4 days and about 30 odd hours of pillarbashing our claim with a jackpick produces copious amounts of potch (coloruless, low value opal) with a few surprises.. Just enough to keep us digging, who knows if it's good or bad until we exhaust the area.. Not an easy job, but hopefully rewarding in the end..

It's late August and the Grace Opal boys push on with our plan to ream a shaft to make it big enough to get our machine down. With the peril of hard grey billy rocks and huge old machinery breakdowns, nothing is guaranteed.. Progress sees us optimistic enough to sink a hole in the line we are hoping will be productive, what we bottom on is very encouraging to say the least! No fortunes made this trip but rest assured Grace Opal is committed to documenting the first fully fledged multi million dollar opal find on youtube.. LOL. This video is now hosted on the Young Guns Outback Opal Hunters YouTube channel!

 

 

It's early July 2022, the Grace Opal brothers venture up to God's country to see what we can achieve in our quest to find enough opal to retire and go opal mining / gardening and fishing (when it's 45c in the desert).

The Grace Opal brothers return in early March 2022 to pillarbash in hopes of getting the kitty back in the black. No fortunes were found, but decent wages were made and nobody has to apply for work with a boss, so, no complaints! 😁 #outbackopalhunters #opalmining