I am born in a dark mine, surrounded by wooden walls, and everyone uses me to communicate. Yet I am thrown away once I become too small. What am I?
A pencil
Pencil lead (graphite) comes from mines, the pencil body is wood, it is used for writing, and it gets thrown away when it is too short.
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