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Des-Bee-Dove Mine
DES-BEE-DOVE MINE - Temporary Cessation, Permit ACT/015/017
The Des-Bee-Dove Mine complex (the Deseret, Beehive and Little Dove Mines) was acquired by Utah Power and Light in 1972 from Deseret Coal Company, an LDS Church enterprise. Two coal seams, the Hiawatha and Blind Canyon, were mined using the room and pillar method. The LDS Church and the Castle Valley Fuel Company mined the property from 1938 to 1947. Prior to this, from 1936 to 1938, the mine workings were operated by two men, Edward and Broderick. Mining first occurred in the canyon in 1898 when the Griffith Mine was started.
The Des-Bee-Dove mines were operated by Utah Power and Light Company until 1989 when the merging between PacifiCorp and UP&L took place. In 1990, Energy West Mining Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of PacifiCorp, replaced the UP&L Mining Division as operator of its mines: Cottonwood/Wilberg, Deer Creek, Des-Bee-Dove, and Trail Mountain. The Des-Bee-Dove Mine permit area encompasses over 2,800 acres which has a combination of fee land, and state and federal leases. Mine layout and permit area is dictated by a series of north-south trending faults. The mine complex has been in temporary cessation since 1987.
