Gold Trails and Ghost Towns: Blakeburn

Episode #409 Blakeburn - Named for Blake Wilson and meat packing giant Pat Burns, this town was known for its coal. In the early 1900's thousands of tons of coal were mined until a tragic accident claimed the lives of many miners.

[michaelkaiser]

Awesome video thanks for sharing life with enthusiasm

[alurquhart]

Very interesting, thanks for sharing with us! Want to go there in the summer and have a look around...

[ThePunkydog]

Very interesting, my Grandfather died in this disaster and his brother. They were from Cowdenbeath in Scotland. My grandmother returned to Scotland with four young children, the oldest was my Father aged 8 years.

[roberthyra]

Miss this program. I started watching it in 1985.

[caitl]

Super interesting. Thank you for posting this. Is there a place where i can find a copy of the map of the mines?