diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Traits/World/OreGrowth.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Traits/World/OreGrowth.cs
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--- a/OpenRA.Game/Traits/World/OreGrowth.cs
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-#region Copyright & License Information
-/*
- * Copyright 2007,2009,2010 Chris Forbes, Robert Pepperell, Matthew Bowra-Dean, Paul Chote, Alli Witheford.
- * This file is part of OpenRA.
- * 
- *  OpenRA is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- *  (at your option) any later version.
- * 
- *  OpenRA is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- *  GNU General Public License for more details.
- * 
- *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- *  along with OpenRA.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-#endregion
-
-using System.Linq;
-
-namespace OpenRA.Traits
-{
-	class OreGrowthInfo : ITraitInfo
-	{
-		public readonly float Interval = 1f;
-		public readonly float Chance = .02f;
-		public readonly bool Spreads = true;
-		public readonly bool Grows = true;
-
-		public object Create(Actor self) { return new OreGrowth(); }
-	}
-
-	class OreGrowth : ITick
-	{
-		int remainingTicks;
-
-		public void Tick(Actor self)
-		{
-			if (--remainingTicks <= 0)
-			{
-				var info = self.Info.Traits.Get<OreGrowthInfo>();
-
-				// HACK HACK: we should push "grows" down to the resource.
-				var oreResource = self.World.WorldActor.Info.Traits.WithInterface<ResourceTypeInfo>()
-					.FirstOrDefault(r => r.Name == "Ore");
-
-				if (oreResource != null)
-				{
-					if (info.Spreads)
-						self.World.WorldActor.traits.Get<ResourceLayer>().Spread(oreResource,
-							self.World.SharedRandom, info.Chance);
-
-					if (info.Grows)
-						self.World.WorldActor.traits.Get<ResourceLayer>().Grow(oreResource);
-				}
-
-				self.World.Minimap.InvalidateOre();
-				remainingTicks = (int)(info.Interval * 60 * 25);
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}