| Huerfano County,
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Contributed by Karen Mitchell.
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One of the main industries in Huerfano County was the coal mines. Men from all over the world came to Huerfano County to work, and sometimes die, in the mines. In 1884 Colorado passed legislation that all mine accidents must be reported, hence this list of Huerfano County mining fatalities. Although there are 560 mining fatalities listed here, there were many more that were not reported to the state.
The following table gives the name, date of death, age, nationality, marital status, surviving children, mine name, and cause of death.
| ABC | DEF | GHI | JKL | MNO | PQR | STU | VWYZ |
| Absolom, Walter | 2-23-1924 | 37 | Welsh | S | - | Mutual | Fall of rock |
| Adenladic, Matt | 11-21-1922 | 29 | Russian | S | - | Ravenwood | Fall of rock |
| Aggan, Kogan | 11-22-1911 | 30 | Turkish | S | - | Tioga | Fall of draw slate |
| Agnes, John | 1-31-1918 | 42 | Colored | M | 5 | Walsen | Fall of rock |
| Agosti, Elario | 10-13-1903 | 27 | Austrian | S | - | Rouse | Fall of Coal |
| Aguilar, E.N. | 3-23-1925 | 35 | Mexican | M | 3 | Ideal | Fall of rock |
| Aller, Tony | 10-17-1909 | 50 | Austrian | S | - | Bunker HIll | Fall of rock |
| Alvarado, Andres | 4-12-1926 | 39 | Mexican | M | 6 | Calumet #1 | Fall of rock |
| Alvarez, Frank Mendez | 10-19-1946 | - | - | - | - | Pryor | Face fall |
| Ambrose, William | 1-6-1911 | 41 | German Pole | S | - | Pinon | Fall of rock |
| Amedei, Evret | 9-19-1924 | 32 | Italian | S | - | Oakdale | Fall of boney |
| Angelina, Pete | 11-1910 | 32 | Austrian | S | - | Maitland | Fall of rock |
| Anster, Joe | 3-5-1927 | 62 | American | M | 1 | Lester | Runaway pit car |
| Antonelli, John | 12-7-1920 | 48 | Italian | M | 7 | Lester | Fall of rock |
| Archuleta, Alejandro | 2-27-1927 | 26 | Hispanic | M | 1 | Pacific | Drilled into shot |
| Ari, Tony | 2-19-1906 | 29 | Italian | S | - | Maitland | Gas explosion |
| Arrowsmith, William | 12-31-1888 | - | - | - | - | Robinson | Runaway pit car on main slope |
| Ashby, C.M. | 3-7-1929 | 41 | American | M | 3 | Ravenwood | Fall of rock |
| Ataka, T. | 11-11-1902 | 30 | Japanese | - | - | Walsen | Fall of rock |
| Athis, Amthon | 1-23-1912 | 21 | Greek | S | - | Huerfano | Fall of top coal |
| Atida, Martin | 9-17-1911 | 45 | Mexican | M | 2 | Rockland | Fell into chute |
| Baca, Emilio | 6-9-1925 | 40 | American | M | 3 | Ludlow | Crushed in a collision of two cars |
| Bairch, George | 6-3-1908 | 31 | Austrian | S | - | Pinon | Fall of rock |
| Ballenick, John | 10-20-1892 | - | - | - | - | Pictou | Premature blast |
| Balterio, Juan | 8-18-1919 | 34 | Mexican | S | - | Oakdale | Explosion of gas due to defective lamp |
| Barrello, Tony | 8-18-1919 | 22 | Italian | S | - | Oakdale | Explosion of gas due to defective lamp |
| Barro, Guiseppi | 4-27-1903 | 49 | Italian | M | - | Sunshine | Fall of roof |
| Barron, Peter | 5-23-1918 | 58 | Russian | M | 0 | Breen | Fall of rock |
| Barros, Juan D. | 3-5-1924 | 45 | Mexican | M | 5 | Leader #1 | Caught between top of car and roof |
| Barrow, Thomas | 2-15-1895 | - | - | - | - | Rouse | Trip of runaway cars |
| Bartola, Boston | 11-23-1924 | - | - | - | - | Butte Valley | Gas explosion |
| Basso, Domenic | 2-11-1907 | 26 | Italian | S | - | Pictou | Fall of slate |
| Baxter, David | 8-14-1905 | 19 | American | S | - | Rugby | Run over by a trip of cars |
| Beam, F. | 2-19-1906 | 28 | American | S | - | Maitland | Gas explosion |
| Beck, Henry | 1-23-1912 | 22 | American | S | - | Oakdale | Fall of rock |
| Bedini, Joe | 10-9-1919 | 28 | Italian | S | - | Gordon | Fall of rock |
| Beljas, Chris | 10-11-1912 | 22 | Slav | S | - | Ravenwood | Fall of rock |
| Bell, Joseph | 7-18-1894 | - | - | - | - | Pictou | Fall of rock |
| Bellotti, Ernest | 1-24-1936 | 54 | American | M | 4 | Major | Fall of rock |
| Beltram, Dominic | 1-15-1942 | - | - | - | - | Sampson | Roof fall |
| Benossi, Louis | 12-8-1912 | 23 | Italian | M | 1 | Toltec | Electrocuted |
| Berdar, Nick | 6-11-1910 | 23 | Croatian | S | - | Ideal | Run over by trip of cars |
| Bergamo, Primo J. | 12-12-1942 | - | - | - | - | Robinson #4 | Roof fall |
| Bertasa, Maurice | 3-25-1886 | - | - | - | - | Cameron | Fall of rock |
| Best, George | 6-24-1918 | 37 | English | S | - | Jobal | Fall of rock |
| Beveridge, Thomas | 2-6-1928 | 49 | American | S | - | Pictou | Fall of rock |
| Biama, Dominie | 1-3-1902 | - | Italian | - | - | Robinson | Fall of roof & coal |
| Biama, Pete | 1-3-1902 | - | Italian | - | - | Robinson | Fall of roof & coal |
| Bisherd, John | 11-9-1899 | 45 | American | M | 4 | Pryor | Struck by six cars |
| Bivens, Nathan | 6-15-1918 | 38 | American | M | 4 | Mutual | Hit by derailed cars |
| Blochter, Rudolf | 1-14-1922 | - | American | S | - | Walsen | Fall of coal & rock |
| Blozosky, Mike | 11-18-1908 | 29 | Slavonian | M | - | Oakdale | Hit by runaway cars |
| Bly, James | 8-18-1919 | 21 | Mexican | M | 1 | Oakdale | Explosion of gas due to defective lamp |
| Boelz, W.R. | 10-5-1923 | 23 | American | S | - | Alamo | Caught between dump car & roof |
| Booth, Thomas W. | 2-20-1923 | 43 | American | M | 3 | Reliance | Fall of rock |
| Bortman, John | 8-26-1935 | 55 | American | M | 3 | Robinson #4 | Fall of rock |
| Brewer, J.H. | 1-20-1902 | - | - | - | - | Pictou | Explosion |
| Brown, John | 6-13-1905 | 40 | American | M | - | Robinson | Fall of rock |
| Brown, Thomas R. | 8-7-1926 | 54 | American | M | 0 | Calumet #2 | Cave of roof |
| Bryson, Claude | 7-27-1915 | 24 | American | S | - | Robinson | Fall of rock |
| Budda, Martin | 7-23-1903 | 34 | Hungarian | M | - | Pryor | Fall of rock |
| Burago, Elogo | 5-6-1904 | 43 | Mexican | S | - | Hezron | Fall of rock |
| Burns, Edward | 5-1-1913 | 15 | American | - | - | Caddell | Fall of rock |
| Busin, Ludwig | 3-1-1938 | - | - | - | - | Gordon | Fall of rock |
| Byolette, Frank | 7-12-1907 | 24 | Italian | S | - | Toltec | Fall of roof |
| Caddell, Fred | 1-6-1916 | 22 | American | M | 0 | Turner | Electrocuted by coal cutter |
| Caddell, William J. | 10-21-1918 | 57 | Scotch | M | 1 | Hezron | Explosion of gas |
| Cairney, James | 11-8-1930 | 39 | American | M | 0 | Alamo | Fall of rib coal |
| Campbell, Wiliam S. | 10-18-1934 | 47 | Scotch | M | 3 | Gordon | Electrocuted |
| Canna, Louis | 9-27-1900 | - | Mexican | M | - | Cameron | Fall of roof |
| Cantani, Frank | 6-23-1909 | 23 | Italian | S | - | Toltec | Fall of rock |
| Carbonato, Paulo | 4-27-1900 | - | - | - | - | Cameron | Fall of roof |
| Carlson, Andrew J. | 9-18-1936 | 60 | American | M | 2 | Robinson #4 | Electrocuted |
| Carstos, Mike | 9-14-1912 | 34 | Greek | S | - | Summit | Struck by fall of slate |
| Carter, John | 2-9-1899 | 51 | American | M | 5 | Pictou | Crushed by loaded pit car |
| Cassai, Domenic | 3-30-1936 | 57 | Italian | W | 4 | Robinson #4 | Fall of rock |
| Cassai, Edward | 6-14-1935 | 34 | American | S | - | Ojo Canon | Fall of rock |
| Ceseroli, Faricino | 12-9-1916 | 26 | Italian | S | - | Walsen | Fall of rock |
| Chavez, Augustine | 4-1-1902 | 38 | Mexican | M | - | Hezron | Fall of rock |
| Chavez, Celso | 1-7-1953 | - | - | - | - | Leader #2 | Fall of rock |
| Chavez, J.A. | 5-5-1921 | - | Mexican | M | 10 | Ideal | Fall of rock |
| Chavez, Manuel | 9-26-1929 | 40 | Mexican | M | 6 | Alamo #2 | Railroad car ran over him |
| Chavez, Sam | 5-29-1925 | 23 | Mexican | M | 1 | Calumet #1 | Fall of rock |
| Chepirio, Joe | 6-20-1921 | 32 | Italian | M | 0 | Mutual | Fall of rock |
| Chido, Thomas | 9-25-1891 | - | - | - | - | Cameron | Piece of coal from a blast |
| Chippini, Vincento | 1-24-1902 | - | Italian | - | - | Hezron | Fall of rock |
| Christopher, William | 8-18-1919 | 47 | Welsh | S | - | Oakdale | Explosion of gas due to defective lamp |
| Chuba, Andrew | 11-6-1922 | 17 | American | - | - | Reliance | Electrocuted |
| Cimino, Joe | 3-5-1937 | 60 | Italian | S | - | Rouse | Fall of rock |
| Clair, Goerge | 2-13-1920 | 62 | English | M | 6 | Maitland | Fall of rock |
| Clark, Hugo | 8-6-1906 | 23 | Scotch | S | - | Champion | Fall of roof |
| Clark, William | 4-24-1899 | 54 | Scotland | M | 1 | Walsen | Struck by a piece of coal |
| Clements, R.C. | 5-28-1926 | 33 | American | M | 0 | Robinson #2 | Fall of rock |
| Conders, Joe | 12-30-1907 | 19 | Slavonian | S | - | Maitland | Fall of slate |
| Condor, Andrew | 12-27-1927 | 26 | American | M | 1 | Reliance | Fall of roof |
| Contoni, Alberto | 12-13-1935 | 41 | American | M | 0 | Cameron | Fall of rock |
| Cooper, William | 9-28-1901 | 38 | Colored | M | - | Maitland | Explosion |
| Cordova, Carlo | 1-16-1945 | - | - | - | - | Gordon | Face fall |
| Cordova, Olandro | 11-18-1906 | 45 | Mexican | M | - | Midway | Fall of roof |
| Cornusco, Pietro | 10-15-1912 | 45 | Italian | M | - | Robinson | Crushed between roof and loaded car |
| Cortez, Jose | 11-3-1914 | 22 | Mexican | S | - | Lester | Crushed between two loaded cars |
| Costelli, Telesofore | 11-30-1910 | 23 | Italian | S | - | Ravenwood | Fall of rock |
| Cotton, Joseph | 10-28-1926 | 24 | American | M | 2 | Caddell | Falling off a skip |
| Courtad, George | 8-25-1924 | 60 | - | - | - | - | Fall of rock |
| Cowlishaw, George | 1-1-1917 | 42 | Pictou | M | 3 | Pictou | Struck by runaway car |
| Crist, Harry | 9-19-1911 | 21 | Greek | S | - | Big Four | Hit by cars |
| Crump, Martin | 1-4-1946 | - | - | - | - | Morning Glory | Machinery |
| Cruz, J.B. | 10-6-1896 | - | - | - | - | Walsen | Fall of rock |
| Cruz, Manuel | 3-1-1921 | 40 | Mexican | M | 0 | Kebler #1 | Squeezed between car and rib |
| Cruze, Salvador | 3-3-1885 | - | - | - | - | Walsen | Fall of slate |
| Cunico, Nello | 10-6-1932 | 32 | Italian | M | 4 | Kebler #2 | Fall of coal |
| Curano, Anton | 10-2-1908 | 54 | Italian | M | - | Pryor | Fall of rock |
| Curic, Joan | 10-11-1912 | 32 | Slav | M | 3 | Ravenwood | Fall of rock |
| ABC | DEF | GHI | JKL | MNO | PQR | STU | VWYZ |
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