Driving around southern wv, hwy 10 for example, you can see the layers of coal where the road was cut out of the hillside. When it brains the water comes out of the layers.
A coal mine rep and attorney bought 100 acres for $50 from my illiterate great other.
When you travel between towns most of the land along the road is owned by coal mine companies.
I think its heartbreaking that the miners got so little for their labor...