On Sunday April 13, 1930, seven miners and mine inspectors, grimy with coal dust, gathered at one of the small flat bed cars used to carry workers back and forth in the mine at Carbonado. At 6 p.m. on April 12th, a terrific coal gas explosion on the 2nd level of the mine, about 1500 feet underground, had killed 17 miners. Rescue workers were kept back by coal gas fumes for almost 2 hours after the blast. They eventually reached the dead and injured miners about a mile from the mouth of the mine. Pictured, left to right, are John G. Schoning of the US Bureau of Mines; William R. Reese, chief state mine inspector; Robert Simson, superintendent of the mine; H.A. Wilson, general manager of the Pacific Coast Coal Co.; George T. Wake, deputy mine inspector. Seated are Martin Hamlin and William Williams, safety representatives of the mines. TPL-2783, BGN 363 (TNT 4-14-1930 p.1; TDL 4-14-1930, pg. 1)
Pacific Coast Coal Co. (Carbonado); Coal mining; Mine accidents--Carbonado; Explosions; Schoning, John G.; Reese, William R.; Simson, Robert; Wilson, H.A.; Wake, George T.; Hamlin, Martin; Williams; William;