Wilberg Mine Disaster Monument

The crew in the Wilberg Mine was chasing a twenty-four-hour world record for coal the night it caught fire, with more than twice the usual number of people underground. Federal investigators later traced the blaze to an air compressor left running, untended, in a spot that was never fireproofed, and issued dozens of citations to the mine's operator and owner. The union's harder charge was that the fire was not what killed the twenty-seven — the lack of a way out was. This monument stands for them at the courthouse.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry — 19 mi
  The densest concentration of Jurassic-era dinosaur bones ever found
• Wedge Overlook — 20 mi
  Utah's "Little Grand Canyon" — a 1,200-foot drop into the San Rafael Swell.
• Skyline Drive — 23 mi
  A hundred miles of dirt along the 10,000-foot crest of the Wasatch Plateau
• Mount Pleasant — 33 mi
  A National Register Main Street and Utah's oldest boarding school

More markers nearby

• First Settlers in Castle Dale — 0.2 mi
• Wilberg Mine Memorial — 5.1 mi
• Old Ranger Station — 8.5 mi
• Charles Winder & Caroline Mills — 16 mi