Quote Originally Posted by alpaca
Hmm the game somehow didn't create the mines on the map, which it should. Just tested it in those regions and it worked fine.

I'd try uninstalling, wiping the M2TW folder clean and re-installing the game and patch if I were you, it could be the patcher didn't patch something correctly.
Out of curiosity: Did you install over 1.0 or 1.1?
1.1 sir