Posted by Robert on August 12, 1999 at 13:19:19:
Greetings
A few points of interest for those of you interested in hunting your own opals (in Nevada). There is a new fee mining site in Virgin valley called Opal Queen (it wasn't open to the public before). They have a great web site. Check it out
Also the rainbow Ridge mine is offering virgin material to go through for 150.00/load. Keith (the owner)said that he only offers this when he finds a good spot (he does not want to rip folks off). If not then you can go through the tailings for 35.00. He said the tailings are better now because a lot of new material has been added.
Gas availablity. The Denio junction store presently does not have gas (closed due to LUFT regulations) but new owners hope to have gas available by labor day. If not there is gas approx. 20 miles in Oregon.
See you there-Robert