This image depicts Mount Olive Correctional Complex built on the former Bullpush Mountain, mined as Mine #3, Cannelton Coal & Coke Company, in Cannelton, WV.
This image depicts a housing development on the former Notches Mountain, mined as Lover’s Gap #4 Surface Mine, in Prater, VA. There are a handful of upper-middle class homes, but most of the planned communities’ streets are barren and its business c
This image depicts a nature preserve on the former #3 Surface Mine, in Gilbert, WV (previously Ben Creek Mountain). The mine was permitted given the promised redevelopment of a wildlife habitat and forest. (L) Reforestation effort (R) A slurry pond
This image is taken at a nature preserve on the former #3 Surface Mine, in Gilbert, WV (previously Ben Creek Mountain). The mine was permitted given the promised redevelopment of a wildlife habitat and forest. The photo depicts a slurry pond spillwa
This image depicts the “Bridge to Nowhere” (Christine West Bridge) built on the former East River Mountain, mined as part of the Pocahontas coal fields, in Bluefield, WV.
This image depicts Twisted Gun Golf Course built on the former Glen Alum Mountain, mined as Low Gap Bridge Surface Mine #2 in Baisden, WV. Golfers relish the rare flat terrain at high altitude and nearby private airport. Situated in Mingo County, hi
This image depicts Twisted Gun Golf Course built on the former Glen Alum Mountain, mined as Low Gap Bridge Surface Mine #2 in Baisden, WV. Golfers relish the rare flat terrain at high altitude and nearby private airport. Situated in Mingo County, hi
This image depicts Mingo Central High School on the former Horsepen Mountain, mined in Lyburn, WV.
This image depicts Mingo Central High School on the former Horsepen Mountain, mined in Lyburn, WV.
This image depicts Eastern Kentucky Business Park on the former Betty’s Knob, mined as Martin County Coal Corporation subsidiary of AT Massey Coal Co, in Debord, KY.
This image depicts a roadway in Grundy, VA, whose current downtown was created on former mine. Grundy has a mortality rate five years below the national average and has been called the “sickest town in America” for the endemic health issues related
This image depicts the unfinished Coalfield Expressway where it crosses the former Bull Creek Mountain and was mined as Buchanan Mine #1, in Big Rock, VA. This indefinitely suspended public works project currently spans Virginia, West Virginia and K
This image depicts Grassy Creek Bridge built on former Pine Mountain, mined as Splash Dam #6 Mine in Breaks, VA. The Virginia Department of Transportation used eminent domain to take possession of private land that was provided to the coal company t
This image depicts Grassy Creek Bridge built on former Pine Mountain, mined as Splash Dam #6 Mine in Breaks, VA. The Virginia Department of Transportation used eminent domain to take possession of private land that was provided to the coal company t
This image depicts Poplar Gap Park, previously mined as Hawk’s Nest Surface Mine on the former Chimney Mountain in Prater, VA
This image depicts Poplar Gap Park, previously mined as Hawk’s Nest Surface Mine on the former Chimney Mountain in Prater, VA
This image depicts Big Sandy Airport on former mountain Betty’s Knob, mined as Martin County Coal Corporation subsidiary of AT Massey Coal Co in Debord, KY.
This image depicts Appalachian Regional Airport on the former Buffalo Mountain. It was constructed from a reclaimed surface mine site to replace the Mingo County Airport located in Williamson, WV. Airports in West Virginia’s coalfields were prevalen
This image depicts USP Big Sandy prison and guard training facility built on the former Betty’s Knob, mined by Martin County Coal Corporation, in Inez, KY. Here is a guard training course and shooting range, also used by the national guard.
This image depicts USP Big Sandy prison and guard training facility built on the former Betty’s Knob, mined by Martin County Coal Corporation, in Inez, KY. Prison guard training facility including replicas of prison cells and gangways. The actual pr
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