Abandoned coal-mined lands
Subtitle: nature, extent, and cost of reclamation.
Contributors: Miller, George C.
Publisher: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines
Published: 1979
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 34
Subjects: Reclamation of land -- United States; Costs; Abandoned coal mines -- United States; Acid mine drainage.; Spoil banks.; Land subsidence; Outcrops
Description:   The U.S. Bureau of Mines has prepared this report which outlines the major problems with abandoned coal-mined lands and the rehabilitory measures required to correct them.  Mining related complications such as surface subsidence, waste banks, outcrop fires and acid mine drainage are examined in this study.
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