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Mining experts decry cuts in safety funding

Bob Murray, co-owner of the Crandall Mine, has been cited in the press as having been an ardent proponent of less regulation of mining operations before Congress. If this is so, Bob Murray's name is missing in this article which could have easily tied him to having opened the door to the deaths of six or nine miners in Utah. His continued presence in the news has appeared to be one of a man who vigorously and even honorably believes his own principles and experience of mining and quite possibly cannot even contemplate the possibility of his role in this tragedy. To admit responsibility would require him to a self-examination of his whole belief system about mining and his entire experience as a miner. It's possible that such a self-revelation would be too much for this man who sincerely believes what he says in his attempts to defend what he thought were legitimate mining actions on his part both before Congress and in his operations of his mines.

These are no different than ambulance chasers... use anything to whine for more money...

Look, get rid of the zillion of doallrs spent on ineffective and wasteful social services.

Cut the gov't in half and do the same to the post office.

Lots of "found" money would show up.... plenty for important things.

Well surprise, surprise! This has been a corporate and not a people administration from day one. Simply the facts.

The Mine Health and Safety Administration is working with CFR 30 which are the guidelines or mining laws which coal and other mines are ordered to comply with many of which were written as a result of the Farmington disaster. Over the years several changes have been made such as the Miner Act. For MSHA to be efficient in promoting and enforcing mine safety CFR 30 is in need of total change to bring these crude and outdated laws up to date with moderen technology and current mining practices.