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Added by yongli on 08/24/2022 - 13:20, last changed on 11/16/2022 - 07:38

Avalanche Path

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Avalanches are quite common in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains . They can occur anywhere there is a sizeable amount of snow and steep slopes, meaning most of Colorado’s High Country (from 10,000 to 13,000 feet) is prone to avalanches. The massive snow slides are extremely dangerous; between 1859 and...

Hastings Mine Explosion

Added by yongli on 02/16/2021 - 13:21, last changed on 11/02/2022 - 09:43
The Hastings Mine Explosion was the deadliest mining disaster in Colorado history. Caused by the misguided striking of a match in the Hastings coal mine north of Trinidad on April 27, 1917, the blast killed 121 coal miners; one other worker died of overexertion while trying to recover the bodies...
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