Memorial Hall
National Miners Memorial, Nellis, West Virginia
Will be the only one of its kind when it is completed. It will be the nation's only underground memorial.It will be the only memorial of its kind that bears the names of the victims of this nation's coal mine disasters.
On Nov. 6, 1999, the county commission unveiled the design for the National Coal Miner's Memorial.
the memorial will have gigantic pillars of coal, surrounded by glass panels, that will bear the names of the coal mine disaster victims.
These names will be etched into the glass and will be clearly visible against the black coal.
At the end of the memorial hall will be a room for reflection.
This room has been named room 38- in honor of the victims of Boone County's worst coal mine Disaster.
ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A DONATION TO THE WALL MAY GET IN CONTACT WITH THE BOONE COUNTY COMMISSION.
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The Boone County Commission has appointed Charlotte Halstead director of a project with goal of restoring the Nellis church and eventually housing the archives of the coal mining town. The Boone County Commission acquired the deed to the church in October, 1998, from the Boone County Board of Education.
" The cost of the project is approximately $5 million, and the groundbreaking is planned for the summer of 2000.
The underground Memorial, roughly the size of a football field and laid out to resemble an underground mine, will be the only one of its kind in the United States.
The focus of the Memorial will be the Memorial Hall, consisting of 10 gigantic pillars made of coal, and surrounded by glass where the names of every known coal miner killed in this century will be etched. There will be a statue or a special designation for the unknown miners.
Visitors to the site will learn from the exhabits and displays recreating the disasters. The Memorial will house the world's most extensive collection of books, videos, oral histories, documents and exhibits of coal mine disasters.
Upon entering the Memorial, visitors will experience first hand the dim lighting and closed-in feeling experienced by the coal miners. Room 38, containg the life-size statues of miners seemingly trapped by a roof fall, will be a sobering experience.
To make a tax-deductible contribution, checks or money orders should be made out to:
BOONE COUNTY HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION
Mail to: National Coal Miners' Memorial
C/O Boone County Commission
206 Court Street
Madison, W.Va. 25130
For additional information, contact:
Charlotte Halstead, Project Dir.
HC 64-Box 148
Ridgeview, WV 25169
Phone: (304) 836-5597--FAX: (304) 836-5598
e-mail: cahalstea@aol.com
Web Site: geocities.com/coalminermem
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