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Photos by Vivian Stockman
Be sure to check out the Sugar Tree gallery from 2005 to see what this area looked before coal mining via the extreme extraction method known as mountaintop removal / valley fill began.
Hobet Mine Complex Overlaid on 38 US cities
For permission to use photos (non-profit groups, schools, students, low-income organization, no-income bloggers) or to purchase one-time photo-use rights (for-profit groups) contact vivian@ohvec.org. Original digital images may be available upon request.
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- Our grand mountains redeuced to rubble.
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- This mountaintop removal site is part of the Hobet complex, some 25-sqaure miles of devastation in Boone and Lincoln counties, West Virginia. To get an idea of how big that is, follow the “Hobet Complex Overlaid…” link in the sidebar.
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- The tip of the massive Big John dragline is visible in this shot.
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- Equipment used at mines these huge mines is itself massive.
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- Note the regular pick up beside the massive dump trucks.
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- The rock channels are the coal-industry’s version of “reconstructed streams.” The photo below shows the industry’s idea of “soil replacement.”
Why can’t we use wind or water in some states to stop this pollution.
I live in Gallipolis and the weather conditions suck because of pollution