Mountain Top-less

Coal mining is a dangerous industry and profession that provides food for families everywhere, but recently large companies have disrupted the financial stability coal has offered. As the black dust settles, after explosions shatter the rugged peaks of hilly mountains our eyes are treated with the real truth, the injustice of various large coal mining businesses such as the Elk Run Coal Company. Through “When Mountains Move” I was able to see how major coal mining companies actually affect the lives of real people. The article offered a personal point of view through the eyes of Judy Bonds. Judy Bonds is a woman who comes from a long lineage of coal miners and was actually raised in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia. The article depicted her varied actions against major coal companies and in doing so revealed the damage done by the corporations. Mountain-topping is a coal extraction method that has completely decimated the summits of mountains dispersed across America. The method not only destroys mountains, but its aftermath has been known to cause brain tumors and silicosis. I believe that the method should be eradicated. Although mining is an unavoidable aspect of our economy, there are better ways we can extract the precious minerals that are integral towards the manufacturing of common products in our everyday lives.