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Show Edition. 1981 Rapid Expansion at Trail Mountain Expansion of the negotiating with the Ferrerolf Groups Trail government for more Mountain Mine in coal reserves. Current annual Huntington Canyon, Emery County, has been production of 450,000 tons rapid in the past two goes to 15 year contracts with Nevada Electrical years. When it was acquired plants and the open from John Bell in market. New contracts November 1978 one shift are being sought. of 13 men and a conThe coal is screened tinuous miner was at and trucked to the work. Beaver Creek C.V. Spur Now three shifts of 70 for transhipment by workers and two conunitrain. tinuous mining machines are taking out 35,000 tons a month of high grade bituminous coal from the 8 foot Hiawatha seam. Coal is carried to the portal from the two room and pillar sections by conveyor belt. The product is one of the lowest in ash and sulphur in the Carbon -- Emery field, says Manager Tom Rice. He says expansion will contiue with the addition of another continuous miner this year. Trail Mountains potential is many times the present tonnage. Fetterolf is Utah Coal Potential in Billions ol Ions Plenty of Coal in Utah Coal in Utah is like horse manure in a barn its everywhere, Robert Moore of Utah Coal Operators Association told the Wall Street Journal last August. The states resources are about 24 billion tons, enough for the whole country at present consumption rates for the next 30 years. But having a lot of coal and selling it are horses of different colors. Instead of marketing 40 million tons of coal a year by 1980, as expected when the Arab oil embargo began in 1974, Utah coal production was about 10 million tons. And much of this is presently stock - piled. Other coal - rich western states have boomed. Why not Utah? The coal operators cite lands containing 39.3 several reasons, mainly billion tons of coal. The cost of mining, tranreserves reflect only coal sportation and pollution no deeper than 3,000 feet laws. and coal beds thicker Utah coal comes from than four feet. underground, not from In the years since surface strip mines like discovery of coal in Utah most other western coal. The potential for Utah coal is great. The state has mapped and explored in 1849 some 340 million tons have been mined. INI Deep mining increases the cost by at least $10 a ton. Also, it must be hauled farther to markets, many of which are in the east and midwest. Although Utah coal, Mining and Industrial (SEBELQ especially that of Carbon - Emery county, is among cleanest the nations burning. Lead Cured & Non Lead Cured Federal laws counteract this advantage. All new plants must install smoke Continuous Miners Round and flat W, G, GGC; also up to 500 MCM, G - scrubbers whether they use low sulphur coal or Shovel Cable not. recent However, SHD-GCupto15- events such as sales to Japan have fired optimism once more. Mines that were on a four day week several months last year are back to normal production. The stock piles are reducing in size. As more and more oil and gas - fired plants convert to coal the in- Mine Power Feeder TMPC, Shuttle Car Cable Welding Cable line Complete PLEASE TRY OUR PRICES! Phone Mine Timbers - WEDGES - PROPS Pressure-Treate- d -6- 801-687-95- 87-2663 Framing Lumber QUALITY SERVICE COMPETITIVE PRICES YOUR NUMBER 78 West 2nd Ave. Murray, Utah 84107 249 Drawer 1070 Huntington, Utah 5 rest Products Sales Precision Cutting 1 (801)637-444- ANDY DOUROS, Owner CAPS For fast efficient service, call-80- parallel Cable Jumper High voltage liquefaction. W COAL & BULK HAULING kv to IS kv Round and flat, W, G, GGC, flat and ilK Specializing in retail and wholesale 5 Rubber and neoprene western low sulphur coal as for the eastern high sulphur variety. The industry moves closer and closer to feasible gasification , MPF-GC- Portable Control Cable vestment climate improves. These users may not have to install such expensive scrubbers for OWEN TRUCKING HUNTINGTON Specializing in |