Show Deser do mine adm I in lor i building completed Work is completed on the Mine Administration bUilding and Western important Utah Fuels reaches an tant milestone In construction of Its new coal mine near as its ad- ad administrative and construction supervision supervision sion staffs move into the building this week from temporary offices In Rangely Western Ken Holum general manager of Western Fuels Association Inc and Its subsidiary Western Utah Fuels says the building which is a key feature of the Mines Mine's surface facilities could have been occupied earlier but for delays in delivery of electrical and telephone services He Is pleased that the mine con con- construction staff can now operate from of of- of offices flees site on-site John Bootle is Mine Manager and key positions under his supervision have been filled In the 14 months since construction began The mine administration building Is In Ina ina a complex near the D Portal which in- in includes includes preparation raw coal silos the coal preparation tion plant maintenance building and the initial flight of the conveyor system us- us used used ed to move coal produced by the mine to toa toa a railroad facility 31 2 miles away At the facility the coat coal is load load- loaded ed into ton coal cars pulled by elec elec- electric locomotives over a railroad current current- currently currently ly under construction to the Bonanza Power Plant n a facility of f the D Deseret seret Generation and Transmission Cooperative which is a member of Western Fuels Holum says completion of the ad- ad administration administration ministration building and several other surface facilities signals the projects project's peak construction workforce has been passed A large number of construction workers are still required during con con- construction construction of the railroad throughout most of 1983 but as various other features are completed construction employment will decline slowly during the next few months There will be a growing number of Western Utah Fuels permanent employees beginning the jobs associated with oper operation of an underground coal coalmine coalmine mine Western Utah Fuels currently employs 49 salaried and wage hourly workers and expects to have 70 on its payroll by the first of the year |