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I'll admit -

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I'm a bit on edge

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about getting into it today.

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I'm actually scared to get on it and have another go.

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This feels a bit spooky.

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This is where I nearly died, so...

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Yeah, right here where we're standing. So, um...

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Yeah, I didn't know I was gonna make it back here ever again.

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The end of last season I had a excavator hit me in the head.

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Face got completely caved in.

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I had skull fractures and had to have plastic surgery

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and, yeah, it was a pretty traumatic experience.

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So you'll be right, mate, getting back on the horse?

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Yeah. Be laughing.

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Hardest thing about doing anything is thinking about it.

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If I can't get back on the dozer, um,

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yeah, basically my career is over.

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Hey! Bud!

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You've got this, man. Easy.

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You'll be right.

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I'm  myself. I'll be honest.

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I am absolutely  myself.

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Argh!

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I can't  get it right!

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all over me!

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Opal, mined in one of the most inhospitable places on Earth...

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MINER: Christ!

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Oh, no!

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..the Australian Outback.

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We've had drought, floods, fire, plagues.

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Whoa!

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But the rewards have long outweighed the risks...

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ROD MANNING: Out of the way!

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..until now.

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24 hours of chaos.

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Supermarket shelves have been stripped bare,

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causing major shortages.

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Families are sleeping in cars and makeshift campsites.

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REPORTER: Global turmoil is sending shockwaves

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through the heart of the opal industry.

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We've got conflict around the world.

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They always seem to drive the price on back to the consumer -

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the little guy - and we're the little guy.

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My food shop every day is like $250.

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Oils, the diesel.

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Everything that you need to opal mine,

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it's starting to go through the roof.

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Every time you see that puff of smoke,

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it's $20 bills going p-too!

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As precious opal bearing land diminishes...

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You've got to put a lot of effort in just to throw

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one handful of opal.

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..with a new wave of miners seeking their fortune...

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..only the toughest...

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Oh! Hey, man. What the hell!

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. ..and most resourceful...

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Yeah, go on! Geezus!

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..will rise above the crowd.

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I'm getting out of here.

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Life's getting harder out here.

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But it's getting harder by the minute.

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Battling to unearth

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one of nature's most stunning treasures...

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Look at that! Oh, my god!

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..millions of years in the making.

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Oh-hoh! Pickle me Grandmother Sam!

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Mwah!

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Oh, my god! Woh-ho-hoy!

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Just burn me face off, why doesn't it!

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I only just freaking got over the last episode!

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Mark's blown a hose on the big blade on the dozer.

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So have to go over there and have a look

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and see if we can get it fixed this afternoon.

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Definitely carry a lot of pressure these pipes.

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You know, if they blow, it'll slice you clean in half.

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Yeah, she's just pulled out. Yeah, totally.

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Oh, yeah.

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Nah, we're just trying to get the hose back on.

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Trying to line it up straight.

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You know, we don't want to cross thread it.

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And hopefully we can, um, move some dirt today.

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The Blacklighters' team leader Mark I'Anson

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and mining partners Paul Coon and John Nassar...

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If you're going to do it, do it right.

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..are back in Coober Pedy after a disastrous last season.

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Well, we had a bit of a  accident

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and I sort of smacked Mark in the head with the excavator

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and, yeah, might have broken his jaw.

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Just tell Paul I love him.

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I love those guys, man.

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Mark will be put into the Royal Flying Doctor

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and taken down to Adelaide to the Royal Adelaide Hospital.

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We've got to get back on it. Family needs me.

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This is it. This is the open cut.

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A lot of mouths to feed

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so it's pretty important that we don't  around

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and we get back on the opal, like we were last year.

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After the accident,

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just got no confidence.

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Nah, not one bit of confidence.

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Remember, I'm here behind ya - 100 percent.

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I know you are and I'd be lost without you

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but it's just...can't seem to shake this feeling, hey.

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I just don't want to let anyone down, that's all.

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You're just thinking about it too much.

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You just get out there and... Get out there and do it.

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..get it done.

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It's taken its toll on the kids as well.

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They're quite concerned about us

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going back to opal mining

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and they think they might lose one of us.

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Apparently if it was like this - it hit me here -

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and if it had hit me here I would have been dead so...

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It's a dangerous industry.

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I've reconsidered whether I come back or not.

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We're already off the pace.

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We've got to find some opal straight away.

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Everything we earnt last year we've already spent.

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That's what powers the pump.

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And away she goes.

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I had a lot of extra time off.

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We're really desperate to find some.

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So we're gonna give it everything it's got.

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Two claims going at once.

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Our new claim at the Servo, there's a lot of ground there.

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It's all virgin.

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We're gonna move a massive amount of dirt to get opal.

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So we want that gone, that. All of that come down into here.

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Yeah. Right.

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And then, honestly, just keep pushing it that way,

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as far as you can. Yep.

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Servo Claim is our big chance this year.

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We're going to basically level it.

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And every time we need money we turn to Opalzilla.

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She's a screening plant.

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JOHN NASSAR: Get the bucket of the dirt.

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Go off to the hopper bin, dump it in there.

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From there, it goes into the trommel

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which sort of spins around

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and knocks all the dust and crap off of it.

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The shaker just shakes it and feeds it into the darkroom.

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Opal fluoresces under the black light so...

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It's a small bit.

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You can sort of see it just sort of light up a bit.

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Season target's 350.

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And they used to have million dollar claims

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all the time out here.

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So we want to absolutely destroy that target.

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It looks alright.

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We'll see how we go.

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You'd have to say this is probably

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one of the hottest, harshest environments in the world.

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Like, the dirt just will suck any any bit of moisture out of you

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it gets a chance.

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So the bulldozer needs to drink.

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She's thirsty man.

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She overheats - we have to stop everything, you know?

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You can't run with it overheating.

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Hydrated.

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Now the fun games begin.

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I'm not as confident as I usually am.

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Just hope I get my confidence back.

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Family needs me.

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Oi! What's going on here!

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Hang on!

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That could be a problem.

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Yeah, it's bone dry.

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Hold that.

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Oh, we're out of power steering fluid.

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So we can't steer.

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Making a comeback on a dozer that you can't steer, uh-huh.

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Nuh. Nuh. Not today, sunshine.

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It's not like Les to be this late.

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It's been over an hour. Yeah.

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I'm a bit worried.

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I think I better go up and see if he's at the camp.

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I think so. Alright, mate.

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It just worries me - at his age, living on his own

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and he's busted just about every bone in his body.

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A lot of the old blokes out here just drop off the perch

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at home in their camp.

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I've known four or five of 'em.

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And I know Les is gonna go that way some day.

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We've been mates an awful long time.

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If something happens it's, you know,

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I don't know how I'd react.

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Here he is.

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Really!

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Forget about something?

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You said come down and do this point this morning.

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No, I didn't.

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You didn't turn up for a cup of coffee

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and you frightened the crap out of me -

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thinking that you'd carked it at the kitchen table!

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You wait, you old bugger.

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Unbloody believable.

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Don't you like me beard, Rod? No, I don't.

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Not a lot, Les.

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The old fella had a rush of blood one day

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and went into town and got his beard dyed red and black.

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He reckons that's the only red and black opal we've seen

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for a fair while

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and he's probably right there too but...

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You're a bit old to be a punk rocker, aren't ya?

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You're never too old, you know? That's what they say.

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You know, every year,

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trying to find the opal, it's getting scarcer and scarcer.

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Last season,

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the government trying to close us down.

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Having our mine shut down really affected the team

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because we weren't able to find opal

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and, when we're not finding opal, we're not making money.

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It's been a season like no other.

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I came very very close to losing my camp.

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Nothing really went real good for us,

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at all.

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That was text book for a, uh, big mine collapse.

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I was gonna hang up me boots - can't even do that.

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We tried to retire him and keep him out of the mine.

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What's going on here?

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What, can you smell it, you old ?

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Yeah!

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But, geez, it's bloody hard to keep him up there.

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I thought you were supposed to be on the surface?

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I'll get down slowly

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but it's not gonna be something

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that's gonna happen straight away.

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Sam's been a really good addition to the crew.

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She's third generation miner.

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Growing up out at Grawin,

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I've always been around opal mining.

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There's pretty much light purple in the wall here.

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I think I proved myself last season.

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I've known the Bushmen for a long time.

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You done well, mate. Good work.

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Robbie's seems to be telling us .

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Put one more drive in.

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But if we don't find anything pretty quick we're out of here.

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We're really stuck in a situation

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where we've got the boundary on one side

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and then we've got our old workings on the other side.

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We need to shift claims but that's gonna cost us money, so...

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Our season target this year is about a 150 grand we need.

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So...

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You know, it's one of those Catch-22's.

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We need to find a little bit of opal here

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so we can afford to leave here.

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I might scrape a bit more with the digger, Sam...

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Yeah. ..hey?

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The thing with diggers is, I'm so far away from the face,

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it's hard for me to see.

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You've got to have a really good spotter,

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understand how the person's thinking.

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And, ah, Sam's fitted in just fine.

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I am looking at black potch. Potch is opal.

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It's just common opal with no colour in it.

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It's a complete dream to be opal mining with Rod and Les

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and learning from their experience.

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It's extremely important that we find opal.

261
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I've given up everything in the city to come out here.

262
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I'm gonna go up a little bit higher

263
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to try and get that bad roof.

264
00:12:05,560 --> 00:12:06,559
Yeah.

265
00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:10,159
It doesn't matter how hard it gets,

266
00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:11,639
I'm still gonna be here opal mining

267
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That's a bit thicker.

268
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Looks pretty bloody good.

269
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I tell you what but...

270
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See where these faults are running down through here?

271
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Yeah?

272
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Just give it a bit of a sound on either side of that,

273
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if you can reach.

274
00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:27,679
And that's a bit hollow, idinit?

275
00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:30,039
We've got a little bit of a problem with the roof here.

276
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So when you hit and you hear that hollow sound,

277
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it means that - somewhere up there -

278
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there's a gap.

279
00:12:36,440 --> 00:12:39,479
Oh! That's coming off.

280
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You only need bit of roof to fall down, you know?

281
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That kill ya.

282
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So what I'm gonna do is I'll move back

283
00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:47,479
and just try and prise it down.

284
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A little bit might come down or a big bit might come down.

285
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Out of the way!

286
00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:15,319
Here we are, back again!

287
00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:17,439
Good to find gems, mate. Oh, yeah.

288
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Grawin Opal Fields, Outback New South Wales.

289
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Since 1905,

290
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fortune seekers have battled the treacherous landscape

291
00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:28,439
in search of opal.

292
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We were gauging colour

293
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out from the face there, weren't we?

294
00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:32,039
Yeah, we were.

295
00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:34,119
That corner over there, Chris, right on that corner.

296
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It was only thin but it could thicken up easy enough.

297
00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:38,999
It could thicken up easy enough, that's right.

298
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So we'll just dig at the face. Sounds like a plan.

299
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The Cheals, Chris, son Rory and daughter Luca

300
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have returned to their Turner's Rush claim,

301
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with mining partner Mark Bressan.

302
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If we do get on some colour there, mate,

303
00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:54,959
we'll give you guys a call.

304
00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:56,479
Oh, yeah. I'm happy with that.

305
00:13:56,560 --> 00:13:58,039
Fuel up. Too easy.

306
00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:01,519
Chris and I are going to be doing trenching and underground work

307
00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:03,799
'cause we feel we get a bit more productivity out of it.

308
00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:04,919
You right?

309
00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:07,359
The partnership with Mark last year was, was awesome.

310
00:14:08,560 --> 00:14:10,559
The hardest thing to find in the opal game

311
00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:11,919
is a decent mining partner.

312
00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:14,599
Welcome to Turner's. This is what we're looking for.

313
00:14:14,680 --> 00:14:16,119
Is that black magic?

314
00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:18,239
That's black magic, mate. Wow!

315
00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:20,999
We felt that joining forces we'd be stronger

316
00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:22,279
and it'd be more productive.

317
00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:24,599
Chris and I, we just...we just click.

318
00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:27,119
He's not just a mining partner or a business partner to me,

319
00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:28,399
he's a mate.

320
00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:30,439
We had a good year last year.

321
00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:32,399
Dug out a million dollars.

322
00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:34,039
Winners are grinners. That's it.

323
00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:35,639
Cheers, guys. BOTH: Cheers.

324
00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:38,919
A million dollars...it is, don't get me wrong,

325
00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:40,199
it's a lot of money.

326
00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:41,959
But we're using a lot of machinery.

327
00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:43,879
We're not a big company, we're privateers.

328
00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:45,279
We pay all the bills.

329
00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:46,479
We pay for the breakdowns.

330
00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:48,559
You blow a motor up in that Western Star over there,

331
00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:50,679
you're probably look at 30 grand to rebuild the motor.

332
00:14:50,760 --> 00:14:52,599
So there's pressure there, there's pressure all the time.

333
00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:54,999
Ah, so what we want, Luca, is, um,

334
00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:57,279
this hose to sort of loop around with this one.

335
00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:01,079
The kids have made the decision to value add to the business

336
00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:02,519
and, if something were to go wrong,

337
00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:04,359
we'd lose five years' worth of work

338
00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:06,399
and, you know, everything we've put in.

339
00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:08,279
Pressure on the kids.

340
00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:09,759
As the business grows,

341
00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:12,239
they're, they're sort of getting pulled in two directions.

342
00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:16,679
Not only are we working here to, you know, find the opal

343
00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:18,879
we're also, um, working in Sydney.

344
00:15:18,960 --> 00:15:20,119
Oscar's got an office there.

345
00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:21,639
He's working hard all the time.

346
00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:24,079
The business is growing so, so quickly.

347
00:15:24,160 --> 00:15:25,159
CHRIS CHEAL: Wow!

348
00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:26,999
New stones and designs.

349
00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:29,839
Last year we hit the million-dollar target.

350
00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:33,359
There's no guarantees we're gonna find that amount again

351
00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:37,079
but if I can get close to it - or even, you know, half of that -

352
00:15:37,160 --> 00:15:38,639
we're still winning.

353
00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:41,599
I reckon if we do $500,000.

354
00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:43,319
I'd be happy with 500.

355
00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:44,839
It's not an easy game.

356
00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:46,079
It's a gamble.

357
00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:48,919
You can make a lot of money and you can set yourself up for life.

358
00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:50,839
But I've seen plenty of people come here with money

359
00:15:50,920 --> 00:15:51,919
and leave with nothing.

360
00:15:56,640 --> 00:15:59,359
At the moment, we're just moving some dirt over

361
00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:00,879
to start on some fresh ground.

362
00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:02,279
It's very exciting.

363
00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:05,839
It's been a long summer away from it all and, um, yeah

364
00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:08,159
we're all eager to jump straight back into it

365
00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:09,479
and find some opals, um...

366
00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:12,479
It's still fairly warm out here but it is cool enough

367
00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:13,559
for us to start.

368
00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:14,719
The gear can handle this.

369
00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:17,839
We've all got skin in the game now.

370
00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:20,439
You know, obviously we want to do Dad proud

371
00:16:20,520 --> 00:16:22,639
but this is our livelihood now as well.

372
00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:25,719
No potch on that bit?

373
00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:32,559
Yeah, there's all black potch all through there.

374
00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:33,959
Hopefully there'll be somewhere along there

375
00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:35,079
where the colour meets it

376
00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:36,719
and that's where we make the big dollars.

377
00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:40,359
95% of the world's precious opal

378
00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:43,279
is buried in the Australian outback.

379
00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:45,119
Millions of years ago,

380
00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:48,479
an inland sea covered much of the country.

381
00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:53,519
Over time, silica-rich water drained into cracks and fissures

382
00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:54,759
in the earth,

383
00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:57,679
eventually hardening to form opal.

384
00:16:57,760 --> 00:17:00,439
Gee, it's a positive sign, anyway,

385
00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:01,839
that there could be something around.

386
00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:04,839
So we just keep diggin' here,

387
00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:06,599
see if we can get a bit of colour.

388
00:17:09,120 --> 00:17:10,999
I'll move those big chunks out of the way.

389
00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:13,999
Righto. I'll swing around, mate.

390
00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:24,759
Dropping hard there, mate.

391
00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:27,279
We've been getting opal in around the hard stuff so you never know.

392
00:17:27,360 --> 00:17:30,839
Yeah. Oh, that is...yeah.

393
00:17:30,920 --> 00:17:32,919
It'll come out, though.

394
00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:50,679
No more potch is there? Nuh.

395
00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:52,039
Ah, not that I can see.

396
00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:56,239
Seems like our trail's gone a little bit cold.

397
00:17:56,320 --> 00:17:57,919
Yeah. Looks like it, dunnit?

398
00:18:00,920 --> 00:18:03,879
Yeah. Well, the dozer at the moment you can't turn

399
00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:06,359
'cause it's all run off the hydraulic pressure.

400
00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:08,399
So, you know, you're pulling the lever down

401
00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:10,119
to turn the right track

402
00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:12,039
and, you know, there's nothing there.

403
00:18:12,120 --> 00:18:13,919
At this stage, we're dead in the water.

404
00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:16,719
If it doesn't turn, it's no good to us.

405
00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:20,239
After a near-death accident last season,

406
00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:23,799
Mark I'Anson is attempting to shift tonnes of dirt

407
00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:25,079
from Servo claim,

408
00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:28,599
with an unreliable 55-year-old bull dozer.

409
00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:30,919
Ah, we're out of power steering fluid.

410
00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:34,759
Keep pumping. Anything?

411
00:18:34,840 --> 00:18:36,199
Maybe it needs more.

412
00:18:36,280 --> 00:18:39,119
Still bit in there, though. As much as the other side.

413
00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:40,679
Yeah? Yeah.

414
00:18:40,760 --> 00:18:42,199
Well, that's not good then.

415
00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:44,599
Pump it.

416
00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:46,879
Stop.

417
00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:48,119
It needs more.

418
00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:52,999
Look.

419
00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:55,599
Yeah. Got pressure all back.

420
00:18:55,680 --> 00:18:57,919
Alright. Well, that just made me myself.

421
00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:04,799
Gonna push as much dirt up the hill,

422
00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:06,599
as much dirt down the hill.

423
00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:09,199
The opal is under all this dirt,

424
00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:11,479
about thirty foot below where we're sitting now.

425
00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:13,479
So, this has all got to go!

426
00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:18,919
I've got to make sure I get on top of this dozer stuff

427
00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:23,439
and just do the best for my team and my family and me mates.

428
00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:27,119
Yeah, little bit nervous for him. But, hey. He'll be right, hey?

429
00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:28,519
It's like a duck to water.

430
00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:31,639
I've just got to keep preparing the ground

431
00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:32,719
and preparing the ground.

432
00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:33,879
In the meantime,

433
00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:36,639
Opalzilla's our best chance of making a payday this week -

434
00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:37,839
without a doubt.

435
00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:42,119
Opalzilla is the bread and butter of what we do.

436
00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:45,439
The boys are off knocking the top off the claim,

437
00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:46,519
getting rid of overburden.

438
00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:48,119
So that's not gonna make us any money.

439
00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:50,239
Pretty well need this going to bring in any cash in.

440
00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:54,239
John is processing the waste dirt from nearby claims...

441
00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:57,079
We had some pretty good luck with this dump here

442
00:19:57,160 --> 00:19:58,359
that we've been putting through.

443
00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:02,999
..searching for opal overlooked by old time miners.

444
00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:05,719
We're just hoping that they've missed a few chunks for us.

445
00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:08,599
Yeah, hopefully we'll get something out of Opalzilla

446
00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:11,279
and we all get paid at the end of the week.

447
00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:19,799
But look at it.

448
00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:22,559
Well, there was a world outside. Now it's all dust.

449
00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:23,919
It's the desert sunscreen.

450
00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:25,159
At the moment,

451
00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:27,839
the wind's just going the wrong way for us so...

452
00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:30,119
Yeah, it's a bit of a pain in the arse.

453
00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:33,199
When I was loading it before, I just had a full white out.

454
00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:36,039
That's bad.

455
00:20:36,120 --> 00:20:37,719
Probably be 20 buckets for the day -

456
00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:38,799
which is better than nothing

457
00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:42,079
but you should be doing probably 150, 200 buckets before lunch.

458
00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:43,919
At the moment, that's all we've got

459
00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:45,999
so we'll just have to do what we can do.

460
00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:53,439
Normal rocks that you don't really want to play with

461
00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:55,039
just come through looking dull.

462
00:20:55,120 --> 00:20:58,119
And opal fluoresces under the black light.

463
00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:00,679
It just gives a whitish greenish sort of glow.

464
00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:04,079
But, I mean, you don't know it's colour until you give it a wash.

465
00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:08,239
Oh, a little bit of opal.

466
00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:10,679
Another few bits coming through now.

467
00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:15,119
Oh, hang on.

468
00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:16,599
What's going on here?

469
00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:19,079
It doesn't normally stop like that.

470
00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:22,839
Just see what the hell's going on.

471
00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:27,279
Kind of seems like we've just got to persevere

472
00:21:27,360 --> 00:21:28,639
through this hard stuff.

473
00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:30,039
Alright.

474
00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:35,559
Opal mining's not easy.

475
00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:39,119
Big machinery - there's big costs, too, involved.

476
00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:43,799
You really just sort of need to, to find opal.

477
00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:47,119
At Turners Rush claim,

478
00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:49,879
the Cheals are excavating tonnes of rock

479
00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:51,919
to process at their wash plant.

480
00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:53,519
This is our agitator.

481
00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:54,959
Call it a wash plant.

482
00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:57,199
This washes the clay away from the opal.

483
00:21:57,280 --> 00:21:59,719
So, you know, that comes up the conveyor here,

484
00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:01,879
into the barrel

485
00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:05,639
and wears away...wears all the dirt away from around the opal.

486
00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:08,799
Washing it is our biggest bottleneck

487
00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:10,719
and, um, and it's really holding us up.

488
00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:13,279
The more agitators we've got, the more opal we're gonna find.

489
00:22:13,360 --> 00:22:15,239
Luca, do you want to grab that drill

490
00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:18,319
and see if you can get a couple of these top ones.

491
00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:20,679
Chris is busting his nuts, at the moment,

492
00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:22,519
fixing this other agitator

493
00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:24,839
so we can have the two machines rolling this year.

494
00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:26,999
The barrel's pretty thin.

495
00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:28,439
If we were washing soft dirt,

496
00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:30,879
I wouldn't worry about it but our dirt's really hard.

497
00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:32,879
So it's gonna wear the barrel out really quickly.

498
00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:35,759
So what we do is we put a coating of concrete

499
00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:37,399
right around the barrel.

500
00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:41,199
All hands on deck and we're all spreading ourselves a bit thin.

501
00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:44,279
You've got a heap behind this line here.

502
00:22:44,360 --> 00:22:45,399
Oh. yeah.

503
00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:46,559
Barrel's all dirty and rusty

504
00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:49,719
and so Luca's gonna ruck some concrete out,

505
00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:51,559
that's been in there for years.

506
00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:54,559
You want a good clean surface...

507
00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:02,959
..and you want good ventilation and a dust mask.

508
00:23:03,040 --> 00:23:05,439
You know, you want to extract that dust out.

509
00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:07,439
You don't want it filling your lungs -

510
00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:09,279
it'll cost you later on in life.

511
00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:14,159
That makes it easier. Oh, nice.

512
00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:18,119
The boys and Luca have got a great work ethic

513
00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:19,519
and I'm proud of them.

514
00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:21,639
You're a machine!

515
00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:24,839
Luca's studying visual arts at university in Sydney...

516
00:23:26,360 --> 00:23:28,879
..and I think it's a good fit for the business.

517
00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:32,399
Trying to balance doing that, helping out the family business,

518
00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:34,159
it can get a bit much sometimes.

519
00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:36,639
No reception, no wi-fi.

520
00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:40,559
So, when Dad needs me, he just bangs on the agi

521
00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:43,119
and I'll, um, hear him and come over and give him a hand.

522
00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:49,159
Oh, Luca!

523
00:23:50,360 --> 00:23:51,439
She comes.

524
00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:54,199
As I've kind of spent more time around,

525
00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:55,559
I learn more things

526
00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:57,759
so it's nice to be able to build up that knowledge.

527
00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:02,399
That's a bit better.

528
00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:06,079
And obviously I've got probably the best teacher I could find.

529
00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:07,959
Look happy, you're doing the best job on Earth!

530
00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:11,759
We're gonna call it a day.

531
00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:14,319
We've had enough.

532
00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:26,239
So what we're doing here

533
00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:29,519
is trying to navigate a very narrow passage.

534
00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:31,159
We've got the boundary just there

535
00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:33,799
and our old workings on just the other side.

536
00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:37,319
The fear is hitting that old drive that was full of water

537
00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:39,999
'cause it is extremely dangerous.

538
00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:44,639
At Robbie's, the Bushmen are digging a narrow corridor

539
00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:48,359
between their old condemned mine and their neighbour's claim.

540
00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:50,959
We can't cross the boundary, Les. LES WALSH: I know.

541
00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:52,719
'Cause he was on money over there.

542
00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:53,959
If we cross the boundary,

543
00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:55,399
he's gonna think we're chasing money.

544
00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:56,559
Yeah.

545
00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:04,719
We're under a lot of pressure to find opal here

546
00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:05,879
and I think we're gonna.

547
00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:07,839
You know, we've been getting little bits of trace.

548
00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:11,559
And I think a big pocket's just, just in front of us.

549
00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:13,679
Good size, at least.

550
00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:19,079
Reality is, is that you have to take out a lot more dirt

551
00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:20,279
to find opal.

552
00:25:20,360 --> 00:25:23,239
We've had to move back and take down the roof.

553
00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:24,919
It's cost us a lot of time.

554
00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:27,559
It's also brought down very big hard pieces

555
00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:29,759
that have to go up the blower pipes.

556
00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:32,359
This blower pipe - it's very, very powerful.

557
00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:34,559
It's sucking rocks like that,

558
00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:36,239
nearly 70 foot straight up in the air.

559
00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:37,479
It's just waste dirt -

560
00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:39,679
goes up to the hopper then falls into the truck.

561
00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:42,039
We take it off to the dump.

562
00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:51,759
We're blocked up here somewhere.

563
00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:00,559
Right up the top, I think, Les.

564
00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:03,479
. Jesus Christ!

565
00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:10,359
Oh, the pipe's got a blockage in it somewhere

566
00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:12,199
and I've got to try and free it.

567
00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:14,239
It's the last thing we bloody need, Sam.

568
00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:17,599
It can be right up into the hopper.

569
00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:19,399
You have to climb up into the hopper.

570
00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:21,679
Sometimes you've got to pull the pipes out

571
00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:23,479
and can be a two-hour job.

572
00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:29,359
If the blower's not working, we're not working.

573
00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:31,079
We can't get the dirt out of the mine

574
00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:32,399
unless we've got a blower going.

575
00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:35,679
Come on, old fella. Give it a good hittin'.

576
00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:42,679
Yeah, it's starting to shift at least.

577
00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:55,399
Oh, our problem.

578
00:26:57,360 --> 00:26:59,319
That's the problem right there, Sam.

579
00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:00,439
That's a big problem.

580
00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:02,639
Les! That's it! It's what?

581
00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:04,759
It's unblocked! Righto!

582
00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:07,319
Ah, I'll move her forward.

583
00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:14,319
Come on! Show us the colour, Sam!

584
00:27:16,120 --> 00:27:17,999
That's looking pretty good, running through there.

585
00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:19,159
I think so.

586
00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:24,599
All underground mining's dangerous -

587
00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:25,919
there's no doubt about it.

588
00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:29,639
We've had some issues with the roof already.

589
00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:31,959
It's something you've really got to keep your eye on.

590
00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:46,679
Oh, geez!

591
00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:54,839
What is it!

592
00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:01,719
Well, that's just made the danger go through the bloody roof.

593
00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:02,799
Yeah.

594
00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:06,799
I don't want to but I gotta go and have a look.

595
00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:10,599
No, no, no. You fellas stay back. This is seriously dangerous.

596
00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:14,959
The darkroom belt just stopped.

597
00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:16,559
And normally when the belt stops, like that,

598
00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:18,679
it's normally a rock stuck under the roller.

599
00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:19,799
That's all clean.

600
00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:22,479
Sometimes it...you know, there's a little lip here

601
00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:24,919
they can get under but that that looks fine to me.

602
00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:27,959
We badly need Johnny to find opal.

603
00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:29,519
We're stuffed without him, actually.

604
00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:33,359
Because it's gonna take a while to get to the opal level

605
00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:35,199
doing this cut that we're doing.

606
00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:38,199
The opal's under where we're sitting.

607
00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:40,879
So we've got a lot of earthmoving to do.

608
00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:48,119
I mean, there's...you know, if it was stuck under here,

609
00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:49,879
you'd see like a big bulge in the belt

610
00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:51,639
where the rock's jammed under there so...

611
00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:54,639
The only other place could be in here somewhere.

612
00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:57,159
We've got one. Oh, there we go.

613
00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:00,719
There she is, jammed in the frigging light box.

614
00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:06,679
There we go.

615
00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:10,039
There! Hopefully it's solved the problem.

616
00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:14,119
Right now, as we speak,

617
00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:17,399
we're putting about 500 bucks in here for today.

618
00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:19,439
We're addicted to opal. Yeah.

619
00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:21,319
Our habit is 500 bucks a day.

620
00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:23,399
Every time you see that puff of smoke,

621
00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:26,559
there's 10 dollar. 20 dollar bills going p-too!

622
00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:30,759
I've got to push the dirt off the cliff.

623
00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:33,319
I've got to drive right up to the cliff

624
00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:36,479
and basically whack the blade of the bulldozer off the edge

625
00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:37,599
of the cliff,

626
00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:39,639
so the dirt rolls down the bloody hill.

627
00:29:43,120 --> 00:29:45,039
I don't like the cliff at all.

628
00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:47,879
So, come up a bit.

629
00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:54,359
Getting to the edge and just looking over going oh-oh-oh.

630
00:29:56,320 --> 00:29:58,199
Ooh. It's hard getting near that edge, man.

631
00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:00,319
Man, that edge breaks - you'll lose your life.

632
00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:02,039
Soon as you see it start falling...

633
00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:04,159
Get outta there. Back up, next.

634
00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:05,959
Back off. Righto.

635
00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:08,239
Ah, get back into it. Right, I'm into it.

636
00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:13,399
There's not much safety, no seatbelt.

637
00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:15,199
If that tips over and lands on ya,

638
00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:16,799
instant, you're gone.

639
00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:20,639
Lucky to be here, I think, from what happened last year.

640
00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:22,639
So I feel like there's an accident about to happen

641
00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:23,759
at any minute.

642
00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:25,639
Not gonna be so lucky next time.

643
00:30:26,840 --> 00:30:29,439
No opal, no money, no life.

644
00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:32,559
This is what we've got to do to survive.

645
00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:51,199
I'm a big, big boy!

646
00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:53,399
That was the hardest thing I've ever done on a dozer.

647
00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:54,999
I feel like I'm back.

648
00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:56,319
Finally, yes!

649
00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:02,759
What have you got in that bucket? I dunno.

650
00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:04,239
Let's have a look.

651
00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:06,879
I can't really see at the moment. I'm blinded by the light.

652
00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:09,279
Ooh.

653
00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:11,599
That's a chunk, man! Look at that for a chunk!

654
00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:12,759
That was alright.

655
00:31:12,840 --> 00:31:15,239
Lucky John found some opal in Opalzilla and...

656
00:31:15,320 --> 00:31:17,439
Look at that - make a sandwich out of that, man.

657
00:31:17,520 --> 00:31:19,239
Yeah. There's a fair bit of material here, man.

658
00:31:19,320 --> 00:31:20,639
Done a good job, John.

659
00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:22,839
That's beautiful chunks of Coober Pedy.

660
00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:24,479
It was a bit up and down day

661
00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:26,119
but that's definitely made it better.

662
00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:29,559
Frigging good day! You beauty! Yes! Yes! Ha-ha!

663
00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:40,079
Oh, no!

664
00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:41,599
SAM MEHAN: That doesn't sound good.

665
00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:44,319
That's that real dangerous part of the roof and everything.

666
00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:46,839
We've got to get out of here.

667
00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:48,759
I'm gonna pull the digger back out of the way.

668
00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:49,919
Everybody stay back!

669
00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:51,119
Far enough!

670
00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:53,879
I want to get the digger well out of the way

671
00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:55,119
if this roof comes down.

672
00:31:57,040 --> 00:31:59,679
Can you keep pulling these leads for me, someone?

673
00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:10,679
That's about as dangerous as it gets.

674
00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:13,599
We've had a look and we've actually broken through

675
00:32:13,680 --> 00:32:14,799
to our old workings.

676
00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:16,559
We shouldn't have been nowhere near that.

677
00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:18,319
We can't go to the side

678
00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:20,559
because that drive runs right across this side.

679
00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:23,639
We can't go this way 'cause it goes off the claim.

680
00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:26,319
And we're . Yeah. It's not good.

681
00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:30,239
You know, the chances of that coming down now

682
00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:31,639
are extremely high.

683
00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:34,159
All that opal that I think's up there

684
00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:37,159
can bloody well stay there 'cause I ain't gonna die for it.

685
00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:40,479
You could have, you know,

686
00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:43,199
50 tonne of bloody dirt come down on top of ya.

687
00:32:43,280 --> 00:32:45,879
Well, you're not gonna dig your way out of that in a hurry.

688
00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:52,759
We've been working so hard this week,

689
00:32:52,840 --> 00:32:54,559
we've dug an awful long way.

690
00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:57,159
We just keep putting pipes on and keep moving forward.

691
00:32:59,120 --> 00:33:01,159
We've been finding tiny little bit of trace.

692
00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:03,959
Really I don't think there is that much money there.

693
00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:06,719
We might have a little bit but it's nothing substantial.

694
00:33:10,440 --> 00:33:13,319
Yeah. Maybe Les has got a little bit in the tumbler,

695
00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:14,919
up on the back of his ute.

696
00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,719
But I don't hold out a lot of hope for it.

697
00:33:18,920 --> 00:33:20,799
This is the little tumbler.

698
00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:23,999
This material come from underground here.

699
00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:27,359
We tumble all the stuff in here to clean it up

700
00:33:27,440 --> 00:33:29,799
and get the dirt off it as much as we can.

701
00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:30,999
No sign of colour in there

702
00:33:31,080 --> 00:33:32,959
but you never know, when I wash the dirt off,

703
00:33:33,040 --> 00:33:34,519
there might be a little bit.

704
00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:37,359
Maybe there's enough money in that

705
00:33:37,440 --> 00:33:40,319
to keep us going for a week or ten days,

706
00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:42,719
until we can get into another hole maybe.

707
00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:45,679
It doesn't look too good at the moment, anyway.

708
00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:49,559
This is just a hoping game.

709
00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:52,639
Hope we do find a bit of colour.

710
00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:06,839
Bloody hell.

711
00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:08,959
Don't think there's anything underneath it, mate.

712
00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:10,679
Can I have a quick look? Yeah, hold on.

713
00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:11,999
I'll just move this piece.

714
00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:17,319
I can see a flash in the wall - where that nine-inch hole is.

715
00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:20,239
Yep. Right where you're pointing,

716
00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:22,839
just come to your left about a hundred mil.

717
00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:26,479
It's black potch. Black potch?

718
00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:30,399
Yeah. And blue green. Really!

719
00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:32,879
Yeah. Yee-ha!

720
00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:35,679
And a bit of red. Whereabouts?

721
00:34:35,760 --> 00:34:37,199
Just in there.

722
00:34:37,280 --> 00:34:39,399
Have you looked in this stuff here, bro?

723
00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:41,799
No, I haven't at all. I was just looking at the wall.

724
00:34:43,120 --> 00:34:45,079
Look, look, look, look, look!

725
00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:48,439
Oh, nice!

726
00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:49,999
Bloody oath.

727
00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:51,719
That's gem right there.

728
00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:53,399
On black, thick as.

729
00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:56,039
That's what we're after, mate.

730
00:34:56,120 --> 00:34:58,359
Knew today was gonna be a good day.

731
00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:00,599
Look, I think there might be more in here, mate.

732
00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:01,799
I don't doubt it.

733
00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:06,399
Look, more in there. Oh, oh. Yes!

734
00:35:06,480 --> 00:35:07,639
Nice blues.

735
00:35:07,720 --> 00:35:09,519
It's electric. Yeah.

736
00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:11,679
How yous going? Got something to show ya.

737
00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:13,239
Is it bright? Yeah.

738
00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:15,079
We literally just rolled the rock over.

739
00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:16,719
In that real hard stuff, hey?

740
00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:18,439
Awe! Nice electric blue.

741
00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:20,559
Geez! Beautiful blue green.

742
00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:23,839
Yeah. Other bits, bits as well. Just been picking up.

743
00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:25,879
Ah. Here, Rory. Look, look, look, look.

744
00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:27,079
More? Yeah.

745
00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:29,039
We timed that well, Luca. LUCA: Yeah, I know.

746
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:38,319
That's a stone in there. Aw.

747
00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:39,959
Look at the colour in there.

748
00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:41,519
Geez that... See that green in there?

749
00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:43,319
Red. Red too. Yeah.

750
00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:45,079
Nice work, boys.

751
00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:46,479
Probably just fill the truck up

752
00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:48,319
and get you guys to take it straight up.

753
00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:50,079
Yeah, we can do that. Yeah. Alright.

754
00:36:03,240 --> 00:36:04,639
We've got rain coming

755
00:36:04,720 --> 00:36:07,719
so we kind of want to get this up to the agitator and that.

756
00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:08,799
If we get rain,

757
00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:11,279
we're not gonna be able to get the truck up on there.

758
00:36:11,360 --> 00:36:13,199
It's important we get this out of here.

759
00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:22,079
Why have we got no four-wheel drive.

760
00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:25,639
Should be lights on the dash indicating four-wheel drive.

761
00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:44,479
Hey, Rod!

762
00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:46,879
Aw, we might have something here.

763
00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:48,479
This that stuff you've been tumbling?

764
00:36:48,560 --> 00:36:49,719
Yeah.

765
00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:54,039
Oh! That doesn't look too bad.

766
00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:57,039
You bloody beauty!

767
00:36:57,120 --> 00:36:58,359
Oh, here's another little piece

768
00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:00,439
with a little bit of colour in it.

769
00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:04,639
There's another piece.

770
00:37:04,720 --> 00:37:06,399
Look at the green on top of that.

771
00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:11,679
The Bushmen have 65 grams of seam opal.

772
00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:16,879
It's tumbled and features vibrant colours of blue and green.

773
00:37:16,960 --> 00:37:18,719
Oh-ho. Well done, Les! Yeah, nice one!

774
00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:20,639
Yeah. Hey, I wasn't expecting that.

775
00:37:20,720 --> 00:37:22,239
I didn't think there was anything in that.

776
00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:23,639
What do you reckon that's worth, Rod?

777
00:37:23,720 --> 00:37:25,639
That's not a bad bar in that one there.

778
00:37:25,720 --> 00:37:28,879
Those two little bright ones, maybe three grand.

779
00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:36,559
The mine hasn't been doing too good to us.

780
00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:38,199
Feel a little bit more enthusiastic.

781
00:37:38,280 --> 00:37:39,799
It's been a pretty sad week

782
00:37:39,880 --> 00:37:43,439
and seeing that just keeps me positive.

783
00:37:43,520 --> 00:37:46,719
It gives us enough money to keep on going

784
00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:48,479
to try and find the rest of it.

785
00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:50,439
Should be worth a bit of a celebration,

786
00:37:50,520 --> 00:37:51,559
anyway, shouldn't it?

787
00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:53,599
What, were you expecting us to find something?

788
00:37:53,680 --> 00:37:55,079
Thanks.

789
00:37:55,160 --> 00:37:56,639
Cheers, everyone! Cheers.

790
00:37:56,720 --> 00:37:58,559
Cheers. Better than nothing.

791
00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:06,559
It's come time to start washing it all.

792
00:38:06,640 --> 00:38:08,039
Bring the beauty out.

793
00:38:09,400 --> 00:38:11,079
It's all rock, all coated...

794
00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:15,839
..but, once we've done the last couple of days,

795
00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:17,719
we've been tumbling some beautiful stuff.

796
00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:20,839
So it looks like at the moment

797
00:38:20,920 --> 00:38:23,039
but you got to tumble it.

798
00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:24,359
This is a tumbler.

799
00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:27,199
It's really just a cement mixer that we took the bars out of.

800
00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:28,519
Cleans it beautiful.

801
00:38:28,600 --> 00:38:31,999
Washes the dirt off so we can get a parcel to the buyer, clean,

802
00:38:32,080 --> 00:38:33,359
so they can see what they're getting.

803
00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:35,639
Whereas, you look at it now, it's just coated in dirt.

804
00:38:35,720 --> 00:38:36,919
Who knows what's in there?

805
00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:42,159
What have we got, John, from you? Let's have a look!

806
00:38:42,240 --> 00:38:43,879
We have voila! Your meal is ready.

807
00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:46,119
Oh! Well done, John.

808
00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:48,239
You've done awesome, mate.

809
00:38:48,320 --> 00:38:50,439
Yous have been using plenty of diesel so...

810
00:38:50,520 --> 00:38:51,799
Someone had to spend the diesel

811
00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:53,359
and actually find some opal with it,

812
00:38:53,440 --> 00:38:56,039
whereas we've been just spending it and finding nothing.

813
00:38:56,120 --> 00:38:57,199
Proud of you, John.

814
00:38:57,280 --> 00:38:59,159
Well done, mate. You've done awesome.

815
00:38:59,240 --> 00:39:02,199
The Blacklighters have white and crystal opal

816
00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:06,319
displaying vivid colours of red, blue and green.

817
00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:10,759
The parcel is in the rough, weighing 570 grams.

818
00:39:10,840 --> 00:39:12,359
What do you think we've got there, Rach?

819
00:39:12,440 --> 00:39:14,759
You've been seeing what we've been getting for stuff,

820
00:39:14,840 --> 00:39:16,479
on the auctions and all that.

821
00:39:17,720 --> 00:39:18,759
What do we rate it?

822
00:39:18,840 --> 00:39:21,319
So after having a bit of a good look at it...

823
00:39:23,320 --> 00:39:25,359
..it might be a bit of a low ball

824
00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:28,479
but I think, you know, we're up around 24 grand for the week.

825
00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:29,919
That's a good week. Oh, yeah!

826
00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:31,319
That's a good week, man! You beauty!

827
00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:32,559
That's a good week, yes! Hey!

828
00:39:35,240 --> 00:39:36,719
I have to sit down.

829
00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:38,839
That was a big week. You've been good, mate.

830
00:39:38,920 --> 00:39:40,639
We've moved a shit load of dirt.

831
00:39:40,720 --> 00:39:42,879
We've found 24 grand!

832
00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:45,519
So if John can spend the season doing that,

833
00:39:45,600 --> 00:39:48,719
while we get this cut down and try and find a big pocket,

834
00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:51,479
I can't see anything wrong with this year already.

835
00:39:51,560 --> 00:39:53,359
What a start to the season!

836
00:39:53,440 --> 00:39:54,879
You've got back on the horse

837
00:39:54,960 --> 00:39:56,639
and actually almost looked like a dozer driver.

838
00:39:56,720 --> 00:39:59,279
Mark's accident took the edge off the year a little bit.

839
00:39:59,360 --> 00:40:01,879
But, as a group, we've sort of come together a bit more

840
00:40:01,960 --> 00:40:04,199
and don't take things for granted as much, I think.

841
00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:05,679
We're not bulletproof out here.

842
00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:07,359
So we're family.

843
00:40:07,440 --> 00:40:09,559
We pull together when we need to.

844
00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:10,999
We're back, mate. We're back!

845
00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:13,079
You beauty! We are back!

846
00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:21,959
Open that glove box,

847
00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:23,439
there's a fuse box in there.

848
00:40:26,600 --> 00:40:27,999
Fuse is right.

849
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:29,999
Ah. We got it, then.

850
00:40:30,080 --> 00:40:31,559
It might have just been the fuse there.

851
00:40:31,640 --> 00:40:33,119
See now you've got these green lights in?

852
00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:34,319
Oh, yeah. Yeah.

853
00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:37,919
There she goes!

854
00:40:43,480 --> 00:40:45,839
Yeah. So, Rory and I, we got onto some nice colour.

855
00:40:45,920 --> 00:40:48,839
We've got to wash it. see if we missed anything.

856
00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:51,519
Yeah, crossed fingers we have nice gems.

857
00:41:01,240 --> 00:41:03,399
How yous going? Good, mate. How you going?

858
00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:05,759
Good. Ready to tail out, are we? Ready to rock 'n roll.

859
00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:08,159
Tail out day's my favourite day.

860
00:41:08,240 --> 00:41:12,279
We work really hard to get those loads into the agis.

861
00:41:12,360 --> 00:41:14,719
You kind of always have that thought in the back of your head,

862
00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:16,639
like, this could be the day that millions of dollars

863
00:41:16,720 --> 00:41:17,759
roll out on the table.

864
00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:38,799
Aw. What?

865
00:41:38,880 --> 00:41:40,519
Oh, no way!

866
00:41:40,600 --> 00:41:42,079
Look at it. Aw!

867
00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:43,879
Holy crap. Nice colour.

868
00:41:43,960 --> 00:41:45,879
Bit more of that in there, we'll be right, hey.

869
00:41:45,960 --> 00:41:48,319
Well done. Well done, mate.

870
00:41:50,160 --> 00:41:52,279
Ooh. Whoa! Whoa.

871
00:41:52,360 --> 00:41:53,759
Another one? Hold onto your horses.

872
00:41:53,840 --> 00:41:56,599
Oh! That's unreal.

873
00:41:56,680 --> 00:41:58,719
Still got the eyes of a hawk, mate. Hey?

874
00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:01,639
Really good start, guys, for a first table.

875
00:42:01,720 --> 00:42:02,759
It's unreal. Oh!

876
00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:04,959
You got one? Ah, Luca!

877
00:42:05,040 --> 00:42:07,519
Nice one. Well done, Lucs. Far out. Nice, sis.

878
00:42:07,600 --> 00:42:09,599
Ah, look at this. Another one?

879
00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:11,159
How'd you miss that, Mark?

880
00:42:11,240 --> 00:42:12,759
Oh, I've got another one to show ya.

881
00:42:12,840 --> 00:42:14,839
Have ya? What, you just get one then too?

882
00:42:14,920 --> 00:42:16,119
Ooh.

883
00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:18,759
Oh, it's red there. Yeah, red bar underneath.

884
00:42:18,840 --> 00:42:20,839
Oh, yeah. You got red. I only got green orange.

885
00:42:23,680 --> 00:42:24,799
This is the last of it.

886
00:42:24,880 --> 00:42:26,359
Right. Well, let's see what we got, hey?

887
00:42:26,440 --> 00:42:27,479
Yeah. Yep.

888
00:42:29,280 --> 00:42:31,119
Big chunks in there. Ooh, yeah.

889
00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:32,799
It gets better. Why?

890
00:42:32,880 --> 00:42:34,839
You've been holding out on us?

891
00:42:34,920 --> 00:42:36,999
I went down to the trench this morning.

892
00:42:38,480 --> 00:42:39,639
Look what I stumbled upon.

893
00:42:40,680 --> 00:42:41,759
Ooh.

894
00:42:41,840 --> 00:42:43,679
Holy crap.

895
00:42:44,760 --> 00:42:46,079
Not bad, hey.

896
00:42:46,160 --> 00:42:48,879
How's that for a cherry on top.

897
00:42:48,960 --> 00:42:52,919
The Cheals have black and crystal opal,

898
00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:55,519
featuring the full spectrum of colours.

899
00:42:55,600 --> 00:43:01,439
Large stones in the rough, they weigh 2.1 kilograms.

900
00:43:01,520 --> 00:43:02,679
So what are yous thinking?

901
00:43:02,760 --> 00:43:04,159
Oh, you'd have to think

902
00:43:04,240 --> 00:43:06,479
there's a few hundred thousand dollars there,

903
00:43:06,560 --> 00:43:07,679
for sure.

904
00:43:11,520 --> 00:43:13,479
There's got to be 225 grand there.

905
00:43:13,560 --> 00:43:16,159
$225,000, guys. Yeah, boy!

906
00:43:16,240 --> 00:43:17,559
Yeah, mate.

907
00:43:17,640 --> 00:43:18,679
It'll cut that easy. Oh!

908
00:43:18,760 --> 00:43:20,279
How good's that? How good's that.

909
00:43:20,360 --> 00:43:21,759
Well done, guys.

910
00:43:21,840 --> 00:43:23,439
Well done. That's what we need.

911
00:43:23,520 --> 00:43:24,679
That's unreal.

912
00:43:24,760 --> 00:43:26,159
Feeling pretty pumped after that tail out.

913
00:43:26,240 --> 00:43:27,399
It was unreal.

914
00:43:27,480 --> 00:43:30,639
We're at about half our season target.

915
00:43:30,720 --> 00:43:32,159
It doesn't get any better than that.

916
00:43:32,240 --> 00:43:33,479
Oh, that's phenomenal.

917
00:43:33,560 --> 00:43:35,359
The barrel never lies. No.

918
00:43:36,600 --> 00:43:38,919
I'm extremely proud of my kids

919
00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:40,239
and we've got a business together.

920
00:43:40,320 --> 00:43:41,639
It's just a dream come true.

921
00:43:43,440 --> 00:43:45,279
Cheers, guys. That's awesome. Cheers.

922
00:43:45,360 --> 00:43:47,399
Just an amazing effort.

923
00:43:47,480 --> 00:43:49,199
Bring it on the rest of the year.

924
00:43:49,280 --> 00:43:51,759
Woo-hoo-hoo! Like this one. Hey?

925
00:43:53,040 --> 00:43:56,039
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