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• Of the 789 population attributed to indirect employment, 157 of the <br />population will be added because of the 31 new hires (Tables ZII-5 and <br />III-7); thus, the total population increase generated by the proposed <br />expansion is 257 (157 indirect + 100 direct), while 1,690 are attributable <br />to the current Aawk's Nest operation. <br />C. Financial Contributions of WSCC to the Area's Economy <br />Although the Hawk's Nest Mine is located in Gunnison County, the majority of <br />the miners do live in Delta County. This situation suggests that Gunnison <br />County receives most of the benefits of mining, but that Delta County bears <br />most of the costs. However, this implied conclusion is not entirely true, due <br />primarily to the financial contributions of Western Slope Carbon Corporation <br />to the area's economy. <br />Displayed on Table III-8 are the expenditure patterns of the Hawk's Nest <br />mine. According to the information supplied by Western Slope Carbon <br />• Corporation, total expenditures within Gunnison County in 1979 equalled <br />S1,d90,861 and 52,325,594 in 1960. Total expenditures in Delta County for <br />1979 equalled $4,580,944 and $8,402,710 in 1960, or between 3 and 4 times <br />greater than in Gunnison County. These expenditures include property taxes, <br />allocated payroll, purchases of coal and purchases of goods and services. As <br />noted in the table, all local purchases of goods and services were made in <br />Delta County. in addition, the bank account for the Hawk's Nest operation is <br />located in Delta County. if purchases of coal were left out of the expendi- <br />ture analysis, WS CC spends between 12 and 13.5 times more funds in Delta <br />County than in Gunnison County. To illustrate, in 1979, $294,983 was spent in <br />Gunnison County (payroll and property taxes), while $3,992,271 was spent in <br />Delta County (payroll and purchases excluding coal). <br />In addition, WS CC paid approximately 5394,924 in severance taxes to the State <br />of Colorado over the last three years. Forty-five (45) percent of this amount <br />was placed in the Local Government Severance Tax Fund, which is administered <br />by the Colorado Department of Local Affairs. The distribution of this fund is <br />• 85t to political subdivisions impacted by development and 158 to <br />counties/municipalities based on the proportion of mining employees residing <br />44 <br />