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Once Topsoil Is Removed, Rainwater and Exposed Rock React to Form Sulfuric and Other Acids Which Eventually Poison Water and the Land Itself. This Is an Apparent Violation of Ohio Law. Land Shown Is at an Ohio Power Company Pit Off Route 146. 10/1973
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In Addition to Once Being Good Farmland, Once Was Famous for Its Sheep. Off Route 22. 10/1973
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As the Population Moves from Stripped Areas in Southeastern Ohio, Some Towns Are Slowly Abandoned. This Building, at the Intersection of Routes 9 and 519 Is for Sale. 10/1973
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- Date taken: 1972
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This Barn Was Abandoned When the Family Sold Out to the Hanna Coal Company in 1972. the Sale Left Only One Farm in the Area Off Route 800. 10/1973
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A Piece of Rusting Farm Machinery Lies near Stripped Land in Southeastern Ohio. The Area Around the Farmhouse Is Stripped and Barren, Off Route 9. 10/1973
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An Abandoned Farmhouse Surrounded by Stripped Land, in Southeast Ohio near Steubenville...10/1973
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- Date taken: 1972
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This Old Log Cabin Stands Adjacent to Land Being Stripped by the Ohio Power Company Off Route 146. 10/1973
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- Date taken: 1972
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This Road, Route 100 in Southeastern Ohio, Was Paid for by Taxpayers and Taken over by the Hanna Coal Company...10/1973
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- Date taken: 1972
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This Cemetery and Church Form an Oasis Surrounded by Miles of Stripped Land in Southeast Ohio near Steubenville...10/1973
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- Date taken: 1972
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Florence May Bethell Lived in Her Home for 43 Years until Nearby Blasting and Stripping (About 2,000 Feet Away) Caused Her to Move...10/1973
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A Resident of Oak Park, Points to Cracks in Her Walls She Claims Were Caused by Blasting. Recently Her Well Went Dry, as Have Many in the Area. She Claims That Blasting Once Nearly Knocked Her Off A Ladder. 10/1973
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- Date taken: 1972
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Dr. Claude Colvin Is an English Professor at the Belmont Ohio, Extension of Ohio State University, and One of the Area Leaders Opposed to Strip Mining...10/1973
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An Abandoned House in the Foreground, an Ohio Power Company Shovel in the Background. By Knocking Out Windows and Doors, the Building Is Taxed at A Lower Rate. Off Route 146. 10/1973
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- Date taken: 1972
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This Farmland Soon Will Be Stripped by the Ohio Power Company Shovel in the Background, Off Route 146. 10/1973
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- Date taken: 1972
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Farmland Stripped Twenty Years Ago and Partially Reclaimed Off Route 9. 10/1973
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Land Stripped by the Hanna Coal Company Off Route 100. 10/1973
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- Date taken: 1972
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This Unproductive Land Once Was Rolling Farmland. It Has Been Turned Into A Series of Canyons and Mesas by the Hanna Coal Company, Off Route 40. 10/1973
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This Farm, Surrounded by Hanna Coal Company Stripping, Is Still in Operation, Off Route 100. 10/1973
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Abandoned Coal Tipple Surrounded by Miles of Stripped Land Stagnant Water Lies in the Ditches in Apparent Violation of Ohio Law. Off Route 519. 10/1973
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This Area Was Stripped Twenty Years Ago and Has Been Unproductive Since, Off Route 9. 10/1973
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This Hauling Road Is A Bleak Stretch with Mile after Mile of Barren and Torn Ground, Off Route 100. 10/1973
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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
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"The House of Coal" Placed in Front of the City Hall at Cadiz Ohio, near Steubenville Symbolizes the Presence Coal Companies Have in the Southeastern Part of the Staff. 10/1973
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Abandoned Farmhouse Surrounded by Stripped Land, Off Route 100, near Morristown, Ohio, and Steubenville. 10/1973
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- Date taken: 1972
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Topsoil Is the Lighter Colored Dirt and Must Be Replaced According to 1972 Ohio Law. Off Route 147, near Belmont, Ohio, and Steubenville. 10/1973
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This Sign Read "Ban Strip Mines" before Being Painted Out...10/1974
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The Owners of This Farm Sold Out to the Hanna Coal Company in 1972, Off Route 800, near Barnesville, Ohio, and Steubenville. 10/1973
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- Date taken: 1972
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View of Strip Mined Land and Tipple from a Graveyard Off Route 100, near Morristown, Ohio, and Steubenville. 10/1973
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One of the Small Coal Shovels, Off Route 9, near Cadiz, Ohio and Steubenville. 10/1973
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"Big Muskie," Owned by the Ohio Power Company, Is One of the Largest Land Stripping Shovels. The Shovel Weighs 13,000 Tons, Stands over 20 Stories High, Picks Up 325 Tons of Earth Per Scoop and Cuts a Swath 75 Feet Wide and 150 Feet Deep...10/1973
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A Huge Coal Truck with Tires Eight Feet High Powers Towards A Hanna Coal Company Processing Area Off Route 100, near Morristown, Ohio, and Steubenville. 10/1973
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Farmland Stripped by the Hanna Coal Company Off Route 100 near Morristown, Ohio, and Steubenville. A Dammed Stream Has Flooded Part of the Area, in Apparent Violation of State Law. 10/1973
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An Ohio Power Company Coal Shovel Works the Land Off Route 146, near Freeland, Ohio, and Steubenville. 10/1973
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A Bulldozer Prepares A Path for One of the Huge Coal Shovels, Off Route 70 and Belmont, Ohio, and Steubenville. 10/1973
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Tombstone Marking A Grave in a Cemetery at Cadiz, Ohio. The Hanna Coal Company Preparation Plant Is Seen in the Background. 07/1974
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Countryside of the Type That Surrounds the Hanna Coal Company Preparation Plant. 07/1974
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Strip Mining by Coal Companies Resulted in Flooding an Area Off Route #100 South of Interstate 70. 07/1974
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Coal Companies Have Strip Mined Right Up to the Edge of This Abandoned Farmstead on Route #100. 07/1974
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Strip Mined Land Being Recontoured by Equipment from the Coal Companies Off Route #100. 07/1974
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One of the Many Beautifully Maintained Homes Built in the Earlier 1900's. 07/1974
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One of the Many Beautifully Maintained Homes Built in the Earlier 1900's. 07/1974
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Through A Coal Company's Efforts, This Road Was Closed to Traffic to Facilitate Strip Mining. 07/1974
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These Hauling Roads Are Being Built by the Hanna Coal Company in the Area Surrounding Barnesville. 07/1974
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The Head of A Huge Coal Company Strip Mining Shovel Is Seen in the Background of This Picture of A Street In. 07/1974
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Coal Car Flower Planter in Front of the Town Hall, Is an Indication of the Importance of the Industry in the Southeastern Part of the State. 07/1974
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Head of the Giant "Silver Spade" Coal Shovel Owned by the Hanna Coal Company Dwarfs Some Trees as the Machine Scoops Coal from A Trench. 07/1974
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Previously Strip Mined Land Has Been Recontoured by the Coal Companies near New Athens, Ohio. 07/1974
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Strip Mined Land Erodes If Not Recontoured by the Coal Companies. Near New Athens, Ohio. 07/1974
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Coal Companies Have Reclaimed Some of the Land That Has Been Strip Mined in Southeastern Ohio for Use as Recreation Areas. This Land Is Eroding at the Harrison Reclamation Area. North of Cadiz, Ohio. 07/1974
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Soil Leached and Discolored by Dumped Coal Slag near Cadiz Ohio. 07/1974
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