THE HUMAN TOLL: MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL MINING IN APPALACHIA



Photo Title

THE HUMAN TOLL: MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL MINING IN APPALACHIA

Photographer/Creator

Katie Falkenberg

Collection

Publisher

The Washington Times

Caption/Description

The town of Lindytown, WV, sits vacant as homes once filled with families who had been there for generations are boarded upÊafter the buyout byÊthe coal company working on a mountaintop mine right above. This once close-knit rural community is now a ghost town.

Citation

Katie Falkenberg, "THE HUMAN TOLL: MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL MINING IN APPALACHIA," in POYi Archive, Item #43683, http://archive.poy.org/index.php/items/show/43683 (accessed June 15, 2025).

Date Added

04.26.2011