| WEST VIRGINIA AND MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL |
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Mountaintop removal is an extremely evasive type of strip mining. The top 200 feet of the mountain is removed to reach the coal seems inside. Massive draglines pull the existing rock away from the mountain. The remaining rock is dumped into the valleys. These are called valley fills. |
Created 2006.5.8. Revised 2006.5.10. AJS
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