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Show 6 Energy Edition, January, 1983 Coal miners leap ahead with modern technology Todays coal mining industry has come a long way from the pick and shovel of the 19th century. Modern technology has brought large-scal- e mechanization to an industry where human hands were once the primary tool of labor. As a result, the modern d coal miner is and holding a job which demands that he or she be among the most skilled workers in all American industry. There are about 225,000 miners working in the coal industry today. Of this total, highly-traine- well-pai- d, work underground and the remaining one third at surface mines. An additional 11,000 people are employed in office or other jobs related to the coal industry. two-thir- ds The contemporary coal mining workforce is more diverse than at any time in the industrys history. An industry that once employed only men Our people has about 3,000 women working in the mines, and their numbers are increasing. About 4 percent of the total workforce is black, Hispanic or Indian. The average miners age is decreasing, with half the total workforce younger than 34 years. Nearly a quarter of coal miners are high school graduates and about 6 percent have attended college. also one of the Coal mining-ibest paying occupations in the United States. Daily wages for coal miners are $90.78 for unskilled worker and $99.32 for skilled equipment operators. With shift premiums, overtime and bonuses, miners may earn between $25,000 and $35,000 each year. Because of this high level of income, the living conditions for todays coal miner are as good or better than the average Americans. Most miners own modern homes and cars, and are able to maintain a comfortable now s level of living for themselves and their families. The United Mine Workers of the America represents in mine workers of majority about 87 the coal industry unthe of total percent 41 and workforce derground percent of the surface miners. Miners affiliated with the UMWA account for 44 percent of total production, with the remainder coming from nonunion mines and mines affiliated with other unions. In the West, about 15 percent of the surface miners are represented by the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE), and about 11 percent are represented by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW). In the East, the Southern Union and the Progressive Mine Workers represent a small percentage of the surface and un-- ( ENERGY 83 Edition Supplement Sun Advocate Price, Utah The Progress Castle Dale, Utah Text and Advertising by David Glen Wright INC. S, P.O. Box X Price, Utah 84501 Labor Continued on Page 7) of (801)637-073- 2 Dan Stockburger Courtesy National Coat Association General Manager interested in the good health & convenience of all people We admit our product is not a lot to look at, yet we would like you to know that the people at Geneva Pipe are continuing to produce a product now for 24 years - very necessary to our good health and convenience. We have a product designed for endurance and to make life a little nicer for all of us. Most people dont remember how conditions were before were around to move the water - water for irrigation, sewer, pipes or moving the excess storm water. We started in 1956 and are proud to have been producing this needed product ever since in Utah County. CALL US for Prices-- anywhere in Carbon-Emer- WE y DELIVER Counties, , , , We are Utah a m mr aaaaatvffay t Locally Owned andandOperated metal most concrete complete pipe corrugated Countys pipe manufacturer. Employing local people to build a local product. Aldo Bussio, Pres. if P 5 0 3 V :s -- ftt : taid e . a 4r t a a |