 Its richness has contributed to constant reworking and fossicking since then.The role of Aborigines (Pluto, Kitty Pluto, Friday Wilson) in discovering and working the mining claims is significant.In addition, Kitty Pluto is the only woman recorded as discovering a goldfield in Queensland.The removal of portable mining machinery from the Wenlock by the Australian Army during World War Two is an example of the tactical action of denying the enemy resources which could be useful to an advancing enemy.