In the southeastern Utah desert famous for red rock arches and canyon labyrinths, the long-dormant uranium mining industry is ...

Underground coal mining is inherently more environment-friendly, as it causes significantly less surface disruption compared to opencast operations. (Reuters) In an attempt to accelerate ...

Retired coal miner Stanley “Goose” Stewart ... costly steps necessary to protect miners. MSHA is required to inspect each underground mine quarterly and each surface mine twice a year.

The U.S. Mine Safety and ... to the industry to force coal companies to take the sometimes costly steps necessary to protect miners. MSHA is required to inspect each underground mine quarterly ...

Throughout the fall and winter months, an underground fire sent billowing smoke out of a fissure in the mountainside above Kenilworth, Utah. The fire, burning in a coal seam in the ... The Helper ...

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In September, a coal mine reopened in Utah’s Coal Country ... but the local workforce doesn’t seem to want to go underground. “We’re all a dying breed.” Since the late 1800s, coal ...

There are as many as 500,000 abandoned mines nationwide — far outnumbering those that are still active, according to the federal Mine Safety ... coal was mined in nearly half of the state’s 67 ...