Blue Jasmine has Cate Blanchett directing it.
The Farmington Mine disaster was an explosion that happened at approximately 5 :30 a.m. on November 20 , 1968 , at the Consol No. 9 coal mine north of Farmington and Mannington , West Virginia , United States .. coal mine. mining. Farmington. Farmington, West Virginia. United States. United States. The explosion was large enough to be felt in Fairmont , almost 12 miles away .. Fairmont. Fairmont, West Virginia. At the time , 99 miners were inside .. Over the course of the next few hours , 21 miners were able to escape the mine , but 78 were still trapped .. All who were unable to escape perished ; the bodies of 19 of the dead were never recovered .. The cause of the explosion was never determined , but the accident served as the catalyst for several new laws that were passed to protect miners .