Located on the main entrance into St. Lawrence adjacent to the community cemetery one will locate the Miners' Museum. The location becomes very fitting after a tour through the museum retells a story of hard working men who literally worked themselves into a early grave.

A visit to the St. Lawrence Miner's Memorial Museum will showcase the harsh realities of a miner's life. It's gift shop displays jewelry items cut and polished fluorspar crafted by members of the Three-L Training Board. The stone was extracted from the enormous local fluorspar deposits.

As one moves throughout the building images of those who worked at the mine comes back to life. What they wore, what equipment they worked with, and the conditions that were endured in order to provide for one's family.

The Historical Origins of an Industrial Disaster:

Occupational Health and Labour Relations at the Fluorspar Mines, St. Lawrence, Newfoundland, 1933-1945.

Author: Rick Rennie
Download Article PDF (Adobe Acrobat Format 196kb)

Inside The Museum: Mayor Rowsell made it possible to provide photos of the history inside of the Museum: Museum Photo Gallery