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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: 43543" data-attributes="member: 1018"><p>Well I stood in our ten foot drive and decided to dig to the right, and one hour later we are digging out beautiful opals. You can see the fault in the photo, my partner is the one shovelling. The other guy came down to have a look at real paying dirt, his name was Jim and had no luck at all! Which I was to find out later when we worked together.</p><p>The level was hard and it took some effort with the air hammers to break it up and fill the truck. My partner would take the load to the dam to wash while I gouged out the opal which ran in a narrow band, then off home to rub down out finds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dezman, post: 43543, member: 1018"] Well I stood in our ten foot drive and decided to dig to the right, and one hour later we are digging out beautiful opals. You can see the fault in the photo, my partner is the one shovelling. The other guy came down to have a look at real paying dirt, his name was Jim and had no luck at all! Which I was to find out later when we worked together. The level was hard and it took some effort with the air hammers to break it up and fill the truck. My partner would take the load to the dam to wash while I gouged out the opal which ran in a narrow band, then off home to rub down out finds. [/QUOTE]
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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Gemstones and Minerals
Opal mining in lightning ridge 1995.
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