Miner Sculpture - Spiva Park - Joplin MO - Figurative Public Sculpture on Waymarking.com

"Hundreds attended the dedication ceremony on July 7, 1966. Christy Cragin, Spiva's eleven-year-old granddaughter, unveiled the park's marble statue of a hard-rock lead and zinc miner. Raymon Sharp, descendant of an early Joplin mining family, had posed for the statue. He wears overalls and a cap with a carbide lamp. At his feet lie the tools of his trade-a shovel and pick and his lunch pail. Sculptor Piccini Stefano chiseled the 1,000 pound statue in his studio in Carrara, Italy, and then shipped it to Joplin."

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Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Joplin Miner Figure Type: Human Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Piccini Stefano Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: July 7, 1966 Materials used: Marble Location: Spiva Park - Joplin MO

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