X1011312027-00155-39943</DOCNO> The Strip Miner THE STRIP MINER Long before mountains existed in West Virginia , the Mountain State was a tropical forest of primitive trees in steadily- subsiding stagnant swamps -- conditions ideal for the accumulation of thick peat deposits-- the first phase of coal formation.
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mountains the Mountain State conditions
existed was ideal
L:in West Virginia
a tropical forest of primitive trees in steadily- subsiding stagnant swamps T:before mountains existed in West Virginia
for the accumulation of thick peat deposits