Hanna Basin Museum and Cummings/Crawford Cottage (While Family Collection taken by Bob Leathers, 2015)
Hanna, Carbon County, Wyoming
Website provided by Bob Leathers in cooperation with the Hanna Basin Museum
Created August 1, 2010
Website contact information: HannaBasinMuseum@gmail.com (Attention: Bob)
Created August 1, 2010
Website contact information: HannaBasinMuseum@gmail.com (Attention: Bob)
The purpose of this website is to help others connect to the past by collecting, preserving and sharing historical information about Wyoming's Hanna Basin.
We invite you to explore how the Hanna Basin came to be and how it touched the lives of many.
What's New or Updated on the Website
- New: Under the Coal Miner tab > A History of the Hanna, Wyoming Coal Miner from 1868 to 2017: Bob Leathers' Notebook: The HANNA MINER: At the Bottom of the Mine > A book by Bob Leathers about the history of the Hanna Basin coal miner has been published in its entirety. It takes a few seconds longer than most pages to load. Pictures are now being added. The book is entirely searchable for people, places or things. (Updated November 11, 2018)
- New: At the top of the page an improved search box is available > When searching for a particular person, place or thing, try using the search box. Literally, thousands of files and documents on this website have been recently adjusted and are now searchable. (November 10, 2018)
- Updated: under the Early Settlers tab > In Memory: An Alphabetical List of Early Hanna Basin Settlers tab > In Memory of Some Early Hanna Basin Settlers added: Mrs. John D. Jones, Joseph Lee, Mark and Edith Lee (While), Jack and Sadie Lee (Lloyd) and John Lee. (Updated November 11, 2018)
- Help: The Hanna Basin Museum Website is searching for pictures and information about the abandoned Nugget and Monolith open pit mines located near Hanna and Elmo, Wyoming. The Nugget Coal Company operated near Elmo from 1936 until 1958. The Monolith Portland Midwest Coal Company operated near Elmo from 1937 until 1969. The two mines are important pieces of the Hanna and Elmo mining history. We can not locate a picture of either mine, please help by contacting Bob at HannaBasinMuseum@gmail.com.
Hanna Basin Museum and Historical Society
P.O. Box 252
502 Front Street, Hanna WY 82327
(307) 325-6465
Summer Hours: Friday - Sunday 1:00 to 5:00 PM Winter Hours: Friday 1:00 to 5:00 PM
Summer hours start with Memorial Day and end with Labor Day.
P.O. Box 252
502 Front Street, Hanna WY 82327
(307) 325-6465
Summer Hours: Friday - Sunday 1:00 to 5:00 PM Winter Hours: Friday 1:00 to 5:00 PM
Summer hours start with Memorial Day and end with Labor Day.
Click the center button to play the video.
Video from Bob Leathers. Music from the Kilkennys.
The March 28, 1908 Explosion of Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 1 Mine in Hanna killed 59 miners.
Numbers That Matter
The Hanna Basin includes the Wyoming towns of Hanna and Elmo, which still exist, and the coal camps of Carbon, Sampo and Dana, which are now ghost towns.
The Hanna Basin mines produced over 220 million tons of coal. The coal, however, came at a tremendous human cost. A staggering 371 coal miners were killed in the Hanna Basin mines while in the process of mining the coal.
The Hanna Basin mines produced coal for 144 years. Coal production started at Carbon in 1868 and ended in Carbon in 1902, which amounted to 35 years of continuous production. Hanna started coal production in 1890 and ended in 2012, for 122 continuous years of production. Carbon and Hanna overlapped production for 13 years, from 1890 to 1902.
During those years:
The Hanna Basin mines produced over 220 million tons of coal. The coal, however, came at a tremendous human cost. A staggering 371 coal miners were killed in the Hanna Basin mines while in the process of mining the coal.
The Hanna Basin mines produced coal for 144 years. Coal production started at Carbon in 1868 and ended in Carbon in 1902, which amounted to 35 years of continuous production. Hanna started coal production in 1890 and ended in 2012, for 122 continuous years of production. Carbon and Hanna overlapped production for 13 years, from 1890 to 1902.
During those years:
- 43 coal mining companies operated over 50 individual mines in the Hanna Basin between 1868 and 2012.
- 220,032,841 tons of coal were produced between 1868 and 2012 in the Hanna Basin.
- 2012 coal production in the Hanna Basin ended.
- 372 men were killed mining the coal.
The Hanna - Elmo Fire Truck is Now at the Museum.
Stop by and see it.
Hanna - Elmo Fire Truck (Image by Bob Leathers)
- Our goal is to honor the history of the Hanna Basin by providing detailed and accurate information.
- We welcome comments, documented corrections and additions to the content on this website.
- We also welcome any pictures, documents or information from our readers that might be helpful in our telling the Hanna Basin story.
- Individuals wishing to use images from this website must first receive permission from the Hanna Basin Museum. Please use the Contact Us page to send requests, comments and information to the museum or send an email to HannaBasinMuseum@gmail.com (Attention: Bob)
Sheep Herder's Monument looking over the Hanna Basin (Image by Bob Leathers)