[Coach_Owens87]

We now know that there was an abandon mine under part of the impoundment, but did you ever think that perhaps no one new about the mine. I do know that there are several mines that have never been mapped, some dating back to the early 1900's.

I realize comparing acreage used for highway construction to mining is like comparing apples to oranges, but the point I'm trying to make is the same method's used in mining are used in highway construction and land development for shopping centers and sub-divisions. You and your anti-coal friends seem to have a problem when mining companies use these methods, you claim coal companies bury streams and destroy the environment, yet you or your anti-coal friends have never made the first complaint about streams being buired or our environment being destroyed by highway construction or land development by using these same methods. This is why I call you and these other groups anti-coal. I would think the true environmentalist would be concerned about the whole stream environment including raw sewage and illegal trash dumps that find their way to the streams.

How can you say the rules and regulations are mostly BS, when your not familiar with the mining process, and know absolutely nothing about coal mining. I forgot you've read web sites (which we all know wouldn't stretch the truth) prepared by people that have never seen a mine site other than maybe to occasional fly over or view from a distance.

It's really funny how you constantly insult my intelligence. You dont really know how much I know about mining. I will openly admit that I do not know everything, or know every rule inside and out, but I do have a good understanding of the rules. I have over 20 family members that have had long careers in the mining industry. Some of those have been underground, but the majority have worked on surface mining. I talk to most of them on a very regular basis, and they all know my stance on MTR. But I have gathered a lot of info from them, and respect what they do, although I dont agree with the methods their companies use.


I never said that I dont complain about littering, illegal sewage lines, or other environmental issues, I just dont think this is the forum to speak of those things since this is about MTR, not environmentalism as a whole. I actually done a school project on littering, and illegal sewage, and have joined in many community cleanups to try and help the issue. And please stop calling me anti-coal, use the term anti-mtr, it describes me much better.