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Opal Mining With A Rookie: Finding Gems and Fixing Breakdowns!
Opal mining with my best mate Matt! This episode I head underground to the Aquarium Opal Mine to visit my good friend Warren Khan! He is busy at work finding some trace opal using his blower, air powered jackhammer pistol and tip truck. In the past his mine has produced some really nice opal shells and we hope to see…
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Inside The Aussie Opal Mining Industry Facing Extinction
Sam Mehan is just one of many opal miners who were left without work for months after the NSW government announced that over 3300 opal mining claims were invalid. Now, the government is considering 81 recommendations that could put miners’ livelihoods at risk. #Opals #OpalMining #AustralianOpals [ad_2] source
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Shane’s Struggles Continue In Mining DISASTER! | Aussie Gold Hunters
Subscribe to Aussie Gold & Opal Hunters for more great clips: Shane faces difficulty making ends meet without his partner Russell, with machine failure and mechanical faults holding him back. From season 8 episode 9. Like Discovery Australia on Facebook: #AussieGoldAndOpalHuntersPlus #AussieGoldHunters [ad_2] source
Read More » Shane Struggles To Mine Gold Without His Partner! | Aussie Gold Hunters
Subscribe to Discovery Australia for more great clips: Shane struggles to make ends meet without his partner; his mining ventures turn to disaster and failure. From season 8, episode 9. Like Discovery Australia on Facebook: #DiscoveryAustralia #AussieGoldHunters [ad_2] source
Read More »Flooded Opal Mine, Hardcore Digging For Gems!
After months of downtime, we have finally made our way back out to white cliffs to begin a season of mining only to discover the mine flooded! With thousands of litres of water between us and the opal level we grabbed a pump got it going and focus our efforts on another area of the claim. Utilising a blower I…
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