Magnus Lars Abelin was born January 5, 1918 in Emery, Utah, the son of Arthur Magnus & Mary Sophia Nielsen Abelin. He married Lillian Mae Jewkes (Bigelow) November 1, 1944 in Ely Nevada. He died December 28, 1965 in Pitkin county, Colorado.
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9 MINERS KILLED BY BLAST IN COLORADO COAL SHAFT
REDSTONE, COLO-A coal mine explosion deep in mountain wilderness of western Colorado Tuesday night killed nine miners, all working overtime in order to get some extra time off for New Year's Eve.
Colorado' chief coal mine inspector, Don Haske, who drove to the mine from Denver, said that "A small pcoket of methane gas" set off the blast. This was shortly before midnight in a tunnel of the No. 1 Dutch Creek Mine.
29 Others Unhurt
The nine-man crew ordinarily would have gone off shift at 11 p.m. Twenty-one miners in other tunnels were not injured.
The nine killed were victims of bhurns and concussion, the force of the roaring explosion hurling them against tunnel walls and floor.
Haske said the mine is regarded as the most gaseous coal workings in the state and had been inspected 10 times this year by state and federal mine inpectors. It produces a high qulity coking coal used in making steel.
Road Closed Off
The area was closed to all but officials. An automobile containing four women, at least one of whom was identified as the wife of one of the dead miners, drove to the area, but was not allowed past the mine tipple, about 41/2 miles from the mine entrance.
The nine bodies were brought ou Wednesday morning and taken to Glenwood Springs, nearly 30 miles to the northwest. The mine is in the Cystal River Valley of White River National Forest, and is about 30 air miles west of the ski resort of Aspen, now crowded with holiday snow sports enthusiasts.
The mine is about nine miles southwest of the mountain village of Redstone, in Dutch Creek, at an elevation of about 10,000 feet.
Site of Work
Robert Delaney, Glenwood Springs attorney for the Mid-Continent Coal & CokeCo., owner of the property, said the men were working at or near the coal facing in the No. 4 south tunnel.
"The big mystery is how the gas could have accumulated." Delaney said. "We have elaborate precautions worked out to prevent any kind of accumulation that could be explosive."
Delaney identified the victims as Magnus Abelin, 47, mine foreman; George Dunlap, 33; Bob Story, 22, and Easton Snow, 48, all of Carbondale, Colo; James Amiday, 36, Ed Smith, 27; Al Obester, 43, and Glen Anderson, 36, all of Glenwood Springs and Martin Catoor, 32, of Silt, Colo.
-published in The Salt Lake Tribune Dec 30, 1965
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9 MINERS KILLED BY BLAST IN COLORADO COAL SHAFT
REDSTONE, COLO-A coal mine explosion deep in mountain wilderness of western Colorado Tuesday night killed nine miners, all working overtime in order to get some extra time off for New Year's Eve.
Colorado' chief coal mine inspector, Don Haske, who drove to the mine from Denver, said that "A small pcoket of methane gas" set off the blast. This was shortly before midnight in a tunnel of the No. 1 Dutch Creek Mine.
29 Others Unhurt
The nine-man crew ordinarily would have gone off shift at 11 p.m. Twenty-one miners in other tunnels were not injured.
The nine killed were victims of bhurns and concussion, the force of the roaring explosion hurling them against tunnel walls and floor.
Haske said the mine is regarded as the most gaseous coal workings in the state and had been inspected 10 times this year by state and federal mine inpectors. It produces a high qulity coking coal used in making steel.
Road Closed Off
The area was closed to all but officials. An automobile containing four women, at least one of whom was identified as the wife of one of the dead miners, drove to the area, but was not allowed past the mine tipple, about 41/2 miles from the mine entrance.
The nine bodies were brought ou Wednesday morning and taken to Glenwood Springs, nearly 30 miles to the northwest. The mine is in the Cystal River Valley of White River National Forest, and is about 30 air miles west of the ski resort of Aspen, now crowded with holiday snow sports enthusiasts.
The mine is about nine miles southwest of the mountain village of Redstone, in Dutch Creek, at an elevation of about 10,000 feet.
Site of Work
Robert Delaney, Glenwood Springs attorney for the Mid-Continent Coal & CokeCo., owner of the property, said the men were working at or near the coal facing in the No. 4 south tunnel.
"The big mystery is how the gas could have accumulated." Delaney said. "We have elaborate precautions worked out to prevent any kind of accumulation that could be explosive."
Delaney identified the victims as Magnus Abelin, 47, mine foreman; George Dunlap, 33; Bob Story, 22, and Easton Snow, 48, all of Carbondale, Colo; James Amiday, 36, Ed Smith, 27; Al Obester, 43, and Glen Anderson, 36, all of Glenwood Springs and Martin Catoor, 32, of Silt, Colo.
-published in The Salt Lake Tribune Dec 30, 1965
Magnus Lars Abelin was born January 5, 1918 in Emery, Utah, the son of Arthur Magnus & Mary Sophia Nielsen Abelin. He married Lillian Mae Jewkes (Bigelow) November 1, 1944 in Ely Nevada. He died December 28, 1965 in Pitkin county, Colorado.
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9 MINERS KILLED BY BLAST IN COLORADO COAL SHAFT
REDSTONE, COLO-A coal mine explosion deep in mountain wilderness of western Colorado Tuesday night killed nine miners, all working overtime in order to get some extra time off for New Year's Eve.
Colorado' chief coal mine inspector, Don Haske, who drove to the mine from Denver, said that "A small pcoket of methane gas" set off the blast. This was shortly before midnight in a tunnel of the No. 1 Dutch Creek Mine.
29 Others Unhurt
The nine-man crew ordinarily would have gone off shift at 11 p.m. Twenty-one miners in other tunnels were not injured.
The nine killed were victims of bhurns and concussion, the force of the roaring explosion hurling them against tunnel walls and floor.
Haske said the mine is regarded as the most gaseous coal workings in the state and had been inspected 10 times this year by state and federal mine inpectors. It produces a high qulity coking coal used in making steel.
Road Closed Off
The area was closed to all but officials. An automobile containing four women, at least one of whom was identified as the wife of one of the dead miners, drove to the area, but was not allowed past the mine tipple, about 41/2 miles from the mine entrance.
The nine bodies were brought ou Wednesday morning and taken to Glenwood Springs, nearly 30 miles to the northwest. The mine is in the Cystal River Valley of White River National Forest, and is about 30 air miles west of the ski resort of Aspen, now crowded with holiday snow sports enthusiasts.
The mine is about nine miles southwest of the mountain village of Redstone, in Dutch Creek, at an elevation of about 10,000 feet.
Site of Work
Robert Delaney, Glenwood Springs attorney for the Mid-Continent Coal & CokeCo., owner of the property, said the men were working at or near the coal facing in the No. 4 south tunnel.
"The big mystery is how the gas could have accumulated." Delaney said. "We have elaborate precautions worked out to prevent any kind of accumulation that could be explosive."
Delaney identified the victims as Magnus Abelin, 47, mine foreman; George Dunlap, 33; Bob Story, 22, and Easton Snow, 48, all of Carbondale, Colo; James Amiday, 36, Ed Smith, 27; Al Obester, 43, and Glen Anderson, 36, all of Glenwood Springs and Martin Catoor, 32, of Silt, Colo.
-published in The Salt Lake Tribune Dec 30, 1965
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9 MINERS KILLED BY BLAST IN COLORADO COAL SHAFT
REDSTONE, COLO-A coal mine explosion deep in mountain wilderness of western Colorado Tuesday night killed nine miners, all working overtime in order to get some extra time off for New Year's Eve.
Colorado' chief coal mine inspector, Don Haske, who drove to the mine from Denver, said that "A small pcoket of methane gas" set off the blast. This was shortly before midnight in a tunnel of the No. 1 Dutch Creek Mine.
29 Others Unhurt
The nine-man crew ordinarily would have gone off shift at 11 p.m. Twenty-one miners in other tunnels were not injured.
The nine killed were victims of bhurns and concussion, the force of the roaring explosion hurling them against tunnel walls and floor.
Haske said the mine is regarded as the most gaseous coal workings in the state and had been inspected 10 times this year by state and federal mine inpectors. It produces a high qulity coking coal used in making steel.
Road Closed Off
The area was closed to all but officials. An automobile containing four women, at least one of whom was identified as the wife of one of the dead miners, drove to the area, but was not allowed past the mine tipple, about 41/2 miles from the mine entrance.
The nine bodies were brought ou Wednesday morning and taken to Glenwood Springs, nearly 30 miles to the northwest. The mine is in the Cystal River Valley of White River National Forest, and is about 30 air miles west of the ski resort of Aspen, now crowded with holiday snow sports enthusiasts.
The mine is about nine miles southwest of the mountain village of Redstone, in Dutch Creek, at an elevation of about 10,000 feet.
Site of Work
Robert Delaney, Glenwood Springs attorney for the Mid-Continent Coal & CokeCo., owner of the property, said the men were working at or near the coal facing in the No. 4 south tunnel.
"The big mystery is how the gas could have accumulated." Delaney said. "We have elaborate precautions worked out to prevent any kind of accumulation that could be explosive."
Delaney identified the victims as Magnus Abelin, 47, mine foreman; George Dunlap, 33; Bob Story, 22, and Easton Snow, 48, all of Carbondale, Colo; James Amiday, 36, Ed Smith, 27; Al Obester, 43, and Glen Anderson, 36, all of Glenwood Springs and Martin Catoor, 32, of Silt, Colo.
-published in The Salt Lake Tribune Dec 30, 1965
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