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NSW Highbanking Illegal ..... so what is a Highbanker and Highbanking?
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<blockquote data-quote="Grey Panner" data-source="post: 663815" data-attributes="member: 15464"><p>Some years ago I was operating a small two-stage sluice box in the East Kimberly region of WA.</p><p>I had set up in the shade by a dry watercourse. The sluice box was set up in a tub and I was sloshing water through the system using a cut down 2 litre plastic milk container. I had carried water to the spot in jerry cans and was re-circulating the water.</p><p>Along came a mining inspector who expressed approval for my operation so I asked him if it would be in order for me to circulate the flow of water using a small bilge pump powered by a little 12 volt battery. He couldn't say offhand but drove away until he found a spot where he had phone comms and rang the Mining Warden at Karatha. He didn't know either so he rang the Chief Mining Warden in Perth. He didn't know either but he said that since we were talking about a very small operation using a little battery he would not object to its use. The mining inspectot returned and gave me the OK to set up the bilge pump which was a great improvement on the milk carton.</p><p>That was a oncer however and since I had nothing in writing I did not take it as blanket approval to operate the pump in other locations.</p><p>Apparently it was not legal but tolerated because of the remote location and the small scale of the operation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Grey Panner, post: 663815, member: 15464"] Some years ago I was operating a small two-stage sluice box in the East Kimberly region of WA. I had set up in the shade by a dry watercourse. The sluice box was set up in a tub and I was sloshing water through the system using a cut down 2 litre plastic milk container. I had carried water to the spot in jerry cans and was re-circulating the water. Along came a mining inspector who expressed approval for my operation so I asked him if it would be in order for me to circulate the flow of water using a small bilge pump powered by a little 12 volt battery. He couldn't say offhand but drove away until he found a spot where he had phone comms and rang the Mining Warden at Karatha. He didn't know either so he rang the Chief Mining Warden in Perth. He didn't know either but he said that since we were talking about a very small operation using a little battery he would not object to its use. The mining inspectot returned and gave me the OK to set up the bilge pump which was a great improvement on the milk carton. That was a oncer however and since I had nothing in writing I did not take it as blanket approval to operate the pump in other locations. Apparently it was not legal but tolerated because of the remote location and the small scale of the operation. [/QUOTE]
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