Moweaqua Coal Mine Disaster Memorial

Coal was discovered in Moweaqua in 1886

With mining operations beginning in 1891

The method of mining was room and pillar

At a depth of 620 feet

Haulage was by mule and motor

On Christmas Eve 1932 an explosion in the mine

Claimed the lives of ...

Moweaqua Coal Mine Disaster

This is the site of the Moweaqua Coal Mine Disaster which on December 24, 1932, took the lives of all 54 miners entering the mine that day. The Moweaqua Coal Mine was Shelby County's largest. An unprecedented drop in barometric ...