Delicate straws and stalactites coated with soft "moon milk" decorate many of the galleries in Name Later cave, a 600-metre network of subterranean stream passages near the western boundary of the Alpha Creek area. While this cave is not likely to be within the immediate mine zone, blasting in the mine could still cause considerable damage to the delicate formations as well as increased sedimentation of the underground waterways.
ANDY DENNIS
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Forest and Bird, Issue 282, 1 November 1996, Page 30
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71Delicate straws and stalactites coated with soft "moon milk" decorate many of the galleries in Name Later cave, a 600-metre network of subterranean stream passages near the western boundary of the Alpha Creek area. While this cave is not likely to be within the immediate mine zone, blasting in the mine could still cause considerable damage to the delicate formations as well as increased sedimentation of the underground waterways. ANDY DENNIS Forest and Bird, Issue 282, 1 November 1996, Page 30
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