Superintendent Corey
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- Jun 15, 1892Mining Company Moves to Clear Housing of Striking MinersThe Oregon Improvement Company serves eviction notices to former employees at Franklin, citing a dispute over land ownership and past labor unrest.Franklin, Black Diamond, WA
- Sep 24, 1893The Buried Wealth of the Green River BasinA survey of King County’s coal fields highlights the struggle to extract bituminous coal from the treacherous, broken strata of the Cascade foothills.Newcastle, WA
- Aug 26, 1894Thirty-Seven Miners Died 150 Feet From SafetyAn 1894 coroner's jury in Franklin, Washington, heard how a small fire in the Oregon Improvement Company's coal mine became a wall of smoke — and why the men who could have escaped stayed to fight it.Black Diamond, WA
- Jun 28, 1895Two Gas Explosions in the Franklin Mine Kill the Pit ForemanA rescue attempt turns fatal as a second blast tears through the Franklin coal mine, killing foreman P. B. Robinson and burning nine men.Franklin, WA