The West Virginia coal wars Hostile_encounter ( 1912–21 ) , also known as the mine wars Hostile_encounter , arose Coming_to_be out of a dispute Quarreling between coal companies and miners .

With help Assistance from Mary `` Mother Jones '' Harris Jones , an important figure in unionizing the mine workers , the miners demanded Request better pay Commerce_pay , better work Being_in_operation conditions , the right to trade where they pleased ( ending the practice Practice of forcing Hostile_encounter miners to buy from company-owned stores ) , and recognition of the United Mine Workers ( UMW ) .

On September 1 , 1912 , approximately 6,000 unionized miners from across the Kanawha River crossed Motion_directional the river and declared Expressing_publicly their intent to kill Killing the mine guards and destroy Destroying the company operations .

The 2010 Copiapó mining accident Catastrophe , also known then as the `` Chilean mining accident Catastrophe '' , began Process_start on Thursday , 5 August 2010 with a cave-in at the San José copper–gold mine , located in the Atacama Desert north of the regional capital of Copiapó , in northern Chile .

Thirty-three men , trapped underground and from the mine 's entrance via spiraling underground ramps , were rescued Rescuing after 69 days .

After the state-owned mining company , Codelco , took over Getting rescue efforts from the mine 's owners , exploratory boreholes were drilled Action , and seventeen days after the accident Catastrophe a note was found Know taped to a drill bit pulled Motion back to the surface : ( `` We are well in the shelter , the 33 of us '' ) .

Private donations covered one-third of the US $ 20 million cost Cost of the rescue Rescuing , with the rest coming from the mine owners and the government .

Previous geological instability at the old mine and a long record of safety violations for the mine 's owners , San Esteban Mining Company , had resulted in Causation a series of fines and accidents Catastrophe , including eight deaths Death , during the dozen years leading up to this accident Catastrophe .

Previous geological instability at the old mine and a long record of safety violations for the mine 's owners , San Esteban Mining Company , had resulted in Causation a series of fines and accidents Catastrophe , including eight deaths Death , during the dozen years leading up to this accident Catastrophe .

The attack Attack was triggered Causation when three Army jeeps hit Bodily_harm a land mine , killing Killing one soldier .

although the owner of the mine originally agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act with the union to observe Perception_active the strike Attack , when the price of coal went Self_motion up , he hired Employment non-union workers to produce Creating and ship Bringing out coal , as he had high debt in start-up costs Cost .

Enraged that the owner had disregarded Agree_or_refuse_to_act their agreement Sign_agreement , on June 21 , union miners shot Use_firearm at strikebreakers going to Self_motion work Being_in_operation , where the mine had armed Bearing_arms guards .

When striking Attack union members armed themselves and laid siege Besieging to the mine , the owner 's guards shot Use_firearm and killed Killing three white union miners in an exchange Exchange of gunfire Use_firearm .

The next day , union miners killed Killing superintendent McDowell and 18 of 50 strikebreakers and mine guards , many of them brutally .

A methane explosion occurred Coming_to_be in the mine at approximately 3:44 pm ( NZDT , UTC+13 ) .

At the time of the explosion 31 miners and contractors were present Presence in the mine .

Two miners managed to walk Self_motion from the mine ; they were treated Cure for moderate injuries and released Releasing from Greymouth Hospital the next day .

The remaining 16 miners and 13 contractors were believed Know to be at least from the mine 's entrance .

According to the new mine owner , Solid Energy , the bodies of the 29 miners who died Death there may never be recovered Cure .

The agency took over Getting the mine from Solid Energy , after it entered Arriving liquidation in mid-March 2018 .

After the re-entry , management of the mine area will return Arriving to the Department of Conservation , who are constructing Building a 'Pike29 Memorial Track ' , in the adjacent Paparoa National Park .

Fanapi also caused Causation landslides there , killing Killing 100 people , including 28 in Xinyi due to a collapse at a mine .