2014 Event Eleven illegal gold miners are rescued from a collapsed shaft; the remaining men refuse to surface upon learning that the rescued men have been immediately arrested; over 200 miners may still remain in the shaft 2011 Event In the People's Republic of China, 45 trapped coal miners are pulled to the surface in Sanmenxia; 8 miners died 2010 Event Florencio Avalos, the first of 33 miners trapped underground in the 2010 Copiapo mining accident is rescued from the mine 2010 Event Wild celebrations occur as a drill reaches an underground chamber with 33-trapped Chilean miners inside 2010 Event A drill reaches 33 Chilean miners who remain trapped underground after the 2010 Copiapo mining accident August 5, 2010 2010 Event In Chile, 33 miners trapped half a mile beneath the surface make contact with their families for the first time in three weeks since the incidentally 1995 Event In South Africa, 104 miners killed in an elevator accident 1995 Event CFL's Sacramento Gold Miners become San Antonio Texans 1993 Event Sacramento Gold Miners admitted as CFL's 9th franchise (1st U.S. team) 1982 Event 7 miners killed in an explosion in Craynor, Kentucky 1972 Event British Government declares state of emergency after month-long miners' strike 1965 Event 27 copper miners die in avalanche, Granduc Mountain, British Columbia 1956 Event Fire and explosion kill 263 miners at Marcinelle, Belgium 1931 Death Arthur James Cook, union leader (coal miners), dies at 47 1928 Event "Firedamp" explodes in Mather Pennsylvania coal mine killing 195 of 273 miners 1926 Event British general strike-3 million workers support miners 1921 Event British coal miners goes on strike 1913 Event Mohandas K. Gandhi arrested for leading Indian miners march in South Africa 1912 Event Coal miners strike in England (settle on 03/01) 1910 Event British miners strike for 8 hour working day 1909 Event 259 miners die in a fire at St. Paul Mine at Cherry Ill 1905 Event 9 hour work day for diamond miners 1894 Event 37 miners killed at Franklin, Washington 1883 Birthday Arthur James Cook, England, union leader, coal miners
