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<blockquote data-quote="Guest" data-source="post: 12973"><p>Its probably referred to as an open cut due to the removal of large areas of overburden to expose a shallow ancient river bed or to expose wash containing alluvial gold close to the current river. Are the banks higher than the current river system? This is usually were ancient river beds are located - higher up from current waterways.</p><p></p><p>There is an area near Windeyer referred to as an open cut mine but it is a series of mainly shallow shafts or open pits dug here to get down to the gold bearing material near the creek. Older miners would have most likely sunk shafts to get down to deeper material or even tunnelled in from the river bank depending on distance but a more modern set up could have used heavy machinery to strip the overburden I guess but I wouldn't be surprised if you find a similar series of shallow shafts or open pits in the area? </p><p></p><p>Someone more experienced may differ but in my short time this is what I have found with "mines" marked as open cut near waterways. They are probably better described as a surface mining area or costean rather than an actual open cut mine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Guest, post: 12973"] Its probably referred to as an open cut due to the removal of large areas of overburden to expose a shallow ancient river bed or to expose wash containing alluvial gold close to the current river. Are the banks higher than the current river system? This is usually were ancient river beds are located - higher up from current waterways. There is an area near Windeyer referred to as an open cut mine but it is a series of mainly shallow shafts or open pits dug here to get down to the gold bearing material near the creek. Older miners would have most likely sunk shafts to get down to deeper material or even tunnelled in from the river bank depending on distance but a more modern set up could have used heavy machinery to strip the overburden I guess but I wouldn't be surprised if you find a similar series of shallow shafts or open pits in the area? Someone more experienced may differ but in my short time this is what I have found with "mines" marked as open cut near waterways. They are probably better described as a surface mining area or costean rather than an actual open cut mine. [/QUOTE]
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