Ed Talbott | profile | all galleries >> Appalachian Hikes >> Red Jacket Mine - July 29, 2006 | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
On Saturday, July 29, 2006, Roger Mayhorn, Russ Belcher, Mike Sanders, Ed Talbott, Jr. and Ed Talbott, III hiked up Keen Mountain to the old entrance of the Red Jacket Coal Mine. This mine was the site of the biggest U.S. disaster of 1938 when 45 miners lost their lives in a coal dust explosion.
To learn more about the mine explosion - click on the pictures titled Bluefield Daily Telegraph and Clinch Valley News below.
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