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• n  an open mine (usually for coal) where the seams run close to the surface
• v  extract (ore) from a strip-mine

• surface mine
• surface-mine

News & Articles

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• Elk brought from Kentucky are released in SW Va.
  VANSANT — Another group of elk is roaming a reclaimed strip mine in Southwest Virginia.
  June 16, 2013 - Richmond Times-Dispatch
• Arch wants appeals court to rehear W.Va. mine case
  MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Arch Coal is preparing to re-argue key points in a long-running battle with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency concerning the EPAs retroactive veto of a water pollution permit for a massive West Virginia strip mine. The U.S. D...
  June 13, 2013 - The Charleston Gazette
• Appeals court to hear more on EPA, W.Va. mine case
  Arch Coal is preparing to re-argue key points in a long-running battle over the Environmental Protection Agency's retroactive veto of a water pollution permit for a massive West Virginia strip mine.
  June 13, 2013 - WOWK-TV West Virginia