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In this season of Outback Opal Hunters...

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the world's toughest miners face triumph...

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Beauty!

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..and disaster... Big fella's down.

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..chasing one of the world's most coveted gems...

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Oh, my God.

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..opal.

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New teams... Yee-haw!

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..and new machines

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battling the brutal Outback.

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Risking it all...

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to find a fortune.

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Look at this!

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That's what this is all about.

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# Money

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# And fancy clothes

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# Telling you what to do

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# With the life we live

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# Where to go #

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The Australian Outback,

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a vast parched landscape.

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But millions of years ago, it was covered by inland seas.

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Water seeping underground deposited silica in faults and cracks,

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gradually hardening to form opal.

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The most amazing gem in the world.

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You don't have one colour, you've got all the colours.

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With 90% of the world's supply only found in Australia,

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and prices doubling every five years,

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a single piece can be worth millions of dollars.

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More precious than diamonds.

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Mined here since the 1880s, it's hard to find.

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60% will go broke.

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Big mining companies dare not take the risk,

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leaving just small teams...

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We work for ourselves.

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..living off the grid,

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battling temperatures up to 50 degrees Celsius

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in one of the world's harshest environments.

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There's a fortune just waiting to be found.

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When you catch opal fever, you're finished.

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Coober Pedy, South Australia,

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a bone-dry landscape.

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The world's best source of white opal with its milky body tone,

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worth up to $1,500 a carat,

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just one-fifth of a gram.

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Last season, rookies Daniel Becker and Justin Lang

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smashed their $100,000 target.

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That's not bad.

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This season, Dan and I are stepping it up a couple of notches,

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and we're going for 150 grand.

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But things are already off to a bad start.

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A lot of stuff's happened since last season.

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This trip I've decided to come up by myself.

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Coming up here on my own is quite difficult.

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I don't have Dan here to bounce ideas off of.

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We get along so well, and we're best mates.

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First stop is seeing mentor and godfather of Coober Pedy,

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John Dunston.

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How are you, mate? Good. Good. How are you?

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Where's your mate? Dan's back home.

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He's looking after the kids and he's also moving house,

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so he couldn't get up this trip.

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So I thought I'll come up and see if I can dig out a bit of opal.

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You need to find some more, mate.

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Is the ute still out the back there?

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Yeah, your ute's still here, mate.

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No worries. Perfect.

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Even though Dan can't come up this trip, you know,

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I'm still so excited to give it a good crack by myself.

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I absolutely love Coober Pedy and I absolutely love opal mining.

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The big driving force why I'm out here is to find the fortune,

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so I can provide for my family,

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and I'm gonna keep digging that opal until I find millions.

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All around Coober Pedy,

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areas with exotic names have been set aside for mining.

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Get their pegs in any unclaimed section of one,

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pay $300 to register it for a year,

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and whatever a miner finds is theirs.

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Last season, the rookies' biggest finds

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were in the underground labyrinth of 17 Mile.

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It's a lot more dangerous going to 17 Mile without Dan.

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The dangers of going underground

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in old abandoned mines are just the worst. Everything wants to kill you.

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You can have deadly animals that want a piece of you.

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Whoa! Whoa, whoa, whoa!

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You can have , and before you know it,

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you're squished like a cockroach.

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The hope is that this proven hotspot

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will get their season off to a flying start.

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Dan and I pulled thousands of dollars out last season,

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and I know that it's a sure way of finding more.

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I could just drill into the wall and find another few thousand dollars

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just to start the season off. That's what I need.

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Actually, where the hell is that claim?

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Ah, hang on...

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serious?

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You're  joking me.

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There's actually someone's peg there.

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Some little has come out here.

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That's not our pegs.

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Someone's come out here and pegged our  claim.

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Where I put my pegs here, someone else has put their pegs.

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You're  joking me.

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If their claim has been taken by another miner,

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Dan and Justin will have lost their only reliable source of opal.

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1,000km to the north-east - Opalton, Queensland,

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home of the renowned opal hunter Col Duff.

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That's nice green.

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For 20 years, Col's been hunting opal

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in some of the most remote parts of the Outback.

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Could be a million dollars. You never know your luck.

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Best mates Greg and Aaron

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bring an extra 40 years of experience to the team.

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Lot of people call it a lifestyle. It ain't a lifestyle to me.

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It's a job and you gotta make money. It's just that simple.

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Living off the grid 100km from the nearest town,

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Col's crew are chasing boulder opal.

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Unique to Queensland and identified by its brown iron-stone backing,

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

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That's $20,000 a gram.

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Last season, we finished up on a good note,

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but we only just covered our .

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A bigger victory for Col was beating a cancer scare.

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I'm real keen to get on top of the game.

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The clock's ticking. No-one lives forever.

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We need about $120,000 to pay everything out

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and keep going.

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This season, they've taken over a legendary claim,

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once owned by Aaron's dad, called Dragonfly.

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They're concentrating on a small section around the last shaft he dug.

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Dad passed about two years ago.

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When they first came in in the late '60s,

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they found 44 drums full of opal.

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But back then, they got nothing for opal.

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With the value of opal now sky-rocketing,

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Aaron and Greg are hoping to rediscover the seam.

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It's great. It's good to be digging here.

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It's a family lease, and it should be dug.

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Hopefully, we find a bit of opal, and we can keep the dream alive.

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But the opal layer is 15m below ground

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in loose sandstone too dangerous to tunnel through.

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There's still a lot of opal here. It's just a lot of dirt to be moved.

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You need the gear to do the job.

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The boys have spent weeks digging down towards the opal layer.

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It's taken a month to move it,

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but we're getting there.

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But there's been no sign of Col.

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I think he's happy. I think he's in love.

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I met a beautiful woman. I've been a town boy since then.

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We've been really good friends for 15 years,

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but circumstances have brought us together.

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We're grinning from ear to ear, having a mad love affair.

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With Col absent, whatever they find, Aaron and Greg will split 50-50.

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But they're under pressure to recoup what they've invested.

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8,000 litres of diesel so far.

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You've got to spend money to make money.

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This costs $15,000 to do this,

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and with a bit of luck, we pay for that ten times over

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and we'll be out of this .

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That'll do, mate. That's good enough?

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Yeah, good.

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After a week's hard slog, they've finally hit the opal layer.

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Feels good, actually. If I had a beer, I'd go home and have one.

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More good news - Col is on his way back to lend a hand digging it out.

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But next day....

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He should've been here. Yeah.

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..Col is a no-show.

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Where's the big fella? Might still be in his swag.

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Oi, Col!

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You all right? Nah.

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You don't sound real good. I'm gonna spew.

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900km away on the flat plains of Lightning Ridge, New South Wales,

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third-generation opal miner

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and mother of three Kelly Tishler is back,

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having just hit her target last season.

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The last few years hasn't been really good. We need to find opal.

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Some days, you wake up and think, "Really, what are we doing?"

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Kelly's prize - black opal,

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the most expensive opal on the planet.

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The darker the background the better.

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Worth up to $35,000 retail a carat,

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one-fifth of a gram,

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it's Lightning Ridge's speciality.

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Every day, it's a new dream and new hope.

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I wouldn't change it. I don't care how broke I go.

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It's the freedom, it's the love, it's the opal.

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Couple of these ones might be worth just a quick hit.

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In a male-dominated industry,

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Kelly's one of only a handful of women.

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This had a bit of sand in it. I thought it wasn't gonna come out,

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but it's come up not too bad.

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She also cuts and polishes her stones,

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more than doubling their value to prospective buyers.

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And that's quite nice.

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Put a bit of gold around it, and Bob's your uncle!

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Last season, Kelly was forced to sell $20,000 worth of stone

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from her backup stash just to cover costs.

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Yeah, very happy to move that on and be able to pay some bills.

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With a family to feed, this season Kelly is setting her target high.

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What we need this year to make would be $150,000 just to break even.

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To hit her target, she's pegged a claim 20km north of Lightning Ridge

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on a patch of land she believes may be sitting on a fortune.

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There's opal all the way around it.

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There's people finding bits and pieces,

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there's people finding reasonable material.

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To reach the opal level,

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she's going to have to open an old mine 8m below ground.

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There is a lot of danger involved underground -

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so many things can go wrong.

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This time, Kelly's teamed up with some muscle -

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brother-in-law Mark and mate Dwayne are veteran underground miners.

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Hoping to see something more solid. Try and go for the easy money.

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Easy money? What's that?

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Mark and Dwayne are absolute digging machines.

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I could not ask for anyone better.

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But they've put everything on the line too.

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It's been a long time for them to even find opal.

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Opal, you're on a high when you go to work,

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and sometimes, you come home on a high.

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Most of the time, you come home on a low

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because you got your butt kicked!

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We don't want problems. We've been through enough.

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We want happiness. We want rainbows and  unicorns.

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Unbelievable. Unbelievable!

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Justin's return to Coober Pedy has suffered a devastating blow.

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Who is this who's come out here and done this?

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The underground mine that was the rookies' best source of opal

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appears to have been taken.

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Look, the sixth of the fourth.

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That's only last friggin' week.

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If they've lost this mine,

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they've lost access to the rich seam of opal it contains.

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I wanna ring Dan.

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DAN: 'Justin!' Hey, Dan, how are you going?

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'Yeah, good, good. How are you?'

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Well, not heaps good. I just came out to 17 Mile.

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And you wouldn't believe it, I've just rolled up,

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and we can't even go on our old claim.

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I just... 'How come?'

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The first thing I noticed was some bloody steel pegs

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that had been put in the ground.

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Right where we had ours, exactly the same spot.

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And I don't even know where our pegs are gone.

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'So we've lost our claim?'

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Yeah, 17 Mile is gone.

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'Oh.' I can't believe it.

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I can't even drive on there cos it's someone else's now.

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'Bloody hell. So what are we... Do I need to come up?'

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Well, I'm not sure. I mean, I don't know what we should do.

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I can't believe it. Our bloody... Our nest egg.

253
00:14:37,660 --> 00:14:39,659
'Yeah. Looks like maybe...'

254
00:14:46,860 --> 00:14:49,899
Feels like someone has just stolen something from us.

255
00:14:51,620 --> 00:14:54,679
The boys' claim was less than a week out of date.

256
00:14:55,940 --> 00:14:59,599
By not sort of keeping up to date with the paperwork

257
00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:02,739
and making sure we re-registered that claim, it had expired.

258
00:15:02,780 --> 00:15:06,559
It took us so many years to try and find out about this claim

259
00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:08,899
and we worked there and I spent so many hours

260
00:15:08,940 --> 00:15:12,579
reading the ground and learning the whole mine.

261
00:15:12,620 --> 00:15:14,619
I just feel cold.

262
00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:17,799
With 17 Mile gone,

263
00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:20,919
Justin and Dan have got just one claim left,

264
00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:24,599
their 200x100m claim at Shell Patch.

265
00:15:24,640 --> 00:15:26,639
The big problem with Shell Patch is that

266
00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:28,779
we've only got jack picks and drills.

267
00:15:28,820 --> 00:15:33,499
We don't have an excavator and we don't have the money to buy one,

268
00:15:33,540 --> 00:15:35,579
so we're sort of really stuck

269
00:15:35,620 --> 00:15:38,559
because we need one to keep digging at Shell Patch.

270
00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:44,659
A brand-new excavator costs over $65,000,

271
00:15:44,700 --> 00:15:46,559
way beyond the rookies' budget.

272
00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:49,759
We're back at square one, right back at the very beginning.

273
00:15:56,740 --> 00:16:00,899
But mentor and local legend John Dunston has come to the rescue.

274
00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:07,499
John is the man who found one of the most valuable opals ever discovered,

275
00:16:07,540 --> 00:16:09,939
the million-dollar Virgin Rainbow.

276
00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:13,719
Got anything I can tell 'em or teach 'em, I will.

277
00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:18,739
Now his knowledge may just tip the balance in Justin's favour once more.

278
00:16:18,780 --> 00:16:22,519
There it is. There, I can see it. Oh, gee, that looks all right.

279
00:16:23,940 --> 00:16:27,639
This second-hand excavator could be within the rookies' price range

280
00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:29,699
and put them back on track.

281
00:16:29,740 --> 00:16:33,779
Buying an excavator will increase our chances to find opal massively.

282
00:16:33,820 --> 00:16:36,639
We really need one to move more dirt

283
00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:38,879
to eventually find that big motherlode of opal.

284
00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:44,539
I've had a bit of a look at the old finances in the bank.

285
00:16:44,580 --> 00:16:47,479
I've had to sell a couple of things,

286
00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:50,799
and I sort of thought if I can manage to get together $20,000,

287
00:16:50,840 --> 00:16:53,659
then I can potentially buy that excavator.

288
00:16:53,700 --> 00:16:56,639
How you going, John? Justin. Hi, Justin. How are you?

289
00:16:56,680 --> 00:16:58,739
Justin knows nothing about these machines,

290
00:16:58,780 --> 00:17:02,519
and buying second-hand equipment is always risky.

291
00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:04,579
But if the rookies want to mine this season,

292
00:17:04,620 --> 00:17:06,579
they're running out of options.

293
00:17:06,620 --> 00:17:09,499
Unfortunately, Dan can't get up here, and I'm not gonna stop.

294
00:17:09,540 --> 00:17:12,499
I wanna come up here, mine, find opal. This is my calling.

295
00:17:12,540 --> 00:17:14,539
I love it. I think about it, dream about it,

296
00:17:14,580 --> 00:17:17,719
want to be here 24 hours a day. And I'm just gonna make it happen.

297
00:17:19,700 --> 00:17:22,779
A good solid little bucket. Yeah, good digging bucket.

298
00:17:22,820 --> 00:17:25,519
Side cutters. Ideal for up here. Perfect.

299
00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:27,919
I'll get you to start it. Yeah, right.

300
00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:29,959
Sounds all right.

301
00:17:34,700 --> 00:17:36,519
The tracks are really good.

302
00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:39,499
There's a lot of meat left in the idler,

303
00:17:39,540 --> 00:17:41,619
but these chains have got a lot of life in 'em.

304
00:17:41,660 --> 00:17:43,659
Oi, I've spotted an oil leak.

305
00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:46,779
Yeah, I can see there's  oil there now.

306
00:17:47,860 --> 00:17:50,559
Oh, that's not a good sign.

307
00:17:56,720 --> 00:17:58,619
You don't look real good.

308
00:17:58,660 --> 00:18:00,879
Where am I?

309
00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:05,799
At Col's camp, the crew are due to start digging out opal.

310
00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:08,559
But overnight, Col has become seriously ill.

311
00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:11,779
Oh, no, please.

312
00:18:11,820 --> 00:18:16,499
He's showing signs of severe dehydration and fever.

313
00:18:16,540 --> 00:18:19,539
Have you got the  spews? Yeah.

314
00:18:19,580 --> 00:18:21,579
That's no good. I'll take him to town.

315
00:18:21,620 --> 00:18:22,959
Yeah.

316
00:18:23,500 --> 00:18:24,819
You wanna go to town?

317
00:18:24,860 --> 00:18:27,519
Gonna have to. We can't see you like this.

318
00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:29,559
Get in the Toyota...

319
00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:31,859
Oh,  sorry. ..and I'll take you to town.

320
00:18:34,500 --> 00:18:36,499
I'm gonna spew.

321
00:18:42,840 --> 00:18:44,839
I've never seen him this crook.

322
00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:49,579
The nearest hospital is over 100km away,

323
00:18:49,620 --> 00:18:52,859
and with no mobile signal their only option is to drive.

324
00:18:52,900 --> 00:18:54,759
You need to get to a doctor, mate.

325
00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:56,759
Yeah, but I'm sort of spewing away.

326
00:18:56,800 --> 00:18:59,959
Well, if we've got a bucket, you can spew whenever you want.

327
00:19:03,500 --> 00:19:05,499
Perfect.

328
00:19:06,780 --> 00:19:09,899
On your pins.

329
00:19:09,940 --> 00:19:12,919
I'll just chuck your boots in the car like this.

330
00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:14,959
All right, go ahead.

331
00:19:16,680 --> 00:19:18,559
Got your bucket there.

332
00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:20,599
OK, let's do it.

333
00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:26,759
Hey, good luck, Col. Get it sorted out, mate.

334
00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:30,939
We had a miner that nearly died out here cos he was camping by himself.

335
00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:34,479
You've got to check on each other out here in the bush.

336
00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:40,599
Col and Greg now face a gruelling two-hour journey through the Outback.

337
00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:44,599
If no-one had come along, who knows, he might have died of dehydration.

338
00:19:59,100 --> 00:20:04,179
Kelly's team have just a month to find opal before they go bust.

339
00:20:04,220 --> 00:20:08,139
We need to find opal. It's as serious as it gets.

340
00:20:08,180 --> 00:20:10,319
If it doesn't pay off, we're up  creek.

341
00:20:10,360 --> 00:20:13,059
I'll get the heavy end, mate.

342
00:20:13,100 --> 00:20:15,279
That's good.

343
00:20:15,320 --> 00:20:18,979
First they need to ensure the mine's fragile roof

344
00:20:19,020 --> 00:20:21,359
8m below ground won't collapse,

345
00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:24,399
burying them beneath thousands of tons of rock.

346
00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:29,159
Once an initial shaft is sunk,

347
00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:33,239
miners dig a series of tunnels or drives outwards.

348
00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:35,379
Digging away the walls between the drives

349
00:20:35,420 --> 00:20:38,339
leaves a large open area known as a ballroom.

350
00:20:40,380 --> 00:20:44,219
The wider the ballroom, the higher the risk of collapse.

351
00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:48,959
Props of Cypress pine are designed to prevent

352
00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:53,059
the layers of loose sandstone above from separating and falling.

353
00:20:53,100 --> 00:20:56,379
It's a technique that hasn't changed for over 100 years.

354
00:20:56,420 --> 00:20:59,119
Yeah, I've set a prop in here.

355
00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:02,099
Right there where that cap is. We'll gonna underneath that.

356
00:21:02,140 --> 00:21:05,959
Each prop is cut to size underground

357
00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:08,099
and positioned by hand.

358
00:21:08,140 --> 00:21:09,979
They've got to put a prop in here

359
00:21:10,020 --> 00:21:12,039
just to secure the roof, make it safe.

360
00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:22,999
Looks like we're gonna need a few wedges for that one, Dwayne.

361
00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:25,319
No, mate. Are they all right, you reckon?

362
00:21:25,360 --> 00:21:27,359
Perfectly cut once again.

363
00:21:30,260 --> 00:21:32,379
If you had to cut that, you'd probably need six.

364
00:21:32,420 --> 00:21:35,159
Probably need a couple on this end, I think.

365
00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:45,119
Mark, do you want me just to drag these hoses?

366
00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:46,999
You want to pull that digger.

367
00:21:47,040 --> 00:21:49,079
Well, we'll have to swing it first anyways.

368
00:21:49,120 --> 00:21:54,239
With the roof secure, the 800kg 3m-long digging machine

369
00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:56,279
swings into action.

370
00:21:57,420 --> 00:22:00,419
A vertical hydraulic ram locks it into place,

371
00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:04,979
whilst a twin-toothed articulated arm cuts into the wall.

372
00:22:07,100 --> 00:22:09,419
There is a lot of danger involved underground.

373
00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:11,959
You know, that's a pretty big machine.

374
00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:13,339
You've got a lot of tonnage there.

375
00:22:13,380 --> 00:22:15,259
You can repair a digger,

376
00:22:15,300 --> 00:22:19,039
but you can't fix someone if they're being crushed under one.

377
00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:21,439
When you're moving these diggers around,

378
00:22:21,980 --> 00:22:24,339
you've got to make sure that you're keeping them level,

379
00:22:24,380 --> 00:22:26,419
and don't get 'em rocked to one side.

380
00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:30,419
Otherwise they will go over on their side

381
00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:33,399
and they're a real to get back up, so.

382
00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:36,419
Basically, you tip the digger over, she's all over for the day.

383
00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:39,119
You're making a mess. Yeah.

384
00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:41,159
That's if it doesn't pin you.

385
00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:46,399
So you do need to be aware of them. It can be dangerous.

386
00:22:55,340 --> 00:22:59,339
With the digger now in position, the hunt for opal begins.

387
00:22:59,380 --> 00:23:02,319
I reckon we should, yeah, probably push out past this.

388
00:23:05,300 --> 00:23:08,439
They're looking for hints of opal colour in the grey wall.

389
00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:25,279
Mark's been an opal miner all his life,

390
00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:27,299
and he's one of the best diggers there are.

391
00:23:27,340 --> 00:23:29,959
You know, you see him rip into that wall there -

392
00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:32,999
like, those digger teeth, they're razor sharp.

393
00:23:41,260 --> 00:23:44,279
Opal's a funny thing. You can dig for years on end and get nothing,

394
00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:47,319
you can drill for years on end and find nothing at all.

395
00:23:49,060 --> 00:23:52,999
It can be one foot away - you can't see it through the ground.

396
00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:55,259
So many people have missed out on millions of dollars

397
00:23:55,300 --> 00:23:57,359
because it's been above or below 'em.

398
00:24:08,100 --> 00:24:11,099
Stone right there! Something's happening. Hang on.

399
00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:15,259
I'll get my little pick.

400
00:24:15,300 --> 00:24:17,199
I'll get this out before you get here.

401
00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:19,379
Told you it'd be here, didn't I?

402
00:24:31,140 --> 00:24:34,379
There's definitely a leak in there somewhere, but I don't know where.

403
00:24:34,420 --> 00:24:36,319
In Coober Pedy,

404
00:24:36,360 --> 00:24:41,079
the excavator Justin wants to buy has just sprung a leak.

405
00:24:41,120 --> 00:24:43,439
No, I can't see where it's coming from.

406
00:24:43,980 --> 00:24:46,079
I don't know if you can.

407
00:24:48,980 --> 00:24:51,339
Oh, I know what it is. Those little hoses in here.

408
00:24:51,380 --> 00:24:53,299
You've got to take that plate off.

409
00:24:53,340 --> 00:24:56,979
You'll find there's a series of little hoses.

410
00:24:57,020 --> 00:24:59,059
Pretty easy fix, you reckon? I don't know.

411
00:24:59,100 --> 00:25:02,999
It'll be a little hose. But you know second-hand machines,

412
00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:06,079
you can never tell how long they're gonna last.

413
00:25:06,120 --> 00:25:09,139
But the way this started up,

414
00:25:09,180 --> 00:25:12,419
the way it's running, the tracks are all good.

415
00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:15,219
So there's a lot of life left in this machine.

416
00:25:15,260 --> 00:25:17,259
Justin's got to make the decision.

417
00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:23,019
Owner John wants $25,000.

418
00:25:23,060 --> 00:25:26,199
But Justin only has $20,000 to spare.

419
00:25:28,220 --> 00:25:31,419
You've got about 20-25 or so on it.

420
00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:35,139
If we can get that little leak fixed we spotted,

421
00:25:35,180 --> 00:25:39,339
I'm wondering if you'd sort of take around 20 grand for it?

422
00:25:40,380 --> 00:25:44,099
Look, you know, it's probably worth more than that up here, but...

423
00:25:44,140 --> 00:25:46,959
I've got 20 grand spare for this. Right.

424
00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:49,059
Yeah? Yeah.

425
00:25:49,100 --> 00:25:53,299
Gotta transport it out to the field, so I've got a couple of extra costs.

426
00:25:53,340 --> 00:25:56,219
Yeah, we want 22. I mean, um...

427
00:25:56,260 --> 00:25:58,439
Yeah...

428
00:25:58,980 --> 00:26:01,339
Well, if you took 20, I'd buy it today.

429
00:26:01,380 --> 00:26:03,379
You would? Yeah.

430
00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:07,179
OK. And that includes GST on that. Yeah.

431
00:26:07,220 --> 00:26:09,379
All right. If you're cool with it.

432
00:26:09,420 --> 00:26:12,079
Best of luck. I just bought myself an excavator.

433
00:26:12,120 --> 00:26:14,359
Good on you, mate. Congratulations. Thanks, John.

434
00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:17,299
Thanks heaps for looking at it. Oh, it's unreal.

435
00:26:17,340 --> 00:26:20,099
I'm just in complete sort of... I don't know.

436
00:26:20,140 --> 00:26:22,179
I'm in shock because I'm so excited.

437
00:26:22,220 --> 00:26:25,139
Justin is finally ready to go mining.

438
00:26:26,420 --> 00:26:30,219
The excavator can haul a ton of dirt in each bucket.

439
00:26:30,260 --> 00:26:32,359
The rookies can now do in a week

440
00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:35,239
what would take them three months by hand.

441
00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:37,299
It's a big game changer for us, you know.

442
00:26:37,340 --> 00:26:40,079
All of a sudden, we've gone from using hand picks,

443
00:26:40,120 --> 00:26:42,059
and, boom, now I've got an excavator.

444
00:26:42,100 --> 00:26:44,159
We can move tons and tons and tons of dirt.

445
00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:47,199
And I've got this down.

446
00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:51,139
It does feel quite different. It feels bizarre not having Dan here,

447
00:26:51,180 --> 00:26:55,379
cos usually we bounce ideas off each other and make decisions together.

448
00:26:55,420 --> 00:26:59,019
It's a bit unusual how I've just got to make a decision on my own now.

449
00:26:59,060 --> 00:27:02,179
But he'll be up here at some point.

450
00:27:02,220 --> 00:27:05,419
All I've got to do now is just dig a bit of opal out to pay for it.

451
00:27:19,140 --> 00:27:21,999
Just keep the bucket handy. You'll be all right.

452
00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:26,279
Seriously dehydrated and with a high fever,

453
00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:28,319
Col's being rushed to hospital.

454
00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:31,139
You all right?

455
00:27:31,180 --> 00:27:35,099
And there's still 100km of dirt road ahead.

456
00:27:36,380 --> 00:27:39,359
I've never seen Col that sick ever before. Never.

457
00:27:44,140 --> 00:27:46,159
I was punching the speed limit on the dirt,

458
00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:49,219
trying to get Col to the hospital as quick as I could.

459
00:27:50,420 --> 00:27:54,319
Then the steering went a little bit funny, and I thought, "Oh, wait."

460
00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:01,039
And then she started going all over the place.

461
00:28:19,140 --> 00:28:21,259
She went bang. I just rode her out.

462
00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:26,339
I did feel it, and the steering went a bit funny,

463
00:28:26,380 --> 00:28:28,379
and I thought, "Ah, well."

464
00:28:28,420 --> 00:28:32,039
So I just took my foot off the accelerator and just kept steering.

465
00:28:35,300 --> 00:28:37,299
Oh, I've got a really bad headache.

466
00:28:38,260 --> 00:28:40,359
I feel like I've got a really bad fever.

467
00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:44,239
I just keep being sick.

468
00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:01,359
Wait, wait, wait.

469
00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:07,019
That's not a good thing.

470
00:29:07,060 --> 00:29:09,059
Big fella's down.

471
00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:23,959
Black too.

472
00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:29,039
After an entire season without a find,

473
00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:32,979
Kelly and her crew have finally hit black opal.

474
00:29:33,020 --> 00:29:35,019
Going to town...

475
00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:37,979
Maybe...

476
00:29:38,020 --> 00:29:40,339
Celebrating's looking after your body, Kelly.

477
00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:45,039
Go and do some exercise.

478
00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:49,079
But they may have hit it too hard.

479
00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:52,079
Mark's just made a bleed. Made a bleed.

480
00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:58,139
That's a broken stone. Probably a thousand-dollar stone broken.

481
00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:01,199
The worst thing is you don't see it,

482
00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:03,259
and the digger tooth goes through it.

483
00:30:03,300 --> 00:30:07,079
And you've been looking for it for so long, and then you smash it,

484
00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:09,079
and it's the only one in the claim -

485
00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:11,319
that's devastating.

486
00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:16,359
Luckily, there are signs of more in the wall.

487
00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:19,139
Let's dig some out.

488
00:30:19,180 --> 00:30:21,359
That's black too.

489
00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:23,399
Get it out, mate.

490
00:30:25,180 --> 00:30:27,179
A little bit in there...

491
00:30:36,300 --> 00:30:39,159
Purply grey... And blue.

492
00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:41,359
Beautiful trace. Money.

493
00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:43,999
I've got a thousand-dollar stone in my hand.

494
00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:46,039
Opal!

495
00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:52,319
Yeah, all good.

496
00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:01,419
Good. Real good.

497
00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:04,379
Fossil.

498
00:31:19,100 --> 00:31:21,179
After a disastrous last season,

499
00:31:21,220 --> 00:31:25,059
it looks like Kelly's fortunes are finally beginning to change.

500
00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:44,799
Without partner Dan, rookie miner Justin

501
00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:47,759
has just forked out $20,000

502
00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:49,699
on a second-hand excavator

503
00:31:49,740 --> 00:31:51,719
with an oil leak.

504
00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:54,579
Dan and I have both got a joint claim at Shell Patch.

505
00:31:54,620 --> 00:31:56,459
So if I take it out there,

506
00:31:56,500 --> 00:31:59,739
we've both got to be there to dig it as part of our partnership.

507
00:32:00,820 --> 00:32:02,759
But with an expensive shovel

508
00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:05,539
and a bank balance shrinking by the day,

509
00:32:05,580 --> 00:32:07,899
Justin can't afford to wait for Dan.

510
00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:10,679
I sort of feel like I'm in a bit of a limbo at the moment.

511
00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:13,519
If Dan can't come up here, then I'm just gonna keep going,

512
00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:15,759
and if I find a new claim out on another field,

513
00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:17,799
I'll mine that myself.

514
00:32:19,900 --> 00:32:24,439
Justin's decision to go solo is a major one.

515
00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:26,679
But first, he needs to find a claim.

516
00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:28,579
Around this area,

517
00:32:28,620 --> 00:32:31,619
Olympic has some of the best opal you can find in Coober Pedy.

518
00:32:31,660 --> 00:32:34,479
But not far is Five Mile,

519
00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:37,599
and that's where John Bailey, the guy I bought the excavator off of,

520
00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:39,559
he recommended this spot.

521
00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:41,819
He said that is the best place to find good crystals.

522
00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:47,719
Five Mile is where I'm gonna go.

523
00:32:49,540 --> 00:32:51,499
Not wanting to miss out a second time,

524
00:32:51,540 --> 00:32:55,539
Justin heads out with mentor John to assess the new site.

525
00:32:56,740 --> 00:33:00,739
Five Mile is a 4x2km patch of land,

526
00:33:00,780 --> 00:33:03,919
literally five miles south-east of Coober Pedy.

527
00:33:04,460 --> 00:33:07,459
So his opal he found here.

528
00:33:07,500 --> 00:33:09,819
Yep. And he reckons it's even here.

529
00:33:09,860 --> 00:33:11,699
There you go.

530
00:33:11,740 --> 00:33:14,619
Material. Straight up.

531
00:33:14,660 --> 00:33:16,739
So there's definitely something going on here.

532
00:33:16,780 --> 00:33:20,439
But committing to a new claim without a partner

533
00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:23,499
means Justin will be shouldering all the expenses alone.

534
00:33:23,540 --> 00:33:25,479
You've got good eyes.

535
00:33:26,500 --> 00:33:28,839
He needs more proof opal is there.

536
00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:36,639
An ultraviolet or black light makes opal fluoresce in the dark,

537
00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:38,899
revealing deposits invisible by day.

538
00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:42,779
Check this out! Look at it. It's like a Christmas tree.

539
00:33:42,820 --> 00:33:45,659
Look at it! Up here. Look at it all!

540
00:33:47,700 --> 00:33:49,659
Give me colour, give me colour.

541
00:33:49,700 --> 00:33:51,639
My heart's racing.

542
00:33:52,740 --> 00:33:55,679
It's nice clean material.

543
00:33:55,720 --> 00:33:58,639
No colour in it, which is a little bit worrying.

544
00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:01,859
If we're gonna spend a bit of money getting this whole area cleaned up,

545
00:34:01,900 --> 00:34:04,699
I would love to see a bit of colour just to make sure

546
00:34:04,740 --> 00:34:06,599
that I'm making the right decision.

547
00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:14,539
Oh, far out!

548
00:34:16,460 --> 00:34:18,859
Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

549
00:34:18,900 --> 00:34:20,919
Look at that, look at that, look at that.

550
00:34:21,460 --> 00:34:23,559
That is some of the best crystal I've seen.

551
00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:25,599
This has to be worth money.

552
00:34:26,520 --> 00:34:30,479
It's crystal opal, worth up to $1,500 a carat.

553
00:34:31,820 --> 00:34:35,759
Crystal opal is one of Coober Pedy's most valuable types.

554
00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:39,439
The stone has flashes of medium value green,

555
00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:41,919
but it's thin and in the rough, bringing the value down,

556
00:34:42,460 --> 00:34:44,619
and weighs only two ounces,

557
00:34:44,660 --> 00:34:46,759
which makes its total value just $200.

558
00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:55,459
But it's real worth is the promise it holds of riches below ground.

559
00:34:55,500 --> 00:34:57,699
This is one of the really, really good indicators

560
00:34:57,740 --> 00:34:59,599
that there's opal here. Great sign.

561
00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:01,739
Until it actually happens to you

562
00:35:01,780 --> 00:35:05,679
and you feel the rush of knowing that there's opal here,

563
00:35:05,720 --> 00:35:08,459
and not only just opal but the best opal,

564
00:35:08,500 --> 00:35:10,499
that just makes me want to cry.

565
00:35:10,540 --> 00:35:11,799
That's  amazing.

566
00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:18,439
One rock has convinced Justin he could be sitting on a fortune.

567
00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:21,459
But his success going solo

568
00:35:21,500 --> 00:35:24,659
will have serious implications for his partnership with Dan.

569
00:35:24,700 --> 00:35:27,799
Now that he's bought an excavator with his own money,

570
00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:29,679
and he's got his own claim,

571
00:35:29,720 --> 00:35:31,579
it makes it a bit more difficult for us

572
00:35:31,620 --> 00:35:35,499
in our mining partnership as we had it before

573
00:35:35,540 --> 00:35:37,539
because he'll be mining that.

574
00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:41,779
When I come up, how do we do it?

575
00:35:43,820 --> 00:35:46,859
From here on in, everything's a bit more complicated.

576
00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:03,659
He don't look real flash there lying on the ground.

577
00:36:03,700 --> 00:36:05,599
I think he's pretty sick.

578
00:36:05,640 --> 00:36:07,639
The sooner we get him in the better.

579
00:36:07,680 --> 00:36:10,699
With Col in need of urgent medical attention,

580
00:36:10,740 --> 00:36:14,679
he and Greg are stranded on a sweltering Outback road.

581
00:36:23,500 --> 00:36:25,499
I've got to lift it up higher.

582
00:36:27,580 --> 00:36:30,579
I've either got to dig a hole, put the tyre on that way,

583
00:36:30,620 --> 00:36:32,679
or if he's got another jack, I'll jack it.

584
00:36:32,720 --> 00:36:34,779
It's safer if we've got another jack.

585
00:36:40,640 --> 00:36:42,639
Oi!

586
00:36:45,660 --> 00:36:48,559
You're lucky, Col. We had another jack here.

587
00:36:50,480 --> 00:36:52,479
Or we would be snookered.

588
00:36:56,500 --> 00:36:59,899
It's good to carry two jacks. Can save a lot of drama.

589
00:37:09,820 --> 00:37:11,819
Now we've got her.

590
00:37:15,540 --> 00:37:18,579
Time to get him to the doctor's quick as possible.

591
00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:32,759
I reckon he's very sick, Col.

592
00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:35,859
He's got a bad headache, spewing his guts out.

593
00:37:39,680 --> 00:37:41,679
Park here.

594
00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:46,479
You all right there?

595
00:37:53,800 --> 00:37:55,799
One opal hunter down.

596
00:37:58,500 --> 00:38:01,619
Col is diagnosed with Barmah Forest fever,

597
00:38:01,660 --> 00:38:05,699
transmitted by mosquitoes from infected kangaroos and wallabies,

598
00:38:05,740 --> 00:38:08,499
causing debilitating flu-like symptoms

599
00:38:08,540 --> 00:38:10,799
which could put him out of action for weeks.

600
00:38:12,640 --> 00:38:14,879
But Aaron and Greg can't afford to stop mining.

601
00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:17,639
Just gotta get back out there and find a bit of opal,

602
00:38:17,680 --> 00:38:19,539
make a few bucks.

603
00:38:21,500 --> 00:38:23,919
With a target of $120,000

604
00:38:24,460 --> 00:38:26,579
and not a cent made,

605
00:38:26,620 --> 00:38:29,579
the boys will have to push on alone.

606
00:38:37,640 --> 00:38:40,499
Ready to go and have a look at those bits?Yep.

607
00:38:40,540 --> 00:38:42,679
Kelly and Dwayne have a buyer due tomorrow

608
00:38:42,720 --> 00:38:44,859
to view their haul of black opal.

609
00:38:45,820 --> 00:38:49,799
To make as much money as they can, they need to polish the uncut stones.

610
00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:51,779
It's always exciting to see what it is.

611
00:38:51,820 --> 00:38:54,759
You don't know what you've got until you get it on the wheel.

612
00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:58,659
Kelly's been cutting and polishing stones since she was eight.

613
00:38:58,700 --> 00:39:01,859
Get it right, she can earn the team more than double.

614
00:39:01,900 --> 00:39:04,679
Get it wrong, and she could lose them everything.

615
00:39:04,720 --> 00:39:06,639
Nice colour.

616
00:39:06,680 --> 00:39:08,859
One opal has caught Kelly's attention,

617
00:39:08,900 --> 00:39:11,799
and could be worth up to $5,000,

618
00:39:11,840 --> 00:39:14,679
if she can remove the black layer of stone.

619
00:39:17,780 --> 00:39:19,839
You gonna go hard on it?

620
00:39:19,880 --> 00:39:22,919
You can't have it like that. That's gotta go.

621
00:39:23,460 --> 00:39:26,919
Kelly will need all her years of experience to remove the black

622
00:39:27,460 --> 00:39:30,559
without damaging the valuable rainbow pattern beneath.

623
00:39:30,600 --> 00:39:32,779
If it doesn't play nice

624
00:39:32,820 --> 00:39:35,439
and that thing doesn't come out of the face of it,

625
00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:37,579
we'd be lucky to get 20 bucks. Go for it.

626
00:39:38,740 --> 00:39:41,799
We're going for it, so it's got to come out.

627
00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:47,559
I'm just trying to get it out. It's lifting, isn't it?

628
00:39:47,600 --> 00:39:49,639
Without losing too much of the colour.

629
00:39:51,820 --> 00:39:54,599
Dipping in. Going...

630
00:39:54,640 --> 00:39:56,619
Come on, be nice. Come on, baby.

631
00:39:56,660 --> 00:39:59,699
Should be able to roll it out... tight.

632
00:39:59,740 --> 00:40:01,599
Come on, baby.

633
00:40:01,640 --> 00:40:03,679
It's lifting, isn't it? Or is it?

634
00:40:03,720 --> 00:40:05,859
You can't count your chickens before they hatch,

635
00:40:05,900 --> 00:40:07,919
but that's not looking too bad to me.

636
00:40:08,460 --> 00:40:10,459
Oh, that's coming up nice. Yeah.

637
00:40:10,500 --> 00:40:12,479
Twinkle, twinkle.

638
00:40:12,520 --> 00:40:13,899
She's pretty under there, Dwayne.

639
00:40:14,440 --> 00:40:16,819
That'll be two-three carats, Kel, wouldn't it?

640
00:40:16,860 --> 00:40:18,719
Oh, that?

641
00:40:18,760 --> 00:40:20,759
No. That's six carats.

642
00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:24,919
Kelly's skill has turned a thousand-dollar rough stone

643
00:40:25,460 --> 00:40:27,499
into a six-carat opal,

644
00:40:27,540 --> 00:40:30,739
worth around $5,000 in its current state.

645
00:40:30,780 --> 00:40:33,579
We shifted 100 tons of dirt to get that one rock.

646
00:40:33,620 --> 00:40:35,899
Good end result for a lot of hard work

647
00:40:36,440 --> 00:40:38,839
to see something that's as beautiful as what it is.

648
00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:41,579
It's awesome. That's the end result you want.

649
00:40:41,620 --> 00:40:45,679
With more gems to polish, and the buyer due the next morning,

650
00:40:45,720 --> 00:40:47,719
Kelly's in for a long night.

651
00:40:52,800 --> 00:40:54,799
How are you going, Kelly?

652
00:40:54,840 --> 00:40:57,739
Hey, Carl, how are you going, mate? Good, thanks.

653
00:40:57,780 --> 00:40:59,779
With black opal so rare,

654
00:40:59,820 --> 00:41:03,599
local buyer Carl Babic is keen to see Kelly's haul.

655
00:41:03,640 --> 00:41:05,779
Leading up to it, there's a little bit of nerves.

656
00:41:05,820 --> 00:41:08,579
Cos you're the one putting the valuation on the stone.

657
00:41:08,620 --> 00:41:10,779
He could turn around and go, "You're off your head.

658
00:41:10,820 --> 00:41:12,819
I don't believe it's worth that."

659
00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:17,519
Kelly's stones are black opal, the most expensive type.

660
00:41:17,560 --> 00:41:20,499
The greens and blues make them of medium value.

661
00:41:20,540 --> 00:41:24,619
Being semi-polished increases their price and there is a good haul,

662
00:41:24,660 --> 00:41:26,559
bringing the total value up to

663
00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:28,599
$20-25,000.

664
00:41:40,520 --> 00:41:42,719
I get on well with him. That's not a problem.

665
00:41:42,760 --> 00:41:45,639
But when it comes to business, the business hat goes on.

666
00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:47,679
That's what we do.

667
00:41:50,900 --> 00:41:53,459
Kelly's pretty tough.

668
00:41:53,500 --> 00:41:57,659
She always seems to know how to squeeze me for that last dollar.

669
00:42:01,500 --> 00:42:03,539
Well, I came up to 20.

670
00:42:05,540 --> 00:42:07,539
20?

671
00:42:07,580 --> 00:42:10,579
I've got an instruction that 23 is the bottom.

672
00:42:10,620 --> 00:42:14,499
23 I think, is just going a little bit too far, to be honest.

673
00:42:14,540 --> 00:42:17,839
I don't really want to even add another 500 bucks.

674
00:42:19,580 --> 00:42:22,799
So what are you looking at? 22,000 I can do.

675
00:42:22,840 --> 00:42:24,839
22,000. All right.

676
00:42:26,680 --> 00:42:29,559
Happy campers. OK, very good.Very good.

677
00:42:29,600 --> 00:42:31,619
Thank you very much again, Kelly. All right.

678
00:42:31,660 --> 00:42:34,519
For me and what I do, this is an ideal parcel.

679
00:42:34,560 --> 00:42:36,499
It's got a bit of variety of everything.

680
00:42:36,540 --> 00:42:37,899
A few, you know, nice pieces.

681
00:42:38,440 --> 00:42:40,739
Might even be some profit.

682
00:42:40,780 --> 00:42:43,679
Good. Done. Sold.

683
00:42:43,720 --> 00:42:45,739
Yep. Make the call, let the boys know.

684
00:42:45,780 --> 00:42:48,639
They should be really, really happy, so that's good.

685
00:42:48,680 --> 00:42:50,679
We live to fight another day.

686
00:42:52,640 --> 00:42:54,919
With a target of $150,000,

687
00:42:55,460 --> 00:42:58,659
Kelly's haul of $22,000 is a great start.

688
00:42:59,700 --> 00:43:03,479
For that claim, the decision's been made that we'll definitely keep it.

689
00:43:03,520 --> 00:43:05,739
We'll just put some more work in, some more props,

690
00:43:05,780 --> 00:43:07,839
and we'll just keep going.

691
00:43:07,880 --> 00:43:11,599
It's always a dream to go and find a million dollars,

692
00:43:11,640 --> 00:43:13,759
but even that little $5 stone

693
00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:17,499
still gives you that same little dose of happiness when you find it.

694
00:43:17,540 --> 00:43:19,539
Yeah. It's great.

695
00:43:21,600 --> 00:43:23,439
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