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| Year | Stories |
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| 1886 | 2 |
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5 stories
- Tragedy at the Carbonado Coal Mines
A young miner is killed in a horrific industrial accident while performing routine maintenance.
- Washington's Thick Coal Seams Promise Industrial Growth
A geological survey of the region's vast coal reserves reveals a rugged, difficult landscape that promises to drive the Pacific Northwest's future industrial independence.
- Vigilante Justice in Carbonado
A group of townspeople took matters into their own hands when a tailor-shop swindler began fleecing locals out of their hard-earned money.
- An Acre of Mine Fell In. His Estate Wants $20,000.
Thomas Anderson died in a December 1894 cave-in at the Carbon Hill mine. In Tacoma, his administrator alleges the company was negligent and seeks $20,000.
- The Miner's Strange Discovery
A miner in Carbonado taps into a prehistoric oven formed by a subterranean fire and ancient trees.