 Their West Virginia mining operations in the Appalachian Mountains were the subject of a critical documentary in 2002 on "Now with Bill Moyers" on PBS.Arch's Dal-Tex mining operations above the town of Blair, West Virginia were the subject of a 1998 U.S. News & World Report story "Shear Madness" by Penny Loeb.The story documented the impacts of mountaintop removal on communities close to the mines and their subsequent depopulation.