Angledool
Charlie Dunstan’s diggings on the Angledool field. Image from The Daily Telegraph, 23 June 1928.
Not to be confused with Angledool Station or New Angledool town, the Angledool opal field at Lightning Ridge lies between Sim’s Hill and Bald Hill, east of Canfell’s.
Angledool field was found by Charlie Dunstan in 1905-1906.
Opal is found at a depth between 2 and 30 feet. There were two or three opal levels.
The field yielded several named stones, including Dunstan’s Stone in 1908 and Pandora which was found in 1928.
According to The Lightning Ridge Book by Stuart Lloyd, Angledool produced £56,500 by 1967.
Article: Research by Russell Gawthorpe and Leisa Carney, edited by Russell Gawthorpe. LRHS research compiled by Len Cram and Barbara Moritz. Sources: The Lightning Ridge Book, Stuart Lloyd, 1967, p. 65; Lightning Ridge - The Home of the Black Opal: Unique to the World, Gan Bruce, 1983, p. 77; The occurrence of opal at Lightning Ridge and Grawin, with geological notes on County Finch, J. W Whiting & R. E. Relph, 1958, p. 9; Discover Opals: Before and Beyond 2000 with Surface Indications, Stephen Aracic, 1996, p. 139.