culm

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“It could also be a culm bank where they put all the refuse of the coal industry. It does look like there are trees growing on it.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 25, 2017

As far as DEP is concerned, reprocessing coal from culm banks is a benefit: It mitigates a hazard, as well as the environmental issues, Stefanko said.

From Washington Times • Jun. 6, 2015

Hard coal diggings had scarred Scranton's hills and undermined its streets; the exhausted mines threatened to cave in the whole economy of the polyglot community among the culm dumps of Northeastern Pennsylvania.

From Time Magazine Archive

Long have there been rumors that PRC would go into the power business, using its own small grade anthracite and reclaiming culm banks for fuel.

From Time Magazine Archive

He mixed it with four parts of fine coal dust, or culm, and added a little borax—these last ingredients being intended to expedite the smelting process.

From Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)