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The Pike River Mine disaster was a coal mining accident that began on 19 November 2010 in the Pike River Mine, 46 kilometres (29 mi) northeast of Greymouth, in the West Coast Region of New Zealand 's South Island.A methane explosion occurred in the mine at approximately 3:44 pm (NZDT, UTC+13).ccording to the new mine owner, Solid Energy, the bodies of the 29 miners who died there may never be recovered. The Pike River Mine incident ranks as New Zealand's worst mining disaster since 43 men died at Ralph's Mine in Huntly in 1914.
Zebulon Pike reported gold in Colorado in present day Park County, Colorado as early as 1807, but it wasnt until rich discoveries near Denver in 1858 that sparked the Pikes Peak Gold Rush. Since then, gold mining has been a major industry in Colorado, with significant lode and placer discoveries throughout the state. Over 1 million ounces of gold has come out of Summit County in central Colorado, both as lode and placer deposits.