When out searching for gold, how many of you are conscious of your impact on the Environment? What are some techniques you use to reduce this impact?
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lol,
hemp, cotton, twine, bioplastics. anything that degrades.
Clay got 20 likes, for his words of wisdom,
I got 7 likes for actuall work done cleaning the bush, it truly is a thankless job cleanin others trash, even the thread starter couldnt throw a like our way for our cleanup efforts.
I was a little off topic but its all that I can do in my form of mining to reduce the human footprint. Actually it’s the least I can do !
As I use the land, take values from it, so no kudos needed.
Yesterday on the way back from diggin in solid rock, I finally grabbed these 2 pieces of foam, probably came from a metal detector packageing, they been blowin back n forth crossed gold crown road since I guess january, nobody stopped to pick it up.
One piece they wouldn’t even have had to get out of their air conditioned rigg.
At least i got something to talk about now!
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Too bad it dosen't degrade WHEN the wackos are using it!
Just about all signs of any digging by small scale miners below the high water mark in a steam or river are completely un done by mother nature during seasonal high water flow. The natural environment yearly is responsible for more erosion than an army of small scale miners can produce. In essence a miner is only doing what mother nature already does reguarly, yet the scale is probably something like .001 percent of what would happen during a seasonal flow if that. Overall Environmental impact from a small scale placer miner is practicaly non existent as far as erosion is considered when working below the high water line.
When out searching for gold, how many of you are conscious of your impact on the Environment? What are some techniques you use to reduce this impact?
MM, sorry, no telegraph since that uses metals. They'd be using smoke signals
MM, sorry, no telegraph since that uses metals. They'd be using smoke signals
Why would I care about leaving no footprint? That's not the big picture. Leaving a large footprint that people will use for decades is what life is about. Hundreds of people have enjoyed the different footprints that I have made just like this one. It's a well known swimming hole with diving rocks and everything. We made it, pulled the boulders, stacked the rocks and then put flat ones on top for people to lay on. After a few years more people discovered it and it has now become one of the favorite swimming holes for the locals and many others. It's not natural and most swimming holes aren't, we make them, preserve them, pull the boulders, remove the garbage and see the smiles on peoples faces. I've been asked many times how this swimming hole was made and I can honestly say, I have left my footprint for the benefit of everyone. The problem now a days is that the enviro's want people to not leave a footprint - when for thousands of years we the people have done our best to make this world a better place to live. Those nice sandy trails that people walk on are put in by hand. ________________________________
Leaving No footprint = No meaning in life...
These first 3 pictures I took yesterday at 9am, by noon there were 20 people swimming in 2 of the swimming holes.
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In the beginning it was just a boulder bound stretch of river but when we were done it was 12 feet deep and a football field long
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In the beginning it was just a river full of rocks, now it serves many people every year and has been a lot of work every year since we opened it up. We took suggestions from others and moved boulders to where they wanted them also. Every year we put in many hours of work to keep it maintained. 3 swimming holes stacked together, all man made and preserved View attachment 1329685
something makes me think hes not here for a conversation on the subject.....Rocksy34, Im just curious. What is the reason for this, in my opinion, ridiculous question?