The GGSMA developed the system to keep noodlers and dump- trucks apart.

The idea of a two-dump system was raised at a meeting last November and was investigated by the GGSMA.

Miners were informed of the new system at a public meeting last Friday at the Grawin Club.

The two dumps will open on different days to allow the trucks to unload on one dump while people can fossick on the other.

Dump one, the original Mulga Dump, will be open for trucks to dump on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Dump two, located about 200 metres behind dump one, will be open for dumping on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays.

When the gates are open and the trucks are dumping noodlers will not be allowed on those dumps.

GGSMA president Peter Bell called for co-operation between miners and noodlers to make the new system work.

"It's really got to work as far as allowing mining to continue. I hope we can all work together to make this work. If it doesn't work we're going to have a bigger problem," he said.

"The idea of the two dump system was so we could keep the noodlers off the claim where people were dumping. Because of OH and S rules we have to operate our claim safely. "

He said if the rules were disregarded the noodlers would either be prosecuted or the GGSMA would have to cancel the claims and the miners would have nowhere to dump.

Mr Bell asked that noodlers take their rubbish with them when they leave and for them not to push the dirt into the open space but instead to push it sideways or back.

He also asked for miners to dump their dirt close together because of the high cost of flattening the dumps.

"One of the reasons it's costing more to mine is because we have 10 per cent or less who don't do the right thing and because there is dirt dumped in the wrong places, it's got to be picked up and moved."

Mr Bell said if miners saw people on the dump when they were unloading they should redirect them to the other dump.

"If there's a noodler on there and he gets hurt, let's face it, someone is going to get sued, and it would most likely be the truck driver. The insurance policy we have on the dump is for trucks, but the only trucks that would be covered are those registered, which wouldn't be very many. So it's in the miners' interest to make sure that they help to direct the noodlers to the right dump."