Olsen’s ‘The Deep Dark’: A David Bond Review

Photographer Duane Rasmussen provides this photo of the Sunshine Mine Disaster memorial along I-90.

Hard to believe it’s been 10 years ago since Random House released “ The Deep Dark – Disaster & Redemption in America’s Richest Silver Mine ,” authored by best-selling writer Gregg Olsen. “The Deep Dark” is the definitive (and dramatic without being melodramatic) account of the May 2, 1972 Sunshine Mine Disaster here in the silver fields of northern Idaho. Ninety-one men died on the day shift after fire broke out deep underground, overcome by deadly gases. Eighty-six miners escaped that day, and another two were found alive beneath a fresh-air shaft a week later. The fire’s cause was never determined to anyone’s satisfaction. Theories have ranged from arson to a welder’s sparks to spontaneous combustion/ David Bond , Wallace Street Journal. More here.

Question: Have you read “The Deep Dark”?