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Show 6A April Energy 2002 Total coal production balance shifts from carbon to Emery county mines land production fell to 5 percent in 1994, to 2.3 The balance of total coal production in the Castle pected to triple Carbons production. Willow Creek bein fatal fire to Prior the of percent in 1995, to 1.6 percent in' 1996 and to 1.3 July 2000, Valley region has an ongoing history shifting coaL of tons 1.37 million tween Carbon and Emery counties. percent in 1997. During 1998, production on state produced approximately closed leases registered at 1. 1 percent, the lowest level in had the mines the 1960s and the November, 1970s, company following By underground During well as the more than two decades. in Carbon produced considerably more coal than the mine and laid off all coal miners as coal with associated However, production increased tenfold in 1999 as members staff the operations in Emery County. production acSoldier Canyon shifted to Dugout Canyon and But during the 1980s, Emery exceeded Carbon tivities at Willow Creek. Coal mined from federal leases during 2000 reg- General's Crandall Canyon moved 60 percent of its Countys coal production, according to data comoperation onto state leases. piled by the Utah Department ofNatural Resources. istered at 20.8 million tons. The federal lands constate total of as a percentage In the last decade, Emery doubled or tripled tribution During 2000, state lands accounted for almost production 15 below 1999 was 5.6 about Carbons production at times in the percent of total production and tonnage surfigures. period. percent The state agency attributes the significant re- passed the four million mark. The situation was due primarily to the fact that Coal production from fee lands slipped below two Canyon Fuels Skyline operation and Cyprus duction primarily to Genwal shifting production decreastons in 1992. In 1993, production dropped million leases from federal and to state Utah Fuels Plateaus Starpoint mine shifted production from 50 Carbon to leases in Emery County. percent to 826,000 tons and, in 1994, plumby ing mining activity. meted to 415,000 tons or 1.7 percent of total proState lands production had not reached the Combined, the department of natural resources mark since 1980. In 1992, production duction. In 1995, production moved up by H perindicates that the Skyline and Starpoint mines combined accounted for about 27 percent of total coal surpassed the level with 1.384 million tons and cent to 461,000 tons or 1.8 percent of total productopped the mark again in 1993 with a record of 1.682 tion. In 1996, fee lands came in at 614,000 tons or production in Castle Valley. 2.3 percent of total production and increased to The actual shift by the mines started in 1991, million tons of coal. In 1994, production from state lands decreased 928,000 tons or 3.5 percent. became more pronounced in 1992 and was nearly to 1.227 million tons, still higher than figures reDuring 1998, coal extracted on fee lands went up completed in 1993, explained the department of natuto 4.9 percent of the total production. But on a tonral resources. However, Skyline mine production ported in the 1980s. started shifting back to Carbon County leases. During 1995, production from state lands was nage basis, production increased by more than 41 Compared to the Skyline, the Starpcint shift was cut to less than half of the 1994 level. Production percent - from 928,000 to 1.312 million tons as commore accelerated, becoming even more pronounced dropped by more than 125,000 tons from 1995s level pared to 1997. In 1998, fee lands climbed to 4.9 percent of total when Cyprus Plateau moved the majority of the in 1996 and decreased by 107,000 tons in 1997 to a Willow In new tons. of coal to coal the 1998, 339,000 production production or 20.01 million tons. A further increase production operation companys occurred in 1999, with fee lands registering 5.2 perfrom state lands slipped to 297,000 tons. low Creek mine near Castle Gate. But coal production from state leases posted sig- cent of total production and 1.312 million tons of However, Cyprus Plateau discontinued the coal. In 2000, fee lands posted additional tonnage companys coal mining operations at Willow Creek nificant increases in 1999 and 2000. As lands lives state 2000 of total and percentage increases. Production surpassed two a fire claimed the that the percentage production, following July of two underground workers. production has historically only accounted for be- million tons, claiming 7.8 percent of the total. Due to Willow Creeks closure, the department tween 1 percent to 5 percent The figure increased By contrast, coal produced from fee lands in 1983 of natural resources points out that Emery is ex to 6 percent in 1992 and 7 percent in 1993. State represented almost 40 percent of total production. 10-ye- ar one-million-t- Ekam Filter Sales & Service 1755 So. Highway 10, Price, Utah Your Hydraulic Hose Specialists Aeroquip Distributor of the Filter Replacement cost by having your filters cleaned by us. 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