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2025-04-05 17:04:07

R5ZM2 on Nostr: Things you could do, artisanal mining? Opal mining/prospecting if you found yourself ...


Things you could do, artisanal mining?
Opal mining/prospecting if you found yourself in Oz.

People who try their hand at small scale mining usually spend more on overheads, living expenses, tools, fuel etc than they'll ever make from what they find, if anything. Those with experience or local knowledge can't always make it pay, the easy stuff has most likely been got to, the waste piles been picked over many times before etc.

Risk factor, gallivanting off to remote areas of the outback can be a death wish even if approached correctly or planned out, loads of things that want to kill you; crocs, snakes, spiders, dried out old mines with fragile ceilings, stale old mines with no oxygen, rabbit warren mines to get lost in, flash floods or just a good old fashioned tumble down a shaft.

Maybe some gold prospecting or small scale shallow dredging would be less risky? Until you undermine a 400lb boulder that roles onto your ankle.

There's loads of jaunts you could go on if you can finance these adventures and have no commitments.

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