Crandall Canyon Mine

39°27′36″N 111°10′04″W / 39.460000°N 111.167639°W / 39.460000; -111.167639 The Crandall Canyon Mine, formerly Genwal Mine, was a bituminous underground coal mine in northwestern Emery County, Utah, United States.

Crandall Canyon Mine
Crandall Canyon Mine Entrance Sign
Production
ProductsBituminous Coal
History
Opened1939
Closed2007

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.