Oxbow Mining lays off 150 people  SOMERSET, Colo. (KKCO) A huge
number of coal miners in Somerset are looking for new jobs after
a massive layoff this week. Oxbow Mining Company laid off 150
employees in a region where many depend on the coal industry to
maintain their livelihood.  Paul Guzman has been working at
Oxbow mining for 13 years. He was only a couple years away from
retirement when he lost his job, but he says the news didn't
come as a surprise.  "You never know what's going to happen with
the coal mine. I was in Utah for 23 years and thought that I
would never get laid off there, I was pretty secure. They had a
fire and laid off everybody," said Guzman.  A fire is exactly
what stemmed the layoffs at Oxbow. The Executive Vice President
at Oxbow Mining says in January a fire sparked underground. They
were able to contain the blaze by sealing it off, but they were
unable to recover the mining equipment. The loss of the
equipment was a costly one to the company, and as a result 150
people lost their po