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Surface coal mining in the Appalachian has contributed to the destruction of over 500 mountain tops. [24] In addition, it has led to the clearance of over 1 million acres of forests and contributed to the degradation or permanent loss of over 12000 miles of streams crucial to the Appalachia watershed from 1985- 2001. [ 25 ]
Coal mining in Appalachia — a geographic−cultural region of the Eastern United States. Subcategories This category has the following 18 subcategories, out of 18 total.
In the United States, this method of coal mining is conducted in the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern United States. Explosives are used to remove up to 400 vertical feet (120 m) of mountain to expose underlying coal seams.
The Eastern Kentucky Coalfield is part of the Central Appalachian bituminous coalfield, including all or parts of 30 Kentucky counties and adjoining areas in Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, and Tennessee. [3] It covers an area from the Allegheny Mountains in the east across the Cumberland Plateau to the Pottsville Escarpment in the west.
The Hobet 21 Coal Mine in West Virginia is owned by Roger Watts and Chad Pridemore. It has been operational between 1974 and 2015. Straddling the border of Boone County and Lincoln County in the Appalachian Mountains, the Hobet 21 mine was one of the largest mountaintop-removal coal mining operations in West Virginia.
Coal mining is the industry most frequently associated with the region in outsiders' minds, [90] [91] due in part to the fact that the region once produced two-thirds of the nation's coal. At present, however, the mining industry employs just 2% of the Appalachian workforce.
The major respiratory problem in coal mining fields is the black lung disease, also known as pneumoconiosis. The rate of BLD doubles almost every decade . Miners in Appalachia are vulnerable to this disease due to chronic exposure to coal dust. [23] Other diseases are the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Coal mining in the United States has historically had economic and cultural dominance in regions such as the Allegheny Mountains and Appalachian Mountains, where it was a major part of identity and traditions. The replacement of workers by mechanization has had major consequences for the industry and for the people it affects.