The Fossil Rock Mine, formerly called the Trail Mountain Mine, closed in 2001. But U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration ...
Several years ago, Jade Powell uttered the word “transition” to a county commissioner at a local government meeting in the heart of Utah’s coalfields. The commissioner jumped out of his chair, grabbed ...
The cost to reduce smoke billowing from a fire burning deep within an abandoned Central Utah coal mine could run over $1 million, and crews can likely never put the fire out. “We’re going to ...
Sign up to receive High Country News’ email newsletters and get on-the-ground reporting and investigations delivered to your inbox each week. In September, a coal ...