Underground Coal Mine Disasters 1900
An October 1913 explosion rocked the Stag Canyon No. 2 mine in New Mexico, killing 263 workers in the mine. Fourteen miners escaped from an unaffected part of the mine; 9 others were rescued from the bottom of the air shaft. The explosion was caused by detonating an overcharged shot in a dusty pillar section (MSHA, 1998a).
