1.0 link 63038 <![CDATA[Utah Mine Owner Will Skip Congressional Hearing]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/09/04/utah-mine-owner-will-skip_n_63038.html The owner of the Crandall Canyon mine in Utah where six workers were trapped by a cave-in a month ago will not be appearing at a Senate hearing on mine safety Wednesday in Washington.

A witness list released Tuesday by Sen. Robert Byrd's (D-W.Va.) office said mine owner Robert E. Murray would not attend the hearing. Byrd, who chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee, had earlier invited the mine owner to appear to discuss "The Utah Mine Disaster and Preventing...

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