OTHER TIDBITS: Diamondville takes its name from the fine quality of the coal mined here, like black diamonds! Harrison Church discovered it here along the Hams Fork River in 1868, creating the Hams Fork River Coal Company. Under later management of S.F. Fields, it became the Diamond Coal and Coke Company. Most of the workers came to this area from the mines at Almy, which had shut down after three explosions! Luckily, the miners here avoided the same disasters that befell the mines in neighboring Kemmerer, and though the Diamond Coal and Coke Company closed in 1930, mining continues to be a strong industry in the town of Diamondville to this day!

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• Be a responsible visitor! Please respect the signs and pathways, and treat all structures and artifacts with respect. They’ve endured a lot to survive into the present. They’ll need our help to make it into the future!

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The monument is in Miner Memorial Park, just east of the intersection of Fossil Drive (Highway 189) and Blazon Street, and that’s in Diamondville, Wyoming 83101! (The park is small enough that you’ll see the monument right away!)

From Casper: ~288mi (464km) — 4.8hrs
From Cheyenne: ~341mi (549km) — 5.7hrs
From Evanston: ~50mi (81km) — 0.9hrs
From Jackson: ~162mi (261km) — 2.7hrs