Conchos
Americannoun
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The 2006 tragedy in the nearby Pasta de Conchos mine, where 65 miners died after a gas build-up caused a fire and explosion, was still fresh in their minds.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 28, 2022
Things are better below the Conchos, but that may change: Mexico, which controls the Conchos upstream, is planning to impound more of its water.
From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2018
The Pasta de Conchos accident deepened mistrust between Grupo Mexico and unions, which are pushing for improved safety regulations at Mexican mines.
From Reuters • May 6, 2011
The blast at the Pasta de Conchos mine more than four years ago collapsed thousands of tonnes of rock.
From BBC • May 4, 2011
These were the opening of the Chihuahua silver deposits and the advance down the Conchos valley.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene
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