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NARRATOR: On Outback Opal Hunters...
(DOG BARKING)

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..with the end of the season
bearing down...

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BISHOP: Why aren't I finding opal?

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..the Bishop takes
a leap of faith...

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..buying the rights
to a vast underground mine.

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I'm in a tunnel
I haven't been in before,

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so I'm not exactly sure where I am.

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Scotty!

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Scott!

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In the second last week
of their season,

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the Bushmen need opal

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to secure a future contract
with their partners.

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ROD: It weighs on
your mind a fair bit.

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LES: Whoa, whoa!

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But a disturbing discovery...

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That's a 14-inch hole.
There's a mine underneath us, Les.

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..stops them dead in their tracks.

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A real possibility
that we can fall through.

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Holy snapping (BLEEP).

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And in remote Queensland...

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COL: Look at this green.Yeah.

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..the Geran Gang close in
on the cash they need

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to relocate their operation...

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Luck of the Irish.

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..until chilling news...

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What? Oh, no!

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..turns their lives upside down.

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He must be alive, but if they've
flown him to Townsville,

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he must be busted up.

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(HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING)

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(GREG SPEAKING)

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Opal hunting partners, Greg Geran,

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and pilot, Stoney Cain,
have a big dream...

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Here we are.
It's been a while, Greggie.

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Has been a few years.

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..to mine an entire mountain.

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(STONEY SPEAKING)

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Yeah.The big wet.Yep.

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(SPEAKING)We're definitely
gonna need that.Yeah.

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Sixteen years ago,
they found a bonanza

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of boulder opal at Gypsy Hill,

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outside Middleton,
Central West Queensland.

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That sort of material was probably
worth a million bucks back then.

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Easy.

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Bloody hell. There's some rock there
to move, mate, ay.There is.

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But dangerous caprock
overhanging the dig site

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forced them to suspend mining.

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What we got to do, we got to
move this cap.

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We've got to blast it, move it.
We got to take this sandstone down,

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and the level's
that way down in here.

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Yeah, it is a big job here, but
I think it's gonna be worth doing.

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We both believe opal's just in here.

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Ah, bit of colour here.

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Yeah.That's all
come off the hill.Yeah.

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That's bloody nice opal here, mate,
ay.Yeah. It is nice when it makes.

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It's all a process
and it all costs money

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so we definitely need
more money for blasting.

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We thought it was going to be
about 40K to go to Middleton,

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but after we've had
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I reckon we need
about 45 to get there.

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200km away, at their
Plan B dig site in Opalton...

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Got a live rock here, Col.
COL: Yeah, that's better.

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..Stoney, Greg, his sister,
Margie, and Col Duff

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have been racing
to extract enough opal

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to pay for the move
back to Middleton.

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Nice, ay.Ay. Crikey.
That's a little bloody dancer.

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It's a dancer. It's worth a dance.

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In four days' time,
the exploration lease

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they're working expires.

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And now the opal level
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has petered out.

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So pretty well, it's gone dead,
but all this ground is falling...

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..and as we came
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we could see a bit of a change
so there's a low point here.

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Er, we've still got some traces
so we've got to try again.

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Hopefully, it's still running.

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Little ironstone pancakes
are the host for the opal.

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You can see that, er, pancake there.
There's a big, er,

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oh, it's staining and mud,
a little bit of potch.

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So the rocks are there, we just got
to see if they get better or not.

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Empty rocks and no sign of colour.

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We've had a couple of hard weeks.

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The dream of reopening
the Middleton mine

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is looking further away than ever.

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They need, you know,
good money to, erm, afford the fuel

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and the explosives
and get the job done.

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We've got to keep digging.

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(DOG BARKING)

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So this is the trace
we're looking for

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when we're looking for a new claim.

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So you've got somewhere
to start working straight away.

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But the first thing I got to do
is see if there's any colour in this

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and also see
if it gets thicker behind.

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Ten metres below
the pock-marked fields

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of Coober Pedy, Greg Scully,
aka the Bishop,

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is searching for new hope
in the dying days of his season.

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Yeah, so there's no colour here.
This is potch.

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It is classified as opal,
but no colour. It's worthless.

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With his only claim not producing,

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Greg is hunting for opal
missed in abandoned claims

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which he could then
repeg in his own name.

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So we've run out of luck at 8 Mile.

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We haven't found any more opal there
and time's ticking on.

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So I've been searching the field,

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driving around on various fields
looking for a claim

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and looking for one
where we could move.

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A Bishop from the Christian
Orthodox church,

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Greg's vision is to find enough opal
to purchase a derelict dwelling

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and convert it into a safe haven
for Coober Pedy's most in need.

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So the goal this season
was to find opal

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to get a deposit for the property
for the mission centre.

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We haven't achieved that goal.

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Why aren't I finding opal?

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Patience. Often, it's just
an issue of patience.

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I've been seeking
a bit of wisdom and, er,

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knowledge on which
direction to go here.

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Often, I'll just go to the church
and contemplate and pray

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and attempt to, er,
seek the mind of God on the matter.

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(SOFTLY) Lord Master, Almighty God,
do keep us in peace explicitly.

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Lord Master, Almighty God, the
Father, Jesus Christ, we thank you.

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You know, God just doesn't
throw opal at you

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like it's gifts from heaven.

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You have to do your effort

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and so it could be that I haven't
done enough effort yet.

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I haven't looked at enough claims,
I haven't gained enough experience,

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so I think it's right
that we go out looking, er,

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wider a field and find a mine,
another mine.

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Perhaps if we do that,
we'll get onto opal.

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Only the Good Lord knows.
We can only try.

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For the Bishop and partner,
Scott Stevens,

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their mining experience
has been in open pits.

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With little time spent underground,

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they're calling on local miner
of 30 years...

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Hey, Robin...Robin Moore.

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Had a chat to him
and asked him to show us

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if he knew of any, er,
good spots to relocate to.

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ROBIN: So if you want
to pull up here,

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and I'll take you down
and show you around.

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Oh, there's been a few tunnel
machines down here then.

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It's a good-looking claim.
It's a good tunnel.

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Good underground drives.

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You've got a nice big pillar here.
On the right-hand side,

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you're going into virgin ground
so it should be OK.

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There's miles of tunnels here.

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Yep.Just stay on the drive
and you shouldn't have a problem.

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Now largely abandoned,
Six Mile Opal Field

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has been mined heavily
for over 50 years.

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Beneath the surface lies a labyrinth
of interconnected claims and tunnels

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stretching for kilometres.

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All right, you can do the whacking.

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Just watch your fingers.
SCOTT: Yep.

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The new claim joins
to the vast tunnel network,

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but Greg's lease entitles him
to work just 50 square metres of it.

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You've got to have your permit
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and to mine a claim,
you've got to register your claim.

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You've got to peg it
and then go register it

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and then you're right to work it.

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There's a lot of dangers
when you go underground.

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You got to watch out
for any type of falling rocks.

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There's been a number of opal miners
that lose their lives underground

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when the ceiling has come down.

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If you're using a jack pick, you
send vibrations through the rock.

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Remember to stay
to the right, Scotty.

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All these things,
you have to watch out for

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when you're underground
in a new mine.

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We've got to go find
that electrical cord.Absolutely.

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First job, find the cable
they dropped down

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a ventilation shaft to power
their jackhammers.

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Are we at the bottom, are we?

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I thought there was a chamber
at the back.

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There is around the corner there.

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I'm already disorientated.
Can you believe that?

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Not going to take much for you
to get lost, does it?

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No, well, it's...(LAUGHS)

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Heaps of tunnels down here.
First thing, check above.

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Make sure the ceiling's not gonna
come down on me while I'm here.

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LES: Hey, Rod. She chewed all
the belts off when I started her.

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ROD: Oh, Jesus Christ.
There's no saving any of them, Les.

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No.Ah, what a mess!

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They've (BLEEP) what,
been on there for about seven hours?

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That's unbelievable.Yeah.

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We're (BLEEP), Les, because I ain't
got no more belts, mate. (SIGHS)

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(BLEEP) hell.

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It's a desperate final two weeks
of the mining season

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for Bushmen, Rod Manning
and Les Walsh.

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I mean, it looks good,
but there's no opal, no colour.

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Their Ploughboys claim,

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which they're working
for a 50% share

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with partners, Martin
and Owen Hutchison,

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is running dry.

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Geez, we've done some work
down here.

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And now, one
of their last hopes for opal,

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a rare stretch of virgin ground

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running along a fault line,
has also come up empty.

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Fifteen metres of digging for that.

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We dug another probably 15,
20 metres, and not a cent.

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Disappointing results in a season
and a mine, approaching their end.

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For the Bushmen,
the future is far from certain.

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If we don't find some decent
colour soon at Ploughboys,

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you just don't know.

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Martin and Owen, they just
might move on without us.

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That sort of weighs
on your mind a fair bit.

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Lot of those faults
tend to get bigger

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as they run down into the floor,
don't they?They do.

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I'm a little bit concerned
about the roof, mate.

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Oh, yeah, cos that one there
could open up pretty well.

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And you got that other one that goes
across there.Yeah.

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Bit concerned about that now.
So, we just gotta be extremely...

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..yeah, cautious of this roof.

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The fault's this thing here.

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I can see it run through the roof.

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You've got the fault coming down
at an angle like that,

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all this section here,
just the wedge part

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falls out of your roof.

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I'd really hurry
in this sort of ground here.

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I think we're still 80%
safe, don't you, Les?

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We'll just have to keep
a good, close eye and see

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it's not opening up. I know it
doesn't give you any warning.

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Can just fall out and get ya.

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Only bit of good luck we've had

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is the old fella's back
and he's going good.

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I've been a bit crook.
I thought I had Ross River fever.

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I've had a few blood tests
and nothing's come up in them.

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Just can't sit around and do
nothing. Got to be doing something.

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If I sit around doing nothing,
I'll die and I don't wanna do that.

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The latest setback...

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No, it's not real good.
You gotta do something about it.

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There's got to be a reason
why it's chewing belts.

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..the 220 horsepower diesel blower
has eaten its fan belts.

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With no spares, waste dirt
can't be cleared from underground

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and will eventually pile up
and prevent the Bushmen from mining.

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Once you've got a big pile
of dirt around your digger,

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you can't move the digger
and that's it.

237
00:14:13,560 --> 00:14:16,639
So where did you reckon, Les?

238
00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:20,119
From that step back in there,
just this way a bit.

239
00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:22,759
There's plenty of potch.
Right the way through.

240
00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:24,439
Yeah.Right up into the top here.

241
00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:27,279
They're hoping a change
in digging position...

242
00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:29,319
Right in there.
I reckon in there somewhere.

243
00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:30,999
..will bring a change in luck

244
00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:34,399
before the waste dirt
shuts them down.

245
00:14:35,720 --> 00:14:37,319
That it?Yeah.In there.

246
00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:43,039
Hang on. Oh! Oh!
Just a minute.

247
00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:47,599
That's a 14-inch hole.

248
00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:50,239
What do you mean a hole?
We've got draft coming up it.

249
00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:54,559
How can we have draft coming up it?
Well, you put your hand in there.

250
00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:56,519
It's (BLEEP) draft
coming up there, Les.

251
00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:58,919
I told you there's draft
coming up in there, lad.

252
00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:04,479
There's a mine underneath us, Les,
and it ain't that far down.

253
00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:07,119
Geez, that's a bit dodgy, Les,
in this sort of ground.

254
00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:09,119
It is, depending
how much floor we've got

255
00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:11,759
between the roof down there
and and the floor here.

256
00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:15,679
There is always a a real possibility
that we can fall through.

257
00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:18,519
We're gonna have to go
and have a look.

258
00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:20,319
Yeah, I reckon it'd be a good idea.

259
00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:37,759
GREG: Plenty of rocks.

260
00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:40,559
We're still making trace
so we'll see what happens.

261
00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:43,239
The Geran Gang
have less than three days

262
00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:46,959
before the lease
on their Plan B claim expires.

263
00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:51,079
They still need $10,000
to make the move to Middleton

264
00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:53,959
where a potential fortune lies.

265
00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:56,759
Well, Middleton's going to be
a big job, we knew that,

266
00:15:56,840 --> 00:15:58,679
and the boys have
had a look at it now.

267
00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:03,359
Done a fair bit of work
and opened up the back wall.

268
00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:06,279
We've got a little live strip
that we've picked up on again.

269
00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:10,359
STONEY: Little bit of colour
every now and again,

270
00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:12,319
just enough to say,
"Don't go away yet.

271
00:16:12,400 --> 00:16:15,079
Keep digging. We want to torture
you a bit more."

272
00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:17,319
I reckon I've had enough.

273
00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:21,919
With time running out,
they need all hands to find opal.

274
00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:25,119
But pilot, Stoney,
has another job to go to.

275
00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:31,239
A guaranteed income for his
young family, aerial mustering.

276
00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:35,679
I've been mustering for 19, 20 years
or something like that, yeah.

277
00:16:41,160 --> 00:16:44,279
It only takes a split second
for things to go terribly wrong.

278
00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:48,159
You don't get
much of a family life, ay.

279
00:16:49,680 --> 00:16:51,279
Ah. Another day in the office.

280
00:16:57,040 --> 00:16:59,799
With only two full days left,

281
00:16:59,880 --> 00:17:04,159
it's up to the rest of the team
to find the $10,000 they need.

282
00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:06,319
GREG: It hasn't been
giving us what we want,

283
00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:09,319
but we still got trace,
so who knows?

284
00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:12,999
Without it, Middleton
remains just a pipe dream.

285
00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:18,839
If we give up now, just cos
it's not, er, flashing at us,

286
00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:20,519
we'll never find it.

287
00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:23,239
Have a look at this one.

288
00:17:24,360 --> 00:17:26,639
Cool.

289
00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:28,639
Oh, nice and bright.
Nice, bright.

290
00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:30,319
Yeah, blue, green.Yeah.

291
00:17:31,520 --> 00:17:34,119
I've got some here, Greg.
Got some colour.

292
00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:36,439
Yeah. It's a nice green.
Yeah.You beauty.

293
00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:40,759
Yeah that's the business, Col.
Oh, great.

294
00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:43,559
Oh, look, it's green.Yeah.

295
00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:46,839
Oh, we'll just keep checking.Yep.
Could be alive all along here.

296
00:17:46,920 --> 00:17:49,239
Could be. She's coming alive.

297
00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:53,479
Luck of the Irish, Col.
Luck of the Irish.

298
00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:57,279
Lucky Irish. (HUMMING)

299
00:17:59,880 --> 00:18:03,119
No, sorry. I've never been a dancer.
I'm more of a romancer.

300
00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:06,439
Got some green.

301
00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:17,279
BISHOP: You lead the way
so I can see the, er...

302
00:18:17,360 --> 00:18:20,199
SCOTT: Yeah...the rocks.
Otherwise I'll just take a tumble.

303
00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:27,319
There's tunnels going off
everywhere here.

304
00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:28,999
Let's hope the cord is here,

305
00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:31,119
otherwise we've got
to have a search party.

306
00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:33,359
The Bishop, and partner, Scott,

307
00:18:33,440 --> 00:18:35,999
are trying to find
a crucial power cord

308
00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:39,959
dropped into their new mine
through a ventilation shaft.

309
00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:41,759
Oh yeah, this is the chamber.Yeah.

310
00:18:41,840 --> 00:18:44,199
Is the cord here anywhere?Nah.

311
00:18:44,280 --> 00:18:46,279
Nothing to the right?
It's back over there.

312
00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:51,799
Scotty's gone off looking,
but there's tunnels everywhere here.

313
00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:53,719
And my light is almost dead flat

314
00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:56,439
so I'm going to stay here
right under this hole

315
00:18:56,520 --> 00:18:58,119
and wait for Scotty to come back.

316
00:18:59,920 --> 00:19:02,159
Cooooooo-eeee!

317
00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:07,959
Greg.Did you find the cord?Nah.

318
00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:11,479
She goes a fair way back that way.

319
00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:14,919
The only option
is for you to go up top.

320
00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:17,239
Yeah.I'll sit here and yell out.

321
00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:20,039
You locate my voice
and find this hole.

322
00:19:20,120 --> 00:19:21,999
And drop the cord down here.

323
00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:29,159
Greggie's waiting underneath
the hole. He's going to yell out.

324
00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:31,639
Greggie!The problem is,

325
00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:36,319
where in the dozens of scattered
holes...Greg...is the Bishop?

326
00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:39,439
Not this one.

327
00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:44,319
Greggie! Greg!

328
00:19:48,560 --> 00:19:50,439
That's the right hole.Found him!

329
00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:53,279
All right.

330
00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:58,999
In the last week of his season,
the Bishop can finally get mining.

331
00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:00,679
Beautiful.

332
00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:05,039
The goal this season was to get
a deposit for the mission centre.

333
00:20:05,120 --> 00:20:07,399
We haven't achieved that goal.

334
00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:11,399
We've still got a little time left
of the season, so we'll go all out.

335
00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:15,559
We need to find the opal.

336
00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:24,839
Don't fall in the bastard,
Les. It looks deep.

337
00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:27,119
Does, doesn't it?

338
00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:30,039
The Bushmen have discovered
a hidden tunnel

339
00:20:30,120 --> 00:20:34,639
beneath their mine site,
putting it at risk of collapse.

340
00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:40,359
Dry.It's dry, but it's a long
way down there.Yeah.

341
00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:44,239
This abandoned shaft is the
only possible access point

342
00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:47,079
to the deeper workings
and will allow Rod

343
00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:51,319
to gauge the extent
of any dangerous undermining.

344
00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:54,959
These old holes haven't been
opened for a long time.

345
00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:58,959
You can often get snakes down there.
You always look, as soon as you get

346
00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:00,879
to the bottom, you always look.

347
00:21:04,360 --> 00:21:07,119
Righto, mate.
Take it easy going down.

348
00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:10,959
You don't know the condition
of it, what the roof's like.Jesus.

349
00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:17,839
Air's like.
So there's a few concerns with it.

350
00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:21,079
(PANTING)

351
00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:28,359
Holy snapping duck (BLEEP).
What was that?

352
00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:30,639
Yeah, a bit fell from the top,
under the thing.

353
00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:32,399
Frightened the crap out of me, Les.

354
00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:34,279
You got to be
expecting these things.

355
00:21:34,360 --> 00:21:36,519
You can't go off in a dream.
(PANTING)

356
00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:38,239
Dream. That was a nightmare.

357
00:21:42,520 --> 00:21:44,119
Oh, Jesus.

358
00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:49,359
Good news. There's no snakes, Les.

359
00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:52,279
(EXHALES) That's a long way.

360
00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:00,999
I've got to find that exploratory
hole that we hit up top

361
00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:03,559
so that I can see how much sandstone

362
00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:06,479
I got between the one underneath us
and where we're working.

363
00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:10,359
(GROANS)

364
00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:14,119
This here,
I think anyway,

365
00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:17,719
yeah, that's that hole
we just dug into.

366
00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:21,119
It's, er, oh, yeah.

367
00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:25,399
Yeah, there's our level just there.
We're probably two metres from here

368
00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:27,359
to the feet of my digger,

369
00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:30,279
and that ain't a lot with, er,
fractured sandstone.

370
00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:33,439
Are you there, Rod?Yo.

371
00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:38,839
Les' headtorch confirms
it is the exploratory drill hole

372
00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:41,039
linking the two mines.

373
00:22:41,120 --> 00:22:43,159
Yeah, what's it like?

374
00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:45,479
Roof's pretty fractured down here.

375
00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:47,839
Oh, yeah. Yeah.

376
00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:50,759
There's a lot of tree roots,
a lot of faulting.Yeah.

377
00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:52,759
So, I don't think
they found anything.

378
00:22:52,840 --> 00:22:54,479
OK, then. Yeah.

379
00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:56,839
It's not as dangerous
as it could be,

380
00:22:56,920 --> 00:22:59,399
and now you know, see,
and that's a good thing.

381
00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:01,279
We know what it's like
down there now.

382
00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:16,639
In the final days of their season,

383
00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:21,519
the Bishop and Scott
are desperately hunting for any opal

384
00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:24,959
in an abandoned mine
they've just claimed.

385
00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:28,759
GREG: And there's just a little
bit appeared right here.

386
00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:32,799
The ultraviolet light
from the blacklight torch

387
00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:36,679
causes the opal to fluoresce,
making it easier to see.

388
00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:39,959
There, there's some there.
You take an inch off the rock

389
00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:43,159
and if there's material behind it,
whoever was last here,

390
00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:45,759
he stopped one smack too early.

391
00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:50,199
I got some trace in the wall here
that I think we should follow.

392
00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:55,719
(DRILLING)

393
00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:06,399
It's finished.Yeah.
There's no more in this bit.

394
00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:09,639
Ah, there's nothing here, mate.
We've got to keep moving...Yeah.

395
00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:11,479
..and find
something to dig, ay.

396
00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:13,479
I think the best way
we can cover ground,

397
00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:15,959
we'll split up and go down
different tunnels.Yeah.

398
00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:26,839
(PANTING)

399
00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:30,159
I just noticed I can't hear
the generator any more.

400
00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:33,599
I'm in a tunnel
I haven't been in before

401
00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:36,319
so I'm not exactly sure where I am.

402
00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:38,879
I got to backtrack now
and try and find

403
00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:42,919
where the generator noise is
so I can get back into the area.

404
00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:46,319
If you're deep underground,
er, if you lose your directions...

405
00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:51,479
..it's a very dangerous occupation,
underground mining.

406
00:24:53,360 --> 00:24:55,479
Ooh.

407
00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:57,359
All these tunnels look the same.

408
00:24:58,360 --> 00:24:59,959
Scotty!

409
00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:05,199
Scott! Where are we?

410
00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:17,759
Oh, bit of luck, we find a bit
of opal today.

411
00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:20,399
Yeah.Where you got trace,
you've always got a chance.

412
00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:22,879
Got to keep chasing the trace.
That's it.

413
00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:26,479
Might just make a quick coffee.
Yeah. Have a coffee, mate.

414
00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:32,519
It's the last day
on their Plan B claim

415
00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:34,959
and the Geran Gang believe
they're closing in

416
00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:39,199
on the opal they need
to relocate to Middleton.

417
00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:41,719
You know, we've gotten a bit.
That's got us excited.

418
00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:45,479
We're looking for more
and seeing if it's still going.

419
00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:47,159
There's Marg.Margie.

420
00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:54,279
I just got a message.Yeah.

421
00:25:54,360 --> 00:25:57,359
Stoney went down
in his chopper yesterday.

422
00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:00,919
What? Oh, no.

423
00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:03,079
I, erm, don't know anything else.

424
00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:07,159
Did he walk out of it?
I don't know, Greg. We can go

425
00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:09,199
and make some
phone calls or something.

426
00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:13,999
We need to find out.
He's in Townsville.

427
00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:16,759
It must be pretty serious
if they've flown him out.

428
00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:19,639
All right, I'm gonna go back up
and see what I can find out

429
00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:21,799
and make some phone calls
to know something.

430
00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:24,319
Yep, well, do that.
All right. I'm going to go.

431
00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:27,479
Unbelievable.

432
00:26:32,120 --> 00:26:34,319
Is he in hospital?
Maybe he's got broken bones.

433
00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:37,799
Yeah. Maybe we can get
onto one of the family.Yeah.

434
00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:40,319
Get some info of what's going on.

435
00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:43,119
Oh, Stoney's crashed
his helicopter and, erm,

436
00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:46,919
and he's in hospital.
Going to go and find out.

437
00:26:49,120 --> 00:26:51,799
He must be alive, but if they've
flown him to Townsville,

438
00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:53,519
he must be busted up.

439
00:27:03,360 --> 00:27:06,239
Three kilometres away,
at their remote camp...

440
00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:09,959
..they're able to get
some phone signal.

441
00:27:14,360 --> 00:27:18,039
Oh, erm, I might be able
to message his daughter.

442
00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:24,479
Aerial mustering is one
of the riskiest jobs in Australia,

443
00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:29,679
claiming 12 lives in 83 accidents
over the past decade alone.

444
00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:32,599
It's a very
dangerous occupation.Very.

445
00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:34,759
Not too many people
walk away from choppers.

446
00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:39,799
We got no idea how he is
or what's happened.

447
00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:42,079
As soon as you hear anything
like that, you know,

448
00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:45,359
you just, like, shock
and, er, you know,

449
00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:48,079
hopefully he's going
to be all right.

450
00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:51,119
You try not to think the worst...

451
00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:55,359
..but if you hit hard, oh, gee.

452
00:27:58,360 --> 00:28:00,039
Not a good thought, so.

453
00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:11,119
ROD: Do we ever get a break, mate?
Do we ever get a break?

454
00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:14,199
Plenty of breakdowns. That's the
only break we seem to be getting.

455
00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:15,879
We just go down and dig till

456
00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:18,119
we're bogged
and can't move any more.

457
00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:21,279
Well, hopefully, there might
be a rainbow there.

458
00:28:21,360 --> 00:28:25,119
Reassured their mine
won't collapse due to undermining,

459
00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:27,479
the Bushmen are working again,

460
00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:31,839
but their problem-plagued blower
is restricting their digging.

461
00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:34,319
Well, we're running out of ground

462
00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:38,159
and the blower's broke down
so we can't dig much more dirt.

463
00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:40,639
They're in desperate need of a find,

464
00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:46,319
having gambled this season, taking
on new partners on a 50/50 share.

465
00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:49,599
You can go into a mine
with all hopes and, er,

466
00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:51,639
find out there's nothing
there at all.

467
00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:57,079
Once it gets
under the legs, that's it,

468
00:28:57,160 --> 00:28:58,759
I can't move the digger.

469
00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:02,479
She's staying here
until we get the blower going
and suck the dirt out.

470
00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:04,679
Yeah, go straight in there.

471
00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:07,279
Whoa!

472
00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:10,159
The potch is gone to about
three-quarters-of-an-inch-thick.

473
00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:12,799
All right.Will there be colour?

474
00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:16,039
Will this put a smile
on the face of the Bushmen?

475
00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:21,839
Here we go, Les. (GROANS)

476
00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:29,639
Ah, how nice is that (BLEEP)
colourless grey potch?

477
00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:32,199
Big handful of nothing.

478
00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:51,519
BISHOP: Oh. Well, that's a dead end.

479
00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:54,959
This isn't the right one, mate.
(DOG BARKING)

480
00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:57,679
The Bishop and his dog, Rocco,

481
00:29:57,760 --> 00:30:02,319
are lost 18 metres underground
in an abandoned mine.

482
00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:05,199
Scotty! Scott!

483
00:30:06,520 --> 00:30:08,399
Scotty and I separated.

484
00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:10,519
If you're looking down all the time,

485
00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:12,999
you don't pay attention
to surroundings,

486
00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:15,639
but down here, all your surroundings
look the same.

487
00:30:17,560 --> 00:30:19,159
Scotty!

488
00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:21,959
It's down here somewhere.

489
00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:27,279
(PANTING) Where are we?
We'll go back down this way.

490
00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:32,679
SCOTT: Greg! Hey! Over here, man!

491
00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:34,879
Hold on, I'm coming.
Where are ya?

492
00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:38,439
Keep calling, Scotty.Greg.
Yep. I'm coming.

493
00:30:42,760 --> 00:30:45,159
Oh. (LAUGHS)

494
00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:48,159
Good to see your face, mate.
These tunnels under here.

495
00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:52,359
Yeah, I know. On the way,
I found some potch.

496
00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:54,599
Just doesn't seem to be
any colour in there,

497
00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:57,759
but some thick material.

498
00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:00,439
Is there more?There's more
material in the wall, yeah.

499
00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:03,959
If that turned to colour, mate,
that's, er, that's money.

500
00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:06,959
Just up here.

501
00:31:08,680 --> 00:31:12,239
Oh, yeah. Oh, that's nice
and thick, isn't it?Mm.

502
00:31:12,320 --> 00:31:16,439
Scotty's found some material
and it's a good thickness.

503
00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:19,359
Just got to turn to colour now
and, er, the next half hour's

504
00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:21,399
going to tell us
if we're on money or not.

505
00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:29,799
(GROANS)

506
00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:35,599
Oh, Scotty. Look at this!
What's that?

507
00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:37,799
Mate, there's colour in this.
Give me a look.

508
00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:39,839
That's a thick piece too.
Look at that.

509
00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:43,759
It's more like a pinfire.

510
00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:50,039
Pinfire pattern is opal
with specks of colour

511
00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:53,039
scattered through a white base.

512
00:31:53,120 --> 00:31:54,719
(PANTING)

513
00:31:58,560 --> 00:32:02,599
Oh, wow! Look at that.
What did you find?

514
00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:05,159
A solid chunk of opal, mate.Oh.

515
00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:07,759
White opal
with plenty of colour pinfire.

516
00:32:09,320 --> 00:32:12,639
That's nice. Look at the thickness
of it, mate.Oh.

517
00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:14,319
It's just fallen down here.

518
00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:19,199
Here's another, mate.
Oh, that's a nice chunk.

519
00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:22,479
You beauty! Ay! You found
a good spot here, Scotty.

520
00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:28,719
It's got oranges, greens,
reds, yellows.

521
00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:31,599
All the colours of the rainbow,
mate. God's colours.

522
00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:35,399
Some green there.

523
00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:40,319
Wow, check that out, Scotty.Oh.

524
00:32:40,400 --> 00:32:43,239
That's nice and thick.
Look at that.(LAUGHS)

525
00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:46,519
With all the chunks that are
in here, put 'em all together

526
00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:50,199
and we got more opal than we've seen
this season in one hit.

527
00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:51,879
About time.

528
00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:56,399
It's been very well worth it
coming to this new mine,

529
00:32:56,480 --> 00:32:59,439
and, er,
we're walking away with opal.

530
00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:05,039
Looking good, Greggie.
Oh, there's going to be

531
00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:07,519
a dollar or two here, mate.
Don't worry about that.

532
00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:11,639
I know we got about five ounces...
Yeah...of good, solid opal.

533
00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:17,839
After removing the loose dirt,
they have white pinfire opal.

534
00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:22,319
It's medium-quality, displaying
a full of array of colours.

535
00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:27,159
It's in the rough and weighs
five ounces or 140 grams.

536
00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:31,599
If we can get 800 an ounce,
I'd be happy with that.

537
00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:35,519
Four grand, I reckon.

538
00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:37,399
Awesome.Yeah.
You happy?Yes.

539
00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:43,079
At $4,000, it's their
biggest find of the year.

540
00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:45,239
This last find has really bumped up

541
00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:47,319
the numbers
and we're happy for that.

542
00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:51,039
But for the Bishop,
the celebrating will have to wait.

543
00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:52,839
It's not what I needed to open

544
00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:55,119
a mission centre,
even for the deposit.

545
00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:59,439
Hey. Going to go, mate, are we?
Time to go?

546
00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:02,999
It's time to leave Coober Pedy
for the summer.

547
00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:06,199
I think this season
has been a learning experience.

548
00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:09,039
It's taken us to the next level
of opal mining.

549
00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:11,999
We've done the hard yards,
we've moved a lot of rock,

550
00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:16,959
so what I've decided to do is go
and get some employment in Canberra,

551
00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:22,439
work the summer and come back
all engines firing for next season.

552
00:34:26,040 --> 00:34:28,759
What I see
is the potential of this place.

553
00:34:30,200 --> 00:34:34,719
I don't see, er, the derelict state.
I don't see the rubbish.

554
00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:37,439
I see what it can become.

555
00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:39,599
I see much more
than what's here right now.

556
00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:44,439
The mission centre
is very much still alive...

557
00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:48,879
..so we'll come back
and get back into it next season.

558
00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:03,559
LES: That'll do.

559
00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:05,439
There's a fair pile of dirt there.

560
00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:07,759
It's starting to not be able
to slew either way,

561
00:35:07,840 --> 00:35:11,519
so a little bit more out of the roof
and that'll be it for us.

562
00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:14,399
A faulty blower
is preventing the Bushmen

563
00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:17,239
from clearing away
their growing waste dirt.

564
00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:20,239
Yeah, we got a little bit of colour.

565
00:35:25,400 --> 00:35:29,119
They're hoping a fast find of opal
can still save them

566
00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:31,439
in the last throes of their season.

567
00:35:33,480 --> 00:35:36,319
There's no colour in this.
I didn't say it was in all of it.

568
00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:39,879
(LAUGHS) You said
that it was in some of it, bud.

569
00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:42,639
Yeah, I know.
Well, which piece was it in?

570
00:35:42,720 --> 00:35:44,319
I can't help it if

571
00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:47,399
as soon as it comes out of the wall,
it (BLEEP) goes to nothing.

572
00:35:48,600 --> 00:35:50,559
I'm seriously
worried about you, Les.

573
00:35:52,160 --> 00:35:53,759
I am bogged

574
00:35:53,840 --> 00:35:56,799
with about four
or five tonne of dirt around me.

575
00:35:56,880 --> 00:35:59,279
I can't move any more,
can't dig any more.

576
00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:02,279
That's it.

577
00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:08,279
With little to show
for their efforts,

578
00:36:08,360 --> 00:36:12,799
Les wants Rod to try and improve
the few rough stones they have.

579
00:36:12,880 --> 00:36:16,079
You gonna put a figure on what
you think's in this little parcel?

580
00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:19,799
Well, give us a look.It's not many
cutters in there, mate.

581
00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:22,959
Most of it's crap.
A couple of hundred.

582
00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:24,679
A couple of hundred? All right.

583
00:36:24,760 --> 00:36:27,279
The old fella seems to think
there's something in it.

584
00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:30,519
Nah, I don't think we'll get
anything, to tell you the truth.

585
00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:34,959
OK. Let's see, mate.
We'll go this one first, ay?

586
00:36:40,640 --> 00:36:42,239
Full of sand, Les.

587
00:36:42,320 --> 00:36:44,879
We rubbed a couple of
stones and they're just rubbish.

588
00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:46,559
That's a bust. Full of sand.

589
00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:01,919
There's a stone sitting there.Yeah.

590
00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:04,599
The old fella appears to be right.

591
00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:06,559
The stone's rubbed up pretty good.

592
00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:08,839
Probably got 500 bucks there
in a rubbed stone.

593
00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:12,199
I was pretty convinced
there was nothing in there.

594
00:37:12,280 --> 00:37:14,759
The old fella reckoned
there was a couple of hundred,

595
00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:17,719
and in just one stone,
you can hit a $500 piece.

596
00:37:17,800 --> 00:37:20,119
It's turning out all right.

597
00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:23,839
The Bushmen
have grey-based crystal opal

598
00:37:23,920 --> 00:37:27,679
displaying colours of blue,
green, and gold.

599
00:37:27,760 --> 00:37:30,519
It's been partially rubbed,
and there's 20 grams.

600
00:37:31,640 --> 00:37:33,799
I reckon we ought
to have a look at this fella

601
00:37:33,880 --> 00:37:37,159
in the sun, Les, what do you think?
But on the 50/50 split,

602
00:37:37,240 --> 00:37:41,679
the Bushmen will only have
$250 for the entire week.

603
00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:44,519
A figure that won't even cover
their costs.

604
00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:47,919
We're a bloody long way
from 200 grand, that's for sure.

605
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:51,159
Time's really running out.
Summer's coming.

606
00:37:52,880 --> 00:37:55,079
Well, Les, you were right, mate.

607
00:37:56,080 --> 00:37:58,039
Opal mining ain't rocket science.

608
00:37:58,120 --> 00:38:01,039
You just got to keep climbing
that bastard ladder every day.

609
00:38:01,120 --> 00:38:03,199
When you find the colour,
your life changes.

610
00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:05,479
I like it when I'm wrong like that.
(LAUGHS)

611
00:38:15,560 --> 00:38:19,079
COL: Stoney's back. I heard
he was in a big body cast,

612
00:38:19,160 --> 00:38:21,639
so he must have cracked
a vertebrae or something.

613
00:38:21,720 --> 00:38:25,359
We're going to go and visit him.
We'll see how he is.

614
00:38:29,120 --> 00:38:31,999
It's been eight days
since Stoney Cain

615
00:38:32,080 --> 00:38:36,199
crashed his helicopter,
mustering cattle near Opalton.

616
00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:39,159
STONEY: No, I can't lift you up.
I can't lift you up.

617
00:38:39,240 --> 00:38:41,559
BOY: Mm.You're going
to make me fall over, mate.

618
00:38:41,640 --> 00:38:43,799
(CRYING)

619
00:38:43,880 --> 00:38:45,479
Come on, mate.

620
00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:51,919
You're too heavy. Ay.

621
00:38:53,040 --> 00:38:54,799
Ah, mate, hey.

622
00:38:56,520 --> 00:39:00,279
That there tells more
of a story than anything.

623
00:39:00,360 --> 00:39:02,999
You know, like, that was
actually on my head,

624
00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:06,079
and to be in that state
like that is just crazy.

625
00:39:07,360 --> 00:39:10,279
Very lucky. Very lucky.

626
00:39:10,360 --> 00:39:13,559
The impact destroyed his helicopter

627
00:39:13,640 --> 00:39:16,679
and fractured three vertebrae
in his back.

628
00:39:16,760 --> 00:39:20,479
My new friend for the next, oh,
hopefully, only a couple of months.

629
00:39:20,560 --> 00:39:22,439
It might be six months or three.

630
00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:28,559
Flying doctors medevacked Stoney
700km to the coast.

631
00:39:32,680 --> 00:39:34,279
Oh.

632
00:39:34,360 --> 00:39:38,359
Today is his first time
revisiting the crash site.

633
00:39:41,200 --> 00:39:42,799
God knows what speed?

634
00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:45,599
Probably a couple of hundred
kilometres an hour.

635
00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:49,999
So we hit the ground there,
and bang, crash, bounce,

636
00:39:50,080 --> 00:39:51,679
spinning around, slide.

637
00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:57,479
And it was all just over
a simple, simple mistake.

638
00:39:57,560 --> 00:39:59,719
I didn't see that last
bloody dead tree there

639
00:39:59,800 --> 00:40:01,639
and the sun in my eyes
and took it out,

640
00:40:01,720 --> 00:40:03,519
and bang, and then, just like that.

641
00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:05,759
And I've got thousands of hours
bloody flying.

642
00:40:05,840 --> 00:40:08,959
It just goes to show
how easily things happen.

643
00:40:09,960 --> 00:40:13,119
Eventually pulled up and I was still
hung up in my seatbelt

644
00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:15,759
and I remember thinking, "Ah,

645
00:40:15,840 --> 00:40:18,399
you won't die,
you mad (BLEEP), will ya?

646
00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:20,519
Now you're gonna have
to (BLEEP) walk."

647
00:40:24,760 --> 00:40:26,839
I knew something was wrong.
I knew I'd

648
00:40:26,920 --> 00:40:29,839
hurt my back and I knew
that I had to get moving

649
00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:32,599
while I was still hot
and the adrenalin was still pumping

650
00:40:32,680 --> 00:40:34,839
cos I knew if I sat down here
for half an hour

651
00:40:34,920 --> 00:40:37,079
or had a bit of a rest,
I wouldn't get up again,

652
00:40:37,160 --> 00:40:39,399
like, I wouldn't have been able
to bloody do it.

653
00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:41,399
And I knew I was in
for a hell of a walk

654
00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:44,199
through this terrain, like,
within the dark.

655
00:40:44,280 --> 00:40:47,079
It's not far. It's only probably
three or four kilometres,

656
00:40:47,160 --> 00:40:49,159
but it took me about
three and a half hours

657
00:40:49,240 --> 00:40:51,319
and I don't know
how many times I fell over.

658
00:40:55,640 --> 00:40:58,919
He made it back
to Glen Kyree Station homestead

659
00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:02,799
where his partner
and three-year-old son were staying.

660
00:41:02,880 --> 00:41:04,799
How quickly things happen.

661
00:41:04,880 --> 00:41:07,879
Ah, your whole life
changes in a split section.

662
00:41:07,960 --> 00:41:09,559
Come on, come around here.

663
00:41:14,040 --> 00:41:15,959
COL: Margie's gone
to the coast to, erm,

664
00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:18,599
do a bit of work
so it's just me and Greg.

665
00:41:18,680 --> 00:41:20,999
Oh, captain!Hey.

666
00:41:21,080 --> 00:41:23,079
How are ya?
How you going?

667
00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:26,319
Oh, look at you, mate. Well, you're
walking, mate. That is so good.

668
00:41:27,840 --> 00:41:29,719
What's been happening?
How do youse go?

669
00:41:29,800 --> 00:41:31,439
Yeah, we got a bit more stuff out.

670
00:41:31,520 --> 00:41:34,319
Yeah, no, I didn't turn up
for work that day.Yeah. I know.

671
00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:36,399
I've got a note though.Yeah.

672
00:41:36,480 --> 00:41:38,079
Yeah, I've got a note. Yeah.

673
00:41:38,160 --> 00:41:39,759
So were you going very fast?

674
00:41:39,840 --> 00:41:42,079
Oh, you know, probably 90 knots.

675
00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:44,639
Oh, 180km an hour.Fair dinkum.

676
00:41:44,720 --> 00:41:48,359
With Stoney's injury,
the team's dream of mining

677
00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:51,439
the profitable ground at Middleton
is on hold.

678
00:41:52,440 --> 00:41:55,959
Yeah, we're a team
and given what's happened to Stoney,

679
00:41:56,040 --> 00:41:58,319
it's better we pull up,
take a break.

680
00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:00,559
Stoney needs time to heal,

681
00:42:00,640 --> 00:42:02,519
so we'll go and dig
Middleton next year.

682
00:42:05,400 --> 00:42:07,479
It might be the excuse
I need to really,

683
00:42:07,560 --> 00:42:09,959
to (BLEEP), to stop flying
and do a bit more mining

684
00:42:10,040 --> 00:42:13,959
and a bit more other things
and spend more time with the family.

685
00:42:14,040 --> 00:42:18,079
The Geran Gang's final haul
of opal from Plan B

686
00:42:18,160 --> 00:42:20,319
will be their last this season,

687
00:42:20,400 --> 00:42:22,639
but at least
they've added to their total.

688
00:42:23,960 --> 00:42:25,759
Bit bigger-looking rock, ay?

689
00:42:25,840 --> 00:42:28,479
A bit of colour there in that one.
Yeah.Still doing it.

690
00:42:28,560 --> 00:42:30,199
Yeah, it's still going.

691
00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:33,599
Their boulder opal shimmers

692
00:42:33,680 --> 00:42:36,959
with shades of green,
blue, and purple.

693
00:42:37,040 --> 00:42:40,079
It's in the rough,
and they have two kilograms.

694
00:42:41,360 --> 00:42:44,399
I reckon, might have got
five, seven grand.

695
00:42:44,480 --> 00:42:47,759
Yeah. Something like that.
Yeah. Something like that.

696
00:42:50,920 --> 00:42:54,079
Most importantly,
their team is intact

697
00:42:54,160 --> 00:42:56,679
and they've added
to their season total

698
00:42:56,760 --> 00:42:58,359
which will go towards moving

699
00:42:58,440 --> 00:43:00,559
their operation
to Middleton next season.

700
00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:04,159
Although the season's been
a short one, it's been OK.

701
00:43:04,240 --> 00:43:06,519
We made 41K.

702
00:43:06,600 --> 00:43:08,599
We need 45.

703
00:43:08,680 --> 00:43:10,319
It's a shame with the timing,

704
00:43:10,400 --> 00:43:13,919
you know, we're just right on opal
and finding a bit,

705
00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:17,639
but Middleton's a great prospect,
but it's a real hard job.

706
00:43:17,720 --> 00:43:20,559
I don't think we're there yet,
but we're on the way.

707
00:43:20,640 --> 00:43:22,319
We've just got to keep digging.

708
00:43:24,040 --> 00:43:26,479
So we'll cut some stones
in the off season

709
00:43:26,560 --> 00:43:29,039
and go back and have
a go at it next year.

710
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Oh, well, here's to luck, ay?
Yeah. Here's to you fellas, ay.

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Yeah. Here's to it.All the best.
Cheers.Good to see ya.

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