Wilburg Mine and Other Mining Disasters, 1974-1987

This box contains materials related to the Wilburg Mining Disaster in Orangeville, Utah. Notes from donor: "Company was attempting to set a production record, air compressor unsafe, MSHA complicit, JDM report." Documents on other mining fatalities, injuries, and disasters are also included. Formats include but are not limited to correspondence, notes, clippings, safety plans and amendments, witness statements and court testimony, MSHA fatal mining accident reports of 1982, and other government agency and organization reports.