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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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The Interior Department attributed a Jan. 18 explosion at the Evans Jones slope mine in Jonesville, Alaska, which killed five underground employees, to hazardous blasting and inadequate ventilation. The blast was propagated by methane and coal dust. A prior 1937 explosion in the overlying Van Jones mine killed 14 men.
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WASHINGTON (P) - Hazardous blasting and inadequate ventilation were blamed Monday by the Interior Department as the causes of an explosion Jan. 18 that killed all five underground employees in the Evans Jones slope mine in Jonesville, Alaska.
The report said the explosion was propagated by methane and coal dust.
It was noted that an explosion which caused the death of 14 men occurred in 1937 in the Van Jones mine, which overlies the slope mine.
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Jonesville, Alaska
Event Date
Jan. 18
Outcome
killed all five underground employees
Event Details
Hazardous blasting and inadequate ventilation were blamed as the causes of an explosion propagated by methane and coal dust. It was noted that an explosion which caused the death of 14 men occurred in 1937 in the Van Jones mine, which overlies the slope mine.