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Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Names of Current Utah Miners and the 1900 Utah Mine Explosion

Reported at http://www.abc4.com/mostpopular/story.aspx?content_id=b1fb2b27-36f2-4eae-af2e-cf9387c3d8fa
a local newspaper is reporting the names of the six trapped miners. They are Manuel Sanchez, Brandon Phillips, Carlos Payan, Kerry Allred, Don Erickson and Luis Hernandez. The net also reports that three are Mexican citizens.

I have an interest because my grandmother's first husband was killed in the mine explosion that killed over 200 men in a Utah mine explosion in 1900. Those not killed by the explosion were killed by carbon monoxide. See the story at http://historytogo.utah.gov/utah_chapters/mining_and_railroads/thescofieldminedisasterin1900wasutahsworst.html

I wonder who (or if) I would be if my could-have-been grandfather had survived.

John

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