Sunshine Mine Happy Family Statue - Wallace, Idaho
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N 47° 28.680 W 115° 56.010
11T E 580354 N 5258835
Sunshine Mine Happy Family Statue is located at the Visitor Center is off Hwy. 90, take the Wallace exit.
Waymark Code: WMXT4K
Location: Idaho, United States
Date Posted: 02/23/2018
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Sunshine Mine Happy Family Statue is a very large statue of a family where father is a hard-rock miner at the Sunshine Mine. There is a raised platform where the statue stands.
This well crafted by talented artist Ken Lonn and was place in 1981. The statue was provided by the Sunshine Mining Company and is dedicated to "All Miners Worldwide".
Plaque inscription:
Presented by
SUNSHINE MINING
COMPANY
Dedicated to Miners and Their
Families Worldwide
With Special Recognition to Coeur d’Alene Mining
District Miners for Their Contributions to
Mining
History in the Silver Valley of Idaho
Created by Ken Lonn - 1981
In 1972, there was a fire at Sunshine Mine that claimed the lives of 91 miners and is considered one of the worst mining disasters in American history and is the worst disaster in Idaho's history.
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Price of Admission: 0.00 (listed in local currency)
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