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Show 6 Energy Guide - April 2001 Carbon College, CEU rise from foundation laid by coal mining industry Carbon College was the These individuals and the individuals who work in consequence of the value insupport industries placed a placed on education. The the region that owes its very high value on having stitution was created as a ioundation to a local indus- their children become consequence of a grassAmerican." The principle roots initiative by both try - the coal industry. The majority of the local vehicle that they deemed union and company men. The history of CEU has miners in Carbon County in appropriate to achieve this been tied to the local industhe 1920s were immigrants. end was education. The College of Eastern Utah is unique in its etiology. It is the only school in 2001 Energy Published by the Sun Advocate Emery County Progress & Publisher Director Editor Kevin Ashby Sue Mosher Lynnda Johnson Lynnette Lessar Christa Kaminski Jenni Fasselin Sales Sales Sales Production Kelly Wilkinson Ad San Advocate Design and Layout 845 East Main. Price. Utah 84501 435-637-07- 435-637-27- www.sunad.com Fax try since the very beginning. In the 1930s and 1940s, Carbon College was partnered with Eastern educational institutions and pro- vided advanced mining training in the region. Since the beginning, the mining department at CEU has been a driving force in the community both in times of boom or bust. The decade between 1970 and 1980 found the department providing a wide range of training to an industry that was in a boom cycle. During that rock and roll period, the community filled with individuals hopeful of obtaining employment in an industry was on the move and paying premium wages. last expansion in the industry that has been so beneficial to the school it helped to create. At the height of the last boom, the coal industry in Utah was producing aphelp action program. suthe under proximately 14 million ton Operated of the advisory of coal per year. Currently, pervision for council mining educa- the industry is producing 24 tion, the program provided million ton of coal annually. seminars at local mines on Obviously, the current fiexpansion in the industry retraining opportunities, will mentake coal production to nancial planning and levels previously thought tal health issues. Efforts by the CEU de- impossible for the region, partment did not stop at points out the department. Additionally, the change outreaching dislocated coal in mining regulation has miners. The mining department, positioned the department working with community to begin serving the 6,000 agencies, fostered many sand and gravel miners in new programs on the CEU the state of Utah under Part campus. The programs in- 46 of MSHA regulation. cluded trucking and heavy There are numerous electronics and other equipment, opportunities for the diesel mechanics. department to expand into The community, the colto meet local need OSHA the and are lege industry training and emergency of coal on the a again management are only two edge boom, indicates the mining of the possibilities. The mining department department. All of the economic signs are identical to and CEU stand on the edge those which preceded the of the great expansion. When the industry hit a bust cycle in the 1980s, the department formed an organization to deal with the displaced miners in the community - the employee -- Fuel Company Proud to be part of a great Utah coal tradition of safety & productivity Skyline Mine Sufco Mine Dugout Canyon Mine Canyon Fuel Company LLC 6955 Union Park Center Suite 540 Midvale, Utah 84047 Telephone Facsimile |