1869 -1881: Union Pacific's No. 1 Mine at Carbon, Wyoming
Notes by Bob Leathers
The Union Pacific's Carbon No. 1 underground mine was opened in 1868 and abandoned at the end of 1881 because all the mineable coal had been removed for the mine. The No. 1 was opened as a shaft mine, which may have been the only shaft mine in the Hanna Basin.
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 5 of the 41 deaths occurred in the No. 1 mine.
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 5 of the 41 deaths occurred in the No. 1 mine.
Carbon No. 1 Mine Fatalities
View the names of the 5 miners killed in the Carbon No. 1 mine.
View the names of the14 miners killed in unknown Carbon mines.
View the names of the 41 miners killed in all the Carbon mines.
Carbon City and No. 1 Mine
The Union Pacific's Carbon No. 1, No. 6 and No. 2 are labeled in the picture below.
Carbon City with the No. 1, No. 6 and No. 2 Mines labeled. (While Family Collection from Bob Leathers)
Union Pacific's Carbon No. 1 Mine (While Family Collection from Bob Leathers)
Carbon Mine No. 1 (Union Pacific Coal Company Employe's Magazine, Dec. 1925)
Carbon No. 1 Mine Maps
Map of Union Pacific's Mines at Carbon (Mine Map Collection from Hanna Basin Museum Website)
Map of Union Pacific's Carbon No. 1 Mine (Mine Map Collection from Hanna Basin Museum Website)
Union Pacific Carbon Mines (Map Collection from the Hanna Basin Museum Website)