Historedia
Group or institution

Miners

Events
3
Episodes
5
Years
1866–1899

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Miners, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Discovery of the Calaveras Skull and its exposure as a hoax

    1866–1869

    Role: Discoverers

    1. 1866-02-25 · Calaveras County, CaliforniaDiscovery Claim

      Miners claimed to find a human skull beneath lava in a mine in Calaveras County, California.

    2. 1866-07-16 · California Academy of SciencesWhitney Announcement

      Josiah Whitney announced the skull as evidence of Pliocene man in North America.

    3. 1869 · CaliforniaHoax Exposure

      Reports revealed the skull was a planted practical joke, not an authentic find.

  2. Blantyre colliery disaster kills over 200 miners

    1877

    Role: Victims

    1. 22 October 1877 · William Dixon's Blantyre CollieryExplosion at Blantyre Colliery

      On 22 October 1877, an explosion at Pits No. 2 and No. 3 killed 207 miners, including an 11-year-old boy.

  3. Explosion kills 32 coal miners at Carbon Hill mines, Carbonado, Washington

    1899

    Role: Victims

    1. December 9, 1899 · Carbon Hill Coal Company's Mine Number 7Explosion at Carbon Hill Coal Company Mine Number 7

      An explosion at Carbon Hill Coal Company's Mine Number 7 in Carbonado killed 31 miners on December 9, 1899.

Sources

  1. Calaveras Skull Wikipedia, revision of 2026-01-08
  2. Blantyre mining disaster Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-21
  3. Carbonado, Washington Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-28