Sentence examples for rocky mining from inspiring English sources

The region's rocky mining camps, grassy plains and arid deserts did not appeal to many ordained men.

The names of towns along the incline into the Sierras often take a form that's one part literally descriptive and one part fantastic: Copperopolis, a rocky mining village where the highway sways left, barely had a four-digit population when I first encountered it.

Both options lead over Ophir Pass, a rocky mining road that rises to nearly 11,800 feet and boasts consequential drop offs.

We are also reshaping the planet's rocky material – mining and other excavation shifts four times the amount moved naturally by glaciers and rivers.

Rocky Branch mining site, Saline County, Illinois.

Despite an apparent phone call by DNR officials to Rocky Branch residents informing of an impending permit for the mine, DNR spokeperson Chris McCloud confirmed in an email today that the Rocky Branch mine permit is under final review.

Last spring, thousands of Illinois residents appealed to Madigan to investigate the numerous inconsistencies and permit violations in the Rocky Branch mine process.

As Peabody-hired loggers attempted to enter the main site later this morning, residents peacefully assembled and blockaded the county road leading to the Rocky Branch mine, stretching yellow crime scene tap across the road, and called on the state police to uphold the laws.

If Gov. Quinn and Attorney General Madigan can step in and halt the proposed Banner strip mine, why can't they step in and halt the violation-ridden permits of the proposed Rocky Branch strip mine?

Despite an appeal over the controversial Rocky Branch strip mine permit still pending with an Illinois Department of Natural Resources administrative judge, Peabody Energy defiantly crossed closed public roads and moved massive mining equipment in Saline County yesterday, in preparation to carry out its already violation-ridden and state-subsidized mine operation.

As out-of-state loggers clear-cut the forested Shawnee Hills, defiantly posting "Warning: Explosives in Use" signs without state Environmental Protection Agency permits, it may seem like Peabody's violation-ridden Rocky Branch strip mine site in southern Illinois is another lost chapter in the state's century-long history of backroom Big Coal deals.