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Queensland, Australia . . . Safety Harbor, FL - USA . . .

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Waiting at the gate in Tampa

Posted by Gene McDevitt at 1:28 PM

Gene McDevitt: Hello and thank you for your visit. My name is Eugene McDevitt. I'm a miner, cutter & wholesaler of Koroit opal (a variety of Australian boulder opal from a small area in southwest Queensland known as Koroit). I own opal mines in Koroit. I'm from the USA and live in Safety Harbor, Florida (north of Clearwater/St Pete). The wholesale opal business has been my more than full-time occupation since 1993. I travel between the USA and Australia often during the mining season (between April and October). I spend a total of 4 to 6 months in Australia and the rest of the year in the USA. My main business is wholesaling opals I have cut to jewelers and gemstone dealers. I also sell rough Koroit boulder opal. Koroit is an opal field (opal mining area), not a town. There is neither electricity nor running water. My mine is an underground (shaft & tunnel) mine. The tunnels are about 42 feet (13m) below the surface. More information can be found on my website: www.koroit.com. By the end of May, I expect to be back in Koroit. I plan to be writing a blog about what I find & experience while in the outback. Hopefully, I will be updating weekly.

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