Abstract

Coal wastes are the mineral matter rejected from coal during cleaning operations. The refuse consists mainly of shale, clay, pyrite, and waste coal. At many disposal sites in Illinois, considerable quantities of sediment, acidity, sulphate, and dissolved metals have been washed from these sites and have contributed to the degradation in quality of the receiving streams.

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