Posts Tagged ‘cherry pond mountain’
Bo Webb: Post-Blast Silica Dust on Cherry Pond Mountain, Southern West Virginia
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009posted by antrim
VIDEO: 4:47 Blast on Cherry Pond Mountain
Thursday, March 12th, 2009posted by antrim
Fresh Video Report from yesterday’s blast on Cherry Pond Mountain by Naoma resident, Bo Webb
4:55pm: Massey’s Blasting Again on Cherry Pond Mountain at Clays Branch
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009posted by antrim
At 4:55pm today, March 11, a large blast detonated on the Massey Energy-owned Edwight mountaintop removal site in southern West Virginia. The blast spewed a dark gritty dust all over Peachtree hollow. The homes in the foreground are in upper Naoma. photograph by Antrim Caskey
Video Report to come.
VIDEO: Roselle and McGuinness Stop MTR Blasting on Cherry Pond Mountain
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009posted by antrim
Non Violent Civil Disobedience Stops Work on Cherry Pond Mountain in the Coal River Valley, southern West Virginia
Monday, February 16th, 2009posted by antrim
“We don’t feel like our trespass is nearly as serious as what they’re doing to West Virginia,” Roselle says. “We want this stopped. And we’re going to do whatever we can.”Mike Roselle and James McGuinness halt the movement of coal off Cherry Pond Mountain in Raleigh County, West Virginia. Very close to this MTR site sits 2.8 billion gallons of toxic coal sludge, precariously perched above the Marsh Fork Elementary School in Sundial, WV. This Massey Energy-owned MTR site puts the lives of Coal River Valley residents at risk. Residents contend that blasting will further destabalize the sludge impoundment, while fly rock and rock dust shower the neighboring hollows of Naoma. photograph by Antrim Caskey
Blasting at Clays Branch, Cherry Pond Mountain, Raleigh County, West Virginia
Saturday, February 14th, 2009posted by antrim
At 4:31 pm, Feb. 13, 2009, a massive blast detonated at Cherry Pond Mountain, in the Coal River Valley, directly across from the proposed site of the Coal River Wind Project on the great Coal River Mountain, West Virginia. The blast was set off on Clays Branch, an Appalachian mountain hollow that is currently being ripped apart by mountaintop removal coal mining. Debris rained down and the acrid aftermath of the blast obscured the valley in a smothering cloud of gritty smoke.
Clays Branch is par of Cherry Pond Mountain, which stretches east along Rt 3 to Bolt Mountain (Rt 99). Clays Branch is located above Marsh Fork Elementary School, above the 2.8 billion gallon sludge pond at Shumate and up the left hand fork of Shumate hollow. This was massive MTR blasting. Next to an unstable sludge dam, above a school and surrounded by mountain communities.
About ten minutes after the three long horn blasts sounded, this massive explosion detonated on the mountaintop removal site above Danny Williams’ home. The Williams home sits at the head of Clays Branch – the blast was set above him, just over the ridge.About ten minutes after the three long horn blasts sounded, this massive explosion detonated on the mountaintop removal site above Danny Williams’ home. The Williams home sits at the head of Clays Branch – the blast was set above him, just over the ridge.
- The acrid cloud of gritty blast smoke almost completely obscured the valley. Directly across Route 3 is Coal River Mountain. photographs by Antrim Caskey
