Resource
Analysis of Coal Refuse Dam Failure: Middle Fork Buffalo Creek Saunders, West Virginia Vol 2
Resource Type
Reports
Reference Title
Analysis of Coal Refuse Dam Failure: Middle Fork Buffalo Creek Saunders, West Virginia Vol 2
Organization/Agency
U.S. Department of the Interior
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Year
1973
Date
February 1973
Document Number
S0122084
Event Location
West Virginia
Abstract/Additional Information
Basic data were gathered during the investigation of the Middle Fork Valley dams and refuse bank above Saunders during field investigations of the site conducted from the end of March through mid-September 1972. This information consisted of field mapping, subsurface exploration and sampling by means of auger drill holes, field density tests, field permeability tests, aerial photography, vane shear tests, and cone penetration tests. Volume II ,the appendices, covers these details. Volume 2 of 2.
