essential element of a wrongful death claim, and had since passed. References External links Farmington No. 9 Mine Memorial - Location West Virginia Mine Disasters 1884 to Present West Virginia Coal Mining Disasters West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture & History - Farmington Mine Disaster Decades After Deadly W. Virginia Mine Disaster, New Lawsuit Assigns Blame 1968 mining disasters 1968 in West Virginia Coal mining disasters in West Virginia Marion County, West Virginia 1968 disasters in the United States November 1968 events in the United States