Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Bethlehem Road Dangerous Highwall Project is located in Blue Rock Township, Muskingum County, Ohio. Directions to the site are as follows: From US 146, turn left onto Salt Creek Drive. Continue for 4.1 miles then turn left onto Mill Street. After 0.4 miles, turn left onto OH-60 S. Continue for 5.0 miles then turn left onto Buttermilk Road. Follow Buttermilk Road for 1.7 miles. Turn right onto Shaver road. After 0.2 miles, Shaver Road turns left and becomes Bethlehem Road. Travel Bethlehem Road for approximately 1.2 miles and the construction site will be on the right. The project’s latitude and longitude are N39°47’38.71”, W81°50’56.76”, based on the WGS84 datum. The area of mining disturbance is an abandoned surface mine that was in operation around March of 1968. Lawrence King Coal Company, the site operator, mined the Meigs Creek #9 Coal seam under permit A-186. The pre-SMCRA activities led to unreclaimed highwalls in close proximity to Bethlehem Road; a county road situated along the ridgetop used to travel to Ruraldale. The property is undeveloped and consists of wooded terrain, highwalls, and spoil piles. These highwalls and spoils are a result of unreclaimed/prelaw mining practices.
