| Huerfano County,
Colorado Miners Page |
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 |
| Macanie, John | 8-18-1919 | - | Italian | M | 0 | Oakdale | Explosion of gas due to defective lamp |
| Maes, Felix | 10-23-1926 | 30 | Mexican | M | 3 | Kebler #2 | Pinned between a car & rib |
| Magnuson, Charles | 3-4-1923 | 49 | American | M | 4 | Alamo | Run away car |
| Magon, John | 5-21-1909 | 32 | Austrian | M | 1 | Hezron | Fall of rock |
| Mahas, Gus | 3-4-1923 | 45 | Greek | M | 4 | Alamo | Run away car |
| Majestic, Mike | 1-2-1901 | 45 | Slavonian | M | - | Pryor | Fell from trip rider |
| Makoyne, Y. | 8-4-1906 | 30 | Japanese | S | - | Champion | Fall of drawslate |
| Manini, John | 11-15-1910 | 42 | Italian | M | 4 | Wooten | Fall of rock |
| Marcinko, Mike | 6-23-1914 | 38 | Austrian | M | 4 | Walsen | Struck by moving mine cars |
| Marcus, Frank | 1-20-1902 | - | - | - | - | Pictou | Explosion |
| Marquez, Miguel | 8-18-1919 | Mexican | Oakdale | Explosion of gas due to defective lamp | |||
| Marquis, Frank | 1-20-1902 | Pictou | Explosion | ||||
| Martery, Pete | 1-31-1911 | 19 | Italian | S | - | Midway | Fall of rock |
| Martin, James D. | 8-4-1901 | 47 | Italian | M | - | New Walsen | Fall of rock |
| Martinez, Benjamin | 10-15-1934 | 37 | American | M | 6 | Toltec | Electrocuted |
| Martinez, Daniel | 10-8-1923 | 52 | Mexican | - | 4 | Cuchara Canon | Fall of rock |
| Martinez, Edward | 4-17-1951 | - | - | - | - | Kebler #2 | Tipple mach. |
| Martinez, Fred C. | 1-3-1929 | 22 | Mexican | M | 0 | Calumet #1 | Fall of coal |
| Martinez, J.M. | 4-13-1905 | 35 | Mexican | M | - | Midway | Fall of rock |
| Martinez, Jeronino | 5-20-1924 | 39 | Mexican | M | 5 | Alamo | Fall of coal |
| Martinez, Jesus E. | 9-24-1924 | 23 | Mexican | - | - | Mutual | Fall of coal |
| Martinez, Joe E. | 4-24-1944 | - | - | - | - | Gordon | Suffocation |
| Martinez, Jose L. | 12-2-1897 | - | - | - | - | Pictou #1 | Fall of rock |
| Martinez, Joseph | 7-27-1914 | 33 | Mexican | M | 2 | Ravenwood | Run over by a loaded car |
| Martinez, Julian | 6-3-1924 | 35 | Mexican | M | 5 | Alamo | Fall of rock |
| Martinez, Liermo | 3-9-1914 | 27 | Mexican | M | 1 | Breen | Electrocuted |
| Martinez, Tony A. | 6-16-1942 | - | - | - | - | Gordon | Roof fall |
| Martis, Harris | 7-15-1918 | 32 | Greek | M | 2 | Oakdale | Fall of top coal |
| Maschic, Ben | 2-15-1910 | 29 | Austrian | S | - | Huerfano | Fall of roof |
| Mason, Matt | 1-9-1908 | 34 | German | S | - | Midway | Struck by run away car |
| Matioda, Joe | 8-6-1915 | 42 | Italian | M | 4 | Ravenwood | Fall of rock |
| Mattine, Angelo | 6-3-1905 | 29 | Italian | S | - | Midway | Fall of rock |
| Mattivi, August | 12-31-1937 | 53 | Italian | S | - | Rouse | Crushed by run away car |
| Mavor, Henry | 10-6-1910 | 41 | American | M | 2 | Robinson | Fall of drawslate |
| McCelevy | 11-7-1888 | - | - | - | - | Cameron | Fall of rock |
| McClosky, Andrew | 7-8-1922 | 40 | Lithuanian | - | - | Leader | Fall of rock |
| McCormick, J. | 7-7-1885 | - | - | - | - | Cameron | Fall of large rock |
| McCormick, John | 11-22-1884 | - | - | - | - | Walsenburg | Fall of rock |
| McCoy, Jason | 11-1-1910 | - | Scotch | - | - | Tioga | Run over by a car |
| McManamy, Mike T. | 11-20-1897 | - | - | - | - | Pictou #1 | Fall of rock |
| McNiel, Charles | 2-26-1894 | - | - | - | - | Solar | Gas explosion |
| McSparron, James | 5-22-1915 | 30 | Scotch | M | 2 | Robinson | Fall of rock |
| Medina, Mike | 2-7-1945 | - | - | - | - | Kebler #2 | Roof fall |
| Medina, Rafael | 1-2-1923 | 21 | Mexican | M | 1 | Hezron | Fall of rock |
| Melkjo, Pete | 3-13-1907 | 26 | Italian | S | - | Pinon | Fall of rock |
| Mellott, Christopher | 1-13-1930 | 43 | American | S | - | Alamo #1 | Caught between cross bar & loaded car |
| Mencin, Anton | 7-16-1923 | 32 | - | - | - | Globeville | Overcome by hydrogen sulphide gas |
| Merritt, John | 7-27-1892 | - | - | - | - | Robinson | Fall of coal |
| Metzkoviak, Adam | 8-2-1900 | 35 | Hungarian | M | 5 | Pryor | Struck by pillar |
| Micheletti, Angelo | 2-29-1932 | 54 | Italian | M | 0 | Torrid | Fall of rock |
| Micheli, James | 2-18-1913 | 35 | Italian | S | - | Larimore | Fall of rock |
| Miller, Archie | 2-19-1906 | 33 | Scotch | M | - | Maitland | Gas explosion |
| Miller, David | 10-14-1914 | 59 | Scotch | M | 7 | Larimore | Fall of rock |
| Mills, John | 11-6-1901 | 18 | - | - | - | Pictou | Fall of rock |
| Mills, Verlin | 1-7-1944 | - | - | - | - | Butte Valley | Machinery |
| Mitchell, Roy | 12-20-1932 | 40 | American | M | 2 | Calumet #1 | Gas explosion |
| Miyagi, Y. | 7-13-1916 | 38 | Japanese | M | 0 | Oakdale | Hit by a moving car |
| Molevich, Mark | 11-30-1918 | 52 | Slav | S | - | Breen | Fall of rock |
| Monson, Charles | 8-18-1919 | 41 | Swede | M | 0 | Oakdale | Explosion of gas due to defective lamp |
| Montomome, Battista | 5-18-1903 | 36 | Italian | S | - | Hezron | Fall of rock |
| Montoya, Sam | 10-15-1924 | 25 | Mexican | M | 4 | Oakdale | Thrown from a car against rib |
| Moran, James | 6-19-1925 | 43 | American | M | 2 | Gordon | Explosion of firedamp |
| Moran, William | 2-19-1906 | 22 | American | S | - | Maitland | Gas explosion |
| Morford, Ernest | 2-27-1912 | 33 | American | M | 5 | Pinon | Fall of rock |
| Morgan, Ralph | 8-23-1911 | 27 | American | S | - | Robinson | Crushed by car & rib |
| Morgueski, Joseph | 8-18-1919 | 29 | Pole | M | 0 | Oakdale | Explosion of gas due to defective lamp |
| Morich, Frank | 12-30-1909 | 27 | Hungarian | M | 2 | Midway | Fall of coal |
| Morihara, M. | 11-23-1904 | 27 | Japanese | S | - | Maitland | Fall of rock |
| Moser, Sam | 2-15-1910 | 21 | Austrian | S | - | Huerfano | Fall of roof |
| Moyer, Harvey | 6-19-1925 | 39 | American | M | 3 | Gordon | Explosion of firedamp |
| Mrah, Vincent | 10-14-1912 | 50 | Austrian | M | 1 | Chandler | Fall of rock |
| Muir, David E. | 9-28-1892 | - | - | - | - | Walsen | Explosion of gas |
| Muir, Grover C. | 2-6-1928 | 22 | American | S | - | Pictou | Fell off trip |
| Mullitz, John | 10-1892 | Rouse | Fall of rock | ||||
| Muneck, Mike | 9-5-1900 | 23 | Slav | S | - | Toltec | Fall of rock |
| Murray, Richard D. | 8-30-1915 | 35 | Scotch | S | - | Toltec | Electrocuted |
| Music, Mike | 8-20-1918 | 44 | Austrian | S | - | Sunnyside | Fall of rock |
| Muyata, H. | 5-5-1920 | 40 | Japanese | M | 1 | Sunnyside | Fall of rock |
| Muzzies, M. | 8-18-1919 | 33 | Mexican | S | - | Oakdale | Explosion of gas due to defective lamp |
| Nagy, Steve | 6-10-1925 | 37 | Hungarian | M | 4 | Cameron | Fall of rock |
| Nakashima, Sakajiro | 12-30-1915 | 33 | Japanese | M | - | Oakdale | Fall of top coal |
| Nakatani, K. | 3-13-1905 | 35 | Japanese | M | - | Walsen | Fall of roof |
| Naranjo, Manuel | 9-3-1904 | 60 | Mexican | M | - | Midway | Fall of rock |
| Negro, Dominic | 1-16-1944 | - | - | - | - | Kebler #2 | Face bimp |
| Nelson, Mose | 5-19-1930 | 35 | American | M | 2 | Calumet #2 | Crushed between car & rib |
| Nikola, Nik | 4-26-1917 | - | Bulgarian | M | - | Tioga | Fall of rock |
| Nilas, Rudolph | 10-31-1914 | 32 | Hungarian | S | - | Oakdale | Fall of rock |
| Nizzi, F. | 2-19-1906 | 35 | Italian | S | - | Maitland | Gas Explosion |
| Nizzi, J. | 2-19-1906 | 28 | Italian | S | - | Maitland | Gas explosion |
| Nogic, V. | 1-21-1904 | 30 | Italian | S | - | Rouse | Hit by runaway mine cars |
| Norare, Eleseo D. | 8-11-1923 | 22 | Italian | S | - | Rugby | Fall of rock |
| Norvasd, John | 6-17-1917 | 36 | Pole | M | 3 | Cameron | Fall of rock |
| Notman, Walter | 4-24-1907 | 24 | Pole | M | - | Midway | Gas explosion |
| O'Brien, James | 12-12-1888 | - | - | - | - | Rouse | Run over by pit car |
| Odderzzi, Joseph | 7-23-1906 | 42 | Austrian | M | - | Rouse | Fall of rock |
| Olds, Robert E. | 9-30-1907 | 59 | American | M | - | Huerfano | Struck by cage on top of shaft |
| Omelenchuk, Alex | 1-30-1925 | 32 | Russia | S | - | Robinson #2 | Fall of rock |
| Ortez, Jake | 10-28-1920 | 30 | Spaniard | M | 1 | Sunnyside | Crushed between mine car & pillar |
| Owens, David | 10-10-1898 | 40 | Welsh | M | - | Pictou | Fall of rock (family in Wales) |
| Owens, Walter M. | 3-7-1927 | 39 | American | M | 3 | Robinson #2 | Fall of drawslate |
| Oxford, Alfred | 8-18-1919 | 17 | American | S | - | Oakdale | Explosion of gas due to defective lamp |
| ABC | DEF | GHI | JKL | MNO | PQR | STU | VWYZ |
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