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PFNTUCTY
Sparring with Spilers
‘ So ruinous to the land is strio mining for coal, Kentucky's most profitable product, t:
huoh swarths of the Pluegrass State might be mistaken for the moon. Both boon and bane; a
strip mininp gouges out a third of Kentucky's coal production, which last year reachep 93
' million tons worth some $500 milli n. The strip miners use bull—dozers to flay great sir Us
off the surface and eet at the veins beneath. This scars Appalachia's hills and flatleno'
with ugly detritus called overburden or spoil. As the spoil shifts and slides,the hills
resound to th awful rumble of landslides shuddering down slopes. The U.S. Interifr Dee»
reports that Kentucky's overburden has spoiled 119,600 acres of land and phlfiififi pollute
395 miles of streams.
Responding to the complaints, the state in recent years has adopted ever-tougher curbs ‘.
the strippers. Most striraent of all was the order signed this monty by outgoing GoveI.dy
Edward T. Ereathitt ten hours before turning over his office to incoming Republican Lou“.
B. Nunn. The order forbids strip miners from working slopes steeper than 280. Straight .3
in the air went the industry, thundering that it would be driven out of business, which"s
exactly what it said last year when the maximum slope was put at 33°. Since then, new .
operations have doubled to 12,000 acres, the amount of land approved for stripping.
The industry pretictably asked Kentucky's courts to erase the new r ling, counted on at ’
least moral support from Louie Nunn, whose gubernatorial campaign they had supported. Th.
were in for a disappointment. Not only did Nunn go along with the order, but he also pei- n
_,Wsuaded Ned Breathitt's director of receamation, Elmore Grim, who had helped draw up the. y" .
,regulations, to stay on the job. When a restraining order against carrying out the f
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lue Ld tors ~ LLXL Jan. Ah, ,7ud
portrayal of the progress which is being made in Kentuck; in
the reclamation of strip mined land. As was said earlier, we
do hiVE problems, but they are being solved and your readers
are entitled to the full story.

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' stall un‘iters. Hugh Morris, Kyle Vance, V .V I ‘ ‘ " " "3
_i; and Harry Botser. collaborated to DTO- ' H g. ‘4. ’
3' dttce this rrigrcss report on Kentucky‘s ‘5‘ ,
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new strzp-l'nmzng law. which is being “"5"?" X 10 T a;
studied as a. ossible model b severa I ' 3’19; " 4' ' 'l ' «‘12 "l ' M -- . '1 -
p y _ ~——~e_w~~_~-_.m~ --. HL ,VQQLIQLLJQQRBAL. LOLIS\ iLLL. KY.
other states. it. .. . ~i~ , e~~~~ i¥_m_,_f ,_,,_
The angry veices that forecast dooi U » :"7'3 ,
for the strip and auger coal busmes _ . "1 O 9
under Kentucky‘s demanding new strip I .3"! " ‘ C
mine law have faded to a whisper. '*"“"‘“ {35! a 0 I IS ears It].
Not only has the new law not forced 9
coal operators out of business, but 15 , . . \
new operators have applied for stri- » ,1. Ix "1 Continued from FITSt Page deem-115': ,4” ‘ .
ermits since the law became effizw‘nwif 1 V . - . i . .. V ":1 J
I 153m months aao 27::ng V. V J has pi ored benefimal in limiting the silt- Lgxsty",<‘“g ,
V b ‘ ’31:, 1; 1 ms of maior tributaries seawarp g. '
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! increase? 0 ” ”g 4 ,l ”I? 111311“ fly to a 4a-dearee angle. alone "’*§‘,Ve;‘r~¢°*~’r,srygir’hegmgx l
V . v mull) 1use of mechanical hydroseedcrs. has II““t‘l’nsfifité‘?n‘é’kwvgffiw M"“%§f'§},{‘§$§§%°;” ‘
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In 1965, some 6,000 acres in Kentucky 110“""‘T‘~ S‘lmmdt‘l‘ adr‘m- stripping sfififiv’égfiww azasfiffifie‘ffiéwfvapfi l
were stripped. Since the new law went 0“ ”10 Slde of a nuluntam will alwars w‘aanfisw‘aw %Q§‘§*s’”§i$$sevasf*tw :
~ create promu-1g ' --;-:‘ swhenWn?~§$fl;ke¢‘¢p"‘¢"~git/exam«#3 l
1 into effect last July 1, more than 8,000 1-- 51,Islstzrsgey‘r’wfsézvségwggémflffii i
‘ acres have been placed under permit. D' t (‘ “fix“;ewre’ “‘1'ém’wWWW?"f’rkxaigfiéfi’qflgfifr” l
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been greatest in mountainous Eastern Just | ‘1 _ k I ageskgfaffiz‘tvgfi,Sadat??? l
Kentucky. but even there, coal operators bu r do (a; “'19? '_ for “whole. 0VCI" wk:f""s‘§€u~ftf’»5%.;yig’ffi’fis;
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_t *wIimka I213; ggkégefg:“inliieii% 4:113”le and his associates believe that fiagflsfie4)*‘1;¢,p’§‘§~§/§%‘&;%Wfifig§§{§ i
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:“tifi-fimt more landslides such as r . » V 13‘“ ”MC 1“ 0W” “l w “w%§e%s%ssa~% we” 'I
‘ v H": ""“tf‘: blocked roads recently in “l“: l‘e‘ltuch can be controlled and Max “.8 .::.3-3s- Elli‘i‘fla‘aw $fisfifi?‘”ix”wwnguw i
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_. as‘éi'a‘mfiaia, 7 “31m- . I353 strung: an industry~ that is important to 4212645577: “way/two‘s 392%.»??? w f'é‘fi‘fi ‘1*}‘*l‘3 i
-. I ,w hentucky, state autho 1313*. _. 1 this region ~1V;”M“s§s$§,egfizk%fl”*~fiw 1
, ,,,,_,V,w__ -. V mm ...,“ 1'9 V' 1 At Hazard. Roy Mullins, Eastern Ken- V: 1§m&§:,§ 'nes’s’nn‘efi’sk !
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reported that there have been no Weds->35" , ()1 bin 0 cc anlation, 5““ bears some w‘zwé‘érgfiJcfiwaenNQwe ;»1%;&1»1 'l V
K Violations and that there has 1 "‘2'.- 7:2 7mm “ig‘ h? says but none “11h the RAJ‘WKfigrwwwvwwwiv xmgmvgiifim ‘1
minimum of grumbling among operators?” . gm~vgg‘e.1}1:‘nf‘) 19“”18} PrOLEStS' res”ewfwismf/fvfia‘w‘wfifintwefiwwggwkfigéf skim“ ‘: l
in that coalfield since the law went 11110;. if 7:67-93 1. 9“ Operations have closed (low n ' ' >~ -- v a. agar ,_ Minn t” ”‘3‘ 1
effect 1' ' 5%th biIiice the law was enacted." Mullins said P Staff Photo 1
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. Former Clecs generally agree that 11ch 111%: at because of ”1:112er of an) uhich closed . 1V1 ENTIVMF} such scenes or strip—mining devastation as tms one i
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V costs of stricter reclamation pi‘OVlSlOnS’: agIVVGI fbui I 1 (In iunninb them out 0! in t ital», County fiom becoming permanent features of the Ken— r
v ' Vv « d 't‘ VA if”; S “955- Actually. there has been a not tuckv counti r‘si‘ . h. .- , - . . . ’ ’ i
haie added substantiall} to pin uc ion " """iii-fi-‘xljfiziin in the number of permit ' F t D i' Mme 15 t C aim Of the states now Strip—mmmo 13‘” i t
' costs, but coal users instead of ro- '" ‘ ’1 7, 1. t ' 51!] 13513171 es ite SCITE enfor. , » , , V -, 1 b - i
d c 1 f0 t' Uthe bill p Jxentuclxs since emol‘cement or the {11“ al IPI iI. II . cement pioblcms. state oftieials say the law 1
u ers are 0 inh . . V r was started." TEdG} is pioriiimng good results. |
The users have been “111111;! 10 take V This is true even though the more do. i
on the extra expenses because the (10-1 mandin: provisions applv to operator" . -' - ' ' -
df ‘ l" ‘ 'h. 0't ‘ (1 record’ '1 ‘ - 'V " " ”‘(]._ - . operation
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fcéibed inIaIIieccnt issue of the niaaIayiiic on all drainways affected b\' the Stl‘ilphjno ’31lm.1:1.11;,(;h11 \ ”3”. 1m“ stripping be
I eat Age as _ the most restrictive and must he built before snipgm: 110111;]‘1I1_Is1f71(I\1(11V\CII.‘ Iallect a state. na_.
reflamation law in the United Statue“ begins. The vcrtir-al hi"h\iall left 11\.1-I1V-1: . ..LI .1 H (Nam Wm
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. :5 up (“fluent quullchltIS 1“” (faith cut into the n'lountain must be reduced 11in: “(1mm '3. H“ in“ 0‘ Ellnore'
. " 'roi the two distinct ('Oal’lll‘tldllcmfl regions or bat-ktillcd to support rtmnt'ilim ”1151' (“WNW 0t reclamation. and his
0 the stateI 1 growth. ' :lI'lfI. uhmt‘ work if supported entirely
.1”. nWLlntainous hast Kentucky. strilr ‘mm ”mm ”‘3'“ mm b." the Strip-mine
. mining is done on the contour, or around spoil Ridges the prmmm "llm'atm‘r-
IVhe.sldes of a mountain. in Western Ken- ill l'(‘<’0nt weeks a number of states
. , igfiky’ Where the terrain 15 gently rolling lo “.051 Kentucky. the problem has have sent delegations to stude ”Ken:
\ . 1:55 as“? tlat b01101“ lands. St1‘1131311118' 18 been thousands ol~ acres of tinsiqhtlw tiiIcky‘s “C“. 1““ Th“? include West
I. lie 3V the area methwflg series of parallel sporl ridges with their acid con Virginia. Indiana. and Missouri. Addi-
Parallel cuts over a Wide area. {instead (mum, ,~ ' . . tlonallt'. int'ulri!‘ . ~ .. r, . .
0f . ”'1 . . 1 I s. (Vinsion problems. and unic- .. l c” ”‘0 ( ““0 ”Um Older
Ia smIrb e cut into the side oi" a moun- rlaiinablc waste land States. such as Ohio and Tt‘chssflc ‘
1MP taiIn. as is common in East Kentucky. ; . To date onlv 1911,1111 , 1 ‘ j I '
.- v-ra A'V , “19 serious problem for years in East .Hel‘e the 13“" "“4””93 that 311)‘ land mnla 'll‘(‘ niembccrsioi l(l AMI I“”’l“-"1‘
. , Kentucky has been slides and the puslr disturbchqust be restored to its approx. 1'3“, “mm”. Pom 111' 1 (”71‘ I‘HICH‘WEPW"
.5 ' mg of dirt down the mountainside into lmatc original contour with all spoil “mislmwe: 2;”, ‘5; 'V .1‘1 states ““059.
=61“, the streams and valleys below as opera- ”"1385 and h‘gh‘VaHS eliminated 311d ”0 Aieewet-ted to i-iir ~ ,, V ..V .-~-» A iV.-«V..V»—-.. . i
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it without great difficulty. One moved mation Division supervisor, . who said: effective and adequate programs of recla-i it
I out to Tennessee, but I hear he is back.” “We have received splendid coopei'a- mation,” Lamm concluded. . \i
. McDowell said the rising coal economy tion from the Western Kentucky coal Norman Kelb, president of Ayrshire '
.would take care of the extra reclamation industry. Of _course, you always have Collieries, Indianapolis, commented:
.costs even without price escalations to some grumbling about the new laws. “Kentucky has been very reasonable
3cover costs caused by the law. but we have found that they. (the coal in the administration of its new reclama- E
James Sigmon, Middlesboro. vice. operators) are domg their Job under tion law and we (operators) are trying ‘3 ,
president of the Kentucky Reclamation the law.” ' . . . . to cooperate all we can. There has been .
Association and a leading opponent, of The Western Kentucky lelSlon is d1< fairness on both sides, and both sides /
the law when it was up for passage, de- vided into three sections. and three are trying to use good. hard common
clined to talk about experience with the field men constantly work with the op- sense in the application of the law.” . ,
ilaw. erators in those areas. They are Calvin Kelb said Ayrshire’s present estimate . '

‘ f ”1 want to see how some things work Crabtree, Madisonville; Phillip McGhee, is that the new Kentucky reclamation .
‘out before I make a statement on it,” Greenville; and Owen Dockery, Beaver law has increased his company’s produc- 44 ‘ 4
Sigmon said. Dam. tion cost about 10 cents a ton. “ 4 ‘ '
4 William B. Sturgill, Hazard. president Rice also spends most of his time Practically all strip-mine operators in i
'of the largest strip and auger operation in the field. The division headquarters the Western Kentucky field agree that . , _
iin Eastern Kentucky, said higher costs has one secretary, Mrs. Eleanor Veazy. the new law has increased the cost of
[have been the chief result of the law, Here’s the way representatives ‘of some coal.p1‘odiiction,.but the cost varies ac- ‘ _
:‘but no production cutbacks have been of the Western Kentucky strip-mine com- cording to operations and terrain. t
lnecessary. panics. look at the new law and its m t 4
‘ The Sturgill operations had been administration: . ~ . _ . i
experimenting with improved reclama- “We’re liVing .Wlth it. (_the new recla- Cathohc Nurses (301111011 -. ‘
tion practices even before the law was mai10nla\V)y”said an offiCial 10f Badgett . § '
passed. Stripping Corp, Madisonvflle. ‘4‘We To Install Officers Jan. 10 .

don’t have any complaints and things 4 , 4 f
l Western Kentucky Improved are working pretty good.” . Incoming _1967 officers .of the Louis- . :
i A. E. Lamm, president of Pittsburg Ville Archdiocesan Councrl of Catholic I g
; Grading of land in Western Ken- and Midway Coal Co., Kansas City. Nurses will be installed at 7:30 pm. : § 4
tucky under the new law, said Com- Mow who is also president 0f the MiUEd Jan" 10 at Our Lady Of Peace H95“ , 4 " .
Tmissioner Matlick after an inspection Land Conservation Conference (MLCC) pital’ 2020 Newburg Road. m Louis- S :74
several weeks ago, “is 100 per cent an organization 'Of principal strip-mine “Hex. . . ' 7:;
better than under the old law.” operators in the United States, said: OffICIEii-lflg W111 be “104 4310“ _RGV- f ‘ .
Asst. Atty. Gen. Schneider called re- "1 feel administration of the (Km Charles (,._ Malone-V Winery b15110? i ‘
sults under the new law in Western Ken— tUCky) law has been very fair. MF- Mat- ft” the LOUISVlne Archdiocese. A recep- ’ ' . ‘ "‘-

i tucky “truly amazing.” “_Ck (Kentucky Conservation Commis- tion Will follow in Maria Hall. l

, “Approximately 1,500 acres have been 510116 Jb40- gtatlfiik), Mrc Grlm (gefia- ' > t . .

Estri -mined and re-draded to the a - ma 10H 11'“ 0F 1T10F€_ _rlm) an 18 . v .' ' . . i ' 3 -.

tproizimate original gontour,” Schneidfr Western Reclamation Division, due to D] [1111x911 Dllt’lllg Chdlged i I . ‘.

_. aid. “Some of these areas were seeded their past experience, have a broad un- Arrested by police yesterday and x g 4 “R‘-
31 the early fall and vegetation already derstanding 0f Strip mining. charged “'lih drunken drivmg were Carl 9” I i I -i'
4 as started. ‘ "Consequently, through those rep- T. Goodhue. 37. of 1010 Grade Lane; ; i i . :1:-
4 “The difference between gradinv back resentatives, we have been able to work James David Watson, 57, of the 400 block i 4 i 7
‘n‘ t the original contour and the (former out our common problems mostly to of E. Ormsby; Charles R. Brunsen, 36, i t 5 4:
it”, practice of leaving parallel rows of our staisfactiOn and, I’m sure, to the of the 1900 block of Eastview Ave, and t i ’ .
:23; spoil piles and deep valleys is like staisfaction of the Kentucky Department Johnie P. Portman, 26, of the 4500 block : , i , .’
comparing night and day. ‘When the of Natural Resources. of Crittenden Dr. 3;. g '
operator puts the land back like he _ : . . , . 44,, 7 .., . 7 ‘7 ..-- . ,l 3
found it. how can anyone complain?” Tcimed aDifficult Law’ ‘ W~"MNV\/""" iii .' ‘ '
.. . Matlick said West Kentucky operators “Th 4 4 4 . 4 i t 4
fig? have buried toxic materials and have 19'] eh”) seems to be a conceited ””0” 7 ' ,I -
' brought topsoil to the surface. con- 5' mt the heclamation Department and en , l , *3“ t '
? vineing him that, in many instances, lthe “2pm“? 13% mike fthe 13;" W013“ ,5 '
5" “some of this land is gointI to be more _or e mu ua enei O opera ors an i , t
_ productive than before it was stripped.” forwthe-people _of'Kentucky. . . ‘ you i. '
/ At Madisonville, the state’s Western 1t 15 a. difficult 13‘.“ bOth .m ”S ” ; .3 ’
2,, Kentucky Reclamation Division reported terms and Its interpretation, and it takes last ha 7 i - 3 I
that 50 stripping permits, covering about 13901319, 0f good W1” on how sides 10 l ’ 1’8 Z ' I ' ,.
4,000 acres, have been issued for the make It effective. ‘ ' i. i . ~ '
western coalfield since the new law went “We (Pittsburg and MidWaY) Still have ’ i ‘ .
into effect. no real concept of how much our costs ' 3 Our eyes E r
W111 increase under the new law because i ‘ g .i‘ i .
N0 Undue Hardships of the great_ variety .of conditions that ‘ examined. ; £44 2 ‘
. occurlfrom time to time, costs also due , f
.- ‘ Although the law has increased coal. to variation of terrain we’re mining. , l 4 , '

‘pl‘OdLlCthll cost. in the _wcstern field— “We believe. however. that as long‘ .' Q ,

j the COSt increase dependlng 011 the type as the law is administered with the 5, Q ‘
and location 40f the ODGI‘RUOH—most 01' intelligence and fairness that is being 5'" u i

‘ the strip-mining operators there, both shown. we can live with 114” ' P ‘ g? 4:

‘ large and small companies. agree that the Lamm added that MLCC tries in those 0 TIC/A N5 3;: l ‘ .
IICSSITUOHS 1:“? imposed “0 undue states which don’t have stripmine rec~ . 3068eed Bld 4H dGlli' ‘ I: i

. l iar $111” 4°“ “9 industry. lamation laws to get operators to develop p g' tan U m '3 L’
4 . _This View also was expressed by reclamation projects. ' . Helbum Bldz,334W.Broadway. ‘ 2‘ ‘3
Kenneth Rice, Western Kentucky Recla- “We think it’s good business to have NW4 -, 5 i '

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l 1p 11161 S Continued from First Page go the right of use and enjoyment which might be caused by such contemplated ,
. . . are in a sense relative, and which should method of mining.
0 rights on thlS land: Kentucky Oak Mining be exercised by each owner with due “Hence the owners, lessors or lessees
"led Llable i C0. and 03k Branch Mining Co., Smpplhg regard for the rights of the other owner. of the coal would be liable in damages ,
" firms Operated by W‘llllam B~ Sturgill; “The owners of the surface may use to the surface owners for any destruction
‘ and Midland Mining '00- and NOFth and enjoy their property in any legiti- to the surface, timber, vegetation, water '
Bv HUGH MORRIS , Fork Coal C0.. deep-mine firms Wthh mate manner not inconsistent with the supply, including wells or springs, fences, ,
‘ Cou‘mpnummmfi wm" V havealeasehold interest. rights of the owners of the minerals building or other improvements caused
, . . Judge Cornett’s decision seemed cer- and vice versa. by the strip and auger method of mining. ‘
PRANKFORT, Ky. —— Knott Circuit tain to be brought to the Court of “In the conduct 0f their mining Opera- “The surface owners’ predecessors in
Jhdgh JOhh Chris Cornett ruled yesterday Appeals again, possibly through appeal tions, the owners and operators of the this conveyance exempted the mineral .
at thfhhah that Shh“) miners taking C031 V by the losing coal firms. The state had mines should exercise that degree of owners for" damages only contemplated ’
under broad form mineral-rights deeds . entered the case as a “friend of the care which a just consideration for the as resulting from the conventional deep—
are hahlh for any damage to the surface ‘ court” at the direction of Gov. Edward rights of the surface owners demands. mining method in use at that time. Such '
and any improvements on the'land. ‘ T. Breathitt. They must guard against injuries ’50 exemption for the pavment of damages
It was the second tlme In 11 years “Broad form” dccds are titles to the life and limb and property of others. would not be construed to include the . ‘
that Judge Cornett hashanded down such :1 mineral rights granted by East Kentucky “The surface owners have no right right to commit total destruction. »
a ruling. The first time. in 19.55, the landowners nearly 100 years ago, before to destroy the estate and rights of the “The right to use does not convey 1 .
Kentucky Court of Appeals at first up- stripmining came into existence. They mineral owners, and the owners of the the richt to destroy If such were the .
held his ruling, but later reversed itself j give their owners the right to remove minerals have a limited right to use rule then no one could safely conserve 7
uponarehearing 0f the casse. ’ _ : coal by any method, including destruc- the surface to reach and remove the or improve or build upon the surface .
Since that time, the states highest . tion of the surface, short of wanton, minerals._ . lands wherein the coal had been
court has held in a number of cases that bitrary or malicious conduct. \ “This right conveyed _by the mineral severed and conveyed by the broad form - '
owners of mineral rights can strip‘mine 1 f“ deed ls limited to the right to use the deed A11 ambition to improve such lands
PFOPEI‘W without liability for damages . ‘Widow Combs’ Case Recalled ‘ surface. Nowhere are the mineral owners would be abated aiid progress in said
to owners of surface rights, short of i ‘ grznted the righttto 3195th thSe Slhfiace’ community would be destroyed 1'
“wanton, arbitrary or malicious conduct.” ‘5 The exercise of the e mineral 12h an improvemen S ereon. “C COH‘ i. - i ' - d
The fa“ that the C‘hh't of Appeals has . ‘ trip miners prosvoked the rnmivs- Strum?“ would thhy he adverse to all thatIttllisetdlgfgrighhtgriihltfeli‘ ihcel $351353
conSistently held to the contrary did not 3,; s “Widow Combs” incident in 1965 humanity and public policy. . ht t in the coal i uestio V
deter Judge Cornett. in turn prompted the 10661egis- “h 15 the 0P1h19n. 01' the court that 2 ugh (Er-m ed nthqd th’n .
He entered a declaratory judgment in i with much prodding, to enact the method 0f hhhlhg coal prevailing bzinig: Sleihodarieeoaelhgiggd r3; the’leojl: , i
ahawhhlt brought by Leroy Martin and f the stiffest strip-mine regulatory 1" 1905 _~ at the tune? 0f the conveyance lature wherein legislation has bgen I
. his wife, Helen, who own the surface 1 gg,: the United States. of the minerals, herein —— was intended assed re ulatind this method of mining , ' ‘
’ ridhts on a 10-acre tract Lotts Cr k 5-», . ‘ _. and contemplated by the parties to the p g e I '
, .b on ee ... . Ollie Combs, 62-year-old Widow ~ - for coal. ~
in Knott County. .1 'Who lives i the Clear Creek are f original mineral deedto be the methods . . _
_ The josihe def da t K tu k 11 h . . a h to be used in mining and removmg “In the use of mining by this method
River Coal t’CO en. ns are en 0317 Knott County, was jailed for 20 hows the coal. v the defendants Will be liable to pay
rp., W nera afterlshe threw herself m the path'of “They intended that the customary in damages to the plaintiffs for any '
Col. 4, ba ection a buldozer to stop h from stripping manner in mining coal then prevailing destruction to their estate in the land,
- ahthlde above her hhy home. . would be used, and any exemption including surface, ti ion, ‘ ‘
\-\-_._._ " That was Thanks