"Outback Opal Hunters" Going Under

1 00:00:01,551 --> 00:00:03,241 Narrator: ON "OUTBACK OPAL HUNTERS"... 2 00:00:03,275 --> 00:00:06,862 THIS IS WHAT I WANTED TO SHOW YOU, 20-TON HITACHI EXCAVATOR. 3 00:00:06,896 --> 00:00:09,034 ...THE ROOKIES FACE TENSION. 4 00:00:09,068 --> 00:00:11,620 DOES IT MEAN THAT YOU JUST WANT TO MINE BY YOURSELF? 5 00:00:11,655 --> 00:00:16,551 AND A NEW PARTNER LEADS THEM ON A WILD-GOOSE CHASE. 6 00:00:16,586 --> 00:00:18,241 Dan: I JUST CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE. 7 00:00:18,275 --> 00:00:19,758 WHOA! 8 00:00:19,793 --> 00:00:22,862 Narrator: THE COOKE BROTHERS' SEASON IS OFF TO A BAD START... 9 00:00:22,896 --> 00:00:25,344 Man: PULL THE CABLE, FOR SAKE. 10 00:00:25,379 --> 00:00:28,689 Narrator: ...HEADING BELOWGROUND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS. 11 00:00:28,724 --> 00:00:31,034 Mick: I REALLY IT UP THAT TIME, OLLIE. 12 00:00:31,068 --> 00:00:32,586 -AND COL'S CREW... 13 00:00:32,620 --> 00:00:35,310 Narrator: ...IS CALLED IN ON AN EMERGENCY REPAIR... 14 00:00:35,344 --> 00:00:37,172 THE OPALING CIRCUS CONTINUES. 15 00:00:37,206 --> 00:00:40,137 ...WRESTLING WITH A 1-TON TIRE CHAIN. 16 00:00:40,172 --> 00:00:41,655 Greg: IT'S GOING TO GO. 17 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:49,074 Do you want subtitles for any video? -=[ ai.OpenSubtitles.com ]=- 18 00:01:04,137 --> 00:01:07,034 --Captions by VITAC-- www.vitac.com 19 00:01:07,068 --> 00:01:09,931 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 20 00:01:09,965 --> 00:01:11,068 Justin: HOW YOU DOING? 21 00:01:11,103 --> 00:01:14,482 HOW YOU DOING, MATE. GOOD TO SEE YOU. 22 00:01:14,517 --> 00:01:17,206 Narrator: TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON, 23 00:01:17,241 --> 00:01:21,068 ROOKIES DAN AND JUSTIN HAVEN'T YET MADE A SINGLE CENT 24 00:01:21,103 --> 00:01:25,413 OF THEIR COMBINED $150,000 TARGET. 25 00:01:25,448 --> 00:01:29,448 THE OPAL THEY'RE CHASING IS COOBER PEDY'S WHITE OPAL, 26 00:01:29,482 --> 00:01:36,551 FIRST MINED HERE IN 1915 AND WORTH UP TO $7,500 A GRAM. 27 00:01:36,586 --> 00:01:39,896 BUT THERE'S TROUBLE BREWING BETWEEN THE MINING PARTNERS. 28 00:01:39,931 --> 00:01:41,965 Dan: JUSTIN HAS A LOT MORE TIME TO GO MINING, 29 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:44,793 AND HE'LL BE UP IN COOBER PEDY A LOT MORE. 30 00:01:44,827 --> 00:01:47,551 Narrator: FAMILY COMMITMENTS MEAN DAN CAN ONLY MINE 31 00:01:47,586 --> 00:01:49,275 ONE WEEK OUT OF EVERY SIX. 32 00:01:49,310 --> 00:01:51,137 ALRIGHT. HERE WE GO. 33 00:01:51,172 --> 00:01:53,241 BUT JUSTIN ISN'T WAITING. 34 00:01:53,275 --> 00:01:56,758 GRIPPED BY OPAL FEVER, HE STAKED A SOLO CLAIM 35 00:01:56,793 --> 00:01:58,655 AND BOUGHT HIS OWN EXCAVATOR 36 00:01:58,689 --> 00:02:01,172 THAT ISN'T PART OF HIS DEAL WITH DAN. 37 00:02:01,206 --> 00:02:03,793 OKAY, SO THIS IS WHAT I WANTED TO SHOW YOU. 38 00:02:03,827 --> 00:02:05,793 WELL, HOWDY THERE, LOOK AT THAT. 39 00:02:05,827 --> 00:02:08,310 20-TON HITACHI EXCAVATOR. 40 00:02:08,344 --> 00:02:10,206 GOOD MACHINE. I'M PRETTY HAPPY WITH IT. 41 00:02:10,241 --> 00:02:13,344 SO IT'S SURVIVED A MONTH OF ME LEARNING ON IT. 42 00:02:13,379 --> 00:02:15,448 I'M SURE IT'LL SURVIVE A BIT LONGER. 43 00:02:15,482 --> 00:02:19,068 WOW. YOU'VE CERTAINLY STEPPED IT UP A NOTCH. 44 00:02:19,103 --> 00:02:22,965 I'M NOT SURE HOW I FEEL ABOUT THIS CLAIM 45 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:26,413 THAT JUSTIN HAS ON HIS OWN. 46 00:02:26,448 --> 00:02:32,206 SO YOU DECIDED TO GO AND BUY AN EXCAVATOR 47 00:02:32,241 --> 00:02:35,482 FOR YOUR OWN MINING OPERATION, YEAH? 48 00:02:35,517 --> 00:02:38,206 YEAH, AS AN INDIVIDUAL, YOU CAN DO THAT. 49 00:02:38,241 --> 00:02:39,517 -OF COURSE, YOU CAN. -YEAH. 50 00:02:39,551 --> 00:02:41,758 OF COURSE, YOU CAN. 51 00:02:41,793 --> 00:02:43,689 I'M JUST ASKING THE QUESTION, 52 00:02:43,724 --> 00:02:46,482 "ARE WE STILL GOING TO MINE TOGETHER IN THE FUTURE, 53 00:02:46,517 --> 00:02:50,482 OR DOES IT MEAN THAT YOU JUST WANT TO MINE BY YOURSELF?" 54 00:02:50,517 --> 00:02:53,034 HOW ABOUT THIS WEEK WE, YOU KNOW, GO UNDERGROUND 55 00:02:53,068 --> 00:02:55,103 AND SEE WHAT WE CAN FIND? 56 00:02:55,137 --> 00:02:57,620 YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND $30,000, $40,000 57 00:02:57,655 --> 00:02:58,551 FOR AN EXCAVATOR. 58 00:02:58,586 --> 00:02:59,862 WHO KNOWS? THAT'D BE GOOD. 59 00:02:59,896 --> 00:03:01,413 THAT WOULD BE ALRIGHT. 60 00:03:01,448 --> 00:03:04,206 WELL, YEAH, THAT'S PERFECT. WHY DON'T WE DO THAT? 61 00:03:04,241 --> 00:03:05,689 -ALRIGHT. -THAT SOUNDS COOL. 62 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:17,827 Narrator: OPALTON, REMOTE CENTRAL QUEENSLAND -- 63 00:03:17,862 --> 00:03:20,827 JUST A HANDFUL OF MAKESHIFT MINING CAMPS 64 00:03:20,862 --> 00:03:25,137 120 KILOMETERS FROM THE NEAREST TOWN. 65 00:03:25,172 --> 00:03:29,793 HERE, TEMPERATURES CAN REACH THE HIGH FORTIES. 66 00:03:29,827 --> 00:03:31,241 FAR OFF THE GRID, 67 00:03:31,275 --> 00:03:35,206 ITS BRUTAL CONDITIONS HAVE BEATEN MANY MINERS. 68 00:03:35,241 --> 00:03:39,758 ITS MOST RECENT VICTIM IS RENOWNED OPAL MINER COL DUFF, 69 00:03:39,793 --> 00:03:42,275 RECUPERATING FROM A MOSQUITO-BORNE VIRUS 70 00:03:42,310 --> 00:03:43,689 THAT HOSPITALIZED HIM. 71 00:03:43,724 --> 00:03:45,896 WELL, THEY DID A BLOOD TEST AND A BUNCH OF TESTS, 72 00:03:45,931 --> 00:03:49,586 AND, YEAH, IT WAS CONFIRMED TO BE BARMAH FOREST FEVER, 73 00:03:49,620 --> 00:03:52,413 AND IT'S LIKE A TRUCK RUNS OVER YOU, 74 00:03:52,448 --> 00:03:54,620 AND EVERY PART OF YOUR BODY IS HURTING, 75 00:03:54,655 --> 00:03:56,793 YOU KNOW, EVEN YOUR EYEBALLS. 76 00:03:56,827 --> 00:04:00,413 I'VE JUST GOT TO GET BETTER, AND THEN I CAN GET SERIOUS. 77 00:04:02,206 --> 00:04:06,137 Narrator: WITHOUT COL, PARTNERS AARON AND GREG ARE PUSHING ON. 78 00:04:06,172 --> 00:04:08,689 Aaron: PITY COL WASN'T HERE. IT MAKES IT A BIT EASIER. 79 00:04:08,724 --> 00:04:11,344 BUT DOESN'T MATTER. YOU'RE GOT TO KEEP GOING. 80 00:04:11,379 --> 00:04:13,965 Narrator: THEY'RE DIGGING AARON'S DAD'S OLD CLAIM, 81 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:20,517 DRAGONFLY, HUNTING BOULDER OPAL, WORTH UP TO $20,000 A GRAM. 82 00:04:20,551 --> 00:04:23,103 BUT AFTER SIX WEEKS OF HARD GRAFT, 83 00:04:23,137 --> 00:04:29,172 THEY'VE ONLY MADE $2,000 OF THIS SEASON'S $120,000 TARGET. 84 00:04:30,448 --> 00:04:32,137 I'LL SHAVE THAT BOTTOM BIT DOWN THERE FIRST. 85 00:04:32,172 --> 00:04:34,724 -RIGHTO. -IT'S JUST HOW IT IS. 86 00:04:34,758 --> 00:04:36,551 YOU CAN MAKE PLENTY OF MONEY DIGGING OPAL. 87 00:04:36,586 --> 00:04:39,310 IT CAN ALSO SEND YOU BROKE IF YOU GET IT WRONG, TOO, 88 00:04:39,344 --> 00:04:42,724 BECAUSE EVERY DAY YOU WORK IS A DAY YOU'RE GOING BROKER. 89 00:04:42,758 --> 00:04:44,310 THAT'S A BIG ROCK, GREG. 90 00:04:44,344 --> 00:04:46,310 YEAH, WE GOT TO KEEP AN EYE ON THEM. 91 00:05:01,310 --> 00:05:02,827 PUT IT IN THE LUCKY BUCKET, MATE. 92 00:05:02,862 --> 00:05:04,482 IT'S GOT TO GO IN THE LUCKY BUCKET. 93 00:05:04,517 --> 00:05:08,000 Narrator: IT'S A SIGN THE CLAIM MIGHT BE ABOUT TO DELIVER, 94 00:05:08,034 --> 00:05:10,965 BUT THEY'VE ALREADY PROMISED TO HELP A FELLOW MINER. 95 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:13,413 -ARE WE READY TO GO, MATE? -YEAH. 96 00:05:24,103 --> 00:05:25,344 Aaron: WE'RE GOING TO STOP MINING. 97 00:05:25,379 --> 00:05:27,206 WE'RE GOING TO GO AND GIVE OUR MATE A HAND 98 00:05:27,241 --> 00:05:30,000 BECAUSE HE'S GOT TO PUT THESE TIRES ON HIS DUMP TRUCK. 99 00:05:30,034 --> 00:05:31,827 IT'S STOPPING HIM FROM MINING. 100 00:05:31,862 --> 00:05:33,689 IT'S NOT IDEAL TIMING FOR US AT THE MOMENT 101 00:05:33,724 --> 00:05:35,137 BECAUSE WE WANT TO GET THROUGH THIS GROUND, 102 00:05:35,172 --> 00:05:38,172 BUT WE HELP EACH OTHER OUT OUT HERE. 103 00:05:38,206 --> 00:05:39,862 WE'LL GET HIM DIGGING, TOO. 104 00:05:39,896 --> 00:05:42,931 Narrator: THEY'LL BE HEADING 30 KILOMETERS INTO THE BUSH 105 00:05:42,965 --> 00:05:46,103 TO THE CAMP OF OPAL MINER CHARLIE PRODENOFF. 106 00:05:46,137 --> 00:05:50,103 CHARLIE'S 50-TON DUMP TRUCK HAS TWO 1-TON TIRES 107 00:05:50,137 --> 00:05:52,000 DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR. 108 00:05:55,103 --> 00:05:58,413 AARON AND GREG HAVE ALREADY PICKED UP THE REPLACEMENTS. 109 00:05:58,448 --> 00:06:00,310 Aaron: WE'LL JUST TAKE THE BACKHOE, AND WE'LL TAKE THEM OVER THERE 110 00:06:00,344 --> 00:06:01,793 AND GIVE HIM A HAND TO PUT THEM ON. 111 00:06:04,931 --> 00:06:07,172 THAT'LL DO IT, MATE. SHE'S NOT GOING TO GO ANYWHERE. 112 00:06:07,206 --> 00:06:08,827 ALRIGHT, MATE. 113 00:06:08,862 --> 00:06:11,137 Narrator: BUT TIME HELPING CHARLIE 114 00:06:11,172 --> 00:06:14,551 IS PRECIOUS TIME NOT SPENT HUNTING OPAL. 115 00:06:23,206 --> 00:06:26,517 Narrator: AND NOW THEY'VE GOT TRUCK TROUBLE OF THEIR OWN. 116 00:06:37,758 --> 00:06:40,482 Narrator: LIGHTNING RIDGE, NEW SOUTH WALES -- 117 00:06:40,517 --> 00:06:46,172 THIS IS THE HUNTING GROUND OF BROTHERS MICK AND PETE COOKE. 118 00:06:46,206 --> 00:06:47,862 WE NEVER REALLY DO IT THE STANDARD WAY. 119 00:06:47,896 --> 00:06:49,965 WE LIKE TRYING TO REINVENT THE WHEEL. 120 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:51,206 Narrator: THEIR PRIZE -- 121 00:06:51,241 --> 00:06:55,517 THE MOST EXPENSIVE OPAL IN THE WORLD, BLACK OPAL. 122 00:06:55,551 --> 00:06:59,000 THE DARKER THE BACKGROUND, THE HIGHER THE VALUE. 123 00:07:01,068 --> 00:07:06,034 THE FINEST CAN BE WORTH UP TO $25,000 A GRAM IN THE ROUGH, 124 00:07:06,068 --> 00:07:09,965 500 TIMES MORE THAN GOLD. 125 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:14,620 THIS SEASON, THEY'RE AGAIN AIMING FOR $200,000. 126 00:07:14,655 --> 00:07:15,965 TO HIT THEIR TARGET, 127 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:19,620 THEY'VE DECIDED TO TAKE A RISK AND DIG UNDERGROUND. 128 00:07:19,655 --> 00:07:22,137 THREE KILOMETERS FROM TOWN, THEY HAVE A MINE 129 00:07:22,172 --> 00:07:25,827 AT HIDDEN VALLEY THAT MICK IS CONVINCED WILL DELIVER. 130 00:07:25,862 --> 00:07:27,482 Mick: I'M KEEN TO GET OUT TO HIDDEN VALLEY. 131 00:07:27,517 --> 00:07:30,206 I THINK WE MIGHT HIT A POCKET THERE. 132 00:07:30,241 --> 00:07:32,896 IT'S JUST A GUT FEELING I'VE GOT. 133 00:07:32,931 --> 00:07:35,724 QUITE CONFIDENT, ACTUALLY. 134 00:07:35,758 --> 00:07:38,379 BROTHER PETE IS LESS HOPEFUL. 135 00:07:38,413 --> 00:07:41,206 YEAH, WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT THAT CONFIDENT, 136 00:07:41,241 --> 00:07:42,655 BUT WHAT CAN YOU DO? 137 00:07:42,689 --> 00:07:44,758 IF WE GET DOWN HERE AND MOVE SOME DIRT, 138 00:07:44,793 --> 00:07:47,241 WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PROVE IT OTHERWISE. 139 00:07:47,275 --> 00:07:48,689 LET'S HOPE SO, EH? 140 00:07:48,724 --> 00:07:51,275 I KNOW SO. HAVE FAITH. 141 00:07:51,310 --> 00:07:54,827 Narrator: THE BROTHERS LAST MINED HIDDEN VALLEY SIX YEARS AGO 142 00:07:54,862 --> 00:07:56,310 WITH LITTLE SUCCESS, 143 00:07:56,344 --> 00:07:59,379 BUT NEWS HAS SPREAD OF RECENT FINDS IN THE AREA, 144 00:07:59,413 --> 00:08:02,206 AND THE BOYS WANT TO GIVE IT ONE MORE TRY. 145 00:08:05,758 --> 00:08:07,517 JOINING THE BROTHERS THIS SEASON 146 00:08:07,551 --> 00:08:12,482 IS ROOKIE AND FRIEND OF THE FAMILY 19-YEAR-OLD SAM WESTRA. 147 00:08:12,517 --> 00:08:16,827 I LEFT MY HOMETOWN IN NORTHEAST VICTORIA A COUPLE WEEKS AGO 148 00:08:16,862 --> 00:08:19,206 BECAUSE I WASN'T REALLY ENJOYING WHAT I WAS DOING 149 00:08:19,241 --> 00:08:21,068 AND CALLED UP ME PARENTS 150 00:08:21,103 --> 00:08:23,206 AND ASKED THEM WHAT I SHOULD DO FROM THERE, 151 00:08:23,241 --> 00:08:27,724 AND THEY SAID, "OH, WELL, PETE IS IN LIGHTNING RIDGE." 152 00:08:27,758 --> 00:08:31,310 THEY SAY THAT ONCE YOU LEAK OPAL, YOU'LL NEVER GO BACK. 153 00:08:31,344 --> 00:08:33,758 YEAH, PETE HAD A NICE, NICE SHINY BEAUT 154 00:08:33,793 --> 00:08:35,413 WITH A BIT OF COLOR, AND HE SAID, 155 00:08:35,448 --> 00:08:38,551 "WELL, WE'LL LEAK IT AND SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE." 156 00:08:38,586 --> 00:08:41,965 SO AS SOON AS I PUT IT IN MY MOUTH, YEAH, JUST OPAL FEVER. 157 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:43,413 YOU CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF IT. 158 00:08:43,448 --> 00:08:45,172 OH, THAT ONE HAS GOT SOME COLOR. 159 00:08:47,068 --> 00:08:48,206 YOU'RE UP. 160 00:08:48,241 --> 00:08:50,551 Narrator: FIRST JOB -- GET THE POWER GOING 161 00:08:50,586 --> 00:08:53,275 USING THEIR 20-YEAR-OLD GENERATOR. 162 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:00,344 Mick: 163 00:09:11,172 --> 00:09:12,241 DANG. 164 00:09:14,206 --> 00:09:15,758 Pete: AGAIN. 165 00:09:17,965 --> 00:09:19,448 THIS IS THE HEART OF THE MINE. 166 00:09:19,482 --> 00:09:20,862 IT'S THE POWER PLANT. 167 00:09:20,896 --> 00:09:22,379 IT GIVES YOU THE LIGHTS, 168 00:09:22,413 --> 00:09:24,931 RUNS THE POWER PACKS FOR THE HYDRAULICS. 169 00:09:24,965 --> 00:09:26,482 WITHOUT THIS, YOU'RE GOING NOWHERE. 170 00:09:37,137 --> 00:09:39,172 COULD HAVE A LOOK OVER THERE. 171 00:09:39,206 --> 00:09:42,068 Narrator: BACK ON THE HUNT FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON, 172 00:09:42,103 --> 00:09:46,068 DAN AND JUSTIN ARE IN SEARCH OF AN UNDERGROUND MINE. 173 00:09:47,413 --> 00:09:50,517 COOBER PEDY IS PEPPERED WITH THOUSANDS OF ABANDONED MINES. 174 00:09:52,068 --> 00:09:54,655 BEFORE THEY PEG A CLAIM, THE FIRST CHALLENGE 175 00:09:54,689 --> 00:09:57,655 IS TO FIND A MINE SHAFT SAFE ENOUGH TO ENTER. 176 00:09:57,689 --> 00:09:59,482 WHEN YOU GO AND HAVE A LOOK AT A SHAFT TO GO DOWN, 177 00:09:59,517 --> 00:10:01,827 YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'VE GOT NO LOOSE EARTH 178 00:10:01,862 --> 00:10:03,000 THAT'S AROUND THE TOP. 179 00:10:03,034 --> 00:10:05,241 OTHERWISE YOU CAN SLIDE IN, AND THAT'S IT. 180 00:10:05,275 --> 00:10:06,655 YOU'RE DEAD. 181 00:10:06,689 --> 00:10:08,758 BUT THE OTHER THING YOU GOT TO DO IS CHECK WITH A MIRROR 182 00:10:08,793 --> 00:10:10,068 TO LOOK DOWN IN THE BOTTOM 183 00:10:10,103 --> 00:10:12,448 AND SEE WHETHER IT OPENS UP INTO, ACTUALLY, THE MINE 184 00:10:12,482 --> 00:10:13,896 BECAUSE THERE'S NO POINT JUST GOING DOWN 185 00:10:13,931 --> 00:10:16,448 STRAIGHT INTO A SHAFT, AND THERE'S NOTHING THERE. 186 00:10:16,482 --> 00:10:18,758 YOU USE A MIRROR TO LOOK DOWN THE SHAFT 187 00:10:18,793 --> 00:10:20,827 BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET A TORCH BRIGHT ENOUGH. 188 00:10:22,379 --> 00:10:24,172 THAT LOOKS A BIT BETTER. -YEAH, THIS IS BETTER. 189 00:10:24,206 --> 00:10:26,482 DO YOU WANT TO GRAB ME BELT? 190 00:10:26,517 --> 00:10:27,793 -YEP. -I'LL HAVE A QUICK LOOK. 191 00:10:29,413 --> 00:10:31,724 -I'VE GOT YOU. 192 00:10:31,758 --> 00:10:33,551 ALRIGHT. JUST WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. 193 00:10:33,586 --> 00:10:35,379 -WHOA. -DO YOU SEE ANYTHING? 194 00:10:35,413 --> 00:10:37,000 -YEAH. -IS IT OPEN? 195 00:10:37,034 --> 00:10:40,034 NAH. THIS ONE IS A NO-GOER. 196 00:10:40,068 --> 00:10:44,862 Narrator: WITH NO SUITABLE MINES, THE BOYS NEED A PLAN "B." 197 00:10:44,896 --> 00:10:46,344 WELL, WE FOUND HOLES, BUT WE CAN'T FIND 198 00:10:46,379 --> 00:10:48,137 SAFE ENOUGH ONES TO GO DOWN. 199 00:10:48,172 --> 00:10:50,310 HEY, WE MIGHT GO AND SEE JUERGEN AND ASK HIM. 200 00:10:50,344 --> 00:10:51,655 HE KNOWS 11 MILE. 201 00:10:51,689 --> 00:10:54,620 WE REALLY DO NEED A BIT OF A HELPING HAND, I THINK. 202 00:10:54,655 --> 00:10:55,965 LET'S GO SEE IF HE'S AT HOME. 203 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:57,310 -ALRIGHT. LET'S DO IT. -ALRIGHT. 204 00:10:57,344 --> 00:11:01,689 Narrator: LAST SEASON, VETERAN MINER JUERGEN FELDHEIM 205 00:11:01,724 --> 00:11:04,620 LENT THE ROOKIES HIS UNIQUE HAND-BUILT DRILL 206 00:11:04,655 --> 00:11:06,862 THAT GAVE THEM THEIR BIGGEST FIND. 207 00:11:06,896 --> 00:11:10,103 Justin: JUERGEN HAS BEEN QUITE IMPORTANT TO OUR OPAL-MINING CAREER. 208 00:11:10,137 --> 00:11:12,724 HE'S GIVEN US TOOLS, ALL OF HIS EQUIPMENT. 209 00:11:12,758 --> 00:11:14,448 HE'S GIVEN US, MOST IMPORTANTLY, 210 00:11:14,482 --> 00:11:17,275 HIS ADVICE AND HIS SECRETS IN FINDING OPAL. 211 00:11:17,310 --> 00:11:18,862 THAT'S PRICELESS, IN MY BOOKS. 212 00:11:39,241 --> 00:11:41,034 OH, CRUNCHY. 213 00:11:44,172 --> 00:11:47,103 JUERGEN HAS INVITED THE BOYS TO TEAM UP WITH HIM 214 00:11:47,137 --> 00:11:49,310 IN ONE OF HIS UNDERGROUND MINES. 215 00:11:49,344 --> 00:11:53,689 ANY OPAL FOUND WILL BE SPLIT 50/50. 216 00:11:53,724 --> 00:11:55,655 Dan: SOME OF THE OLD MINERS SAID TO US, 217 00:11:55,689 --> 00:11:56,965 "YOU KNOW, JUST BE CAREFUL. 218 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:58,655 YOU KNOW, OPAL CAN CHANGE THINGS." 219 00:11:58,689 --> 00:12:01,896 Narrator: AT JUERGEN'S CLAIM, THE ROOKIES ARE FACED 220 00:12:01,931 --> 00:12:04,724 WITH THE DANGERS OF AN UNKNOWN MINE. 221 00:12:04,758 --> 00:12:06,448 Dan: THAT'S BARRELED OUT. 222 00:12:06,482 --> 00:12:09,689 -OH, YEAH. 223 00:12:09,724 --> 00:12:11,965 WHAT THE... 224 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:15,379 OH, I DON'T KNOW. THIS ONE IS ALL BARRELED OUT 225 00:12:15,413 --> 00:12:20,206 AND THEN GOES INTO THE SHAFT, SO THERE'S A LOT OF LOOSE ROCKS 226 00:12:20,241 --> 00:12:23,965 HANGING IN THE TOP CAVITY JUST UNDER THE SURFACE HERE. 227 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:27,000 IT'S DANGEROUS. OH, WELL. 228 00:12:38,448 --> 00:12:42,137 Narrator: THE COOKE BROTHERS ARE TRYING TO REOPEN AN UNDERGROUND MINE 229 00:12:42,172 --> 00:12:44,827 THEY'VE NOT ENTERED FOR SIX YEARS... 230 00:12:46,103 --> 00:12:47,689 ...BUT THEY HAVE POWER PROBLEMS. 231 00:12:52,206 --> 00:12:56,689 THEIR 20-YEAR-OLD GENERATOR IS STRUGGLING TO START. 232 00:12:56,724 --> 00:12:58,275 BEEN SITTING A WHILE. 233 00:13:08,655 --> 00:13:10,586 WE'LL TRY A JACKHAMMER ON IT. 234 00:13:14,896 --> 00:13:17,344 Mick: WHOO-HOO! PUT HER ON THE METAL. 235 00:13:17,379 --> 00:13:18,793 MAKE A BIT OF NOISE. 236 00:13:23,275 --> 00:13:27,689 THE COOKES PREFER TO MINE WHERE IT'S SAFEST -- ON THE SURFACE. 237 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:31,137 BUT WITH NO FINDS LAST SEASON, 238 00:13:31,172 --> 00:13:33,586 THEY'RE BEING FORCED UNDERGROUND. 239 00:13:35,034 --> 00:13:36,310 IT CAN BE DEADLY DOWN THERE. 240 00:13:36,344 --> 00:13:38,758 RIGHTO, BROTHER. COME ON DOWN. 241 00:13:40,620 --> 00:13:44,000 THERE'S LOTS OF WAYS YOU CAN GET HURT OR GET KILLED. 242 00:13:44,034 --> 00:13:47,413 I DON'T SEE ANY SNAKES OR PORCUPINES OR LIZARDS 243 00:13:47,448 --> 00:13:48,413 OR ANYTHING DOWN HERE. 244 00:13:48,448 --> 00:13:50,517 NO SKELETONS? 245 00:13:50,551 --> 00:13:52,689 Narrator: 13 METERS DOWN, 246 00:13:52,724 --> 00:13:54,896 THE BROTHERS ARE OUT OF THEIR COMFORT ZONE. 247 00:13:54,931 --> 00:13:57,862 LITTLE BIT WARY OF THAT OVERHANG THERE. 248 00:13:57,896 --> 00:13:59,965 AND JUST BITS LIKE THIS. 249 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:02,655 Mick: CAREFUL. 250 00:14:02,689 --> 00:14:04,482 YEAH, IT'S MIXED UP. 251 00:14:04,517 --> 00:14:07,586 STILL DOWN HERE IS THEIR MINING EQUIPMENT, 252 00:14:07,620 --> 00:14:09,586 LAST USED SIX YEARS AGO. 253 00:14:09,620 --> 00:14:11,724 OKAY, BOBCAT. 254 00:14:11,758 --> 00:14:14,586 THE HOPE IS THE DRY, COOL CONDITIONS 255 00:14:14,620 --> 00:14:17,172 HAVE PRESERVED THE MACHINES THEY NEED TO DIG. 256 00:14:17,206 --> 00:14:19,620 Mick: THE GEAR IS IN SURPRISINGLY GOOD CONDITION. 257 00:14:19,655 --> 00:14:22,482 HAVING THAT BIG HOLE IS PROBABLY GIVING IT GOOD VENTILATION, 258 00:14:22,517 --> 00:14:24,275 SO WE HAVEN'T GOT THE CONDENSATION 259 00:14:24,310 --> 00:14:26,344 AND CORROSION HAPPENING. 260 00:14:26,379 --> 00:14:29,310 Narrator: JUST GOT TO HOPE THE BOBCAT AND DIGGER STARTS. 261 00:14:29,344 --> 00:14:31,068 -BEEN A WHILE. -YEAH. 262 00:14:31,103 --> 00:14:33,275 THE POOR, LITTLE BEAST HAS BEEN SITTING HIBERNATION 263 00:14:33,310 --> 00:14:35,586 FOR A WHILE. -IT HAS. 264 00:14:35,620 --> 00:14:40,000 Narrator: THE BOBCAT AND DIGGER WERE LOWERED DOWN BY CRANE YEARS AGO. 265 00:14:44,103 --> 00:14:48,000 NOW TO TEST IT ALL STILL WORKS. 266 00:14:48,034 --> 00:14:49,689 OKAY, EVERYONE CLEAR? 267 00:14:49,724 --> 00:14:51,068 SWITCH ON. 268 00:14:51,103 --> 00:14:53,206 -SWITCH ON? -YEP. 269 00:14:55,793 --> 00:14:57,310 HEY, HEY! -HEY! 270 00:14:57,344 --> 00:15:01,586 IT LIVES! IT LIVES! 271 00:15:01,620 --> 00:15:04,862 Narrator: THEY NEED TO CLEAR AWAY SIX YEARS OF DEBRIS 272 00:15:04,896 --> 00:15:08,206 THAT'S COLLAPSED FROM THE UNSTABLE ROOF AND WALLS. 273 00:15:12,620 --> 00:15:14,310 IT'S BEAUTIFUL-LOOKING DIRT. 274 00:15:14,344 --> 00:15:16,862 THAT NORMALLY CARRIES OPAL, DIRT LIKE THAT. 275 00:15:25,931 --> 00:15:27,379 BLOOD! I'VE GOT COLOR! 276 00:15:27,413 --> 00:15:29,068 -YOU GOT COLOR. -I GOT RED. 277 00:15:29,103 --> 00:15:31,241 DEFINITELY SEE POTCH. 278 00:15:41,172 --> 00:15:42,896 I THINK IT'S MORE OF THAT GYPSUM, ISN'T IT? 279 00:15:42,931 --> 00:15:45,379 -AH, BUGGER. -SEE THAT? 280 00:15:45,413 --> 00:15:46,379 YEAH, THAT LOOKS LIKE GYPSUM. 281 00:15:46,413 --> 00:15:47,448 WE CALL IT GYPSUM. 282 00:15:47,482 --> 00:15:49,275 Narrator: GYPSUM IS A SOFT MINERAL 283 00:15:49,310 --> 00:15:52,448 MINED TO MAKE FERTILIZER AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, 284 00:15:52,482 --> 00:15:54,965 BUT TO MICK AND PETE, IT'S USELESS. 285 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:57,068 DISAPPOINTMENT. KEEP DIGGING. 286 00:15:57,103 --> 00:15:59,172 -TIME FOR SOME YOUTH... -THERE YOU GO. 287 00:15:59,206 --> 00:16:02,344 Narrator: ...AND SAM'S FIRST TURN AT THE... 288 00:16:02,379 --> 00:16:06,241 Pete: HE HASN'T ACTUALLY DONE ANY UNDERGROUND MINING YET. 289 00:16:06,275 --> 00:16:09,034 A BIT OF FRESH BLOOD, BIT OF ENTHUSIASM, 290 00:16:09,068 --> 00:16:11,586 AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS THAT BEGINNER'S LUCK. 291 00:16:11,620 --> 00:16:13,310 SOME OF THAT MIGHT RUB OFF ON US. 292 00:16:16,137 --> 00:16:18,275 YOU'LL JUST LOCK IT IN MORE IF YOU KEEP DOING THAT. 293 00:16:18,310 --> 00:16:19,689 YEAH. 294 00:16:22,793 --> 00:16:24,448 OY! GOT HIM. 295 00:16:26,034 --> 00:16:28,482 YOU WENT DOWN LIKE A BAG OF 296 00:16:31,758 --> 00:16:34,413 Narrator: THE BOYS ARE CARVING THROUGH THE MINE, 297 00:16:34,448 --> 00:16:35,862 BUT THE BIG MACHINES MEAN 298 00:16:35,896 --> 00:16:38,482 THEY'RE ALSO CARVING THROUGH THEIR BUDGET. 299 00:16:38,517 --> 00:16:42,793 EVERY WEEK WILL COST THEM ABOUT $1,000 IN DIESEL. 300 00:16:42,827 --> 00:16:45,275 EVERY DAY THEY DON'T FIND OPAL 301 00:16:45,310 --> 00:16:47,793 IS A DAY THEY GO DEEPER INTO DEBT. 302 00:16:47,827 --> 00:16:49,137 Mick: I'VE MAXED OUT THE CREDIT CARDS, 303 00:16:49,172 --> 00:16:51,793 SO, YEAH, I WOULD LOVE TO FIND SOME OPAL. 304 00:16:51,827 --> 00:16:55,034 I WON'T HAVE TO EAT BAKED BEANS FOR MONTHS. 305 00:17:10,862 --> 00:17:12,793 Narrator: AARON AND GREG'S MERCY MISSION 306 00:17:12,827 --> 00:17:16,310 TO DELIVER A SET OF TIRES TO NEIGHBORING MINER CHARLIE 307 00:17:16,344 --> 00:17:17,448 HAS RUN DRY. 308 00:17:17,482 --> 00:17:19,344 SHE'S GOT NO DIESEL IN HER. 309 00:17:19,379 --> 00:17:21,931 YEAH, THE TANK IS OUT. THE TANK IS EMPTY. 310 00:17:21,965 --> 00:17:23,965 IT DIDN'T EVAPORATE, DID IT? 311 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:26,000 -NO, IT DIDN'T EVAPORATE. -NAH, IT DIDN'T EVAPORATE. 312 00:17:26,034 --> 00:17:28,793 WHEN WE HAD THE TRUCK IN TOWN, IT WAS FULL OF DIESEL. 313 00:17:28,827 --> 00:17:30,620 SOMEONE SUCKED THE DIESEL OUT OF IT. 314 00:17:30,655 --> 00:17:35,827 Narrator: THE BOYS SUSPECT THEIR TRUCK HAS BEEN SIPHONED OF FUEL. 315 00:17:35,862 --> 00:17:37,655 YOU REALLY CAN'T TRUST PEOPLE. 316 00:17:37,689 --> 00:17:40,103 WE'LL RUN BACK TO THE MINE. GOT HALF A DRUM THERE. 317 00:17:40,137 --> 00:17:41,586 WE'LL FILL HER UP. 318 00:17:41,620 --> 00:17:44,551 IT'S NOW A 20-KILOMETER ROUND TRIP 319 00:17:44,586 --> 00:17:46,482 TO BRING DIESEL FROM THEIR CAMP. 320 00:17:46,517 --> 00:17:48,172 DID THE RIGHT THING. JUST GET OVER. 321 00:17:48,206 --> 00:17:49,068 GET OVER. 322 00:17:52,310 --> 00:17:53,655 -SHE WON'T GO ANYWHERE, MATE. -NAH. 323 00:17:53,689 --> 00:17:55,137 RIGHTO, MATE. TAKE IT FORWARD. 324 00:17:56,827 --> 00:17:59,172 CHARLIE WILL BE OUT OF HIS BRAIN. 325 00:17:59,206 --> 00:18:01,310 WHERE'S THEM AUSSIES? WHERE'S THEM AUSSIES? 326 00:18:05,482 --> 00:18:07,827 SPIN AROUND, AND WE'LL POP HER IN, EH? 327 00:18:08,965 --> 00:18:11,827 Narrator: IT'S ALL TIME THEY COULD BE MINING. 328 00:18:11,862 --> 00:18:14,620 CHARLIE PROBABLY THINKS WE'RE NOT TURNING UP. 329 00:18:14,655 --> 00:18:17,482 I'M MORE PISSED OFF THAT OUR DIESEL HAS GONE MISSING. 330 00:18:17,517 --> 00:18:19,827 IT'S NOT AS IF WE'RE, LIKE, FLOWING WITH IN CASH. 331 00:18:19,862 --> 00:18:21,344 SHE SEEMS PRETTY GOOD, RIGHT? 332 00:18:21,379 --> 00:18:22,965 -YEAH. 333 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:24,482 I'LL GIVE HER A HIT. 334 00:18:30,275 --> 00:18:33,827 WHAT A BEAUTIFUL TRUCK. -GET THE SHOW ON THE ROAD. 335 00:18:35,137 --> 00:18:39,413 Narrator: TWO HOURS LATER, AARON AND GREG ARE FINALLY ON THE MOVE. 336 00:18:39,448 --> 00:18:42,000 Greg: WE GOT TO HELP CHARLIE OUT. 337 00:18:42,034 --> 00:18:45,896 THEY CAN'T REALLY DO THEIR JOB UNTIL WE GET THE TIRES ON. 338 00:18:54,379 --> 00:18:56,379 WE'VE RUN OUT OF DIESEL COMING OVER. 339 00:18:56,413 --> 00:18:58,241 THAT TANK WAS FULL IN TOWN. 340 00:18:58,275 --> 00:18:59,517 SOMEONE MUST HAVE DRAINED IT. 341 00:19:03,413 --> 00:19:05,551 Narrator: NOW THEY NEED TO GET THE MASSIVE TIRES 342 00:19:05,586 --> 00:19:07,551 OFF THE BACK OF THE TRUCK. 343 00:19:11,310 --> 00:19:14,103 FOR A JOB LIKE THIS, A CRANE IS NEEDED, 344 00:19:14,137 --> 00:19:16,344 BUT WITHOUT ONE, CHARLIE WILL HAVE TO DO IT 345 00:19:16,379 --> 00:19:18,275 THE OUTBACK WAY. 346 00:19:18,310 --> 00:19:20,448 Greg: WATCH OUT IT DON'T SNAP THAT CHAIN. 347 00:19:20,482 --> 00:19:22,172 WATCH OUT, AARON. 348 00:19:25,172 --> 00:19:27,000 HE'S GOING UP. -BEAUTIFUL! 349 00:19:30,241 --> 00:19:32,344 IT'S GOING TO GO, IT'S GOING TO GO. 350 00:19:39,482 --> 00:19:42,137 Narrator: 1,000 KILOMETERS SOUTHWEST, 351 00:19:42,172 --> 00:19:46,068 ROOKIES DAN AND JUSTIN ARE ABOUT TO ENTER, FOR THE FIRST TIME, 352 00:19:46,103 --> 00:19:49,586 AN UNKNOWN MINE AND UNKNOWN PARTNERSHIP 353 00:19:49,620 --> 00:19:51,482 WITH VETERAN JUERGEN. 354 00:19:51,517 --> 00:19:53,758 Dan: INTERESTING HOLE, THIS ONE. 355 00:19:53,793 --> 00:19:56,103 LITTLE BIT DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT'S SORT OF BARRELED OUT. 356 00:19:56,137 --> 00:19:57,758 A LOT OF THE OLD SHAFTS ARE GOING TO BE DODGY 357 00:19:57,793 --> 00:19:59,137 BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD WATER DAMAGE, 358 00:19:59,172 --> 00:20:00,689 THEY'VE BEEN DRIED OUT, THEY'VE BEEN SOAKED, 359 00:20:00,724 --> 00:20:03,448 THEY'VE BEEN -- A LOT OF BAD THINGS CAN HAPPEN. 360 00:20:03,482 --> 00:20:04,448 Dan: SO THAT LOOKS ALRIGHT. 361 00:20:04,482 --> 00:20:06,379 NOT IDEAL, THOUGH. HELL. 362 00:20:06,413 --> 00:20:08,000 I MEAN, WE'RE OUT AT 11 MILE, 363 00:20:08,034 --> 00:20:11,724 AND IF JUERGEN RECKONS IT'S ALRIGHT, WE'LL WING IT. 364 00:20:11,758 --> 00:20:15,655 THIS ONE IS THE CHOSEN ONE, SO FINGERS CROSSED. 365 00:20:15,689 --> 00:20:18,827 Narrator: OLD SHAFTS ARE NOTORIOUSLY UNSTABLE. 366 00:20:20,862 --> 00:20:23,758 THE PURPOSE-BUILT WINCH WILL LOWER THEM DOWN 367 00:20:23,793 --> 00:20:26,551 THE 26 METERS TO THE MINE FLOOR. 368 00:20:26,586 --> 00:20:30,413 IF IT FAILS, THIS METAL LADDER WILL BE THEIR ONLY LIFELINE 369 00:20:30,448 --> 00:20:32,206 BACK TO THE SURFACE. 370 00:20:41,379 --> 00:20:43,551 ONLY 1 METER IN DIAMETER, 371 00:20:43,586 --> 00:20:47,310 THE MINE ENTRANCE IS JUST BIG ENOUGH TO FIT ONE PERSON. 372 00:20:51,379 --> 00:20:52,724 Juergen: OKAY! 373 00:20:52,758 --> 00:20:56,689 BACK IN THE OFFICE CHAIR. IT STILL FITS. 374 00:20:56,724 --> 00:20:57,827 IT'S BEEN ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS 375 00:20:57,862 --> 00:20:59,448 SINCE I'VE LAST BEEN DOWN A SHAFT, 376 00:20:59,482 --> 00:21:01,724 SO A BIT RUSTY. 377 00:21:04,965 --> 00:21:06,448 WOW, THIS IS -- THIS IS -- 378 00:21:06,482 --> 00:21:08,655 A LOT OF WORK HAS BEEN DONE HERE. 379 00:21:08,689 --> 00:21:09,724 YEAH. 380 00:21:14,034 --> 00:21:16,965 AT THIS POINT, WE'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, VERY NEW TO THIS MINE, 381 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:18,689 AND WE'RE STILL SORT OF SCRATCHING HERE, 382 00:21:18,724 --> 00:21:22,586 HAVING A LOOK THERE, SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS MINE. 383 00:21:22,620 --> 00:21:25,344 Narrator: TO HELP THEM SEE WHERE THE OPAL MIGHT BE, 384 00:21:25,379 --> 00:21:29,172 THE MINERS USE AN ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, OR BLACK LIGHT. 385 00:21:31,034 --> 00:21:33,655 SOON, JUSTIN FINDS TRACE. 386 00:21:33,689 --> 00:21:36,137 WE JUST SPOTTED A LITTLE BIT OF OPAL UP HERE. 387 00:21:36,172 --> 00:21:37,862 IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOT A BIT OF COLOR. 388 00:21:37,896 --> 00:21:40,241 JUST GOING TO SEE IF I CAN JUST KNOCK THAT IN THERE. 389 00:21:42,689 --> 00:21:44,724 OH, WOW. -IS THAT STILL ATTACHED? 390 00:21:44,758 --> 00:21:46,620 YEAH, IT'S ACTUALLY A BIGGER PIECE OF IT. 391 00:21:46,655 --> 00:21:49,482 I'M GOING TO MAKE THE EFFORT AND ACTUALLY FIGURE IT OUT. 392 00:21:49,517 --> 00:21:52,482 -RIGHTO. -LET'S ROCK AND ROLL. 393 00:21:56,620 --> 00:21:59,172 OKAY, THAT'S THE FIRST LITTLE... 394 00:21:59,206 --> 00:22:00,793 GIVE IT TO ME. 395 00:22:02,827 --> 00:22:04,448 I CAN SEE A NICE, BIG CHUNK OF RED IN THERE. 396 00:22:04,482 --> 00:22:05,724 THIS IS GOOD. 397 00:22:05,758 --> 00:22:07,965 Narrator: IT'S AN ENCOURAGING SIGN. 398 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:11,517 RED IS THE RAREST OF THE OPAL COLORS. 399 00:22:39,344 --> 00:22:41,379 THERE YOU GO. HERE'S A CHUNK. 400 00:22:41,413 --> 00:22:42,724 Dan: OH, WOW. 401 00:22:44,137 --> 00:22:48,551 HOLY MOLY, MOLY, MOLY. 402 00:22:48,586 --> 00:22:49,758 LET'S HAVE A LOOK. SHOW ME SOME COLOR. 403 00:22:49,793 --> 00:22:51,482 IT'S WHAT WE CALL... 404 00:22:51,517 --> 00:22:54,068 -OHHH! -OHHH! 405 00:22:54,103 --> 00:22:55,344 WHOO! 406 00:23:08,482 --> 00:23:10,551 Narrator: GREG AND AARON'S MERCY MISSION 407 00:23:10,586 --> 00:23:13,931 HELPING MINING NEIGHBOR CHARLIE IS HANGING IN THE BALANCE. 408 00:23:13,965 --> 00:23:16,413 Greg: WATCH OUT. DANGER, DANGER. 409 00:23:16,448 --> 00:23:20,103 CHARLIE'S DUMP TRUCK NEEDS TWO NEW 1-TON TIRES 410 00:23:20,137 --> 00:23:21,758 SO HE CAN GET BACK MINING, 411 00:23:21,793 --> 00:23:24,310 BUT AARON AND GREG HAVE ALREADY LOST 412 00:23:24,344 --> 00:23:29,586 OVER HALF A DAY'S VALUABLE MINING TIME AND COUNTING. 413 00:23:29,620 --> 00:23:31,241 GET OUT THE ROAD. 414 00:23:31,275 --> 00:23:33,793 IT'S GOING TO GO, IT'S GOING TO GO. 415 00:23:33,827 --> 00:23:36,655 SHE GONE. BOUNCE. 416 00:23:36,689 --> 00:23:38,827 Aaron: STAY THERE. STAY THERE. STAY THERE. 417 00:23:38,862 --> 00:23:40,517 NEARLY STAYED THERE. 418 00:23:40,551 --> 00:23:41,827 A WILD OPERATOR, RIGHT? 419 00:23:41,862 --> 00:23:43,655 -A WILD OPERATOR, ALRIGHT. 420 00:23:43,689 --> 00:23:45,275 CHAIN SLIPPED OFF THE TOOTH THERE. 421 00:23:45,310 --> 00:23:46,655 WE JUST STAYED AWAY. WATCH OUT. 422 00:23:46,689 --> 00:23:47,965 WATCH OUT. 423 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:49,551 READY TO GET OUT THE WAY ANYTIME. 424 00:23:49,586 --> 00:23:50,827 YEAH. 425 00:24:03,172 --> 00:24:05,275 -WHOA. -WHOA. 426 00:24:05,310 --> 00:24:07,724 Narrator: WILD OPERATOR CHARLIE STEPS DOWN 427 00:24:07,758 --> 00:24:10,137 TO MAKE WAY FOR AARON IN THE BACKHOE... 428 00:24:10,172 --> 00:24:12,000 LET'S WORK OUT HOW THEY GO ON. 429 00:24:12,034 --> 00:24:14,931 ...WITH A LOADING CAPACITY OF 2 TONS. 430 00:24:17,827 --> 00:24:21,241 IT'S AARON'S JOB TO LINE UP THE TWO 1-TON TIRES... 431 00:24:21,275 --> 00:24:22,758 KEEP COMING. 432 00:24:22,793 --> 00:24:25,413 ...ONTO 64-CENTIMETER WHEEL HUBS. 433 00:24:25,448 --> 00:24:27,448 LET HER GO UP A BIT. LET HER GO UP A BIT. 434 00:24:27,482 --> 00:24:28,689 Man: UP A FRACTION. 435 00:24:28,724 --> 00:24:31,000 BUT FOUR DIFFERENT MINERS... 436 00:24:32,758 --> 00:24:35,793 ...FOUR DIFFERENT OPINIONS ON THE BEST WAY TO DO IT. 437 00:24:35,827 --> 00:24:38,103 PUT HER DOWN. DOWN. 438 00:24:38,137 --> 00:24:40,103 YOU HAVE TO TURN THE TIRE ONCE MORE. 439 00:24:40,137 --> 00:24:41,482 I'VE GOT THREE TELLING ME -- YEAH? 440 00:24:41,517 --> 00:24:43,206 I'LL GET THE CROWBAR. 441 00:24:43,241 --> 00:24:45,448 KEEP COMING. 442 00:24:45,482 --> 00:24:47,137 GET CHARLIE OUT OF THERE. 443 00:24:47,172 --> 00:24:49,172 I THINK WE'RE NEARLY THERE. 444 00:24:52,827 --> 00:24:54,896 -WE'RE ON THE GROUND. 445 00:24:54,931 --> 00:24:56,655 IT LOOKS FAIRLY GOOD TO ME, CHARLIE. 446 00:24:56,689 --> 00:24:57,931 -ALRIGHT. 447 00:24:57,965 --> 00:24:59,931 HEY, SPOT-ON. 448 00:24:59,965 --> 00:25:01,344 100%. 449 00:25:02,758 --> 00:25:03,827 YEAH, SHE'S UP. 450 00:25:11,172 --> 00:25:13,862 MORE. MORE. WHOA! 451 00:25:13,896 --> 00:25:15,344 SHE'S IN. 452 00:25:15,379 --> 00:25:16,965 YEAH, WE ARE IN. 453 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:19,620 IT'S TAKING A BIT LONGER THAN WE THOUGHT, BUT... 454 00:25:19,655 --> 00:25:20,931 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GENTLEMEN. 455 00:25:20,965 --> 00:25:23,034 Aaron: NO WORRIES, MATE. WE'RE GOING TO GET GOING, TOO. 456 00:25:23,068 --> 00:25:23,965 YEAH. 457 00:25:31,862 --> 00:25:34,344 SMELL THE MUSTY AIR, BEAUTIFUL. 458 00:25:34,379 --> 00:25:37,482 Narrator: FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SIX YEARS, 459 00:25:37,517 --> 00:25:41,344 MECHANICAL MAESTROS PETE AND MICK ARE BACK UNDERGROUND 460 00:25:41,379 --> 00:25:43,793 DIGGING OUT THEIR ABANDONED MINE. 461 00:25:43,827 --> 00:25:46,931 YOU ALL CAN'T DIG BUGGER ALL REALLY, SO... 462 00:25:46,965 --> 00:25:48,310 SO REALLY, WE WANT THE BUCKET NOW... 463 00:25:48,344 --> 00:25:50,103 THAT'S WHAT THE NEXT STAGE IS. 464 00:25:50,137 --> 00:25:53,137 TO CLEAR THE MINE, THE BROTHERS WILL NEED TO LIFT OUT 465 00:25:53,172 --> 00:25:58,172 TONS OF DIRT USING A 1-TON BUCKET THAT'S 10 TONS WHEN FULL. 466 00:25:58,206 --> 00:26:00,689 Pete: WE PULL THAT UP. THEN WE SLUE IT AROUND. 467 00:26:00,724 --> 00:26:03,000 WE PUT IT OVER THE TRUCK AND EMPTY THE DIRT IN 468 00:26:03,034 --> 00:26:06,241 AND POKE IT BACK DOWN THE HOLE AND FILL IT UP AGAIN. 469 00:26:06,275 --> 00:26:09,655 Narrator: BUT TO LIFT IT, THEY'LL NEED SOME HEAVY MACHINERY 470 00:26:09,689 --> 00:26:12,965 BACK IN MICK'S SHED 3 KILOMETERS AWAY, 471 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:18,793 HIS 25-TON 40-YEAR-OLD CRANE OLD YELLER. 472 00:26:20,517 --> 00:26:23,586 Pete: JUST PACKING UP THE CRANE SO WE CAN LIFT THAT BIG BUCKET 473 00:26:23,620 --> 00:26:26,275 BECAUSE NOTHING ELSE WILL LIFT THE BIG BUCKET, 474 00:26:26,310 --> 00:26:29,758 SO THIS IS HIS CRAZY-ASS 475 00:26:29,793 --> 00:26:33,000 BIG-BUCKET BOBCAT-MINING SCENARIO. 476 00:26:34,275 --> 00:26:35,724 Narrator: BUT THERE'S A PROBLEM. 477 00:26:35,758 --> 00:26:38,896 THE CRANE ISN'T LICENSED FOR THE MAIN ROAD. 478 00:26:38,931 --> 00:26:41,379 I'M NOT RUNNING IT UP THIS ROAD. 479 00:26:41,413 --> 00:26:43,172 YEAH, I SUPPOSE IT'S DOUBLE DEMERITS. 480 00:26:43,206 --> 00:26:44,068 THAT'S THE THING. 481 00:26:44,103 --> 00:26:46,793 AND THE COPS JUST WENT OUT THERE. 482 00:26:46,827 --> 00:26:47,862 THE WALGETT COPPERS, 483 00:26:47,896 --> 00:26:49,310 SO, HOPEFULLY, THEY'RE GOING TO WALGETT. 484 00:26:49,344 --> 00:26:50,896 YEAH. 485 00:26:50,931 --> 00:26:52,965 Narrator: IT'LL HAVE TO TRAVEL THE 3 KILOMETERS 486 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:56,310 FROM MICK'S SHED TO THE MINE CROSS-COUNTRY. 487 00:26:56,344 --> 00:26:57,862 Mick: WHAT DO YOU RECKON? A ROUGH TRACK? 488 00:26:57,896 --> 00:26:59,413 I DON'T THINK IT'LL MAKE IT. 489 00:26:59,448 --> 00:27:01,379 -OH, THAT BAD? -SOME BIG HOLES. 490 00:27:01,413 --> 00:27:03,586 WE'VE ONLY GOT ONE AXLE DRIVING. 491 00:27:03,620 --> 00:27:04,724 YEAH. 492 00:27:04,758 --> 00:27:06,482 IF ONE WHEEL STARTS SPINNING, WE'RE STUCK. 493 00:27:06,517 --> 00:27:08,137 IT'S ROUGH AS GUTS. 494 00:27:08,172 --> 00:27:10,206 YOU'D HARDLY GET THROUGH IN THE CAR. 495 00:27:10,241 --> 00:27:13,310 LOOK, I WOULDN'T MIND JUST WHIPPING ACROSS THE ROAD THERE. 496 00:27:13,344 --> 00:27:16,517 YOU CAN GO FROM THERE TO THE PONY CLUB. 497 00:27:16,551 --> 00:27:19,344 YEAH, BUT THERE'S LOTS OF ROUGH HOLES THERE, TOO. 498 00:27:19,379 --> 00:27:20,862 I DON'T WANT TO GET THE BASTARD STUCK. 499 00:27:20,896 --> 00:27:22,206 YOU WON'T GET IT STUCK THAT WAY. 500 00:27:39,758 --> 00:27:41,137 WHOA! 501 00:27:41,172 --> 00:27:45,310 Narrator: MICK'S STRATEGY -- GO FAST, GO HARD, 502 00:27:45,344 --> 00:27:48,793 AND WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T STOP. 503 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:12,620 Mick: WHOA! 504 00:28:14,862 --> 00:28:16,310 I THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE GOT IT THEN. 505 00:28:20,482 --> 00:28:22,827 TRYING THE IMPOSSIBLE. 506 00:28:22,862 --> 00:28:24,620 I THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE GOT IT WITH A BIT OF MOMENTUM, 507 00:28:24,655 --> 00:28:26,241 BUT I BELLIED OUT. 508 00:28:26,275 --> 00:28:29,793 Narrator: STUCK FAST AND NOT EVEN HALFWAY TO THE MINE. 509 00:28:38,586 --> 00:28:39,655 WHOO! 510 00:28:43,310 --> 00:28:44,827 COME HERE! 511 00:28:44,862 --> 00:28:47,965 Narrator: 26 METERS BELOW GROUND IN COOBER PEDY... 512 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:49,379 - YES. -YES! 513 00:28:49,413 --> 00:28:50,517 Juergen: LET ME HAVE A LOOK. 514 00:28:50,551 --> 00:28:53,379 ...JUSTIN, DAN, AND NEW PARTNER JUERGEN 515 00:28:53,413 --> 00:28:56,724 HAVE JUST DISCOVERED A GOOD SEAM OF WHITE OPAL. 516 00:28:58,655 --> 00:29:00,931 Justin: JUST ABOVE US IS ABOUT A COUPLE THOUSAND DOLLARS 517 00:29:00,965 --> 00:29:02,103 WORTH OF ROUGH OPAL. 518 00:29:02,137 --> 00:29:03,896 IT'S, LIKE, GRAY BASE WITH BEAUTIFUL REDS 519 00:29:03,931 --> 00:29:05,655 AND GREENS AND ALL THE NICE COLORS. 520 00:29:05,689 --> 00:29:08,758 IT IS REALLY EXCITING BECAUSE IT'S NOT OVER. 521 00:29:08,793 --> 00:29:10,896 YOU KNOW, THERE COULD BE MORE JUST SITTING ABOVE US. 522 00:29:12,482 --> 00:29:16,034 Narrator: THE NEXT STEP IS TO DIG OUT THE REST OF THE POCKET. 523 00:29:24,413 --> 00:29:28,379 BUT JUERGEN UNEXPECTEDLY LEADS THE BOYS AWAY FROM IT 524 00:29:28,413 --> 00:29:31,000 TO A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SPOT. 525 00:29:43,344 --> 00:29:45,379 Dan: FINDING OPAL CAN BE QUITE COMPLICATED, 526 00:29:45,413 --> 00:29:48,896 AND IT CAN CHANGE SITUATIONS OVERNIGHT. 527 00:29:51,068 --> 00:29:53,724 Narrator: DAN RETURNS TO INVESTIGATE THE AREA 528 00:29:53,758 --> 00:29:55,896 AROUND THE ORIGINAL FIND. 529 00:29:55,931 --> 00:29:59,310 Dan: JUSTIN IS BEING HELD CAPTIVE DOWN THERE. 530 00:29:59,344 --> 00:30:03,000 I'VE JUST COME UP HERE TO HAVE A BIT OF A LOOK. 531 00:30:06,103 --> 00:30:07,448 NO, NO, NO. 532 00:30:07,482 --> 00:30:10,172 THAT, GRAB AND AND UP THERE. YEAH, ON THE RIGHT. 533 00:30:10,206 --> 00:30:13,517 REMOVE THE STONE. 534 00:30:13,551 --> 00:30:16,862 Narrator: THE FRUSTRATION IS STARTING TO TELL. 535 00:30:16,896 --> 00:30:18,448 Dan: I JUST CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE. 536 00:30:18,482 --> 00:30:20,551 I MEAN, COME ON. WE'RE GROWN MEN. 537 00:30:20,586 --> 00:30:22,310 GIVE ME A BREAK. 538 00:30:25,137 --> 00:30:26,965 IS THERE ANY COLOR COMING OUT? 539 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:29,000 NO, NOT AT THE MOMENT, UNFORTUNATELY. 540 00:30:35,034 --> 00:30:37,551 YEAH, IT'S BEHIND YOU. 541 00:30:40,896 --> 00:30:43,103 I FOUND OPAL. HE DREW IT OUT. 542 00:30:43,137 --> 00:30:46,068 HE'S BEEN SAYING, "THERE'S NONE THERE. LET'S GO SOMEWHERE ELSE." 543 00:30:46,103 --> 00:30:47,482 BUT IT'S THERE. 544 00:30:47,517 --> 00:30:51,068 HE PROBABLY INTENDED TO COME BACK LATER AND DIG IT OUT. 545 00:30:51,103 --> 00:30:52,379 I THINK THIS IS THE ONE. 546 00:30:52,413 --> 00:30:54,000 I'M NOT SURE. 547 00:30:54,034 --> 00:30:57,724 I'VE GOT A MASSIVE LOW TOLERANCE AND SO DOES DAN. 548 00:30:57,758 --> 00:31:01,103 TODAY WAS PUSHED TO THE ABSOLUTE BRINK. 549 00:31:01,137 --> 00:31:03,724 Narrator: WITH IT LOOKING LIKE JUERGEN HAS LED THEM AWAY 550 00:31:03,758 --> 00:31:05,551 FROM THE BEST OPAL IN THE MINE, 551 00:31:05,586 --> 00:31:08,655 THE ROOKIES HAVE JUST LEARNED ANOTHER VALUABLE LESSON. 552 00:31:08,689 --> 00:31:13,862 NUMBER-ONE RULE IS NOT TO AGREE TO WORK ON SOMEONE ELSE'S CLAIM 553 00:31:13,896 --> 00:31:16,689 BECAUSE WHEN YOU FIND OPAL, CAN CHANGE. 554 00:31:16,724 --> 00:31:18,758 FRIENDSHIPS CAN BREAK REAL QUICK. 555 00:31:23,896 --> 00:31:25,689 SIX WEEKS INTO THE SEASON, 556 00:31:25,724 --> 00:31:28,379 GREG AND AARON HAVE FINALLY HIT GOOD OPAL. 557 00:31:28,413 --> 00:31:30,793 OH, I CAN SEE COLOR FROM HERE. 558 00:31:30,827 --> 00:31:32,965 -GOOD COLOR? -LOOKS ALRIGHT FROM HERE, MATE. 559 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:34,724 -I'LL SHUT HER DOWN. -SHUT HER DOWN. 560 00:31:34,758 --> 00:31:37,275 -SHUT HER DOWN. -OH, HERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF IT. 561 00:31:37,310 --> 00:31:39,620 OH, COLOR IN THE FACE. 562 00:31:39,655 --> 00:31:41,344 Greg: OH, LOOK AT THAT. 563 00:31:41,379 --> 00:31:43,413 OH, WHAT A NICE ROCK, MATE. 564 00:31:43,448 --> 00:31:46,310 Narrator: IT'S THEIR FIRST TASTE OF REAL COLOR THIS SEASON. 565 00:31:46,344 --> 00:31:47,655 -COLOR IN THE FACE. -COLOR IN THE -- 566 00:31:47,689 --> 00:31:48,931 HERE, MATE, HAVE A LOOK AT THAT. 567 00:31:48,965 --> 00:31:50,793 THAT'S PROPER STRIPED PATTERN I THINK, AARON? 568 00:31:50,827 --> 00:31:53,275 -YEAH, MATE. -SEE IT TALL LIKE THAT? 569 00:31:53,310 --> 00:31:55,965 THAT IS TOP GEM-CRYSTAL -QUEENSLAND. 570 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:58,413 STRAW PATTERN. QUEENSLAND BOULDER OPAL. 571 00:31:58,448 --> 00:32:00,310 -OPAL. OPAL. -BEAUTY. 572 00:32:00,344 --> 00:32:03,862 -FLAKED OFF -- -OH, LOOK AT THAT. 573 00:32:03,896 --> 00:32:06,448 FLAKED OFF, AND THERE WAS ANOTHER GLITTER. 574 00:32:06,482 --> 00:32:07,517 OH, YEAH. 575 00:32:07,551 --> 00:32:10,206 STRAW PATTERN TODAY. 576 00:32:10,241 --> 00:32:12,862 I CAN TRY AND GET THE WHOLE ROCK OUT IN ONE HIT. 577 00:32:12,896 --> 00:32:14,275 KNOCK HER OUT, MATE. 578 00:32:14,310 --> 00:32:15,517 KNOCK HER OUT, KNOCK HER OUT. 579 00:32:20,586 --> 00:32:22,896 -YOU READY? 580 00:32:33,965 --> 00:32:36,793 THESE ARE WHITE ROCK ALL TO THE BACK OF ME. 581 00:32:36,827 --> 00:32:38,620 WE GOT THE PIPES. WE GOT EVERYTHING. 582 00:32:41,310 --> 00:32:43,103 YEAH, I THINK SO. 583 00:32:43,137 --> 00:32:44,586 THAT'S THAT PIECE, YEAH. 584 00:32:44,620 --> 00:32:45,827 YEAH. 585 00:32:45,862 --> 00:32:47,724 -OH, THAT'S IT, MATE. -THAT'S A NICE COLOR, EH? 586 00:32:47,758 --> 00:32:49,068 Aaron: EVERY ROCK IS ONE STEP CLOSER 587 00:32:49,103 --> 00:32:51,620 TO PAYING THE BILLS, GETTING AHEAD. 588 00:32:51,655 --> 00:32:55,034 -THAT'S IT. -COOL. GROOVY. 589 00:32:56,137 --> 00:32:58,137 Narrator: THEY'LL TAKE THE ROCK BACK TO CAMP 590 00:32:58,172 --> 00:33:01,517 AND CUT IT OPEN TO SEE IF THERE'S MORE HIDDEN INSIDE. 591 00:33:01,551 --> 00:33:02,586 Aaron: GREG IS A VERY GOOD CUTTER. 592 00:33:02,620 --> 00:33:05,689 HE'S BEEN CUTTING FOR 35 YEARS. 593 00:33:05,724 --> 00:33:08,517 MORE -- 40 YEARS THAT I KNOW OF. 594 00:33:08,551 --> 00:33:11,034 HE WAS JUST CUTTING WHEN HE WAS 16. 595 00:33:11,068 --> 00:33:12,931 Greg: RECKON I CHOP HIM HERE, AARON. 596 00:33:12,965 --> 00:33:14,758 ALRIGHT, MATE. THAT'S A NICE COLOR. 597 00:33:14,793 --> 00:33:15,827 ISN'T IT? 598 00:33:15,862 --> 00:33:17,896 Narrator: GREG WILL USE A MASONRY CUTTER 599 00:33:17,931 --> 00:33:19,862 WITH A DIAMOND-TIP CUTTING BLADE. 600 00:33:19,896 --> 00:33:21,206 REAL McCOY. 601 00:33:23,206 --> 00:33:25,517 WATER WILL COOL THE BLADE. 602 00:33:27,206 --> 00:33:29,482 FOR GREG, THIS IS THE MOMENT 603 00:33:29,517 --> 00:33:32,551 WHEN THE TRUE VALUE OF A ROCK IS REVEALED. 604 00:33:32,586 --> 00:33:34,344 Greg: I LIKE CUTTING OPAL. 605 00:33:34,379 --> 00:33:39,448 YOU GET TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU FOUND AND WHAT YOU GOT TO SELL, 606 00:33:39,482 --> 00:33:40,931 BUT IF YOU SELL IT IN THE ROUGH, 607 00:33:40,965 --> 00:33:43,344 YOU HAVEN'T GOT AN IDEA WHAT YOU'RE SELLING AT ALL. 608 00:33:45,103 --> 00:33:49,517 Narrator: THEIR HOPE IS THAT THE OPAL HAS PRODUCED NOT ONLY ON THE SURFACE 609 00:33:49,551 --> 00:33:52,034 BUT DEEP WITHIN THE IRONSTONE, 610 00:33:52,068 --> 00:33:54,793 MAKING THEIR FIND ALL THE MORE VALUABLE. 611 00:33:58,827 --> 00:34:02,413 THE OPAL DOESN'T RUN ALL THE WAY THROUGH, 612 00:34:02,448 --> 00:34:05,206 BUT WHAT THEY HAVE IS STUNNING. 613 00:34:09,793 --> 00:34:12,758 IT DIDN'T TRAVEL FAR. ACTUALLY, IT TRAVELED HERE. 614 00:34:12,793 --> 00:34:18,758 IT'S A STRIP OF OPAL-BEARING ROCK IN THERE. 615 00:34:18,793 --> 00:34:22,758 IT'S GEM-QUALITY CRYSTAL BOULDER OPAL, 616 00:34:22,793 --> 00:34:25,827 BLUE-GREEN IN COLOR WITH FLASHES OF PURPLE, 617 00:34:25,862 --> 00:34:28,241 YELLOW, ORANGE, AND RED. 618 00:34:28,275 --> 00:34:32,172 IT'S IN THE ROUGH, AND THEY ESTIMATE THEY HAVE 20 CARATS. 619 00:34:32,206 --> 00:34:36,206 ITS APPROXIMATE WHOLESALE VALUE IS $8,000, 620 00:34:36,241 --> 00:34:39,413 BRINGING THEIR TOTAL SO FAR TO $10,000. 621 00:34:41,724 --> 00:34:44,655 THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR NOW ANYWAY, 622 00:34:44,689 --> 00:34:46,689 AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL COLOR. 623 00:34:46,724 --> 00:34:49,655 CAN'T BE DISAPPOINTED WITH THAT AT ALL. 624 00:34:49,689 --> 00:34:51,103 IT'S ALL PRETTY GOOD. 625 00:35:01,896 --> 00:35:03,241 THINK YOU CAN GET ME A TOW? 626 00:35:03,275 --> 00:35:05,206 YEAH, THE WAY IT'S LOOKING. 627 00:35:05,241 --> 00:35:08,896 Narrator: THE COOKE BROTHERS' 25-TON CRANE, OLD YELLER, 628 00:35:08,931 --> 00:35:12,689 IS STUCK FAST 3 KILOMETERS FROM THEIR MINE. 629 00:35:30,551 --> 00:35:31,551 Mick: THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK. 630 00:35:31,586 --> 00:35:33,344 Pete: I HATE TO SAY I TOLD YOU SO. 631 00:35:37,482 --> 00:35:39,172 MIGHT HAVE TO DO A BACKWARDS TOW. 632 00:35:52,310 --> 00:35:56,000 TOWING IT OUT IS JUST DIGGING IT IN DEEPER. 633 00:35:56,034 --> 00:35:58,310 Mick: I REALLY IT UP THAT TIME, OLLIE. 634 00:35:58,344 --> 00:35:59,827 MANITOU? 635 00:35:59,862 --> 00:36:02,068 WELL, I AIN'T GOT NO CHOICE REALLY, MATE. 636 00:36:02,103 --> 00:36:05,482 Narrator: ENTER THEIR 3-TON MANITOU TELEHANDLER 637 00:36:05,517 --> 00:36:07,068 WITH ITS TELESCOPIC ARM 638 00:36:07,103 --> 00:36:10,413 AND 3 1/2 TONS OF PUSHING POWER. 639 00:36:10,448 --> 00:36:12,344 SEE IF I CAN DIG IT UNDER AND PUSH IT UP. 640 00:36:12,379 --> 00:36:13,344 SEE HOW WE GO. 641 00:36:30,689 --> 00:36:32,586 Mick: NICE. 642 00:36:32,620 --> 00:36:36,137 THEY HAD, LIKE, A BIG-ASS LOADER. 643 00:36:36,172 --> 00:36:37,655 ALL HERE. 644 00:36:37,689 --> 00:36:39,344 YEAH, WELL, WHAT A CIRCUS. 645 00:36:39,379 --> 00:36:41,379 WE'VE GOT THE CRANE STUCK 646 00:36:41,413 --> 00:36:43,689 JUST SORT OF BEHIND THE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, 647 00:36:43,724 --> 00:36:44,896 AND WE WERE WONDERING IF WE COULD COME 648 00:36:44,931 --> 00:36:48,241 AND BORROW YOUR MANITOU TO PULL THE BASTARD OUT. 649 00:36:48,275 --> 00:36:49,793 MY MANITOU WON'T DO IT. 650 00:36:49,827 --> 00:36:51,862 EVERYONE IN TOWN DOES HELP EACH OTHER. 651 00:36:51,896 --> 00:36:53,275 IT'S BLOODY AMAZING. 652 00:36:54,275 --> 00:36:57,689 Narrator: LAST RESORT -- AN EVEN BIGGER TELEHANDLER 653 00:36:57,724 --> 00:36:59,896 BORROWED FROM A NEIGHBORING MINER. 654 00:37:01,862 --> 00:37:05,241 THIS ONE HAS OVER 9 TONS OF GRUNT. 655 00:37:07,413 --> 00:37:11,137 WITH 2 HOURS ALREADY LOST, THEY NEED THE CRANE FREE, 656 00:37:11,172 --> 00:37:14,206 OR THEY'LL HAVE WASTED THE ENTIRE DAY. 657 00:37:23,206 --> 00:37:24,413 OH, YEAH, IT TAKES THE PISS. 658 00:37:24,448 --> 00:37:27,068 NOTHING TO IT WHEN YOU GOT THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT. 659 00:37:27,103 --> 00:37:28,482 AND THAT'S GOOD. 660 00:37:28,517 --> 00:37:33,137 WE'LL SALLY FORTH, VENTURE ON, SEE IF WE GET STUCK AGAIN. 661 00:37:34,275 --> 00:37:39,034 Narrator: IT'S A VICTORY TODAY, BUT WITH A TARGET OF $200,000 662 00:37:39,068 --> 00:37:41,241 AND NOT AN OPAL YET TO BE SEEN, 663 00:37:41,275 --> 00:37:45,241 THE BROTHERS HAVE GOT A MASSIVE CHALLENGE AHEAD. 664 00:37:50,827 --> 00:37:54,241 IT'S ALL A BIG MIND GAME, OPAL MINING. 665 00:37:54,275 --> 00:37:57,931 Narrator: FOR THE ROOKIES, THE EXPERIMENT OF WORKING WITH JUERGEN 666 00:37:57,965 --> 00:38:00,103 IS PROVING FRUSTRATING. 667 00:38:00,137 --> 00:38:02,413 -HERE'S A GOOD SPOT? -YEAH. 668 00:38:02,448 --> 00:38:05,275 Justin: I'M NOT SURE WHETHER HE WAS TRYING TO TEACH US, 669 00:38:05,310 --> 00:38:07,758 OR HE JUST WANTED TO USE US. 670 00:38:11,172 --> 00:38:15,137 Narrator: TEAMING UP WITH A THIRD PARTY HAS TAUGHT THEM A HARD LESSON. 671 00:38:16,379 --> 00:38:18,448 Dan: WHAT WE LEARNED OUT OF THAT EXPERIENCE 672 00:38:18,482 --> 00:38:21,000 IS THAT THE MORE PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED, 673 00:38:21,034 --> 00:38:22,724 THE MORE DIFFICULT IT GETS. 674 00:38:22,758 --> 00:38:27,344 THAT'S WHY I AM FOR A 50/50 PARTNERSHIP WITH JUSTIN, 675 00:38:27,379 --> 00:38:30,931 AND THAT'S, IN MY VIEW, THE BEST WAY TO MOVE FORWARD. 676 00:38:30,965 --> 00:38:35,137 Justin: SCRUB A BIT OF OPAL OUT. LET US CLEAN THEM UP. 677 00:38:35,172 --> 00:38:36,448 Narrator: BACK AT THE DUGOUT, 678 00:38:36,482 --> 00:38:39,931 THEY EXAMINE THEIR 50% SHARE OF THE FIND. 679 00:38:39,965 --> 00:38:42,000 Dan: THERE'S A FEW LITTLE BITS IN HERE. 680 00:38:44,827 --> 00:38:46,241 WE GOT A COUPLE OF REALLY NICE STONES. 681 00:38:46,275 --> 00:38:48,413 THAT'S NOT A BAD EFFORT FOR ONE DAY'S WORK. 682 00:38:48,448 --> 00:38:50,206 IT'S NOT OUR BEST FIND BUT A GOOD START 683 00:38:50,241 --> 00:38:51,724 TO THE SEASON ANYWAY. -YEAH. 684 00:38:51,758 --> 00:38:53,344 THE BEST THING ABOUT IT 685 00:38:53,379 --> 00:38:55,137 IS THAT WE'RE BACK MINING AGAIN TOGETHER. 686 00:38:55,172 --> 00:38:56,551 -MM-HMM. -GOOD JOB. 687 00:38:56,586 --> 00:38:58,310 ALRIGHT. WELL-DONE. ALRIGHT. 688 00:38:58,344 --> 00:39:00,517 THE OPAL THAT WE FOUND IS PRETTY GOOD OPAL. 689 00:39:00,551 --> 00:39:03,655 NICE COLORS IN THERE, YOU KNOW, NOT A HUGE QUANTITY. 690 00:39:03,689 --> 00:39:05,965 LET'S GO AND SEE JOHNNY. WHAT DO YOU THINK? 691 00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:07,655 -I RECKON. -SEE WHAT HE SAYS. 692 00:39:07,689 --> 00:39:08,931 LET'S DO IT. 693 00:39:08,965 --> 00:39:11,551 Narrator: LEGENDARY OPAL HUNTER JOHN DUNSTAN 694 00:39:11,586 --> 00:39:15,620 IS THE ROOKIES' MENTOR AND AN EXPERIENCED OPAL VALUER. 695 00:39:15,655 --> 00:39:17,241 -G'DAY, GUYS. -G'DAY, G'DAY.. 696 00:39:17,275 --> 00:39:18,965 -HOW YOU DOING? -HOW ARE THESE THINGS? ALRIGHT? 697 00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:19,965 -GOOD, GOOD. -BACK AGAIN. 698 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:21,793 Dan: BACK AGAIN INDEED, YEAH. 699 00:39:21,827 --> 00:39:23,724 WE DID A BIT OF MINING EARLIER TODAY, 700 00:39:23,758 --> 00:39:25,344 AND THIS IS WHAT WE FOUND. 701 00:39:25,379 --> 00:39:28,000 I THINK IT'S NOT A BAD START TO OUR MINING SEASON. 702 00:39:28,034 --> 00:39:29,379 John: LOOKS ALRIGHT. 703 00:39:29,413 --> 00:39:31,310 WELL, NOTHING WRONG WITH THIS. 704 00:39:31,344 --> 00:39:33,482 NICE BIT OF COLOR HERE. -YEAH. 705 00:39:33,517 --> 00:39:35,689 WHAT DO YOU RECKON IT'S WORTH, JOHN? 706 00:39:35,724 --> 00:39:39,551 I RECKON YOU CAN PROBABLY GET MAYBE 1,000 BUCKS. 707 00:39:39,586 --> 00:39:40,931 -RIGHT? -THAT'S ALRIGHT. 708 00:39:40,965 --> 00:39:44,137 $700, $800 FOR SURE. YEAH. 709 00:39:44,172 --> 00:39:46,137 -1,000 BUCKS. -THAT'S A GOOD START, I RECKON. 710 00:39:46,172 --> 00:39:47,379 COULD BE HAPPY WITH THAT. 711 00:39:47,413 --> 00:39:50,551 Narrator: JUSTIN AND DAN'S OPAL IS WHITE OPAL, 712 00:39:50,586 --> 00:39:54,310 WORTH UP TO $1,500 A CARAT RETAIL. 713 00:39:54,344 --> 00:39:57,931 IT HAS FLASHES OF BLUE, GREEN, AND RED, BUT IT'S IN THE ROUGH, 714 00:39:57,965 --> 00:40:03,241 AND IT WEIGHS JUST 2 OUNCES, MAKING ITS VALUE AROUND $1,000. 715 00:40:03,275 --> 00:40:04,517 WE GOT BACK INTO THE SWING OF THINGS 716 00:40:04,551 --> 00:40:06,517 AND STARTED OFF THE WEEK PRETTY WELL. 717 00:40:06,551 --> 00:40:08,482 SO WHAT YOU NEED NOW IS A BUCKETFUL. 718 00:40:08,517 --> 00:40:09,379 -ALRIGHT. -GOOD START. 719 00:40:09,413 --> 00:40:10,482 OKAY, BOYS, GOOD LUCK, EH? 720 00:40:10,517 --> 00:40:12,241 -THANK YOU. WE'LL SEE YOU. -NO WORRIES. 721 00:40:12,275 --> 00:40:16,344 Narrator: WHILE THE ROOKIES ARE HAPPY WITH THEIR FIRST HAUL OF THE SEASON, 722 00:40:16,379 --> 00:40:22,344 WITH A TARGET OF $150,000, THERE'S STILL A LONG ROAD AHEAD. 722 00:40:23,305 --> 00:41:23,685 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org