| 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 |
| Pacheco, Joe | 7-25-1945 | - | - | - | - | Calumet #2 | Machinery |
| Pagan, Lawrence | 6-26-1927 | 48 | Slav | S | - | Gordon | Fall of rock |
| Palafos, Cecilio | 8-2-1926 | 28 | Mexican | M | 0 | Calumet #2 | Fell off roof |
| Papes, George | 2-5-1894 | - | - | - | Walsen | Fall of rock | |
| Park, H.M. | 1-27-1914 | 37 | Korean | M | 0 | Oakdale | Fall of top coal |
| Parra, Jose | 11-24-1918 | 39 | Mexican | M | 0 | Mutual | Fall of rock |
| Paton, William | 2-18-1914 | 27 | Scotch | M | 3 | Walsen | Electrocuted |
| Pavletich, Mike | 1-7-1921 | 28 | Austrian | W | 2 | Kebler #2 | Crushed between loaded car & roof of mine |
| Pederosa, Jesus | 2-23-1937 | 29 | Mexican | S | - | Nugget | Caught between car & prop |
| Peffer, Claude D. | 9-17-1915 | 22 | American | M | 0 | Walsen | Blood infection |
| Peffer, Dan | 7-7-1923 | 44 | Italian | S | - | Mutual | Fall of rock |
| Pena, Guadalupe | 5-27-1915 | 32 | Mexican | M | 2 | Rouse | Fall of bone & coal |
| Perne, John | 5-12-1926 | 41 | Austrian | M | 1 | Gordon | Fall of rock |
| Perry, C.H. | 1-16-1897 | - | - | - | Sunshine | Slab of coal fell | |
| Picklemier, Joseph | 1-10-1930 | 51 | Austrian | M | 3 | Oakdale #2 | Fall of coal & rock |
| Pijk, Frank | 8-18-1919 | Oakdale | Explosion of gas due to defective lamp | ||||
| Pierson, Joseph | 12-6-1912 | 37 | Colored | M | - | Pinon | Fall of rock |
| Pineda, Edward M. | 12-4-1940 | - | - | - | Peaks | Fall of roof slate | |
| Pineda, Soilo | 12-23-1944 | - | - | - | Calumet #2 | Roof fall | |
| Pinter, John | 5-12-1926 | 49 | Austrian | S | - | Ravenwood | Fall of rock |
| Pique, Henry | 1-28-1919 | 65 | French | M | 2 | Ravenwood | Fall of rock |
| Poletti, Americo | 8-1-1932 | 19 | American | S | - | Bunker Hill | Fall of rock |
| Poli, Ralph | 2-1933 | Peanut | Heart attack | ||||
| Pollock, Jake | 1-25-1899 | - | - | - | - | Toltec | Fall of roof |
| Pontil, John | 12-15-1910 | 28 | Slav | S | - | Big Four | Struck by runaway car |
| Porter, Daniel | 6-10-1909 | 41 | American | W | 2 | Huerfano | Fall of rock |
| Potts, Albert | 6-19-1912 | 46 | Colored | M | - | Rouse | Fall of rock |
| Powell, Joseph A. | 1-28-1920 | 40 | American | S | - | Turner | Contact with electric wire |
| Price. James | 1-30-1925 | 24 | American | S | - | Robinson #2 | Pinned under moving car |
| Price, W.V. | 6-15-1917 | 55 | Welsh | M | 10 | Oakview | Fall of coal & rock |
| Provoloff, Peter | 11-18-1914 | 46 | Bulgarian | M | 3 | Sunnyside | Fall of rock |
| Puk, Tony | 9-30-1912 | 32 | Austrian | M | 2 | Oakdale | Fall of top coal |
| Pyke, Frank | 8-18-1919 | 39 | Austrian | S | - | Oakdale | Explosion of gas due to defective lamp |
| Quintanno, Rafael | 12-2-1911 | 39 | Mexican | M | - | Pictou | Fall of rock |
| Radjanovie, Bozo | 4-30-1920 | 29 | Serbian | S | - | Pryor | Fall of rock |
| Radurch, Mike | 11-30-1909 | 27 | Slav | S | - | Robinson | Fall of coal |
| Rains, A.J. | 9-7-1910 | 40 | Colored | M | - | Sunnyside | Fall of rock & timber |
| Ramos, Joseph | 1916 | Mexican | Jackson | Murdered | |||
| Raspplia, Albert | 5-15-1899 | 35 | Slav | S | - | Maitland | Fall of rock |
| Ratkovich, Frank | 8-11-1909 | - | Slav | M | 2 | Rugby | Fall of rock |
| Reed, Charles | 10-26-1911 | - | Colored | M | - | Huerfano | Struck by cage |
| Reed, Charles | 5-28-1901 | 53 | American | - | - | Pictou | Run over by machine truck |
| Reginnis, Alex | 6-12-1919 | - | Pole | - | - | Mutual | Electrocuted |
| Rego, Sam | 3-1-1952 | 54 | - | - | - | Rugby | Roof fall |
| Reita, Mike | 2-11-1915 | 45 | Hungarian | M | 7 | Oakdale | Fall of rock & coal |
| Ribor, Mike | 1-25-1906 | 32 | Austrian | M | - | Midway | Fall of rock |
| Rice, C.D. | 1-11-1889 | - | - | - | - | Cameron | Fall of rock |
| Rico, Eulalio | 9-15-1925 | 32 | Mexican | S | - | Ravenwood | Fall of rock |
| Rivera, Frank | 2-27-1927 | 40 | Spanish | M | 4 | Pacific | Drilled into missed shot |
| Robertson, John | 6-23-1903 | 44 | Scotch | M | - | Maitland | Hit by mine car |
| Rodriguez, Brigido | 8-14-1914 | 32 | Mexican | S | - | Ideal | Explosion of giant caps |
| Rodriguez, Ralph | 11-11-1943 | - | - | - | - | Butte Valley | Face fall |
| Rogers, Jefferson T. | 4-3-1924 | 23 | American | M | 1 | Calumet | Fall of rock |
| Rogo, George | 8-28-1907 | 36 | Slav | M | - | Pinon | Fall of rock |
| Romero, Daniel | 3-3-1903 | 23 | Mexican | S | - | Midway | Fall of rock |
| Romero, Polino | 2-17-1923 | 29 | Mexican | S | - | Robinson | Fall of rock |
| Ronchietta, Claud | 1-31-1907 | 29 | Italian | M | - | Pryor | Fall of rock |
| Roybal, Elroy | 5-1-1929 | 34 | Mexican | M | 2 | Ravenwood | Fall of rock |
| Rua, John | 7-28-1903 | 32 | Italian | - | - | Walsen | Missed shot |
| Ruiz, Liberio | 12-12-1929 | 40 | Mexican | M | 3 | Pictou | Fall of pot rock |
| ABC | DEF | GHI | JKL | MNO | PQR | STU | VWYZ |
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