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Alluvial Gold Prospecting
Locations to pan from SE burbs of Melbourne.
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<blockquote data-quote="casper" data-source="post: 362068" data-attributes="member: 562"><p>As I understand it... in the original legislation the wording "occupation for the purpose of prospecting" was a reference to an original condition of the Miners Right which up until that time permitted the holder of the Miners Right to erect a hut for accommodation on their Miners Right Claim thus they were "occupying" the claim. This is all linked to other legislation at the time that reserved the State of Victoria's streams and rivers and 100 links width (i think) of land on either bank "for public purposes only" meaning that you could now continue to prospect and mine there BUT NOT LIVE THERE. Advance 10 20 or 50 years or so (cannot recall) and under ammendments to the original 1880's legislation mining and prospecting was no longer permitted on certain "Exempted" Rivers and Streams. Again as I understand it was a water quality issue in reaction to concerns of land holders whose land abutted watercourses where there were heavy silting problems and degraded water quality from upstream mining operations on large scale dredging and hydraulic sluicing claims. These activities have long been confined to history but the legislation lives on to the present day and constrains our low impact recreational fossicking activities..... but also protects our water catchments. </p><p></p><p>onebob</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="casper, post: 362068, member: 562"] As I understand it... in the original legislation the wording "occupation for the purpose of prospecting" was a reference to an original condition of the Miners Right which up until that time permitted the holder of the Miners Right to erect a hut for accommodation on their Miners Right Claim thus they were "occupying" the claim. This is all linked to other legislation at the time that reserved the State of Victoria's streams and rivers and 100 links width (i think) of land on either bank "for public purposes only" meaning that you could now continue to prospect and mine there BUT NOT LIVE THERE. Advance 10 20 or 50 years or so (cannot recall) and under ammendments to the original 1880's legislation mining and prospecting was no longer permitted on certain "Exempted" Rivers and Streams. Again as I understand it was a water quality issue in reaction to concerns of land holders whose land abutted watercourses where there were heavy silting problems and degraded water quality from upstream mining operations on large scale dredging and hydraulic sluicing claims. These activities have long been confined to history but the legislation lives on to the present day and constrains our low impact recreational fossicking activities..... but also protects our water catchments. onebob [/QUOTE]
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Alluvial Gold Prospecting
Locations to pan from SE burbs of Melbourne.
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