Home » Mountaintop Removal » MTR 101 Mountaintop Removal 101 Mountaintop removal mine. Photo by Kent Mason. Mountaintop removal is any method of surface coal mining that destroys a mountaintop or ridgeline, whether or not the mined area will be returned to what is legally described as the “approximate original contour.” Methods of mountaintop removal … Continue reading Mountaintop Removal 101