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Greene County Coal Miners Memorial

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John L. Lewis served as president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1920 to 1960. Greene County, Pennsylvania proudly dedicates this monument to all coal miners. On December 6, 1962, 460 feet directly beneath this site, 37 miners lost their lives in the U.S. Steel Robena Mine's Frosty Run Explosion, one of the worst mine disasters in Greene County history.
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