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The Scofield Mine disaster was a mining explosion that occurred at the Winter Quarters coal mine on May 1, 1900. The mine was located at 39°42′57″N 111°11′17″W / 39.71583°N 111.18806°W / 39.71583; -111.18806 near the town of Scofield ,
Winter Quarters is a ghost town in Carbon County, Utah, United States. Coal was discovered in the area in 1875, and later that year, the Pleasant Valley Coal Company began coal mining operations. A group of coal miners was delayed during an early winter storm in 1877, which led to the town's name of Winter Quarters. [2]
Scofield is a town in Carbon County, Utah, United States.The population was 26 at the 2020 census. [4] Scofield's name is frequently applied to the 1900 mine disaster in the Pleasant Valley Coal Company's Winter Quarters mine.
In each platform, Washington rockhounds rave about one type of location during the winter months: beaches. Washington has many beaches, dotting the coastline or within the state borders.
A fire caused thirty-seven miners to suffocate in the mine. [1] A jury later found that the fire had been intentionally set, but the person responsible had also perished in the disaster. By the early twentieth century, demand fell and mining became more difficult, causing the mine to shut down. The post office closed in 1916.
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Jul. 6—JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Approximately 120 years ago, 112 miners walked into the Rolling Mill Mine portal on the morning of July 10, 1902, but none returned home that day. An explosion, caused ...
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