Fact mine-039
At both Trust Lands hearings Carbon County Commissioner Larry Jensen said no coal had been produced in Carbon County for about four years (over four years, in August) and that the county's one remaining mine, Skyline, was producing in Sanpete County. The Utah Geological Survey's table of coal production by mine (2002-2024) shows the Carbon County mines Dugout Canyon, West Ridge and Horizon with no output after 2019, 2015 and 2012 respectively, and Skyline #3 output assigned to Carbon County last in 2018 (941,447 tons), with 2019-2023 output assigned only to Sanpete and Emery. Statewide output was 7.0 million tons in 2023, the lowest since 1975, and 7.4 million in 2024. The board chair's September remark that this was the 'first year in history' with no Carbon County coal is not borne out: the table shows none in 2020 through 2024 as well.
- 09.17.2026 TLA Board of Trustees Meeting Audio Transcript (auto-generated) (Utah Trust Lands Administration (Utah Public Notice Website), 2026-09-17) primary government “There's not been a single ton of coal produced in Carbon County”
- Table 2.8 Coal Production in Utah by Coal Mine, 2002-2024 (Utah Geological Survey, 2025) primary government
- Utah mining 2024: Metals, industrial minerals, uranium, and coal (Circular 139) (Utah Geological Survey, 2025) primary government
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