Westray Mine [SEP] product
Westray Mine
The Westray Mine was a coal mine in Plymouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. Westray was owned and operated by Curragh Resources Incorporated (Curragh Inc.), which obtained both provincial and federal government money to open the mine, and supply the local electric power utility with coal.
The mine opened in September 1991, but closed eight months later when it was the site of an underground methane explosion on May 9, 1992, killing all 26 miners working underground at the time. The week-long attempts to
Westray (disambiguation)
Westray may mean:
- The Orkney islands of Westray or Papa Westray
- Westray Mine in Nova Scotia
- "Westray", a song by Weeping Tile on their album "Cold Snap" (album) and EP "eepee", about the Westray Mine incident
- Ron Westray, jazz trombonist