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NARRATOR: Desperate for cash,
The Rookies take a dangerous
path underground...

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Whoa! I'm getting out of here.

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..hunting magical white opal.

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Whoa, whoa! Oh, my God.

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I can't pull any harder.

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The Opal Queen struggles with man and
machine...Don't, don't.

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..in the search
for the legendary black opal.

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There's a big fault
running straight up the guts of it.

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Stay there. I'll come round with ya.

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Col's Crew fight frustrations...
It's probably going to pieces.

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..as they chase
Queensland's prized boulder opal.

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# Money

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# And fancy clothes

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# Telling you what to do

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# The right way to live

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Coober Pedy, South Australia.

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A remote town
of just a few thousand souls,

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said to produce more opal
than anywhere else in the world.

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Its speciality is white opal.

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Worth up to $1,500 a carat,
or a fifth of a gram,

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its value is climbing rapidly.

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Opal prices are doubling
every three to five years.

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A lot of friends of mine,
they found millions of dollars,

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literally, millions of dollars.

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And there's plenty more to be found.

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An estimated 90% of Coober Pedy
is still waiting to be mined.

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Rookie miners,
Dan Becker and Justin Lang

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are on a quest for riches.

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Ahhh! (LAUGHS)
They've left their families behind

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and put their daily lives on hold

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to chase the elusive opal jackpot.

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I've come here to, erm, have two
things, adventure and money.

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All you need is 300 bucks
to register a claim,

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couple of pickaxes, and then

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you could find your million dollars
any day after that.

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But it's been a bad start.
They've found nothing.

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If they're going to make
opal mining pay,

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they need a radical plan.

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We're...Let me get my bearings.
Stuart Highway.

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Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.Yeah?Scrap
shell Patch for now, put it on hold,

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and we'll move to 17 Mile
right over there.

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The area they're heading for
is notoriously dangerous.

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A no man's land of thousands
of abandoned mine shafts...

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..named 17 Mile.

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People have died here,
people have disappeared.

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The minefields are deadly.

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This area is littered with deep
shafts, up to 30-40m deep in some
areas.

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If you fall into one of those,
you're dead.

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The plan is to go down
one of these abandoned mines...

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And roll.
..chasing scraps of opal

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the original miners may have missed.

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We'll go down, look for some trace
in the wall and try and drill it
out.

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Hopefully, we'll find
a pocket or two.

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But it's a risky strategy.

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At the bottom of this 30m hole
could be both fortune and disaster.

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The mine they're about to enter
is a tangled network of tunnels

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over a kilometre long.

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It'll be easy to get lost down here
and easy to get hurt.

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It is risky, it is dangerous.

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You can have rock collapses,
you can have all sorts of other

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unknown things down there
that can end your life.

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(GENERATOR STARTS)

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Perfect. Keep going.

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A winch will carry them down.

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If it fails, this ladder will be
their only way back to the surface.

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Going underground is quite
a scary experience,

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especially when you haven't
done it before, you know?

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Dan and Justin
begin their 30m dissent.

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From this point on,
they're entering the unknown.

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Lightning Ridge, New South Wales.

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600 kilometres northwest of Sydney,

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the town sprung up
around an opal rush in 1905.

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It's been an opal mecca ever since.

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Here is where the most valuable opal
in the world is found...

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..black opal.

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The darker the background, the rarer
and the more expensive it is,

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fetching up to $35,000 a carat.

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Third generation opal hunter,
Kelly Tishler,

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has been mining here since childhood.

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The only place on the planet where I
can get black opal. Only place.

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We might start drilling this week,
take a lease out and get stuck
into it.

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She's hoping to secure a lease

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on the legendary Grawin opal fields.

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Here, millions of dollars
of black opal have been found.

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Kelly's partnering up with a veteran
opal hunter - her dad, Al.

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Oi.Hiya, bub.Hey, Dad.
How are you?Good.

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What's happening?
Nothing. What's going on?

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Not much at all.
Look at this.

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(BOTH CHUCKLE)
How have you been?

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Good. Come here and I'll show you
what I've got down here.

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Father and daughter have worked
together on and off for years.

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Come on, now. Let's go.

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Well, I'm supposed to be the boss,
but... (LAUGHS)

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..but that's not necessarily the
case.

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(LAUGHS) He's bit of a hard
task master. Like, he...

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He doesn't take it easy on you.

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Like, you will pull your weight
or he will sack you.

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Nothing like being sacked
by your father.

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Now, I'm the boss, so he doesn't
like working for the boss. (LAUGHS)

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What makes their partnership work
is their shared obsession.

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When you find
a really good stone, you know,

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you can't eat, you can't sleep,
you get those butterflies.

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You just live it.
You just live the whole thing.

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It's one of those things.
Once you catch the bug

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and you've seen really good opal,
it's something that you'd like to
see over and over again.

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It's in your blood,
runs in your veins.

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I had a stone once.

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I was that blown away
by it I could hardly breathe.

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It was just like peeling back
a rainbow.

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It's why you do it.
It is why you get up every day.

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What pushes you.
It's what drives you.

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But recently, times have been tough.

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Dear old Dad, he retired -
well, semi-retired -

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about five or six years ago.

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And, of course, as life goes,
everything sort of runs out.

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Good old superannuation
is in the ground out here.

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So, he's had to come back. He's down
to his last couple of stones.

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Even though we've been here a long
time, I haven't had much success
drilling out here.

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We're going for a million bucks.
That'd be great.

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Ideally, a million dollars
would be fantastic.

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Erm, a million dollars in a claim,

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which would take you
five years to dig out.

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Kelly has her own pressures,
raising three children.

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Having to prioritise, really,
on basic bills.

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End of the day, you get used to
being very creative with beans.

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Manny!Manny!

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The kids have had to understand
that this is what we do.

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And it's been hard for them.

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A couple of years ago, we didn't go
to holiday for three or four years.

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But then, it just really depends
on how much opal you find.

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Hang on. Don't, don't.
OK, now hold it...

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While times are tough,
Kelly's determined not to quit.

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That's a (BLEEP).

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It might knock me down, but I'm
getting back up.

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I can't pull any harder.

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No matter all the showers of shit
you throw at me, I'm gonna stand up,
go, "Let's go mining." That's it.

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You need to have the stamina for it,

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otherwise you get your arse kicked.

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The hope here is that, together,
they can change both their fortunes.

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To cover operational costs,
they need at least $20,000 a month.

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All right.

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First up, Kelly needs veteran Al's
inside knowledge of the Grawin
fields.

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Yeah, those two there,
that's no longer registered, so...

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So, this is the current, as of
today, the current claims.

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There's one spot there
that I think there's a chance.

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There's a couple of areas
that I drilled some years ago,

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where I bored up
some pretty reasonable trace.

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So, the area that I'm a bit
interested in is here. 127A.

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127A is a vast,
two square kilometre stretch of land.

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The plan is
to explore the area first

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then, if opal is found,
peg a claim and mine it.

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The race is on.

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Kelly must secure the exploration
rights at the mining office

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before someone else does.

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The only thing which can go wrong is
I go down there and the lease is
gone.

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(HORN HONKS)Oi!

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Hugely busy.
Back in the day, you'd have

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a hundred people going
for the same lease.

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Still there yesterday arvo so...

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Oh, well, we'll know
in about two minutes.

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Fingers crossed.

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See you in a bit.

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Central Queensland,

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remote, desolate, hot as hell.

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Out here, the mercury can hit
close to 50 degrees Celsius.

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This burnt landscape
is the hunting ground of Col's Crew.

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It's been a slow start to the season
with Col receiving some bad news.

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When you get diagnosis of cancer,
it's a bit of a scare,

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a slap in the face.
It certainly makes you wake up.

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With the killer heat
making this season short,

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Col's Crew need to find opal fast.

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What they are looking for,
is Queensland's boulder opal,

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identified by
its brown ironstone backing,

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and can be worth
up to $4,000 a carat.

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They say that opal's, erm, one of
the only gems that has emotions

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because it's alive with colour.
The colours of the soul.

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Partners Greg and Aaron
are scoping out

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an old, open-cast mine,
known as Bald Knob.

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And it's called Bald Knob. That's...
Ever since we can remember

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that's just what it was called cos
as you drive in you've got all them
baldy knobs on the left.

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At nearly 100,000sqm,

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Bald Knob is a big claim for just one
man to work.

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We've all got leases, and, erm,
we will work them as a team.

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Bald Knob is Aaron's.

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We set up here cos it was one of the
dad's leases for the last 20 or 25
years.

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We thought,
"Well, let's put a camp here."

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Up on the hill, and it's good.
We can walk to work now.

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For over 50 years,
Aaron's dad had a camp here.

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"Danger granate."

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Yeah, I think that's in German.

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Where it says "poison," didn't he
used to have water bottles there?
Yeah, yep.

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They're still there.

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Aaron's dad has found good opal here

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and this season
is especially important to Aaron.

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My dad passed away late last year.

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Yeah, so...

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All I'm trying to do is
keep everything going,

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the legacy, and...

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see if I can stay there
and keep it sort of in the family.

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Oh, right. That'll work.

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Their operation is basic
but even that comes at a price.

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Even when you're free
in the wilderness...freedom costs.

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Bald Knob is already proving
promising,

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with the crew having found potch.

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Looking like smoky glass,
potch is opal with no colour.

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It's of low value
but where there is potch,

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there is often opal.

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Just needs something
to trigger it to colour.

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Maybe summer it might get stronger.

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We got a nice slip
in the hill over there,

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so we just gotta
keep crunching through it and...

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Cos if it turned, that's where it's
got a fair chance of making opal.

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But before they can start digging,
their excavator needs repair.

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One of the teeth on the bucket
has worn down and is too loose.

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But in the remote outback,
there are no machine shops for miles.

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The nearest town is over 120km away.

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It's up to Aaron to fix it.

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You gotta be
a jack of all trades in this game.

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We gotta get Greg
on to his little baby.

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In the soaring heat,
it's just another delay.

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At the mining registry office...

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All good. 127A - got it.
So it's ours for the next 28 days

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and then I can go straight out
and go to work.

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Kelly has her lease,
now the race is on

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to drill as many exploration holes
as possible within the 28 days.

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But the task ahead is huge.

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127A is two square kilometres
of dense bushland

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that's been explored many times.

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It's like Swiss cheese, it's got
holes everywhere.

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But in the past,
Al has found good opal here

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and hopes he will again.

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Essential to exploration mining
is the drill rig.

236
00:16:20,140 --> 00:16:22,439
Five steel drill bits called augers,

237
00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:27,339
each 5 metres long and weighing 150
kilos, make up the drill.

238
00:16:29,040 --> 00:16:32,139
Four augers sit in a cage
known as a carousel.

239
00:16:32,180 --> 00:16:35,259
The carousel swings
each auger into position

240
00:16:35,300 --> 00:16:37,299
at the drill head.

241
00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:44,159
They're then connected
with a steel pin.

242
00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:46,419
It's dangerous work.

243
00:16:46,460 --> 00:16:50,199
You gotta watch your hang-ins,
you know, you drop an auger down

244
00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:54,359
and you've got your hands in the
wrong position, you can cut your
hand off.

245
00:16:57,080 --> 00:16:59,079
Coming through.

246
00:17:05,340 --> 00:17:09,239
First hole and there's
no sign of opal in the tailings.

247
00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:12,199
Nothing yet. It's shitty.

248
00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:21,199
It's crap.

249
00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:24,419
Absolute... Not a good start
but anyway...

250
00:17:24,460 --> 00:17:28,119
Kelly and Al are keen to pull up
and move on...

251
00:17:30,100 --> 00:17:32,119
..but there's a problem.

252
00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:36,119
I'll get it.
(INDISTINCT SPEECH) Hold it.

253
00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:39,419
No? Go?(BLEEP)

254
00:17:39,460 --> 00:17:43,459
Al's old drill rig is playing up.
The carousel's jammed.

255
00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:47,119
I can't pull any harder.
No, it's not you.

256
00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:51,399
If Kelly and Al can't fix it,
their mining mission could be over

257
00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:54,179
before it's even begun.

258
00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:02,239
Underground mining is completely
different to mining on the surface.

259
00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:06,139
You have to lower yourself
into a shaft

260
00:18:06,180 --> 00:18:08,439
that can be 30-40m deep.

261
00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:14,439
You don't wanna fall down because
that'll most likely kill you.

262
00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:20,139
It's dangerous, dangerous work.

263
00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:25,139
You're going into the abyss.

264
00:18:25,180 --> 00:18:27,459
It's pitch black down there.

265
00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:31,019
In an abandoned mine,

266
00:18:31,060 --> 00:18:33,999
Dan and Justin are 30m underground.

267
00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:40,039
All right.

268
00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:45,039
Down here is a rabbit warren
of heavily-mined tunnels and caverns

269
00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:47,199
with many areas unstable.

270
00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:50,479
But the boys hope they can find opal
that's been missed.

271
00:18:51,020 --> 00:18:53,059
Sometimes the old miners left opal

272
00:18:53,100 --> 00:18:55,419
in the support pillars
or in the walls.

273
00:18:55,460 --> 00:18:59,119
You gotta be very, very careful.
A lot of people have been killed

274
00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:02,019
taking these support pillars out
and the whole wall

275
00:19:02,060 --> 00:19:04,059
or the whole roof collapsed on them.

276
00:19:04,100 --> 00:19:07,159
Well...All righty.
What do you reckon we're gonna do?

277
00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:09,459
The boys need to make the most
of their time here.

278
00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:12,039
They decide to split up.

279
00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:15,099
If you worked over there,
I went into that corridor there,

280
00:19:15,140 --> 00:19:17,999
we've got enough extension lead
to make it happen

281
00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:20,479
so we can both use the drills.
All right, we better get cracking.

282
00:19:21,020 --> 00:19:24,139
Let's do it.All right,
I'll go in there.See you soon.

283
00:19:24,180 --> 00:19:26,179
Good luck.Yeah, you too.

284
00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:32,319
Dan's heading into
the far reaches of the mine

285
00:19:32,360 --> 00:19:36,319
in search of heavily dug out areas
known as "ballrooms."

286
00:19:36,360 --> 00:19:38,479
Areas that look interesting

287
00:19:39,020 --> 00:19:43,039
might have some chips of opal
in the heaps around it.

288
00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:46,219
That is often a good indicator
of what's been in the wall.

289
00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:53,159
Meanwhile, Justin's concerned just
how dangerous this mine really is.

290
00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:56,339
We can go around and...
(SOFT TAPPING)

291
00:19:57,340 --> 00:19:59,999
..listen whether the roof is...

292
00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:04,019
..hollow sounding.
Over here...very dangerous.

293
00:20:04,060 --> 00:20:08,399
Er, some miners have been killed
in areas like this

294
00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:12,099
where there might go in
to have a look and...

295
00:20:12,140 --> 00:20:14,439
if you don't look what's up,
you might have

296
00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:17,299
a couple of ton of rocks
come down on top of you.

297
00:20:17,340 --> 00:20:20,459
You might just tap it
and the whole thing falls down.

298
00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:22,999
You know, it's very dangerous.

299
00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:25,059
You know, even like that...

300
00:20:25,100 --> 00:20:28,319
That is how easy it is
and there's more right through here.

301
00:20:28,360 --> 00:20:31,359
I might even get out of this area
because it's way too dangerous

302
00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:35,039
to even work anywhere along here.
So, too dangerous, eh?

303
00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:43,159
What I've got here is a UV light
or black light.

304
00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:48,159
White little bits that show up
in the dirt...

305
00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:53,059
This is all potch.
Potch being the base material

306
00:20:53,100 --> 00:20:57,239
and potch becomes opal
once there is colour in it or fire.

307
00:20:57,280 --> 00:20:59,299
But...

308
00:20:59,340 --> 00:21:01,339
No colour.

309
00:21:03,180 --> 00:21:06,379
Justin's looking for opal
in the tunnel's walls.

310
00:21:06,420 --> 00:21:09,219
You've gotta be careful.
You can see here

311
00:21:09,260 --> 00:21:12,419
the big pillar that's holding up
millions of tons above us.

312
00:21:12,460 --> 00:21:14,999
This one's starting to crack
cos it's thin.

313
00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:18,099
There's a lot of weight
that's pushing down on this.

314
00:21:18,140 --> 00:21:20,359
So, you gotta be very careful.

315
00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:23,079
I would not in a million years
touch this pillar.

316
00:21:23,120 --> 00:21:26,019
If it had a million dollars worth of
opal in it, I'd leave it.

317
00:21:39,360 --> 00:21:41,439
No, nothing in this one.

318
00:21:41,480 --> 00:21:44,159
There's no bloody opal, today.

319
00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:48,399
This trip hasn't been successful.

320
00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:51,319
So, feels like
the trip's closing in on us.

321
00:21:51,360 --> 00:21:54,299
Er, we haven't found the opal
that we're expecting

322
00:21:54,340 --> 00:21:57,359
and it's starting to wear on us, I
think.

323
00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:03,319
Determined to carry on,
Justin keeps drilling.

324
00:22:03,360 --> 00:22:06,059
But the more he drills,
the more he weakens

325
00:22:06,100 --> 00:22:08,259
the wall holding up the roof.

326
00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:26,299
That's good enough.

327
00:22:26,340 --> 00:22:29,119
Sorry. Beautiful.

328
00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:33,999
At the Bald Knob claim,
the excavator's fixed

329
00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:36,399
and Col's Crew is ready to dig.

330
00:22:38,360 --> 00:22:42,239
My job today will be breaking rocks
on the face.

331
00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:44,299
One of the boys
will operate the excavator

332
00:22:44,340 --> 00:22:47,479
and the others will keep an eye

333
00:22:48,020 --> 00:22:50,159
on what's coming out and, erm...

334
00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:52,199
so we don't throw it away
into the dump.

335
00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:55,279
We'll be breaking rocks.
It's like working on the chain gang.

336
00:22:57,300 --> 00:23:00,059
Now, the rocks are in
that yellowy band

337
00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:04,259
and they just make rocks
sometimes big ones,

338
00:23:04,300 --> 00:23:07,219
sometimes little ones,
sometimes a big bunch of 'em.

339
00:23:07,260 --> 00:23:11,199
Oh, that's a boulder and you see all
the potch at the bottom.

340
00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:14,059
So, it's just saying it's live
and they're still going.

341
00:23:14,100 --> 00:23:16,099
We've gotta chase 'em.

342
00:23:16,140 --> 00:23:19,199
Greg's uncovered
a promising section of wall.

343
00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:21,239
I'll just shave it now.

344
00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:24,099
I'll just do it from there to there,
I'll just shave it

345
00:23:24,140 --> 00:23:26,179
and we'll look for the next one.
BOTH: Yeah.

346
00:23:26,220 --> 00:23:30,139
To not break any opal,
he needs to go gently.

347
00:23:30,180 --> 00:23:34,379
All eyes are on the tailings.
Here's another one, Greg.

348
00:23:34,420 --> 00:23:37,339
Somewhere, these potchy rocks
will turn into the best

349
00:23:37,380 --> 00:23:39,379
and beautifulest opal ever.

350
00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:47,439
Just potch.Full of potch, yeah.

351
00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:50,479
But there's no opal,
just more potch.

352
00:23:51,020 --> 00:23:53,019
Where's that naughty colour?

353
00:23:53,060 --> 00:23:57,219
If something doesn't change soon,
they won't even cover the fuel costs

354
00:23:57,260 --> 00:24:00,139
for the excavator.

355
00:24:03,360 --> 00:24:05,379
Back in Coober Pedy...

356
00:24:07,120 --> 00:24:10,119
(SOFT SNAPPING)Did you hear that?
Sounds like breaking glass.

357
00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:14,119
Justin's still drilling holes
into walls

358
00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:16,279
holding up the mine's ceiling.

359
00:24:18,460 --> 00:24:21,019
All right, have a quick little look.

360
00:24:24,340 --> 00:24:28,179
There's a nice little piece there,
another piece here.

361
00:24:28,220 --> 00:24:30,319
And his luck is changing.

362
00:24:30,360 --> 00:24:35,259
Look at that, only thin but really,
really, really classy colour.

363
00:24:35,300 --> 00:24:37,359
It's got greens and reds, it's good.

364
00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:49,999
Deeper into the mine,
Dan is in a highly dangerous section.

365
00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:53,279
I'm just moving some of these...

366
00:24:57,240 --> 00:25:01,399
..So I don't get a too bad
of a surprise.

367
00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:04,299
That was good.

368
00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:09,059
One mistake
and he could trigger a cave-in.

369
00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:21,259
Oh, oh, oh.

370
00:25:22,360 --> 00:25:26,019
Look at that. Look at it all reflect
at the back there.

371
00:25:26,060 --> 00:25:29,219
Look at that.They're really good.

372
00:25:29,260 --> 00:25:31,259
Right, more action.

373
00:25:35,060 --> 00:25:38,339
There we go. Oh, oh. Hang on.

374
00:25:38,380 --> 00:25:41,039
All right,
this is my favourite thing to do.

375
00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:43,459
When you don't know
there's opal here.

376
00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:46,359
You hear this little crunching sound
when you break

377
00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:50,079
that chunk of sandstone off,
you know there's opal. Er...

378
00:25:50,120 --> 00:25:54,319
Oh, come here. Oh, my God, (BLEEP).

379
00:25:54,360 --> 00:25:57,359
Oh, look at that, look at that,
look at that, straight through.

380
00:25:57,400 --> 00:25:59,999
Boom.Ooh, hoo!(BOTH LAUGH)

381
00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:03,439
(DRILL WHIRRS)

382
00:26:07,100 --> 00:26:09,339
Nice.Is this good or what?

383
00:26:09,380 --> 00:26:12,039
Oh, and there's more.

384
00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:14,259
Bloody beautiful!Oh!

385
00:26:14,300 --> 00:26:17,019
But to get it all,
Dan attacks the wall

386
00:26:17,060 --> 00:26:19,059
from the other side...

387
00:26:19,100 --> 00:26:21,139
Oh.Oh!

388
00:26:21,180 --> 00:26:23,419
..weakening the wall...
Look at that...even more.

389
00:26:23,460 --> 00:26:26,099
(CALLS OUT)
(LAUGHS)

390
00:26:26,140 --> 00:26:28,399
That makes you get goose bumps,
these little pieces.

391
00:26:34,140 --> 00:26:36,139
(RUMBLING)Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa.

392
00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:49,019
At their exploration rig...

393
00:26:49,060 --> 00:26:52,099
Hang on. Don't, don't.

394
00:26:52,140 --> 00:26:55,099
..Kelly and Al are struggling
to release the drill.

395
00:26:55,140 --> 00:26:57,439
Without it, their operation is over.

396
00:26:57,480 --> 00:27:01,079
This is sticking
when it's sliding across.

397
00:27:01,120 --> 00:27:04,039
Right, Al. Let's have a break, hang
on.

398
00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:07,039
Not only are you pushing yourself
but you're pushing your gear.

399
00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:10,459
It's stress on the machines.
It's a stressful environment.

400
00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:13,319
Watch out, we did it again.
Yeah, that's all right.

401
00:27:13,360 --> 00:27:15,359
Just pull it out a bit.

402
00:27:18,340 --> 00:27:21,319
I can't believe that.Oh, we're
having a (BLEEP).

403
00:27:21,360 --> 00:27:25,179
We've gotta climb. You all right?
Yeah, one, two, three...

404
00:27:27,460 --> 00:27:30,019
Get off.Done!

405
00:27:32,420 --> 00:27:37,119
So glamorous, look at this.
Look at the moustache.

406
00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:39,159
Moustache.Moustache.

407
00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:41,199
Such a glamorous job.

408
00:27:44,220 --> 00:27:46,219
That will move her.

409
00:27:48,180 --> 00:27:50,179
It's been a rocky start

410
00:27:50,220 --> 00:27:55,259
and Kelly's had more than her fair
share of frustrations hunting opal.

411
00:27:56,460 --> 00:27:59,079
Sometimes it gets really hard, yeah.

412
00:27:59,120 --> 00:28:02,139
They went five-odd years or more
without getting a thing.

413
00:28:02,180 --> 00:28:05,139
To help pay the bills
and carry on mining,

414
00:28:05,180 --> 00:28:10,119
Kelly sometimes sells stones
from her rainy-day supply.

415
00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:13,239
You go through and you have a look,
see if you can find, you know,

416
00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:16,339
anything you think is obvious,
as far as cutting.

417
00:28:16,380 --> 00:28:18,379
That might be interesting.

418
00:28:18,420 --> 00:28:22,019
Kelly's skilled
at cutting and polishing opals.

419
00:28:22,060 --> 00:28:25,419
This can more than double the value
of any stone they find.

420
00:28:27,300 --> 00:28:32,239
Grinding away the sand
will reveal a fortune or a dud.

421
00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:36,079
You get to the wheel and your
heart's in your throat.

422
00:28:38,140 --> 00:28:40,139
Ah, it's all stuffed with sand.

423
00:28:40,180 --> 00:28:42,219
Sand.

424
00:28:45,100 --> 00:28:47,099
Ah.

425
00:28:47,140 --> 00:28:52,119
To get rid of the sand, Kelly has to
grind off more valuable opal.

426
00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:55,279
But some stones can't be saved.

427
00:28:55,320 --> 00:28:57,319
I hate sand.

428
00:28:57,360 --> 00:28:59,419
No, I didn't ruin it,
it ruined itself.

429
00:28:59,460 --> 00:29:02,039
You know, you always
try and keep as much...

430
00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:04,079
as much of the stone as you can.

431
00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:07,239
But sometimes if you got sand in it
you can't get rid of it.

432
00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:11,999
At the next location, Al believes
he can increase their chances

433
00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:14,039
with an ancient technique.

434
00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:16,339
This'll tell me
where there's opal.

435
00:29:16,380 --> 00:29:19,079
The wire follows the fault.

436
00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:21,359
He's convinced
that dowsing can indicate

437
00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:24,339
opal fault lines below ground.

438
00:29:24,380 --> 00:29:28,239
All right, show me.
OK, well, we're not on an area yet.

439
00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:32,459
But we'll go around...Are you doing
that or that's doing it itself?It's
doing it itself.

440
00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:35,399
Oh, it is not.
(LAUGHS) It's on auto-pilot.

441
00:29:37,060 --> 00:29:39,059
Yeah, there's one fault there.

442
00:29:39,100 --> 00:29:42,999
And I'm hoping I'll get another one
which will come up through that
hole.

443
00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:45,039
Which will come up
through here, so...

444
00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:47,239
Right, I reckon we put a hole here?

445
00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:49,279
Mark the spot.

446
00:29:56,460 --> 00:30:00,319
As well as the drill,
key to their operation is water.

447
00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:04,199
It's used to wash off
the clay and mud,

448
00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:07,119
revealing any opal colour.

449
00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:10,159
It's also critical
to the miner's safety.

450
00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:15,359
In the summer, temperatures here
can hit the high 40s.

451
00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:21,219
For miner's, two litres of fluid
can be lost every hour,

452
00:30:21,260 --> 00:30:24,259
making dehydration a constant hazard.

453
00:30:25,260 --> 00:30:28,479
The two water tanks
carry about 1,200 litres of water.

454
00:30:29,020 --> 00:30:31,259
As well as washing the mud away,

455
00:30:31,300 --> 00:30:33,459
Kelly's been drinking
from the water tank.

456
00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:35,279
How much is in it?

457
00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:38,039
It's now time to check on the levels.

458
00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:41,359
That's disgusting.

459
00:30:46,180 --> 00:30:48,179
On the Bald Knob claim...

460
00:30:48,220 --> 00:30:51,199
Still got rock, Col,
it's just a bit burned.Yeah.

461
00:30:53,100 --> 00:30:57,019
..for Col's Crew,
there's still no sign of opal.

462
00:31:01,340 --> 00:31:03,339
But suddenly...

463
00:31:03,380 --> 00:31:07,119
Here comes another rock!
..Aaron spotted a promising rock.

464
00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:09,479
I'll come round with you.

465
00:31:10,020 --> 00:31:12,099
It's a bit off that other one.

466
00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:16,359
Yeah, yeah.

467
00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:20,119
There's one bit of earth.
It's probably gone to pieces.

468
00:31:22,060 --> 00:31:24,459
It's more low-value potch.

469
00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:29,259
Potch isn't as valuable as, erm,
the beautiful colour of good opal,

470
00:31:29,300 --> 00:31:31,299
but it all adds up,

471
00:31:31,340 --> 00:31:35,259
and they can use it,
so, erm, it does have a value.

472
00:31:35,300 --> 00:31:39,279
Potch may be of low value,
but they have a truckload of it.

473
00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:43,299
It's good quality, and Aaron
knows a dealer who might buy it.

474
00:31:43,340 --> 00:31:45,379
We'll talk a bit of turkey
to him later on.

475
00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:49,319
And he wants it what? For how much?
A thousand a drum.

476
00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:52,239
Actually, he wants it
for nothing, free.

477
00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:54,279
He wants it for free?Yeah.

478
00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:58,099
No...(LAUGHS) I'm joking.This is a
couple hundred dollars and...

479
00:31:58,140 --> 00:32:00,399
I'll shut this machine down.

480
00:32:00,440 --> 00:32:03,179
The hope is
their potch will have a market

481
00:32:03,220 --> 00:32:06,079
for a variety
of different types of carving.

482
00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:08,299
With the contrast
of the opal ironstone,

483
00:32:08,340 --> 00:32:11,379
they can do intaglios and cameos.

484
00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:14,479
Too big a words for me today, Col.

485
00:32:15,020 --> 00:32:18,279
That's like inverted carving or
external carving.Yeah, I've seen
it.

486
00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:22,099
Yeah.Yeah. Caveos - like cavities
in.

487
00:32:22,140 --> 00:32:24,179
Cameo.Cappuccino.

488
00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:29,159
Yeah.Good caving material.I'm all
right to go tomorrow morning.

489
00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:32,359
Tomorrow they'll find out
just how much money they've made.

490
00:32:44,180 --> 00:32:46,399
Just grab the strainer,
put your hands inside

491
00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:50,019
and lift it like that. That's it.

492
00:32:50,060 --> 00:32:54,019
In the water tank, Kelly's discovered
more than she bargained for.

493
00:32:54,060 --> 00:32:59,439
I've been drinking that.Won't kill
you.Clean your frigging water out.

494
00:32:59,480 --> 00:33:02,039
That's disgusting.

495
00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:04,279
I'm gonna have to
siphon this out, clean it out.

496
00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:08,319
Cos I'll be drinking it and I'm
going to end up dying from the shit
in here.

497
00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:12,019
It could kill a brown dog. Manny.

498
00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:15,159
The father and daughter team

499
00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:18,139
have so far drawn a blank
on their test holes.

500
00:33:19,340 --> 00:33:22,339
We'll just check
what your little fault meter says.

501
00:33:22,380 --> 00:33:25,239
My little fault meter
will say that this is it.

502
00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:29,079
Frustrated with Al's old-school
dowsing technique,

503
00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:31,999
Kelly turns to more modern methods.

504
00:33:32,040 --> 00:33:34,199
So that's the airstrip?Yep.

505
00:33:34,240 --> 00:33:37,479
There's a big fault running...

506
00:33:38,020 --> 00:33:40,299
There you go, straight
up the guts of it.Yeah.

507
00:33:40,340 --> 00:33:42,419
She's looking
for faults in the earth.

508
00:33:42,460 --> 00:33:46,139
This is where the water
from an ancient inland sea collected

509
00:33:46,180 --> 00:33:48,239
and where the opal can form.

510
00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:53,039
Kelly's choice is a lower-lying area,

511
00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:55,339
where water may have
gathered underground.

512
00:33:57,340 --> 00:34:00,059
A good sign Kelly
is on the right track,

513
00:34:00,100 --> 00:34:02,299
would be if they
can find black potch.

514
00:34:02,340 --> 00:34:06,159
But to get it, they need
to go through hard silcrete rock,

515
00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:09,119
also known as the steel band.

516
00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:15,239
Everything tends to break. You can
snap teeth and even augers and...

517
00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:19,059
Yeah, getting through
the hard stuff's always a problem.

518
00:34:19,100 --> 00:34:22,199
Bad for machinery and bad for miner.

519
00:34:22,240 --> 00:34:24,239
Some holes can take... You know,

520
00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:28,079
if you strike a really,
really hard hole on a hard lease,

521
00:34:28,120 --> 00:34:32,179
it can take three or four hours
just to get through.

522
00:34:32,220 --> 00:34:34,219
Then, usually, it's not too bad

523
00:34:34,260 --> 00:34:38,359
but you have one of them a day,
it stuffs you, mentally.

524
00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:48,199
Here.

525
00:34:48,240 --> 00:34:51,259
Finally, their luck is changing.

526
00:34:51,300 --> 00:34:53,339
That's nice. Nice potch.

527
00:34:53,380 --> 00:34:56,119
Yeah, it's not a bad trace,
good black potch.

528
00:34:56,160 --> 00:34:59,219
No colour.There's no colour

529
00:34:59,260 --> 00:35:02,339
It's a good sign
that the real thing could be nearby.

530
00:35:02,380 --> 00:35:04,379
Very good hole, lot of nice...

531
00:35:04,420 --> 00:35:08,059
Lot of material.Nice hole,
beautiful conditions.

532
00:35:08,100 --> 00:35:10,479
If this handful of potch
was black opal,

533
00:35:11,020 --> 00:35:14,999
it could be worth
hundreds of thousands of dollars.

534
00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:17,299
This is coming up
from around about 40ft.

535
00:35:17,340 --> 00:35:21,019
But good black potch
if we can find some colour nearby.

536
00:35:21,060 --> 00:35:23,059
Yeah, today one was good.

537
00:35:23,100 --> 00:35:25,279
For your first day on a lease
and to bring up

538
00:35:25,320 --> 00:35:28,159
that amount of trace, it's pretty...
Yeah, absolutely.

539
00:35:28,200 --> 00:35:31,999
It's got all the good
attributes about it.

540
00:35:32,040 --> 00:35:36,079
The only thing missing is colour and
if we can find some colour, yee-haw.

541
00:35:37,180 --> 00:35:40,179
Their target is $20,000.

542
00:35:40,220 --> 00:35:42,219
They aren't off
the starting blocks yet,

543
00:35:42,260 --> 00:35:45,159
but what they have found
is promising.

544
00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:47,439
Good start. Today's been a good
start.

545
00:35:49,060 --> 00:35:51,359
And tomorrow,
they hope they may just strike

546
00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:54,139
the legendary black opal.

547
00:35:58,440 --> 00:36:02,399
We've got a bit of opal out here,
Philip, if you're interested.

548
00:36:02,440 --> 00:36:06,099
Aaron's setting up a deal
with his opal buyer.

549
00:36:06,140 --> 00:36:08,139
It's good carving stuff.

550
00:36:08,180 --> 00:36:11,079
PHILIP: All right, I'll get to you.

551
00:36:11,120 --> 00:36:14,119
That's appreciated.
Thank you very much, Philip.

552
00:36:14,160 --> 00:36:19,119
They have boulder potch.
It has no colour, it's in the rough,

553
00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:23,439
but they have a hefty 500kg of it.

554
00:36:23,480 --> 00:36:26,119
The hardest part of the opal game

555
00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:29,079
is selling the stuff
for the right amount of money.

556
00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:31,119
Cos lots of people
wanna make money on you.

557
00:36:31,160 --> 00:36:33,439
At the end of the day,
everyone has gotta make money.

558
00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:37,139
If you don't make money on it,
why would you even bother?

559
00:36:37,180 --> 00:36:38,459
Here's the man.

560
00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:42,399
With the potch coming from Aaron's
claim, he'll be doing the deal.

561
00:36:42,440 --> 00:36:44,439
I'm gonna have to ask about two
grand

562
00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:48,139
cos he's gonna hit me down,
but I've gotta try and get $1,500.

563
00:36:48,180 --> 00:36:50,239
Morning, Philip.

564
00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:53,159
Hi. How goes it?Yeah, all right,
mate.

565
00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:57,179
Opal dealer Philip Stone
is an old hand at this game.

566
00:36:57,220 --> 00:37:00,159
Aaron is not.
What do you reckon of the camp?

567
00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:03,119
Very, very salubrious, isn't it?
Yeah.

568
00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:07,319
That's the sort of stuff we're on
to, Phil, it's potchy but nice rock.

569
00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:10,379
Yeah, very nice. Good for carving.
Yep.Hm.

570
00:37:10,420 --> 00:37:14,079
I reckon it'd be just what
you're looking for, Phil.

571
00:37:14,120 --> 00:37:17,999
You wanna have a look at this?Yeah,
I wouldn't mind, thanks, Aaron.

572
00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:25,039
Good for carving.Mm-hm.

573
00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:29,079
There's some bigger bits up here.
(INDISTINCT REPLY)

574
00:37:30,020 --> 00:37:32,019
Mind that side.

575
00:37:38,360 --> 00:37:40,459
What do you reckon,
that'll be two drums there?

576
00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:43,019
Two full drums, yeah.

577
00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:49,299
But he knows every trick in the
book, Philip.

578
00:37:50,300 --> 00:37:52,299
Look at that nice one.Yeah.

579
00:37:52,340 --> 00:37:55,239
And what are you
asking for this, Aaron?

580
00:37:55,280 --> 00:37:58,339
There's gotta be two drums there.
$2,500?

581
00:38:00,180 --> 00:38:05,079
Well, it's mainly
just stuff I'd use for carving.

582
00:38:05,120 --> 00:38:08,179
You know, I'm not looking for
stones.

583
00:38:08,220 --> 00:38:11,999
I think you're a bit rich, Aaron,
on what you're wanting.

584
00:38:12,040 --> 00:38:14,439
There's only the half...the
few of them that, er,

585
00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:19,159
would be ideal
for doing good carvings.

586
00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:22,099
What's your best price?

587
00:38:22,140 --> 00:38:24,419
$2,000?No, your best price.

588
00:38:24,460 --> 00:38:26,459
I didn't ask
what you're asking for it,

589
00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:29,419
I asked, "What was your best price?"

590
00:38:29,460 --> 00:38:33,199
Yeah, $2,000.He wants to
screw you down a bit more.

591
00:38:33,240 --> 00:38:37,439
(CHUCKLES)OK.I've had to drive out
into this wilderness...

592
00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:40,339
Did you bring that carton?Yes.

593
00:38:40,380 --> 00:38:43,039
Gee, you drive
a hard bargain, Philip.

594
00:38:45,260 --> 00:38:48,199
The whole lot?The whole lot,
yeah, yeah, yeah.Cash?

595
00:38:48,240 --> 00:38:50,399
Yeah, of course.(CHUCKLES)

596
00:38:52,320 --> 00:38:57,039
$1,800?I was thinking
more, maybe, $1,500.

597
00:39:00,260 --> 00:39:03,419
Cash is king.Well, $1,600 is
$800...

598
00:39:03,460 --> 00:39:05,459
$1,600.

599
00:39:08,300 --> 00:39:12,219
All right.No worries.
It's a done deal.

600
00:39:12,260 --> 00:39:14,339
With $1,600,

601
00:39:14,380 --> 00:39:18,199
the crew's tally is now up to $3,100.

602
00:39:18,240 --> 00:39:22,459
They're well on their way
to their season target of $20,000.

603
00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:27,059
Well, that's good, it's done and
dusted, eh? He's happy, I'm happy.

604
00:39:27,100 --> 00:39:29,239
It's a good little payday

605
00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:32,239
for a few drums of fuel
or some tucker money,

606
00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:34,439
to keep on looking
to look for that fortune.

607
00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:39,099
Time to celebrate
as only Col's Crew know how.

608
00:39:39,140 --> 00:39:41,139
(YELLS)

609
00:40:01,040 --> 00:40:03,139
Here we go. All right.

610
00:40:03,180 --> 00:40:05,199
Oh, it's got big.

611
00:40:05,240 --> 00:40:08,159
Look at this.Beautiful colour.

612
00:40:08,200 --> 00:40:10,479
30m underground...
Bloody hell.

613
00:40:11,020 --> 00:40:14,059
..Dan and Justin have
struck it lucky.Have a look.

614
00:40:14,100 --> 00:40:17,219
Yeah, that's amazing.
Bloody hell.

615
00:40:17,260 --> 00:40:20,459
That is so exciting. (SIGHS)

616
00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:23,039
But the supporting walls
of the tunnel

617
00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:25,099
are now seriously undermined.

618
00:40:25,140 --> 00:40:28,359
(CLATTERING)Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Whoa, whoa, whoa! (BLEEP)

619
00:40:28,400 --> 00:40:32,139
Well, I'll be getting outta here,
Yeah. Let's do it.Let's go.

620
00:40:32,180 --> 00:40:34,179
That's too dangerous.

621
00:40:43,040 --> 00:40:45,039
Out here, there's no hospital,

622
00:40:45,080 --> 00:40:48,019
there's no ambulance. Too far away.

623
00:40:48,060 --> 00:40:52,219
So you've gotta have your wits about
you, otherwise you're finished.

624
00:40:53,220 --> 00:40:55,339
Took the risk
of going down the shaft

625
00:40:55,380 --> 00:40:59,339
and being underground all day,
and our plan worked out.

626
00:40:59,380 --> 00:41:03,099
When we finally found this opal,
you know, we're elated.

627
00:41:03,140 --> 00:41:06,139
Huge relief, you know, and a good
call that we went underground.

628
00:41:07,240 --> 00:41:10,179
Desperate for cash,
The Rookies are keen to sell.

629
00:41:12,220 --> 00:41:15,259
They take their haul
to opal dealer Nick Troisi.

630
00:41:15,300 --> 00:41:18,999
Hey, guys, how are we?G'day, Nick.
How are you going?Good.

631
00:41:19,040 --> 00:41:23,219
Dan. Nice to meet you.Nice to meet
you. Come in. You got some opal.
Beautiful. Come in.

632
00:41:25,120 --> 00:41:29,139
They have transparent crystal opal,
which is highly prized.

633
00:41:29,180 --> 00:41:32,999
But its colour is blue-green,
the most common.

634
00:41:33,040 --> 00:41:37,219
And it's in the rough.
It has a weight of 25oz.

635
00:41:37,260 --> 00:41:40,459
The goal for today
was to pull out $4,000,

636
00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:42,999
erm, to cover costs.

637
00:41:43,040 --> 00:41:45,199
If we don't, then we're in strife.

638
00:41:45,240 --> 00:41:47,239
So, what are we looking for?

639
00:41:47,280 --> 00:41:50,219
About $5,000.Five, yeah.

640
00:41:50,260 --> 00:41:53,359
Right, mm.

641
00:41:53,400 --> 00:41:56,099
I think five grand is a bit too
much.

642
00:41:57,180 --> 00:41:59,439
$3,000.(GROANS)

643
00:41:59,480 --> 00:42:02,299
I mean, we think
there's some good stuff in here.

644
00:42:02,340 --> 00:42:04,339
There is, there is, yeah.

645
00:42:04,380 --> 00:42:07,059
This is, er...
Beautiful stones in there.

646
00:42:08,260 --> 00:42:10,259
What's your best price?

647
00:42:11,440 --> 00:42:14,399
We're hoping for $5,000, but, er...

648
00:42:19,140 --> 00:42:22,259
I tell you, I can use it.

649
00:42:24,420 --> 00:42:27,159
I can see four. I can see four

650
00:42:27,200 --> 00:42:29,439
and I don't think
I can do much better than four.

651
00:42:29,480 --> 00:42:31,479
$4,500?

652
00:42:32,400 --> 00:42:35,159
I think $4,000 is more than fair.

653
00:42:35,200 --> 00:42:38,279
Hm, should we...should we
have a chat about it quickly and...

654
00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:41,439
Nah, $4,000 is good.
$4,000 sounds good to me.

655
00:42:41,480 --> 00:42:44,179
If you're happy with $4,000,
we'll take the $4,000.

656
00:42:44,220 --> 00:42:47,239
That will cover our costs
and the job.Yep.

657
00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:49,279
Done.

658
00:42:52,160 --> 00:42:54,459
$4,000, boys. Thank you very much.

659
00:42:55,000 --> 00:42:58,219
Fabulous.Come back and see me
with some more opal.Absolutely.

660
00:42:59,380 --> 00:43:02,219
Here you are.Beautiful.

661
00:43:02,260 --> 00:43:07,079
The Rookies have an ambitious
season target of $100,000,

662
00:43:07,120 --> 00:43:09,419
but with $4,000,
they're on the board.

663
00:43:09,460 --> 00:43:13,139
$4,000. That's not too bad for
the effort we put in underground.

664
00:43:13,180 --> 00:43:16,059
You know, that's pretty good.
I'm pretty stoked with that.

665
00:43:16,100 --> 00:43:19,019
It's fantastic because that puts
money in the bank,

666
00:43:19,060 --> 00:43:22,119
that means we can spend
more money on our new claim.

667
00:43:23,220 --> 00:43:25,219
There is millions to be found

668
00:43:25,260 --> 00:43:27,259
and we'll bloody well find it.

669
00:43:27,300 --> 00:43:30,099
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