Almy was a coal mining camp in Uinta County, Wyoming, United States, near the town of Evanston.

On March 10, the Cheyenne Weekly Leader reported the disaster:[2] A terrific explosion occurred last night between 9 and 10 o'clock in the Central Pacific mine, killing 35 Chinamen and 3 white men.

The Deseret Evening News in Salt Lake City described the disaster:[2] The night of January 12 about 25 minutes to 12, the people of the vicinity were startled by a loud report as of thunder, and for a few seconds the sky was illuminated for miles like a bright-yellow sunset.

4 mine, was caused by an explosion of gas, the force of which was so terrific as to blow all of the building's above-ground into kindling wood, sending great timbers and rocks three-quarters of a mile.

The explosion was thought to have originated in the 13th level on the south side of the mine, when gas was ignited by a miner's open light.

On March 20, 1895, an explosion combined with flying debris at the Red Canyon #5 mine near Almy killed 62 miners.