The Opal Mine San Miguel De Allende - 37700 San Miguel de Allende

In 1948 and 1950 the first mines in Magdalena, Jalisco and around, one of the first discovered mines were discovered was ”The One” discovered by Mr. Pascual González González in 1948, located in the foothills of the Tequila Volcano within the municipality of Magdalena, Jalisco. was subsequently mine San Simon in the year 1958 by Mr. Gabriel Galindo Rubio, who was engaged to make charcoal to remove a rock in his way to the oven and burn or preparing the charcoal glowing stone was found and realized it was an opal, and selling the stone was found.

Mine worked some time and states that opals was to ”lots” and said that a wheelbarrow filled opal week. Subsequently emerged as other mines: La Estancia, La Mora, El Huaxical, Las Latillas, Las Cruces, San Martin. Opals are said to out in such numbers that were sold for sacks and that people who engaged in opals thousands. Tell the people who lived those days of prosperity , which was a day opal fever .