Spruce No. 1 Mine: Spruce Valley and Pigeon Roost Hollow, Logan County

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: The community of Spruce Valley, and Pigeon Roost Hollow in Logan County, WV. Much of Pigeon Roost Hollow will be wiped out if the Spruce No. 1 Mine permit is not vetoed.

: The community of Spruce Valley, near Blair, with some of the Dal-Tex mountaintop removal operation visible.

: The community of Spruce Valley, Pigeon Roost Hollow, in the crosshairs of the Spruce No.1 permit, and more of the Dal-Tex mountaintop removal mine.

: Pigeon Roost is a long hollow.

: Pigeon Roost Hollow is at right. Jimmy Weekley lives in Pigeon Roost Hollow. His efforts to save his homeplace began over a decade ago and his efforts, bolstered by lawyers for the Appalachian Center for the Economy and groups like the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy and OVEC, have been an integral part of building international awareness of mountaintop removal. Here you can see that some work had started on this permit, much to the detriment of those living in and near Pigeon Roost Hollow.