Coal Miners Memorial - Oak Hill, WV
Posted by: fatcat161
N 37° 59.205 W 081° 08.726
17S E 487229 N 4204354
Located at the Information Center in Fayette County off of Hwy 19 (Mountaineer Expressway).
Waymark Code: WM73BM
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 08/26/2009
Views: 9
This memorial has much verbage on mine disasters, those that work in the mines and those that profit from their labor. It list 100 mine disasters and also mentions Silicosis and Black Lung.
Around the base reads "In Memory of our fallen coal miners, in memoriam, may they rest in peace. Amen."
Sector of the workforce: Coal Mining
Created or Donated by which group: Not listed
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