Australia Kesee Fam Opal Mfuw

South Australia wɔ abakɔsɛm a ɛyɛ anigye bere a ɛfa Opals a wohu wɔ Australia no ho no. Ná ɛyɛ mmeae a wodii kan tutuu fam no mu biako na bere bi na ɛyɛ nkurow a na ɛrenya nkɔso. Mprempren esiane sɛ wɔahu Black Opal a agye din kɛse no nti, South Australia opal mfuw no ayɛ brɛoo na wɔagyae tu a wotu mpo. Ase hɔ no yɛ opal mfuw atitiriw a wohu wɔ South Australia no din

Mintabie Opal Afuw a Wɔde Yɛ Adwuma

Mintabie a bere bi na ɛto so abien wɔ Coober Pedy akyi sɛ nea ɔyɛ opal no, ɛnnɛ wɔnyɛ kakraa bi. Nneɛma ahorow bi nti na ɛte saa, ebia nea enti titiriw ne anohyeto ahorow a ɛwɔ kurom hɔfo din (Hokwan a Aboriginefo wɔ sɛ wɔsan nya kurom hɔ asase) ase. Ne nyinaa mu no, Mintabie da so ara yɛ opal pa bi fie.

Wɔ nsrahwɛ bi a mekɔɔ hɔ nnansa yi wɔ August 1998 mu no, minyaa hokwan huu nneɛma fɛfɛ bi a ɛyɛ kɔla kɔkɔɔ a edi mũ, a ne bo yɛ dɔla mpempem pii. Mintabie nso agye din sɛ ɔyɛ opal tuntum bi a ɛyɛ fɛ yiye, a ɛte sɛ nea wohuu wɔ Grawin no, a ɔbo a ɛyɛ nwonwa no nni nsonsonoe a ɛda Lightning Ridge de no ntam.

Aboriginefo na wodii kan tɔn Mintabie black opal wɔ Coober Pedy, wɔ Wiase Ko I akyi pɛɛ. Ɛwom sɛ wɔn a wotu fam no binom bɔɔ mmɔden sɛ wobehu baabi a efi de, nanso Aboriginefo no tumi kuraa wɔn ahintasɛm no mu kosii 1930 mfe no mfiase. Obiara nnu ne ho da sɛ wakɔsra Mintabie. Ɛyɛ ade a ɛsɛ sɛ wɔn a wɔn ani gye akwantu ho nyinaa nya, efisɛ anhweatam no fɛ wɔ nneɛma pii a ebetumi ama wɔn. Ɛno da nkyɛn a, ɛwɔ nneɛma pa.

Sɛ wode simma 20 kar fi Marla fi Stuart Ɔkwan Kɛse no so, na wunya kwan wɔ Pitjantjara Asase Hokwan Mmara ase, a wubetumi anya afi polisifo adwumayɛbea a ɛwɔ Marla de agye $5 a, ɛbɛma woakɔsra afuw no.

Coober Pedy na ɔkyerɛwee

Coober Pedy da Adelaide ne Darwin ntam wɔ Stuart Ɔkwan Kɛse no so. Ɛwɔ Adelaide atifi fam atɔe bɛyɛ kilomita 800. Wim tebea yɛ kwae araa ma ɛhɔfo no mu pii asi wɔn afie wɔ asase ase.

Abarimaa bi a wadi mfeɛ 14 na ɔhunuu no wɔ 1st February 1915, Coober Pedy yɛ opal afuo kɛseɛ wɔ wiase na ɛyɛ Australia nneɛma a wɔyɛ no 80%. Mfiase no na wɔfrɛ afuw no “Stuart Range Opal Mines”. Ɔkwantufo no twaam wɔ mpɔtam hɔ wɔ 1858 mu, na ɔde n’ankasa din too beae a ɛwɔ Coober Pedy mprempren no.

Edin Coober Pedy no fi Aboriginefo kasa mu, na sɛ wɔkyerɛ ase wɔ ɔkwan a ɛnyɛ den so a, ɛkyerɛ “ɔbarima fitaa a ɔwɔ tokuru mu”. Wɔpaw no fii din anan a wɔhyɛɛ ho nyansa no mu wɔ nkɔso boayikuw bi a wɔhyehyɛɛ no ​​foforo wɔ June 1920 mu.

Willie Hutchinson, Adelaide sika kɔkɔɔ hwehwɛ kuw bi muni a ɔyɛ kumaa sen biara no huu opal bere a na ɔrehwehwɛ nsu no. Wɔde asɛm a edi kan no too gua nnawɔtwe akyi wɔ February 9. Na ɛyɛ ɔpɛ a enye koraa wɔ Ɔman no abakɔsɛm mu no mu, na ɛhyɛɛ kuw no mufo ma wɔhwehwɛɛ nsu wɔ mmeae ahorow, na ɛmaa aberantewaa Willie hwɛɛ nsraban no so.

Bere a Willie bɔɔ nsra wɔ baabi a ɛbɛn mmepɔw a ɛbɛn hɔ no ase no, wantie ahyɛde ahorow na ɔkyinkyin kɔhwehwɛɛ nsu. Ehu baa asɔremma no mu bere a wantumi ansan amma bere a esum adu no. Awiei koraa no, ɔde ne ho nantew kɔɔ nsraban no mu a na n’anim ayɛ sereserew na ɔde asikre kotoku fã a ɛyɛ opal abɔ ne mmati so. Ɛnyɛ opal nko na na wanya, na mmom nnawɔtwe abien nsu a ɔde bɛma no. N’agya, James Hutchison, a ɔyɛ akwantuo no kannifo wɔ Adelaide Chronicle mu wɔ 7th April 1938 mu na ɔkaa asɛm no nyinaa.

Esiane sɛ na ɛwɔ akyirikyiri nti, nnipa kakraa bi pɛ na wɔyɛɛ adwuma wɔ afuw no mu wɔ mfe kakraa a edi kan no mu, na na wonni adetɔfo a wɔbɛsra hɔ ansa na 1920 reba. Wɔ saa bere yi mu no, wɔyɛɛ opal pii.

Nneɛma a atwa yɛn ho ahyia a emu yɛ den no amma ɛnyɛ mmerɛw sɛ wɔbɛtra ase. Ná nsu a wonnya, a mpɛn pii no na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔsan de di dwuma mpɛn pii ansa na wɔatow agu no yɛ ɔhaw bere nyinaa. Na tebea no mu yɛ den araa ma Aban no sii nsukorabea a emu duru yɛ lita 2,000,000 wɔ 1924 mu a ne fã bi dii ɔhaw no ho dwuma, na ɛmaa wotumi kyekyɛɛ nsu mu lita 110 ma onipa biara dapɛn biara.

Mpɔtam hɔ huu amane wɔ Okunkɛse mfe no mu (1930 mfe no mu) bere a opal bo kɔɔ fam no. Bere a Toddy Bryant, Aborigineni bea bi huu Eight Mile afuw no wɔ 1945 mu no maa nkurɔfo ani gyee ho kɛse. Opal a ohui wɔ sɛntimita 20 fi asase ani no yɛ nsakrae kɛse wɔ afuw no abakɔsɛm mu na ɛkɔɔ akyiri de Coober Pedy daakye yiyedi sii hɔ.

Ɛnnɛ Coober Pedy da so ara yɛ kurow a wotu fagude a ɛrenya nkɔso, ne opal a emu yɛ hare fie. Abɛyɛ beae a nsrahwɛfo ani gye ho nso, esiane ɔhyew a ano yɛ den a na wonim sɛ wɔn a wotu fam no tutu afie wɔ asase ase nti, saa asase ase tutu yi ahu sɛ ɛka atare ne asɔredan mpo ho.

Andamooka na ɔkyerɛwee

Aboriginefo din, Andamooka gye di sɛ ɛkyerɛ “nsu tokuru kɛse”. John McDouall Stuart na ohuu mpɔtam hɔ wɔ 1858 mu na ɔtraa hɔ wɔ 1872. Ɛyɛ Australia opal mfuw a agye din no mu biako, efisɛ wɔayɛ ahwehwɛ opal a ɛyɛ fɛ sen biara a wɔahu pɛn no bi.

Ɛwɔ Adelaide atifi fam kilomita 600 denam ɔkwan a wɔatoto mu so, na nnipa a wɔsensɛn nsu so no yɛ 600 kosi 1,000, na egyina bere so.

Andamooka nkutoo ne kurow a ɛwɔ Australia a wɔammɔ mmɔnten no din na ɔkwan titiriw a wɔfa so no yɛ asubɔnten mpa. Efi bere a wɔsɔɔ ɔkwan no ano no, mprempren bɔs ahorow a nsrahwɛfo kɔ no pii ma ɛyɛ nea edi kan a wogyina wɔ atifi fam.

Mpɔtam hɔ a bere bi na ɛyɛ po kɛse a ɛwɔ asase mu no yɛ ademude a ɛwɔ Australia nnomaa a wɔatutu fam ahu ansa na abakɔsɛm reba no pii akorae. Te sɛ nnompe a wɔatutu fam ahu no, wohu opal no wɔ soro kodu mita 10 wɔ asase ase, na beae biako a ɛwɔ German Gully no yɛ nea ɛdɔɔso araa ma wɔfrɛɛ no ​​Bank of England.

Ɛnkyɛ na nsrahwɛfo a wɔba Andamooka no behu sɛ ɛyɛ beae a eye a wobetumi ayi nnɛyi asetra mu adwennwen afi hɔ. Nnipa no wɔ adamfofa su na sɛ wɔhwehwɛ opal wɔ mullock dumps no mu a, ɛma wonya dapɔnna kɛse. Asetra mu nneɛma a ɛho hia nyinaa wɔ hɔ, a nea ɛka ho ne dabere ahorow, aguadidan kɛse, nnuruyɛfo, cafe ahorow, nkae adetɔnbea ahorow, afuw mu akwantu ne nneɛma afoforo a ɛtwetwe adwene.

Na ɛyɛ aprannaa a ano yɛ den a ɛde nea edi kan a wohuu no bae, bere a Shepherd faa opal a edi kan no. Ná ɔne Brooks a na wɔyɛ tank a ɛkɔ nsu ase no rekɔhwɛ wɔn apɔnkɔ bere a ahum bi paee no. Wɔde wɔn a wɔahu no san baa nsraban mu na wɔkyerɛɛ Oxy Nugent a na wadi kan ayɛ adwuma wɔ Coober Pedy no, na wɔsii so dua sɛ ɛyɛ opal. Nanso Nugent ani annye ho sɛ ɔbɛhwehwɛ opal bere a wanhu biara wɔ Coober Pedy mu akyi.

Dapɛn awiei a edi hɔ no Brooks faa asinasin pii kɔɔ fie hɔ na ɔde kyerɛɛ Owura Foulis, ɔpanyin no. N’ani begyee ho kɛse na ɔsomaa ne nhoma sohwɛfo, Alan Treloar, ne Paddy Evans, a na anka ɔyɛ opal tumfoɔ a ofi Coober Pedy, sɛ wɔnkɔhwehwɛ mu.

Wɔyɛɛ biribiara a wobetumi de akora nea wohui no so na wɔasiw ahopere ano. Sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a wɔbɛkwati sɛ wɔbɛhyehyɛ akwan no, wɔamma obiara kwan sɛ ɔbɛfa ɔkwan koro no ara so akɔ anim ne akyi - Owura Foulis mpo de ɔkwan foforo dii dwuma bere biara a ɔbɛkɔ akɔsra mmarima no.

Ahopere a edi kan no sii wɔ 1933 mu, na wɔde Andamooka sii hɔ, bere a Alan Treloar de opal a ɛyɛ aboɔden abo a ɛyɛ fɛ a wɔde kɔmaa n’adamfo bi a ɔwɔ Coober Pedy sɛ ɔnkyerɛ ne bo akyi.

Efi saa bere no, abɛyɛ Australia opal mfuw atitiriw no mu biako a bere bi na nea wɔyɛ no bo yɛ pɛ wɔ Coober Pedy de no mu. Nnipa pii bu crystal opal a efi saa afuw yi mu sɛ ɛyɛ nea eye sen biara wɔ wiase. Ɛyɛ osuahu a ɛyɛ nwonwa sɛ wubedi abohene bi a efi Andamooka ho dwuma.

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