Lists of Men Killed in the Hanna Basin Coal Mines

Notes and Spreadsheets from Bob Leathers

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Two new miner deaths have recently been discovered - we are in the process of updating the lists.

The Hanna Basin includes the towns of Hanna and Elmo, which still exist, along with the coal camps of Carbon, Dana and Sampo, which are now ghost towns. 

The links below are lists of the men killed in the Hanna Basin mines and information about them.

• 373 ​Men Killed in the Hanna Basin Mines (Updated)

• 371 Men Killed in the Hanna Basin Mines Listed by Year of the Fatality​ (To be updated)

• 371 ​Men Killed in the Hanna Basin Mines Listed By Age of the Miner (To be updated)

• 41 of the 371 Men Killed in the Hanna Basin Mines Took Place in the Union Pacific Coal Company’s Carbon Mines  
•           14 of the 41 Men Killed in Carbon, Wyoming Occurred in an Unknown Underground Carbon Mine

 

•            5 of the 41 Men Killed in Carbon, Wyoming Were in the No. 1 Underground Mine

 

•           15 of the 41 Men Killed in Carbon, Wyoming Were in the No. 2 Underground Mine

 

•            3 of the 41 Men Killed in Carbon, Wyoming Were in the No. 5 Underground Mine

 

•            3 of the 41 Men Killed in Carbon, Wyoming Were in the No. 6 Underground Mine

 

•            1 of the 41 Men Killed in Carbon, Wyoming Were in the No. 7 Underground Mine

• 2 of the 371 ​Men Killed in the Hanna Basin Mines took Place in the Dana and Miller Underground Mines

• 328 of the 371 ​Men Killed in the Hanna Basin Mines Took Place in the Hanna, Wyoming Mines  

•           250 of the 330 Men Killed Were in the Union Pacific Coal Company’s No. 1 Underground Mine -              (Updated)

 

•           27 of the 328 Men Killed Were in the Union Pacific Coal Company’s No. 2 Underground Mine

 

•           6 of the 328 Men Killed Were in the Union Pacific Coal Company’s No. 3 Underground Mine

 

•           2 of the 328 Men Killed Were in the Union Pacific Coal Company’s No. 3.5 Underground Mine

 

•           24 of the 328 Men Killed Were in the Union Pacific Coal Company’s No. 4 Underground Mine

 

•           7 of the 328 Men Killed Were in the Union Pacific Coal Company’s No. 4A Underground Mine

 

•           1 of the 328 Men Killed Was in the Carbon County Coal Underground Mine

 

•           1 of the 328 Men Killed Was Killed in the Cyprus Shoshone Underground Mine

 

•           1 of the 328 Men Killed Took Place in the Energy Vanguard No. 1 Underground Mine

 

•           4 of the 328 Men Killed Took Place in the Energy Vanguard No. 2 Underground Mine

 

•           4 of the 328 Men Killed Took Place in the Rosebud Surface Mine

 

•           1 of the 328 Men Killed Took Place in the Nugget Surface Mine

 

•           1 of the 328 Men Killed Took Place in the Medicine Bow Surface Mine

• 28 of the 328 Men Killed in Hanna, Wyoming Mines Were Not Recovered From The Bottom of the No. 1 Mine

• 86 of the 328 Men Killed in Hanna, Wyoming Mines Were Buried in Marked Graves in the Hanna Cemetery

• 134 of the​ 328 Miners Killed in Hanna, Wyoming Mines Were Buried in Unmarked Graves in the Hanna Cemetery

• 45 of the 328 Men Killed in the Hanna, Wyoming Mines Were Buried in Other Towns Than Hanna

• 35 of the 328 Men Killed in Hanna, Wyoming Mines Were Buried in Unknown Towns

• 322 of the​ 328 Men Killed in Hanna, Wyoming Mines Occurred in Underground Mines

• 6 of the 328 Men Killed in the Hanna, Wyoming Mines Occurred in Surface Mines

• 169 of the 328 Men Killed in the Hanna, Wyoming Mines Took Place in the June 30, 1903 Explosion of Union Pacific Coal Company’s No. 1 mine

•           25 of the 169 Men Killed Were African American

•           1 of the 169 Men Killed Was ​From Belgium

•           98 of the 169 Men Killed Were ​From ​Finland

•           1 of the 169 Men Killed Was From ​Germany

•           3 of the 169 ​Men Killed Were ​From ​Ireland​

•           11 of the 169 ​Men Killed Were ​From ​​Italy

•           8 of the 169 Men Killed Were ​From ​Sweden

•           22 of the 169 Men Killed Were ​From ​the United Kingdom

•           1 of the 169 Men Killed Was Not Recovered From the Bottom of the Mine

•           38 of the 169 Men Killed Were Buried in Marked Graves in the Hanna Cemetery

•           110 of the 169 Men Killed Were Buried in Unmarked Graves in the Hanna Cemetery

•           20 of the 169 Men Killed Were Buried in Other Towns than Hanna

• 59 of the 328 Men Killed in the Hanna, Wyoming Mines Took Place in the March 28, 1908 Explosion of Union Pacific Coal Company’s No. 1 mine

•           27 of the 59 Men Killed Were Not Recovered From the Bottom of the Mine

•           10 of the 59 Men Killed Were Buried in Marked Graves in the Hanna Cemetery​

•           17 of the 59 Men Killed Were Buried in Unmarked Graves in the Hanna Cemetery

•           5 of the 59 Men Killed Were Buried in Other Towns Than Hanna

•           18 of the 59 Miners in the Fire Crew Were Killed in the First Explosion

•                   14 of the 18 Men Killed in the Fire Crew Were Not Recovered From the Bottom of the Mine

•                   2 of the 18 ​Men Killed in the Fire Crew Were Buried in Marked Graves in the Hanna Cemetery

•                   2 of the 18 Men Killed in the Fire Crew Were Buried in Other Towns Than Hanna

•           41 of the 59 Men in the Rescue Crew Were Killed in the Second Explosion

•                  13 of the 41 Men Killed in the Rescue Crew Were Not Recovered From the Bottom of the Mine

•                  8 of the​ 41 Men Killed in the Rescue Crew Were Buried in Marked Graves in the Hanna Cemetery

•                  17 of the 41 Men Killed in the Rescue Crew Were Buried in Unmarked Graves in the Hanna Cemetery

•                  3 of the 41 Men Killed in the Rescue Crew Were Buried in Other Towns Than Hanna