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Design of surface mining systems in the eastern Kentucky coal fields. Part One. Research and demonstration of improved surface mining techniques. Volume II. Final report, May 1972--Aug 1973

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:7363994
Contents: Existing methods for surface mining of coal in eastern Kentucky; Criteria and assumptions used in developing alternative mining technologies; Results of survey of existing technologies; Descriptions of modified mining technologies; The economics of existing and modified technologies; Administrative and control procedures; Pilot demonstrations of modified technologies. (GRA)
Research Organization:
Mathematica, Princeton, N.J. (USA)
OSTI ID:
7363994
Report Number(s):
PB-242652
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English