Category:Strip mining in the United States

English: Strip mining — in the United States.

Surface mining a seam of a mineral, by first removing long strips or large areas of overlying soil/landforms and their vegetation.

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This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.

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Navajo Mine‎ (2 C, 4 F)

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Strip mining effects in Ohio‎ (62 F)

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The following 103 files are in this category, out of 103 total.

Hobet Mountaintop mine West Virginia 2009-06-02.jpg 720 × 480; 155 KB
A Huge Shovel Digs Towards A Seam of Coal Off Route 800, Note Its Size in Comparison to the Car by the Tread of the Machine. 10-1973 (3769057343).jpg 3,000 × 2,026; 719 KB
A HUGE SHOVEL DIGS TOWARDS A SEAM OF COAL OFF ROUTE 800, NOTE ITS SIZE IN COMPARISON TO THE CAR BY THE TREAD OF THE... - NARA - 554770.jpg 2,000 × 1,351; 458 KB
A Landscape of Mesas and Canyons Was Produced by the Hanna Coal Company in South-Eastern Ohio. Unless This Land Is Recontoured, It Will Remain Sterile. 10-1973 (3769056577).jpg 3,000 × 2,021; 844 KB
A LANDSCAPE OF MESAS AND CANYONS WAS PRODUCED BY THE HANNA COAL COMPANY IN SOUTH-EASTERN OHIO. UNLESS THIS LAND IS... - NARA - 554768.jpg 2,000 × 1,347; 523 KB
A Relatively "Small" Shovel Digs Into A Coal Seam Off Route 9 Note the Size of the Shovel Compared to the Bulldozer at Its Base. 10-1973 (3769058381).jpg 3,000 × 2,029; 839 KB
A RELATIVELY "SMALL" SHOVEL DIGS INTO A COAL SEAM OFF ROUTE 9 NOTE THE SIZE OF THE SHOVEL COMPARED TO THE BULLDOZER... - NARA - 554773.jpg 2,000 × 1,353; 520 KB
A String of Mining Trucks, with A Working Farm in the Background. This Entire Area Is Being Stripped by the Ohio Power Company, Off Route 146. 10-1973 (3769072663).jpg 3,000 × 2,020; 602 KB
A STRING OF MINING TRUCKS, WITH A WORKING FARM IN THE BACKGROUND. THIS ENTIRE AREA IS BEING STRIPPED BY THE OHIO... - NARA - 554809.jpg 2,000 × 1,347; 383 KB
ABANDONED COAL TIPPLE SURROUNDED BY MILES OF STRIPPED LAND STAGNANT WATER LIES IN THE DITCHES IN APPARENT VIOLATION... - NARA - 554807.jpg 2,000 × 1,344; 408 KB
ABANDONED FARMHOUSE AND OUT BUILDINGS ARE SURROUNDED BY COAL COMPANY STRIP MINED LAND OFF ROUTE ^800 NEAR... - NARA - 555611.jpg 3,000 × 2,024; 1.02 MB
AERIAL OF PEABODY STRIP COAL MINING OPERATION. (FROM THE DOCUMERICA-1 EXHIBITION. FOR OTHER IMAGES IN THIS... - NARA - 553050.jpg 3,000 × 2,026; 997 KB
AERIAL OF PEABODY STRIP COAL MINING OPERATION. (FROM THE DOCUMERICA-1 EXHIBITION. FOR OTHER IMAGES IN THIS... - NARA - 553051.jpg 2,041 × 3,000; 1.11 MB
ALTHOUGH THIS LAND WAS STRIPPED TWENTY YEARS AGO, THE SCARS REMAIN, OFF ROUTE 9 - NARA - 554804.jpg 2,000 × 1,355; 411 KB
An Ohio Power Company Coal Shovel in the Distance Looms over a Landscape of Stripped Land. Most Shovels Are Used Seven Days A Week, 24 Hours A Day. Near Route 146. 10-1973 (3769056967).jpg 3,000 × 2,038; 733 KB
STRIP MINING OPERATIONS AT THE "NAVAJO MINE" OF THE UTAH CONSTRUCTION AND MINING COMPANY. THE NAVAJO MINE SERVICES... - NARA - 544138.jpg 3,000 × 2,027; 803 KB
As Far as the Eye Can See the Land Has Been Stripped by the Hanna Coal Company without Starting Reclamation, Off Route 100. 10-1973 (3769873202).jpg 3,000 × 2,014; 710 KB
AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE THE LAND HAS BEEN STRIPPED BY THE HANNA COAL COMPANY WITHOUT STARTING RECLAMATION, OFF... - NARA - 554811.jpg 2,000 × 1,343; 424 KB
BULLDOZER IS USED BY THE COAL COMPANIES TO CLEAR TREES TO READY THE LAND FOR STRIP MINING. OFF ROUTE ^800 NEAR... - NARA - 555601.jpg 3,000 × 2,033; 1.12 MB
BUTTES, MESAS AND CANYONS ARE CREATED AFTER COAL COMPANIES STRIP MINE LAND IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO. OFF ROUTE ^800 NEAR... - NARA - 555621.jpg 3,000 × 2,061; 1.03 MB
BUTTES, MESAS AND CANYONS ARE CREATED AFTER COAL COMPANIES STRIP MINE LAND IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO. TRAPPED WATER HAS... - NARA - 555622.jpg 3,000 × 2,025; 1.02 MB
BUTTES, MESAS AND CANYONS ARE CREATED AFTER COAL COMPANIES STRIP MINE LAND IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO. TRAPPED WATER HAS... - NARA - 555623.jpg 2,052 × 3,000; 1 MB
BUTTES, MESAS AND CANYONS REMAIN AFTER COAL COMPANIES HAVE STRIP MINED OFF ROUTE ^800 NEAR BARNESVILLE, OHIO - NARA - 555614.jpg 3,000 × 2,025; 1.1 MB
Campbell County Wyoming Mines.png 2,400 × 1,856; 1.68 MB
THE WYODAK COAL MINE NEAR GILLETTE, WYOMING. LONG-RANGE PLANS CALL FOR MASSIVE STRIP-MINING OF THE POWDER RIVER... - NARA - 549148.jpg 3,000 × 2,025; 802 KB
COAL COMPANIES HAVE RECLAIMED SOME OF THE LAND THAT HAS BEEN STRIP MINED IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO FOR USE AS RECREATION... - NARA - 555597.jpg 3,000 × 2,040; 1.51 MB
COAL COMPANIES HAVE STRIP MINED RIGHT UP TO THE EDGE OF THIS ABANDONED FARMSTEAD ON ROUTE ^100 - NARA - 555571.jpg 2,000 × 1,352; 586 KB
COAL COMPANY MACHINE DRILLS TEST HOLES AS IT SEARCHES FOR COAL PRIOR TO DIGGING BY A STRIP MINING POWER SHOVEL. NEAR... - NARA - 555634.jpg 3,000 × 2,034; 952 KB
COAL COMPANY POWER SHOVEL AT WORK STRIP MINING LAND NEAR INTERSTATE 70 AND MORRISTOWN, OHIO - NARA - 555631.jpg 2,026 × 3,000; 785 KB
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COAL SHOVEL AND STRIP MINING FORM THE BACKDROP OF THIS HOUSE AT THE INTERSECTION OF INTERSTATE 70 AND ROUTE ^800 NEAR... - NARA - 555604.jpg 3,000 × 2,035; 1.02 MB
STRIP MINING AT PEABODY COAL CO - NARA - 543857.jpg 2,019 × 3,000; 1.27 MB
STRIP MINING AT PEABODY COAL CO - NARA - 543861.jpg 2,022 × 3,000; 1.18 MB
STRIP MINING AT THE PEABODY COAL CO - NARA - 543868.jpg 3,000 × 2,034; 1.52 MB
STRIP MINING OPERATION OF PEABODY COAL COMPANY - NARA - 543639.jpg 3,000 × 2,034; 892 KB
Decker Coal Company strip mine, 06-1973 (7065943159).jpg 2,012 × 3,000; 583 KB
DEVASTATED AREA-SITE OF A STRIP MINE NEAR ROUTE 269 - NARA - 545533.jpg 3,000 × 2,008; 1.29 MB
DEVASTATED AREA-SITE OF A STRIP MINE NEAR ROUTE 269 - NARA - 545534.jpg 2,039 × 3,000; 858 KB
DISCOLORED WATER CAUSED BY ACIDITY IN A STRIP MINE PIT WHICH REMAINS AFTER COAL COMPANIES HAVE FINISHED OFF ROUTE... - NARA - 555626.jpg 3,000 × 2,030; 1.42 MB
EFFECT OF A STRIP MINING OPERATION OFF ROUTE 269 NEAR BIRMINGHAM - NARA - 545529.jpg 2,015 × 3,000; 1.05 MB
Ellis Bailey Speaks to a Reporter.png 2,382 × 1,664; 2.8 MB
Ellis Bailey Unearths His Buried Car.png 2,390 × 1,682; 3.9 MB
Environmental Images- 2004 - Strip Mining (412-EPD-Strip MiningCoalBedding.SWestVa.jpg) - DPLA - 505a9f57816ebf328299087d910ce3e4.jpg 2,817 × 1,878; 1.59 MB
Environmental Images- 2004 - Strip Mining (412-EPD-Strip Miningstripmining3.jpg) - DPLA - 766297a72d5a08ae3282625a93f673fd.jpg 1,800 × 1,350; 286 KB
Estatoe Sign 2011.jpg 4,288 × 2,848; 2.94 MB
FISHERMAN MAKES A CATCH IN A BODY OF WATER LEFT IN A 20-YEAR-OLD STRIP MINING PIT OFF ROUTE ^519 - NARA - 555576.jpg 3,000 × 2,043; 1.24 MB
IRRIGATION PIPE ATTESTS TO EFFORTS AT RECLAMATION BY THE PEABODY COAL COMPANY AT ITS STRIP MINE NEAR COLSTRIP - NARA - 549118.jpg 3,000 × 2,033; 851 KB
LONE TREE STRUGGLES FOR LIFE AMONG BUTTES CREATED BY COAL COMPANY STRIP MINING OFF ROUTE ^100 - NARA - 555573.jpg 3,000 × 2,047; 1.11 MB
MANY PEOPLE IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO ARE NEVER FAR AWAY FROM THE SIGHT OF STRIP MINING. THE RESIDENT OF THIS FARMHOUSE... - NARA - 555615.jpg 3,000 × 2,024; 1.08 MB
COAL TIPPLE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN OHIO COUNTRYSIDE OFF ROUTE - NARA - 555590.jpg 3,000 × 2,037; 1 MB
FARMLAND STRIPPED BY THE HANNA COAL COMPANY OFF ROUTE 100 NEAR MORRISTOWN, OHIO, AND STEUBENVILLE. A DAMMED STREAM... - NARA - 554835.jpg 2,000 × 1,348; 575 KB
HANNA COAL COMPANY LAND OFF INTERSTATE 70 NEAR FAIRVIEW OHIO, WHICH HAS BEEN RECONTOURED AND SEEDED. A DEAD TREE AND... - NARA - 555639.jpg 2,047 × 3,000; 933 KB
PEABODY COAL COMPANY STRIP MINE - NARA - 543673.jpg 2,028 × 3,000; 1.4 MB
PEABODY COAL COMPANY STRIP MINE - NARA - 543674.jpg 2,048 × 3,000; 1.17 MB
PEABODY COAL COMPANY STRIP MINE - NARA - 543718.jpg 3,000 × 2,036; 1.32 MB
PEABODY COAL COMPANY STRIP MINE - NARA - 543722.jpg 2,025 × 3,000; 1.23 MB
Peabody Coal Company strip mine, south of Colstrip, 06-1973 (6919738246).jpg 3,000 × 2,033; 488 KB
Peabody Coal Company strip mine, south of Colstrip, 06-1973 (7065851699).jpg 3,000 × 2,033; 358 KB
Peabody Coal Company strip mine, south of Colstrip, 06-1973 (7065852481).jpg 3,000 × 2,031; 351 KB
Peabody Coal Company strip mine, south of Colstrip, 06-1973 (7065859107).jpg 3,000 × 2,044; 320 KB
Peabody Coal Company strip mine, south of Colstrip. The coal fields of the Powder River Region cover some 25,000 square miles..., 06-1973 (7065814977).jpg 3,000 × 2,034; 457 KB
PEABODY COAL COMPANY STRIP MINE, SOUTH OF COLSTRIP. THE COAL FIELDS OF THE POWDER RIVER REGION COVER SOME 25,000... - NARA - 549171.jpg 2,013 × 3,000; 947 KB
PEABODY COAL COMPANY STRIP MINE, SOUTH OF COLSTRIP. THE COAL FIELDS OF THE POWDER RIVER REGION COVER SOME 25,000... - NARA - 549173.jpg 3,000 × 2,028; 1.03 MB
POWER PLANT UNDER CONSTRUCTION ALONGSIDE OLD SPOIL PILES LEFT BY BURLINGTON-NORTHERN STRIP MINING OPERATION 20 TO 30... - NARA - 549175.jpg 3,000 × 2,036; 893 KB
SHOVEL STRIPPING LAND, OFF ROUTE 800, NEAR CADIZ, OHIO, AND STEUBENVILLE - NARA - 554826.jpg 2,000 × 1,339; 501 KB
SHOVEL STRIPPING LAND. ALTHOUGH IT IS HUGE COMPARED TO THE BULLDOZER PARKED BESIDE IT, THE SHOVEL IS NOT CONSIDERED... - NARA - 554828.jpg 2,000 × 1,352; 534 KB
STRIP MINE AT PEABODY COAL COMPANY - NARA - 543635.jpg 3,000 × 2,039; 804 KB
STRIP MINED LAND BEING RECONTOURED BY EQUIPMENT FROM THE COAL COMPANIES OFF ROUTE ^100 - NARA - 555572.jpg 2,000 × 1,361; 534 KB
STRIP MINED LAND IN MUSKINGHAM COUNTY NEAR CHANDLERSVILLE OHIO. THE OHIO POWER COMPANY OWNS THE LAND - NARA - 555637.jpg 2,034 × 3,000; 921 KB
STRIP MINED LAND MEETS FARMLAND NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTE ^800 AND INTERSTATE 70 NEAR MORRISTOWN, OHIO - NARA - 555629.jpg 3,000 × 2,050; 845 KB
STRIP MINED LAND WHICH HAS BEEN RECONTOURED NEAR CHANDLERSVILLE, IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO - NARA - 555642.jpg 3,000 × 2,027; 1.01 MB
STRIP MINING AT BLACK MESA IN HOPI TERRITORY HAS RAISED QUESTION OF RUN-OFF AND POSSIBLE DESTRUCTION OF HOPI AGRICULTURE - NARA - 544124.jpg 3,000 × 2,022; 1,004 KB
STRIP MINING AT NIGHT ON MOENKOPI WASH. AT ISSUE IS WHETHER RUN-OFF FROM MINES IS DESTROYING HOPI AGRICULTURE ALONG... - NARA - 544127.jpg 3,000 × 1,949; 659 KB
STRIP MINING ON INDIAN BURIAL GROUNDS BY PEABODY COAL CO - NARA - 544109.jpg 3,000 × 2,008; 692 KB
STRIP MINING ON THE MOENHOPI WASH. THE ISSUE IS WHETHER RUN-OFF FROM MINES IS DESTROYING HOPI AGRICULTURE ALONG THE WASH - NARA - 544131.jpg 3,000 × 2,408; 771 KB
STRIP MINING OPERATIONS AT THE NAVAJO MINE OF THE UTAH CONSTRUCTION AND MINING COMPANY. THE NAVAJO MINE SERVICES THE... - NARA - 544134.jpg 3,000 × 2,034; 791 KB
STRIP MINING OPERATIONS AT THE NAVAJO MINE OF THE UTAH CONSTRUCTION AND MINING COMPANY. THE NAVAJO MINE SERVICES THE... - NARA - 544135.jpg 3,000 × 2,039; 831 KB
STRIP MINING WITH DRAGLINE EQUIPMENT AT THE NAVAJO MINE IN NORTHERN ARIZONA - NARA - 544156.jpg 3,000 × 2,023; 822 KB
STRIP MINING WITH DRAGLINE EQUIPMENT AT THE NAVAJO MINE IN NORTHERN ARIZONA - NARA - 544157.jpg 3,000 × 2,029; 881 KB
STRIP-MINED LAND IS FLATTENED AND GRADED FOR RECLAMATION OLD SPOIL PILES IN FOREGROUND - NARA - 549185.jpg 3,000 × 2,034; 723 KB
STRIP-MINED LAND PROVIDES SHARP CONTRAST TO UNTOUCHED FIELD IN BACKGROUND. PART OF THE POWDER RIVER REGION WHICH... - NARA - 549147.jpg 2,024 × 3,000; 1,017 KB
STRIP-MINED LANDSCAPE NEAR ROUTE 269 - NARA - 545375.jpg 2,047 × 3,000; 843 KB
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THE TENNESSEE CONSOLIDATED COAL COMPANY AT JASPER, NEAR CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, IS UPGRADING ITS TECHNOLOGY WITH A... - NARA - 556506.jpg 3,000 × 2,015; 727 KB
THE BUD REDDING RANCH AT SUNSET. THE RANCH LIES IN THE PATH OF THE EXPANDING STRIP-MINING OPERATIONS OF THE... - NARA - 549197.jpg 3,000 × 2,020; 882 KB
THICK COVER OF PRAIRIE GRASS ENDS AT "RECLAIMED" MINING SPOILS NEAR COLSTRIP. ALTHOUGH THE SPOIL PILES ARE FLATTENED... - NARA - 549134.jpg 2,025 × 3,000; 1.71 MB
THIS 750-MEGAWATT POWER PLANT, LOCATED ON THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER, IS PART OF THE MASSIVE STRIP-MINING DEVELOPMENT... - NARA - 549188.jpg 3,000 × 2,027; 761 KB
THIS 750-MEGAWATT POWER PLANT, LOCATED ON THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER, IS PART OF THE MASSIVE STRIP-MINING DEVELOPMENT... - NARA - 549189.jpg 2,036 × 3,000; 710 KB
THIS 750-MEGAWATT POWER PLANT, LOCATED ON THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER, IS PART OF THE MASSIVE STRIP-MINING DEVELOPMENT... - NARA - 549190.jpg 3,000 × 2,042; 635 KB
THIS 750-MEGAWATT POWER PLANT, LOCATED ON THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER, IS PART OF THE MASSIVE STRIP-MINING DEVELOPMENT... - NARA - 549191.jpg 3,000 × 2,041; 474 KB
THIS FARM, SURROUNDED BY HANNA COAL COMPANY STRIPPING, IS STILL IN OPERATION, OFF ROUTE 100 - NARA - 554806.jpg 2,000 × 1,345; 477 KB
THIS GRAVEL ROAD IS USED TO HAUL COAL FROM THE SHOVEL. ON THE RIGHT IS A "HIGH WALL" WHICH REMAINS AFTER CUTTING INTO... - NARA - 554805.jpg 2,000 × 1,353; 444 KB
THIS OLD FARMHOUSE IS THREATENED BY PLANS FOR MASSIVE STRIP-MINING IN THE POWDER RIVER REGION - NARA - 549195.jpg 3,000 × 1,983; 1.07 MB
THIS ROAD ENDS AT THE SITE OF A HANNA COAL COMPANY STRIP MINE THE BODY OF WATER IS AN APPARENT VIOLATION OF OHIO LAW... - NARA - 554788.jpg 2,000 × 1,347; 429 KB
VIEW FROM THE INTERIOR OF AN ABANDONED FARMHOUSE ACROSS LAND STRIP MINED BY COAL COMPANIES OFF ROUTE ^800. NEAR... - NARA - 555605.jpg 3,000 × 2,039; 693 KB
HILLS ABOVE THE VALLEY CAMP COAL COMPANY IN SHREWSBURY SHOW SCARS FROM PAST STRIP-MINING - NARA - 551193.jpg 2,036 × 3,000; 1.01 MB
SLAG HEAP ABOVE HOUSING ON BUFFALO CREEK NEAR LOGAN, WEST VIRGINIA. SLAG HEAPS ARE ONE OF THE ITEMS WHICH MAKE MINING... - NARA - 556467.jpg 3,000 × 2,026; 818 KB
Strip mining scars in Kanawha County, WV.jpg 2,060 × 3,000; 1.08 MB
WORKING A STRIP MINE WITH AN ELECTRIC SHOVEL - NARA - 544386.jpg 2,017 × 3,000; 1.45 MB
King Coal Highway and Coalfields Expressway volleyball interchange Construction..jpg 550 × 413; 63 KB
LAND RECONTOURED AND SEEDED AFTER STRIP MINING BY THE OHIO POWER COMPANY NEAR CHANDLERSVILLE - NARA - 555641.jpg 3,000 × 2,023; 1.07 MB
PREVIOUSLY STRIP MINED LAND HAS BEEN RECONTOURED BY THE COAL COMPANIES NEAR NEW ATHENS, OHIO - NARA - 555594.jpg 3,000 × 2,035; 869 KB

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