- Going Soon

Safety Harbor, FL - USA

Although I have not yet determined the exact travel dates, it looks like I'll be on my way back to Australia at the end of this month and mining in Koroit for about 2 months.

This could be the most productive 2 months of mining I have ever experienced. A neighboring miner will be bringing his excavator over to my mine early in September and will be digging until the weather gets too hot - probably sometime in late October.

When one uses an excavator or bulldozer to mine it is called open-cutting. Two months of open-cutting my mine will most likely yield much more opal than I have ever mined in an entire season. I plan to be taking plenty of photos and shooting lots of video. Of course this is very exciting.

I expect to be updating this blog while I'm in Australia. However, how frequently should I update it? (probably will be once a week) . . . & how much detail do you want to read? How many of you are reading this?

If there are a bunch of you out there reading this, please let me know. If I'm only talking to myself, then I might not be posting very much. (After spending time in the outback you get a little too comfortable talking to yourself.) From the emails I've received I know occasionally there have been quite a few of you taking a look. If you're reading this & are interested, please either email me (koroit at gmail dot com) or leave a comment here (please note: If you leave me a comment here, it will be anonymous. If you want me to know who it is from, please either leave your name or email).

I expect to be shipping quite a bit of rough opal home from Koroit. If you would be interested in any rough or cut stones, please let me know. Depending on what you are looking for, I might be able to send you some material directly from Australia.

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