Benxihu (Honkeiko) Colliery (本溪湖媒礦), located at Benxi, Liaoning, China, was first mined in 1905, under the control of Japanese. It was the location of the worst coal mining disaster in the world. On April 26, 1942, a coal-dust explosion occured, killed 1,549, 34% of all the miners working at that day. Wyoming coal mine Coal mining is the mining of coal. ... Benxi (本溪市; pinyin: Běnxī) is a prefecture-level city located in the Liaoning province of China, south-southeast of Shenyang. ... Liaoning (Simplified Chinese: 辽宁; Traditional Chinese: 遼寧; pinyin: Liáoníng) is a northeastern province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... The Great Wall of China, stretching over 6,700 km, was erected beginning in the 3rd century BC to guard the north from raids by men on horses. ... 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The term Japanese can have several meanings: Japanese people - people of Japanese ancestry living in Japan Japanese language Japan Mainland Japan Ethnic Japanese - people of Japanese ancestry living outside Japan Japanese-American - an article primarily about the immigration and integration Japanese-Brazilian - Japanese-Brazilians in the city of São Paulo... April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (117th in leap years). ... 1942 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The El Chino Mine located near Silver City, New Mexico is an open-pit copper mine Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually (but not always) from an ore body, vein, or (coal) seam. ...