In Settlers 2 (PC), is it possible to get food back from an exhausted mine or otherwise prevent food waste?

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I started playing Settlers 2 on PC and got a message that one of my coal mines was exhausted.
I can see that people are still delivering food into it though, but since the mine has no resources, it does not consume any food and it seems that any further input food will be wasted and disappear when I destroy the exhausted mine.
Is this correct or is there any way to get the food back? Or to prevent them from filling up food in a mine that cannot use it? Seems like an oversight from the developers.

Studoku · Answer

The best way to deal with this is to destroy the mine as soon as it is exhausted. You'll lose any food inside it but food on its way will be sent to other mines or returned to storehouses.
You'll lose a small amount of food but it's not a big problem. Meat and bread are unlimited and 2 per mine is a tiny percentage of late-game food production.

In Settlers 2 (PC), is it possible to get food back from an exhausted mine or otherwise prevent food waste?

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