Hominy Falls Mine Disaster

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May 06, 1968

A continuous miner machine at Gauley Coal & Coke Hominy Falls mine cut into an unmapped adjacent mine filled with water drowning 4 miners and trapping 21

Other events that happened on or around May 06, 1968

May 16, 1968

Recovery crews found the final six survivors from the Hominy Falls mine disaster

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