The Argonaut Mine is a gold mine in Jackson, California, United States. It was discovered in 1850 and was the site of the worst gold-mining disaster in the state's history. The mine closed in 1942 and along with the nearby Kennedy Mine, is registered as California Historical Landmark #786. General Name, Symbol, Number gold, Au, 79 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 6, d Appearance metallic yellow Atomic mass 196. ... The El Chino Mine located near Silver City, New Mexico is an open-pit copper mine This article is about mineral extraction. ... Jackson is the county seat of Amador County, California. ... 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about the year. ... The Kennedy Gold Mine is a gold mine in Jackson, California, one of of the deepest mines in the world. ... California Historical Landmarks (CHLs) are buildings, structures, sites, or places in the state of California that have been determined to have statewide historical significance by meeting at least one of the criteria listed below: approved for designation by the County Board of Supervisors or the City/Town Council in whose...

It was discovered by two black miners, James Hager and William Tudor. The mine's serious development began in 1893 when it was purchased by the Argonaut Mining Company. The mine operated until 1942, reaching a vertical depth of 5,570 feet (1,688 m) via a sixty-three degree shaft and produced a total of $25,179,160.43 in gold. 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

The disaster

On August 27, 1922, forty-seven miners, mostly immigrants from Italy, Spain, and Serbia, were trapped in a fire 4,650 feet (1,409 m) below ground. Other miners who had been near the surface poured water down the shaft in an attempt to put out the flames. By dawn, townspeople and other miners arrived to help, but it took two-and-a-half days for the fire to extinguish. Births 1407 - Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (d. ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Serbia and Montenegro  â€“ Serbia    â€“ Kosovo and Metohia        (UN administration)    â€“ Vojvodina  â€“ Montenegro Official language Serbian1 Capital Belgrade Independence- Declared from the Ottoman Empire Gained autonomy 1817 Independence July 13, 1878 Area – Total – % water 88,361 km² n/a Population – Total (2002) (not including data for Kosovo and Metohia Province) – Density 7. ...

Rescuers began re-opening tunnels from the Kennedy Mine which had been closed since an earlier fire in 1919. It was slow going, but hopes remained high until September 18, when a canary inserted beyond a bulkhead by oxygen-tank-equipped workers died. Still, it took them three weeks to finally get to where the miners were trapped by the fire. None survived, and evidence indicated that they had all died within hours of the fire's breaking out. One of the bodies was not recovered until a year later. Most likely, water flushed down the shaft carried his body further into the mine, but in the intervening time, newspapers speculated he had fled the mine to start a new life. Binomial name Serinus canaria (Linnaeus, 1758) For other uses, see Canary (disambiguation). ... Bulkhead may refer to the following Bulkhead (partition), a wall within the hull of a ship, vehicle or container Bulkhead (barrier) Bulkhead line This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

It was determined that the mine had violated safety regulations, but the owners escaped punishment, as the United States Bureau of Mines had little enforcement power. The cause of the fire was never determined and put down to "incendiarism," a broad term meaning arson or defective wiring. For most of the 20th century, the U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) was the primary United States Government agency conducting scientific research and disseminating information on the extraction, processing, use, and conservation of mineral resources. ... The Skyline Parkway Motel in Afton, Virginia after an arson fire on July 9, 2004. ...

The mine disaster is detailed in the book 47 Down: The 1922 Argonaut Gold Mine Disaster by O. Henry Mace (John Wiley & Sons, 2004, ISBN 0471446920). John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ...

References

• Jackson. The Virtual California Gold Country: Highway 49 Revisited. URL accessed on September 16, 2005.
• Rasmussen, Cecilia, “1922 Gold Mine Disaster Was State's Deadliest”, Los Angeles Times, January 15, 2006, pp. B2.