'No Good is to be Found in the Granite': Aspects of the Social Maintenance of Mining Concepts on Blue Tier Tin-Field, Tasmania

Abstract

A century of small scale mining on Blue Tier tin-field, Tasmania, has resulted in the creation of a cultural landscape of considerable complexity and archaeological integrity, Analysis of historical sources and archaeological survey data indicates that control ofmining operations has been primarily a function ofclose social allegiances, dependent on local pools ofreceived wisdomfounded upon often inappropriate models of ore formation, The persistence ofthe local orthodoxies resulted in the application ofinefficient extraction and treatment principles over a long period and the formation of a landscape with considerable horizontal stratification, An examination of the distribution and form of mining related sites on Blue Tier can provide insights into the intellectual positions underpinning the local mining industry and generates the framework for a socially determined model ofresource exploitation on Blue Tier tin~field,

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