Crandall Canyon Mine
bituminous coal mine in Emery County, Utah, U.S
The Crandall Canyon Mine, formerly Genwal Mine, was a bituminous underground coal mine in northwestern Emery County, Utah, United States. The mine made headline news when six miners were trapped by a collapse in August 2007. Ten days later, three rescue workers were killed by a subsequent collapse. The six miners were later declared dead and their bodies were never recovered.
Location and geography
The Crandall Canyon Mine is located at 39°27′36″N 111°10′03.5″W (39.460000°, -111.167639°) with its entrance at an elevation of 7,835 feet (2,388 m).
The mine is located in Emery County, Utah, in the Wasatch plateau coal field. The mine is located about 140 miles (230 km) south of Salt Lake City, 34 miles (55 km) southeast of Fairview, and about 15 miles (24 km) west-northwest of Huntington. The mine is located in Crandall Canyon about 1.25 miles (2.01 km) west of its junction with the main highway road, State Route 31, which runs through Huntington Canyon.
The Manti-La Sal National Forest surrounds the mine. The mine conducts surface operations on 10 acres (40,000 m2) of disturbed land within the forest.
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