Mountaintop removal from 2009 to 2013


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Surface Mine No.45; Hobet Mining

Lincoln County, WV



F6; Frasure Creek Mining

Breathitt County, KY



Foresters Creek Strip; Sandlick Coal Company

Harlan County, KY



Briar Mountain; JMAC Leasing

Kanawha County, WV



Toney Fork Surface #2; Cliffs Logan County Coal

Logan County, WV



Toney Fork Surface #2; Cliffs Logan County Coal

Logan County, WV



Right Oakley Mine; Licking River Resources

Magoffin County, KY



Pine Creek Surface Mine No. 1; Coal-Mac Inc.

Logan County, WV