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1970: Hurricane Creek mine disaster kills 38 in Eastern Kentucky An explosion at Finley Mine on Hurricane Creek, near Hyden in Leslie County, killed 38 miners when the blast occurred Dec. 30, 1970.
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 ,
Pages in category "Coal mining disasters in Kentucky" ... Darby Mine No. 1 disaster; H. Hurricane Creek mine disaster; M. Martin County coal slurry spill; S. Scotia Mine
Starting in the 1960s coal seams in both Kentucky coal fields have been increasingly accessed via a method known as Mountaintop Removal Mining, which is a form of surface mining that involves the topographical alteration and/or removal of a summit, summit ridge, or significant portion of a mountain, hill, or ridge in order to obtain a desired ...
The Sportsplex, a 66,000-square-foot recreation center built on a former surface mine in Knott County, has cracked, bowed walls and foundation problems that prompted the Kentucky Office of the ...
A plant entrance sign stands near a road leading to the area where a rescue operation is underway for two workers trapped inside a collapsed coal preparation plant in Martin County, Ky., on ...
As the Winter Quarters mine developed, miners began to move into the area. As the town grew, the need for a railroad increased. In response to the town's high demand for a railroad, in 1879, Milan Packard, a merchant from Springville , financed the construction of a railroad from Springville to Winter Quarters and Scofield .
One man has died after he and a coworker were trapped beneath tons of concrete and steel when an 11-story building being demolished collapsed at an abandoned eastern Kentucky mine's coal ...