COOBER PEDY, 80ft underground in a working OPAL mine!

[@bjeweled21]

The neatest, clean mines I have ever seen. Your neighbor knows what he is doing. Much respect sir.

[@lilandjake]

I know right! How incredible is it. He is such a superstar at what hey does. Thank you so much for watching! 🤩

[@Opaldigger]

Great to see the boys in their native environment! We usually chat in the sunshine.. Henceforth and forever more a bit of trace shall be known as 'A bit of Grimshaw' haha, cheers to Steve and Stasi and to you guys for making the video!

[@adrianjuers2998]

How awesome was that! Nothing like I'd ever imagined and something not many would get the chance to see. Thankyou!

[@lilandjake]

Absolutely, it was unreal. The two of us spent the whole next week like what the heck just happened!! How lucky are we! Hope the weather is treating you well. 😅

[@maryking5269]

Someday! Top of my bucket list to get some Coober Pedy rough Opal!! But no thanks, on going in the hole!! Amazed at what you do!!! Be careful out there!!! Can't wait to see more!!!

[@lilandjake]

You absolutely must Mary!! Hahaha, the hole really wasn’t as scary as you would expect and luckily there is heaps of room in the mine, or at least there was in Steve’s! Phew!

[@Richard-Tanya]

Watch this space guys.... your channel is about to take off :) Great video :)

[@lilandjake]

That means the world to us Rick! We never expected to even get here. We’re so glad you liked watching! 🤙🏽

[@Richard-Tanya]

@@lilandjake Weve been running a channel for a while now, it's hard to put out interesting and different content..... I love your tongue in cheek humor, you two work well together and deserve every success... Keep up the good work!

[@michaelprue9024]

You guys are so blessed to have a neighbor like that. I’d love to be able to go mine some Opal for a few days. Being stuck smack dab in the middle of the USA there’s no chance to do anything like that. That was awesome to watch though, thank you for taking us along.

[@thedewy246]

you's are the best! very entertaining, very natural!

[@lilandjake]

That means the absolute world to us that you enjoy watching our videos!!! 🥹 Thank you so much for following along! 🤩

[@ilikeknives1000]

good to see i can watch opal mining outside discovery

[@lilandjake]

Thanks so much for watching! 👌🏼

[@emmalouise9713]

How interesting! Not sure id want to go down there but happy to watch on video 😅

[@andrewcoulter323]

WOW! what an insight into opal mining looks cool. Did you refine and use any of that opal ? That would also be cool to see !

[@gregm9569]

Well cool, I worked at Mt Isa mines and drove to Opalton...trippy place. Visit lark Quarry dinosaur stampede its is very cool

[@lilandjake]

Ohh that sounds epic!! Will have to add it to the list. 👌🏼🤩

[@AngelikaPapamanos]

Coober Pedy is my home town! So cool to see you guys showing it! Interesting to see your reactions to what was normalised for me growing up! Just stumbled across your channel today from your Yorke Peninsula video 😄

[@lilandjake]

Oh how amazing, we absolutely love Coober Pedy! It is so foreign for us and incredible to see! Thank you for watching, we appreciate it so much. 👌🏽

[@AngelikaPapamanos]

@@lilandjake Most beautiful sunsets & craziest dust storms! Keep filming guys, a pleasure to watch! 👏

[@norandois]

Wow i’m never been in this channel before, it pop out because i’m watching often opal stuff, but its a well worth watching! Such massive underground working for opal, well done! I can tell you have all good time down there! 😊 I’m hardrock miner, we use drill and blasting because its too hard to use this kind of harvest machine, its do a clean jobs, need just pillars no any roof support, easy as it is!

[@lilandjake]

Thank you so much! Welcome to our channel! It was huge, so much bigger than we expected it to be down there. That’s super interesting! What do you mine for?

[@norandois]

Sure it is! I was gold miner in eastern canada, but slowly opal fever take me over and want to find kind of deposits too!

[@lilandjake]

Opal fever is legit!! 😂

[@norandois]

Its seem uncommon except on west canada, I got hard time to find that around 😆

[@LandTourier]

Awesome guys👍🍻

[@lilandjake]

Cheers legend!! 🩵🩵

[@davedenholm3477]

Great episode 👏

[@lilandjake]

Cheers Dave, one of our all time faves!

[@brentmcd12]

wicked ! congrats on your trip! 🏜️📹🛻🤙😎

[@lilandjake]

Cheers Brent! We could not believe how lucky we were to have our neighbour there when we were visiting! It was unreal. 🤩

[@annabelgc]

Amazing!

[@lilandjake]

💕💕💕

[@the_healthy_civilian3839]

I would love to work in a mine like this for a month. Already looked into how to get there, food and shelter. Just worried about transportation and finding a miner willing to let an unexperienced texan work under their wing. Costs are around $5-6k for one month including flights from Austin, Tx airport to Sydney to Coober Pedy. p.s. not worried about making money there just interested in the work and experience in a mining setting.

[@wayneedwards6623]

Found your channel the other day this episode is of the charts fckn awesome. You guys are fun to watch.

[@lilandjake]

Gosh this feels like a lifetime ago, we have done sooo much. By far one of our favourites though, what a crazy experience!! So glad you’re enjoying our videos Wayne. 🤩

[@gbsailing9436]

WoW. I never thought of you as a gold digger Lilly! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 But now I know!! LOL!!! I hope you enjoyed your time underground! I use to do a lot of speiliology when I was younger. So much fun. However, I wouldn't want to be making my living out of it! Great episode! Good to see you both doing everything you can to make this channel so interesting!!! 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍

[@jeffreybail353]

it looks like the whitecliffs of dover down there, whee did all that chalk come from plaster of paris

[@lilandjake]

Oh wow! Just googled it, really does look like the white cliffs down there. 👌🏽

[@Scott-ot7yl]

Wow, well i've driven through but never new it was like that down there!

[@lilandjake]

Thanks for watching Scott! It’s like a whole other world down there! Absolutely incredible. 🤩

[@TheSilmarillian]

Nice one hello from Lightning Ridge opal miner here

[@lilandjake]

Oh epic! We can’t wait to visit when we’re around that side of the country! 🤙🏽

[@TheSilmarillian]

@@lilandjake You would be welcome

[@andreagerschwitz8945]

Dad the hardest worker in town then 💪💪

[@lilandjake]

Is your dad a miner in Coober Pedy? 🤩

[@missionm1704]

Great video. Wohereza to buy this tunneling machines?

[@lilandjake]

Thanks Mission!! Not a clue?! A lot of the machines are made by the miners or are used in other industries! ✌🏽

[@adiem1653]

Frightening and awesome BUT you need some face masks with all that dust!

[@sadose1141]

Great job 😮❤, what the name of machine please ?

[@alixsprallix]

great video

[@lilandjake]

Cheers! 👌🏽

[@robyndehavilland1609]

Wow so interesting. Such a hard life and way to earn a living (or not)

[@lilandjake]

It was so interesting and incredible to catch a glimpse of other people’s lives! Hahaha, maybe one day! 🤞🏼

[@jonstorey6414]

If them small openings in the ground are the only way into the mines. It makes me think how did they get that digger down into the mine. I know a lot of mines they take all there large equipment down piece by piece and then put them together inside the mine. But i could see some of the parts on that digger would be to big to get down the hole you went down. Unless the hole is bigger than it looks on camera. Plus what had they used on the walls with all the circles all over the walls and roof

[@lilandjake]

Hey Jon, great question! The digger is actually brought down in seperate pieces which makes it small enough to get down the hole. The circles on the wall are made with that exact digger, the end spins around and creates those circular patterns. Cheers! 👍🏽

[@jonstorey6414]

@@lilandjake Looking at some of the parts for the digger. They look to big for the hole you went down. Like the chassis. Unless the chassis is 2 half's and bolt or weld together

[@davesieber2095]

How did you get on to that Bloke does he do tours or something?

[@lilandjake]

We are just so lucky to know him and he was kind enough to take us down! He is our neighbour in Tassie!

[@dagsbouch]

That would of been an awesome thing to do.

[@lilandjake]

It was a one of the most incredible things so far! 😍

[@bonniecuthbert6745]

🎉

[@perentee77]

That mine doesn't belong to Ashley. He mines outside of the tunnels. It belongs to a bloke who owns a tour company there. Noble Tours Coober Pedy.

[@g__o__l__d__6673]

set up home down there

[@lilandjake]

People do! The houses look unreal! 👌🏽

[@Josh-ut9fp]

Way too much squawking right off the hop might wanna change that in the future or not

[@V27RV]

First mistake..you guys had no safety helmets on..thats asking for death