Blair Mountain, WV

High Resolution Historic Image Overlays

People often ask, “Are there pictures of the mountains before mountaintop removal coal mining destroyed them?” Thanks to the United States Geologic Survey and Google Earth, they are right here at your fingertips!

Load image overlay to show Blair’s terrain before mountaintop removal coal mining began. (Download these images by clicking on the pictures below)

before (image overlay) after (image overlay)

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One Response to “High Resolution Historic Image Overlays”

1. Belinda Says:
   February 26th, 2008 at 5:43 pm

   Hi there. I was reading and looking at your site about Blair Mountain. My great grandfather was a WV coal miner, he and his family lived in Dingess in the early 1920’s. It’s very sad to see these coal companies tearing up the landscape. I’ve lived in Florida all of my life and our government here is just as corrupt, if not more, living off of the teet of the developer at the expense of everything else. I’m sure the WV polititians worship at the feet of the million or billion dollar coal industry, as long as they get their pockets lined, to hell with everyone else. Anyway, thanks for the site.

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