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• I. Introduction <br />Western Slope Carbon Corporation's (WSCC) Hawke Nest East mine, located in <br />Gunnison County, Colorado, employed 3t9 people in 1980. The proposed re- <br />opening of the West mine will necessitate hiring an additional 31 people by <br />1983. The peak employment of 350 should be reeched in 1983 and will remain at <br />that level through 1990. <br />In November, 1980, Hawke Nest East installed a longwall to supplement <br />continuous miner technology. The change in mining technology is the principal <br />reason employment need not exceed 350, ae longwall is capital, rather than <br />labor-intensive, thus allowing portions of the East Mine workforce to transfer <br />to the re-opened Weat mine. <br /> Historically, coal production levels at the East Mine have been leas than .5 <br /> million tons per year. However, the combined decisions to install a longwall <br /> and to re-open the West mine will result in production reaching 1.5 million <br />• tons per year in 1985. The historical production figures are in Appen dix B of <br /> this report. <br />Employment at Hawk's Nest East steadily increased since Western Slope'a <br />acquisition of the mine in late 1975. Both historical and future quarterly <br />employment levels are detailed in Table i-1. The average monthly employment <br />was computed by summing the monthly employment and dividing by 12. <br />• <br />1 <br />------_.._._...,- ~.- ----- .. _._ -.. ~,.~_.._r..~_,r..~... ___ ___ ,_.,.. <br />