Directory of Mountaintop Removal Resources

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Mountaintop removal is a surface mining practice in which up to 800 feet of the top of a mountain is removed by blasting, and the material is placed in a nearby valley, in order to get access to thin seams of coal in the mountain. The coal is then removed by a dragline excavator, and the mountaintop is restored or, more usually, a variance is granted that allows the mining company to develop the site for another use. This practice is increasingly common in the eastern United States coalfields.

Resources in This Category

• A Geologic Overview of Mountaintop Removal Mining

  http://www.wvgs.wvnet.edu/www/mtrm/wvgesmtr.pdf
  West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey coal geologists report to the Economic Committee of the Governor's Task Force on Mountaintop Removal and Related Mining Methods.

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