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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Gemstones and Minerals
NEVER PEG A SMALL MINERS CLAIM IN QUEENSLAND
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<blockquote data-quote="Lefty" data-source="post: 241850" data-attributes="member: 2976"><p>Cheers nucopia - yeah, I think there's a fair amount of that in the mix here. The idea that you can make small-scale mining illegal in an area purposely set aside for small-scale mining shows just how far things have deteriorated.</p><p></p><p>The area in question has been simultaneously mined and grazed for over a century now - if anything was there that is so fragile that it cannot tolerate disturbance, it's surely long gone now.</p><p></p><p>In fact, well-known Australian biologist Tim Lowe in his book <a href="http://www.timlow.com/books/the-new-nature" target="_blank">The new nature</a> says....</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If it's a rare plant or something, why is it still there despite human and livestock intervention for over a hundred years? My bet would be that such a plant might only be in that spot because it actually <strong>benefits</strong> from what humans have done - lots of small-scale and hand mining dots the ground in the area, filling up with each rain and releasing it slowly into the ground, ensuring the area has a higher soil moisture for longer than what might otherwise be the case, while the grazing of cattle reduces the likelihood of fire (many plant are not tolerant of fire) while the cattle may eat the plants competitors but find the plant itself unpalatable.</p><p></p><p>If grazing and mining were banned, the plant might well disappear from that spot!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lefty, post: 241850, member: 2976"] Cheers nucopia - yeah, I think there's a fair amount of that in the mix here. The idea that you can make small-scale mining illegal in an area purposely set aside for small-scale mining shows just how far things have deteriorated. The area in question has been simultaneously mined and grazed for over a century now - if anything was there that is so fragile that it cannot tolerate disturbance, it's surely long gone now. In fact, well-known Australian biologist Tim Lowe in his book [url=http://www.timlow.com/books/the-new-nature]The new nature[/url] says.... If it's a rare plant or something, why is it still there despite human and livestock intervention for over a hundred years? My bet would be that such a plant might only be in that spot because it actually [b]benefits[/b] from what humans have done - lots of small-scale and hand mining dots the ground in the area, filling up with each rain and releasing it slowly into the ground, ensuring the area has a higher soil moisture for longer than what might otherwise be the case, while the grazing of cattle reduces the likelihood of fire (many plant are not tolerant of fire) while the cattle may eat the plants competitors but find the plant itself unpalatable. If grazing and mining were banned, the plant might well disappear from that spot! [/QUOTE]
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NEVER PEG A SMALL MINERS CLAIM IN QUEENSLAND
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