* 1906 – The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in Northern France.

Le Petit Journal illustration of the Courrières mine disaster

* March 10 – Courrières mine disaster: an explosion in a coal mine in France kills 1, 060.

Le Petit Journal illustration of the Courrières mine disaster

The worst mining accidents in history have been caused by coal dust explosions, such as the disaster at Senghenydd in South Wales in 1913 in which 439 miners died, the Courrières mine disaster in Northern France which killed 1, 099 miners in 1906, the Luisenthal Mine disaster in Germany, which claimed 299 lives in 1962, and the worst: the explosion at Benxihu Colliery, China, which killed 1, 549 in 1942.

The Courrières mine disaster on March 10, 1906, affected Noyelles-sous-Lens.

Pabst took an actual historical event, a mining accident in 1906 in Courrières, France, where rescue efforts were hampered by the lack of trained mine rescuers.

Le Petit Journal illustration of the Courrières mine disaster

The Courrières mine disaster was the worst ever pit mine disaster in Europe.

A dust explosion, the cause of which is not known with certainty, devastated a coal mine operated by the Compagnie des mines de houille de Courrières ( founded in 1852 ) between the villages of Méricourt ( 404 killed ), Sallaumines ( 304 killed ), Billy-Montigny ( 114 killed ), and Noyelles-sous-Lens ( 102 killed ) about two kilometres ( one mile ) to the east of Lens, in the Pas-de-Calais département ( about 220 km, or 140 miles, north of Paris ).

Once the allies had gone, the troops of the Wehrmacht delivered fierce reprisals on the population of the towns of mining pit 4: Carvin, Courrières and Oignies.

Breton was born on 1 May 1827 in Courrières, a small Pas-de-Calais village.

Courrières is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

* Courrières on the Quid website

* A forest north of Courrières.

* the Canal de Lens, fed by the Souchez, which connects Lens with the Canal de la Deûle at Courrières.

His first artistic training was not far from Courrières at the College St. Bertin near Saint-Omer.

In 1854, he returned to the village of Courrières where he settled.

In 1880 Vincent van Gogh walked 85 miles to Courrières to pay a visit to Breton, whom he greatly admired, but turned back, put off by Breton's high wall.

* 1924 – The Castle Gate mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah.

Mining accidents continue worldwide, including accidents causing dozens of fatalities at a time, such as the 2007 Ulyanovskaya Mine disaster in Russia, the 2010 Upper Big Branch Mine disaster in the United States, and the 2009 Heilongjiang mine explosion in China.

And right before that, we had that coal mine disaster in West Virginia where we lost 29 miners.

* March 3 – Turkey's worst coal mine disaster leaves 263 dead near Zonguldak.

* March 8 – The Castle Gate mine disaster kills 172 coal miners in Utah, United States.

* May 25, 1812 – Felling mine disaster: A mine explosion at the Felling colliery near Jarrow, England leaves 96 dead.

* May 25 – Felling mine disaster: A mine explosion at the Felling colliery near Jarrow, England leaves 96 dead.

The Summitville mine was the scene of a major environmental disaster in the 1990s when the liner of a cyanide-laced tailing pond began leaking heavily.

These two deaths with the addition of January's Sago Mine disaster and the Aracoma Alma Mine disaster caused West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin to close all of West Virginia's mines in a " mine safety stand-down.

A mine disaster in February, 1905, demolished their plans, as an underground explosion, one of the worst recorded mining disasters in Alabama history entombed the entire day crew and caved in the mine entrance.

This was the third most deadly mine disaster in U. S. history ( as of 2005 ).

This was the worst mine disaster to date in the coal fields of southern Illinois.

Hyden briefly came to national attention when the Hurricane Creek mine disaster occurred in late 1970, five miles from Hyden.

Among the lakes is Lake Peigneur, which was formerly a deep freshwater lake until a 1980 disaster involving oil drilling and a salt mine.

This was the worst coal mine disaster in Montana's history.

Another tourist destination is the town of Bochnia with its salt mine, Europe's oldest.

In March 1998, after the closure of Europe's last tin mine South Crofty in Cornwall ( which has since reopened ), campaigners trying to raise the profile of Cornwall's economic crisis encouraged commuters to pay the £ 1. 00 toll in pennies.

The Flåt nickel mine is situated a couple of hundreds of meters behind the Evje Mineralsti, and has been Europe's largest nickel mine.

Pyhäjärvi contains Europe's deepest mine, the deep Pyhäsalmi Mine from where zinc and copper is mined.

Tara Mine, Europe's largest lead and zinc mine is located in Navan.

Wishing to enter the growing classical music market, Mercury executives realized that radio stations and governments in formerly Nazi-occupied countries held a gold mine in superb performances by Europe's top musicians.

It was once Europe's largest and richest gold mine, but since 1967 the mine has been defunct.