Information for historical mine disasters was obtained from the following publications:

• Bureau of Mines I.C. 7493, Major Disasters at Metal and Nonmetal Mines and Quarries in the United States (Excluding Coal Mines)
• Historical Summary of Mine Disasters in the United States, Volume III, Metal and Nonmetal Mines, 1885-1998
• 1998-present, MSHA Fatalgrams and Fatality Reports
• Newspaper article citations when available
• Archives at the National Mine Health & Safety Academy Library, Beckley, West Virginia

Historical accident reports are available in the library archives at the National Mine Health & Safety Academy in Beckley, West Virginia. Please contact the MSHA Academy at 304-256-3266 or MSHAlibrary@dol.gov to check on the availability of a particular report.  Visit MSHA's Home Page on the Internet at http://www.msha.gov for recent mine accident reports.