1940 Hayes, Petry - Harlan Central Coal Company Totz No. 4
1940 Smith, R.D. - Harlan Central Coal Company Totz No. 4
1940 Carter, Pittman - Highsplint Coal Company No. 02
1940 Blankenship, Everett - Harlan Collieriers Company Brookside No. 1
1940 McIntosh, Albert - Berger Coal Mining Company No. 09
1940 Gatliff, Wilburn - Cornett-Lewis Coal Company Harlan
1940 Clem, John - Harlan Collieriers Company No. 01
1940 Malakas, Steven - Black Mountain Corporation No. 30
1940 Wiley, James Harvey - Highsplint Coal Company No. 02
1940 Cobb, Frank - Wisconsin Steel Company B Mine
1940 Cummings, Simon - U.S. Coal & Coke Company No. 31
1940 Lambert, Alex - Highsplint Coal Company Highsplint
1940 Orick, John - M.P.V. & K. Coal Company No. 02
1940 Pierce, Gyra - Harlan Fuel Company Zero Mine
1940 Rose, G.F. - Crummies Creek Coal Company No. 01
1940 Suber, Vince - R.C. Tway Coal Company Low Creech Seam Mine
1940 Fugate, Garrett - Harlan-Wallins Corporation Moles
1940 Cup, Jessie - Crummies Creek Coal Company No. 02
1940 White, Earl - U.S. Coal & Coke Company No. 31
1940 Brock, Willis - Harlan-Wallins Corporation Marthan Mine
1940 McClendon, Ross - Clover - Splint Coal Company No. 1 Red Clover
1940 Ingle, R.J. - Black Star Coal Company Kelioki
1940 Daughtery, Otis - Black Diamond Coal Company No. 09
1940 Allen, Glen Arthur - Harlan Fuel Company No. 05
1940 Russell, Haskell - U.S. Coal & Coke Company No. 30
1940 Shaw, B.T. - Black Mountain Coal Corporation No. 30
1940 Napier, Reese - Harlan-Wallins Coal Corporation No. 01 - Verda
1940 Brewer, Jack - Dixie Darby Coal Company No. 03
1940 Blair, John - R.C. Tway Coal Company Harlan
1940 Hale, Lawrence F. - Harlan Central Coal Company No. 01
1940 Bailey, Clyde - Crummies Creek Coal Company No. 02
1940 Lafferty, Henry - Harlan Wallins Coal Corporation Harlan No. 9
1940 Knuckles, Henry - Green Silvers Coal Corporation No. 06
1940 Farmer, Stidham - Black Mountain Corporation No. 30
1940 Diamond, Olin - Black Mountain Corporation No. 30
1940 Haney, Herman - U.S. Coal & Coke Company No. 30
1940 Hunter, John Jr - U.S. Coal & Coke Company No. 30
1940 Vary, George - Blue Diamond Coal Company No. 01
1940 Delph, Renus - Highsplint Coal Company No. 01 Lower Splint
1940 Howard, L.H. - Green Silvers Coal Company No. 06
1940 Gilbert, Warren - Harlan-Wallins Corporation Wallins
1940 Reese, George - Harlan-Wallins Corporation No. 1 Wood
1940 McNabb, Neal - Harlan Fuel Company Zero Mine
1940 Bartolotti, John 
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1941 Harber, Jerry - Benedict Coal Corporation No. 11
1941 Whitaker, Taylor - Highsplint Coal Company No. 02 Low Splint
1941 Sandy, Archie - Cornett-Lewis Coal Company Splint Mine
1941 Hammonds, Glenn - Mary Helen Coal Company No. 05
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1941 Hicks, Ed (Edd) - Black Mountain Corporation No. 30 
Born in Marion, Co. Tn on Oct. 6, 1895.
Moved to Harlan, Ky. to work in the Mines He was killed on Feb. 21,
1941...
He was in good standing at the time of his death as a Master Mason, (
Yocum Lodge No. 897 F. & A.M. ) in Evarts, Ky. He joined in 1929 ....

News Paper Clipping:

LAST RITES HELD FOR MINE MISHAP VICTIM...
Funeral services were conduct Saturday at 2;00 p.m. for W.E. Hicks, 45
miner, who was killed in a accident in Mine 30 of Black Mountain
corporation, Kenvir, Friday morning.
The Rev. Roscoe Douglass officiated at services in the Kenvir,
Baptist church, of which Mr. Hicks was a member. The body was sent to
Chattanooga, TN. for burial.

Mr. Hicks , was killed when a trip of mine cars he was riding
collided with a string of cars on the main entry.
He had been a resident of Harlan Co. for 21 years. He was a world
war veteran, member of American Legion Post, 54. Harlan., and a Member
of the Masonic Lodge of Evarts
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Minnie Hicks; parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John Hicks, Chattanooga. two sons, Ray and Ronnie Hicks, Kenvir. Four
brothers George and Ira Hicks, Kenvir. Don and Joe Hicks, Tenn. two
sisters, Dolly and Birdie Hicks, TN.
Thank you, Teresa Hicks Hinds--E-Mail--[email protected]
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1941 Greer, George - Clover Fork Coal Company No. 01
1941 Partin, Alvin - Harlan-Wallins Coal Company No. 01 - Verda
1941 Newsom, Jim - Black Mountain Corporation No. 30
1941 Blake, W.M. - Blue Diamond Coal Company No. 09
1941 Cheek, Joe - Splint Coal Company Splint
1941 King, Wilson - Harlan-Wallins Corporation No. 02
1941 Simpson, James H. - Green Silver Coal Company No. 06
1941 Day, Stockley S. - Black Mountain Corporation No. 31
1941 Jackson, Jack - Harlan Wallins Corporation Darby Mine
1941 McClendon, Horace - Clover - Splint Coal Company Closplint
1941 Thomas, Steve - Harlan Fuel Company No. 05
1941 Parkey, Taylor - Harlan Collieriers Company No. 01
1941 Alsup, Joe - Black Mountain Corporation No. 30
1941 Short, Fred - Clover - Splint Coal Company No. 01
1941 Sharp, Raymond - Harlan Collieriers Company No. 01
1941 Spray, Joseph - U.S. Coal & Coke Company No. 30
1941 Blair, Steve - U.S. Coal & Coke Company No. 30
1941 Patterson, Woodrow - Mary Helen Coal Company No. 03
1941 Fultz, Taylor - U.S. Coal & Coke Company No. 31
1941 Hensley, Carr - Creech Coal Company No. 01
1941 Paris, M.W. - Clover - Splint Coal Company No. 01
1941 Hampton, Alex - Black Mountain Coal Company Splint Mine
1941 Head, Rhome - Black Star Coal Company Harlan No. 01
1941 Phillips, Nathan - Perkins Harlan Coal Company Newside
1941 Leach, Rob - Crummies Creek Coal Company Tipple
1941 Jones, Paul - Wisconsin Steel Company No. 01
1941 Morgan, Lige 
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1942 Wyatt Ferrell of Local Union No. 4493, Kenvir, Ky

I found this in my family records. I'm afraid I don't know what newspaper it's from.   "Wyatt Ferrell of Local Union No. 4493, Kenvir, Ky., who died instantly on September 9 (1942) when he was jerked from his motor and smashed by a trip of mine cars.  One of the oldest motormen at Mine No. 30, Ferrell is described by Recording Secretary Thomas Marsee as 'a faithful member of the organization.
[email protected]
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1942 Lewis, B.T. - Berger Coal Mining Company No. 09
1942 Hicks, Bige - Harlan Wallins Coal Corporation No. 01
1942 Walden, Dave - Crummies Creek Coal Company No. 01
1942 Hall, Charley - Ridgeway Darby Coal Company No. 01
1942 McMillan, Elijah - Turner Fuel Company No. 01 Darby
1942 Boyd, Frank - Harlan Collieriers Company No. 01
1942 Farris, Vernon - Harlan Collieriers Company No. 01
1942 Murdock, W. Lee - Harlan-Wallins Coal Corporation Dixie Darby
1942 Shackleford, Alonzo - Harlan-Wallins Coal Corporation Dixie Darby
1942 Lindsey, Pete - U.S. Coal & Coke Company No. 31
1942 Culpepper, Will - U.S. Coal & Coke Company No. 31
1942 Hatfield, John - Black Star Coal Company Harlan Mine
1942 Johnson, Grover - not available
1942 Hutchinson, Ben - Clover Darby Coal Company No. 03
1942 Jones, Dexter - Harlan-Wallins Coal Corporation Marthon No. 01
1942 Hyslope, Charles - Cornett-Lewis Coal Company Splint
1942 Fare, Clifford - Black Star Coal Corporation Kelioke
1942 Lee, John - Black Star Coal Corporation Kelioke
1942 Profit, Dewey - Black Star Coal Corporation Kelioke
1942 Thompson, Luther - Black Star Coal Corporation Kelioke
1942 Smith, W.O. - Blue Diamond Coal Company Harlan Crown Mine
1942 Light, Finley - Gibson Fuel Company Calvin
1942 Vanover, Noah - Harlan-Wallins Coal Corporation Marathon No. 01
1942 Mitchum, Edward Jr - Clover - Splint Coal Company Red Clover
1942 Farmer, Art - Clover Fork Coal Company Harlan No. 01
1942 Thomas, John A. - Black Mountain Coal Corporation No. 30
1942 Crawford, Willie James - U.S. Coal & Coke Company No. 30
1942 Farley, Manford - Cornett-Lewis Coal Company Highsplint
1942 Hurley, Charley - R.C. Tway Coal Company New Harlan No. 02 
1942 Nantz, John Riley - Harlan Central Coal Company No. 01
1942 Pierson, Walter - Harlan Fuel Company No. 04
1942 Green, Lester P. - Black Star Coal Company Harlan Mine
1942 Finley, Murray N. - Harlan-Wallins Coal Company No. 6 Rainbow Mine
1942 Moody, Sam 
1942 Jordan Grover

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1943 Oakes, Perry - Blue Diamond Coal Company Crown No. 01 Mine
1943 Shipp, Cleveland - Highsplint Coal Company No. 02
1943 Kirklin, Thomas - Black Star Coal Corporation Kelioke Mine
1943 Ratliff, Kenneth - Cornett-Lewis Coal Company Harlan Mine
1943 Burkhart, John - Cornett-Lewis Coal Company Harlan Mine
1943 Parson, Burton - U.S. Coal & Coke Company No. 31
1943 Hale, Curtin - Ridgeway-Darby Coal Company No. 01
1943 Cheek, Boyd - Blue Diamond Coal Company Bonnie Blue Mine
1943 Bowling, George - Black Mountain Coal Corporation No. 31
1943 Bowman, Earl - Gibson Fuel Company Calvin Mine
1943 Tackett, Elijah - Mary Helen Coal Company No. 03
1943 McKendrick, Allen - Mahan Ellison Coal Company Harlan Mine
1943 Pennington, Henry - Crummies Creek Coal Company No. 02
1943 Griffith, James - Harlan-Wallins Coal Corporation No. 06
1943 Bentley, Earnest - Cornett-Lewis Coal Company Joe Knob Mine
1943 Fields, Alex - Harlan Central Coal Company No. 01
1943 McDaniels, Carl - U.S. Coal & Coke Company No. 30
1943 Cavins, Henry - Cornett-Lewis Coal Company Harlan Mine
1943 Crabtree, Wheeler - Benedict Coal Company No. 07
1943 Freeman, Tom - U.S. Coal & Coke Company No. 30
1943 Palmer, Richard G. - U.S. Coal & Coke Company No. 30
1943 Burkhart, George - Harlan Central Coal Company No. 01
1943 Pace, Bert - Black Mountain Coal Company No. 31
1943 Slusher, W.B. - Turner Fuel Company No. 02
1943 Osborne, Robert - Yocum Creek Coal Company No. 02
1943 Hale, Herman - Blue Diamond Coal Company Bonnie Blue Mine
1943 Jackson, A.J. - Crummies Creek Coal Company Harlan No. 01
1943 Brock, Jessie - Creech Coal Company No. 01
1943 Gilley, Fuller - U.S. Steel Company No. 31
1943 Hensley, John Henry - Blue Diamond Coal Company Creech Mine
1943 Caudill, Prentice E. - Mary Helen Coal Company Queen Mary Mine
1943 Maddox, Everett Lee - Black Star Coal Company Dixie Star Mine
1943 Blanton, Merle - Three Point Coal Company No. 01
1943 Bonza, Albert - Three Point Coal Company No. 01
1943 Cole, Leander - Three Point Coal Company No. 01
1943 Helton, George - Three Point Coal Company No. 01
1943 Irwin, Fred - Three Point Coal Company No. 01
1943 Jordon, Lawrence - Three Point Coal Company No. 01
1943 Osborne, Dave - Three Point Coal Company No. 01
1943 Osborne, Henry Ed - Three Point Coal Company No. 01
1943 Osborne, Marion - Three Point Coal Company No. 01
1943 McKenzie, Frank - Three Point Coal Company No. 01
1943 Morgan, E.M. - Three Point Coal Company No. 01
1943 Ramsey, Carson - Three Point Coal Company No. 01
1943 Gillespi, Joe - United Steel Company No. 30
1943 Halcomb, Austin - Harlan Central Coal Company No. 01
1943 Calloway, Daniel - Boone - Creech Coal Company No. 02
1943 Reynolds, Robert - Black Mountain Coal Company No. 30
1943 Slover, Hubert - Harlan Central Coal Company No. 01 Totz
1943 Rotella, Joe - Black Star Coal Company No. 01 Harlan
1943 Wilder, James E. - Harlan-Wallins Coal Corporation Molus No. 01
1943 Hall, Henry - Hill Crest Coal Company Nolan Mine
1943 Brock, Jesse J. 

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1944 Teague, Nelson - Black Mountain Coal Corporation No. 31
1944 Russell, Joe - U.S. Coal & Coke Company No. 30
1944 Noe, Dewey - Three Point Coal Company No. 02
1944 Carroll, Henderson - Mary Helen Coal Company Queen Mary Mine
1944 Ewing, Dewey - Harlan Fuel Company No. 05
1944 Wilson, Albert - Peerless Darby Coal Company No. 01
1944 Green, Andrew - Harlan-Wallins Coal Company Molus Mine
1944 Mink, Arnold - Yocum Creek Coal Company No. 02
1944 Germans, Joseph - Mary Helen Coal Corporation No. 02
1944 Hornsby, Curry - Wallins Collieriers Company No. 01
1944 Newman, Curtis - Benedict Coal Corporation No. 11
1944 Smiddy, Clarence - Harlan Collieriers Coal Company No. 01
1944 Finley, Frank - Highsplint Coal Company No. 02 West Main 
1944 Riley, John - Clover - Splint Coal Company Red Clover Mine
1944 Smith, J.C. - Harlan-Wallins Coal Company Bear Branch Mine
1944 Madlock, Willie - Black Mountain Coal Corporation No. 30
1944 Cooper, Jefferson - Harlan Fuel Company Zero Mine
1944 Leslie, James - Harlan Wallins Coal Corporation No. 01
1944 Parsons, Leslie - Gibson Fuel Company Calvin Mine
1944 Constant, Elmer - U.S. Coal & Coke Company No. 31
1944 Miller, Willie - Black Mountain Coal Company No. 30
1944 Elliott, Bryan - Cornett-Lewis Coal Company Slope Mine
1944 Zacchi, Assuero - Highsplint Coal Company No. 02
1944 Cody, Clifford C. - Blue Diamond Coal Company Imperial No. 1 Mine
1944 Cook, Elmer - Yocum Creek Coal Company No. 04 Creech Mine
1944 Johnson, John Henry - U.S. Coal & Coke Company No. 31
1944 Carmack, Emmett - Three Point Coal Company No. 01 See John Nolan

1944 Nolan, John - Three Point Coal Company No. 01

Harlan Daily EnterpriseThursday December 14, 1944:   Slate Fall Kills Two Miners At Three Point: Third Man Injured:Two Others Dodge Huge Death Slab: Two men were killed and a third was injured beneath a large slate fall that barely missed two other men in the mine of Three Point Coal Company yesterday afternoon. The dead men are Emmett Carmack, 28, and John Nolan, 37, convey or loaders. Ray Osborne, loader, is in Harlan Hospital suffering injuries. The slab of slate, more than 51 feet long, and 17 feet wide and weighing tons, was dodged by two men. The accident was investigated by Rufus Bailey, Harlan, district mine inspector of the State Department of Mines and Minerals, and James Bryson, safety director, Harlan County Coal Operators Association. Mr. Nolan, a resident of Cawood, is survived by his wife, Mrs. Stella Nolan; mother, Mrs. Margaret Nolan; three brothers, Adern Nolan and Archie Nolan, Brookside, and William Nolan, Loyall, and five sisters, Mrs. Jim Johnson, Mrs. Homer Osborne and Mrs.Roy Osborne, all of Cawood; Mrs. Ernest Freeman, Evarts, and Mrs. Julia Clark, Kenvir. He was a member of the Holiness Church, and had been a resident of Harlan county for 13 years. Funeral serviceswill be conducted from the Cawood Church of God Saturday at 1 p.m. Burial will be in the Cawood cemetery. Carmack had been an employee at the mine for only a short time. He was not married. Funeral arrangements were incomplete today. 

1945

1945 Helton, Claude - Creech Coal Company No. 01
1945 Kincaid, Earl - Creech Coal Company No. 02
1945 Gibbons, Owen - Blue Diamond Coal Company No. 09
1945 Moses, Frank - Clover Darby Coal Company High Cliff Mine
1945 McElroy, K.K. - Clover - Splint Coal Company Splint Mine
1945 Delph, Curtis - Blue Diamond Coal Company No. 09
1945 Whitman, J.M. - Crummies Creek Coal Company No. 01
1945 Cobb, Fred - U.S. Coal & Coke Company No. 30
1945 Fultz, John - Clover Fork Coal Company No. 01
1945 Jones, Bob - Blue Diamond Coal Company Crown Mine
1945 Wilburn, Bill - Cornett-Lewis Coal Company Splint Mine
1945 Hensley, Dempsey - Creech Coal Company No. 01
1945 Overbay, Ester - International Harvester Company Benham Mine
1945 North, Felix - Harlan Wallins Coal Company Molus Mine
1945 Parker, Taylor - U.S. Coal & Coke Company No. 30
1945 Flowers, John - Cornett-Lewis Coal Company Slope Mine
1945 Brooks, Curtis - Benedict Coal Corporation No. 07
1945 Spencer, Walter - International Harvester Company No. 01
1945 Guthrie, King Edward - Harlan Central Coal Company No. 01
1945 Brown, Hayes - Mary Helen Coal Company No. 03
1945 Angelo, Paulo - Clover - Splint Coal Company Splint Mine
1945 Williams, Willie - International Harvester Company No. 01
1945 Rainey, James J. - Black Mountain Coal Corporation No. 30 
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1946 Noe, Denver - Creech Coal Company No. 3
1946 Harber, Ed - Blue Diamond Coal Company Crown Mine
1946 Boles, Thomas - Blue Diamond Coal Company Creech Mine
1946 Bouley, Rene A. - Cornett-Lewis Coal Company Joe Knob Mine
1946 Goss, George - U.S. Coal & Coke Company No. 31
1946 Ewing, John - Darby Coal Corporation Blue Hart
1946 Farmer, Leonard - R.C. Tway Coal Company Bland Mine
1946 Stewart, James - Harlan-Wallins Coal Corporation No. 06
1946 Wilder, Rufus - Southern Mining Company No. 01
1946 Siler, Adam - International Harvester Company No. 01
1946 Farmer, Clavis - Clover Fork Coal Company Kitts Mine
1946 Thompson, Clayburn - Southern Mining Company Fee Mine
1946 Lawrence, Joe - Lawrence Mining Company No. 01
1946 Ketron, Emmett - Blue Diamond Coal Company No. 09 
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1947 Violet, Leland - Cornett-Lewis Coal Company No. 08 Main
1947 Swidersky, Frank - Black Mountain Coal Corporation No. 31
1947 Napier, Nathan - Blue Diamond Coal Company Crown Mine
1947 Deaton, Oscar - Creech Coal Company No. 01
1947 Bull, Cleveland A. - Black Star Coal Corporation No. 04 
1947 Merrill, Chester - Clover Fork Coal Company No. 01
1947 Saunders, Leon H. - Black Mountain Coal Corporation No. 30
1947 Peace, Charles - Clover Darby Coal Company No. 02
1947 Moretz, Edward M. - U.S. Coal & Coke Company No. 30
1947 Powell, Willard - Consolidation Coal Company Cloversplint
1947 Boulder, Garrett - U.S. Coal & Coke Company No. 31
1947 White, Cape - Clover Fork Coal Company Kitts Mine
1947 Farmer, Otis - Helton & Simonton Coal Company No. 01
1947 Hensley, Roy - Hensley Coal Company No. 01
1947 Cupp, Henry - Highsplint Coal Company No. 02
1947 Thomas, John - Elcomb Coal Company
1947 Driscoll, Clinton - International Harvester Company No. 01
1947 Osborne, Homer - Three Point Coal Company No. 02
1947 McQueen, Able - Mary Helen Coal Corporation No. 03
1947 Caudill, Beecher - Cornett-Lewis Coal Company Splint Mine
1947 Dickenson, George - Harlan-Wallins Coal Corporation Woods Mine
1947 Collins, William G. - Black Mountain Corporation No. 31
1947 Edens, M.A. - Blue Diamond Coal Company Mayflower Mine
1947 Farkas, John - U.S. Coal & Coke Company No. 31
1947 Wigfall, Willie - Cornett-Lewis Coal Company Splint Mine
1947 Gabbard, Hugh - V & C Coal Company No. 01
1947 Gross, Luther C.
1947 Brock, Lawrence 
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1948 Sprinkle, J. - Blue Diamond Coal Company Mayflower No. 09
1948 Byrd, Willie - Blue Diamond Coal Company Mayflower No. 11 
1948 Zevic, Stanley J. - U.S. Coal & Coke Company No. 31
1948 Creech, General Grant - U.S. Coal & Coke Company No. 30
1948 Clark, Anthony - Black Wood Fuel Company Calvin Mine
1948 Collins, Ted - Blue Diamond Coal Company Imperial Mine No. 06
1948 Sizemore, Clayton - Consolidation Coal Company Cloversplint Mine
1948 Miller, Oscar - Black Star Coal Corporation Harlan No. 04
1948 Perry, Byrd - Harlan-Wallins Coal Corporation No. 06
1948 Partin, J.W. - Harlan Fuel Company Turkey Pin Mine
1948 Johnson, Hobart - Southern Harlan Coal Company Levena Mine
1948 Wright, J.W. - Black Star Coal Company No. 05
1948 Brock, Dewey - Yocum Creek Coal Company Harco No. 02
1948 Gooden, J.M. - Bardo Coal Company Bardo
1948 Steele, Bill - Harlan Collieries Coal Company Brookside
1948 Stewart, Eulas - Harlan-Wallins Coal Company No. 06
1948 Brewer, Joe - Crummies Creek Coal Company Crummies
1948 Swanson, Bill - Crummies Creek Coal Company No. 01
1948 Martin, Lester - Cornett-Lewis Coal Company Harlan Mine
1948 Young, William - Harlan Fuel Company No. 04
1948 Mullins, Roscoe - Blue Diamond Coal Company Bonnie Blue No. 09
1948 Campbell, Albert - U.S. Coal & Coke Company No. 30
1948 Cloud, Jess - Black Mountain Corporation No. 31 
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1949 Cox, Clarence - Cox Coal Mining Company Cox
1949 Newton, Benjamin F. - Clover Darby Coal Company No. 02
1949 Harris, Banks - Harlan Fuel Company No. 05
1949 Owens, Vernon W. - Harlan-Wallins Coal Company No. 02
1949 Luttrell, Lawrence - Black Mountain Coal Corporation No. 30
1949 Dixon, Edgar - Blue Diamond Coal Company Pathfork Mine
1949 Craig, Tommy - U.S. Coal & Coke Company No. 30
1949 Lunsford, Clarence - Harlan Collieries Coal Company Brookside Mine
1949 Carnahan, Manning - Black Mountain Coal Company No. 31
1949 White, Lincoln - Cornett-Lewis Coal Company Slope Mine
1949 Cinnamon, Jack W. - Cornett-Lewis Coal Company Harlan
1949 Brock, Grant
1949 Wilder, Milton - Southern Mining Company Insull 
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