Jim Walter Mine

The Jim Walter Coal Mine, located near Brookwood in eastern Tuscaloosa County, was the site of an explosion in 2001 that killed 15 miners.

Tom Robinette walking a mine shaft 2,250 feet below the surface at Jim Walter Mine No. 5 near Brookwood, Alabama
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Tom Robinette walking a mine shaft 2,250 feet below the surface at Jim Walter Mine No. 5 near Brookwood, Alabama