
Missouri Miner's Memorial - Park Hills, MO
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N 37° 50.239 W 090° 30.547
15S E 719192 N 4190689
Quick Description: Located at Missouri Mines State Historic Site
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 6/16/2009 4:03:25 AM
Waymark Code: WM6KNB
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Long Description:A pink granite monument in the shape of the State of Missouri.
Engraved with the image of a miner above the grave of a fellow
miner. This state park was formerly the St. Joseph Lead Co. in the
Old Lead Belt of Southeast Missouri, which is part of the premier
lead mining district of the world. This memorial is in remembrance
of the 200 workers who lost their lives just doing their job during
the 66 years of this facility's operation, as well as those who
have died mining statewide.
"Dedicated to those miners who lost their lives in the mining
industries of Missouri."
Presented by Mineral Area Elks No. 2583 October 7, 1989
Remembrance of life shall continue.
"We are not dead until we are forgotten"
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