Castle Gate Mine Disaster

Date: March 8, 1924 • Location: Helper, United States

Three violent explosions at a coal mine near Castle Gate, Utah, killed all 171 miners working there.

The Castle Gate mine disaster occurred on March 8, 1924, in a coal mine near the town of Castle Gate, Utah, located approximately 90 miles (140 km) southeast of Salt Lake City. All of the 171 men working in the mine were killed in the series of three violent explosions. One worker, the leader of the rescue crew, died from carbon monoxide inhalation while attempting to reach the victims shortly after the explosion.