Ontario Shaft Mine, Cokeburg, Bethlehem Twp., Washington Co., PA

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Coal Miners Memorial Ontario Shaft Mine, Cokeburg, Bethlehem Twp., Washington Co., PA

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Ontario Shaft Mine,
Cokeburg,
Bethlehem Twp.,
Washington County,
Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

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Ontario Shaft Mine (ca.1920- ? ),
Cokeburg, Bethlehem Twp., Washington Co., PA
[Ontario Shaft Mine was listed as a new mine ca.1920.]
Owners: ca.1920- ? ),

From the Report of the Department of Mines, 1921

June 2, 1920,
Ontario Shaft, Cokeburg, PA
6 Miners Killed.
The shaft was being sunk and had just reached the coal bed. Six men were in the crew, and all were killed by the violent explosion that wrecked the shaft and the headframe. Because of the presence of gas in the coal measures closed lights were being used, but ventilation or inspection for gas was neglected. The ignition was thought to have been from smoking.

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Cokeburg, Bethlehem Twp., Washington County, Pennsylvania"

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