Miners outside of Castle Gate Mine #2, a few days before
the explosion that killed 172 men and left 417 dependents.
These are the men who died on March 8, 1924 in Castle Gate Mine #2, including George Wilson who died while serving on a rescue crew. A few of them are links to photos, some of which were collected by Kathy Hamaker for the Carbon County Historical Society’s website. She shares more information about these men on this page. If one of these men is your ancestor and you’d like to include their image here, please post a message in the comments, below.
Samuel Valentine Acord
Prince Alexander
Joe Ambrosia
Nick Ambrosia
David Anderson
John Anderson
Steve Andrakis
Nick Aquila
Kenneth Avery
Levi T. Beck
Cyrl Berg (Cirillo Bergamaschi)
Emil Berg (Emilio Bergamaschi)
William Berry
Dom Bertoglio
Mike Bertoglio
Tony Botonakis
John Buzas
Gust Calivas
Mike Camperides
James Cappelletti
Mario Cappelletti
Joe Casselli
Bert Cirbairo
Robert Crow
Mike Dacemos
Jim Dallas
Mike Damanakis
John R. Davis
Ernest Delaby
Harry Dodd
Robert Dodd
Pete Dunis
David R. Evans
Franklyn R. Evans
Frank Fieldsted
George Fieldsted
George W. Fullmer
George L. Fullmer
Tony Garegnani
Louis Gialitakis
Steve Gianni
Andrew Gilbert
Basil Gittins
Brindley A. Gittins
Andrew Glenidas
Ernest Head
Archie Henderson
John Huff
William Huff
Joseph A. Ingram
Turl L. Ingram
Fukuzo Inouye
Samuel Rush Jacoby
Charles James
Bryan Johnson
Francis Jones
George Kanakakis
George Kappas
Demetrios Karozis
Mike Katsanevakis
Martin Kimball
Joseph Kirby
Walter Kirby
Zenta Koda
Andrew Komfosch
Steve Kondarakis
John Kontorinis
Jim Kopakis
Pantelis Koukourakis
John Kourgentakis
George Kulezakis
Kalantjis Kyriakos
Charles Lazaro
George E. Lee
Konstantinos Gust Logios
Gust Loukas
Tony Malax
Aetou Manoukarakis
John Marchetti
George K. Markakis
Mike Markakis
Ben Mascaro
Gust Mathioudakis
John McCluskey
Otto McDonald
Thomas Mihos
George Mitchell
James Murphy
T. Nakamura
Oscar F. Neil
Steve Nickolaris
Nick Paizis
John Palioudakis
Steve Palioudakis (Pallas)
Steve Pappas
Y. S. Park
Louis Patrick (Alois Petric)
Pete Pattello
Ben Pellegrino
Thomas Pelly, Sr.
Thomas Pelly, Jr.
Edwin Perkins
Neil Perkins
Tony Perpinakis
William Phelps
Frank Piccolo
William Pollock
James Preano
John G. Psaroudakis
Charles H. Quilter
Thomas L. Reese
Alfred Rice, Jr.
Walter Richards
Antonio Rizzuto
Orson H. Rollins
Theodore Rowe
Harry Sanders
Orville E. Sanders
Orville R. Sanders
Joseph Sargetakis
Sam Saris
Mell Seely
George Shurtleff
Clarence Simpson
Horace Simpson
John Slovenski, Jr.
George Sluga
Tony Mia Smith
Anthony Spendall
Stylianos Spyridakis
Leland C. Stapley
Eli Stavranakis
Theros Stavrianoudakis
Mike P. Steffanos
Ben Stevens
Geo Tagliabue
Tom Takeuchi
Joe Tellerico
Jonathan M. Thomas
George Tsouroupakis
Matthew Tyrer
Orson Ungricht
Kanaz Verges
Yasuzo Watanabe
Ed Willis
George Wilson
Adley Wood
K. W. You
James M. Young, Jr.
S. C. Yum
Emmanuel Zagarakis
Paul Zakariondakis
Mike Zanis
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