Transporting dirt legality victoria

[gedanate]

And just because you say you're planning to bring the dirt back later doesn't guarantee it will happen. That could be their argument, even if you are 100 percent sincere. You could have a breakdown or an accident, or anything. And then the hole would remain unfilled. That's a big part of the problem.

 

[Goldpick]

As per your enquiries earlier last year on the subject GOlddigg.

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=53013#p53013

 

[Jaros]

That seems to spell it out doesn't it.
Jaros

 

[Outback]

Hey Moonspud you need to concentrate the dirt down using a hand powered dry unit , one that can convert a tonne of material into less then half a bucket of super heavies , that way you don't need to take the dirt away or use any other devices except for one final panning to get the gold

Below is a hand operated dry concentrator that will do just that ! but there not for sale 8.(

 

[G0lddigg@]

Is that the new Au excess mineral nutraliser efficiency module ive heard about very 2050

 

[Outback]

Is that the new Au excess mineral nutraliser efficiency module ive heard about very 2050

Hahah''' no it's not :lol:

 

[Swinging & digging]

apologies for the first time post - will provide intro later. the Mining Act is vague however, the definition of search under the act covers what you are after:

Mineral Resources Development Act 1990 3-28/6/97
"search" means search for minerals using no equipment for the purposes of excavation other than non-mechanical hand tools;

so, what the Rangers are interpreting is that by using (searching) with a mechanical device as per your photo on Crown Land, you are not using non-mechanical hand tools. The next question becomes that if you take the dirt off site, this is in contravention of back filling 'as soon as practical'. Who defines practical? They do. Also, there is reference to a 'simple' sluice being OK. Who defines 'simple'? They do.

I would ring the PMAV or DEPI and try and get an answer.

You need to make your prospecting activities look like recreational prospecting rather than large scale mining. 8)
A mate got kicked out of whipstick forest a few years back for using a trailer mounted tromell, the ranger was accusing him of large scale mining without a mining lease, and by the way he was processing the material at site and returning the tailings in one quick operation.

 

[Goldtarget]

Going the way you are (trommel) then I would save yourself a grand old argument and bring the water to the site, not the site to the water. Backfill as you go upstream or downstream. If you were sampling a bucket or two odds are Noone will notice but if your on public land do the right thing and process the dirt at the site of removal back filling as you go.

Hope you get heaps.

 

[Hunting the yellow]

After all its just a hole in the ground isn't it ??? i mean if you really wanted to fill your hole in with dirt in a dry creek wouldn't you just stick some big boulders in it and then grab some gravel 5cm deep off one of the bends of the creek where there's normally tons of the gravel. that would be much easier than to f around and take the dirt back from say 300km away where you live for an example ???