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I found the following info on the Little Betty Mine Explosion at
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/mining/pubs/pdfs/2008-123.pdf
"On January 28, 1931, 28 miners were killed at the Little Betty Mine, Dugger, IN,
when "roof falls released gas and pushed it.over.open lights of loaders""
There is a John Wesley Wills buried at Fairview cemetery in Linton, Indiana Birth 1879
Death 1929.
Since the big explosion happened two years later it would not seem to be his cause of
death, although mining accidents happened frequently. A look at the mine company records
might tell you something more.
Deborah Gentit
Wabash Valley genealogy Society
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