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    SUMMARY OF RESEARCH ON CASE HISTORIES OF FLOW FAILURES OF MINE TAILINGS IMPOUNDMENTS P.C. Lucia," J. M. by Duncan, H. B. Seed? INTRODUCTION In the past decade there has been a dramatic increas the size of talings dams and mine waste impoundments ‘Talings dams are now included among the largest dams in the world, and a 700-oot-high talings dam is now in the planning stages (7)? Studies conducted after the failure of the coal waste impoundment at Butfalo Creek, W. Va. in 1972, indicated that a great many of the mine waste im- Poundments constructed al that time received no engineering design consideration (13). Recent history indicates that the consequences of failure of a large mine waste deposit can be disastrous from the standpoints of both loss of fe and ‘environmental damage. Liquefaction and flow ofiquetied talings or other types of ‘waste deposits have resulted in many deaths. Seismically induced failures in Chile atthe Barahona and El Cobre tailings ‘dams resulted in over 200 deaths. in Alrca, the failure of the Muttulra and the Bafokeng talings dams resuited in a total ‘of about 100 deaths. The lallure of the coal waste dam at ‘Abertan, Wales, resulted in over 140 deaths, many of ther ‘School-age chitin between the ages of7 and 10. The failure ‘ofthe coal waste dam at Butfalo Greek and the subsequent

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