Show father four sons own operate overate wilberg mine ine the wilberg coal mine is a family owned and operated property cyrus wilberg the father and his four married sons kenneth Ken rieth la mar lloyd and ted are all interested in and work in some capacity at the mine they all live within a block of each other at castle dale the gilbergs Wil bergs began their min ing operation in 1949 when they took over the old griffis mine which is about 55 years old mr wilberg said its resources are unlimited he told of a natural rock bin next to the mine which will hold up to 1500 tons of coal the coal is stockpiled there until it is trucked to the railroad at mohr land where they have several ramps for unloading the contents of the trucks into railroad cars from here it is shipped to points in the northwest salt lake city and provo coal is taken to san pete sevier and wayne counties by truck they produce about 75 tons of coal dally daily according to mr wil berg and on the average load about two freight cars per day they have four trucks all family operated to take the coal to the railroad their mine he said was fully mechanized and they make their own ow n power with two complete diesel generating sets |