The Upper Big Branch Mine disaster occurred on April 5, 2010, roughly 1,000 feet underground in Raleigh County, West Virginia at Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch coal mine located in Montcoal. 29 mine
Upper Big Branch Miners Memorial interpretive sign
Memorial monument
The Hurricane Creek mine disaster occurred at the Finley Mine near Hyden, Kentucky, USA, on December 30, 1970, shortly after noon and resulted in the deaths of 38 men. As was often pointed out in cove
Upper Big Branch Mine disaster
…3 were injured. The coal dust explosion occurred at 3:27 pm. The incident was the worst in the United States since 1970, when 38 miners were killed at Finley Coal Company's No. 15 and 16 mines in Hyden, Kentucky. A state funded independent investigation later found Massey Energy directly responsible for the blast. The…
Mine Memorial
Sign at memorial site
Mine Memorial sign
Miner's Hard Hats