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Straight Hollow AML Emergency Project
In February 2020 Virginia's Abandoned Mine Land team declared and emergency. In the Straight Hollow section of the historic coal camp of Dante, heavy rain was pushing mud down a steep bank. At the top of that embankment sat a giant boulder. The team moved fast to protect the people below and permanently improve dangers left by mining that occurred in the 1930's and 1940's. #ourworksnotdone #abandonedmineland #minedlandreclamation #DMME
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