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Sanborn Creek Mine Fire
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Week of January 24, 1999

On Tuesday, January 26, 1999, shortly before 5:00 p.m., elevated carbon monoxide concentrations were detected in Oxbow Mining, Incorporated's Sanborn Creek Mine, located near Somerset, Colorado. All employees were evacuated safely.

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