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 from 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.

• View the names: 5 Miners killed in the Carbon No. 1 Mine

• View the names: 4 Miners killed in unknown Carbon Mines

• View the names: 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

Mine Map showing the location of the Union Pacific Carbon No. 3 Mine (Map Collection from the Hanna Basin Museum Website)

Map of Carbon Mines, which include the No. 3 and No. 4 Mines. (Map Collection from the Hanna Basin Museum)

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)