Joes Valley Coal Mine Update! (and other addendums to Episode 6)
Hello everyone! I wanted to update you all on what is going on with the Joes Valley coal mine that I mentioned in Episode 6, as well as give you a heads up on what's going on with the podcast. I initially planned on recording an episode for this update and posting it on my podcast, kind of like what I did for Episode 3.5. However, I am currently working on a few other episodes at the moment, and I thought it would be best to just keep this to the blog. Update on the Joes Valley Mine So since I posted the episode (Which was over 3 weeks ago, jeez) I have corresponded with a few people from the Access Fund and Salt Lake Climbers Association (SLCA). Also I have looked a little further into the permit documents concerning the mine. So as it turns out, the mine is in fact set to open soon!! To catch you up to speed if you forgot, the coal mine near Joe's Valley had been closed for about 20 years, but was recently repurchased and is now set to open back up. This mine is located rig...