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King Coal Mine seeks county’s OK

After operating for years without permit, La Plata County commissioners will finally hear request Oct. 8

For the residents along Hay Gulch Road in southwest La Plata County, one question has remained unanswered for almost a decade: How has a mine producing an average of 1 million tons of coal a year continued to operate without a local land-use permit?

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