Shearer’s Six Mile

Shearer’s Six Mile is an opal field on the eastern side of Nebea Hill, close by to Thorley’s Six Mile and McDonald’s Six Mile fields (all three fields are named for their distance from the post office).

Neville Bell found the Red Robin stone here on his claim of the same name, in 1970. Red Robin was a 25 carat stone that was reportedly sold for $10,000 per carat. The Red Robin claim was eventually open cut.

One of Mandy Khan’s sons, Ray, mined at Shearer’s Six Mile.

Article: Research by Russell Gawthorpe and Leisa Carney, edited by Russell Gawthorpe. LRHS research compiled by Len Cram and Barbara Moritz. Sources: Lightning Flash Newspaper, 22 March 1970; Discover Opals: Before and Beyond 2000 with Surface Indications, Stephen Aracic, 1996, p. 149.