Yes. Reference is made to the extraction of gypsum. Gotham was a gypsum mining village and while it holds no strategic importance for gypsum mining now, some works remain here and in nearby East Leake and British Gypsum are still a local employer, though not of course at the levels of when the village mines were active. It is important however to learn from the legacy. Several of the old works sites have been allowed to return to a wild state and have been classified as green field rather than brown field. Furthermore with the presence of gypsum spoil the soil quality is poor which has encouraged the growth of local flora that is not choked by the invasive species that would flourish in rich soil. This has led to some of these old works sites as being registered as SSSI, and others recognised by agencies such as the Nottinghamshire Grassland and the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust for preservation. This is a double edged sword in that while it preserves interesting and valuable flora it has removed what are ugly and well situated housing development sites from consideration by the planning authority. This puts further pressure on less well situated and otherwise valuable green field sites to be developed instead.