Cross Mountain Miners' Circle | |
 Cross Mountain Miners' Circle | |
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| Location | Circle Cemetery Lane |
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| Nearest city | Briceville, Tennessee |
| Coordinates | 36°11′20″N 84°11′41″W / 36.18889°N 84.19472°W |
| Area | Less than 2 acres (0.81 ha)[1] |
| Built | 1911 |
| NRHP reference No. | 06000134 |
| Added to NRHP | March 15, 2006 |
The Cross Mountain Mine disaster was a coal mine explosion that occurred on December 9, 1911, near the community of Briceville, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. In spite of a well-organized rescue effort led by the newly created Bureau of Mines, 84 miners died in the disaster. The cause of the explosion was the ignition of dust and methane gas[2] released by a roof fall. Miners would use open oil lamps to provide a light source down in the mines.
At least 22 of those killed were buried in a circular memorial known as the Cross Mountain Miners' Circle, which is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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