Coal Miner - Grande Cache, Alberta - Figurative Public Sculpture on Waymarking.com

This monument is dedicated to the miners who have lost their lives in the mines of Grande Cache, Alberta.

This black painted steel sculpture of a sole figure raising a large steel I-Beam is mounted on a broad stone platform bearing two plaques containing the names of the miners who lost their lives working in the mines, the emblem of the United Steelworkers of America and a small plaque that reads:

The work is signed by T.W. Seatle, an artist whose name is unknown to us. It is also dated - 6,9,80.

The Miners Memorial has the names of 28 miners killed between 1969 and 1999 in local coal mines.

Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Unknown Figure Type: Human Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: T.W. Seatle Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: June 9, 1980 Materials used: Steel and stone Location: Not listed

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