On October 28, 1958, an explosion at the Oglebay Norton's Burton coal mine in Nicholas County resulted in the deaths of fourteen miners.
Learn more:
"13 Perish As Explosion Rips Nicholas Coal
Mine"
Testimony Regarding Burton Mine
Explosion
"Dear Subscribers" (Oglebay-Norton Mine
Explosion)
Map of the Oglebay-Norton Mine
Explosion
Document-Based Questions
On This Day in West Virginia History: October
