Personally I think that attitude along withj the continued dumping is the problem. It's too big to do, takes more than we got.
I'd think if they were to get the dumpers to stop...(yeah thats the hardest part) and then they could work on the removal part which would actually be able to show results over time.
Yes it is theory but hey I'm a miner and while the mining I am doing removes the gold and I am working on filling in the holes left by other miners. I do find 1/2 to 1 grain of gold a day. Yes at todays that5 is about 1-2 bucks a day. It does add up and the aera I am working will taake me 1-2 hundred years to fill.