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- ↑ Jones, Adam (8 April 2011). "State's larger mining accident claimed 128 men 100 years ago". Tuscaloosa News. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ↑ Flynt, Wayne (February 5, 2016). Poor But Proud. 2990: University of Alabama Press.CS1 maint: location (link)
- ↑ Ward, Robert David. "Banner Mine Tragedy of 1911". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
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