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View of the Spruce Mine in Logan County, WV The Spruce Mine is a heavily contested site adjacent to Blair Mountain, site of the largest armed civil uprising in the US, and the place that many consider the birthplace of the efforts to unionize the coal fields. Alpha Natural Resources, Arch Coal and Natural Resource Partners have plans to mine Blair Mountain, despite years of efforts by citizens to save this historic icon.

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View of the Spruce Mine in Logan County, WV The Spruce Mine is a heavily contested site adjacent to Blair Mountain, site of the largest armed civil uprising in the US, and the place that many consider the birthplace of the efforts to unionize the coal fields. Alpha Natural Resources, Arch Coal and Natural Resource Partners have plans to mine Blair Mountain, despite years of efforts by citizens to save this historic icon.