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Pauline Canterberry's life used to revolve around mining, and it still does today, just in a different sense.

A woman well past retirement age, Canterberry lives in Sylvester, W.Va., not far from Kayford Mountain.

Her smile comes easily during most conversations, but when coal is the topic at hand, she grows serious.

And how can she not?

Canterberry lost two of the most important men in her life to mining - her father and her husband.

Now, the air and water where she lives have become so polluted from coal dust and waste, she's fighting for her own survival.

In the past few years, she has found herself up against the Massey Coal Company and West Virginia's Division of Environmental Protection.

"We're old.

We should be enjoying life," said Mary Miller, a close friend and neighbor of Canterberry.

"We should be on our r...

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