{"id":1298,"date":"2017-10-11T11:50:25","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T18:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gs-jj.com\/blog\/?p=1298"},"modified":"2020-07-03T00:00:18","modified_gmt":"2020-07-03T07:00:18","slug":"down-gold-mine-disaster-challenge-coin-award-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gs-jj.com\/blog\/down-gold-mine-disaster-challenge-coin-award-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"47 DOWN: GOLD MINE DISASTER"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1298 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gs-jj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Argonaut-Mine-Challenge-Coins-1-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Argonaut Mine Challenge Coins 1\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gs-jj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Argonaut-Mine-Challenge-Coins-1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gs-jj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Argonaut-Mine-Challenge-Coins-1-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gs-jj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Argonaut-Mine-Challenge-Coins-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Argonaut Mine Challenge Coins 2\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gs-jj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Argonaut-Mine-Challenge-Coins-2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gs-jj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Argonaut-Mine-Challenge-Coins-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The words such as \u201ccave-in\u201d, or \u201cmine disaster\u201d inevitably call to mind the coal-mining regions. The Argonaut is the site of the worst gold mining disaster in California History.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">85 years ago, the Gold Country was the scene of the deadliest recorded mine disaster in California, with similarities to other mine explosion accidents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On a hot summer night in 1922, fire and toxic gas ripped through a mine shaft nearly a mile beneath the surface, trapping 47 miners. The incident at the Argonaut Gold Mine in Jackson, about 30 miles from Sutter\u2019s Mill in Coloma.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The above custom coins detail the fire of Argonaut gold mine, which trapped 47 miners 4,650 feet below ground in that summer. It took rescuers three weeks to get to where the miners were trapped by the fire.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The antique\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gs-jj.com\/challenge-coins\/Custom-Challenge-Coins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">challenge coin<\/a>\u00a0to commemorate these miners\u2019 heroic valor and spirit of Friendship, Loyalty, and Charity. All family members and friends, co-workers, and countless Americans will keep them in mind forever. Argonaut Mine\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gs-jj.com\/challenge-coins\/Custom-Challenge-Coins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">custom challenge coins<\/a>\u00a0are polished with an\u00a0antique silver\u00a0color,\u00a0engraved\u00a0with a worker held his tools in the cave, stared at the forward. On the back of the quality\u00a0challenge coins, depicted the words to miss the hero in the disaster from Grand President, Erik M. Christeson. All the Miners live in our minds forever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The words such as \u201ccave-in\u201d, or \u201cmine disaster\u201d inevitably call to mind the coal-mining regions. The Argonaut is the site of the worst gold mining disaster in California History. 85 years ago, the Gold Country was the scene of the deadliest recorded mine disaster in California, with similarities to other mine explosion accidents. 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