Monongah mining disaster
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monongah-mining-disaster-174-10647670
title:
Monongah mining disaster
text:
The Monongah mining disaster was a coal mine explosion on December 6, 1907, at Fairmont Coal Company's Nos. 6 and 8 mines in Monongah, West Virginia, which killed 362 miners. It has been described as "the worst mining disaster in American history" and was one of the contributing events that led to the creation of the United States Bureau of Mines.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
1907 coal mine explosion
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monongah_mining_disaster
date created:
2006-01-04T14:38:26Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T19:23:28Z
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