| Huerfano County,
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Contributed by Karen Mitchell.
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One of the main industries in Huerfano County was the coal mines. Men from all over the world came to Huerfano County to work, and sometimes die, in the mines. In 1884 Colorado passed legislation that all mine accidents must be reported, hence this list of Huerfano County mining fatalities. Although there are 560 mining fatalities listed here, there were many more that were not reported to the state.
The following table gives the name, date of death, age, nationality, marital status, surviving children, mine name, and cause of death.
| ABC | DEF | GHI | JKL | MNO | PQR | STU | VWYZ |
| Jacavak, N. | 2-19-1906 | 45 | Slav | S | - | Maitland | Gas explosion |
| James, John (alias John Wilson) | 10-10-1898 | 38 | Welsh | S | - | Sunshine | Fall of Rock |
| Jamuzzi, Peter | 11-4-1908 | 35 | Italian | S | - | Rugby | Fall of roof |
| Jimenez, Carmin | 11-28-1927 | 26 | Mexican | M | 0 | Ravenwood | Fall of rock |
| Johnson, Charles | 1-21-1901 | 35 | Colored | M | - | Pryor | Fall of rock |
| Johnson, Mike | 8-18-1919 | 34 | Turk | S | - | Oakdale | Expolsion of gas due to defective lamp |
| Johnson, Pete | 1-20-1902 | - | - | - | - | Pictou | Explosion |
| Jones, John | 8-24-1893 | - | - | - | - | Rouse | Fall of rock |
| Jones, John O. | 10-26-1919 | 32 | Welsh | M | 2 | Oakdale | Caught in gears of electric pump |
| Jones, Raymond | 11-13-1917 | 17 | American | S | - | Walsen | Run over by empty mine car |
| Juas, John | 12-21-1906 | 26 | Hungarian | S | - | Pinon #3 | Fall of roof |
| Jumovech, Mike | 6-13-1922 | 47 | Austrian | M | 2 | Gordon | Fall of rock |
| Juran, Juan | 5-22-1909 | 47 | Mexican | W | - | Hezron | Fall of rock |
| Kachaner, Mike H. | 1-12-1921 | 28 | Russian | S | - | Cameron | Fall of rock |
| Kail, Paul | 11-26-1889 | - | - | - | - | Rouse | Fall of rock |
| Kakalecik, Edward | 7-10-1943 | - | - | - | - | Kebler #2 | Haulage |
| Kambic, John | 2-10-1930 | 19 | American | S | - | Robinson #1 | Fall of rock |
| Kampwruki, Mike | 2-8-1918 | 44 | Greek | M | 0 | Ideal | Fall of rock |
| Karst, Frank | 11-23-1942 | - | - | - | - | Butte Valley | Gas explosion |
| Kasper, Frank | 10-23-1910 | 25 | Slav | S | - | Globe | Run over by a car |
| Kauser, Martin | 9-30-1920 | 24 | Austrian | S | - | Oakdale | Fall of coal & rock |
| Kelley, Joke | 9-22-1910 | 38 | Slav | M | 4 | Cameron | Fall of drawslate |
| Kerotti, B. | 10-18-1911 | 39 | Austrian | S | - | Rouse | Fall of rock |
| Ketola, Herman | 6-17-1904 | 24 | Finlander | S | - | Hezron | Fall of rock |
| Kika, Mike | 7-24-1906 | 26 | Slavonian | S | - | Pryor | Fall of drawslate |
| Kikuchi, C. | 12-2-1915 | 30 | Japanese | S | - | Pryor | Fall of rock |
| King, Burt | 11-13-1924 | 36 | American | S | - | Alamo | Fall of rock |
| Kis, John | 1-21-1904 | 30 | Italian | S | - | Rouse | Hit by runaway mine cars |
| Klimo, Pete | 4-4-1921 | 33 | Pole | S | - | Oakdale | Fall of rock |
| Knox, Thomas J. | 12-12-1911 | 60 | American | M | 0 | Robinson | Fall of slate |
| Kolar, Nikolas | 5-27-1913 | 52 | Slav | M | 2 | Rouse | Fall of rock |
| Kolatic, Paul | 5-9-1910 | 35 | Russian | M | 1 | Ravenwood | Struck by runaway car |
| Koliser, John | 12-5-1893 | - | - | - | - | Peerless | Fall of rock |
| Korentus, Emeric | 5-28-1910 | 47 | Hungarian | M | - | Pryor | Fall of rock |
| Kos, Anthony | 10-7-1927 | 26 | Austrian | W | 1 | Robinson #2 | Fall of rock |
| Kosarek, Ernest | June 1942 | ||||||
| Kosmider, Henry | 3-4-1918 | 48 | Slav | M | 3 | Toltec | Fall of bone coal |
| Koster, Jonathan | 2-19-1906 | 33 | Italian | S | - | Maitland | Gas explosion |
| Koster, K. | 2-19-1906 | 28 | Italian | M | - | Maitland | Gas explosion |
| Koukos, Mike | 9-27-1915 | 21 | Greek | M | 0 | Walsen | Fall of rock |
| Kovatz, Andrew | 9-30-1910 | 20 | Hungarian | S | - | Pinon | Fall of rock |
| Krankota, Joe | 10-27-1912 | - | Slav | M | 7 | Oakdale | Fall of coal |
| Kripan, Andre | 7-11-1912 | 43 | Austrian | M | 1 | Ideal | Fall of rock |
| Krist, John | 3-15-1946 | - | - | - | - | Pictou (New) | Roof fall |
| Krizik, John | 12-23-1902 | 35 | Austrian | - | - | Pictou | Struck by runaway trip of 6 loaded cars |
| Kuzmovic, George | 12-30-1907 | 32 | Slavonian | M | - | Midway | Struck by runawa trip |
| Kyle, Robert | 2-25-1903 | 29 | American | M | - | Maitland | Hit by mine cars |
| Ladoline, Oresto | 11-20-1909 | 25 | Italian | M | 3 | Oakdale | Missed shot |
| Larson, Matt | 1-17-1921 | 37 | Austrian | S | - | Sunnyside | Crushed between pillar & car |
| Larson, Robert | 10-27-1911 | 35 | Swedish | M | 1 | Pictou | Fall of rock |
| Laverty, Leo | 5-11-1929 | 21 | American | S | - | Alamo | Thrown between 2 trips of cars |
| Lenzini, Frank | 5-26-1910 | 32 | Italian | M | 1 | Toltec | Fall of rock |
| Lenzini, Frank | 8-30-1919 | 34 | Italian | S | - | Gordon | Struck by loaded pit cars |
| Lenzini, Joseph | 12-6-1917 | 31 | Italian | M | 1 | Maitland | Mining machine running over him |
| Leorosi, Carmela | 5-25-1911 | 40 | Italian | S | - | Globe | Fall of rock |
| Lewis, Edmund | 11-26-1914 | 26 | Welsh | S | - | Gordon | Electrocuted |
| Lias, John | 6-7-1904 | 56 | Colored | M | - | Maitland | Fall from draw slate |
| Link, Jonathan | 8-1-1906 | 33 | Polander | M | - | Toltec | Fall of coal & rock |
| Logan, Pat | 1-3-1899 | 78 | - | M | - | Rugby | Fall of coal |
| Lonzee, Pete | 11-20-1909 | 25 | Italian | S | - | Big Four | Fall of rock |
| Lopez, Baldomanio | 5-23-1921 | - | Mexican | S | - | Pictou | Fall of rock |
| Lopez, Jesus | 9-6-1923 | 21 | Mexican | M | 1 | Lester | Fall of rock |
| Lopez, Salvador | 1-5-1931 | 20 | Mexican | S | - | Pictou | Fall of draw rock |
| Lovera, B. | 2-19-1906 | 37 | Italian | S | - | Maitland | Gas explosion |
| Lowe, James | 11-8-1918 | 38 | American | S | - | Ludlow | Crushed to death between two cars and rib |
| Lucas, James | 12-19-1899 | 30 | - | S | - | Walsen | Struck by 15 empty cars |
| Ludwig, Frank | 7-21-1902 | - | German | - | - | Midway | Fall of rock |
| Lynch, John | 2-27-1933 | 34 | American | S | - | Big Four | Fall of rock |
| ABC | DEF | GHI | JKL | MNO | PQR | STU | VWYZ |
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