No. 9 : The 1968 Farmington Mine Disaster.

Front Cover -- Cover Flaps -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- Good Night, Dad -- Dangerous History -- Barometric Pressure -- A Gassy, Dusty Mine -- No.9's Record -- Federal Law -- Shooting Stumps -- How Such Things Happen -- The Explosion -- Coal First, Safety Second -- Recovery Begins -- Afraid to Complain -- Rules of Survival -- More Ways to Die -- A 1965 Explosion -- A Beautiful Mine -- New Owners -- Methane Madness -- A Gassy Mine -- New Monitors -- Fan Failures -- Overload Protection -- Gas on the Gobs -- Crosscuts and Stoppings -- Brothers Walk Out -- Dry and Dusty -- Warning Signs -- Saturday, November 16 -- Sunday, November 17 -- Monday, November 18 -- Tuesday, November 19 -- Day Shift -- Afternoon Shift -- The Last Shift -- 9North -- Slope Bottom -- Outside the Slope -- Mods Run -- Railway -- Mods Run -- East Side -- Llewellyn Run Portal -- Llewellyn Parking Lot -- 7South -- Power Pull -- Mods Run -- 7South -- A-Face -- Slope Bottom -- Police Escort -- 7South at the Mahan Run Shaft -- Underground Motor Barn -- A-Face -- 7South at the Mahan Run Shaft -- On the Surface -- 7South at the Mahan Run Shaft -- The Disaster Hits Home -- Bad News Morning -- Wives at Work -- Rookie Reporter -- Missing Fathers -- No Good Answers -- The Wait -- More Explosions -- A Paralyzed Community -- Day 2: Thursday, November 21 -- Day 3: Friday, November 22 -- Day 4: Saturday, November 23 -- Day 5: Sunday, November 24 -- Day 6: Monday, November 25 -- Day 7: Tuesday, November 26 -- Day 8: Wednesday, November 27 -- Day 9: Thursday, November 28 -- Day 10: Friday, November 29 -- Day 11: Saturday, November 30 -- Bungled Investigation -- Stay Home -- Intimidation Factor -- Two Men, 22 Square Miles -- Blocked Bleeders -- Failure to Report -- Widows and Wildcat Strikes -- Wildcats -- Boyle Goes Ballistic -- Body Production -- Methane Check -- August Meeting.

The Unsealing -- The Search Continued -- In Search of Justice -- Local Action -- Three More Men -- Hidden Evidence -- The Memo -- The Fan Charts -- People on the Scene -- 6 a.m. -- 7 a.m. -- 7:30 a.m. -- 8 a.m. -- 8:15 a.m. -- 9:05 a.m. -- Other Clues -- No.1 Fan -- Athas Run Fan -- Mods Run Fan -- Ungodly Work -- More Men Out -- Request to Mine Coal -- Shilling for the Coal Company -- Westfield Gets the Boot -- Back to Washington -- More Bodies -- Inundated by Death -- Another Consol Disaster -- The Men in 5Right-8North -- Who Can Stop Us? -- UMW Elections -- Another Disaster -- Eleven More Bodies -- A New Agreement -- Take the Money -- Business Is Business -- High Alert -- Too Many Problems -- Thinking It Over -- 6Right-7South -- Feds Get the Picture -- Last Man Out -- Widows' Last Stand -- Case Settled -- Acknowledgments -- Appendices -- U.S. Coal Mine Deaths 1900-2009 -- Victims of the No.9 Disaster Nov. 13, 1954 -- Victims of the No.9 Disaster Nov. 20, 1968 -- Chronology of Disasters and Federal Laws -- Notes -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Good night, Dad -- Chapter 2: Dangerous History -- Chapter 3: How Such Things Happen -- Chapter 4: Rules of Survival -- Chapter 5: A Beautiful Mine -- Chapter 6: Methane Madness -- Chapter 7: Dry and Dusty -- Chapter 8: Warning Signs -- Chapter 9: The Last Shift -- Chapter 10: The Disaster Hits Home -- Chapter 11: A Paralyzed Community -- Chapter 12: Bungled Investigation -- Chapter 13: Widows and Wildcat Strikes -- Chapter 14: Body Production -- Chapter 15: In Search of Justice -- Chapters 16: Three More Men -- Chapter 17: Hidden Evidence -- Chapter 18: Ungodly Work -- Chapter 19: Inundated by Death -- Chapter 20: Who Can Stop Us? -- Chapter 21: Business is Business -- Chapter 22: Widows' Last Stand -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Bonnie E. Stewart -- Photographs -- Emilio Menga and Family.

Frank Matish and Family -- Mine Goats -- Nails Illegally Driven through Shuttle Car Trailing Cable -- Continuous Mining Machine -- Methane Check -- No.1 Fan Shaft and No.9 Preparation Plant -- No.9 Preparation Plant -- Shuttle Car -- Coal Miners in Locomotive -- Smoke from Llewellyn Portal on November 20, 1968 -- Gary Martin and Bud Hillberry in Rescue Bucket -- Media Briefing in Consolidation Coal's Company Store -- Frank Matish -- Pregnant Wife of Trapped Coal Miner -- Woman Waiting for News -- Red Cross Volunteers -- Tony Boyle, UMWA President -- William Poundstone, Consoldation Coal Executive Vice President -- Bill Evans, Fairmont Times Editor -- Letters to Mary Matish -- Widows in Charleston -- Workers Unseal Fan Shaft -- Recovery Crew -- Sara Kaznoski and Mary Matish -- Uprooted Railway Tracks in Mine -- Jeep Swept off Mine Railway -- Larry Layne and Inspectors -- John Brock and Recovery Team -- David Mainella, Mine Foreman -- Fallen Roof in No.9 Mine -- John Toothman's Possessions -- Debris-covered Machine after Explosions -- Families of Miners Killed -- John Toothman's Grave -- Memorial to No.9 Desaster Victims -- Maps -- The No.9 Mine in 1954 -- Origin of 1954 Explosion -- Central Marion County, West Virginia -- Consolidation No.9, 1968 -- Consolidation No.9, 1Right-6North -- Consolidation No.9, 3Right-7North -- Consolidation No.9, 4Right-8North -- Consolidation No.9, 5Right-8North -- Consolidation No.9, Llewellyn Run Shaft -- Consolidation No.9, 3Right-7South -- Consolidation No.9, 6Right-7South.

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