Comments on: Mountaintop Removal Mining - High Resolution

Mountaintop Removal Mining - High Resolution

grefo — Fri, 01 Oct 2004 08:29:02 -0800

Some amazing pictures of this mining process.

By: ar0n

ar0n — Fri, 01 Oct 2004 08:46:54 -0800

I've been reading the Monkey Wrench Gang, and these pictures help illustrate some of the points made in the book. Thanks.

By: jazon

jazon — Fri, 01 Oct 2004 09:36:29 -0800

this is the way we rape the land, rape the land, rape the land, this is the way we rape the land so early in the morning

By: Cedric

Cedric — Fri, 01 Oct 2004 09:40:34 -0800

I wonder how many Whitesville, W. Va., residents living directly downstream from this remember the mess recounted on page four here? I'd guess you'd just have to put those thoughts out of your mind if you lived there.

By: nofundy

nofundy — Fri, 01 Oct 2004 10:09:26 -0800

[in my best john denver whine] Almost heaven, West Virginia, Blue Ridge mountains, Shenandoah river, Life is old there, Older than the trees .... HEY!! WTF did the trees go?!?! And wasn't there a mountain there yesterday? Welcome to the moon, baby!

By: stbalbach

stbalbach — Fri, 01 Oct 2004 16:01:54 -0800

Ive driven through even more impressive ones in south-west CO near Durango. Seeing in person is nearly a religious experience for the sheer scale, and it contains a beauty that is undeniable. Mining operations are, and have been for thousands of years, some of the biggest polluters of water because they leak toxins for 100s of years long after the mine is closed.

By: keswick

keswick — Fri, 01 Oct 2004 16:37:39 -0800

Case in point, this place, right upstream of my namesake. pH values of -3.6.. Good times, good times... Anyone thirsty?

By: WLW

WLW — Fri, 01 Oct 2004 19:10:57 -0800

Those were some pretty cool pictures.

By: loquacious

loquacious — Fri, 01 Oct 2004 21:53:12 -0800

As disturbing as strip-mining is, I must admit I have a morbid fascination with giant pieces of machinery like draglines and the giant dump trucks they fill up with a single bucketload. Those things are f'ing humongous giant-sized monster mountain eaters.