https://www.wvhistoryonview.org/catalog/052155https://www.wvhistoryonview.org/image/052155.jpgSurvivors of the Layland Mine Explosion, Layland, W. Va.1915/03/02Coal Mines and Mining--Portraits--Group.Coal Mines and Mining--Mine Disasters.Coal mines and mining--West Virginia--Fayette County.The nineteen survivors of the Layland mine explosion are pictured together outside of the mine entrance. The accident left 112 miners dead. The mine was operated by the New River and Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company.West Virginia History OnView