Coal Spoil-Bank Materials as a Medium for Plant Growth

Authors

Dean W. Einspahr, Iowa State College
A. L. McComb, Iowa State CollegeFollow
F. F. Riecken, Iowa State CollegeFollow
W. D. Shrader, Iowa State CollegeFollow

Document Type

Research

Abstract

The use of draglines and mechanical shovels to uncover and remove coal from surface mines has greatly increased in importance in the last 20 years. Strip mining, as this is called, has resulted in a greater per man day coal production and a greater percentage recovery of coal. Along with this increased production and increased efficiency in the use of one resource there occurs a change in the use capability of land mined for coal.

Publication Date

1955

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

62

Issue

1

First Page

329

Last Page

344

Copyright

©1955 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Einspahr, Dean W.; McComb, A. L.; Riecken, F. F.; and Shrader, W. D. (1955) "Coal Spoil-Bank Materials as a Medium for Plant Growth," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 62(1), 329-344.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol62/iss1/36