Our opal mine in Australia

[bluemarkus]

thats an interesting smal mine. the opals look really colorful and sweet.

[bastardchildofmary]

do the walls of the mine need any kind of support? or are they strong enough just digging through.

[TheZuchinniman]

Do opals follow a random pattern, or are there veins, so to speak, that can be followed?

[TheUnDeRGRouNDHoBo]

you need a bigger jack hammer mate get a hitachi 1500

[munro290]

what are they worth? and what are they used for?

[ham123see]

how intersting! i always wanted my own mine, how much did it cost to build and how did you noe that there were opals there?

[opalliz]

cost a fortune, you don't know until you find it.

want to buy it?

[HEWESREDFISHER16]

I was in Lightning Ridge in 72. KEITH SHEEN cut my opal's for 75cents each:) they called him Spook. Do you know him?.

[opalliz]

no, we have been opal mining mostly in Queensland

[morecoje]

there are only three opal mines...two of them are in australia and the last one is in slovakia(europe)..the oldest opal mine in the world

[HEWESREDFISHER16]

Their are many opal mines in Honduras- Central America, There is KALACASKA-, we also found at KALACASKA OPALIZED MASTADON TUSK'S ERINDEKIE is another spot near the boader of El Salvador. Then there is MEXICAN Fire Opal-Jelly Opal. The only way to Kalacaska is by horseback, you get their, you see opal everywhere. I was there in 1973,those who went their didnt care about the opal, they were making more money off the Dinosaur Fossils. I felt bad for the horses on the way back80pounds of fire opal.

[bandit6677]

is that a home made mine?

[opalliz]

no, it is only a working mine; underground homes in opal mines are only in Coober Pedy, in South Australia, our mine is in Western Queensland

[abysss24]

great!

I always wanted to see how it looks like to mine opal ;)

[Blobadon]

Hey,good work with the video............showed every aspect of mining

If anyone needs labour on there mines please do get in touch,as i am a pipefitter in England but wanting to travel to Australia and work in the mines for a while for life experience

Thanks

[koringeo]

were is the mine we have a few in coober pedy.

[opalliz]

The mine is in Opalton, 125 km south west of Winton, in Far western Queensland

[OkieBluesDog]

I do not envy your hard work, your beautiful finds, well........ that must be really rewarding. Best of luck.

[pieceofearth]

I checked out the web page...very nice.

How often is it updated?

I am looking to purchase a rraw piece so I can cut and ploish it myself.

Please check out my videos and then let me know if you want to deal with me.

Thanks for your time and consideration in this matter.

[opalliz]

Hi there, thanks for your comments. We have finished opal mining for the year and have started processing.Some new opals (cut and raw) and opal jewelry will be added in the next few days and in the next few weeks. We sell regularly to Canada amongst many countries around the world, so there should not be any problems. Cheers, Jacky

[chafei00]

hay i need i job in mine can u help ??

[aidan12497]

mine videos and tours are fantastic, nice finds

[carlo523]

good job ,buen trabajo