEMAN

GREEK
MEXICAN

MINER
PICK MINER

30

M
S

12

32
35
28
43

62
46

M
S

1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

42

25

48
47

23

44
53

M
M

40
41

S
M

1 JEWEL COLLIERIES CORP


COLORADO COAL & IRON CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
MOFFAT COAL CO.

Cause of Death

REVENESE TUNNEL
CROW BAR
SMUGGGLER
STARKVILLE
VIRGINIUS

SIGNAL MAN

County

KING

59
14

Mine

60

ITALIAN

1897NOV22 APLINGTON, E C

Years Mining
Experience

COLORADO COAL & IRON CO.


UNION PACIFIC COAL
UNION PACIFIC COAL
7 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
UNION PACIFIC
AMADOR FUEL
5 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
1
see JOHN HATAS
2 AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

1943NOV12 APODACA, JOE

MINER

1918JUN2
1908AUG24
1927FEB27
1907DEC3

APPLEBEC, WILLIAM
ARCHIEL, JOE
ARCHULETA, ALEJANDRO
ARCHULETA, ANDRO

SLAVONIAN
HISPANIC
MEXICAN

MUCKER
MINER
MUCKER
CAR SPRAGGER

26
30

1909DEC21
1925OCT7
1911JAN28
1901AUG14
1952SEP6

ARCHULETA, FIANO
ARCHULETA, MIKE
ARCO, ANGELO
ARDISSONI, LOUIS
ARELLANO, LEO ARTHUR

MEXICAN
SPANIARD
ITALIAN
ITALIAN

MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER

25
39
25
16

M
S
S

1908MAR15
1930APR7
1910JAN31
1894OCT19
1906FEB19
1939JAN23

ARESTAS, MIKE
ARGADY, PETE
ARGUELLA, FIDEL
ARGUELLO, J.
ARI, TONY
ARMENDAREZ, DOLORES

GREEK
HUGARIAN
MEXICAN

MINER
PICK MINER
DRIVER

30
51
26

S
S
S

ITALIAN

MINER

29

1951JUL18
1911JAN4

ARMENDAREZ, PABLO
ARMERIGO, BARCILO

1917MAR27
1896OCT19
1957APR20
1888DEC31
1943AUG29
1910NOV8
1918JUL31

ARMIS, CLATO DELL


ARRICK, L. J
ARROT, R W
ARROWSMITH, WILLIAM
ARTHUR, EDWARD P
ASAIDA, S.
ASCHWANDEN, JOSEPH

1930FEB11
1929MAR7
1901NOV20
1927AUG20

ASH, FRANK
ASHBY, C M
ASHONE, JOHN
ASMUSSEN, JR. WILLIAM

1922MAR26
1938JUN16
1912JUN18
1962SEP5
1918MAY2
1902NOV11
1941JAN24
1912JAN23
1911SEP17
1942JAN9

ASPURUS, LOUIS
ASSALA, LOUIS
ASTI, LOUIS
ASTLE, THOMAS J
ASUNBERG, OSCAR
ATAKA, T.
ATCHLEY, PETE
ATHIS, AMTHON
ATIDA, MARTIN
ATKINS, HOWARD M

1917APR27
1884JAN24
1900MAR9
1910DEC14
1958JUL8

ATWOOD, E. H
AUBREY, WILLIAM
AUGUST, OSCAR
AUGUSTINE, JOHN
AUSTIN, GEORGE

1927FEB15

AUSTIN, PAT

Company name

THOR FUEL
S
M
M

25

ROOF FALL

DIAMOND
PACIFIC
HASTINGS

SAG
GAR
HUE
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
SUFFOCATED FROM POWDER SMOKE
DRILLED INTO MISSED SHOT
STRUCK BY DERAILED CAR

PIEDMONT
FREEMAN
BERWIND
ENGLE NO. 1
LEADVILLE

LAS
MOZ
LAS
LAS
LAK

MISSED SHOT
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
CAUGHT BETWEEN RIB OF DRIFT & MOTOR CAR

STANDARD
OAK HILLS NO. 2
PRIMERO
ENGLE
MAITLAND
BEAR CANON NO. 6

BOU
ROU
LAS
LAS
HUE
LAS

EXPLOSION OF FIREDAMP
STRUCK BY RUNAWAY CAR
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
FALL OF ROCK
GAS EXPLOSION
FALL OF FACE COAL

HUERFANO COAL CO.

LUDLOW
WOOTTON

LAS
LAS

FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK

TOLLER
BURLINGTON

LAS
EAG

ROBINSON

HUE
OUR
LAS
BOU

FALL OF COAL
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

OUR
HUE
SAM
ROU

SLIPPED OFF LADDER & FELL 15 FEET


FALL OF ROCK
FIRE
FELL IN FRONT OF MACHINE

WALSEN
TELLURIDE
HUERFANO
ROCKLAND
SILVERTON

OUR
WEL
LAS
GAR
SAM
HUE
SAM
HUE
HUE
SAJ

FELL WHILE CLIMBING A RAISE


FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP
FELL WHEN CONVEYOR FRAM COLLAPSED
CAUGHT BY A RUN DIRT
FALL OF ROCK
HEAD CAUGHT BY PLATFORM
FALL OF TOP COAL
FELL INTO CHUTE
SUFFOCATED

HASTINGS
CRESTED BUTTE
JAY
LEYDEN

LAS
GUN
CLE
JEF

EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION OF GAS; BD. AKRON, OH
STRUCK BY ROCK IN EXPLOSION
FIRE
CRUSHED BY FALL OF ROCK

BOU

FELL DOWN SHAFT

1 PACIFIC COAL MINING CO.


1
FREEMAN & FIELDING

MOFFAT COAL CO.


COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON

MEXICAN

MINER

40

ITALIAN

MINER

49

CEDAR HILL COAL & COKE

73
34
42

M
M

CORN CONST. CO.


COLORADO COAL & IRON CO.
STATE OF COLORADO
1 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

59
41

M
M

3 CALIENTE COAL CO.

22

AMERICAN
AMERICAN

BLACKSMITH
MACHINE MINER

22

MACHINE HELPER

CONTRACT MINER
ITALIAN

DRIVER

JAPANESE

MINER
MUCKER
MACHINE-HELPER
BUCKET-DUMPER
MINER

S
S
M
M

TIMBERMAN
DRIVER

42

AUSTRIAN

NIGHT FOREMAN

55

AMERICAN

TIMBERMAN

36

GREEK
MEXICAN
AMERICAN

COLORADO & UTAH COAL CO.

DELAGUA
CAMP BIRD
RAVENWOOD
SMUGGLER UNION
HARRIS

27
28
51
30
30
27
21
45
37

ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.


VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
MOAB DRILLING CO.

ML

VETA MINES, INC.


2
PRIDE OF WEST, INC.
1
COLORADO COAL AND IRON

Cause of Death

LAS

BEAR CANON COAL & COKE CO.

COMMISSIONER
MINER
LESSEE

County

THOR

36

RESURRECTION MINING CO.

JAPANESE

Mine

LEYDEN COAL
REECE & AUSTIN LESSEES

COLUMBINE
HASTINGS

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

1918JAN29

Name

Nationality

Occupation

1910NOV8
1895AUG29
1919DEC3
1932MAR19

AUSTRIRUS, AUSTINUS
AVALOS, RAMON
AVENSIUNI, ACILO
AVI, DOMINICK
AVILA, JAMES

1942DEC11
1959MAY4
1981APR15
1935DEC16
1925JUN9

AXELSON, JOHN E
AYALA, FRANK J
AYALA, JOHN
BACA, ALEX
BACA, EMILIO

1918OCT30
1944MAR1
1943AUG3
1917APR27
1909FEB4
1919MAR31

BACA, ENTINIO
BACA, JOE M
BACA, JOSE
BADEL, STEVE
BADOVICH, STEVE
BAHANIS, GUS

1928FEB27
1936JAN20

BAILEY, JAMES E
BAILEY, RAY

1922JUN15
1908JUN3
1906FEB7
1936JAN20
1921MAR24
1942JAN27
1884JAN24

BAILEY, THOMAS
BAIRCH, GEORGE
BAIRD, JAMES
BAIRD, OSCAR
BAKEMIER, WALTER
BAKER, CHARLEY
BAKER, PETER

1944JUL29
1910OCT8
1906JUL12
1922DEC7

BAKER, STANLEY
BALDAZARI, G.
BALDE, MARTIN
BALDON, KENNETH

1897JUN21
1935FEB21
1897MAY5
1901AUG31
1925NOV13
1895JUN24
1892OCT20
1915JAN4
1899NOV15
1919AUG18

BALDWIN, JOHN
BALDWIN, WILLIAM
BALDWIN, WILLIAM J
BALLANTYPE, WILLIAM
BALLARD, CHARLES C
BALLARD, RICHARD
BALLENICK, JOHN
BALLON, EPIFANIO
BALSLEY, E O
BALTERIO, JUAN

1910OCT8
1903FEB11
1957MAR11
1935MOV13
1917APR27

BALTUSZNIK, PAUL
BANALETTI, GUISEPPI
BANKS, C E
BANKS, WARREN E
BANNER, JOE

AMERICAN
AMERICAN

MINE FOREMAN
MINER

1912SEP23

BANONI, ANTONIO

ITALIAN

MINER

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Company name
Status Surviving
Children
M
1 BEAR CANON COAL

GREEK

MINER

35

MEXICAN

MINER

40

MEXICAN

MINER
MACHINE MINER

34
21

AMERICAN
AMERICAN

DRIVER
CAR DROPPER

MEXICAN

50
40

M
M

PICK MINER

21

GREEK
AUSTRIAN
GREEK

LABORER
MINER
MINER
PICK MINER

41
38
25
46

M
M
S
M

AMERICAN
AMERICAN

MINER
DAY MAN

52
26

AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN

MUCKER
MINER
MINER
MOTORMAN
BUCKETLOADER

ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN

MINER
MINER
PICK MINER

AMERICAN

MACHINE HELPER

ENGLISH
AMERICAN

MEXICAN

28
10

19
31
23
33
23

S
S
M

County

Cause of Death

BEAVER CANON

LAS

FALL OF ROCK

DELAGUA
AMERICUS
BOULDER VALLEY

LAS
GIL
SAJ
WEL

EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT


DROWNED IN FLOODING OF MINE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK

SOMERSET

GUN

DUTCH CREEK #1 MINE


CLAYTON
LUDLOW

PIT
WEL
HUE

ROOF FALL
FALL OF ROCK
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
FELL UNDER A CAR
CRUSHED IN A COLLISION OF TWO CARS

3 EMPIRE COAL CO.

DELAGUA
FREDERICK
PUEBLO
HASTINGS
BERWIND
EMPIRE

LAS
LAS
PUE
LAS
LAS
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
HAULAGE
DIPPERSTICK BROKE OFF & FELL ON HEAD
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROOF
GAS EXPLOSION DUE TO ELECTRIC ARC

1 NATIONAL FUEL CO.

MONARCH NO. 2

BOU
BOU

FALL OF ROCK
GAS EXPLOSION

2 NATIONAL FUEL CO.

PINON
JEWEL
MONARCH NO. 2

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
GAS EXPLOSION
SUFFOCATION
GAS EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

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
2

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
COLORADO COAL AND IRON

WADGE
CRESTED BUTTE

TEL
HUE
LAS
BOU
SAM
ROU
GUN

PAONIA FARMERS COAL


COLORADO FUEL & IRON

PAONIA FARMERS DELTA


STARKVILLE
LEYDEN
FOX

DEL
LAS
JEF
BOU

SURFACE HAULAGE (TRESPASSING)


EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
STRUCK BY A DERAILED CAR
FALL OF ROCK

IOWA
Hi-WAY
BRONALIER
SIMPSON
MASCOT
GENESE VANDERBILT
PICTON
TABASCO WASHERY
GRANT QUARRY
OAKDALE

SAJ
BOU
CLE
BOU
ELB
OUR
HUE
LAS
LAR
HUE

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
DRAWN INTO A GEAR WHEEL WHILE OILING IT
CUTTING UNEXPLODED HOLE
EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP

STARKVILLE
PRIMERO

LAS
LAS

FREDERICK
HASTINGS

LAS
LAS

EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP


FALL OF COAL
SLACK CABLE LOOPED AROUND HEAD
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION

ROUSE

LAS

STRUCK BY LOADED CAR

10

25
20
28

M
S
M

3 FOX COAL CO.

20

34

5 LOUISVILLE-LAFAYETTE COAL CO

DRIVER
TOPMAN

47

M
M

2 DAN LEE & SON

MACHINE OILER

22

MEXICAN

MACHINE MINER

34

RUSSIAN
ITALIAN

MINER
MINER

40
38

S
M

62
45

M
S

22

45

Mine

COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.


COLORADO FUEL & IRON
OAKDALE COAL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
SIGNAL OILFIELD SERVICE
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

1904OCT28 BARAGA, JOE


1904OCT28
1911JAN16
1895DEC27
1917APR27

BARAGA, JOHN
BARATONA, SAM
BARBER, JOHN T.
BARBER, M.

1949FEB5
1941JUL21
1952MAY9
1901NOV20
1907DEC2

BARBER, TERRELL
BARBER, W L
BARBOUR, ROBERT E
BARCLAY, CAREY
BARDOVIC, MIKE

1898MAR15
1936MAR8
1893NOV10
1952JUN7
1957MAY10
1941OCT21

BARNES, CHARLES
BARNES, MELVIN J
BARNES, THOMAS
BARNETT, JAMES F
BARNETT, LESLIE E
BARNETTI, JASPER

1951NOV21 BARNHILL, BOB M


1910OCT8 BARONSKI, JOSEF
1919AUG18
1895JUN12
1884JAN24
1928MAR1
1920MAR9
1903APR27
1928NOV29

BARRELLO, TONY
BARRETT, JAMES
BARRETT, PATRICK
BARRETT, WILLIAM
BARRICK, GEORGE
BARRO, GUISEPPI
BARRON, CONCEPTION

1918MAY23
1897JAN19
1924MAR5
1895FEB15

BARRON, PETER
BARRON, WILLIAM
BARROS, JUAN D
BARROW, THOMAS

1962OCT29
1913DEC16
1902JAN13
1903SEP10
1958SEP16
1918OCT20
1942NOV23
1935AUG12
1935AUG15
1917APR27

BARTELL, LEO A
BARTH, BERT
BARTILOTTI, NICOLO
BARTINOLA, CANDIDA
BARTLETT, DONALD E
BARTLUSSI, GLENN
BARTOLA, BOSTON
BARTOLO, JOHN
BARTON, GEORGE A
BASAKAS, HARIS

1914JAN27
1941MAY8
1892JAN2
1907FEB11
1942MAR3

BASHAM, KING W
BASNETT, BUFORD OTIS
BASSI, PEDRO
BASSO, DOMENIC
BASTA, MARK

1895FEB18

BATCH, MICHAEL

Nationality

AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children
S

MINER
MINER
MINER

23
25
34

M
M

4
0

ELECTRICAIN

30

MUCKER
HOISTMAN

28
56

M
M

HUNGARIAN

MINER

38

AMERICAN

TIPPLE MAN

26

Company name

LAS

EXPLOSION

LAS
LAS
BOU
LAS

EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF BLAST
EXPLOSION

RICO
ARCHER
CLIMAX
SMUGGLER UNION
STARKVILLE

DOL
BOU
LAK
SAM
LAS

CAVE-IN FROM ROOF


ASPHYXIATION
DRILLED INTO MISSED HOLE
FIRE
FALL OF ROOF

WHITE CAP
HARRIS
DUGAN
BOULDER

LAK
ROU
LAP
BOU

CHAMPION

ROU

PICKING OUT MISSED HOLE


STRUCK BY BOX CAR LOADER
FALL OF SLATE
PREMATURE BLAST
CRUSHED BETWEEN SKIP & TIMBER
HAULAGE

STARKVILLE

LAS

BURNED BY OIL TANK FIRE


EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP

COLORADO COAL AND IRON

OAKDALE
SOMETHING GOOD
CRESTED BUTTE

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.

SUNSHINE
DELAGUA

HUE
ELP
GUN
TEL
JEF
HUE
LAS

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

BREEN
STARKVILLE
LEADER NO. 1
ROUSE

HUE
LAS
HUE
HUE

FALL OF ROCK
SHOT EXPLOSION
CAUGHT BETWEEN TOP OF CAR & ROOF
TRIP OF RUNAWAT CARS

VULCAN
CRESTED BUTTE
SOPRIS

LAK
GAR
GUN
LAS

BUTTE VALLEY
DELAGUA
PIKEVIEW
HASTINGS

LAK
HUE
LAS
ELP
LAS

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

DORR
BOULDER
SOPRIS
PICTOU
ALMA

ELP
BOU
LAS
HUE
PAR

FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BETWEEN MACHINE & WALL
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF SLATE
PREMATURE BLAST

COAL CREEK

FRE

BLOWN-OUT SHOT

RICO ARGENTINE MINING CO.


J. B. MESTER
GIBBONS- REED & BOYLE BROS.

0 COLORADO & UTAH COAL CO.

B & M SERVICE CO.


4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON

MINER

34

ITALIAN

DRIVER

22

AMERICAN

TIMBERMAN
TEAMSTER
MINER
PICK MINER

64
44
49
22

M
S

MINER
NIGHT BOSS
PICK MINER
FIRE BOSS

58

0 BREEN COAL MINING

45

5 FRUTH & STONE CO.

RUSSIAN
MEXICAN

AMERICAN
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN

18

FOREMAN
MINER
MINER
MINER

34
31
26
22

MOTORMAN

15

OAKDALE COAL CO.

AMERICAN METALS CLIMAX, INC


CORYELL MINING LEASING

S
LOWELL THOMPSON (CLIMAX U.)

AMERICAN
AMERICAN
GREEK

MACHINE MINER
MACHINE MAN
MINER

AMERICAN

ITALIAN

21
48
36

M
S
M

MINER
MINER

34
28

S
M

MINER
MACHINEMAN

26
45

S
M

MINER

4
10

Cause of Death

TERCIO NO. 3
FORBES NO. 6
ANNIE C. TUNNEL
HASTINGS

POLE

ITALIAN
MEXICAN

County

TERCIO NO. 3

AARON STROMBERG & CO.


GOLDEN CYCLE CORP. (URAVAN)
MIDWEST FUEL & TIMBER

MINER

Mine

BUTTE VALLEY COAL


0 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
PIKES PEAK FUEL CO.
1
DORR COAL
WOLF TONGUE MINING CO.
COLORADO FUEL CO.
LONDON MINES & MILLING CO.

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Company name
Status Surviving
Children
S
AMERICAN FUEL CO.

1913JAN8

BATCHILETTI, GEORGE

AUSTRIAN

MINER

52

1913JAN3
1891OCT24
1906JAN2
1907MAY19

BATEY, JAMES
BATHOLEMEW, JANO
BATKI, JOONAS
BATTU, GUISEPPI

AMERICAN

MINER

52

FINLANDER
ITALIAN

MINER
LABORER

43
23

M
S

1909SEP20
1917SEP24
1905AUG14
1918FEB23
1940FEB1

BAVELLE, JOE
BAVIER, ABEL
BAXTER, DAVID
BAXTER, GEORGE
BAXTER, RAYMOND E

AMERICAN
BELGIAN
AMERICAN

COMPANY MAN
MINER
DRIVER

36
21
19
27

M
S
S

1913DEC16
1899DEC2
1891SEP12
1906FEB19
1917JUN9
1909JAN15

BAXTER, WALLACE
BAXTER, WILLIAM
BEACH, FREDIRICK
BEAM, F.
BEAMER, AUGUST
BEATO, MIKE

AMERICAN
AMERICAN

LOADER

1896JAN9
1918APR9

BEAUCHET, LEON
BEBER, JOHN

1924APR16
1884JAN24
1957APR19
1912JAN23
1929SEP8
1942JAN27
1896FEB18

BEBOS, GOST
BECHT, FRED
BECK, E G
BECK, HENRY
BECK, JOSEPH S
BECK, LEO
BECKER, PETER

1910NOV8
1910NOV8
1910NOV8
1950NOV6

40

Cause of Death

BOU
GAR
GAR
GUN
LAS

FALL OF SLATE
FALL OF COAL
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND COAL DUST
FALL OF ROCK
FIRE-SUFFOCATION

UTAH FUEL

HASTINGS
SOMERSET
RUGBY

WILLIAM HUNT

HUNT

LAS
GUN
HUE
LAK
LAP

FALL OF COAL FROM CHUTE


FALL OF COAL
RUN OVER BY A TRIP OF CARS
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF (COAL)

CORYELL MINING LEASING

GAR

VULCAN
VAUGHN
COAL CREEK NO. 2
MAITLAND

COKEDALE

FRE
HUE
SAJ
LAS

DUST EXPLOSION
FALL OF COAL
ACCIDENTLY HANGED HIMSELF WITH A ROPE
GAS EXPLOSION
CRUSHED BY FALL OF ROCK
SQUEEZED BETWEEN CAR AND RIB

TENDERFOOT
ROCKVALE

ELP
FRE

THAWING POWDER BY HOT SAND PROCESS


PREMATURE SHOT

TABASCO
CRESTED BUTTE

LAS
GUN

OAKDALE

FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK (CUT WALL)
FALL OF ROCK
FELL IN MINE
GAS EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION

S
M

28
31

ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN

PICK MINER

26

GREEK

PICK MINER
MINER

42

AMERICAN

TRACK-LAYER
SUPERINTENDENT

22
51

S
M

GERMAN

LOADER

25

BEDALLA, JOSE
BEDALLA, M
BEDALLA, R.
BEDIENT, L B

MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN

MINER
MINER
MINER

16
40
18

S
M
S

1919OCT9
1896OCT26
1942JAN27
1962JUL27
1947MAY1
1953DEC16
1913JUL22
1896FEB5
1897NOV24
1903JAN28

BEDINI, JOE
BEECHER, C. F
BEEN, HARRY T
BEGAY, RAYMOND
BEGLUITTI, FRANK
BEIROW, HAROLD F
BEITLER, PETER
BEKER, ERICK
BELARIO, DOMINIC
BELCHER, CLYDE

ITALIAN

MACHINE RUNNER

28

1912OCT11
1933OCT3
1910NOV8
1871JUN16
1915MAR4

BELJAS, CHRIS
BELL, ABE
BELL, DAVE
BELL, FRANK P
BELL, JOHN

1894JUL18

BELL, JOSEPH

8 SOUTH CANON COAL CO.


COLORADO FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON

1
COLORADO COAL & IRON CO.

20

County

MATCHLESS
SOUTH CANON
COAL RIDGE
SOMERSET
ENGLEVILLE

TRAPPER BOY
MINER
FOREMAN MINER
DRIVER

AMERICAN

Mine

COLORADO FUEL & IRON


2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
HINMAN BROS. CONST. CO.

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

WADGE
VULCAN

HUE
LAK
ROU
GAR

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
ERNEST HICKS & SON

DELAGUA
DELAGUA
DELAGUA
HIDDEN TREASURE

LAS
LAS
LAS
MES

EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT


EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF ROOF

GORDON COAL CO.

MOTORMAN

31
24

LEADVILLE

HUE
LAK
ROU
SAM
LAK

MINER

25

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
UNION CARBIDE NUCLEAR CO.
R. L. JONES
ARAPAHOE DRILLING CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON

GORDON
IBEX
WADGE

AMERICAN

MINER

16

CRESTED BUTTE
UNION
PELECAN DIVES
PRIMROSE

GUN
LAK
CLE
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
CAVE OF GROUND
GAS EXPLOSION
CRUSHED BETWEEN CAR AND TIMBER
CAUGHT BETWEEN MOTOR & CHUTE
CRUSHED BY FALL OF PULL-BACK WEIGHT
FALL OF ROCK
FALLING DOWN MAN-WAY
SCALE FALLING FROM BACK OF SLOPE
FALL OF ROCK

SLAV
AMERICAN
AMERICAN

MINER
PICK MINER
MOTORMAN
MINER
MINER

22
44
22

S
S
S

72

RAVENWOOD
OAK HILLS NO. 2
DELAGUA
SEATON
PARKDALE

HUE
ROU
LAS
GIL
WEL

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF DRAW ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
EXPLOSION
INHALING NOXIOUS GASES

PICTON

HUE

FALL OF ROCK

GERMAN

ENGLISH

25

MOFFAT COAL CO.


VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
3 JAS. ETCHELLS
COLORADO FUEL & IRON

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

Occupation

1899SEP3

BELL, MATT

1917MAY19
1918NOV4
1936JAN24
1917JUN20

BELL, WILLIAM C
BELLIN, MILTON
BELLOTTI, ERNEST
BELLOTTI, FERDINAND C

AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN

MINER
COMPANY MAN
MACHINE LOADER
TIMBERMAN

1916DEC3
1942JAN15
1918AUG27
1912JUN18
1935MAR4

BELOS, GEORGE
BELTRAM, DOMINIC
BEMBRY, C. L
BENDETTI, BEN
BENDOWSKY, EDWARD C

GREEK

MINER

1912JUN18
1912NOV10
1946AUG22
1942JAN12
1943JAN18
1920JUL22

BENEDETTO, BEN
BENEDTTI, JOE
BENHAM, CECIL L
BENI, FRANK
BENNETT, CHARLES
BENNETT, CHARLES

1899NOV3
1910NOV8

BENNETT, F N
BENNETT, JAMES

1927JAN16
1906JUL28
1912DEC18
1919MAY23
1950NOV15
1939MAR30
1944APR13

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

57
30
54
28

M
S
M

27

AUSTRO-TYROL MINER
MACHINEMAN

27
25
37

S
M

AUSTRIAN-TYR MINER
ITALIAN
MINER

25
38

S
M

20

MINER
TIMBERMAN

56
49

AMERICAN

MOTORMAN

19

BENNETT, OSCAR H
BENNETT, WILLIAM
BENOSSI, LOUIS
BENSON, ADOLPH
BENSON, WALTER L
BERARDI, ANGELO
BERARDI, JAMES

AMERICAN
ENGLISH
ITALIAN

TRAMWAY CARPENTER
MINER
MACHINE RUNNER
MILLMAN

45
45
23
20

M
M

1910JUN11
1926AUG1
1923JAN11
1902AUG7

BERDAR, NICK
BERG, CARL F
BERG, GUS W
BERG, OSCAR

CROATIAN
AMERICAN

1958NOV20
1942DEC12
1938FEB22
1922MAR4
1946OCT11
1910JAN31
1896JUN22
1921MAR8
1937SEP26
1953SEP16

BERG, PAUL W
BERGAMO, PRIMO J
BERGANT, FRANK
BERGEN, ALBERT
BERGOSH, JOE
BERHANT, ANTON
BERKEY, VIRGIL
BERNANDEZ, RAFAEL
BERNS, WILLIAM
BERSONNET, III, W N

1886MAR25
1922MAR24
1891JUN1
1911OCT9
1917APR27

BERTASA, MAURICE
BERTETTO, ANTONIO
BERTINO, DOMNICK
BERTOK, JOE
BERTOLINA, PIETRO

ITALIAN

1910MAY2

BERTUZZI, S

Company name

AMERICAN

LOADERMAN

MEXICAN

PICK MINER

AUSTRIAN

ROPE RIDER

MEXICAN

MACHINE MINER
MUCKER

23
18
63
23
30

ROCK FELL OFF BUCKET


SLIDE OF COAL AND ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF SALB OF ROCK

YAMPA VALLEY NO. 6


SAMPSON

ROU
HUE
TEL
LAS
TEL

CRUSHED UNDER A HOIST


ROOF FALL
STRUCK ON HEAD BY AIR PIPE
GAS EXPLOSION
CAUGHT BETWEEN CAGE FLOOR & TIMBER

COLOWYO COAL
MOFFAT COAL
CALIFORNIA-HIDDEN TREASURE

HASTINGS
TOLLER
RED WING
MOFFAT NO. 1 & NO. 2
IDAHO SPRINGS

LAS
LAS
MOF
ROU
CLE
TEL

EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP


FALL OF COAL
HAULAGE
FALL MATERIALS
DROWNED
FALL OF ROCK

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

UNION PLANT
DELAGUA

LAK
LAS

CAUGHT BETWEEN BELT & PULLY


EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT

OUR
LAS
HUE
HIN
ROU
BOU
FRE

HIT BY RUNAWAY BUCKET


FALL OF ROCK
ELECTROCUTED
CAUGHT ON A RUNNING BELT
CAUGHT BETWEEN TRUCKS
FALL OF COAL
ELECTRICITY

HUE
LAK
OUR
LAS

RUN OVER BY A TRIP OF CARS


CRUSHED BETWEEN SHOVEL FRAME & TRUCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION

BEAR
ROBINSON NO. 4
PINNACLE
MORLEY
MORLEY
PRIMERO
INTER-OCEAN
DELAGUA

GUN
HUE
ROU
LAS
LAS
LAS
BOU
LAS
CLE

ROOF FALL
ROOF FALL
FALL OF FACE COAL
CRUSHED BETWEEN CAR & ROOF
ROOF FALL
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
SLIPPED FROM LADDER
FALL OF ROCK
CARBON MONOXIDE GAS
FELL FROM LADDER INTO SHAFT

CAMERON
SOPRIS
ROAD CANON
TABASCO
HASTINGS

HUE
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
MISSED SHOT
EXPLOSION

PIEDMONT

LAS

FALL OF COAL

YAMPA VALLEY COAL


SAMPSON COAL MINE

HASTINGS
NEW ZEALAND GOLD MINES, INC.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
5

GREEN CANON
TOLTEC

OSAGE STRIP
BLACK DIAMOND NO. 2
CALDIROLA

IDEAL

BOWEN

49
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON

21

24
25

S
M

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.


GRIFFITH LEASING CO.
WILLIAM N. BERSONNET, JR.

MINER
PICK MINER

22

COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.


COLORADO COAL & IRON CO.

SLAV
ITALIAN

MINER
MINER

39
34

W
S

ITALIAN

MINER

25

Cause of Death

TEL
ROU
GAR
HUE
CLE

23

County

NORTH STARR
WOLF CREEK
GARFIELD-VULCAN
MAJOR

4 INTERNATIONAL FUEL
CORYELL MINING LEASING
4 MAJOR COAL CO.

OSAGE COAL
BLACK DIAMOND FUEL CO.
CALDIROLA COAL
DRIVER
SHOVEL HELPER
MUCKER
DRILL HELPER

Mine

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience
9

Age at
Death

1926FEB12

BERUMEN, JESUS

MEXICAN

PICK MINER

1918JUN24
1924DEC10
1892NOV16
1908APR15

BEST, GEORGE
BEST, HERMAN L
BETISTE, BENJAMINO
BETT, ANDY

ENGLISH

MACHINE RUNNER
OILER

37
33

ITALIAN

MINER

44

1947JUN24
1948FEB27
1904APR29
1928FEB6
1960NOV17

BETZ, CHARLES
BETZ, HENRY
BEVAN, WILLIAM
BEVERIDGE, THOMAS
BEYE, JACK R

WELSH
AMERICAN

MINE FOREMAN
TIMBERMAN
MACHINE MINER

1891OCT8
1955JAN14
1904AUG3
1902JAN3
1902JAN3
1924AUG2

BEZOT, JOSEPH
BIA, FRANK KEE
BIALANTO, CAPERANO
BIAMA, DOMINIE
BIAMA, PETE
BIANCHI, CAMILLO

MEXICAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN

MINER

1910JAN31
1918JUN7

BIBERNIK, JOE
BICICE, JOE

AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN

ROLLERMAN
MINER

1901SEP16
1928APR6
1940APR4
1926NOV22
1913NOV6
1900MAY19
1901JUN27

BICKERTON, ROBERT G
BIDLEMAN, W J
BIELLA, HERMAN
BILLICH, JOHN
BILLIE, MIKE
BILLINGS, BERT
BIONEO, JOHN

AMERICAN

DRIVER
MACHINE MINER

JUGO-SLOVAK
SLAV
AMERICAN
ITALIAN

1898APR30
1898SEP17
1899DEC18
1908AUG26

BIORK, CHARLES
BIOTTI, ANTONIO
BIRCH, THOMAS
BIRTANKLE, JOE

ITALIAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN

1899NOV9
1961OCT2
1959APR17
1909FEB11
1897FEB6
1910NOV8
1918JUN15
1934AUG12
1919DEC23
1895OCT10

BISHERD, JOHN
BISHOP, GEORGE H JR.
BISHOP, ROBERT DALE
BISSOLA, ANDREW
BITSCHAUER, LOUIS
BITTAGOMEZ, R.
BIVENS, NATHAN
BIXEMAN, WILMER F
BIXLER, G W
BLACKOCK, WILLIAM

1904MAY21
1917NOV1
1899NOV6
1922DEC9
1927MAY14

BLACKWELL, EDWARD
BLAIR, JAMES M
BLAKE, MICHAEL
BLANTIZ, JOE
BLANTON, GEORGE H

1937MAR1

BLASER, HENRY W

26
32

32

Marital Number of
Company name
Status Surviving
Children
S
EMPIRE COAL MINING CO.

43
50
49
20

Cause of Death

EMPIRE

LAS

TRIP JUMPED THE TRACK & STRUCK HEAD

JOBAL

HUE

UNITED COAL CO.

CALEDONIA
COALBASIN

BOU
PIT

FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BY DESCENDING WEIGHTS OF ELEVATOR
FALL OF SLATE
FALL OF ROCK

MORRISON
NONAC
PICTOU

WEL
FRE
HUE
MOF

DRILLED INTO MISSED HOLE


HAULAGE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
SCRAPER CRASHED TO PIT BOTTOM

ROUSE

LAS
LAS
HUE
HUE
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BY FALLING SLAB
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROOF & COAL
FALL OF ROOF & COAL
CRUSHED BETWEEN LOADED CAR & PROP

COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.


U.C.N.C. JOHN D. MOON
COLORADO FUEL CO.
RICO ARGENTINE MINING CO.

35

33

4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

BERWIND
ROBINSON
ROBINSON
SOPRIS

25
24

M
S

1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON


COLORADO AND UTAH FUEL

PRIMERO
HARRIS

LAS
ROU

EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
FALL OF ROCK

53

3 GRAND JUNCTION MINING & FUEL


BOULDER VALLEY COAL CO.

SPRING GULCH
STERLING
CENTENNIAL

MINER
MINER

32
25

DRIVER

27

PRYOR
PALISADE
STARKVILLE

PIT
WEL
BOU
LAK
LAS
MES
LAS

EXPLOSION
CRUSHED BETWEEN CARS & RIB
FALLING CROSS BAR
FELL DOWN A RAISE
FALL OF ROCK
BAD AIR
FALL OF ROCK

MINER
BOX CAR LOADER
MINER

35
30
44

M
M
M

4
3

REVENUE TUNNEL
ROCKVALE
CURTIS
PICTOU

OUR
FRE
ELP
BOU

FELL DOWN SHAFT


FALL OF ROCK
SHOULDER CAUGHT IN SHAFT
FALL OF COAL

45
30

PRYOR

HUE
LAP

STARKVILLE
TOM BOY
DELAGUA
MUTUAL

LAS
SAM
LAS
HUE
LAK
LAP
GAR

STRUCK BY SIX CARS


STRUCK BY TONGS WHILE RELEASING VALVE
TWISTER HIT RIG & COLLAPSED
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

LAS
TEL
LAK
LAS
JEF

FALL OF BONY COAL


CRUSHED BY CAGE AND TIMBERS
DRYER EXPLODED CAUSED FROM FROZEN PIPE
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY CAR

PAR

HEAD STRUCK BY SHAFT TIMBER

PICK MINER

12

25

AMERICAN

UNION COAL & COKE

ITALIAN

DRIVER

23

4 UNION COAL & COKE CO.


SAGE DRILLING CO.
HALLIBURTON OIL WELL
2

MEXICAN
AMERICAN

MINER
ROPE RIDER
BRAKEMAN
PICK MINER
DRIVER

27
38
27
27

M
M
M
W

0 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
4 MUTUAL COAL
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
1 HESPERUS FUEL CO.

AMERICAN

MINER
TIMBERMAN

23
29

ITALIAN
AMERICAN

PICK MINER
MINER

32
21

44

AMERICAN

County

LOMA FUEL

VINNELL CONSTRUCTION CO.


CLAYTON COAL
M
S

Mine

TIMBERMAN

HESPERUS
VULCAN
BERWIND

2 CEDAR HILL CAOL & COKE CO.


FAIRPLAY GOLD MINES

IBEX
GREENVILLE

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Company name
Status Surviving
Children
M
1 CITY COAL CO.

1922NOV9

BLATNICK, JOHN

AUSTRIAN

PICK MINER

33

61

1937JUN2
1896AUG10
1922JAN14
1897JUL22

BLAZONIK, FRANK
BLEA, NOVERTO
BLOCHTER, RUDOLF
BLOCK, JOHN

AUSTRIAN

12

47

AMERICAN

MACHINE MINER
MINER
PICK MINER

1942JAN27
1908NOV18
1919AUG18
1893JAN10
1894JAN31

BLOUNT, WALTER
BLOZOSKY, MIKE
BLY, JAMES
BLYTH, ROBERT
BOCKHOUSE, FRANK

SLAVONIAN
MEXICAN

MINER
DRIVER

29
21

1947MAY10
1900FEB8
1884JAN24
1893OCT3
1923OCT5
1896MAR18

BODAY, JOHN A
BODERICK, THOMAS
BODEWALD, CARL
BODHAINE, TURIN
BOELZ, W R
BOFFO, ANTONIO

MINER

21

COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.


COLORADO COAL AND IRON
CITIZENS' COAL CO.
ALAMO COAL CO.

1939SEP20
1919FEB8

BOGAN, JR., SAM


BOGAZ, JACK

1919MAY5
1892FEB15
1912FEB16
1917OCT25
1913APR28
1902APR11
1922MAR24

BOGLE, NEIL C
BOHI, LOUIS
BOLLER, JAKE
BOLSTER, HARRY
BOMNOLES, ALEGRO
BONATO, DOMINIC
BONATO, GUISEPPE

1903JAN7
1929APR12
1938FEB4
1925MAR3

BONATO, TONY
BOND, JESSE
BOND, PETER
BONE, WILLIAM

1899DEC8
1919FEB18
1903FEB11
1907AUG21
1913DEC16
1913DEC16
1902APR29
1923FEB20
1900FEB8
1916JUL29

BONELLI, FRANK
BONELLI, VEINZ
BONENA, AUGUST
BONI, JAMES
BONTO, LEE
BONTO, W.
BONVICINI, CESARE
BOOTH, THOMAS W
BORDERICK, THOMAS
BORELLA, JOHN

1910JAN31
1940JAN30
1925JAN21
1935AUG26
1920JAN29

BORETZ, STEVE
BORSA, JOSEPH
BORSUK, JOHN
BORTMAN, JOHN
BORYS, STEVE

1939APR15 BOSCHOWITZKI, OSWALD

10

JUANITA COAL & COKE CO.

COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.


VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

M
M

AMERICAN

DRILLER
MINER

23

POLE

PICK MINER

50

TRAMMER

36

1 OAKDALE COAL CO.


UNION PACIFIC COAL
SMOKELESS COAL

MOFFAT COAL CO.


2 MOFFAT COAL
CANON CITY COAL CO.

SLAY
MEXICAN
ITALIAN
AMERICAN

TIMBERMAN
TEAMSTER
MINER

27
26
28

S
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
1
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

Mine

LAP
DEL
LAS
HUE

FALL OF ROCK
ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL & ROCK

WADGE
OAKDALE
OAKDALE
KING
OTIS

ROU
HUE
HUE
PAR
BOU

GAS EXPLOSION
HIT BY RUN-AWAY CARS
EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP
FALL OF COAL

FREDERICK
WOLFTONE
CRESTED BUTTE
HECLA
ALAMO
SOPRIS

LAS
LAK
GUN
BOU
HUE
LAS

ROOF FALL
FALL OF ROCK FROM DRIFT
EXPLOSION OFGAS AND DUST
FALL OF COAL
CAUGHT BETWEEN DUMP CAR & ROOF
INTERNAL INJURIES

MOFFAT NO. 1 & NO. 2


MOFFAT NO. 2

ROU
ROU

SQUEEZED BETWEEN CAR & TIMBER


FALL OF ROCK

TEL
FRE
LAS
PUE
LAS
LAS
LAS

DYNAMITE EXPLODED
PREMATURE BLAST
FALL OF ROCK
THROWN FROM TOP OF LOAD
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF SLATE
EXPLOSION

LAS
TEL
ELP
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BETWEEN FLOOR & CAGE
FALL OF SLATE
SQUEEZED BETWEEN CAR & WEIGHT-HOUSE

CLE
SAM
LAS
GUN
GAR
GAR
LAS
HUE
LAK
LAS

BLAST FROM MISSED HOLE


CRUSHED AND SUFFOCATED UNDER A DERAILEDCAR
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
DUST EXPLOSION
DUST EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
ROCK FALL FROM DRIFT
DELAYED SHOT CAUSED A FALL OF ROCK

LAS
LAS
WEL
HUE
SAJ

EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
FALL OF TOP COAL
ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF ROCK
PUSHED CAR INTO SHAFT & FELL 200 FEET

BOU

FELL DOWN SHAFT

ROCKVALE NO. 7
LUDLOW

PICK MINER

64

ITALIAN

ROCK DUMPER
MACHINEMAN

22
57

S
M

AMERICAN

COMPANY MAN

21

ORE LOADER
MINER
MINER
LOADER
MINER

32
25
25
21
50
23
43

MORLEY
STARKVILLE
SOPRIS

S
M
S
M

CORYELL MINING LEASING


3 CORYELL MINING LEASING

3 CANON-RELIANCE COAL CO.

2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON

PRIMERO
ALPINE
VULCAN
VULCAN
HASTINGS NO. 3
RELIANCE
MAB
MORLEY

30

33
55
46

S
M

1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON


DELDOSSO COAL CO.
W. E. RUSSELL COAL CO.
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

PRIMERO
SOPRIS NO. 1
RUSSELL
ROBINSON NO. 4

23

HERMAN ERBERT & ASSOC.

STARKVILLE
PIKEVIEW
ROYAL
LORD BYRON

ITALIAN
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN

MACHINE HELPER

ITALIAN

MINER

HUNGARIAN

MINER

RUSSIAN
AMERICAN

MACHINE MINER
MACHINE LOADER
TRAMMER
MUCKER

28

11
42

Cause of Death

CITY MINE
KING
STARKVILLE
WALSEN

M
M
M

PIKES PEAK FUEL CO.


ROYAL FUEL CO.

County

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

Occupation

1910NOV8

BOSOVICH, BLAZO

1896MAR16
1914MAR25
1942APR2
1921JUL30

BOSWORTH, BENJAMIN
BOTTARN, SALVATOR
BOTTS, FRANK F
BOTTS, J E

1960AUG17
1890FEB6
1927JUN16
1921DEC13
1921DEC13

BOUGHNER, WILLIAM M
BOURGER, JOHN
BOURKE, BEN
BOVIE, EUGENE F
BOVIE, EUGENE F JR.

1934SEP9
1889SEP9
1954JUN5
1914AUG27
1940JAN31
1897MAY11

BOWDEN, JAMES
BOWDEN, WILLIAM
BOWEN, HAROLD T
BOWEN, REUBEN W
BOWMAN, ADOLFO
BOYCE, JAMES

1936JAN3
1942SEP4

BOYCE, JOE
BOYD, JIM

1899APR20
1887OCT5
1933DEC2
1907JAN23
1926JAN23
1917DEC5
1920MAR20

BOYD, JOHN W
BOYER, VINCENT
BOYLE, R J
BOZO, GIOANNI
BRACKEN, DAN
BRADFIELD, SETH T
BRADLEY, CHARLES

AMERICAN
HUNGARIAN
AMERICAN

MINE FOREMAN
MINER
FOREMAN & LEASOR
MACHINE DRILLER
MINER

1910JUN13
1926JUN24
1923AUG16
1904OCT28

BRADLEY, WILLIAM
BRADY, HUGH
BRADY, VICTOR
BRANDENBURG, CHARLES

AMERICAN
AMERICAN
HUNGARIAN
AMERICAN

MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
MINER

1910MAR23
1898SEP19
1910OCT8
1893JUL5
1896APR5
1912AUG12
1897NOV1
1941JUL29
1941JUL19
1922NOV22

BRANDOFER, THOMAS
BRANIGAN, MATT
BRANKA, PETE
BRANNAN, THOMAS
BRANSON, MORT
BRASCH, JOE
BREECH, PETER
BREITKREUTZ, HERBERT
BREITKREUTZ, PAUL R
BRENNAN, EDWARD J

GERMAN

1928MAY29
1904JAN22
1898DEC14
1898MAR24
1898MAR24

BRENNAN, LUKE
BRENNAN, PATRICK
BRENNAN, THOMAS
BRERELIN, O. W
BRERETON O. WADE

1920MAR18 BRETT, CLAY GEORGE

Years Mining
Experience

MONTENEGRIN MINER
ITALIAN

Age at
Death
26

MINER
MACHINEMAN
LABORER

24
32

Marital Number of
Company name
Status Surviving
Children
S
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
S
S

25

Mine

County

Cause of Death

DELAGUA

LAS

EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
KRAMER MINES, INC.

JENNIE B
DELAGUA
SALIDA

LAR
LAS
CHA
GAR

HANGING WALL CAVED IN


FALL OF SLATE
EXPLOSION WHILE PICKING
CAR RAN AWAY

LINNEMAN CONSTRUCTION CO.


UNION COAL CO.

COMO

CRUSHED BY DUMPSTER
EXPLOSION OF CARBURETED HYDROGEN GAS
SUFFOCATION
OVERCOME BY FUMES
OVERCOME BY FUMES

MUCKER
LABORER
PICK MINER

48
55
25

M
S

2 COLLIERIES CO.
COLLIERIES CO.

SATANIC
SATANIC

SUM
PAR
BOU
JEF
JEF

MACHINEMAN

42

PORTLAND NO. 3
WHITE ASH

TEL
JEF

AMERICAN

MINER

27

UNITED GOLD MINES CO.


GOLDEN FUEL CO.
GERANIUM MINING CO.
0 LEYDEN COAL
GUS GARCIA

LEYDEN NO. 2
GARFIELD
ORPHA MAY NO. 2

JEF
LAS
ELP

FALL OF ROCK
DROWNED BY INUNDATION OF WATER FROM SHAFT
PREMATURE BLAST
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF (WATER SLIP)
FELL DOWN SHAFT

SCOTCH

MINER
JIGGERBOSS

41
35

M
M

3 MOFFAT COAL CO.


CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.

MOFFAT NO. 1 & NO. 2


CLIMAX

ROU
LAK

FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK

42
36
58
40
25

M
M
M

C. C. C. CO.
0 GOOD FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

PT
ROCKVALE NO. 5
LITTLETON VALLEY
PRIMERO
HARVEY GAP

CLE
FRE
JEF
LAS
GAR
TEL
BOU

PREMATURE EXPLOSION
FALL OF SLATE
SUFFOCATED
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
EXPLOSION OF GAS
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK

60
62
34
22

PRIMERO

M
S

KEYSTONE
TERCIO NO. 3

LAS
LAK
ELP
LAS

FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF GROUND
CRUSHED BETWEEN A CAR & ROOF
EXPLOSION

MINER

33

POLE

TIMBERMAN

32

AUSTRIAN

32

28
51
21

MATCHLESS
ORPHA MAY
STARKVILLE
ANTHRACITE
GILES
LEYDEN
RUBY
CASTLE ROCK
CASTLE ROCK
RIO BLANCO

BOU
ELP
LAS
GUN
BOU
JEF
GUN
DOU
DOU
RIB

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
CRUSHED BY CAR
TOP OF TUNNEL CAVED IN & CRUSHED TO DEATH
TOP OF TUNNEL CAVED IN & CRUSHED TO DEATH
FALL OF ROCK

35

61
42

M
M

0 COLORADO SPRINGS CO.

CITY COAL
PRIMROSE
PORTLAND
FLOURICE
FLUORINE

ELP
LAS
ELP
ELP
ELP

FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROOF
STRUCK BY ROCK
FELL DOWN LADDER TO BOTTOM
FALL FROM LADDER TO BOTTOMM OF SHAFT

34

4 CALUMET FUEL CO.

PERINS PEAK

LAP

FALL OF ROCK

AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN

AMERICAN

MINER
MINER
CLAY MINER
CLAY MINER
PICK MINER

ENGLISH
IRISH

MACHINE MINER
SUPERINTENDENT

AMERICAN

PICK MINER

25

25
25

20

2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON


COLORADO FUEL AND IRON CO.

EUGENE JACKSON
EUGENE JACKSON
BARRY COAL CO.

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

1902JAN20

BREWER, J. H

1899APR10
1922AUG6
1952NOV26
1951JUL29

BRIA, PAULI
BRIGGS, MATT D
BRINK, GENE H
BRINLEE, ERWIN C

1922FEB8
1897JUN7
1895AUG29
1911APR10
1903DEC8

BRITENBAUGH, GUS
BRITTON, THORNTON
BROCKLEBANK, BEN
BRODNY, FRANK
BRODRAC, JOE

1909JUL6
1924SEP26
1961DEC7
1917APR27
1938JAN12
1952AUG20

BRONK, ANTONIO
BROOKER, J D
BROOKS, IRA T
BROWN, A. T
BROWN, ARTHUR W
BROWN, DONALD K

Nationality

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

Company name

MINER
ITALIAN

Mine

PICTOU

MINER
MACHINE MAN

45
33

AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN

MINER
MINER

25
25

S
M

SLAV

MINER
TEAMSTER
OPERATOR
MINER

26
58
63
25

EXPLOSION

CLIMAX
CALDIROLA NO. 2

SAM
LAK
FRE

TRIP OF CARS
BLOWN TO PIECES WHILE LOADING HOLES
STRUCK BY A 30-TON TRAVELING CRANE
FALL OF ROOF

KEYSTONE
SLEEPY-HOLLOW
MONARCH NO. 2
BOOK CLIFF

TEL
ELP
GIL
BOU
MES

FALL OF ROCK
DIRT FALLING FROM SIDE OF SHAFT
DROWNED
FALL OF SANDSTONE
PREMATURE SHOT

LAS
ELP
DEL
LAS
LAS
LAK

GAS EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
HAULAGE
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK

TOLLER

S
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM

AMERICAN

MINER
MINER

35

1914MAY8
1905JUN13
1905JAN30
1942JAN12
1907APR11
1926AUG7
1908DEC3

BROWN, JAMES
BROWN, JOHN
BROWN, MAT
BROWN, RAY G
BROWN, ROBERT
BROWN, THOMAS R
BROWN, WILLIAM

AMEERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN

MINER
MINER
MACHINE HELPER
TIMBERMAN
MINER
UTILITY MAN
MINER

29
40
30
38
20
54
50

M
M
M
M
M
M
S

1942JAN14
1894NOV8
1896FEB18
1900APR23

BROWNFIELD, JOHN P
BROWNLEE, WILLIAM
BRUGGER, CHRISTIAN
BRUMAN, JOHN

MINER

21

GERMAN
AUSTRIA

DRIVER

30
28

M
S

1916JUL7
1922JAN20
1895AUG29
1920FEB10
1917DEC22
1924NOV30
1929JAN9
1915JUL27
1911DEC19
1903JUL23

BRUNER, E. W
BRUNNER, HENRY H
BRUNNER, PETER
BRUNO, MATTIO
BRUNTEN, WILLIAM
BRUZES, TONY
BRYANT, DOUGLAS
BRYSON, CLAUDE
BUCKNER, W. B
BUDDA, MARTIN

AMERICAMN

ENGINEER
ELECTRICIAN

29
29

ITALIAN
AMERICAN
GREEK

16

AMERICAN
COLORED
HUNGARIAN

MINER
MACHINE-HELPER
PICK MINER
LABORER
MACHINE RUNNER
MINER
MINER

44
22
29
19
24
42
34

M
S
S
S
S
M
M

1948JAN10
1911OCT30
1899DEC10
1942AUG18
1892AUG29

BUENO, SABINO
BUIC, JOSEPH
BUKJOY, JOHN
BUNICH, DAN
BUNTIN, WILLIAM

TIPPLEMAN
MINER

10

SLAV

46
25

ENGLISH
AMERICAN
SCOTCH

40

S
M

MINER

40

GREEN VAL.
HASTINGS
DELAGUA
CLIMAX

HASTINGS
LAS
STRATTON'S INDEPENDENCE TEL

EXPLOSION
CAGE ACCIDENT

FOX
ROBINSON
LEYDON
IDAHO SPRINGS
MAJESTIC
CALUMET NO. 2
SOUTHWESTERN

BOU
HUE
JEF
CLE
LAS
HUE
LAS

FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
CAVE OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK

TELLURIDE
CHANDLER
VULCAN
CRESTED BUTTE

SAM
FRE
GAR

SLIPPED AND FEEL OFF LADDER


FALL OF COAL
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK

1 UTAH FUEL

SOMERSET

8 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.


WOLF PARK LEASING
HAYDEN BROS. COAL CORP.

MISSOURI
STANDARD
WOLF PARK
HAYDEN

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

1 VICTOR TELLER Co.


1 FOX COAL MINING

RED ELEPHANT MINE


0 CALUMET FUEL CO.
VETA MINES, INC.
BOOK COAL MINING

COLORADO FUEL & IRON

ROBINSON
SUFFIELD
PRYOR

GUN
ELP
GIL
BOU
FRE
ROU
EAG
HUE
LAS
HUE

THOR FUEL

THOR
HASTINGS
LOUISVILLE
PINNACLE
WILLIAMSBURG

LAS
LAS
LAK
ROU
FRE

HAULAGE-SURFACE
FALL OF SLAB OF CLOD
FALLING ORE FROM ROOF
ROOF FALL
FALL OF COAL

BOWEN

LAS

FALL OF ROCK

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
UNITED COAL CO.
SCOTCH

Cause of Death

HUE

45

AMERICAN

County

ENGLE
STEARNS - ROGERS MFG. CO.
CALDIROLA MINING CO.

1917APR27 BROWN, GEORGE F


1904JAN26 BROWN, H S

1906APR26 BUNTON, MAT

Occupation

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children
S

Company name

1904MAY6

BURAGO, ELOGO

MEXICAN

MINER

43

1913OCT20
1912JAN5
1905JUN26
1914MAY22

BURKE, GEORGE
BURKE, GEORGE
BURKE, MIKE W
BURNES, MIKE

AMERICAN
COLORED
IRISH
IRISH

DRIVER
MINER
TIMBERMAN
MINER

38
35
42
55

M
M
S
W

2 NATIONAL FUEL

1898DEC13
1919AUG6
1937SEP12
1913MAY1
1870AUG15

BURNETTE, ROY E
BURNHAM, GEORGE
BURNS, BURTON
BURNS, EDWARD
BURNS, JOHN

ENGLISH
AMERICAN
AMERICAN

MINE FOREMAN
MACHINE RUNNER
MINER
MINER

40
27
15

M
M

7 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.


2 COLORADO & UTAH COAL CO.
BLACK CANON FUEL

1900FEB18
1943OCT23
1887AUG5
1951AUG24
1939MAR12
1895DEC26

BURNS, MICHAEL
BURNS, OTTO
BURNS, PETER
BURROUS, R WENDELL
BURTELL, HUGO
BURTON, ELI

1930JUN7
1902SEP21

BURTON, LORN
BURTON, W. J

1902OCT30
1942AUG17
1938MAR1
1942SEP10
1914JAN30
1942JAN27
1922DEC14

BUSETTI, ZEFERINO
BUSH, ARTHUR JAMES
BUSIN, LUDWIG
BUSSELLE, H W
BUSSETO, JOE
BUSTOS, MAXIMO
BUSTUS, MATT

1898JUN9
1910APR25
1919JAN4
1907JUL12

BUTLER, EARL
BUTLER, S. LEE
BUZZ, HERMAN
BYOLETTE, FRANK

1920MAY19
1910NOV8
1931OCT10
1942JAN27
1942JAN27
1942JAN27
1916JAN6
1918OCT21
1917APR27
1904JAN7

BYOUK, JOE
CABILLA, M
CABLE, BERT G
CABLE, RALPH R
CABLE, RAYMOND P
CABLE, ROSS J
CADDELL, FRED
CADDELL, WILLIAM J
CADERIA, JESUS
CAFFREY, THOMAS

1941NOV13
1930NOV8
1871JUN11
1938SEP25
1941DEC4

CAINE, WALTER DOUGLAS


CAIRNEY, JAMES
CAIS, LANG
CALEGOJ, ANTON
CALHOUN, JAMES H

1933JUN9

CALHOUN, JOHN

11

MACHINE MAN

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
COLORADO COAL AND IRON CO.

MINER
MINER

37

MACHINEMAN
MINER

35
28

miner
MINER

34
49

S
M

ITALIAN

DUMP LESSEE
MINER

71
31

S
M

MEXICAN

PIXK MINER

35

AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN

MINER
MACHINEMAN
MINER

34
30
24

S
M
S

AUSTRIAN
MEXICAN

PICK MINER
MINER
HOISTMAN

20
28
55

S
M
M

AMERICAN
ITALIAN

AMERICAN
SCOTCH
MEXICAN
AMERICAN

ELECTRICIAN
DRIVER
MINER
COAL DUMPER

AMERICAN

LABORER
LOADER

22

22
57
27
35

M
M
M
S

24
39

M
M

CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.

UNITED STATES VANADIUM CORP.


GORDON COAL 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
0
HIGHLAND MARY MINES, INC.
0 ALAMO COAL CO.

32

County

Cause of Death

HEZRON
MONARCH NO. 2
HASTINGS
BOWEN
ALPINE

HUE
BOU
LAS
LAS
GUN

FALL OF ROCK
RUN OVER BY A LOADED CAR
FALL OF COAL
HIT BY A TROLLEY WIRE, ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF ROCK

COLUNBUS
BERWIND
HARRIS
CADDELL
GREGORY SECOND

LAP
LAS
ROU
HUE
GIL

EXPLOSION CAUSED BY SLIP ON CAP


FALL OF ROCK
ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BY BUCKET

SMUGGLER-UNION
WADGE
CRESTED BUTTE
RESERVOIR NO. 22

SAM
ROU
GUN

LISTER

SAJ
BOU

FALLING FROM BUCKET


FACE FALL
FALL OF SLATE
PREMATURE EXPLOSION
SLIPPED & FELL OFF LADDER & FELL 55 FEET
FALL OF COAL

CLIMAX
TYNON

LAK
BOU

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF

PRIMERO
URAVAN
GORDON
CRIPPLE CREEK
CENTRAL MINE
WADGE
MORLEY SLOPE

LAS
MON
HUE
TEL
FRE
ROU
LAS

FALL OF COAL & ROOF


FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
SUFFOCATED
DROWNED BY A RUSH OF WATER
GAS EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK

BIG DICK
GREENVILLE
KLONDYKE
TOLTEC

ELP
LAS
ELP
HUE

FELL INTO SHAFT


FALL OF TOP COAL
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF

ELK MOUNTAIN
DELAGUA
FAUNTLEROY
WADGE
WADGE
WADGE
TURNER
HEZRON
HASTINGS
SUNNYSIDE

GUN
LAS
TEL
ROU
ROU
ROU
HUE
HUE
LAS
BOU

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
EXPLOSION
FALLING DOWN SHAFT

SILVERTON
ALAMO
NAPOLEON-GEORGETOWN
PINNACLE
GARCIA NO. 2

SAJ
HUE
CLE
ROU
LAS

FELL OFF TRAM


FALL OF RIB COAL
EXPLOSION
FALL OF SLATE
ROOF FALL

SARAH S.

LAP

SUFFOCATED

SHENANDOAH DIVES MINING

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.


JAMES H. CALHOUN

OWNER
TRAMMER

0 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL

Mine

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

1897APR6

Name

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

1915DEC2
1918OCT15
1898SEP15
1899JUN18

CALLAHAN, DANIEL
CALLAS, CHRIST
CALLAS, STEVE
CALLEN, GEORGE
CALLICOTT, DAVID

1916DEC20
1889JAN21
1920JUL24
1904OCT28
1920JAN19

CALMETTE, EMIL
CALONNE, ALFRED
CAMARENA, JOE
CAMILLO, JOHN D
CAMP, G I

1899DEC2
1899FEB12
1934OCT18
1899OCT14
1900SEP27
1898NOV21

CAMP, GUS
CAMPBELL, MIKE L
CAMPBELL, WILLIAM S
CAMPION, EDWARD F
CANNA, LOUIS
CANNON, PETER

1909JUN23
1928JUN25

CANTANI, FRANK
CAOMA, JOE

ITALIAN
ITALIAN

MINER
MINER

23
56

1917APR27
1890FEB5
1895AUG29
1900APR27
1909SEP16
1909NOV25
1906JUL16

CAPACO, GEORGE
CARATTO, JOHN
CARBIS, THOMAS
CARBONATO, PAULO
CARBONI, FRANK
CARBONICH, FRANK
CARCICH, JOHN

GREEK

MINER

44

1916JAN18
1915AUG9
1895APR10
1945DEC15

CARDELLA, PHILIP
CARDINALI, LUIGI
CARDONE, ANTONIO
CARESTIA, PAUL

1956APR19
1935MAR8
1902MAR4
1936SEP18
1926SEP13
1927MAY1
1898JAN1
1918OCT13
1890OCT25
1905MAY5

CARGILE, LESTER R
CARIA, CARLOS
CARIOLA, SYLVESTOR A
CARLSON, ANDREW J
CARLSON, ANDY
CARLSON, GUSTAF
CARLSON, JOHN
CARLSON, JOHN
CARLUCI, CARMINE
CARMELETTO, FRANK

1897NOV11
1896FEB18
1896JUN19
1950FEB14
1933FEB10

CARNES, EDWARD
CARNEY, TIM
CAROLINE, ANDY E
CARPENTER, CHARLES H
CARR, FORRESTER

1897MAY29 CARR, WILLIAM

GREEK
GREEK
ENGLISH

DRIVER
HOISTING ENGINEER
MINER

26
25
42

S
S
M

AMERICAN

MINER

24

MEXICAN
ITALIAN

PICK MINER
MINER
TRAM MAN

36
36
52

M
M

SCOTCH

SUPERINTENDENT

30

47

MEXICAN

Company name

ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL


VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
6
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
MARSHALL CONSOLIDATED COAL
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

3 GORDON COAL CO.

3
UNION COAL CO.

ITALIAN
SLAV
SLAVONIAN

MINER
MINER
MINER

33
38
36

S
S
M

ITALIAN
ITALIAN

MINER
MINER
MINER

22
34

S
M

ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL


6 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
CANON MONARCH COAL

SPANISH-AMER
MEXICAN
AMERICAN
SWEDE
SWEDE

PICK MINER

15

35

IDARADO MINING CO.


5 CITY COAL MINES

MASTER MECHANIC
FOREMAN
PICK MINER

16

60
36
52

2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

30

Mine

MINER

45

IRISH

MINER

36

AMERICAN

MACHINE MINER

33

14

Cause of Death

BIG SEVEN SHAFT


GORHAM
PINNACLE
ENGLEVILLE
GALCONDA TUNNEL

GUN
BOU
ROU
LAS
RIG

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

COAL CREEK
MARSHALL NO. 3
STARKVILLE
TERCIO NO. 3

FRE
BOU
LAS
LAS
SAJ

ELECTROCUTED BY LIVE LIGHT WIRES


FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
THROWN INTO TOWER

PORTLAND
LILLIE
GORDON
ENTERPRISE
CAMERON
PORTLAND

TEL
ELP
HUE
DOL
HUE
ELP

EXPLOSION WHEN LOADING HOLES


STRUCK BY DESCENDING CAGE
ELECTROCUTED
FALL FROM LADDER
FALL OF ROOF
DRILLED INTO MISSED HOLE

TOLTEC

HUE
SAM

FALL OF ROCK
CABLE BROKE & DROPPED 45 FEET

HASTINGS
COMO NO. 5
SLEEPY-HOLLOW
CAMERON
BERWIND
LUDLOW
TOBASCO

LAS
PAR
GIL
HUE
LAS
LAS
LAS

EXPLOSION
FALLING BETWEEN MOVING CARS
DROWNED
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF FIREDAMP

GORHAM
PRIMERO
ENGLEVILLE
CANON MONARCH

BOU
LAS
LAS
FRE

FALL OF COAL
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
ELECTRICITY

CITY
MAJESTIC
ROBINSON NO. 4

IMPROPER BLASTING PROCEDURE


FALL OF ROCK
RUNAWAY TRIP
ELECTROCUTED
FAINTED & FELL TO BOTTOM OF WINZE
FALL OF ROCK
INSECURE STAGING
OVERCOME WITH GAS AND FELL
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROOF

AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING

BONCARBO
AMERICAN EAGLE

MARSHALL CONSOLIDATED COAL

MARSHALL NO. 2
STARKVILLE

ELP
LAS
HUE
CLE
LAS
ELP
CLE
BOU
LAS

MONTGOMERY
VULCAN
OLD LOT
TELLURIDE
GARFIELD

BOU
GAR
GUN
SAM
MES

DRILLED INTO UNEXPLODED HOLE


EXPLOSION
FALLING FROM CARPENTER'S TRESTLE
CRUSHED BETWEEN CAR & TIMBER
FALL OF ROCK

NORMAN

ELP

THAWING POWDER

55
ITALIAN

County

TELLURIDE MINES, INC.


1 GARFIELD COAL CO.

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

1946JUN28

Name

1932SEP14
1893JAN10
1928FEB18
1921FEB20

CARRICATO, MARSE
CARRIG, JOHN C
CARROGGOLE, CELESTE
CARROLL, BARNEY
CARROLL, JOSEPH

1904DEC30
1912SEP14
1953SEP8
1918JUN15
1912SEP14

CARROLL, PETER
CARROS, JOHN
CARSON, AMOS A
CARSON, SAUL
CARSTOS, MIKE

1899FEB9
1932FEB6
1942SEP14
1919SEP26
1907JAN23
1887AUG31

CARTER, JOHN
CARTER, SOLAN OTIS
CARTER, WILLIAM T
CARVER, S. E
CASAGRANDE, COSTANTE
CASANO, STEPHEN

1901SEP16 CASANOVA, GEORGE


1917MAY27 CASE, GEORGE

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

Company name

COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.


MASTER MECHANIC
AMERICAN

DRIVER
MINER

IRISH
GREEK

65

UNION PACIFIC COAL


2 BOULDER VALLEY COAL CO.

45
31

MINER
TIMBERMAN

65
32

S
S

AMEREICAN
GREEK

BOSS DRIVER
TIMBERMAN

32
34

M
S

AMERICAN
AMERICAN

MINER
PICK MINER
LEASER
MACHINEMAN
DAY MAN
ROPE RUNNER

51

M
M
M

5
1 DELISA CANON COAL CO.
UNITED GOLD MINES CO.

COLORADO FUEL & IRON

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.

ITALIAN

ITALIAN

ROPE RIDER

1896DEC12
1917JUN9
1938SEP26
1950JUN13
1926AUG9
1896APR1
1897SEP3

CASE, JASON
CASERTA, ISADORE
CASIAS, FRANK
CASIAS, JOE E
CASITTO, DOMINICK
CASKEY, WILLIAM C
CASSAGRANDE, JOE

1936MAR30
1935JUN14
1902AUG7
1930AUG17

CASSAI, DOMENIC
CASSAI, EDWARD
CASSIDY, MIKE
CASSIDY, VIRAN T

ITALIAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN

PICK MINER
PICK MINER
TRACK LAYER
ELECTRICIAN

1910NOV8
1927MAY27
1910NOV8
1907FEB15
1911APR26
1899JAN8
1925OCT29
1882AUG17
1900OCT7
1919MAR31

CASTAGNA, ANNABILLE
CASTAGNA, AUGUST
CASTAGNA, JOHN
CASTELINE, JOE
CASTIO, ISMEL
CASTLE, WILLIAM
CASTLEBERRY, J F
CASTREW
CATARDI, BANAMIO
CATON, HENRY

ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
MEXICAN

MINER
MOTORMAN
TRACKLAYER
MINER
MINER

AMERICAN

MACHINE MINER

AUSTRIAN
FRENCH

PICK MINER

1965DEC28
1918FEB11
1926JAN29
1930AUG13
1922MAR24

CATOOR,
CATTANACCI, LUIGI
CATTANI, ABE
CATTANI, ORESTO
CAUDILLO, MIGUEL

1918JAN18

CAUGHEY, BERT

26

6
70
47
21

15

MINER
MILL ROUSTABOUT

ITALIAN

29

3
4

MINER

MUCKER

GUN

ROOF FALL

LAK
PAR
WEL
OUR

DELAYED IGNITING OF FUSE

PORTER
SUMMIT

LAP
BOU

INDUSTRIAL
SUMMIT

BOU
HUE

FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF SLATE
CRUSHED BY FALLING DRILL PIPE
STRUCK BY ELECTRIC MOTOR
STRUCK BY FALL OF SLATE

PRIMERO
COMO NO. 1

FRE
TEL
TEL
LAS
PAR

CRUSHED BY A LOADED PIT CAR


FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
THROWN FROM TRAIN OF CARS

SPRING GULCH
DELAGUA

PIT
LAS

EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION OF COAL-DUST
FALL OF COAL
ELECTROCUTED
RAN OVER BY CAR
CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK
FELL DOWN SHAFT
THAWING POWDER OVER FORGE FIRE
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT

PIETOU
CUCKOO
CRIPPLE CREEK

COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.


EMPIRE ZINC DIV.

FREDERICK
GILMAN

COLORADO FUEL & IRON

ERA
SUNSHINE
ROBINSON NO. 4
OJO CANON
BOWEN
HAYDEN NO. 3

HUE
HUE
LAS
ROU

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
ELECTROCUTED

LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
ELP
LAS
CHA
LAS
LAS

EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT


EXPLOSION OF COAL-DUST
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
SUFFOCATION BY GAS FROM GAB FIRE
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY BAR
FALL OF ROCK
FOUL AIR
SHOT FIRED AT HIM
GAS EXPLOSION DUE TO ELECTRIC ARC

PIT
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS

IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST


CAUGHT BETWEEN CAR AND ROOF
EXPLOSION OF GAS
CAUGHT BETWEEN ROPE & SHEAVE WHEEL
EXPLOSION

MON

FALL OF ROCK

57
34
27
32

W
S
S
S

4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.


PEACHEY COAL CO.

26
23
42
48
22

M
S
M
S
S

2 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
2 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

42

3 RAPSON COAL MINING CO.

23
38

S
M

2 EMPIRE COAL DO.

DELAGUA
DELAGUA
DELAGUA
BRODHEAD
KENNETH
EL PASO GOLD COIN
RAPSON
BUENA VISTA
ENGLEVILLE
EMPIRE

23
44
28
28

S
W
M
M

MID CONTINENT COAL AND MINE


VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
3 BEAR CANON COAL CO.
3 VICKERS COAL CO.
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

DUTCH CREEK MINE


GRAY CREEK
BEAR CANON NO. 3
KENNETH
SOPRIS

52

CRUSHED UNDER LOADED PIT CAR


FELL FROM PLATFORM 65 FEET

BOU
LAS
EAG
SAM
ELP
GAR

49

30
11

Cause of Death

IBEX
KING
BOULDER VALLEY

ROWLAND (TRINIDAD)

MINE FORMAN

WEIGH-BOSS
LOADER

County

CRESTED BUTTE

34

MINRT

ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
MEXICAN

TWIN T. DRILLING CO.


3 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL

Mine

HAYDEN COAL CO.

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

1938OCT12 CAUMIANT, AUGUST

Company name

McNEIL COAL CORP.

1896MAY22
1910JUN25
1920JAN8
1922DEC29

CAUMO, LEWIS
CAVAR, JOHN
CAVARAS, FRANK
CEDENO, TRINIDAD

1905JUL19
1899SEP7
1909DEC8
1929JAN4
1920JUN13

CEFANO, CASINO
CEMA, LEWIS
CEPRINI, JOSEPH
CERCONE, FRANK
CERIN, JACK

1941JUL14
1906APR22
1904MAY28
1920FEB14
1909MAY4
1942JUL9

CERNIWAY, FRANK
CEROLI, MATT
CERRO, GERLAMO
CERVANTES, PUEBLO G
CERVELLI, DOMENICO
CESARES, TRANQ.

1916DEC9
1925JUL3

CESEROLI, FARICINO
CESSERICH, ROCCO

ITALIAN
SLAV

MINER
PICK MINER

1933JAN29
1912JUN18
1904DEC17
1895MAR27
1899DEC7
1929MAR25
1918DEC5

CESSNA, CHARLES
CGONTOS, GEORGE
CHAIMERS, ARCHIE
CHAMACK, JACOB
CHAMBERLIN, CARL
CHANNELL, GRANVILLE
CHAPMAN, A R

AMERICAN
GREEK
SCOTCH

MINER
ROCKMAN
FOREMAN
MINER

20

AMERICAN
AMERICAN

MACHINE MINER
DRIVER

45

1944SEP1
1900FEB25
1930JAN29
1900APR28

CHAPMAN, WALTER
CHASE, CLARENCE
CHASE, JOHN N
CHATFIELD, FRANK

1909AUG10
1951AUG24
1902APR1
1947JAN20
1953JAN7
1925FEB21
1921MAY5
1929MAR21
1929SEP26
1925MAY29

CHATFIELD, GEORGE M
CHAUSSART, GILBERT F
CHAVEZ, AUGUSTINE
CHAVEZ, C J
CHAVEZ, CELSO
CHAVEZ, E
CHAVEZ, J A
CHAVEZ, JESUS
CHAVEZ, MANUEL
CHAVEZ, SAM

1898JAN6
1919JAN22
1943MAR25
1918AUG19
1928APR21

CHAVEZ, SCIPIO
CHEESEBROUGH, S. J.
CHELON, GEORGE
CHENAN, JASO
CHENICK, MIKE

MEXICAN

AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN

DUMPER
MUCKER
TIMBERMAN
PICK MINER
PICK MINER

1921JUN20

CHEPIRIO, JOE

ITALIAN

MACHINE MINER

SLAV
GREEK
SPANIARD

MINER
PICK MINER
MOTOR MAN

ITALIAN

MINER

ITALIAN
ITALIAN

MINER
MACHINE HELPER
TRAMMER

SLAV
ITALIAN
ITALIAN

1
11

20

WRECKING MILLER
MINER
BOXCAR LOADER
CRUSHERMAN
MINER

13

36
28
24

S
S
M

35

29
40
37

S
S

59
39
28
36
35

M
M
M
M

MOFFAT COAL CO.


2 AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING

COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.


E.M. ROBERTS CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON

MINE FOREMAN

AMERICAN

CAGER

MEXICAN

MINER
MACHINE RUNNER

10

MACHINE MINER
PICK MINER
CAR DROPPER
PICK MINER

MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN

15

County

Cause of Death

McNEIL

ROU

FELL INTO AN ABANDONED AIR SHAFT

CIMERRON
BLACK DIAMOND
OAK HILLS NO. 1
BONCARBO

SAM
LAS
ROU
LAS

FALLING WALL IN STOPE


FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
CAUGHT BETWEEN CAR AND MOTOR

HASTINGS NO. 2
REVENUE TUNNEL
SOMERSET
FREDERICK

LAS
OUR
GUN
LAS
SAM

FALL OF ROCK
FELL DOWN SHAFT
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
CAUGHT IN A DEFECTIVE CHUTE

SILVERTON
CUATRO
SOMERSET

FELL WHILE WRECKING OLD MILL


EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
CRUSHED BETWEEN CHUTE & CAR
CAUGHT BY COLLAR OF JUMPER & CHOKED
GAS EXPLOSION
HAULAGE

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

HASTINGS
DELAGUA

SAJ
LAS
GUN
PUE
LAS
LAS

WALSEN
TOLLER

HUE
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK

MOORE NO. 1
HASTINGS
GORHAM
ACME
LOGAN
BOULDER VALLEY
KING

JAC
LAS
BOU
BOU
BOU
WEL
DEL

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

PINNACLE
BANKER
CLAYTON
LOST DOLLAR

ROU
LAK
WEL
TEL

HAULAGE
FALL FROM BUCKET
CAUGHT BETWEEN EMPTY CAR & RIB
DRILLED INTO UNEXPLODED POWDER

CAPITOL
RESERVOIR NO. 22
HEZRON
FREDERICK
LEADER NO. 2
COLUMBINE
IDEAL
PURITAN
ALAMO NO. 2
CALUMET NO. 1

BOU
HUE
LAS
HUE
WEL
HUE
WEL
HUE
HUE

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

26
32

S
S

COLORADO FUEL & IRON


COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

24
50

W
S
S

3 NORTH PARK COAL CO.


VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.

61
48

M
M

8 BOULDER VALLEY COAL CO.


1 JUANITA COAL & COKE CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

AMERICAN

Mine

40

2 CLAYTON COAL CO.

22

38
37

12
27

26

19
5

40
23

S
M
M
M
M

10
3
6
1

28
38

SOPRIS

15

34
40

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
1 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
CRESTED BUTTE ANTHRACITE

DELAGUA
DELAGUA
SMITH-ANTHRACITE

LAS
TEL
LAS
LAS
GUN

32

0 MUTUAL COAL CO.

MUTUAL

HUE

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.

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

1961JAN14

CHESNIK, L

1923MAR25
1909NOV10
1917OCT30
1933JAN18

CHESS, OSCAR
CHIARO, FELIX
CHIARO, ROCCO
CHICCOVI, JOHN

1891SEP25
1917APR27
1906MAY1
1914NOV21
1945MAR27

CHIDO, THOMAS
CHIEK, MIKE
CHIGGI, TONNY
CHINCHERICK, GEORGE
CHIODA, MUNZIO

1933DEC29
1902JAN24
1936OCT14
1921AUG22
1910JAN31
1922AUG31

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

LOADERMAN
BOHEMIAN
ITALIAN

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

Company name

39
10

4 GARFIELD COAL M & T CO.

County

Cause of Death

SOMERSET

GUN

HAULAGE

GARFIELD
DELAGUA

MES
LAS
PIT
ELB

LIFTING A MINING MACHINE


FALL OF ROCK
CAVE IN OF STOPE
FALL OF SURFACE DEBRIS

CAMERON
HASTINGS
LUDLOW
CENTRAL
GRADEN

HUE
LAS
LAS
FRE
WEL

PIECE OF COAL FROM A BLAST


EXPLOSION
STRUCK BY COAL FLYING OFFA RUNAWAY TRIP
ELECTROCUTED BY POWER LINE
ELECTRICITY

GUN
HUE
FRE
JAC
LAS
SUM

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

SPANIARD

MACHINE MINER
MINER
TIMBERMAN HELPER
RANCHER

POLISH
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN

MINER
CAR COUPLER
MACHINE HELPER

31
23
23

S
S
S

CHIODO, LOUIS
CHIPPINI, VINCENTO
CHIRRI, FRANK
CHIVONS, LEW
CHO, I. C
CHONDRICH, JOE

ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN

ROPE RIDER

23

COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

39
69
45
44

2 GIULIANO & CARPINE COAL CO.

CRESTED BUTTE
HEZRON
CEDAR CANON

3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON

PRIMERO

1910OCT8
1910JAN31

CHOVENSKI, MEKER
CHOY, C. Y

POLE
KOREAN

MINER
MINER

40
33

M
M

3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON


2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON

STARKVILLE
PRIMERO

LAS
LAS

EXPLOSION OF DUST FROM RUNAWAY TRIP


EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST

1896APR21
1930MAH28
1919AUG18
1923MAY21
1922NOV6
1943APR23
1894DEC6

CHRISTIAN, E.
CHRISTIANSEN, LOUIS M
CHRISTOPHER, WILLIAM
CHTELOUGU, MIKE
CHUBA, ANDREW
CHURCH, ELDON C
CHURCHILL, GEORGE

WELDON
WELSH
RUMANIAN
AMERICAN

MACHINE SETTER
FIREBOSS
PICK MINER
DRIVER
MACHINEMAN

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

OAKDALE
OAK HILLS NO. 2
RELIANCE
CANON CITY
NEW CASTLE

LAK
MON
HUE
ROU
HUE
FRE
GAR

FALL OF ORE
STRUCK BY A MACHINE
EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP
FALL OF TOP COAL
ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF ROCK
CAP EXPLOSION

1917APR27
1959NOV16
1915AUG23
1937MAR5

CHURCICH, FRANK
CIANI, LOUIS
CIMILA, ADAM
CIMINO, JOE

AUSTRIAN

36
59
31
60

S
3 ROYAL FUEL
ROUSE COAL MINING CO.

LAS
ROU
LAS
HUE

EXPLOSION

M
S

HASTINGS
CROW BAR
ROYAL
ROUSE

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK

1916FEB5
1911AUG11
1912FEB17
1896FEB18
1926DEC17
1916JAN24
1917APR27
1923SEP24
1913DEC16
1920FEB13

CIMINO, MANUEL
CINCCUHO, PETER
CINCIO, CARMELLO
CINOTTO, LOUIS
CIPOLLINA, JOE
CIPPOLENI, JOE
CIRCO, VINCENZO
CISCO, SILAS
CISPKA, A.
CLAIR, GEORGE

ITALIAN
ITALIAN
TALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN

M
S
M
M
M
S
M

3 RAPSON COAL MINING

0 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.


VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
5

RAPSON
HASTINGS
HASTINGS
VULCAN
ALPINE
CHANDLER
HASTINGS

BULGARIAN
ENGLISH

MINER
MINER
TIMBERMAN
FIREBOSS

53
42
22
40
35
21
39
24
45
62

S
M

CORYELL MINING LEASING


6 McNALLY & THOMPSON

VULCAN
MAITLAND

ELP
LAS
LAS
GAR
GUN
FRE
LAS
SAM
GAR
HUE

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

1957NOV7
1904APR10
1938SEP14
1862JUN24
1932FEB27

CLARADA, BRUCE LEON


CLARICH, JAKE
CLARK, CLAUDE
CLARK, CLEMENT A
CLARK, CLYDE

AUSTRIAN

MINER

26

LESSEE

43
57

CHAIN O'MINES

GUN
BOU
LAK
GIL

SUFFOCATED IN ORE BIN CAVE


FALL OF TOP COAL
MOVING MACHINERY
HANGUP RELEASED AND BLAST OCCURRED
EMPTY CARS COLLIDED WITH A TRUCK

1898SEP8

CLARK, DEL S

EUREKA

GUN

JUMPED FROM WAGON

29
37
41

M
M

Mine

COLORADO COAL & IRON CO.

KOREAN

AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN

MACHINE MINER
PROSPECTOR
MINER
MUCKER

MINER
SALAVAGE
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
SHOT FIRER

16

10
1

30

11

COLORADO CENTRAL COAL & MINE


GRADEN COAL

TRACE ELEMENTS CORP.


BOULDER VALLEY COAL CO.
AMERICAN METALS CLIMAX, INC
S

CRESTED BUTTE
NEW CENTENNIAL

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

SCOTCH

Occupation

1906AUG6

CLARK, HUGO

1934OCT20
1922DEC30
1913JAN2
1900JAN26

CLARK, JAMES
CLARK, JAMES H
CLARK, PERFECTO
CLARK, RICHARD

1896DEC8
1933JAN31
1933SEP5
1899APR24
1890DEC19

CLARK, ROBERT G
CLARK, SAM
CLARK, W P
CLARK, WILLIAM
CLARK, WILLIAM

1934MAY20
1920FEB16
1960MAY5
1926MAY28
1933NOV29
1940AUG31

CLARKE, B L
CLAUDIO, N
CLAUNCH, JOSEPH F
CLEMENTS, R C
CLOSE, VAN
CLOUD, RICHARD H

1951MAR8
1941JUN6

COBB, VERNON F
COCHRAN, CHARLES

HELPER

1949DEC3
1904JAN26
1914NOV23
1871JUN2
1919SEP17
1904JAN26
1909JUN14

COCHRAN, JAMES
COCHRANE, FRANK
COCKRAN, JAMES
COCKRAN, MICHAEL
CODIZIO, JOHN
COGENE, HARRY
COLBERT, JAMES W

LABORER
MINER
TEAMSTER
MINER
ENGINEER
MINER
PAINTER

1887APR26
1896JAN3
1937MAR16
1922JUN15

COLE, EDWARD
COLE, JOHN
COLEMAN, EUGENE
COLGIN, A M

1904OCT28
1921NOV21
1928AUG20
1903JAN23
1954JAN9
1927JUL9
1895DEC15
1892DEC23
1889SEP9
1904JAN26

COLICHIO, AMIGO
COLLETTI, JIM
COLLEY, C D
COLLIER, GEORGE
COLLIER, GLEN L
COLLINS, CHARLES
COLLINS, DOLPHICE
COLLINS, HARRY
COLLINS, JOHN
COLLINS, W B

1889SEP9
1904DEC29
1907MAY11
1911AUG4
1878AUG9

COLLINS, WILLIAM
COLOMBO, MIKE
COLOMBO, SAM
COLOMBO, VENISIANI
COLRGROVE, G. R

1898FEB11

COLTON, CHARLES E

MEXICAN

AMERICAN
AMERICAN
SCOTLAND

Years Mining
Experience

MINER
MINER
DRIFT CONTRACTOR
CAR-OILER

MACHINE MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
NIGHT ENGINEER

23

30
40

ITALIAN

TIMBERMAN
COMPANY MAN

AMERICAN
AMERICAN

FIRE BOSS
MACHINE MINER

14
26

ENGLISH

AMERICAN

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children
S

59
38
17

48
55
54

M
M
M

53
44
40
33
43

S
S
M
M

30

55

M
M

Company name

CHAMPION

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.

2 SHAMROCK COAL CO.


5 MANCOS HILL COAL CO.
1
STANDARD COAL CO.
SUMMIT MINES CO.
GLOBE COAL MINING CO.
Z.H. & W.H. LOWDERMILK CONST
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
3 COLORADO & UTAH COAL CO.
ABANDONED MINE
H. M. WILLIAMSON & SON
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
BECKMAN, INC.
VICTOR TELLER Co.
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON

M
M

3 VICTOR TELLER Co.


C. C. C. CO.

LOADER
MACHINE MAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
WELSH

MINER
MACHINE MINER
MACHINE MINER
NIPPER

AMERICAN

BLACKSMITH

8
28

36
52

CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.

28
34
43
17

M
S
M
S

ROUTT PINNACLE COAL CO.


3 TEMPLE FUEL CO.

County

FALL OF ROOF
FELL DOWN CHUTE
FALL OF ROCK
CAUGHT IN GEAR-WHEEL
PLATFORM FALL

GUN
WEL
MOZ
BOU

THROWN FROM SLED


ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY A PIECE OF COAL
FALLING DOWN THE SHAFT

ROBINSON NO. 2
HARRIS NO. 1
CANNON BALL

PAR
BOU
ROU
HUE
ROU
SAM

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF SLATE
CRUSHED BY EUCLID SCRAPER
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF DRAW ROCK
TRESPASSERS - DISCHARGE OF DYNAMITE

JAMESTOWN
CLIMAX

LAK

FALL OF ROCK DOWN SHAFT


BURIED BY FALLING ROCK

DELAGUA
JOE DANDY
GOLD CAP
SHAMROCK
MANCOS HILL
WALSEN
STANDARD
CAPITOL

STRATTON'S INDEPENDENCE TEL


ROCKVALE
FRE
GLEN ALVIN
CLE
LAK
STRATTON'S INDEPENDENCE TEL
OAK HILLS
ROU
FRE
SAM
LAK
TEL

FALL OF ROCK
PICKING OUT MISSED HOLE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK

TERCIO NO. 3
ROUTT PINNACLE
BRODHEAD NO. 9
PRIMERO

LAS
ROU
LAS
LAS

INDEPENDENCE
ANTHRACITE
WHITE ASH
STRATTON'S INDEPENDENCE

SAM
ELP
GUN
JEF
TEL

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

WHITE ASH
BERWIND
BERWIND
CHANDLER
DIAMOND

JEF
LAS
LAS
FRE
LAP

DROWNED BY INUNDATION OF WATER FROM SHAFT


FALL OF BONE & COAL
ELECTROCUTED ON OTSIDE PIT CAR TRACK
FALL OF SLATE
EXPLOSION

ANCHORIA-LELAND

ELP

STEPPED ITON OPEN SHAFT

FALCON SEABOARD DRILLING CO.

MINER

COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.


GOLDEN FUEL CO.
VICTOR TELLER Co.
GOLDEN FUEL CO.

ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN

DRIVER
MINER
MINER

27
24
23

S
S
S

BURNED IN A FLASH FIRE


CAGE ACCIDENT
RUN OVER BY WAGON
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
CAGE ACCIDENT
STRUCK BY A RUN-A-WAY CAR

ROCKVALE
UNION

55

MINER

Cause of Death

HUE
BOU
LAP
LAS
TEL

BIG FIVE GOLD MINING CO.

45
30

Mine

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

1918JUL2

COMFORT, WILLIAM T

1899APR27
1907DEC30
1927DEC27
1901SEP9

CONAZZA, JOHN
CONDERS, JOE
CONDOR, ANDREW
CONEGLIO, TONY

1917APR27
1961MAY15
1933JAN25
1917MAY4
1950SEP28

CONKAS, TOM
CONKLIN, RICHARD
CONLEY, RALPH
CONNELLEY, DANIEL
CONNORS, ARDEN E

1899NOV13
1897NOV2
1893JAN10
1935DEC13
1887FEB23
1908SEP24

CONNORS, ROBERT
CONRADO, DOMINICK
CONTI, STEPHEN
CONTONI, ALBERTO
CONWAY, FRANK
COOCHIC, MACK

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

FOREMAN MINER
SLAVONIAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN

MINER
MACHINE MINER
MINER

GREEK

MINER

AMERICAN

PICK MINER

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

11

19
26

S
M
M

36
29
40
54

S
M

AUSTRIAN

MINER

20

41

25

COOK, FRED
COOK, KYLE
COOK, THOMAS A
COOK, WILLIAM
COOL, GEORGE
COOLIDGE, WILLIAM K
COONEY, FRANK M

1901SEP28
1937SEP26
1906APR22
1942SEP3

COOPER, WILLIAM
COPLEY, EARL WILLIAM
CORAZ, MIKE
CORBIN, WALTER

1896JAN10
1938DEC5
1945JAN16
1945JAN10
1917JUL15
1916JUL3
1923MAY5
1943AUG30
1906NOV18
1916NOV20

CORBIN, WILLIAM
CORDOVA, ALBERT
CORDOVA, CARLO
CORDOVA, DONACINO
CORDOVA, FRANK MARK
CORDOVA, JUAN
CORDOVA, LEON
CORDOVA, MOYSES
CORDOVA, OLANDRO
CORDOVA, THOMAS

1941APR17
1920JAN6
1938SEP25
1911JUL10
1912OCT15

CORDRAY, ROBERT D
CORNACK, JOHN
CORNISH, FERDINAND
CORNISH, STANLEY J
CORNUSCO, PIETRO

1917APR27 CORRETICH, JOE

POWDER GAS

GIL
HUE
HUE
LAS

CAVING OF ROCK FROM DRIFT


FALL OF SLATE
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK

HASTINGS

OURAY

LAS
LAK
SAM
TEL
OUR

EXPLOSION
ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF DRAW SLATE
FALL OF ROCK
FELL DOWN RAISE

VICTOR
ROCKVALE
KING
CAMERON
EL MORO
LEYDEN

TEL
FRE
PAR
HUE
LAS
JEF

INHALING POWDER SMOKE


FALL
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF TOP COAL
SQUEEZED BETWEEN RIB AND CAR

RED WING
SILVER BELL

MOF
SAM

UNKNOWN
DRILLED INTO UNEXPLODED HOLE

VULCAN
DUTCH CREEK #1 MINE
CITY COAL
HARVEY GAP
BLUE BIRD
SMITH-ANTHRACITE
TOM BOY

GAR
PIT
ELP
GAR
TEL
GUN
SAM

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

MAITLAND
CUATRO
GILMAN

HUE
CLE
LAS
EAG

EXPLOSION
CARBON MONOXIDE GAS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
SUFFOCATED

WINZE TINZE
REX CARBON
GORDON
ROCKVALE NO. 3
FREDERICK

ELP
FRE
HUE
FRE
LAS

SOUTHWESTERN
ALPINE
MIDWAY
STARKVILLE

LAS
GUN
HUE
LAS

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

GOLDEN CYCLE CORPORATION

CRIPPLE CREEK

REGAL COAL CO.

REGAL
GULCH
ROBINSON

TEL
SAJ
BOU
PIT
HUE

CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO CARS & MOVING TRAIN


CHEST CRUSHED WHEN CAR TIPPED OVER
ELECTROCUTED
CRUSHED BETWEEN CARS
CRUSHED BETWEEN ROOF AND LOADED CAR

HASTINGS

LAS

EXPLOSION

1 PURITY COAL CO.

J.A. PARKS CONST. CO.


2 WM. MARRIOTT

UNION PACIFIC COAL


0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON CO.
COLOWYO COAL CO.

AMERICAN

MINER

AMERICAN
AMERICAN

PICK MINER

AMERICAN
COLORED
SLAV

MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN

47
8

M
S

CORYELL MINING LEASING


MID CONTINENT Resources Incorporated
1 COLORADO SPRINGS CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

FEED COAL CRUSHER

46

2 CRESTED BUTTE ANTHRACITE M.

BLUSTER
MUCKER
MINER
MINER

38
31
38
42

M
M
S
W

22

33
37
42

M
M
M

45
45

M
M

TRACKMAN
MOTORMAN'S HELPER

28
36

ENGLISH
ITALIAN

HELPER
MINER

26
45

S
M

AUSTRIAN

MINER

23

MEXICAN
MEXICAN

DRIVER
MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER
FIREMAN

45

30

GRIFFITH LEASING CO.


COLORADO FUEL & IRON
EMPIRE ZINC CO.
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.

Cause of Death

LAK

COMPANY HAND
PICK MINER

County

GOLD DIRT
MAITLAND
RELIANCE
HASTINGS NO. 2

IDARADO MINING CO.

AMERICAN

Mine

33

1951FEB11 COOK, ARTHUR


1897NOV13 COOK, ERICK
1913DEC16
1981APR15
1927JAN14
1926JAN23
1899NOV20
1921NOV29
1895SEP30

Company name

MARRIOTT

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

1907MAY10 CORRICK, TONY

Nationality

Occupation

POLANDER
ITALIAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
GREEK

MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER

COSTAS, JIM
COSTELLI, TELESOFORE
COSTILLANO, JAMES
COSTO, MARTINO
COSTOR, RAY

GREEK
ITALIAN

COTTLE, ROBERT
COTTON, JOSEPH
COUGHLIN, JAMES
COUPLA, JOHN
COURTAD, GEORGE
COURTIER, DORIS

1917APR27
1920MAR4
1914NOV3
1910AUG5

CORTESE, MIKE
CORTEZ, FELIPI
CORTEZ, JOSE
COSMADAKIS, JOHN

1917APR27
1910NOV30
1893APR20
1907APR6
1926FEB27
1896FEB18
1926OCT28
1884JAN24
1901NOV27
1924AUG25
1913FEB22

1917JAN10 COUTTS, THOMAS


1907OCT30 COVI, ALEXANDER
1922MAR24
1939APR23
1914DEC3
1926DEC20
1902JUL28
1910NOV26
1900JAN6

COVI, MAX
COVINGTON, BEN F
COWAN, CHARLES SR.
COWAN, JOSEPH A JR.
COWAN, THOMAS
COWERSHAW, JOHN
COWIE, WILLIAM

1917JAN1
1936NOV24
1927MAY27
1961MAY9

COWLISHAW, GEORGE
COWLISHAW, LEONARD
COWSILL, WILLIAM
COX, CLARENCE R

1919DEC8
1891DEC5
1895MAY10
1907JUN29
1888JAN3
1928NOV24
1923DEC27
1919MAR31
1929JUN24
1897JUN19

COX, HARRY L
COX, JAMES
COX, SYLVESTER
COX, WILLIAM
COX, WILLIAM
COX, WILLIAM J
COY, GLEN
COZZETTI, MIKE
CRAIG, WILLIAM F
CRANE, NATHAN A

1896JUN8
1947SEP10
1913DEC16
1913DEC16
1902AUG7

CRAPA, PHILLIP
CRAVEN, JOE E
CRAWFORD, CLINT
CRAWFORD, L. L
CREECH, H.

1884JAN24

CREELMAN, JOHN

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death
30

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children
S

31
35
22
30

M
M
S
M

MINER
MINER

30
23

S
S

ITALIAN
AMERICAN

MINER
DAY MAN

27
32

S
M

AMERICAN
AMERICAN

MINER
ROCKMAN

21
24

S
M

AMERICAN

PROSPECTOR
DRIVER

60
19

ITALIAN

MILL MAN
MINER

27
19

MACHINE RUNNER
CHUCK TENDER
SUPERINTENDENT
MACHINE HELPER

44
22
73
19

Company name

3
4 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
4

VICTOR COAL AND COKE CO.


8

ITALIAN

AUSTRIAN
SCOTCH
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
ENGLISH
AMERICAN
ENGLISH

2 RAPID CREEK MINING & POWER


2 PACIFIC COAL M. CO.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON

FIREBOSS
FIREBOSS
PICK MINER
TRACKMAN

34

21
24

LABORER

42
41
45
23

ROUTT COUNTY FUEL

N
S
M
S
M
M

4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.


WARNER CONSTRUCTION CO.
7
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
1 MCLEARN MERCANTILE CO.
2

M
M
M

3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON


2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
1 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.

COMPANY MAN

AMERICAN

DRIVER
TRAMMER
PICK MINER
ORE CRUSHER MAN

ITALIAN

AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN

MINER
SLUSHER OPERATOR
LOADER
MINE FOREMAN
DRIVER

19

37

36
19
33
60

24
30
38

M
S

M
S
M
S

JEF

FALL OF ROOF

LAS
LAS
HUE
GUN

EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BETWEEN TWO LOADED CARS
FALL OF ROOF

HASTINGS
RAVENWOOD
VICTOR
HASTINGS
GENTER

LAS
HUE
LAS
LAS
GUN

EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROOF

VULCAN
CADDELL
CRESTED BUTTE
REX NO. 1
PINNACLE

GAR
HUE
GUN
BOU
HUE
ROU

EXPLOSION
FALLING OFF A SKIP
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BETWEN TWO LOADED CARS

QUINTO

BOU
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF

LAS
SUM
DEL
FRE
LAS
TEL

EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION WHILE LOADING A HOLE
PRECIPITATED OFF A TRESTLE
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
FALL OF COAL
CAUGHT IN GEAR FROM FURNACE

HUE
LAS
LAS
LAK

STRUCK BY A RUNAWAT CAR


FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF COAL-DUST
CRUSHED BY LOOSE GROUND

WAYTO WEATTH

ELP
GUN
LAS
BOU
FRE
BOU
TEL
LAS
SAJ
CLE

RUN OVER BY A TRAIN


FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS (CH4)
FALL OF ROCK
PREMATURE BLAST
FALL OF COAL & ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
GAS EXPLOSION DUE TO ELECTRIC ARC
FELL IN A CONVEYOR BELT
CAVE IN OF OPEN CUT

ENGLEVILLE
CLIMAX
VULCAN
VULCAN
BOWEN

LAS
LAK
GAR
GAR
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
DUST EXPLOSION
DUST EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION

CRESTED BUTTE

GUN

EXPLOSION OF GAS; BD. PITTSDBURG, PA

SOPRIS
BLACK DIAMOND
KENWOOD
RIFLE
BOWEN
ONEIDA REDUCTION MIL
PICTOU
FREDERICK
DELAGUA

COLORADO COAL AND IRON CO.


2 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
4 EMPIRE COAL CO.

EMPIRE

COLORADO COAL AND IRON

Cause of Death

HASTINGS
DELAGUA
LESTER
FLORESTA

ANTHRACITE
SOPRIS
GORHAM
COAL CREEK NO.2
VULCAN

CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.


CORYELL MINING LEASING
1 CORYELL MINING LEASING

County

LEYDON

35
COLORADO FUEL CO.

AMERICAN

Mine

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children
M

1907JUL1

CRESCENTIA, BATIST

ITALIAN

MINER

57

1917APR27
1942JAN27
1904MAR23
1911SEP19

CRESEVIK, JOHN
CRETON, SEVERIN, P
CREW, FRANK
CRIST, HARRY

AUSTRIAN

MINER

38

SLAV
GREEK

ROADMAN
MINER

39
21

S
S

1917APR27
1929JAN31
1900JAN8
1897OCT27
1946JAN4

CRISTULAKIS, GUST
CROMAN, FRANK
CROSS, JACOB
CROSS, MIKE
CRUMP, MARTIN

GREEK

MINER
LEASER & MINER

23
62
38

S
S
S

1896APR16
1894JUL13
1896OCT6
1921MAR1
1930OCT2
1885MAR3

CRUZ, ANDREAS
CRUZ, HANARIO
CRUZ, J. B
CRUZ, MANUEL
CRUZ, SALVADOR A
CRUZE, SALVADOR

1961JUN24 CSEGEZI, LASZLO


1910DEC14 CSKATTI, FRANK

Company name

BERWIND
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

AMERICAN

MINNEQUA FUEL
MINER
MINER
ROPE RIDER
MACHINE MINER
MINER

BOHEMIAN
ITALIAN
COLORED

COLORADO FUEL & IRON


COLORADO FUEL & IRON
40
44

M
M

0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.


2 NATIONAL FUEL CO.

TIMBERMAN

24
40

GEORGE V. LIVERMAN
4 LEYDEN COAL

42
30
63
32
41

ITALIAN
SCOTCH

MINER
LOADER
MINER
MINE FOREMAN
AST. FOREMAN

M
M
M

9
4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
4 CEDAR HILL COAL & COKE
UNITED STATES VANADIUM CORP.

AMERICAN

CARPENTER

60

2 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.

ITALIAN
SLAV

TIMBERMAN
MINER

54
32

M
M

TRAMMER

45

TRAMMER

22

1900JAN9
1901AUG3
1902DEC15
1932OCT6
1916MAY20
1955JAN1
1895OCT15

CUCCIO, MIKE
CULBERSON, SAM
CULLEN, L.
CUNICO, NELLO
CUNNINGHAM, ALEXANDER
CUNNINGHAM, HAROLD
CUNNINGHAM, S. J

1925NOV21
1899OCT26
1908OCT2
1912OCT11

CUPON, A J
CUPPLES, SAMUEL L
CURANO, ANTON
CURIC, JOAN

1896MAY6
1917JUN16
1896OCT7
1928MAY15
1897MAY29
1899MAY31
1899FEB22
1910OCT8
1921JAN8
1910JAN31

CURNOW, WILLIAM
CURRAN, EDWARD
CURREN, J. W
CURRY, VERNON
CURTIS, FRANK
CURWEN, HENRY
CUTRO, JOHN
CYSZ, JOHN
DAANDREA, JOHN
DABOSEK, MARTIN

1912AUG26
1942FEB5
1901NOV20
1910MAR4
1924DEC27

DACHOFF, JOHN
DAHLKE, HERMAN
DAHLSTROM, EMIL
DAILEY, MIKE
DAILY, WILLIAM H

AMERICAN
AMERICAN

PUMPMAN
PICK MINER

1928JUN27

DAIZ, PATRICIO

MEXICAN

PICK MINER

14
25

14

ITALIAN
POLE
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN

MINER
MINER
MACHINE MINER
DRIVER

BULGARIAN

MINER
HOISTMAN

40

MORGAN
NEW CASTLE
MORNING GLORY

LAS
PIT
ROU
GAR
HUE

EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
MACHINERY

BERWIND
SOPRIS
WALSEN
KEBLER NO. 1
PURITAN
WALSEN

LAS
LAS
HUE
HUE
WEL
HUE

FALL OF "BONEY"
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
SQUEEZED BETWEEN CAR & RIB
FALL OF COAL & ROCK
FALL OF SLATE

LEYDEN

MES
JEF

HEAD CAUGHT BETWEEN RIB & STEERING WHEEL


FIRE

HASTING'S NO. 1
BRODHEAD NO. 3
PIKEVIEW
KEBLER NO. 2
TOLLER

LAS
LAS
ELP
HUE
LAS

TOM BOY

SAM

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF COAL
RUNAWAY OF FOURTEEN CARS
ROASTER ARM. BROKEN NECK
CAVE OF GROUND

PINNACLE
OIL CREEK TUNNEL
PRYOR
RAVENWOOD

ROU
TEL
HUE
HUE

KILLED BY A MORTAR BOX


STRUCK UNEXPLODED POWDER
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK

BON AIR

LAK
LAK
ELP
TEL
ELP
TEL

NORMAN
INDEPENDENCE
BERWIND
STARKVILLE
MONARCH NO. 2
PRIMERO

LAS
BOU
LAS

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

BOU
MON
SAM
LAS
DEL

POWDER EXPLOSION
PINNED BY CAR
FIRE
CAUGHT BETWEEN MOTOR AND CAR
FALL OF COAL

20

LAS

CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO PIT CARS

25
37
63
21

S
M
M
S

29
44

M
M

50
38

S
M

0 JUANITA COAL & COKE CO.

INDUSTRIAL
URAVAN
SMUGGLER UNION
BERWIND
KING

41

0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

FREDERICK

3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON


0 NATIONAL FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
1
UNITED STATES VANADIUM CORP.

Cause of Death

FALL OF ROOF
EXPLOSION
GAS EXPLOSION
HIT BY MINE CARS
HIT BY CARS

GOLD COIN
AMERICAN

County

LAS
LAS
ROU
LAS
HUE

HASTINGS
WADGE
DELAGUA NO. 5
BIG FOUR
HASTINGS

MINER

MEXICAN
MEXICAN

Mine

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

Company name

Mine

County

Cause of Death

1897NOV21 DALANELLIS, JOSEPH

IOWA

1901SEP16
1905JUL23
1910NOV8
1921APR11

DALDOUS, PETE
DALDUE, NICK
DALIPICOLI, GIOVANI
DALLEFESTI, JOE

SPRING GULCH
TERCIO
DELAGUA

SAJ
PIT
LAS
LAS
SAM

1905MAY
1959SEP17
1917SEP12
1934DEC10
1913APR15

DALLOP, JAMES
DALTON, CECIL
DALTON, GEORGE W
DALY, JOHN J
DAMI, NARSO

GREENVILLE

LAS

BLACK DIAMOND
MONARCH NO. 2
PINNACLE

LAS
BOU
ROU

1941OCT11
1893JAN10
1942FEB28
1934MAR25
1915DEC30
1901FEB8

DAMIANA, ALEX J
DANA, JOSEPH
DANIEL, WYATT A
DANIELS, JOHN
DANJINOVICH, JOE
DANKO, JOHN

EAGLE
KING
URAVAN
SLIDE
PRIMROSE
ROUSE

WEL
PAR
MON
BOU
LAS
HUE

RIB FALL

1910OCT7
1898JAN14

ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN

DRIVER
MINER
TIMBERMAN

20
28
41

S
S

AUSTRIAN

MINER
MINER
ENGINEER
SWITCHMAN
MINER

45

AMERICAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN

35
18
37

M
W
M

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

LEON WHATLEY, LESSEE


2 CEDAR HILL COAL & COKE
0 NATIONAL FUEL CO.
5 ROUTT COUNTY FUEL

FACEMAN

NATIONAL FUEL
UNION PACIFIC COAL
UNITED STATES VANADIUM CORP.

DRILLED INTO UNEXPLODED BLAST


EXPLOSION
CAUGHT BETWEEN TRIP OF CARS & RIB
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
STAGING BROKE
FALL OF ROOF
CRUSHED BETWEEN SLAB & MACHINE
CAUGHT IN HOISTING MACHINERY
CAUGHT BETWEEN FLY WHEEL & WALL
FALL OF ROOF

AUSTRIAN
SLAVONIAN

MILL OPERATOR
MINE FOREMAN
MINER
MINER

27
57
25
18

M
M
M

0 PRIMROSE COAL

DANOFF, GEORGE
DARNELL, JOHN

BULGARIAN

MINER

48

INDUSTRIAL
MONUMENT

BOU
TEL

FALL OF ROCK
BLAST EXPLODED WHILE LIGHTING FUSE

1932MAY13
1932MAY13
1939DEC2
1910JAN31
1910NOV8
1899AUG1
1909JUN4

DARR, JAMES
DARR, WILLIAM
DAUBENSPECK, ELBERT W
DAUGHERTY, REUBEN
DAUGHERTY, JAMES
DAVENPORT, JOHN J
DAVIDE, GIACOMO

AMERICAN
AMERICAN

47
24
49
38
24

M
S
M
M
S

HAPPY CANON
HAPPY CANON

AMERICAN
AMERICAN

PICK MINER
PICK MINER
SHOVELER
DRIVER
DRIVER

ITALIAN

MINER

52

MON
MON
SAM
LAS
LAS
TEL
LAS

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

1942MAR7
1884JAN24
1960MAR14
1943OCT29

DAVIDSON, JOHN C
DAVIDSON, WILLIAM
DAVIES, ALBERT H
DAVIES, CARADOC

LAS
GUN
PAR

HAULAGE
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
CRUSHED UNDER A 12-INCH WATER LINE
RUNOVER BY CAR

1945OCT18
1904APR5
1888AUG9
1913DEC16
1933MAR11
1934AUG15
1922MAY9
1918NOV4
1902NOV11
1956JUN27

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

DELAGUA
GARFIELD-VULCAN
ROCKVALE

BOU
JEF
FRE
GAR
PAR
ARC
LAS
GAR
FRE

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

1934MAR13
1898SEP3
1910NOV8
1912MAY27
1924NOV20

DAVIS, G L
DAVIS, GEORGE
DAVIS, JERRY
DAVIS, JOHN
DAVIS, JOHN L

LINCOLN
VINDICATOR
DELAGUA
KUBLER
YAMPA

CLE
ELP
LAS
GUN
ROU

FALL OF ROCK
EXPLODED WHILE LEAVING HOLE
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF TOP COAL
FALLING OFF CAR

HASTINGS

LAS

EXPLOSION

1917APR27 DAVIS, R. L

30
1

57
57

DISTRICT REP.

JAMES DARR
BUTTERFLY CONSOLIDATED MINES
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

HUERFANO COAL
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
BLUE RIVER CONSTRUCTORS
UNITED MINE WORKERS

LUDLOW
CRESTED BUTTE

PITTSBURG COAL

PITTSBURG
LEYDON
ROCKVALE NO. 4
VULCAN

AMERICAN

MINER

22

AMERICAN

DRIVER

AMERICAN
WELSH
WELSHMAN

MACHINEMAN
MACHINE MINER
COMPANY MAN
MINER

25
45
35
43
45
56

S
S
S
M
S

MACHINEMAN

40

ALMA LINCOLN MINING CO.

AMERICAN
COLORED
WELSH

NIPPER
MINER
DRIVER

16
52
48

S
M
M

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

AMERICAN

DRIVER

38

12

PRIMERO
DELAGUA
CLIMAX
STARKVILLE

C. C. C. CO.
CORYELL MINING LEASING
LONDON MOUNTAIN GOLD MINING
E. H. HONNEN CONST. CO.
4 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
CORYELL MINING LEASING

PORTLAND

IDARADO MINING CO.

32

3 YAMPA FUEL CO.

CAUGHT CLOTHING IN SHAFT


STRUCK HEAD ON ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

1936JAN20

Name

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

DAVIS, STEVE
DAVIS, THOMAS
DAVIS, W. T
DAVIS, WALTER
DAVIS, WILLIAM A

WELSH
AMERICAN
AMERICAN

FIRE BOSS
ROPE-RIDER
MOTORMAN

15

1915JUL19
1919JUN19
1960APR15
1950SEP30
1936JUL8
1921NOV9
1938DEC22
1934MAR26
1907NOV22

DAVIS, WILLIAM F
DAYWALT, FRANK
DEAN, LEONARD
DEAN, LLOYD CHARLES
DEAN, WILLIAM

AMERICAN

LOADER
TIMBERMAN

25

AMERICAN
COLORED

DRIVER
MINER

13

1942APR2
1946MAY13
1910APR14
1929DEC10
1922JUL6
1909JUL17

DeANGELENO, BLISS
DeANGELIS, PIETRO
DeANGELO, TONY
DEBORSKI, JOHN
DeCALLIS, TONY
DECAMILLO, CHARLES

MACHINEMAN
ITALIAN
POLE
ITALIAN

MINER
PICK MINER
FIREMAN
MINER

1908MAR20 DECAMILLO, SALVADORE


1890JAN31 DECAMP, JUSTINA

ITALIAN

MINER

1904MAY20
1926MAR19
1918MAY18
1946JAN24
1897JAN12
1904OCT28
1914JUL17

DECARIO, ANTONIO
DECKER, CHARLES
DEEDS, MANNIE
DeFELICE, FELIX
DEGARINO, P. A
DeGIACOMO, MIKE
DEGIORGIS, GEORGIO

ITALIAN
AMERICAN

1904OCT28
1885NOV13
1950MAR18
1908SEP1

DeGREGORIO, ROCCO
DEGROSSLER, NAPOLEON
DeHERRERA, JOSE L
DEITREZ, CONSTANT

1910MAY12
1936SEP11
1917APR27
1910NOV8
1903FEB26
1898MAY19
1906APR22
1917JAN26
1906APR22
1906APR22

DEJAGAMA, L
DeJEFFY, ARCHIE
DeKLEVA, TONY
DELA, JOE
DELAMO, MIKE
DELANCEY, W. A
DELANEY, CHARLES
DELANEY, E. G
DELANEY, ERNEST
DELANEY, FRED

1895FEB5
1927SEP24
1922MAR24
1916OCT14
1942JUL23

DELANEY, JAMES
DELAURENTE, ALEX
DELDOSSO, PETE
DELDUCA, NICK
DELEON, HERMAN

1939JUL8

DELEZ, LOUIS

28

MINER
MUCKER

Age at
Death
44
33
34
29

Marital Number of
Company name
Status Surviving
Children
M
0 NATIONAL FUEL CO.

WEL
PIT
WEL
WEL
HUE

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

MIDWAY

CHA
WEL
LAS
BOU
FRE
HUE

EXPLOSION WHILE PICKING


HAULAGE
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
FALL OF ROCK
BLOOD POISONING
FALL OF ROOF

AJAX COAL CO.

MORLEY
AJAX

LAS
BOU

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF SLATE

EAST PORTAL

ROUSE NO. 1
MOFFAT
PIKEVIEW
ADSIT TUNNEL
TERCIO NO. 3
HESPERUS

HUE
GIL
PIT
ELP
BOU
LAS
LAP

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
LOST BALANCE AND FELL ON HEAD
ROOF FALL
EXPLOSION WHILE LOADING HOLES
EXPLOSION
FALL OF COAL

TERCIO NO. 3
BULL DOMINGO
BONCARBO
NONPAREIL

LAS
CUS
LAS
BOU

EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION/FIRE
HEART ATTACK
GAS EXPLOSION

COLORADO FUEL & IRON

MAJESTIC
MOFFAT NO. 2
HASTINGS
DELAGUA
REX NO. 1
DARCUS
CUATRO

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

COLORADO FUEL & IRON


COLORADO FUEL & IRON

CUATRO
CUATRO

LAS
ROU
LAS
LAS
BOU
ELP
LAS
JAC
LAS
LAS

EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT


EXPLPOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT

VULCAN
CALUMET NO. 1
SOPRIS
CHANDLER
PEAKS

GAR
HUE
LAS
FRE
HUE

FALL OF ROCK
ELECTROCUTED
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
HEART

SUM

EXPLOSION OF DYNAMITE

BRUSH

6 BOULDER VALLEY COAL CO.

BOULDER VALLEY

30
30

M
M

McNEIL COAL CORP.


5 McNEIL COAL CORP.

STERLING
STERLING
PINON

21

23
45
29
35

S
M

3 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.

SALIDA
GRADEN
PRIMERO
INDUSTRIAL

19

KRAMER MINES, INC.


GRADEN COAL

MINER

42
42

S
M

ITALIAN

MINER

51

FRENCH

MINER

45

ITALIAN
FRENCH
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN

MINER
LOADER
MINER
NIPPER
MINER

19
41
27
16
15

S
M
S
S
S

FRENCH
FRENCH
FRENCH

VISTING FATHER
MINER
MINER
MINER

ITALIAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN

MINER
MACHINE HELPER
MACHINE MINER
MINER

2 PORTER FUEL

HIGINIO CORDOVA

MKINER

26
18
48

S
M

27
24
24

M
M
M

57

Cause of Death

GAS EXPLOSION
SQUEEZED BETWEEN A PITCAR & SNOWSHED
ELECTRIC SHOCK
SLAB FALLING FROM ROOF
FELL FROM DERRICK

57
45

ITALIAN
ITALIAN

County

BOU
ROU
LAS
DOL

YAMPA VALLEY COAL


2 TEMPLE FUEL
RICO ARGENTINE MINING CO.
ADAMS DRILLING CO.

PIKES PEAK FUEL

15

MONARCH NO. 2
YAMPA VALLEY NO. 1
BRODHEAD

S
M

25
22

29

Mine

2 MOFFAT COAL CO.


VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

2 CALUMET FUEL CO.


1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
4 VICTOR AMERICAN FUEL CO.
PEAKS COAL
HERCULES MINING CO.

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

Occupation

1952MAR16 DELLACROSE, M

LOADER

1902MAR27
1918MAY29
1920JUL5
1927MAY27

DELLEHANTY, PATRICK
DELMAR, JOHN A
DELNOSTIA, JOE
DELORA, JOHN

ITALIAN
ITALISN

MACHINE RUNNER
TRANSFROM BUILDER
MACHINE MINER
NIPPER

1909AUG3
1892OCT8
1927MAY27
1917APR27
1909SEP30

DELOST, CARMEN
DELOURY, RICHARD
DELUCA, CHARLES
DELY, ALEX
DeMARCO, EGILIO

ITALIAN

MINER

1913SEP10
1893OCT21
1920JUN29
1918MAY16
1897JUL22
1910OCT13

DEMCHYSHAK, MIKE
DEMENT, A. L
DEMITEO, NICK
DEMITRO, PHILPI
DEMSHOIR, ANTONE
DENARDO, JOE

1892JUN21
1920JAN12

DENEHY, THOMAS
DENNIS, AUGUST

1947JUL11
1897MAY17
1918NOV23
1921JUN15
1910NOV5
1906APR22
1925SEP25

DENNISON, ROBERT
DENNSRO, JOHN P
DENNY, CLAUDE T
DENNY, JOHN
DENTON, ARTHUR
DEPASSE, JOE
DEPEDRO, NICK

1930FEB18
1910OCT8
1893JAN10
1925OCT23

DERMIC, TONY
DERMICH, JOE
DEROCK, CHARLES
DERRERA, GAVINE

1910DEC12
1936JAN20
1910NOV8
1910NOV8
1910NOV8
1891OCT14
1947SEP5
1947FEB20
1897DEC1
1896JAN4

DeSALVO, MIKE
DeSANTIS, ANTHONY
DESANTOS, CAMILLA
DESANTOS, ORAZIO
DESANTOS, RAFFAEL
DESIDERIS,FRANK
DESNICA, GEORGE
DeSOTO, FERN.
DETADO, FRANK
DEUSMORE, JOESPH

1939JUN25
1957SEP26
1910DEC14
1946FEB28
1957AUG12

DeVELBESS, ALVIN
DeVENCINTIS, FELIX
DEVEY, ELI
DEWITT, TOM RICHARD
DEXTER, WILLIAM H

1917APR27 DIAKAS, JOHN

MEXICAN
GREEK
ITALIAN

NIPPER
MINER
MINER

AUSTRIAN

TIMBERMAN

RUMANIAN
GREEK

MACHINE MINER
MINER

ITALIAN

MINER

GERMAN

MACHINE MINER
ELECTRICIAN

MACEDONIAN
AMERICAN
FRENCH
AMERICAN

PICK MINER
DRIVER
MINER
MACHINE MINER

SERIVAN

TRACKMAN
MINER

AMERICAN

TIMBERMAN

ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN

MINER
SHOT FIRER
MINER
MINER
MINER
SHAFTMAN
LOADERMAN
MINER

Years Mining
Experience
25

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

Company name

43

Mine

PIKEVIEW

34
36
22

M
M

32

18
30
33

S
M
S

31

50
45

M
M

50

17

55

51

69

45
37
21
28
19

S
S
M
S

43
20

M
S

21

19
38
44
44
45

S
M
M
M
M

5
15

CITY NO. 1
DELAGUA

ROOF FALL
BLAST
ELECTROCUTED BY HIGH TENSION WIRE LINE
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF COAL-DUST

MORLEY
SUNSHINE
DELAGUA
HASTINGS
REX NO. 2

LAS
GAR
LAS
LAS
BOU

FALL OF COAL
EXPLOSION OF COAL DUST
EXPLOSION OF COAL-DUST
EXPLOSION
FALL OF TOP COAL

STANDARD
PICTOU
GRANT
MOFFAT NO. 2
TOMBOY
ROCKVALE

BOU
HUE
WEL
ROU
SAM
FRE

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF PILLAR COAL
ROCK FALLING DOWN ORE CHUTE
FALL OF ROCK

COLORADO FUEL AND IRON CO.


McNALLY & THOMPSON

ANTHRACITE
MAITLAND

GUN
HUE

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK

ROBERT DENNISON HALL BROS.

KENNETH
BLUE BIRD

LAS
TEL
SAM
ROU
LAS
LAS
BOU

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

EAGLE
STARKVILLE
KING
ROYAL

EAG
LAS
PAR
LAS

RUN OVER BY TRUCK


EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP

ROCKVALE
MONARCH NO. 2
DELAGUA
DELAGUA
DELAGUA
CAMERON
LEADVILLE
PICTOU
COAL CREEK
ANNA LEE

FRE
BOU
LAS
LAS
LAS
HUE
LAK
HUE
FRE
ELP

FALL OF ROCK
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

47
26

WHISTLEPUNK

44

LAK

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK & MAN
FIRE
ROOF FALL
IMPROPER BLASTING PROCEDURE

AMERICAN

MINER

35

GREEK

MINER

23

7 COLORADO SPRINGS CO.


0 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
1
1 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
COLORADO FUEL AND IRON CO.
0 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
1 MOFFAT COAL

AMALGAMATED DEVELOPMENT CORP ELK CREEK


THOMPSON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
CUATRO
BIG FOUR COAL & COKE CO.
CENTENNIAL
EMPIRE ZINC CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
UNION PACIFIC
2 ROYAL FUEL CO.
6
2
4
4

Cause of Death

ELP
HUE
JEF
ELP
LAS

PICTOU NO. 1
12
6

County

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.

LEYDEN
WADGE

JEF
ROU

HASTINGS

LAS

FALL OF ROCK

EXPLOSION

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

1895JUN21

Name

1920JUL29
1900APR14
1917APR27
1917APR27

DIAMONETTA, BATISTA
DIANA, JOE
DIAZ, AUGUSTINO
DIAZ, PEDRO
DIAZ, SAVERIANO

1931OCT23
1919MAR14
1899MAR23
1912JUN18
1935NOV12

DICACOMO, LORENZO
DICCA, JOHN
DICHELLES, JOHN
DICHIAZZO, PIETRO
DIEHL, LEONARD S

1912JUN18
1931OCT23
1902DEC10
1939OCT9
1915OCT31
1887NOV14

DIETUAZZO, PETRO
DIGACOMO, SAM
DIGEOCOMO, DONITO
DIGHERA, JOE
DIGIACOMO, PETER
DIJACIMO, ANTONIA

Nationality

ITALIAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN

Occupation

DRIVER

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

MINER
MINER

31
24
26
35

PICK MINER
LABORER
MINER
MINER

16
33
23
30
69

ITALIAN

MINER

ITALIAN
ITALIAN

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

LAS
ROU
LAS
TEL

EXPLOSION OF GAS
FALL OF BONY COAL
CRUSHED UNDERA RAILROAD CAR
GAS EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK

GIULIANO & CARPINE


4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO COAL AND IRON CO.

HASTINGS
OLD FERRELL
MAJESTIC
CEDAR CANON
BERWIND
COAL CREEK NO. 2

LAS
LAS
LAS
FRE
LAS
FRE

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

MINER

50

COLORADO COAL & IRON CO.

COAL CREEK NO. 2

FRE
LAK

KILLED BY SLOT THROUGH TO HIS ROOM


STRUCK ON THE RIBS BY IRON BAR

COLORADO FUEL & IRON


VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

ALPINE NO. 2
PRIMERO
CHANDLER
SOPRIS
MONARCH
TOLLER

GUN
LAS
FRE
LAS
TEL
BOU
LAS

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

TOLLER
OAKDALE

LAS
HUE

INTERNATIONAL FUEL
1
UNITED GOLD MINES CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.

35

1902APR22
1913JUN11
1938JAN18
1892FEB27
1917JUN16
1907JAN15
1930MAR18

DIMARCO, PHILLIP
DIMONTE, GIOVANNI
DINARDI, TONY
DINGAO, LOUIS
DINWIDDIE, JOHN W
DIOMENTI, JOSEPH
DIPAOLO, DOMENICK

1927JAN11
1919AUG18
1957APR19
1922JUN20

DIPAOLO, MIKE
DIRCHIO, FRANK
DiRITO, A J
DISANTIS, JOE

ITALIAN

PICK MINER

1923JUL31
1913OCT16
1906FEB19
1910JAN27
1930MAY5
1904MAY14
1910OCT8
1948FEB9
1899JUN9
1917APR27

DISPENZA, JIM
DIVINCENZI, CRISANTO
DIVIZIO, P.
DIXON, GEORGE
DLUGOPOLSKI, WALTER
DOBBINS, JOHN
DOBRANSKI, JOSEJ
DODD, FRANK
DODGE, WILLIAM
DOLAN, FRANK

ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
POLE
AMERICAN
POLE

PICK MINER
MINER
DRIVER
MINER
ROPE-RIDER
MINER
MINER
TIPPLEMAN

AMERICAN

MINER

25

1910AUG24
1910NOV8
1893JAN10
1884DEC26
1884DEC26

DOMENKO, LOUIS
DOMINICK, MURZIA
DOMINICO, ANGELO
DOMINICO, CASINO
DOMINICO, MIKE

AUSTRIAN
ITALLIAN

MINER
MINER

30
45

M
M

1927DEC27 DONAGHE, OSCAR

OLD FERRELL
WOLF CREEK
VICTOR NO. 2
HASTINGS

0
1

MINER

ITALIAN
ITALIAN

MINER
MINER

26

M
M

ITALIAN
ITALIAN

CARPENTER
TIMBERMAN
DRIVER

65
25
44

S
M

ITALIAN
ITALIAN

PICK MINER
TRACKMAN

30
32

M
S

12

40

20

42
45
19

S
S
S
S
M
S
M

23
15

L5
12

28
34
40
41

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

2
1 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
UNION PACIFIC

ROPE RUNNER
ROPE RUNNER
IRISH

LOADER

13

27

Cause of Death

FALL DOWN SHAFT


BETWEEN CAR AND RIB
FALL OF ROOF
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION

M
M

ML

County

GIL
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS

2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

S
S
M
M

Mine

SLEEPY HOLLOW
TABASCO
PEERLESS
HASTINGS
HASTINGS

30
48
33

1888MAY5 DIJOIRO, GEORGE


1918MAR19 DILLION, O. E

Company name

1 CALIENTE COAL CO.

BERWIND

LAS

FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP
CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK (CUT WALL)
FALL OF ROCK

HEZRON NO. 3
MIDLAND
MAITLAND
KENNETH
PICTOU
BLACK DIAMOND
STARKVILLE
EDNA STRIP
NEWTON
HASTINGS

HUE
GAR
HUE
LAS
HUE
LAS
LAS
ROU
CLE
LAS

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
CAUGHT IN BELT
EXPLOSION

PORTER
DELAGUA
KING
COMO SLOPE NO. 1
COMO SLOPE NO. 1

GUN
LAS
PAR
PAR
PAR

FALL OF COAL
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT

RAVENWOOD

HUE

FALL OF ROCK

HURLED FROM CAR


HURLED FROM CAR

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

1906SEP19

DONATO, GUISEPPI

ITALIAN

MINER

32

1910JUL7
1896JAN16
1884JAN24
1896FEB23

DONATO, SALVADORE
DONAVON, M.
DONEGAN, H
DONNELLY, J. W

ITALIAN

MINER

27

1884JAN24
1897JUN14
1907MAY23
1917APR27
1921JUN3

DONNELLY, JOHN
DONVAN, FRANK
DONVIVICH, TOM
DORADO, ISADORE
D'ORAZIE, LUCIANO

AUSTRIAN
MEXICAN
ITALIAN

MINER
MINER
PICK MINER

1925APR24
1896FEB18
1896FEB18
1896FEB18
1921DEC13
1900SEP14

DORCHOFF, GEORGE
DORE, ABLE JR
DORE, JOE
DORE, WILLIAM
DORIGATTI, LOUIS
DORSCHA, FRANK

BULGARIAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN

MACHINE MINER
RUSTLER
BELL-BOY
TRAPPER
PICK MINER

1899MAY13 DORSEY, JOE


1929FEB9
DORSEY, THOMAS

AUSTRIA
NEGRO

MINER
PICK MINER

1910JAN31
1918MAY24
1871JUL4
1897JUN15
1918APR12
1898JAN12
1896DEC1

DOTSON, FRANK
DOUGHERTY, JOHN
DOW, HENRY
DOWELL, JOHN
DOWNTAIN, JOHN C
DOYLE, JAMES
DOYLE, PATRICK

COLORED
AMERICAN

MINER
MINE FOREMAN

IRISH

1912JUN4
1910JAN31
1902MAY31
1911NOV9

DRAB, JOE
DRAGOVICH, JOE
DRAKE, JAMES
DRASPA, JOHN

SLAV
AUSTRIAN
ENGLISH
POLE

DRIVER
MINER
MINER
MINER

1921NOV1
1927JUN21
1884JAN24
1911DEC6
1949MAY27
1903OCT22
1926MAY13
1917FEB26
1935SEO5
1900AUG3

DRATTER, JOSEPH
DREBOT, JOHN
DRISCOLL, JAMES
DRUMSACK, PAUL
DUBY, LYLE E
DUCHAK, MIKE
DUCY, ALFRED
DUFF, MAXWELL
DUFF, PETER D
DUGAS, LOUIS

AUSTRIAN
RUSSIAN

TRACKMAN
MACHINE MAN

AUSTRIAN

MINER
CHUCK TENDER
MINER
CRUSHER FEEDER
MILL MAN
FOREMAN
DRIVER

1891NOV30
1919MAR31
1923JUL25
1910NOV8
1909DEC1

DUGGAN, JAMES
DUHAUT, ALBERT
DUHICK, PETER
DUKOVITCH, NICK
DULGARE, DOMINIC

1899OCT10 DUNCAN, DACY

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children
M

Company name

MINER

COLORADO COAL AND IRON


COLORADO COAL AND IRON

13

25

29
39
24

M
M
M

44
17
20
15
42
39

W
S

2
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
2 THE BELL MINING CO.

Mine

FRE

PREMATURE BLAST

GREENVILLE
PENROSE
CRESTED BUTTE
FREE SILVER

LAS
LAK
GUN
PIT

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
CAUGHT BETWEEN CAGE & SHAFT TIMBERS

CRESTED BUTTE
LITTLE JONNY
WALSEN
HASTINGS
BERWIND

GUN
ELP
HUE
LAS
LAS

EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST


FALLING DOWN CHUTE
FALL OF ROOF
EXPLOSION
FALL OF BONY & COAL

EUREKA
VULCAN
VULCAN
VULCAN
SATANIC
ROCKVALE

WEL
GAR
GAR
GAR
JEF
FRE

FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
OVERCOM BY FUMES
FALL OF COAL

S
M

4 COLLIERIES CO.

23
48

1 MOFFAT COAL CO.

CRESTED BUUTE
OAK HILLS NO. 1

GUN
ROU

STRUCK BY A PIECE OF COAL


FALL OF ROCK

48
54

S
M

COLORADO FUEL & IRON


1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON

PRIMERO
WALSEN

INDIANA
KANSAS

LAS
HUE
BOU
SAJ
BOU
GIL
GIL

EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
FALL OF ROCK
RUN OVER BY WAGON;FROM WAYNE CO., IN
STRUCK BY TRAM CABLE
CAVE OF GROUND
STULLS BROKE IN SLOPE
FALL FROM BROKEN ROPE

TOLLER
PRIMERO
COAL BASIN
HUERFANO

LAS
LAS
PIT
HUE

FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK

OAKDALE COAL CO.

OAKDALE

COLORADO COAL AND IRON

CRESTED BUTTE
CONGO
CLIMAX
PRIMROSE

MAITLAND

HUE
TEL
GUN
LAS
LAK
LAS
PIT
BOU
ELP
HUE

FALL OF TOP COAL


OVERCOME BY POWDER FUMES
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

ANTHRACITE
EMPIRE
OAKDALE
DELAGUA
BERWIND

GUN
LAS
HUE
LAS
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
GAS EXPLOSION DUE TO ELECTRIC ARC
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF TOP COAL

COLE

MIN

FELL FROM ROOF OR BACK OF DRIFT

IOWA

AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN

SLAVONIAN
FRENCH
SLAVONIAN
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN

51

PICK MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER

21
30
34

10

Cause of Death

CHANDLER

82

25

County

S
S
S
M

41
32

55
45
55
45
21
60
26

W
M
M

36
31
38
28

M
S
W
S
M
M

COLORADO FUEL & IRON


4

GRAFE-CALLAHAN CONSTRUCTION

GOLDEN CYCLE CORP.


COLORADO FUEL CO.
1 EMPIRE COAL CO.
OAKDALE COAL CO.
4 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
3

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

Company name

1896MAY11 DUNCAN, EDWARD


1894MAR31
1965DEC28
1921DEC13
1896AUG22

DUNLAP, JOHN
DUNLAY,
DUNN, G E
DUNN, HARRY

1888APR20
1873OCT8
1926JUL12
1903JUL11
1925APR21

DUNN, JAMES
DUNN, THOMAS
DURAN, ALBERT
DURAN, BREGIDA
DURAN, E P

1947MAY8
1904OCT28
1948NOV11
1919MAR31
1952JUN29
1960MAY16

DURAN, LEE
DURAN, TRINIDAD
DURAN, VICTOR
DURAND, ABEL
DURFEE, RAY
DURFEE, ROBERT E

1910NOV8
1913FEB13

DURONOS, FELICE
DUSA, FRANK

1897JAN21
1919MAR31
1941APR9
1945JAN31
1927JAN14
1887SEP5
1910OCT8

DUSELLE, ERNEST C
DUSSART, F
DUZAN, BILL EDGAR
DUZENACK, MIKE
DYER, FRED C
DYKE, ANDREW
DYLENSKI, JON

1929DEC3
1923JAN5
1910NOV8
1924JAN25

DYTRI, LEE
EBER, GEORGE
ECARDE, CARLO
ECCHER, AUGUST

1928DEC8
1923NOV20
1926MAR17
1940JAN16
1909DEC7
1914JAN28
1922NOV16
1960JUL16
1895JUL29
1910SEP12

ECKERT, EMIL
EDWARDS, NINIAN
EGGERS, JACK
EGNATOFF, COSTA
EHLER, GEORGE
EHNOTT, MIKE
EICHINGER, CHARLES W
ELENGA, HAROLD
ELGIN, J. W
ELIAS, BOB

AMERICAN

1910JAN31
1911JAN13
1917JUL26
1914AUG1
1931MAR21

ELIAS, JACK
ELIES, PROCORO
ELIGIO, AURELIO
ELLEFF, FRANK
ELLIOTT, HOWARD

1928APR29 ELLIOTT, JOSEPH P

AMERICAN

AMERICAN
MEXICAN
AMERICAN

SUPERINTENDENT

LABORER
MINER
PICK MINER

NIPPER
DRIVER
MINER
SPANISH-AMER DRIVER

26
14

MEXICAN

14

38

26
43
47
34
20
35
43

M
M

COLORADO FUEL & IRON


MID CONTINENT COAL AND MINE
1 COLLIERIES CO.

2 THREE PINES COAL CO.


COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.

S
M

24

BLACK BEAUTY COAL


6 EMPIRE COAL CO.
KIMMES DRILLING CO.
MODEL MINING CO.

Mine

County

Cause of Death

VICTOR
ANTHRACITE
DUTCH CREEK MINE
SATANIC
C. C & GOLD TUNNEL

ELP
GUN
PIT
JEF
ELP

STRUCK MISSED HOLE, WHICH EXPLODED


STRUCK BY COAL CAR
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
OVERCOME BY FUMES
PREMATURE BLAST

ROBERT EMMET
ALMA
CONCRETE
ROUSE
THREE PINES

PIT
PAR
HUE
LAS

CRUSHED BY CAR
EXPLOSION
CRUSHED BY COVER OF CONVEYOR
FALL OF SLATE
FALL OF ROCK

FREDERICK
TERCIO NO. 3
BLACK BEAUTY
EMPIRE
OURAY

LAS
LAS
HUE
LAS
OUR
MES

HAULAGE
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROOF
GAS EXPLOSION DUE TO ELECTRIC ARC
PINNED BETWEEN SHAFT & DRUM, PUNTURED LUNG
IMPROPER BLASTING PROCEDURE

ITALIAN
SLAVONIAN

MINER
CAR-DUMPER

45
32

M
S

2 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON

DELAGUA
TERCIO

LAS
LAS

EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT


CRUSHED BETWEEN A LOADED CAR & RIB SIDE

BELGIAN

PICK MINER
MINER

44

AMERICAN

MACHINE RUNNER

17

39

RUSSIAN

DRIVER

21

7 EMPIRE COAL CO.


RED ASH COAL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
T. C. & C. CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON

PIKES PEAK
EMPIRE
LEADER #2
KEBLER NO. 2
ROCKVALE
STARKVILLE
STARKVILLE

ELP
LAS
HUE
HUE
FRE
LAS
LAS

FELL DWON LADDERWAY


GAS EXPLOSION DUE TO ELECTRIC ARC
ROOF FALL
HAULAGE
ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF SLATE
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP

ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN

PICK MINER
DRIVER
MINER
PICK MINER

22
18

37
34
26
35

M
S
M
M

2 PIKES PEAK FUEL CO.


MUTUAL COAL CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

PIKEVIEW
MUTUAL
DELAGUA
LESTER

ELP
HUE
LAS
HUE

FALL OF COAL FROM ROOF


FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF DRAWSLATE

11

34
70
46

1 BOULDER VALLEY COAL CO.

BOULDER VALLEY

AMERICAN

MACHINE MINER
MECH ENGINEER
LABORER

GERMAN
SLAV
AMERICAN

MINER
DRIVER
PICK MINER

40
22
38
43

S
S
M

RUSSIAN

MINER

WEL
TEL
DOL
GUN
LAP
ROU
MOF
DEL
LAK
LAS

FALL OF COAL & ROCK


FELL DOWN A SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF (ROCK)
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
CAUGHT BETWEEN CARS
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BENEATH LOADER BUCKET
FALL DOWN CHUTE AFTER ROPE BROKE
FALL OF ROCK; ALIAS PAUL FLICH

AMERICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MACEDONIAN
AMERICAN

DRIVER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MACHINE RUNNER

46
26
28
24
31

LAS
LAS
HUE
ROU
JEF

EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
FALL OF SLATE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL FROM DELAYED SHOT
HAULAGE ROPE BROKE & CAUGHT BY CARS

AMERICAN

MINER

38

GAR

EXPLOSION OF POWDER

14

COUNTY OF DOLORES
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
ROUTT COUNTY FUEL
4 PRODUCERS COAL CO.
SEIGRIST CONSTRUCTION CO.

CRESTED BUTTE
HESPERUS
PINNACLE
PHILLIPS NO. 1
UNION M & LEASGE
BOWEN

M
S
S
M
M

COLORADO FUEL & IRON


COLORADO FUEL & IRON
0 ROUTT COUNTY FUEL
2 BLUE BIRD MINES, INC.

PRIMERO
ENGLE
WALSEN
PINNACLE NO. 2

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

1902AUG7

Name

Nationality

1898DEC5
1926AUG2
1941OCT6
1899MAR10

ELLIOTT, W. H
ELLIS, ROBERT
ELLIS, WILLIAM
ELMER, ED
ELOIN, E. G

AMERICAN

1895OCT6
1940JAN30
1899APR3
1889NOV26
1948JAN22

ELRICK, CHARLES M
ELSE, RICHARD JOHN
EMERSON, WILLIAM
ENDERMAIL, RUDOLPH
ENDICOTT, JONATHAN

1901SEP16
1921JUL30
1919AUG18
1897JUN21
1910JUL7
1933OCT14

ENDRIETTA, BERTIE
ENGEL, C E
ENGLAND, JAMES
ENGLER, JAMES
ENGLISH, RAPHAEL
ENGLISH, SAMUEL A

1937JAN22
1911JAN2

ENLOW, CHARLES
ENOKNIOFF, JORDAN

1910FEB20
1897SEP3
1898FEB2
1918AUG3
1921JUL28
1898APR6
1901NOV7

ENRIETTA, PETER
EPPICH, ANTON
ERICKSON, ANDREW
ERICKSON, GUY
ERICKSON, JOHN
ERICKSON, LOUIS
ERJEN, PAUL

ITALIAN

1910NOV26
1954SEP16
1910NOV8
1910NOV8

ERKANG, NICK
ERTZ, MARVIN L
ESPINOSA, E.
ESPINOSA, S.

HOLLANDER

1927NOV28
1910NOV8
1914APR11
1897AUG13
1913JAN27
1918MAY23
1913OCT16
1893FEB21
1879MAY7
1917APR27
1929DEC4
1919JAN14
1897MAY23
1910NOV8
1904JUN10

AMERICAN

Occupation

MINER
MASTER MECHANIC

Age at
Death
27

TIMBERMAN & MINER

48
48

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children
M
M
M

Company name

34
PUMPMAN

30

3 FRAKER COAL CO.


RESURRECTION MINING CO.

S
COLORADO FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.

71

Mine

BOWEN

COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.

AMERICAN
ITALIAN

BULGARIAN

67

MINER
OPERATOR

25
61

S
M

MOTORMAN
MACHINE HELPER

40
28

S
M

DUMPER
MINER

52

ENGINEER
TIMBERMAN

29
28

0 OAKDALE COAL CO.

SLAVONIAN
MINER

22

40
30

M
M

CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.


6 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
0 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

29
31
23

M
M
S

1 CALIENTE COAL CO.


VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON

SUPERINTENDENT
MINER

39
40
45

M
M
M

AUSTRIAN

MINER

37
40

M
M

1 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL


3 NATIONAL FUEL
4 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
COLORADO FUEL AND IRON CO.
2
1

BULGARIAN
BULGARIAN

MACHINE MINER
MINER

52
37

W
S

5 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.


CEDAR HILL COAL AND COKE

AMERICAN
COLORED

PIT BOSS
DRIVER

41
30

M
M

3 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

AMERICAN

MACHINE MINER

42

MINER
MINER

ESPINOZA, JOSEPH
ESPJINOSA, YSA
ESPOSITO, LUIS
ESTAS, JOHN T
ESTRELLA, FRANCISCO
ETCHELLS, JAMES P
EURIATTI, JOHN
EUSTIN, LUCAS
EVA, RICHARD
EVANCICH, ANTON

MEXICAN
MEXICAN
SPANIARD

MACHINE MINER
MINER
MINER

MEXICAN
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN

EVANHOFF, JOHN
EVANOFF, TONY
EVANS, D. M
EVANS, LLEWLYN
EVANS, NELSON

18

BOULDER VALLEY COAL CO.

Cause of Death

EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION FROM SHOT
CAUGHT & DRAGGED BY HORSE FOR TEN FEET
FELL BACKWARD INTO TIMBER SLIDE
EXPLOSION WHILE CUTTING CAPING FUSE

ELP
GUN
HUE
LAS

EXPLOSION OF POWDER
CRUSHED WHILE REMOVING SPRAGS
FALL OF TOP ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
HAULAGE

OAKDALE
NELLIE
BERWIND
DIG GOLD

PIT
GAR
HUE
SAM
LAS
TEL

EXPLOSION
CAR RAN AWAY
EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP
ROCK ROLLING OVER CLIFF
FALL OF ROCK
OVERCOME BY CARBON DIOXIDE

HECLA

EAG
BOU

CAUGHT BETWEEN POST & BATTERY BOX ON MOTOR


FALL OF ROCK

INGRAM
MIDLAND

PIT
GAR
CLE
SAM
SAM
BOU
GAR

STRUCK BY A CAR ON THE INCLINE


EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
PICKING OUT MISSED HOLE
LOST FOOTING AND FELL
OVERCOME BY POWDER GAS
ROCK FALLING FROM HANGING WALL
FALL OF COAL

CAMERON

HUE

DELAGUA
DELAGUA

LAS
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY SLUSHER
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT

RAVENWOOD
DELAGUA
FREDERICK
IDA TUNNEL
PINION
MONARCH NO. 1
MIDLAND
ROUSE
GOLDEN
HASTINGS

HUE
LAS
LAS
RIG
HUE
BOU
GAR
HUE
JEF
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION WHILE PREPARING POWDER
FALL OF ROCK
ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK; BORN DEVONSHIRE, ENGLAND
EXPLOSION

INDUSTRIAL
GREENVILLE
VESTEL
DELAGUA
STARKVILLE

BOU
LAS
DOL
LAS
LAS

ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF ROCK
FALLING DOWN SHAFT
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF ROOF

BOULDER VALLEY

WEL

CRUSHED UNDER LOADED CAR

ANCHOR
CRESTED BUTTE
PEERLESS
ROUSE
FREDERICK

EMPIRE ZINC CO.

COLORADO FUEL & IRON

County

LAS
SAJ
ROU
LAK
MIN

SILVER LAKE
BEAR RIVER
LEADVILLE
COMMODORE

SPRING GULCH
LABORER
PICKMAN

MEXICAN
MEXICAN

1926APR22 EVANS, OLIVER

Years Mining
Experience

SPRING GULCH
SUNSHINE
ESMERALDA

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

1910NOV8

EVANS, W. J

1910NOV8
1917AUG25
1904AUG31
1917APR27

EVANS, WILLIS
EVERLY, THOMAS L
FABERT, LASZA
FABIAN, SAM

1938DEC15
1921OCT7
1921SEP1
1897JAN7
1949AUG19

FABIJAN, MARTIN
FABRIZIO, ANGELO
FACKLER, HERBERT V
FAGON, PETER
FAHRENBROUCH, LLOYD R

1954JAN30
1956SEP5
1921FEB25
1911OCT28
1921JUL30
1896NOV3

FAHRION, JOHN E
FALAGRADY, JOE
FALAGRADY, ROBERT
FALLATTI, BEN
FALLICE, LEWIS
FALLIS, CLARENCE F

1889DEC4
1916FEB12

FALTCH, MIKE
FAREIHOLTC, JOHN

1898DEC15
1910OCT8
1910OCT8
1900SEP8
1907DEC31
1913DEC16
1929FEB2

FARGO, JOE
FARO, JOHN
FARO, PETE
FARRA, FRANK
FARRELL, PETE
FARREN, JOE
FARRER, W F

1919AUG18
1910NOV8
1910NOV8
1891FEB5

FARSERO, JOHN
FASINICH, DOMINICK
FASINICH, MARCO
FATTA, JOSEPH

ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN

1907JAN23
1919MAR31
1918JAN18
1907JAN23
1917DEC15
1906APR22
1929MAY31
1906DEC1
1909MAY13
1947FEB4

FATUR, GIOANNI
FATUR, JACOB
FATUR, JOHN
FATUR, ROBERTO
FAUGHNAN, HUGH
FAURE, PETE
FAVA, LOUIS
FEATNE, JOE
FEDDISH, JOHN
FEDERICO, JONATHAN

HUNGARIAN
AUSTRIAN
SLAV
HUNGARIAN
IRISH
ITALIAN

1951JAN21
1907SEP14
1907OCT21
1917APR27
1899NOV28

FELICE, FLORENDO
FELICIA, GIOVANNI
FELINO, BENNY
FELIX, A. B
FELLOWS, WILLIAM W

1901NOV20 FELMAN, ALIKE

Occupation

AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
HUNGARIAN
AUSTRIAN

ASST. SUPER
RESCUS MAN
MINER
MINER
MINER

ITALIAN
AMERICAN

WEIGH BOSS
MACHINE MINER

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death
24
25
59
22
29

S
M
S
S

32

M
M

33

LABORER

Marital Number of
Company name
Status Surviving
Children
M
2 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

Mine

County

DELAGUA

LAS

EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
5 COLORADO FUEL & IRON

DELAGUA
ROCKVALE
HEZRON
HASTINGS

LAS
FRE
HUE
LAS

EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT


FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION

KEYSTONE COAL CO.


3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
1 BOULDER BLACK DIAMOND COALCO

KEYSTONE
COAL CREEK
BLACK DIAMOND
MIDLAND TRACK
GRANBY

ROU
FRE
BOU
LAK

FALL OF ROCK
ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF ROCK
THAWING POWDER IN OPEN FIRE
FELL DOWN ACCESS SHAFT

COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

FREDENICK
SOPRIS
GREENVILLE
OK

LAS
LAS
LAS
GAR
ELP

CRUSHED BY SLAB OF ROCK


ROOF FALL
ELECTROCUTED
BRIDGE COLLAPSED
CAR RAN AWAY
PICKING OUT MISSED HOLE

CANON CITY COAL CO.


MCNALLY & MATHEWS

BROOKSIDE NO. 7
MAITLAND

FRE
HUE

STRUCK BY A TRAIN OF CARS


FALL OF ROCK

COLUNBUS
STARKVILLE
STARKVILLE
SUNSHINE
SIMPSON
VULCAN

LAP
LAS
LAS
HUE
BOU
GAR
DOL

EXPLOSION CAUSED BY SLIP ON CAP


EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
DUST EXPLOSION
EXOLOSION OF ROUND HOLES

OAKDALE
DELAGUA
DELAGUA
ROAD CANON

HUE
LAS
LAS
LAS

EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP


EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF COAL

PRIMERO
EMPIRE
DELAGUA
PRIMERO
PIKEVIEW
CUATRO
HASTINGS
BERWIND
ROUSE

LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
ELP
LAS
SAJ
LAS
LAS
HUE

EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT


GAS EXPLOSION DUE TO ELECTRIC ARC
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF COAL
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
CABLE BROKE & THROWN TO GROUND
FALL OF ROOF
RUN OVER BY A RAILROAD CAR
ROOF FALL

RAPSON NO. 2
WALSEN
SOUTH CANON
HASTINGS
CHIPPAWA

LAS
HUE
GAR
LAS
LAK

FALL OF ROOF
RUN OVER BY A TRIP OF LOADED CARS
POWDER EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
FALLING ROCK FROM BREAST

SMUGGLER UNION

SAM

FIRE

GRANBY DAM CONSTRUCTORS


JOHN E. FAHRION

ITALIAN
ITALIAN

AST. M. F.
DRIVER
MINER
LABORER

50
4

63
20
19

S
S

SWEDE

MINER

27

ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN

MINER
MINER

20
24
35
45
42
21

S
S
M
S
M
S

PICKMAN
MINER
MINER

27

S
M
S

DAY MAN
PICK MINER
MINER
DAY MAN
MACHINE HELPER
MOVING MCGINTIES
TIMBERMAN
MINER
COMPANY MAN
MINER

29

S
S
M
S
M
S
S
M
S

ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN

MINER
MINER
MINER

42

39
24
25
29
42
34
30
61

COLORADO FUEL & IRON


COLORADO FUEL & IRON
4
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.

ITALIAN
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN

MINER
GRADER
MINER

30
45
29

M
S
S

Cause of Death

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

1898JUN7

Name

1928NOV27
1937MAR25
1898OCT12
1912JUN18

FENEKSBURY, WILLIAM
FENQUAY, CECIL
FENTON, JOHN
FERANZ, MIKE
FERAZZO, EMANUEL

1901SEP30
1907MAY16
1912MAR28
1904NOV4
1926DEC2

FERDINANDO, FRANK
FERDIZZI
FERGELLIO, MIKE
FERGUSON, ALEXANDER
FERGUSON, C B

1926JUL30
1918JUN25
1940NOV19
1906DEC6
1896FEB18
1929NOV4

FERGUSON, HENRY
FERGUSON, MAXWELL
FERINA, MARTIN
FERINDO, JOE
FERINEO, JASON
FERKOL, TONY

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

Company name

Mine

REVENUE TUNNEL
AMERICAN

MACHINE MINER
SLUSHER OPERATOR
SLAVISH
MINER
AUSTRIAN-TYR MINER

30
31
35
25

S
M
S
S

14
29
24
64
58

S
S
M
W

OHIO CREEK COAL CO.


CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.

County

Cause of Death

SANTA CLARA
HASTINGS

HIN
GUN
LAK
HUE
LAS

DRILLING TOO CLOSE TO MISSED SHOT


FALL OF ROCK
PINNED BETWEEN HOIST & I BEAMS
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP

STARKVILLE
ROBINSON
PIEDMONT
PRIMROSE
CHANDLER

LAS
HUE
LAS
LAS
FRE

CRUSHED BY CAR
FALL OF ROOF
ELECTROCUTED
HIT BY RUNAWAY TRIP OF CARS
STRUCK BY A RUNAWAY CAR

GRA
BOU
JEF
LAS
GAR
HUE

FALL OF ROCK
A KICK FROM A MULE
FALL OF BLASTED COAL
FALL OF ROOF
EXPLOSION
STRUCK BY A SHELL

O. C.

ITALIAN
TALION
SCOTCH
AMERICAN

TRIP-RIDER
MINER
MINER
OILER
TRACKMAN

AMERICAN
SCOTCH

LABORER
BLACKSMITH

48
48

ITALIAN
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN

MINER
MINER
LABORER

37
35
40

S
M
W

1 ALAMO COAL CO.

MOFFAT TUNNEL
CENTENNIAL
CAPROCK
FORBES NO. 6
VULCAN
ALAMO NO. 1

1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

HEZRON
LESTER

HUE
HUE

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK

BERWIND
CENTENNIAL
BERWIND
ROUSE
CAMERON
ENGLEVILLE
WALSENBURG

LAS
BOU
LAS
HUE
HUE
LAS
HUE

FALL OF ROOF
EXPLOSION OF BLACK POWDER
FALL OF DRAW SLATE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FIRE-SUFFOCATION
FALL OF SLATE

PIKEVIEW
WITHERBEE
NEW CASTLE
COALBY RED CANON

ELP
WEL
GAR
DEL

ROOF FALL
CRUSHED BETWEEN A MOVING CAR & PROP
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK

BAUM
HECLA
PRIMERO
PRIMERO
PICTOU
THOR
EMPIRE
EAGLE
HASTINGS

WEL
BOU
LAS
TEL
LAS
HUE
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS

HAULAGE
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
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

LEYDEN
GALETON
BAUM
KING

LAK
JEF
WEL
WEL
DEL

CAUGHT UNDER A FALL OF GROUND


FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF (ROCK)
JAMMED BETWEEN CAR & COAL BIN
FALL OF TOP COAL

EDNA STRIP

ROU

HAULAGE-SURFACE

1901NOV16 FERNANDA, PHILLIPA


1927FEB19 FERNANDEZ, ABUNDIO

ITALIAN
MEXICAN

1907JUN13
1922SEP8
1903MAR11
1917NOV28
1927JAN20
1907MAY19
1885AUG15

FERRANTI, JONATHAN
FERRARI, ANTHONY
FERRARI, DOMINICK
FERRARI, GIOVANNI
FERRARO, ANDY
FERRARO, FRANK
FERREON, JAMES

ITALIAN
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN

1943MAR13
1923DEC31
1898OCT23
1922NOV20

FERRIS, JAMES
FERRIS, LARIMER A
FICCO, CARLO
FICKES, JAMES F

1941DEC2
1906NOV7
1910JAN31
1917FEB26
1906DEC21
1910JUL12
1927AUG2
1919MAR31
1901DEC14
1898DEC22

FIDAS, JAMES
FIDEL, MIKE
FIELD, W. E
FIGHTMASTER, CHARLES
FIGINSHIN, WILLIAM
FILANGI, GAETANO
FILER, THOMAS
FILIS, GEORGE
FILLEPETTO, CARLO
FILLIPONE, GIOVANNI

1922JAN9
1910OCT15
1940FEB17
1935MAR26
1915FEB8

FILSON, DEE
FINJ, JOSEPH
FINN, COY
FIORI, JAMES
FISCHER, JOHN

1948FEB2

FISH, CLARENCE L

AMERICAN
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
GERMAN
COLORED
FRENCH
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
GREEK
ITALIAN
ITALIAN

10

7 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.


WEST PORTAL
5 BIG FOUR COAL & COKE CO.
CAPROCK FUEL CO.

32
MACHINE MINER
MINER
MACHINE MINER
MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
LABORER
MINER
MINER
MULE DRIVER
MINER
PICK MINER
FACEMAN
MINER
MINER
MACHINE DRILLER
MINER
MINER
MACHINE MINER
PICK MINER

26

7
10

35
55
42
22
46
25

M
M
M
S
M
S

42
34
32

M
M
M

45
40

M
M

54
33
50
33

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

MINER

32

M
M
M
M
S
M

AUSTRIAN

MINER
TIMBERMAN

45
55

ITALIAN-AMER
CROTIAN

SHOP MAN
MINER

19

65
36

M
M

30

30
2

TRUCK DRIVER

5 BIG FOUR COAL & COKE CO.

2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON

0 NATIONAL FUEL CO.


1 EMPIRE COAL CO.

GALETON COAL CO.


5 CONSOLIDATED COAL & COKE CO.
0 JUANITA COAL & COKE
EDNA COAL

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

1942DEC11 FISH, RALPH


1911AUG1
1899NOV24
1898SEP19
1896NOV9

FISHER, STEPHEN
FITZGERALD, MIKE
FITZPATRICK, PATRICK
FLAGG, GEORGE

AMERICAN

1900MAY28
1947JUL29
1931JUN25
1927MAY26
1917APR27

FLAINE, CELESTIO
FLAKE, IGNATZ
FLANNERY, THOMAS F
FLEETWOOD, VICTOR C
FLEITIS, FRIENTAFOLAS

AUSTRIAN

1898FEB12
1873AUG7
1898JAN7
1909NOV9
1911DEC30
1918JUL22

FLEMING, GEORGE
FLEMING, PETER
FLEMING, WILLIAM V
FLIAM, EMIL
FLINN, RICHARD A
FLODQUIST, JOHN

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

HOISTMAN

21

SINKER

51

Marital Number of
Company name
Status Surviving
Children
M
COLORADO FLUORSPAR CO.
M

SWEDE
GREEK

12

35
48
58
51
26

CHA

FALL OF ROCK

JEF
LAK
ELP
ELP

HIT BY ROCK
THROWN FROM ORE WAGON
CAR FALLING DOWN SHAFT
PICKING OUT MISSED HOLE

HASTINGS

LAS
WEL
EAG
TEL
LAS

FALL OF ROOF
ELECTRICITY
FELL FROM SCAFFOLD 17 FEET
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION

SUNNYSIDE COAL MINING CO.

VINDICATOR
AMERICAN FLAG
DURANT
SPRING GULCH
MONARCH NO. 1
SUNNYSIDE

ELP
GIL
PIT
PIT
BOU
HUE

DRILLED INTO MISSED HOLE


FALL FROM BUCKET
CAVE IN OF GROUND
FALL OF ROCK
RUN OVER BY CAR
RUNAWAY CAR

LITTLE JOHNNY COAL CO.

HASTINGS
LITTLE JOHNNY

LAS
FRE

EXPLOSION
FALL OF FACE COAL

PIEDMONT
VULCAN
SILVERTON
QUEEN OF THE WEST
SMUGGLER UNION
CASHIER

LAS
GAR
SAJ
SAM
GIL
SAM
GIL

FALL OF ROCK
DUST EXPLOSION
FELL DOWN ORE PASS
HOLES EXPLODED ABOUT TIME HE LEFT
STRUCK BY ROCK
FLYING ROCK FROM BLAST
BAD AIR-GASES

ELIZABETH
ROUSE
TOLLER
Hi-WAY

ELB
HUE
LAS
BOU

PLANK FALLING DOWN SHAFT


DIED FROM STROKE
GAS EXPLOSION
CAUGHT BETWEEN LOADED CAR & CROSS BAR

SILVER LAKE
SOUTH CANON
ROUSE
PRIMERO

TEL
ROU
CLE
FRE
FRE
GRA
SAJ
GAR
HUE
LAS

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

COLUMBINE
RUGBY
MOFFAT TUNNEL
LONDONDERRY
HI-WAY

WEL
HUE
GRA
ELP
BOU

HAULAGE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
SHAFT HOUSE BURNED DOWN
ELECTROCUTED

HASTINGS

LAS

CRUSHED BY PUMP

M
GRADEN COAL CO.
W
M

MINER
MINER
DRIVER
MACHINE MINER

24
21
21

M
S
S

1917APR27 FLORES, GONZALES


1938DEC5 FLORES, JOSEPH

MEXICAN

DRIVER

22

1919APR14
1913DEC16
1947APR12
1926AUG24
1899FEB20
1899DEC8
1895AUG18

FLORES, SISTIE
FLOSSERO, RAFAEL
FLOYD, R P
FLYNN, JAMES MARTIN
FLYNN, JOHN
FLYNN, JOHN
FLYNN, THOMAS

MEXICAN
ITALIAN

1895SEP29
1913JUL16
1909JUL6
1932NOV16

FOLSOM, GEORGE S
FONTANDINI, JOHN
FONTENARI, JOE
FOOS, GEORGE

1919MAY29
1942JAN27
1897JAN30
1904JUN30
1925JUN18
1941AUG23
1898MAR3
1907JAN5
1889JAN2
1907JAN23

FORD, DENNIS
FORD, DON DAILY
FORD, LOUIS W.
FORD, TAYLOR
FOREFIELD, J R
FOREMAN, JAMES
FORGES, SIGEL W
FORINE, JOHN
FORKAS, FRANK
FORMOLLI, MODESTO

1943SEP10
1906JAN6
1926NOV1
1898APR23
1933DEC2

FORREST, GLENN R
FORTAREL, JOHN
FORTUNE, GEORGE
FOSLER, J. W
FOSS, CHARLES

AMERICAN

ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN

PICK MINER
LOADER
MINER
MINER

MINER
MINER
DRIVER

33
27
38
47

14

MINER

16
42
28

M
W
M

2 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL


3 CORYELL MINING LEASING
SHENANDOAH-DIVES MINING CO.

COLORADO FUEL & IRON


S
M

3 LOUISVILLE-LAFAYETTE COAL CO

MINER
PUMPMAN
LABORER

SWEDE

GRAY CREEK
GRADEN
EAGLE

47
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

COLORED
AMERICAN

36
48
25

M
M
M

MINER

54

HUNGARIAN

DAY MAN

24

ITALIAN
AMERICAN

DRIVER
MINER
CHUCK TENDER

40
29

AMERICAN

MACHINE MINER

AMERICAN

PUMPMAN

40

2 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.


PLATT ROGERS CONSTRUCTION CO

COLORADO FUEL CO.


COLORADO FUEL & IRON
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL

13

WEST PORTAL

30

53

Cause of Death

LEYDEN
ORPHA MAY
AMERICAN EAGLE

MOTORMAN
POND OPERATOR
MACHINE MAN
MINER

County

SALIDA

ITALIAN
AMERICAN
SWEDE

1908DEC10 FOSSETRE, C. B

Mine

LOUISVILLE-LAFAYETTE COAL CO

WADGE
LAKE TUNNEL
MAGNET
CHANDLER

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

1932OCT18 FOSTER, DAVID


1956NOV7
1922NOV13
1913MAR2
1942DEC5

FOSTER, EDDIE
FOSTER, JOHN
FOTH, STEVE
FOTIS, STANLEY

1917APR14
1899JUN6
1899MAY10
1942DEC29
1911FEB14

FOUTIS, HARRY
FOWLER, L C
FRAME, FRANK
FRANCHINI, LOUIS
FRANCIS, KARL

1939APR9
1893JAN10
1892JUL22
1932MAR19
1951FEB18
1919AUG18

FRANCISCO, R L
FRANGIL, DONATTO
FRANK, PETER
FRANKLIN, EDWARD
FRANKLIN, THOMAS L
FRANKS, J R

1909FEB2
1909AUG2

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

MACHINE MAN

Age at
Death
43

15

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children
D
M

Company name

LONDON

M. R. WATTERS
0 GRAND JUNCTION MINING & FUEL
0 CEDAR HIL COAL & COKE
BOULDER VALLEY COAL

BOHEMIAN

DRIVER

SLAV

CONTRACTOR

30
35

GREEK

MINER

48

7 COLORADO FUEL & IRON

CRUSHERMAN
SHOT-FIRER

36

POLE

M
M

TELLURIDE MINES, INC.


3 CARBON COAL & COKE

DASH BLASTER

42

MINER

64

AMERICAN

DRIVER

28

FRANSENNI, J.
FRASER, OLIVER

ITALIAN
AMERICAN

MINER
SINKER

37

S
M

1902JUL28
1930DEC28
1930JUN7
1904JAN26
1931AUG12
1937OCT29
1899JAN28

FRASQUEZ, FIDEL
FRATTARELLI, PAUL
FRAZIER, SHERMAN
FRAZIER, W R
FRAZY, ERNEST
FREAR, ISAAC
FREEDOLPH, JOHN

MEXICAN

DRIVER
DRILLER

1937OCT17
1911FEB9
1903JAN24
1917NOV28

FREEMAN, WALTER
FREISCH, JOHN
FREIT, EMELIA
FRENZENA, GOTTARDO

1952JUL10
1915SEP10
1898MAY24
1956APR2
1899SEP11
1899SEP11
1918JUL8
1939FEB20
1921OCT19
1913DEC16

FRERICHS, AUGUST F
FREW, ROBERT
FRIAR, FRANK JR.
FRIDLEY, HOWARD W
FRITOOB, JOSEPH
FRITSCH, JOSEPH
FROELICH, PAUL
FROHLING, EDWARD
FRONK, CLARENCE
FUCHINO, L.

1930JUN4
1920NOV11
1907MAY19
1892AUG11
1920JUL5

FUENTZ, MARSIAL
FUFFOS, LOUIS
FULCHIERO, CARL
FUN, EMANNUEL
FUNARO, PETE

ITALIAN
ITALIAN

DRIVER

10

31

1934JAN4

FUNERO, MIKE

ITALIAN

COMPANY MAN

25

48

20
35
30

COLOWYO COAL CO.


OAKDALE COAL CO.
2

County

PAR

53
24
30

SAN JUAN METALS CORP.


2 CARBON COAL & COKE

POLE
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN

MINER
SHOT-FIRER
MINER
MINER

45
35
40
33

S
M
S
M

SCOTCH

MINER

37

2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON


AARON STROMBERG & CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON

CAMEO

MES

TOLLER
CENTENNIAL

LAS
BOU

WALSEN
COMMODORE
PORTLAND
TELLURIDE
COKEDALE

HUE
MIN
TEL
SAM
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
FELL TO LOWER TUNNEL LEVEL
CROSS HEAD FELL
CAUGHT BETWEEN BELT & PULLEY
DUST EXPLOSION, CAUSED BY A BLOWN-OUT SHOT

LAK
PAR
GAR
TEL
MOF
HUE

INJURED WHILE PUTTING SHOT IN FINGER RAISE

KING
NEW CASTLE
GOLDEN CYCLE
RED WING
OAKDALE

FALL OF COAL
SLIPPED INTO CABLE OF HOIST
HAULAGE
EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP

ROUND OAK
SOLAR

HUE
HUE

FALL OF ROOF
EXPLOSION OF FIREDAMP IN AIR SHAFT

LAS
CHA
CLIMAX
LAK
STRATTON'S INDEPENDENCE TEL
ROBINSON NO. 4
HUE
OUR
SIMPSON
OUR
LAS
LAS
HUE

FALL OF ROCK
DUST EXPLOSION, CAUSED BY A BLOWN OUT SHOT
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK

BOULDER
COAL CREEK
LAST DOLLAR

BOU
FRE
ELP

QUEEN CITY
QUEEN CITY

SAJ
SAJ
JEF
FRE
WEL
GAR

PREMATURE BLAST
FALL OF ROCK
DRILLED INTO MISSED HOLE
CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK
OVER CAME WITH FOUL GAS
OVERCOME WITH GAS & FELL TO BOTTOM SHAFT
CAVE OF LOOSE DIRT
ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF ROCK
DUST EXPLOSION

ENGLEVILLE
SUNSHINE
CRESTED BUTTE

ROU
SAJ
LAS
GAR
GUN

RUNAWAY PIT CAR


ROCK FELL FROM BUCKET
FIRE-SUFFOCATION
FALL OF ROCK
BETWEEN A LOADED CAR & THE SHAFTS

KENNETH

LAS

STRUCK BY LOADED TRIP OF CARS

58
MACHINE RUNNER
TRAPPER

MEXICAN

LOADER
MINER
LABORER

23

43
45

M
M

25
24
26

S
S

CANON NATIONAL COAL CO.


2 BOULDER VALLEY COAL CO.
4 CORYELL MINING LEASING
HAYDEN COAL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
VICKERS COAL CO.

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
CAGE ACCIDENT
FALL OF TOP ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF TOP COAL

COKEDALE
HASTINGS NO. 1
ROUSE

IDARADO MINING CO. (PANDORA)

AMERICAN
ITALIAN

Cause of Death

FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
SUFFOCATED BY MARSH GAS
HAULAGE

PRIMERO

ROGERS & WALLEN


CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
VICTOR TELLER Co.
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
KING LEASE, INC.

SWEDE

33

CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.


UNION PACIFIC COAL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

M
M
S
M
M
S

MINER
MACHINE MINER
TRAMMER
MINER

ITALIAN

Mine

CANON NATIONAL
BOULDER VALLEY
VULCAN
HAYDEN NO. 3

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

1918JUL3

Name

Nationality

Occupation

1896FEB18
1914NOV14
1932JAN15
1915OCT19

FUNK, GLENN
FUNKE, EMILE
FURLONG, LOUIS
GABALDON, CARL E
GABRUM, PHELE

1951MAY13
1915MAR2
1911DEC1
1924JUL31
1888OCT20

GADBERRY, DONALD W
GADDIE, FRED
GADRITIS
GAFRATO, ANGELO
GAGLANIO, FERAUDO

1941JUL21
1902AUG2
1920JUN16
1902OCT13
1900FEB1
1891APR3

GAGON, IRVIN
GALBREATH, WILLIAM A
GALBRETH, JOHN W
GALISCINI, ANTONIO
GALLAGEHER, JOSEPH
GALLAGHER, THOMAS

1897JUL8
1910OCT8

GALLEGHER, JAMES
GALLEGOS, ALEX

1910OCT8
1916JAN20
1941AUG18
1923MAY5
1931NOV9
1946MAR22
1959NOV27

GALLEGOS, E.
GALLEGOS, LUIS J
GALLEGOS, MATIES
GALLEGOS, RAY
GALLINA, NORFIO
GALLO, JOE
GALLOB, GEORGE LEE

1939DEC29
1888DEC10
1908SEP1
1904DEC11

GALLOWAY, ARLIE
GALLOWAY, PETER S
GALLUCI, LIENARDO
GALUP, JACOB

1909DEC1
1939JUL3
1895JUL21
1896AUG10
1930JAN16
1888NOV18
1918SEP10
1928AUG3
1957MAY4
1939SEP9

GALUSHA, SIMON
GALVIN, JOHN
GAMBLE, PHILIP
GAMBRINO, PETER
GANOFF, NICK
GARBO, SAVATORA
GARCIA, ADOLPHO
GARCIA, AMADO
GARCIA, ARRASLACIO
GARCIA, BENITO

1899OCT31
1919SEP9
1924NOV26
1919AUG18
1922SEP19

GARCIA, E.
GARCIA, FELIX
GARCIA, FILBERTO
GARCIA, JACINTO
GARCIA, JACOB

MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN

LABORER
ROPE RIDER
MACHINE MINER
MACHINE MINER

1919JAN18

GARCIA, JOE

MEXICAN

MINER

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

Company name

Mine

23
AMERICAN
TYROLESE
SPANISH
RUSSIAN

TRAPPER
DRIVER
MACHINE RUNNER
TIMBERMAN

18

13
26
38
27

S
M
M
S

22
30
23

S
S
M

MINER
PICK MINER

ITALIAN

MINER
CARPENTER
MINER
MINER

30

48
37

MEXICAN

MINER

19

MEXICAN
MEXICAN

MINER
MULE DRIVER
MINER
PICK MINER
PICK MINER

24
24

S
M

25
56

M
M

MEXICAN
ITALIAN

2
35

DRILLER

LAP

EXPLODED SHOT

GAR
FRE
HUE
HUE

EXPLOSION
COLLISION WITH A TRIP OF EMPTY CARS
FALL OF COAL & DRAW SLATE
ELECTROCUTED

LEADVILLE
FARMERS
FORBES
TOLLER
SOPRIS

LAK
WEL
LAS
LAS
LAS

CRUSHED BETWEEN CAGE & TIMBER IN SHAFT


STRUCK BY A CAGE & FELL DOWN SHAFT
FALL OF STONE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK

ARCHER
BROADHEAD

CANON CITY COAL CO.

ROBINSON
MOYER
ROCKVALE NO. 7

BOU
LAS
CLE
HUE
LAK
FRE

ASPHYXIATION
EXPLOSION
TAMPING A HOLE WITH A STEEL SCRAPER
SHOT BLOWING THROUGH PILLAR
EXPLOSION
PREMATURE BLAST

COLORADO FUEL & IRON

BIG FOUR
STARKVILLE

LAK
LAS

FALL FROM LADDER TO BOTTOM OF SHAFT


EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP

STARKVILLE
SOPRIS
HAYDEN NO. 3
SOUTHWESTERN
NEW FRUTH
CITY NO. 4
OLIVER

LAS
LAS
ROU
LAS
HUE
ELP
GUN

EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP


CRUSHED BETWEEN TWO LOADED CARS
ROOF FALL
EXPLOSION OF GAS & DUST
RUNAWAY MINE CAR
HAULAGE

Hi-WAY
COAL CREEK NO. 2
DELAGUA
PRIMERO

BOU
FRE
LAS
LAS

IGNITION OF EXPLOSIVE GAS


EXPLOSION OF GAS
RUN OVER BY MINE CAR
FALL OF COAL

LEYDEN
BOBTAIL
STARKVILLE
PREMIUM
CHICOSA
JEFFRYES
DELAGUA

JEF
CLE
ELP
LAS
ROU
LAS
LAS
LAS

GARCIA

LAS

FALL OF ROOF
STRUCK BY MACHINE
FALL FROM BUCKET
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF DRAW SLATE
CRUSHED BETWEEN TONGS & WORKS
FALL OF DRAW SLATE

EMPIRE
OAKDALE
BRODHEAD NO. 9

FRE
LAS
HUE
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
FELL UNDER A MOVING TRAIN
STRUCK BY HAULAGE ROPE
EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP
ELECTROCUTED

MORLEY SLOPE

LAS

FALL OF TOP COAL

1 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
6 CALUMET FUEL CO.
GORDON COAL

1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.


DENVER FUEL CO.
A.H. SMITH

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

MINER
MINER

36
28

M
M

AMERICAN

MINER
MACHINEMAN

59
28

W
M

5
PHOENIX TRAIL MINING CO.

BULGARIAN

MINER
PICK MINER

17

43

MEXICAN
MEXICAN

PICK MINER
PICK MINER

23
21

M
S

20
39
23
28
30

S
M
S
S

1 EMPIRE COAL MINING CO.


OAKDALE COAL CO.
TEMPLE FUEL CO.

42

COLORADO FUEL & IRON

MEXICAN
10
2

Cause of Death

VULCAN
CHANDLER
CALUMET NO. 1
GORDON

RESURRECTION MINING CO.


AMERICAN
POLE
ITALIAN

County

4 FRUTH & MICHELETTI


TRINIDAD FUEL CO.
0 JEFFRYES FUEL CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
PRINCE BROS, DRILLING CO.
BENITO GARCIA

PEERLESS

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

1926JAN16

GARCIA, JOHN

1944AUG10
1920MAR20
1923JAN23
1946MAY17

GARCIA, JUAN E
GARCIA, MANUEL
GARCIA, PABLO
GARCIA, RAYMOND

1950FEB1
1917APR27
1897MAR11
1955NOV7
1931JUL2

GARCIA, RUDOLPH
GARDELKIE, LIBOR
GARDINER, G. M
GARDNER, JACK B
GARDNER, THERON

1909MAR13
1913NOV28
1917JUL16
1945DEC13
1892JUL11
1875JUL7

GARGHIO, W. L
GARLIC, JOHN
GARNER, JOSEPH
GARNER, OTIS
GARPETA, NICOLE
GARRETT,

Nationality

MEXICAN

GASNICK, JOE
GASPARICH, JACK
GASPER, STEVE
GASSOWAY, PAT
GATINO, ANGELO
GATUNER, LIB
GAYMAY, JOSEPH E

1943MAR16
1898APR17
1910JUL23
1935SEP7

GECSEI, JAMES
GEIGER, WILLIAM
GENARO, ANTON
GENHO, WEBB

1892FEB10
1897SEP28
1900JAN16
1917APR27
1943SEP23
1914FEB21
1900JUN8
1919MAR8
1942MAY27
1911MAR3

GENNETT, ATTILIO
GEORGE, GEORGE W
GERARDI, JOHN
GERL, FRANC
GERLICA, JR., FRANK
GERMAN, FELIX
GERMANIK, FLORINE
GERMON, WILLIAM J
GEROME, GEORGE
GESPER, JOHN

1909NOV20
1911FEB9
1910JUL23
1910JUL23
1917JUN5
1926JAN2

Years Mining
Experience

MACHINE MINER

Age at
Death
24

Marital Number of
Company name
Status Surviving
Children
S
BEAR CANON COAL CO.

LUDLOW
HASTINGS
PARK REGENT

LAS
LAS
PIT
LAS

FALL OF ROOF
EXPLOSION
FELL DOWN INCLINE
HIT BY FALLING DRILL PIPE
ARM CAUGHT BETWEEN BELT & PULLEY

LAS
HUE
CUS
LAP
LAS
CLE

FALL OF ROOF
PREMATURE SHOT
FELL FROM BUCKET
ROOF FALL
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION

TOM BOY

SAM
SAM

CAUGHT IN PULLEY
FALL OF ROCK

ENGLE
WADGE

LAS
ROU
SAM
GRA
BOU
JEF
JEF

FALL OF ROCK
GAS EXPLOSION
PUSHED CAR INTO SHAFT & FELL AFTER IT
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
MACHINERY

CLIMAX
BACHELOR
STARKVILLE

LAK
OUR
LAS
TEL

WHEELS PASSING OVER POWDER


CAVE IN OF WASH
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF CAPS

NEW CASTLE
SILVER QUEEN
MAIN TRUNK
HASTINGS
CLIMAX
ROBINSON
FREMONT
MORLEY
CASS

GAR
CLE
CLE
LAS
LAK
HUE
FRE
LAK
LAS
LAS

FALL OF COAL
CAVE OF GROUND IN SLOPE
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

CALUMET FUEL

ROCKDALE
COKEDALE
WOOTTON
WOOTTON
PERINS PEAK

FRE
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAP

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

EAST PORTAL

MOFFAT

GIL

OVERCOME BY GAS

PICK MINER

38

PICK MINER

24

M
S

AUSTRIAN

MINER

38

AMERICAN

COAL DUMPER

51

SHERWIN DRILLING CO.


2 AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING

ITALIAN
POLE

MINER
MINER
TIMBERMAN

30
36
56

M
M

1
3 OAKDALE COAL

HUERFANO

KING COAL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
MINER

AUSTRIAN

35

MINER

56

M
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

AMERICAN
ITALIAN

CAGER
LABORER
MINER
MACHINE MAN

40
43
21

WHISTLEPUNK

24

MINER
MINER

40
34

M
M

WEST PORTAL

CAPITOL COAL (CAPROCK)

ITALIAN

CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.


5

MINER
SLUSHER HELPER
DRIVER
MINER
CAGER

20
34
35

AUSTRIAN

MINER

50

GHERNA, SAM
GHEZZL, JOE
GHIGLERI, CARLO
GHIGLERI, JOE
GIACOMELLI, LOUIS

ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
MONTENEGRIN
MONTENEGRIN
ITALIAN

MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
DRIVER

33

S
S
S
S
S

GIACOMELLI, PETE

ITALIAN

TRACK REPAIRER

21

NEGRO

COKEDALE
OAKDALE
KING COLE
ROAD CANON
SILVER PLUME

MOFFAT TUNNEL
REX NO. 2
TINDAL
CAPITOL

PAUL PREBIE & PHOEBE GENHO


COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

AUSTRIAN

S
S
S

CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.


COLORADO FUEL & IRON

22
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.

33
33
21

Cause of Death

FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSIVES
BETWEEN A MINE CAR AND PROP
FALL OF ROCK
FACE FALL

MEXICAN

TIMBERMAN HELPER

County

LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS

AMERICAN

20

Mine

BEAR CANON NO. 6


COOK
TABASCO
FREDERICK
BERWIND CANON

TAYLOR COAL MINING. CO.


9 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
BERWIND CANON COAL

1898APR1 GARSIDE, LAMSDEN


1917MAY18 GARTNER, AUGUST
1907DEC5
1942JAN27
1919JUN3
1926JUL30
1907MAY1
1895FEB6
1946JUN10

Occupation

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Company name
Status Surviving
Children
M
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON

1910OCT8

GIACOMO, GOYO

ITALIAN

MINER

34

1899OCT28
1907JAN23
1899JUN13
1887MAY9

GIACOMO, PETER DI
GIACOMOZZI, FORTUNATO
GIAMBONI, GUS
GIAMO, MARTINA

ITALIAN
HUNGARIAN

MINER
DAY MAN

19
52

S
M

1910NOV8
1924JUN30
1943FEB26
1901APR25
1929MAR22

GIAZAR, ANDY
GIBBONS, EDWARD T
GIBSON, CLARENCE
GIDION, CHARLES
GILBERT, CARLOS

AUSTRIAN

MINER

COLORED
AMERICAN

CRUSHERMAN
DRIVER
PICK MINER

28
24
35
24
37

1956SEP30
1918JUN1
1918SEP21
1899DEC14
1931APR14
1961JUN14

GILBERT, LYLE A
GILEOVICH, JOHN
GILES, WARREN
GILL, JOHN
GILLETT, JULE
GILMORE, FRANK

15

M
M
W

Mine

County

STARKVILLE

LAS

EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP

COLORADO COAL AND IRON CO.

BROOKSIDE
PRIMERO
THREE SISTERS
CAMERON

FRE
LAS
SAM
HUE

FALL OF COAL
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
CAVE IN OF VEIN
FALL OF SLATE

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

DELAGUA
TELLURIDE
PICTOU NO. 1
DELAGUA

LAS
JEF
SAM
HUE
LAS

EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT


BLASTING A CHUTE & CARRIED HIM DOWN
SLIPPED INTO CRUSHER
ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF ROCK

CRACKER JACK
MINERAL ROCK
CALUMENT NO. 2
DUTCH CREEK

LAK
BOU
TEL
HUE
PIT

ELETROCUTION, IMPROPER GROUNDING


FALL OF ROCK
RUNAWAY CAR
FELL DOWN SHAFT
CAUGHT BETWEEN HAULAGE MOTOR & DOOR FRAME
RUSH OF WATER

STARKVILLE
GILMAN

LAS
EAG

FALL OF COAL
SUFFOCATED

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
1 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
LOUISVILLE-LAFAYETTE COAL CO

DELAGUA
DELAGUA
Hi-WAY

COLORADO FUEL & IRON


3 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.

CENTRAL
BERWIND
DELAGUA

LAS
LAS
BOU
TEL
FRE
LAS
LAS

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

PICTOU
BALDY
CRESTED BUTTE
APEX

HUE
LAS
GUN
ROU

FALL OF ROCK
ROOF FALL
EXPLOSION OF GAS BD. SCRANTON, PA
EXPLOSION

BERWIND
HASTINGS
STARKVILLE
LEYDEN NO. 3
SOUTH CANON
KENNETH
PRYOR
ADSIT TUNNEL
ADSIT TUNNEL

LAS
LAS
JEF
GAR
LAS
HUE
BOU
BOU

FALL OF COAL
EXPLOSION
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

COLORADO FUEL & IRON

TELLURIDE MINES, INC.


COLORADO FUEL & IRON
0 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
VANADIUM CORP. OF AMERICA

AMERICAN

MACHINE MINER

51
40

AMERICAN

NIPPER
CONT. MINER

1907OCT11 GINARIO, GASPERI


1942SEP3
GINTHER, RALPH

ITALIAN

MINER
SHOVELER

1910NOV8
1910NOV8
1935AUG29
1931SEP25
1912SEPT4
1913APR23
1930OCT2

GIORANVICH, ELI
GIORANVICH, MILAN
GIORZELLI, JOHN
GIOSO, MICHAEL
GIOVANELLI, ROCCO
GIOVANNI, GAMBOSIN
GIULIANO, FRED

MONTENEGRIN MINER
MONTENEGRIN MINER
ITALIAN
MACHINE MINER
SLOPEMAN
AUSTRIAN
LABORER
ITALIAN
MINER
ITALIAN
TIMBERMAN

1894AUG14
1944NOV13
1884JAN24
1943SEP20

GIZAS, ANTON
GLAD, MIKE
GLANCEY, THOMAS
GLASS, JOE

1899JAN18
1917APR27
1918NOV25
1944MAR6
1926AUG31
1941FEB13
1909MAY24
1897JAN12
1897JAN12
1954JUL29

GLAVIANNO, NICOL
GLAVICH, TONY
GLAVINE, JOE
GLAZAR, MATT
GLEASON, W A
GLENNON, PAT
GLIOCANI, B.
GLOVER, HARRY
GLOVER, JOHN G
GLOVER, JOSEPH EARL

1919MAR26
1909JUN3
1933NOV8
1917MAY17
1884JAN24

GLUMAC, DAN
GLYNN, WALTER
GOBELMAN, JOHN
GODECAGE, FRANK
GODFREY, A M

SEVIAN
COLORED

MACHINE MINER
MINER
MINER
TIMBERMAN
DRIVER

1920FEB22

GODFREY, JOHN

WELSH

SUPERINTENDENT

30

27

0 CRACKER JACK COAL CO.

39
27

2 CALUMET FUEL CO.

22
20

S
S

EMPIRE ZINC CO.

27
27
48
39
32
19
49

S
M
S
S
S
S
M

COLORADO FUEL & IRON


BALDY COAL
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
GEORGE STEELE

DRIVER
SHOT FIRER
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN

MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
TEAMSTER
MINER
MINER

27
42

W
S
M

65

45

38
31
60
38

S
M
M

45

3
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
LEYDEN LIGNITE
0 SOUTH CANON MINE LEASING CO.
VICKERS COAL
2

JAMES N. WARNER

28

Cause of Death

RAPSON COAL MINING

RAPSON
BERWIND
CHAIN O'

COLORADO COAL AND IRON

CRESTED BUTTE

LAS
LAS
GIL
PIT
GUN

EMERALD

FRE

6 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

1914JUN11

Name

1914MAR7
1898JUN25
1910OCT8
1888SEP14

GODINEZ, DIEGO
GOETZ, FRANK
GOFFATT, SAM
GOGGIN, FRANCIS
GOLAN, JOHN

1892MAR10
1898JAN6
1890DEC14
1951FEB2
1921DEC13

GOLDEN, LOUIGI
GOLDSWORTHY, JOHN
GOLIGHTLY, WILLIAM
GOLMAN, JOHN
GOLOB, LOUIS

1950JUL11
1912APR25
1925AUG15
1931MAY16
1901DEC14
1919MAR2

GOMEZ, AMANDO
GOMEZ, EMELIA
GOMEZ, JOSE G
GOMEZ, MANUEL
GONDINO, FERDINAND
GONIKA, GEORGE

Nationality

Occupation

MEXICAN

MINER

GERMAN
ENGLISH
AMERICAN

ROCKMAN
MINER
DRIVER
MINER

Years Mining
Experience
3

Age at
Death
25
51
48
18

Marital Number of
Company name
Status Surviving
Children
M
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
W
M
S
S

AUSTRIAN

PICK MINER

32

MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
ITALIAN

TIMBERMAN/DRIVER
DRIVER
PICK MINER

35
33
48

M
M
W
S

6
21
2

Mine

County

Cause of Death

LESTER
ROYAL
SOPRIS
STARKVILLE
COLORADO CENTRAL

HUE
LAS
LAS
LAS
CLE

COLLISION OF COAL CARS


CRUSHED BETWEEN TWO EMPTY CARS
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
ROCK FALL; FROM CANADA

VICTOR COAL CO.

VICTOR

LAS

FALL OF ROCK

COLORADO FUEL CO.


CLAYTON COAL CO.
COLLIERIES CO.

PICTOU
WASHINGTON
SATANIC

HUE
WEL
JEF

EXPLOSION OF POWDER
UNKNOWN
OVERCOME BY FUMES

COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.


3
2 OAKDALE COAL CO.
0 TORRID COAL CO.

KEBLER NO. 2
ALTA
OAKDALE
TORRID
EAGLE

HUE
LAS
HUE
HUE
LAS
SAM

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

2 ROYAL FUEL
1
COLORADO FUEL & IRON

MUCKER

24

1914JUL1
GONZALES, A.
1904AUG24 GONZALES, ABRAM

MEXICAN
MEXICAN

MINER
MINER

30
40

M
M

5 COLORADO FUEL & IRON

TERCIO
PRIMERO

LAS
LAS

FALL OF COAL
FALL OF DRAW SLATE

1929OCT28
1920SEP20
1926FEB4
1922JUL18
1924AUG16
1899APR11
1918DEC13

GONZALES, ANDRES
GONZALES, CASIMIRO
GONZALES, FRANK
GONZALES, JOE
GONZALES, JOSE
GONZALES, JOSE
GONZALES, LOUIS

MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN

DRIVER
NIPPER
PICK MINER
MULE DRIVER
PICK MINER

38
31
29
31

M
M
M
M
M
S
S

2
3
1
3
0

LAS
LAS
WEL
WEL
HUE

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

MORLEY
BONCARBO
COLUMBINE
COLUMBINE
OAKDALE
PRICE
DELAGUA

LAS

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

1942JAN27
1950NOV18
1924FEB6
1924FEB6

GONZALES, PHILLIP
GONZALES, REFUGIO
GONZALES, REGINO
GONZALES, REGINO

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
ANTHONY PARRA
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

WADGE
CADDELL NO. 2
BERWIND
BERWIND

ROU
HUE
LAS
LAS

GAS EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROOF
SQUEZZED BETWEEN A CAR AND PROP
SQUEEZED BETWEEN CAR & PROP

1942NOV28
1929NOV20
1949JAN3
1910MAR14
1930OCT14
1932FEB10
1951NOV23
1942JAN27
1939JUL10
1930DEC21

GONZALES, RICARDO L
GONZALES, SIMON
GONZALES, VICTOR
GONZALEZ, L
GOOCH, WILLIAM
GOODHEAD, ARCHIE
GOODRICH, DAVID F
GOODRICH, JOSEPH A
GOODSON, MELVIN RAY
GOODWIN, JOHN

BONCARBO
ROBINSON NO. 1
PINE GULCH
TOLLER
SUNNYSIDE
ROCKVALE NO. 2
TELLURIDE
WADGE
LONDON

LAS
HUE
FRE
LAS
SAJ
FRE
SAM
ROU
SUM
SUM

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
FALL OF ROCK

1897APR6
1902AUG7
1952SEP17
1899AUG20
1913MAY14

GORDON, GEORGE
GORDON, JOE
GORDON, L H
GORDON, SCOTT
GORDON, THOMAS

STRICKLIN TUNNEL
BOWEN
OSAGE STRIP
CARDIF
MAGNET

ELP
LAS
ROU
BOU
FRE

ASPHYXIATED
EXPLOSION
MACHINERY
ENGINE HOUSE BURNED OVER SHAFT
NATURAL CAUSES

LEYDEN

JEF

FIRE

1910DEC14 GOTIRA, FRANK

DRIVER

MEXICAN
MEXICAN

PICK MINER
PICK MINER

MEXICAN

DRIVER
LOADERMAN
MINER
MASTER MECHANIC
MULE DRIVER

GREEK
AMERICAN

16
16
7
6
12

19

20
20

S
S

10
16

27
31
49
58
42

M
M
W
M

25
41

M
W

18

LABORER
TIMBERMAN
AMERICAN

DRILL RUNNER
OILER

COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.


AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
OAKDALE COAL 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.

S
20

45

SCOTCH

NIGHT PUMPMAN

68

ITALIAN

MINER

26

1 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL


LEYDEN COAL

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

1922MAR16 GOTZOFF, PETE

Nationality

Occupation

BULGARIAN

PICK MINER
AMERICAN
COAL DUMPER
MONTENEGRIN MINER
SLAV
MINER

1903DEC21
1911SEP4
1910JUN21
1894APR2

GOULD, JAY C
GOUYOUCH, NIC
GOYDANICH, MAT
GOYN, FRANK

1914JAN30
1911FEB9
1940DEC24
1891NOV28
1943MAY9

GOZETA, MARTIN
GOZNDEK, LIKAS
GRABRYAN, GEORGE
GRADISEN, JOHN
GRADY, FRANK

RUSSIAN
POLE

1922MAR31
1885JAN12
1889JAN18
1901NOV20
1904JAN21
1901MAY31

GRAHAM, HUGH
GRAHAM, MICHAEL
GRAHAM, ROBERT
GRAHAM, WILLIAM
GRANDE, DOMINIC
GRANDE, FRANK

SCOTCH

CAR COUPLER
ROADMAN
FOREMAN

ITALIAN
ITALIAN

MINER
DRIVER

1931JAN2
1929APR5

GRANT, HERMAN
GRANT, WILLIAM IRWIN

AMERICAN
AMERICAN

DRIVER
DRIVER

1923SEP7
1934JUL18
1955SEP21
1910DEC15
1904JAN31
1895SEP26
1927APR13

GRANTHAN, JOSEPH
GRAVES, JOHN W
GRAVES, ROBERT LEE
GRAVES, W. C
GRAVIS, ROY
GRAY, JAMES H
GRAY, MARVIN

AMERICAN
AMERICAN

PICK MINER
COMPANY MAN

ANERICAN
AMERICAN

1896FEB10
1906JAN13
1918MAR29
1913JAN16

GRECO, JAMES
GREEN, G.
GREEN, RICHARD B
GREEN, W.

1925DEC2
1981APR15
1910OCT8
1928OCT17
1904JUL13
1910OCT8
1911DEC27
1907MAR1
1923MAR20
1877JUN6

GREENE, HILTON K
GREENE, KELLEY
GREER, FRANK
GREGG, MELVIN M
GREGIONI, PIETRO
GREGOR, SAVATO
GREGORIA, LUIGI D
GREGORIC, JANK
GREGORICH, MARTIN
GREGORY, JOHN

1936NOV13
1909AUG9
1918MAR14
1912JAN27
1897JAN20

GREGORY, THOMAS
GREGOSICH, JONATHAN
GREGOVICH, ANTONIO
GREGRICH, MATT
GREIL, JOHN

1902AUG2

GRENFELL, GEORGE E

Years Mining
Experience
9

Age at
Death
43
34
22
30

Marital Number of
Company name
Status Surviving
Children
M
3 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
M
S
M
MARSHAL COAL

MINER
MINER

Mine

County

Cause of Death

PINNACLE

ROU

FALL OF COAL

COALBASIN
GARFIELD
FORBES
MARSHAL

PIT
MES
LAS
BOU

HIT BY RUN-A-WAY CARS


FALL OF COAL
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
FALL OF ROCK

26

S
M

COLORADO CENTRAL COAL & MINE


4 CARBON COAL & COKE
MOFFAT COAL CO.
COLORADO COAL & IRON CO.
ALPINE FUEL

CENTRAL MINE
COKEDALE
MOFFAT NO. 1 & NO. 2
CRESTED BUTTE
ALPINE

FRE
LAS
ROU
GUN
GUN

DROWNED BY A RUSH OF WATER


DUST EXPLOSION, CAUSED BY A BLOWN-OUT SHOT
FALL OF FACE (DRAW ROCK)
FALL OF COAL
ROOF FALL

65

2 CONSOLIDATED COAL & COKE CO.

25

BAUM
COAL CREEK
DUNKIN
SMUGGLER UNION
MONARCH
CORYELL

WEL
FRE
LAK
SAM
BOU
GAR

CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO CARS


EXPLOSION OF CARBURETTED HYDROGEN
FALL OF SLAB
FIRE
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION

25
2

41
38

M
M

4 McNEIL COAL CORP.


3 CRESTED BUTTE COAL CO.

CAMEO
BULKLEY NO. 2

MES
GUN

KICKED BY A MULE
ELECTROCUTED

47
15

56
51

M
M

SAN JUAN
PIKEVIEW

LAP
ELP

TOP DUMPER
MINER

45
20

W
S

2 AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING


3 PIKES PEAK FUEL CO.
HORN & BURGER (WELLINGTON)
2

EVANS
BRODHEAD
BELGIAN

AMERICAN

MOTORMAN HELPER

27

WEL
LAS
LAK
SAJ

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

AMERICAN

MACHINE HELPER

MINER

OIKE'S PEAK FUEL

ULAY
MAGNET
ROMLEY
PIKE VIEW

HIN
FRE

COLORED

19
22
46

AMERICAN

MACHINE HELPER

23

AMERICAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN

TRIPRIDER
FARMER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER

S
M
S
S
S
M
M

VESTA
DUTCH CREEK #1 MINE
STARKVILLE

22
29
18
28
22
45
43

VESTA MINES, INC.


MID CONTINENT Resources Incorporated
COLORADO FUEL & IRON

3 UTAH FUEL CO.

HUE
PIT
LAS
ELB
HUE
LAS
LAS
HUE
GUN

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

AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN

MINE FOREMAN
MINER
LABORER
MINER

50
40
36
26

S
M

BLACK DIAMOND
VALLEY VIEW

LAS
LAS
CHA
LAS
SAM

SQUEEZED BETWEEN MOTOR & ROOF


FALL OF ROCK
CAUGHT BY RUNAWAY SLAG CAR
FALL OF ROCK
FALLING GROUND

BROADHEAD

LAS

EXPLOSION

MINER

AUSTRIAN

CARPENTER

50

36

0
COLORADO FUEL & IRON

TEMPLE FUEL CO.

ROUSE NO. 4
STARKVILLE
MORLEY
RUGBY
SOMERSET
TERRIBLE-BROWNVILLE
BRODHEAD NO. 9
SOPRIS

ELP

POWDER EXPLODED WHEN TAMPING HOLE


FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

1914NOV9

GRESHAM, JOHN

AMERICAN

DRIVER

31

1912JUN17
1915MAY2
1929JUL6
1912OCT14

GRESSELIN, SILVIO
GRETCH, MIKE
GREWELL, EDWARD
GRIBOSKI, FRANK

ITALIAN
SLAV

MINER
MINER
MUCKER
MINER

26
45
19
44

1945JUL20
1901AUG17
1897DEC1
1939AUG8
1928AUG8

GRIEGO, ANDRES
GRIEGO, MAXIMINO
GRIFFIN, B F
GRIFFIN, MICHAEL
GRIFFITH, JOHN E

1912MAR25
1920JUN21
1928MAY26
1905JUL31
1902DEC15
1909JUL6

GRIFFTH, WILLIAM
GRIMES, WILLIAM
GRINALDO, LORENZO
GRINGRI, TONY
GRISETI, TOM
GRIZENTI, ANGELO

MEXICAN
ITALIAN
SLAVONIAN
AUSTRIAN

1909JUL6
1902AUG7

GRIZENTI, CLEMENTI
GROATE, FRANK

AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN

1931SEP20
1931NOV18
1922AUG6
1950AUG25
1910FEBL2
1898APR15
1922AUG12

GROBLNICK, FRANK
GROFF, NICHOLAS
GROSE, CHARLES
GRUBICH, FRED
GRUSHINSHI, ADAM
GRYER, GEORGE W
GUALANDRI, ATTILIO

1951FEB5
1947SEP6
1952SEP20
1929SEP4

GUARIENTI, ALBERT J
GUARRERO, J D
GUENON, JOHN
GUERRI, DENO

1906OCT31
1933MAR7
1918SEP8
1913AUG7
1919AUG18
1911JUN29
1909DEC9
1899DEC15
1900AUG4
1899NOV4

GUERRI, JOE
GUERRIERI, GENNARO
GUGLIELMOTTO, PAOLO
GUGLIEMO, GIO
GUIALINI, A
GUIGLI, ALBERTO
GUILICIO, GINSOLA
GUING, CHARLES
GUINN, EDWARD
GUISEPPI, ZATTI

1919MAR20
1911JUL24
1910JUN3
1885DEC14
1906OCT10

GUITEREZ, BIBIANO
GUITERREZ, GAUDULUPE
GUITERREZ, M
GULICK, ATHLEZ
GULIMINO, ANDREW

1896FEB18

GUMBORD, JNO.

SLAV

Marital Number of
Company name
Status Surviving
Children
S
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
S
M
S
W

5 MUTUAL COAL
5

WELSH

MINER
SHOVELER
MANAGER

47

MINER
DROSS-POT MAN
PICK MINER
MINER

25
54
62
35

S
W
S

22

Cause of Death

BOU

HIT BY RUNAWAY MULE

TERCIO
MUTUAL

LAS
HUE
PAR
HUE

FALL OF ROCK
SUFFOCATED FROM GAS EXPLOSION
SQUEEZED AGAINST A MOTOR
FALL OF ROCK

FREDERICK
BLOOM
VALLEY VIEW

LAS
LAS
SAM
EAG
CLE

ROOF FALL
FALL OF ROCK
FALLING FROM TRAM BUCKET
SUFFOCATED
PREMATURE BLAST

FREMONT

FRE
PUE
ROU
HUE
LAS
LAS

FALL OF ROOF
FELL 12 FEET FROM A BEAM
FALL OF RIB COAL
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF
GAS EXPLOSION

EMPIRE ZINC CO.

5 HAYDEN BROS. COAL CORP.

County

SIMPSON

CADDELL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.

MEXICAN

Mine

MINER

30

HAYDEN NO. 3
MIDWAY
BOWEN
TOLLER

MINER
MACHINE RUNNER

24
26

S
M

TOLLER
BOWEN

LAS
LAS

GAS EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION

MACHINE MAN
MUCKER
TIMBERMAN

40
42
34

MAYFLOWER
LINCOLN

RUSSIAN

MINER

39

ITALIAN

DAY MAN

COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

KEYSTONE
STANDARD
CRIPPLE CREEK
ROBINSON NO. 2

SAJ
CLE
EAG
ROU
BOU
PAR
HUE

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
CAUGHT UNDER A CAVE
FALL OF RIB
FALL OF ROOF
FUSE EXPLODED
FALL OF ROCK

COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.


KEYSTONE COAL CO.
RESURRECTION MINING CO.
TEMPLE FUEL CO.

FREDERICK
KEYSTONE
LEADVILLE
BRODHEAD NO. 9

LAS
ROU
LAK
LAS

HAULAGE
RIB FALL
FELL DOWN MANWAY SHAFT
ELECTROCUTED

DELAGUA
BULKLEY NO. 2
STARKVILLE
ROUSE
OAKDALE
WALSEN
MORLEY
PELICAN
ENGLE
PICTON

LAS
GUN
LAS
HUE
HUE
HUE
LAS
CLE

KEYSTONE COAL

14

UTILITYMAN

35

59

21

35
51
49
47
32
30
20

M
M
M
M
M
S
S
M
M

ITALIAN

MOTORMAN

ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN

MINER
PICK MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
TRACKMAN
MINER
LABORER

AMERICAN
ITALIAN

MINER

30
45
25
24
22

S
S

ITALIAN

SWITCHMAN
MINER
MINER
REPAIRMAN
MINER

41

AUSTRIAN

LOADER

30

MEXICAN
MEXICAN

30

3 CRESTED BUTTE COAL CO.


4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
0 OAKDALE COAL CO.

HUE

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

MORLEY
BOWEN
THORTON
PORTER

PUE
LAS
LAS
FRE
LAP

LEG CAUGHT BY THE POT-CAR WHEEL


FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF TOP COAL
STRUCK BY A RUNAWAY CAR
FALL OF DRAWSLATE

VULCAN

GAR

EXPLOSION

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

Company name

Mine

County

Cause of Death

1897JAN8

GUNBELL, MAYNARD

BESSIE M

ELP

1899JUN20
1909APR6
1892MAR8
1911MAR29

GUNDERSON, JOHN
GURULE, NICK
GUSIK, MIKE
GUSMAN, RAFAEL

LAK
BOU
GUN
LAS

FALLING FROM STEPS OF SHAFT


CRUSHED BY FRAME
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL

1910OCT8
1920MAR9
1981APR15
1894APR28
1927AUG4

GUT, PETER
GUTHRIE, FRANK T
GUTHRIE, WILLIAM
GUTHRIE, WILLIAM B
GUTIERREZ, SAMUEL

1962DEC1
1948JAN22
1939DEC12
1930OCT10
1928MAR17
1899OCT10

GUTIRREZ, JOHN B
GUZZO, PETE
HAASE, CARL
HACKLER, H G
HADDOW, GABRIEL G
HAEBERLE, WILLIAM

AMERICAN

MINER

55

MEXICAN

MINER

32

EVENING STAR
COKEDALE
CRESTED BUTTE
MORLEY

POLE
AMERICAN

MINER
WEIGHBOSS

26

28
41

M
S

AMERICAN

DRIVER

15

26

2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON


CRESTED BUTTE ANTHRACITE
MID CONTINENT Resources Incorporated
VULCAN FUEL
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

STARKVILLE
SMITH
DUTCH CREEK #1 MINE
VULCAN
TOLLER

LAS
GUN
PIT
GAR
LAS

EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP


FALL OF TIPPLE
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
STRUCK ON HEAD BY VENTILATING FAN
FALL OF ROCK

MINER
MINER

30
23

49
50

SCOTCH

MACHINEMAN
ROPE RIDER

28

30
46

M
W

LEADER COAL
HUERFANO COAL CO.
EMPIRE ZINC CO.
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

VICTORY NO. 3
LEADER NO. 2
LUDLOW
EAGLE
TOLLER
COLE

LAP
HUE
LAS
EAG
LAS
MIN

MACHINERY
FALL OF FACE
FALL OF ROCK
FELL DOWN CHUTE WITH RUN OF ORE
CAUGHT BETWEEN PIT CAR & RIB
LARGE QUANTITY OF DIRT & VEIN MATTER

1904DEC27 HAGASHIDA, K.
1954AUG23 HAGER, CECIL

JAPANESE

MINER

28

BERWIND

LAS

PREMATURE BLAST
STRUCK BY ROD WEIGHT

1910JUL2
1923JUL12
1898FEB21
1899MAR21
1889AUG13
1923JUL23
1950OCT15

HAGUE, A I
HAIG, SAMUEL G
HAIGER, SCOTT
HAITT, HALBERT
HALKA, JOSEPH
HALLEN, GUS
HALLOCK, JOHN R

AMERICAN
ENGLISH

COLORADO FUEL CO.

GREEN CANON
BONCARBO
MOON ANCHOR
STRONG
ROUSE

IDARADO MINING CO.

OURAY

LAS
LAS
ELP
ELP
HUE
SUM
OUR

FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
GROUND DROPPED FROM BACK
STRUCK BY ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
ELECTROCUTED
SUFFOCATED IN MILL ORE BIN

1921SEP23
1904JUL7
1904AUG29
1906JUL18

HALLOWELL, R B
HALOZASZ, WAJCIECK
HAMATA, M.
HAMBER, MONT

ROBINSON
ROUSE NO. 4
PRIMERO

BOU
HUE
HUE
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
ELECTROCUTED BY A TROLLEY WIRE

1921FEB12
1895SEP26
1959DEC3
1927MAR12
1926SEP1
1908MAR31
1943JAN18
1906JUL9
1926JUL20
1897AUG13

HAMIDY, EDWARD
HAMILL, JOHN
HAMILTON, JACKSON S
HAMILTON, JAMES A
HAMILTON, JOHN W
HAMILTON, JOSEPH
HAMILTON, LEWIS
HAMILTON, MONTE
HAMLIN, JOSEPH C
HAMMER, NICK

OAK HILLS NO. 2


BELGIAN

ROU
LAK

MOORE NO. 1

JAC

OAKDALE
IDAHO SPRINGS
PRIMERO
CHANDLER
IDA TUNNEL

HUE
CLE
LAS
FRE
RIG

EXPLOSION OF DUST
EXPLOSION OF POWDER
CRUSHED BY DOZER
STRUCK BY CAR
FELL & STRUCK HEAD
GAS EXPLOSION
DROWNED
FALL OF COAL
RUNAWAY TRIP
EXPLOSION WHILE PREPARING POWDER

1921JUL7
1923APR20
1896JAN4
1939SEP6
1888FEB1

HAMPTON, A
HANBY, CHARLES
HANCOCK, JASON
HAND, AUDLIN CHARLES
HAND, THOMAS

BLACK HAWK
CAMEO
ANNA LEE
CANON EAGLE
STEWART

LAP
MES
ELP
FRE
BOU

FALL OF ROCK
PREMATURE SHOT
CAVING IN OF SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF "FACE" COAL

RED ROCK

ELP

BUCKET FELL DOWN SHAFT

1897DEC10 HANLEY, EDWARD

COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

ROTO CONE CO.


MINER
PICK MINER

28

72
42

S
M

3 AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING

55

POLANDER
JAPANESE
HUNGARIAN

MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER

ITALIAN

HOISTMAN

AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
HUNGARIAN
AMERICAN

PICK MINER
CARPENTER
FIREBOSS
MINER
MINER
TRAPPER

AMERICAN
ENGLISH

PICK MINER
MINER

49
26
28
23

S
S

21

52
49
40
22
23
22

M
M
S
S

38

MOFFAT COAL CO.


BUD KING CONSTRUCTION CO.
3 NORTH PARK COAL CO.

CALIFORNIA-HIDDEN TREASURE
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
TRIANGLE CAOL CO.
5 GRAND JUNCTION MINING & FUEL
CANON EAGLE COAL CO.

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

1914NOV20 HANLIN, JAMES


1920MAY15
1943OCT2
1907JAN23
1898FEB10

HANNAH, TONY
HANNAMAN, JESS L
HANNUSEK, GIANNI
HANSCHILD, OTTO

1900FEB23
1943MAR19
1928DEC12
1907MAR28
1942JAN27

HANSEN, CHRIST
HANSEN, HANS A
HANSEN, PETE
HARAGUCHI, E.
HARDIN, HARVEY

1906SEP26
1896APR5
1896JAN4
1901NOV18
1899JUN8
1909AUG9

HARDMAN, ANDREW
HARDY, RALPH
HARMAN, THOMAS H
HARPER, STANNIL
HARRINGTON, T
HARRIS, CHARLES

Nationality

AMERICAN
ITALIAN

Occupation

HUNGARIAN

MINER
DRIVER
NIPPER
MINER

JAPANESE

MILLMAN
BLACKSMITH
MINER

SCOTCH

AMERICAN

Years Mining
Experience

10

Age at
Death
28
24

Marital Number of
Company name
Status Surviving
Children
S
HAYDEN BROS. COAL CORP.

HARRIS, JOHN
HARRIS, LISLE N
HARRIS, WILLIAM
HARRISON, HENRY
HARRISON, JAMES
HARRISON, JOSEPH
HART, SILAS

1896JUL14
1942JAN27
1927JAN7
1927MAR16

HART, W. R
HARTMAN, HARRY H
HARTMAN, N W
HARTT, ALLEN

B&M
IDAHO SPRINGS

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

GREEN CANON
WADGE

BOU
CLE
SAG
LAS
ROU

TOLTEC
MAGNOLIA SHAFT
ANNA LEE
BOWEN
FOUR QUEENS
TIOGA

HUE
ELP
ELP
LAS
TEL
HUE

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK FROM BUCKET
CAVING IN OF SHAFT
RUNAWAY TRIP OF 7 LOADED CARS
DIRT FROM FOOT OF RAISE
FALL OF DRAWSLATE

EMPRESS JOSEPHINE
SLEEPY-HOLLOW

SAG
GIL

FALLING DOWN SHAFT INTO SUMP


DROWNED

LAS
ROU
HUE
GAR
CLE
ROU

FALL OF ROCK
PREMATURE EXPLOSION
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
ORE FALLING FROM BACK OF SLOPE
CAUGHT BETWEEN CAR & PROP

30

1960SEP2
1918JUN4
1898MAR1
1898MAR1
1952MAY2
1918AUG24
1896DEC18
1904OCT28
1882AUG17
1930OCT1

HARVEY, CLAUDE D JR
HARVEY, HARRY
HARVEY, M T
HARVEY, THOMAS
HASENBALG, HENRY T
HASPAAS, ANTONIO S
HATAS, JOHN
HATTON, EDWARD
HATTRY
HAUGH, ALBERT

1896OCT17
1928AUG8
1924JAN5
1957OCT11
1960JUN17

HAULI, JOHN
HAUS, WILLIAM
HAUSER, ALBERT E
HAUSER, ROBERT E
HAVINS, BUDDY

1899JUL26

HAWKE, S J

MEXICAN

PICK MINER

AMERICAN
MEXICAN

NIGHT WATCHMAN
PICK MINER
MINER

S
S

26

39

3 VICKERS COAL CO.

46
24
38

M
M
M

7 MOFFAT COAL
1
4

16

48

0 MOFFAT COAL CO.

KENNETH
RESERVOIR NO. 22
OAK HILLS NO. 2
BIG FOUR
VULCAN
REYNOLDS
OAK HILLS NO. 2

M
S

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
0 CRESTED BUTTE ANTHRACITE
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.

TOM BOY
WADGE
SMITH ANTHRACITE
PINNACLE

SAM
ROU
GUN
ROU

INSECURE STAGING
GAS EXPLOSION
BREAKING DOWN OF BREAKER
FALL OF ROCK

HYGRADE

MES
TEL
SUM
SUM

ROOF FALL
FALL OF ROCK
SUFFOCATION FROM SMOKE
SUFFOCATION FROM SMOKE
CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
CAGE FALLING DOWN SHAFT
EXPLOSION
FOUL AIR
STRUCK BY AN EMPTY ROPE TRIP

1
15

54
23
51
41

GENERAL CHEM. DIV.


STOPING MACHINE
AMERICAN

MINER

AMERICAN

PUMPER

AMERICAN

MINER
MACHINE MINER

ROCK FALL FROM HANGING WALL


STEPPED ON LOOSE PLANK & FELL INTO ORE BIN
CRUSHED BY MACHINERY
FALL OF ROCK
GAS EXPLOSION

ALMA LINCOLN MINING CO.

MINER

MINER
MINER
PIT BOSS

FALL OF ROCK
RUN OVER BY A MINE CAR
HAULAGE
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FELL FROM LADDER DOWN SHAFT

27

IRISH
AMERICAN
ENGLISH

ROU
FRE
WEL
LAS
SUM

68
48
28

MINER

MACHINE MINER

JUNIPER
CANON
STERLING
PRIMERO
INVENTA

24

AMERICAN

Cause of Death

28

1896AUG23 HARRIS, J. D
1895AUG29 HARRIS, JAMES
1929JAN28
1951AUG24
1914AUG15
1909AUG19
1896FEB18
1900JAN16
1929JAN25

County

1 CANON-RELIANCE COAL CO.


McNEIL COAL CORP.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON

MINER

Mine

MT. PRIDE
MT. PRIDE
JAMESTOWN

33

17

43

59

3 EMPIRE COAL MINING CO.

VIRGINIUS
TERCIO NO. 3
BUENA VISTA
EMPIRE
LOST LOBE

30

51
28

4 NATIONAL FUEL CO.


C. F. LYTLE, INC.
HALLIBURTON OIL WELL CO.

PURITAN

SMUGGLER UNION

SAM
OUR
LAS
CHA
LAS
SAM
CLE
WEL
LAP

EXPLOSION WHILE CARRYING POWDER


PREMATURE BLAST
DELAYED SHOT
RUN OVER BY DUMP TRUCK
HIT BY PLUG & FELL TO FLOOR 15 FEET

SAM

FALL OF RACK FROM SLOPE

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience
2

Age at
Death
19

Marital Number of
Company name
Status Surviving
Children
S
NATIONAL FUEL CO.

1920MAY1

HAWKINS, JOHN H

ENGLISH

CAGER

1896APR27
1896MAR27
1898OCT21
1898FEB11

HAWKINS, MARTIN
HAY, JOHN
HAYDEN, JOHN
HAYES, ALBERT L

WELSH
AMERICAN

DRIVER
SUPERINTENDENT

18
38

S
M

1933AUG25
1899JUN21
1951APR28
1899JUN2
1903JAN17

HAYNES, HOWARD E
HAYNES, JOHN
HAZELBAKER, JOSEPH
HEADMAN, P A
HEARD, SAMUEL

SHOVEL OPERATOR

42

1929AUG22
1891MAR23
1887AUG2
1896APR22
1910OCT8
1957MAR9

HEARN, WILLIAM E
HECK, JOSEPH
HECKLER, JOSEPH
HECTON, ANDREW
HEDQUIST, WILBERT
HEDRICK, GEORGE L

COLOWYO COAL CO.


AMERICAN

MOTOR MAN

WELSH

NIGHT FOREMAN

AMERICAN

MOTORMAN

28

27

42

SMITH-ANTHRACITE MINING CO.


COLORADO COAL & IRON CO.
U. C. CO.

23

COLORADO FUEL & IRON


JUNIPER OIL & MINING CO.

1899OCT26 HEFFERNAN, MICHAEL


1884JAN24 HEFFRON, BYRON
1884JAN24
1893MAR18
1896AUG31
1920FEB4
1885NOV13
1910JAN31
1953FEB16

HEFFRON, L P
HEFLRON, DANIEL
HEGGMAN, S.
HEIDT, HENRY
HEISTER, ELMER
HELM, WILLIAM
HELMS, LeROY

1913SEP22
1897OCT25
1909AUG2
1950SEP7

HELWIG, JOHN
HENCKLEY, C C
HENDERSON, DAVID
HENDERSON, DONALD F

1934JUL9
1922MAY28
1922MAR6
1901NOV20
1898AUG30
1873SEP27
1913JAN12
1951OCT18
1898DEC17
1903DEC18

HENDERSON, FLODY W
HENDERSON, FRANK
HENDRICKS, G M
HENDRICKSON, ALLEN
HENDRICKSON, PAUL
HENNESSY, FRANK
HENRICKS, DANIEL
HENRY, FRED N
HENRY, WALTER
HERBECK, JOHN

1953MAR23
1932JUL30
1919MAY20
1931OCT3
1929FEB14
1925MAR9

COLORADO COAL AND IRON


COLORADO COAL AND IRON
COLORADO FUEL AND IRON CO.
BOILER MAKER

56

AMERICAN

ELECTRUCUAN

25

COLORADO FUEL & IRON


MOUNTAIN STATES DRILLING CO.

GERMAN

MINER

34

EATON COAL

AMERICAN

SINKER

45

M
M

MECHANIC'S HELPER
PLACER MINER

44
29
50

1
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

Mine

Cause of Death

MONARCH NO. 2
REVENUE TUNNEL
LITTLE DAISY
ROCKVALE
HAYES

BOU
OUR
ELP
FRE
FRE

CRUSHED BETWEEN CAGE & COLLAR OF SHAFT


FALLING GROUND IN SLOPE
SHAFT HOUSE FRAME BLEW DOWN
CRUSHED BY CAR
CRUSHED BY CAR

MONARCH
MITCHELL
RED WING
PARK REGENT
STARKVILLE

CHA
MOF
PIT
LAS

CRUSHED BY GASOLINE SHOVEL


FALL OF TOP COAL
FALL OF ROOF
SHAFT HOUSE BURNED
FALL OF TIMBER

SMITH-ANTHRACITE
CRESTED BUTTE
COMO
ALBRO
STARKVILLE

GUN
LAS
PAR
CLE
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
CRUSHED BY FALLING PIT WALL

MORNING GLORY
CRESTED BUTTE

TEL
GUN

FELL FROM BUCKET


EXPLOSION OF GAS; BD. SCHUYLKILL, PA

CRESTED BUTTE
CRESTED BUTTE
MARY MURPHY
BULL DOMINGO
PRIMERO

GUN
GUN
CHA
LAP
CUS
LAS

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

OURAY
SOLAR
WADGE

WEL
SUM
HUE
ROU

OVERCOME BY GAS & FELL INTO SHAFT


FELL TO BOTTOM OF SHAFT
EXPLOSION OF FIREDAMP IN AIR SHAFT
FALL OF ROOF

PAR
FRE
DOU
SAM
LAK
SUM
LAS
ELP
BOU

BANK OF GRAVEL CAVED IN


ELECTROCUTED
SUFFOCATED
FIRE
STRUCK WITH CAGW
CAUGHT IN MACHINERY
CAUGHT IN SHAFT
CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK
FELL FROM LADDER
FALL OF TOP COAL
FELL DOWN ORE PASS
SLIPPED OFF BUCKET & FELL DOWN SHAFT
CRUSHED BY A CAVE IN
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK

ALAMA PLACER

JUMBO MINING
0 COLORADO FUEL AND IRON CO.
WINSTON BROS. CO.

County

SMUGGLER UNION
IRON SILVER
BRECKENRIDGE
TERCIO
LOVELAND
CARIOLANNS
SIMPSON

AMERICAN

MACHINIST

37

AUSTRIAN

MINER

35

HERBERT, DALE JR.


HERIVEL, NICHOLAS R
HERMANSON, CHARLES
HERNANDEZ, ANDREAS
HERNANDEZ, BENITO

4
2

81
28
23
23

MEXICAN
MEXICAN

SUPERINTENDENT
TRAMMER
PICK MINER
PICK MINER

M
M

0 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.


2 TEMPLE FUEL CO.

DELAGUA
BRODHEAD NO. 9

BOU
SAM
LAS
LAS

HERNANDEZ, E

MEXICAN

MACHINE MINER

41

5 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.

CHANDLER

FRE

TELLURIDE MINES, INC.


CALIFORNIA

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

1917APR27 HERNANDEZ, JOE

SPANIARD

DRIVER

1920JUN21
1928FEB8
1929MAR21
1926MAR5

HERNANDEZ, LOUIS
HERNANDEZ, MARGARITO
HERNANDEZ, PAUL
HERNANDEZ, PONCIANO

MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN

MACHINE MINER
PICK MINER

5
7

28
36

MACHINE MINER

35

1920JUN21
1917APR27
1899MAR10
1924JAN12
1942JUL18

HERNANDEZ, VOLENTI
HERRERA, FELIPO
HESS, F J
HESTON, VERL
HEYN, C A

MEXICAN
MEXICAN

MACHINE MINER
TRAPPER

30
16

1920AUG3
1937DEC4
1927SEP14
1921OCT14
1898FEB5
1961JAN25

HIBBS, OSSIAN
HICKMAN, JOHN MARION
HICKS, CORTIS F
HICKS, JAMES H
HICKS, JOSIAH
HICKS, RAYMOND

18755SEP8 HICKS, WILLIAM


1934NOV29 HIGGINS, CHARLES

AMERICAN
COLORED

27

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children
M
1
S
M
M
S

TEMPLE FUEL CO.


6 HAYDEN BROS. COAL CORP.
0 NATIONAL FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

0 TEMPLE FUEL CO.

TRAMMER
COPARTNER

19
56

CONSTRACTOR
TIMBERMAN
SURVEYOR
PICK MINER

41
58
38
37

M
N
M

20
26

HEYN & MOTT


UNITED GOLD MINES CO.
0 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
3 TEMPLE FUEL CO.

19
AMERICAN

MACHINE MINER

AMERICAN
AMERICAN
JAPANESE

MINER
NIGHT FOREMAN
MINER
TRAMMER
ROLLERMAN
SHOTFIRER
MACHINE MINER

1910DEC18
1912NOV8
1904APR23
1921AUG21
1926MAY29
1923AUG25
1932OCT14

HIGGINS, SAMUEL E
HIGINS, JOHN W,
HIGUSHI, H.
HILL, ALFRED
HILL, OSCAR
HILL, W B
HILL, W L

1896JUL17
1912MAR16
1929APR15
1949JUL16

HILLEGHER, J
HILLIER, WILLIAM
HILTZ, CHARLES P
HINCK, ERVIN W

1942JAN27
1921JUL30
1888OCT20
1860OCT18
1936AUG9
1908NOV9
1895AUG10
1934NOV30
1943JAN18
1942JAN27

HINDMAN, ELMER C
HINES, GEORGE
HING, MIKE
HINKAK, JOSEPH
HINKLE, JOHN E
HIPP, J. J
HOAGLAND, FRANK
HOBERT, ELMER
HOBSON, HERBERT
HOCKMAN, KENNETH

1911FEB9
1935JUL20
1938JUN18
1925APR24
1917MAY14

HODBOD, B.
HODGES, JAY M
HODSON, DAN
HODSON, SCHUYLER
HOFFMAN, HENRY E

POLE
AMERICAN

MINER
TOP LABORER

AMERICAN

PICK MINER
MINE LEASER

1922FEB11

HOGAN, JOHN

COLORED

PICK MINER

FINLANDER
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
WELSH

Company name

Mine

LAS
LAS
ROU
WEL
HUE

EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
SUFFOCATION FROM NOXIOUS GASES
FALL OF ROCK

BRODHEAD
HASTINGS
COMMODORE

LAS
LAS
MIN
CHA
BOU

FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION WHILE CUTTING CAPING FUSE
SUFFOCATION
FALL OF ROCK

ROSE NICOL
CHANDLER
BRODHEAD NO. 9
DAYTON NO. 2

GUN
TEL
FRE
LAS
DOL
SAG

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

CARIBOU
CROWN

GIL
BOU

EXPLOSION
BLOOD POISONING

WEL
BOU
HUE
SAM
GUN
ROU
LAS

CRUSHED BETWEEN MOTOR & RIB


GAS EXLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
SLIPPED & FELL THROUGH A HOLE INTO OREPASS
COAL BLOWING OUT
CRUSHED BETWEEN LOADED TRIP & RIB

ELP
ROU
SUM
FRE

FALLING FROM SHAFT INTO SUMP


FALL OF ROCK
FELL 70 FEET INTO OPEN STOPE
STRUCK BY CHAIN BLOCK

ROUSE

ROU
GAR
HUE

CANON ZENITH
DERUSH
SILVER AGE MILL
AMERICAN EAGLE
SILVERTON
WADGE

FRE
MES
CLE
TEL
SAJ
ROU

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

COKEDALE
LEYDEN NO. 3
COLUMBINE
HORACE

LAS
JEF
WEL
GUN
TEL

DUST EXPLOSION, CAUSED BY A BLOWN-OUT SHOT


FELL OFF OPEN CAR
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF TIMBER

OAK HILLS

ROU

FALL OF COAL

WARD

PINNACLE EXPLORATION CO.

57

8 DAVID ALLAN

M
M
S

2
1

GOLDEN ARCH
SIMPSON
WALSEN

23
25
14

35
45
36
44
43
46
37

M
M
M

3 CALUMET FUEL CO.


2 COLORADO & UTAH COAL CO.
6 VICKERS COAL CO.

SOMERSET
HARRIS
KENNETH

59
35
35

M
M
M

REBECCA
JUNIPER
DIAMOND FIRE BRICK CO.

CANON CITY

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

WADGE

LABORER

GERMAN
AMERICAN

COLORADO FUEL CO.


CONSOLIDATED SLUICE
2 CANON ZENITH COAL CO.

CARPENTER
MINER

55
28

M
S

MACHINE RUNNER
MOTORMAN

38
49

M
S

49

M
M

54
56

2 CARBON COAL & COKE


8 LEYDEN LIGNITE CO.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
2 THE ROSS COAL CO.

20

53

1 MOFFAT COAL CO.

STRATTON CRIPPLE CREEK


SHENANDOAH-DIVES MINING CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

Cause of Death

HASTINGS
BRODHEAD
HAYDEN NO.3
PURITAN
PICTOU

28

MINER
FOREMAN
MECHANIC

County

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

1871JUN20

Name

1954JUL23
1919OCT1
1899JUL12
1924JAN9

HOGAUE, JIM
HOGLAND, ALAMOS ROY
HOLDEN, A G
HOLLAND, JOHN
HOLLAND, S F

1951OCT25
1920MAY10
1909DEC4
1928APR21
1926JUN23

HOLLET, GEORGE
HOLLIDAY, JOHN
HOLLY, JOHN
HOLMAN, CHARLES L
HOLMAN, EVAN T

1908OCT2
1956DEC10
1928FEB10
1942JAN9
1898JUN12
1888NOV5

HOLMAN, O. P
HOLMES, PERRY
HOLMQUIST, JOHN
HOLSTON, FLOYD
HOLT, JOHN C
HOLT, OWEN

1892SEP28
1959DEC4

HOLT, WILLIAM M
HOLTQUIST, JOHN

1940MAY2
1937JUN4
1901JAN8
1899MAR29
1904SEP3
1930OCT29
1895AUG22

HOLYBEE, BERNARD
HONGY0, DAIZO
HOOD, WILLIAM
HOPKINS, PHINEUS
HORAY, SAMUEL
HORHAN, WILLIAM
HORNER, GEORGE

1889NOV23
1900DEC5
1910SEP14
1910OCT8

HORNSTIEN, G. H
HOROCICK, MATTEO
HORSECROFT, RICHARD
HORVATT, E

1910JAN31
1937MAR8
1910OCT20
1956APR19
1889SEP9
1921JAN3
1932DEC26
1932MAR2
1914MAY15
1892OCT3

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

1920JUN21
1917APR27
1907DEC30
1957MAY3
1904JUL6

HOWARD, ELMER
HOWARD, JAMES
HOWARD, MELFORD
HOZA, JAMES
HUBALL, IVAN

1907JAN23

HUBAT, FRANK

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

Company name

MINER
AMERICAN

PICK MINER

MACHINE MINER
MINER
FOREMAN
REPAIR MAN

AMERICAN

DRIVER
DRILLER
PICK MINER
TRAMMER

SWEDE

36

27

57
32
41
25

M
M

50
49
41
22

HARRIS
CLYDE

ROU
TEL
FRE

FELL DOWN SHAFT


CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK
FALL OF COAL
HEART FAILURE
FELL 45 FEET TO CONCRETE FLOOR

STANDARD
PRIMERO

BOU
LAS
LAP
SUM

CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK


STRUCK BY A LOADED TRIP OF CARS
FALL OF COAL
ELEVATOR FAILURE & FRACTURED RIGHT LEG
ELECTROCUTED BY FALL OF POWER LINE

LUDLOW
IMPERIAL
MORLEY
SILVERTON
GOLD COIN
STARKVILLE

LAS
WEL
LAS
SAJ
ELP
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
HEART ATTACK
FALL OF ROCK
SUFFOCATED
LARGE ROCK FELL FROM WALL
EXPLOSION OFR CARBURETED HYDROGEN GAS

COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.


GOLDEN CYCLE CORP.

WALSEN

HUE

EXPLOSION OF GAS
FALL OF ROCK & MAN

JUANITA COAL & COKE CO.


HAYDEN COAL CORP.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON

KING
HAYDEN NO. 3
NEW CASTLE
NEW ANCHOR
HASTINGS NO. 2
ALAMO NO. 2
SUNSHINE

DEL
ROU
GAR
TEL
LAS
HUE
GAR

FALL FROM MOVING RAILROAD CAR


FALL OF COAL
EXPLOSION
ROCK FALL FROM ROOF
RUN OVER BY LOADED CARS
FALL OF ROCK & TOP COAL
FALL OF CLAY & BOULDERS

ANTHRACITE
GRAY CREEK
CHANDLER
STARKVILLE

GUN
LAS
FRE
LAS

HIT BY CHAIN OF INCLINE CARS


FALL OF COAL
FELL UNDER RUNAWAY CAR
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP

PRIMERO

LAS
GUN
HUE

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

A. F. SKALLA
4 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.

S
M

COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.


PRIDE OF WEST, INC.
T. C. & C. CO.

MINER
JAPANESE
AMERICAN

MINER
MINER

FRENCH
AMERICAN

DRIVER
DRILLER
MULE DRIVER

14

57

14

18
29

S
M

S
S
M
M
S
M

2 BARBOUR COAL CO.


COLORADO FUEL CO.

AMERICAN
SERVIAN

DRIVER
MINER

31
18
31

AMERICAN

MINER
DRILLMAN
MINER

51
25
34

SLAV

AMERICAN

FOREMAN
TRAMMER
MINER
ROPE RIDER

AMERICAN
COLORED
MEXICAN

PICK MINER
DRIVER
DRIVER

SLAV

MINER

46

HUNGARIAN

DAY MAN

24

53
32
50
25

M
M
S

32
31
39

M
M
M

Cause of Death

GIL

30
ENGLISH
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN

County

STALKERS
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
COLORADO-UTAH COAL CO.

33

Mine

1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON


COLORADO FUEL & IRON
CARTER MINES CO.
2

ROBINSON
IDARADO MINING CO.
GOLDEN FUEL CO.

WHITE ASH

MOFFAT COAL
CITIZENS COAL CO.

CRESSON
ROYAL TIGER
OAK HILLS NO. 1
HECLA

JEF
LAK
TEL
SUM
ROU
BOU

PRYOR
HASTINGS
BOWEN

HUE
LAS
LAS

0 UNION COAL & COKE CO.


6

ROUSE NO. 4

HUE

FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
CAUGHT BETWEEN CAR AND RIB
CRUSHED BETWEEN MUCKER & TIMBER
FALL OF ROCK

PRIMERO

LAS

EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT

CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.


COLORADO FUEL & IRON

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

1944MAR16 HUBBARD, ROSCOE B


1919JAN14
1945FEB10
1933JUN14
1917JUN25

HUBERTY, JOHN H
HUDACK, JOHN
HUDDINE, CHARLES
HUER, NICHOLAS

1932APR9
1930MAY25
1884JAN24
1922FEB9
1913JAN30

HUFFMAN, CHARLES J
HUGGARD, ABRAHAM J
HUGHES, DAVID
HUGHES, RAYMOND
HUJANO, GUADALOUPE

1884JAN24
1939APR23
1946DEC22
1937OCT17
1902MAR28
1910JAN31

HULAR, JOHN
HULDER, CHARLES W
HULL, RUSSELL DAVID
HULL, THOMAS
HULL, WILLIAM B
HUMMEL, JOE

1910JUN22
1898DEC3

HUMPHREY, JOHN
HUMPHRIES, THOMAS

1913MAR22
1902AUG7
1903JUL23
1906JUN1
1926SEP24
1882AUG19
1919OCT11

RUSSIAN

MINER

25

MINER
MINER

51
25

M
S

MUCKER
DRILLER

23
56

S
M

19
50

S
W

AMERICAN
MEXICAN

ROPE RIDER
MINER

ENGLISH
AUSTRIAN

MINER
MILL HELPER
MINER
MINER
ELECTRIC HELPER

35
18
28
38
18

M
M
M
S
S

WELSH

TIMBERMAN
MINER

40

HUNTER, FRED A
HUNTER, JAMES
HUNTER, RICHARD
HUNTER, TOM
HUNTER, WILLIAM H
HUNTLY, WILLIAM
HUOACK, MIKE

AMERICAN
AMERICAN
SCOTCH
AMERICAN
AMERICAN

TOP-BOSS
MACHINE RUNNER
MULE DRIVER
MINER
ROPE RIDER
MINER
PICK MINE

33
26
25
34
28

S
M
S
M
S

1929AUG19
1918APR3
1889SEP9
1912NOV24

HURTADO, JASPER
HUSEBY, OTTO
HUSEMAN, H
HUSTADO, SERFANO

MEXICAN

MACHINE MINER
MUCKER

MEXICAN

1909JAN25
1908APR18
1927JUN16
1907JUL10
1950OCT2
1910OCT10
1936SEP4
1888JUN12
1890APR12
1912MAR30

HUTCHINSON, RICHARD
HUTCHISON, DAVID
HYDE, JAMES B
IMBROZAMO, GIAMAINE
INGMIRE, HARLEY O
INONE, J
INTIHAR, FRANK
IRELAND, WILLIAM
IRWIN, THOMAS
IRWIN, TOM

1891MAY19
1918APR28
1914FEB21
1910JAN31
1910JAN31

ISAACS, GEORGE
ISELLA, JOHN
ISHIDA, B.
ISKRA, JACK
ISKRA, JOHN

1897JUL14

ISMAY, JOHN

AUSTRIAN

15

CAMEO

MOFFAT COAL

MOFFAT NO. 1 & NO. 2


ELLIS
INDUSTRIAL

COLORADO COAL AND IRON


WARNER CONSTRUCTION CO.
AMERICAN ZINC LEAD
SAN JUAN METALS CORP.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
3
CONSOLIDATED COAL & COKE
2

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.

W
S

1 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.

MULE-DRIVER

38

ENGLISH
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN

MINER
SINKER
SINKER
MINER

M
S
M
M

24
37
34

JAPANESE
AUSTRIAN

MINER
UTILITY MAN

28
51

S
M

AMERICAN

MINER

26

ITALIAN
JAPANESE
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN

ROCKMAN
MINER
MINER
MINER

23
44
21
28

S
M
S
M

ALAMO COAL CO.


GOLDEN FUEL CO.

1 HARTMAN EXPLORATION
WINSTON BROS. CO.

25

3 REGAL COAL CO.


SIMPSON & SPENCER COAL CO.
ACME COAL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
0 SOUTHERN COLORADO COAL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON

County

Cause of Death

MES
LAK
ROU
TEL
BOU

ROOF FALL
FALL OF ROCK
HAULAGE
STRUCK ON HEAD BY A CRIBBING
FALL OF ROCK

SAJ
JEF
GUN
GUN
LAS

ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
COLLISION OF TWO TRIPS
FALL OF ROCK

GARY CREEK
PRIMERO

GUN
SUM
OUR
OUR
LAS
LAS

EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST


EXPLOSION WHILE LOADING A HOLE
FELL INTO SCOOP
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF TOP COAL
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST

SAN JUAN
NEW CASTLE

LAP
GAR

FALL OF ROCK AND COAL


FALL OF COAL

GOLDEN ASH
BOWEN
BROHEAD
MAITLAND
CHANDLER
STRAWBERRY
RADIANT

WEL
LAS
LAS
HUE
FRE
CHA
FRE

HIT BY CAR
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
KILLED UNDER A TRIP OF LOADED CARS
FOUL AIR
FALL OR ROCK

ALAMO NO. 1
URAD
WHITE ASH
COKEDALE

HUE
CLE
JEF
LAS

FELL DOWN A CROSS-CUT


CAVE UN OF WALL
DROWNED BY INUNDATION OF WATER FROM SHAFT
KICKED BY MULE

MATCHLESS
TOLLAR
HARTMAN
DELAGUA
LOVELAND
PRIMERO
REGAL
STAR
SIMPSON NO. 2
JUNIPER

BOU
LAS
BOU
LAS
LAS
BOU
CLE
BOU
ROU

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

ACME
FREMONT
BRODHEAD NO. 9
PRIMERO
PRIMERO

BOU
FRE
LAS
LAS
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST

SMUGGLER UNION

SAM

POWDER EXPLODED WHILE LOADING HOLE

SHENANDOAH-DIVES
BERTRAND QUARRY
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
1 NATIONAL FUEL

52

Mine

KERR COAL

ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL

24
36

Company name

CRESTED BUTTE
CRESTED BUTTE
SUFFIELD
CRESTED BUTTE
OURAY

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

Occupation

1909MAR10 ITO, K.

JAPANESE

MINER

1909OCT22
1911AUG25
1917DEC24
1917AUG16

ITO, Y.
IVANSEVIC, MILE
IVERSON, J. C
IVERTINI, ALBERTO

JAPANESE
SLAV

MINER
CAR-DROPPER
TIMBERMAN
MINER

1894NOV17
1917MAY14
1906FEB19
1910MAY4
1879NOV28

IVEY, DURHAM
IWATTA, M.
JACAVAK, N.
JACKSON, ANDREW
JACKSON, ARTHUR

1931JUL2
1904JAN26
1896DEC18
1914SEP2
1940JAN3
1907MAY19

JACKSON, DAVID
JACKSON, L T
JACKSON, LOUIS
JACKSON, MACK
JACKSON, WILLIAM H
JACOBS, ALEX

1912MAY14 JACOBSON, CHRIS


1942OCT8 JACOBSON, CLARENCE

ITALIAN
JAPANESE
SLAV
NEGRO

LABORER
MINER
MINER

AMERICAN

FIRE BOSS
MINER

Years Mining
Experience

35

NEGRO

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children
M
2
M
S

40

45
29

M
S
S
M

51

2 BEAR CANON COAL CO.


1 VICTOR TELLER Co.

50

1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON


BOULDER VALLEY COAL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON

SUPERINTENDENT

43

BOX-CAR MAN
CAGER

41
25

M
S

51
22
35
45
38
50

M
S
M

34

JACOLINA, ANTONI
JACOVETTA, PAUL
JACQUES, FRANK PETER
JAMACITO, DOMINIC
JAMES, C C
JAMES, JOHN
JAMES, JOHN GEORGE

1903FEB28
1893JAN10
1897FEB16
1879OCT17

JAMES, JOHN P
JAMES, JOSEPH
JAMES, JOSEPH
JAMES, RICHARD

1884JAN24
1931MAR9
1924SEP16
1887AUG6
1908NOV4
1913JUL9
1902APR19
1909FEB26
1913DEC24
1906NOV8

JAMES, RICHARD
JAMES, TONY
JAMES, URIE
JAMISON, HENRY
JAMUZZI, PETER
JANNE, ROSARIO
JANNOCITO, JOE
JANUSOVITCH, RUDOLF
JARAKES, ANTON HALL
JARAMILLO, ANDREW

1936JAN20
1904DEC12
1910NOV8
1918JUL27
1922MAY21

JARAMILLO, JOE
JARDINE, ANDREW W
JARDOS, MATT
JAROMILLO, JOSEPH
JARRELL, JESSE E

MEXICAN
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN

STABLE BOSS
MINER
MINER
MACHINE MAN
OILER

20

1924JUN25

JEFFERSON, THOMAS J

AMERICAN

PICK MINER

20

ITALIAN
FRENCH
ITALIAN
WELSH
AMERICAN

MACHINE MINER
MULE DRIVER
MINER
MINER
MINER
LEASER

20

MINER

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
COLORADO AND UTAH COAL
3

2
RESURRECTION MINING CO.
UNION PACIFIC COAL
3 W. E. RUSSELL COAL CO.
BROOKS FUEL

S
ELKTON CO.
UNION PACIFIC COAL

ITALIAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
GREEK
MEXICAN

MACHINE MINER
SHOT FIRER
MINER
MINER
SCANVENGER

38
2

MINER
LOADER
DRIVER

52
32

M
M

COLORADO COAL AND IRON


1 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
0 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.

35
47
65
35
33
26

S
M

6 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

49
18
30

M
S
M

S
S
S

ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL


3 NATIONAL FUEL CO.
4 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

MOFFAT COAL CO.

Cause of Death

DELAGUA

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
RUN OVER BY RAILROAD CARS
OVERCOME BY GAS POWDER
FALL OF ROCK

PERIGO-BLACKHAWK
HARRIS
MAITLAND
PRIMROSE
GOLDEN

GIL
ROU
HUE
LAS
JEF

EXPLOSION
RUNAWAY TRIP OF CARS
GAS EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
CAVE-IN OF COAL

BEAR CANON NO. 6


STRATTON'S INDEPENDENCE
VIRGINIUS
BERWIND NO. 3
BOULDER VALLET
ENGLEVILLE

LAS
TEL
OUR
LAS
WEL
LAS

DETONATORS EXPLODED WHILE CARRYING


CAGE ACCIDENT
CAGE FALLING DOWN SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK
HEART ATTACK
FIRE-SUFFOCATION

MONARCH NO. 1
LEADVILLE

BOU
LAK

RUN OVER BY A TRIP OF CARS


CRUSHED BY CAGE

KING
RUSSELL
NONPAREIL
REX NO. 2
THOMPSON CREEK NO. 1
SUNSHINE
CRIPPLE CREEK

PAR
WEL
BOU
BOU
PIT
HUE
TEL

KILLED BY BATTERY HAULAGE MOTOR


KICKED BY MULE
FALL OF ROOF
ROOF FALL
FALL OF ROCK (ALIAS JOHN WILSON)
SHAFT CAVED IN & FELL

BLACK DIAMOND
KING
PORTLAND
BOBTAIL

LAS
PAR
ELP
OUR

CRUSHED BY CAR
EXPLOSION

CRESTED BUTTE
GRANT
COLUMBINE
GOLDEN
RUGBY
DELAGUA
MAJESTIC
BERWIND
REX NO. 1
SOPRIS

GUN
WEL
WEL
JEF
HUE
LAS
LAS
LAS
BOU
LAS

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

MONARCH NO. 2
FRANCEVILLE
DELAGUA

BOU
ELP
LAS
SAM
PAR

GAS EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF ROCK
DROWNED

OAK HILLS NO. 2

ROU

FALL OF COAL BUMPING OFF A PILLAR

32
34

County

LAS
LAS
LAS
CLE
LAS

PRIMROSE
TABASCO

SCOTCH-IRISH

Mine

BRODHEAD

40
26
38
27

SWEDE

1893JAN10
1932DEC24
1919MAY8
1904JAN4
1952FEB14
1898OCT10
1942JUN19

Company name

FALL OF ROCK

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

Company name

1897DEC17 JEFFERSON, W H
1884JAN24
1904MAY24
1896FEB18
1899FEB21

JEFFRIES, BEN
JEISUKAWA, B.
JENKINS, JACK
JENKINS, JAMES

1920JUN30
1925MAR13
1910NOV8
1891JUL25
1927APR8

JENKINS, JOHN
JENKINS, JOHN R
JENNINGS, E. J. BYRD
JENNINGS, MIKE
JENSEN, ANDREW

1902AUG7
1927NOV28
1919JUN7
1929MAR30
1908JUL29
1910SEP23

JENSON, L. P
JIMENEZ, CARMIN
JIMENEZ, LOUIS
JIMENEZ, PEDRO
JINORE, JOE
JIS, FRED

1897SEP3
1910JAN13

JOANNING, JOHN
JOE, SMITH

1917APR27
1896FEB26
1908JAN13
1931JUL21
1923MAY5
1913DEC16
1901JAN21

JOE, TRATOR
JOHNS, THOMAS
JOHNSOMN, D. C
JOHNSON, ALBERT
JOHNSON, ALEX
JOHNSON, ARVID
JOHNSON, CHARLES

1904MAY3
1908SEP5
1898MAR2
1917APR27

JAPANESE
AMERICAN

AMERICAN
AMERICAN

DRIVER
MINER
MINER
MINER

28
27
35

S
S
M

MECHANIC'S HELPER
MINE FORMAN
MOTORMAN

17
59
17

M
S

29
26
26
40
33
34

S
M
M
M
M
W

3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.


VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
GRAND RIVER COAL & COKE CO.

BERWIND
DELAGUA
SPRING GULCH

PIT
LAS
LAS
PIT
GUN

STRANGULATED HERNIA
RUN OVER BY A TRIP OF LOADED CARS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF SLATE
FELL FROM BOOM OF STEAM SHOVEL

BOWEN
RAVENWOOD
BONCARCO
BONCARBO
GREENVILLE
BRODHEAD

LAS
HUE
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS

EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK

SUNSHINE
BERWIND

GAR
LAS

EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT


FALL OF ROOF

HASTINGS
PHEONIX-BURROUGHS
CURTIS
SOUTHWESTERN
VULCAN
PRYOR

LAS
GIL
ELP
FRE
LAS
GAR
HUE

EXPLOSION
FALLING DOWN ORE CHUTE
THROWN AGAINST ENTRY
CAUGHT BETWEEN CABLE & LOADED CAR
EXPLOSION OF GAS & DUST
DUST EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK

SIMPSON
BERWIND
IOWA
HASTINGS

BOU
LAS
SAJ
LAS

FALL OF COAL
RUN OVER BY A TRIP OF CARS
LAGGING BORKE IN CHUTE
EXPLOSION

STAR
WALDEN
BLUE BIRD
OAKDALE
UTI MAY
TOWSLAND
DURANGO CITY
PICTOU
OIL CREEK TUNNEL
GOLD DERT

MOF

LAP
HUE
TEL
CLE

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
PICKED UNEXPLODED POWDER
FELL DOWN SHAFT

HANBY
SOMERSET
HASTINGS

BOU
TEL
JAC
GUN
LAS

FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF DIRT & ROCK
FALL OF TIPPLE
EXPLOSION

LONDONDERRY

ELP

SHAFT HOUSE BURNED DOWN

SWEDE

CRANEMAN
MINER
MACHINE MINER
PICK MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER

POLE

MINER
MINER

40

POLISH

PARTING TENDER

29

COLORED
SWEDE
SWEDE
COLORED

MINER
CRANE HELPER
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER

45
35
46
40
35

M
M
S
M
M

JOHNSON, CHARLES
JOHNSON, FRANK
JOHNSON, HELMER
JOHNSON, JESSE

SWEDE
AMERICAN

MINER
TRAPPER

37
22

S
S

COLORED

MINER

45

1925DEC26
1952OCT29
1897JUN17
1919AUG18
1898MAY27
1873NOV3
1898JAN3
1902JAN20
1899OCT26
1896DEC17

JOHNSON, JOHN
JOHNSON, LEE
JOHNSON, M
JOHNSON, MIKE
JOHNSON, NICK
JOHNSON, NOVER
JOHNSON, OTTO
JOHNSON, PETE
JOHNSON, WALTER B
JOHNSTON, AVERY

SLAV

FARMER

40

1914NOV18
1920JUL15
1914JUL16
1913SEP10
1917APR27

JOHNSTON, J. A
JOHNSTON, M U
JOHNSTON, WALTER
JOHNSTONE, ANDREW
JONAS, MIKE

1898APR23 JONES, D. D

17

0 CALIENTE COAL CO.


0 AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING
6 AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING
2
COLORADO FUEL & IRON

18

CANON CITY ZINC PLANT


ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
1 CORYELL MINING LEASING

GABE-MaCALL DRILLING CO.


TURK

MACHINE MINER

34

SWEDISH

MINER
MINER

31

AMERICAN

MACHINE HELPER
MACHINE MAN
MINER
TIPPLEMAN
MINER

30
27
30
17
23

AMERICAN
AMERICAN
GREEK

S
S

Cause of Death

DANE
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
ITALIAN
SLAV

County

CONGRESS
CRESTED BUTTE
PRIMERO
VULCAN
PEERLESS

COLORADO COAL AND IRON

44

Mine

OAKDALE COAL CO.

2 BROOKS-HARRISON FUEL
HAN BY & AMES
UTAH FUEL

NONPAREIL

OUR
GUN
LAS
GAR

INSECURE STAGING COVERED WITH DIRT


EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
FALL OF COAL
EXPLOSION ;BODY SHIPPED TO CARBONADO,WA
FALL OF ROCK

ELP
HUE
HIN

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

1907SEP11

JONES, DAVID

1896OCT27
1917APR27
1893AUG24
1951NOV21

JONES, HENRY
JONES, JEFF
JONES, JOHN
JONES, JOHN C

1919OCT26
1904JUN5
1910DEC14
1957OCT12
1918JUN13

JONES, JOHN O
JONES, JOHN S
JONES, LESTER
JONES, LEWIS L
JONES, LLOYD

1960APR15
1899OCT12
1917NOV13
1952SEP6
1897AUG13
1896FEB18

JONES, LOUIS M
JONES, MICHAEL
JONES, RAYMOND
JONES, ROBERT B
JONES, ROBERT D
JONES, SAMPSON

Nationality

WELSH
COLORED

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

MINER
MINER
TRACKMAN

Age at
Death
64
46

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children
S
M

JONES, WILLIAM
JONES, WILLIAM
JONES, WILLIAM
JONES, WILLIAM L
JONES, WILLIAM M
JORDAN, ADAM
JORDAN, JOSEPH

1893NOV3
1920MAR19
1900OCT24
1918OCT30

JOSEPH, JOHN
JOTKES, GUS
JOVANOVICE, ALBERT
JOVICH, SAM

1920OCT15
1897FEB2
1906DEC21
1896APR16
1911DEC1
1893JAN10
1901NOV19
1919OCT23
1922JUN13
1917APR27

JOYCE, WILLIAM H
JUAN, CRUZ
JUAS, JOHN
JUDKINS, EDWIN
JUKOVERZK, ALEXANDER
JULIAM, ANGELE
JULIO, JOSEPH
JULIUS, GEORGE A
JUMOVECH, MIKE
JUNOS, JOHN

1909MAY22
1910JAN31
1901NOV20
1921JAN12
1907DEC17

JURAN, JUAN
JURGAR, FRNAK
KAANTA, AUGUST
KACHANER, MIKE H
KAGIS, SAM

1915FEB2

KAHNA, JOE

0
COLORADO FUEL AND IRON CO.
B & M SERVIC CO.

WELSH
WELSH
AMERICAN

MASTER MECHANIC
SUPERINTENDENT
DRIVER

32
53
25

AMERICAN

M
M
W

2 OAKDALE COAL CO.

62
DRIVER

17

ENGLISH

PIPEMAN

38

AMERICAN
AMERICAN

DRIVER
DRIVER

22
22

MOTORMAN

FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
BURNED BY OIL TANK FIRE

OAKDALE
FREMONT
LEYDEN

HUE
FRE
JEF

BURNO
WALSEN
LAKE CITY
IDA TUNNEL
VULCAN

SLAB FALLING FROM ROOF


SHOTS EXPLODED
RUN OVER BY EMPTY MINE CAR
FELL IN OPEN ORE CHUTE
EXPLOSION WHILE PREPARING POWDER
EXPLOSION

VICTOR
CRESTED BUTTE

TEL
GUN

INHALING POWDER SMOKE


EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST

CLAYTON COAL CO.

COALBASIN
SATANIC
SMUGGLER UNION
TOLLER
CROWN
FAIRVIEW
WASHINGTON

PIT
JEF
SAM
LAS
BOU
LAK
WEL

STUMBLED WHILE TRYING TO JUMP ON THE CAR


OVERCOME BY FUMES
FIRE
CRUSHED BETWEEN A CAR AND RIB
CRUSHED BETWEEN CAR & BRUSHING
CRUSHED BY SLAB FELL
HEART ATTACK

BOOK COAL CO.

CHANDLER CREEK

BEAR RIVER COAL CO.

BROOKSIDE
BEAR RIVER

FRE
SAM
FRE
ROU

CAGE KNOCKING HIM DOWN SHAFT


CAUGHT BETWEEN THE MOTOR & WALL OF TUNNEL
FALL OF TOP COAL
BETWEEN TWO LOADED CARS

HASTINGS NO. 1
PINON NO. 3
LOST ANNIE
INDUSTRIAL
KING
PRIMERO
BAUM
GORDON
HASTINGS

LAK
LAS
HUE
ELP
BOU
PAR
LAS
WEL
HUE
LAS

EXPLOSION OF MACHINE DRILL AIR TANK


COAL FELL
FALL OF ROOF
FALLING DOWN SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK

HEZRON
PRIMERO
SMUGGLER UNION
CAMERON
DELAGUA

HUE
LAS
SAM
HUE
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
FIRE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OR ROOF

BERWIND

LAS

FALL OF ROCK

COLORADO FUEL & IRON


COLORADO STANDARD LEAD,

2 COLLIERIES CO.

38
40

S
M

COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.


1 DAVID ALLAN

PICK MINER

35

HUNGARIAN

BLACKSMITH
MINER
MINER

26

RUSSIAN

MINER

24

ITALIAN
GREEK
AUSTRIAN
GREEK

LOADER
MACHINE MINER
MINER

40
22
47
20

S
M
S

MEXICAN
AUSTRIAN

MINER
MINER

47
24

W
S

RUSSIAN
GREEK

MINER
MINER

28
25

S
S

COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

SLAV

MINER

20

COLORADO FUEL & IRON

UNION PACIFIC COAL

FALL OF ROCK

LAS
LAS
HUE

LAP

SLAVONIAN
SERVIAN

20

LAS

ENGLEVILLE
HASTINGS
ROUSE

DOL
TEL
HUE
HIN
RIG
GAR

40

40
27
32

Cause of Death

DURANGO

2 LEYDEN COAL
BEAVER MESA URANIUM, INC.

COLORADO COAL AND IRON


DRIVER
PICK MINER

County

BLACK DIAMOND

RICO ARGENTINE MINING CO.

AMERICAN

WELCHMAN
WELSH

Mine

CAUGHT IN THE GEARS OF ELECTRIC PUMP


STRUCK BY DESCENDING CAGE AT SHAFT
FIRE
CRUSHED BY FALL OF ROCK
FELL DOWN SHAFT

21

1899NOV13 JONES, THOMAS P


1884JAN24 JONES, W L
1901NOV28
1921DEC13
1901NOV20
1920APR10
1935MAR9
1900JAN16
1951JUL29

Company name

CONSOLIDATED COAL & COKE CO.


2 GORDON COAL CO.

COLORADO FUEL & IRON

FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY MOVING CARS
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

1889NOV26 KAIL, PAUL


1943JUL10
1910DEC14
1912MAY17
1903JUN26

KAKALECIK, EDWARD
KAKIS, MIKE
KALB, LOUIE
KALLAR, WILLIAM

GREEK
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN

ROPE RIDER
MINER
MACHINE-RUNNER
ROCK MINER

1920SEP10
1913DEC16
1930FEB10
1927SEP8
1918FEB8

KALLAS, ROY
KALONSKY, STANLEY
KAMBIC, JOHN
KAMINSKY, PETER
KAMPWRUKI, MIKE

GREEK
POLE
AMERICAN
RUSSIAN
GREEK

DRIVER
TIMBERMAN
MACHINE MINER
MACHINE MINER
MINER

1919DEC7
1945AUG3
1918APR7
1917NOV30
1936JAN15
1926JAN29

KANAGAS, CHARLES
KANAKARAIS, JOHN
KAPETANKIS, NICK
KARAZA, JOSEPH
KARCICH, FRANK
KARMOS, CHRIST

1926JAN19 KARMOS, TOM


1942NOV23 KARST, FRANK

10
2
15

MACHINEMAN
GREEK
AMERICAN
GREEK
GREEK

30

PICK MINER

36

KASKIE, ROBERT F
KASPER, FRANK
KATAVISH, JACOB
KATES, F E
KATHADORES, WILLIAM
KATRES, JOHN
KATSARALIKES, GEORGE

GREEK
GREEK
GREEK

MILLMAN
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
PICK MINER

1923MAY5
1922AUG26
1915MAR4
1920SEP30

KATSICIS, CHRIS
KATSOULIS, GUST
KAUSER, FRED
KAUSER, MARTIN

GREEK
GREEK
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN

PICK MINER
MACHINE MINER
TIMBERMAN
FIREBOSS

1897MAY1
1912JUL13
1893JAN30
1896DEC9
1897NOV13
1899AUG30
1922FEB18
1912MAR8
1902AUG2
1899APR10

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

JAPANESE

MINER

1949OCT11
1896JAN9
1900MAR13
1934JUL28
1910SEP22

KELLER, WILLIAM C
KELLEY, B. C
KELLEY, HENRY
KELLITT, WILLIAM
KELLY, JOKE

1870SEP14

KELLY, PATRICK

SLAV
SLAVONIAN

DRIVER
MINER
HELPER

DIAMOND DRILLER
IRISH
ENGLISH
SLAV

MINER
MACHINE MINER
MINER
MINER

36

Cause of Death

ROUSE

HUE

FALL OF ROCK

COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.

HUE
WEL
BOU
GUN

HAULAGE
FALLING OFF ASCENDING CAGE
FALL OF SLATE
FALL OF ROCK

BOU
GAR
HUE
BOU
HUE

RUN OVER BY A LOADED COAL CAR


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

26
35
31

M
M
S

2
1

KEBLER NO. 2
PURITAN
MATCHLESS
CRESTED BUTTE

31
28
19
47
44

M
S
S
M
M

0 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.


CORYELL MINING LEASING
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
2 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON

GORHAM
VULCAN
ROBINSON NO. 1
INDUSTRIAL
IDEAL

LOUIS GASPAR
4 NATIONAL FUEL

REGAL
MONARCH NO. 1

M
M

0 JEWELL COLLIERIES CORP.


4 BEAR CANON COAL CO.

CRESTON
BEAR CANON NO. 3

SAM
BOU
BOU
LAK
LAS
LAS

BEAR CANON
BUTTE VALLEY

LAS
HUE

FALL OF ROCK
GAS EXPLOSION

GLOBE
HASTINGS

CHA
HUE
LAS
TEL

44
33
50
35

S
35
25
49
22
35
30
30

20
10

County

COLORADO FUEL CO.

BEAR CANON COAL CO.


BUTTE VALLEY COAL

S
M
M
S
S

36
36
41
24

M
M
S

40

0 BIG FOUR COAL & COKE


VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
3 BEAR CANON COAL CO.
5 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
OAKDALE COAL CO.

MINING MACHINERY

AMERICAN
AMERICAN

Mine

42

MINER
MINER
MACHINE LOADER

1919MAY9
1910OCT23
1907NOV22
1921FEB20
1917JUL10
1917APR27
1918MAR12

Company name

29
68

M
W

0 CANON RELIANCE COAL CO.


6

31

BOYLES BROS. DRILLING CO.

45
58
38

S
M
M

5 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.


4

CENTENNIAL
HASTINGS
DELAGUA

LAS
LAS

CAUGHT ON A LINE SHAFT


RUN OVER BY A CAR
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK

SOUTHWESTERN
BEAR CANON
PRIMERO
OAKDALE

LAS
LAS
LAS
HUE

EXPLOSION OF GAS & DUST


ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF COAL & ROCK

PELICAN DAVIS
HASTINGS
PRENTISS
PLYMOUTH ROCK
PLATEAU
ORSHA MAY NO. 1
CANON
MAJESTIC
BROADHEAD
LAST DOLLAR

CLE
LAS
FRE
ELP
GIL
TEL
FRE
LAS
LAS
TEL

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

TOM BOY
BROOKSIDE
COLUMBINE
CAMERON

SAM
FRE
WEL
HUE

SUFFOCATED
CAVE OF GROUND
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF DRAWSLATE

LYDEN-MURPHY

FOUL AIR

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

1920SEP3

KELLY, RAYMOND A

1880APR22
1897AUG10
1910OCT8
1902AUG7

KELLY, WILLIAM
KEMBER, HENRY
KEMPANY, RUDOLPH
KENEALY, JOHN

1928JUL15
1899MAY31
1933NOV15
1904DEC17
1896DEC19

KENNEDY, JOHN
KENNEDY, THOMAS
KEOWN, RAYMOND
KERBISH, JOSEPH
KERMODE, HARRY

1910JAN31
1898MAR27
1911OCT18
1917JAN31
1923APR19
1917MAY6

KERN, BOB
KERO, FRANK
KEROTTI, B.
KERR, DAVID
KERR, FRANK
KERR, WALTER

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

LABORER

POLE
AMERICAN

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

Company name

21

MINER
SHOOTER

28

SHIFT BOSS

55

M
S

FELL FROM A TRESTLE

GIL
LAS
LAS

CAVE-IN
HIT ON HEAD FALLING ROCK
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
EXPLOSION

CAMEO
SCOTCH GIRL
EAGLE
ROYAL GORGE
PONY EXPRESS

OUR
EAG
FRE
OUR

FALL OF ROCK
FALLING FROM LADDER DOWN SHAFT
CAUGH BETWEEN CHUTE LIP & LOADED CAR
PREMATURE BLAST
FALLING ROCK

PRIMERO
ORIENT IRON
ROUSE
INDUSTRIAL
HORACE
HASTINGS

LAS
SAG
HUE
BOU
GUN
LAS

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

COLORADO FUEL & IRON

CRESTED BUTTE
PRIMERO

GUN
LAS

CRUSHED BY CAR
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST

HEZRON
REX NO. 1
MIDWEST
MIDWEST
MIDWEST
MIDWEST
ROYAL

HUE

ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL


MIDWEST COAL CO.
MIDWEST COAL CO.
MIDWEST COAL CO.
MIDWEST COAL CO.
ROYAL FUEL

LAS

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS & DUST
EXPLOSION OF GAS & DUST
EXPLOSION OF GAS & DUST
EXPLOSION OF GAS & DUST
CRUSHED UNDER A MINE CAR

PRYOR
HASTINGS
RAVENWOOD

HUE
LAS
HUE

FALL OF DRAWSLATE
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED UNDER DUMPED BUCKET OF WASTE

RED ASH
FAIRVIEW
DELAGUA
RESERVOIR NO. 22
PRIMERO
PRIMERO
PRIMERO
PRIMERO
RITCHNEG
CANON

BOU
DEL
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
ROU
FRE

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

GRAND JUNCTION
ALAMO
IOWA CHIEF
CRESTED BUTTE
CRESTED BUTTE

MES
HUE
PIT
GUN
GUN

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF POWDER
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST

HAYDEN NO, 3

ROU

FALL OF TOP COAL

2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON

25
24

M
S

AUSTRIAN

MINER

46

COLORADO FUEL & IRON

AUSTRIAN
SCOTCH
AMERICAN
AMERICAN

MINER
MINER
INSIDE ENGINEER
MINER

39
58
55
27

S
W
M
M

0 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL


4 ROSS COAL CO.
3 BERWIND CO FUEL & IRON

1898MAR16 KERR, WILLIAM


1910JAN31 KERT, FRANK

SCOTCH
AUSTRIAN

TRAMWAY CLEANER
MINER

44
33

M
S

1904JUN17
1913FEB13
1923OCT7
1923OCT7
1923ICT7
1923OCT7
1917MAR3

KETOLA, HERMAN
KETROE, GUS
KEYS, HARVEY
KEYS, J K
KEYS, ROBERT B
KEYS, W B
KIDDY, WILLIAM

FINLANDER
GREEK
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN

MINER
MINER
MACHINE MINER
MACHINE MINER
MACHINE MINER
MACHINE MINER
MINER

24
28
16
56
29
31
38

S
S
M
M
M
M

1906JUL24
1917APR27
1915DEC2
1958JAN17

KIKA, MIKE
KIKOS, SAM
KIKUCHI, C.
KILGORE, LEVI

SLAVONIAN
GREEK
JAPANESE

MINER
MINER
MINER

26
37
30

S
M
S

1918JUL22
1915JAN6
1910NOV8
1951AUG24
1910JAN31
1910JAN31
1910JAN31
1910JAN31
1939OCT30
1930AUG16

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

ALSATIAN
SCOTCH
AMERICAN

MINER
MINER
OUTSIDE FOREMAN

54
48
42

M
S
S

2 RED ASH COAL CO.


GRAND MESA FUEL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

KOREAN
KOREAN
KOREAN
KOREAN

MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER

29
36
37
32

M
M
M
M

1
3
3
2

ITALIAN

MACHINE RUNNER

1942MAR7
1924NOV13
1900MAR12
1884JAN24
1884JAN24

KINDER, RAY
KING, BURT
KING, GEORGE
KING, IBER
KING, W T

1932AUG27 KING, W Y

22

PICK MINER

34

46
36

M
S

MINER
KOREAN

MINER

7
1
3
1

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
LaSALLE MINING CO. (U.C.N.C.

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

41

Cause of Death

ELP

MOTORMAN
MINER

30
13
18

County

YANKEEHILL-LEADVILLE
BUELL
STARKVILLE
BOWEN

AUSTRIAN

AMERICAN

Mine

1 HAYDEN COAL CO.

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

1946DEC29 KING, WILLIAM

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Company name
Status Surviving
Children
M
JOHN HAMM MINING & MILLING

SHIFT BOSS

61
46
43
42
16

M
S

GERMAN

TIMBERMAN
MINER
OILER
MINER

AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN

PICK MINER
MACHINE MINER
MINER

57
42
30

S
M
S

LABORER

19

TRAMWAY TENDER
SHOT-FIRER
MINER
MINER
TIMBERMAN
MINER

47

POLE
POLE
POLE
AUSTRIAN
POLANDER

1917APR27 KLOBAS, JOHN


1913JUN13 KLUM, LOUIS

AUSTRIAN
SLAV

MINER
MINER

1920NOV23
1928FEB25
1892APR16
1912OCT19
1936DEC16
1931NOV22
1898JAN17

KLUPHF, H E
KNAPP, HENRY O
KNEEBONE, WILLIAM
KNIEST, CHARLES
KNIGHT, ARLISS
KNOCH, H S
KNOWLEY, WILLIAM

GERMAN
AMERICAN

CARPENTER
MINE FOREMAN

AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN

1933JAN5
1945OCT23
1918MAR16
1911DEC12

KNOX, CURTIS E
KNOX, HENRY
KNOX, THAD
KNOX, THOMAS J

1919ICT30
1910OCT8
1926MAR2
1900MAR14
1884SEP4
1894JUL31
1896MAR23
1917AUG15
1913MAY27
1910MAY9

KNUDSEN, NEILS
KOBARA, LAWRENCE
KOCHANOWSKY, HARRY
KOCHEVAR, STEVE
KOEHLER, GUSTAVE
KOERPER, JACOB
KOHIBERG, E.
KOIVU, FRANK
KOLAR, NIKOLAS
KOLATIC, PAUL

SLAV
RUSSIAN

MACHINE DRILLER
MINER
MINER

1893DEC5
1921AUG10
1906APR22
1919MAR31
1917APR27

KOLISER, JOHN
KOMAR, TONY
KOME, K.
KONDIS, MIKE
KONIGERES

AUSTRIAN
JAPANESE
GREEK
GREEK

MACHINE MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
MINER

1926JAN29

KONTOGIANES, JIM

GREEK

1916SEP23
1937NOV6
1920JAN29
1915JAN18

KINK, MARTIN
KIRBY, ED
KIRBY, J L
KIRCH, ADOLPH

GERMAN

1923JUL12
1928FEB5
1904JAN21
1890JUN7
1941OCT29

KIREN, ANDREW
KIRK, WILLIAM
KIS, JOHN
KITELL, JOHN
KITT, FRED

1919MAR30
1911FEB9
1910OCT8
1921APR4
1932JUL4
1904OCT7

KITZER, ANTHONY
KLAPUCH, LUDWIG
KLIMEK, FRANK
KLIMO, PETE
KLINE, ANDY
KLINOWSKI, FRANK

29

6 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL


SUNNYSIDE MINING & MILLING
CARBON COAL & COKE
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
3 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL CO.
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.

Mine

LEADVILLE

County

Cause of Death

COKEDALE

LAK
BOU
SAJ
SUM
LAS

CLOTHING CAUGHT IN JACK SHAFT


FALL OF ROCK AND DIRT
FALL OF ROCK
ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF ROCK

ROCKVALE
ACME
ROUSE
COAL RIDGE
CLIMAX

BOU
HUE
GAR
LAK

PREMATURE SHOT
FALL OF ROCK
HIT BY RUNAWAY MINE CARS
STRUCK OF FRAGMENTS
SUFFOCATED

GORHAM

19
33
46
34

M
S
S
S
M

1 CARBON COAL & COKE


COLORADO FUEL & IRON
OAKDALE COAL CO.
LEYDEN LIGNITE CO.

COKEDALE
STARKVILLE
OAKDALE
LEYDEN NO. 2
INDUSTRIAL

TEL
LAS
LAS
HUE
JEF
BOU

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

30
33

M
M

2
0 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL

HASTINGS
PIEDMONT

LAS
LAS

EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK

58

ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.


6 PIKES PEAK FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

ENGLISH

MINER
NIGHT WATCHMAN
ELECTRICIAN
MINER

50
57
42
39

S
M
M
M

COLUMBINE
PIKEVIEW
NEW CASTLE
CAMEO
BRODHEAD NO. 9
BANNER AMERICAN
SOPRIS

WEL
ELP
GAR
MES
LAS
OUR
LAS

FELL OFF TIPPLE


BLOOD POISON
FALLED FROM BUCKET IN SINKING SHAFT
FALL OF SLAB
FALL OF FROZEN DIRT
ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF ROCK

AMERICAN

NIGHT FIREMAN

19

AMERICAN
AMERICAN

CAR DROPPER
MINER

28
60

M
M

GOOD FUEL CO.


BOULDER VALLEY COAL
1 IDEAL FUEL
5

CHRISTENSEN
BOULDER VALLEY NO. 3
JEWEL
ROBINSON

JEF
WEL
LAS
HUE

CAUGHT BETWEEN ROPE & WHEEL


ROOF FALL
RUN OVER BY A RAILROAD CAR
FALL OF SLATE

DANE
POLE
POLE

PICK MINER
MINER
MACHINE MINER

31
50
26

M
M
M

0
6 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
1 AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING

STARKVILLE
BONCARBO
IBEX
CRESTED BUTTE
RALLSTON
UNION

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

7
20

41
35

2 TEMPLE FUEL CO.

35
52
35

M
M

2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON


1

ROUSE
RAVENWOOD

LAS
LAS
LAK
GUN
JEF
SAM
SAM
HUE
HUE

36
38
27
36

M
S
S
M

UNITED COAL CO.


2 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
EMPIRE COAL CO.
1

PEERLESS
RADIANT
CUATRO
EMPIRE
HASTINGS

HUE
FRE
LAS
LAS
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
GAS EXPLOSION DUE TO ELECTRIC ARC
EXPLOSION

46

3 BEAR CANON COAL CO.

BEAR CANON NO. 3

LAS

EXPLOSION OF GAS

MINER
DENVER COAL

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

POLISH
GREEK
SERVIAN

COMPANY MAN
MINER
MACHINE MINER

28

MINER
SHOVEL PITMAN
PICK MINER

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

1955JUN21
1935JAN10
1917APR27
1922DEC15
1961MAY2

KOONCE, GARLAND L
KOPACZ, PAUL
KOPELAS, JOHN
KORACH, DAN
KORBEL, DONALD K

1910MAY28
1926DEC27
1927OCT7
1942JUN17
1915APR6

KORENTUS, EMERIC
KORPILLA, JOHN
KOS, ANTHONY
KOSAREK, ERNEST
KOSEFF, CHRIS

HUGARIAN
FINLANDER
AUSTRIAN
BULGARIAN

MINER

28

1910JAN31
1917APR27
1917APR27
1918MAR4
1925FEB4
1906FEB19

KOSERNIK, JOHN
KOSICH, FRANK
KOSICH, JOE
KOSMIDER, HENRY
KOSS, JOE
KOSTER, JONATHAN

AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
SLAV
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN

TRACKLAYER
MINER
MINER
MACHINE RUNNER
PICK MINER
MINER

28
36
25
48
56
33

M
S
S
M

1906FEB19
1915SEP27

KOSTER, K.
KOUKOS, MIKE

ITALIAN
GREEK

MINER
MINER

28
21

M
M

1904NOV21
1910SEP30
1937OCT30
1929JUN27
1912OCT27
1933DEC2
1884JAN24

KOVATS, LOUIS
KOVATZ, ANDREW
KOVITH, DANIEL
KOWALSKI, WILLIAM
KRANKOTA, JOE
KRANLEIDES, MARTIN
KRANST, JOSEPH

HUNGARIAN
HUNGARIAN

MINER
MINER
MINER
MACHINE DRILLER
MINER
MINE MECHANIC
MINER

19
20
42
36
44

M
S
M
S
M
S

1913MAY22
1911APR15
1910OCT8
1910OCT8

KRASHITZ, FRANK
KRAUSHOPE, HENRY
KRAWCZYK, FRANK
KRAWCZYK, JOHN

AUSTRIAN
GERMAN
POLE
POLE

MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER

30
45
34
25

S
M
M
S

1911SEP4
1917APR27
1917APR27
1958NOV5
1920JUL29
1912JUL11
1946MAR15
1939APR28
1902DEC23
1917FEB5

KRESIN, MIKE
KRESOVICH, MARTIN
KRESOVICH, TONY
KRILL, DAVID
KRIMPOTICH, MARK
KRIPAN, ANDRE
KRIST, JOHN
KRISTY, ARNOLD J
KRIZIK, JOHN
KROGH, MARTIN

POLE
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN

MINER
MINER
MINER

43
29
23

M
M
S

AUSTRIAN

TRAMMER
MINER

26
43

MINER

28
35
49

1912JUL17
1921DEC12
1922SEP25
1896APR17
1913JUL22

KROKOWSKI, TOM
KROPROSHEK, ANTON
KROVERTIN, FRANK
KRUZE, ANDERS
KSEYSEKOWSKI, LUG

21
36
50

S
M
M

30

1895SEP26

KUHN, EDWARD H

SLAV
GERMAN

10

35

52
31
40
41

M
M
M

47
50
26

M
W

Company name

R. L. MANNING DRILLING CO.


6 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
3
1 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
RALPH J. PIERCE

Mine

County

ROCKVALE NO. 3
HASTINGS
COLUMBINE

FRE
LAS
WEL
FRE

HIT BY FALLING CORE BARREL


EXPLOSION OF DYNAMITE
EXPLOSION
FALL OF COAL
CRUSHED BY LOADER

PRYOR
ROBINSON NO. 2
BONCARBO
REX NO. 1

HUE
GAR
HUE
LAS
BOU

FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BY A HEAVY JACK-SCREW
FALL OF ROCK
ROOF FALL
FALL OF DRAW SLATE

PRIMERO
HASTINGS
HASTINGS
TOLTEC
BEAR CANON
MAITLAND

LAS
LAS
LAS
HUE
LAS
HUE

EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
FALL OF BONE COAL
FALL OF ROCK
GAS EXPLOSION

MAITLAND
WALSEN

HUE
HUE

GAS EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK

CHANDLER
PINON

OAKDALE
LITTLETON VALLEY
CRESTED BUTTE

FRE
HUE
SAJ
SAJ
HUE
JEF
GUN

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

COLORADO FUEL & IRON


1
4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON

PRIMERO
PARKDALE
STARKVILLE
STARKVILLE

LAS
WEL
LAS
LAS

CRUSHED BETWEEN CAR AND COAL FACE


FALL OF COAL
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP

8
2

GREENVILLE
HASTINGS
HASTINGS

LAS
LAS
LAS
SAM
HUE
HUE
SAM
HUE
BOU

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

PIEDMONT
SOMERSET
CANON
BERWIND
STARKVILLE

LAS
GUN
FRE
LAS
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK

BELGIAN

LAK

EXPLOSION OF POWDER

1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.


AMERICAN S. & R. CO.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON

3 AZTEC COAL MINING


BEAR CANON COAL CO.

S
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON

SHENANDOAH-DIVES MINING CO.


7
GOOD FUEL CO.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON

IDARADO MINING CO.

AUSTRIAN
FOREMAN
POLE
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
POLE

MINER
MINER
TIMBERMAN
MINER
MINER

Cause of Death

1
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
VETA MINES, INC.

IDEAL
PICTOU (NEW)
PICTOU

0 UTAH FUEL CO.


5 CANON-RELIANCE COAL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Company name
Status Surviving
Children
M
4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON

1910OCT8

KUMOREK, MIKE

POLE

MINER

35

1917APR27
1918FEB26
1917JAN18
1915JUN30

KUNELIS, MIKE
KURE, JOSEPH
KUREN, JOHN W
KUREN, MIKE

GREEK

MINER

AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN

SHOTFIRER
MACHINE HELPER

24
31
30
32

1926DEC23
1907MAR28
1910JUL25
1907DEC30
1905JUL8

KURETICH, MARTIN
KUSAHARA, K.
KUSKOVITCH, FRANK
KUZMOVIC, GEORGE
KUZNIK, SCEPAN

AUSTRIAN
JAPANESE
POLE
SLAVONIAN
POLANDER

PICK MINER
MINER
MINER
PUMPMAN
MINER

1903FEB25
1892DEC7
1913DEC16
1957SEP25
1898APR15
1907JUL30

KYLE, ROBERT
LABATO, GAVINO
LaBLANCH, JOE
LABRUM, ROCK J
LACER, WILLIAM A
LACKITTE, FRANK

AMERICAN

MINER

AMERICAN

MINER

32

COLORED

MINER

31

1902JUN1
1910JAN31

LACORA, NICOLA
LaCROIX, JOSE

ITALIAN
MEXICAN

MINER
DRIVER

40

6 COLORADO FUEL & IRON

1910JAN31
1943JUN19
'1912
1909NOV20
1895MAY10
1884JAN24
1937DEC22

LaCROIX, SAM
LaCRUE, JUAN J
LACY, GEORGE
LADOLINE, ORESTO
LAEMERINGER, B
LAFFEY, THOMAS
LAINE, ANO E

MEXICAN

TRAPPER
MINER
TIMBERMAN
MINER

15

COLORADO FUEL & IRON


TOLLER COAL

48
25

M
M

LOADER

24

1899NOV28
1914MAR5
1893DEC16
1897MAY18

LAIR, GEORGE
LaLAMA, GAETANO
LALLA, JOSEPH
LALLI, FRANK

LEVELER

21

1892JUL11
1897OCT24
1947JUN12
1899OCT28
1899AUG25
1924OCT20
1924MAY6
1942FEB28
1901NOV20
1930APR15

LAMB, GEORGE
LAMB, PETER
LAMBERT, TED
LAMBERT, WILLIAM
LAMELA, JOS
LAMISCH, JOE
LANDEN, W E
LANE, GEORGE G
LANE, LEON
LANER, JOHN

1917FEB4
1933JUN21
1910JAN31
1924JAN15
1904OCT28

LANGDON, WILLIAM I J
LANGHOFF, ED
LANISEK, LOUIS
LANNERS, FRANK H
LANOTINE, LEOPOLD

AUSTRIAN

1927FEB9

LANSBERRY, BERT

AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN

ITALIAN

25

FOREMAN
MACHINEMAN

11

AUSTRIAN

MACHINE MINER

20

LAS

EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP

HASTINGS

EXPLOSION
FALL OF SOME OBJECT
EXPLODING DETONATORS
FALL OF ROCK

MORLEY
COKEDALE

4 JUANITA COAL & COKE CO.

32
20

M
S
S
M
S

KING
GREEN CANON
GREENVILLE
MIDWAY
SOPRIS

DEL
LAS
LAS
HUE
LAS

STRUCK BY AN EMPTY ROPE TRIP


FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY A RUNAWAY TRIP
FALL OF COAL

29

MAITLAND
SOPRIS
VULCAN

HUE
LAS
GAR

ENTERPRISE
PIEDMONT

BOU
LAS

HIT BY MINE CARS


FALL OFCOAL
DUST EXPLOSION
CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK
EXPLOSION WHILE PICKING OUT MISSED HOLE
DELAYED SHOT

STARKVILLE
PRIMERO

LAS
LAS

FALL OF ROOF
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST

PRIMERO
ANCHOR
SOUTH CANON
OAKDALE
SOPRIS
CRESTED BUTTE

LAS
LAS
GAR
HUE
LAS
GUN
LAK

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

UTE
SEGUNDO
HECLA NO. 1
NEWCASTLE

HIN
LAS
BOU
GAR

EXPLOSION WHILE INSERTING CAP


CRUSHED UNDER CAR
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF TOP COAL

ROAD CANON
AMERICAN EAGLE
RICO
JOE DANDY
BERWIND

LAS
ELP
DOL
TEL
LAS
TEL
FRE
BOU
LAS
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
MISSED HOLE EXPLODED WHILE IN SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK
FALL TO BOTTOM SHAFT AND HOLES EXPLODED
FALL OF "BONEY" COAL
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FELL FROM HANGING WALL
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL

TEL
SAJ
LAS
RIG
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF POWDER STICKS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
CAUGHT IN REVOLVING SHAFT
EXPLOSION

SAM

FELL INTO CHUTE

COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.


5 CORYELL MINING LEASING
LARK WASHBURN (U.C.N.C.)

1
3
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
CITIZEN'S COAL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

AMERICAN

STARKVILLE

3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON


2 CARBON COAL & COKE

MINER

ITALIAN

Cause of Death

M
M

3L

SLUSHER OPERATOR
MINER
MINER

County

LAS
LAK
LAS
LAS

53
27

Mine

28
40
29
46
41
24
16
58

ITALIAN

TUNNEL CONTRACTOR
DRIVER
QUARRYMAN
MINER

47
62
23
47
20

AMERICAN

MINER

46

RICO ARGENTINE MINING CO.

M
M
M

2 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.


GOLDEN HARP MINING & MILLING

1 BEAR CANON COAL CO.

S
S
S

SILVERTON SYNDICATE
COLORADO FUEL & IRON

CHANDLER
BOULDER
JEWEL
BEAR CANON NO. 6

PRIMERO
TERCIO NO. 3

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

1931OCT23 LaPENNA, FRANK

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

Company name

26

1902NOV13
1909DEC18
1917JUN28
1926OCT15

LAPINNA, FERINANDO
LAPINNAS, TONY
LAPPAS, LOUIS
LARGO, DOMINICK

ITALIAN
ITALIAN
GREEK
ITALIAN

1906MAR23
1913JUN3
1920APR23
1937JUL18
1921JAN17

LAROCHI, JONATHAN
LARONDELLE, AUGUST
LARSON, CARL
LARSON, GLEN
LARSON, MATT

FRENCH
FRENCH

1931MAR31
1911OCT27
1916AUG11
1934MAR30
1923MAR14
1911AUG3

LARSON, PETER
LARSON, ROBERT
LaSALLE, WILLIAM
LASKY, JOHN W
LASSER, JOHN
LATHAM, ARTHUR

AUSTRIAN

MINER
MINER

OLD FERRELL
M
M
M
S

10

35
24
26

M
S

40
51
22
19
37

MINER
MINER
DRIVER
MACHINEMAN
TIMBERMAN
GENERAL MANAGER

36
35
23
32
45
63

S
M
S
M

MINER
MINER
MUCKER
PIPEMAN HELPER
ROPE RIDER

Mine

5
0 MOFFAT COAL
NATIONAL FUEL CO.

S
S

BERWIND
BERWIND
MOFFAT NO. 2
MONARCH NO. 2

ROYAL FUEL

REX NO. 2
ROYAL

CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.


SUNNYSIDE COAL MINING CO.

SUNNYSIDE

BIG LAKE COAL

PERIGO
PICTOU
BIG LAKE

County

Cause of Death

LAS
LAS
LAS
ROU
BOU

EXPLOSION OF GAS
FALL OF TOP COAL
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BETWEEN THE WHEELS OF A LOADED CAR

BOU
LAS
SAM
LAK
HUE

FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
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

CENTENNIAL

GIL
HUE
BOU
CLE
SAM
BOU

1919DEC17 LATTI, R F
1946JUN6
LAUER, STEVE E

AMERICAN

PICK MINER
MINER

37
27

M
S

2 COLORADO & UTAH COAL CO.


TELLURIDE MINES, INC.

HARRIS
TELLURIDE

ROU
SAM

FALL OF ROCK
SLIPPED & FELL IN RAISE

1903OCT31
1884JAN24
1962JUN21
1934FEB8
1912NOV22
1929MAH11
1919APR27

LAUGHRAN, MATHEW
LAUX, JACOB
LAVA, MIKE
LAVATO, ANTONIA
LaVERGNE, W W
LAVERTY, LEO
LAVRANCINI, JOHN

IRISH

MINER

42

AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN

MINER
TIMBERING CONT.
PUMPMAN
ROPER RIDER
TIMBERMAN

MAGNET
CRESTED BUTTE
PINE GULCH NO. 4
SIMPSON
ALAMO
TABASCO

FRE
GUN
FRE
SAJ
BOU
HUE
LAS

PREMATURE BLAST
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
FALL OF ROOF
FELL DOWN SKIPWAY
STRUCK BY CAGE
THROWN BETWEEN TWO TRIPS OF CARS
FALL OF ROCK

1910OCT8
1895AUG21
1910DEC8
1928JUN25

LAVUSKI, ALBERT
LAWSON, THOMAS
LEA, FRANCIS
LEACH, CHARLES EDWARD

RUSSIAN

MINER

ITALIAN
ENGLISH

MINER
MACHINE MINER

STARKVILLE
PIKE'S PEAK
HASTINGS
WELLINGTON

LAS
ELP
LAS
LAS

EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP


FALL DOWN SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK

1896SEP17
1942AUG18
1946OCT19
1898JUL23
1926MAY25
1922MAR28
1901MAY31
1912OCT28
1910JAN31
1925AUG4

LEADBOROUGH, WILLIAM
LEAL, FRANK
LEARY, JAMES P
LEARY, MICHEAL
LEBLOW, A J
LEDWICK, GEORGE
LEE, JOE
LEE, MARCUS
LEE, S. K
LEE, W J

INDEPENDENCE
PINNACLE
LEADVILLE
PORTLAND
THOR
LEYDEN NO. 3
CORYELL
PINNACLE
PRIMERO
HAYDEN NO. 3

ELP
ROU
LAK
ELP
LAS
JEF
GAR
ROU
LAS
ROU

DRILLING INTO UNEXPLODED BLAST


ROOF FALL
GAS FUMES
CARRIED DOWN CHUTE
CAUGHT BETWEEN CHAIN PILLAR & CAR
FALL OF COAL
EXPLOSION
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
FELL DOWN A SHAFT

1937OCT21
1934SEP23
1917APR27
1910OCT8
1952OCT18

LEYDEN NO. 3
HASTINGS
STARKVILLE
KEYSTONE

MON
JEF
LAS
LAS
ROU

HIT BY PIECE OF BROKEN MACHINERY


FALL OF FACE COAL
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
HEART ATTACK

1910JAN31

PRIMERO

LAS

EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST

SWEDISH
AMERICAN

AMERICAN

COLORADO COAL AND IRON


35

14

TIMBERMAN
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
ENGLISH
KOREAN
AMERICAN

TIMBERMAN
PICK MINER
DRIVER
MINER
MINER
NIGHT WATCHMAN

LEECH, HUGH HOWELL


LEGAL, JOHN
LEGAS, JAMES
LEGH, ALBERY
LEIMATT, R J

AUSTRIAN
GREEK
POLE

DIESEL OPERATOR
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER
TIMBERMAN

LEIPAR, JOHN

AUSTRIAN

MINER

25
18

22

35

52
41
38
21
48

S
M
S
M

ALAMO COAL CO.


4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON

24

COLORADO FUEL & IRON

21
38

S
M

0 WELLINGTON MINING CO.

SHENANDOAH-DIVES MINING CO.

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
RESURRECTION MINING CO.

44

45
43

M
M

1 NATIONAL FUEL CO.


0 LEYDEN COAL CO.

23
44
60

M
M
M

1
5 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
7 HAYDEN BROS. COAL CORP.

33
47
35
25
56

M
M
S
M

UNITED STATES VANADIUM CORP.


2 LEYDEN LIGNITE CO.

24

1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON


COLORADO FUEL & IRON

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

1962APR18 LEIRER, EDWARD ERNEST


LEKICH, MIKE
LeLOGE, LOUIS
LENARSIC, FRANK
LENKE, OSWALD

FRENCH
AUSTRIAN
GERMAN

TRACKMAN
MOTOR NIPPER
MINER
ROCK CAR RUNNER

1919AUG30
1910MAY26
1917DEC6
1910NOV8
1910NOV8

LENZINI, FRANK
LENZINI, FRANK
LENZINI, JOSEPH
LEON, JOSE
LEON, M

ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN

1897APR4
1909JUL6
1910NOV8
1908DEC3
1896JAN19
1942APR15

LEONARD, JAMES
LEONARDELLI, LOUIS
LEONARDI, GIOVANI
LEONATZ, GEORGE
LEONESI, GELINDO
LEONHARDY, OSCAR

AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
GREEK

1896FEB10
1909JUL21
1897MAR21
1897APR6
1914NOV26
1888AUG9
1916DEC6

LESLIE, SAMUEL
LESSANO, A.
LESSETZ, JOHN
LEU, MIKE
LEWIS, EDMUND
LEWIS, EDWARD
LEWIS, JOHN

1941FEB24
1907SEP16
1941MAR14
1885FEB26

LEWIS, ROY
LEWIS, STEVEN
LEWIS, THEODORE
LEWIS, THOMAS

1917JUL7
1910NOV8
1953APR17
1917OCT18
1917APR27
1904JUN7
1919OCT3
1981APR15
1917MAR26
1920DEC10

LEWIS, THOMAS W
LEWIS, WILLIAM
LEWIS, WILLIAM M
LEYBA, ABEL
LEYVA, JOE
LIAS, JOHN
LIKOS, JOHN
LINCOLN, RICHARD
LINDGREN, ARTHUR B
LINDON, DEWEY L

1951NOV20
1906AUG1
1956JUN29
1925JAN9
1904DEC19

LINGOL, EUGENE E
LINK, JONATHAN
LINN, WILLIS E
LINZA, AMELIA
LIPKOVSKI, STEVE

1912APR12 LISTER, ROBERT

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

21

1924MAY22
1931AUG12
1910NOV8
1923APR10

1911MAY25 LEOROSI, CARMELA


1930FEB17 LERCH, E L

Age at
Death

S
S

DRIVER
MACHINE HELPHER
MACHINE RUNNER
MINER
MINER

34
32
31
27
32

S
M
M
M
M

MINER
MINER
MINER

24
31

S
M

LOADER

33

MINER
MUCKER & TRAMMER

40
34

S
S

ITALIAN

MINER
MINER

20

WLESH

MACHINE HELPER

26

MULE DRIVER

28

47

ITALIAN

GREEK
AMERICAN

LODERMAN
MINER
FACEMAN
MINER

24

M
S

MEXICAN
MEXICAN
COLORED
GREEK

DRIVER
TRAPPER
MINER
PICK MINER

33
16
56
32

AMERICAN

COMPRESSOR MAN
DRIVER

19
21

MINER

ITALIAN
POLANDER

MACHINE MINER
MINER

SCOTCH

MINER

CRUSHED BY FALLING DRILL STEM

GIL
LAS
LAS
WEL

STRUCK BY CARS
CAUGHT BETWEEN PIT CARS & RIB
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
SUFFOCATION

GORDON
TOLTEC
MAITLAND
DELAGUA
DELAGUA

HUE
HUE
HUE
LAS
LAS

STRUCK BY LOADED PIT CARS


FALL OF ROCK
MINING MACHINE RUNNING OVER HIM
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT

CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.

HIDDEN TREASURE
TOLLER
DELAGUA
MITCHELL
NORTH STAR
CLIMAX

ELP
LAS
LAS
BOU
SAJ
LAK

ROPE BROKE ON BUCKET


GAS EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
POWDER EXPLOSION
BOX OF CAPS EXPLODED
FALL OF ROCK

KYNER LEASING CO.

GLOBE
SCHOOL SECTION

HUE
TEL

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK

ROBINSON
PRIMERO
CRESTED BUTTE
STRICKLIN TUNNEL
GORDON
MCGREGOR
TOLLER

OUR
LAS
GUN
ELP
HUE
BOU
LAS

KNOCKED DOWN BY CAGE SHAFT


FALL OF COAL
COAL FELL
ASPHYXIATED
ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF SLATE
CRUSHED BETWEEN A MULE & EMPTY CAR

CAPROCK
LAYDEN
Hi-WAY
CANFIELD

JEF
JEF
BOU
FRE

RIB FALL
FALL OF COAL
MACHINERY
THROWN FROM A RUNAWAY CAR

COAL CREEK
DELAGUA

FRE
LAS

STARKVILLE
HASTINGS
MAITLAND
LEYDEN
DUTCH CREEK #1 MINE

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

TEMPLE FUEL CO.


VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
GORDON COAL CO.
1
1 GEO. MCNALLEY COAL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

1 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

GORDON COAL
0 CEDAR HILL COAL & COKE

0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON


VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
CRESSON CONSOLD. GOLD MINING
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON

M
S

33

30
26

S
S

36

INDEPENDENT LUMBER CO.

KURTZVILLE

LAS
LAS
HUE
JEF
PIT
SAM
DEL

KING LEASE, INC.

OURAY
TOLTEC

OUR
HUE

BEAR CANON
BRODHEAD

LAS
LAS

FELL DOWN OPEN STOPE


FALL OF COAL & ROCK
CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF

COKEDALE

LAS

FALL OF ROCK

LEYDEN COAL CO.


MID CONTINENT Resources Incorporated

CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.


BEAR CANON COAL CO.
3

Cause of Death

WAS

LOUIS-LAFAYETTE CO.

MINER
SUPERINTENDENT

County

MOFFAT
BRODHEAD NO. 9
DELAGUA
COLUMBINE

CAPROCK FUEL

AMERICAN
AMERICAN

POLANDER

Mine

ALLISON DRILLING CO.

38
27
31
17

Company name

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

1906APR22 LISYAK, FRANK


1898MAR25
1904SEP5
1906MAR13
1930JAN11

LITCHENBERGER, EDWARD
LITTLE, ANDY
LITTLE, ARTHUR
LITTLE, WALTER

1892JUN30
1981APR15
1910OCT8
1918DEC28
1914OCT5

LITTLE, WILLIAM
LITWILLER, DANIEL
LKIMEK, JAN
LLEWELLYN, GWILIM
LLILOFF, BOVIE

1918NOV17
1899DEC5
1889SEP9
1897SEP21
1923JAN12
1896JAN4

LLOYD, ALBERT
LLOYD, CHARLES E
LLOYD, DAVID
LLOYD, JAMES B
LLOYD, WILLIAM P
LOANE, WILLIAM E

Nationality

SLAV
HUNGARIAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

MINER
DRIVER
CAR GATHERER
PICK MINER

20

28
19
38

Marital Number of
Company name
Status Surviving
Children
M
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
S
S
S

JEWELL COLLIERIES CORP.

POLE
WELSH
BULGARIAN

MINER
PICK MINER
LOADER

23
40
30

S
M
M

VULCAN FUEL CO.


MID CONTINENT Resources Incorporated
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL

WELSH

DRIVER

41

5 GRAND JUNCTION MINING FUEL


GOLDEN FUEL CO.

WELSH

FIREBOSS

1908JUN2
LOBACK, V. A
1885NOV13 LOBBY, JOHN

GERMAN

1913FEB27
1950NOV23
1917APR27
1906JUL6
1899JAN3
1910JAN31
1911JUL19

LOBDELL, FLOYD
LOCKETT, JAMES L
LOCKHARD, JAMES
LOGAN, DAVID
LOGAN, PAT
LOGAR, ALBIN
LONCAR, RADA

1910OCT8
1916JAN25
1909NOV20
1921MAY23

Cause of Death

CUATRO

LAS

EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT

HAYDOCK
PRIERO
BROADHEAD
CRESTON

ELP
LAS
LAS
LAS

CAR BLEW INTO SHAFT


STRUCK BY A RUNAWAY CAR
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK

VULCAN
DUTCH CREEK #1 MINE
STARKVILLE
COAL CREEK
GORHAM

GAR
PIT
LAS
FRE
BOU

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

CAMEO
COMMODORE
WHITE ASH
NUGGET
CHANDLER
ANNA LEE

MES
MIN
JEF
GIL
FRE
ELP

RUN OVER BY AN EMPTY CAR


FELL FROM LADDER
DROWNED BY INUNDATION OF WATER FROM SHAFT
ORE FELL FROM VEIN
DRAGGED BY A MULE
FALL OF COAL

CRESTED BUTTE
BULL DOMINGO

GUN
CUS

FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION/FIRE

SIMPSON
SALIDA
HASTINGS
CITY
RUGBY
PRIMERO
DELAGUA NO. 2

BOU
CHA
LAS
LAP
LAS
LAS

POWDER EXPLOSION
CRUSHED BY HEAVY TRUCK
EXPLOSION
STRUCK BY RUN-AWAY TRIP
FALL OF COAL
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
FALL OF ROCK

STARKVILLE
BERWIND
BIG FOUR
PICTOU

LAS
LAS
HUE
HUE

EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP


ELECTRIC SHOCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK

STARKVILLE
DELAGUA
BOULDER
BROADHEAD
DELAGUA
LESTER

LAS
LAS
BOU
LAS
LAS
HUE
LAS
OUR
HUE

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
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALLING ROCK FROM ROOF
FALL OF ROCK

MINER

40

AMERICAN

MINER

32

COLORED
SCOTCH

31
78
58
36
29

M
M
M
W
S

AUSTRIAN
SLAV

DRIVER
WEIGH BOSS
MINER
MINER
MINER

LONDON, HENRY
LONEFF, DAN
LONZEE, PETE
LOPEZ, BALDOMANIO

COLORED
BULGARIAN
ITALIAN
MEXICAN

DRIVER
MINER
MINER
PICK MINER

31
36
25

M
M
S
S

COLORADO FUEL & IRON


2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON

1910OCT8
1910NOV8
1952JUL10
1906DEC24
1910NOV8
1923SEP6
1954JAN27
1910NOV8
1899SEP21
1915SEP3

LOPEZ, CARPLO
LOPEZ, ESTAVEN
LOPEZ, EZEQUIEL G
LOPEZ, FRANCISCO
LOPEZ, IGNACIO
LOPEZ, JESUS
LOPEZ, JOE D
LOPEZ, JUAN
LOPEZ, JUAN
LOPEZ, LUCAS

MEXICAN
MEXICAN

MINER
MINER

22
23

S
M

MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN

MINER
MINER
PICK MINER

50
21

S
M
M

MEXICAN

MINER

25

MEXICAN

DRIVER

20

COLORADO FUEL & IRON

DELAGUA
SWAMP ANGEL TUNNEL
CAMERON

1917APR27
1933OCT13
1931JAN5
1910NOV8
1928JAN24

LOPEZ, PEDRO
LOPEZ, ROY
LOPEZ, SALVADOR
LOPEZ, V
LORD, EDWIN WALTER

MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
AMERICAN

MINER
PICK MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER

30
28
20
30
20

S
S
S
S

VICKERS COAL CO.


COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

HASTINGS
KENNETH
PICTOU
DELAGUA

LAS
LAS
HUE
LAS
TEL

EXPLOSION
FALL OF DRAW SLATE
FALL OF DRAW ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FELL FROM BUCKET DOWN SHAFT ABOUT 700 FEET

RED CANON COAL

RED CANON NO. 1

DEL

FALL OF ROOF

MINER

9
1

26

0 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.

County

64

1948NOV17 LORENZI, EDWARD

45

Mine

ROCKY MOUNTAIN
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.

6
COLORADO FUEL & IRON

COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.


COLORADO FUEL & IRON
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
AARON STROMBERG & CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
EMPIRE ZINC CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

1891JUN5

Name

1933AUG30
1901NOV20
1924FEB9
1956DEC12

LOTINE, FELIX
LOUGHRY, L E
LOUIS, BORZAGA
LOUKOGIANIS, STRATIS
LOUTH, CHARLES E

1920NOV24
1906FEB19
1942NOV16
1921JUL30
1918NOV8

LOVATO, TRANQUILINO
LOVERA, B.
LOW, JOSEPH M
LOWE, A J
LOWE, JAMES

1895MAY10
1899JAN17
1912JAN27
1910OCT8
1910JAN31
1899DEC19

LUBA, JOHN
LUBA, MAT
LUBICI, ABRAM
LUBRANSKI, JOE
LUCAS, ALEXANDER
LUCAS, JAMES

1899NOV11 LUCERO, ADOLPH


1915JAN9
LUCERO, ALBERT

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

Company name

COLORADO COAL & IRON CO.


TRAM OPERATOR
PICK MINER

11

33

MEXICAN
ITALIAN

26
37
64

S
S
M

AMERICAN

MINER
MINER
CARPENTER
LABORER
ROPE RIDER

38

AUSTRIAN
POLE
AUSTRIAN

MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER

MEXICAN
MEXICAN

MINER
MINER

MEXICAN
MEXICAN

FACEMAN
DRIVER
PICK MINER

28
6
6

44
36
30
30

M
M
M
S

27

S
S

46
23
26

M
S

County

LAS

FALL OF SLATE

AMERICAN
SMUGGLER UNION
TOLLER

PAR
SAM
LAS

STRUCK BY BUCKET
FIRE
FALL OF ROCK WHILE PREPARING A PROP
CAUGHT IN CAT LINE, PULLED INTO CAT HEAD

GARVIE LONDON GOLD MINING CO

BONCARBO
MAITLAND
BRECKENRIDGE

HUERFANO COAL CO.

LUDLOW

LAS
HUE
SUM
GAR
HUE

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

SOPRIS
SOPRIS
DELAGUA
STARKVILLE
PRIMERO
WALSEN

LAS

EXPLOSION OF GAS (CH4)


FALL OF COAL
ELECTROCUTED
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
STRUCK BY 15 EMPTY CARS

ENGLE
PIEDMONT

LAS
LAS

FALL OF SLATE
FALL OF ROCK

KEYSTONE
WELLINGTON NO. 1
SOUTHWESTERN

ROU
LAS
LAS

DUTCH CREEK #1 MINE

PIT

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

COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.


ALEX BELTRAMO, JR.
AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING

5
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL

1948JAN8
1927APR27
1923MAY5
1956APR18
1981APR15
1955APR20
1895APR4

LUCERO, CAMILIO
LUCERO, GABRIEL
LUCERO, LUKE
LUCERO, RICHARD H
LUCERO, TERRY
LUCKINBILL, HAROLD R
LUCOCK, WILLFRED

1915MAR23
1904NOV30
1902JUL21
1946MAR27

LUCOTICH, JOHN
LUDONICO, LUMBERTO
LUDWIG, FRANK
LUERAS, DAVE

SLAV
ITALIAN
GERMAN

MINER
ROAD CLEANER
MINER

KEYSTONE COAL
2 WELLINGTON MINES CO,
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
EMPIRE ZINC CO. (GILMAN)
MID CONTINENT Resources Incorporated
DON JOHNSTON DRILLING CO.

43
44

M
M

1907SEP4
1907OCT30
1937OCT17
1956OCT18
1962JAN24
1926MAR24
1910OCT8
1899AUG26
1908AUG29
1907JAN23

LUGGI, LOUIS
LUHADOL, JACOB
LUHALA, ARNE
LUJAN, JOSE G
LUJAN, TED LEO
LUJON, CASEMARO
LUKASICH, FRANK
LUMBERG, ELMER
LUMBRADA, FRANK
LUMLEY, REES

SLAVONIAN
AUSTRIAN

MINER
DRIVER
TIMBERMAN

36
21
48

S
M
S

36
47
27

M
S
M
M

COLORADO FUEL & IRON

1913AUG4
1910NOV8
1919MAR31
1870SEP14
1896JUL15
1914MAR5

MINER

LAS
LAS
LAS

OTIS (LAFAYETTE)
3 PRIMROSE COAL

ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL

30

Cause of Death

EL MORO

27

GREEK

Mine

SAN JUAN METALS CORP.


AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING
NEW JERSEY ZINC CO.
2 DICK COAL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON

SPANIARD
POLE

MACHINE MINER
MINER

ITALIAN
WELSH

MINER
FIRE BOSS

45
46

LUNA, FEDIGONIA
LUNA, P.
LUNDQUIST, JOHN
LYDEN, MARTIN
LYLE, WILSON

MEXICAN
MEXICAN
SWEDE

MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
OWNER

24
25
39

W
S

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
1 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
EMPIRE COAL CO.

LYNCH, JOHN

IRISH

MINER

51

COLORADO FUEL & IRON

PRIMROSE
TERCLO
MIDWAY
COLUMBINE

LAS
LAS
HUE
WEL

HIT BY A TRIP OF EMPTY CARS


BURNED BY AN EXPLOSION OF HIS OILER CADGER
FALL OF ROCK
ROOF FALL

DELAGUA
QUINTO

LAS
LAS
OUR

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 OF CAGE
FALL OF COAL & SLATE
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT

DIX
STARKVILLE
WELDON
NONPARELL
PRIMERO

EAG
LAS
LAS
LAK
BOU
LAS

DELAGUA
DELAGUA
EMPIRE
LYDEN-MURPHY
CLAUDE

LAS
LAS
LAS
ELP

FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
GAS EXPLOSION DUE TO ELECTRIC ARC
FOUL AIR;BROTHER MICHAEL LEYDON
FELL FROM BUCKET

MORLEY

LAS

FALL OF ROCK

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

1933FEB27

LYNCH, JOHN

1918MAY20
1897MAY31
1896SEP10
1935FEB18

LYNCH, WILLIAM
LYNIS, JAMES
LYNN, WILLIAM
LYONS, MORTON

1910OCT8
1896MAR1
1919AUG18
1908SEP10
1941MAY2

LYSCZARA, ANTON
MAATEVE, AUGUST
MACANIE, JOHN
MACCIO, MIKE
MACHIN, GEORGE J

1922MAY21
1904APR13
1908DEC17
1896JUL5
1896SEP17
1896DEC2

MACHLA, JOHN
MACK, MARTIN
MACKETTE, AUGUST
MACKEY, HERBERT A
MACLEOD, D.
MACUECI, JAMES

1913SEP23
1910OCT8

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Company name
Status Surviving
Children
M
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.

MUCKER

39

AMERICAN

TIMBERMAN

34

AMERICAN

MACHINE MAN

44

POLE
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN

MINER
MINER
MACHINE MINER
MINER
MACHINE MAN

25
35

M
M
M
M

GERMAN
AUSTRIAN

QUARRYMAN
MINER
TIMBERMAN
PUMPMAN

34
19
40

S
M

MACURA, PAUL
MADAY, MIKE

AUSTRIAN
POLE

MINER
MINER

18
35

1907JAN23
1951FEB20
1931FEB17
1951AUG24
1896DEC24
1911JAN3
1927JUN7

MADDALENA, ANGELO D
MADDALONE, TONY A
MADDONA, CHARLES
MADDOX, ROBERT D
MADNEY, JESSE
MADONNA, BARNEY
MADRID, SEVERIANO

ITALIAN

DAYMAN

24

ITALIAN

BLACKSMITH

11

43

ITALIAN
AMERICAN

MINER
PICK MINER

35

45
64

M
M

1924JUL21
1910OCT8
1926OCT23
1920DEC10

MADRIGAL, PABLO
MAES, EMILIO
MAES, FELIX
MAES, FRANK

MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN

PICK MINER
MINER
ROPE RIDER
ROCK LOADER

1931FEB1
1920SEP13
1895SEP26
1928OCT26
1922MAR24
1951JUL29
1923MAR4
1909MAY21
1899DEC24
1899DEC24

MAESTAS, JOSE C
MAGA, JAMES
MAGGS, GEORGE J
MAGINIE, CHARLIE
MAGLIA, FELIX
MAGNUS, HENRY W
MAGNUSON, CHARLES
MAGON, JOHN
MAGREW, W S
MAGROW, W. S

1943SEP4
1952MAR14
1923MAR4
1922OCT13
1904NOV25
1901JAN2

ITALIAN

SHOVELER
PICK MINER

ITALIAN
ITALIAN

TRAPPER
PICK MINER

AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN

LABORER
MINER

MAHADY, EDWARD
MAHAFFEY, M D
MAHAS, GUS
MAHONEY, JOHN
MAJARI, GEORGE

GREEK
GREEK

DRIVER
LOADER
LABORER
MINER
MINER

MAJESTIC, MIKE

SLAVONIAN

MINER

Mine

County

Cause of Death

LAK

SUFFOCATION

2 LOUISVILLE-LAFAYETTE COAL CO

BIG FOUR
SPICER
SMUGGLER
Hi-WAY

HUE
ELP
PIT
BOU

FALL OF ROCK
FALL FROM LADDER DOWN SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK
SHEAVE WHEEL FELL DOWN SHAFT ON CAGE

3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON

STARKVILLE

LAS

0 OAKDALE COAL CO.

OAKDALE
MONARCH
INDUSTRIAL

HUE
BOU
BOU

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

SUNNYSIDE
MARION
COMO
INDEPENDENCE
BOB TAIL

FRE
BOU
PIT
PAR
ELP
GIL

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK
LOST FOOTING ON STAIWAY AND FELL
DRILLING INTO UNEXPLODED BLAST
FELL INTO SHAFT

MAGNET
STARKVILLE

FRE
LAS

ELECTROCUTED
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP

LAS
LAK
BOU

3
6 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.

PRIMERO
LEADVILLE
STANDARD
RESERVOIR NO. 22
ELKTON
SOUTHWESTERN
DELAGUA

ELP
LAS
LAS

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

M
S
M

5 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.


COLORADO FUEL & IRON
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

FREDERICK
STARKVILLE
KEBLER NO. 2

LAS
LAS
HUE
FRE

CRUSHED BETWEEN CAR & RIB


EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
PINNED BETWEEN A CAR & RIB
FALL OF ROCK

34
36

S
M

3 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.

19
24

S
S

EAG
LAS
LAK
LAS
LAS

15

49
32

M
M

EAGLE
FORBES
BELGIAN
CRESTON
SOPRIS
HIAWATHA
ALAMO
HEZRON
SUNNYSIDE MILL
SUNNYSIDE MILL

HUE
HUE
SAJ
SAJ

FALL OF ROCK
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

30
15

48
45
60
30

LUDLOW
CROW BAR
ALAMO
BERWIND

LAS
ROU
HUE
CUS
LAS

HAULAGE
ROOF FALL
RUN-A-WAY CAR
FELL INTO OPEN PIT
FALL OF ROCK

PRYOR

HUE

FELL FROM TRIP-RIDER

30

64

BIG FOUR COAL & COKE

ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL

5
12

20

24
30
22

ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL


1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.

JEWEL COLLIERIES CORP.


COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
MOUNTAIN FUEL SUPPLY CO.
4 ALAMO COAL CO.
1

HUERFANO COAL

45

M
S
M

4 ALAMO COAL CO.

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

MAJOR, JOE

AMERICAN

MACHINE RUNNER

1907SEP2
1901NOV20
1906AUG4
1911FEB9

MAKAMOTO, S.
MAKI, KAULE
MAKOYNE, Y.
MAKROSH, JOSEPH

JAPANESE

MINER

25

JAPANESE
POLE

MINER
SHOT-FIRER

30
35

S
M

1910OCT8
1911FEB9
1941JAN21
1893JAN10
1911DEC11

MALACARNE, ANTON
MALACH, JOE
MALDONADO, REFUGIO
MALERINGO, LOUIS
MALEZVOCK, MATT

ITALIAN
POLE

MINER
HEAD SHOT-FIRER
MINER

44

M
M

AUSTRIAN

MINER

31

1899JUN8
1896JAN4
1897NOV25
1899JAN26
1910JAN31
1910JAN31

MALLONEE, JOHN F
MALLORY, JOHN
MALONE, FRANK
MALONEY, JOHN
MALOVICH, ANTON
MALOVICH, GEORGE

AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN

MINER
MINER
MINER

35
42
29

S
M
M

1935JUL1
1916AUG8

MAMMON, EMIL
MAMOS, TONY

RUSSIAN

SUPERINTENDENT
MOTORMAN

47
31

M
M

1904JAN2
1906APR22
1939OCT31
1921APR27
1910NOV15
1921MAR1
1906APR22

MANABOSCO, ANTONIO
MANAPACE, DAVID
MANDARICH, GEORGE
MANDERICH, PAUL
MANINI, JOHN
MANLEY, SCOTT
MANLEY, V. O

ITALIAN
ITALIAN

LOADING TIMBER
MINER

31
25

S
S

AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN

PICK MINER
MINER
ASSIT MINEFOREMAN
DRIVER

38
42
38
27

M
M
M
M

1900FEB1
1950NOV13
1910JUN27
1942OCT13

MANN, FRED
MANN, GEORGE
MANNICK, MIKE
MANNING, GEORGE BRUCE

1940FEB9
1895MAR31
1917MAY25
190JAN26
1917APR27
1906APR22
1939JAN20
1914JUN23
1951NOV13
1902JAN20

MANNINO, MIKE
MANPACE, GIO
MANTILOVICH, MIKE
MANUEL, JAMES
MANVILLE, TOM
MANZUNO, E.
MARAKAMI, F S
MARCINKO, MIKE
MARCUM, HERMAN J
MARCUS, FRANK

1929SEP27
1908MAY14
1917APR27
1903FEB1
1895AUG29

MARES, JESUS
MARGUS, JOE
MARIANA, SALVATORE
MARIANO, ANGELO RESSI
MARIETTA, NAZARINO

21
15

34

Marital Number of
Company name
Status Surviving
Children
M
2 IMPERIAL COAL CO.

1937JAN16

1917APR27 MARINCICH, ANTON

14

Age at
Death

DRIVER
HOISTMAN

23
55

S
M

FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROOF
FIRE
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
DUST EXPLOSION, CAUSED BY A BLOWN-OUT SHOT

STARKVILLE
COKEDALE
JEFFRYES
KING
PIEDMONT

LAS
LAS
LAS
PAR
LAS

EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP


DUST EXPLOSION, CAUSED BY A BLOWN-OUT SHOT
ROOF FALL

LAK
ELP
ELP

3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON


3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON

BREECE
ANNA LEE
GOLD COIN
CITY (DURANGO)
PRIMERO
PRIMERO

LAS
LAS

FELL DOWN SHAFT


CAVING IN OF SHAFT
LARGE ROCK FELL FROM HANGING WALL
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST

WALDORF GOLD, INC.


4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON

EAST MORLEY

CLE
LAS

CAUGHT IN MACHINERY
FALL OF ROCK

COLORADO FUEL & IRON


VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
2 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
4
1 CANON-RELIANCE COAL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON

PRIMERO
CUATRO
CHANDLER
DELAGUA
WOOTTEN
CANON
CUATRO

LAS
LAS
FRE
LAS
HUE
FRE
LAS

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

TOMBOY
MORRISON
PIKEVIEW
CREEDE

SAM
WEL
ELP
MIN

FALL OF BUCKET
HEART ATTACK
CAUGHT BETWEEN CARS
CAUGHT BETWEEN CABLE & DRUM

ROCKVALE NO. 3
GONZALES CANON
PIKEVIEW
PIKES PEAK
HASTINGS
CUATRO
KEYSTONE
WALSEN
RED WING
PICTOU

FRE
LAS
ELP
TEL
LAS
LAS
ROU
HUE
MOF
HUE

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

THOR
STARKVILLE
HASTINGS
STARKVILLE
SLEEPY-HOLLOW

LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
GIL

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
EXPLOSION
ELECTROCUTED BY LIVE WIRES
DROWNED

HASTINGS

LAS

EXPLOSION

CARBON COAL & COKE

EMPERIUS MINING CO.


COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.

SERVIAN

SINKER
TIMBERMAN

33

AMERICAN
JAPANESE

MINER
MINER

33
26

S
S

AUSTRIAN

DRIVER

38

46
35
25
34

M
M
S
M

37

0 PIKE'S PEAK FUEL

COLORADO FUEL & IRON


KEYSTONE COAL CO.
4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLOWYO COAL CO.

DRIVER
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN

PICK MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER

AUSTRIAN

MINER

16

Cause of Death

WEL
LAS
SAM
HUE
LAS

1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON


2 CARBON COAL & COKE
JEFFRYES FUEL
UNION PACIFIC COAL

3 NATIONAL FUEL CO.

IMPERIAL

County

GREEN CANON
SMUGGLER UNION
CHAMPION
COKEDALE

CLAYTON COAL
SLAV

Mine

FALL OF ROCK

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

1893JAN10

MARINO, ANGLINO

1930FEB4
1909NOV9
1958AUG15
1917JAN13

MARINO, BATISTA
MARINO, FELICE
MARINO, HENRY
MARIO, STEFAMIN

1899MAR22
1906AUG29
1917APR27
1900JAN25
1958SEP4

MARION, SANFORD
MARKANTONIO, TONY
MARKES, GEORGE
MARKET, BERT
MARKOVICH, JOHN

1899NOV30
1910NOV8
1922MAR24
1884JAN24
1951DEC17
1920OCT19

MARKOVITCH, MARK
MARLANA, JESUS
MARLO, JOE
MARONEY, WILLIAM
MARONICH, GEORGE
MARR, VERNON E

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

ITALIAN
MEXICAN

MACHINE MINER
MINER

27

ITALIAN

MINER

ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

58
35

M
M

24

CONTRACTOR
DRIVER

31
23

MINER

52

AUSTRIAN
MEXICAN
AMERICAN

MINER
MINER
MACHINE MINER

28
28
33

ENGLISH

PICK MINER

30

Company name

UNION PACIFIC COAL


2 CANON QUALITY COAL CO.
2
TITAN MINES, INC.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON

M
S

S
S
M

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
IMPERIAL COAL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

1899JUN25 MARRON, CHARLES


1895NOV23 MARSHALL, J. M
1951APR9
1956MAY30
1941AUG1
1911JAN31
1906DEC13
1928DEC12
1915AUG9

MARSHALL, W ADIN
MARTEL, ANDRE
MARTENSEN, ERNEST H
MARTERY, PETE
MARTIGUA, CARLO
MARTIN, AUGUST
MARTIN, HARRY

1901AUG4
1884JAN24
1915AUG9
1902FEB10

MARTIN, JAMES D
MARTIN, JOHN
MARTIN, NICK
MARTIN, THOMAS

1947DEC2
1946MAR30
1905MAR15
1909JAN6
1926DEC29
1916SEP25
1939DEC8
1904SEP3
1919DEC13
1934OCT15

MARTIN, WALTER
MARTIN, WILLIAM A
MARTINCHI, FRANK
MARTINEZ, ABE
MARTINEZ, ABEL
MARTINEZ, ALEX
MARTINEZ, ALFREDO
MARTINEZ, AMBROSE
MARTINEZ, ANTEMIO
MARTINEZ, BENJAMIN

1928DEC13
1922MAY18
1951AUG24
1923OCT8
1929MAR15

MARTINEZ, BENJAMIN
MARTINEZ, BLAZ
MARTINEZ, BRAULIO J
MARTINEZ, DANIEL
MARTINEZ, DANIEL A

1920JUL8

MARTINEZ, EDUMONIO

DOUGLAS JARDINE
REYNOLDS MINING CORP.
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
GERMAN
WELSH

MINER
ROPE-RIDER
MINER
SHOT FIRER
TIMBERMAN

ITALIAN

FIRE BOSS

AUSTRIAN
ENGLISH

ITALIAN
MEXICAN
AMERICAN
MEXICAN

21

42
19
23
44
41

S
S
S
S

47

MINER
MINER

28

TIMBER HELPER
HOIST OPERATOR
DRIVER
MINER
MINER

50
31
19

S
M
S
M

MOFFAT COAL CO.


CARBON COAL & COKE
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
VIRGINIUS MINES CO.
PRIDE OF WEST, INC.
1

29
35

M
M
M
M

2 BRENNAN COAL MINING CO,


6 AZTEC COAL MINING CO.

0 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL


COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.

MEXICAN
MEXICAN
AMERICAN

MINER
MINER
MACHINE RUNNER

19

26
35
37

MEXICAN
MEXICAN

PICK MINER
MACHINE MINER

15
6

34
29

M
S

2 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.


NATIONAL FUEL CO.

MEXICAN
SPANIARD

PICK MINER
DRIVER

17
17

52
47

M
M

4 CUCHARA CANON COAL CO.


2 McNEIL COAL CORP.

MACHINE MAN

25

Mine

County

Cause of Death

KING

PAR

SOUTH MAGNET
MORLEY

FRE
LAS

ROUSE

HUE

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF
CRUSHED BY FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK

J BEST
PRIMERO
HASTINGS
DOCTOR
APEX

EAG
LAS
LAS
TEL
ROU

FALL OF SLAB OF ROCK


FALL OF SLATE
EXPLOSION
FELL FROM BUCKET DOWN SHAFT
HEART

RUBY
DELAGUA
SOPRIS
CRESTED BUTTE
EAGLE
STARKVILLE

GUN
LAS
LAS
GUN
WEL
LAS

SHOT AT THE FACE


EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION OF GAS; SCHUYKILL CO., IL
FALL OF ROOF
ELECTROCUTION

HULL CITY PLACER


IBEX

TEL
LAK

DRILLED INTO MISSED SHOT


CAUGHT BY CAGE IN SHAFT

WESTCLIFFE
MIDWAY
TOBASCO
OAK HILLS NO. 2
COKEDALE NO. 2

CUS
HUE
LAS
ROU
LAS

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

NEW WALSED
CRESTED BUTTE
PRIMERO
HASTINGS NO. 1

HUE
GUN
LAS
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK

OURAY
SILVERTON
SPRING GULCH
BRODHEAD

OUR
SAJ
PIT
LAS
SAM
LAS
GUN
LAS
HUE
HUE

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
ELECTROCUTED

WEL
WEL
HUE
MES

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
PREMATURE EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
RUN OVER BY CAR

SAJ

BY A BLAST

BLUE RIVER TUNNEL

PIEDMONT
CRESTED BUTTE
BERWIND
BRENNAN
TOLTEE
COLUMBINE
PURITAN
RESERVOIR NO. 22
CUCHARA CANON
CAMEO

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

1951APR17 MARTINEZ, EDWARD

Company name

COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.

1901NOV8
1913MAR15
1929JAN3
1906FEB16

MARTINEZ, EPIFANYO
MARTINEZ, FELIX
MARTINEZ, FRED C
MARTINEZ, G.

MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN

MINER
MACHINE MINER
MINER

1937JAN11
1905APR13
1924MAY20
1924SEP24
1919JUL6

MARTINEZ, INEZ
MARTINEZ, J. M
MARTINEZ, JERONINO
MARTINEZ, JESUS E
MARTINEZ, JOE

MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
AMERICAN

ROCK BREAKER
MINER
MACHINE MINER
PICK MINER
DRIVER

1957APR25
1939OCT27
1944APR24
1922JUL19
1945NOV18
1897DEC2

MARTINEZ, JOE
MARTINEZ, JOE D
MARTINEZ, JOE E
MARTINEZ, JOHN E
MARTINEZ, JOSE G
MARTINEZ, JOSE L

1914JUL27
1942JAN27

MARTINEZ, JOSEPH
MARTINEZ, JOSEPH

MEXICAN

TRACKLAYER

1924JUN3
1935JUL9
1914MAR9
1927MAY27
1918OCT31
1903JAN20
1894OCT16

MARTINEZ, JULIAN
MARTINEZ, LEO
MARTINEZ, LIERMO
MARTINEZ, LLOYD
MARTINEZ, M J
MARTINEZ, MANUEL
MARTINEZ, MATHIAS

MEXICAN
AMERICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN

PICK MINER
MACHINE RUNNER
MACHINE HELPER
MOTORMAN
ROPE RIDER
DUMPER

1923NOV5
1950NAY19
1923AUG16
1950FEB3

MARTINEZ, MAX J
MARTINEZ, PHILLIP A
MARTINEZ, POLICARPIO
MARTINEZ, THOMAS

AMERICAN

PICK MINER

1950JUN28
1942JUN16
1934MAY3
1890APR26
1919APR11
1896FEB18
1911SEP15
1897SEP3
1918JUL15
1943JUN14

MARTINEZ, TOBY
MARTINEZ, TONY A
MARTINI, PAUL
MARTINI, TOMASO
MARTINI, TONY
MARTINO, ANTON
MARTINO, PETE
MARTINTONI, ANTON
MARTIS, HARRIS
MARTORANO, B

1923MAY3
1957FEB3
1910FEB15
1944SEP7
1902AUG2

MASCARENAS, SIRIO
MASCARENAZ, J G
MASCHIC, BEN
MASCITELLI, BEN
MASON, GEORGE

AUSTRIAN

1908JAN9

MASON, MATT

GERMAN

25
3

33
22

S
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

CHUTE BLASTER

LEYDEN LIGNITE

10

MUCKER

ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN

MACHINE RUNNER
MINER
MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
MINER

GREEK

HUE

TIPPLE MACH.

BERWIND
GRAY CREEK
CALUMET NO. 1
QUINTO

LAS
LAS
HUE
LAS

FALL OF ROOF
RUN OVER BY THE TRIP OF EMPTY CARS
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK

ROCK CREEK DAM


MIDWAY
ALAMO
MUTUAL
PERIN'S PEAK

PUE
HUE
HUE
HUE
LAP

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF COAL

DELAGUA
GORDON
LEYDEN NO. 3
PICTOU NO. 1

LAS
HUE
SAM
JEF
HUE

CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK


STRUCK BY CROSS BAR
SUFFOCATION
DRAWN INTO A CHUTE & SMOTHERED
HAULAGE
FALL OF ROCK

2 VICTOR-AMERICAN
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

RAVENWOOD
WADGE

HUE
ROU

RUN OVER BY A LOADED CAR


GAS EXPLOSION

35
27
27
19
18
29

M
M
M
S
S
M

5 ALAMO COAL CO.


3 BEAR CANON COAL CO.
1 BREEN COAL MINING
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

ALAMO
BEAR CANON NO. 6
BREEN
DELAGUA
PRIMERO
CHANDLER
BERWIND

HUE
LAS
HUE
LAS
LAS
FRE
LAS

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

21

2 AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING


COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.

BONCARBO
FREDERICK
LEADVILLE

LAS
LAS
SAM
LAK

FALL OF ROCK
UNKNOWN
FALL OF ROCK
LOBAR PNEUMONIA CAUSED BY HERNIA

STARKVILLE NO. 3
GORDON
LEYDEN NO. 3
SOPRIS
RADIANT
VULCAN
SOUTH CANON
SUHSHINE
OAKDALE
MARTORANO

LAS
HUE
JEF
LAS
FRE
GAR
GAR
GAR
HUE
LAS

EXPLOSION CARBIDE DRUM


ROOF FALL
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

SAG

25
AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING

TIMBERMAN

25

46

30
52
30

S
S
S

32

TOBY MARTINEZ
GORDON COAL
5 LEYDEN LIGNITE CO.
DENVER FUEL CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

COLORADO FUEL & IRON


2 OAKDALE COAL CO.
MARTORANO COAL

24
HUERFANO
PINE GULCH
BROADHEAD

HUE
FRE
LAS

CRUSHED BENEATH A HEAVY ROCK FALL


CRUSHED BETWEEN LOADER & TRESTLE
FALL OF ROOF
ELECTRICITY
EXPLOSION

MIDWAY

HUE

STRUCK BY RUN-AWAY CAR

AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING


MINER

29

S
CANON MONARCH COAL

HELPER
MINER

Cause of Death

33

COLORADO FUEL & IRON


5

County

KEBLER NO. 2

22

MINER

ITALIAN

Mine

34

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

1961MAY9

Name

1889DEC9
1902FEB27
1905FEB21
1896FEB18

MASON, WILLIS GENE


MASSARA, JOHN
MASSERA, JOSEPH
MATES, GUS
MATEVE, AUGUST

1958AUG1
1902NOV21
1915AUG6
1931NOV22
1917FBE7

MATHIESON, ROBERT
MATHKOVITCH, ANTONIO
MATIODA, JOE
MATOVINOVICH, LOUIS
MATSON, PETER

1892APR5
1907JUN4
1917JAN13
1903SEP23
1912JUN18
1905JUN3

MATTA, JOSEPH
MATTEO, DOLIS
MATTHEWS, WILLIAM
MATTILINA, JOHN
MATTINA, JOE
MATTINE, ANGELO

1907MAR20 MATTIS, ANDREW


1937DEC31 MATTIVI, AUGUST

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

31
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN

MINER
MINER
MECHANIC

SLAVONIAN
ITALIAN

26
35
40

MINER
MINER
MINER

66
35
42

Company name

CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.


COLORADO COAL & IRON CO.
S
M
M
M
S

4 VICTOR-AMERICAN

ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN

MINER
PIPEMAN
MINER
MINER
MINER

28
50
25
31
29

S
S
M
S

AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN

MINER
LOADER

21
53

S
S

ITALIAN
AMERICAN

MINER
ROADMAN
DAYMAN

1896JAN27
1897SEP3
1917APR27
1910OCT6
1958AUG11
1896JAN13
1930NOV8

MATTIVI, BORTOLLO
MATTIVI, JOHN
MAURO, FRANK
MAVOR, HENRY
MAXEY, THOMAS O
MAXWELL, JAMES
MAY, MILBURN

AMERICAN

TRAPPER

16

1937NOV16
1917APR27
1916APR28
1910JUN13

MAYNES, CLYDE
MAYORGA, MIGUEL
MAZACO, NICK
MAZEKO, PETE

MEXICAN
ITALIAN
RUSSIAN

MOTORMAN
MINER
MINER
MINER

25
29
49
29

S
M
M
S

1904FEB17
1897AUG8
1924AUG5
1888FEB13
1913DEC16
1943DEC14
1929FEB9
1888NOV7
1907APR11
1926JUL22

MAZNA, JOSEPH
MCALLISTER, DANIEL
McBIRNIE, ALEC
MCCALLUM, JOHN
MCCANN, FRANK
McCARTHY, ROBERT F
McCARTNEY, GARRETT
MCCELEVY, EDWARD
MCCHWEE, BERNARD
McCLELLAN, RALPH

MINER
TIMBERMAN
FIRE BOSS

45

1922JUL8
1897SEP3
1960AUG4
1960DEC16
1896JAN9

McCLOSKY, ANDREW
MCCLOUD, FRANCIS
McCLOUGHAN, LESTER L
McCOMBER, HERBERT F
MCCORMACK, JOHN

1960AUG4

McCORMICK, IRVING B

1 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.

ROUSE MINING CO.


COLORADO FUEL & IRON

40
41

M
M

8
2

County

CRUSHED BY LOOSE GROUND


CAUGHT BETWEEN LOADED PIT CAR,COLLAR TIMER
FALL OF TOP COAL
FALL OF COAL
EXPLOSION

ALLEN
ENGLEVILLE
RAVENWOOD

LAS
LAS
HUE
DOL
LAK

FALL
ASPHYXIATION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY CAGE

SOPRIS
HESPERUS
WOOTEN
HASTINGS
MIDWAY

LAS
LAP
SAM
LAS
LAS
HUE

FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROOF
FELL THROUGH THE WINZE
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP
FALL OF ROCK

RAPSON NO. 2
ROUSE

ELP
HUE

FALL OF ROOF
CRUSHED BY RUN AWAY CAR

NORTH STAR
SUNSHINE
HASTINGS
ROBINSON

SAJ
GAR
LAS
HUE

BLACK WONDER
CHANDLER

ELP
FRE

FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
EXPLOSION
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
ASPHYXIATION IN OLD RAISE
THAWING POWDER UNDER STOVE
DRAGGED BY A TRIP

HASTINGS
FIRESTONE
ROBINSON

SAJ
LAS
WEL
HUE

CLUTCH FAILED & CAGE DROPPED


EXPLOSION
FALL OF COAL
FALL OR ROCK

SIMPSON
BERWIND NO. 2
ALAMO
ROCKVALE NO.1
VULCAN
COLUMBINE
OAK HILLS NO. 1
CAMERON
MAJESTIC
MOFFAT

BOU
LAS
HUE
FRE
GAR
WEL
ROU
HUE
LAS
GRA

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL & BONY
EXPLOSION OF GAS & DUST
BURNED IN EXPLOSION OF CARBURETED HYDROGEN
DUST EXPLOSION
TIPPLE-HG.
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK

LEADER
SUNSHINE

HUE
GAR
HIN
FRE
LAK

FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
SLIPPED & FELL INTO OPEN ORE PASS
SLIPPED & FELL INTO THE HOIST
FALLING FROM BUCKET DOWN SHAFT

LAP

IGNITING GASOLINE SPILLED ON HIM

RICO ARGENTINE MINING CO.

AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN
IRISH
NEGRO

LOADER
TIP. FOREMAN
PICK MINER

SCOTCH
AMERICAN

MINER
MINER

LITHUANIAN

PICK MINER
DRIVER

30

27

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.

M
32

47

55
33

40
37

57

SUNNYSIDE MINING & MILLING


0
2 LOUISVILLE COAL & LAND

6 ALAMO COAL CO.


C. C. C. CO.
CORYELL MINING LEASING
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
0 MOFFAT COAL CO.
COLORADO COAL & IRON CO.
WEST PORTAL
FRUTH & STONE
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COL-TEX MINING INC.
SEACOL INC.

FOREPAUGH
54

MORAN BROTHERS INC.

Cause of Death

LAK
FRE
LAS
LAS
GAR

COAL CREEK NO. 1


HASTINGS NO. 2
TERCIO
VULCAN

35
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

ITALIAN

Mine

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

Company name

Mine

County

Cause of Death

1885JUL7

MCCORMICK, J

MINER

COLORADO COAL AND IRON CO.

CAMERON

HUE

FALL OF LARGE ROCK

1844NOV22
1884JAN24
1884JAN24
1910NOV1

McCORMICK, JOHN
McCOURT, JAMES
McCOWITT, WILLIAM
MCCOY, JASON

MINER
MINER
DRIVER
DRIVER

COLORADO COAL & IRON


COLORADO COAL AND IRON
COLORADO COAL AND IRON

WALSENBURG
CRESTED BUTTE
CRESTED BUTTE
TIOGA

HUE
GUN
GUN
HUE

FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
RUN OVER BY A CAR

1919JUL8
1935FEB5
1890MAR27
1942DEC31
1899JUN6

MCCOY, JOHN
McCUISTIAN, T C
MCDERMOT, JOHN
McDERMOTT, ARTHUR
McDONALD, A A

SUMMITVILLE
CHICOSA NO. 1
LUDLOW
MIDGET MILL

SUM
RIG
LAS
LAS
BOU

ELECTRIC SHOCK BY WIRE


FELL DOWN MANWAY
FALL OF ROCK
HEART
CAUGHT IN CAM SHAFT PULLEY

1891NOV12
1895OCT27
1884JAN24
1899JAN11
1899APR23
1898MAR5

MCDONALD, ALEX
MCDONALD, ARCHIE
McDONALD, DANIEL
MCDONALD, JOHN
McDONALD, JOHN
MCDONALD, WILLIAM O

MARION
IBEX
CRESTED BUTTE
LOUISVILLE
MARY CASHEN
IRVN SILVER

GAR
LAK
GUN
LAK
TEL
LAK

COAL FROM A CHUTE


CAUGHT BY CAVE RUNNING SAND
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
EXPLOSION WARMING POWDER
FALL OF ROCK FROM BUCKET
COVERED WITH LOOSE DIRT

1904JAN21
1912FEB19

MCDOWELL, SAMUEL
McELWEE, JOHN

AMERICAN
AMERICAN

TRIP-RIDER
ROPE-RUNNER

28
32

S
S

BRODHEAD
SOUTHWESTERN

LAS
LAS

HIT BY MINE CAR


CRUSHED BETWEEN

1904OCT28
1918JUN9
1935OCT12
1897FEB14
1929DEC10
1903OCT1
1895SEP26

MCEWEN, THOMAS
MCFALL, GLENN
McFEE, KENNETH
MCGANN, ANDREW
McGILL, LISTON
MCGINNIS
MCGINNIS, CLARK M

IRISH

MINER

TERCIO NO. 3

AMERICAN

TRAPPER

28
21
20

AMERICAN

MUCKER
MINER

22
40

S
M

LEYDEN
BELGIAN

LAS
BOU
WEL
ELP
SAJ
JEF
LAK

EXPLOSION
ELECTROCUTED BY HIGH TENSION WIRE
RUN OVER BY MOTOR
DRILLING INTO UNEXPLODED HOLE
FALL OF ROCK
FALLING DOWN SHAFT
EXPLOSION OF POWDER

1920DEC4
1895JUL27
1884JAN24
1899NOV28

McGINNIS, PATRICK
MCGRATH, THOMAS
McGREGOR, JOHN
McGREW, EDWARD M

IRISH

TIMBERMAN

61

PRIMERO
ORIENT IRON
CRESTED BUTTE
UTE

LAS
SAG
GUN
HIN

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK ON SLOPE
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
EXPLOSION WHILE INSERTING CAP

1923JUN25
1898AUG8
1896JAN4
1927OCT20
1921SEP24
1870DEC10
1898APR23
1944FEB23
1892DEC28
1900FEB6

McGUIRE, HUGH
McGUIRE, STANTON
MCGURK, MIKE
McHALE, EDWARD
McHUGH, LAWRENCE
MCILVER, DAVID
MCINTYRE, MIKE
McINTYRE, WILLIAM
MCIVER, GEORGE
MCKAY, MYRON

EAG
BOU
ELP
SAM
BOU
ELP
ROU
BOU
LAK

FALL OF ROCK
BLAST EXPLODED WHILE LOADING
CAVING IN OF SHAFT
OVERCOME BY SMOKE IN BUNK-HOUSE
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
ROCK FALL FROM BACK OF SLOPE
ROOF FALL
CAUGHT BETWEEN HOISTING CAGE & TIMBERS
FALL OF ROCK

1923OCT7
1949AUG11
1939MAR6
1926SEP24
1932APR16

McKEE, GEORGE
McKEEN, JOSEPH C
McKENNA, CHARLES
McKENNA, J P
McKENNA, JOHN

CHANDLER

LAK
BOU
FRE

EXPLOSION OF GAS & DUST


FALL OF ROCK
HEART FAILURE; OVEREXERTION & LIFTING CAR
FALLING DOWN UPRAISE FORTY FEET
ELECTROCUTED

1896SEP17

MCKENNA, JOHN

SWEET

ELP

FELL FROM BUCKET DOWN SHAFT

SCOTCH

TRAMMER
TIMBERMAN

17
32

M
TRINIDAD FUEL CO.
HUERFANO COAL
GRAND RIVER COAL & COKE CO.

DRIVER

COLORADO COAL AND IRON

50

BOULDER VALLEY COAL CO.

COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.


COLORADO COAL AND IRON

BOULDER VALLEY
MONUMENT

40
WHITE CROW
ANNA LEE
AMERICAN
IRISH

LABORER
MACHINE MINER

35

65
63

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
UNITED COAL CO.

CAGER
AMERICAN

AMERICAN
SCOTCH

MACHINE MINER
MINER
MUCKER
MINER
MACHINE MINER

9 BIG FOUR COAL & COKE CO.

38

33
63
51
54
46

S
M
M
M

MIDWEST COAL CO.


SELF EMPLOYED
MORAINE MINING CO.
1 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.

CENTENNIAL
BLACK-CENTRAL CITY
PIKES PEAK
WADGE
ACME
HENRIETLA
MIDWEST
MONARCH

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

1950JAN31

McKENNA, MILES

1923MAY5
1896SEP
1935JUL9
1911DEC15

McKENNA, P F
MCKENNA, T. C
McKEOWN, JAMES
MCKINLEY, E. S

1898AUG13
1925SEP28
1937MAY10
1942JAN27
1927MAY29

McKINLEY, L A
McKINLEY, RALPH F.
McKINNEY, JOE
McKNIGHT, THOMAS
McKOWN, C E

1913DEC16
1896JUN9
1897JAN23
1895SEP19
1891APR13
1930JUN7

MCLAIN, JOE E
MCLAUGHLIN, JOHN
MCLAUGHLIN, P.
MCLEAN, JOHN A
MCLELLAND, JAMES
McMAHON, FRED SIDNEY

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

Company name

SO. BLK. DIAM. COAL & OIL


3 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.

AMERICAN

PICK MINER

41

SCOTCH
AMERICAN

SUPERINTENDENT
SUPERINTENDENT

60
23

M
S

0 BEAR CANON COAL CO.

AMERICAN

FOREMAN
MUCKER

30
21

M
S

2 BUTCHER KNIFE COAL CO.


H. L. SINCLAIR
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

AMERICAN
AMERICAN

1897NOV20 MCMANAMY, MIKE T


1884JAN24 McMANUS, P

51

Mine

County

Cause of Death

FRANKLIN

LAS

HEART ATTACK

SOUTHWESTERN
SWEET
BEAR CANON NO. 6
YAMPA VALLEY

LAS
ELP
LAS
ROU

EXPLOSION OF GAS & DUST


FALL FROM BUCKET DOWN SHAFT
MINE EXPLOSION
HIT BY CAR

ECLIPSE
BUTCHER KNIFE
BARCOE TUNNEL
WADGE
MOFFAT TUNNEL

BOU
ROU
PAR
ROU
GIL

SLIPPED OFF CRIBBING


FALL OF DRAWSLATE
EXPLOSION OF DYNAMITE
GAS EXPLOSION
LIFTING HEAVY OBJECT & BAD RUPTURED

GAR
LAS
ELP
ELP
LAP
LAK

DUST EXPLOSION
HIT BY CAR
BLAST IN BOTTOM OF SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK FROM TOP OF SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK

SHOT-FIRER
DRIVER

28

CORYELL MINING LEASING

MACHINEMAN

28

CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.

VULCAN
STARKVILLE
LILLIE
INDEPENDENCE
SAN JUAN
CLIMAX

COLORADO COAL & IRON

PICTOU NO. 1
CRESTED BUTTE

HUE
GUN

FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST

MAGNET

CRESTED BUTTE
BIG FOUR
SOLAR
COAL CREEK

FRE
SAM
TEL
GUN
SUM
HUE
FRE

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
EXPLOSION

BLUFF SPRINGS NO. 2


ROBINSON
AMERICAN TUNNEL
MIDWEST

FRE
HUE
SAJ
MES

FALL OF TOP ROCK


FALL OF ROCK
ROCK FALL
FALL OF COAL

DUTCH CREEK #1 MINE


BRODHEAD NO. 9
EMPIRE
WAGON WHEEL GAP

PIT
LAS
LAS

BEAR CANON NO. 6


KEBLER NO. 2
HEZRON
GRAY CREEK
ALLEN

LAS
HUE
HUE
LAS
LAS

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

DELAGUA
ANNA LEE
COKEDALE
VULCAN
PRIMERO

LAS
ELP
LAS
GAR
LAS

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

FORBES

LAS

FALL OF ROCK

MINER

1908OCT3
1920APR13
1921JAN31
1888JAN14
1943JUN9
1894FEB26
1886NOV25

MCMULLEN, THOMAS
McNAMARA, T G
McNEELEY, P S
MCNELTY, MIKE
McNEME, VALERIA
MCNIEL, CHARLES
MCPHERSON, ANGUS

AMERICAN

DRIVER
CAGERS
TOPMAN

19
45
34

ORE SORTER

32

1931OCT6
1915MAY22
1899DEC4
1922DEC11

McSHANE, ARTHUR
MCSPARRON, JAMES
MCTEAGUE, THOMAS
McWILLIAMS, VERNER

AMERICAN
SCOTCH

MACHINE MINER
BRATTICE MAN

40

55
30

S
M

AMERICAN

MINER

1981APR15
1912JUL24
1910APR16
1946FEB16
1953JUL30
1935JUL9
1945FEB7
1923JAN2
1913AUG18
1962AUG28

MEAD, LOREN
MEDENICA, MIKE
MEDEREAGE, A
MEDINA, FRED
MEDINA, J R
MEDINA, JOE
MEDINA, MIKE
MEDINA, RAFAEL
MEDINA, SOSTIN
MEDINA, TONY

21

1910NOV8
1896JAN4
1911FEB9
1913DEC16
1907MAR4

MEDJODOVICH, LALE
MEE, PAT
MEEK, ROBERT
MEESE, WILLIOAM
MEGASAKI, CHARLES

1909JAN5

MEHAS, JOHN

COLORADO COAL AND IRON CO.


WALTER McDANIEL
UNITED COAL

MINER
BLUFF SPRINGS LEASING CO.
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
MIDWEST COAL CO.
MID CONTINENT Resources Incorporated
MONTENEGRIN MINER
MONTENEGRIN MINER
MUCKER

33
25
24

M
S
M

AMERICAN

MOTOR MAN

38

MEXICAN
MEXICAN

PICK MINER
MINER
ROOF BOLTER

21
30
53

M
M

MONTENEGRIN MINER

47

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

AMERICAN
ENGLISH
JAPANESE

MINER
MINER
MINER

48
50
32

M
M
S

5
4 CORYELL MINING LEASING

GREEK

MINER

21

4
19

3
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
IDARADO MINING CO.
5 BEAR CANON COAL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
1 CADDELL & SON
0 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

1910OCT8

MEHORA, JOHN

1911OCT6
1950JUL7
1907MAR13
1919SEP22

MEKROVICH, PETER
MELIN, AXEL H
MELKJO, PETE
MELLONS, JAMES

1939NOV11
1930JAN13
1898JUL3
1906APR24
1907AUG19

MELLOR, ROBERT
MELLOTT, CHRISTOPHER
MELVIN, ROBERT A
MENAGOTTE, JOE
MENAPACE, C.

1923JUL16
1896MAR10
1902JUL2
1938FEB25
1917APR27
1896FEB18

MENCIN, ANTON
MENILLO, JAMES
MENONI, AMADIE
MERCIEZ, WALTER
MEREDITH, WILLIAM
MERHCNAT, CHAS.

Nationality

POLE
MONTENGRIN

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

MINER
MINER

Age at
Death
50
45

Marital Number of
Company name
Status Surviving
Children
M
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
M

4
TELLURIDE MINES, INC.

ITALIAN
GREEK

MINER
PICK MINER

26
23

S
S

TEMPLE FUEL CO.

AMERICAN

MINER
ROPE-RIDER

42
43

S
S

GEORGE E. COLLINS & ASSOC.


ALAMO COAL CO.

TYROLESE
ITALIAN

MINER
MINER

20
55

S
M

32

ITALIAN

FOREMAN
MINER
MINER

23

COLORED
AMERICAN

MINER
LOADER

28
24

M
S

1917APR27 MERIDAKIS, GEORGE


1905APR3 MERINO, JOE

GREEK
ITALIAN

MINER
MINER

52
29

M
M

1920NOV6
1947OCT8
1942AUG4
1899JUL17
1910DEC14
1910DEC14
1901NOV20

MERKOVITCH, MIKE
MERLINO, LOUIS
MERLINO, TONY D
MERO, FRED G
MERRICK, FRANK
MERRICK, LOUIS
MERRIFIELD, WILLIAM

AUSTRIAN

PICK MINER
OPERATOR

35
64

AMERICAN
AMERICAN

MACHINE RUNNER
MACHINE RUNNER

25
31

S
M

LEYDEN COAL
3 LEYDEN COAL

1931MAR11
1892JUL27
1917JUN18
1917APR27

MERRITT, F G
MERRITT, JOHN
MESSINA, IGNAZIO
METAXAS, GEORGE

ENGLISH

MACHINE MINER

60

ITALIAN
GREEK

TIMBERMAN
MINER

25
37

M
M

4 LEYDEN LIGNITE CO.


COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
4

1917APR27
1917APR27
1943JAN18
1926JAN2
1900AUG2
1929JUN25
1902AUG7
1921MAR23
1919NOV22
1920JUL29

METAXAS, JAMES
METAXAS, JOHN
METRAS, SAMUEL
METROFF, DAN
METZKOVIAK, ADAM
MEYER, CARL J
MEYERS, ARTHUR
MEYERS, T O
MEZNER, JOSEPH
MIARANDA, ALFREDO

GREEK
GREEK

MINER
MINER
MINER
LABORER

S
S
S

MEXICAN

SUPERINTENDENT
MACHINE HELPER
CHUTE BLASTER
MINER
MACHINE MINER

47
27
58
33
35
45

1932FEB29
1939DEC14
1913FEB18
1899JAN25
1930DEC27

MICHELETTI, ANGELO
MICHELI, HARRY E
MICHELI, JAMES
MICKELSON, JOHN
MICKLICH, JOSEPH

ITALIAN

PICK MINER

ITALIAN

MINER

AUSTRIAN

PICK MINER

44

0 SOUTH CANON MINE LEASING CO.

1910JAN12

MIDASCO, TONY

ITALIAN

MINER

41

15

LOUISVILLE-LAFAYETTE COAL CO

BULGARIAN
HUNGARIAN
AMERICAN

48

25

M
S
S

NATIONAL FUEL CO.


LILEY & MERLINO
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.

CALIFORNIA-HIDDEN TREASURE
EAST PORTAL
5

Mine

AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING

25

54

35

0 TORRID COAL CO.


PIO MICHELI
MONUMENT VALLEY COAL MINING

Cause of Death

STARKVILLE

LAS

EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP

DELAGUA
TELLURIDE
PINON
BRODHEAD NO. 9

LAS
SAM
HUE
LAS

BRIGHTS DISEASE
PREMATURE BLAST
FALL OF ROCK
ELECTROCUTED

ALAMO NO. 1
GLORIANNA
SOPRIS
MAJESTIC

GIL
HUE
ELP
LAS
LAS

FALLING OBJECT HIT HIM ON HEAD


CAUGHT BETWEEN CROSS BAR & LOADED CAR
BAD AIR
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK

GLOBEVILLE
STARKVILLE
HASTINGS NO. 3
Hi-WAY
HASTINGS
VULCAN

LAS
LAS
BOU
LAS
GAR

OVERCOME BY HYDROGEN SULPHIDE GAS


FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION

HASTINGS
BEACON (CUCKOO)

LAS
FRE

EXPLOSION
SUFFOCATION FROM POWDER SMOKE

MONARCH NO. 2
LILEY
ROCKVALE NO. 3
LUCKY GUS
LEYDEN
LEYDEN
SMUGGLER UNION

BOU
BOU
FRE
TEL
JEF
JEF
SAM

KNOCKED BY AN EMPTY CAR


HAULAGE
HAULAGE
THROWN FROM BUCKET
FIRE
FIRE
FIRE

LEYDEN
ROBINSON
FREDERICK
HASTINGS

JEF
HUE
LAS
LAS

FALL OF ROCK & COAL


FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION

HASTINGS
HASTINGS
IDAHO SPRINGS
MOFFAT
PRYOR

LAS
LAS
CLE
GIL

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

BONCARBO

DOL
LAS
SAM
LAK
LAS

TORRID
RAPSON
LARIMORE
SMUGGLER UNION

HUE
LAS
HUE
SAM

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
DRILLED INTO MISSED HOLE
FELL AGAINST EDGE OF WOODEN SLAB

FREDERICK

LAS

EXPLOSION OF CAP

BOWEN

24
59
21

County

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

1942JUN5

Name

Nationality

Occupation

1904JUL14
1917DEC8
1933NOV27
1895NOV19

MIHELICH, FRANK E
MIKISEHKE, JOHN
MILANO, PETER
MILES, C W
MILES, CHARLES

AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
AMERICAN

MINER
TIMBERMAN
NIGHT ENGINEER

1889MAY8
1910DEC14
1918MAR21
1912JUN18
1892MAR10

MILES, JOHN
MILIKSICH, NIC
MILINKOVICH, MATT
MILIRH, PETE
MILK, FRANK

AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
SLAV

MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
MINER

1917APR27
1917MAR7
1906FEB19
1919MAR31
1914OCT14
1957MAR22

MILLARD, H. J
MILLER, ANTON
MILLER, ARCHIE
MILLER, CHARLES
MILLER, DAVID
MILLER, G K

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

Company name

CALUMET FUEL
40
40
50

M
W
M

30
28
36

S
S
M

FIREBOSS
MUCKER
FIRE-BOSS
NIPPER

26
43
33
21
59

1917OCT13 MILLER, GEORGE W


1899MAR3 MILLER, JACOB S

CARETAKER

63

1901NOV18
1899JUN24
1919MAR26
1900AUG30
1949JUN29
1919DEC8
1902JAN28

MILLER, JAMES
MILLER, JOHN
MILLER, JOHN
MILLER, LOUIS
AMERICAN
MILLER, MERRELL C
MILLER, STEVE
MONTENEGRIN
MILLER, THOMAS JEFFERSON AMERICAN

MINER

52

MINER
TRACK LAYER
MINER
SHOTFIRER
MINER

29
38
35
33

1920DEC28
1898OCT1
1901NOV6
1957SEP8

MILLER, W M
MILLIKEN, ROBERT
MILLS, JOHN
MILLS, TILDEN S

1944JAN7
1935MAY15
1926NOV13
1914APR29
1910NOV8
1923AUG23
1919FEB12
1917APR27
1951AUG24
1932DEC20

MILLS, VERLIN
MILO, GEORGE
MINDENHALL, GEORGE C
MINOGGIO, AMBROGGIO
MIRALES, EPH.
MIRANDA, SAMUEL
MISHEY, CALVIN H
MITCHELL, ARTHUR
MITCHELL, FRANK M
MITCHELL, ROY

1916JUL13
1896JUL22
1930MAR27
1928SEP29
1941OCT22

MIYAGI, Y.
MOBERG, GUSTAF
MODY, JOHN
MOEHLE, ADOLPHE
MOFFITT, R J

1910JAN31

MOGDIC, FRANK

WELSH
SCOTCH
ITALIAN
SCOTCH

AMERICAN
SCOTCH

MACHINE MINER
SUPERINTENDENT

30

35
52
18

M
M
M

Mine

GUN

HAULAGE

PRIMERO
FREMONT
HAYDEN NO. 3
ASPEN

LAS
FRE
ROU
PIT

FALL OF COAL
FALLING TIMBER
SUFFOCATED
CAVE IN OF GROUND

LEYDEN COAL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
4 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
MARSHALL COAL CO.

GRAND ARMY
LEYDEN
PRIMERO
HASTINGS
MARSHALL

GIL
JEF
LAS
LAS
BOU

ROCK FALL
FIRE
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP
FALL OF COAL

HASTINGS
MAITLAND
BERWIND
LARIMORE

LAS
LAK
HUE
LAS
HUE

EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
GAS EXPLOSION
STRUCK BY MINE CARS
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BETWEEN SUB-STRUCTURES

COMMODOR

MON
MIN

STRUCK BY TIMBER
FELL DOWN INCLINE

PEERLESS
FIDDLING BILL
PINNACLE
STRATHMORE

LAS
LAK
SAM
LAS
MON
ROU
BOU

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
OUTBURST OF COAL FROM A DEFECTIVE SHOT
DECAPITATED BY SKIP

BONCARBO
ROCKVALE
PICTOU

LAS
FRE
HUE

FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BY CAR
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK (FINGER)

BUTTE VALLEY

HUE
PAR
LAK
LAP
LAS
LAS
TEL
LAS

0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON


3 HAYDEN COAL CO.

0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON


7 MONUMENT VALLEY COAL
JET DRILLING CO., INC.

S
M
S

VANADIUM CORP. OF AMERICA


VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
0 AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING

CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.

COLORED

MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MACHINE MINER
MINER
MINER

AMERICAN
ITALIAN
MEXICAN
ITALIAN

AMERICAN

DRIVER

JAPANESE

MINER

POLE
AMERICAN

MACHINE MINER
MOTORMAN
CAR CLEANER

CROATIAN

MINER

12

27

10
15

Cause of Death

SOMERSET

BOWEN
R A M SHAFT

M
M

County

29
36
26
25
36
50
34

BUTTE VALLEY COAL


FAIRPLAY GOLD MINES, INC.

HUE

MACHINERY
STRUCK BY BUCKET & FELL TO GROUND 100 FEET
PICKING INTO MISSED HOLE
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
ELECTROCUTED
ASPHYXIATED BY CARBONIC ACID GAS
EXPLOSION
PREMATURE EXPLOSION
GAS EXPLOSION

S
M
M

CALUMET FUEL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

PERIN'S PEAK
DELAGUA
SOPRIS

40

2 CALUMET FUEL CO.

HASTINGS
RESERVOIR NO. 22
CALUMET NO. 1

38

0 OAKDALE COAL

OAKDALE
STANLEY
BRODHEAD NO. 9
BRODHEAD NO. 9
CLIMAX

HUE
CLE
LAS
LAS
LAK

HIT BY A MOVING CAR


FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
RUN OVER BY TRAM

48
34
42

M
S
M

2 TEMPLE FUEL CO.


TEMPLE FUEL CO.
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.

26

COLORADO FUEL & IRON

PRIMERO

LAS

EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children
S

Company name

1908FEB7

MOHAR, FRANK

AUSTRIAN

MINER

29

1909JUN9
1913JAN10
1889JUL10
1918NOV30

MOHINARIES, FRANK
MOHORO, JOE
MOLACARIN, GRATANO
MOLEVICH, MARK

ITALIAN
SLAVONIAN

DRIVER
NIGHT PUMPMAN

21
45

S
M

SLAV

PICK MINER

52

1913JAN3
1907DEC27
1913DEC16
1913DEC16
1913DEC16

MOLLOY, DAN
MOMOSE, U.
MONAPELLA, TONY
MONAPELLA, VINCENZA
MONAPELLI, GABRIEL

IRISH
JAPANESE
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN

MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER

34
45
35
33
24

S
M
M
S

1 CORYELL MINING LEASING


1 CORYELL MINING LEASING
CORYELL MINING LEASING

1913DEC16
1922AUG2
1919AUG21
1907MAR16
1912JUL2
1919AUG18

MONAPELLI, JOE
MONDRAGON, LOUIS
MONDRAGON, SISIVARIA
MONEGHINE, JOHN
MONEGHINI, AMABILE
MONSON, CHARLES

ITALIAN

5 ROYAL FUEL CO.


DENVER FUEL CO.
BREEN COAL MINING CO.
JUANITA COAL & COKE CO.

MINER
MINER
MEXICAN
PICK MINER
ITALIAN
MINER
AUSTRO-TYROL MINE LABORER
SWEDE
HOISTMAN

28
24
22
23
27
41

CORYELL MINING LEASING

M
S
S
M

1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

1927APR1 MONTAGUE, A. L. La
1935OCT15 MONTAGUE, MEWTON

FRENCH

30
30

TELLURIDE MINING & MILLING

1918JUN11
1925MAY26
1896AUG4
1946MAR9
1934SEP5
1903MAY18
1948MAY26

MONTAYA, TOBEY
MONTEITH, WILLIAM
MONTEITK, PILE
MONTERO, JOHN
MONTEZ, FRANK
MONTOMOME, BATTISTA
MONTOYA, ALFRED P

SPANIARD
SCOTCH

DRIVER
SHOT FIRER

22
38

M
M

1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON


1 THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.

MEXICAN
ITALIAN

MACHINE MINER
MINER
MACHINE RUNNER

M
S

43
36
31

1920FEB10
1911NOV30
1924OCT15
1897FEB20

MONTOYA, DELPHIN
MONTOYA, FIDELE
MONTOYA, SAM
MOODY, JOHN

19
22
25

M
M

1908DEC31
1929NOV28
1918JAN5
1942JAN27
1929MAY16
1895OCT7
1913OCT10
1923APR8
1911FEB9
1925JUN19

MOOLE, MARTIN
MOON, DANIEL E
MOORE, EDWARD
MOORE, HARRISON G
MOORE, J L
MOORE, JAMES A
MOORE, PAT
MOORE, S L
MOORE, SEWELL
MORAN, JAMES

28
36

M
M

TIMBERMAN

35

IRISH
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN

MINER
PICK MINER
NIPPER
MACHINE RUNNER

53
43
18
43

M
M
S
M

1906FEB19
1928AUG20
1937DEC15
1925JAN14
1916JUL20

MORAN, WILLIAM
MORAVAC, NICK
MOREAU, ALFRED
MORELLI, DAN
MORELLI, FRANK

AMERICAN

22
35
51
33
38

AMERICAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN

MINER
MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
BOSS DRIVER

M
M
M

ITALIAN

MINER

15

1905MAR31 MORELLI, GREGORIO

MINER
MINER

MEXICAN
MEXICAN

MUCKER
DRIVER
PARTING TENDER

AMERICAN
AMERICAN

MINER
MACHINE MINER
MACHINE HELPER

25

23

19
23

30
15

0 OAKDALE COAL CO.

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
6 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
MOFFAT COAL

4 OAKDALE COAL CO.

1 CLAYTON COAL CO.


1 MOFFAT COAL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON


1 MOFFAT COAL CO.
2 GORDON COAL CO.

Mine

Cause of Death

DELAGUA

LAS

FALL OF ROOF

DELAGUA
ROYAL
SOPRIS
BREEN

LAS
LAS
LAS
HUE

FALL OF ROCK
ELECTROCUTED BY LIVE WIRE
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK

KING
BRODHEAD
VULCAN
VULCAN
VULCAN

DEL
LAS
GAR
GAR
GAR

FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY A TRIP OF CARS
DUST EXPLOSION
DUST EXPLOSION
DUST EXPLOSION

VULCAN

GAR
SAG
LAS
LAS
FRE
HUE

DUST EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
ELECTROCUTED BY A LIVE WIRE
FALL OF ROCK
ELECTROCUTED
EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP

PAR
SAM

FELL DOWN A RAISE


SLIPPED & FELL FROM A CABLE

STARKVILLE
COLUMBINE
SMUGGLER
DELAGUA
COLUMBINE
HEZRON
MOFFAT NO. 3

LAS
WEL
SAM
LAS
WEL
HUE
ROU

RUNAWAY CAR
EXPLOSION OF POWDER
FELL FROM ELECTRIC POLE
FALLING OBJECT
ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF FACE

PARKDALE
OAKDALE
ELIZA

SAM
WEL
HUE
LAK

EXPLOSION PF POWDER
FELL OFF CAR
THROWN FROM A CAR AGAINST RIB
FALL FROM ORE WAGON

MES
WEL
ROU
ROU
CLE
LAK
LAS
ROU
LAS
HUE

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
STRUCK BY MINING MACHINE
GAS EXPLOSION
SUFFOCATED
DRILLED INTO MISSED HOLE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
RUN OVER BY MOTOR
EXPLOSION OF FIREDAMP

HAYDEN NO. 3
BERWIND
BERWIND NO. 3

HUE
PIT
ROU
LAS
LAS

GAS EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF TOP COAL
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK AND COAL

PRIMERO

LAS

FALL OF COAL

STARKVILLE
PRIMERO
CENTRAL
OAKDALE

CAMEO
CLAYTON
MOFFAT NO. 2
WADGE
MATCHLESS
MORLEY
OAK HILLS NO. 2
MORLEY
GORDON
MAITLAND

HAYDEN COAL CO.


3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
5 COLORADO FUEL & IRON

County

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

1902JAN21

Name

1912FEB27
1913SEP20
1908OCT1
1931AUG26

MORENO, JOE
MORFORD, ERNEST
MORGAN, BERNARDO
MORGAN, DAVID
MORGAN, ED. T

1923AUG29
1889SEP9
1911AUG23
1917SEP21
1902SEP11

MORGAN, J F
MORGAN, JOHN
MORGAN, RALPH
MORGAN, RAY
MORGANS, IDRIS

1919AUG18
1961AUG22
1909DEC30
1904NOV23
1918MAY23
1909JUN3

MORGUESKI, JOSEPH
MORIANG, ROMEO C
MORICH, FRANK
MORIHARA, M.
MORIMILE, MIKE
MORISAKI, SAKACHIE

Nationality

ITALIAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
WELCH

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

MINER
MINER
MINER
TRACKLAYER
SHOVELER

25

CONTRACTOR

52

33
40
21
37

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children
S
M
M
S
M

DRIVER
FOREMAN
MINER

27
39

POLE

DRIVER

HUNGARIAN
JAPANESE
ITALIAN
JAPANESE

MINER
MINER
TOP CAGER
MINER

29
22
27
27
26
42

MORRIS, DANIEL
MORRIS, HARRY
MORRIS, JAMES
MORRIS, OTIS C
MORRIS, SAM
MORRIS, WILLIAM
MORRISON, ALEX

1898MAY7
1898MAY15
1908DEC26
1884JAN24

MORRISON, DANIEL
MORRISON, GUST
MORRISON, HARRY
MORRISON, JOHN G

1895OCT7
1940JAN5
1917FEB8
1938NOV17
1911MAR18
1910DEC31
1927APR20
1929NOV16
1925DEC24
1947NOV8

MORRISON, MURDOCK
MORRISON, WILLIAM J
MORSEN, JOHN
MORTENSON, PETER
MORTON, JOHN
MORTORATRE, ANTON
MOSCHETTI, ALFONSO
MOSCHETTI, LOUIS D
MOSCHETTI, ROCCO
MOSCHETTI, TONY

1910MAY10
1942JAN9
1910FEB15
1909JUL6
1897MAY9

MOSELY, AL
MOSER, FRANK
MOSER, SAM
MOSER, VENUTO
MOSES, FRED P

1926DEC15 MOSKWA, GEORGE

HUE
LAS
LAS
PAR

EXPLOSION OF BLACK POWDER


FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK

JEF
HUE
MIN
LAS

STRUCK ON HEAD BY FALLING ROCK


DROWNED BY INUNDATION OF WATER FROM SHAFT
CRUSHED BY CAR AND RIB
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF

MIDWAY
MAITLAND
ROCKVALE
PRIMROSE

HUE
MON
HUE
HUE
FRE
LAS

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

ORIENT IRON
CANON BLACK DIAMOND

SAG
FRE

EPLOSION OF POWDER
ROOF FALL

VULCAN

ROYAL FUEL CO.

Hi-WAY
PURITAN
IDAHO SPRINGS
BOWEN
ROYAL

GAR
CLE
BOU
WEL
CLE
LAS
LAS

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

COLORADO COAL AND IRON

COOK
SILVER LAKE
MAJESTIC
CRESTED BUTTE

GIL
SAJ
LAS
GUN

FELL FROM BUCKET


FALLING OF A SLAB
STRUCK ON THE HEAD BY CAR
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST

ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.

MATCHLESS
INDUSTRIAL
PIKEVIEW
BEACON
WOOTTON
CHANDLER
CANON IMPERIAL
BLACK DIAMOND
BELOW BEAVER STRIP

LAK
BOU
SAM
ELP
LAS
LAS
FRE
FRE
BOU
FRE

DRILLED INTO MISSED HOLE


FALL OF RIB (COAL)
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK
RUNAWAY CARS
POWER SHOVEL-STRIP

ALPINE
SILVERTON
HUERFANO
TOLLER
PIKES PEAK

GUN
SAJ
HUE
LAS
ELP

FALL OF ROCK
SUFFOCATED
FALL OF ROOF
GAS EXPLOSION
PICKING OUT MISSED HOLE

BRODHEAD NO. 9

LAS

CAUGHT BETWEEN STORAGE BATTERY MOTOR &ROOF

0 OAKDALE COAL CO.


UNION CARBIDE NUCLEAR CO.
2
COLORADO FUEL & IRON

CANON BLACK DIAMOND COAL


WELCH
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN

AMERICAN

MINER
MILL MAN
DRIVER
DRIVER
LESSEE
INSPECTOR (COAL)
DRIVER

35
16

11

DRIVER

34
19
50
40
52
45
23

36

MACHINE DRILLER

35

AMERICAN
SPANIARD
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN

COMPANY MAN
MINER
MACHINE MINER
MINE FOREMAN
DRIVER
OPERATOR

29
36
48
33
37
60

NEGRO
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN

MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER

AMERICAN

MOTORMAN

S
S
M
M
S

LOUISVILLE-LAFAYETTE COAL CO
5 NATIONAL FUEL CO.
WAR DANCE MINES, INC.

PIKES PEAK FUEL CO.

20
15
20
40

22

M
M
M

8 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.


4 CANON IMPERIAL COAL CO.
3 BOULDER COAL MINING CO.
VIRGIL BEAVERS

31
25
21
35

M
S
S
S

37

Cause of Death

ELP

ILSE
WHITE ASH
ROBINSON
PRIMROSE NO. 2

M
S
S
M

County

PINON
WOOTTON
BRODHEAD
LONDON

GOLDEN FUEL CO.


AMERICAN

Mine

PIKEVIEW

5
3 WOOTTON LAND & FUEL

1898FEB9
MORKER, LIN
1942DEC21 MORLAN, EDMOND J
1896FEB18
1917JUL17
1932DEC23
1926JUL15
1941APR4
1907OCT24
1926MAR9

Company name

PRIDE OF WEST, INC.

5 TEMPLE FUEL CO.

OAKDALE

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

MOSLEY, SPEAKER

1929MAR14
1941DEC23
1908MAY28
1910JAN13

MOSS, G F
MOSSONI, ALBERT
MOTTO, JIM
MOTTO, Y

1959MAR23
1897MAR8
1907NOV29
1951AUG22
1945SEP7

MOUNT, CLINTON A
MOUNT, JOHN
MOVASAKI, J.
MOXNES, THOMAS E
MOYA, BENJAMIN O

JAPANESE

1925JUN19
1915MAR4
1912OCT14
1917SEP10
1932SEP10
1907JAN23

MOYER, HARVEY
MOZROK, STEVO
MRAH, VINCENT
MRDJA, DEMETRO
MUDRACK, GEORGE
MUFFATTI, OMOBONO

AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN

MACHINE RUNNER
MINER
CARTMAN
MINER
DRIVER
DYAMAN

1892SEP28
1928FEB6

MUIR, DAVID E.
MUIR, GROVER C

AMERICAN

DRIVER

1919APR17
1891MAR26
1892OCT17
1920DEC28
1921DEC26
1939SEP24
1900SEP5

MUIR, JOHN
MULDOON, JAMES
MULITS, JOHN
MULLEN, BERT
MULLEN, DENNIS
MUNDELEIN, JACK
MUNECK, MIKE

SCOTCH

PICK MINER

AMERICAN

ROPE RIDER
MACHINE MAN
MINER

10

1948FEB25
1893NOV13
1902OCT4
1919DEC9

MUNEY, JOHN H
MUNEZ, SENSUIO
MUNIS, ALBINO
MUNRO, WILLIAM P

LOADERMAN

22

1918APR15
1896MAR13
1913DEC16
1898MAR5
1952SEP12
1959MAR11
1960JAN19
1888JUN24
1889SEP9
1899APR28

MUNSON, JOHN S
MURCHISON, JOHN
MURPHEY, NORMAN
MURPHY, JAMES
MURPHY, JAMES R
MURPHY, JAMES THOMAS
MURPHY, JOHN
MURPHY, JOHN
MURPHY, JOHN
MURPHY, PATRICK

1888JUN29
1915AUG30
1914OCT7
1917FEB4
1924OCT3

MURPHY, PATRICK
MURRAY, RICHARD D
MURREDU, MIKE
MURTON, JULIUS
MUSELLI, TONY

ITALIAN
JAPANESE

MINER
MACHINE MINER
FOREMAN
DRIVER

Years Mining
Experience

1910JAN31

1922MAR24 MUSIAL, PETE

COLORED
AMERICAN

Occupation

Age at
Death
29
30
27

MINER
MINER
MINER

Marital Number of
Company name
Status Surviving
Children
M
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
M

41

18

LAS

EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST

ELP
WEL
LAS
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
TIPPLE
SQUEEZED BETWEEN MULE & CAR
STRUCK BY A MOTOR

CRESTED BUTTE
PRIMERO
CLIMAX
COLUMBINE

GUN
LAS
LAK
WEL

THROWN OUT OF TRUCK


COAL SLIP
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK
ROOF FALL

NATIONAL FUEL
CONSOLIDATED COAL & COKE CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON

GORDON
PARKDALE
CHANDLER
MONARCH NO. 2
BAUM
PRIMERO

HUE
WEL
HUE
BOU
WEL
LAS

EXPLOSION OF FIREDAMP
INHALING NOXIOUS GASES
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
CAUGHT BETWEEN LOADED CAR & RIB
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT

COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.


COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

WALSEN
PICTOU

HUE
HUE

EXPLOSION OF GAS
FELL OFF TRIP

FREDERICK
SIMPSON
ROUSE
HAYDEN NO. 2

LAS
BOU
LAS
ROU
SAM
GUN
HUE

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
HEART FAILURE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK

HARRIS
NO. 1 VICTOR
PRIMERO

ROU
LAS
LAS
TEL

HAULAGE
CARS RUNNING OVER HIM
CRUSHED BETWEEN LOADED CARS
FALL OF ROCK

HAYDEN NO. 2
MOLLIE GIBSON
VULCAN
CORNCRACKER
STERLING

ROU
PIT
GAR
CLE

DUTCH CREEK
MICADO
WHITE ASH
GARFIELD COX

PIT
LAK
JEF
TEL

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
HAULAGE
FELL DOWN SHAFT;BD. NY BROTHER MICHAEL
DROWNED BY INUNDATION OF WATER FROM SHAFT
FELL WHEN STEPPING FROM BUCKET

LEADVILLE
TOLTEC
DELAGUA

FELL DOWN SHAFT


ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK ON HEAD OR THROWN OFF BALANCE BYCAR
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION

S
S

10

39
30
50
48
27
24

M
M
M
M
M
S

22

42

31
44
31
23

M
M
S

39

3
1
1
3
1

GORDON COAL CO.


JAS. ETCHELLS

1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON


UNTIED COAL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
2 HAYDEN BROTHERS COAL CORP.
BURLESON MINES, INC.

TOLTEC
COLORADO & UTAH COAL
VICTOR COAL AND COKE CO.

MEXICAN

TROLLEY BOY
MINER

16
48

AMERICAN

ROLLERMAN

44

0 HAYDEN BROS. COAL CORP.

AMERICAN

LOADER

19

CORYELL MINING LEASING


ANSCHUTZ DRILLING CO.
ASHBY DRILLING CO.

MINER
MINER

41
GOLDEN FUEL CO.

ITALIAN
POLISH

PICK MINER

15

35
35
51
38

2 JEWEL COLLIERIES CO.

JEWEL

LAK
HUE
LAS
CHA
LAS

36

4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

SOPRIS

LAS

S
S

Cause of Death

CITY COAL
EAGLE
STARKVILLE
HASTINGS

SMALLER MINING CO.

SLAV

MINER
TIMBERMAN
LABORER
PICK MINER

County

PRIMERO

0 COLORADO SPRINGS CO.


NATIONAL FUEL

CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.


ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL

SCOTCH
ITALIAN

Mine

AZTEZ COAL MINING


VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

Occupation

1918AUG20 MUSIC, MIKE

AUSTRIAN

MINER

1902MAR27
1910OCT8
1920MAY5
1919AUG18

MUSSA, ANGELO
MUSSATI, STEFANO
MUYATA, H
MUZZIES, M

ITALIAN
ITALIAN
JAPANESE
MEXICAN

LOADER
MINER
MACHINE MINER
PICK MINER

1898MAY13
1917APR27
1927SEP20
1896OCT9
1917JUL25

MYER, JACOB
MYERS, B. B
MYERS, F M
MYERS, GEORGE
MYERS, J. E

AMERICAN
AMERICAN

1884JAN24
1924FEB27
1927OCT18
1911MAY22
1925JUN10
1926AUG30

MYERS, JOHN
MYERS, RAY X
NADICH, PETE
NAGLAICH, MIKE
NAGY, STEVE
NAHAY, J N

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death
44

Marital Number of
Company name
Status Surviving
Children
S
SUNNYSIDE COAL MINING CO.

24
40
33

M
M
S

MINER
MINER

27
47

MINER

60

AUSTRIAN
HUNGARIAN
AMERICAN

MUCKER
MINER
MINER & RUNNER
MACHINE MINER

47
38
27
37
38

M
M
S

1910NOV8 NAKAMICHI, M.
1915DEC30 NAKASHIMA, SAKUJIRO

JAPANESE
JAPANESE

MINER
MINER

33
33

S
M

1905MAR13
1909NOV16
1949JUL30
1942JAN27
1931OCT22
1904SEP3
1912JAN19

NAKATANI, K.
NAKHAOGA, J.
NANCE, JOHN R
NANCE, ROBERT J
NANKOFF, GEORGE
NARANJO, MANUEL
NARCISCO, GARCIA

JAPANESE
JAPANESE

MINER
MINER
TRUCK DRIVER

35
25
21

M
M
S

1893MAR22
1886SEP29
1923JUL11
1924MAY17

NARY, JOHN
NAST, ALPHONSO
NAVA, JOSE
NAVARRO, RAYMOND

1884JAN24
1884JAN24
1910JAN24
1929JUL23
1906MAR13
1923JAN10
1922SEP7
1898SEP19
1944JAN16
1917JAN25

NEATH, MORGAN
NEATH, WILLIAM
NEDELSCHOFF, GEORGE
NEDERLAND, J HICKEY
NEEDS, FRANK
NEESHAM, RALPH
NEFF, EVAN A
NEGRI, JOHN
NEGRO, DOMENIC
NEILSON, NELS

1917JUL23
1920AUG22
1896OCT31
1897MAY7
1932FEB23

NEITO, REYES
NELSON, ANDREW
NELSON, CHARLES
NELSON, CHARLES H
NELSON, CHRIS T

1925JAN13

NELSON, G W

10

4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON


1 SUNNYSIDE COAL MINING CO.
OAKDALE COAL CO.

COLORADO COAL AND IRON

BULGARIAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN

MACHINE MINER
MINER
MINER

MEXICAN
MEXICAN

MINER
MACHINE MINER
PICK MINER

BULGARIAN

DRIVER
DRIVER
MINER

ENGLISH
ENGLISH

MINER
MINE FOREMAN
DREDGEMASTER

17
16

16

8
9

40
60
44

32
31

M
M

S
S

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,
COLORADO & UTAH COAL CO.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
COLORADO COAL AND IRON

25

22
65
29
42
32

S
S
S
M

5 UTAH FUEL CO.

COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.


MUCKER

35

LABORER
MINER

20
22

Mine

MINE FOREMAN

40

66

64

11 F. W. BLOOM

Cause of Death

SUNNYSIDE

HUE

FALL OF COAL OFF A PILLAR

BROOKSIDE
STARKVILLE
SUNNYSIDE
OAKDALE

FRE
LAS
HUE
HUE

FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF DUST FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP

PINTO LEASE
HASTINGS
MOFFAT TUNNEL
CENTENNIAL

ELP
LAS
GIL
CLE
MON

TOO CLOSE TO BLAST


EXPLOSION
FELL ON THE BACK OF NECK
FALLING DOWN SHAFT WITH BUCKET
FALL OF GROUND

CRESTED BUTTE
MOFFAT TUNNEL
GREENVILLE
CAMERON
PIKEVIEW

GUN
SUM
GIL
LAS
HUE
ELP

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

DELAGUA
OAKDALE

LAS
HUE

EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT


FALL OF TOP COAL

WALSEN
GRAY CREEK

HUE
LAS

WADGE
HAYDEN NO. 3
MIDWAY
STARKVILLE

ROU
ROU
HUE
LAS

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

SOPRIS
DURANGO
CASS
HARRIS

LAS
LAP
LAS
ROU

A BOY; RAN OVER BY LOADED CARS


FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BETWEEN TWO TIMBERS

CRESTED BUTTE
CRESTED BUTTE
PIKEVIEW

GUN
GUN
ELP
BOU
ELP
GUN
SUM
GIL
HUE
CLE

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

PUE
SAM
OUR
BOU
ELP

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

MOZ

FALL OF ROCK

WILLIAMSVILLE
SOMERSET
GOLDEN AGE
KEBLER NO. 2

CALEDONIA
GOLD KING
AMERICAN

County

BLOOM

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

Company name

1901NOV20 NELSON, JOE


1922JUN12
1930MAY19
1896MAY7
1942JAN9

NELSON, MARTIN
NELSON, MOSE
NELSON, OLOF
NELSON, OSCAR E

1909OCT9
1934JAN6
1917APR27
1942MAR25
1923JUL10

NELSON, PETER O
NELSON, RUDOLPH
NENICH, PETE
NENO, WILLIAM
NERONI, TONY

1927FEB18
1919FEB25
1908MAR14
1933DEC11
1901NOV20
1932MAR23

NESS, CHRIS
NESTOR, ALBERT
NESTOS, MANUEL
NEUMAN, RALPH
NEVALA, JOHN
NEWELL, JOSEPH

1928JUN18 NEWMAN, FRANK


1910MAY18 NEWMAN, H G
1947SEP25
1917NOV1
1925FEB13
1917APR27
1917APR27
1920NOV8
1935APR2

NEWMAN, LAWRENCE JR.


NEWMAN, WILLIAM
NEZES, STEVE
NICCOLI, BRUNO
NICCOLI, CHARLES
NICHOLS, ANDREW
NICHOLS, HENRY D

1884JAN24
1913OCT10
1917APR26
1914OCT31

NICHOLSON, G M
NICOLOTTA, JOE
NIKOLA, NIK
NILAS, RUDOLPH

1925SEP29
1941JAN31
1942SEP15
1906FEB19
1906FEB19
1909JUL6
1916APR29
1904JAN21
1904JAN21
1910FEB21

NIVITOSKY, TONY
NIX, WILLIAM ANDY
NIXON, J W
NIZZI, F.
NIZZI, J.
NOAH, ALBERT
NOCOTERI, DOMENCIO
NOGIC, LUKE
NOGIC, V.
NOIER, PETRO

1895NOV3
1913DEC16
1893JAN10
1883FEB23
1899MAR31

NOISON, THOMAS H
NOLAN, D. C
NOLDEAN, PETER
NOONAN, JAMES
NOONAN, JAMES

1923AUG11 NORARE, ELESEO D

Mine

SMUGGLER UNION
AMERICAN

SWEDE
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
NORWEGIAN
MEXICAN

MINER
DRIVER

20

47
35

MINER

45

MINER
TIMBERMAN
DRIVER
MINER
PICK MINER

41
25
22
23
38

M
S
S
S
M

TRAMMER
SHIFT BOSS
DRIVER
TRACK FOREMAN

32
40
36
33

M
M

FINLAND
AMERICAN

PICK MINER

12

28

AMERICAN
AMERICAN

PICK MINER
MINER

20

40
22

S
S

25
23
33
34
34
22
23

S
M
S
M
M

SPANIARD
GREEK
ITALIAN
ITALIAN

OILER
TRIP BRAKESMAN
PICK MINER
DRIVER BOSS
DRIVER
BALL MILL ATTEND
MINER

ITALIAN
BULGARIAN
HUNGARIAN

MINER
MINER
MINER

POLE

ITALIAN
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN

PICK MINER
MINER
TRUCK DRIVER
MINER
MINER
CAGER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER

AMERICAN

MINER

ITALIAN

PICK MINER

10

38

PRIDE OF WEST, INC.


EMPIRE ZINC CO.
CHAIN O' MINES, INC.
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

PLATT ROGERS, INC.


1 JOHN D. CRIBBS
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
GENERAL GOLD CORP.
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
MOFFAT COAL CO.
5
5

HIDALGO GOLD MINES, INC.


COLORADO COAL AND IRON
0 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
0 TIOGA COAL
OAKDALE COAL

32

M
M
S

35

26
35
28
24
23
40
30
49

M
S
S
S
S
M
S
M

35

22

2 CALUMET FUEL CO.

COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.


IDEAL COAL
THOMAS & BROWN LIME CO.

COLORADO FUEL & IRON

4
2 CORYELL MINING LEASING
UNION PACIFIC

RUGBY COLLIERIES CO.

County

Cause of Death

SPOT CASH
SILVERTON

SAM
LAK
HUE
LAK
SAJ

FIRE
SUFFOCATED BY CARBONIC ACID GAS
CRUSHED BETWEEN CAR & RIB
FALL OF ROCK
SUFFOCATED

MORRISON
EAGLE
HASTINGS
CENTRAL CITY
FREDERICK

JEF
EAG
LAS
GIL
LAS

FALL OF COAL FROM CHUTE


CRUSHED BY GROUND CAVING
EXPLOSION
FELL DOWN ORE CHUTE
FALL OF ROCK

HASTINGS
TWIN LAKES
SMUGGLER UNION
ROCKVALE NO. 2

SAJ
SAM
LAS
LAK
SAM
FRE

CAUGHT IN SNOWSLIDE & CARRIED DOWN MTN.


FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK ON HEAD BY AIR LINE
FIRE
FALL OF COAL

PINNACLE
OAK HILLS

ROU
ROU

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK

LEADVILLE
MORLEY
OAK HILLS
HASTINGS
HASTINGS

LAK
LAS
ROU
LAS
LAS
SAM
TEL

CRUSHED IN MACHINERY
CRUSHED UNDER A MINE CAR
FALL OF COAL
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
CAUGHT BY THE SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK

CRESTED BUTTE
DELAGUA
TIOGA
OAKDALE

GUN
LAS
HUE
HUE

EXPLOSION OF GAS ; BD. RAPID CITY, IL


FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK

MORLEY
IDEAL
PUEBLO
MAITLAND
MAITLAND
TOLLER
PRIMERO
ROUSE
ROUSE
HASTINGS

LAS
LAR
PUE
HUE
HUE
LAS
LAS
HUE
HUE
LAS

EMPTY CAR RAN OVER HIM


ROOF FALL
HEAD HIT ROCK FACE
GAS EXPLOSION
GAS EXPLOSION
GAS EXPLOSION
CONCRETE WALL OF AN OVERCAST
HIT BY RUNAWAY MINE CAR
HIT BY RUNAWAY MINE CARS
FALL OF ROCK

COLUMBIA-MENONA
VULCAN
KING
GILT EDGE
TOMBOY

SAM
GAR
PAR
LAK
SAM

PICKING OUT MISSED HOLE


DUST EXPLOSION

RUGBY

HUE

FALL OF ROCK

CALUMET NO. 2

FELL DWON SHAFT


THROWN BETWEEN BELT AND PULLEY

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

Occupation

1919FEB24

NORCIA, PATSY

1927DEC4
1897OCT16
1905FRB13
1919DEC29

NORD, DAVID
NORDEN, FRANK
NORDON, JOE
NORIN, JOE

AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN

PICK MINER
MINER
MINER
PICK MINER

1911APR8
1913DEC16
1899AUG14
1917MAR9
1917JUN7

NORMAN, CHARLES
NORTON, ADDIE
NORTON, EDWARD B
NORTON, ROBERT T
NORVASD, JOHN

AMERICAN
AMERICAN

POLE

1961JUL13
1928NOV24
1907APR24
1885NOV13
1901MAR29
1910JAN31

NORVELL, DAVID V
NOSEK, GEORGE
NOTMAN, WALTER
NOURSE, CONN
NOVACK, FRANK
NOVACK, FRANK

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

Company name

Mine

County

Cause of Death

SAM

FALL OF ROCK

GENTER
CRESTED BUTTE
SOPRIS
PRIMROSE

GUN
GUN
LAS
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF TOP COAL
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK

BAUM
VULCAN
near EMPRESS MILL
CAMERON

WEL
GAR
CLE
TEL
HUE

FALL OF ROCK
DUST EXPLOSION
THROWN FROM ORE WAGON
STRUCK BY A MINE CAR
FALL OF ROCK

MIDWAY
BULL DOMINGO
CRESTED BUTTE
PRIMERO

SUM
TEL
HUE
CUS
GUN
LAS

STRUCK BY PRESSURE LINE


CAUGHT BETWEEN SKIP & SHAFT TIMBERS
GAS EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION/FIRE
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST

37
35

2 RAPID CREEK M. T. & P. CO.

26
37

M
M

2 BLACK HAWK COAL CO.

TIMBERMAN
MINER

33

M
M

CAGER
MINER

23
36

3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON

SCOTCH

TRAMMER
FIRE BOSS

27
42
24

AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN

MINER
MINER

40
21

M
S

COLORADO FUEL & IRON

1914APR14 NOVAK, MIKE


1909MAY21 NOVELLI, PETE

POLE
ITALIAN

MINER
MINER

42
42

M
M

4 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
3

DELAGUA
HASTINGS

LAS
LAS

CRUSHED BY CAR; ALIAS FRANK OSTROWSKI


FALL OF ROCK

1936JAN20
1917APR27
1918FEB22
1899APR10
1917JUL23
1899JUL23
1919MAR31

NOVINGER, KESTER
NOWATHER, JOHN
NOZENSKY, HARRY
NUCHI, PETER
NUMARI, CELESTE
NURENBERG, CHARLES
NUROJORGES, GEORGE

AMERICAN
ITALIAN
RUSSIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN

DAY MAN
MINER
MACHINE MINER

34
33
26
42
48

M
M
S
M
M

1 NATIONAL FUEL CO.


6
W. E. RUSSELL COAL

BOU
LAS
WEL

GREEK

PICK MINER

28

MONARCH NO. 2
HASTINGS
RUSSEL
ENGLE
SOPRIS
ENTERPRISE
EMPIRE

LAS
GUN
LAS

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

1910OCT8
1921OCT29
1936FEB27
1897JAN16

NYZLO, WIT
OAKS, ALBERT
OATMAN, O L
OATS, WILLIAM

POLE
AMERICAN
AMERICAN

MINER
LABORER
PICK MINER

38
49
28

M
M
M

2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON


1 COLORADO & UTAH COAL CO.
2 JEFFERSON COAL CO.

STARKVILLE
HARRIS
VIRGINIA
ALPSE

LAS
ROU
JEF
GIL

EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP


FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF TOP COAL
FALLING ROCK FROM STULL

1930MAR10
1965DEC28
1913DEC16
1913DEC16
1915OCT27
1902SEP20
1917APR27
1909JUL6
1900JAN12
1888DEC12

OBEROSLER, THOMAS
OBERSTER,
OBESTER, FRANK
OBESTER, GALE
OBLOCH, FRANK
OBLOK, FRANK
OBRADOVICHII, MIKE
OBREZZL, JOHN
O'BRIEN, EDWARD
O'BRIEN, JAMES

AMERICAN

PICK MINER

40

AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
SERVIAN
SLAV

MINER
MINER
FIRE BOSS
MINER
MINER
MINER

22
27
56
36
45
43

S
M
M

5 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.


MID CONTINENT COAL AND MINE
CORYELL MINING LEASING
1 CORYELL MINING LEASING
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON

MORLEY
DUTCH CREEK MINE
VULCAN
VULCAN
SPRING GULCH
SPRING GULCH
HASTINGS
TOLLER
MORNING STAR
ROUSE

LAS
PIT
GAR
GAR
PIT
PIT
LAS
LAS
LAK
HUE

FALL OF TOP COAL & ROCK


IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
DUST EXPLOSION
DUST EXPLOSION
FALLING DOWN A CHUTE
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
GAS EXPLOSION
ORE FALLING FROM TOP OF SLOPE
RUN OVER BY A PIT CAR

1896APR7
1906JUL23
1924NOV1
1896APR12
1917APR27

OBWEGER, JOHN
ODDERZZI, JOSEPH
ODEAN, O L
O'DONNELL, J. D
ODOROZZI, SERAFINO

AUSTRIAN

MINER
MINER
LEASER

42
30

PORTER
ROUSE

AUSTRIAN

MINER

35

GOLD EXPLORATION
HASTINGS

LAP
HUE
TEL
ELP
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF AIR PIPE
EXPLOSION

1910NOV5

OFFICER, RAMER

AMERICAN

MINER

26

THOMPSON

LAS

MISSED SHOT

20

TIMBERMAN

CORYELL MINING LEASING

BLUE RIVER CONSTRUCTORS

M
M

5 COLORADO FUEL & IRON


EMPIRE COAL CO.

COLORADO FUEL CO.

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

1910NOV8

OGAMI, K.

1929FEB24
1896NOV12
1912MAY25
1907SEP30

O'HARE, HUGH
OHLIG, FRED
OKIMOTO, KURUCHI
OLDS, ROBERT E

1896JUL18
1937MAR16
1927FEB26
1918JAN4
1942JAN27

OLEVETTA, S
OLGUIN, ALBERT
OLGUIN, JOSEPH
OLIGUIN, JOSE
OLIVER, HARRY P

1911DEC15
1899DEC24
1898MAR28
1919NOV21
1918FEB2
1927JUL30

OLIVER, R. A
O'LLARA, JOHN
OLSEN, OLE
OLSON, CARL
OLSON, CHARLES
OLSON, ERICK R

Nationality

JAPANESE

JAPANESE
AMERICAN

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Company name
Status Surviving
Children
S
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

MINER
MUCKER

30
38

MINER
BLACKSMITH

27
59

S
M

22
49
23

M
M
S

0 HERFANO COAL CO.


4 PRAIRIE CANON COAL CO.
COLORADO COAL MINES
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

SPANISH-AMER PICK MINER


MECXICAN
PICK MINER
MEXICAN
MINER

6
15

AMERICAN

MINER

44

AMERICAN

MINER
STOPING MACHINE
CONTRACTOR

37
50
25

1897AUG19 OLSON, NELS


1897FEB9
O'MALLEY, HUIGH
9

32

32
39

COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

Mine

DELAGUA

County

Cause of Death

SILVER LAKE
LUDLOW
HUERFANO

LAS
EAG
SAJ
LAS
HUE

EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT


FALL OF ROCK
ELECTRIC SHOCK
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY CAGE ON TOP OF SHAFT

REVENUE TUNNEL
LUDLOW NO. 2
PRAIRIE CANON
MALLOT
WADGE

OUR
LAS
LAS
LAS
ROU

TOOK HOLD OF LIVE ELECTRIC WIRE


FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
GAS EXPLOSION

RAPSON
MARY MURPHY
NORTH CHICAGO
KOKOMO

LAS
CHA
SAM
TEL
DOU

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
ROOF OF CHAMBER CAVED IN
SUFFOCATED BY POWDER GAS
SPRAGGS GAVE WAY AND HE FELL
FALL OF ROCK

SILVER LAKE
PHOENIX

SAJ
GIL

DRILLED INTO MISSED HOLE


EXPLOSION BY BOX CARS

ROBINSON NO. 2
SMUGGLER UNION
STARKVILLE
J. C. JOHNSON
DORIS
CRESTED BUTTE

HUE
SAM
LAS
LAK
PIT
LAK
GUN

FALL OF ROCK
FIRE
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ORE
CAVE IN OF WASTE
BAD AIR
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST

PRIMERO
PUZZLER
TERCIO NO. 3
SPRINGS GULCH

LAS
ELP
LAS
PIT

EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
SLIDING GROUND
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK

BULKLEY
CITY
BERWIND
HASTINGS
TURNER
SEUTIN
BOULDER VALLEY
THREE PINES
ROUSE
SUNNSIDE

GUN
LAP
LAS
LAS
LAS
TEL
WEL
LAS
LAS
HUE

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

1925JAN30
1901NOV20
1905MAY5
1917MAY25
1898APR30
1896AUG10
1884JAN24

OMELENCHUK, ALEX
O'NEIL, HUGH
O'NEIL, JOHN
O'NEIL, JOHN
O'NEIL, ROBERT
O'NEIL, TIM
O'NEILL, JAMES

RUSSIAN

COMPANY MAN

AMERICAN

PITBOSS
TIMBERMAN

1910JAN31
1896DEC2
1904OCT28
1908JUL6

ONERIS, FRANK
OPIE, JOHN
OPIEKA, JOHN
OPRANDI, CALISTO

AUSTRIAN

MINER

29

AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN

MINER
MINER

24
41

S
M

1912MAR6
1905JAN9
1908MAY1
1912JUN18
1914AUG28
1899DEC21
1922MAY8
1919FEB5
1894JUL23
1920OCT28

ORAZNER, FRANK
ORD, WILLIAM
ORLANDO, FRANK
ORLICH, BUDE
ORNELUS, J.
ORR, CHARLES H
ORTEGA, JOE
ORTEGAS, RECARDO
ORTEGO, M.
ORTEZ, JAKE

AUSTRIAN
SCOTCH
ITALIAN
SLAV
MEXICAN

TRAM-CAR LOADER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER

45
30
28
40
27

M
M
M
M

MEXICAN
AMERICAN

MULE DRIVER
PICK MINER

23
18

SPANIARD

TRIP RIDER

30

1929DEC6
1902APR23
1921JUN6
1888MAY29
1895SEP19

ORTEZ, VALENTINE
OSBORNE, H. A
OSPENKO, MIKE
OSTI, JOSEPH
O'SULLIVAN, WILLIAM

MEXICAN

15

49

RUSSIAN

PICK MINER
MINER
PICK MINER

21

M
M
S

5 EMPIRE COAL MINING CO.


4
MOFFAT COAL CO.
COLORADO COAL & IRON CO.

EMPIRE
MITCHELL
OAK HILLS NO. 2
MORO
MARY MURPHY

LAS
BOU
ROU
LAS
CHA

FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF SLATE
STULL GAVE WAY, BURYING HIM UNDER

1937JUL22

OTAVA, GEORGE

RUMANIAN

TRACK LAYER

41

55

4 CLAYTON COAL CO.

CLAYTON

WEL

FALL OF ROCK

COLORADO COAL AND IRON

COLORADO FUEL & IRON

1 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.


WOOTTON LAND & FUEL
BOULDER VALLEY COAL CO.
BLACK DIAMOND NIGGERHEADCOAL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
1 SUNNYSIDE COAL CO.

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience
10

Age at
Death
39

Marital Number of
Company name
Status Surviving
Children
M
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

1926JAN23

OTTEN, ERNEST

AMERICAN

PICK MINER

1913DEC16
1896FEB18
1920MAR9
1904JAN26

OTTEN, JOHN
OTTENO, JOE
OURAY, A C
OVERLY, JOSEPH

AMERICAN
ITALIAN

MINER
MINER
LABORER
MINER

45
40

M
M

1898OCT10
1926NOV14
1927MAR7
1925AUG22
1919AUG18

OWENS, DAVID
OWENS, FRANK A
OWENS, WALTER M
OWENS, WILLIAM
OXFORD, ALFRED

WELSH
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
WELSH
AMERICAN

MINER
STABLE BOSS
PICK MINER
PICK MINER
PICK MINER

40
30
39
51
17

M
M
M
S
S

1945JUL25
1910DEC20
1942JAN9
1942JAN9
1909JAN6
1953NOV15

PACHECO, JOE
PACHESCA
PACOTTI, CLAUDE
PACOTTI, FRANK
PADELLI, RAMON
PADILLA, BEN

MEXICAN

MINER
MINER
TRAMMER
MINER

30
24
28
23

M
S
S
M

1938SEP29
1927JUN26

PAFFORD, JAMES
PAGAN, LAWRENCE

1890SEP10
1910NOV22
1912FEB21
1922APR10
1926AUG2
1897JUN9
1899SEP28

PAGANINI, VELENTINE
PAIMIERI, JOHN
PAINCHI, DOMINIC
PAIZ, BERNADO
PALAFOS, CECILIO
PALATINI, JOHN
PALIC, GASPAR

1908FEB17
1920NOV17
1897SEP3
1923OCT5

PALINERE, PETE
PALLALIS, BILL
PALLASSI, THEODORE
PALLAZZO, JOE

1900JAN12
1942JUN18
1918NOV19
1925JUL3
1937AUG2
1893FEB7
1910JAN31
1922SEP19
1899OCT27
1919MAR12

PALLOGALLA, LOUIS
PALMER, HARRY RAY
PALMQUIST, EMIL
PANDOLEI, FRANK
PANIAN, ANDREW W
PANIAN, GEORGE
PANNELL, W. H
PANTOJA, JUAN
PAOLAZI, PAUL
PAOLENI, JOHN

1915JUL3
1910JAN17
1914OCT29
1917APR27
1894FEB5

PAPADACIO, JIM
PAPAS, GEORGE
PAPAS, SAM
PAPES, FRANK
PAPES, GEORGE

1908JAN13

PAPISH, FRANK

AUSTRIAN

PICTOU
ALPINE
ROBINSON NO. 2
GENTER
OAKDALE

HUE
GUN
HUE
GUN
HUE

FALL OF ROCK; FAMILY IN WALES


FALLING DOWN SHAFT
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
EXPLOSION OF GAS
EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP

CALUMET NO. 2
OAKDALE
SILVERTON
SILVERTON
MORLEY

HUE
HUE
SAJ
SAJ
LAS

MACHINERY
FALL OF COAL
SUFFOCATED
SUFFOCATED
FALL OF ROOF
PREMATURE BLAST

WILLIAM E. RUSSELL COAL CO.


GORDON COAL CO.

RUSSELL
GORDON

WEL
HUE

CAUGHT BETWEEN TOP OF MOTOR & CROSS BAR


FALL OF ROCK

DENVER FUEL CO.

LAS
FRE
LAS
LAS
HUE
GAR
FRE

FALL OF COAL
SUFFOCATED BY SMOKE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FELL OFF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK

3 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.


3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
RAPID CREEK MINING & POWER
OAKDALE COAL CO.
1
PRIDE OF WEST, INC.
PRIDE OF WEST, INC.

HARVEY GAP
VULCAN
VULCAN

TELLURIDE MINES, INC.


SLAV

MACHINE MINER

ITALIAN
TALIAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN

MINER
MINER
MACHINE MINER
MACHINE MINER
TIMBERMAN

29

9
1

AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
GREEK
ITALIAN

MINER
MACHINE HELPER
LOADER
PICK MINER

48

28
40
28

M
S
M
M

6 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.


0 CALUMET FUEL CO.

33

SOPRIS
FREMONT
HASTINGS
SOPRIS
CALUMET NO. 2
SUNSHINE
ROCKVALE

20

S
S

BEAR CANON COAL CO.


COLORADO FUEL & IRON
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

FREDERICK
BEAR CANON
SUNSHINE
FREDERICK

LAS
LAS
GAR
LAS

FALL OF COAL
ELECTROCUTED
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF ROCK

SMUGGLER UNION
GILMAN
TOLLER
CRESTED BUTTE
CRESTED BUTTE
PRIMERO
DELAGUA
SARATOGA
BERWIND

SAM
EAG
TEL
LAS
GUN
GUN
LAS
LAS
GIL
LAS

ROCK FALL FROM SLOPE


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

GORHAM
DELAGUA
GREENVILLE
HASTINGS
WALSEN

BOU
LAS
LAS
LAS
HUE

FALL OF ROOF, COAL, AND SLATE


STRUCK BY A SHEAVE WHEEL
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK

ROCKVALE

FRE

FALL OF ROCK

6
1

35

M
M

4
1

35
25
35
21

MINE SHIFT BOSS

Cause of Death

EXPLOSION OF GAS
DUST EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
CAUGHT IN SLIDE OF SNOW & SUFFOCATED
CAGE ACCIDENT

CALUMET FUEL

MEXICAN

County

GAR
GAR
GAR
OUR
STRATTON'S INDEPENDENCE TEL

CORYELL MINING LEASING

VICTOR TELLER Co.


9
12

Mine

ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN

PICK MINER
DRIVER

S
S

AMERICAN
MEXICAN

MINER
PJICK MINER

30
33

S
M

AMERICAN

MACHINE RUNNER

19

GREEK
GREEK
GREEK
AMERICAN

MINER
OILER
MINER
DRIVER

30
38
23

S
M
S

MINER

53

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

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

1917APR27 PAPPAS, ATHAN

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

1917APR27
1916NOV18
1917APR27
1914DEC23

PAPPAS, GEORGE
PAPPAS, JAMES
PAPPAS, JOHN
PAPPAS, NICK

GREEK
GREEK
GREEK
GREEK
GREEK

MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER

1950MAY22
1936AUG31
1917APR27
1917APR27
1917APR27

PAPPAS, RICHARD
PAPPAS, STEVE
PAPPAS, THEROS
PAPPAULIS, APIROS
PAPPAULIS, DIMITRIUS

GREEK
GREEK
GREEK
GREEK

LOADER
MINER
MINER
MINER

1928JUN21
1908SEP2
1913AUG5
1891MAR26
1934SEP26
1904DEC19

PAPPOFF, LOUIS
PARADIS, GUADALOUPE
PARAGE, PETER
PARELA, GEORGE
PARESS, JOHN
PARICICH, MATE

BULGARIAN
MEXICAN
ITALIAN

MACHINE MINER
MINER
MINER

GREEK
AUSTRIAN

PICK MINER
MINER

1911MAY30 PARINA, JOE


1899MAR7 PARIS, LOUIS

ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN

1905MAR20
1914JAN27
1893JUN14
1902AUG2
1935JAN15
1909FEB2
1918NOV24

PARK, AARON
PARK, H. M
PARK, MAXWELL
PARKER, GEORGE H
PARLIN, LES
PARR, ALEX
PARRA, JOSE

1889MAY22
1929FEB2
1910JAN31
1902MAR1

PARRISH, JAMES H
PARTIAN, R J
PASH, MAX
PASOLA, JOSEPH

1909JAN2
1917JUN5
1901JUN17
1910OCT18
1981APR15
1907AUG13
1895AUG29
1937NOV9
1914FEB18
1902JAN22

PASQUINE, JOHATHAN
PASSARI, ANGELO
PASSEMENTTI, MARTIN
PASVENES, GEORGE
PATCH, RONALD
PATERNOSTER, JOE
PATERNOSTER, LUI
PATINO, NACARIO
PATON, WILLIAM
PATRICK, JOSEPH

1953DEC16
1921FEB12
1885NOV13
1868SEP23
1920JAN8

PATRICK, ROBERT G
PATRICK, SAM
PATTEN, WILLIAM
PATTERSON,
PATTERSON, JOHN

1925MAR15 PATTERSON, L C

Age at
Death
27

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children
S

35
37
40
38

M
M
M
S

47
43
26
33

S
M
S
M

46
52
33

M
W
M

51
19

M
S

MINER

34
35

S
M

ENGLISH
KOREAN

MINER
MINER

39
37

M
M

COLORED
MEXICAN

MACHINIST
BRAKEMAN
MINER
PICK MINER

22
38
39

S
S
M

MUCKER
MINER

24
22

M
S

31
27
30
29

ITALIAN
GREEK

MINER
CAGER
FIREMAN
DRIVER

ITALIAN

MINER

45

MEXICAN
SCOTCH
POLISH

MINER
MACHINE HELPER

15

42
27

S
M

AMERICAN

MINER

22

35

M
M

GREEK

PICK MINER

20

38

AMERICAN

BARN BOSS

42

AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN

22

Company name

0
2 TIOGA COAL CO.
5
FOX COAL MINING
KERR COAL
BOULDER VALLEY COAL CO.
6
4
3 CLAYTON COAL CO.
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

Mine

MID CONTINENT Resources Incorporated

HAYDEN COAL CO.


3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
S. D. JOHNSON DRILLING CO.
3 MOFFAT COAL CO.

Cause of Death

HASTINGS

LAS

EXPLOSION

HASTINGS
TIOGA
HASTINGS
FOX

LAS
HUE
LAS
BOU

EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
FALL OF TOP COAL

CAMEO
BOULDER VALLEY
HASTINGS
HASTINGS
HASTINGS

MES
WEL
LAS
LAS
LAS

HEART ATTACK
FALL OF FACE COAL
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION

CLAYTON
COKEDALE
STARKVILLE
MARSHALL NO. 5
CLAYTON
COALBASIN

WEL
LAS
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF COAL & ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF FACE COAL
FALL OF ROCK

PERY
SPRING GULCH

ROU

RUN OVER BY CARS


FALL OF ROCK

NEW BAKER
OAKDALE
CRESTED BUTTE
BROADHEAD
CLIMAX
BLACK DIAMOND
MUTUAL

BOU
HUE
GUN
LAS
LAK
LAS
HUE

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF TOP COAL
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
SHOT OF DYNAMITE
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK

OK SHAFT

LAK
DOL
LAS
GUN

FALL OF BUCKET
EXPLOSION OF ROUND OF HOLES
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
FALL OF ROCK

GUN
LAK
LAS
BOU
PIT
LAS
GIL
ROU
HUE
LAS

FALL OF ROOF
STRUCK BY CAGE
BOILER EXPLOSION
FALLING OFF CAR
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
STRUCK BY RUNAWAY TRIP
DROWNED IN FLOODING OF MINE
FALL OF TOP COAL & ROCK
ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF COAL

PRIMERO
ALPINE
ALPINE

M
S

County

STARKVILLE
STANDARD
DUTCH CREEK #1 MINE
STARKVILLE
AMERICUS
HAYDEN NO. 3
WALSEN
SOPRIS

WEL
PIT

PHILADELPHIA COLORADO
0 MOFFAT COAL CO.

OAK HILLS NO. 2


BULL DOMINGO
CLARK GARDENER
OAK HILLS NO. 1

ROU

CAUGHT IN HOISTING LINE


EXPLOSION OF DUST
EXPLOSION/FIRE
DROWNING
FALL OF ROCK

2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

MORLEY

LAS

KICKED BY A MULE

ROU
CUS

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

Years Mining
Experience

PATTI, FRANCISCO
PATTON, FRANK E
PAULICH, GIOANNI
PAULIE, MATT
PAVELIK, VALENTINE

POLISH

MINER

1920APR13
1921JAN7
1934JUL14
1943AUG4
1913SEP22

PAVELLO, JOHN
PAVLETICH, MIKE
PAVLICA, MIKE
PAVLISICK, WILLIAM
PAYNE, ROGER

AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
SLAV

MACHINE MINER
TRACKMAN
PICK MINER
DRIVER
MINER

1904NOV2
1888SEP7
1922MAR24
1910AYG27
1906MAY14
1909NOV14

PAYTEN, MARTIN
PEARCE, WILLIAM
PEASHKA, RUDOLPH
PEAVICH, METRE
PECARAI, GEORGE
PECKA, FRANK

IRISH

MINER
FOREMAN
AMERICAN
PICK MINER
MONTENEGRIN MINER
ITALIAN
MINER
AUSTRIAN
FIRE BOSS

1937FEB23
1893FEB6

PEDEROSA, JESUS
PEDRE, FORTUNATTE

MEXICAN

ROPE RIDER

1925AUG13
1911DEC4
1915SEP17
1923JUL7
1918MAY10
1897DEC6
1907OCT30

PEDRON, VINCENTO
PEDUCI, FRANK
PEFFER, CLAUDE D
PEFFER, DAN
PELINE, FRANK
PELLA, LOUIS
PELLEGRINO, ANGELO

ITALIAN
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN

TIMBERMAN
FIRE BOSS
COAL INSPECTOR
PICK MINER
PICK MINER

ITALIAN

MINER

24

1926DEC20
1915MAY13
1915MAY27
1935MAR6

PELLEY, CARL E
PELUSA, SAMUEL
PENA, GUADALUPE
PENCA, JOHN

AMERICAN
ITALIAN
MEXCIAN
AUSTRIAN

FARMER
MINER
MINER
TIMBERMAN

35
25
32
45

M
S
M
M

1930DEC2
1934OCT6
1909OCT25
1929FEB7
1902NOV21
1918DEC3
1951SEP8
1925MAR19
1897MAY9
1895AUG29

PENNY, ARTE
PENNY, E F
PEPPER, CHARLES
PERAGLIA, JOSEPH
PERALTO, POLITO
PERDUE, M. F
PEREA, ALEX P
PEREZ, DORTEO
PEREZ, ROMENI
PERGHER, GIOVANNI

AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
MEXICAN

MACHINE MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
TOP MAN

48
18
37
55
63
25

M
S
M
M

1952FEB23
1961AUG13
1898JAN12
1910JAN31
1914JUL23

PERICH, MARCO
PERKO, FRANK
PERKO, JOSEPH
PERKO, PETE
PERKOVICH, TONY

ENGLISH

29

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children
M

1899APR17
1907JAN23
1901OCT28
1917APR27

HUNGARIAN

MINER

Age at
Death

1903JUL21

1921DEC18 PERNA, ALFREDI

ITALIAN

Occupation

MINER

5
7
26

31

30
28
46

S
W
M

27

59

36
24
40
43

M
M
M
S

10

29

25

64
44
22
44
43

S
M
M
S
M

17

25
30
2
36

MOTORMAN
MEXICAN

24

PICK MINER

35

RR CAR DROPPER
MECHANIC

61
48

POLE
SLAV

MINER

36

ITALIAN

MACHINE MINER

21

Company name

Mine

BERWIND

County

Cause of Death

TWIN LAKES PLACER


PRIMERO
BERWIND
HASTINGS

LAS
CHA
LAS
LAS
LAS

FALL OF TOP COAL


FELL FROM PLATFORM
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF ROOF
EXPLOSION

PERINS PEAK
KEBLER NO. 2
PIKEVIEW
OLIVER
SOMERSET

LAP
HUE
ELP
GUN
GUN

FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BETWEEN LOADED CAR & ROOF OF MINE
FALL OF TOP COAL
ROOF FALL
POWDER EXPLOSION

SWEET
IRON
SOPRIS
BOWEN
BERWIND
MORLEY

LAS
LAK
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
FELL DOWN SHAFT
EXPLOSION
FALL OF POT FROM ROOF
FALL OF TOP COAL
DUST EXPLOSION

NUGGET
KING

HUE
PAR

CAUGHT BETWEEN CAR & PROP


FALL OF ROCK

DELAGUA
ROYAL
WALSEN
MUTUAL
TABASCO
STEVENS
QUINTO

LAS
LAS
HUE
HUE
LAS
CLE
LAS

FELL UNDER A PIT CAR


SUFFOCATED BY GAS
BLOOD INFECTION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
PICKING OUT MISSED SHOT
FALL OF ROOF

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
2 LEYDEN LIGNITE CO.

DELAGUA
ROUSE
LEYDEN NO. 3

LAS
HUE
JEF

ROCK SLIDE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF BONE AND COAL
FALL OF ROCK

5 NATIONAL FUEL CO.


AMERICAN INDEPENDENT COAL CO

PURITAN
INDEPENDENT
MORLEY
ROCKVALE NO. 2
ENGLEVILLE
CLIMAX
TOLLER
FORFAR
SLEEPY-HOLLOW

WEL
FRE
LAS
FRE
LAS
TEL
LAK
LAS
GIL
GIL

FALL OF FACE COAL


FALL OF TOP ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
SQUEEZED BETWEEN SCALE HOUSE & CAR
ASPHYXIATION
LOST CONTROL OF ORE CAR AND WAS THROWN
CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
ROCK FALLING FROM BUCKET
DROWNED

COLORADO FUEL & IRON


COLORADO FUEL & IRON

EDNA STRIP
ALLEN
INDIANA
PRIMERO
PRIMERO

ROU
LAS
GIL
LAS
LAS

HAULAGE
HEART FAILURE
STULLS BROKE IN SLOPE
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
NATURAL CAUSES

BIG FOUR COAL & COKE CO.

CENTENNIAL

BOU

FALL OF ROCK

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

8 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.


5 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

1929FEB27

PERNA, JOHN

ITALIAN

MACHINE MINER

24

44

1926MAY12
1907MAR18
1927MAY17
1903MAR14

PERNE, JOHN
PERONIO, ANTON
PERRIER, TOM
PERRINO, DOMINIC

AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN

MACHINE MINER
MINER
STOPE CLEANER
MINER

17

41
30
36
39

1897JAN16
1935APR10
1924SEP6
1887FEB23
1902JAN8

PERRY, C H
PESCHEL, JOHN
PESTANA, JOHN R JR.
PESTONA, JAMES
PETENECK, JOHN

1896JUN22
1898JUN7
1896SEP19
1897SEP24
1896OCT3
1917DEC28

PETERLIN, NICK
PETERS, THEODORE
PETERSON, A. J
PETERSON, C O
PETERSON, CARL
PETERSON, CHARLES J

1955FEB12
1902JAN29

PETERSON, CLARENCE
PETERSON, GUS

1901NOV20
1897JUN8
1917JUL30
1909AUG28
1903FEB16
1911FEB27
1938MAY16

PETERSON, JOHN
PETERSON, WILLIAM
PETERUFF, HENRY
PETITALOT, HENRY C
PETRE
PETRE, GUISEPPI
PETRI, VICTOR

1896FEB18
1916JUN12
1896FEB18
1915FEB13

MINER
CAGER
LABORER

24
19

Marital Number of
Company name
Status Surviving
Children
M
9 CANON-RELIANCE COAL CO.
M
S

1 GORDON COAL CO.

M
S

M. A. NICHOLSON
COLORADO COAL AND IRON

MINER

35

TIMBERMAN

45

AMERICAN
FRENCH
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN

LOADER
MINER
MINER
MINER

19
23
38
26

S
S
M
S

CRESTED BUTTE COAL

PETRICO, ANTON
PETRICONE, CROCE
PETRIE, ANGELO
PETTI, FRANK

ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN

MINER
MINER
LOADER
MINER

28
31
26
37

M
M
S
S

4
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON

1915DEC3
1878NOV23
1939NOV16
1939SEP2
1909JUN21
1899DEC30
1884JAN24
1895SEP26
1903FEB26
1956JUL21

PETTICOFF, SAM
PFAB, ANDREW
PFENNEBERGER, FRANK
PHENIX, LAWRENCE
PHILLIPI, B.
PHILLIPI, M. R
PHILLIPPI, WILLIAM
PHILLIPS, C. C
PHILLIPS, GEORGE
PHILLIPS, RICHARD G

BULGARIAN

MINER
MINER

26

3 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL

1896JAN5
1897AUG11
1910JAN31
1929FEB12
1928AUG3

PHILLIPS, THOMAS
PHILLIPS, WILLIAM E
PHUN, K. W
PICARDI, LOUIS
PICKARD, FRANCIS

1930JAN10

PICKLEMIER, JOSEPH

PIO MICHELI

PORTER FUEL

ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.


COLORADO & UTAH COAL CO.
MINER
MINER

23
45

M
M

1
4
COLORADO COAL AND IRON

AMERICAN

DRIVER

27

SUNSHINE
IBEX
EL MORO
ROCKVALE

County

FALL OF COAL

HUE
LAS
SAM
FRE

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FELL DOWN MANWAY
FALL OF COAL

HUE
LAK
TEL
LAS
FRE

SLAB OF COAL FELL


SLIPPED WHILE PUTTING LOADED CAR ON CAGE
ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF TOP COAL
FALL OF ROOF

GIL
LAP
30-Jul CLE
CANON CITY
ELP
STONEWALL JACKSON
SUM
TEL

FALLING DOWN SHAFT


FALL OF COAL
PICKING OUT MISSED SHOT
EXPLOSION WHILE PREPARING FUSE
FALLING FROM BUCKET WHILE IN SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK

MAY BE-CRIPPLE CREEK

TEL

BULKHEAD FAILURE. FELL IN STOPE


FOUL AIR

SMUGGLER UNION
DOCTOR
BULKLEY
MONARCH
PRIMERO
TOLLER
RAPSON

SAM
ELP
GUN
BOU
LAS
LAS
LAS

FIRE
EXPLOSION OF POWDER
RUN OVER BY RAILROAD CARS
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF SLATE
ELECTROCUTED
CAUGHT BETWEEN CAR & RIB

VULCAN
PRIMROSE
VULCAN
HESPERUS

GAR
LAS
GAR
LAP

EXPLOSION
FALL OF TOP COAL
EXPLOSION ; BD. NEW CASTLE
FALL OF ROCK

REX NO. 1
ALPHA
INDUSTRIAL
HARRIS
FORBES
PLACITA
CRESTED BUTTE
BELGIAN
STARKVILLE

BOU
LAK
BOU
ROU
LAS
PIT
GUN
LAK
LAS

FALL OF ROCK

CLE
ELP
LAS
LAS
SAJ

CAUGHT BY COAT & ARM IN MILL SHAFT


FELL FROM BUCKET DOWN SHAFT
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
KILLED BY RUN-AWAY TRIP OF EMPTY CARS
ARM CAUGHT IN BELT-DRIVEN PULLEY

HUE

FALL OF COAL & ROCK FROM ROOF

DONALD YOUNG, UNION CARBIDE

KOREAN
FRENCH

MINER
TRAPPER
MINE FOREMAN

AUSTRIAN

TIMBERMAN

Cause of Death

FRE

QUEEN OF THE WEST


HESPERUS

LeCLAIR CONSOLID. GOLD


LESSES DAVIS & BENTLY

ITALIAN
AMERICAN

CANON
GORDON
REILLY CANON
ROCKVALE

AUSTRIAN
SWISS

Mine

35

33
67

M
M

4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON


0 VICKERS COAL CO.

SALISBURY MILL
J. L. LINDSAY LEASE
PRIMERO
KENNETH

51

3 OAKDALE COAL CO.

OAKDALE NO. 2

FALL OF ROOF COAL


ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY PIT CAR
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
EXPLOSION OF POWDER
FALL OF ROCK
IMPROPER BLASTING PROCEDURE

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

1911FEB9

PIECHA, KARL

1878NOV27
1878DEC6
1981APR15
1898JUL14

PIERCE, HARRY
PIERCE, HENRY
PIERCE, HUGH
PIERCE, MARTIN

1912DEC6
1926JUL30
1952DEC19
1917APR27
1910JAN31

PIERSON, JOSEPH
PIERSON, W E
PIERT, CHARLES
PIETRAKAS, KERIAKAS
PIKADO, ANTON

1927MAY16
191OJAN31
1897MAR26
1933JUL12
1897OCT16
1959OCT23

PIKE, J H
PIKIER, FRED
PILATTI, MIKE
PILCH, FRANK
PILONE, JOHN
PILTZ, HERMAN F

1904OCT28 PILZER, JOHN


1911DEC15 PINCHAK, MIKE

Nationality

POLE

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

SHOT-FIRER

Marital Number of
Company name
Status Surviving
Children
M
CARBON COAL & COKE

MID CONTINENT Resources Incorporated


COLORED
AMERICAN

MINER
LABORER

37
39

GREEK
AUSTRIAN

MINER
MINER

26
20

M
S

AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN

MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER

31
40

3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON

37

35
35

S
M

AUSTRIAN
SLAV

MINER
MINER

1898DEC4
1940DEC4
1944NOV23
1898APR23
1896MAY25
1924APR8
1926MAY12

PINE, JOHN
PINEDA, EDWARD M
PINEDA, SOILO
PINES, W. H
PINO, PHILLIP
PINOZZA, WILLIAM
PINTER, JOHN

AUSTRIAN

PICK MINER

1914JUL24
1912APR2
1919JAN28
1910JAN31

PIO, CALAVANTO
PIPAN, PETER
PIQUE, HENRY
PIRSLIN, MARTIN

ITALIAN
SLAV
FRENCH
CROATIAN

1910JAN31
1907JAN23
1907JAN23
1912FEB6
1929JUL19
1917MAY28
1895DEC4
1918DEC21
1910OCT8
1961APR6

PIRSLIN, MAT
PISETA, ARCANGELO
PISETTA, DOMENICO
PITTICOFF PETCO E.
PLAZZA, EUGENE
PLUT, JOHN
PLUT, JOSEPH
PLUTT, MATT
PLUTTO, TOM
POBIRK, H V

1898JUL12
1911FEB9
1918AUG5
1921OCT25
1922JUN21

PODBOSICK, JOHN
PODZORSKY, ANDY
POEZI, CHARLES
POHNL, ALBERT
POIER, BERT

1888DEC7

POINT, JULES

WEST PORTAL
STEARNS - ROGERS MFG. CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON

LONDON GOLD MINING CO.

4
PEAKS COAL CO.
CALUMET FUEL

MINER
29
49

MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
MINER

37
33
65
32

M
M
M
M

2 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
1
2 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON

CROATIAN
HUNGARIAN
HUNGARIAN
BULGARIAN
SWISS
AMERICAN

MINER
DAY MAN
DAY MAN
MINER
DRIVER
MINER

35
34
22
32
34
18

M
S
S
S
M
S

COLORADO FUEL & IRON


COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON

ITALIAN

MINER
LOADERMAN

32
24
33

POLE
GERMAN
AUSTRIAN

MINER
MINER
TIMBERMAN HELPER
MACHINE MINER
PICK MINER

15

20

M
16
13

45
37

S
S

CALIENTE COAL CO.

0 COLORADO & UTAH FUEL CO.


UTAH FUEL

COLORADO FUEL & IRON

Mine

County

COKEDALE

LAS

DUST EXPLOSION, CAUSED BY A BLOW-OUT SHOT

ULE-LAKE
ULE-LAKE
DUTCH CREEK #1 MINE
HIDDEN TREASURE

LAK
PIT
GIL

EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
FALLING FROM BUCKET

PINON
MOFFAT TUNNEL
CLIMAX
HASTINGS
PRIMERO

HUE
GRA
LAK
LAS
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
CAUGHT BETWEEN TRIPPERS - BLED TO DEATH
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST

PRIMERO
BROOKSIDE
LONDON
CRESTED BUTTE

DOL
LAS
FRE
PAR
GUN

FALL OF ORE FROM ROOF OF STOPE


EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
COAL CAR
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF TOP COAL
IMPROPER BLASTING PROCEDURE

TERCIO, NO. 3
ROCKVALE

LAS
FRE

EXPLOSION

TOM BOY
PEAKS
CALUMET NO. 2
LONDONDERRY
HASTINGS
RAVENWOOD

SAM
HUE
HUE
ELP
LAS
LAK
HUE

FELL INTO SHOOT


FALL OF ROOF (SLATE)
ROOF FALL
SHAFT HOUSE BURNED DOWN
FALL OF ROCK
CAVE OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK

HASTINGS
BERWIND
RAVENWOOD
PRIMERO

LAS
LAS
HUE
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST

PRIMERO
PRIMERO
PRIMERO
HECLA
HARRIS
SOMERSET
LITTLE JOHNNY

LAS
LAS
LAS
BOU
ROU
GUN
LAK
LAK
LAS
GUN

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
DUST EXPLOSION, CAUSED BY A BLOWN-OUT SHOT
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF POWDER
FALL OF TOP COAL

STARKVILLE
SOMERSET

MOFFAT COAL CO.


CEDAR HILL COAL & COKE CO.

OAK HILLS
GREENVILLE

PIT
LAS
SAM
ROU
LAS

M. C. C. CO.

MARSHALL NO. 5

BOU

3 CARBON COAL & COKE

Cause of Death

UNION
COKEDALE

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

1908MAR5

Name

1932AUG1
1891SEP4
1885NOV13
1933JUN21

POKE, GEORGE
POLETTI, AMERICO
POLITANO, JAMES
POLITONO, GRACOMO
POLITT, WALTER

1921APR28
1888AUG24
1901JUN17
1929FEB1
1899JAN25

POLLAORA, ALFONZO
POLLARD, JOHN
POLLARD, WILLIAM
POLLCONI, MARTIN
POLLOCK, JAKE

1888AUG25
1910JAN31
1910JAN31
1917DEC31
1893JAN10
1910DEC15

POLLOCK, JOHN
POLOMBO, FRANK
POLOMBO, JIM
POLYEFKO, JOHN
POMEROLI, FRANK
PONTIL, JOHN

1877JUN6
1942JAN27

POPE,
POPE, RAYMOND C

1920OCT13
1910MAR17
1895JUL3
1910OCT8
1930JUN7
1909JUN10
1954JUN6

POPOFF, A D
POPOVITCH, REDI
POPPEL, JOHN
PORCIE, FELIX
PORT, RALPH
PORTER, DANIEL
PORTER, ROBERT L

1953DEC11
1917MAR11
1917APR27
1917MAY8

PORTER, THOMAS O
POSIS, GEORGE
POSLEP, ANTON
POSPAHALA, JOE

1923FEB22
1915APR2
1912JUN19
1898MAR5
1932OCT16
1917AUG18
1912FEB25
1920JAN28
1920SEP17
1951NOV23

POTALO, MIKE
POTENSKI, KLEMMENS
POTTS, ALBERT
POTZLER, NICHOLAS
POUCHER, RALPH C
POVINELLI, ARTHUR
POWELL, GRIFFTH
POWELL, JOSEPH A
POWELL, JOSEPH L
POWELL, MERLE R

1897FEB24
1886OCT8
1896FEB17
1956DEC2
1904AUG4

POWELL, W. Q
POWELL, WILLIAM
POWERS, PIERCE
POWLIN, JOHN L
POWOS, TONY

1960FEB2

POYER, OSCAR B

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

COLORED
AMERICAN

MINER
PICK MINER

28
19

AMERICAN

MINER
PICK MINER

15

34

STOPE CLEANER
AMERICAN
ITALIAN

ENGINEER
MACHINE MINER

ITALIAN
ITALIAN
HUNGARIAN
SLAV

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children
S

Company name

MATTIVI & SONS


VICTOR COAL CO.

PIKES PEAK FUEL CO.

M
M

DRIVER
DRIVER
SHOTFIRER

23
31
48

S
M
M

MACHINE RUNNER

28

15

3 S. DOMENICO & SONS

COLORADO FUEL & IRON


2 COLORADO FUEL & COAL
7 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
UNION PACIFIC COAL

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

ITALIAN
AMERICAN

MAGNET
BUNKER HILL
VICTOR
ROCKVALE
PIKEVIEW

30
28
33

BULGARIAN
SHOTFIRER
MONTENEGRIN MINER

Mine

10

MINER
MINER
PIT BOSS

45
23

24
32
41

S
M
W

3 ROMAN COAL CO.

COLORADO FUEL & IRON


CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
2

GOLCONDA
STARKVILLE
PARAMOUNT
TOLTEC

County

FRE
HUE
LAS
FRE
ELP

FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF SLATE
CRUSHED BY HOISTING CAGE
FALL OF COAL

SAM
PIT
LAS
BOU

FALL OF ROCK
BURST OF ORE CHUTE
BOILER ESPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF

GOLCONDA
PRIMERO
PRIMERO
BERWIND
KING
BIG FOUR

PIT
LAS
LAS
LAS
PAR
HUE

TERRIBLE-BROWNVILLE
WADGE

ROU

CROWN POINT
BERWIND
CLIMAX TUNNEL
STARKVILLE
CLIMAX
HUERFANO

ROU
LAS
ELP
LAS
LAK
HUE

HASTINGS
SOPRIS

SAM
LAS
LAS

CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK


FELL DWON ORE CHUTE
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK

FREMONT
TURNER
ROCKVALE
TELLURIDE

BOU
GUN
HUE
CLE
GRA
CLE
FRE
HUE
FRE
SAM

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
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

SMUGGLER UNION MILL


PORTER COAL
FRITZHAUGH
THOMPSON CREEK NO. 3
STARKVILLE

SAM
LAP
LAK
PIT
LAS

FELL BETWEEN BELT AND PULLEY


EXPLOSION OF GIANT POWDER
REFIRING MISSED HOLE
RIB FALL
ELECTROCUTED BY TROLLEY WIRE

SAM

IMPROPER BLASTING PROCEDURE

GOLDEN CYCLE CORP.


MILE HIGH MINING CO.
AUSTRIAN
POLE

TRAMMER
MINER
MINER

ITALIAN
RUSSIAN
COLORED

MACHINE MINER
LABORER
MINER

WELSH
AMERICAN
AMERICAN

TRAMMER
MINER
DRILLER
ELECTRICIAN

25

38
20

M
S

57
29
46

M
S
M

6 NATIONAL FUEL CO.


COLORADO FUEL & IRON

41
18
25
40
24

S
S
M

COLORADO FUEL & IRON

TURNER COAL CO.


0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
TELLURIDE MINES, INC.

MINER

GREEK

MINER
MINER

35
40

M
DULANEY MINING CO.

Cause of Death

MONARCH NO. 2
FLORESTA
ROUSE
CORNCRACKER
MOFFAT

EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
EXPLOSION
STRUCK BY A RUN-AWAY CAR
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

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

1918FEB20

POZZETTI, FRANK

ITALIAN

MINER

1937MAY21
1938NOV13
1948OCT22
1917APR27

POZZI, LOUIS
PRATHER, GEORGE W
PRATOR, R BRUCE
PRATT, E. O

ITALIAN

ROCK MINER

20

44

MINE FOREMAN
MINER

28

AMERICAN

50
45

1901AUG14
1923JUL9
1913AUG1
1909DEC14
1893JAN10

PRATTO, JOE
PREPICH, JOE
PREPODNICK, LAWRENCE
PRESCO, JAMES
PRESTTI, ANTONI

1906NOV4
1891JAN18
1925JAN30
1919OCT20
1884JAN24
1895JUN24

PRETTI, ANGELO
PRETTIE, BRAZIL
PRICE, JAMES
PRICE, JOHN
PRICE, JOHN
PRICE, ROBERT S

1917JUN15 PRICE, W. V
1908AUG13 PRICE, WILLIAM
1954JAN8
1903SEP10
1895AUG29
1908OCT27
1884JAN24
1904APR17
1926JUL30

PRIDMORE, JAMES A
PRINCE, DAVID
PRISK, WILLIAM
PRIVES, LUCCAS
PROBST, NICK
PROMOLA, JESSIPY
PROSKE, JOHN

1888MAR8
1895AUG29
1914NOV18
1896JAN7

PROSSER, SAMUEL
PROUSE, OBID
PROVOLOFF, PETER
PRUETT, MARTIN

1910JAN31
1910OCT8
1909NOV11
1937MAY7
1912SEP30
1913OCT15
1900NOV7
1895OCT3
1885FEB18
1896APR3
1919AUG18
1926OCT1
1886JUL7
1942NOV18
1896NOV3

ITALIAN

32

Marital Number of
Company name
Status Surviving
Children
M
2 UTAH FUEL

SLAV
ITALIAN

MINER
MUCKER
MINER
COMPANY MAN

45
23
39
38

S
M

ITALIAN

MINER

21

DRIVER
NIPPER

WELSH
AMERICAN

24
31

S
S

MINER
CARPENTER

55
26

M
M

AMERICAN

MINER

18

ITALIAN

MINER

57

ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN

COAL LOADER
LABORER

24
48

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FELL ON MOVING MACHINERY
MACHINERY
EXPLOSION

ENGLE NO. 1
TERCIO
GREENVILLE
KING

LAS
SAM
LAS
LAS
PAR

FALL OF ROCK
RETURNED BEFORE THE LAST SHOT WENT OFF
FALL OF COAL
DUST EXPLOSION

PRIMERO
MARION
ROBINSON NO. 2
BRODHEAD NO. 9
CRESTED BUTTE
GENESSEE-VANDERBILT

LAS
GAR
HUE
LAS
GUN
OUR

FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
PINNED UNDER A MOVING CAR
CAUGHT BETWEEN MOTOR & DERAILED LOADEDTRIP
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
FALL OF ROCK

OAKVIEW
PURITAN

HUE
WEL

FALL OF COAL AND ROCK


FELL FROM CAGE TO BOTTOM OF SHAFT

PRIMROSE
SLEEPY-HOLLOW
PRIMROSE
CRESTED BUTTE
GRAY CREEK
MOFFAT TUNNEL

LAS
GIL
LAS
GUN
LAS
GRA

SUFFOCATED IN STOPE ORE


FALL OF ROOF & COAL
DROWNED
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
FALLING OFF RUNAWAY CAR
FALL OF ROCK

ROCKVALE
SLEEPY-HOLLOW
SUNNYSIDE
MARION

FRE
GIL
HUE
LAK

RUN OVER BY A TRAIN OF LOADED CARS


DROWNED
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK

PRIMERO
STARKVILLE
DELAGUA
BEAR CANON NO. 6
OAKDALE
PRIMERO
ENGLE
SILVER LION
COMO
GILES

LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
HUE
LAS
LAS
SAJ
PAR
BOU

EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
FALL OF ROCK
RUN OVER BY RAILWAY COAL CAR
FALL OF TOP COAL
FALL OF ROCK & COAL
FALL OF ROOF
RETURNED BEFORE BLAST HAD EXPLODED
HURLED FROM CAR
TAMPING POWDER WITH IRON BAR

OAKDALE COAL CO.

OAKDALE

TELLURIDE MINES, INC.

COMO
TELLURIDE
O.K.

HUE
FRE
PAR
SAM
ELP

EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP


CAUGHT IN A REVOLVING SHAFT
THROWN FROM TOP OF BOX CAR
SLAB FROM BACK OF STOPE FELL & STRUCK HEAD
PICKED OUT MISSED HOLE

CLE

KNOCKED DOWN BY CAR & DRAGGED & ROLLED HIM

COLORADO FUEL & IRON


4

GRAND RIVER COAL & COKE CO.


COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
TEMPLE FUEL CO.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
10 OAKDALE COAL
HARRY M. WILLIAMSON CO.

COLORADO COAL AND IRON


WEST PORTAL

LOADER

46

3 SUNNYSIDE COAL MINING

PSEAR, JOE
PTASCHEK, RUDOLF
PUCELL, LEO
PUGA, ANTONIO
PUK, TONY
PULLEY, JOHN
PULTO, PETER
PURDHAM, M.
PURDY, A. S.
PURMORT, JAMES A

AUSTRIAN
POLE
SLAV
MEXICAN
AUSTRIAN
COLORED
ITALIAN

MINER
MINER
MINER
CAR DROPPER
MINER
MINER

27
29
24
52
32
50
30

S
M
M
M
M
M
M

COLORADO FUEL & IRON


3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
1
5 BEAR CANON COAL CO.
2
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
1

PYKE, FRANK
PYLES, O R
QUEALY, THOMAS
QUEEN, BENTON F
QUICK, NATHAN B

AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN

PICK MINER
OILER
SUPERINTENDENT
MINER

39
33

27

ENGINEER

46

17

Cause of Death

GUN
ROU
BOU
FRE
LAS

BULGARIAN

1929NOV20 QUICK, SAMUEL

County

SOMERSET
KEYSTONE
NEW CENTENNIAL
REX CARBON
HASTINGS

KEYSTONE COAL CO.


BOULDER VALLEY COAL CO.
CRIBBS-GOODMAN

UNION PACIFIC COAL

AMERICAN
NEGRO

Mine

MACHINIST

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

1899JUN29

Name

1908JAN13
1897OCT1
1928JAN21
1911DEC2

QUINN, JOHN
QUINN, MIKE
QUINN, PATRICK
QUINTANA, JOSE
QUINTANNO, RAFAEL

1918NOV9
1920APR30
1908DEC31
1910FEB11
1909NOV30

QUINTANOS, E.
RADJENOVIE, BOZO
RADOCAJ, S.
RADULICH, MIKE
RADURCH, MIKE

1917MAR7
1981APR15
1919FEB11
1917JAN2
1910SEP7
1918MAY10

RAGEN, PHILLIP
RAGLE, ROBERT
RAICOVICH, MIKE
RAILEY, C. N
RAINS, A J
RAISCH, IVAN

1911JUL6
RAMERIZ, IGNESIO
1938NOV25 RAMERIZ, RAMON
1948FEB7
1926SEP8
1954JUN3
1934NOV5
1914MAY21
1917DEC21
1909DEC14

RAMETTI, JOE T
RAMEY, W L
RAMIREZ, J R
RAMIREZ, JOE
RAMOND, SAM
RAMPONE, NICK
RAMSAY, BOB

1949DEC7
1920MAR10
1911FEB14
1920DEC29

RAMSEY, GEORGE JR.


RANCAL, TIDOR
RANEVSKY, ANDY
RANKIN, ROBERT

1892DEC28
1931OCT12
1925NOV24
1878OCT26
1885NOV13
1899MAY15
1914OCT10
1909AUG11
1909MAR27
1937FEB26

RANSOM, MATTHEW
RANSON, JR. FOSTER
RAORO, TONY
RAPPAN, THOMAS
RAPTISTA, R
RASPPLIA, ALBERT
RASSO, GEORGE
RATKOVICH, FRANK
RAVERA, ALEX
RAWLINSON, THOMAS C

1926DEC22
1902FEB10
1928FEB25
1956JAN7
1904OCT21

RAY, ELMER A
RAYBOULD, DAVID
RAYMAN, EDWARD J
RAYNER, GLENN A
RAYPOLE, W. P

1921JUL30

REBA, MARK

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

IRISH

MINER

MEXICAN
MEXICAN

PICK MINER
MINER

SERBIAN
AUSTRIAN
SLAV
SLAV

PICK MINER
MINER
COMPANY MAN
MINER

Age at
Death

60

31
39

25
29
27
27

HAND MINER

21
35
40
28

MEXICAN

35

MINER

MEXICAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
AMERICAN

NIPPER
SKIP TENDER
SUPERINTENDENT
MACHINE MINER
TIMBERMAN
MOTORMAN
DRIVER

MEXICAN
POLE
AMERICAN

DRILLER
PICK MINER
SHOT-FIRER
MINER

AMERICAN
ITALIAN

CAGER
MACHINE MINER
PICK MINER

SLAV
SLAV
SLAV
ITALIAN

MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER'S HELPER

AMERICAN
ENGLISH
AMERICAN

PICK MINER
MINER
MINER

AMERICAN

ENGINEER

Company name

32

2
11

S
S
M

58
21

County

TEL

FALL OF ROCK DOWN SHAFT

THOMAS
BUELL
PRAIRIE CANON
PICTOU

LAS
GIL
LAS
HUE

FALL OF ROCK
FALLING ROCK IN SLOPE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK

UNION COAL & COKE CO.

PRYOR
BOWEN
DELAGUA
ROBINSON

OUR
HUE
LAS
LAS
HUE

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
ON GRAVITY PLANE
CAUGHT BETWEEN CAR & COLLAR WHILE RIDING
FALL OF COAL

MID CONTINENT Resources Incorporated


W. D. CORLEY
MOFFAT COAL

DUTCH CREEK #1 MINE


KLONDYKE
OAK HILLS NO. 2
SUNNYSIDE

MIN
PIT
ELP
ROU
HUE
SAM

BLAST
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
ELECTRIC SHOCK
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK AND TIMBER
AT TELLURIDE;ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIS HEAD

CANON BLACK DIAMOND COAL CO.

BERWIND
CANON BLACK DIAMOND

LAS
FRE

FALL OF ROCK
ELECTROCUTED

CALUMET FUEL

SOMERSET

HAULAGE
FALL OF ROCK
ROOF FALL
FALL OF COAL
HIT BY A RUNAWAY TRIP
ELECTRIC SHOCK
DUST EXPLOSION

41
40
27
25

S
S
M
M

NATIONAL FUEL CO.


COLORADO FUEL & IRON
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
1

HI-GRADE
PURITAN
BERWIND NO. 3
STARKVILLE
GREENVILLE

GUN
SAG
FRE
WEL
LAS
LAS
LAS

63
55

M
M
S

BECKMAN, INC.
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
CARBON COAL & COKE
TEMPLE FUEL CO.

TABASCO
COKEDALE
BRODHEAD NO. 9

LAS
LAS
LAS

BURNED FROM A FLASH FIRE


FALL OF ROCK
DUST EXPLOSION, CAUSED BY A BLOWN-OUT SHOT
ELECTRIC SHOOK

23
39

S
M

UNITED COAL CO.


BLUFF SPRINGS LEASING CO.
4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

35
25
32
25

S
M
M
M
M

ACME
BLUFF SPRINGS NO. 2
SOPRIS
GEORGETOWN
BULL DOMINGO
MAITLAND
PRIMROSE
RUGBY
MONARCH

BOU
FRE
LAS
CLE
CUS
HUE
LAS
HUE
LAS
PAR

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

26

BUTCHER KNIFE
HASTINGS NO. 1

ROU
LAS
OUR
ELP

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
CAUGHT BETWEEN DRILL COLLARS, FRACTURE
CAUGHT IN REVOVLING FAN SHAFT & CRUSHED

GAR

CAR RAN AWAY

3 PRIMROSE COAL
2
LONDON BUTTE GOLD MINES CO.
0 BUTCHER KNIFE COAL CO.

38
H.B. LYNN DRILLING CO.

LABORER

Cause of Death

JACK POT

PRAIRIE CANON COAL CO.

S
M
M
S

Mine

48

MONTENEGRIN DRIVER
AMERICAN
MINER
COLORED
MINER
TRAMMER

AMERICAN

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

35

DANVILLE

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

1918JUN3

Name

1958JUL8
1901MAY28
1911OCT26
1913DEC16

REBSCHER, WILLIAM
REECE, RICHARD
REED, CHARLES
REED, CHARLES
REED, D. D

1899FEB15
1941JUL30
1946JUL28
1909MAY18
1917APR27
1899DEC6
1892AUG28
1906APR22
1929FEB1
1902APR24
1919JUN12

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

MACHINE-RUNNER
ROPE-RIDER
LOADER

REED, HOWARD
REED, PAUL
REED, RICHARD
REES, JAMES
REESE, D. H

AMERICAN

DRIVER
MACHINE MAN

18

ENGLISH
AMERICAN

DRIVER
MINE INSPECTOR

22

S
M

REESE, JOHN
REESE, THOMAS H
REESE, WILLIAM
REGAN, LESTER
REGINA, CHARLES
REGINNIS, ALEX

WELSH

PARTING TENDER

27

AMERICAN
ITALIAN
POLE

1952MAR1 REGO, SAM


1946MAR28 REGONE, THOMAS

1945OCT18
1913APR15
1901NOV20
1947FEB4

RENOUDE, EVERETT
REOME, CHARLES LESTER
REPATI, OBERTI
REYES, PABLO P

1896MAY30
1923SEP6
1937JUN21
1899OCT14
1919AUG28
1934JUN26
1952AUG21
1912NOV27
1939JAN28
1981APR15

REYNOLDS, GEORGE
REYNOLDS, JOE
REYNOLDS, JOHN
REYNOLDS, ROBERT
REYNOLDS, WILLIAM
RHOADES, JOSEPH W
RHODES, FRANCIS
RHODES, HARRY L
RHODES, JEFF L
RHODES, JOHN

1907FEB6
1906JAN25
1904OCT28
1908SEP14
1889JAN11

RHOMSICK, JOHN
RIBOR, MIKE
RICCIE, JIM
RICCO, JOE
RICE, C.D

1896APR3

RICE, GILES L

AMERICAN
AMERICAN
HUNGARIAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN

M
M

4 CORYELL MINING LEASING


ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.

FIRE-BOSS
MINER

32
45

M
M

DRIVER
MINER

ITALIAN

53
35

30

39
29
18

S
S

MINER
MINER
MINER

45
38
42

M
M
M

18

JIG-TENDER
MINER

11

46
27

MINER
ROAD WORKER

28
25

STABLEBOSS

37

ENGLE
COLUMBINE
FREDERICK
MATCHLESS
HASTINGS

WEL
LAS
BOU
LAS

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

MUTUAL COAL

CRESTED BUTTE
MUTUAL

MOFFAT COAL

RUGBY NO. 6
MOFFAT NO. 1 & NO. 2

HUE
ROU

ROOF FALL
ROOF FALL

S. S. MAGOFFIN, INC.

MORLEY
ESTES PARK
GLADSTONE
OAKDALE
CITY
SOMERSET

LAS
LAR
TEL
BOU
HUE
LAP
GUN

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

BOULDER VALLEY NO. 3


TABASCO
SMUGGLER UNION
LUDLOW

WEL
LAS
SAM
LAS

ROOF FALL
PULLED AROUND MAIN SHAFT LINE
FIRE
HEART FAILURE

TOM BOY

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.


MID CONTINENT Resources Incorporated

OURAY
TOLLER
WADGE
DUTCH CREEK #1 MINE

SAM
CLE
PAR
TEL
JEF
ELP
OUR
LAS
ROU
PIT

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

COLORADO COAL & IRON CO.

SOPRIS
MIDWAY
TERCIO NO. 3
DELAGUA
CAMERON

LAS
HUE
LAS
LAS
HUE

FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK

GILES

BOU

TAMPING POWDER WITH IRON BAR

2 UTAH FUEL CO.


BOULDER VALLEY COAL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON

HUE
HUE
GAR

PIT
FRE
LAS
LAK
GUN
HUE

HUERFANO COAL CO.

MINER
MINER

PICTOU
HUERFANO
VULCAN

FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BY FALL OF ROCK
RUN OVER BY MACHINE TRUCK
STRUCK BY CAGE
DUST EXPLOSION

SPRING GULCH
ROCKVALE NO. 1
CUATRO

7 OAKDALE COAL

37

LONDON BUTTE GOLD MINES CO.


JOE DANDY

AMERICAN

AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN

MINER
MINER
MINER
DRIVER

44
32
17
18

Cause of Death

CANON CITY COAL CO.


COLORADO FUEL & IRON

54

MINER
CHUCKTENDER
MUCKER & TRAMMER

16

County

OUR
REECE & AUSTIN LESSEES
COLORADO FUEL & IRON

AMERICAN

REGRETTO, S
REID, EDWARD
REIFENRATH, EDMUND
REINHAMMER, FRANK
REITA, MIKE
RELLICK, JONATHAN
RELSE, NICK

Mine

48

COLORED
AMERICAN

1910FEB14
1941SEP13
1927NOV21
1900AUG17
1915FEB11
1906FEB12
1922SEP22

Company name

F.E.R.A. PROJECT NO. 22


IDARADO MINING CO.
2

M
M
S
S

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

Company name

1959JUN18
1960NOV4
1893JAN10
1899AUG6
1940DEC10

RICE, HARRY G
RICE, PAUL D
RICH, MIKE
RICHARDS, ALFRED T
RICHARDS, EVAN

CASTLE CONCRETE CO.


WARREN KUYKENDALL
UNION PACIFIC COAL

1926MAY11
1927APR1
1898MAY21
1897DEC10
1934SEP25

RICHARDS, GEORGE
RICHARDS, J B
RICHARDS, JOHN
RICHARDS, THOMAS B
RICHARDSON, CARL K

AMERICAN
AMERICAN

40

1921MAR8
1896OCT20
1924FEB16
1951AUG24
1937APR14
1925SEP15

RICHARDSON, JAMES
RICHARDSON, WILLIAM
RICHMOND, ARTHUR C
RICKETS, MAXWELL B
RICKMAN, HARVEY
RICO, EULALIO

SCOTCH

MOTORMAN

12

24

2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

AMERICAN

PICK MINER

15

37

1 COLORADO LUMBER & INVESTMENT

MEXICAN

LOADER
PICK MINER

23
32

S
S

50

JEWELL COLLIERIES CORP.


TIMBERMAN
MINER

U.S. MINES OF COLORADO, INC.

CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.


CALIENTE COAL CO.

RIEBE, CHRIS H
RIEK, EBEN
RIGGIO, FRANCISCO JR.
RIMAN, ANTON
RINKER, CLIFFORD
RINNA, FRANK
RIPPI, W. I

1907NOV26
1897SEP3
1913MAR15
1907DEC7

RISETTI, AUGUST
RISSEL, LOUIS
RISTOFF, GEORGE
RITCH, THOMAS

1915MAR12
1922FEB24
1927FEB27
1911NOV25
1906APR19
1907MAY19
1910JAN5
1916AUG2
1897JAN11
1884JAN24

RITZ, ANDY J
RIVERA, CASIMERO
RIVERA, FRANK
RIZZE, ALBINO
RIZZI, ELLIOTT
RIZZI, JOE
RIZZIA, PETER
RIZZO, TONY
ROACH, HENRY
ROACH, MILES

1899JUL14
1914FEB24
1909JUN15
1895OCT5
1935MAR27

ROAX, JOSEPH
ROBAK, JOHN
ROBERTS, CLAUDE
ROBERTS, EDWARD
ROBERTS, ELMER

1957JAN21

ROBERTS, HAROLD

MACHINEMAN HELPER

35

ITALIAN
ITALIAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
AMERICAN

TRAPPER
MINER
LOADER
OVEN CHANGER
ENGINEER

17
38
33
19
32

S
M
S
S
M

ITALIAN

26

MACEDONIAN
ITALIAN

COMPANY MAN
MINER
MINER
MINER

22
38

M
M

AMERICAN
AMERICAN
SPANISH
AUSTRIAN
TYROLESE
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN

LABORER
TIPPLE LABORER
MUCKER
MINER
MINER
LABORER
MINER
MINER

34
50
40
34
19
38
22
38

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
FRENCH

TIMBERMAN
MINER

27
61

S
S

MINER

32

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

UNION CARBIDE NUCLEAR CO.

HIT IN HEAD BY DIPPER


IMPROPER BLASTING PROCEDURE
FELL FROM LADDER
MINE CAR DERAILMENT

SILVER LAKE
ORPHAN BELL
FAVORITE

SAM
PAR
SAJ
ELP
SAM

FELL WITH STULL DOWN MANWAY 85 FEET


FELL DOWN A RAISE
PREMATURE EXPLOSION
DRILLED INTO MISSED SHOT
SUFFOCATION

LAS
ELP
MES

FREDERICK
GENEVA
GARFIELD
RESERVOIR NO. 22
RAVENWOOD

LAK
HUE

ELECTROCUTED
FALLING THROUGH LADDER-WAY
FALLING IN FRONT OF A TRIP OF CARS
PREMATURE EXPLOSION
PINNED AGAINST POST
FALL OF ROCK

SLEEPY-HOLLOW
FOREST QUEEN

GIL
GUN

DROWNED
FELL DOWN SHAFT

QUARTZ
BRODHEAD
FREDERICK
HASTINGS
SOPRIS
TABASCO

DOL
GIL
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS

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

ACME
SUNSHINE
MONARCH NO. 1
BERWIND

BOU
GAR
BOU
LAS

FALLING DOWN SHAFT


EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF ROCK; ALIAS GEORHE STENANOFF
FALL OF ROCK

HARRIS
SOPRIS
PACIFIC
COKEDALE
ENGLE
ENGLEVILLE
SOPRIS
KENNETH
TOM BOY
CRESTED BUTTE

ROU
LAS
HUE
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
SAM
GUN

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.

FAMOUS MILL
HASTINGS
LA BELLE
BUENA VISTA
NIGGER GULCH PLACER

PIT
LAS
LAS
ELP
SUM

FELL INTO BEN & CRUSHED BY CAR


ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF ROCK
PICKING OUT MISSED HOLE
FALL OF ROCK

RICO ARGENTINE MINING CO.


TEMPLE FUEL

Cause of Death

KING
LUCKY GUS
CRESTON

53

JACK DRILLER

County

MON
PAR
TEL
LAS

32

1895AUG29 RICONO, MARTIN


1885MAY16 RIDGELY,
1937DEC20
1895AUG17
1917JUL16
1908NOV23
1915JUL13
1915AUG2
1917MAR9

Mine

RUN OVER, CRUSHED BY TRACTOR

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

1917NOV21 ROBERTS, HAROLD JOHN


1925MAY5
1937FEB25
1950NOV6
1896APR30

ROBERTS, IDRIS
ROBERTS, JAMES C
ROBERTS, JERRY W
ROBERTS, JOHN

1929MAY12
1899NOV20
1884JAN24
1952DEC1
1903JUN23

ROBERTS, O E
ROBERTS, ROBERTS J
ROBERTS, THOMAS
ROBERTS, WILBUR E
ROBERTSON, JOHN

1899MAR17
1919FEB12
1898SEP14
1896APR10
1915MAY21
1895MAY10

ROBINSON, ALBERT
ROBINSON, C.
ROBINSON, FREDERICK
ROBSON, EDWARD
ROCCHIO, TONY
ROCOCOMICH, B

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

LABORER
WELSH
AMERICAN

FIRE BOSS
MINER

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

Company name

18
25
2

MINER

42
25

M
S

32

2 THE CANON-RELIANCE COAL CO.


VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
ERNEST HICKS & SON

TIMBERMAN

44

CANON
WADGE
HIDDEN TREASURE
ROCKY MT. TUNNEL

LAP
GAR

FALL OF ROOF
BD. NEW CASTLE;9 CHILDREN IN GILCHRIST, IL

IDEAL

SUM
HUE

SOMERSET
BUTTE VALLEY
STARKVILLE
VETA MINES, INC.

GUN
HUE
LAS
SAM

FELL 580 FEET DOWN STEEP INCLINE


EXPLOSION OF GIANT CAPS
CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK (WATER TUNNEL)
HAULAGE
FACE FALL
FALL OF ROOF
STRUCK ON HEAD BY TIMBER

CALUMET
CARBONERO
CRIPPLE CREEK

HUE
GAR
TEL

CRUSHED BY SHUTTLE-BUGGY
FALL OF ROCK
CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING
FROZEN CRUST FELL & CRUSHED HIM

CRESTED BUTTE
PINON
HASTINGS
SEDALIA
VULCAN
KEYSTONE
PALISADE
GREEN CANON
CHANDLER
Hi-WAY

GUN
HUE
LAS
LAK
GAR
GAR
MES
LAS
FRE
BOU

EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST


FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
FELL INTO ORE BIN
EXPLOSION
FALL OF DOWNSLATE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FELL DOWN SHAFT
HAULAGE

DENVER FUEL CO.


COLORADO FUEL & IRON
7 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

GREEN CANON
SOPRIS
PRIMERO
SOPRIS
MIDWAY

LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
HUE

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK

2 TEMPLE FUEL CO.

BRODHEAD NO. 9

LAS

FALL OF ROCK

5 COLORADO FUEL & IRON

1909APR21 RODENBUCH, JAMES


1896FEB18 RODENSKY, FRED

MEXICAN
GERMAN

MINER
MINER

58
40

M
M

1
9

1927NOV20
1914AUG14
1957MAY8
1945SEP1
1943NOV11
1905MAY5
1937APR22

RODER, ERIC
RODRIGUEZ, BRIGIDIO
RODRIGUEZ, ROBERT
RODRIQUEZ, EARNEST
RODRIQUEZ, RALPH
ROE, JAMES
ROGERS, EDWIN

AMERICAN
MEXICAN

SKIPTENDER
MINER

21
32

SCOTCH

MACHINE MAN
ROAD & TIMBERMAN
MINER

1959AUG4
1924APR3
1934APR1
1942JAN8

ROGERS, GEORGE DAVID


ROGERS, JEFFERSON T
ROGERS, JOHN M
ROGERS, LEROY J

AMERICAN
AMERICAN

MINER
MACHINE HELPER
PICK MINER
DUMP LEASER

1884JAN24
1907AUG28
1917APR27
1899DEC12
1896FEB18
1906MAY9
1919MAR29
1910FEB24
1932SEP8
1947OCT17

ROGERS, THOMAS
ROGO, GEORGE
ROKICH, STEVE
ROLAND, SHANNON
ROLANDO, ANDY
ROLITTO, JOE
ROLLETTO, JOE
ROLLY, JOE
ROMANO, JOE
ROMANO, JOHN

SLAVONIAN
AUSTRIAN

1909DEC14
1888AUG29
1910JAN31
1922MAR24
1903MAR3

ROMEREZ, E.
ROMERO, ANTONO
ROMERO, APIFINIO
ROMERO, CHARLES
ROMERO, DANIEL

MEXICAN
AMERICAN
MEXICAN

TRAPPER
MACHINE RUNNER
MINER

1932MAR9

ROMERO, ELOY

MEXICAN

PICK MINER

M
M
M

MINER
MINER

36
27

M
S

ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
AMERICAN

MINER
MINER
COMPANY MAN
MINER
MACHINE LOADER
LOADERMAN

30
17

S
S

40
25
62

M
S

MEXICAN

MINER

35

COLORADO FUEL & IRON


MICHIGAN SEWER CONSTRUCTORS
CALUMET FUEL
BUTTE VALLEY COAL

NEILSON & KLINGENSMITH


1 CALUMET FUEL CO.
2 GILSON ASPHALTUM CO.
ELKTON CO.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON

PALISADE COAL & SUPPLY


9
42

12

16
45
23

S
M
S

26

LAK
CLE
GUN

PERIN'S PEAK
VULCAN

58

23
51
32

RUNAWAY MOTOR & SOME EMPTY CARS


FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF
FALLING ROCK IN STOPE

PEASE-KANSAS
LEADER
FREMONT
SOPRIS

ITALIAN

5
15

THROWN INTO POND AND DROWNED

FRE
ROU
MES
GIL

SLAB OF ROCK FELL


ASPHYXIATED BY CARBONIC ACID GAS
TIMBERS FALLING DOWN SHAFT
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS (CH4)

MINER
TIMBERMAN HELPER

M
M

SUM

HUE

55

61
30

Cause of Death

PIT
TEL
GIL
BOU
FRE
LAS

JACKSON
CRESTED BUTTE
WHITEPINE
MAITLAND
HJ

MINER

County

CAVE OF FINE DIRT WHILE TIMBERING A DRIFT


CAUGHT BY CLOTHES IN WHIRLING SHAFT
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
STRUCK BY FALLING ROCKS IN MANWAY
HIY BY MINE CAR

COLORADO COAL AND IRON


CALLAHAN ZINC, LEAD CO.
SCOTCH

Mine

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.


LOUISVILLE-LAFAYETTE

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

1954SEP28

Name

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

29
18

15

1923FEB17
1922MAR24
1895JUN21
1922JAN30

ROMERO, JOSE
ROMERO, POLINIO
ROMERO, ROBERT E
ROMERO, SAPINERO
ROMINES, ROBERT

AMERICAN

MACHINE MINER
MACHINE HELPER
MINER
PICK MINER

1907JAN31
1923AUG16
1929MAR8
1910NOV8
1910NOV8

RONCHIETTA, CLAUD
ROPER, JOSEPH S
ROQUE, PABLO
RORIGUEZ, A
RORIGUEZ, F

ITALIAN

MINER

MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN

PICK MINER
MINER
MINER

1927DEC30
1891JAN24
1901DEC19
1904OCT28
1910DEC23
1910NOV8

ROSCOE, FRANK
ROSEPORICH, MIKE
ROSETTI, PETE
ROSETTI, SAM
ROSHOFF, GEORGE
ROSILIOS, E.

POLISH

TIMBERMAN

ITALIAN
BULGARIAN
MEXICAN

MINER
MINER
MINER

1920DEC13 ROSKOSKI, FELIX


1934MAY25 ROSKOSKI, JOE

POLE
AMERICAN

DRIVER
MACHINE LOADER

1904NOV30
1898JUL5
1959MAY30
1898JAN16
1896FEB18
1924AUG27
1907FEB15

ROSOGIANDO, CANDIDO
ROSS, CHARLES
ROSS, CHARLES M
ROSS, JOHN
ROSS, NICK
ROSSETTI, GREGORIO
ROSSI, JOHN

ITALIAN
ITALIAN

1919MAR31
1893JAN10
1893JAN10
1919MAR22

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

Company name

MINER
MEXICAN
AMERICAN

ROOF FALL
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL

MORLEY
DELAGUA
DELAGUA

HUE
LAK
LAS
LAS
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF SMALL SLAB OF SOFT GROUND
FALL OF TOP COAL & ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT

GRANT
CALEDONIA
PORTER
TERCIO NO. 3
PRIMERO
DELAGUA

WEL
BOU
LAP
LAS
LAS
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
FALL OF COAL
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT

LUDLOW
BRODHEAD NO. 9

LAS
LAS

CRUSHED UNDER A LOADED CAR


FALL OF ROCK

GREENVILLOE
NEW CASTLE

LAS
GAR

ORIENT IRON
VULCAN
BERWIND
BRODHEAD

SAG
GAR
LAS
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL;DAU IN ITALY
CRUSHED BY DOZER
FALLING ORE
EXPLOSION
ELECTROCUTED
SUFFOCATION BY GAS FROM GOB FIRE

EMPIRE
KINK
KING
OAK HILLS NO. 1

LAS
PAR
PAR
ROU

GAS EXPLOSION DUE TO ELECTRIC ARC

ANTHRACITE
MAGNET
GORHAM
HASTINGS NO. 2

GUN
FRE
BOU
LAS

WHITE ASH
GLOBE
JEWEL
GILMAN
RAVENWOOD

JEF
BOU
BOU
EAG
HUE

FALL OF ROCK
DELAYED SHOT
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROOF
CRUSHED BY FALLING SLAB
DRWONED BY INUNDATION OF WATER FROM SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FELL DOWN STOPE
FALL OF ROCK

HUERFANO COAL CO.


BALDY COAL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
CRESTED BUTTE ANTHRACITE CO.

LUDLOW
BALDY
FREDERICK
SMITH-ANTHRACITE
CRESTED BUTTE

LAS
LAS
LAS
GUN
GUN

FALL OF ROCK
HAULAGE
FALL OF ROOF
FALLING DOWN CHUTE
FALL OF COAL

ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.

SOUTHWESTERN

LAS

EXPLOSION OF GAS & DUST

49

ROUTT-PINNACLE COAL CO.

29
28
28
27
32

S
M
M

COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.


VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

20

58

ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.


UNITED COAL CO.

17
35
30

S
M
M

18
56

S
M

HUERFANO COAL CO.


2 TEMPLE FUEL CO.

MINER
MINER
CONTRACTOR

25
50

S
M

ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN

RUSTLER
PICK MINER
MINER

28
41

S
M
S

ROSSI, M R
ROSSI, PETER
ROSSI, THOMAS K
ROSSMAN, FRANK

ITALIAN

PICK MINER

39

AUSTRIAN

ROPE-RIDER

30

1905MAR31
1905JUN26
1917OCT4
1904APR6
1955APR19
1889SEP9
1920JUN30
1912SET30
1952AUG13
1929MAY1

ROSTER, VITAL
ROTCHIO, TONY
ROUTE, ROCCO
ROVENSIKE, JOSEPH
ROWE, EDWARD J
ROWE, RICHARD
ROY, CUSTARD
ROY, JOHN
ROYAL, ARTHUR C
ROYBAL, ELROY

FRENCH
ITALIAN
ITALIAN
RUSSIAN

MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER

32
39
23
34

S
M
M
M

1939OCT30
1945SEP4
1948DEC27
1923SEP18
1901OCT11

ROYBAL, ERNEST
ROYBAL, VICTOR
ROYBALL, GILBERT
ROYCE, OSCAR
ROZIMAN, STEVE

AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN

FACEMAN
DUMPER
MINER

1923MAY5

ROZMAN, TONY

AUSTRIAN

COMPANY MAN

PRYOR

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

WALKER BROTHERS

AMERICAN
ITALIAN

MACHINE MINER
MINER

26
26

N
S

MEXICAN

MACHINE RUNNER

34

24
17

12

37

Cause of Death

HUE
LAS
LAS
ROU

COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.


COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

MORLEY
ROBINSON
SOPRIS
STARKVILLE
ROUTT-PINNACLE

County

LAS

S
S

2
30

Mine

2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.


4 EMPIRE COAL CO.
UNION PACIFIC COAL
UNION PACIFIC COAL
2 MOFFAT COAL

1 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL


CHARLES SIMPSON
GOLDEN FUEL CO.
0 AJAX COAL MINING CO.
NEW JERSEY ZINC CO.
2 CALIENTE COAL CO.

RUN OVER BY TWO LOADED CARS

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

1903JUL28

RUA, JOHN

ITALIAN

1936FEB4
1912AUG29
1901NOV20
1905AUG2

RUBCIC, THOMAS
RUBIN, ALFRED
RUBOL, JOHN
RUDELATTE, BARTALO

SLAV
GERMAN

1907JAN23
1928MAR15
1929DEC12
1898JUN6
1910JAN31

RUDOLF, GIULIO
RUFFLE, LUTZ
RUIZ, LIBERIO
RULE, JAMES
RUMMINGS, JAMES

1896JUL20
1896FEB8
1937AUG6
1896DEC18
1896DEC18
1913AUG18

RUNDLE, JAMES
RUNKLE, JACOB
RUPPEL, JOHN
RUSK, GABNEL
RUSS, GABRIEL
RUSSAC, JOHN

1914AUG29 RUSSELL, CHARLES


1921FEB5
RUSSELL, JOHN
1899JAN1
1884JAN24
1924JUL24
1938FEB24
1896MAY5
1916NOV7
1910NOV8

RUSSELL, M. E
RUTHERFORD, JOHN
RUTLEDGE, MAURICE S
RYAN, CHARLES R
RYAN, MIKE D
RYMES, WALTER
SABALLO, LOUIS

1906JUN30
1921FEB10
1912JAN31
1897JUL24

Occupation

MINER
PICK MINER
MINE BOSS

Years Mining
Experience

20

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

32
50
48

M
M

ITALIAN

TIMBERMAN

28

HUNGARIAN
AMERICAN
MEXICAN

MINER
MINER & MILLMAN
PICK MINER

35
28
40

S
M

AMERICAN

DRIVER

28

MINER

NEGRO
AMERICAN

MULEDRIVER
MACHINE MINER

1 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.


5

COLORADO FUEL & IRON


3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON

46

20

DRIVER
INSPECTOR

CRESSON CONSOL. GOLD MINING

21

see GABNEL RUSK


COLORADO FUEL & IRON

45

M
S

0 CHICOSA FUEL
TEMPLE FUEL CO.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON

MINER
MINER

SABO, LOT
SACCOCI, JOE
SACCOMONI, RAFAEL
SADLER, PATRICK

HUNGARIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN

MINER
MACHINE MINER

1907OCT5
1961FEB26
1921NOV14
1907JAN23
1932FEB1
1921JUN25
1927NOV30
1895OCT19
1917SEP28
1904JUL12

SAFFONATO, GUISEPPI
SAGE, WILLIAM JAMES
SAID, NICANOR
SAJN, GIOANNI
SAKRADIA, LOUIS
SALAS, ALBERT
SALAS, JOE
SALATHIEL, JOHN
SALAZAR, DAVID
SALAZAR, O.

ITALIAN

MINER

1919JAN18
1927FEB18
1899JAN25
1935APR25
1904OCT28

SALDIVAR, SERAFIN
SALFISBERG, ROBERT
SALMELA, ESA
SALOMA, V E
SALTER, FRANK

1920JAN10

SALVATI, ANTONIO

MEXICAN
HUNGARIAN
SIBERIAN
MEXICAN

PICK MINER
DAY MAN
MACHINE MINER
TRAPPER
ROPE RIDER

12

6
15
3

49
20

S
S

23
32
23

M
M
S

31
20
25
30
37
18
24

M
S
S
M
S
M
S
M

MEXICAN
MEXICAN

MINER
MINER

32
35

AMERICAN

POT MAN
TRAMMER

19
22

GERMAN

MUCKER
FIRE BOSS

33
35

S
S

ITALIAN

PICK MINER

41

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.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL

MISSED SHOT
FALL OF TOP COAL
GAS EXPLOSION
FIRE
FALL OF ROOF

PRIMERO

LAS
SAG
HUE
PIT
LAS

EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT


FELL INTO OPEN STOPE
FALL OF POT ROCK
ROCK WITH BAR
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST

VIRGINIUS
VIRINIUS
TABASCO

SAM
GUN
TEL
OUR
OUR
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
SLIPPED & FELL ABOUT 50 FEET
CAGE FALLING DOWN SHAFT
CAGE FALLING DOWN SHAFT
KICKED BY MULE

FORBES NO. 9
BRODHEAD NO. 9

LAS
LAS

CRUSHED BY LOADED CAR AND PILLAR


FALL OF ROCK

LAFAYETTE
CRESTED BUTTE
CORLEY NO. 6
FOREST QUEEN
LOMA
DELAGUA

ELP
GUN
FRE
FRE
LAK
HUE
LAS

FELL INTO OPEN SHAFT


EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
CAUGHT IN SHAFT
MACHINERY (HOIST)
FELL DOWN SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT

ENGLE
KEBLER NO. 1
ROYAL
GOLD COIN

LAS
HUE
LAS
ELP

FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK
FALLING DOWN SHAFT
FELL FROM BUCKET DOWN SHAFT

PRIMERO

LAS
LAK
HUE
LAS
WEL
HUE
ROU
ELP
BOU
LAS

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 TOP COAL
FALL OF ROOF

TERCIO NO. 3

PUE
SAJ
SAM
SAM
LAS

CLOTHES CAUGHT IN A ORE MIXER


CAUGHT IN SNOWSLIDE & CARRIED DOWN MTN.
DRILLED INTO MISSED HOLE
FELL DOWN ORE PASS WHILE TRAMMING
EXPLOSION

PRIMERO

LAS

FALL OF ROCK

PICTOU
SLEEPY HOLLOW
PRIMERO

ESTELLA MAE
PRIMERO
BOULDER VALLEY
CAMERON
HAYDEN NO. 3
AMERICAN EAGLE
STANDARD
PRIMERO

TELLURIDE MINING & MILLING


6 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

Cause of Death

HUE
LAS
LAS
SAM
LAS

SMUGGLER UNION

12

County

WALSEN
DELAGUA
PIEDMONT
SMUGGLER UNION
STARKVILLE

27
CORLEY COAL CO.

POLISH
MEXICAN

Mine

SMUGGLER-UNION
HOLLEY

MINER
LEASER

GREEK

Company name

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Mine

SALVATI, SOSIO

ITALIAN

PICK MINER

1903APR29
1895JUL11
1917SEP11
1906JUL11

SALVATOR, TORRI
SALVO, FRANK
SALZAR, MAGUEL
SAM, PETE

ITALIAN

MINER
MINER
CAR LOADER
DRIVER

20

PRIMERO
COAL CREEK NO. 2

19
21

DELAGUA

1941AUG1
1910NOV8
1937NOV11
1920MAY26
1932SEP22

SAMORA, JOHN
SAMPSON, JAMES
SAMS, JAMES
SAMSON, ALEX
SAMUNDIO, FELIPE

36
40
22
44

M
M

MEXICAN

MINER
DRIVER
MACHINEMAN
TRAMMER
PICK MINER

1903JUN25
1901NOV20
1945MAY12
1923AUG21
1949OCT6
1937JAN26

SAN FELIPE, JOSEPH


SANBORO, GUS
SANCHEZ, ALFONSO
SANCHEZ, DOMINGO
SANCHEZ, EDUARDO
SANCHEZ, ELOY

ITALIAN

MINER

34

MEXICAN

39
31

AMERICAN

MACHINE MINER
MOTORMAN
MACHINE MINER

M
M
M

BEAR CANON COAL


1 TEMPLE FUEL CO.
EMPIRE ZINC CO.
5 PERINO COAL CO.

1945JUL20
1902AUG7

SANCHEZ, FELIPE
SANCHEZ, JOE

MEXICAN

MACHINE RUNNER

26

1917APR3
1910MAR24
1904AUG11
1885JUL14
1937JUN10
1894NOV17
1926NOV10

SANCHEZ, JOSE EMILIO


SANCHEZ, MARIANO
SANCHEZ, THEODORE
SANDEE, EPHRAIM
SANDERCOOK, STANLEY
SANDERS, ALBERT
SANDLIN, GERALD DEAN

MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN

MINER
MINER
MINER

28
40
22

M
M
S

0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON


5

TIMBERMAN

32
27
20

S
S

1919JUL16
1919SEP15
1952AUG29
1930JUL31

SANDOR, LOUIS
SANDOVAL, FRANK
SANDOVAL, G PHILLIPS
SANDOVAL, JASPER

HUNGARIAN
MACHINE MINER
SPANISH-AMER MACHINE MINER

41
29

M
M

29

1927JAN7
1899DEC2
1901NOV20
1915OCT5
1928JAN9
1922FEB23
1946APR19
1929SEP6
1947JUN10
1895MAR22

SANDOVAL, LOUIS M
SANDSTROM, ANTONIO W
SANDSTROM, IRA
SANEFF, NICK
SANICH, GEORGE
SANKEY, ANTONE
SANSTROM, CARL
SANTARELLI, THOMAS P
SANTARELLI, TONY
SANTI, GEOVANNI

AMERICAN

MACHINE RUNNER

46

BULGARIAN
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN

MINER
TRACKMAN
PICK MINER
MINER
MINE FOREMAN
OPERATOR
MINER

24
38

27
44
40
51
40
54

M
M
M
M
M

1 OAKDALE COAL
4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
MIDNIGHT MINING CO.
5 CANON IMPERIAL COAL CO.
DOUBLE DICK COAL CO.

1925DEC31
1942NOV23
1913MAR7
1910OCT8
1910OCT8

SANTI, JIM
SANTILLANES, MIKE
SANTISEVAN, FIDEL
SANTOGROSSI, SAVINO
SANTOGROSSI, U.

19

45

M
M
S
S

5 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.


BUTTE VALLEY COAL
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON

1917AUG20 SAPP, VICTOR

COLORED

14

37

Marital Number of
Company name
Status Surviving
Children
S
OAKDALE COAL CO.

1922JUL20

ITALIAN

10

Age at
Death

HUERFANO COAL
1 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
BUTTERFLY CONSOLIDATED MINES

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.

HAYDEN COAL

AMERICAN

MACHINEMAN

FURNACE MAN

AMERICAN

21

20
9

ITALIAN

PICK MINER

MEXICAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN

OILER
MINER
MINER

23
23
19

TRAMWAY GRIPAMN

35

FALL OF ROCK

LAS
SAM
LAS

FALL OF COAL
FALLING IN FRONT OF PIT CARS ON ENTRY
CAUGHT BETWEEN CAR AND CHUTE
FALL OF ROOF

PINNACLE

LAS
LAS
SAM
SAM
ROU

ROOF FALL
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OR ROCK
FALL OF COAL

HASTINGS NO. 2
SMUGGLER UNION
BEAR CANON NO. 6
BRODHEAD NO.9
GILMAN
NEWLAN CREEK

LAS
SAM
LAS
LAS
EAG
FRE

FALL OF ROOF
FIRE
FACE FALL
ELECTROCUTED
PINNED BETWEEN CAR & WALL OF DRIFT
FALL OF ROCK

HAYDEN NO. 4
BOWEN

ROU
LAS

ROOF FALL
EXPLOSION

FREDERICK
ENGLE
GRAY CREEK

LAS
LAS
LAS
JEF
PAR
GIL
SAG

FALL OF OCK
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
PREMATURE BLAST
FELL DOWN SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
DELAYED EXPLOSION OF HOLE

CAMERON
BONCARBO
CLIMAX

HUE
LAS
LAK
LAP

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FELL 15 FEET TO CEMENT FLOOR
SCALDED BY MOLTEN METAL

BRODHEAD NO. 9
DIAMOND SHAFT
SMUGGLER UNION
OAKDALE
ROBINSON NO. 2
SOPRIS
ASPEN
CARBON
DOUBLE DICK
ROUSE

LAS
LAK
SAM
HUE
HUE
LAS
PIT
FRE
FRE
HUE

FALL OF ROCK
FITTING COME LOOSE ON BOILER
FIRE
FALL OF TOP CAR AND BONE
ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
HAULAGE
FALL OF ROCK

ROBINSON NO. 2
BUTTE VALLEY
SOPRIS
STARKVILLE
STARKVILLE

HUE
HUE
LAS
LAS
LAS

FALL OF ROOF
GAS EXPLOSION
CRUSHED BETWEEN TWO GEAR-WHEELS
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP

SAJ

LOST BALANCE AND FELL

LUDLOW
DELAGUA

PERIGO-BLACKHAWK

TEMPLE FUEL CO.

Cause of Death

HUE

JEFFERSON CO. COAL


LONDON MINES & MILLING CO.

4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.


3 AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING
STEARNS - ROGERS MFG. CO.
AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING

County

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Company name
Status Surviving
Children
S
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

1915JAN26

SARACH, TONY

AUSTRIAN

MINER

1939JAN30
1914MAY8
1909FEB8
1918JUN3

SARACINO, LORENZ
SARIS, JOHN
SARMORA, MARTIN
SARRIS, SAMUEL

GREEK
MEXICAN
GREEK

TRUCK DRIVER
MINER
MINER
MINER

27
48
22
26
25

1910NOV8
1918JAN17
1898NOV9
1917JUL13
1912FEB8

SARSON, ANTON
SASICHI, STEVE
SASITO, GEORGE
SASSATELLI, ETAR
SASSATELLI, GUISEPPI

AUSTRIAN
SERVIAN
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN

MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER

33
23
29
35
45

M
M
S
S
M

1910NOV8
1919JUN19
1899MAR24
1917JUN22
1922MAR24
1941DEC13

SASSONA, GUISEPPI
SAVAGE, HENRY
SAVARINO, BIAGIO
SAVIKS, JOHN
SAVIO, PETE L
SAVOY, JOSEPH

ITALIAN
COLORED,AMER
ITALIAN
SLAV
AMERICAN

MINER
DRIVER

25
50
35
38
25

S
S
M
M
M

1910NOV8
1910OCT8

SAW, A.
SCAFRANSKI, JOSEF

JAPANESE
POLE

MINER
MINER

28
38

S
M

1896FEB18
1896FEB18
1887FEB23
1896MAY12
1896JUL20
1928SEP21
1926NOV24

SCAIFE, ALEXANDER
SCAIFE, ALEXANDER
SCANZONI, FRANCISCO
SCAVARDO, MIKE
SCHAJATONCK, ELAY
SCHEMERLING, AUGUST
SCHENAR, LOUIS

AMERICAN
AMERICAN

MINER
MINER

17

S
S

1927JAN27
1923JAN12
1935MAR1
1893FEB11

SCHENKIER, LEE
SCHENKIER, WALTER
SCHERRER, ALBERT R
SCHEUMAN, WILLIAM

1893JAN10
1877OCT15
1898DEC6
1928AUG17
1917FEB8
1886JAN5
1934JUN5
1914JUN28
1939JUN23
1926NOV27

SCHIDA, JOSEPH
SCHIMEL, JOHN
SCHITRA, STEVE
SCHMALZRIED, J R
SCHMIDT, JOHN
SCHMIDT, JOHN
SCHMIDT, PAUL
SCHMITZ, MATT
SCHOLES, EDWARD W
SCHOOLER, O S

1943DEC19
1916MAR15
1927OCT12
1898FEB15
1918DEC2

SCHRAFEL, WALTER V
SCHRAUDNER, JOHN
SCHROEDER, FRITZ J
SCHULTZ, JOHN
SCHULTZ, STEVE

1914MAR18 SCHUMAKER, GABRIEL

MINER
MACHINE MINER
MINER

M
S
M
S

FLORESTA
PRYOR
STARKVILLE
DELAGUA
BORDHEAD
FREMONT
LOMA
ROBINSON

LAS
LAS
FRE
HUE
HUE

EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT


ELECTRIC SHOCK
CRUSHED BY CAGE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK

LAS
HUE

3 PIKE'S PEAK FUEL


1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
CRESTED BUTTE COAL

DELAGUA
CADDELL
VICTOR NO. 1
PIKEVIEW
SOPRIS
BULKLEY NO. 2

ELP
LAS
GUN

EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT


CAR RUNNING OVER HIM
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF TOP COAL
EXPLOSION
ROOF FALL

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON

DELAGUA
STARKVILLE

LAS
LAS

EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT


EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP

VULCAN

GAR

EL MORO
BROOKSIDE
DEEP SHAFT

LAS
FRE
PIT
LAK
LAS

EXPLOSION
BD. NEW CASTLE
FALL OF TOP COAL
FALL OF ROCK
FELL DOWN OPEN SHAFT
CARRIED DOWN CHUTE BY ORE
FALL OF ROCK

LAS
HUE
BOU
HUE

FELL DOWN INTAKE AIR SHAFT


STRUCK BY A TRIP OF LOADED CARS
FALL OF ROCK
SCALDED BY STEAM FROM BURSTED PIPE

PAR
CLE
FRE
TEL
BOU
HUE
LAK
LAS
HUE
HUE

CRUSHED TO DEATH
FALL OF COAL
FELL UNDER CAR
FALL OF TOP COAL
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF CUT HOLES
BURNED BY AN EXPLOSION OF FIREDAMP
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK

EAGLE CITY
JOBAL

MES
RIB
SAG
EAG
HUE

EXPLOSION OF WATER TANK UNDER PRESSURE


FALL OF COAL
HEART ATTACK
BLAST EXPLODED WHILE LOADED
FALL OF ROCK

YAMPA VALLEY NO. 2

ROU

FALL OF ROCK

COLORADO FUEL & IRON


3 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
2 TEMPLE FUEL
LOMA FUEL
5
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
BLACK CANON COAL & FIRE CO.

COLORADO COAL AND IRON CO.

AMERICAN
AMERICAN

MINER
TRACKLAYER
MACHINE RUNNER
MACHINE MINER
MUCKER

31
17
5

37
51
37
27
48

0 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.

SOUTHWESTERN

M
M

3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.


1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
SULLIVAN & SULLIVAN MINING
COLORADO FUEL & IRON

TOLLER
LESTER

UNION PACIFIC COAL


SLAV

MINER

AUSTRIAN

MINER
MINER
MINER
SHOTFIRER

GERMAN

30
48

60
48

3 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL

AMERICAN

COMPANY MAN

26

GERMAN
AMERICAN

MINE FOREMAN
MINER
MINER

28
35
46

M
S

POLE

MACHINE HELPER

30

HUNGARIAN

MINER

40

Cause of Death

FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF POWDER
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
CAME IN CONTACT WITH LIVE WIRE

RAVENWOOD

County

HUE
LAR
GUN
HUE
LAS

COLORADO PORTLAND CEMENT CO.


COLORADO FUEL & IRON

MINER

BOHEMIAN

Mine

ROYAL FUEL
CALUMET FUEL CO.
BARBOUR COAL CO.
UNITED STATES VANADIUM CORP.

LOMA FUEL CO.


4 YAMPA VALLEY COAL

KING
KING
BROOKLYN-GEORGETOWN
BROOKSIDE
REX NO. 1
WALSON
BALL MOUNTAIN TUNNEL
ROYAL
CALUMET NO. 2
BARBOUR
GRAND JUNCTION
POLLARD

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

1941OCT30 SCIACCA, PHILLIP

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

MINER

1910DEC19
1873SEP27
1924JAN22
1923OCT7

SCOTT, GEORGE
SCOTT, GILMER W.
SCOTT, HENRY E
SCOTT, ROBERT T

COLORED

1925SEP7
1935AUG24
1928OCT9
1951DEC20
1917JUL26

SCOTT, WILFORD
SCRUGGS, CLYDE
SCUTTE, ROCCO
SCUTTI, CHARLES
SEABREY, FRANK

1942JAN27
1919MAR19
1914AUG8
1923DEC1
1914FEB6
1904JAN26

SEARLES, GEORGE W
SEAY, JACK
SEBBEN, ANGELO
SEBBEN, J P
SEBBEN, JOHN
SEBECK, JOHN

1911JUL19
1897JAN7

SEBED, JOHN
SEBIA, MICHAEL

1894APR28
1943JAN2
1895JUL21
1920JAN4
1900MAY4
1914JUL25
1896FEB18

SECHRIST, J. W
SEDMAK, JOE
SEERBY, HORACE
SEFA, SAM
SEGARICH, MATTEO
SEGATO, ANTON
SEIGMUND, FRED

TURK
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
GERMAN

MINER
MINER

1917OCT6
1915JAN30
1920DEC20
1927SEP19

SEILLE, SAMUEL
SEIP, ALBERT
SELAVA, ESTEVAN
SELFISBERG, JOE

ITALIAN
AMERICAN
MEXICAN
AMERICAN

MINER
ROPE RIDER
PICK MINER
TRAM LINEMAN

1919DEC2
1911FEB9
1910JAN31
1919APR2
1914JUN16
1902AUG7
1941MAY2
1909MAR3
1931AUG24
1919JAN1

SELIA, ANTONIO
SELIGA, RUDOLPH
SELLARS, CHARLES
SELLILICH, MIKE
SELONZEK, JOSEPH
SENA, FELIPE
SENA, VINCENT
SENNA, NICOLITO
SEPCHEFF, STEVE
SEPE, FRANCISCO P

ITALIAN
POLE
COLORED
SERVIAN
RUSSIAN POLE
MEXICAN

MINER
MINER
DRIVER
PICK MINER
MINER
MACHINE HELPER
MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
CAGER

1910OCT8
1905MAY11
1920SEP9
1922MAR24
1912JUN18

SEPPLE, FRED
SEREJAK, FRANK
SERNA, JUAN
SERRANO, ODILAN
SERTERI, PETE

AMERICAN
SLAVONIAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
ITALIAN

1942JAN27

SERTICH, JOSEPH

COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.

MINER

49

2
STEWART SILVER REDUCING WORK
BOULDER COAL MINING CO.
5 MIDWEST COAL CO.

AMERICAN
AMERICAN

MACHINE MINER
MANAGER

5
40

22
50

S
M

ENGLISH
AMERICAN
ITALIAN

ROPE RIDER
PICK MINER
PICK MINER

10
16
5

25
29
21

S
M
S

WATCHMAN

ITALIAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN

MUCKER
MINER
MACHINE RUNNER
TIMBERMAN
MINER

POLE

MINER

MIDWEST COAL CO.

23

25
34
43
27

County

LAS

ROOF FALL

BOWEN
GEORGETOWN
BLACK DIAMOND
MIDWEST

LAS

FALL OF ROCK
MOVING BELT AND WHEEL
FALL OF POT ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS & DUST

CANON IMPERIAL COAL CO.


IDEAL CEMENT CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

WADGE

BOU
MES
LAS
FRE
LAK

M
M
M
M

3
5
1
4

COLORADO FUEL & IRON


COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
VICTOR TELLER Co.

DENVER COAL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.

Cause of Death

MORLEY

43

LOADER

MOTORMAN
MINER
PICK MINER
MACHINE MINER
MINER

Mine

MIDWEST
PROSPECT
CARBON
PORTLAND

TIMBERMAN

ITALIAN
BULGARIAN

Company name

ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF DRAW SLATE
CRUSHED BY SHOVEL DIPPER
SHOT

ROU
SAJ
SOPRIS
LAS
SOPRIS
LAS
SOPRIS
LAS
STRATTON'S INDEPENDENCE TEL

GAS EXPLOSION
SNOWSLIDE WHICH CARRIED HALF BUILDING AWAY
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY A LOADED CAR
CRUSHED UNDER THE ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE
CAGE ACCIDENT

RELIANCE
MIDLAND TRACK

HUE
LAK

FALL OF ROCK
THAWING POWDER IN OPEN FIRE

TINDAL
CRESTED BUTTE
NEWELL SHAFT
RED ASH
SOPRIS
SOPRIS
VULCAN

JEF
GUN
LAK
BOU
LAS
LAS
GAR

FALLING DOWN SHAFT


FACE-BUMP
EXPLOSION WHILE PULLING DOWN HOLE
EXPLOSION OF POWDER
FALL OF COAL
ELECTROCUTED
BD. NEW CASTLE; BODY BADLY MULTILATED

27
35
31
35

M
M
S
S

0 MARSHALL COAL CO.

32

M
M
M

3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON


2 YAMPA VALLEY COAL
7 AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING

PRIMERO
YAMPA VALLEY NO. 2
BONCARBO

LAS
ROU
LAS
SAJ

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK ON HEAD BY TUMBER

M
M
M
S
M
S

3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.


CARBON COAL & COKE
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
CALUMET FUEL
2 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL

M
S

15

35
35
34

SOPRIS NO. L
COKEDALE
PRIMERO
PERIN'S PEAK
INDUSTRIAL
BOWEN
MORLEY
BERWIND
CASTLE ROCK

LAS
LAS
LAS
LAP
BOU
LAS
LAS
LAS
GUN
PIT

FALL OF ROCK
DUST EXPLOSION, CUASED BY A BLOWN-OUT SHOT
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
RUN OVER BY MINE CARS
FALL OF TOP COAL
EXPLOSION
ROOF FALL
FALL OF ROOF
FELL ON A BURNING SLACK DUMP
STRUCK HEAD ON CAGE

10

23
44
38
47
30

S
M
M
W
M

STARKVILLE
MAJESTIC
BERWIND
SOPRIS
HASTINGS

LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS

EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP


FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
GAS EXPLOSION

WADGE

ROU

GAS EXPLOSION

15

42
26
37
36
34
34
30

COLORADO FUEL & IRON

COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.


CASTLE ROCK COAL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
5 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
1
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

1912JUN18

Name

Nationality

SERTORI, PETE
SEWARD, J L
SHACON, B.
SHADE, JOE
SHAFER, SAMUEL E

ITALIAM

1904JAN26
1904JUL13
1909SEP10
1896JUL1
1934NOV24
1923NOV24
1937NOV9
1981APR15
1919OCT29

SHAIN, TONY
SHAREN, ROBERT M
SHARP, FRANK A
SHARP, GLEN
SHARP, ISAAC

ITALIAN

1921FEB12
1910JAN24
1935OCT22
1931APR1
1922SEP23
1935MAY8

SHARP, WEAVER
SHASOFF, ELIAS
SHAW, EARL
SHAW, HERBERT
SHAW, JABE
SHAW, LAWRENCE

MEXICAN
COLORED

AMERICAN

Occupation

MINER
MINER
MOTORMAN
MINER
PICK MINER
MUCKER
MINE FOREMAN

Age at
Death
30

Marital Number of
Company name
Status Surviving
Children
M
2 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
VICTOR TELLER Co.

20

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

AMERICAN

MINER

27

1 CORYELL MINING LEASING


B. F. ALLISON DRILLIMG CO.

AMERICAN

TIMBERMAN

33

47

1 NATIONAL FUEL CO.

AMERICAN

FOREMAN

23

40

2 PACIFIC COAL MINING CO.

SHEARER, WILLIAM
SHEDD, CHARLES E
SHEELEY, WALTER
SHEFFIELD, J W
SHELDON, THOMAS H
SHELTON, JOHN
SHEPHERD, CHARLES K

1942JAN27
1958MAR7
1896JUL10
1940JAN30

SHEPHERD, FRANK G
SHERIDAN, CASEY RALPH
SHERMAN, JOHN
SHERRETT, JAMES

1952APR11
1908FEB6
1958MAY13
1938APR27
1913JUN27
1930OCT26
1950JUL25
1930JUL5
1949MAY11
1927MAR8

SHERRILL, ALFRED Wm.


SHICLEY, HARRY
SHIDELER, AARON M
SHIELDS, LEO
SHIFERO, LUKO
SHIGLEY, RAY L
SHILLING, MELVIN L
SHIMIN, EDWARD W
SHINE, FRANK J JR.
SHINTLER, JOHN

1928OCT8
1919OCT7
1926OCT14
1911JAN12
1917APR27

SHOBLO, PABLO
SHOCKEY, JEROME
SHORES, GEORGE
SHORT, JOHN
SHORT, WILLIAM

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
SHATTUCK DENN MINING CO.
CLAYTON COAL CO.
GOLDEN CYCLE CORP.
AMERICAN

AUSTRIAN

DRIVER

24

MINER
TRAMMER

31
53

GERMAN

BLACKSMITH
MILL OPERATOR
PICK MINER

53
20
61

MEXICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
SLAV
AMERICAN

PICK MINER
MACHINE RUNNER
BRAKEMAN
MINER
TRACKMAN

38

AMERICAN

MACHINE LOADER

38

35

HASTINGS
BUSHWACKER

LAS
PIT

FALL OF COAL
FALL DOWN CHUTE

VULCAN

GAR

VICTOR
PURITAN
ANNA LEE
MARY MURPHY
PACIFIC

ELP
WEL
ELP
CHA
HUE

DUST EXPLOSION
STRUCK BY TONGS
DRILLED INTO MISSED HOLE
FALL OF TOP COAL & ROCK
CAVING IN OF SHAFT
FALL THROUGH MILL HOLE
DRILLED INTO MISSED SHOT

WADGE

ROU

TOM BOY
WASHINGTON

SAM
WEL

CRIPPLE CREEK
STANDARD

TEL
BOU

CHANDLER
DELAGUA
CRESSON
OURAY
IOWA TIGER
LEADVILLE
LEYDEN NO. 3

FRE
LAS
TEL
OUR
SAJ
LAK
JEF

STRUCK BY CHUTE BAR, THROAT PUNCTURED


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

MORLEY
RED ASH
MOFFAT TUNNEL
SOUTHWESTERN
HASTINGS

LAS
BOU
GIL
LAS
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FELL FROM AN ELECTRIC MOTOR
CAUGHT BY CRAS
EXPLOSION

FRE

FALL OF ROCK

OAK HILLS NO. 2


PIKEVIEW

1913DEC16
1954JUL16
1896DEC23
1930NOV12
1896JAN4
1898SEP18
1927FEB27

EXPLOSION OF DUST
SUFFOCATED FROM POWDER SMOKE
FALL OF ROCK
CAUGHT BETWEEN CAR & RIB
FALL OF ROCK
OVEREXERTION OF POLLUTED AIR

HAYDEN NO. 3
DUTCH CREEK #1 MINE
CITY NO. 2

20

NEGRO

FREDERICK
TOLTEC
ROBINSON NO. 4

ROU
ELP
BOU
LAS
HUE
HUE

MINER

1914DEC31 SHAW, LONNIE


1896FEB23 SHEA, MICHAEL

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF TOP COAL & ROCK
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
SUFFOCATION FROM BLACK DAMP

DELAGUA

1 MOFFAT COAL CO.


4
GOLD LEAF MINING CO.
5 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
4 AZTEC COAL MINING CO.
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

32
14

LAS
OUR
ROU
PIT
ELP

3 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.

AMERICAN
AMERICAN

EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP


CAGE ACCIDENT
HIT BY RUNAWAY TRIP
CRUSHED BETWEEN CAGE & SHAFT TIMBER
CAVE IN OF SIDE WALL OF SHAFT

M
M
S
M
M
M

24

S
S

IDARADO MINING CO.


VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

S
M

IDARADO MINING CO.


COLORADO-MEXICO MINING CO.
AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING
3 LEYDEN COAL CO.

52
26
21
49
41

W
M

4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.


1 MARSHALL COAL CO.

61

S
S
1 CANON MONARCH COAL CO.

Cause of Death

LAS
TEL
LAS
GUN
FRE

39
67
41
40

PICK MINER
MINER
MINER
MUCKER & TRAMMER
MINE FOREMAN
MACHINE MINER
ROPE RIDER

County

HASTINGS
STRATTON'S INDEPENDENCE
PRIMERO
ALPINE
WINDFIELD

M
S

36
33
21
52
57
37

AMERICAN

15

Mine

26
36

3 HAYDEN COAL CO.


MID CONTINENT Resources Incorporated
2 ALEXANDER PATTERSON

AMERICAN
BULGARIAN

1936DEC28 SHORTHOUSE, CHARLES

Years Mining
Experience

GAS EXPLOSION
CRUSHED BY FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL & ROCK

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

1906DEC4

SHOSTRUM, CARL

1916DEC12
1907DEC28
1897MAR19
1888JUN12

SHOTT, F. B
SHOTTOVISH, JACOB
SHOULTZ, W. H
SHOVANNE, JOHN P

1917MAY17
1897JAN12
1903APR13
1954JUN4
1920OCT4

SHREVE, IKE
SHRIBER, D. W
SHUBAL, PETE
SHULL, ALVA L
SHULLIN, FRED

1938JUL15
1884JAN24
1960APR10
1910NOV8
1910OCT8
1922MAY22

SHUMOCK, JOE
SHUN, JOHN
SIGURNIK, JOSEPH V
SIKULIC, PAUL
SILANO, JOE
SILBA, CIPRIANO

1910JUN10
1920JUN26

Nationality

SWEDE
AMERICAN
SLAVONIAN

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

MINER
MINER
MINER

26

HOPPER MAN

51

SLAV

MINER

AUSTRIAN

MACHINE MINER

53
43

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children
M
M
M

30

27

31
26
24
48

AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
MEXICAN

MINER
MINER
MACHINE MINER

SILBA, DAN
SILK, ROBERT E

MEXICAN

LABORER
MINER

22
23

1914JAN30
1910MAY7
1940NOV9
1896SEP18
1912SEPT9
1891JUL21
1912NOV27

SILVA, ABEL
SILVA, JOSEPH
SIMANSKI, ANDY
SIMICK, FRANK
SIMINOFF, ANGELO
SIMMONDS, GEORGE
SIMMONS, ANDREWS

MEXICAN
ITALIAN

MINER
MINER

48
28

M
S

BULGARIAN

MINER
MINER

22

AMERICAN

TIMBERMAN

65

1934JUL21
1941AUG23
1944JAN19
1917APR27

SIMMONS, THOMAS
SIMMS, EZRA H
SIMOFF, JOHN
SIMONELLI, MARI

MINER
MINE LESSEE

28
68

S
M

ITALIAN

MINER

25

1896FEB18
1945JUN2
1929JUL11
1891MAR19
1942MAR24
1910JAN31
1910NOV8
1907JAN23
1896SEP18
1907JAN23

SIMONSIE, FRANK
SIMPSON, WILLIAM
SIMPSON, WILLIAM E
SINGELTON, OMEROD
SINGLETON, DON
SINON, DESIRE
SINTERA, JOSE
SIPES, GUISEEPI
SIPES, JOSHUA
SIPOS, LUIGI

PRUSSIAN

CARPENTER

35

1899OCT27
1920MAY14
1933APR16
1917JUN15
1925OCT19

SIPPE, F. F
SIPPE, FLEX
SIRE, AUGUST PETER
SIRGER, JOHN
SISNEROS, JOHN

1902SEP5

SISTA, JOHN

S
S
W

Company name

0 W. D. STOKES

PRINCE BROTHERS DRILLING CO.


CADDELL & CARLSON
BOULDER VALLEY COAL CO.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
MOAB DRILLING CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
1 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.

7 COLORADO FUEL & IRON


PLUTO COAL MINING CO.

UNION PACIFIC COAL CO.

SCOTCH

PICK MINER

63

HUNGARIAN
MEXICAN
HUNGARIAN

JIGGERBOSS
TIMBERMAN
MINER
MINER

26
23
28
20

M
S
M
S

HUNGARIAN

MINER

21

AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
POLE
AMERICAN

MINER
ROPE RIDER
FIRE BOSS
MINER
PICK MINER

54
46
53
52
27

M
W
M
S
M

ITALIAN

MINER

34
29
6

UNITED STATES VANADIUM CORP.


COLORADO & UTAH COAL

COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.


8 LEYDEN LIGNITE 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.

Mine

County

Cause of Death

MATCHLESS

BOU

INJURED BY CAGE & LOADED CAR

STOKES
GREEN CANON
ELKTON
STAR

MES
LAS
ELP
CLE

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
PICKING OUT MISSED HOLE
EXPLOSION

ADSIT TUNNEL
WALSEN

EAG
BOU
HUE

CUCHARA CANON

HUE

PLATFORM BROKE
EXPLOSION WHILE LOADING HOLES
FALL OF ROOF
GAS BURNS FROM OIL WELL
FALL OF ROCK

NEW CENTENNIAL
CRESTED BUTTE

BOU
GUN
RIB
LAS
LAS
LAS

ELECTROCUTED
EXPJLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
HIT ON HEAD BY FALLING TONG HEAD
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
FALL OF ROCK

STARKVILLE

LAS
HIN

FELL UNDER CART WHILE HAULING ASHES


CAUGHT UNDER CAVING GROUND IN A STOPE

FREDERICK
PRIMROSE
PLUTO NO. 2
WILLIAMSBURG
INDUSTRIAL
COMO
SPRING GULCH

LAS
LAS
BOU
FRE
BOU
PAR
PIT

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROOF (ROCK)
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
PREMATURE BLAST
FALL OF COAL

JUMPER
RIFLE
HARRIS
HASTINGS

CUS
GAR
ROU
LAS

EXPLOSION OF MISSED HOLES


FALL OF ROCK
FACE FALL
EXPLOSION

VULCAN
MORLEY
LEYDEN NO. 3
FORBES'
CLIMAX
PRIMERO
DELAGUA
PRIMERO
TOLEDO
PRIMERO

GAR
LAS
JEF
LAS
LAK
LAS
LAS
LAS
GIL
LAS

EXPLOSION
HAULAGE (SURF.)
FALL OF COAL & ROCK
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 OG GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT

GRAY CREEK
ROYAL
BOULDER VALLEY
PRYOR
LUDLOW

LAS
LAS
WEL
HUE
LAS

FALL OF PROPS
RUN OVER BY A MINE CAR
STRUCK BY TIMBER TRUCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK

STARKVILLE

LAS

FALL OF ROOF

DELAGUA
STARKVILLE
FORBES

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

1917DEC21 SISTO, SANCHEZ

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

Company name

SKAULAS, MIKE
SKERBINK, FRED
SKOFF, JOSEPH
SKOLL, TONY

GREEK
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN

MUCKER
MINER
DRIVER
PICK MINER
TIMBERMAN

25

1917APR27
1919AUG31
1919JAN1
1916NOV23

29
24
33
32

S
M
M
W

2 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.


0 LITTEL-ROSS COAL
1 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

1917APR27
1946OCT14
1946OCT22
1942JAN27
1930JAN22

SKRAKES, GEORGE
SKRBINA, FRANK B
SKRYZNEAR, FRANK
SKUFCA, ANTONIO
SKUFCA, JOE

GREEK

MINER

30

1941MAR17
1935NOV25
1911DEC1
1910JAN31
1910JAN31
1910JAN31

SLACK, JOE
SLACK, LUDWIG
SLAK, FRANK
SLANOVIC, JOHN
SLANOVIC, MIKE
SLAVEZ, JOE

County

Cause of Death

SAM

LOST FOOTING AND FELL

HASTINGS
RADIANT
HORACE
PINNACLE

LAS
FRE
GUN
ROU

EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK

HASTINGS
GRADEN
BUTTE VALLEY
WADGE
WADGE

LAS
WEL
HUE
ROU
ROU

EXPLOSION
ELECTRICITY
ROOF FALL
GAS EXPLOSION
CAUGHT BETWEEN EMPTY PIT CAR & PROP

NUSHAFT

FRE
LAK
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS

ROOF FALL
CAUGHT BETWEEN LOADED ORE CARS
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST

AMERICAN

ROPE RIDER

21

AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN

LOADERMAN
MOTORMAN
MINER
ROPE CUTTER
OILER
MIMNER

50
20
23
18
40

W
S
S
S
M

COLORADO FUEL & IRON PRIMERO


COLORADO FUEL & IRON
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON

LUDLOW
PRIMERO
PRIMERO
PRIMERO

35
35

DELAGUA

LAS
SAM

FALL OF COAL
FELL

40
28
37
45
45
21

S
M
S
M
M
S

COAL CREEK
FAIRPLAY GOLD
MOFFAT NO. 2
COALBASIN
HORACE
HASTINGS
DEAD PINE

FRE
PAR
ROU
PIT
GUN
LAS
ELP

FALL OF ROCK
CAUGHT BETWEEN LIP OF CHUTE & MOTOR
FALL OF COAL
ENTAGLED IN THE TRIP
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
PICKING OUT MISSED HOLE

PRIMROSE
PRIMERO
TOLTIC
ROCKVAL NO. 1

LAS
LAS
HUE
FRE

FALLING UNDER TRIP OF CARS


EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF SLATE
FALL OF SLATE

ROYAL
ROBINSON
SOUTH CANON
BRODHEAD
TOLLER
DUTCH CREEK MINE
HASTINGS
CHANDLER
BEAR CANON NO. 6
HASTINGS

LAS
HUE
GAR
LAS
LAS
PIT
LAS
FRE
LAS
LAS

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
EXPLOSION

STRATTON'S INDEPENDENCE
CRESTED BUTTE
DELAGUA
RUGBY

ELP
TEL
GUN
LAS
HUE

FALLING OFF THE CAGE


CAGE ACCIDENT
EXPJLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF ROCK

VULCAN

GAR

DUST EXPLOSION

1910APR22 SLAVIC, JOHN


1918SEP28 SLICKOVICH, STEVEN

SLAV

MINER
MACHINE MAN

1924AUG23
1935FEB21
1937FEB2
1901MAY29
1932SEP30
1917APR27
1897AUG25

SLISKOVICH, JOE
SLOAN, GEORGE
SLOAS, CECIL
SLOGAR, MARCUS
SLOGAR, TONY
SLOK, JOHN
SLOSS, J F

AUSTRIAN

PICK MINER
MOTORMAN
MINER
DUMPER
PICK MINER
MINER

1910MAR1
1907JAN23
1900JUN22
1888JUN15

SMAELS, WILLIAM
SMALDEL, FRANK
SMALES, GEORGE
SMALLY, WILLIAM

AMERICAN
HUNGARIAN
AMERICAN

NIPPER
MINER

35
34
17

M
S

1912JUN12
1905FEB15
1915JUL2
1903DEC23
1909JUL6
1965DEC28
1917APR27
1920JUN19
1935JUL9
1917APR27

SMELL, ANTONIO
SMELOMITCH, JOHN
SMERKOL, VINC
SMILEY, ALEXANDER
SMIRCICH, THOMAS
SMITH,
SMITH, ARCHIE
SMITH, ARTHUR
SMITH, CHARLES
SMITH, CHARLES E

AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN

MINER
RUNNER
MINER
MINER
MINER

28
23
52
44
32

S
M
S
M
M

COLORED
AMERICAN
AMERICAN
AMERICAN

MINER
MACHINE MINER
MACHINE HELPER
MINER

39
20
38
42

S
S
M
M

1914OCT28
1904JAN26
1884JAN24
1910NOV8
1910MAY24

SMITH, CHARLES II
SMITH, EDWARD
SMITH, F W
SMITH, FRANK
SMITH, FRANK

AMERICAN

LABORER
MINER

45

S
S

AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN

PUMPER
MINER

31
24

M
S

AMERICAN

DRIVER

22

1913DEC16 SMITH, GEORGE

GRADEN COAL
BUTTE VALLEY COAL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.

Mine

AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
CROATIAN
AUSTRIAN

10
5
22

NUSHAFT CANON COAL


ARKANSAS VALLEY SMELTER

COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.


MOFFAT COAL CO.
11 HORACE ANTHRACITE CO.

2
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
C. C. C. CO.

SOUTH CANON COAL


4
MID CONTINENT COAL AND MINE

VICTOR AMERICAN FUEL CO.


0 BEAR CANON COAL CO.
0
PIKEVIEW COAL
VICTOR TELLER Co.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
0 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
CORYELL MINING LEASING

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

1913FEB25

SMITH, GEORGE

1885NOV13
1941DEC19
1899APR7
1898DEC13

SMITH, GEORGE
SMITH, GEORGE H
SMITH, GEROME
SMITH, HARRY

1918MAY28
1900FEB6
1904JAN19
1920JAN9
1941SEP27

SMITH, HENRY
SMITH, HENRY W
SMITH, J. J
SMITH, JACK
SMITH, JACK T

1907MAY17
1912JAN24
1912OCT25
1899MAR17
1895APR6
1891SEP5

Nationality

COLORED

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

MINER

Age at
Death
28

Marital Number of
Company name
Status Surviving
Children
S
COLORADO FUEL & IRON

Mine

HUE

FALL OF ROCK

BULL DOMINGO
PINNACLE
LOS ANGELES
UPPER TEN

CUS
ROU
TEL
BOU

EXPLOSION/FIRE
TIPPLE
FALL OF ROCK
PICKING OUT MISSED SHOT

TASMAMA
HAIGH
ACME
GREEN MOUNTAIN DAM

CLE
CHA
LAS
BOU
SUM

FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF POWDER
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BETWEEN A CAR AND RIB
STRUCK BY ORE OR STEEL

BLACK DIAMOND
ROYAL
CAMERON
ABANDONED TUNNEL
MARSHALL NO. 2
ROUSE

LAS
LAS
HUE
TEL
BOU
LAS

FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FELL INTO SHAFT
FALL OF COAL FROM END OF PILLAR
STRUCK OF A TRIP OF CARS

ROUSE
TENDERFOOT

HUE
ELP

FALL OF ROCK
THAWING POWDER BY HOT SAND PROCESS

DELAGUA
JO REYNOLDS NO 2
SLEEPY CAT
SMITH ANTHRACITE
LaJUNTA
BRODHEAD NO. 9
PLACITA

LAS
CLE
ROU
GUN
LAS
PIT

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

COALBASIN
OAK HILLS
LITTLE JOHNNY
STRATTON'S INDEPENDENCE

PIT
ROU
FRE
TEL

STRUCK BY A RUNAWAY TRIP OF CARS


STRUCK BY A RUN-A-WAY CAR
FALL OF FACE COAL
CAGE ACCIDENT

HAYDEN COAL CO.


5 MUTUAL COAL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
GRAND RIVER COAL & COKE CO.
BLACK DIAMOND FUEL

HASTINGS
HAYDEN NO. 3
MUTUAL
CUATRO
NEW CASTLE
BLACK DIAMOND NO. 2

ALLIANCE COAL COMPANY


2 ALLIANCE COAL CO.
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.

RELIANCE
RELIANCE
CLIMAX

LAS
ROU
HUE
LAS
GAR
BOU
SAM
HUE
HUE
LAK

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

MID CONTINENT COAL AND MINE


EAST PORTAL
3 SMITH-ANTHRACITE MINING CO.

BULKLEY
DUTCH CREEK MINE
MOFFAT
SMITH-ANTHRACITE

GUN
PIT
GIL
GUN
SAM

FALL OF ROCK
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
SUFFOCATION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK

TIPPLEMAN

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

28
MINER
DRIVER
TRUCK DRIVER

SMITH, JOE
SMITH, JOHN
SMITH, JOHN
SMITH, JOHN
SMITH, JOHN
SMITH, JOHN

AUSTRIAN
IRISH
LITHUANIAN

MINER
MINER
LOADER

1901JUN21
1896JAN9

SMITH, JOSEPH
SMITH, JOSEPH

AUSTRIAN

MINER

1910NOV8
1896SEP19
1948DEC11
1925JUN26
1949OCT4
1932APR21
1923JUN23

SMITH, L.
SMITH, N. W
SMITH, NORMAN N
SMITH, PAUL
SMITH, RAY
SMITH, ROBERT M
SMITH, ROGER

COLORED

DRIVER

1907JAN13
1909JUN14
1938DEC16
1904JAN26

26
27
31

S
M

33
54
59

S
S
M

1 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.


WARNER CONSTRUCTION CO.

MINER
COLORADO FUEL CO.

AMERICAN
AMERICAN

OPERATOR
PICK MINER
TRUCK DRIVER
MOTORMAN
PICK MINER

SMITH, STEWART
SMITH, WILLIAM
SMITH, WILLIAM J
SMITHERUM, JOSEPH

SCOTCH
ENGLISH

TRIP-RIDER
PAINTER

1917APR27
1938SEP1
1915MAY2
1906APR22
1889JUN8
1950JAN17
1918JUN2
1913JAN3
1913JAN3
1942APR30

SMOLICK, JOE
SMOLIS, JOHN D
SMOLSKI, STANLEY
SMREKA, FRANK
SMYTH, JOHN
SNAIR, WALTER
SNEDDON, A. J.
SNEDDON, ANDREW
SNEDDON, WILLIAM
SNELL, WILLIAM

AUSTRIAN

1908JUL25
1965DEC28
1926FEB24
1929AUG22
1924NOV12

SNELLER, JOHN
SNOW,
SNOW, FOREST N
SNYDER, LAWRENCE
SODERMAN, FRED

1957JUL30

SODERSTROM, JAMES E

GERMAN

15
18
31
8

22

0 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

43
49
38
47
37

S
M
M
M

LYNN & SMITH


CRESTED BUTTE ANTHRACITE
UTAH CONSTRUCTION CO.
1 TEMPLE FUEL CO.
1 RAPINI BROTHERS

20
30

S
S

MINER
31

RUSSIAN
SLAV

MINER
MINER

45
30

M
M

SCOTCH
SCOTCH

MILL MAN
MINER
MINER
WHISTLEPUNK

33
16
55
22

M
M

AUSTRIAN

MINER

18

AMERICAN
AMERICAN

MUCKER
MINER & TIMBERMAN
MINER

LITTLE JOHNNY COAL CO.


VICTOR TELLER Co.

MINER

25

29
38
25

Cause of Death

LESTER

AMERICAN
AMERICAN

County

HALLIBURTON OIL WELL CEMENT

HIT BY ROTATING HOSE (STEM TORQUE)

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

1915MAR25
1910JAN31
1910JAN31
1919AUG18
1923NOV9

SOLAS, NICK
SOLTIC, JOHN
SOLTIC, MIKE
SOLTIS, JOHN
SOMAK, JOHN

1888AUG11
1899MAR10
1921AUG9
1910JAN31
1923JUN8

SOMMERS, C. F.
SONA, JOHN
SONEFF, PETE
SORE, TONY
SORIA, GUADALOUPE

1921APR22
1923MAY5
1917DEC17
1897JUN7
1934NOV26
1949MAR18

Nationality

GREEK
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
SLAV
AUSTRIAN

Occupation

MINER
MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
MINER

Years Mining
Experience

22

Age at
Death
38
27
20
28
51

Marital Number of
Company name
Status Surviving
Children
M
5 MOFFAT COAL
S
S
M
M

COLORADO FUEL & IRON


COLORADO FUEL & IRON
2 OAKDALE COAL CO.
5 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
T. C. & C. CO.

Mine

County

Cause of Death

OAK HILLS NO. 2


PRIMERO
PRIMERO
OAKDALE
CRESTED BUTTE

ROU
LAS
LAS
HUE
GUN

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

LAS
MIN
ROU
LAS
HUE

FALL OF TOP COAL


EXPLOSION WHILE CUTTING CAPING FUSE
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
FALL OF ROCK
CAR RAN OVER HIM
EXPLOSION OF GAS & DUST
STRUCK BY BUCKET
FALLING FROM CAGE DOWN SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK
MACHINE TIPPED OVER ON HIM

BULGARIAN
AUSTRIAN

PICK MINER
MINER
TRAMMER

36
44
27

M
S

0 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.


COLORADO FUEL & IRON

STARKVILLE
COMMODORE
PINNACLE
PRIMERO

SOTIROPOULOS, WILLIAM
SOUPAGIANES, JOHN
SOUTHERLAND, FRED
SOWTHER, JAMES
SPAGNOLI, DOMINICK
SPALDING, GORDON

GREEK
GREEK

MINER
PICK MINER
SHIFT BOSS

8
15

56
36
32

M
M

4 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.


0 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.

DELAGUA
SOUTHWESTERN

ITALIAN

MACHINE LOADER
MINER

25

59
43

M
S

0 W. A. REAM COAL CO.


AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING

INDEPENDENCE
SPANISH PEAK
LEADVILLE

LAS
LAS
TEL
ELP
HUE
LAK

1934SEP11
1897DEC7

SPANDRE, TONY
SPANGLER, MECHAEL

ITALIAN

PICK MINER

20

57

2 GEORGE BROWN

FIRE GLOW
CROWN POINT VIRGINA

LAP
CLE

FALL OF COAL
CRUSHED BY BUCKET

1917APR27
1941AUG6
1902APR23
1899AUG8
1910JUN25
1954NOV16
1940AUG10

SPANODDA, ANTONIO
SPEER, H E
SPEGEL, W. T
SPENCER, J. L
SPENCER, SAM
SPENSIERI, A.
SPERANDIO, JOSEPH

ITALIAN

MINER
CRUSHERMAN
MINER

32
51

S
M

HASTINGS

LAS
DOL
BOU

57
40

M
M

1940AUG10
1920JUN21
1915MAY2
1914NOV2

SPERANDIO, LOUIE
SPIROS, JOHN
SPOCK, MIKE
SPORAKIS, MIKE

1926DEC14
1938AUG24
1920SEP21
1955NOV17
1912JUN18
1910JAN31
1917APR6
1919MAR31
1912MAR26
1898AUG13

SPORCICH, RUDOLPH
SPORICH, TONY
SPRAGUE, WILLARD L
SPRIELMAN, DAVID R
SPRINGHETTI, LORENZ
SPULARIC, STEVE
SPURR, M. O
SRADJIT, JOE
STABINGER, FRANK
STAFFONIE, PHILLIP

1913JAN22
1919SEP15
1924DEC17
1915SEP27
1921JUN16

STAKA, MIKE
STAKICH, MIKE
STAMBELOS, ANGELO
STAMOS, HARRY
STAMPHEL, J M

1921JUN16

STAMPHEL, L J

AMERICAN
AMERICAN

MINER
MACHINE OPERATOR

8 UNION COAL & COKE CO.

DAISY COAL CO.


GREEK
SLAV
GREEK

PICK MINER
LABORER
MINER

AUSTRIAN

PICK MINER

17

LSBORER

28
28
23

M
S
S

39

SUNNYSIDE
BOWEN
STARKVILLE
CROWN
DAISY

LAS
BOU
LAS

EXPLOSION
BECAME ILL WHILE OPERATING A CRUSHER
GAS EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
ROOF FALL
EXPLOSION OF GAS

DAISY
RUGBY
MUTAL
WALSEN

LAS
HUE
HUE
HUE

EXPLOSION OF GAS
FALL OF ROCK
SUFFOCATED FROM GAS EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK

TOLLER
CRESTED BUTTE

LAS
GUN
SUM

HASTINGS
PRIMERO

LAS
LAS
EAG
LAS
LAS
ELP

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF RIB COAL
FELL INTO A MOVING BELT
PREMATURE BLAST
EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
FALL OF ORE
GAS EXPLOSION
RUN OVER BY A LOADED CAR
FELL FROM LADDER

JEF
SAJ
HUE
HUE
DOL

CRUSHED BETWEEN CAR & ROOF


FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
OVERCOME BY GAS

DOL

OVERCOME BY GAS

RICO ARGENTINE MINING CO.

DAISY COAL CO.


1 RUGBY FUEL CO.
MUTUAL COAL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.

61

AUSTRIAN-TYR PUMPER
CROATIAN
MINER
TIMBERMAN HELPER
AUSTRIAN
PICK MINER
AUSTRIAN
MINER

47
25
26
35
47

M
S

GEORGE H. SAGER
5 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON

M
M

4 EMPIRE COAL
4

AUSTRIAN

30
27
30
31
28

LEYDEN COAL

LEYDEN

S
S

OAKDALE COAL CO.


COLORADO FUEL & IRON

OAKDALE
WALSEN

GREEK
GREEK

DRIVER
MACHINEMAN
PICK MINER
MINER
MACHINE MAN
MACHINE HELPER

20

EMPIRE
FORBES
EMMA NO. 1

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

1922NOV25 STANDISH, JOE


1946SEP25
1870SEP14
1917JUN18
1909JUN4

STANLEY, HUGH
STANTON, PATRICK
STANTON, SHERMAN
STARAICWICE,STANISLAW

1913DEC16
1904JUN30
1901NOV20
1897AUG6
1947APR9

Nationality

AMERICAN

Occupation

ROPE RIDER
MINER

Years Mining
Experience
6

Age at
Death
22
42

Marital Number of
Company name
Status Surviving
Children
S
McNEIL COAL CO.
MOUNTAIN QUEEN

AMERICAN
POLE

TIMBERMAN
MINER

51
19

M
S

STARBUCK, LESTER
STARCEVICK, PAUL
STARCK, MATT
STARIKA, JOHN
STARK, JOHN

AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN

LOADER
MINER

24

S
S

46

1922MAR1
1941JUL28
1931JUL8
1890JAN18
1904JAN26
1930NOV6

STARK, MATT
STARKOVICH, MATT
STARR, MATT
STARR, MIKE
STATEN, C C
STAVANO, MATT

CROATIAN

32

35

50

S
M

1899JUL8
1927FEB5

STEBBA, DAVID
STEBLOY, ANTHONY

1927FEB5
1943OCT17
1950JUL4
1944NOV26
1944FEB25
1896FEB18
1896FEB18

STEBLOY, JOE
STECKLER, EDMOND C
STEEL, JAMES T
STEELE, ROY W
STEFFEN, WILLIAM
STEIGER, ROBERT
STEIGER, ROBERT

1958NOV27
1906JAN26
1922MAY22
1901JAN8

STEIN, DeLOYD
STEIN, JOHN
STEINER, JOHN
STEINER, WILLIAM

1925JUN19
1921NOV29
1926JAN11
1910JAN31
1916JUL25
1898AUG31
1884JAN24
1877MAY12
1917APR27
1924APR4

STEMBERGER, JACK
STENECK, ORESTE
STEPAN, SR., MIKE
STEPANIC, MIKE
STEPHENS, G. W
STEPHENS, OSCAR
STERLING, CHARLES
STERN, FRANKLIN G
STEROS, ANTON
STEVE, YENGICH

AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
CROATIAN
COLORED

GREEK
AUSTRIAN

MINER
PICK MINER

1907JUN5
1889FEB22
1897AUG19
1895AUG18
1936JAN20

STEVENS, EARLE
STEVENS, HENRY
STEVENS, JAMES
STEVENS, JOHN
STEVENS, TOM

AMERICAN

DRIVER
MINER

AMERICAN

NIGHT BOSS

1920JAN13

STEVENS, WALTER

AMERICAN

MACHINE MINER

MINER
SUPERINTENDENT
MACHINE MINER
MINER
MACHINE MAN

AUSTRIAN

MINER
PICK MINER

GERMAN

MINER

25

45
16

47

MACHINE MAN

8 JEFFRYES FUEL
CORYELL MINING LEASING

CRESSON CONS. GOLD MINING


1 AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING
VICKERS COAL
DENVER FUEL CO.
VICTOR TELLER Co.
7 HUERFANO COAL CO.

CLAYTON COAL
CALIFORNIA CO.
PIKES PEAK FUEL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

GERMAN
GERMAN

TRACKMAN
TRACKMAN

42
42

M NO
M

SLAVONIAN

SHOT-LIGHTER
MUCKER
MINER

60

30
34
43
28
43

M
M
M
S
M

Mine

County

McGREGOR
SILVERTON
LYDEN-MURPHY
JEFFRYES
ROCKVALE

ROU
SAJ

RUN OVER BY A TRIP OF FIVE CARS


CAUGHT IN BLAST

LAS
FRE

FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY DERAILED CARS

VULCAN
CRESTED BUTTE
SMUGGLER UNION
CRESTED BUTTE
CRIPPLE CREEK

GAR
GUN
SAM
GUN
TEL

DUST EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FIRE
FALL OF ROCK
SUFFOCATION

BONCARBO
KENNETH
MAYFLOWER
SORPIS
STRATTON'S INDEPENDENCE
LUDLOW

LAS
LAS
SAJ
LAS
TEL
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
HAULAGE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
CAGE ACCIDENT
FALL OF ROCK

PICTOU

HUE
TEL

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OR ROCK & TIMBERS; SON OF JOE STEBLOY

WASHINGTON

TEL
WEL

PIKEVIEW
WADGE
VULCAN
VULCAN

ELP
ROU
GAR
GAR

FALL OF ROCK & TIMBERRS


MACHINERY
BURNED BY OIL WHILE CLEANING SEPARATOR
SUFFOCATION
ROOF FALL
CALLED "BICYCLE BOB";BD. NEW CASTLE;BLAST
EXPLOSION

GREENVILLE
NEW CASTLE

LAS
SAM
GAR

HIT BY FALLING OBJECT


PREMATURE SHOT
STRUCK BY A SLAB OF ROCK
EXPLOSION

GORDON
FREDERICK
BULKEY NO. 2
PRIMERO
PRIMERO
WALSEN
CRESTED BUTTE
STILLSON
HASTINGS
BONCARBO

HUE
LAS
GUN
LAS
LAS
HUE
GUN
SUM
LAS
LAS

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

LEYDON

JEF
BOU
CLE
GIL
BOU

CRUSHED BETWEEN CAR & RIB


EXPLOSION
FALLING ROCK IN SLOPE
BAD AIR-GASES
GAS EXPLOSION

LAS

FALL OF ROCK

HONAKER & DAVIS DRILLING CO.

AUSTRIAN

MACHINE HELPER
PICK MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER

COLORADO FUEL & IRON


7
17
25

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

12

15

24
32
47

S
M

22

6 AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING

Cause of Death

33

1 NATIONAL FUEL CO.

GOLD MEDAL
CASHIER
MONARCH NO. 2

38

TEMPLE FUEL CO.

BRODHEAD NO. 9

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

1903MAY16 STEVENSON, ROBERT


1940FEB26
1896APR5
1926MAR23
1884JAN24

STEWART, AARON R
STEWART, CHARLES R
STEWART, ELMER O
STEWART, HENRY

1884JAN24
1927OCT7
1884JAN24
1907JAN23
1921JUN16

STEWART, M J
STEWART, ROBERT
STEWART, THOMAS
STIFEL, ENRICO
STILES, A C

1915DEC29
1917APR27
1894FEB21
1922NOV7
1905JUN5
1926APR8

STILES, BERTRAND S
STIMOC, MATT
STOK, MIKE
STOKES, DEWEY
STOLCH, JOHN
STOLL, CHARLES H

1939JAN30 STONE, CLARENCE D


1924AUG16 STONE, E L
1910JUN13
1929JUN2
1965DEC28
1907JUL20
1955NOV17
1946AUG14
1913DEC16

STORDILLIS, HARRY
STORRS, V Z
STORY,
STORZL, JONATHAN
STOUT, HENRY E
STOYCOFF, CHRISTOPHER
STRANG, E. H

1889FEB1
1898SEP21
1918AUG22
1910JAN31

STRATT, SAMUEL
STRATTON, CHARLES J
STRAUB, HERMAN
STRAVGELD, E.

1937FEB24
1894JAN9
1913MAY3
1926MAR9
1905APR24
1900APR12
1917JUN13
1937FEB6
1897MAY1
1911JAN16

STRAZISCAR, JOHN
STREAM, CHARLES
STREENAR, MIKE
STRETZ, JOHN B
STRIBLEY, JOHN H
STRIGARA, JOHN
STRINGER, THOMAS
STRITCHKO, JOHN
STROH, JOHN W
STROMBAUGH, C.

1952JUN7
1914MAY26
1885NOV13
1901JUL13
1933JUL21

STROMBERG, AARON
STRONG, GEORGE
STRONG, WILLIAM
STRUTHERS, ROBERT
STRUTHERS, THOMAS

1931JAN7

STRUTHERS, THOMAS

Nationality

SCOTCH

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

MINER

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

Company name

40

CAGER

SCOTCH

HOISTMAN
DRIVER
DAY MAN
BLACKSMITH

ITALIAN

NATIONAL FUEL CO.


COLORADO COAL AND IRON

LAS
GUN
LAK
BOU
GUN

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF FACE COAL
FALLING DOWN SHAFT
FALL OF COAL
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST;BD. IRWIN, CO.

COLORADO COAL AND IRON


0 CALIENTE COAL CO.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
COLORADO FUEL & IRON

CRESTED BUTTE
RAVENWOOD
CRESTED BUTTE
PRIMERO

GUN
HUE
GUN
LAS
DOL

EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST


KILLED BY RUNAWAY TRIP
EXPLOSION OF GAS; BD. IRWIN, CO.
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
OVERCOME BY GAS

MES
LAS
BOU
GUN
GAR
FRE

FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
FALL OF SLATE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF TOP COAL
FALL OF ROCK & COAL

23

31

58

28
47

35
28

S
S

23
38
31

S
S
M

2 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.

COOK CLIFF
HASTINGS
ACME
OHIO CREEK
SOUTH CANON
CHANDLER

HAYDEN COAL CO.


2 SOUTH CANON MINE LEASING CO.

HAYDEN NO. 3
SOUTH CANON

ROU
GAR

FALL OF ROOF COAL


MISSED SHOT

0 FREDERICK COAL CO.


MID CONTINENT COAL AND MINE

STANDARD
FREDERICK
DUTCH CREEK MINE
ADVANCE

BOU
WEL
PIT
WEL

PINNACLE
VULCAN

ROU
GAR

FALL OF ROOF
ELECTRIC SHOCK
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
FALL OF ROOF
PREMATURE BLAST
HEART FAILURE
DUST EXPLOSION

DURANT
BELLE OF GRANITE
COKEDALE
PRIMERO

PIT
LAK
LAS
LAS

EXPLOSION
SLAF OF ROCK FELL
FALL OF TOP COAL
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST

REX CARBON
BASHELOR
WILLIAMSVILLE
ACME
ROCKVALE
SMUGGLER-UNION

FRE

Hi-WAY
WOOD MG PROPERTY
ROBINSON

BOU
FRE
SAM
PIT
BOU
BOU
HUE

FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY CAGE
FELL INTO CAGE IN BOTTOM OF SHAFT
DRILLED INTO MISSED HOLE
STRUCK ON HEAD WITH THE WINDING LEVER
FALL OF ROCK
SLIDE OF ROCK FROM OPEN CUT
FALL OF ROCK

BOU
FRE
CUS
FRE
LAS

PREMATURE BLAST
BITS OF COAL CUTTER
EXPLOSION/FIRE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK

LAS

SQUEEZED BETWEEN CAR & DOOR FRAME

MINER
DRIVER

AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN

DRIVER
MINER
CAGER

AMERICAN

PICK MINER

20

39

GREEK
AMERICAN

MINER
MASTER MECHANIC

25

30
52

S
M

GERMAN

MINER

40

MINER

27

BOOK CLIFF RAILROAD


UNITED COAL
OHIO CREEK COAL MINING CO.

GEORGE H. SAGER
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
CORYELL MINING LEASING

MINER
GERMAN
GERMAN

MACHINE MINER
MINER

AMERICAN

MACHINE MINER

ENGLISH
GERMAN
ENGLISH

MINER
OILER
FIRE BOSS

SLAVISH

MILL MAN
LOADER

ENGLISH

Cause of Death

AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN

AMERICAN

County

SOPRIS
OLIVER
BOHN
MONARCH NO. 2
CRESTED BUTTE

OLIVER COAL CO.


AMERICAN

Mine

47
53

M
M

19

NUSHAFT CANON COAL CO.

37

57
64
46

M
M
M

6 THOMAS COAL
5 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.

52
69

0 LOUISVILLE-LAFAYETTE COAL CO

FIRE BOSS

60

ENGLISH

MACHINE RUNNER

34

SCOTCH
AMERICAN

MINER
PICK MINER

16

32

M
M
S
M

2 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.

BOULDER
RADIANT
BULL DOMINGO
OCEAN WAVE
DELAGUA

SCOTCH

MINE FOREMAN

54

67

6 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.

DELAGUA

32

3 AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING


3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON

AARON STROMBERG & CO.


1 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

Occupation

1884JAN24

STUART, JAMES

1901OCT18
1942OCT24
1889JAN30
1917APR27

STUBLER, MATT
STUDHALTER, WILLIAM W
STUEBEL, JOHN
STUHLAS, STEVE

1948JUN9
1904AUG25
1910JAN10
1938OCT15
1941DEC12

STUKEY, HAROLD S
STULTZ, JOHN
STUMPF, ANDY
STYDUHAR, MARTIN
STYDUHAR, TONY

1890OCT14
1904AUG6
1912AUG23
1914NOV19
1908SEP28
1906APR22

SUALDIE, PETER
SUBLISKY, GEORGE
SUDAN, MICH
SUDOR, SAM
SUICK, JOHN
SULE, ALBIN

1897APR9
1898JUN16

SULLIVAN, DANIEL C.
SULLIVAN, J. J

1898SELP3
1888APR23
1912MAY30
1941MAR11
1911APR11
1901JUL25
1903JUL7

SULLIVAN, JAMES A
SULLIVAN, JOHN
SUMADA, TAMA
SUMMERS, ROY ERNEST
SUMSKY, TOM
SUNDBERG, CHARLES
SUNPANICH, JOSEPH

SLAV
SWEDE
AUSTRIAN

MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER

1902JUL21
1910DEC14
1919SEP7
1918OCT24

SUNSKI, TOM
SUPANCHIS, GEORGE
SUPIN, DAN
SUPPAN, VALENTINE

SLAVONIAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN

TIMBERMAN
PICK MINER
MACHINE MINER

1910JAN31
1907NOV6
1942MAR12
1917FEB20
1893OCT31
1961JUN21
1923FEB14
1918JUN23
1918MAR23
1911FEB9

SURINA, ANTON
SURMONT, LEON
SURROZ, PETER
SUSANJ, JIM
SUSIO, ANTONIO
SUTAK, GEORGE
SUTO, JOE
SUTTER, E. W. C.
SUTTON, BEN O
SUTTON, E. A.

AUSTRIAN
FRENCH

MINER
MINER

AUSTRIAN

1936OCT12
1929NOV12
1910NOV8
1910DEC15
1916DEC14

SUTYAK, JOHN
SUVEDA, PAUL
SVIACRIO, MARTIN
SWALLOW, GEORGE
SWAN, VIRGIL

1914OCT25 SWANBERG, FRANK

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

DRIVER
MINER

GREEK

DRIVER

AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN

BUGGY DRIVER
MINER
MINER

17

24

38
49
23

M
S

29
46
23
19
33

S
M
M
S
M

Company name

MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER

GUN

EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
CANNON COAL CO.

COALBASIN
PINNACLE
CANNON
HASTINGS

PIT
ROU
BOU
LAS

STRUCK BY LOADED TRIP CARS


ROOF FALL
FALL OF COAL
EXPLOSION

MORRISON
BROOKSIDE
PRIMERO
CALUMET NO. 2
ROBINSON NO. 4

WEL
FRE
LAS
HUE
HUE

HAULAGE
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
FALL OF SLATE
HEART

SPRING GULCH
BERWIND
HASTINGS
RUGBY
BERWIND
CUATRO

PIT
LAS
LAS
HUE
LAS
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT

CATALPA
IBEX NO. 5

LAK
LAK

BUCKET FALLING DOWN SHAFT


ROPE BROKE ON CAGE

LITTLE JOHNNY
SUNSHINE
PERIN'S PEAK
EMPIRE
PRYOR
BOWEN
FLORESTA

LAK
GAR
LAP
CLE
HUE
LAS
GUN

STRUCK WITH DESCENDING CAGE


FALL OF SLATE
FALL OF COAL
OBJECT FELL DOWN MANWAY & STRUCK ON HEAD
FALL OF ROCK
FELL IN FRONT OF TRIP
EXPLOSION OF POWDER

ROBINSON
LEYDEN
PERIN'S PEAK
GORDON

JEF
LAP
HUE

ROOF FELL ON HIM


FIRE
FALL OF COAL
RUNAWAY TRIP

COKEDALE

LAS
BOU
GUN
LAS
LAP
LAS
SAG
GAR
SUM
LAS

EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
FALL OF COAL
ROOF FALL
FALL OF DRAW SLATE
FALL OF ROCK
MACHINERY
FALLING 80 FEET DOWN A RAISE
HIT BY A TRIP OF RUNAWAY CARS
FALL OF ORE
DUST EXPLOSION CAUSED BY A BLOWN-OUT SHOT

WEL
ROU
LAS
HUE
HUE

FALL OF TOP COAL & ROCK


CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO EMPTY PIT CARS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
STRUCK BY A RUN-AWAY CAR
CRUSHED BETWEEN CARS

BOU

HEMORRHAGE OF THE LUNGS

COLORADO FUEL & IRON


CALUMET FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.

0 RUGBY FUEL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON

G. R. C. & C. CO.
JAPANESE

M
M
M
M
S

48

M
S
W

7 LEYDEN COAL
CALUMET FUEL CO.
1 GORDON COAL CO.

26
40

S
S

MINER

27

OLIVER COAL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
UTE COAL MINING CO.

ROLLERMAN

50
28
32
21

0 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL

AMERICAN

ELECTRICIAN

AMERICAN

SUPERINTENDENT

AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
SLAV
AMERICAN

PICK MINER
PICK MINER
BATTENDER
MACHINE RUNNER
DRIVER

GERMAN

MINER

31
42
36
34
28
26
40

MINNESOTA MINES, INC.

COLORADO FUEL & IRON

S
15
29

28
49
33

Cause of Death

CRESTED BUTTE

GRAND RIVER COAL & COKE CO.


RUSSIAN
AUSTRIAN
SLAV
AUSTRIAN
SLAV

County

COLORADO COAL AND IRON

CLAYTON COAL

MINER

Mine

PRIMERO
GORHAM
OLIVER
DELAGUA
UTE
ALLEN
MIDLAND

CLAYTON COAL CO.


3 MOFFAT COAL CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

28

S
M
S
M
S

OAKDALE COAL

CLAYTON
OAK HILLS NO. 1
DELAGUA
BIG FOUR
OAKDALE

46

6 NATIONAL FUEL

MONARCH NO. 2

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

1919NOV19 SWANSON, SWAN V

Occupation

MINER

1896DEC18
1899DEC25
1952NOV28
1943APR11

SWANSON, CHARLES
SWANSON, GUS
SWEETLAND, FORREST E
SWIHART, PRESTON

1921AUG3
1951DEC29
1900FEB24
1907NOV15
1890JAN20

SWINEBERGER, JOSEPH
SWINEHART, WILLIAM H
SWITZER, WILLIAM J
SWOK, Y. M
SWORN, JOHN

GERMAN

MACHINE MINER

KOREAN

1918OCT15
1951JUL19
1911AUG9
1910OCT8
1911FEB9
1920APR30

SYMES, FRANK
SYMOHNS, DON I
SZARNOS, JOHN
SZEVCZYK, ALOOIS
TABARELLI, DONIONO
TABERNER, J W

1955SEP7
TACKETT, ALLEN L
1929APR26 TADUSZ, PETER
1912JUN8
1922NOV10
1912OCT14
1911NOV17
1917APR27
1937AUG30
1893JAN10

TAFOYA, ALEX
TAFOYA, ISIDRO
TAIS, BATTISTA
TAKAKI, GEORGE
TAKOVIC, ANDY
TALBOTT, ALLEN
TALL , JOHN

1901SEP16
1913DEC16
1944FEB14
1915JAN16

TALLER, DAN
TALLMADGE, DAVE
TALMICH, JOE A
TAMASI, MIKE

1904JUL6
1906FEB16
1918FEB19
1896FEB18
1904AUG13
1918OCT24
1943MAY28
1896AUG10
1920FEB2
1905FEB24

TAMBICS, GEORGE
TAPIA, A.
TAPIA, ISMAH
TAPRO, TONEY
TARARELLI, PETER
TARTANJ, FRANK
TATE, JACK R
TAYLOR, A D
TAYLOR, A F
TAYLOR, ABE

1896JAN9
1924AUG26
1899AUG22
1907NOV30
1937FEB11

TAYLOR, BENJAMIN B
TAYLOR, HENRY
TAYLOR, JASON
TAYLOR, JOB O
TAYLOR, PERCY ABNER

1901JUN20

TAYLOR, THOMAS

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

Company name

Mine

60

STEARNS - ROGERS MFG. CO.


ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL

MACHINE MAN
30

3 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.


EMPERIUS MINING CO.

County

Cause of Death

LAK

FALL OF ROCK

VIRGINIUS
GOLD KING
CLIMAX
COLUMBINE

OUR
SAJ
LAK
WEL

CAGE FALLING DOWN SHAFT


PICKING OUT MISSED SHOT
FELL 35 FEET TO CEMENT FLOOR
HAND. MAT.

VULCAN
CREEDE
BACHELOR
PRIMERO
CRESTED BUTTE

BOU
MIN
OUR
LAS
GUN

FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK
COLLAPSE OF TIMBER IN SHOOT
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK

ROU
HUE
LAS
LAS
MOZ

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

49

MINER

40

AUSTRIAN

PICK MINER

61

SLAV
POLE
TYROLESE
ENGLISH

MINER
MINER
MINER
PICK MINER

16

22
37
37
28

S
M
S
S

2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON


CARBON COAL & COKE
FRENCH & FIELDING

MOFFAT
CLEAR CREEK TUNNEL
IDEAL
STARKVILLE
COKEDALE
SCHOOL SECTION LEASE

POLE

PICK MINER

13

38

BECKMAN, INC.
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

MORLEY

LAS

MEXICAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN
JAPANESE
AUSTRIAN

DRIVER
MACHINE MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MACHINEMAN

30
34
25
45
29
21

M
M
S
W
M
S

TOLLER
BRODHEAD NO. 10
CADDELL
HUERFANO
HASTINGS

CRUSHED BETWEEN PROP AND LOADED CAR


FALL OF ROCK
FALL ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
FLYING ROCKS FROM DRILLED HOLES

COLORADO COAL & IRON CO.

AMERICAN

MINER

0 MOFFAT COAL CO.


TARLTON CONST. CO.

1
1 TEMPLE FUEL CO.

MINER

35

SLAV
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN

MINER
MINER
MACHINE RUNNER
LOADER
MINER
PICK MINER
LABORER

19
19
23
42
39
26

PUMPMAN
MINER

51
36

53

57
48

M
S

45

KING

CORYELL MINING LEASING


COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
OAKDALE COAL

SPRING GULCH
VULCAN
KEBLER NO. 2
OAKDALE

PIT
GAR
HUE
HUE

EXPLOSION
DUST EXPLOSION
HAULAGE
FALL OF TOP COAL

ROUSE NO. 1
QUINTO
COKEDALE
VULCAN
PIEDMONT
FORBES NO. 9

HUE
LAS
LAS
GAR
LAS
LAS
LAP
OUR
ELP
FRE

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

NORTH STAR
ROBINSON NO. 2
PICTOU
PARKDALE

GUN
HUE
HUE
WEL
CLE

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY RUNAWAY TRIP
FELL WITH A SKIP TO BOTTOM OF SHAFT

PICTOU NO. 1

HUE

FALL OF ROCK

1
3

ITALIAN

WOLF TONGUE MINING CO.


UNION PACIFIC COAL

LAS
LAS
HUE
HUE
LAS
BOU
PAR

S
S
M
S
M

AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINE

CHICOSA FUEL CO.


UNITED STATES VANADIUM CORP.

BACHELOR
COLORED
COLORED
ENGLISH
AMERICAN

MACHINE MINER
MINER
SLOPE REPAIRER
SUPERINTENDENT
MINER

13

BROOKSIDE
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

R. D. MARTHENS
8

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

1899AUG22 TAYLOR, THOMAS

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

Company name

MINER

1926NOV25
1905AUG15
1918OCT8
1898DEC15

TAYLOR, WILLIAM T
TEBARTE, JAMES
TEDREZZI, DAN
TEELING, WALTER

1899APR21
1911SEP6
1897DEC3
1930DEC7
1934MAY29

TEETERS, FRED
TEETTER, EMMANUEL
TEHAN, WILLIAM
TEHANSIK, ANTONE
TEMPLEMAN, THOMAS

1899JUL5
1911OCT28
1917NOV16
1926MAY28
1910NOV8
1937MAY4

TENGARDEN, A L
TENNANT, PAUL
TENORIO, JOSE
TEPOVAC, RADI
TERICH, MIKE
TERLIP, FRANK

AMERICAN
MEXICAN
SERVIAN
MONTENEGRIN

WEIGHER
MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER

36

1910NOV8
1908FEB4

TERONIA, F
TERRACIN, ANGELO

MEXICAN
ITALIAN

MINER
MINER

24
34

M
M

1898DEC12
1898DEC12
1921FEB12
1924JUL30
1917JUN29
1907NOV5
1910JAN31

TESSARI, ANTONIO
TESSARI, DOMINICO
TESTAS, CELESTIN
THAYER, EMERY F
THEORAKIS, MIKE
THEROS, GEORGE
THIESS, FRED

AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
FRENCH

50
14
31
23
34
35
40

2 MOFFAT COAL CO.

GREEK
GREEK
GERMAN

MINER
MINER
SHOT FIRER
MUCKER
MINER
MINER
TIMBERMAN

M
S
M

0 GRAND JUNCTION MINING & FUEL

1926OCT7
1923APR12
1899AUG19
1885OCT2

THIMMIG, A W
THIRLAWAY, THOMAS
THOM, JOHN R
THOMAS, ALBERT

AMERICAN
AMERICAN

DRIVER
DRIVER

22
39

S
M

PINNACLE-KEMMERER FUEL CO.


0 BIG FOUR COAL & COKE CO.

1919OCT30
1938FEB25
1884JAN24
1953APR26
1919JAN13
1907DEC20
1912JUN18
1915AUG12
1884JAN24
1901APR4

THOMAS, CLAUDE
THOMAS, CLAUDE
THOMAS, DAVID
THOMAS, GEORGE M
THOMAS, GOMER
THOMAS, HENRY
THOMAS, JOHN
THOMAS, JOHN
THOMAS, JOHN
THOMAS, JOSEPH

AMERICAN

PICK MINER

33

WELSH
COLORED
WELSH
WELSH

PICK MINER
SHOT-FIRER
FIRE BOSS.
FIRE BOSS

42
30
40
26

S
M
M
S

1920NOV22
1925SEP7
1889DEC7
1906AUG27
1899JAN13

THOMAS, LEROY
THOMAS, MELTON B
THOMAS, N. J
THOMAS, REESE
THOMAS, RICHARD

1930NOV21 THOMAS, TREVOR B

AMERICAN
ITALIAN

LABORER
MINER
TIMBERMAN

77
23
39

M
S

5 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.

Mine

PICTOU
PINNACLE
STEVENS
COLUMBUS

TYROLIAN

MINER

AMERICAN

MINER
MACHINE MINER

39

17

19

20

HIDDEN TREASURE
ROCKVALE
MARY McKINNEY

COLORED

DRIVER
MINER
MOTORMAN

AMERICAN

HUE
ROU
LAS
OUR
LAP

FALL OF ROCK
RUN OVER BY A SWITCH ENGINE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION CAUSED BY SLIP ON CAP

HIN
FRE
ELP
LAK
HUE

FALL OF ROCK FROM HANGING WALL


MISSED SHOT
MATERIAL FALLING DOWN SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK

63
52

M
M

WOLFTONE LEASE
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

ROBINSON NO. 4

1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON


COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

FRANKLIN
GREENVILLE
BERWIND
ROBINSON NO. 2
DELAGUA

BOU
LAS
LAS
HUE
LAS
CHA

FALLING ROCK IN TUNNEL


BRIDGE COLLAPSED
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FELL 130 FEET

DELAGUA
PRIMERO

LAS
LAS

EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT


FALL OF ROOF

STARKVILLE
STARKVILLE
OAK HILLS NO. 2
BUSK-IVANHOE
CAMEO
HASTINGS
PRIMERO

LAS
LAS
ROU
LAK
MES
LAS
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK; SON OF ANTONIO
EXPLOSION OF DUST
SUFFOCATION
RUN OVER BY A LOADED CAR
FALL OF ROOF
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST

WOLF CREEK
CENTENNIAL
LOS ANGELES
BOULDER VALLEY

ROU
BOU
TEL
WEL

FALL OF ROCK

RUSSELL
RAVENWOOD
CRESTED BUTTE

WEL
HUE
GUN

STANDARD
PICTOU
HASTINGS
VULCAN
CRESTED BUTTE
WALSEN

BOU
HUE
LAS
GAR
GUN
HUE

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
EXPLOSION OF GAS; BD. CANON CITY, CO.
CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION FROM BLOWN-OUT SHOT
EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP
ELECTROCUTED
EXPLOSION OF GAS; BD. CANON CITY, CO.
FALL OF ROCK

MAITLAND
MIDWEST
SUNSHINE
BEACON
MOUNTAIN BOY

HUE
MES
GAR
FRE
ELP

CRUSHED BETWEEN CAR AND PROP


ELECTROCUTED
HIT BY A PIT CAR AND PROP
PREMATURE BLAST
DRILLING MISSED HOLE

SUM

FELL INTO POND & DROWNED

16
24
45

S
M
S

22

20
23

S
M

COMPANY MAN

20

SUPERINTENDENT

54

2
9

Cause of Death

29

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

COLORADO FUEL & IRON

MINER

COLORED
AMERICAN

County

W. E. RUSSELL COAL CO.


CALIENTE COAL CO.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
OZARK-MAHONING CO.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL
3 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
GARFIELD MINE LEASING
COLORADO COAL AND IRON
McNALLY & THOMPSON
0 MIDWEST COAL CO.
GRAND RIVER COAL & COKE CO.

CONTINENTAL DREDGING CO.

FELL FROM LADDER DOWN SHAFT


FALL OF SLATE

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

Company name

Mine

1895AUG29 THOMAS, WILLIAM

SLEEPY-HOLLOW

1897JAN25
1948MAR8
1915OCT2
1926JUL30

THOMAS, WILLIAM
THOMPSON, CARL W
THOMPSON, CHARLES F
THOMPSON, HARTZEL

VIRINIUS
CAMEO
PRIMERO
MOFFAT TUNNEL

1892DEC6
1896MAY22
1960APR4
1907DEC13
1904JUN28

THOMPSON, HENRY L
THOMPSON, SAMUEL A
THOMPSON, STANLEY R
THOMSICK, JAKE
THOMSICK, JOHN

1934APR6
1893DEC12
1923MAR24
1927MAR26
1908JUN4
1910MARLL

THONPSON, PERCY
THORLEY, JAMES W
THORNE, EDGAR
THORP, ALEX
THRELKELD, WILLIAM
THYRETT, G

1899JUN13
1910FEB15

TIERNA, BATISTE
TIERNEY, JOHN

1904OCT28
1899SEC18
1860DEC13
1927DEC27
1919MAR7
1931JAN15
1940FEB20

TIHT, TONY
TILLERY, TRIGG
TILNEY
TILSCH, JULES
TINDALE, RICHARD B
TINOCO, DANIEL
TIPPY, JOHN M

1935AUG20
1920APR13
1943SEP11
1940JUL17

TIPTON, OSCAR
TIREVICH, CHARLES
TISONE, THOMAS P
TITSWORTH, HUGH

1906FEB19
1895OCT27
1910OCT8
1942DEC30
1917JAN19
1899NOV11
1940JUL31
1929OCT11
1913MAR1
1921SEP14

TITTERS, JOHN
TOBIN, JAMES
TOBLAS, JOHN
TODD, BARNEY J
TODD, FRED H
TODD, J O
TODD, PETE
TODD, ROLAND T
TODOROFF, JORDAN
TODOROFF, K

1899SEP15
1913JUN18
1907JAN23
1920APR16
1917JAN18
1915JUN5

MINER
AMERICAN
AMERICAN

TIMBERMAN
MUCKER

34
28

KERR COAL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
WEST PORTAL

CANON CITY COAL CO.

ROCKVALE
LUCKY GUSS GOLD

Cause of Death

GIL
BOU
MES
LAS
GRA

DROWNED
THAWING POWDER IN CAMP STOVE
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK

FRE
ELP
SAM
LAS
LAS

SHOT BLOWN THROUGH PILLAR


HAMMER SLIPPED FROM HANDLE WHILE STRIKING
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF
FALL OF COAL

TEL
FRE
SAM
HUE
FRE
MES

FELL DOWN SHAFT


FALL OF SLATE
FELL DOWN ELEVATOR SHAFT
FALL OF POT ROCK
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
FALL OF COAL

MINER
MINER

26
25
55

S
M

SHAFT TOPMAN

35

AMERICAN
AMERICAN
FRENCH

ELEVATOR OPERATOR
PICK MINER
TRAMMER
MINER

42
60
23
50

M
S
M

0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.


3

LESTER
ROYAL GORGE
WINGER

ENGLISH

MINER

54

THREE SISTERS
BIG FOUR

SAM
HUE

CAVE IN OF VEIN
FALL OF ROOF

MINER

45

TERCIO NO. 3
EL PASO

LAS
TEL

EXPLOSION
POWDER EXPLODED WHEN THROWING
BOILER EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY A RUSH OF ORE
KILLED BY A ROPE TRIP
FALL OF ROCK

SLAVONIAN
SLAV

GERMAN
MEXICAN

PICK MINER
TRAMMER
PICK MINER

28
9

50
32
27

V.C.A. STRAWBERRY ROAN

County

LUDLOW
DELAGUA NO. 5
COLORADO INTER. MINING CORP.
COLORADO FUEL AND IRON CO.

AJAX
NO. 10 COAL CREEK

M
M

ELLITHORPE & TRARERSE


1 EMPIRE COAL MINING CO.

EMPIRE

1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.


HAYDEN COAL CO.

KEBLER NO. 2
HAYDEN NO. 3

LAS
LAK
HUE
ROU

BLACK DIAMOND NO. 2


FREDERICK

TEL
SAM
BOU
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
CAIGHT BETWEEN CAR AND SHAFT TIMBERS
RIB FALL
FALL OF ROOF (SLIP ROCK)

HUE
LAK
LAS
GUN
ROU
BOU
ROU
GUN
WEL
ROU

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

MINER
CAGER
TIMBERMAN

32
49

CRESSON CONSOLIDATED GOLD

AMERICAN

MINER

26

POLE

MINER

31

AMERICAN

MINER

38

3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON


CRESTED BUTTE COAL
4 BEAR RIVER COAL

ENGLISH
BULGARIAN
BULGARIAN

MACHINE MINER
MINER
PICK MINER

45
45
36

S
M
M

MOFFAT COAL CO.


ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.
2 NATIONAL FUEL
2 COLORADO & UTAH COAL CO.

MAITLAND
HENRIETT
STARKVILLE
BULKLEY NO. 2
BEAR RIVER
PLEASANT VIEW
MOFFAT NO. 1 & NO. 2
ALPINE
PURITAN
HARRIS

TOFOLLO, GREGORIA
TOHANNOVICH, GEORGE
TOKAR, FIOANNI
TOLAR, PETER
TOLENTINO, FRANK

MEXICAN
MONTENEGRIN
HUNGARIAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN

MINER
MINER
DRIVER
MINER

30
35
42
26
54

M
M
M
S
M

2
3 ROYAL FUEL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
LEYDEN COAL CO.
5 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL

HASTING'S NO. 2
ROYAL
PRIMERO
LEYDEN
PIEDMONT

LAS
LAS
JEF
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
CRUSHED BETWEEN A CAR & A MULE
FALL OF ROCK

TOLLER, ANGELO

TYROLESE

ENGINEER

41

3 CEDAR HILL COAL & COKE

TOLLER

LAS

CRUSHED BETWEEN A LOADED CAR

BLACK DIAMOND FUEL


COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.

10

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

1954SEP28
1910OCT8
1895MAR31
1906AUG1
1945JAN8

TOMASI, BENJAMIN J
TOMAZINO, DOMINIC
TOMLINSON, RICHARD
TOMSIC, ANTON
TOMSIC, FRANK L

1917APR27
1923MAR16
1895SEP10
1935OCT10
1916MAR2

TOMSICK, JACK
TONEATTI, LUIS
TONEY, ALBERT H
TONNELLI, UMBERTO
TONORIS, JAMES

1904OCT28
1917APR27
1901NOV20
1943SEP10
1912MAY3
1919MAY2

TONTI, QUIRNO
TORCHIO, JOE
TORKELSON, THEO
TORNA, GEORGE
TORNUVACCO, GIOCOMO
TORRES, JESUS

Nationality

ITALIAN

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children
M

Company name

IDARADO MINING CO.


2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON

35

AUSTRIAN

MINER
SINKER
MINER

AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN

MINER
PICK MINER

23
43

S
M

3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

ITALIAN
MEXICAN

MACHINE MINER
TRIP-RIDER

58
21

M
M

1 W. A. REAM COAL CO.


0 OAKDALE COAL

ITALIAN
ITALIAN
NORWEGIAN

37
58

M
M

ITALIAN
MEXICAN

MINER
MASON
FOREMAN
TRESPASSER
MINER
PICK MINER

23
34

S
M

1937AUG30 TORRES, JOSE B


1908AUG11 TORRIZE, DAVID

AMERICAN
MEXICAN

PICK MINER
MINER

48

W
M

1906APR22
1912OCT24
1897NOV10
1900JUN5
1910JAN31
1907JAN23
1935APR8

TORROSINI, LOUIS
TORSONI, JOE
TORTORIEL, GUISEPPE
TOSOLINI, SIMON
TOTH, ALBERT
TOTH, GIOANNI
TOTH, JOE

ITALIAN
ITALIAN

MINER
MINER
MINER

33
33

S
S

22
26
24
41

S
S
S
S

1941DEC25
1910NOV8
1898MAR19
1897JAN26

TOVREA, VERN
TOWAS, VICONTI
TOWNSEND, GEORGE
TRAMENTINA, RUGO

1946DEC24
1943DEC20
1941NOV12
1939JNA30
1911FEB9
1928APR27
1891FEB7
1907JAN15
1917FEB7
1912MAY4

TRAVISON, JAMES
TREASURE, ARTHUR
TREBEC, ANTON
TREMAINE, DUDLEY
TRETTER, FORTUNATO
TREVETHAN, THURMAN
TREVITHICK, JOSEPH
TREW, GEORGE
TRIAGER, JOSEPH
TRIFENOFF, STEVE

1900OCT25
1898APR15
1895AUG23
1950JUL10
1890MAR14

TRIJILLO, YGNACIO
TRIMBATH, GEORGE
TRIMBATH, HUGH
TRISTANT, JEAN
TROSSERILLO, ANDREA

1947AUG4

TROYER, JOE

37
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
10
25

COLORADO & UTAH COAL

10

1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON


3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON

Mine

County

Cause of Death

STARKVILLE
GONZALES CANON
PRIMERO
ROBINSON NO. 4

LAS
LAS
LAS
HUE

CAUGHT BETWEEN DRAFT DOOR & ORE CAR


EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
SINKING PUMP & SHAFT TIMBER FELL
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
ROOF FALL

HASTINGS
CAMERON
LAST DOLLAR
SPANISH PEAK NO. 2
OAKDALE

LAS
HUE
ELP
HUE
HUE

EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK IN SLOPE
FALL OF ROCK
CRUSHED BY FIRST CAR OF SLOPE TRAIN

TERCIO NO. 3
HASTINGS
SMUGGLER UNION
HARRIS
MORLEY
WALSEN

LAS
LAS
SAM
ROU
LAS
HUE

EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
FIRE
SRF. HAULAGE
LEG CUT OFF BY BEING CAUGHT IN ROPE
CONTACT WITHELECTRIC TROLLEY WIRE

FREDERICK
BLOOMS

LAS
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK

CUATRO
STANDARD
ROUSE NO. 3
ENGLE
PRIMERO
PRIMERO
CLAYTON

LAS
BOU
HUE
LAS
LAS
WEL

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

AUSTRIAN
HUNGARIAN
HUNGARIAN
HUGARIAN

MINER
MINER
MACHINE MINER

25
28

MEXICAN

MINER
MINER

UNITED STATES VANADIUM CORP.


VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

RIFLE
DELAGUA
TOM BOY
SILVER LAKE

GAR
LAS
SAM
SAJ

PREMATURE BLAST
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL FROM LADDER
FALLINF ROCK DOWN SHAFT

26

LEADVILLE
CALUMET NO. 2
BEAR

45
35
31

S
M

RESURRECTION MINING CO.


CALUMET FUEL
BEAR COAL & COKE
COLORADO PORTLAND CEMENT CO.

AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN

MILL SHIFT BOSS


FIRE BOSS
DRIVER
ENGINEER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
CAGER

35
34
21

GOLDEN STAR
MALTBY

PURITAN

LAK
HUE
GUN
LAR
LAS
LAK
JEF
LAS
LAK
WEL

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

IDARADO MINING CO.


TRINIDAD COAL & COKE CO.

STARKVILLE
DONALDSON
NEW GUSTON
OURAY
STARKVILLE

LAS
CLE
OUR
OUR

FELL BETWEEN OVENS


WENT OVER PLATFORM WITH CAR
CAUGHT BETWEEN SKIP & SHAFT TIMBERS
CRUSHED BY CAVING TAILINGS POND
FALL OF SLATE

CLARK COAL CO.

EDWARDS

GUN

ELECTRICITY-SURF.

COLORADO FUEL & IRON


COLORADO FUEL & IRON
CLAYTON CAOL CO.

COKEDALE
GOLDEN COAL CO.

AMERICAN
BULGARIAN
MEXICAN

17

WATCHMAN

65

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

Company name

1896DEC2

TRUDGEON, RICHARD

1923MAY5
1928FEB8
1894MAY15
1924NOV11

TRUJILLO, CANDELARIO
TRUJILLO, CERILLOS
TRUJILLO, FREDRICK
TRUJILLO, IKE

MEXICAN
MEXICAN

PICK MINER
PICK MINER

20
5

48
34

M
M

MEXICAN

MACHINE MINER

18

39

3 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.


3 TEMPLE FUEL CO.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
3 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.

1910JUN3
1902MAY5
1937DEC13
1950MAY16
1929AUG2

TRUJILLO, INNOCENCIO
TRUJILLO, JESUS
TRUJILLO, JOHN
TRUJILLO, JOSE W
TRUJILLO, LEO

MEXICAN
MEXICAN

MINER

23

CLEAN-UP MAN

36

MEXICAN

PICK MINER

40

AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING


AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

1915OCT28
1959DEC14
1902JAN4
1916MAR5
1912MAY28
1942JAN27

TRUJILLO, LOUIS
TRUJILLO, MIGUEL F
TRUJILLO, MILETON
TRUJILLO, PABLO
TRUJILLO, PHILLIPPO
TRUJILLO, TIMOTHY

MEXICAN

41

5 IDEAL FUEL
IDARADO MINING CO.

MEXICAN
MEXCIAN
MEXICAN

MINER
MINER
MINER
LABORER
ROLLER TENDER

45
44

M
M

1915MAR5 TRUJILLO, VINCENT


1923NOV17 TSAKAS, GEORGE

MEXICAN
GREEK

MINER
MACHINE MINER

46
32

1932AUG13
1981APR15
1904SEP26
1958DEC13
1917APR27
1916NOV29
1923FEB13

TSIKIRIS, THOMAS M
TUCKER, BRETT
TUJI, H.
TULLIS, ALBERT J
TURKOVICH, JOHN
TURKOVICH, MATT
TURLEY, JOHN

GREEK

MACHINE MINER

17

JAPANESE
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN

1893OCT24
1933DEC20
1901SEP16
1936SEP18

TURNER, JOHN
TURNEY, DOMINICK I
TURNGREEN, CHARLES
TURON, JOHN

1930JAN9
1910JAN28
1958NOV14
1896FEB11
1912AUG29
1904JAN26
1962DEC10
1941DEC28
1922JAN31
1909JUN3

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.

1917NOV1
1908MAY25
1908NOV11
1922DEC13
1906MAR7
1916JAN29

Mine

County

GOLD KING
SOUTHWESTERN
BRODHEAD NO. 9
SOPRIS
CHANDLER

ELP
LAS
LAS
LAS
FRE

STRUCK BY DESCENDING CAGE


EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL & SLATE
FALL OF ROCK

BOWEN
HEZRON
LEADVILLE
FREDERICK

LAS
HUE
LAK
LAK
LAS

FALL OF TOP COAL


FALL OF ROCK
RUN OVER BY MATTE TRUCK
KILLED BY GAS IN BAG HOUSE
FALL OF ROCK

JEWEL

LAS

5 COLORADO FUEL & IRON


7
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

CITY
SECUNDO COKE OVENS
PICTOU
WADGE

LAP
LAS
HUE
ROU

FALL OF ROCK
SUFFOCATION
FALL OF ROCK
HIT HEAD ON THE GROUND
RUN OVER BY A TRIP OF CARS
GAS EXPLOSION

M
M

8 LOMA FUEL
0 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.

LOMA
CASS

HUE
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK

41

0 CLAYTON COAL CO.


MID CONTINENT Resources Incorporated

MINER

46

CLAYTON
DUTCH CREEK #1 MINE
PRIMERO

WEL
PIT
LAS

MINER
MINER
PICK MINER

30
20
46

M
S
S

HASTINGS
FREMONT
PIKEVIEW

LAS
FRE
ELP

CAUGHT BETWEEN CAR & TIMBER


IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
FALL OF ROCK
BURNS FROM RIG FIRE
EXPLOSION
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK

MINER

25

ROBINSON
PORTLAND
SPRING GULCH
CRESTED BUTTE

HUE
TEL
PIT
GUN

HELL OF SHOT CATCHING HIM


FELL DOWN A SLOPE
EXPLOSION
FALL OF TOP COAL

PURITAN
HASTINGS

WEL
LAS

ENGLEVILLE
LAS
PIEDMONT
LAS
STRATTON'S INDEPENDENCE TEL
CON
PRYOR
HUE
OAKDALE
HUE
HUERFANO
HUE

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

CAMERON
CRESTED BUTTE
COKEDALE
COLUMBINE
BEACON

HUE
GUN
LAS
WEL
FRE

CRUSHED UNDER DERAILED CARS


FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF TOP COAL
FALLING DOWN SHAFT

ROU

FALL OF ROCK

19

WHITE RIVER EXPLORATION CO.


2
COLORADO FUEL & IRON
PIKES PEAK CONSOLIDATED FUEL
COLORADO FUEL AND IRON CO.

BOHEMIAN

PICK MINER

SCOTCH
JAPANESE

MACHINE MINER
MINER

ITALIAN
JAPANESE

DRIVER
SUPERINTENDENT
MINER
SCRAPER DRIVER
SUPERINTENDENT
PICK MINER
MINER

UGOLINI, UMBERTO
UHR, FRANK
UKAMORAS, Y.
UNDERWOOD, C C
UNTERINER, JAMES

ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
JAPANESE
AMERICAN
ITALIAN

UPDIKE, J. C

AMERICAN

SCOTCH

Cause of Death

18

39

COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

36
32

M
M

2 NATIONAL FUEL CO.


1
BRANNAN SAND & GRAVEL CO.

53

5
VICTOR TELLER Co.
SIEGRIST CONSTRUCTION CO.
PRYOR COAL MINING
OAKDALE COAL CO.

45
7

27
46

S
M

DRIVER
MINER
MINER
MACHINE MINER
CAGER

27
28
35
46
29

M
S
M
M
S

MINER

34

5
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON

2 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUEL CO.


YAMPA VALLEY COAL

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Company name
Status Surviving
Children
M
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON

1910OCT8

UPPERDINE, LUKE

AMERICAN

NIGHT BOSS

50

1910OCT8
1904OCT28
1943JUL1
1930APR28

UPPERDINE, THOMAS
URBAS, JOHN
URISTA, ALEX R
URQUHART, DAVID A

AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN

28
26

M
S

AMERICAN

TRIPRIDER
MINER
LOADERMAN
MINE FOREMAN

32

48

1907JAN23
1910JAN12
1929JUL24
1924JUL15
1908MAR20

URSICH, FRANK
URSICK, JOHN
URWIN, ALEXANDER W
USAI, GIOMARIO
VACARI

HUNGARIAN
AUSTRIAN
ENGLISH
ITALIAN
ITALIAN

DAY MAN
PICK MINER
COMPANY MAN
PICK MINER
MINER

12
25
4

30
38
40
41
23

S
M
S
M
S

1908JUL3
1909AUG17
1910JAN6
1917APR27
1897JUN22
1909JUL8

VAI, ANGELO
VAILIA, JOE
VAIMLECK, MATT
VALADAZ, JOSE
VALDEN, JOHN
VALDEN, PETE

ITALIAN
ITALIAN
SLAV
MEXICAN

MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER

30
39
41
25

M
M
M
M

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

Mine

County

Cause of Death

STARKVILLE

LAS

EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP

STARKVILLE
TERCIO
WADGE
NEW CREEK

LAS
LAS
ROU
FRE

EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP


EXPLOSION
ROOF FALL
FALL OF ROOF

PRIMERO
JEWEL
CHRISTENSEN
BERWIND
MORLEY

LAS
LAS
JEF
LAS
LAS

EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT


FALL OF ROCK
FELL DOWN SHAFT
CRUSHED BETWEEN A COAL FACE & CAR
MISSED SHOT

HASTINGS
BERWIND
BOWEN
HASTINGS
IOWA
MIDWAY

LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS
SAJ
HUE

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROOF

AUSTRIAN

MINER

53

1917APR27 VALDEZ, BEN


1917JUN18 VALDEZ, HENRY

MEXICAN
MEXICAN

PUMPMAN
MINER

27
49

M
W

3
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON

HASTINGS
CAMERON

LAS
HUE

EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK

1917MAR6
1910NOV8
1924OCT30
1930MAY25
1922MAR24
1922MAR24
1941JAN7

VALDEZ, ISAAC
VALDEZ, JOE
VALDEZ, JOSEPH
VALDEZ, JOSEPH
VALENCHICH, FRANK
VALENCHICH, MATT
VALENCIA, JOE C

MEXICAN
MEXICAN
S. AMERICAN

MINER
DRIVER
SLATE PICKER
DRILLER
MACHINE RUNNER
MACHINE RUNNER
SHOVELER

28
34
19
44
32
28
50

M
M
S
M
M
M
M

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.

JEWEL
DELAGUA
THREE PINES

LAS
LAS
LAS
JEF
LAS
LAS
EAG

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

1917APR27
1918MAY8
1906FEB15
1899MAY18

VALENCICH, MATT
VALENQUELE, AGUSETA
VALENTINE, FRANK
VALENTINE, W O

AUSTRIAN
MEXICAN
AUSTRIAN

21
24
40

M
M
M

1
3 TEMPLE FUEL

HASTINGS
BRODHEAD
SUFFIELD
IBEX

LAS
LAS
LAS
LAK

EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
PICKING OUT MISSED SHOT

1893DEC15
1939APR20
1918APR12
1918APR12
1895AUG29
1923APR18
1910JAN31
1899JAN4
1926MAY15
1918MAR7

VALENTZ, JOHN
VALENZANO, DOMENIC
VALENZICH, TONY
VALENZICH, TONY
VALERA, STEPHEN
VALERIO, FLAVIANO
VALINT, JIM
VALKE, GEORGE
VALQUEZ, JOSE A
VAMVAS, JOHN

SOPRIS
MANLEY

LAS
FRE
HIN

SLEEPY-HOLLOW
EMPIRE
PRIMERO
MAITLAND

GIL
LAS
LAS
HUE
LAK
HUE

FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK
FILLED STOPE AND SUFFOCATED
AT LAKE CITY;DRAWN INTO STOPE & SUFFOCATED
DROWNED
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
FALL OF ROCK
FELL 200 FEET DOWN ABANDONED SHAFT
FALL OF ROCK

1942JAN9
1926AUG24
1941AUG9
1942JAN27
1896FEB19

VanARSDALE, ALBERT
VanAUSDAL, JAMES A
VANCE, W V
VanCLEAVE, ARTHUR W
VANDEREN, A. A

SAJ
SUM
SAM
ROU
DOU

SUFFOCATED
HOLES EXPLODED ABOUT THE TIME HE LEFT
SUFFOCATED
GAS EXPLOSION
TUNNEL CAVED IN

1927JAN29

VANDERWIELE, HARRY

SAJ

CAUGHT BETWEEN CHUTE & CAR

SLAV
SLAV

MINER
MACHINE MINER
MINER

COLORADO FUEL AND IRON CO.


MANLEY COAL CO.
STOPER DRILL
DRILLER

45
45

MEXICAN
HUNGARIAN

PICK MINER
TIMBERMAN

AMERICAN
GREEK

MACHINE MINER

22
35

CHUTE PULLER
MINER
CHUCKTENDER

34
50
28

TRAMMER

21

AMERICAN

AMERICAN

SOPRIS
SOPRIS

12

32
23

M
S

2 EMPIRE COAL MINING CO.


COLORADO FUEL & IRON

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

RAVENWOOD

PRIDE OF WEST, INC.

SILVERTON

VETA MINES, INC.


VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

TELLURIDE
WADGE
MULDOON

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

1943FEB19

VANSCOY, FLOYD

1899OCT28
1928MAY4
1907JAN23
1930NOV29

VanWHY, WILLIAM
VARANTIS, SAMUEL
VARGA, ANDREA
VARRA, JR., JOSEPH

1910SEP30
1957JAN30
1928JUL27
1913APR15
1920APR14

VASANELLI, PETER
VASHOLTZ, R H
VASQUEZ, HORACIO
VATAKES, JIM
VAUGHN, THOMAS

1910NOV8
1918MAR6
1945NOV25
1930MAY5
1911AUG25
1907JAN29

VELANDA, PERAU
VELARDE, JOHN I
VELASQUEZ, ALFRED
VELASQUEZ, JOE
VELATTE, TONY
VELME, JOE

Nationality

Occupation

GREEK
HUNGARIAN
AMERICAN

MINER
MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
LABEL PASTER

ITALIAN

MINER

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death
27

15

Marital Number of
Company name
Status Surviving
Children
M
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.

33
35
40
17

M
M
M

31

2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.


COLORADO FUEL & IRON
NATIONAL FUEL CO.

Mine

CLIMAX

County

JOE DANDY
KEBLER NO. 2
PRIMERO
MONARCH NO. 2

LAK
TEL
HUE
LAS
BOU

BERWIND

LAS
EAG
HUE
LAS

CRUSHED BETWEEN MOTOR AND CAR


IMPROPER BLASTING PROCEDURE
CAUGHT BETWEEN CHUTE & CAR
FALL OF ROCK
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

L. M. HOLLINGSWORTH & ASSOC.


GREEK
AMERICAN

SHOVELER
MINER
MACHINE MAN

22

24
28
41

RAVENWOOD
TOLLER

45
20

0 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

DELAGUA

19
16
35

M
S
M

KERR COAL
0 DAVICH COAL CO.

CAMEO
DAVICH
MCKINLEY
REX NO. 1

LAS
FRE
MES
LAS
ROU
BOU

DELAGUA
PRIMERO

LAS
LAS

CRUSHED BETWEEN CAR AND PROP


FALL OF COAL

HASTINGS
OAKDALE
PRIMERO
INDUSTRIAL
BEAR CANON NO. 3
COAL CREEK NO. 2
ROMLEY

LAS
HUE
LAS
BOU
LAS
FRE

EXPLOSION OF GAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE LAMP


FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST
FALL OF POT ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF VEIN MATTER FROM BACK

DURANGO
DUTCH CREEK #1 MINE
CITY NO. 3
KENNETH

LAP
PIT
ELP
LAS

CRUSHED BY MOVING MACHINERY


IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
HAULAGE
HEART FAILURE

RAVENWOOD
RESERVOIR NO. 22
TOLLER
OAK HILL NO. 1
CLIMAX
CUCHARA CANON
SOPRIS
ROBINSON
HASTINGS
SOPRIS

HUE

FALL OF ROCK
PREMATURE EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
RUN OVER BY MINE CAR
CAUGHT BETWEEN CAR & DUMP BLOCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF COAL
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK

MEXICAN
ITALIAN
ITALIAN

PICK MINER
LABORER
MINER

1912MAY21 VELO, SILVERIO


1918JUN13 VELORAS, EUGENIO M

MEXICAN
MEXICAN

MINER
PICK MINER

33
38

M
S

1912JUN18
1918MAR28
1910JAN31
1931SEP18
1926JAN29
1892APR7
1918SEP27

VELOTTIE, JIM
VENCENTI, JOSEPH
VENOVICH, SAM
VERCELLONO, JOHN B
VERGIS, TONY
VERLINGE, ANTONIA
VERST, PETER

AUSTRO-TYROL
ITALIAN
CROATIAN
ITALIAN
GREEK

MINER
PICK MINER
DRIVER
PICK MINER

36
44
28
62
45

S
W
S
M
M

1951NOV2
1981APR15
1944MAY12
1945APR9

VESPER, JOHN W
VETTER, THOMAS
VIA, MARIANO
VICENZI, GIUSEPPI

1913AUG9
1951AUG24
1911JAN14
1912AUG24
1941MAR1
1922JAN30
1895FEB1
1895DEC11
1917APR27
1892JUL1

VICIC, JAKE
VICTORY, WARNER
VIDA, JOE
VIDIC, JOSEPH
VIDICK, FRANK
VIDIO, FRANK
VIDOLITCH, MATTEO
VIETTA, JOSEPH
VIGIL, ALEJANDRO
VIGIL, CORNIEL

1908JAN14
1897MAR29
1912DEC4
1900JUN18
1913NOV17

VIGIL, D. L
VIGIL, DARIO
VIGIL, GAVINO
VIGIL, JOHN
VIGIL, JUAN

1920JUL8

VIGIL, L

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
VANADIUM CORP. OF AMERICA
MID CONTINENT Resources Incorporated
COLORADO SPRINGS
HALL BROTHERS COAL
SLAV

MINER

37

3 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

HUNGARIAN
AUSTRIAN

MINER
MINER
WHISTLEPUNK
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER
DRIVER

42
45
38
26

M
M
M
M

4
4
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
0 CADDELL & TAGGART

35

SLAV

MEXICAN

COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.


MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN

FALL TO BOTTOM SHAFT AND HOLES EXPLODED


FALL OF PILLAR COAL
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO RAILROAD CARS

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
6 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

MINER
FURNACE FEEDER

25

DRILLED INTO MISSED HOLE

S
M

MEXICAN

Cause of Death

CARLOADER
MINER
MINER
COMPANY HAND
MINER

18

27
21
51

MACHINE HELPER

22

9 COLORADO FUEL & IRON

PRYOR
SOPRIS
FREDERICK
TOLTEC
MORLEY

LAS
ROU
LAK
HUE
LAS
HUE
LAS
LAS
HUE
LAS
LAS
LAS

RUN OVER BY TWO CARS


ROCK FALL
CRUSHED BETWEEN CAR AND PILLAR
FALL OF COAL
FALL OF ROCK

SAJ

BY A BLAST

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

1947DEC31 VIGIL, PETER

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

Company name

MOTORMAN

30

51

MEXICAN

PICK MINER

20

45

AMERICAN

MACHINE MINER

41

VIHOS, THEROS
VILENTIO, JOE
VILLAGOMES, LOUIS
VILLANUEVA, MANUEL
VILLAREAL, FERMAN

GREEK
SLAV
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN

MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER

31
40
22
26
32

S
M
S
M
M

1936MAR3
1916AUG26
1917APR27
1885AUG2
1914JAN17
1927JAN31

VILLINI, CLEMENTE
VILOTTI, GUERINO
VINCENZI, PAUL
VINE, WILLIAM
VINKSEL, JOHN
VIOLA, FRED

ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
MEXICAN

MACHINE MINER
MINER
TRACKMAN

45
26
20

M
S
S

1 BLACK DIAMOND FUEL CO.


CEDAR HILL COAL & COKE

SLAV
ITALIAN

MINER
ROPE RIDER

32

22
46

S
M

1895DEC1
1922DEC7

VISCA, JAMES
VISCOS, STEVE

GREEK

ROADMAN
PICK MINER

10

42

1891DEC8
1917APR27
1905APR21
1946SEP21
1915JUL2
1924MAR4
1913MAY7

VITTORIA, ACON
VLAHOS, TOM
VODNIE, JOHN
VOGL, WALTER W
VOGMEMENT, ANDY
VOGT, FRED
VOI, EMELIO

GREEK
SLAVONIAN

MINER
MINER

AUSTRIAN
AMERICAN
ITALIAN

LOADER
TRACKMAN
MINER

1952DEC11
1928MAR13
1910NOV8
1913JUL23

VOIGHT, WILLIAM W
VORE, JOHN
VOROTOVICH, NICK
VORSICK, FRANK

AMERICAN
TEAMSTER
MONTENEGRIN MINER
SLAV
MINER

50
29
28

S
M

1907OCT15
1942JAN27
1911OCT5
1942JAN27
1917APR27
1935FEB15
1921FEB12
1904JAN26
1897JUN23
1888MAR6

VOSHIER, LOUIS
VRIEZEMA, ADRIAN J
VUGGERS, EDGAR
VUKOMAN, CHARLES
VURNICK, FRANK
WADDELL, BUSTER
WAGNER, HY
WAGNER, L A
WAGONSTER, THOMAS H
WAH, AH

FRENCH

33

1899SEP8
1898MAR3
1899JUL1
1909SEP11
1938FEB22

WAKELIN, JOHN
WALDEN, TONY
WALDNER, PAUL
WALFORD, W. B
WALKER, ALFRED

1892JAN21

WALKER, ANDREW

1922MAR24
1888MAR14
1918JUN28
1895AUG29

VIGIL, PETROLINO
VIGIL, RAFAEL
VIGIL, SOLOMON
VIGUS, NICHOLAS

1917APR27
1911SEP22
1920NOV23
1918MAR21
1910JAN31

30

20

MINER

COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.

AMERICAN

MINER
MINER
SHOT FIRER
MINER

28

Cause of Death

LAS

HAULAGE

CASS
EL MORO
COKEDALE NO. 2
SLEEPY-HOLLOW

LAS
LAS
LAS
GIL

FALL OF ROCK
LOADED PIT CAR
FALL OF ROCK
DROWNED

HASTINGS
TOLLER
DELAGUA
COAL CRREK
PRIMERO

LAS
LAS
LAS
FRE
LAS

EXPLOSION
CRUSHED BY CAR
CONTACT WITH PROP WHILE RIDING CAR
ELECTROCUTED
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST

BOU
LAS
LAS

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
3 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.

BLACK DIAMOND NO. 2


TOLLER
HASTINGS
BATES-CENTRAL CITY
RAVENWOOD
KENWOOD

HUE
FRE

PREMATURE SHOT
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
DROWNING
BLOWN-OUT SHOT
FALL OF ROCK

3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

VICTOR NO. 2
ROBINSON NO. 2

HUE

EXPLOSION OF POWDER
FALL OF ROCK

37
25

M
S

32
55
27

S
S
S

LEYDEN LIGNITE
SOUTH CANON
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
OAKDALE COAL

ROUSE
HASTINGS
PRIMERO
LEYDEN NO. 3
SOUTH CANON
PINNACLE
OAKDALE

HUE
LAS
LAS
JEF
GAR
ROU
HUE

FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
FALL OF COAL
HAULAGE
MOTOR TRIP BEING DERAILED
OVERSTRAINING HIMSELF
FALL OF TOP COAL

GIBBONS - REED & BOYLE BROS.

CLIMAX

LAK
LAR
LAS
LAS

BLOOD CLOT CAUSED BY BROKEN LEG IN FALL


PINNED UNDER LOADED WAGON
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF ROCK

4
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
0 CEDAR HILL COAL & COKE

12

48
27
60

S
M
S
S

ITALIAN

TIMBERMAN

28

AMERICAN

DRIVER

27

DELAGUA
BLACK DIAMOND

ELP
ROU
BOU
ROU
LAS
LAK
OAK HILLS NO. 2
ROU
STRATTON'S INDEPENDENCE TEL
ENTERPRISE
DOL
COMO NO. 1
PAR

MISSED SHOT
GAS EXPLOSION
FELL DOWN SHAFT
GAS EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF DUST
CAGE ACCIDENT
CAVE IN OF RAISE
FALL OF COAL

EAGLE COAL CO.

DAKOTA
BERWIND NO. 2
GLACIER
RAPSON NO. 1
EAGLE

SAJ
LAS
OUR
LAS
FRE

PICKING OUT MISSED SHOT


FALL OF BONEY
ROOF CAVED IN
CAUGHT BETWEEN CAR & MULE
HANDLING EXPLOSIVES

CANON CITY COAL CO.

ROCKVALE

FRE

FALL OF COAL

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
AUSTRIAN

County

FREDERICK

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.


COLORADO COAL AND IRON CO.
3 AMERICAN SMELTING & REFINING

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
AMERICAN

Mine

CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.


MOFFAT COAL CO.
VICTOR TELLER Co.

CURTIS
WADGE
NONPARELL
WADGE
HASTINGS

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

1920MAR9

Name

1918OCT9
1888NOV5
1927MAY27
1930AUG28

WALKER, EARL
WALKER, J H
WALKER, JAMES
WALKER, JOHN
WALKER, JOHN G

1950JAN3
1895NOV22
1919APR18
1914OCT17
1915FEB3

WALKER, LEROY W
WALKER, PETE
WALKER, QUIMBY
WALKER, W. J
WALKER, W. M

1888DEC10
1896OCT3
1935NOV7
1919JAN2
1945EP11
1884JAN24

WALLACE, HENRY
WALLACE, JOHN
WALLACE, LEE
WALLACE, ROBERT B
WALLITCH, LUDWIG
WALSH, JAMES

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

MINER

37

AMERICAN

SHOT FIRER

32

ENGLISH

PUMPER
MINER

58
49

M
M

23

Company name

2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.


T. C. & C. CO.
1 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.
CRAVEN WALKER
WALKER COAL

AMERICAN
ENGLISH
GERMAN

MACHINE HELPER
LINEMAN
FOREMAN

AMERICAN
SCOTCH

MINER
OUTSIDE LABORER
HOIST MAN

39
34
49

M
M
M

6 CANON RELIANCE COAL


2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON
COLORADO COAL & IRON CO.

24
52

M
M

0 HAYDEN COAL CO.


2 FOX COAL MINING
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON

1895NOV18 WALSH, JAMES


1878DEC28 WALSH, MICHAEL
1897OCT16
1920JAN29
1918OCT14
1943MAR15
1917APR6
1877JUN6
1913DEC16

WALSH, MIKE
WALSH, PETER
WALSH, WILLIAM
WALT, JAMES
WALTER, M. C
WALTERS, HARRY
WALTERS, LOU

1927MAR12
1929NOV25
1902JAN29
1905JUL1

WALTERS, WILLIAM
WALTHALL, PRENTICE
WANNER, JOHN
WANSKI, JOHN

1942JAN27
1937FEB6
1906DEC21
1936JAN20
1898JUN13
1939FEB5
1942MAR27
1958SEP11
1934APR1
1924FEB27

WARD, GEORGE H
WARD, JOHN ALBERT
WARD, LEE
WARD, LELAND
WARDELL, JOHN W
WARNER, JULIUS H
WARREN, ART
WARREN, ORBIE OLIVER
WARREN, WILLIAM
WASHINGTON, GEORGE

1899OCT30
1920MAY29
1920AUG11
1939NOV9
1933MAR23

WASHINGTON, SAMUEL S
WATKINS, WALTER D
WATKINS, WILLIAM
WATSON, F A
WATSON, JAMES W

1952OCT20 WATSON, JESSE

AMERICAN

MINER
TIMBERMAN HELPER
TIPPLEMAN
TIMBERMAN
MINER
FIRE BOSS

ENGLISH
AMERICAN

TRAPPER
PICK MINER

POLANDER

COLORED
AMERICAN

NEGRO
WELSH
AMERICAN

EXPLOSION OF FIRE DAMP


EXPLOSION OF CARBURETED HYDROGEN GAS
EXPLOSION OF COAL-DUST
FELL INTO WINZE OR RAISE

CANON MONARCH NO. 3


MOLLIE GIBSON
CANON
BERWIND NO. 3
WALSEN

FRE
PIT
FRE
LAS
HUE

ELECTRICITY
BLOCK OF GROUND GAVE WAY
ELECTRIC SHOCK
ELECTROCUTED
STRUCK BY THREE RUNAWAY CARS

COAL CREEK NO. 2


FRANCEVILLE
HAYDEN NO. 3
FOX
KEBLER NO. 2
CRESTED BUTTE

FRE
ELP
ROU
BOU
HUE
GUN

EXPLOSION OF GAS
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY TRAM BUCKET
CAUGHT IN SHAFT BY CAGE
FACE FALL
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST

VIRGINIUS
EL MORO

OUR
SAJ

EXPLOSION OF POWDER
FALL OF COAL

KOHNGO
KOKOMO

ELP

TERRIBLE-BROWNVILLE
VULCAN

GAR

CENTENNIAL
HARRIS
MAY BE-CRIPPLE CREEK
STARKVILLE

BOU
ROU
TEL
LAS

CAUGHT BETWEEN CAR & RIB


COAL BUMPED OUT ON HIM
FOUL AIR
ELECTROCUTED BY TROLLEY WIRE

WADGE

MARR

ROU
MIN
LAS
BOU
ELP
CLE
JAC

LESTER

LAK
HUE

GAS EXPLOSION
CAUGHT BETWEEN CARS & CHUTE
FALL OF ROOF
GAS EXPLOSION
FELL FROM LADDER
FELL INTO SUMP CONTAINING SCALDING WATER
EXPLOSIVES
IMPROPER BLASTING PROCEDURE
EXPLOSION OF POWDER STICKS
FALL OF ROCK

LAK
HUE
HUE
CLE
WEL

CAUGHT BETWEEN TIMBERS & CAGE


RUNAWAY TRIP
FALL OF ROCK
SLIPPED ON METAL & INJURED HIS RIGHT SIDE
FALL OF ROCK

CORYELL MINING LEASING

63
58

M
S

3 BOULDER VALLEY COAL CO.


COLORADO & UTAH COAL CO.
LESSEES DAVIS & BENTLEY

MINER

24

MULE DRIVER
DRIVER
DAY MAN

26
30
39

S
S
S

PARTING TENDER
MACHINE MINER
LABORER
TRACKLAYER

FALL OR ROCK

HUE
LAS
LAS
LAK

CORLEY NO. 6

CHUTE LOADER
PICK MINER

JEF

CORLEY COAL

22

12

34
15
30
14

Cause of Death

CAMERON
STARKVILLE
DELAGUA
IBEX

23

40
40

County

PICKING OUT MISSED HOLE


FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCKS
ELECTRICITY
FALL OF ORE
EXPLOSION
DUST EXPLOSION

51
18

MINING ENGINEER

AMERICAN

Mine

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
WILSON LEASING CO.
NATIONAL FUEL CO.

24
56

S
M

MESSICK, OVERN, & HAHN


GEORGE M. BARNELL
ORBIE OLIVER WARREN
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

33
47
60
47

M
S
S
M

0 SUNNYSIDE COAL MINING CO.


H. L. McGOWAN
CLEAR CREEK-GILPIN CO.
5 McNEIL COAL CORP.
OLDS OIL CORP.

DELAGUA
MONARCH NO. 2
ANCOR NO. 2

IBEX
SUNNYSIDE
VESTA
STERLING
STERLING

LAK
FRE
EAG

STRUCK BY LEG OF DERRICK WHILE DISMANTLING

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

Company name

1899MAR10 WATSON, ROBERT


1929AUG20
1939OCT6
1897JAN5
1932NOV15

WATSON, W M
WATSON, WILLIAM T
WAYNICK, HURLEY L
WEAVER, ARTHUR H

NEGRO

1937MAR14
1896FEB2
1896FEB18
1916OCT1
1932AUG13

WEAVER, CARL ORVAL


WEBB, ASA
WEBB, WILLIAM
WEBBER, CONSTANTE
WEBBER, GUS

AMEREICAN

COAL LOADER

AMERICAN
TYROLESE

MINER
MACHINE HELPER
MINER

1902APR24
1943JAN14
1884JAN24
1919DEC12
1948FEB5
1896FEB18

WEHRING, PADDY
WEIMER, JOSEPH V
WEISENBERG, JOSEPH
WEISER, MORRIS
WELKER, WILLIAM F
WELSH, EDWARD

1898NOV10 WELSH, PETER


1913DEC16 WENDALL, RALPH

PICK MINER

44

TEAMSTER

GERMAN

20

58

MOFFAT COAL CO.


BOULDER VALLEY COAL CO.

27

41

4 HERMAN WEST

23

M
M
S

3 CARBON COAL & COKE CO.

45

MANCOS COAL & FUEL CO.

County

Cause of Death

COMMODORE
OAK HILLS NO. 2
CENTENNIAL
SILVER LAKE
MANCOS

MIN
ROU
BOU
SAJ
MOZ

EXPLOSION WHILE CAPING FUSE


FALL OF ROCK
CAUGHT IN MOVING MACHINERY
FALLING ROCK
FALL OF ROCK

PINE GULCH
JAPAN
VULCAN
COKEDALE
SARATOGA

FRE
SAM
GAR
LAS
GIL

FALL OF ROCK
HANG-FIRE SHOT
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK

BOOK CLIFF
U.S. VANADIUM
CRESTED BUTTE
CHAMPION
STREETER
VULCAN

MES
MON
GUN
BOU
MOF
GAR

PIECE OF ROOF FELL ON HIM


HAULAGE
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
CRUSHED BETWEEN RAILROAD CARS
MACHINERY
EXPLOSION

AMERICAN

MINER
MOTORMAN
MINER
TOP BOSS
MACHINE HELPER
ROPE RIDER

AMERICAN

MINER

35

2 CORYELL MINING LEASING

KLONDIKE
VULCAN

LAK
GAR

CAVE OF GROUND
DUST EXPLOSION

STABLE BOSS
MACHINEMAN
PITMAN
ELECTRICIAN

M
S
M
M

4 COLORADO FUEL & IRON


EMPERIUS MINING CO.

CAMERON
CREEDE

43

38
23
39
58

0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

MORLEY
BULL DOMINGO
FREMONT
MOFFAT TUNNEL

HUE
MIN
TEL
LAS
CUS
FRE
GIL

HIT BY A RUN-A-WAY TRIP OF CARS


EXPLOSIVES
HIT BY EMPTY BUCKET FROM A CATERPILLAR
FELL OFF BUILDING
EXPLOSION/FIRE
FALL OF COAL & ROOF
ELECTROCUTED

12

32

2 PINNACLE-KEMMERER FUEL CO.

22
65

M
M

GEORGE RATH & OTTO HORNE

P. K. NO. 1
HERRIETT
CLARA
PINON

ROU
LAK
BOU
HUE

ELECTROCUTED
FALLING DOWN SHAFT
FELL DOWN SHAFT
FALL OF ROOF

LELIA
FAIRVIEW
PIKEVIEW
HESPERUS

ELP
GUN
ELP
LAP
SAJ
DEL
BOU
GIL

INSECURE STAGING
EXPLOSION WHILE THAWING POWDER
HAULAGE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF DRAWSLATE
PREMATURE EXPLOSION OF A ROUND OF HOLES

KING LEASE, INC.

J COOK JR TUNNEL
CASHIER
SIMPSON
ERA
OURAY

FRE
GIL
BOU
ELP
OUR

USING IRON DRILL TO LAMP POWDER


FALL TO BOTTOM OF SHAFT
STRUCK BY RAILINGS BEING LOWERED
THAWING POWDER OVER FORGE FIRE
FALL OF ROCK

UNITED STATES VANADIUM CORP.

RIFLE

GAR

PREMATURE BLAST

AUSTRIAN

Mine

10

37
42
24

M
YN

1914FEB25
1947SEP26
1931JUL1
1930MAR7
1885NOV13
1901NOV23
1927FEB16

WERDEN, CHARLES H
WESANDER, RUBEN
WESSER, JOHN
WEST, GEORGE
WESTFALL, H.
WESTFALL, JULIAN
WESTON, KING F

AMERICAN

AMERICAN
AMERICAN

ELECTRICIAN

1930MAY9
1898JAN18
1935NOV9
1905JUL17

WESTWOOD, WILLIAM R
WHEATLEY, JAMES
WHETSTONE, ROBERT
WHILES, WILLIAM

AMERICAN

PICK MINER

ENGLISH

MINER
MINER

1898JAN12
1896DEC17
1944AUG21
1900DEC20
1918JUN6
1909JUN5
1922DEC9
1894NOV17
1904JUL1
1953JUL17

WHINERY, OLIVER J
WHIPP, OWEN
WHITCOMB, HUBBARD
WHITE, ARCHIE
WHITE, FRANK
WHITE, WALTER
WHITESIDE, F J
WHITLOW, JAMES
WHITNEY, A. E
WHITTAKER, LEO

1897AUG15
1896JAN13
1901DEC3
1896APR1
1949SEP26

WIEKS, HURLEY
WIENEWSKI, STEFAN
WIGGINS, G. B
WIGGINS, JOSEPH
WILHELM, KARL

MINER

27

1941DEC24 WILHITE, HUMPHREY

MINER

32

ENGLISH

UNITED STATES VANADIUM CORP.


COLORADO COAL AND IRON
2 CHAMPION FUEL CO.
DOMESTIC COAL

31

PIKES PEAK FUEL


AMERICAN

TIMBERMAN

AMERICAN

MINER
MINER

AMERICAN

MINER

41
17
28
40
23
40

M
S

PAONIA

S
M

PERIGO-BLACKHAWK
BLACK DIAMOND
IDARADO MINING CO.

CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

1918NOV4

WILKES, ROBERT

1897SEP28
1908APR14
1914SEP25
1910JAN31

WILLIAMS, C O
WILLIAMS, C. A
WILLIAMS, CHARLES F
WILLIAMS, D. J

1917APR27
1924AUG4
1961MAY13
1929DEC20
1909JAN29

WILLIAMS, DAVE
WILLIAMS, DAVID
WILLIAMS, EARNEST E
WILLIAMS, GUS
WILLIAMS, HERBERT

1884JAN24
1899JAN15
1943JUL20
1891OCT24
1884JAN24
1895AUG29

WILLIAMS, JOHN
WILLIAMS, JOHN
WILLIAMS, LEO B
WILLIAMS, MIKE
WILLIAMS, THOMAS
WILLIAMS, THOMAS

1927SEP3
1896JAN7

WILLIAMS, TOM
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM G

1902NOV10
1894NOV17
1919JUN24
1930JUN7
1922NOV17
1900SEP17
1904MAR11

WILLIAMSON, JAMES
WILLS, LIPPER
WILSON, ANDREW
WILSON, ARCHIE M
WILSON, HUGH
WILSON, JOHN
WILSON, PAUL

1919MAR6
1931NOV6
1914DEC8
1921AUG9

WILSON, THOMAS
WILSON, WILLIAM, A
WIMM, H. H
WINDSOR, BUYRIL

1902AUG7
1955JUN27
1887APR15
1897JUN11
1952OCT23
1917JAN14
1919NOV21
1937MAR27
1900APR17
1900APR17

Nationality

RUSSIAN

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

MINER

AMERICAN
NEGRO
WELSH

COMPANYMAN
LABORER
MINE BOSS

WELCH
WELSH

PIT BOSS
MOTORMAN

AMERICAN
WELSH

NIPPER
MACHINE OILER

Age at
Death
39

10

Marital Number of
Company name
Status Surviving
Children
S
GARFIELD MINE LEASING CO.

45
35
38

M
S
M

34
27
30
19

M
M
S
S

ROUTT COUNTY FUEL


COLORADO FUEL & IRON
4
2 CANON-RELIANCE COAL CO.
SELF EMPLOYED
BOULDER VALLEY COAL CO.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON

TIMBERMAN

44

AMERICAN

SUPERINTENDENT

43

SCOTCHMAN

FOREMAN

SCOTCH

PICK MINER
SHIFT BOSS
CAGER

AMERICAN

MINER

45
35
29
31
24
58
29

AMERICAN
AMERICAN

MINER
MINER & TIMBERMAN
ENGINEER
ENGINEER

40
27
32
19

WINFIELD, TILDEN
WINGATE, JULIUS B
WINN, FRANK
WINNFIELD, WYANT
WINOGRASKY, A
WINSLOW, ADOLPH
WINTERS, JOHN
WINTERS, LLOYD H
WISE, ANDREW
WISE, JOHN

AMERICAN

MACHINE HELPER

1930OCT18
1898JAN12
1919MAR19
1927SEP10
1932SEP10

WISEMAN, HORACE S
WISTLAND, ANDREW
WIZOREK, ALBERT
WOHLCKE, FRED J
WOLCOTT, ELLER

AMERICAN

MACHINE MINER

AMERICAN

MUCKER
MUCKER
MACHINE MAN

1921JUL30

WOLTER, FRANK

AMERICAN

M
M
S
M
M
M
M
M
S

GOLDEN CYCLE CORP.


COLORADO FUEL CO.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON

COKEDALE COAL CO.


CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
1

2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON


BLACK HAWK COAL CO.

S
LaSALLE MINING CO.
COLORADO COAL AND IRON CO.

RR CAR DROPPER
MACHINE DRILLER
MINER
MACHINEMAN

45
28
32
57

Mine

GAR

EXPLOSION OF GAS

CANON CITY
CHAMPION
PINNJACLE
PRIMERO

ELP
LAP
ROU
LAS

SPIKED HOLE WITH UNEXPLODED POWDER


EXPLOSION OF FIREDAMP
THROWN OFF A MOVING TRIP OF CARS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST

HASTINGS
CANON
BOULDER VALLEY
STARKVILLE

LAS
FRE
MON
WEL
LAS

EXPLOSION
ELECTROCUTED
FALL OF ROCK & DEBRIS
SQUEEZED BETWEEN TWO TRIPS OF CARS
CAUGHT IN GEAR WHEELS OF MACHINERY

CRESTED BUTTE
HULL CITY PLACER
CRIPPLE CREEK
COAL RIDGE
CRESTED BUTTE
SLEEPY-HOLLOW

GUN
ELP
TEL
GAR
GUN
GIL

EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST


ROCK FROM BUCKET
CRUSHED BETWEEN MOTOR & CHUTE
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND COAL DUST
EXPLOSION OF GAS AND DUST
DROWNED

MOFFAT TUNNEL
STRONG

GIL
ELP

MOTOR DROPPED & THREW HIM AGAINST TUNNEL


FALLING DOWN SHAFT

AUTHRACITE
PERIGO-BLACKHAWK
OAKDALE
CLIMAX
FREMONT
FREMONT
HASTINGS NO. 2

GUN
GIL
HUE
LAK
FRE
FRE
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION;NATIVE OF CORNWALL, ENGLAND
FALL OF TOP COAL
FALL OF ROCK
KILLED BY A CAGE
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF

MORLEY
PRIMROSE

TEL
TEL
LAS
LAS

LAGGING BROKE CAUSING HIM TO FALL


FALL OF ROCK
HIT BY A RUNAWAY TRIP OF LOADED CARS
ELECTROCUTED

BOWEN

LAS

COAL CREEK NO. 2


ENTERPRISE
OSAGE STRIP

FRE
DOL
ROU
SUM
TEL
BOU
BOU

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

WEL
GIL
SAJ
CLE
TEL

CAUGHT BETWEEN LOADED CAR & RIB


STULLS BROKE IN SLOPE
SNOWSLIDE WHICH CARRIED HALF BUILDING AWAY
FALL OF ROCK
FELL & STRUCK HEAD ON CORNER OF WALL

GAR

CAR RAN AWAY

KOKOMO
M

LABORER

46

UNITED GOLD MINES CO.

27
47
54

2 CLAYTON COAL CO.

Cause of Death

GARFIELD-VULCAN

ELDORADO TUNNEL
ELDORADO TUNNEL
18

County

CLAYTON
INDIANA

LAST DOLLAR

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

Occupation

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children

Company name

1898NOV18 WOOD, OSCAR C


1941MAY9
1917OCT22
1947AUG15
1899JAN13

WOOD, VERNON E
WOODBURN, ANDREW
WOODEN, THOMAS G
WOODRAFF, CLARK

1919SEP15
1913DEC16
'1895
1959SEP29
1954JUN25

WOODRUFF, FRED
WOODS, H. G
WOODS, JAMES
WOODS, MICHAEL J
WOODS, TRUMAN A

1888DEC3
1923JAN
1910NOV8
1940DEC7
1904JUL26
1906APR22

WOODS, WILLIAM
WOODWARD, JOHN
WOODWARD, TILL
WOOLMAN, FRED
WORKOFF, JIM
WRABIE, JOHN

1899NOV18 WRIDE, FRED


1954MAR19 WRIGHT, BURTON E

AMERICAN

AMERICAN
AMERICAN

MINER
SWITCH TENDER
LINE OPERATOR

39
17
31

FIREMAN
LOADER

52
34

M
M

CURTIS COAL CO.


CORYELL MINING LEASING

MINER

STRONG
CRIPPLE CREEK
GORDON
FAIRPLAY
MOUNTAIN BOY

County

ELP
TEL
HUE
ELP

FARMER
ELECTRICIAN

48
25

M
S

COLORED
SLAV

MINER
MINER

27
41

M
M

ENGLISH

MINER

40

1929JUN28
1916SEP30
1945MAR31
1932OCT4

WURTZ, SAM
WURZER, JOHN
WYATT, VANCE A
WYATT, W E

1912DEC25
1909JAN23
1915MAR10
1908MAY3
1953NOV9
1892JUN11
1908SEP22
1910JAN31
1962APR5
1934AUG1

XENOS, GEORGE
YAB, GERMANO
YABICAN, JAMES
YAMAGUSI, Y.
YANDELL, FRANK
YANOZ, SEVROI
YANULINICH, FRANK
YAR, D. R
YARDLEY, LONZO HASKEL
YARGUS, KENNETH

1910JAN26
1923MAY25
1910NOV8
1907DEC2
1910JAN31

YASHIDA, SISACMONI
YAUK, JOHN
YBARRA, JOSE
YEARACK, CHARLES
YEARIC, LORENZO

JAPANESE
AUSTRIAN
MEXICAN
AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN

MINER

AMERICAN

MULE DRIVER
ELECTRICIAN

MEXICAN

TIMBERMAN
MINER

AUSTRAIN

MACHINE DRILLER
MINER

AMERICAN

MACHINE HELPER

GREEK
AUSTRIAN
JAPANESE
JAPANESE

DRIVER
MINER
MINER
DRIVER

13

BOILER EXPLOSION CAUSED BY LOW WATER


DUST EXPLOSION
MOVING BELT
DRILL STAGING COLLAPSED
SUFFOCATED

GRAND RIVER COAL CO.

NEW CASTLE

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
COLORADO & UTAH COAL CO.

DELAGUA
HARRIS
MIDWAY
CUATRO

GAR
ELB
LAS
ROU
HUE
LAS

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

CITY

LAP

FALL OF SLATE
ELECTRIC SHOCK FELL 12 FEET TO FLOOR

ANTHRACITE
CANON
ORIENT
JEFFRYES
RIDGE
NUCLA

GUN
FRE
SAG
LAS
MIN

CRUSHED BY FALLING ROCK


RUN OVER BY CAR
ELECTROCUTED
EXPLOSION OF BLACK POWDER
FALL OF ROCK
FELL BACKWARD
FALL OF ROCK

SAJ
MES
FRE
WEL

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
MACHINERY
RUN DOWN BY HAULAGE MOTOR

TWIN LAKES WATER

WEL
LAS
LAS
LAS
PIT
LAS
HUE
LAS
MON
PUE

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

WALSEN
MORLEY
DELAGUA
FRANCISCO
PRIMERO

HUE
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS

FALL OF DRAWSLATE
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST

HASTINGS

LAS

EXPLOSION

COLORADO FUEL & IRON

FRITZ WRIGHT
COLORADO FUEL CO.
4 CANON-RELIANCE CO.

38

46

JEFFRYES FUEL

24

AYERS & WULFF

30

S
M

33

22
38
36

S
M
S
S

0 PALISADE COAL & SUPPLY CO.


CALDIROLA COAL
BOULDER VALLEY COAL CO.

TEMPLE FUEL
THOMPSON CRK. COAL & COKE
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

POLANDER
KOREAN

MINER
MINER

S
M

MUCKER

28
47
41
25

MINER
PICK MINER
MINER
MINER
DRIVER

42
29
30
22
21

M
M
M
S
S

6
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL

34

11

ROCK FALLING FROM ROOF


FELL TO BENCH BELOW
FALLING UNDER LOADED TRIP OF CARS
FALLING OBJECT
DRILLING MISSED HOLE

ROU
GAR

UNITED STATES VANADIUM CORP.

WRIGHT, C E
WRIGHT, CHARLES
WRIGHT, EARL S
WRIGHT, G. W
WRIGHT, JOSE
WRITMAN, SAMUEL
WULFF, MANFORD

Cause of Death

ROUTT-CURTIS
VULCAN
FLORENCE

ALLIED CHEMICAL & DYE CORP.


CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.

AMERICAN
AMERICAN

1951MAR30
1884NOV10
1925MAR2
1898MAY5
1917JUN18
1898APR28
1949APR28

1917APR27 YEDNIK, LUDVIK

CRESSON CONSOLIDATED GOLD


GORDON COAL
TIMBERLINE DREDGING CO.

Mine

1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON


COLE AND BOND MINING CO.
PLATT ROGERS, INC.

COLORADO FUEL & IRON

PALISADE
CANON LIBERTY
BOULDER VALLEY
PARKDALE
HASTINGS
BRODHEAD NO. 9
DELAGUA
THOMPSON CRK. NO. 1
ROAD CANON
MIDWAY
PRIMERO

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

1927NOV8

YEDYNAK, LOUIS

1948FEB9
1928SEP26
1904JAN26
1953DEC29

YELESNIANSKI, FRANK
YENICH, JOHN H
YEOMAN, HARRY
YOB, DAVIS L

1906NOV2
1917JUL13
1916AUG31
1919AUG13
1929FEB19

YOB, FRANK
YOSHAKAWA, M.
YOUHOUSE, JOHN
YOUNG, ADAM
YOUNG, BERT

AUSTRIAN
JAPANESE
AMERICAN
GERMAN

NIGHT BOSS
MINER
ROPE-RIDER
MACHINE MINER
MACHINE MAN

1922MAR1
1939MAR24
1910AUG10
1910NOV8
1923JUL7
1911JUL17

YOUNG, DONALD A
YOUNG, GEORGE
YOUNG, HUGH
YOUNG, JAMES G
YOUNG, RICHARD E
YOUNG, WILLIAM

AMERICAN

ELECTRICIAN

SCOTCH
AMERICAN
COLORED
AMERICAN

MINE LABORER
MASTER MECHANIC
PICK MINER
HELPER

1924MAY20 YOUNG, WILLIAM D


1910JAN31 YURISIC, ANTON

AMERICAN
AUSTRIAN

1910NOV8
1944MAR23
1910NOV8
1896APR20
1942SEP24
1952JUL25
1899SEP5

ZABALA, ABUNDA
ZABALA, ANTONIO
ZABALA, BASALLIO
ZABRA, TOM
ZABRUSKY, MICHAEL
ZACHARYASZ, S
ZACKNER, JOHN

1913FEB27
1929JAN28
1920JUN30
1948FEB9

ZACOVICH, NICK
ZAFFARANI, CHARLES
ZAJAC, ANDREW
ZAK, JOHN F

1932DEC21
1925DEC7
1921AUG21
1902AUG26
1906FEB19
1885AUG2
1937MAY15
1908DEC23
1908JAN28
1911FEB9

ZALER, JOHN
ZAMANIAN, HAMAYAK
ZAMBONI, LOUIS
ZAMORA, ELFIGO
ZANATTI, A.
ZANG, SEBASTIAN
ZANGANOS, ALEX
ZANICH, ELI
ZANOT, ALLISO
ZANOT, FORTUNATO

1922JUN11
1917MAR14
1917APR27
1929DEC8
1944JUN28

ZANZO, JOHN
ZARA, FRANK
ZARNADA, FRANK
ZAROVICH, JOE
ZARTELLI, JOE

1917APR27 ZATKOVICH, TONY

AMERICAN

Occupation

7
35
13

Age at
Death

Mine

County

Cause of Death

M
M

MORLEY SLOPE
EDNA STRIP
MORLEY
STRATTON'S INDEPENDENCE
ALLEN E. PORTAL

LAS
ROU
LAS
TEL
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
KILLED WHILE WALKING ON RAILROAD TRACK
FALL OF ROCK
CAGE ACCIDENT
FALL OF ROCK

37
42
18
47
50

M
M
S
M
M

3 NORTHERN COLORADO FUEL


MUTUAL COAL
3 UNION COAL & COKE CO.

HASTINGS
COALMONT
MUTUAL
PRYOR

LAS
JAC
HUE
HUE
TEL

PREMATURE BLAST
FALL OF TOP COAL; DIVORCED
STRUCK BY A TRIP OF EMPTY CARS
FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION OF DYNAMITE

35

66
46
48
26

S
M
M
S

3 VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

OAKDALE
CHANDLER
COAL CREEK
DELAGUA
ROBINSON NO. 2
OAKDALE

HUE
FRE
FRE
LAS
HUE
HUE

ELECTROCUTED
ELECTROCUTED
STRUCK BY A TRIP OF CARS
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
FALL OF ROCK
SEVERED INTESTINE

TOP BOSS
DRIVER

56
29

M
S

2 PIKES PEAK CONSOLIDATED FUEL


COLORADO FUEL & IRON

PIKEVIEW
PRIMERO

ELP
LAS

EXPLOSION OF BLACK POWDER


EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST

MEXICAN

MINEWR

28

MEXICAN

MINER

25

DELAGUA
PINNACLE
DELAGUA
CHASE
ROCKVALE NO. 3
CROW BAR
STANDARD TUNNEL

LAS
ROU
LAS
GIL
FRE
ROU
TEL

EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT


HAULAGE
EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT
BAD AIR
SUFFOCATION
ROOF FALL
ASPHYXIATION

TABASCO
IDEAL

LAS
HUE
EAG
GUN

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
STRUCK BY FALLING ORE
HEART FAILURE

LAK
BOU
OUR
HUE
HUE

18

11

22

Marital Number of
Company name
Status Surviving
Children
M
0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
EDNA COAL
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
1 VICTOR TELLER Co.
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.

AUSTRIAN

PICK MINER
TIPPLEMAN
PICK MINER
MINER

Years Mining
Experience

63
27

OAKDALE COAL CO.


VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL CO.

VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
VICTOR-AMERICAN FUEL
COLORADO FUEL & IRON CORP.

FOREMAN
MONTENEGRIN MINER
ITALIAN
PICK MINER
TIMBERMAN
MINER
ARMENIAN

ITALIAN
GREEK

MOTORMAN
PICK MINER
CAR LOADER
MINER
MINER

ITALIAN
ITALIAN

PICK MINER
MINER
MINER
MINER

ITALIAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN

LEASER
MINER
MINER
TIMBERMAN

AUSTRIAN

MINER

42

17

13

67
45
28
45
44

M
M

50
25
33

S
S

43

42
32
33

S
S
S
M

59
46
25
40

M
S
M

42

0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON


1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
CLARK COAL

EDWARD

NATIONAL FUEL CO.

ARKANSAS VALLEY
MONARCH NO. 2
MIDWAY
MAITLAND
BATES-CENTRAL CITY
LEYDEN NO. 3
MORLEY
SOPRIS
COKEDALE

JEF
LAS
LAS
LAS

SUFFOCATED
FALL OF ROCK
CAUGHT BETWEEN CAR AND CHUTE
FALL OF ROCK
GAS EXPLOSION
DROWNING
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROOF
DUST EXPLSION CAUSED BY A BLOWN-OUT SHOT

0 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.


DICK COAL

BERWIND
HASTINGS
TOLLER
DIX

TEL
LAS
LAS
LAS
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF COAL AND ROCK
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
HEART FAILURE

HASTINGS

LAS

EXPLOSION

LEYDEN LIGNITE CO.

2
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON

PRE-1963 COLORADO MINING FATALITIES

Death Date

Name

Nationality

1897SEP3

ZAUNIN, LOUIS

1949MAR18
1917SEP26
1922MAR8
1962AUG3

ZBIKOWSKI, LEON A
ZEBER, ENRICO
ZEHAR, TONY
ZEILINGER, JOHN

1902JAN22
1917APR27
1913DEC1
1909AUG17
1912APR4

ZEILLEN, JOE
ZELE, JACK
ZEMBONI, LOUIS
ZENARO, ORO
ZEWERDOWSKI, FRANK

AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
POLE

1906FEB19
1910OCT8
1949MAR18
1935NOV24
1923NOV15
1921DEC8

ZEZZA, FRED
ZIMBRA, PETE
ZIMMERMAN, NEAL
ZIMMERMAN, PAUL H
ZINKO, WALTER
ZINKOVITCH, GEORGE

GERMAN
POLE

1910OCT8 ZISKOWSKI, FRANK


1912O0CT1 ZITZ, ANTON
1943OCT4
1901NOV20
1920SEP4
1910DEC14
1937JUL2
1905MAR2
1939SEP25

ZLATCH, V M
ZODRN, FRANK
ZUBAR, PETER
ZUBER, LOUIS
ZUBERNICK, GEORGE
ZUCKNIOSTER,VALENTINE
ZUDER, JOSEPH

1903NOV11
1923AUG19
1916OCT28
1902FEB4
1944AUG15

ZULLO, TONY
ZUPANICK, LOUIS
ZURICH, FILO
ZURICK, JOSEPH
ZUZICH, MIKE

RUSSIAN

RUSSIAN
RUSSIAN
AUSTRIAN

Occupation

MINER
BRAKEMAN
MUCKER
MACHINE MINER
MILL OPERATOR

Years Mining
Experience

Age at
Death

26
29
47
53

Marital Number of
Status Surviving
Children
M

MINER
MINER
OIL DRILLER
MOTORMAN
MACHINE CONTR.
MACHINE MAN

31
36

M
M

19
39
40

S
M

37
30

S
S

MINER
SHOTFIRER
MACHINE MAN

RUSSIAN
AUSTRIAN
AUSTRIAN

DRIVER
MINER
MINER
MINER

26
28
42
50

S
S
S
S

GAR

EXPLOSION OF GAS/DUST-OPEN LIGHT

CLIMAX

LAK
SAM
HUE
MES

HIT BY CAR
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
ELECTROCUTION

HEZRON
HASTINGS
BALDY
ALPINE
PRIMERO

HUE
LAS
LAS
GUN
LAS

FALL OF ROCK
EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK

MAITLAND
STARKVILLE
STERLING

HUE
LAS

SHOT LIGHTER
TIMBERMAN
MINER
MINER

32
30
24

BALDY COAL
6

HUNGARIAN
SLAVONIAN

M
M

ROBINSON

ROBINSON NO. 2

LAK
HUE
SAM

GAS EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP
KILLED WHILE DRILLING
PINNED UNDER A MOTOR
FALL OF ROCK
FALL OF ROCK

COLORADO FUEL & IRON

STARKVILLE
SOUTH CANON

LAS
GAR

EXPLOSION OF DUST ARC FROM RUNAWAY TRIP


GAS AND DUST EXPLOSION

GRADEN COAL

GRADEN
SMUGGLER UNION
TURNER
LEYDEN
VETA MINES, INC.
STARKVILLE
PRYOR NO. 2

WEL
SAM
LAS
JEF
SAM
LAS
HUE

APOPLEXY
FIRE
CRUSHED BETWEEN A PILLAR & MINE CAR
FIRE
FELL OFF LADDERWAY
RUN OVER BY A TRIP OF CARS
FALL OF SLATE

CORYELL

GAR
SAM
BOU
BOU
JEF

DUST EXPLOSION
FALL OF ROCK
SQUEEZED BY PIT CAR
FALL OF COAL
HAULAGE

1 COLORADO FUEL & IRON


STERLING DRILLING CO.
CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO.
3 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.

TURNER COAL CO.


LEYDEN COAL
LASO BISCO
PRYOR COAL MINING CO.

ITALIAN

Cause of Death

SUNSHINE

M
S
S
M

County

GRAFE-CALLAHAN CONSTRUCTION
2 COLORADO FUEL & IRON CO.
CLIMAX URANIUM CO.

29
26
46
51

Mine

COLORADO FUEL & IRON

MINER
MINER
MINER
TRACK-LAYER

10

Company name

1 NATIONAL FUEL CO.,


LEYDEN LIGNITE

MONARCH
REX NO. 2
LEYDEN NO. 3

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