THE HANNA CEMETERY: From the Bottom of the Mine
​​​Bob Leathers' Notebook

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 Hanna, Wyoming Cemetery Records and Information for the Hanna Basin Museum Website

March 29, 2018 Edition - Last ​Edited May 1, 2018

Website Note: Recently we discovered one more miner killed in the Hanna Basin Mines, making the total 372 not 371. The spreadsheets below have not been corrected, but will be in the near future.  

​Joseph Angwin should be added to the list. He was killed in the Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 2 mine in 1913 when a coal car ran over him. He died a week later in the Rawlins hospital.

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• Title Page​ for the Hanna, Wyoming Cemetery: From the Bottom of the Mine

• The Hanna, Wyoming Cemetery: From the Bottom of the Mine - Dedicated to Joyce (While) McCartney

• The purpose of The Hanna, Wyoming Cemetery Notebook and Thank You

• Contents for The Hanna, Wyoming Cemetery: From the Bottom of the Mine

• Introduction to the Hanna, Wyoming Cemetery: Forgotten Family

• Part 1: The Hanna, Wyoming Cemetery

• Part 2: Searching for Unmarked Graves in the Hanna, Wyoming Cemetery

• Part 3 Unmarked Graves in the Hanna, Wyoming Cemetery and the Rasmusson Lawsuit

• Part 4: ​Japanese Monuments In The Hanna, Wyoming Cemetery Transcribed

• Part 5: Hanna, Wyoming Cemetery Records

The spreadsheets below are lists of the men killed in the Hanna Basin mines.
​The Hanna Basin includes the towns of Hanna and Elmo, which still exist, along with the coal camps of Carbon, Dana and Sampo, which are now ghost towns.

Tab 1:
 

• 371 ​Men Were Killed in the Hanna Basin Mines

Tab 2: 
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• 371 Men Killed in the Hanna Basin Mines Listed by Year of the Fatality

Tab 3:
 

• 371 ​Men Killed in the Hanna Basin Mines Listed By Age of the Miner

Tab 4:
 

• 41 of the 371 Men Killed in the Hanna Basin Mines Took Place in the Union Pacific Coal Company’s Carbon Mines

 

•           14 of the 41 Men Killed in Carbon, Wyoming Occurred in an Unknown Underground Carbon Mine

 

•            5 of the 41 Men Killed in Carbon, Wyoming Were in the No. 1 Underground Mine

 

•           15 of the 41 Men Killed in Carbon, Wyoming Were in the No. 2 Underground Mine

 

•            3 of the 41 Men Killed in Carbon, Wyoming Were in the No. 5 Underground Mine

 

•            3 of the 41 Men Killed in Carbon, Wyoming Were in the No. 6 Underground Mine

 

•            1 of the 41 Men Killed in Carbon, Wyoming Were in the No. 7 Underground Mine

Tab 5:
 

• 2 of the 371 ​Men Killed in the Hanna Basin Mines took Place in the Dana and Miller Underground Mines

Tab 6:
 

• 328 of the 371 ​Men Killed in the Hanna Basin Mines Took Place in the Hanna, Wyoming Mines

 

•           249 of the 328 Men Killed Were in the Union Pacific Coal Company’s No. 1 Underground Mine

 

•           27 of the 328 Men Killed Were in the Union Pacific Coal Company’s No. 2 Underground Mine

 

•           6 of the 328 Men Killed Were in the Union Pacific Coal Company’s No. 3 Underground Mine

 

•           2 of the 328 Men Killed Were in the Union Pacific Coal Company’s No. 3.5 Underground Mine

 

•           24 of the 328 Men Killed Were in the Union Pacific Coal Company’s No. 4 Underground Mine

 

•           7 of the 328 Men Killed Were in the Union Pacific Coal Company’s No. 4A Underground Mine

 

•           1 of the 328 Men Killed Was in the Carbon County Coal Underground Mine

 

•           1 of the 328 Men Killed Was Killed in the Cyprus Shoshone Underground Mine

 

•           1 of the 328 Men Killed Took Place in the Energy Vanguard No. 1 Underground Mine

 

•           4 of the 328 Men Killed Took Place in the Energy Vanguard No. 2 Underground Mine

 

•           4 of the 328 Men Killed Took Place in the Rosebud Surface Mine

 

•           1 of the 328 Men Killed Took Place in the Nugget Surface Mine

 

•           1 of the 328 Men Killed Took Place in the Medicine Bow Surface Mine

Tab 7:
 

• 28 of the 328 Men Killed in Hanna, Wyoming Mines Were Not Recovered From The Bottom of the No. 1 Mine

 Tab 8:
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• 86 of the 328 Men Killed in Hanna, Wyoming Mines Were Buried in Marked Graves in the Hanna Cemetery

Tab 9:  

• 134 of the​ 328 Miners Killed in Hanna, Wyoming Mines Were Buried in Unmarked Graves in the Hanna Cemetery

Tab 10:
 

• 45 of the 328 Men Killed in the Hanna, Wyoming Mines Were Buried in Other Towns Than Hanna

Tab 11: 
 

• 35 of the 328 Men Killed in Hanna, Wyoming Mines Were Buried in Unknown Towns

Tab 12:
 

• 322 of the​ 328 Men Killed in Hanna, Wyoming Mines Occurred in Underground Mines

Tab 13:
 

• 6 of the 328 Men Killed in the Hanna, Wyoming Mines Occurred in Surface Mines

Tab 14:
 

• 169 of the 328 Men Killed in the Hanna, Wyoming Mines Took Place in the June 30, 1903 Explosion of Union Pacific Coal Company’s No. 1 mine

•           25 of the 169 Men Killed Were African American

•           1 of the 169 Men Killed Was ​From Belgium

•           98 of the 169 Men Killed Were ​From ​Finland

•           1 of the 169 Men Killed Was From ​Germany

•           3 of the 169 ​Men Killed Were ​From ​Ireland​

•           11 of the 169 ​Men Killed Were ​From ​​Italy

•           8 of the 169 Men Killed Were ​From ​Sweden

•           22 of the 169 Men Killed Were ​From ​the United Kingdom

•           1 of the 169 Men Killed Was Not Recovered From the Bottom of the Mine

•           38 of the 169 Men Killed Were Buried in Marked Graves in the Hanna Cemetery

•           110 of the 169 Men Killed Were Buried in Unmarked Graves in the Hanna Cemetery

•           20 of the 169 Men Killed Were Buried in Other Towns than Hanna

Tab 15:
 

• 59 of the 328 Men Killed in the Hanna, Wyoming Mines Took Place in the March 28, 1908 Explosion of Union Pacific Coal Company’s No. 1 mine.

•           27 of the 59 Men Killed Were Not Recovered From the Bottom of the Mine

•           10 of the 59 Men Killed Were Buried in Marked Graves in the Hanna Cemetery​

•           17 of the 59 Men Killed Were Buried in Unmarked Graves in the Hanna Cemetery

•           5 of the 59 Men Killed Were Buried in Other Towns Than Hanna

•           18 of the 59 Miners in the Fire Crew Were Killed in the First Explosion

•                   14 of the 18 Men Killed in the Fire Crew Were Not Recovered From the Bottom of the Mine

•                   2 of the 18 ​Men Killed in the Fire Crew Were Buried in Marked Graves in the Hanna Cemetery

•                   2 of the 18 Men Killed in the Fire Crew Were Buried in Other Towns Than Hanna

•           41 of the 59 Men in the Rescue Crew Were Killed in the Second Explosion

•                  13 of the 41 Men Killed in the Rescue Crew Were Not Recovered From the Bottom of the Mine

•                  8 of the​ 41 Men Killed in the Rescue Crew Were Buried in Marked Graves in the Hanna Cemetery

•                  17 of the 41 Men Killed in the Rescue Crew Were Buried in Unmarked Graves in the Hanna Cemetery

•                  3 of the 41 Men Killed in the Rescue Crew Were Buried in Other Towns Than Hanna

Sources
 
Hanna Cemetery Map
 
Hanna Cemetery Unmarked Grave Map

Hanna Union Pacific Coal Company No. 1 Mine Map 

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