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Show Two Firms Submit Bids on Coal Land Two companies submitted Successful Suc-cessful bids for the right to mine coal on 10,733.96 acres of public land in Carbon, Emery and Sevier Se-vier Counties, according to R. D. Nielson, Utah State Director, U.S. Bureau of Land Management. The acreage offered, by both oral and sealed bids, was divided into five parcels. The only bidder bid-der on three parcels located in Sevier and Emery Counties, was Kemmerer Coal Company, Frontier, Fron-tier, Wyo., whose successful bids totaled $23,034, or $3 per acre. High bidder on a tract in Carbon Car-bon County, was Minerals Development Devel-opment Corporation, Salt Lake City. A total bid of $5,280, or $11 per acre, was submitted, There were no bids received on a fifth tract in Emery County. This parcel will again be offered at a later date. |