{{#badges:CoalSwarm}}'''Coal Hollow Mine''' is a proposed coal mine in the Alton coalfield in Kane County , Utah, approximately 3 three miles south of the town of Alton, Utah. [[Alton Coal Development]], LLC proposes to surface mine about 2,000,000 tons of fee coal annually for approximately 3 three years.<ref name="hollow">[http://168.179.220.114/idev/coalmines/minelistdetail.php?C0250005 "Coal Hollow"] Utah.gov, accessed November 2009</ref> The permit was approved by the State of Utah on November 11, 2009.<ref name="Dixie">Dixie Brunner,[http://altoncoalmine.com/id2.html "Alton Coal leaps hurdle in getting state approval"] Southern Utah News, November 11, 2009</ref>