Cokedale Historic Dist, CO miner memorial (# 0055)

Memorial to the coal miners of southeastern Colorado. Per the link below, the first coal mine in Cokedale blew up and killed many workers in 1909 and a similar accident happened in 1911. The company determined that the coal at Cokedale was too gassy so they stopped mining there and shifted to coking coal that was brought in from other locations. See: www.sangres.com/colorado/lasanimas/cokedale.htm#.WYQJiohtmCg