What is a tailing pond? Can someone explain it to me in simple words?

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http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tailings
Tailing ponds are small bodies of water where the junk left over from mining is put.

http://www.tailings.info/basics/tailings.htm

http://www.oilsandstoday.ca/topics/Tailings/Pages/default.aspx
My students worked on one:
https://eos.ucs.uri.edu/EOSWebOPAC/OPAC/Details/Record.aspx?TaskCode=61612&BibCode=EOSMAIN|5127150|1|288252&HitCount=1&SelectionType=1&SearchType=2&CurrentPage=1&IndexCode=-1&SortDirection=Descending
Oh, the s makes it hard
http://eos.ucs.uri.edu/EOSWebOPAC/OPAC/Details/Record.aspx?TaskCode=61612&BibCode=EOSMAIN|5127150|1|288252&HitCount=1&SelectionType=1&SearchType=2&CurrentPage=1&IndexCode=-1&SortDirection=Descending
Thank you all.
You're welcome.