A day in the life of Coober Pedy opal miners using a Kanga 825 loading a self tipping hoist breaking ground with a combination of explosives and spiking. 
Featuring the Graceopal.pty.ltd mining brothers Lochy (worldclassopal.net) and Shannon (Kimberleyopal.com) on the relentless hunt for the BIG patch! 
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 Song: Rushmere by Mumford and Sons

In this adventure we have the tipper dump moved by the famous outback opal hunter Justin Lang and his mining partner Jared. We fix the wobbly tipper pulley we’ve had for nigh on 30 years, and I head off to Dead Horse to see if I can improve our companies lagging fortunes with some pillarbashing. Its neck and neck between slow and steady earth moving (opal mining) and opportunistic scouting for bits and pieces in old claims (pillarbashing).. Watch the video over at our good mates Young Guns channel to see how this round pans out! #australianopal #cooberpedy #adventure #opal #gemstonejewelry #opalmining #howtoopalmine #cooberpedyopal