| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Head-of-hollow fill | Mining | A fill structure consisting of any materials, other than a coal processing waste or organic material, placed in the uppermost reaches of a hollow where side slopes of the existing hollow measured at the steepest point are greater than 20 degrees, or the average slope of the profile of the hollow from the toe of the fill to the top of the fill is greater than 10 degrees. In fills with less than 250,000 yd3 (191,000 m (super 3)) of material, associated with steep slope mining, the top surface of the fill will be at the elevation of the coal seam. In all other head-of-hollow fills, the top surface is the fill, which when completed, is at approx.the same elevation as the adjacent ridge line, and no significant area of natural drainage occurs above the fill draining into the fill areas. (references) | |
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