Mining Web Site Activity

Directions:

Go to www.osmre.gov. In the navigation scheme on the right hand side of the page, click on “slide show”. Answer the following questions pertaining to the slide show.

Slide #

1 What do they do with the overburden?

2 What will happen if the overburden is left exposed? How does reclamation begin?

3 What kind of mine is this? What does the Surface Mining Law require?

4 How does reclamation follow the mining here?

5 What is frequently used to reestablish vegetation on reclaimed land?

6 Can a land area be used for the same purpose after it is mined? What was this one used for?

7 Is this Southern Indiana farm, that has been reclaimed, easy to tell apart from other farms around it that have not been mined?

8 What is the problem with this abandoned Pennsylvania mine?

9 What was done differently to this West Virginia mine than the Pennsylvania mine?

10 How much highwall was eliminated by reclamation at this W. Virginia mine?