On Saturday, November 6, 1943, at 7:00 PM, an explosion occurred at the American Rolling Mill Company’s No. 3 Nellis Mine when a spark ignited methane in Section H, No. 38 Room. Nine men were killed instantly, and two men survived the initial blast but died hours later in a nearby hospital: William C. Barker, Julias Domokos, Lester Gunnoe, William H. Gunnoe, O’Dell Linville, Onal O. Miller, John Setliff, Steve Turkovitch, Lawrence J. Vincent, John Williams, and William O. Workman.