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Erroneous investment in some mines (8)

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mistaken

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'erroneous' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'investment in some mines' is the wordplay.
'investment' becomes 'stake' (stake is a kind of investment).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'some mines' becomes 'min' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'stake' going within 'min' is 'MISTAKEN'.

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(Other definitions for mistaken that I've seen before include "Wrong (in judgement)" , "'Wrong, misguided (8)'" , "Erroneous" , "Wrong, incorrect" , "Wrong-headed" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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