Miners' Memorial - Bisbee, Arizona
Posted by: BruceS
N 31° 26.290 W 109° 55.225
12R E 602592 N 3478667
Copper miners memorial in front of the Cochise County Courthouse in Bisbee, Arizona
Waymark Code: WMHFF8
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 07/04/2013
Views: 8
The memorial consists of a statue of a miner holding a hammer in one hand and chisel in the other. The statue was constructed of concrete and then coated with molten copper. It stands on granite block. Mounted on the base of the sculpture is a plaque inscribed:
Dedicated
To
Those Virile Men
The Copper Miners
Whose Contribution To The Development
Of The Wealth And Lore Of The State Of
Arizona Has Been Magnificent
Erected By The Citizens Of The
Warren Mining District Eleventh
Day Of November, A.D. 1935
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