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 16, 2025).
Date Added
04.26.2011