The monument was created a few years after World War II in the style of socialist realism. The man depicted is a worker, and specifically a miner. Initially, the miner carried a compressor and a lamp, but these were stolen. If you love monuments and memorials, Šiška is the right place for you! For a good explore by a bike, we also recommend the following: Spomenik svobode / Monument to Freedom (Celovška cesta 148), Spomenik v NOB padlim gojencem Učiteljskega doma / Monument commemorating the wards of the Teachers' Home who fell in the National Liberation Struggle (Žibertova ulica 27), Spomenik v NOB padlim kolesarjem / Monument commemorating cyclists who fell in the National Liberation Struggle (opposite the Koseze Market).