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The Old Timers Mine is an Accredited Tourism Business and is Coober Pedy’s Premier tourist attraction.
• Only place in the world where you see three large good quality rough opal seams and opalised sea shells in the roof.
• The Mine was first mined in 1916 with a pick and shovel and scooped into a cowhide bucket.
• A visit to the mine is your opportunity to learn, and to see, how the miners of yesteryear worked and lived in candlelight conditions to find a trace of opal
• See SA Museum authenticate Fossils
• Walk through a 1918 underground home and see our more modern dugout home.
• This is your chance to see opal in its natural state and purchase your own piece of opal jewellery, or souvenirs from our underground opal shop.
• This unique opal mine depicts the history of opal mining with all the mystery of searching for opal underground, with the safety of a walk-in, ground level mine.
• Demonstrations of opal Mining Tunneling Machine and Blower.
• The Tour is self guided with written guides in a number of different Languages. (French, German, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Dutch)
More Details
Rating:
Accredited
Approx. driving time from Adelaide City
Greater then 6 hours
Disabled Facilities:
Yes
Address:
Crowders Gully Road
Coober Pedy
South Australia 5723
Australia
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