Leslie County Courthouse

ID: 2581
This file appears in: Hurricane Creek Mine Disaster

The Hurricane Creek mining disaster was a dark day in Leslie County history. Thirty-eight men were killed and one severely injured. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

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…