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On Outback Opal Hunters...

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This is as hard as cement, this rock.

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There's something here. It glows.

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..the search for opal buried deep

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forces the Bishop to blow the Cathedral...

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sky high.

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Only one mistake, you can die.

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That's it. Running.

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The Cheals race the clock...

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There's been a few hundred thousand go up these pipes. Just not lately.

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We've only got a certain amount of time we can stay out here. We've got to go back to Sydney.

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..desperate to hit rare black opal.

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He's been digging at it for a while, hasn't made much progress.

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It could be an hour. It could be a couple of days.

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What we're going to do is open it up and push it down.

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I'm right on the edge right here. Keep going.

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The Misfits risk life and limb...

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Juan! Hop down. You're making me too nervous.

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..at their new claim in Death Valley.

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All right, Roc. Settle down.

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Today, Scotty's going to do some jack-picking in the wall.

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I'm going to do some hand-picking.

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All righty. I think you should start off there, Scotty.

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where we found the shells and the trace.

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Remember, all this is cracked, up here. A 10, 15 foot drop will kill you.

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So we'll just work here, where it's solid and safe.

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This claim has had a lot of people come through it.

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It doesn't put me off, because there's more opal still in the ground

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in Coober Pedy than there's ever been found.

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One thing I'm noticing here, this is as hard as cement, this rock,

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but that's a good thing, because opal forms in hard rock.

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Oh...

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There's something here.

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Can't see a thing

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and, literally, a millimetre under it, it glows.

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This is a really good sign. There's opal there. It's ours.

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Everywhere I've been, in nearly three decades of my life, has been to serve other people.

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In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. One God. Amen.

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God bless us all today for coming out here

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into the middle of the desert and to the opal mining fields

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and to remember God.

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Being a bishop, I can create a small chapel anywhere I go

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and bring a few people together and we pray.

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..with these, our prayers, remember us before our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Pray for me, Father.

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Opal miners have a history of Christianity.

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Alas, today,

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few have remembered God.

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Coober Pedy is like all rural towns across Australia.

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A lot of the young people are into Ice, methamphetamine.

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They get hooked and it costs them everything.

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Their family, their houses, their jobs.

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My dream for this block of land is to turn this site

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into a drug-rehabilitation area.

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I've met parents in this town that are heartbroken,

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because they can't get their kids off this stuff.

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I've had success, by God's grace, in the past, in Brisbane,

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and I can do it again here.

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To realise this dream is at least a quarter of a million dollars,

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but, realistically, if we hit a couple of good pockets of opal,

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$20,000 is a good target.

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If I don't find opal, I can't get a start on the rehab centre. It's as simple as that.

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Don't tell me someone's taken it.

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This season, it's been a tough start for the Bishop.

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He's pegged it off. This field is off-limits now to me.

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It's a $1,000 fine here, to be on someone else's claim without permission.

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After losing his mine, he and partner, Scott,

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have rolled the dice on a vast, extensively-worked claim...

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Oh, Scotty, look at this. There's colour in this.

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..dubbed the Cathedral.

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What do you think Scotty? It's pretty daunting.

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We've found $500' worth of small bits of opal,

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which is not where we want to be,

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but I'm hopeful and I'm praying that we hit the opal.

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Look at the trace there. Nice.

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And it goes right across here. It looks pretty promising.

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There might be money behind there, mate.

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Hey?

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Guess who's gonna do the hard work, Scotty.I know.

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Greggy has health issues. He has a big hole in his foot.

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I think that's slowly healing.

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Sometimes he needs to have a little bit of a break, so I jump in.

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My girlfriend lives overseas.

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For a visa, it costs her quite a lot of money.

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Greggy has a little mission.

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This is sort of my mission.

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I'm just chipping away to see if it gets to any better material.

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Good job.

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Hey. A little bit of green.

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You hit colour? Look at that!

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That's lovely.

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I hope it thickens.

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Now I'm a happy man. See? The hard work pays off.

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It's very small, though. It doesn't matter if it's small.

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It's gone from potch to green crystal.True, true.

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There's no quick way to move rock by hand.

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That's so hard. It's so hard.

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It's like cement, innit? Oh.

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Could be anything behind there. Full-colour shells, green crystal. Full-colour shells would be nice.

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Do you think you can dig four foot through that?That'll take months.

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So I'm thinking we should ask Ivan to come out and put some bombs underneath.

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Yeah, yeah. Make it a bit easier to drop.

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I can't get over how crumbly the dirt is.

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Yeah, it's dried out.You can literally dig with your fingers.

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Yes. The ground is trying to tell me something.

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It's dangerous. It's old ground. It's been in the sun.

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Freshly dug only a few weeks ago and it's already dried out, cracking.

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You're gonna have to be careful.

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Look for cracks. Keep a vigilance. Any crack you see, bring it down.

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Yeah, OK. All right.

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Going to hack into the end wall and hopefully bring out some crystal opal.

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The right-hand corner first?

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Yeah, the far right.

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Juan will watch the face. I'll watch the top stuff above it.

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Awesome.

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Scraping a little bit of soil off at a time,

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hopefully to expose some opal.

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They're just checking the wall out now to make sure there's no trace.

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No.

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Hey, we got a crack forming, Angel.

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Oh, really?You don't want that coming down.

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That can let go at any time. There's a lot of dirt there, too.

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It'd be 20, 30 tonnes, maybe 40 tonnes, which will basically kill you.

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The priority is to get out of the hole and take care of that crack.

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Angel, back up. Juan, you stay on this side of the excavator.

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Come closer. We've got to use the excavator as a shield, Juan.

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If some big boulders come down, they can hit us, snap your leg, put you in hospital. You know?

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I'm just watching that wall, waiting for it to come done.

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The Misfits,

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Angel Dempsey and Juan Vasco,

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are on a mission to become professional miners,

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guided by mentor and veteran

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"Opal" Joe Kalmar.

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My hopes are to prove to Joe that I can mine

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and to prove to myself that,

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I can do it, being a girl.

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I came from the Amazon

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and we are here to start a new life in Andamooka.

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It feels great.

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It's just like the Amazon, except it's missing the trees!

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I've decided to train Angel and Juan,

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mainly because the industry needs new people.

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I can't do that much physical labour any more.

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I'm too old and too broken.

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Our goal as a team for this season is to find at least $80,000.

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It's going to be a lot of work

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to get there, but, I mean, I'm willing to do ten backflips to get there.

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Growing up, you know, money was always tight.

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I've never had financial freedom. We have to hit it.

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There's no choice.

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And my ultimate prize would be to find Andamooka black opal.

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All right, we're clear of the danger spot.

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I'm feeling a bit better now we're past that scary bit of wall.

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What we're going to do is get in there, where the hairline crack is,

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and open it up and push it down, so it's a controlled fall.

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It's not falling on anybody or equipment.

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We're mining in a new spot near our camp.

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It's unpredictable ground.

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We nicknamed it "Death Valley", because the sides keep collapsing

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while we're in the bottom of the cut, so it's pretty dangerous in there.

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Come in square.We first heard about this spot from Joe.

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He knew some people that were there that found $600,000' worth of opal.

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A full bucketful of opal.

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These people weren't here for very long.

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So I'm feeling opal in my blood right now, like it's just calling me!

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All right, Angel. Come forward.

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I'm pretty nervous, like I can't see, you know, what's happening.

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I'm putting all my trust in Joe.

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I'm getting pretty confident on the excavator now,

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but balancing on a cliff, on an open cut, that's the next level!

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Keep coming. Keep coming.

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All I'm seeing now is a big hole right in front of me.

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This excavator doesn't have a lot of reach,

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so I'm getting quite close to this edge.

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Keep coming. Keep coming.

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I'm just hoping that there's no hidden faults in the ground

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that will take away the solid dirt underneath me.

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Keep going.

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I'm right on the edge right here.

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Oscar, we're gonna drag the blower pipe out.

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Do you reckon you'll get it out? Yeah, it'll be all right.

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We've got a pretty good plan.

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We'll just drag the blower, without going in the hole.

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So just roll forward slowly.

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A little bit more. Yeah. Whoa!

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The Cheals,

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Chris and sons, Rory and Oscar,

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are relocating their ageing

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ten-tonne blower,

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a huge rock-extracting vacuum, above a new mine shaft.

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Now you want your front tyre as close as you can to the edge of the hole.

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Sometimes, like last time, the blower fell in.

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Go that way.

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It's just a matter of getting that angle right, coming across.

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If he turns too early, he'll end up with a tyre in the hole.

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Yeah. Whoa! Close, but no cigar.

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Not far off.

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It's only got to come... an inch and a half.

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I reckon what we'll do... I'll fire the loader up.

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Just see if I can move it over. Righto.

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Is that on there?

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A little bit more. Up. Go back a touch.

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You got it there. You got it there. Lift up.

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Try the thing with a rock.

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Close. Like half an inch.

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Yeah. Whoa. That'll do it, I reckon.

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Oscar!Yo. Look at this big nobby.

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The Cheals have taken their first steps on the road to recovery...

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Look at that black nobby, bro. They're all black as.

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..after a massive machine failure almost ended their operation...

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That's the end of that.

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..three months into the season.

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The chain's grabbed, I'd say. I don't know.

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Cheal Opal with no opal is nothing.

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We've laid a lot on the line for the company and hopefully we can turn it around.

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Yeah, we've got a long way to go to get to our 150.

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This is Oscar and I's last week digging. We're gonna head back to Sydney after this.

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We don't want any more setbacks.

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I really want, you know, one solid week of digging.

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Here it comes now.

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Underground, it's hard to tell in what direction you're digging.

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We've got the drill holes over there, where we got some really good trace.

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I'm going to put this stick across the holes.

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That's it?Yeah, I think that's about right there.

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We can eye it off. Straight that way. We'll start punching it out.

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There's been a few hundred thousand go up these pipes.

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Just not lately.

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Anyway, hopefully, we can turn that around. You know?

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It's not just a monetary thing.

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It's a mental thing when you're opal mining.

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If it's where they drilled that stuff, then I'll be over the moon for all of us.

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We should be able to get these loads out fairly quick.

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That's what it's all about. Maximise production.

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Rory, do you want to go in there and speed that up, mate?

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That not revving up?

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Nowhere near like it should be.

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I can't hear it. I'll have to go up.

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The two-speed controls the suction of the blower.

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00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:33,279
With that broken, we can't turn the suction on,

244
00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:35,359
so our production stops.

245
00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:49,039
Ivan is here, mate.Oh, nice.We're gonna get some blowing done today.

246
00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:51,679
'Opal mining is a dangerous occupation.'

247
00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:54,759
Thanks for coming out. You reckon we get lucky day?

248
00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:59,359
'No electricity, no water, no phone coverage, no ambulance, no police.'

249
00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:01,439
All righty. Let's go.

250
00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:03,519
'Ivan is our bomb expert.

251
00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:06,439
When you find fresh trace,

252
00:15:06,520 --> 00:15:10,519
you're always faced with solid rock under it and solid rock above it.'

253
00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:14,759
The quickest way is simply to blow the dead rock out of there.

254
00:15:14,840 --> 00:15:17,279
This is where we're working.

255
00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:19,839
Scotty found some colour and shells here.

256
00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:22,119
You have to go one foot from opal.

257
00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:25,519
If you put closer there, you'll damage the opal.

258
00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:30,799
When you set explosives, it puts vibrations through all the rock.

259
00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:33,479
Many men have died underground.

260
00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:37,319
43 years of mining.

261
00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:39,319
Lucky nothing happen.

262
00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:41,399
But I'm very careful.

263
00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:46,119
First, I have to cut safety fuse.

264
00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:49,799
No danger before you fit detonators.

265
00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:55,639
In detonators, you get a little bit of explosive and very touchy.

266
00:15:57,960 --> 00:15:59,839
I do that one.

267
00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:02,719
That's one ready.

268
00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:06,759
That's me doing it at home, rolling paper like a sausage.

269
00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:11,839
I have to now put explosive in the hole.

270
00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:15,999
If you're careful, no touch detonators, no problem.

271
00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:18,279
I'm feeling a little nervous.

272
00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:20,599
Holding bombs in his hands.

273
00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:23,479
No good to push too many times, like that.

274
00:16:23,560 --> 00:16:25,799
But just push once to the end.

275
00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:28,319
I've got two kids and...

276
00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:30,159
That's it. That's one.

277
00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:33,199
..at the end of the day, you want them to keep their dad.

278
00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:37,559
And just, yeah, things can go really wrong.

279
00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:40,999
Come on, Greggy, let's get out of here.

280
00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:48,759
And, after I light safety fuse, three minutes we have to run out.

281
00:16:56,560 --> 00:16:58,759
That's it. Running.

282
00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:08,559
Very nervous. I always hate this bit.

283
00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:22,319
All this gas is actually poisonous.

284
00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:26,399
It'll drop you, if you get a few lung-fulls full of it.

285
00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:29,159
I wouldn't make it to the back wall.

286
00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:31,439
That's a gas of death.

287
00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:42,239
Stop there.

288
00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:43,919
Now curl the bucket in.

289
00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:47,479
Yeah, about there, sweetheart. Yeah.

290
00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:49,559
Push down and out.

291
00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:51,879
Keep going. Keep going.

292
00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:54,159
Keep going, sweetheart.

293
00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:04,559
Whoo-hoo! Happy with that?

294
00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:07,119
I think most of the risk is gone.

295
00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:10,799
I didn't get buried alive, so it's a good day. I love it.

296
00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:15,279
I gambled on the young people.

297
00:18:15,360 --> 00:18:18,239
What's been set up here is quite costly.

298
00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:21,639
So Angel needs to prove herself.

299
00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:25,759
We're just attacking this one wall. That's where Joe reckons the opal is running.

300
00:18:25,840 --> 00:18:30,119
Let's roll. You're gonna put the machine in position, you're gonna flatten the ground.

301
00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:34,439
No, I don't need to flatten the ground. All I need to do is put the ripper on.

302
00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:37,759
Oh.This machine will go over this. Make a flat pad, no?No.

303
00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:39,599
I'm putting the ripper on. Oh.

304
00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:41,039
Let's swap it.

305
00:18:41,120 --> 00:18:45,479
If anything does go wrong, we're stuffed. Like, we're in the middle of nowhere.

306
00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:48,759
I think the closest hospital is like 400 kilometres away.

307
00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:51,839
Make sure you keep your fingers out of the way, Juan.

308
00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:54,719
What we want to do is hook this one to that one.

309
00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:57,079
And if you turn the machine like...

310
00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:00,199
Ohh! Gee, watch your fingers, Juan.

311
00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:02,279
Great. Aah. Go, go.

312
00:19:02,360 --> 00:19:04,079
You all right?

313
00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:05,759
Urghh.

314
00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:09,079
I just had a heart attack when he just grabbed his finger.

315
00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:12,759
It wouldn't take much for that machine to rip off a finger.

316
00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:16,439
It just sort of, like, grabbed, pinched my thumb and my index,

317
00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:18,119
but it's all good.

318
00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:21,479
It was broken before, so it likes to complain a lot.

319
00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:26,039
Just want to clear the overhang, just to make it a bit safer.

320
00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:30,439
Can't have a rock falling on Juan's head.

321
00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:33,519
Oh, watch yourself, Juan.

322
00:19:36,120 --> 00:19:41,519
Juan fought as a soldier in Colombia's deadly guerrilla wars.

323
00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:44,599
When I joined the army, well, we blew things up.

324
00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:47,199
We did what we did. Demolished stuff.

325
00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:48,999
Saw things burn down.

326
00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:53,679
It doesn't really scare me. This is what I do.

327
00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:56,519
Watch out!

328
00:19:56,600 --> 00:19:58,199
My gosh.

329
00:19:58,280 --> 00:19:59,879
It's all right. It's all right.

330
00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:04,439
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

331
00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:10,199
Uhh.

332
00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:12,599
Yeah, this wind is incredible today.

333
00:20:12,680 --> 00:20:15,159
A really harsh, really strong northerly.

334
00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:16,839
Yeah, I can barely see.

335
00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:19,439
Wouldn't take much to dehydrate and get sick out here.

336
00:20:22,760 --> 00:20:27,079
I'm basically done. It's all cleared now. We can see the face really clearly.

337
00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:30,999
And we're gonna just give it a good old scratch, mate.

338
00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:35,079
Well, the machine is technically a modified trencher.

339
00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:38,399
That's the first name that popped into my head when I saw it.

340
00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:42,039
The backscratcher! I was like, yeah. It's basically a chainsaw.

341
00:20:42,120 --> 00:20:44,999
An oversized chainsaw, but extremely effective.

342
00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:49,159
Yeah, you wouldn't want to get caught in there. It will rip you to shreds.

343
00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:54,039
The backscratcher's rotating saw chain gouges the mine face

344
00:20:54,120 --> 00:20:56,319
to a depth of 1.5 metres.

345
00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:59,879
A rotating screw auger at the back of the blade

346
00:20:59,960 --> 00:21:03,159
can clear over one tonne of rock every hour.

347
00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:04,599
Here we go.

348
00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:09,319
Undercutting the wall will weaken it enough for Angel to bring it down

349
00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:12,879
with the excavator ripper to expose the opal level.

350
00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:18,039
Juan's looking for opal and I'm just waiting for his hand...

351
00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:23,439
See anything, Juan?

352
00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:27,039
It's hard to tell. It's hot and humid down there.

353
00:21:27,120 --> 00:21:30,759
There is another level here and the level below.

354
00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:33,159
That's all right. I'll go between them.

355
00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:39,039
That's a big rock there.

356
00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:45,439
This rock can easily break the teeth.

357
00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:48,479
Can you free the machine? I'll try.

358
00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:53,679
We're gonna have to dig it out by hand, which is what we don't want to do.

359
00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:58,639
We've got to put our bodies under this ledge. For this ground, it's just too dangerous.

360
00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:06,959
It's really frustrating. We've had a lot of breakdowns.

361
00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:10,319
You've just got to keep getting out of bed and going to work.

362
00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:15,439
The Cheals' speed control on the blower has shut down, stopping them

363
00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:19,119
from extracting rock and reaching an opal-bearing drill hole.

364
00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:21,199
Not sure what's going on now.

365
00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:26,039
Undo the two-speed, so I can pull it up.

366
00:22:26,120 --> 00:22:28,599
Righto.Pull it round that side of the pipe.

367
00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:33,159
We seem to have lost power to the two-speed, which is what turns the revs right up

368
00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:35,359
and allows the suction to take place.

369
00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:38,239
We're hoping that it's a quick fix, but I don't know.

370
00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:41,599
I just want it to hang on today, while I've got the boys here.

371
00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:46,559
If we can't get the two-speed working, there's no way that we can get to that drill hole.

372
00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:49,879
Ah.

373
00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:53,879
There's our problem.

374
00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:59,479
The wiring on the battery driving the blower motor has come loose.

375
00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:01,959
Fortunately, it's a simple repair.

376
00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:05,319
All these little dramas are a part of mining, I guess.

377
00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:08,039
Just something you've got to persevere with.

378
00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:14,639
What we've done is we've shortened the roof and the floor a bit,

379
00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:16,519
so we can get out there quicker.

380
00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:18,679
We've left a very thin layer of rock.

381
00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:22,719
We're taking a little bit of a gamble, fingers crossed,

382
00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:25,679
hoping that we can, one, get out there to that drill hole

383
00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:28,559
and, two, that it lights up when we are there.

384
00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:30,639
It's a dangerous environment,

385
00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:34,319
because we're under a lot of pressure to get to that hole.

386
00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:38,399
I could see that the roof there, you know, wasn't quite right.

387
00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:42,479
To me, there's just, sort of, no second chances.

388
00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:45,159
If it's loose up there, it'll drop down on you.

389
00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:51,079
I can't afford to be injured or have one of the boys get injured.

390
00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:09,279
I'm excited. I want to see how Ivan went yesterday with his explosions.

391
00:24:09,360 --> 00:24:11,599
Rocco's excited, I can hear.

392
00:24:12,840 --> 00:24:15,839
Nothing new.He loves being back in the mine.

393
00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:19,039
I need to find opal. Today could be the day.

394
00:24:19,120 --> 00:24:20,719
Come on, Roc.

395
00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:25,439
A rehab centre can make a huge difference to those who want to get off drugs.

396
00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:29,039
All right, Scotty. Let's find out what we've got.Absolutely.

397
00:24:29,120 --> 00:24:33,679
The effects go on through the generations, if I can do what I'm trained to do.

398
00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:38,319
What we've got to do first is check the walls and the ceiling out.

399
00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:41,479
Make sure it's safe, that nothing is going to drop on us.

400
00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:49,439
This is the area we've got to be aware of, because it's over the job site.Yeah.

401
00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:51,999
All right. Have a real good look here.

402
00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:54,999
Nothing has come loose, up here where we're working?

403
00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:58,199
This side here looks all right. All right. Good.

404
00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:03,799
We're hoping there might be opalised shell in the rock we've moved...

405
00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:05,479
Wow, look at that.

406
00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:08,359
Well, he's done a good job, hasn't he? Hey?Shish.

407
00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:10,239
..or even bits of opal.

408
00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:12,799
We have to check everything.

409
00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:17,719
No pressure.No, very true, that. Find some stuff!

410
00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:22,839
You find anything, bro? Not much.

411
00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:30,319
I'm getting a bit disappointed here, Scotty.Me, too.

412
00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:35,079
So the next thing we've got to do is check the wall.Yeah.

413
00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:38,159
Look at this, Scotty. This whole corner has opened up.

414
00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:40,039
Plenty of lines up here. Yeah.

415
00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:44,879
Oh, that's a bit thicker, Greggy. Ah, look at that.

416
00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:50,719
It looks a different colour. Yeah, it does. It's very bright and thicker.

417
00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:54,199
This is all new trace. It wasn't there before the explosions.

418
00:25:54,280 --> 00:25:57,679
There might be more behind, you just never know.God's will.

419
00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:09,599
So what I'm going to do is take a thin level off the face.

420
00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:17,359
Get out of it, dog.

421
00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:26,239
Up here.

422
00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:28,599
There's colour here.

423
00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:30,679
That's red!Red there.

424
00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:35,919
Mate!We've opened it up into red and it's getting thicker!

425
00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:37,719
Lord have mercy.

426
00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:40,399
Stand clear. Yeah.

427
00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:53,999
Now, listen, Scotty, we've got to check this and check the wall.

428
00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:58,639
It's real thin there, Greggy. Keep on looking, mate.

429
00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:01,839
I dropped a heap of rock there. You've got to check it all.

430
00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:07,759
Oh!

431
00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:10,959
What have you got there, bro? Check that out. Colour?

432
00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:14,599
Too right there's colour there. There's green all through that.

433
00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:16,679
A little pinfire here. Awesome.

434
00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:19,319
I don't see any red, but that's solid green.

435
00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:20,879
Oh, Greggy.

436
00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:23,239
Yeah, mate? There's another thick bit.

437
00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:25,919
Another thick bit? Let me have a closer look.

438
00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,639
Oh, wow. That is great, Scotty. Look at that!

439
00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:30,719
That's got great colours.

440
00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:33,759
Today is turning into a good day.

441
00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:35,839
Check that out. Oh.

442
00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:40,639
Look.Wow. That's not bad at all.

443
00:27:41,720 --> 00:27:44,919
This... This is the best one that I've seen so far.

444
00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:57,719
That rock is very embedded in there.

445
00:27:57,800 --> 00:28:00,039
If you want to give it a try, be my guest.

446
00:28:00,120 --> 00:28:03,319
The Misfits efforts to undercut a mine face

447
00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:07,719
and expose an opal level are being hampered by a single rock.

448
00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:11,599
I've just moved across to hopefully try and loosen it.

449
00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:15,079
If that doesn't work, we're going to have to dig it out by hand.

450
00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:21,799
I come from a little farming town about 400K south of here.

451
00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:26,959
Everyone knows it's a man's game, so I'd like to build up

452
00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:29,839
my self-confidence to prove I can mine opal.

453
00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:33,359
And a bit to your left.

454
00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:39,039
That was the one. Yes!

455
00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:41,319
It's out, Juan.

456
00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:46,999
Only a little rock. It was just stuck good and proper.

457
00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:56,879
I'm going to get the excavator down there to push down that wall,

458
00:28:56,960 --> 00:28:59,039
so we can, you know, chase that opal.

459
00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:04,119
This wall is coming down quite easy.

460
00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:07,279
Give us a look, Angel.

461
00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:12,519
Has that got colour in it?

462
00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:18,359
There is a level here, it's just gypsum.

463
00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:22,599
We've got to find opal, so we can't waste time just chasing everyday rocks.

464
00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:28,639
Juan! What are you doing?

465
00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:30,999
There's a rock. It might fall on you.

466
00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:34,599
Be careful. You don't want to fall off from that height.

467
00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:38,119
I'm unbreakable. I drink milk every day.

468
00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:39,959
Every human is breakable.

469
00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:43,239
OK, fine.Hop down. You're making me too nervous.

470
00:29:48,560 --> 00:29:51,959
We thought, like, this ground was going to produce, like,

471
00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:54,039
it was looking so healthy.

472
00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:56,119
These people found a bucket-full.

473
00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:59,519
So we thought, you know, we would have found it, but...

474
00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:05,319
I want to make Joe proud.

475
00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:08,879
I feel like I'm letting him down.

476
00:30:19,920 --> 00:30:21,959
Angel, I've found, like, a peanut.

477
00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:24,119
What? Or an apple.

478
00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:25,919
A peanut or an apple?

479
00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:27,999
It's like a prehistoric one.

480
00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:31,479
What's that?

481
00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:33,839
It's... It's...Look! It's red.

482
00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:38,799
Look at that! Angel, that's beautiful!

483
00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:56,079
Ah, just a bit tedious.

484
00:30:56,160 --> 00:30:58,479
It's flaking off the roof on top of us.

485
00:30:59,920 --> 00:31:04,079
We're eager to get out to where the boys drilled that colour up,

486
00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:07,279
but safety has got to come first, you know.

487
00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:18,439
I'll just drop it out, square it off to where it's nice and solid up there.

488
00:31:18,520 --> 00:31:21,399
At the end of the day, our safety is the most important.

489
00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:29,159
There's nobbies, but no colour.

490
00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:34,279
We want to see clean nobbies, but we want to see a colour bar through them.

491
00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:37,479
Nobbies are pebbles of solid opal, worth up to...

492
00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:43,919
The most highly-prized feature red on a black base.

493
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:46,919
The pressure is on us to actually find some opal there

494
00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:51,919
and for the big investment that we've taken, to dig all the way over there, to be worth it.

495
00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:53,999
Just lacking the colour, boys.

496
00:31:57,400 --> 00:32:00,919
We're just having a look how far away from that drill hole we are.

497
00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:03,999
That's eight metres there. That's where the face is.

498
00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:06,199
So let's see. Just over three metres.

499
00:32:07,280 --> 00:32:10,279
We all want to get to that hole to see what's around it.

500
00:32:10,360 --> 00:32:12,359
We can smell it, it's right there.

501
00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:14,199
Keep smashing through it.

502
00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:27,719
Where's that jackhammer?

503
00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:30,159
There's a broken nobby in the face.

504
00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:41,559
Yeah, this is really good news.

505
00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:43,439
Purple in this grade nobby.

506
00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:47,479
I'm just happy to see some colour. It's great. Gets you a bit excited.

507
00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:50,199
We can't be too far away from this hole now.No.

508
00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:56,119
Now it looks like we're turning it around. We've got good opal out in front of us.

509
00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:58,079
We're starting to get a few dollars.

510
00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:05,159
Something's going on here.

511
00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:08,439
We've hit a bit of a hard block.

512
00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:11,679
I don't know whether we're going to get into that hole.

513
00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:18,039
It's a really good sign for opal, but, for us, it makes it really difficult.

514
00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:20,959
We've got to get somewhere in a short period of time.

515
00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:24,919
It could be an hour. It could be a couple of days.

516
00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:37,279
Ivan is a straight man. He'll tell us what we've got.

517
00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:39,959
God willing, we've got a bit of money.

518
00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:44,359
The Bishop and Scotty have a small parcel of white opal.

519
00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:46,919
Nice to see you. Good to see you, Ivan.Hi.

520
00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:48,999
Yeah, come in, come in. Thank you.

521
00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:55,079
For a valuation, they're turning to explosives expert and veteran opal buyer, Ivan.

522
00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:57,519
We see now what luck you have.

523
00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:01,199
Looks like good chunks. Yeah.

524
00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:05,319
Oh, a very nice size.

525
00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:09,999
Not full colour, but very good colour, a very strong colour.

526
00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:12,759
We'll see how many ounces, huh?

527
00:34:16,640 --> 00:34:19,119
Yeah, yeah. That's eight ounces.

528
00:34:24,080 --> 00:34:26,079
Flashing across the face.

529
00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:34,359
So what do you reckon eight ounces of that is worth, Ivan?

530
00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:38,919
I reckon 500 per ounce.

531
00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:41,679
But you should get a little bit more.OK.

532
00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:43,759
Good size and very healthy opal.

533
00:34:47,080 --> 00:34:49,919
That's maybe $4,200.

534
00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:52,639
We've got something to celebrate, mate. Hey?

535
00:34:52,720 --> 00:34:54,319
Thank you, Ivan. No worries.

536
00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:55,879
God bless. Thank you.

537
00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:59,319
It's very significant that we're now onto good opal

538
00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:01,399
and it can achieve the dream

539
00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:03,879
of opening the mission centre.

540
00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:06,439
We just have to find more.

541
00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:10,839
Scotty.Yeah? It's been a good dig. Hey?

542
00:35:10,920 --> 00:35:15,399
I'm just happy to help you. God bless you. It was your idea to come out to Shell Patch.

543
00:35:15,480 --> 00:35:18,959
Mate, you've earnt your money. You were on 25% at 8 Mile.

544
00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:21,399
No longer. We're equal partners now. Really?

545
00:35:21,480 --> 00:35:23,479
Yeah, 50%. God bless you.

546
00:35:23,560 --> 00:35:25,159
Cheers. Cheers.

547
00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:39,559
With the limited time we've got, we need every swipe of the digger to be going in the right direction.

548
00:35:39,640 --> 00:35:41,119
Is that in line?

549
00:35:41,200 --> 00:35:43,119
Go that way a little bit.

550
00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:47,199
We're just measuring up, trying to get our angles right to see where this hole is.

551
00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:49,759
That's like 12 metres, five centimetres.

552
00:35:49,840 --> 00:35:52,759
So it must be in here. Or it must be here somewhere.

553
00:35:52,840 --> 00:35:54,439
Was that the angle?

554
00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:58,519
I think it's the right angle. So it's into the left slightly? Yeah.

555
00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:03,119
Do you want a couple more swipes, see if we can hit it?Yeah. All right, start it up.

556
00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:04,799
Ah, it's close.

557
00:36:13,680 --> 00:36:15,679
Oh, look. Boys!

558
00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:18,039
Boys!What is it? Oh, there it is!

559
00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:21,239
Found it.Hey.And we nearly pulled up there too.

560
00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:24,999
That was the one swipe.

561
00:36:25,080 --> 00:36:28,079
This is what we've been working towards all week.

562
00:36:29,200 --> 00:36:33,919
He thinks there might be some good opal around here, based off what we drilled up.

563
00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:36,319
Bit of opal fever, big fella.

564
00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:39,879
We'll wash this dirt now and then see what it brings.

565
00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:51,839
The Cheals' agitator, a converted cement mixer, will remove the clay

566
00:36:51,920 --> 00:36:56,479
from the 20 tonnes of mined dirt and expose any opal.

567
00:36:56,560 --> 00:36:59,959
$2,000 here and there is nowhere near enough.

568
00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:02,399
We're not here digging for nothing.

569
00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:04,839
We're digging here to strike it rich.

570
00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:09,439
Any colour or what? Not as of yet.

571
00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:11,519
That's it.

572
00:37:11,600 --> 00:37:13,799
Yeah, that's all of it.

573
00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:17,559
Ooh, look at that.

574
00:37:18,560 --> 00:37:21,239
Ooh. Ooh, that's nice.

575
00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:24,999
There's lots of material, nice bits of colour and that coming out.

576
00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:26,879
Ooh. Oi!

577
00:37:26,960 --> 00:37:29,359
That's got a nice bar on the end.

578
00:37:29,440 --> 00:37:31,839
Might have a bit of money there, boys.

579
00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:33,519
Ooh.

580
00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:35,599
Oh! Look at that!

581
00:37:36,920 --> 00:37:40,719
That's what we want to see.The size of that.That's a massive nobby.

582
00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:44,599
Oh, look at the colour!And if that cleans up, who knows, man.

583
00:37:44,680 --> 00:37:48,199
That's awesome.Look at that, mate. That's what we're after.

584
00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:53,359
Just that stone alone has made it worth trekking all the way over.

585
00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:54,919
Oh, 100%.

586
00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:12,639
Got a bit of value on it.

587
00:38:12,720 --> 00:38:14,719
That's green-orange.

588
00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:16,919
A beautiful gem colour.

589
00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:20,039
Probably get three and a half carats out of that.

590
00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:22,319
I wouldn't be surprised if we got...

591
00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:24,519
The best part of...

592
00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:30,679
Probably 25 grand there. 25 big ones?Not too shabby. Hey?

593
00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:34,319
Our first decent tail out of the season.

594
00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:38,519
Doubling our season total in one day is absolutely huge for us.

595
00:38:38,600 --> 00:38:40,359
Gets us back on the right track.

596
00:38:40,440 --> 00:38:45,239
Seven days ago, if you'd asked me if we're gonna make our season target, I would have said no hope in hell.

597
00:38:45,960 --> 00:38:49,079
Really, really happy to see some nice colour,

598
00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:52,879
but we've got to find a lot of opal to turn things around completely.

599
00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:54,719
Right on, boys.

600
00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:57,519
Good stuff, mate. That's what we do it for, boys.

601
00:39:06,360 --> 00:39:08,119
Look at them jaws.

602
00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:09,999
Jaws? Jaws.What?

603
00:39:10,080 --> 00:39:11,879
It's laughing at us!

604
00:39:11,960 --> 00:39:14,479
They're not jaws. That is two shells.

605
00:39:14,560 --> 00:39:16,559
Two? This one is upside down.

606
00:39:16,640 --> 00:39:18,959
Oh.That one is on top. This one is broken.

607
00:39:19,040 --> 00:39:20,919
This one might still be complete.

608
00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:24,319
How much do you think we got there in, like, cash money, you know?

609
00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:26,999
I don't know much about opalised fossils.

610
00:39:27,080 --> 00:39:30,359
The Misfits have uncovered Andamooka fossils.

611
00:39:30,440 --> 00:39:36,239
In pristine condition, these can fetch high prices with specialist collectors.

612
00:39:37,480 --> 00:39:40,079
I wasn't quite expecting opal shells, but...

613
00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:43,439
a little bit of something is better than a big bit of nothing.

614
00:39:44,680 --> 00:39:47,679
This looks like a big one is going to come down.

615
00:39:47,760 --> 00:39:49,759
Bring that one down.

616
00:39:51,720 --> 00:39:53,439
Did you hear that, Angel?

617
00:39:53,520 --> 00:39:56,399
What was that? I heard broken glass. Hold on.

618
00:39:56,480 --> 00:39:58,479
I'll come and have a look.

619
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:03,519
The only thing that makes a breaking glass noise is opal here.

620
00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:05,199
Yeah. Yeah.

621
00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:14,439
Oh! Hang on, hang on, hang on.

622
00:40:14,520 --> 00:40:16,319
Look at this!

623
00:40:16,400 --> 00:40:18,479
There's a little bit of colour here.

624
00:40:18,560 --> 00:40:20,479
Look how bright that is!

625
00:40:20,560 --> 00:40:22,319
Oh, my God.

626
00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:24,199
Look like your eyes.

627
00:40:24,280 --> 00:40:26,039
We've found opal!

628
00:40:26,120 --> 00:40:30,159
Oh, here's another piece! Oh, look. Ooh, that's gigantic!

629
00:40:30,240 --> 00:40:33,319
Half an hour ago, I was ready to give up. Working all day.

630
00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:35,599
The sun's going down. Hold on, hold on.

631
00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:37,679
You see another one? Look at that!

632
00:40:37,760 --> 00:40:40,759
Oh, wow!This is a stone out of this world.

633
00:40:45,240 --> 00:40:47,239
Have you found any more there?

634
00:40:47,320 --> 00:40:51,639
I haven't found any more, but I'm keen to show these to Joe's wife, Lindi.

635
00:40:51,720 --> 00:40:53,319
Let's go!

636
00:40:57,000 --> 00:41:01,559
We came minutes from giving up and that's when, you know, Juan heard the smash.

637
00:41:01,640 --> 00:41:04,759
Risking our lives. Dodging, you know, rocks.

638
00:41:04,840 --> 00:41:07,879
So finding that opal, it was very rewarding.

639
00:41:13,560 --> 00:41:15,159
Lindi is Joe's wife.

640
00:41:15,240 --> 00:41:18,039
She knows everything there is about every rock.

641
00:41:18,120 --> 00:41:19,919
How's it going, Lindi?

642
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:21,999
Yay. Hello.Hey, Juan.

643
00:41:22,080 --> 00:41:24,599
Oh, wow, there's heaps of pieces there.

644
00:41:24,680 --> 00:41:26,399
A lot of pieces came out.

645
00:41:26,480 --> 00:41:29,159
Opalised shells can go for quite a bit of money.

646
00:41:29,240 --> 00:41:33,039
I've seen a shell in America go for $20,000 plus at auction.

647
00:41:33,120 --> 00:41:38,599
This was a living creature over a hundred million years ago.

648
00:41:38,680 --> 00:41:41,559
Unfortunately, as heart-breaking as it is,

649
00:41:41,640 --> 00:41:43,639
they're too broken as fossils.

650
00:41:43,720 --> 00:41:45,239
Oh, OK.

651
00:41:45,320 --> 00:41:49,439
But I reckon, as a parcel, probably a grand.

652
00:41:49,520 --> 00:41:55,639
I felt a little bit disappointed that the shells weren't as much as I thought they were going to be.

653
00:41:55,720 --> 00:41:57,519
Well, now the opal.

654
00:41:58,520 --> 00:42:00,479
Seven ounces.

655
00:42:00,560 --> 00:42:03,839
That's a pretty big parcel. That's a pretty good size.

656
00:42:03,920 --> 00:42:06,239
Wow.Yeah. Some nice crystal in there.

657
00:42:06,320 --> 00:42:07,919
Oh, wow!

658
00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:09,599
Oh, right.

659
00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:11,399
Beautiful crystal.

660
00:42:11,480 --> 00:42:13,799
Wow, those flashes are incredible.

661
00:42:25,120 --> 00:42:28,759
Money-talking, how much will that lot will be worth?

662
00:42:28,840 --> 00:42:31,439
Well, I reckon...

663
00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:37,759
..about $4,000 an ounce.

664
00:42:37,840 --> 00:42:39,919
That's $28,000.

665
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:42,079
That's a lot of money. It is.

666
00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:45,439
That's our biggest parcel so far. That's unreal.

667
00:42:45,520 --> 00:42:48,039
Ohh! And we were about to finish.

668
00:42:55,880 --> 00:42:58,719
Thanks for this week, Mr Joe. That was good.

669
00:42:58,800 --> 00:43:00,959
That's all right, man. Angel. Boss.

670
00:43:01,720 --> 00:43:05,159
Thanks, man. That was good. Couldn't do it without your help.

671
00:43:05,240 --> 00:43:08,599
Is good working with you.It's good working with you sometimes.

672
00:43:10,880 --> 00:43:15,599
I always knew I was going to be a father. I just didn't know it was going to be this way.

673
00:43:16,560 --> 00:43:18,839
Lucky lizard for a very lucky week.

674
00:43:18,920 --> 00:43:22,479
There is no stopping us now. We've found that nice chunk of opal,

675
00:43:22,560 --> 00:43:25,319
so we're going to keep on going till we find more.

676
00:43:25,400 --> 00:43:28,719
Excellent week.It was an amazing week. Well done.

677
00:43:28,800 --> 00:43:30,799
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