A mine just reopened in eastern Utah, but the industry has changed.

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        I couldn’t find anything specific to the 1980s, but this graph shows that coal production was rising betwen 1940 and 2008. Apparrently, they needed less and less workers for even more output.

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          It’s probably when those giant ass dump trucks and automation began to take over as technology progressed.