Notes In cases where internet URLs fall across two lines of text, please type the address into your Web browser’s address bar without hyphens introduced by line breaks. Introduction 1. U.S. Department of Labor. Inspection Violations for Upper Big Branch Mine. January 1 through April 5, 2010. http://www.msha.gov/drs/ASP/InspectionViolations.asp 2. W.Va. Department of Mines. Inspection Reports 2010. Upper Big Branch Mine. http://www.wvminesafety.org/performanceubbmc.htm Chapter 1: Good night, Dad 1. Joseph Megna. Interview with author. Worthington, West Virginia. May 21, 2008. 2. Ibid. 3. Barbara Smith.“Miner’s Widow: Sara Kaznoski.” Goldenseal. Summer 1988. 4. James Matish. Interview with author. Clarksburg, West Virginia. July 5, 2007. Chapter 2: Dangerous History 1. Rakes,“Acceptable Casualties,” 2002. 2. “A Brief History of Coal and Safety Enforcement in West Virginia.” http://www.wvminesafety.org/History.htm 3. U.S. Department of Labor. Historical Summary of Mine Disasters. Vol. 1, 13. 4. “Metal/Nonmetal Fatalities for 1900 through 2009.” http://www.msha.gov/stats/centurystats /mnmstats.asp 5. Ibid. 6. McAteer, 2007, 241. 7. U.S. Historical Summary of Mine Disasters. Vol.1. 3, 22–36. 8. “Disaster Due to Coal Dust.” The New York Times. September 4, 1910. 9. U.S. Informational Report of Investigation, Underground Coal Mine Explosion and Fire, Consol No. 9 Mine, Mountaineer Coal Company, Division of Consolidation Coal Company, Farmington, West Virginia, November 20, 1968. Submitted by William J. 228 NOTES Tattersall, assistant secretary for Mine Safety and Health. March 1990. 1. Informational Report of Investigation. Consol No.9 Mine. March 1990, 1. 10. Ibid. 11. Ibid. 12. Ibid. 107. 13. W.Va. Department of Mines. Inspection Report. April 1935. 14. W.Va. Inspection Report. January 1936. 15. W.Va. Inspection Report. September 1936. 16. W.Va. Inspection Report. October 1937. 17. W.Va. Inspection Reports. Jamison Coal & Coke Company. Mine No.9. 1930–1940. 18. U.S. Department of the Interior. Confidential Report on the Jamison No.9. 1943. 19. Ibid. 20. Ibid. 21. Ibid. 22. Ibid. 23. Ibid. 24. U.S. Inspection Report. May 1951. 25. U.S. Department of the Interior. Press Release. June 4, 1951. 26. U.S. Inspection Report. January 1952. 27. Ibid. 28. U.S. Department of the Interior. Final Report on Major Explosion. 1954. 4. Chapter 3: How Such Things Happen 1. U.S. Final Report on Major Explosion. November 1954. 3. 2. U.S. Department of Commerce. Meteorological Review of Farmington Disasters. Weedfall. 1–4. 3. U.S. Historical Summary of Mine Disasters. Vol. 1. 249. 4. “Notes on Farmington Explosion.” The West Virginian. November 15, 1954. A-1. 5. U.S. Final Report on Major Explosion. 1954. 6. “Notes on Farmington Explosion.” The West Virginian. November 15, 1954. A-1. 7. U.S. Final Report on Major Explosion. 1954. 1. 8. Ibid. 17. 9. “One Man Dies at Pit Portal.” The Charleston Gazette. November 14, 1954. A-1. 10. U.S. Final Report on Major Explosion. 1954. 2. [35.175.202.7] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 08:12 GMT) NOTES 229 11. Ibid. 12. Krovishy,“Mrs. Duncil Remembers ’54.” 13. “Survivors Cling to Hope Doomed Miners Still Live.” The Charleston Gazette. November 15, 1954. 14. U.S. Final Report on Major Explosion. 1954. 1. 15. Krovisky,“Mrs. Duncil Remembers ’54.” 16. Carroll,“More Blasts Jarring Mine.” 17. Ibid. 18. Carroll,“Mine Sealed Off as Inquiry Starts.” 19. W.Va. Official Hearing. Part I. 117–120. 20. W.Va. Official Hearing. Part I. 172–176. 21. W.Va. Official Hearing. Part II. 2–19. 22. U.S. Congress. Federal Coal Mine Safety Act of 1952. 23. W.Va. Official Hearing. Jamison No.9 Mine Explosion. Part 1. 38–55. 24. Ibid. 25. W.Va. Official Hearing. Jamison No.9 Mine Explosion. Part 1. 235–242. 26. Ibid. 27. W.Va. Official Hearing. Jamison No.9 Mine Explosion. Part 1. 128. 28. W.Va. Inspection Report. No.9 Mine, by M.B. Horton. December 21–31, 1953. 29. U.S. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Mines. Coal Mine Inspection Report. No.9 Mine, January 13–25, 1954. 30. W.Va. Inspection Report. No.9 Mine, March 15–18, 22, 24–26, 1954. 31. U.S. Coal Mine Inspection Report. No.9 Mine, May 20, 21, 24–28 and June 1–2, 1954. 32. U.S. Coal Mine Inspection Report. No.9 Mine, October 6–20, 1954. 33. U.S. Department of Labor. Excerpts from the Report on the Conditions...