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<blockquote data-quote="Marked" data-source="post: 54424" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p>There are a couple of 45 minute walks around old hydraulic sluicing sites on the Omeo Highway in VIC - one at the Pioneer Claim in Mitta Mitta, and another further towards Omeo.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.mitta.com.au/image/obj575geo389pg3p17.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.nevictoria.com/omeo_diggings_1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The height of the cliff walls is quite daunting, and although the Pioneer claim has largely revegetated on the floor, there are still large areas of exposed bedrock where nothing grows.</p><p></p><p>To think there were only 1/2 a dozen men employed at the site of the Pioneer claim, and seeing the amount of material removed is quite amazing.</p><p></p><p>The Pioneer claim was closed due to diminishing returns and increasing pressure from downstream users of the river...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marked, post: 54424, member: 1246"] There are a couple of 45 minute walks around old hydraulic sluicing sites on the Omeo Highway in VIC - one at the Pioneer Claim in Mitta Mitta, and another further towards Omeo. [img]http://www.mitta.com.au/image/obj575geo389pg3p17.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.nevictoria.com/omeo_diggings_1.jpg[/img] The height of the cliff walls is quite daunting, and although the Pioneer claim has largely revegetated on the floor, there are still large areas of exposed bedrock where nothing grows. To think there were only 1/2 a dozen men employed at the site of the Pioneer claim, and seeing the amount of material removed is quite amazing. The Pioneer claim was closed due to diminishing returns and increasing pressure from downstream users of the river... [/QUOTE]
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