Dragline on Hobet Mine since 1983 — First electric earth mover in WV
“If anyone is spreading fear it is the uninformed enviro’s that are scaring the crap out of people telling them that coal mining is endangering their health.”
Tuesday June 7, 2011 – Protesters begin weeklong march to Blair Mountain – Charleston Gazette
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Protesters from around the country began a 50-mile march to Blair Mountain at a baseball field in Marmet on Monday morning. Two coal companies, Alpha Natural Resources and Arch Coal, own much of the mountain. The companies plan to surface-mine the land, which was the site of a bloody union protest in … Read more
