From Deseret News archives:
Panel taking more mining comments today
The meeting will be the second time in two weeks that the commission has solicited comments from the public about mine safety and the future of mining in the Beehive State. Today's meeting is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. at the College of Eastern Utah, in the Jennifer Leavitt Student Center Alumni Room.
Last week's meeting in Huntington drew emotional remarks from community members who expressed their concerns about the often hazardous conditions in which miners work. Six miners were trapped in the August collapse at the Crandall Canyon Mine, and their bodies were never recovered. Three rescuers died several days after the collapse while trying to reach them.
But the Huntington residents at the last hearing also talked about the appreciation that current and former miners have for their chosen vocation.
"That's the life blood of the community, has been forever since the 1900s," said Utah Senate Minority Leader Mike Dmitrich, D-Price, who sits on the eight-member commission.
One resource that might help is a center that the state helped set up this past summer with the College of Eastern Utah. The Western Energy Technology Center eventually will provide custom safety training for individual mine operations.
Dmitrich said once all the mine owners can reach an agreement with the state on training and education programs, the facilities at the center are ready and available. Some additional state funding might be required to get the programs up and running, he said, but the amount would probably be small, since most mines pay for their own training.
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