Talk:Harwick Mine disaster

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Why is mine engineer Selwyn M. Taylor "well-known"?Jtyroler (talk) 10:56, 9 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

removed. --Lockley (talk) 18:35, 9 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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I would like to include a sentence along the lines of, "This was the Xth worst coal mining disaster in the 20th century." The article originally made an erroneous claim that it was in the top 10 coal mining disasters ever, which wasn't even true for the time period let alone today. From what I've seen online, it definitely will rank in the top 20 or 30 coal mining disasters and it could be in the top 50 mining disasters. (These are rated based on total deaths.) If anyone can find a comprehensive list of mining disasters to properly reference, please add it to the article.Gtwy (talk) 09:03, 24 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm the original author of the page, and I'm about to change back two of your revisions. Here's why. (1) The 'ranking' sentence was accurate. It said this mine disaster "ranks among the ten worst coal mining disasters in American history". The source is [here http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/mining/statistics/content/coaldisasters.html]. (2) You eliminated the phrase "about 180 lives" because it seemed vague. It was vague on purpose. The casualty counts for mine disasters, labor union conflicts and other such incidents in this era are estimates. The cited source "Cheswick Mine Disaster Growing" talks a good deal about the uncertainty of these numbers. --Lockley (talk) 18:34, 24 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding in the top 10. Thank you for the citation. Everything I had looked up did not reference it and I wasn't sure where you were getting your numbers. Ex: http://www.msha.gov/MSHAINFO/FactSheets/MSHAFCT8.HTM. Gtwy (talk) 19:48, 24 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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