Sweat, Tears & Blood Red Opal (Book) by Ron McKenzie \n \""A true Australian Bush Story about - Station Runs - Mail Routes - Opal Mines and the Pioneering Folk around the Mining District of Opalton\""\nOpalton Opal Fields located in Western Queensland, Australia\nBrand New Condition. \nBook now out of print. \n\nExtract - IntroductionA momentous event which occurred in the district of Winton in 1895 was the Great Opal Rush to the Fermoy opal field, at the site where the Opalers and Businessmen then started the township of Opalton. This was the only Opal rush in the early history of Queensland and resulted in an opal mining boom town, with numerous diggings over a wide area of opal bearing country book contains 191 pages with stories from the Great Opal Rush of 1985, through the early 1900's and the second dawning of the opal field in the 1960's.\nIncludes photos of opal, opal mines, old maps, miners as well as an account ledger showing th;