Sunshine Mine Disaster Memorial - Sunshine Mine, Idaho - Disaster Memorials on Waymarking.com

The Sunshine mining disaster occurred May 2, 1972. Fire broke out in the mine and smoke, carbon monoxide and other gases swept through the mine tunnels and shafts. There were 178 miners working at various levels in the mine, 85 made it to safety, 2 miners were found alive seven days later. The last of the 91 victims was brought out of the mine on May 13. The disaster was the worst hard-rock mining accident in the country since 1917. The Sunshine Mine is the nation's largest silver mine over a mile deep and over 100 miles of tunnels.

For a fuller account of the disaster see Mine Rescue Association account.

Located I-90 & Big Creek Road, halfway between Kellogg and Wallace, Idaho; leading to Sunshine Mine, Idaho

Disaster Date: 05/02/1972 Date of dedication: 05/02/1974 Memorial Sponsors: State of Idaho Disaster Type: Technological Parking Coordinates: Not Listed Relevant Website: Not listed

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