On May 12, 1942, at 2:25 p.m., the Christopher No. 3 mine in Osage exploded, killing 56 miners while 130 men were on duty. Rescue teams came from other mines, including from as far away as Kanawha County, to help reach men trapped three miles underground, and it took half a month after the explosion to find the last of the bodies. Over the years, 18 other men were killed in individual accidents in this mine. Jack Jones was the first body pulled out after the 1942 explosion; he was well respected in the community, known for giving waiting children whatever remained in his lunch pail, usually cookies, after his shift and for teaching neighborhood children piano chords. John Propst, 90, could still play a Hoagy Carmichael song Jack Jones taught him, and the friendship between white John Propst and black Jack Jones reflected the little difference race made to friendships in Scott's Run. After the disaster, the community again came together as many families faced widowhood and fatherless children, and families took in children to already crowded four-room company houses. The Christopher No. 3 mine stood at the back of the field across Scott's Run creek and across the bridge.