Utah mining disaster: an inside perspective

I’ve got a client who grew up in the Price area where his father still works in mining industry. His grandparents immigrated from Italy years ago to work in the mines in that area of the state, and I think it’s interesting to hear what he has to say on the whole Crandall Canyon mine issue. His dad has been working on the rescue effort.

Conversations and imagination

All too often people look for happiness, direction, and advice from other people. The danger of this is when people are motivated by how they look to others rather than what is in line internally based upon choice. There is so much about the mining collapse on the news and there are so many opinions. My feelings are that we go with certainty versus gambling. - Read More

Thoughts, Prayers, and Mining

I can remember times growing up where we would be on vacation and hear about a mine fire or death of a miner that was at a mine that my dad worked or just have my dad come home and tell me about someone that was killed or seriously injured. It is something that happens because it is a dangerous profession. Actually, people close to me like my little league baseball coach have died in a mine accidents.

One of the reasons there are so many people that work under such duress and in these conditions was brought to my attention by my dad. He informed me that in the 1970’s miners made as much as most professions that required a college degree. - Read More