Another View of the Mine Site Above Bob White

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Photos by Vivian Stockman; Flyover courtesy SouthWings

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: Maria Gunnoe’s community of Bob White. The closest mine site is up the valley at right.

: Maria’s community and the edge of the closest mine.

: Like many small communities in southern West Virginia, Maria’s homeplace is increasingly surrounded by mountaintop removal / valley fill coal mining.

: A wider view of the mining near Maria’s.

: Dust coming off the mine sites can contain silica from blasted sandstone, coal dust, chemicals from the blasting agents used and diesel equipment smoke.