What the records say
- When
- 8 Jun 1917
- Kind
- Mining accident
- Coordinates
- 46.03° N, 112.52° W
- Description
- mining disaster in Montana
- Deaths
- 168
Speculator Mine disaster
1917 event in Butte, Montana, United States
The Granite Mountain/Speculator Mine disaster of June 8, 1917, occurred as a result of a fire in a copper mine, and was the most deadly event in underground hard rock mining in United States history. Most men died of suffocation underground as the fire consumed their oxygen; a total of 168 miners were killed. The Butte, Montana copper mines were at full wartime production to support the US in World War I.
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