Soil and water conservation benefits and vegetation growth in selected plots with different coverswere analyzed based on the observed data on the No 280spontaneous combustion gangue slope in the CoalMine III,Yangquan Coal Industry Group,Shanxi Province.Results indicate that the plots covered by mixedmaterial of gangue with loess have significant soil and water conservation benefits,accompanying favorablevegetation recovery.Meanwhile,soil moisture content in the coal gangue plots is accumulated with the increased gangue cover.Among the selected plots covered by the mixed gangue with loess,the one with thegangue cover intervals of 0.15～0.25mand gangue cover degrees of 35%～45%is the optimal cover measurefor soil and water conservation and vegetation restoration.