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MATHEW: Ooh! This is the life of an opal-miner.

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I mean, if we've got no money coming in and no prospects,

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then sometimes you've gotta take a little bit more risk.

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Jesus, right in the entrance.

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Okay. Ooh-h-h.

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Wa-hey!

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Right.

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COZZA: Oh, man!  Get out!

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COZZA: It's still dropping in there. That's not safe.

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Sorry, man. I just had to check that one slice.

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Our lives aren't worth a  bit of opal

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or in this case a bit of  gypsum, mate.

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So, we're here at our Lunatic black opal mine.

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The last win we know about was $14 million plus.

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So that's why we spent all our money last year to open this mine up...

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...to give ourselves the best chance at one big win,

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but we've picked one of the worst spots for a tunnel.

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Let's get out of here. We'll have to come back with some serious money or some serious machines.

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NARRATOR: Andamooka, South Australia.

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In 1872 this sparse landscape was an outback sheep station.

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Then everything changed in 1930

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with the discovery of opal.

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For nearly a century fortune-hunters have braved the scorching outback sun

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in search of the rainbow gem.

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This season target is $200,000, so hopefully we can hit that target.

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Things are getting more and more difficult.

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I know there's a big win around the corner.

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Just a matter of whether we can make it happen before we go broke.

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Struggling to earn a stable income from mining,

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brothers Matt and Cozza Kathagen, the Mooka Boys,

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have been looking to expand.

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Right, here's the old Mobil.

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An idea of a one-stop opal-miners' shop has been in my head for years now.

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I could see a big Mooka Boys Headquarters sign up top there.

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That'd be great. That'd be excellent.

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So, I think it's time to get the shop going.

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Mate, it's perfect. Look, there's even an old picture of Andamooka sitting right there ready.

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What we really want to do is offer a business up that helps new miners.

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I mean, we know better than anybody how hard it is to start this industry off.

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There's no training. It's hard getting information out of anybody.

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They don't want to give up their secrets.

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There's an old kitchen out the back with ventilation.

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Perfect to turn into a cutting room, bruv.Yeah.

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So much room for more opal-miners.

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We want to set up a shop where people can come

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and use the equipment they need to see what they've got.

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We've got all this space to put opal and artwork up here.

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And then maybe they can work with us so we can all make a profit.

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Yeah, so, I don't know what to do now.

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Noodler, noodler, noodler. We did not leave that in a good condition.

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It broke down last time we were there.

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I can't even remember what happened.

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Look, we've got 4.5 grand cash in our pockets.

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That's all the kitty we've got right now.

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We can spend that in three days on diesel if we want to dig another hole.

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Yeah.

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If we go put this money into the noodler,

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just hope to God it's all gonna work out.

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So, a noodler machine is a machine that we use to process pay-dirt,

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and then we run all the opal through a dark room with UV lights,

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so it's really easy to see the opal.

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You just pluck it off the belt as it comes through.

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It's a very efficient way of getting through all the old piles here.

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That's right, the alternator broke off, didn't it?  hell.

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It's been a while. Look, even the welding's a bit rusty.

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All right, so really it's just a weld job.

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All right. We'll get this started, and then we can actually power up the plant.

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See what other jobs we've got to get done then.Yeah.

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Hey, Luca. We've got purple over there.

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LUCA: Yeah.And we've got green here and green over there.

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And green there. What's your favourite colour?

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Hah. Right now I'd say it's green. Right.

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If you see something, you'll yell out, won't you?Yeah.

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Looks like another bit of red on that.I like the sound of that.

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At Turner's Rush claim the Cheals -

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Chris, his daughter Luca,

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son Rory, and mining partner Mark Bressan...

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MARK: About there? Yeah, have a crack.

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...are fighting on two fronts

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at their open cut and underground mine.

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All right to keep going? Yeah, yeah.

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So far we've found 225,000.

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Oh. Look at this one.

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Considering our target's half a mill

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we've still got a bit of a ways to go,

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so, yeah, we can't quite sit back and put our feet up yet.

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We've still got a lot of hard work to do.

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It's all well and good when the opal's coming in,

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but if the opal stops coming, then quite quickly you can be...

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pretty stressed out and going backward.

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So, we've got lots of gear. Running generators.

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We're digging underground and the open cut at the same time.

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You can't run this stuff on thin air.

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The longer it goes and you're not getting opal,

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or the bigger the breakdowns you've got, yeah, there's some sleepless nights.

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Think the colour was coming just a bit higher, wasn't it? Yeah, potentially.

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Sort of split, though,

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where the head of the digger came over it.

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Ooh, hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo. Not bad, eh?

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That's looking good. It's looking great.

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That's it. It's what we're here for.

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Erm, I had this, sort of, just hanging out the wall.

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It is beautiful green, innit? It is beautiful green.

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Yeah, I'm liking that.

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You know how we were gonna chuck this in?Yeah.

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That trace is better than that. We might...

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We're already loading the truck. Okay.Yeah.

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We've decided we're gonna wash it, so we've just loaded the truck

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and we're about to take it up to the agi.

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The Cheals' agitator wash-plant

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is a converted cement-mixer fed by a conveyor belt.

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Tonnes of mined rock is tumbled with water inside the barrel

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for 12 hours to wash off the clay and dirt

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and expose any opal.

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We're hoping to set up multiple machines this year on our new wash-plant site.

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So once we get the two rolling...

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we should be pretty well underway to try and get this year's target.

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You know, the boys are working hard on the jewellery side of stuff.

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The kids, they come up with the idea of us going direct to the customer and setting jewellery,

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and, yeah, I'm backing 'em 100 per cent.

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Quite the contrast, isn't it? You know, we're out here

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in the dust and the wind and the mozzies and the blowflies,

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and it's funny that all that ends up over there as something so beautiful and elegant.

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There's pressure there because we've got to come up with the opal and it's a bit of a worry.

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Really good to be able to build the foundations of an opal business,

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but to keep an opal business alive we need to keep finding opal.

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It's just full of all this crap.

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Well, that's all, folks.

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We got nothing.

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Oh, well. Ah, well, it is what it is.

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We've just got to cop it on the chin and find a way to keep going.

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The plan is to move the excavator from Black Flag out to Digger's Gully.

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So, the truck's coming real soon.

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It's definitely not easy moving a machine this big.

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Um... Problem is it's pretty wide.

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Needs oversized gear to make sure we get all the tracks onto the trailer.

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So specialist transport.

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Not that many of them around, certainly coming past Coober Pedy.

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Dan!Yo! I think the truck's coming.

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Yeah, copy, Dave.

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Just swing around and you'll see some rubber mats. Wherever suits you.

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I need the keys. Have you got the keys?

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I haven't got the keys. You're in charge of the keys.

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Um...Where did you have them last?

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Well, I seen 'em at home. Let me just check.

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Dan has lost the keys before.

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Nah. They're not in there. They must be in the car.

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I found it!Where? In the glove box.What?

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In the bloody glove box? I don't leave 'em there.

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You're not blaming me for losing the keys.

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Apparently I got blamed for that, but, anyway, we found the keys.

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Bit of a delay but we're back on track now.

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Cheers, bud. I appreciate this. How you going? Nice to meet you.

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Coober Pedy, South Australia.

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A desolate, sun-scorched landscape

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that hides the world's largest deposits of opal.

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You'll drive it on? Yep. All set to load.

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After a huge $55,000 start to their season...

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That's what I was hoping.

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...the Opal Lovers, Renee Everest...

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Yeah, I'm nervous watching Dan drive the excavator on.

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...and Dan Measey...

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I can't quite see a line.

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...have exhausted their Black Flag claim

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and are moving their entire operation 15 kilometres to Digger's Gully.

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If Dan gets a little bit to the left or a little bit to the right,

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the excavator can fall off the truck.

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It's so dangerous.

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That looks like she's on!

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This moving of my machine can make me nervous

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'cause of the weight, the height, the width.

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It's a very short trip today. We've only got to move it about 15 Ks,

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but that's 1,500 bucks, so not cheap.

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Copy, Dave. I assume that corrugation's not really good for you, eh?

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Thanks, man.

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I'll block the road with the car. If anything's coming fast

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and hasn't seen you, get off the road.

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It's coming a bit fast, actually. I hope it slows down.

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Ooh, maybe it isn't.

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So excited that we're back. Get some opal-mining happening.

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Have you got the key, Dan? Yeah, I got the key this time.

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He's easy to stir up.

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This is Digger's Gully field. We're back here 'cause she's done well for us over the years.

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Nice thick ground to dig nice opal.

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We've found opal here up to $1,500-$1,800 an ounce, so...

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The type of crystal that just burns your eyes out, nearly.

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Thanks, Dave, mate. Appreciate that.

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Ah, looks like he's got bogged.

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We'll get the excavator. You want to go back or forward?

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Is he bogged? Yeah. It's another hold-up, but we've got to get him out.

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Oh! Had the moment of relief we're here

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and now there's another hold-up with the truck getting bogged.

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COZZA: Here he comes. MATHEW: Oh, here he is, mate. You beauty.

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How you going, mate? Thanks for coming.No worries. What seems to be your issue?

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We've got a bit of a "alternator didn't want to stay on" issue.Oh.

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Just snapped off its bracket, man, right here.

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Probably be easy enough just to weld it where it is. Yep. Sweet.

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That'd be good, bro. If we can get this fired up,

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we can fire up the noodler.Yep.

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We're good with just about everything, but we can't be good at everything.

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So we called Jarrod here today - he's a much better welder than we are -

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to come help us out today and try and weld this alternator back on.

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Second cousin to Matty and Cozza. My dad's their cousin.

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I moved over a few years ago

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and just help them out whenever they need some help with the opal.

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You won't get paid until we get some stones out of the noodler. Yeah.

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Are you happy to do this job if we give you the first few stones? Yeah, that should be all right.

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NARRATOR: At their Hallion Hill claim

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the Mooka Boys are trying to revive an ancient noodling machine

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to process the opal-bearing dirt they've stockpiled from three mines.

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Cozzie and I decided to take a bit of a detour,

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invest what money we've got into this noodler, get it running.

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I mean, without this we're down to buckets and and picks again,

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so, yeah, it's really valuable to the Mooka Boys right now.

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The main components of the machine is basically the hopper end -

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that's where we fill up the dirt.

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That travels through to a screening process.

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It's like a big vibrator screen that sorts all the sizes out with a belt in front of it.

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It goes into the dark room with UV lights

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so it's really easy to see the opal.

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You just pluck it off the belt as it comes through.

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You ready to roll, bro?Yep.

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Let's get ready to rumble.

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Here goes nothing.Yep. Take the lid off.Rog-gee.

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It's an old Kloeckner-Humboldt German diesel engine,

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and we've got about a 13-kilovolt generator on the back.

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Pretty serious electricity comes out of it.

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Could absolutely kill you if you get it earthing through your bodies.

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Hey.

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Yeah!Ha-ha!

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Let's go.

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It's been a couple of years since we've fired up this noodler.

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We've got a lot of moving parts so we're gonna have to go over it

235
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and make sure everything's running properly before we throw some dirt in.

236
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Off we go. All right, the table's on.

237
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Sweet.

238
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Here comes the material!

239
00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:15,959
Yeah, one of the biggest problems we have,

240
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we've got a sliding door that controls the feed.

241
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If it's too far up, too much will come out

242
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and block everything up at the top end.

243
00:16:23,560 --> 00:16:26,319
If it's too far down, every little rock jams it.

244
00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:28,359
You're constantly trying to dig 'em out.

245
00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:35,079
Yeah, we just had a big rock drop through.

246
00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:39,039
If we let this keep going, it'll burn the belt out up top there in the motor.

247
00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:42,679
Cozzie, shut that feed down, mate. What was that, buddy?

248
00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:47,119
Shut the feed belt down, mate. Shut the hopper down. What was that? Turn it on?

249
00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:50,599
Turn it off.Yeah, I have turned that conveyor off.

250
00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:55,919
...useless. Is it off? Yeah, the conveyor's off.Yeah.

251
00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:01,679
Yeah, originally this machine was built with a hydraulic ram

252
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that Cozzie could control inside the box

253
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but over the years the hydraulic pump has just worn itself out,

254
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so I've got to do everything manually with this bar.

255
00:17:11,360 --> 00:17:14,559
Oh, mate, if I don't get this right,

256
00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:17,479
this door could come down and chop my bloody fingers off.

257
00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:20,319
All right.

258
00:17:23,360 --> 00:17:25,679
It tries to turn and then it just won't turn.

259
00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:29,239
It's like everything's jammed, but I can't find one thing jammed anywhere.

260
00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:33,839
me! There's too much going on it.

261
00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:39,879
Argh!

262
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that.

263
00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:51,879
If we don't get this thing going, then we're kind of out of options, mate.

264
00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:54,039
We don't have much money.

265
00:17:55,120 --> 00:17:58,479
Yeah, I don't know, mate. Might be the end for us.

266
00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:12,319
Put this hole down here. Nine-inch prospecting hole.

267
00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:16,359
We drilled up a lot of material here. You can see potch in the wall there.

268
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Basically it gives you something to dig to underground. It's a guide.

269
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And it gives you a target to work towards.

270
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Hey, Luca, can you just spot this for us up here, please?Sure.

271
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Colour in there? Looks like there could be a little, tiny sliver of red.

272
00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:43,679
The tiniest, tiniest bit in there.

273
00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:48,119
I don't even know whether you'd call that... It's not gonna feed Buster tonight.

274
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We've had a pretty good run. And the good times don't last for ever, too,

275
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so in the back of my mind I'm always thinking, "Hey, you know, this is...

276
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"This could end, you know, it could end this week."

277
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Rory and I will just continue on digging here in the trench,

278
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see if we can come across a bit more colour.

279
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It's just teasing us at the moment.

280
00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:13,839
Just little bits and pieces. Just little bits and pieces, so...

281
00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:17,199
Hopefully, yeah, we'll come into a big pocket sooner or later, but...

282
00:19:18,360 --> 00:19:20,759
...that's a maybe, so see what happens.

283
00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:29,599
Yeah, there's still potch here. I can see it from here.

284
00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:35,519
So, is that trying to turn green? No, it doesn't look like it.

285
00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:38,159
Yeah, right-o. Oh, there's more potch down here.

286
00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:41,239
It's missing the colour.

287
00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:52,359
I think we will just get all this dirt out.

288
00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:54,479
You haven't driven that bogger for months.

289
00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:56,959
Remember how to drive it? I think I'll work it out.

290
00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:05,039
So, the bogger, yeah, it's pretty much like a toy car, to be honest.

291
00:20:05,120 --> 00:20:08,559
It's like playing a video game. You use these little levers here.

292
00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:10,919
It can have a mind of its own.

293
00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:15,959
She was on that bogger all year last year, and didn't take her long.

294
00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:20,199
It's just like riding a bike, eh? Never forget how.

295
00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:25,319
Bit like Buster, it runs all around and can get in the way sometimes.

296
00:20:36,280 --> 00:20:38,559
She's doing a good job, isn't she, Buster?

297
00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:44,119
The bogger clears up all the dirt that we dig from the face

298
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and then dumps it into the bucket, which then goes up the hoist into the truck.

299
00:20:52,120 --> 00:20:54,039
Having Luca here on the job to help me,

300
00:20:54,120 --> 00:20:58,519
it's one of the joys of the job, because I get to work with her and she's learning new skills.

301
00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:00,519
Come over this way a little, Luca.

302
00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:04,319
Nothing fazes Luca. She doesn't get rattled at all.

303
00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:08,079
You know, she lost her right-hand index finger. It got cut off.

304
00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:09,919
She was only two years old.

305
00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:13,719
And they flew her to Sydney and they sewed it back on and saved it...

306
00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:18,399
...and she did not cry once, so she's as tough as they come.

307
00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:27,519
Nothing in that?

308
00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:29,519
No. No colour there.

309
00:21:40,120 --> 00:21:42,359
Come on.

310
00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:46,199
All the time the colour just comes and goes.

311
00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:49,519
It's there and then it's just gone, you know.Not ideal.

312
00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:51,599
We're gonna call it a day.

313
00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:04,199
DAN: That'll give us a bit of pulling power.

314
00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:06,359
The truck is bogged. All good to go?

315
00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:10,159
It's really urgent. He's spent all morning helping us and he's running late now.

316
00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:12,119
Starting now to put some tension on.

317
00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:17,559
Nice and slow.

318
00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:23,919
Right-o. Stop, stop.

319
00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:26,479
Looks like it's worked. That's a relief.

320
00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:28,159
I owe you one.Cheers, bud.

321
00:22:31,120 --> 00:22:33,959
Should have charged him 1,500 for getting him out of that.

322
00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:41,159
Digger's Gully opal's waiting. Let's get it out.

323
00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:47,239
Back at Digger's! It's great. That's it. Back where Dad and I started.

324
00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:50,999
Mm.

325
00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:53,479
This is where the money is. This will make us.

326
00:22:56,720 --> 00:22:58,919
Digger's Gully is very special to me.

327
00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:02,559
Where Dad and I, working together, found our first reasonable-size money.

328
00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:06,999
Dan and his dad had a bit of a go mining this claim about 20 years ago.

329
00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:09,799
They found about $40,000's worth.

330
00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:12,919
Dad was definitely addicted to opal and loved opal.

331
00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:15,599
He mined it on and off for 50 years at least,

332
00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:17,999
so from an early age I caught the bug,

333
00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:20,039
from Dad's experience and also Mum's.

334
00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:26,799
Growing up in Coober Pedy, I guess you could say it was rough and ready

335
00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:28,559
but it was brilliant and I loved it.

336
00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:31,959
Initially my attraction to opal was probably pocket money,

337
00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:34,519
but as I got to find and see more opal

338
00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:38,639
it was just the brilliance and the depth of the opal that really caught me.

339
00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:42,639
The plan is to get the excavator up and going.

340
00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:45,519
Dan's just doing maintenance work on it at the moment.

341
00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:49,639
The flies are really bad this season...

342
00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:53,999
...and it's only early in the season, as well.

343
00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:56,479
I'm just having a little bit of a prospect,

344
00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:59,439
a bit of a fossick around and see if I can find anything.

345
00:24:03,360 --> 00:24:06,559
Oh, look at this. Oh, my God. Dan!

346
00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:11,239
Dan, I reckon I found some opal! Over there?

347
00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:13,199
Yeah!

348
00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:16,359
Where's that from? Just up on the dump there.

349
00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:18,439
So we might have missed a heap of stuff.

350
00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:20,119
Look at that.That's a shell.

351
00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:22,999
NARRATOR: Millions of years ago

352
00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:27,279
Coober Pedy was covered by the inland Eromanga Sea.

353
00:24:27,360 --> 00:24:30,839
Over time, shells decomposed in the sea-bed,

354
00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:34,119
leaving voids for silica-rich water to fill,

355
00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:36,919
eventually hardening to form opal.

356
00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:39,639
We can't leave that sitting there.

357
00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:41,759
Look how big the dump is. I can't go to sleep

358
00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:45,079
thinking that there could be shells in there. We've got to try it.

359
00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:54,519
Dan's gonna organise a noodler for us

360
00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:57,039
and we're gonna noodle that whole big pile of dirt.

361
00:24:57,120 --> 00:24:58,999
We've got a lot of dirt to pick up,

362
00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:00,959
probably 80 to 100 tonnes.

363
00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:05,359
Ideally we'd like our own noodler, but that's more time and money.

364
00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:07,039
Good to go.

365
00:25:08,360 --> 00:25:11,839
The noodling machine is about 15 kilometres from us.

366
00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:17,159
A good friend of ours, Mick and Ron,

367
00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:20,399
they generously said, "If you ever need the noodler, if you get stuck,

368
00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:22,719
"go ahead, use it, chuck a bit of fuel in,

369
00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:26,079
"break it, fix it, go for it."

370
00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:31,319
I've only noodled once before and I did actually get quite sick in there.

371
00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:36,559
I do have these. They're like a armband that stops travel sickness.All right.

372
00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:39,519
So hopefully the armband will help and I won't get sick.

373
00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:41,759
There's heaps of buttons there, Dan.Yeah.

374
00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:43,799
This is the important end of the machine.

375
00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:48,039
Emergency stop. Anything you get worried about, hit the stop and let me know.Yeah.

376
00:25:48,120 --> 00:25:50,639
Pick lots of opal.

377
00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:56,519
Opal shells, depending on the quality of the colour,

378
00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:58,799
they can be worth quite a bit of money.

379
00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:03,079
I've got to be constantly looking at the belt.

380
00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:05,599
I'm not allowed to look away, because if I look away,

381
00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:09,199
I could potentially miss picking out some opal.

382
00:26:11,360 --> 00:26:15,159
You're standing in a dark box. There's no light except a blue light.

383
00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:17,399
And then this belt's running past you.

384
00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:20,919
You're not really moving, but that's moving, and it disorientates people.

385
00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:23,359
Some people are fine. Others just can't hack it.

386
00:26:32,440 --> 00:26:36,879
Oh. No. No good. Got to get out.

387
00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:38,879
What's going on here?

388
00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:57,319
Oh, just gonna get something else to lever it with.

389
00:26:57,400 --> 00:27:00,679
We're really gonna have to make a go of it this year.

390
00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:03,439
Otherwise, even though our families are supportive of us,

391
00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:05,919
we can't put 'em through this much longer.

392
00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:07,919
At their Hallion Hill claim

393
00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:12,279
the Mooka Boys are desperate to fix a conveyor belt on their noodling machine.

394
00:27:12,360 --> 00:27:16,279
Any one of these belts comes together with a metal strap joiner.

395
00:27:16,360 --> 00:27:18,759
If those belts travel off one way or the other,

396
00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:21,879
that joiner can catch on the edge of all the metal on the side.

397
00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:24,119
Should be right. Go, Coz.

398
00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:31,279
All right. Well, it is sitting okay, so we might be all right here now.

399
00:27:31,360 --> 00:27:34,159
Seems like the belt's sitting where it should now,

400
00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:37,479
so I'll get some dirt in and hopefully this is gonna work out.

401
00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:43,519
This stuff we're about to put through comes from Horse Paddock.

402
00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:46,239
With a bit of luck it'll run smoothly for Matty out here

403
00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:48,919
and I'll just be picking opal off that belt.

404
00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:53,039
So, this material comes from a dig we were finding opal in, which is really good.

405
00:27:53,120 --> 00:27:56,319
And hopefully today we'll find some stuff

406
00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:58,999
that we left behind couple of seasons back.

407
00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:04,839
Oh, noodler, noodler, here we go!

408
00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:11,159
The idea of the noodler here is to keep your hands hovering over the belt,

409
00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:14,879
so you've got quick access to pick this material.

410
00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:18,239
Sometimes it'll come through and it'll come through really quick.

411
00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:22,519
Yeah, it's really important to have the right bloke in the black room.

412
00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:26,239
Really easy to miss that opal coming past, so...

413
00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:28,079
I'm lucky to have Cozzie with me.

414
00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:30,119
We've been doing this for a long time now,

415
00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:32,239
so you can really trust the bloke in there.

416
00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:35,759
Yeah, so, you're just sitting in the one spot.

417
00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:39,639
And I've heard that people can go blind from these blacklights,

418
00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:43,799
so, you know, you really don't want to get the UVs shining straight into your eyes.

419
00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:46,439
You only want to be looking down onto the belt.

420
00:28:46,520 --> 00:28:50,399
How they looking in there, bro? Yeah, sorry, mate, hands were busy then.

421
00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:52,359
Yeah, actually we're doing all right.

422
00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:54,599
Got opal coming?

423
00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:56,759
Yeah, I got one good piece just then, mate.

424
00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:59,599
I've put a few handfuls into that bucket now.

425
00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:02,279
You beauty! Yeah, ha-ha!

426
00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:07,999
Yeah, boy, we've got some opal, man.Yes!

427
00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:10,879
You beauty. Check it out.Oh.

428
00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:13,439
Good colour, mate!

429
00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:17,319
Mate, there's money here.Yee-hoo!

430
00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:28,119
Do you want to pluck a bit from here and there in that pile?

431
00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:30,719
We might hit a honey-hole. MARK: That's the thing.

432
00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:33,279
You don't know. You just don't know.

433
00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:37,839
The Cheals' Turner's Rush claim is refusing to give up any opal,

434
00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:40,559
so the team want to test out a new strategy.

435
00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:42,799
RORY: We thought we'd try something different.

436
00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:45,679
We've got some dirt that was too hard to wash at the time.

437
00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:49,439
It's been there for a few years and we're hoping it's softened up with the sun.

438
00:29:51,560 --> 00:29:53,879
Mark's just gonna run up here with the excavator,

439
00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:57,479
and the weight of the excavator is 50 tonne, so he'll crush this up.

440
00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:03,359
If we see colour, we're gonna pick it up and wash it,

441
00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:07,839
but we physically can't wash it all, because we'd be there for ever trying to do that.

442
00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:12,879
It's a little bit like looking for a needle in a haystack.

443
00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:16,039
I'm hoping we come across a big needle.

444
00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:19,679
Yeah. There's potch in here.

445
00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:25,599
You know, we've found green.

446
00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:30,319
It's only a thin bar, but it shows there's colour in here and I've picked other potch up.

447
00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:33,759
Thin, but it's still colour. I've picked thin stuff up there before.

448
00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:36,079
What do you do? You know, it...

449
00:30:36,160 --> 00:30:38,599
It's a gamble at the end of the day. You can only...

450
00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:41,799
You know, we could wash it and that could have been the only bit

451
00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:45,039
and it can cost you, you know, your fuel and your time.

452
00:30:45,120 --> 00:30:49,159
But then again, you could wash it and pick out a $50,000 stone, too.

453
00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:52,479
You know, it's just how it goes in this sort of country.

454
00:31:01,320 --> 00:31:04,719
My main concern is getting the dirt in there washing,

455
00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:06,679
'cause that's where we make our money,

456
00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:10,279
and while there's no dirt in that agitator we're not making any money.

457
00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:31,719
Nice to get a bit of sunshine

458
00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:34,759
and have a tail-out with the boys. Happy days. That's right.

459
00:31:57,080 --> 00:31:59,519
Ooh. Oh. That looks promising.

460
00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:02,279
Oh, yeah.Nice work, Mark. I'm happy with that.

461
00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:06,319
I was a bit worried for a second. Yeah. So was I. "Well, I can't see anything."

462
00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:10,399
LUCA: Found anything exciting?Yeah.

463
00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:13,679
Not a heap of material but it's all touched with colour. Crazy.

464
00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:19,359
Yeah, very good. Gee, that's beautiful colour.

465
00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:21,799
MARK: Yeah, that's nice, isn't it?

466
00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:28,799
Ooh, that's looking promising too. Oh, beautiful.

467
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:30,839
Oh, yeah.That's lighter.

468
00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:34,399
Shape of Australia.Oh, yeah.

469
00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:36,359
That is cool, eh?

470
00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:40,239
Oh, Mark, you're on fire, brother. On fire, brother!

471
00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:53,239
DAN: You all right? I don't feel real good.You sick?

472
00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:55,679
That motion sickness comes back to haunt me.

473
00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:58,199
So where's the armbands I gave you?

474
00:32:58,280 --> 00:33:01,919
I forgot to put 'em on. Ah. I didn't really give you that to look at.

475
00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:06,599
We've got a lot of dirt to still go through.Really?

476
00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:09,679
Just put them armbands on. All right, I'll...I'll give it a go.

477
00:33:09,760 --> 00:33:11,679
Sorry you're feeling crook.

478
00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:23,399
Sometimes I do feel a little bit down.

479
00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:26,119
I still feel like a bit of a rookie on the team

480
00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:28,319
and I'm still in that learning phase.

481
00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:40,959
I'm finding a couple of little bits. Hopefully they've got colour.

482
00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:43,319
Oop, nearly missed that one.

483
00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:45,719
Ah, I reckon that could be a shell.

484
00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:48,599
So maybe we're getting to that cluster of shells

485
00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:50,799
that I found yesterday on the dump.

486
00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:55,279
Oh, my God, there's a huge piece! Wow.

487
00:33:55,360 --> 00:33:58,319
I reckon I might have found a really big piece of opal.

488
00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:08,919
Hang on.

489
00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:16,559
Turn it off!

490
00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:29,959
See colour glistening through. Oh, yeah, there's some colour in there, mate.

491
00:34:30,040 --> 00:34:33,279
Got some honey.Oh, wow. A bit dirty but, man, it's big.

492
00:34:33,360 --> 00:34:35,879
So, honey opal, it's just like any other opal.

493
00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:38,359
It's just got a nice honey-colour base.

494
00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:40,199
Whoo!Look at that piece, bro.

495
00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:42,559
Man, that's full of colour, isn't it?

496
00:34:42,640 --> 00:34:45,679
I think that's our king stone, bro. Killer!

497
00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:48,959
All this honey adding up, bro. Boom. Boom.

498
00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:52,479
Boom. Boom. Oh, wow.

499
00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:54,639
Holy . Man, we done it, bro.

500
00:34:54,720 --> 00:34:57,879
Mate, this piece here is beautiful pattern, man.

501
00:34:57,960 --> 00:34:59,759
Oh, mate, that's killer.

502
00:34:59,840 --> 00:35:03,839
Bruv, that is some serious colour right there.Yeah, bro.

503
00:35:05,240 --> 00:35:08,119
The Mooka Boys have a parcel of honey opal,

504
00:35:08,200 --> 00:35:12,399
electric-blue seam opal, and dark-based opal

505
00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:15,359
featuring blues, greens, and purples.

506
00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:19,759
The total haul weighs 283 grams.

507
00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:25,039
So, what have we got? We've got seven ounces a grand for honey. Seven grand.

508
00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:27,799
Fifteen hundred bucks an ounce for this. We've got three.

509
00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:30,239
We've got another 300 bucks of species here.

510
00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:34,719
That makes it a good day. What is that? 11,800 bucks for the week. Ooh, yeah!

511
00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:40,359
So, bro, we have just found this week

512
00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:43,879
the equivalent of our whole last year, mate.Wow.

513
00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:46,599
So I'm feeling more confident now, bruv.Yeah.

514
00:35:46,680 --> 00:35:49,199
So we add that with last week's win, mate, we're...

515
00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:51,359
It takes a bit of a weight off the shoulders.

516
00:35:51,440 --> 00:35:54,079
We're well past last year, mate.

517
00:35:57,680 --> 00:36:00,399
Don't know about you, but I'm getting rather thirsty.

518
00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:02,359
Yep, these lips are dry, bruv. Let's go.

519
00:36:02,440 --> 00:36:04,839
You legend. Killer.Yeah.Ooh!

520
00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:08,719
Every bit of colour we find is one step closer to my dreams,

521
00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:11,679
our one-stop Mooka Boys headquarters.

522
00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:15,119
So I'm feeling pretty confident now. If we can keep this pace up,

523
00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:18,839
then we're gonna come really close or we're gonna hit these goals.

524
00:36:18,920 --> 00:36:21,519
Oh, well, bruv, here's to some nice colour, eh?

525
00:36:21,600 --> 00:36:24,319
Cheers, bro. You legend, man.

526
00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:27,399
Mooka Boys, yeah. 2024.

527
00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:43,479
Okay, they're not world-beaters, but there's still beautiful stuff.

528
00:36:43,560 --> 00:36:45,479
Yeah, nothing to jump up and down about,

529
00:36:45,560 --> 00:36:47,799
but still nice, bright colour.

530
00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:52,079
Beautiful colour.Yeah. Little earrings or something like that'd be perfect, I reckon.

531
00:36:52,160 --> 00:36:55,319
NARRATOR: After being teased by colour all week

532
00:36:55,400 --> 00:36:59,599
the Cheals have finally secured a parcel of crystal opal,

533
00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:02,199
blue-green with flashes of purple.

534
00:37:02,280 --> 00:37:06,039
It's in the rough, weighing 150 grams.

535
00:37:07,640 --> 00:37:10,639
They're big pieces, you know, and unique pieces.

536
00:37:10,720 --> 00:37:14,319
Let's face it, like, you know, there's no two stones the same.

537
00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:16,759
That's right.One of the rarest gemstones on Earth.

538
00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:18,679
What do you reckon this could cut to?

539
00:37:21,960 --> 00:37:26,039
I think about five grand. It's gonna be at least five.

540
00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:31,199
It paid for fuel and... ...food for the week.

541
00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:35,079
That's about it. But it's better than nothing.Yeah.

542
00:37:35,160 --> 00:37:36,759
Exactly right, better than nothing.

543
00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:39,319
Certainly five grand's nothing to be sneezed at.

544
00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:42,079
We'll take it and we'll use it to keep moving forward

545
00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:43,959
and hopefully get some big wins.

546
00:37:44,040 --> 00:37:45,839
We've got our map of Australia there.

547
00:37:45,920 --> 00:37:48,639
I'm really shocked that that came out like that.

548
00:37:48,720 --> 00:37:52,079
Anzac Day as well. Yeah.It's quite special.Yeah.

549
00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:01,959
It's Anzac Day today. We just pay our respects

550
00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:06,559
and remember all of those Australian and New Zealand soldiers that have fought for our country.

551
00:38:06,640 --> 00:38:09,159
MAN: We will remember them.

552
00:38:09,240 --> 00:38:12,319
CHRIS: My father was big on Anzac Day.

553
00:38:13,360 --> 00:38:15,399
He's since passed but, um...

554
00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:17,519
it's just good to step back for a day

555
00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:19,439
and forget about the mining.

556
00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:21,999
The opal game's really tough sometimes.

557
00:38:22,080 --> 00:38:26,159
I don't want my kids out here working for nothing. I want them to have a future.

558
00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:33,119
As the business grows the kids will probably take over one day.

559
00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:35,279
None of us know when we're gonna step off.

560
00:38:35,360 --> 00:38:37,159
You know, none of us live for ever.

561
00:38:38,240 --> 00:38:40,439
It'll be up to them if they want to carry on.

562
00:38:40,520 --> 00:38:44,399
There's pressure all the time. It's just part of mining, though.

563
00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:46,719
Basically, we're throwing our hat in the ring

564
00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:48,599
and we're giving it our best shot.

565
00:38:48,680 --> 00:38:50,599
MAN:  Lest we forget.

566
00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:58,519
Two-up's a game that the soldiers in World War One played with each other,

567
00:38:58,600 --> 00:39:00,599
placing a bet, flipping a coin,

568
00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:02,719
and whoever picked right wins the bet.

569
00:39:07,960 --> 00:39:11,279
You were close, mate. Missed out on the end. That's all right.

570
00:39:11,360 --> 00:39:13,119
Good effort.

571
00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:16,839
It's a bit of a gamble, opal-mining, and it's a bit like two-up, I guess.

572
00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:20,959
I'll bet my work ethic and knowledge and my time to find opal.

573
00:39:21,040 --> 00:39:24,279
There'll be winners and losers, obviously.

574
00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:26,719
What are you going? Heads, I suppose, are you?

575
00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:29,359
MARK: You know I like heads, mate. I'll go tails.

576
00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:32,119
Righty-o.Come on.

577
00:39:36,360 --> 00:39:39,279
Yeah, brother!Your shout.

578
00:39:39,360 --> 00:39:41,399
My shout.

579
00:39:45,120 --> 00:39:48,559
DAN: Hey! Turn it off! Off! Off!

580
00:39:48,640 --> 00:39:51,079
Turn it off! Stop, stop!

581
00:39:53,120 --> 00:39:55,039
What's going on? Another blockage.

582
00:39:57,200 --> 00:39:59,359
That's the culprit, there.

583
00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:01,399
It's too big for the machine.

584
00:40:02,960 --> 00:40:07,519
Go on number three. I think Renee's on top of it there.

585
00:40:07,600 --> 00:40:10,199
Good to go when you are. Okay, great. Thank you.

586
00:40:12,920 --> 00:40:15,439
Oh, my God, that's another huge piece.

587
00:40:15,520 --> 00:40:18,999
Wow. I hope this is colour in all of these big pieces.

588
00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:24,439
I'm hearing from Renee she's doing well in there.

589
00:40:24,520 --> 00:40:26,599
Hopefully she's doing well with colour.

590
00:40:26,680 --> 00:40:28,839
You haven't got any more? No, it's all done.

591
00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:32,799
I reckon we're in the money! Hopefully she's got something nice to show us.

592
00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:36,399
How did you go?Let's have a look.

593
00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:38,239
Is it what you were hoping? Is it good?

594
00:40:38,320 --> 00:40:40,439
It's bright out here. How about over here?

595
00:40:40,520 --> 00:40:42,639
No, that's nothing.

596
00:40:42,720 --> 00:40:46,159
Ooh, look at this. That is beautiful!Ooh, wow.

597
00:40:47,240 --> 00:40:49,839
That's the money shot there.Yeah.

598
00:40:49,920 --> 00:40:52,719
Look at the colours. Jeez, that's nice colour.

599
00:40:52,800 --> 00:40:55,079
That's got reds and blues and greens and yellows.

600
00:40:55,160 --> 00:40:57,199
Wow. Worth dragging all that dirt here.

601
00:40:57,280 --> 00:40:58,879
Beautiful colour.

602
00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:02,719
Fair few full shells in there still in the host rock, awesome-looking specimens.

603
00:41:02,800 --> 00:41:05,119
Well done. You did well. Oh, thank you.

604
00:41:05,200 --> 00:41:07,479
Brilliant. It's a brilliant result.

605
00:41:10,560 --> 00:41:12,479
Gonna shoot down and see Wayne and Sarah.

606
00:41:12,560 --> 00:41:16,199
I think it's the right sort of thing for their shop. They're friends of mine.

607
00:41:16,280 --> 00:41:18,799
When it comes to negotiating for opal, though,

608
00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:20,559
that changes things a little bit.

609
00:41:20,640 --> 00:41:24,319
We're looking at trying to get $25,000 for the parcel.

610
00:41:26,480 --> 00:41:28,559
Wayne. Oh, g'day, mate. How are you?

611
00:41:28,640 --> 00:41:31,039
Good. How you going? Haven't seen you for a while.

612
00:41:31,120 --> 00:41:32,799
What's going on? Good to see you.

613
00:41:32,880 --> 00:41:34,639
Oh, just a bit of business going on.

614
00:41:34,720 --> 00:41:36,759
Busy-busy in the shop. What are yous up to?

615
00:41:36,840 --> 00:41:39,679
We've brought something in for you to have a look at today.

616
00:41:39,760 --> 00:41:42,519
What do you think?Very nice.

617
00:41:42,600 --> 00:41:44,999
Don't have a lot of fossils.

618
00:41:45,080 --> 00:41:49,519
The Opal Lovers have five white crystal opal specimens

619
00:41:49,600 --> 00:41:54,199
in sandstone host rock, weighing 500 grams,

620
00:41:54,280 --> 00:41:59,479
and ten opalised shells displaying red, pink, and orange.

621
00:41:59,560 --> 00:42:03,359
They're in the rough and weigh 85 grams.

622
00:42:05,880 --> 00:42:08,799
Perfect thing for your shop. Yeah. Yep.

623
00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:11,039
So you're looking to sell it?Yep.

624
00:42:11,120 --> 00:42:12,719
What are we looking at here?

625
00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:14,999
We were thinking 25... Yeah....all up.

626
00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:20,279
Hey, Sarah.

627
00:42:20,360 --> 00:42:23,639
SARAH: How you going? This is my wife Sarah.

628
00:42:23,720 --> 00:42:25,959
Yeah, you know... Yeah. Nice to meet you.

629
00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:29,999
So, what are you thinking, darling? Nice.

630
00:42:30,080 --> 00:42:32,879
SARAH: Mm-hm. What are you asking?25.

631
00:42:32,960 --> 00:42:35,479
A little bit high, I reckon. I don't know.

632
00:42:35,560 --> 00:42:38,679
Er, what's 13 sound like?

633
00:42:38,760 --> 00:42:40,919
What, are you serious or what?

634
00:42:41,000 --> 00:42:43,319
Oh, well, mate, you know, like...

635
00:42:43,400 --> 00:42:45,239
That sounds like a joke. Pretty low.

636
00:42:45,320 --> 00:42:47,919
Fifteen all right, or not?

637
00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:49,639
Nah, that's way too low.

638
00:42:49,720 --> 00:42:52,159
What about if we meet up... I don't know, 18?

639
00:42:53,560 --> 00:42:56,239
Are we there yet? Close, mate, or not?

640
00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:00,159
How about if we meet at 20?

641
00:43:00,240 --> 00:43:02,719
What about 20? $20,000?

642
00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:05,039
That's it.20?

643
00:43:05,120 --> 00:43:08,119
Yeah. Do 20? Do 20.All right. That's beautiful.

644
00:43:08,200 --> 00:43:10,399
Done.Thank you. No worries.That's excellent.

645
00:43:10,480 --> 00:43:12,799
Thank you.Cool.

646
00:43:13,880 --> 00:43:16,919
75 grand up. That's a good portion to our target.

647
00:43:19,320 --> 00:43:22,559
Probably shows how much we do need a noodler. Big job, though.

648
00:43:22,640 --> 00:43:25,599
A lot of time, a lot of working, a lot of welding, so...

649
00:43:25,680 --> 00:43:28,839
How are you going to build a noodler if you can't find the keys?

650
00:43:28,920 --> 00:43:31,519
I wouldn't put 'em in the glove box. It wasn't me.

651
00:43:31,600 --> 00:43:34,439
I wouldn't put 'em there. No.Not in the glove box.

652
00:43:34,520 --> 00:43:37,279
Anyway, good week. Twenty grand. Cheers.

653
00:43:38,920 --> 00:43:40,919
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