The members of the Everettville Historical Association are working hard to raise enough money to erect a Miner's Memorial on the site of the Federal No. 3 Mine Site where 149 men and young boys lost there lives many years ago. EHA President Carol Thorn has herself lost a relative to mining when her grandfather, Harold Gordon Smith, was killed in an accident at Arkwright No. 1 mine in 1965.
The EHA has lofty goals of not only a memorial but an entire park dedicated to miners and the collective coal mining heritage. They have come a long way already with the 25 acre site of the Federal No. 3 mine donated by Consol Energy. Word has it they are only about $5000 away from making the memorial a reality.
The memorial has already been designed and will contain all 149 names of the miners killed at the site. Many had been buried in pauper's graves with no marker so this would be the first and only memorial to their memory. It will measure 8 feet high and 18 feet long and will display names, dates of death, and miners logos on both sides.
They are having a fundraiser "elimination dinner" to raise the additional funds. The tickets are being sold at $25 each or 2 for $40. The prize is $1000. To buy tickets or make a donation, contact Carol Thorn at cthorn1954@comcast.net
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