Westray Mine
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westray-mine-175-13800499
title:
Westray Mine
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The Westray Mine was a Canadian coal mine in Plymouth, Nova Scotia. Westray was owned and operated by Curragh Resources Incorporated, which obtained both provincial and federal government money to open the mine, and supply the local electric power utility with coal. The mine opened in September 1991, but closed eight months later when it was the site of an underground methane explosion on May 9, 1992, killing all 26 miners working underground at the time. The week-long attempts to rescue the min
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Canadian coal mine
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westray_Mine
date created:
2004-08-30T03:55:29Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T07:37:00Z
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