ÿþ<html> <head> <title>Blue Hollow Sapphire Mine</title> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> <meta name="description" content="Blue Hollow Mine is a sapphire mine located near Sapphire in Central Queensland, Australia. Learn about sapphires and where to go fossicking for them when you visit Central Queensland."> <meta name="keywords" content="Australian sapphire mining, fossicking, prospecting, saphire mining, zircons, gemstones, faceting, fossicking park, accommodation Sapphire Rubyvale, jewellery shop"> <meta name="author" content="Deborah Chalmers"> <meta name="robots" content="index, follow"> <meta name="revisit-after" content="1 Week"> <meta name="language" content="EN"> <meta name="copyright" content="15 April 2001, Version 1, Blue Hollow Mine"> <meta name="rating" content="general"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#oooooo" link="blue" vlink="#0000ff> <a name="index.html"></a> <font face="Arial" size="3"> <center> <table width=760 border=0 cellpadding=0> <tr> <td width=205 valign=top> <p><br><img src="image/blue_horizon_201x84.jpg" border=1></p> <p><font face="Arial" size="3"><center><b>Contact Us</b></center></font></p> <p><font face="Arial" size="2">Blue Hollow Mine<br>PO Box 250<br>Sapphire Qld 4702 <br>Australia<br>Phone O/S: +617 4985 4515<br>Ph. In Aust.: 07 4985 4515 <br><br><a href="mailto:bluehollowmine@bigpond.com"> <center><img src="image/bemail_.gif" width=172 height=30 alt="Email Us"> </a></font></p> <p><center><font face="Arial" size="3"> <b>Click on the links below<br>for more information.</b></p> <font size="2"> <p> <a href="search.html" target="mainpage"><img src="image/bsearch_.gif" width=172 height=30 alt="Search this site for a particular area of interest."></a> </p> <p><a href="aboutus.html" target="mainpage"><img src="image/baboutus_.gif" width=172 height=30 alt="More About Us"></a><br>Info on services provided</p> <p><a href="jewelleryshop.html" target="mainpage"><img src="image/bgallery_.gif" width=172 height=30 alt="Gallery"></a><br>Jewellery Shop</p> <p><a href="fossicking.html" target="mainpage"><img src="image/bfossicking_.gif" width=172 height=30 alt="Fossicking"></a><br>Mining sapphires and zircons</p> <p><a href="photo.html" target="mainpage"><img src="image/bphoto_.gif" width=172 height=30 alt="Photo Album"></a><br>Mining, etc Queensland Gemfields</p> <p><a href="students.html" target="mainpage"><img src="image/bstudents_.gif" width=172 height=30 alt="School Project Information Links"></a><br>School Project Info & Links</p> <p><a href="localmap.html" target="mainpage"><img src="image/blocalmap_.gif" width=172 height=30 alt="Local Map"></a><br>Maps - Sapphire, Rubyvale</p> <p><a href="businesses.html" target="mainpage"><img src="image/bbusinesses_.gif" width=172 height=30 alt="Local Businesses"></a><br>Other local businesses</p> <p><a href="accomodation.html" target="mainpage"><img src="image/baccomodation_.gif" width=172 height=30 alt="Accomodation"></a><br>Accommodation - Sapphire/Rubyvale</p> <p><a href="bluehorizon.html" target="mainpage"><img src="image/bbluehorizon_.gif" width=172 height=30 alt="The Blue Horizon"></a><br>Every miner's dream</p> <p><a href="whatissapphire.html" target="mainpage"><img src="image/bsapphire_.gif" width=172 height=30 alt="What Is Sapphire?"></a><br>Background Information</p> <p><a href="yourfinds.html" target="mainpage"><img src="image/byourfinds_.gif" width=172 height=30 alt="Your Finds!"></a><br>Stones tourists have found</p> <p><a href="extreme.html" target="mainpage"><img src="image/bextreme_.gif" width=172 height=30 alt="Extreme Fossickers!" border=2></a><br>Tourists out fossicking</p> <p><a href="faceting.html" target="mainpage"><img src="image/bfaceting_.gif" width=172 height=30 alt="Faceting - Still under construction." border=2></a><br>Faceting Sapphires & Zircons</p> </font></center></p> <br> <p><font face="Arial" size="2"> <a href="wildlife.html" target="mainpage"><img src="image/bwild_.gif" width=172 height=30 alt="Still Under Construction"></a></p> <p><a href="events.html" target="mainpage"><img src="image/bevents_.gif" width=172 height=30 alt="Local Events"></a> </font></center></p> <br> <p><font face="Arial" size="2"><center> <a href="links.html" target="mainpage"><img src="image/blinks.gif" width=172 height=30 alt="Click here to view links to other interesting sites"> </a></p> </td> <td width=555 valign=top> <p><center> <img src="image/sapphire_zircon_500x100.jpg" width=500 height=100 alt="Sapphires and zircons found at Big Bessie fossicking area."><br> <font face="Copperplate Gothic Bold, Arial" color="#0000ff" size="7"> Blue Hollow Mine</font></center></p> <br> <p><center><font size=4 color="blue" face="Arial">We have recovered from the flood and are open for business.</center></font></p> <br> <p align=left><img src="image/p_d_2002.jpg" width=200 height=184 alt="Peter and Debbie Chalmers" align=left border=2> </p> <font face="Arial" size="3" color="black"> Peter and Debbie Chalmers welcome you to the sapphire fields of Central Queensland, Australia. Our mine is located near Sapphire, on the eastern side of the "Big Bessie" fossicking area. Using the links (to the left) you will be able to find out everything you need to know about fossicking for sapphires and zircons at the Gemfields, see some of the truly Australian gemstones mined and faceted at Blue Hollow Mine that we have for sale in our <a href="jewelleryshop.html" target="mainpage">Jewellery Shop</a>, learn about sapphires, our local events and history, wildlife in the area and much more. If you have a particular area of interest you would like to know about, use our on-site <a href="search.html">search facility</a>. </p> <p align=left><img src="image/QldMap3.gif" width=219 height=243 alt="Queensland Map" align=right></p> Sapphire is approx. 950km, by road, from Brisbane. (Capital city of Queensland, Australia)<br><br>To visit the Gemfields, follow the highway up the east coast from Brisbane to Rockhampton, then the Capricorn Highway west from Rockhampton to the Anakie intersection (42km west of Emerald). Sapphire is 10km to the north.<br clear=right> <p>To make this site as informative and interesting as possible, if you have any suggestions about what you would like to see on this site, please <a href="mailto:bluehollowmine@bigpond.com">send us your comments</a>. <p>We love meeting interesting people from all over the world, so if you're out our way don't forget to drop in for a chat, or watch a breath-taking sunset over Blue Hollow Mine.</p> <center><img src="image\under.jpg" width=239 height=194 hspace=1 border=1> <img src="image\04.jpg" width=296 height=222 hspace=1 border=1></center><br><br> </font> <p><center><font size=6 color="blue" face="Arial"><a href="flood.html">See photos of the January 2008 flood.<br> <font size=3>Click Here</a>.</center></font></p> <br><br><marquee> <font size=6 color="blue" face="Lucida Calligraphy, Arial">Saphire &nbsp; <font color="fuchsia" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Sapphire &nbsp; <font color="navy" face="Copperplate Gothic Bold, Arial">Saphire &nbsp; <font color="red" face="French Script MT, Arial" size=7>Sapphire &nbsp; <font color="navy" face="Cataneo BT, Arial">Saphir &nbsp; <font size=6 color="blue" face="Lucida Calligraphy, Arial">Saphirs &nbsp; <font color="fuchsia" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Saphire &nbsp; <font color="navy" face="Copperplate Gothic Bold, Arial">Zaffiro &nbsp; <font color="red" face="French Script MT, Arial" size=7>Zaffiri &nbsp; <font color="navy" face="Cataneo BT, Arial">Zafiro &nbsp; <font size=6 color="blue" face="Lucida Calligraphy, Arial">Zafiros &nbsp; <font color="fuchsia" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Saffier &nbsp; <font color="navy" face="Copperplate Gothic Bold, Arial">Saffieren &nbsp; <font color="red" face="French Script MT, Arial" size=7>Safira &nbsp; <font color="navy" face="Cataneo BT, Arial">Safiras &nbsp; <font size=6 color="blue" face="Lucida Calligraphy, Arial">safir &nbsp; <font color="fuchsia" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">safirer &nbsp; <font color="navy" face="Arial">µ0Õ0¡0¤0¢0 &nbsp; <font color="red">A0?D8@ &nbsp; <font color="navy">A0?D8@K &nbsp; </font></marquee> <br><br><br><br> <center> <IMG SRC= "images/familyfriendly120x60.gif" border=0 > </center> </td> </tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>