Upper Big Branch

Independence Coal (a Massey Energy subsidiary) operates the Upper Big Branch surface mine, where this massive valley fill looms over the devastated landscape The valley fill is locally known as the Birchton Curve Valley Fill.

Photo courtesy Vivian Stockman / www.ohvec.org. Also if aerial image courtesy SouthWings.org

This photograph was uploaded April 14^th 2011 by carnkie.

Copyright / re-use statement: ©Vivian Stockman used with permission not for re-use

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