Coal Mining

ID: 2580
This file appears in: Hurricane Creek Mine Disaster

A coal miner shovels coal deep inside the earth. The Hurricane Creek mine disaster occurred when swirling coal dust ignited inside a mine like the one pictured. Courtesy of the University of Kentucky.

This file appears in: Hurricane Creek Mine Disaster

By McKenzie Martin
Historical Marker #2359 in Leslie County remembers the Finley Mine disaster at Hurricane Creek in December 1970. Located four miles east of Hyden, Kentucky, the mine loaded an average of 1,500 tons of…