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These places are the typical home of BWEs such as the Bagger 293, which can work in tandem with LHDs in flat areas of these places called (-5[1])“benches.” Acidithiobacillus bacteria congregate in these locations, where they oxidize toxic sulfides to produce a namesake (-5[1])“acid drainage”. Untopping is a technique often used in Wales to extend the lifespan of these places. (-5[1])“Room and pillar” and “longwall” techniques are used to produce stopes in these locations, which can then be backfilled with their discarded tailings. The “surface” type (10[1])of these places, which usually remove (10[1])the overburden located above them, includes their “strip” and “open-pit” (10[2])types. (10[3])For 10 points, name these facilities for extracting minerals and ore from the ground. (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: mines [accept coal mines or surface mines or open-pit mines or strip mines or acid mine drainage; prompt on tailings ponds until “tailings” is read by asking “tailings are found in what other places?”]
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