| 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 |
| Saccoci, Joe | 2-10-1921 | 32 | Italian | M | 1 | Kebler #1 | Fall of rock |
| Said, Nicanor | 11-14-1921 | 25 | Mexican | S | - | Estella Mae | Fall of rock |
| Salas, Albert | 6-25-1921 | 18 | Mexican | S | - | Cameron | Crushed between car & rib |
| Salvati, Sosio | 7-20-1922 | 37 | Italian | S | - | Oakdale | Fall of rock |
| Sanda, John | 7-1911 | 47 | M | 4 | Alliance | Fall of rock | |
| Sandor, Louis | 7-16-1919 | 41 | Hungarian | M | 4 | Cameron | Fall of rock |
| Saneff, Nick | 10-5-1915 | 27 | Bulgarian | M | 1 | Oakdale | Fall of top car & bone |
| Sanich, George | 1-9-1928 | 44 | Austrian | M | 4 | Robinson #2 | Electrocuted |
| Santi, Geovanni | 3-22-1895 | - | - | - | - | Rouse | Fall of rock |
| Santi, Jim | 12-31-1925 | 45 | Italian | M | 5 | Robinson #2 | Fall of roof |
| Santillanes, Mike | 11-23-1942 | - | - | - | - | Butte Valley | Gas Explosion |
| Sarach, Tony | 1-26-1915 | 27 | Austrian | S | - | Ravenwood | Fall of rock |
| Sarmora, Martin | 2-8-1909 | 26 | Mexican | M | 2 | Pryor | Fall of rock |
| Sassatelli, Etar | 7-13-1917 | 35 | Italian | S | - | Loma | Fall of rock |
| Sassatelli, Guiseppi | 2-8-1912 | 45 | Italian | M | 5 | Robinson | Fall of rock |
| Schenkier, Walter | 1-12-1923 | 27 | American | M | 1 | Lester | Struck by trip of loaded cars |
| Scheuman, William | 2-11-1893 | - | - | - | - | King | Scalded by steam from busted pipe |
| Schmidt, John | 1-5-1886 | - | - | - | - | Walsen | Fall of rock |
| Scholes, Edward W. | 6-23-1939 | - | - | - | - | Calumet #2 | Fall of rock |
| Schooler, O.S. | 11-27-1926 | 26 | American | S | - | Barbour | Fall of rock |
| Schultz, Steve | 12-2-1918 | 30 | Pole | S | - | Jobal | Fall of rock |
| Sebed, John | 7-19-1911 | - | Pole | M | 3 | Reliance | Fall of rock |
| Shaw, Jabe | 9-23-1922 | 57 | American | M | 4 | Toltec | Fall of rock |
| Shaw, Lawrence | 5-8-1935 | 37 | American | M | 0 | Robinson #4 | Overexertion of polluted air |
| Shepherd, Charles K. | 2-27-1927 | 40 | American | M | 2 | Pacific | Drilled into missed shot |
| Shubal, Pete | 4-13-1903 | 30 | Slav | M | - | Walsen | Fall of roof |
| Shullin, Fred | 10-4-1920 | 27 | Austrian | S | - | Cuchara Canon | Fall of rock |
| Sirger, John | 6-15-1917 | 52 | Pole | S | - | Pryor | Fall of rock |
| Skryznear, Frank | 10-22-1946 | - | - | - | - | Butte Valley | Roof fall |
| Smales, George | 6-22-1900 | 17 | American | - | - | Toltec | Fall of slate |
| Smelomitch, John | 2-15-1905 | 23 | Austrian | M | - | Robinson | Electrocuted by wire |
| Smith, Frank | 5-24-1910 | 24 | Austrian | S | - | Rugby | Fall of rock |
| Smith, George | 2-25-1913 | 28 | Colored | S | - | Lester | Fall of rock |
| Smith, John | 10-25-1912 | 59 | Lithuanian | M | 6 | Cameron | Fall of rock |
| Smith, Joseph | 6-21-1901 | - | Austrian | - | - | Rouse | Fall of rock |
| Smolski, Stanley | 5-2-1915 | 45 | Russian | M | 5 | Mutual | Suffocated from gas explosion |
| Sneddon, Andrew | 1-3-1913 | 16 | Scotch | S | - | Reliance | Fall of coal |
| Sneddon, William | 1-3-1913 | 55 | Scotch | M | 2 | Reliance | Fall of coal |
| Soltis, John | 8-18-1919 | 28 | Slav | M | 2 | Oakdale | Explosion of gas due to defective lamp |
| Soria, Guadaloupe | 6-8-1923 | 27 | - | - | - | - | Fall of rock |
| Spagnoli, Dominick | 11-26-1934 | 59 | Italian | M | 0 | Spanish Peak | Fall of rock |
| Spiros, John | 6-21-1920 | 28 | Greek | M | 1 | Rugby | Fall of rock |
| Spock, Mike | 5-2-1915 | 28 | Slav | S | - | Mutual | Suffocated from gas explosion |
| Sporakis, Mike | 11-2-1914 | 23 | Greek | S | - | Walsen | Fall of rock |
| Stambelos, Angelo | 12-17-1924 | 30 | Greek | S | - | Oakdale | Fall of coal |
| Stamos, Harry | 9-27-1915 | 31 | Greek | S | - | Walsen | Fall of rock |
| Stebba, David | 7-8-1899 | 45 | German | M | - | Pictou | Fall of rock |
| Stefanini, Mario | 1-13-1917 | 24 | Italian | S | - | Rouse | Fall of rock |
| Stemberger, Jack | 6-19-1925 | 30 | Austrian | M | 0 | Gordon | Explosion of fire damp |
| Stephens, Oscar | 8-31-1898 | - | - | - | - | Walsen | Fall of rock |
| Stewart, Robert | 10-7-1927 | 58 | Scotch | M | 0 | Ravenwood | Killed by runaway trip |
| Strombaugh, C. | 1-16-1911 | 60 | English | M | 3 | Robinson | Fall of rock |
| Styduhar, Martin | 10-15-1938 | - | - | - | - | Calumet #2 | Fall of slate |
| Styduhar, Tony | 12-12-1941 | - | - | - | - | Robinson #4 | Heart |
| Sudor, Sam | 11-19-1914 | 23 | Slav | M | - | Rugby | Fall of rock |
| Sumsky, Tom | 4-11-1911 | 36 | Slav | M | 4 | Pryor | Fall of rock |
| Suppan, Valentino | 10-24-1918 | 48 | Austrian | W | 1 | Gordon | Runaway trip |
| Swallow, George | 12-15-1910 | - | Slav | M | - | Big Four | Struck by runaway car |
| Swan , Virgil | 12-14-1916 | 28 | American | S | - | Oakdale | Crushed between cars |
| Szarnos, John | 8-9-1911 | 22 | Slav | S | - | Ideal | Fall of rock |
| Tais, Battista | 10-14-1912 | 25 | Italian | S | - | Caddell | Fall of rock |
| Takaki, George | 11-17-1911 | 45 | Japanese | W | 1 | Huerfano | Fall of rock |
| Talmich, Joe A. | 2-14-1944 | - | - | - | - | Kebler #2 | Haulage |
| Tamasi, Mike | 1-16-1915 | 35 | Italian | S | - | Oakdale | Fall of top coal |
| Tambics, George | 7-6-1904 | 19 | Slav | - | - | Rouse | Fall of rock |
| Taylor, Henry | 8-26-1924 | 53 | Black | W | 1 | Robinson #2 | Fall of rock |
| Taylor, Jason | 8-22-1899 | - | - | - | - | Pictou | Fall of rock |
| Taylor, Thomas | 6-20-1901 | 45 | American | M | 8 | Pictou #1 | Fall of rock |
| Taylor, Thomas | 8-22-1899 | - | - | - | - | Pictou | Fall of rock |
| Templeman,Thomas | 5-29-1934 | 52 | American | M | 3 | Robinson #4 | Fall of rock |
| Tennant, Hugh | 1-16-1897 | - | - | - | Sunshine | Slab of coal fell | |
| Tepovac, Radi | 5-28-1926 | 45 | Servian | S | - | Robinson #2 | Fall of rock |
| Thomas, Claude | 2-25-1938 | - | - | - | - | Ravenwood | Fall of coal |
| Thomas, Henry | 12-27-1902 | 30 | Colored | M | - | Pictou | Explosion from blown out shot |
| Thomas, Joseph | 4-4-1901 | 22 | Colored | S | - | Walsen | Fall of rock |
| Thomas, Leroy | 11-22-1920 | 20 | Colored | S | - | Maitland | Crushed between car & prop |
| Thorp, Alex | 3-26-1927 | 60 | American | M | 0 | Lester | Fall of pot rock |
| Tierney, John | 2-15-1910 | 54 | English | M | 5 | Big Four | Fall of rock |
| Tinoco, Daniel | 1-15-1931 | 27 | Mexican | M | 1 | Kebler #2 | Killed by a rope trip |
| Titters, John | 2-19-1906 | 26 | American | S | - | Maitland | Gas explosion |
| Tomsic, Frank L. | 1-8-1945 | - | - | - | - | Robinson #4 | Roof fell |
| Toneatti, Luis | 3-16-1923 | 43 | Italian | M | 3 | Cameron | Fall of rock |
| Tonnelli, Umberto | 10-10-1935 | 58 | Italian | M | 1 | Spanish Peak #2 | Fall of rock |
| Tonoris, James | 3-2-1916 | 21 | Mexican | M | 0 | Oakdale | Crushed by first car of slope train |
| Torres, Jesus | 5-2-1919 | 34 | Mexican | M | 1 | Walsen | Contact with electric trolley wire |
| Tortoriel, Guiseppe | 11-10-1897 | - | - | - | - | Rouse #3 | Crushed by car |
| Treasure, Arthur | 12-20-1943 | - | - | - | - | Calumet #2 | Haulage |
| Trujillo, Jesus | 5-5-1902 | - | Mexican | - | - | Hezron | Fall of rock |
| Trujillo, Phillippo | 5-28-1912 | 44 | Mexican | M | 7 | Pictou | Run over by trip of cars |
| Trujillo, Vincent | 3-5-1915 | 46 | Mexican | M | 8 | Loma | Fall of rock |
| Turner, John | 10-24-1893 | - | - | - | - | Robinson | Hill of shot catching him |
| Tyson, William James | 12-28-1941 | - | - | - | - | Pryor | Roof fall |
| Uberti, Louis | 1-31-1922 | 27 | - | S | - | Oakdale | Fall of rock |
| Uchigama, M. | 6-3-1909 | 46 | Japanese | M | 5 | Cameron | Crushed under derailed cars |
| ABC | DEF | GHI | JKL | MNO | PQR | STU | VWYZ |
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