tailing ponds

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• Tailing pond — Tailing ponds are areas of refused mining tailings where the refuse material is ponded to allow the settlement of solid particles from the water it is carried in. The ponded water is of some benefit as it minimizes fine tailings from being… …   Wikipedia

• Tailings — A panorama of Broken Hill, New South Wales, backed by the man made mullock (waste tailings) heaps from the Line of Lode mine (the mullock heaps are the hills that stretch across this image). Tailings, also called mine dumps, slimes, tails, leach… …   Wikipedia

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