Dugout Canyon Mine

The Dugout Canyon Mine is an underground coal mining operation in Utah owned by Arch Coal. It is part of Arch Coal's western bituminous mining region, which sold 20.6 million tons of coal in 2008.

A fire at the mind broke out on June 22, 2010. The fire forced an evacuation but nobody reported any serious injuries. The mine was closed for the better over a month to assess damage and cleanup. The mine was reopened in August 2010. In October 2010, it was reported that MSHA cited Arch Coal's subsidiary Canyon Fuel Co. for an improperly grounded pipe at the mine.

Dugout Canyon mine has 275 employees and produced approximately 200,000 tons of low-sulfur bituminous coal per month in the first quarter of 2010, which equals about 2 percent of Arch’s total production.

Arch Coal discloses mine problems
Arch subsidiary Cumberland River Coal Co. received an imminent danger notice from federal regulators on October 14, 2010 after three coal trucks operated by an independent contractor, Lemar Trucking Co. Inc., were allegedly operating in an unsafe manner on a mine haul and access road at Pine Branch 1 coal mine in Appalachia, Virginia.

Then on October 15, 2010, another Arch subsidiary, Canyon Fuel Co., received an imminent danger order from the federal government about a pipe in its rock dust transfer system that was improperly grounded at Dugout Canyon Mine in Utah.

In both instances, it was reported, mine personnel completed the work the inspectors requested in order to fix the problems.

Mine Data

 * MSHA ID:	4201890
 * Operator:	Canyon Fuel Company LLC
 * Controller:	Arch Coal Inc
 * Union:
 * County:	Carbon
 * State:	UT
 * Latitude:	39.68
 * Longitude:	-110.54
 * 2007 Production (short tons):	3,826,429
 * Coal Type:	Bituminous
 * Mining Method:	Underground
 * Mine Status:	Active
 * Average No. of Employees:	 237

Contact Details
Dugout Canyon P.O. Box 1029 Wellington, UT 84542 Phone: (435) 637-6360

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