China Has 2nd Mine Blast in 3 Days as Coal Demand Takes Toll Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- A gas blast at a coal mine in southern China has killed at least 13 people,...
Toll at China mine blast rises to 166 as angry families riot December 1, 2004 BEIJING : All 166 miners trapped after a gas blast in China have been confirmed...
Shaanxi coal mine suffers two more blasts, no new casualties www.chinaview.cn 2004-12-02 09:47:50 XI'AN, Dec. 2 (Xinhuanet) -- A gas blast-devastated coal mine...
3 more bodies found after Shaanxi coal mine blast www.chinaview.cn 2004-12-02 16:53:13 GUIYANG, Dec. 2 (Xinhuanet) -- Rescuers found three more bodies Thursday...
Three explosions hit deadly Chinese mine Beijing, China, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- The coal mine in northern China where 166 miners were killed last weekend was shaken...
Mining sector sounds the alarm 2004-12-03 06:15 An explosion at Chenjiashan Coal Mine in the northwestern province of Shaanxi on November 28 and a gas...
Released Wednesday, December 2, 2004 MSHA, States to Convene Drug Abuse Summit in Hazard, KY ARLINGTON, Va. - The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and...
Perilya mine accident probe continues Friday, 3 December 2004 NSW, Australia - Investigations are continuing into a mining accident at Perilya that has put a...
Getting a closer look at recent underground tragedies Ma Lie China Daily 2004-12-03 06:15 XI'AN: The alarm bell rang again woefully followed by explosions in...
Monument in commemoration of NW China coal mine blast victims proposed December 3, 2004 The acting governor of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Chen Deming,...
Cause of Hebei mine fire determined www.chinaview.cn 2004-12-03 19:16:17 SHIJIAZHUANG, Dec. 3 (Xinhuanet) -- A safety production monitoring official in north...
EXPLORING ABANDONDED MINES: She's got tunnel vision December 3, 2004 Robot beams back video from underground It climbs over rocks as big as your head and...
16 killed, 30 feared dead after landslide in China blamed on mining December 4, 2004 BEIJING : Sixteen people, including five children, have been confirmed...
Recovery operations suspended at China landslide, at least 25 dead December 4, 2004 BEIJING : Rescue operations at the site of a landslide in southwest China...
My book, "The Deep Dark: Disaster and Redemption in America's Richest Silver Mine" will be out from Random House/Crown next year. I'm finding out rigt now that...
The Deep Dark: Disaster and Redemption in America's Richest Silver Mine by Gregg Olsen On May 2, 1972, 174 miners entered the Sunshine Mine on their daily...
Kazakhstan coal mine blast kills 23 December 5, 2004 A powerful blast has ripped through a coal mine in Kazakhstan, killing 23 people, a spokesman for the...
Probe into coal mine blast begins in earnest By Ma Lie (China Daily) Updated: 2004-12-05 22:55 The State Council's investigative group officially began its...
On This Day December 5, 2004 1492 - Christopher Columbus discovers island of Hispaniola, now divided between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. 1534 - Spanish...
Two Killed in Nevada Mine Accident December 5, 2004 ELY, Nev. - Two men doing maintenance work on the shovel of a large excavator were killed Sunday when the...
Mittal Steel Says 23 Killed in Kazakh Coal Mine Blast Dec. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Mittal Steel Co. NV, which is set to become the world's biggest steelmaker next...
Mittal rushes to Kazakh coal mine after blast London, Dec. 6: Steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal arrived early today at a coal mine he owns near the northern city of...
Men from McGill, Ely killed in Robinson mine accident December 7, 2004 ELY, Nev. - The two men killed in an accident at an open-pit copper mine near Ely over...
Miners past, present remember 37 who died in Robena Mine explosion December 7, 2004 MONONGAHELA TWP, PA. - Coal miners past and present and local union...
State investigating mine explosion December 8, 2004 Four injured by blast in coal seam at Buck Mountain Slope Mine Tremont, PA - A Schuylkill County mine has...
Three killed in coal mine flooding in Northwest China Beijing, Dec 8 : At least three miners were killed and another missing in a coal mine flooding accident...
Coal industry trying to get a grip on drug abuse in mines December 8, 2004 HAZARD, Ky. - Danny Osborne Jr. knows firsthand that drug abuse is a problem among...
13 missing in Ukraine mine blast December 8, 2004 KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- An explosion ripped through a coal mine in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region on...
Data lacking on drug use by miners December 8, 2004 HAZARD - There are no statistics yet to show, or even estimate, how many coal miners in Eastern Kentucky...