Hanna Basin Museum
  • Museum
    • 2020 Carbon Cemetery Association and Hanna Basin Historical Society ​Spring Newsletter
    • 2019: Hanna Basin Historical Society and Carbon Cemetery Association Newsletter
    • Visitors to the Museum
    • Books and Magazines to Read Online about the Hanna Basin
    • Books Available for Purchase at the Hanna Basin Museum
    • Order Form for Materials Available for Purchase at the Museum
    • Membership and Support
    • Links to Other Wyoming Museums >
      • Medicine Bow, Wyoming, Museum and Hanna Basin Neighbor
      • Rock Springs, Wyoming, Historical Museum
    • Copyright Infringement Notification
  • Carbon
    • Hanna Basin Museum - Time Line
    • CARBON CEMETERY RECORDS
    • Carbon Mine Fatality Records
    • Visitors to the Carbon Cemetery
    • Carbon - Wings of Imagination - A Letter From Old Carbon
    • Carbon - A Poem by Mrs. C. E. Ellis
    • 2003: Carbon Cemetery Restoration
    • 2011: Carbon, Carbon County, Cemetery Restoration 2011
    • 2011: Bow River FFA Community Service Project: Carbon Cemetery
    • 2014: The Carbon Cemetery
    • 2015: The Old Carbon Cemetery Privy
  • Hanna
    • HANNA HAPPENINGS
    • THE HANNA CEMETERY: From the Bottom of the Mine
    • HANNA CEMETERY RECORDS
    • Hanna Burial Plots and Lots >
      • Hanna Blocks and Lots 1 - 6
      • Hanna Plots 1 - 50
      • Hanna Plots 51 - 80
      • Hanna Plots 81 - 129
      • Hanna Plots 130 - 175
      • Hanna Plots 176 - 209
      • Hanna Plots 210 - 298
      • Hanna Plots 299 - 349
      • Hanna Plots 350 - 379
      • Hanna Plots 380 - 419
      • Hanna Plots 420 - 500
    • Hanna Early Churches >
      • Introduction to Hanna’s Early Churches
      • Episcopal Church - History, Bell and Cross
      • Methodist Church - Organ
      • Colored Baptist Church
    • Hanna Military in the Hanna Cemetery >
      • Hanna Cemetery - In The Military
      • Arthurs, Peter Killed in Action World War I
      • Love, Michael V. Killed In The Line Of Duty
      • Jones, William D. Died of Wounds Received In Action World War I
      • Lucas, Bernard R. Killed In Action World War II
      • Lucas, William C. Died of Wounds Recieved In Action World War II
      • Luoma, Arvo A. Killed in Action World War II
      • McAtee, William J. Killed in Action Vietnam
      • Saari, John Killed in Action World War II
    • Hanna Cemetery - Japanese Monuments Transcribed
    • Grave Headstones for Hanna Miner Fatalities Buried Elsewhere than Hanna
    • Hanna Where Did They Come From?
  • The People
  • Schools
  • Coal Mines
    • A History of the Hanna Coal Miner from 1868 to 2017: Bob Leathers' Notebook
    • Hanna Basin Mining Companies and Mines
    • Men Injured in the Hanna Mines
    • 1903 June 30: Explosion of the Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 1 mine in Hanna >
      • Hanna 1903 Explosion Explained
      • List of Miners Killed in the June 30, 1903 Explosion
      • 1904 State Mine Inspector's Report for 1903 Explosion
      • 1903 Explosion Coroner's Inquest
      • 1903 Explosion - Earle Holmes Letter to Wilson Gobble
    • Hanna 1908 Mine Explosions Explained >
      • List of Miners Killed in the March 28, 1908 Explosions
      • 1908 Explosion Coroner's Inquest Report
      • Noah Young's 1908 Hanna Explosion Report to Governor B.B. Brooks
      • 1908 State Coal Mine Inspectors Report - 1908 Hanna Mine Number 1 Explosion
      • David M. Elias - State Mine Inspector Killed in 1908 Explosion
      • 1908 Explosion - Gov. B.B. Brooks Communiations
      • April 3, 1908 Chums From Boyhood Died Side By Side
      • April 16, 1908 U.P. May Not Be Liable
      • 1908: Newspaper Articles from The Wigan Observer in England About the March 28, 1908 Explosion of the Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 1 Mine in Hanna
      • Death of Noah Young - State Mine Inspector for the 1908 Explosion of Mine No. 1
    • 1916 Labor Agreement Between the United Mine Workers of America and the Southern Wyoming Coal Operators
    • 1917 Labor Agreement Between the United Mine Workers of America and the Southern Wyoming Coal Operators
    • 1970 - 1980: Bill Becker's Hanna Strip Mine Blasting Videos
  • Gallery
    • Images from Early Hanna Basin and Wyoming
    • Early History of the Union Pacific Railroad
    • 1910-1920: McNulty Family Photo Collection ​Albert Film - Hanna Basin Adventurer
    • 1920 -1930: Gert Milliken's Photo Collection of Unknown Children, Women, Men, and Families in Hanna
    • 1963 October 2: A Large Cattle Drive from Palm Livestock Company at Elk Mountain ​ to Hanna's Union Pacific Railroad Stockyard
    • 2017 April 18: Un​ion Pacific Steam Engine 844 Stopped at Hanna, Wyoming
    • 2019 May 17 and May 4: Big Boy​ 4014 and Engine 844 Were Running the Rails Again
    • Images of Old Carbon Today
  • Notebook

1869 - 1900: The Union Pacific's No. 2 Mine at Carbon, Wyoming

Notes by Bob Leathers

The Union Pacific Carbon No. 2 underground mine was opened for coal production in 1868. The mine was abandoned in October of 1900. The mine was originally opened as a drift mine. Mules hauled the coal one car at a time, from the workings to the drift. From the drift, the coal was taken by mule power to the tipple. Later, a steam hoist was installed at the intersection of the drift and slope and the one car trip haul was eliminated. A new opening to the mine was made and a new tipple built to handle the coal. The mine produced 1,604,176 tons of coal from 1889 to the end of 1900, with an average of 249 employees. The Carbon mines in total experienced 41 documented deaths. It is not known in which Carbon mine 14 of the 41 were killed, but at least 15 of the 41 occurred in the No. 2 mine.

Union Pacific's Carbon No. 2 Mine Fatalities

View information and  names of the 15 men killed in the No. 2 mine.
View information and names of the 14 men killed in unknown Carbon mines.
 View information and names of the 41 men killed in all the Carbon mines.

Carbon City and the Union Pacific's No. 2 Mine

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Carbon City with the No. 1, No. 6 and No. 2 Mines labeled. (While Family Collection from Bob Leathers)
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Carbon Mine No. 2 (While Family Collection from Bob Leathers)
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Carbon Mine Office (While Family Collection from Bob Leathers)

Union Pacific's Carbon No. 2 Mine Site Today: May 2019

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Union Pacific Carbon No. 1 Mine Site. The View from the mine dump foundation looking north toward the cemetery. (Image by Bob Leathers)
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Union Pacific Carbon No. 2 Mine Site. Carbon Cemetery lies to the North of the Mine Site. 2019 (Image by Bob Leathers).
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Union Pacific Carbon No. 2 Mine Site. The view of the Carbon Cemetery from the No. 2 Mine. (Image by Gary Beaver)
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Union Pacific Carbon No. 2 Mine Site. Looking down the railroad bed East to Medicine Bow in the distance. (Image by Bob Leathers)
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Union Pacific Carbon No. 2 Mine Site. (Image by Bob Leathers)
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Union Pacific Carbon No. 2 Mine Site. Foundation for the Mine Dump. 2019. (Image by Bob Leathers)
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Union Pacific Carbon No. 2 Mine Site. Cement piece of the mine foundation. 2019. (Image by Bob Leathers)
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Union Pacific Carbon No. 2 Mine Site. Cement piece of the mine foundation. 2019. (Image by Bob Leathers)
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Union Pacific Carbon No. 2 mine Site. Wooden Piece at the mine site. 2019. (Image by Bob Leathers)
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Union Pacific Carbon No. 2 Mine Site. Mine Dump Foundation. 2019. (Image by Bob Leathers)
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Union Pacific Carbon No. 2 Mine Site. Bolts and metal rods that once attaced the mine dump to the foundation, 2019. (Image by Bob Leathers)
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Union Pacific Carbon No. 2 Mine. A machine bolt driven into the ground hidden by sagebrush. 2019. (Image by Bob Leathers)
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Union Pacific Carbon No. 2 Mine Site. Dump Foundations and Railroad Location. (Image by Gary Beaver)
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Union Pacific Carbon No. 2 Mine Site. The Rock Wall could have once been an opening to the mine. (Image by Bob Leathers)
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Union Paciic Carbon No. 2 Mine Site. Part of an old rusted rail with spikes and other tipple metal. (Image by Bob Leathers)
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Union Pacific Carbon No. 1 Mine Site. Metal part of a building or the Dump. (Image by Bob Leathers)
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Union Pacific Carbon No. 2 Mine Site Site. Part of the Mine Dump. (Image by Bob Leathers)
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Union Pacific Carbon No. 2 Mine Site. Nuts and Bolts from the Mine. (Image by Bob Leathers)
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Union Pacific Carbon No. 2 Mine Site. Underground electrical wires. (Image by Bob Leathers, May 2019)

Union Pacific's Carbon No. 2 Mine Maps

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Map of Union Pacific's Carbon Mines. (Map Collection from the Hanna Basin Museum)
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Union Pacific Coal Company Mines at Old Carbon, Wyoming (Hanna Basin Museum)
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Carbon No. 2 Mine (Map Collection from the Hanna Basin Museum)
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Map of Union Pacific Carbon No. 2 in 1882 (Map Collection from the Hanna Basin Museum Website)
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Carbon No. 2 underground mine (Mine Map Collection from Hanna Basin Museum)

Hanna Basin Museum Website – A Connection To The Past