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Trina's 1st gold,1st gram(end of a dig)
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<blockquote data-quote="Guest" data-source="post: 105794"><p>One large gush of water down any creek and mother nature restores the balance and flattens everything in its path. Also the water is murky brown in any flood.</p><p></p><p>In NSW we are not to cause significant turbidity to the water ways. I have found that the murky water only last for about 20 metres or so downstream, then returns to clear. Go and have lunch then its mostly restored back to clear again. Its even less murky if the highbanker is set up out of the creek and allowed to flow directly on the bank for as many metres as possible, this allows the outflow to be almost clear when reaching the creek. Not always possible because you want to shovel directly from your spot to the banker, minimising workload.</p><p></p><p>It really is a minimal impact pastime. Take a look at Singleton, NSW on Google Earth, zoom out and look what the big boys are doing to the landscape. BTW I am a coal train driver so am not against mining for the sake of employment. We spill 3 litres of diesel on their site and its a major environmental inquiry. Look 200m to the left of the spill and their raping the landscape. Its a funny world we live in.</p><p></p><p>I do get the point that anyone against our hobby would take the pictures and paint an environmentally damaging story to support their case.</p><p></p><p>Good discussion as always.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Guest, post: 105794"] One large gush of water down any creek and mother nature restores the balance and flattens everything in its path. Also the water is murky brown in any flood. In NSW we are not to cause significant turbidity to the water ways. I have found that the murky water only last for about 20 metres or so downstream, then returns to clear. Go and have lunch then its mostly restored back to clear again. Its even less murky if the highbanker is set up out of the creek and allowed to flow directly on the bank for as many metres as possible, this allows the outflow to be almost clear when reaching the creek. Not always possible because you want to shovel directly from your spot to the banker, minimising workload. It really is a minimal impact pastime. Take a look at Singleton, NSW on Google Earth, zoom out and look what the big boys are doing to the landscape. BTW I am a coal train driver so am not against mining for the sake of employment. We spill 3 litres of diesel on their site and its a major environmental inquiry. Look 200m to the left of the spill and their raping the landscape. Its a funny world we live in. I do get the point that anyone against our hobby would take the pictures and paint an environmentally damaging story to support their case. Good discussion as always. [/QUOTE]
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