Carbon and Emery counties coal mining exhibits are housed in an old hotel that was built in 1913. The museum tells the history of coal mining from pick and shovel to longwalls, from steam engines to today's diesel locomotives, and the history of the people who worked in the industry.
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All Year
M T W T F S - 10am to 5pm, April-Sept
T W T F S - 11 am to 4pm Oct.-April
(435) 472-3009
http://wmrrm.org/
296 South Main, Helper, Utah
60 miles east of I-15 exit 257 or 258 via US Hwy 6
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CEU PREHISORIC MUSEUM
Exhibits include six dinosaur skeletons, dinosaur tracks from coal mines, 11,500 yr old mammoth
from Huntington Canyon, artifacts of the Fremont culture, world famous Pilling Figurine collection. Gift shop.
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Tours given
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Website
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Approx. miles from freeway to site
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All Year
M T W T F S S- 9am to 6pm, Apr-Sept
MT W T F S - 9am to 5pm Oct.-Mar
T W Th - 10 am to 3 pm, Fri. by appt.
(435) 613-5111 or 1 800 817-9943
http://museum.ceu.edu/
Price, Utah
70 miles east of I-15 exit 257 or 258 via US Hwy 6
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Drive through Huntington and Eccles Canyons on a USFS-interpreted auto tour and see active coal mines (Deer Creek and Skyline) which provide fuel for power plants. Active coal mines are industrial sites.
Enter only with permission, school tours by appointment only:
Skyline Mine in Eccles Canyon on Hwy 264
48 miles from I-15 exit 257 or 258 via US Hwy 6
For info call Carl Winters (435) 448-2662 |
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