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• Aimone-Martin, C.T., Martell, M.A., McKenna, L.M., Siskind, D.E., and Dowding, C.H., 2003, Comparative study of structure response to coal mine blasting: Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Appalachian Regional Coordinating Center, Pittsburgh PA, Contract CTO-12103, 187 p.
• Bureau of Land Management, 2004, Safety hazards at abandoned mines (coal and other)-Six reasons to stay away, website, http://www.blm.gov/aml/hazards1.htm#top
• Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 1987, Surface coal mining reclamation: 10 years of progress, 1977-1987: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 49 p.
• Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 1992, Surface coal mining reclamation: 15 years of progress, 1977-1992: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 53 p.
• Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 1992, 25th anniversary of surface mining law, http://www.osm.gov/25thanniversaryreport.htm
• Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 2003, Keep out, old mines are dangerous: 2 p., http://www.osmre.gov/keepoutflyer.htm
• Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 2004, Abandoned mine land inventory system (AMLIS): U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., http://www.osmre.gov/aml/inven/zamlis.htm, last updated 2/12/2004.
• Ohio Department of Natural Resources, 2005, Abandoned mined lands: Abandoned mine lands problem type website, http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/mineral/abandoned/a2.html
• Ohio Department of Natural Resources, no date-accessed 2006, AML-problem type: Dangerous impoundment website, http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/mineral/ask/impoundments.htm
• Ohio Department of Natural Resources, no date-accessed 2006, AML-problem type: Highwall danger website, http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/mineral/ask/highwall.htm
• Ohio Department of Natural Resources, no date-accessed 2006, AML-problem type: Portals and vertical mine openings website, http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/mineral/ask/mineopenings.htm

See also Abandoned Mine Lands
See also Land Stability

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