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Mountain Top Removal Mining in West Virginia, Southern West Virginia, United States - 24 Aug 2009
Mountain Top Removal Mining in West Virginia, Southern West Virginia, United States - 24 Aug 2009
Mountain Top Removal Mining in West Virginia, Southern West Virginia, United States - 24 Aug 2009
Mountain Top Removal Mining in West Virginia, Southern West Virginia, United States - 24 Aug 2009
Mountain Top Removal Mining in West Virginia, Southern West Virginia, United States - 24 Aug 2009
Mountain Top Removal Mining in West Virginia, Southern West Virginia, United States - 24 Aug 2009
Mountain Top Removal Mining in West Virginia, Southern West Virginia, United States - 24 Aug 2009

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Mountain Top Removal Mining in West Virginia, Southern West Virginia, United States - 24 Aug 2009

Larry Gibson walks on his land on Kayford Mountain in southern West Virginia, which overlooks a mountains leveled by a strip mining practice called "Mountain Top Removal", July 19, 2009. Gibson's family has lived on Kayford Mountain since the late 1700's, when their mountain was the lowest lying point in the area. In 1986 coal companies started blast-flattening the mountains to remove coal with mountain top removal. Today, Gibson's property is the highest point of land around and is enveloped by 12,000 acres of flattened mountains. Mountain top removal is the controversial mining technique that blasts off the tops of mountains so massive machines can mine the thin seams of coal. The mountain top debris is dumped into nearby valleys and streams, creating valley fills. More than 3,000,000 pounds of explosives are used against the West Virginia mountains every work day. Critics say the mining process damages the environment while supporters say the process provides flat land suitable for many uses.

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