MT Olive resident Chris Craven calls her 130 acre property a sanctuary – but one she hasn’t been able to enjoy for two years because of mining operations from Integra Coal’s North open cut pit.
Mrs Craven has lived on her Mt Olive property for 11 years and says the past two years have been unbearable.
Noise, dust, vibration and lights from the mine impact her day-to-day life to the point that she has been hospitalised for stress and is now on anxiety medication. When she first settled on the Thomas Lane property there was no mine. Now the north pit is clearly visible from her front yard and the clearing for the pit has left no buffer zone. Read More
Singelton Argus (09.08.11)
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