Black Diamond Cemetery

Name: Black Diamond Cemetery
Address: 24431 Morgan Street, Black Diamond, Washington, 98010, United States

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History

Black Diamond Cemetery opened in 1884 as the coal company’s burial ground. Miners paid a small fee from each paycheck to keep it tidy. The three-and-a-half-acre plot soon accepted townspeople too. Many graves hold immigrants from Wales, Germany, Russia, and other parts of Europe who came for steady work underground. One grave shelters the eight men lost in the Lawson Mine blast of 1910. Markers also note a Civil War veteran and children claimed by influenza and smallpox in the early 1900s. The cemetery joined the National Register in April 2000. Today, rows of thick cedars hide the graveyard from the road, leaving only a Scout-built sign to hint at what rests inside.

Paranormal Activity

Visitors report lantern-like lights gliding through the fog, as if the miners still swing their lamps while hunting fresh seams. Skeptics point to will-o-the-wisp gas, yet the pale flames keep drifting above solid ground. A shining white horse sometimes appears behind the fence, trots a few steps, and fades. No living rider ever follows. Soft voices and a long, lonely whistle rise from certain graves.