Mayer Mine explosion in December 1916 kills twenty men

Genealogy CornerDecember 13, 1916 started out as a typical Wednesday morning when about one hundred men went to work at Mayer Mine No. 9, which was located about two and a half miles northeast of East Mineral or about one-half of a mile north of Stone City in Cherokee County. John Mayer had leased the mine to Joe and Ed Ryan and Tim Reedy less than two years before.Sixty men went ...

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