Show browning coal mine near emery has large coal vein ve coal is one of emery natural resources that is almost unlimited in the coal cliffs in the northwestern end of the county some of the mines here have been worked for approximately 50 years and the coal reserve is still enormous one operator said that it would last at least another years one of the well known mines in the area is the browning coal mine about four miles southeast of the town of emery it is owned by the san rafael fuel company and has been leased and operated by arthur T L petty of emery since 1941 our coal lies in the ferron formation said mr petty in an interview it is one of the larg est veins in the state being ap proximately a 26 foot vein most of the veins around here run from 6 to 10 feet he added mr petty said that he employs on the average 15 local men at the mine and they excavate about 55 tons of coal per year they keep about 25 trucks busy hauling coal to yards in nephi manti and st george they also have wholesale outlets to which they haul coal in a number of surrounding counties he men tinned san pete sevier juab millard wayne beaver wash 0 V t here is ane browning coal mine situated at the lower end of canyon about four miles from the town of emery the floor of the rugged rock walled canyon where the mine is located is about feet below the surface of the nm rim the road leading into the canyon from highway 10 is a good graveled road in this northwestern end of the county the natural resources of both coal and uranium are found green river journal photo by polaroid camera ington iron garfield and of course emery county the equipment and machinery used at the browning mine is very modern the coal is trans ported from the inside of the mine by rubber belts the load ing machines and the rubber tired shuttle cars are electrically powered stated mr petty the shaft now being used is the second one that has been opened at this mine the old one about feet according to mr petty and the present shaft has gone 3 or more feet As early as 1900 the tion of fish in the northwest sec tion of emery county had begun an early newspaper reported that commissioner J E johnson and warden J S curtis had planted 35 trout fry in the headwaters of huntington creek and that other trout had been planted in the headwaters of cottonwood and ferron creeks |