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Sky Chaney: Coal mine has harmed the people and land of Kane County

Alton Coal Development has fouled the water and not paid its taxes.

(Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining) Utah state regulators say coal miners failed to properly reclaim the site of a former open-pit coal mine outside Alton, shown in this photo shot Sept. 15, 2021. The landowners, who include Alton’s most prominent family, want Alton Coal Development to restore their land so it can be farmed again.