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Show M- 94th Year Price, Carbon County, Utah Wednesday, May No. 35 - f. yy r", 56 1, 1985 r T Pages Single Copy 25t vows to continue recovery effort while offering support to county officials in their efforts to secure road funding to help ease the impact of the coal-hatraffic necessitated by the need to ship coal to the Hunter Plant from several mines in Emery and Carbon counties. Meeting with a group of city and county officials at a dinner gathering in Ferron April 25, Taylor said, I am here to reemphasize our commitment to make every reasonable effort to recover the bodies of the 26 men and one woman from the By LARRY W. DAVIS Progress editor In January, UP&L President James Taylor came to Emery County to assure residents that the company would do reiterate those assurances I., i i- i;, We are making every effort we possibly can to get the fire out, the get to the bodies and ul everything it could to get to the bodies of the 28 men and one woman killed in the Wilberg mine fire of Dec. 19, 1984, and that mining operations would resume as soon as possible. Last week Taylor again returned to Emery County to mine,' he said. Wilberg re-op- en i mine. He said that benefits to the laid off Wilberg miners are to expire and that the company wants to resume operations as soon as possible although he said that it would be premature to estimate how long it will take to reach that print. Were still covered by insurance because we have a $10 million longwall at 13th Right and a $10 million ' - -: y : . p f , " ,4 ;t K - 'f'V : r4 longwall at Fifth Right. We want to remove that equipment and recover our assets so that we can get back to mining, the president said. However, he added that while the mine will one day get back to Teams only 2,000 ft. from fifth right entry By CHUCK ZEHNDER Managing editor a state of normal production, It will takes years to rebuild the lives of those affected by this tragedy. It will take a lot of help from friends and relatives. The of these peoples lives is an important part of why were here. Taylor said that he was inspired to come to Emery County to reconfirm the companys goal of recovering the mine after seeing a CBS Morning News report aired in April regarding Emery Countys efforts to rebuild following the fire. He said he was moved by comments on the show by one of the widows who asked, How do I take flowers to the mine on Memorial Day? Taylor then said that while that has become Recovery teams inside the Wilberg mine are now more than 1,000 feet deep into First North from that sections intersection with Main West. That means the teams are now only about 2,000 feet from the entries of Fifth Right. It is inside the Fifth Right section of the mine that the bodies of 19 of the 27 people who lost their lives in the Dec. 19, 1984 nagging problem, today, by Memorial Day of 1986, we can pay appropriate respects to those who died. He also said that those close to the situation need to prepare themselves for the day when the i- . i ; .i, wfflt SUMS ::V' i . - .. 1s f y x v-- ' have reached ' i ; f aaitiu' uu.j; , rrr n inn - i . Hi ' ii- imvm r tn 12, Last Friday teams reclaimed re-livi- ng na.' ;nnjnn Crosscut leaving about 2,800 feet to travel to reach Crosscut 40. The first entry into Fifth Right is at Crosscut 32. Early on Tuesday, recovery crews proceeded down First Right, into First North and then moved north to Crosscut 12. bodies are recovered and removed from the mine. I feel to some extent that we need to prepare ourselves for the time when we really get to the remains. It will be a again of the tragic situation. Taylor expressed his appreciation to the county, - fire are located. Eight bodies were removed by crews from the section prior to evacuation of the mine on Sunday, Dec. 23. The eight bodies which were removed from Fifth Right were placed at a fresh air point located at Crosscut 40, Crews (Continued on Page 3A) much of First Right when they moved to near Crosscut 10 in the section. Yesterday those seals were breached as the teams moved further into the mine. The men have found the the necessary equipment to be legal for use on the street or Staff writer whether they are strictly for We are experiencing use, he said. with is to be used on the vehicle If a problems dealing vehicles. street it must have lights and That was the assessment of other safety equipment and can Pat Walsh of the State Division, be registered for street use, of Parks and Recreation during Walsh said. But even if the a seminar for law enforcement owner doesnt want to register personnel, dealers and other the vehicle for street use, it still interested parties Friday held, must be registered as an offat the Price City Hall. road vehicle, again through the Were having problems with Department of Motor Vehicles. Walsh said the law allows the people driving vehicles (OHVs) on highways, board of the Division of Parks with under-ag- e drivers, with a and Recreation to establish certain amount of en- regulations governing the use of vehicles. The board vironmental damage and weve had lots of accidents, he said. receives input from a recreation Walsh said it was a concensus vehicle advisory board on such ay all-terra- in ay ay that a large percentage of residents have some form of vehicle. A dealer at the 0 seminar estimated that of the machines are sold in this area each year. He said the three- - and matters. According to Walsh the law ay 600-70- four-whe- el ay vehicles are much more popular than motorcycles were. Walsh said the purpose of Fridays seminar was to go over the code as it applies to OHV ue so law enforcement officers and others could become more familiar with it. Under the law, which was adopted in 1971, an vehicle is described as any motorized vehicle designed for or capable of travel over - Photos by Ed McKeaver t give the eagle eye to a male, golden eagle perched on the ledge of the Castle Valley Mall Friday. The eagle Passers-b- y (inset) was recaptured and released Tuesday by Division of Wildlife Resources personnel. Friday morning Eagle lands on mall ledge ByEDMcKEEVER Sports editor A young male golden eagle had many on Main Street looking toward the sky Friday morning after it took roost on the face of the Castle Valley Mall, 11 W. Main. Witnesses said the eagle made a low sweep up Main Street before landing on a ledge on the building and remaining there for over an hour, just keeping a watchful eye on the downtown. The trip to the mall for the eagle was a short one, however, as it had been released earlier from the of 4- fice of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. It had been kept there overnight for observation, after it had been found on the Consumers Road Thursday. John Sanchez of Price said he and Scott Thayne saw the eagle near Beaver Creek, feeding on a deer along the side of the road. When Sanchez approached the eagle, it wouldnt fly. I thought maybe it had been clipped by a truck, he said. Sanchez and Thayne covered the head of the eagle and brought it to the Wildlife Resources office. Officers there watched the eagle, then set it free Friday morning before it decided to land downtown, deciding that the bird had just overeaten Thursday and wasnt strong enough to fly when it was approached by the men. Merchants contacted the wildlife office and the eagle was late. recaptured. . According to Miles Moretti, non-gam- e manager, the division kept the eagle until Tuesday. It doesnt appear to be injured, Moretti said, I think it just ate too muchand wasnt able to fly very far. Moretti said he planned to release the eagle near Blan-din- g Tuesday. If it didnt fly then, he said, it would be taken to a rehabilitation center at Moab for treatment. North). On the whole, conditions have been very, very good, Henrie said. There is not as much damage as we expected there would be. Henrie said there is a new optimism that First North may be passable. At first when crews reached the intersection of First North and Main West from Main West it was believed that First North may not be passable, Henrie said. At that intersection there had been some caving of the roof and the atmosphere was extremely bad with high levels of carbon monoxide and smoke along with higher temperatures, Henrie said earlier. He said it now appeared in First North that there are sections where there is no fire or ash damage, but some heat damage. Henrie said it appeared there were areas in the section where there was no fire, but that hot and volatile gases moved through the area, igniting in some areas but not in others. It now appears there was not just a wall of fire moving down the section, Henrie said. Meeting mulls QHV problems, solutions By DALE EDWARDS t atmosphere not as difficult (as it was earlier), Bob Henrie, Emery Mining spokesman, said Tuesday. They are working on all five entries (in First two-wheel- ed all-terra- in unimproved terrain. A recreational vehicle is defined as any snowmobile or vehicle engaged in recreational use. Walsh said he believed the all-terra- in definition would also include vehicles other than just motorcycles, if and tne vehicles were being used as a recreational three-an- d four-whe- el off-ro- ad vehicle. Walsh told officers the law requires every ay vehicle to be registered. That registration is accomplished through the Department of Motor Vehicles. They all have to be registered whether they have requires a muffler for vehicles unless they are all-terra- in being used in a competitive event or in an authorized area. The law specifies the sound emmitted must not exceed 92 decibels for a motorcycle and 82 decibels for all other recreation vehicles when measured at a distance of 50 feet. The vehicles must also have front and rear lights if they are to be operated between sunset and sunrise and must have brakes adequate to control the movement of the vehicle. In addition the law specifies that the , operator must wear a protective head gear when participating in a competitive event. However no such specification is made outside of competitive situations. Walsh told officers the law also prohibits the operation of a recreation vehicle in excess of posted speeds or the operation of such a vehicle away from an area of immediate assistance unless there is at least one other vehicle accompanying the driver. The law also prohibits the operation of a recreation vehicle by a person under 16 years of age unless that person is ...under the supervision of a person who is at least 16 years of age and who is competent in the . operation vehicle. such recreation of That section evoked questions from officers of what constitutes supervision. If a youngster under 16 is and his riding a parents are at camp a quarter mile away, is that superthree-wheel- er vision? one officer asked. I would think not, Walsh replied. What if the youngster is only a stones throw away, but is out of line of sight and the father is inside watching a ball game? another officer asked. Walsh said judgement plays a large role in making the decision. But he added if a youngster is out of line of sight or audible communication, he is probably not being supervised properly under the law. But that is not certain since there has really been no ruling from a court on what constitutes Walsh said. He supervision, added that he has never had one of his citations contested, however. Division of Wildlife Resources Enforcement Officer Clark Warren said his department has used the ability to communicate as a rule of thumb in deterwhether youth were hunting without proper adult supervision and has never had a citation contested. And the juvenile court has stood by us on every one weve written, he added. The law also requires the reporting of any accident where there is injury to any of the individuals involved or when mining there is property damage amounting to more than $200. The law encourages administrators of public lands to keep them open for recreational use wherever possible. But it also prohibits recreationists from entering public lands that have been closed to OHV use. Operation of recreation vehicles by persons under the influence of alcohol or narcotic drugs is also prohibited under the law. Violators are subject to (Continued on Page 3A) .1; |