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Steve Daines: What is the coal worth in Escalante? Two billion dollars in royalty fees, but how many families could have worked there…

On the recordApril 15, 2013
What is the coal worth in Escalante? Two billion dollars in royalty fees, but how many families could have worked there, 200, 300 miners?
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Steve Daines
Republican · Montana

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Daines discusses the economic impact of coal mining in Escalante.

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