Aerial view of Battle Ridge Coal Pit, in Orgas
Summary
To better understand the method of mining known as "mountaintop removal and reclamation," Lyntha Eiler and I visited the West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection. There we interviewed Roger Hall, the assistant director, who invited us to view by helicopter the mountaintop removal and reclamation in progress on the Marsh and Clear Forks of the Big Coal River. Benny Campbell, a mining inspector from the Logan County office of the DEP, accompanied us on our helicopter tour.
Event: Helicopter tour of Mountaintop Removal and Reclamation on Big Coal River watershed.
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Date
01/01/1995
Contributors
Eiler, Lyntha Scott (Photographer)
Location
Orgas, 38.05844, -81.57234
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain