The Patriot Coal Corporation's Samples mine, which uses the technique of mountaintop removal to mine coal. The mountain tops are stripped away and dumped in valleys to get at the coal below. The Samples mine has been temporarily closed due to declining de
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Image id: 832-211923
Release status: Not Model or Property Released
Shot date: September 2009
Upload date: June 2013
Artist: Jim West
Release status: Not Model or Property Released
Shot date: September 2009
Upload date: June 2013
Artist: Jim West
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