This machines is a giant vacumm cleaner that sucks
the tailings out of a mine up
to 75 feet down. These machines are owned by
individules and not large companies.
Only individules or small partnerships are willing
to gamble on finding opals.
Some opals are cleaned and mounted locally and sold
to the tourist.
Robin spent a bunch :-(
The second shot is of the airport terminal at
Coober Pedy.
The tird shot is the Coober Pedy airport from five
miles out.
Paul Lamar
