page_title: Fraterville Mine disaster
hierarchical_section_title: Fraterville Mine disaster
caption_attribution_description: English: The Fraterville Miners' Circle at Leach Cemetery (behind Clear Branch Baptist Church) in Lake City, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The circle contains the graves of 89 miners killed in the Fraterville Mine Disaster, which occurred opposite Walden Ridge in the community of Fraterville, on May 19, 1902. The explosion killed 216 miners, 184 of whom were identified. The names of these 184 miners are listed on the obelisk at the center of the circle. The circle was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
context_page_description: The Fraterville Mine disaster was a coal mine explosion that occurred on May 19, 1902 near the community of Fraterville, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. 216 miners died as a result of the explosion, either from its initial blast or from the after-effects, making it the worst mining disaster in the state's history. The cause of the explosion, although never fully determined, was likely ignition of methane gas which had built up after leaking from an adjacent unventilated mine.
  Shortly after the disaster, the bodies of 89 of the 216 miners killed in the explosion were buried in what became known as the Fraterville Miners' Circle at Leach Cemetery in the nearby town of Coal Creek. In 2005, this circle was placed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
context_section_description: The Fraterville Mine disaster was a coal mine explosion that occurred on May 19, 1902 near the community of Fraterville, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. 216 miners died as a result of the explosion, either from its initial blast or from the after-effects, making it the worst mining disaster in the state's history. The cause of the explosion, although never fully determined, was likely ignition of methane gas which had built up after leaking from an adjacent unventilated mine.
  Shortly after the disaster, the bodies of 89 of the 216 miners killed in the explosion were buried in what became known as the Fraterville Miners' Circle at Leach Cemetery in the nearby town of Coal Creek (modern Rocky Top). In 2005, this circle was placed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
caption: Fraterville Miners' Circle
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