Miners

Page by Bob Leathers

1912-11-02 Hanna Miners using new and modern undercutting machine (Heritage Center, University of Wyoming)

• 1869: Coal Miner Jargon​

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• 1869: Hanna Basin Mining Companies and Mines

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• 1869: ​Lists of the Men Killed in the Hanna Basin Coal Mines

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• 1869: ​Men Injured in the Hanna Basin Mines

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• 1869: Kids in the Hanna Coal Mines - Breaker Boys - Trapper Boys - Mule Drivers

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• 1869: Women in the Hanna Coal Mines

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• 1869: Old Timers in the Hanna Coal Mines

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• 1869: Union Pacific Coal Company Officials

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•  1900: Superstitions in the Coal Mines: Tommyknockers, Knockers, Demons, Gnomes and Fairies

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• 1900:  Coal Mining: Then and Today - Accidents Explained - Safety Efforts

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• 1900: A group of Old Timers - Union Pacific Coal Company Officials

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Union Pacific Coal Company's June 30, 1903 No. 1 Mine Explosion in Hanna

• 1903: Union Pacific Coal Company's June 30, 1903 No. 1 Mine Explosion in Hanna Explained

• 1903: List of Miners Killed in the 1903 Explosion

• 1903: 1903 Explosion Coroner's Inquest

• 1903: 1903 Explosion - Earle Holmes Letter to Wilson Gobble

• 1903: State Mine Inspector's Report for the 1903 Explosion

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Union Pacific Coal Company's March 30, 1908 No. 1 Mine Explosions in Hanna

• 1908: Union Pacific Coal Company's March 30, 1908 No. 1 Mine Explosions in Hanna Explained

• 1908: ​List of Miners Killed in the March 28, 1908 Explosions

• 1908: ​1908 Explosion Coroner's Inquest Report

• 1908: ​Noah Young's 1908 Hanna Explosion Report to Governor B.B. Brooks

• 1908: ​1908 State Coal Mine Inspectors Report - 1908 Hanna Mine Number 1 Explosion

• 1908: ​David M. Elias - State Mine Inspector Killed in 1908 Explosion

• 1908: ​1908 Explosion - Governor B.B. Brooks Communiations

• 1908: ​April 3, 1908 Chums From Boyhood Died Side By Side

• 1908: ​April 16, 1908 U.P. May Not Be Liable

• 1908: ​Newspaper Articles from The Wigan Observer in England About the March 28, 1908 Explosion of the Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 1 Mine in Hanna

• 1908: ​Death of Noah Young - State Mine Inspector for the 1908 Explosion of Mine No. 1

• 1908: Unmarked Graves in the Hanna Cemetery and the Rasmusson Lawsuit

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• 1908: The Finnish Town and Coal Mine of Sampo​​

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• 1916: Mechanical Equipment for Mining Coal: The Thew Loading Shovels and Joy Loading Machines

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• 1916:  Labor Agreement Between the United Mine Workers of America and the Southern Wyoming Coal Operators​

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• 1917: Labor Agreement Between the United Mine Workers of America and the Southern Wyoming Coal Operators​

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• 1924: Coal Mine Disasters in the U. S. Killed 2,381 Men​

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• 1927: National Mining Disasters Important to Hanna Basin Miners

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• 1932: Monument Dedicated to the Men Who Lost Their Lives in the Union Pacific Coal Company's Hanna No. 1 Mine

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• 1954: The Union Pacific Coal Company Mines Close in Hanna and the Federal Commodity Program Helped Feed the Miners and Their Families After the Mines were Closed

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• 1970:  Hanna Strip Mine Videos:  Bill Becker

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• 1984: The Hanna Miners' Monuments ​Located Next to the Hanna Recreation Center and in the Hanna Cemetery

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• 2015: ​The Last Underground Coal Mine in the United Kingdom Closed​

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• 2017: The Last Dragline in Hanna Was Demolished

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• 2020: Coal Mining Videos - Working in the Coal Mine - Pit Ponies - Working Man

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• 2020: Coal Miner Music

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