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Opal how do I go mining in Australia.

Step 1 First of all you must come to Australia and travel to the out back town of lightning Ridge in the State of New South Wales ,step 2 Contact the government office situated on the main road on the left-hand side as you drive into town ,to lease a opal claim In lightning Ridge you need to take part in a short 1 1/2 day safety awareness course which is organised by the New South Wales primary industry ,This course has a small charge just over hundred Australian dollars and then you will be awarded a certificate. You can view a copy just under all this information .If you do not have a miners operates workshop certificate you will have to organise to work with a miner who has the certificate .You can complete this course in a similar way that you received your safety awareness course ,the only difference is it is a one-day course.

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Opal Theory on the opal fields lightning Ridge New South Wales Australia.

Now you have all the theory and certificates you must look for suitable opal country so you can purchase a Opal lease, with a compass do your readings and Barings and then you must drive back to town and take yourself to the department of primary industry and you can then purchased a Opal lease. A few hundred Australian dollars for a 12 month lease on a 50 by 50 meter Opal lease. It is up to you there is plenty of machinery to purchase at lightning Ridge new or used and there are plenty of people with experience willing to start partnerships and this is a great way to learn and receive all of your practical experience.

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Tips on how to find Opal Underground you must first look for fault lines and slides in the profile of the soil in the expose face of the claim that you can see with the naked eye, these are the best places to start digging for Opal of course the type of machinery and equipment is up to you most likely your budget will play a big part in the type of opal mining machinery you use underground. The most simple an inexpensive technique is a man with a strong back and surprisingly it is better if he is not too tall. And if your budget is not a problem then an underground digger and a blow is the preferable way to mind Opal Underground, and specially if you do not have a strong back another good tip is to look at the profile of the Opal Clay in front of your eyes and if you can detect very mixed up soil types then this is called a blow and is a great place to did of course no guarantees, you must have powerful lights shining on the face of the drive that you are working because if you spot colour then you must stop all heavy machinery used as you do not want to break his valuable GemStone. You must go and get a miners pick and dig it out my hand you are basically listening more than you are looking the sounds of Opal is similar to Taping on glass so please stop when you hear this noise and dig a bit wider . I have always liked my chances of finding Opal in the roof of the claim it is much harder to dig their being sandstone if you persist it sometimes pays off.

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Opal how do you find this GemStone in the Australian outback

The main expiration theories are drilling Opal by mechanical means and washing the Opal Clay level to see if you can find Opal trace or nobbys.

And you can also follow the procedure above and when you reach the clay level have it chemically tested to see if the clay composition is the correct Opal type.

You can also prospect old Opal leases which have expired and naturally if you are finding good Opal trace you will reregistered them in your name.

Here are many techniques to mine Opal Underground from a simple mining pick to dig Opal out of are existing claim, all so a compressor and jackhammer are one of the least expensive operations. The bigger operations are hydraulic or elected Opal diggers with large diesel blowers which will suck the soil up after you break it out from the face of the Opal claim, and deliver it in to your truck. On some Opal feels they do open cut and remove all of the soil and rock this is usually only undertaken if you have heavily worked out a Opal claim and you are finding it dangers to work underground, it must be a extremely rich Opal claim as this is a expensive means of opal mining.

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Tips on how to look for signs of Opal above ground there are many theories on this subject a lot of people like to get to know as many mining teams as possible, as you can acquire a lot of knowledge on where there is good Opal country and other people take old-fashioned approaches like if there is a large Australian eucalyptus gum tree the common name is Boxtree situated on their Opal lease, other people like to divine like you would for water using wires trying to detect fault line’s underground, most Opal miners will use a drilling rig to bring the clay from the deep level for inspection. And a few of the larger companies will have a good examination underground of old expired Opal leases to see if they can find a few top quality Opal gems and if there is plenty of unworked Opal level left in the claim, then they will arrange with the mining department to take out a open cut mining permit . This method of mining is extremely expensive and is often a high risk mining technique on the other side of the coin if there is a pocket left of Opal and you already have found some gem quality Opal in the claim then it is instant retirement jackpot lotto off to the Bahamas.

First photograph above exploration drilling rig. The next photograph is of a underground view of a opal claim that has been heavily worked by miners.

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Most of the opal level has been removed the claim must be made safe and the theory used mostly in modern times as well as in previous times are still the same. The main species of timber used for propping is the Australian cypress pine as there is plentiful amount of this timber available to the miners.

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