Mina de Barroterán coal mine disaster occurred on March 31, 1969, and 153 miners were killed.[1] This was the second worst disaster in Mexico's coal mining history, second only to the Mina Rosita Vieja disaster of 1908.[2]
During the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries, nearly 900 miners died in explosions or floodings accidents related with the operation of coal mining in the state of Coahuila.
References
edit- ^ Casasola, Gustavo (1973). Historia gráfica de la Revolución mexicana, 1900-1970, Volume 10 (in Spanish). Editorial Trillas. p. 3627. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
El lunes 31 de marzo, los ocho mil habitantes de la población minera de Barroterán, en el Estado de Coahuila, se encontraban de luto por la trágica muerte de 153 hombres que quedaron atrapados en los tiros de la mina de carbón, propiedad de la Compañía Minera Guadalupe, filial de Altos Hornos de México, S. A.
- ^ Christopher G. Morris, Cutler J. Cleveland (15 Nov 2013). Handbook of Energy: Chronologies, Top Ten Lists, and Word Clouds. Elsevier. p. 585. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
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