spoil bank

mining

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reclamation of mine spoils

  • Yser River; land reclamation
    In land reclamation: Reclamation of mine spoils

    …of piles of overburden, called spoil banks, with a deep trench at the side where operations ceased. The piles of overburden are generally loose and porous but barren of plant life and only slowly revegetated by natural processes. Historically, when the mineral deposits in an area were exhausted, the site…

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