On January 18, 1951, eleven coal miners were killed in an explosion at the Burning Springs Collieries Company in Kermit, Mingo County.
Learn more:
"Kermit Mine Explosion Takes Lives Of 11; Two More Injured, One Critically, In Blast"
"Report of Gas Ignition: Burning Springs Collieries Company"
"Investigation of the Gas Ignition of Burning Springs Collieries Mine, Which Happened Thursday, January 18, 1951, About Noon"
January 18: Wayne County