WHITING, Justice.
In these two appeals, we decide whether the owners of the surface of a tract of real property are entitled to prohibit "longwall" coal mining. This coal mining method involves the removal of all the coal in a seam without leaving any supporting pillars of coal and results in a subsidence in the land surface.
Gerald and Betty Large own 81 acres of unimproved and uninhabited timberland in a mountainous area of Dickenson County. Clinchfield...
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