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Plastic covers a stockpile of coal at Elk Run Mining Company processing plant seen in a aerial view. The town of Sylvester was covered in black coal dust causing health issues as it seeped inside homes.In 2001, Sylvester residents filed a lawsuit against Elk Run Mining for damages to property.
- Copyright
- MELISSA FARLOW
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- 5200x3581 / 4.0MB
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aerial views, coal (mineral), coal industry and production, concepts (subject), destruction of woodlands, disasters, environmental damage, industrial mines, industrial views, industry and production, man and nature (concept), minerals, north america, scenes and views, southern states, subject, sylvester, united states, west virginia
- Contained in galleries
- Mountaintop Removal USA_National Geographic magazine 3/2006
