Posted on March 16, 2009 by adminWVa Surface Mine Board: Destroy Coal River Mountain Read Ken Ward Jr’s report on Coal Tattoo The West Virginia state Surface Mine Board leaves the public hearing for the first of several breaks to privately discuss different points on procedure and scope of issue. Pictured from left, Ed Grafton, Paul Nay, Thomas Michael, Henry Rausch, Mark Schuerger and James Smith. The court recorder and witness John Scott for the WVDEP are pictured at right. photograph (c) antrim caskey, 2009 In its decision, the Surface Mine Board wrote: