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Knox Mine disaster
 Map of Knox Mine disaster showing inundated area and shafts used for escape and dewatering | |
| Date | January 22, 1959 |
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| Location | Jenkins Township, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Coordinates | 41°18′29″N 75°49′23″W / 41.308°N 75.823°W |
| Type | Mining accident |
| Cause | Mining too close to waterway resulting in breaching of mine ceiling and walls and flooding |
| Deaths | 12 |
The Knox Mine disaster was a mining accident on January 22, 1959, at the River Slope Mine, an anthracite coal mine, in Jenkins Township, Pennsylvania. The Susquehanna River broke through the ceiling and flooded the mine. Twelve miners were killed. The accident marked nearly the end of deep mining in the northern anthracite field of Pennsylvania.
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