Carbon City, Carbon, Wyoming Mine Fatality Records for 1869 - 1901
Compiled by Hanna Basin Museum Director Nancy Anderson
Ball, Alfred
Death date: Oct. 19,1886
MIne: Carbon 6
Cause of death: cave-in
Burial: Carbon, marked
Source: cem, AV#1[Boom10-21 & 30-1886], FM[CDL10-24-1886; LWS10-00-1886]
Notes: FM["Bell," age 46], AV#1['Ball," sur. wife & dau]
Boisen, Asmus
Death date: 1874
Mine: #1 Mine
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: Carbon, unmarked
Source: FM[Annals, vol. 8, #4]
Notes: MM, only one source
Boisen, Chris
Death date: Jan. 9, 1883
Mine: #5 Mine
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: Carbon, marked
Source: cem, FM[CCJ1-13-1883], AV#1, CCN
Notes: cem[1843-1883], Av#1[sur. wife, 6 children]
Christianson, Eric
Death date: Dec. 30, 1884
Mine: #5 Mine
Cause of death: runaway cars
Burial: unknown
Sources: AV#2[CCJ1-3-1885], FM[cor,LWS1-3-1885]
Conner, William
Death date: Nov. 21, 1889
Mine: #6 Mine
Cause of death: crushed
Burial: unknown
Sources: AV#2[Boom11-22-1889, CCJ11-23-1889], CCN, FM[LWS11-21-1889]
Culleton, Thomas Perry
Death date: 1878
Mine: unknown
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: Carbon, unmarked
Sources: CCA, family
Notes: His widow Maggie married David Nichols and his daughter Kate married Ez Nichols, nephew of David, all pioneers of the upper Platte Valley.
Daley, Morris
Death date: April, 16, 1874
Mine: #1 Mine
Cause of death: fell down shaft
Burial: unknown
Sources: CCN
Notes: unemployed, only one source
Davis, Thomas R.
Death date: Jan. 21, 1880
Sources: CCJ 2-21-1880; LWS1-31-1880
Burial: Lucas, Iowa, marked
Notes: listed as L.R. Davis in LWS
Dodds, Thomas J.
Death date: June 10, 1892
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: fell under car
Burial: Carbon, marked
Sources: cem, FM[cor.], MK
Notes: MM, MK[English, age 34]
Donnelly, John
Death date: March, 1885
Mine: #6 Mine
Cause of death: fall of rock
Burial: unknown
Sources: FM[CCJ3-14-1885]
Notes: only one source
Edwards, William H.
Death date: Oct. 19, 1899
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: fall of rock
Burial: CCN[Laramie]
Sources: CCN, DK, MIR
Notes: MIR[age 59, md.,sur dau. & grddau.]
Finnala, Oscar
Death date: Oct. 15, 1898
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Sources: FM[cem, CML]
Notes: MM, CCA[marker now illegible]
Haddix, John Isaac Jr.
Death date: Jan. 13, 1876
MIne: unknown
Cause of death: finger wound by rusty iron
Burial: Carbon, unmarked
Sources: CCA family, LSun1-15-1876, CCN
Notes: CCN[died 1-13-1876, Carbon blood poisoning]
Harris, Jacob
Death date: March, 1870
Mine: unknown
Cause of death: fell down shaft
Burial: unknown
Source: FM[ML]
Notes: MM, FM[age 26; listed CDL as Jacob Morris]
Hendrickson, John A.
Death date: Aug 2, 1893
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of Death: blasting accident
Burial: unknown
Sources: CCN, AV#2[CCJ8-5-1893]
Notes: MM
Isaac, William
Death date: 1875
Mine: # 1 MIne
Cause of death: cave-in
Burial: Carbon, marked
Sources: cem, FM, CCN[d. 12-1-1875], CCA[LDS12-6-1875]
Notes: MM
Johnson, John
Death date: Nov., 1881
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Sources: DK, CCA[CCJ11-12-1881]
Notes: CCA[killed raising a derrick]
Jones, Evor
Death date: Jan. 4, 1893
Mine: # 2 Mine
Cause of death: cave-in
Burial: Carbon, marked
Sources: cem, AV#1[SS1-12-1893], CCN
Notes: MM
Jones, John
Death date: April, 1869
Mine: unknown
Cause of death: cave-in
Burial: unknown
Sources: FM[ML]
Notes: MM, FM[English, age 30]
Jones, Samuel
Death date: March 24,1896
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: Carbon, marked
Sources: cem, FM, ECR, CCN
Notes: ECR[d. March 17, 1896, killed in mine]
Kain, Martin
Death date: 1875
Mine: #1 Mine
Cause of death: cave-in
Burial: Carbon, location unknown, wooden marker dislodged
Sources: FM[Annals, vol.8, #4], CCA[LDS12-6-1875]
Notes: MM
Kelly, Frank
Death date: Feb., 1871
Mine: unknown
Cause of death: Mine accident
Burial: #037, wooden marker "Kell," may be Frank or William Kelly
Source: CCN
Notes: CCN[weighmaster coal company, accident]
Lakari, Matt
Death date: Sept. 22, 1894
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Source: AV#2, FM[CML]
Notes: AV#2[Laahaij, Matti]
Lassi, Gabriel Nestor
Death date: Feb. 4, 1901
Mine: #7 Mine
Cause of death: fall of rock
Burial: unknown
Source: MIR[accident Carl Rassi], Eloheimo[p. 81, Gabriel Nestor Lassi]
Notes: Eloheimo[17 yrs. 17 days]
Leal, Gus
Death date: April, 1882
Mine: unknown
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Source: DK
Notes: only one source
Mack, Johnnie
Death date: 1874
Mine: #1 MIne
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Source: FM[Annals, vol. 8, #4]
Notes: MM, only one source
McCourt, Arthur
Death date: Nov. 13, 1891
Mine: unknown
Cause of death: mine accident
Burial: unknown
Source: CCN
Notes: only one source
McDermott
Death date: Nov. 23, 1877
Mine: unknown
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Source: CCN
Notes: only one source
Myers, Thomas
Death date: Aug. 25, 1898
Mine: unknown
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: Carbon, marked
Source: cem, CCA[family], FM, CCN
Notes: CCN[d. Rock Springs Hospital]
Nelson, Nels
Death date: May 27, 1890
Mine: unknown
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Source: CCN
Notes: only one source
Nelson, W.N.
Death date: Jan. 5, 1874
Mine: unknown
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: CCN[Laramie]
Sources: CCN
Notes: CCN[age about 25], only one source
Palso, Andrew
Date of death: Jan. 15, 1889
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Sources: FM[CML, cor]
Notes: MM
Peterson, John
Death date: Feb. 27, 1888
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Sources: FM[CML]
Notes: MM, FM[d. Denver], only one source
Reemer, Albert
Death date: Jan. 23, 1885
Mine: #5 Mine
Cause of death: explosion
Burial: unknown
Sources: AV#2[Boom 1-24-1885], CCA[CCJ1-24-1885]
Notes: AV#2["getting coal for own use"]
Robinson
Death date: Nov. 2, 1899
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Sources: FM[CCJ11-4-1898]
Notes: only one source
Runama, John
Death date: Nov. 2, 1899
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: fall of rock
Burial: unknown
Sources: FM[CML], MIR
Notes; FM[Finnish, age 40], MIR[m., 3 children]
Stansfield, George
Death date: Jan 14, 1892
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: fall of rock
Burial: Carbon, marked
Sources: cem, FM[cor], AV#1, Dk, MK, ECR
Notes: MM, MK[English, age 60]
Vollmert, John
Date of death: Dec. 14, 1872
Mine: unknown
Cause of death: crushed
Burial: Carbon, unmarked
Sources: CCN[DI12-21-1872], MK
Notes: MM, MK[Yesteryears":young German carpenter"]
West, William
Death date: Nov. 26, 1881
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: lung inflammation
Burial: Marked, Carbon
Sources: cem, CAA family, AV#1[CCJ12-3-1881], FM, DK
Notes: AV#1[d. lung inflammation from fire damp in mine]
Wright, William B.
Death date: April 23, 1892
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: fall of rock
Burial: Carbon, marked
Sources: cem, ECR, FM[cor], MK
Notes: MM, MK[Scot, aged 23]
Yoke, Matt
Death date: April 20, 1896
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: fall of rock, crushed head
Burial: unknown
Sources: FM[cor], CCN, DK, CCA[PVL4-23-1896]
Notes: CCN & DK[Yoki], FM[Finnish], CCA[also Laakaie]
Death date: Oct. 19,1886
MIne: Carbon 6
Cause of death: cave-in
Burial: Carbon, marked
Source: cem, AV#1[Boom10-21 & 30-1886], FM[CDL10-24-1886; LWS10-00-1886]
Notes: FM["Bell," age 46], AV#1['Ball," sur. wife & dau]
Boisen, Asmus
Death date: 1874
Mine: #1 Mine
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: Carbon, unmarked
Source: FM[Annals, vol. 8, #4]
Notes: MM, only one source
Boisen, Chris
Death date: Jan. 9, 1883
Mine: #5 Mine
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: Carbon, marked
Source: cem, FM[CCJ1-13-1883], AV#1, CCN
Notes: cem[1843-1883], Av#1[sur. wife, 6 children]
Christianson, Eric
Death date: Dec. 30, 1884
Mine: #5 Mine
Cause of death: runaway cars
Burial: unknown
Sources: AV#2[CCJ1-3-1885], FM[cor,LWS1-3-1885]
Conner, William
Death date: Nov. 21, 1889
Mine: #6 Mine
Cause of death: crushed
Burial: unknown
Sources: AV#2[Boom11-22-1889, CCJ11-23-1889], CCN, FM[LWS11-21-1889]
Culleton, Thomas Perry
Death date: 1878
Mine: unknown
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: Carbon, unmarked
Sources: CCA, family
Notes: His widow Maggie married David Nichols and his daughter Kate married Ez Nichols, nephew of David, all pioneers of the upper Platte Valley.
Daley, Morris
Death date: April, 16, 1874
Mine: #1 Mine
Cause of death: fell down shaft
Burial: unknown
Sources: CCN
Notes: unemployed, only one source
Davis, Thomas R.
Death date: Jan. 21, 1880
Sources: CCJ 2-21-1880; LWS1-31-1880
Burial: Lucas, Iowa, marked
Notes: listed as L.R. Davis in LWS
Dodds, Thomas J.
Death date: June 10, 1892
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: fell under car
Burial: Carbon, marked
Sources: cem, FM[cor.], MK
Notes: MM, MK[English, age 34]
Donnelly, John
Death date: March, 1885
Mine: #6 Mine
Cause of death: fall of rock
Burial: unknown
Sources: FM[CCJ3-14-1885]
Notes: only one source
Edwards, William H.
Death date: Oct. 19, 1899
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: fall of rock
Burial: CCN[Laramie]
Sources: CCN, DK, MIR
Notes: MIR[age 59, md.,sur dau. & grddau.]
Finnala, Oscar
Death date: Oct. 15, 1898
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Sources: FM[cem, CML]
Notes: MM, CCA[marker now illegible]
Haddix, John Isaac Jr.
Death date: Jan. 13, 1876
MIne: unknown
Cause of death: finger wound by rusty iron
Burial: Carbon, unmarked
Sources: CCA family, LSun1-15-1876, CCN
Notes: CCN[died 1-13-1876, Carbon blood poisoning]
Harris, Jacob
Death date: March, 1870
Mine: unknown
Cause of death: fell down shaft
Burial: unknown
Source: FM[ML]
Notes: MM, FM[age 26; listed CDL as Jacob Morris]
Hendrickson, John A.
Death date: Aug 2, 1893
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of Death: blasting accident
Burial: unknown
Sources: CCN, AV#2[CCJ8-5-1893]
Notes: MM
Isaac, William
Death date: 1875
Mine: # 1 MIne
Cause of death: cave-in
Burial: Carbon, marked
Sources: cem, FM, CCN[d. 12-1-1875], CCA[LDS12-6-1875]
Notes: MM
Johnson, John
Death date: Nov., 1881
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Sources: DK, CCA[CCJ11-12-1881]
Notes: CCA[killed raising a derrick]
Jones, Evor
Death date: Jan. 4, 1893
Mine: # 2 Mine
Cause of death: cave-in
Burial: Carbon, marked
Sources: cem, AV#1[SS1-12-1893], CCN
Notes: MM
Jones, John
Death date: April, 1869
Mine: unknown
Cause of death: cave-in
Burial: unknown
Sources: FM[ML]
Notes: MM, FM[English, age 30]
Jones, Samuel
Death date: March 24,1896
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: Carbon, marked
Sources: cem, FM, ECR, CCN
Notes: ECR[d. March 17, 1896, killed in mine]
Kain, Martin
Death date: 1875
Mine: #1 Mine
Cause of death: cave-in
Burial: Carbon, location unknown, wooden marker dislodged
Sources: FM[Annals, vol.8, #4], CCA[LDS12-6-1875]
Notes: MM
Kelly, Frank
Death date: Feb., 1871
Mine: unknown
Cause of death: Mine accident
Burial: #037, wooden marker "Kell," may be Frank or William Kelly
Source: CCN
Notes: CCN[weighmaster coal company, accident]
Lakari, Matt
Death date: Sept. 22, 1894
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Source: AV#2, FM[CML]
Notes: AV#2[Laahaij, Matti]
Lassi, Gabriel Nestor
Death date: Feb. 4, 1901
Mine: #7 Mine
Cause of death: fall of rock
Burial: unknown
Source: MIR[accident Carl Rassi], Eloheimo[p. 81, Gabriel Nestor Lassi]
Notes: Eloheimo[17 yrs. 17 days]
Leal, Gus
Death date: April, 1882
Mine: unknown
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Source: DK
Notes: only one source
Mack, Johnnie
Death date: 1874
Mine: #1 MIne
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Source: FM[Annals, vol. 8, #4]
Notes: MM, only one source
McCourt, Arthur
Death date: Nov. 13, 1891
Mine: unknown
Cause of death: mine accident
Burial: unknown
Source: CCN
Notes: only one source
McDermott
Death date: Nov. 23, 1877
Mine: unknown
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Source: CCN
Notes: only one source
Myers, Thomas
Death date: Aug. 25, 1898
Mine: unknown
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: Carbon, marked
Source: cem, CCA[family], FM, CCN
Notes: CCN[d. Rock Springs Hospital]
Nelson, Nels
Death date: May 27, 1890
Mine: unknown
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Source: CCN
Notes: only one source
Nelson, W.N.
Death date: Jan. 5, 1874
Mine: unknown
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: CCN[Laramie]
Sources: CCN
Notes: CCN[age about 25], only one source
Palso, Andrew
Date of death: Jan. 15, 1889
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Sources: FM[CML, cor]
Notes: MM
Peterson, John
Death date: Feb. 27, 1888
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Sources: FM[CML]
Notes: MM, FM[d. Denver], only one source
Reemer, Albert
Death date: Jan. 23, 1885
Mine: #5 Mine
Cause of death: explosion
Burial: unknown
Sources: AV#2[Boom 1-24-1885], CCA[CCJ1-24-1885]
Notes: AV#2["getting coal for own use"]
Robinson
Death date: Nov. 2, 1899
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Sources: FM[CCJ11-4-1898]
Notes: only one source
Runama, John
Death date: Nov. 2, 1899
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: fall of rock
Burial: unknown
Sources: FM[CML], MIR
Notes; FM[Finnish, age 40], MIR[m., 3 children]
Stansfield, George
Death date: Jan 14, 1892
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: fall of rock
Burial: Carbon, marked
Sources: cem, FM[cor], AV#1, Dk, MK, ECR
Notes: MM, MK[English, age 60]
Vollmert, John
Date of death: Dec. 14, 1872
Mine: unknown
Cause of death: crushed
Burial: Carbon, unmarked
Sources: CCN[DI12-21-1872], MK
Notes: MM, MK[Yesteryears":young German carpenter"]
West, William
Death date: Nov. 26, 1881
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: lung inflammation
Burial: Marked, Carbon
Sources: cem, CAA family, AV#1[CCJ12-3-1881], FM, DK
Notes: AV#1[d. lung inflammation from fire damp in mine]
Wright, William B.
Death date: April 23, 1892
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: fall of rock
Burial: Carbon, marked
Sources: cem, ECR, FM[cor], MK
Notes: MM, MK[Scot, aged 23]
Yoke, Matt
Death date: April 20, 1896
Mine: #2 Mine
Cause of death: fall of rock, crushed head
Burial: unknown
Sources: FM[cor], CCN, DK, CCA[PVL4-23-1896]
Notes: CCN & DK[Yoki], FM[Finnish], CCA[also Laakaie]