Burning Spring Monument

Historical marker location:

Dupont City, West Virginia

( Marker is on Malden Belle Road (Local Route 60/12) north of West 34th Street, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1963

The West Virginia Mine Wars, a series of labor disputes and violent conflicts between coal miners and mining companies, took place in the early 1900s. The conflicts, which included the Battle of Blair Mountain in 1921, had a significant impact on the labor movement in the United States.