Lake City, Tennessee - The Miner's Circle - Mine Explosion Graves
- Address:
- 1030 New Clear Branch Rd, Lake City, TN
- Directions:
- I-75 exit 128 toward Lake City. Turn left (south) onto Main St./US 25W. Drive through town, for two miles, then turn left onto New Clear Branch Rd. Drive a quarter-mile, then turn left at the Clear Branch Baptist Church. Drive around the church and into Leach Cemetery at the top of the hill; the Circle will be ahead, on the left.
- Admission:
- Free.
- Hours:
- Daylight Hours.
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Lake City, Tennessee - The Miner's Circle - Mine Explosion Graves The Miner's Circle is a memorial found in Leach Cemetery behind Clear Branch Baptist Church. It is a large monument encircled by smaller gravestones belonging to 184 of the 214 miners who died on May 19, 1902 in the 5th worst mining accident in American history.
At 7:30 AM that morning, an oil lamp sparked a methane explosion which killed every adult male in the town but three. The story is not well known, but is nevertheless quite compelling. The shrine is absolutely fascinating. [Pete Wade, 12/03/2006]
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