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From the iLoveMountains.org web site: "Mountaintop removal is a relatively new type of coal mining that began in Appalachia in the 1970s as an extension of conventional strip mining techniques. Primarily, mountaintop removal is occurring in West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee.

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It’s called mountaintop removal and it is the most common mining in West Virginia and Appalachia generally. In addition to destroying the trees and vegetation there is another big problem with this technique — where does the mountain top end up? It is just what the name implies.