It built a theme park in an old mine.

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Is a park any better than a coal mine?

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After it finishes extracting what it believes is the small bit of gold still left in the old mine, it plans to turn the land into a park.

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The park's mines closed in the 1900s, but the leete path, one of the main trails through the park, follows the route of a former mine working watercourse.

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It also plans to supply an industrial park and homes in Nottinghamshire using water in a disused mine.

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Within Australia, as production gets unviable, BHP Billiton-Mitsubishi has mothballed projects at Norwich Park and Red Hill, and Rio Tinto has shut its Blair Athol mine.

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She said it was the authority's job to assess the proposals and decide if the mine would be in the public interest, or if it could be located outside the national park.

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The location of the mine had been selected after a review of a number of sites both within and outside the national park, the company said.

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The North York Moors National Park Authority said it would carefully assess the potential economic benefits and the environmental impacts of the mine before reaching any decision.

BBC: Artist's impression of mine buildings site

The mine cart ride also stands out as a fun ride sequence, and the inspiration for the Indiana Jones theme park attraction.

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