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{{Short description|1887 mine explosion in British Columbia}} The '''Nanaimo mine explosion''' occurred on May 3, 1887, in [[Nanaimo]], [[British Columbia]] killing 150 [[miners]]. Only seven mi ...

...int]] where it was loaded onto ships.<ref>'''''The Bellambi and Bulli Coal Mining Company Railway''''' Eardley, G.H. [[Australian Railway History|Australian On 23 March 1887, a [[gas explosion]] in the mine killed 81 men and boys, leaving 50 women w ...

...s, and Juneau. The power plant continued to serve the [[Alaska-Juneau Gold Mining Company|Alaska-Juneau Gold Mine]] until the mine was shut down in 1944 by t 1887, Douglas Island Friends Mission School established to forcefully assimilate ...

...entrance erected by the Idaho Historical Society, Burke was established in 1887 after the construction of a railway to the mine camps, after which developm ...es, established in 1887. Once a thriving [[silver]], [[lead]] and [[zinc]] mining community, the town saw significant decline in the mid-twentieth century af ...

...the site of the [[Gresford disaster]], one of Britain's worst coal mining disasters, when 266 men died in an underground explosion on 22 September 1934. ...tle=Handbook of the Origin of Place-names in Wales and Monmouthshire |date=1887 |publisher=Thomas Morgan |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Handbo ...

...c]] nature of [[cyanide]] has led to controversy regarding its use in gold mining, with it being banned in some parts of the world. However, when used with a ...n Stewart MacArthur]] developed the cyanide process for gold extraction in 1887.]] ...

...BCP field 7134 Persons Mining Total.svg|thumb|right|Adults employed in the mining industry as a percentage of the adult population in Australia divided geogr ...ding [[export]] income, [[royalty payment]]s and employment. Historically, mining booms have also encouraged population growth via [[immigration to Australi ...

{{For|a list organized by the number of fatalities|List of disasters in Canada by death toll}} This '''list of disasters in Canada''' includes major [[disaster]]s (arranged by date), either [[Man ...

...hinges, and it also sits on the [[Lancashire Coalfield]], and was a [[coal mining]] district. ...er|Wood Pit explosion]] (at Haydock on Friday 7 June 1878), the worst coal-mining disaster in [[Lancashire]] at the time. ...

The area surrounding Mount Kembla is a [[coal]] mining area, notable for the Mount Kembla Mine disaster of 1902 in which 96 people ...llage also has a heritage centre showcasing local history, emphasizing the mining disaster. An annual Heritage Festival and 96 Candles Ceremony, commemoratin ...

| designation1_partof = [[Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape]] ...orld Heritage Site|UNESCO World Heritage Site]], [[Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape]]. ...

...upplied beef to Union Pacific Railroad construction crews, army posts, and mining towns, and was one of the wealthiest men in Colorado when he died in 1878.< ==== Natural disasters ==== ...

...n the Midwestern [[Driftless Area]] and is known for its history of [[lead mining]] and its cheese industry. ...rantcountyhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/MineDisasters.pdf "Mining Disasters in Southwest Wisconsin]", Grant County Historical Society</ref> In 1974 the ...

*November 1 – The second [[Springhill Mining Disaster]] occurs killing 39. ...and unknown location of the crash. This was one of the worst civilian air disasters in the world at the time. ...

...ok |last=Callen |first=Terry |title=St. Peter-in-Chains Stockton Centenary 1887-1987 |publisher=Parish of St. Peter-in-Chains |year=1987 |location=Newcastl For much of the 19th century it served as an industrial and mining base. Early industries included timber, lime (which was initially produced ...

{{short description|Accident occurring during the process of mining minerals}} ...ease make this article a table instead. -->{{broader|List of accidents and disasters by death toll}} ...

* '''[[1934 in Wales]]''' - 265 miners are killed in the Gresford mining accident ...Wales]]''' - 439 men killed at Senghenydd in the worst disaster in British mining history ...

...ause he did not see Japan as a true threat, and there were several natural disasters during the early 1890s which the emperor thought to be more pressing to exp ...ll as a medical academy and a hospital for naval personnel the torpedo and mining detachments also had their headquarters based in the base.<ref name=":0">{{ ...

....org/p/kansas-historical-quarterly-former-mining-communities/13222 "Former Mining Communities of the Cherokee-Crawford Coal Field of Southeastern Kansas"</re A post office was opened in Frontenac in 1887.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/count ...

{{short description|American civil engineer and inventor (1820–1887)}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|1887|3|8|1820|5|23}} ...