The Colorado School of Mines recently held a ceremony for
the new memorial site built to honor the 10 miners who drowned in White Ash
Mine in 1889.
Marv Kay, Mines alumnus, led the ceremony.
“The White Ash Mine contained a bed of coal that had been
upturned along the hogback,” Geologist and Historian Stan Dempsey said.
He then
described the area’s geologic background, stating that “by 1888, the shaft had
been sunk down to a depth of 730 feet, which made it the deepest coal mine in the
state. Its 10 and a half miles of workings was left to fill with water from
the workings underneath Clear Creek.”
“The Colorado School of Mines provided the land, design and
funding for this beautiful final resting place for the miners,” Kay said. “As
part of the Clear Creek Athletic project, we felt the need and desire to see if
a permanent memorial could be established. We’re sitting here today just
imagining what 12th Street was like those couple of days with the wagons,
other miners and grieving widows. History talks about how the city was full of
all the people that were willing to help.”
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