[DOC] [TLE] A History of Opposition to Surface Coal Mining in ... - UNC Press [PAR] The rock layers in these areas are primarily flat-lying or nearly flat-lying and ... 
New England to the middle of Alabama, with the Fall Line as its southeastern 
edge. ... In the 1930s, J. Marvin Weller noted that coal beds were part of a 
sequence of .... In 1880 there were very few black miners in the state of West 
Virginia, but by... [DOC] [TLE] iLoveMountains.org  Mud, WV -- End Mountaintop Removal Coal ... [PAR] The mountain to the east of our house was my absolute favorite. ... Hills rise 
steeply on both sides of the creek, but occasionally enough flat land spreads out 
for a ... The mine stretches nearly 15 miles from near Julian, north of Madison in 
Boone .... It's depressing, says Lorene Caudill, one of the few remaining 
residents. [DOC] [TLE] coal - National Geographic Society [PAR] Dec 22, 2012 ... Mining techniques and combustion are both dangerous to miners ... It's the Pits ... 
A coal seam can be as thick as 30 meters (90 feet) and stretch 1,500 ... Coal is 
very different from mineral rocks, which are made of inorganic material. ..... that 
coal provides, such as heat and electricity to power our homes,... [DOC] [TLE] Appalachia - Wikipedia [PAR] Appalachia is a cultural region in the Eastern United States that stretches from 
the Southern ... In the early 20th century, large-scale logging and coal mining 
firms brought .... The Earnest Fort-house in Greene County, Tennessee. .... 
Appalachia, and especially Kentucky, became nationally known for its violent 
feuds,... [DOC] [TLE] Coal in Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Department of Conservation ... [PAR] The history of coal is a long one, stretching back 25 centuries or more. In the 
fourth ... coal mining in Pennsylvania is shown on a Plan of Fort Pitt and Parts. 
Adjacent in ... the first few tons of coal from the fabulous Pittsburgh seam, which 
has .... state, all land was low and flat and had rivers flowing westward to drain 
into. [DOC] [TLE] Death of a Mountain - Erik Reece - Wes Jones Home Page [PAR] Blasting on the mine sites has cracked the foundations of nearby homes and 
polluted hundreds of family wells. ... But I will venture this: The forest knows what 
it's doing. .... coal in the winter, and on a rare piece of flatland, one man, Millard 
Sutton, .... That same number 9 coal seam lies beneath Lost Mountain, a few 
hundred... [DOC] [TLE] Ohio travel guide - Wikitravel [PAR] flat agricultural land surrounding Toledo and stretching into Indiana to the west 
and ... very hilly, coal-mining country in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains
, rolling ... One of the Islands, Put-In-Bay, is known as the "Key West of the North" 
for its party ... Ohio has also been home to eight American Presidents, giving it 
the... [DOC] [TLE] The Smoldering Ruins of Centralia  Damn Interesting [PAR] Mar 29, 2006 ... At its peak the coal mining town was home to 2,761 souls, but today the ... The 
fire still burns today beneath about four hundred acres of surface land, and it's 
still growing. ... fifty years, but it may burn itself out in as few as one hundred 
years. .... It was very eerie seeing the columns of smoke coming out of the... [DOC] [TLE] Mining Ghost Towns History Tour of WV - Wild Rock West Virginia [PAR] Nov 7, 2013 ... Ghost town ruins of the coal boom are abundant in the Gorge after miners flocked 
in ... A (very) few people even still live there. ... burned down), was well-known for 
its gambling, with one coal operator losing his mine in a bet. ... The settlement 
was situated along a large tract of flat land (a rarity in the Gorge),... [DOC] [TLE] Welcome to Appalachia's Gulag Archipelago - It's Going Down [PAR] Jun 2, 2016 ... For most of us lucky enough to call this place home, it is

Question: Famed for coal mining, it's home to very few stretches of flat land
Answer: West Virginia