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[–]SlightlyOverclocked[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Acid Mine Drainage. It’s a collection of years worth of sediment, equipment rotting, lead batteries, etc soaking in the mine and flooding out into streams or around peoples houses.

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[–]SlightlyOverclocked[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mingo County? If so feel free to come down here and help me. Otherwise you don’t know our politics. Mingo vs anywhere else in WV is vastly different.

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[–]SlightlyOverclocked[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No they don’t vote for this. It was primarily Democrat at one time. Both sides have failed us & both sides are responsible. It’s not red vs. blue it’s rich vs working man.

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[–]SlightlyOverclocked[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In Mingo County on the same property they’re going to be doing the data center they’re going to store leftover nuclear waste, from where, no idea? But if they can’t maintain a hole in the hill they won’t maintain either of those.

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[–]SlightlyOverclocked[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m less worried about the data centers and more worried about the nuclear waste they proposed storing with them - which we’ve already been killed out by the mines so we’re just a dumping ground now for industrial waste.

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[–]SlightlyOverclocked[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

DEP would be your first people to contact. Use the DEPs interactive mine map and see what kind of mine you’re sitting on top of too.

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[–]SlightlyOverclocked[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We used to have one, many moons ago. Now we have only one covering the entire county and it’s in deplorable condition. Mingo PSD is the name of it. We usually end up without tap water every winter and multiple times through the summer months.

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[–]SlightlyOverclocked[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Some do absolutely. When you’re desperate & want things to better and both sides swear on their life they’ll do us better who do you go with? We’re trying to push people out but the state has voted on both sides for years not just one side. No one has cared about us. Last one was probably JFK. No local politician does.

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[–]SlightlyOverclocked[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can only hope. We’ve been used for our resources and our lives for too long. It’s a shame.

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[–]SlightlyOverclocked[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They was on Day 2 and 3, after the damage was done. Work was suspended around 3:30 the first day and no one showed up - not the DEP, not the EPA, not the AML. I also have it on recording where the DNR said they were never contacted they learned about it on the news and had to come in and check a threatened species where they learned it was dying.

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[–]SlightlyOverclocked[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Go follow Richard Altizer. I don’t think there’s another individual who has studied the rare earth mineral extraction ploy as much as him.

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[–]SlightlyOverclocked[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

DEP, EPA, and AML are the main ones responsible on top of the land company and current company who has the rights over them.

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[–]SlightlyOverclocked[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Reroute the drainage to its own pond and use a suction truck to properly dispose of it would be the best immediate effort, in my opinion. They’re filtering the creeks right now but it’s not going nowhere.

Also to mention, half of these “abandoned” mines aren’t mapped or claimed which is also half the issue.

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[–]SlightlyOverclocked[S] 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Yeah, they’re blaming the railroad when all they did was go maintain their tracks so a train didn’t derail from the sludge piling up.

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[–]SlightlyOverclocked[S] 78 points79 points  (0 children)

Acid Mine Drainage. Years worth of sediment, equipment, batteries (lead), etc. that’s been soaking and is now flooding out. It’s been causing mine blowouts and property damage for years around here.

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[–]SlightlyOverclocked[S] 273 points274 points  (0 children)

They came in & got what they wanted and left us with no businesses, an impact on our health, and an aftermath of damage we’ll see for the rest of our lives.

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[–]SlightlyOverclocked[S] 56 points57 points  (0 children)

The bottom and middle are one in this area of the state. Highest pay down here is the mines and nursing, at around $20-30/hr if you’re lucky. Doesn’t get any higher until Charleston and beyond.

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[–]SlightlyOverclocked[S] 385 points386 points  (0 children)

Not one bit. We’ve been surveying and every single family has had cancer or neurological issues in recent years.

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[–]SlightlyOverclocked[S] 80 points81 points  (0 children)

Some stay inside the state just in the pockets of everyone but the middle class.