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• OB3 (overburden spoil) - 48 to 72 inches; grayish brown (1 OYR 5/2) loam to sandy clay loam overburden, dazk grayish brown (lOYR 4/2) moist; very compacted, massive structure; extremely hazd dry consistency, very firm moist consistency, sticky and plastic wet consistency; moderately calcazeous, neutral (pH 7,1, from lab data); gradual wavy boundary. toast Mine Rectaimed Land Soi! Pit YTS-OS P3 (toast Pit 3) Sample site YTS-OS-P3 is located on reclaimed land at the toast Mine. Site chazacteristics include: reclaimed 5% slope on hill sideslope position; west aspect; mixed reclamation grasses and forbs, excellent cover and productivity; reapplied topsoil; well drained; moderate permeability; no erosion at site; sampled September 8, 2005; soil samples for lab include 0-12" (reapplied topsoil), 12-24" (reapplied topsoil), 24-36" (mix of reapplied topsoil and weathered overburden spoil), and 36-64" (overburden spoil). Topsoil depth, excluding the mixed topsoil and spoil layer, vaned in the pit from 18 to 26 inches in thickness. A & AC horizon - 0 to 12 inches; brown (1 OYR 4/3) loam to clay loam texture with 10% small gravels, dazk brown (1 OYR 3/3) moist; moderate medium granulaz structure; soft to slightly hazd dry consistence, friable moist consistence, slightly sticky and slightly plastic wet consistence; common fine and very fine, and few medium toots; noncalcareous, slightly acid (pH 6.5, from lab data); gradual wavy boundary. • C 1 horizon - 12 to 24 inches; brown (lOYR 4/3) silt loam to clay loam texture with 10% small gravels, dark brown (lOYR 3/3) moist; massive structure; slightly hard dry consistence, friable moist consistence slightly sticky and slightly plastic wet consistence; common fine and very fine and few medium and coarse mots; noncalcareous, neutral (pH 6.5, from lab data); gradual wavy boundary. C2/OB1 horizon (mix of reapplied topsoil and weathered overburden spoil) - 24 to 44 inches; dazk grayish brown (lOYR 4/2) clay loam texture with 35% sandstone and shale fragments, very dazk grayish brown (lOYR 3/2) moist; massive structure; hazd to very hazd dry consistence, firm moist consistence, sticky and plastic wet consistence; moderately calcazeous, neutral (pH 72), from lab data); gradual wavy boundary. OB2 horizon (overburden spoil) - 44 to 64 inches; gray (lOYR 5/1) clay loam overburden spoil, dark gray (lOYR 4/1} moist; compacted, massive structure; extremely hazd dry consistence, very firm moist consistence, sticky and plastic wet consistence; moderately calcareous, slightly alkaline (pH 7.4, from lab data); gradual wavy boundary. ZW Mine Reclaimed Land Soi! Pit 2WTS-OS-PI (2W Pit 1) Sample site 2WTS-OS-P1 is located on reclaimed land at the 2W Mine. Site characteristics include: 6% slope in reclaimed valley; west aspect; mixed reclamation grasses and forbs, excellent cover and productivity; reapplied topsoil; well drained; • moderate permeability; slight erosion at site with a few moderate spots; sampled 6