First Posted: 1/8/2015 Mining History Week will be observed Jan. 10-24 locally and throughout the valley. The statue of the Coal Miner erected on North Main Street in Pittston has a noble and ...

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 ...

FROSTBURG, Md. (AP) -- A group in Frostburg is raising money for a statue highlighting the link between mining and education in the western Maryland city. The Cumberland Times-News reported Sunday ...

It features a list of names of men who died in mining accidents in the county dating back to 1875, memorial bricks for other miners and a statue of a miner in the image of Bennett's father. Arthur S.

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 America.

Newport United along with Newport Township will hold a dedication of the Coal Miners Statue, located by the Municipal Building at 351 West Kirmar Ave. in Newport Township in celebration of the ...

A bronze statue unveiled Thursday near the Capitol is meant to honor coal miners, but some say it glorifies a form of mining that harms the environment. About 300 coal miners and industry leaders ...

When Tom Hartz was a young lad in the 1950s, dragline power shovels had pretty much replaced the hardy miners that harvested coal hundreds of feet beneath the earth’s surface. Still, growing up in the ...

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 ...