U.S. Catholic Historian 38.2 (Spring 2020) “Experiences of the Supernatural”

In 1985, two years after the mines ceased all operation, a 90-foot tall, 48-foot wide, 51-ton statue of the Virgin Mary was air lifted in five massive pieces to her resting place 8,500 feet above sea level, where she now stands guard over the city and the toxic wasteland mining has left behind.