Hanna Basin Museum
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      • 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
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    • A History of the Hanna Coal Miner from 1868 to 2017: Bob Leathers' Notebook
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    • 1903 June 30: Explosion of the Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 1 mine in Hanna >
      • Hanna 1903 Explosion Explained
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      • List of Miners Killed in the March 28, 1908 Explosions
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      • 1908 State Coal Mine Inspectors Report - 1908 Hanna Mine Number 1 Explosion
      • David M. Elias - State Mine Inspector Killed in 1908 Explosion
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      • 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
    • 1889-1912: ​ Elmer Larson - The Butvier Collection from Sally Hafdell and David Eriksson in Sweden
    • 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

Union Pacific Coal Company's Sigma Tau Epsilon Mine Safety Fraternity


1941

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Charter Members of the Union Pacific Coal Company's Sigma Tau Epsilon Mine Safety Faternity (UNCCEM, April, 1941)
Left to Right:
Front Row--Geo. Wales, Wm. Lahti, Richard Arkle, Charles Grosso, Wilkie Henry, Pete Marinoff.
Second Row--Thos. Foster, R.T. Wilson, R.C. Bailey, Nick Conzatti, Sr., A.B. Dixon, James Law, A.M Johnson, John Krppan, Milan Painovich.
Third Row--Arthur Jeanselme, Geo. L. Addy, Wm. Wilkes, Sam Canestrini, Sam Evans, Ernest Besso, A.M. Strannigan, Thos. Overy, Jr., John Bastalich.
Fourth Row--F.V. Hicks, Charles Kampsi, Wm. Fox, Edward While, Gus Collins, Ben Cook, Wm. Greek, James Hearne, R.W. Fowkes, E.R. Henningsen.
Back Row--Adam Flockhart, Ed. Overy, Sr., Grover Wiseman, R.V. Hotchkiss, DeForest Nielson, Matt Marshall, Wm. Benson, Geo. Blacker, Geo. A. Brown
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The Union Pacific Coal Comany's Sigma Tau Epsilon Fraternity Pin (UNCCEM, April, 1941)
Union Pacific Coal Company's Sigma Tau Epsilon Mine Safety Fraternity
Meetings will be held at Rock Springs in the months of February, May, August and November of each year, and ten committees, consisting of one man from each mining district, or five men on each committee, will be appointed by the President of Sigma Tau Epsilon at the first quarterly meeting in each year, each committee to diligently study accident prevention methods, the real work of the ten committees that of observing bad practice, making recommendations regarding same, thus anticipating and preventing accidents.
 
Those who addressed the organization meeting were:
Remarks by Toastmaster
Mr. I.N. Bayless,
General Manager, The Union Pacific Coal Co.
Purpose of the Organization
Mr. Eugene McAuliffe,
President, The Union Pacific Coal Co.
 
Mr. McAuliffe, in explaining the purpose of the organization, that of honoring the men who qualified for membership and still further extending the work of mine accident prevention, advised the members that specially designed keys of solid gold, bearing the letters STE in the Greek alphabet, and the name, The Union Pacific Coal Company, on the face, with the name of the member and the year 1941 on the reverse side, are now being manufactured. The keys bearing the names of the forty-three charter members will also bear the letters CM, indicating charter membership.
 
Mr. McAuliffe further said that he saw no reason why other coal and metal mining companies who are anxious to further the cause of mine accident prevention should not organize chapters of Sigma Tau Epsilon, setting up their own bylaws and qualifications for membership, in which event The Union Pacific Coal Company mother chapter might adopt the name of Alpha Chapter, it not improbable that within a few years, numerous chapters, with a coordinating grand chapter, might come into being.
 
All in all, the evening of Thursday, February 27, was an eventful one, marking a new high in accident prevention work, Safety Engineer Knill able to inform the members of the new society that if no accident occurred on the property in the succeeding twenty-four hours, the Company’s nine mines will have passed the first two months of the year without a lost-time accident. Mr. Knill’s prayer was answered, and no accident occurred on February 28, to mar a full two months’ clear record.  (UPCCEM, April 1941)
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FRANK HEARNE AT END OF SHIFT AS NIGHT WATCHMAN AT THE #2 MINE. (DATE UNKNOWN) (JACK HEARNE FAMILY COLLECTION)
Mr. Frank Hearne, member of the Union Pacific Coal Company's Sigma Tau Epsilon Mine Safety Fraternity and his membership pin.
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