Miike coal mine

Miike coal mine

Miike coal mine (三池炭鉱 Miike Tankō?), also known as the Mitsui Miike Coal Mine (三井三池炭鉱 Mitsui Miike Tankō?), was a coal mine located in the area of Ōmuta, Fukuoka and Arao, Kumamoto, Japan. Mining began in the Edo Period and the mine was nationalised in 1872.[1] The Mitsui zaibatsu took control in 1899.

From 1960 to 1962 the mine was involved in a much-reported labor dispute which divided the workers and involved violent strike-breaking actions. In 1963 an explosion resulted in the deaths of 458 people, 438 of whom died from carbon monoxide poisoning.[1][2]

The mine closed in 1997.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Industrial pollution in Japan Chapter - 5 The Miike coal-mine explosion
  2. ^ Kawabata, Tai, "Film mines rich seams of history", Japan Times, 14 August 2011, p. 8.
  3. ^ Workers get the shaft in Mitsui coal mine closure Asahi Shimbun, 18 February 1997


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