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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
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opal mining white cliffs nsw
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<blockquote data-quote="20x" data-source="post: 319230" data-attributes="member: 2569"><p>had the day off today and tomorrow to I think, slowly building physical fitness. been having a think about what I have learnt so far and in reference to where it says </p><p>'occurance and before proceeding to description' a key word that stands out is 'alude'. to me that translates to opal found outside the description cant be explained.</p><p>two examples of this would be 1. the opal we found down deep in the decomposed slate strata itself. and 2. the lense of quartzite boulders in the strata also containing traces of opal.</p><p>when I went down to retrieve gear and tipper rail I discovered that one side of that drive we did down there had slid and caved in anyway. danger, no thanks.</p><p>so my plan is just to continue driving straight ahead along the kaolin line. dad has come up to the same level and began the same thing in the opposite direction.</p><p>its working out to about 1m of drive per 8 hrs but this will slow down once we fill the shaft and drives to the bottom/slate strata with our tailings. then its back to 1 tipper bucket every 2 minutes. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite6" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cool:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="20x, post: 319230, member: 2569"] had the day off today and tomorrow to I think, slowly building physical fitness. been having a think about what I have learnt so far and in reference to where it says 'occurance and before proceeding to description' a key word that stands out is 'alude'. to me that translates to opal found outside the description cant be explained. two examples of this would be 1. the opal we found down deep in the decomposed slate strata itself. and 2. the lense of quartzite boulders in the strata also containing traces of opal. when I went down to retrieve gear and tipper rail I discovered that one side of that drive we did down there had slid and caved in anyway. danger, no thanks. so my plan is just to continue driving straight ahead along the kaolin line. dad has come up to the same level and began the same thing in the opposite direction. its working out to about 1m of drive per 8 hrs but this will slow down once we fill the shaft and drives to the bottom/slate strata with our tailings. then its back to 1 tipper bucket every 2 minutes. :cool: [/QUOTE]
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