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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Gemstones and Minerals
Opal mining in lightning ridge 1995.
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<blockquote data-quote="dezman" data-source="post: 43541" data-attributes="member: 1018"><p>Yes pay day for mr cash! No tax on opal and the buyers come to town with bags full of it or they have some sent to the bank which they write these checks against it. But first we had to find a big parcel to sell.</p><p>Well with our $3000 in hand I talk my partner into a prospect hole near by on the field, down to 60 feet and blasting on top it costed $1200 to drill a one meter hole.</p><p>I local 9" driller had pointed me over to some trees where he had drilled up some good potch, and you always get potch with colour.</p><p>Well we set up the hoist and started to dig out a bit of room to move, even though its only about 22 degrees the humidity is 99% down there and boy do you sweat. We were heading to a 9" hole to get some air flow going.</p><p>Three days and three truck loads later we reach the hole and I cleaned it out with tent poles connected to one another and rammed it from below, easy.</p><p>But no sign of opal and just a little bit of silica going on! Weekend and time to go home, see ya on Monday mate.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dezman, post: 43541, member: 1018"] Yes pay day for mr cash! No tax on opal and the buyers come to town with bags full of it or they have some sent to the bank which they write these checks against it. But first we had to find a big parcel to sell. Well with our $3000 in hand I talk my partner into a prospect hole near by on the field, down to 60 feet and blasting on top it costed $1200 to drill a one meter hole. I local 9" driller had pointed me over to some trees where he had drilled up some good potch, and you always get potch with colour. Well we set up the hoist and started to dig out a bit of room to move, even though its only about 22 degrees the humidity is 99% down there and boy do you sweat. We were heading to a 9" hole to get some air flow going. Three days and three truck loads later we reach the hole and I cleaned it out with tent poles connected to one another and rammed it from below, easy. But no sign of opal and just a little bit of silica going on! Weekend and time to go home, see ya on Monday mate. [/QUOTE]
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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Gemstones and Minerals
Opal mining in lightning ridge 1995.
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