Coal's legacy in Appalachia: Lands, waters, and people
Underground Mining. Typical underground mining operations begin either by clearing a section along the hillside where the coal outcrops or by tunneling downward to reach subsurface coal (Skousen and Zipper, 2021).Roomandpillar mines progress by excavating linear channels into the coal seam and connecting the channels with rooms while leaving pillars of coal behind to support the ...