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    		• Occupation -- Industry
     
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    		• Disaster -- Accident
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Dress -- Accessory
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- West Virginia -- Bartley
     
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    Miner Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Miner Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1940.
    Medium: 
    Granite on granite base.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 89 x 106 x 8 in.; Base: approx. 8 x 122 x 23 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On center panel, below relief:) IN HONOR OF/NINETY ONE MEMBERS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES/IN BARTLEY NO.1 MINE ON JAN. 10, 1940/ERECTED BY MEMBERS OF UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA (On flanking panels: names of miners killed) unsigned
    Description: 
    A center panel flanked on either side by a smaller panel. The center panel is a low relief of a working miner, turned so that his back and proper right side faces out. The miner's proper right leg is bent as he steps up onto some rocks. His proper left leg is straight and carries his weight. A pick rests on his proper left shoulder. He wears loose-fitting coveralls which are tucked into high-topped work boots. He also wears a hard hat and a belt with two boxes or pouches attached. Around the relief is a decorative scroll design at the top of which is a depiction of the UMW seal. The seal consists of two clasped hands with crossed shovels and picks above and below. The two flanking panels list names of those who died in a 1940 mine explosion.
    Subject: 
    Occupation -- Industry -- Mining
    Disaster -- Accident -- Mine Accident
    Figure male -- Full length
    Dress -- Accessory -- Protective Gear
    Object -- Tool -- Axe
    Object Type: 
    Relief
    Outdoor Sculpture -- West Virginia -- Bartley
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by United Mine Workers, International Union, 4500 MacCorkle Avenue, Charleston, West Virginia 25304
    Located Atwell Park, Route 83, Bartley Methodist Church grounds, Bartley, West Virginia 24813
    Remarks: 
    For a related article see Welch Daily News (Welch, WV), June 3, 1958. The monument was erected by the United Mine Workers in memory of the 91 miners killed in the Bartley No. 1 mine explosion on Jan. 10, 1940.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, West Virginia survey, 1992.
    Dillion, Lacy A., "They Died in the Darkness," McClain Printing Company, 1976, pg. 226-227.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS WV000079
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