When visitors walk across the east lawn of the state capitol in Springfield, they can view a memorial to Illinois coal miners who died on the job. The seven-foot granite statue, called “The Coal ...

Bennett was instrumental in helping to erect a coal miner's memorial on the Coshocton Court Square in 2013. It features a list of names of men who died in mining accidents in the county dating back to ...

Officials/speakers in attendance at the dedication of the Newport Township coal miner statue: front, from left: Joe Hillan, Newport Township; John Zyla, Newport Township/Newport United. Back row ...

Plans for a crowd-funded memorial statue to commemorate the deaths of adult and child miners have been given the go ahead. Cheshire West and Chester Council ’s planning department has rubber ...

Wheeling resident Anthony Sable has been a dedicated coal miner for the last 20 years. He’s also a father of three, a husband, and a friend to many.

At 6 feet, the statue was taller than the man ever was. Carved roughly from limestone, his large shoulders hunched under a bright-red jacket, the likeness of the man known as the Old General had ...

May 6—MINERSVILLE — Beneath the iconic statue of a coal miner, officials of the Schuylkill County Labor Council paused Saturday morning to remember eight members of the United Mine Workers of ...

Jul. 21—life-size bronze statue of a miner, five years in the making, now stands in front of Mountain Ridge High School. The idea for a miner statue came from the school's principal, Danny ...

Coal miner Micheal McGuire rushed from his job still covered in soot so that he could be with his 3-year-old son at his first Kentucky basketball game.

PORT HENRY — Before an applauding crowd, the Town of Moriah Miner Statue was dedicated Thursday in the Port Henry pocket park at Main and Broad streets.

More has been learned about the coal miner and his son caught on camera at the University of Kentucky's Blue-White game that went viral.

The Schuylkill County Labor Council honors members of the United Mine Workers of America during a service Saturday at the Coal Miners' Statue along Route 209 near Minersville.