Here is an example of confused reporting that pricks one’s interest and sets the canary alarm bells ringing: 

  

The shutdown [of the Tower Mine, Utah] came a day after University of Utah researchers presented findings about the dangers of deep coal mining at a conference at the federal Bureau of Land Management in Salt Lake City.

William Pariseau, a professor of mining engineering, determined the solid coal barriers at Tower were sufficiently large to support the mine, but his analysis did not take into account geologic conditions that could contribute to cave-ins.

“If these operators say they’re seeing things that trouble them, and they won’t continue their operation because its not safe, I believe them,” said Kim McCarter, chairman of the university’s Department of Mining Engineering.

UtahAmerican said Tower is the deepest operating coal mine in the United States. At that depth, the mountain is bearing down on the mine with a force of 3,025 pounds per square inch, McCarter said.

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