Sad day for Utah miners families: Hopes vanish, Mr. Microphone mine owner moves on

[Bluebear]

HUNTINGTON - Hopes for a miracle in the search for six coal miners trapped for nearly three weeks in the Crandall Canyon Mine vanished Saturday afternoon. A drill that penetrated the mine through the sixth and perhaps final borehole of the rescue effort revealed that the tunnel where the six men were last known to be working was filled with rubble.

That discovery, relayed to relatives of the missing miners at their 5 p.m. briefing by mining company officials and federal regulators, dashed the exceedingly slim prospect that the Aug. 6 implosion of the mine's tunnels had left a void where the men found refuge - or, at the very least, would have allowed would-be rescuers to know for certain where their bodies are. "I don't think I have to say what reaction was," said Colin King, a Salt Lake City attorney whose firm was retained by the majority of those families to pursue whatever legal action may come as a result of the mine disaster. "They are distraught and very frustrated - and with good reason."

He said the families feel Murray Energy Corp., the mine owner, has misled them about the effort to find, rescue or recover their loved ones - Kerry Allred, Don Erickson, Luis Alonso Hernandez, Juan Carlos Payan, Brandon Phillips and Manuel Sanchez. And King vowed to "vigorously resist" any attempt by Murray Energy or its Utah-American Energy subsidiary to seal the mine before the men's bodies are retrieved. He added that Mexican Consul Salvador Jimenez also asked Murray officials at the briefing - vice president Rob Moore and attorneys Michael McKown and G. Christopher Van Bever - not to seal the mine.
"They did not respond to it," King said.

Murray himself did not attend the family briefing. He was in Carbon County, telling miners that one of his two operating mines there, The Tower Mine, is shutting down for safety reasons and that some workers at the nearby West Ridge Mine were being laid off. Murray Energy officials did not respond to a request for comments Saturday evening. A person who answered a call to their telephone number said only "they're not available" and hung up.

http://www.sltrib.com/ci_6722890

[malaise]

1. I hope those families sue the hell out of

Murray the mine swine.

[Hepburn]

2. FUCK YOU, MURRAY!!!

You lying, conniving POS Repig Bush supporter. If there is a hell, I hope you go there for eternity. You exploited those miners and you FUCKING KNEW what you were doing was NOT safe. Yeah, be silent on sealing up the mine...that way, if you do seal it, then pictures of how those men were crushed to death and died in agony and fear because of your dangerous mining methods will never show up at trial.

FUCK YOU...and that is too good for you, you Repig corporate asshole.

[kurth]

3. Off he goes to the Bahamas to enjoy his pina colada

[Fierce]

4. Miners, stand up and organize!

nt

[B Calm]

5. Why is it Murray has not been arrested for murder?

My god, I hope the families sue this fucking bastard for everything he's worth!

[Hepburn]

6. He is a Repig neocon in a Repig neocon state...

...with Whorin' Hatch as the US Sen ~~ IMO, no one in law enforcement is gonna look at this corporate whore cuz he is one of them.

JMHO

[Maddy McCall]

7. I swear I've seen Bob Murray's photo somewhere in the past.

Hmmm...where was it?


Oh yeah, in my college history textbook:

[Hepburn]

10. Hmmmmm.....yeah, it does ring a bell....

[Fierce]

11. Nice! This one too...

[Feron]

20. Don't forget this one!!

[blondeatlast]

12. Uncanny resemblance. nt

[blondeatlast]

8. The personification of greed and self-centeredness. What a despicable little lowlife.

Cheneyesque in his sociopathy.

Simply vile.

[shadowknows69]

9. Eat the rich

with fava beans and a nice chianti. I'm not for vigilante justice for evil men. Fuck it, yes I am.

[zanne]

13. Calling Mother Jones!

"Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living".

[blondeatlast]

14. We need that woman now more than ever. nt

[bleedingheart]

21. can't go on hoping..people have to accept the sacrifice in order to make things right

waiting for a messiah never helps...it is action.

My grandfather was a miner, he was black listed and kicked out of company housing...he took the risk that he stubborness would result in his young children starving to death...he did it to form a union....and he was an immigrant to this country.

Unfortunately...people aren't willing to sacrifice until they lose it all...because when you have nothing left to lose...you are willing to risk what little you have...

My grandfather lived to see the mines unionized, healthcare, and better wages and conditions...but he also lived long enough to see people vote against their own best interests...he saw the pendulum swing back...and he warned my dad that people's lack of memory would result in their suffering.

[zanne]

23. Your grandfather must have been quite a man...

You must be proud to have him in your family history. Looks like some of him is in you.

[qanda]

15. He is vile and despicable

He's probably glad they can't be found because it means the evidence of his crimes can't be found either. Simply sickening!

[tanyev]

16. Now he says it's a deadly mountain.

"This mine is going to be sealed and closed," Murray said he told federal mining regulators. "It's a deadly mountain and I'm not going near it," he told NPR.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=13866983

[Bluebear]

18. Earlier this week he proclaimed it EVIL.

EEEEEEEVIL!!!!!!1111

[Bjorn Against]

24. Gotta close it up before the inspectors get close

Wouldn't want anyone figuring out all the unsafe practices he was using.

[DeepModem Mom]

17. Thanks, Bluebear. K&R

[Maddy McCall]

19. 5th Rec. Riiight.

Don't know why I forgot to rec this this morning when I posted.

:silly:

:hi:

[bleedingheart]

22. I predict that within 2 years...they will be back in that mountain for coal

greed trumps everything...

[Wiregrass Willie]

25. They should drill one of those 3 foot diameter holes ..

.. and drop Murray's ass down -- with a flashlight -- to look for them. When he has recovered the bodies, then they should let him come up. Not before.