Sunday Creek Coal Company No. 6 Mine Explosion Millfield, Athens County, Ohio November 5, 1930 No. Killed 82. USBM Final Investigation Report (10 ) Official List of Fatalities . Successful Rescue. 19 miners were rescued 10 hours after the explosion. The miners, most of them unconscious, were found behind a ventilation partition. John Dean, Inside Foreman, is credited with saving the lives ...