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Fire and Brimstone: The North Butte Mining Disaster of 1917

Fire and Brimstone Recounting the remarkable stories of the men below ground and their families above, this volume focuses on two groups of miners who made the incredible decision to entomb themselves to escape the gas during what's known as the North Butte Mine Disaster of 1917 in which 164 miners died. Full description

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