"Outback Opal Hunters" Machine Mayhem

1 00:00:01,862 --> 00:00:03,517 Narrator: ON "OUTBACK OPAL HUNTERS"... 2 00:00:03,551 --> 00:00:06,275 LET ME CHECK THIS REAL QUICK. 3 00:00:06,310 --> 00:00:07,413 Narrator: ...IT'S LAST CHANCE... 4 00:00:07,448 --> 00:00:08,896 MOVE THE BUCKET! 5 00:00:08,931 --> 00:00:11,551 Narrator: ...FOR THE ROOKIES' PARTNERSHIP. 6 00:00:11,586 --> 00:00:13,034 SAKE! 7 00:00:13,068 --> 00:00:17,517 Narrator: COL'S CREW ARE ON A CRASH COURSE. 8 00:00:17,551 --> 00:00:19,241 DON'T HAVE BRAKES? 9 00:00:19,275 --> 00:00:21,551 HOLD ON! 10 00:00:23,241 --> 00:00:24,482 Narrator: AND THE COOKE BROTHERS... 11 00:00:24,517 --> 00:00:25,827 IT'S RAINING BOLTS. 12 00:00:25,862 --> 00:00:28,034 Narrator: ...FIGHT BUSTED HOSES AND BREAKDOWNS... 13 00:00:28,068 --> 00:00:29,275 THINK I'M COVERED IN OIL. 14 00:00:29,310 --> 00:00:30,724 I GOT COVERED! 15 00:00:30,758 --> 00:00:33,344 Narrator: ...IN THE QUEST TO STRIKE IT RICH. 16 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:41,074 17 00:00:57,827 --> 00:01:00,793 --Captions by VITAC-- www.vitac.com 18 00:01:00,827 --> 00:01:03,655 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 19 00:01:03,689 --> 00:01:05,413 Narrator: COOBER PEDY, 20 00:01:05,448 --> 00:01:09,137 AUSTRALIA'S BIGGEST OPAL-PRODUCING REGION -- 21 00:01:09,172 --> 00:01:11,965 HAVING MADE JUST $1,000 THIS SEASON, 22 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:14,689 ROOKIES JUSTIN LANG AND DAN BECKER 23 00:01:14,724 --> 00:01:16,620 ARE GIVING THEIR SHELL PATCH CLAIM 24 00:01:16,655 --> 00:01:19,827 AND THEIR PARTNERSHIP ONE LAST CHANCE. 25 00:01:19,862 --> 00:01:23,310 THAT PILE WOULD TAKE 26 00:01:23,344 --> 00:01:25,034 FIVE HOURS TO MOVE. 27 00:01:25,068 --> 00:01:27,068 THE WHOLE PILE? 28 00:01:27,103 --> 00:01:30,793 AT LEAST, AND IT'S PROBABLY NOT WORTH IT BECAUSE WE CAN JUST -- 29 00:01:30,827 --> 00:01:32,655 I THINK WE CAN SNEAK BEHIND IT. 30 00:01:32,689 --> 00:01:34,379 ALL RIGHT. LET'S DO THAT, THEN. 31 00:01:37,620 --> 00:01:39,310 Narrator: JUSTIN IS MINING FULL-TIME, 32 00:01:39,344 --> 00:01:44,482 BUT FAMILY MAN DAN IS ONLY AVAILABLE ONE WEEK EVERY SIX. 33 00:01:44,517 --> 00:01:46,793 IT COMES DOWN TO THE POINT WHETHER YOU ACTUALLY WANT TO BE 34 00:01:46,827 --> 00:01:49,413 A HOBBY MINER OR A REAL MINER. 35 00:01:49,448 --> 00:01:51,827 THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE. 36 00:01:51,862 --> 00:01:53,827 Narrator: FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP TO SURVIVE, 37 00:01:53,862 --> 00:01:57,482 THEY NEED TO FIND OPAL ON THIS THIS TRIP. 38 00:01:57,517 --> 00:02:00,137 LET'S GO AND FIND SOME OPAL. 39 00:02:00,172 --> 00:02:03,655 I'M FEELING CONFIDENT TODAY. I'M EXCITED. 40 00:02:03,689 --> 00:02:08,724 I RECKON OPAL IS GONNA POP OUT TODAY. 41 00:02:10,965 --> 00:02:14,206 Narrator: SHELL PATCH IS FAMED FOR ITS OPALIZED SHELLS, 42 00:02:14,241 --> 00:02:16,965 WORTH UP TO $20,000 APIECE. 43 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:20,413 THE ROOKIES HOPE THIS SECTION, THAT'S NEVER BEFORE BEEN MINED, 44 00:02:20,448 --> 00:02:22,172 WILL PROVIDE THE JACKPOT THEY NEED. 45 00:02:22,206 --> 00:02:23,689 ...OFF THAT LITTLE AREA. 46 00:02:23,724 --> 00:02:26,517 THE BEST ABOUT THAT GROUND THROUGH HERE, IT'S ALL VIRGIN, 47 00:02:26,551 --> 00:02:28,206 AND WE'RE NOT GONNA RUN INTO OLD BULLDOZER CUTS. 48 00:02:28,241 --> 00:02:30,448 THAT, YOU KNOW, IS A WASTE OF TIME. 49 00:02:30,482 --> 00:02:31,896 ALL RIGHT. WE SHOULD GET CRACKING. 50 00:02:31,931 --> 00:02:33,586 ALL RIGHT. 51 00:02:33,620 --> 00:02:36,034 Narrator: AFTER SCRAPING THE FACE WITH THE EXCAVATOR, 52 00:02:36,068 --> 00:02:39,655 IT'S DOWN TO HAND TOOLS FOR THE CLOSE-UP WORK. 53 00:02:39,689 --> 00:02:42,310 COME ON, OPAL. IT'S GONNA COME OUT TODAY. 54 00:02:42,344 --> 00:02:44,379 OKAY, WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF COLORING. 55 00:02:44,413 --> 00:02:46,724 YEAH, I CAN SEE FAINT LITTLE LINES OF COLOR, DAN, 56 00:02:46,758 --> 00:02:48,758 FAINT, FAINT, FAINT, FAINT, FAINT. 57 00:02:48,793 --> 00:02:54,172 YOU KNOW, NICE COLOR, BUT TINY. 58 00:02:54,206 --> 00:02:56,310 COME ON! FATTEN UP! 59 00:02:56,344 --> 00:02:59,034 YOU LIKE JUICY OPAL? 60 00:02:59,068 --> 00:03:02,206 FATTEN UP! 61 00:03:02,241 --> 00:03:05,551 IT'S JUST NOT FATTENING UP. 62 00:03:13,931 --> 00:03:15,965 Narrator: DAN TURNS TO USING A DRILL, 63 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:21,482 BUT MORE EXPERIENCED MINER, JUSTIN, ISN'T IMPRESSED. 64 00:03:21,517 --> 00:03:23,724 IT'S NOT REALLY A GOOD THING BECAUSE YOU CAN'T HEAR 65 00:03:23,758 --> 00:03:25,241 WHEN YOU GET OPAL. 66 00:03:25,275 --> 00:03:26,413 THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT THING, 67 00:03:26,448 --> 00:03:28,448 TO USE A PICK AND NOT HAVE TOO MUCH NOISE, 68 00:03:28,482 --> 00:03:29,517 SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY HIT THE WALL, 69 00:03:29,551 --> 00:03:31,379 AND YOU CAN HEAR THE STRIKE OF THE OPAL. 70 00:03:31,413 --> 00:03:32,551 WITH THAT, IT'S GOT THE THING GOING, 71 00:03:32,586 --> 00:03:34,379 SO I DON'T LIKE IT AT ALL. 72 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:43,896 Narrator: IT'S THE LAST DIG OF THE DAY... 73 00:03:43,931 --> 00:03:45,931 LAST GOUGE, AND I'M OUT OF HERE. 74 00:03:45,965 --> 00:03:48,793 I'M DONE. 75 00:03:48,827 --> 00:03:51,586 Narrator: ...BUT THEN LOOSE SAND... 76 00:03:51,620 --> 00:03:53,000 Justin: HELL. 77 00:03:53,034 --> 00:03:55,827 Narrator: ...A SIGN THE GROUND HAS ALREADY BEEN WORKED. 78 00:03:55,862 --> 00:03:58,000 WE'VE JUST COME ACROSS A BULLDOZER CUT 79 00:03:58,034 --> 00:04:01,413 MEETING THE FACE OF OUR MINE FROM THE OTHER SIDE. 80 00:04:01,448 --> 00:04:04,896 THE OLD-TIMERS HAVE BEATEN US TO IT. 81 00:04:04,931 --> 00:04:08,241 Justin: FINISHED. 82 00:04:09,689 --> 00:04:13,482 Narrator: THEIR HOPES FOR VIRGIN GROUND HAVE BEEN DASHED. 83 00:04:13,517 --> 00:04:17,758 THERE WILL BE NO OPAL HERE. 84 00:04:17,793 --> 00:04:19,275 IT'S A BIT SAD. 85 00:04:19,310 --> 00:04:20,448 I THOUGHT WE COULD'VE KEPT GOING, 86 00:04:20,482 --> 00:04:21,931 BUT IT LOOKS LIKE 87 00:04:21,965 --> 00:04:24,103 IT'S ALL JUST GROUND THAT'S ALREADY BEEN WORKED, 88 00:04:24,137 --> 00:04:27,517 SO, UM... 89 00:04:27,551 --> 00:04:30,206 GONNA HAVE TO CHANGE, CHANGE DIRECTION. 90 00:04:37,275 --> 00:04:40,103 Narrator: DRAGONFLY CLAIM, OPALTON -- 91 00:04:40,137 --> 00:04:45,551 COL'S CREW ARE WELL ON THEIR WAY TO THEIR $120,000 SEASON TARGET. 92 00:04:45,586 --> 00:04:48,931 IT'S GOOD TO SEE THE ROCKS STARTING TO FILL UP. 93 00:04:48,965 --> 00:04:51,482 NEED MORE PURPLE, EH? 94 00:04:51,517 --> 00:04:53,689 Narrator: BUT FOR AARON, GREG, AND COL, 95 00:04:53,724 --> 00:04:57,862 THE BIG OPAL HAS DRIED UP. 96 00:04:57,896 --> 00:05:01,413 ALL THEY'RE FINDING NOW ARE SMALL LIMESTONE ROCKS, 97 00:05:01,448 --> 00:05:03,931 WORTH JUST $200 APIECE. 98 00:05:03,965 --> 00:05:05,551 THAT'S A NICE GREEN, THAT BIT THAT YOU'VE GOT THERE. 99 00:05:05,586 --> 00:05:06,965 YEAH, BUT THIS IS STRONGER. 100 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:08,034 RECKON? 101 00:05:12,689 --> 00:05:14,275 -LARGE, FLASH OF COLOR THERE. -YEAH. 102 00:05:14,310 --> 00:05:16,793 POTENTIALLY, YOU GET A STONE ABOUT THAT BIG ON A LAY. 103 00:05:16,827 --> 00:05:17,931 YEAH, THESE ARE A BIT PATCHY. 104 00:05:17,965 --> 00:05:20,206 THESE LEVELS COME LIKE COL, YOU KNOW? 105 00:05:20,241 --> 00:05:23,344 Narrator: SLOWING THEM DOWN IS COL'S RECURRING ILLNESS. 106 00:05:23,379 --> 00:05:25,206 Col: OH, . 107 00:05:25,241 --> 00:05:27,862 Aaron: BIG FELLA IS A BIT CROOKED, GREG, EH? 108 00:05:27,896 --> 00:05:30,379 IT'S BEEN AWHILE, AND IT'S COME BACK. 109 00:05:30,413 --> 00:05:33,068 AND NOW IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S SICK AGAIN TODAY. 110 00:05:33,103 --> 00:05:35,482 COL, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? 111 00:05:35,517 --> 00:05:36,551 -COL? -YEAH, I'VE GOT . 112 00:05:36,586 --> 00:05:39,275 YOU WANT TO LAY ON ME BED? 113 00:05:39,310 --> 00:05:40,724 OH, YEAH, I MIGHT DO THAT. 114 00:05:40,758 --> 00:05:42,241 YEAH, LAY ON ME BED, MATE. 115 00:05:45,482 --> 00:05:48,655 -WHAT HAPPENED? -YOU CAN'T LAY ON THE GROUND. 116 00:05:48,689 --> 00:05:50,724 OH, IT'S THE BEST PLACE TO SPEW. 117 00:05:50,758 --> 00:05:52,793 Narrator: THE DEAL BETWEEN THE TRIO IS, 118 00:05:52,827 --> 00:05:56,931 "IF YOU DON'T WORK, YOU DON'T GET A CUT." 119 00:05:56,965 --> 00:05:58,655 Greg: WELL, REALLY, IF YOU'RE NOT DIGGING WHILE 120 00:05:58,689 --> 00:06:01,655 YOU'RE OUT HERE IN THE PADDOCK, YOU'RE JUST WASTING YOUR TIME. 121 00:06:01,689 --> 00:06:04,448 Greg: I'LL PUT A PAGE ASIDE FOR YOU, MATE. 122 00:06:04,482 --> 00:06:06,241 JUST HAVE A CABS, YOU MIGHT COME BETTER, EH? 123 00:06:06,275 --> 00:06:07,689 OH, . 124 00:06:07,724 --> 00:06:10,137 JUST SING OUT IF YOU WANT ANYTHING, EH? 125 00:06:10,172 --> 00:06:11,413 YEAH. 126 00:06:11,448 --> 00:06:13,758 WE GOT TO BATTLE ON WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING, 127 00:06:13,793 --> 00:06:16,827 KEEP DIGGING AND TRY AND FIND SOME MORE OPAL. 128 00:06:26,896 --> 00:06:28,896 -YEAH, MATE. -WHAT, YOU GET A BIT OF COLOR? 129 00:06:28,931 --> 00:06:33,137 A BIT OF COLOR, MATE! 130 00:06:33,172 --> 00:06:36,241 A BIT OF GREEN AND PURPLE AND BLUE, IT'S COLOR. 131 00:06:36,275 --> 00:06:38,172 -A SET OF EARRINGS, MATE. -YEAH, THERE YOU GO! 132 00:06:38,206 --> 00:06:39,482 CHIN UP. 133 00:06:39,517 --> 00:06:41,724 BUT IT'S A VERY GOOD SIGN TO SEE. 134 00:06:41,758 --> 00:06:43,000 YEAH, BUT IF THAT WAS MORE FULL OUT, 135 00:06:43,034 --> 00:06:44,586 IT'D BE A NICE LITTLE FACE. 136 00:06:44,620 --> 00:06:45,724 -YEAH. -IT PROBABLY WOULD BE LIKE -- 137 00:06:45,758 --> 00:06:47,379 YOU HAVE 20 CARAT THERE IN TWO PIECES. 138 00:06:47,413 --> 00:06:48,931 YEP, YEP. 139 00:06:48,965 --> 00:06:50,620 KNOCK HER OUT, MATE. KNOCK HER OUT. 140 00:06:57,310 --> 00:07:01,310 Narrator: OUT HERE, DIESEL IS LIQUID GOLD. 141 00:07:01,344 --> 00:07:02,517 Greg: THAT'S OUR LAST DRUM OF DIESEL. 142 00:07:02,551 --> 00:07:04,137 WE'RE GONNA FILL UP THE EXCAVATOR, 143 00:07:04,172 --> 00:07:05,655 AND WE'LL TRENCH UNTIL THAT ONE IS OUT, 144 00:07:05,689 --> 00:07:07,931 AND THEN WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA GO IN TOWN AND SELL SOME OPAL. 145 00:07:07,965 --> 00:07:09,896 HERE, MATE. 146 00:07:09,931 --> 00:07:12,034 SACRED LAST DRUM, EH? 147 00:07:16,068 --> 00:07:17,482 Narrator: ONCE THIS RUNS OUT, 148 00:07:17,517 --> 00:07:20,034 THEIR MINING WILL GRIND TO A HALT. 149 00:07:20,068 --> 00:07:21,310 YEAH, WE GOT NO DIESEL. 150 00:07:21,344 --> 00:07:22,620 -WE CAN'T DO NOTHING. -THAT'S HOW IT IS. 151 00:07:22,655 --> 00:07:23,862 OTHERWISE, WE'RE OUT OF TOWN. 152 00:07:23,896 --> 00:07:26,620 Narrator: AND IT'S A 250-KILOMETER ROUND TRIP 153 00:07:26,655 --> 00:07:27,965 TO GET MORE. 154 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:29,965 -THAT'S IT, MATE. -OH, WELL. 155 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:32,482 SACRED DRUM, MATE. 156 00:07:32,517 --> 00:07:35,793 SACRED LAST DRUM, EH? 157 00:07:35,827 --> 00:07:37,620 WE'VE GOT THE FUEL IN. 158 00:07:37,655 --> 00:07:40,448 JUST GO AND HAVE A DIG AND SEE WHAT WE GOT 159 00:07:40,482 --> 00:07:43,551 WITH THE SACRED LAST DRUM OF FUEL. 160 00:07:52,137 --> 00:07:53,931 I'M KEEN TO GET OUT TO HIDDEN VALLEY. 161 00:07:53,965 --> 00:07:55,965 I THINK WE MIGHT HIT A POCKET THERE. 162 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:57,275 YEAH, WELL, YOU KNOW, 163 00:07:57,310 --> 00:07:59,896 I'M NOT THAT CONFIDENT, BUT WHAT CAN YOU DO? 164 00:07:59,931 --> 00:08:02,137 WE GET DOWN HERE AND MOVE SOME DIRT, 165 00:08:02,172 --> 00:08:04,517 AND WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PROVE IT OTHERWISE. 166 00:08:04,551 --> 00:08:06,034 LET'S HOPE SO, EH? 167 00:08:06,068 --> 00:08:08,137 Narrator: BROTHERS MICK AND PETE COOKE 168 00:08:08,172 --> 00:08:11,482 HAVE HAD ANOTHER BAD START TO THEIR SEASON. 169 00:08:11,517 --> 00:08:14,931 WITH ZERO ON THE BOARD, THEY'RE RAMPING UP THEIR DIG AT THEIR 170 00:08:14,965 --> 00:08:17,655 HIDDEN VALLEY CLAIM, THREE KILOMETERS SOUTH OF 171 00:08:17,689 --> 00:08:19,724 LIGHTNING RIDGE. 172 00:08:19,758 --> 00:08:22,103 THEY'RE ON THE HUNT FOR BLACK OPAL, 173 00:08:22,137 --> 00:08:26,275 LIGHTNING RIDGE'S SPECIALTY, WORTH UP TO $35,000 174 00:08:26,310 --> 00:08:28,310 A CARAT RETAIL. 175 00:08:28,344 --> 00:08:31,000 BUT WITH NO OPAL, AND WITH NEW TEAM MEMBER 176 00:08:31,034 --> 00:08:35,344 SAM WESTER ON THE PAYROLL, THEY'RE UNDER EXTRA PRESSURE. 177 00:08:36,965 --> 00:08:38,724 I WOULD LOVE TO FIND SOME OPAL, YOU KNOW? 178 00:08:38,758 --> 00:08:41,862 I WON'T HAVE TO EAT BAKED BEANS FOR MONTHS. 179 00:08:44,413 --> 00:08:46,241 Narrator: IN A LAST-DITCH ATTEMPT 180 00:08:46,275 --> 00:08:48,068 TO TURN THEIR FORTUNES AROUND, 181 00:08:48,103 --> 00:08:51,137 MICK HAS SPLASHED OUT $70,000 182 00:08:51,172 --> 00:08:54,965 ON A 30-TON DRILLING RIG, NICKNAMED DRAGON. 183 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:56,000 A LITTLE BIT NERVE-RACKING, 184 00:08:56,034 --> 00:08:58,344 BUT NO DIFFERENT THAN DRIVING A CRANE. 185 00:09:00,103 --> 00:09:02,862 Narrator: WHILST PETE AND SAM MINE UNDERGROUND, 186 00:09:02,896 --> 00:09:06,310 MICK AND DRAGON WILL DRILL TEST HOLES FROM ABOVE, 187 00:09:06,344 --> 00:09:08,793 LOOKING FOR NEW POCKETS OF OPAL. 188 00:09:08,827 --> 00:09:11,931 I CAN PROVE THE GROUND, 10 FEET, 20 FEET IN FRONT OF US, 189 00:09:11,965 --> 00:09:15,137 YOU KNOW, KNOW IF WE'RE HEADING FOR A POCKET. 190 00:09:15,172 --> 00:09:17,758 SO FAR, SO GOOD. RIGHTO. 191 00:09:17,793 --> 00:09:20,034 NOW I'VE GOT TO WORK OUT HOW TO DRIVE THIS SUCKER. 192 00:09:22,931 --> 00:09:24,310 Narrator: WITH A 1,200-MILLIMETER 193 00:09:24,344 --> 00:09:26,068 DIAMETER DRILL, 194 00:09:26,103 --> 00:09:30,068 DRAGON CAN CHURN THROUGH NINE METERS OF GROUND AN HOUR. 195 00:09:34,206 --> 00:09:36,448 I LIKE IT! I LOVE ME A LITTLE BIT OF GEAR. 196 00:09:39,586 --> 00:09:40,827 I AM EXCITED. 197 00:09:40,862 --> 00:09:44,965 YEAH, I LIKE HAVING NICE, YELLOW, RUSTY STUFF. 198 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:47,000 Pete: ME AND SAM WILL GO DOWN UNDERGROUND. 199 00:09:47,034 --> 00:09:48,827 WE RECKON WE HAD BEEN, IN THE PAST, 200 00:09:48,862 --> 00:09:51,448 MINING UP TOO HIGH, AND IT'S REALLY HARD, 201 00:09:51,482 --> 00:09:53,103 SO WE'RE GONNA GO IN UNDERNEATH IT NOW, 202 00:09:53,137 --> 00:09:54,965 AND HAVE A LOOK, SEE IF THERE'S ANY OPAL HERE. 203 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:00,862 Narrator: POWERED BY HIGH-PRESSURE HYDRAULIC HOSES, 204 00:10:00,896 --> 00:10:05,551 THEIR 800-KILOGRAM DIGGER CAN SHIFT 10 TONS OF DIRT A DAY. 205 00:10:05,586 --> 00:10:07,172 IT'S GOOD TO BE FINALLY UNDERGROUND, 206 00:10:07,206 --> 00:10:08,586 DOING A BIT, YOU KNOW? 207 00:10:08,620 --> 00:10:10,517 PETE IS DRIVING THE DIGGER, 208 00:10:10,551 --> 00:10:13,724 AND I'M JUST HAVING A BIT OF A SCRATCH. 209 00:10:13,758 --> 00:10:16,103 HOPEFULLY, SOMETHING IS JUST SHINING OUT OF THE WALL. 210 00:10:19,896 --> 00:10:21,344 Narrator: MICK WANTS TO DRILL DOWN 211 00:10:21,379 --> 00:10:24,103 TO BETWEEN 6 AND 15 METERS, 212 00:10:24,137 --> 00:10:26,206 THE DEPTH OPAL FORMS. 213 00:10:39,448 --> 00:10:45,241 I SHOULD BE AROUND 18, 19 FEET. 214 00:10:45,275 --> 00:10:49,241 AND I AM -- OH, LOOK AT THAT, 18 FEET. 215 00:10:49,275 --> 00:10:50,793 OH, . 216 00:10:50,827 --> 00:10:55,344 WHAT'S THAT? 217 00:10:55,379 --> 00:10:59,103 FRESHLY BROKEN BOLT, YOU CAN SEE IT'S JUST BEEN BROKEN. 218 00:10:59,137 --> 00:11:01,551 NOT GOOD. 219 00:11:01,586 --> 00:11:03,551 IT'S RAINING BOLTS. 220 00:11:13,896 --> 00:11:15,310 Narrator: BACK AT SHELL PATCH, 221 00:11:15,344 --> 00:11:18,793 THE ROOKIES' RUN OF BAD LUCK CONTINUES. 222 00:11:18,827 --> 00:11:21,413 $35,000 DEEPER IN DEBT 223 00:11:21,448 --> 00:11:25,551 THAN PART-TIME PARTNER DAN, JUSTIN IS FEELING THE PRESSURE. 224 00:11:25,586 --> 00:11:29,172 Justin: FOR ME, IT'S BEEN MONTHS OF MONTHS OF HARD WORK 225 00:11:29,206 --> 00:11:31,482 AND A HUGE LEARNING CURVE. 226 00:11:31,517 --> 00:11:34,241 WE HAVE NO REAL REWARD. 227 00:11:34,275 --> 00:11:35,689 PRETTY DISAPPOINTING. 228 00:11:35,724 --> 00:11:39,724 SO IT IS QUITE IMPORTANT THAT I FIND OPAL HERE AT SHELL PATCH. 229 00:11:39,758 --> 00:11:42,206 OTHERWISE, WHAT ARE YOU HERE FOR? 230 00:11:46,896 --> 00:11:50,275 Narrator: DAN HAS WORRYING NEWS FROM HOME. 231 00:11:50,310 --> 00:11:52,655 BOTH OF MY KIDS ARE SICK, DAN AND ADELAIDE, 232 00:11:52,689 --> 00:11:57,172 AND I NEED TO, IDEALLY, BE BACK HOME WITH THE FAMILY. 233 00:11:57,206 --> 00:12:00,103 I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE JUSTIN UP HERE IN THE LURCH BY HIMSELF. 234 00:12:00,137 --> 00:12:02,862 WE'VE JUST MOVED HIS EXCAVATOR ONTO OUR CLAIM 235 00:12:02,896 --> 00:12:04,827 SO THAT WE CAN MINE THIS AREA, YOU KNOW? 236 00:12:04,862 --> 00:12:07,586 WE'VE WAITED FOR, LIKE, NINE MONTHS TO DO THAT, 237 00:12:07,620 --> 00:12:10,448 AND FINALLY WE'VE GOT A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY AND BANG, 238 00:12:10,482 --> 00:12:13,000 THE KIDS FALL SICK. 239 00:12:13,034 --> 00:12:14,379 WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT GROUND THERE? 240 00:12:14,413 --> 00:12:17,379 WELL, THE SOUTH SIDE LOOKS LIKE IT'S UP. 241 00:12:17,413 --> 00:12:19,689 I RECKON I MIGHT HAVE BEEN DIGGING AT AN OLD CUT. 242 00:12:19,724 --> 00:12:22,793 SO THAT LAST CUT THERE WAS A WASTE AS WELL. 243 00:12:22,827 --> 00:12:24,551 BECAUSE THE WORST THING IS YOU DO ALL THIS WORK, 244 00:12:24,586 --> 00:12:26,413 AND YOU COME ACROSS THESE OLD CUTS. 245 00:12:26,448 --> 00:12:28,965 YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS? 246 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:30,896 WHY DON'T WE DIG OUT THE NORTH SIDE 247 00:12:30,931 --> 00:12:33,448 TONIGHT WITH THE BLACK LIGHT THAT'S OVER THERE? 248 00:12:33,482 --> 00:12:34,551 I RECKON. 249 00:12:34,586 --> 00:12:36,827 THIS SIDE HERE HAS BEEN . 250 00:12:36,862 --> 00:12:39,551 Narrator: THE ROOKIES ARE IN FOR A LONG NIGHT. 251 00:12:39,586 --> 00:12:41,862 THE PLAN IS TO DIG THE NORTH SIDE 252 00:12:41,896 --> 00:12:43,827 AND USE AN ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT 253 00:12:43,862 --> 00:12:46,793 THAT WILL MAKE ANY TRACE OF OPAL FLUORESCE. 254 00:12:46,827 --> 00:12:49,344 IT'S THEIR LAST ROLL OF THE DICE. 255 00:12:49,379 --> 00:12:52,793 Dan: HOW HIGH IS HIS FEVER? 256 00:12:52,827 --> 00:12:54,689 AND WHAT ABOUT NINA? 257 00:12:54,724 --> 00:12:56,103 I SPOKE WITH MY WIFE. 258 00:12:56,137 --> 00:13:00,172 EVEN THOUGH SHE'S VERY SUPPORTIVE OF ME BEING UP HERE, 259 00:13:00,206 --> 00:13:04,172 I CAN HEAR IT, YOU KNOW, THAT SHE'S AT THE END OF HER ROPE. 260 00:13:04,206 --> 00:13:08,241 I'LL GIVE YOU A CALL LATER ON, AND WE'LL WORK OUT A PLAN. 261 00:13:08,275 --> 00:13:09,413 ALL RIGHT? 262 00:13:21,896 --> 00:13:24,000 Col: OH, . 263 00:13:24,034 --> 00:13:25,379 COL HAS GONE DOWN AGAIN, MATE. 264 00:13:25,413 --> 00:13:27,172 YEAH, HE'S SICK, MATE. 265 00:13:27,206 --> 00:13:28,344 I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S GOT. 266 00:13:28,379 --> 00:13:30,206 A BIT OF BREKKIE. 267 00:13:30,241 --> 00:13:32,034 Narrator: EVEN WITH COL ILL, 268 00:13:32,068 --> 00:13:33,896 AARON AND GREG MUST KEEP DIGGING. 269 00:13:33,931 --> 00:13:35,620 SO WE'RE GONNA TRENCH, GO DOWN DEEPER, 270 00:13:35,655 --> 00:13:37,655 AND HAVE A LOOK WITH THE DEEPER LEVELS WE'RE DOING 271 00:13:37,689 --> 00:13:39,551 AND SEE IF WE CAN PICK UP A BETTER LEAD. 272 00:13:39,586 --> 00:13:40,827 SEE WHAT TODAY BRINGS. 273 00:13:40,862 --> 00:13:42,034 WALK OUT AND DO A BIT, GREG, EH? 274 00:13:42,068 --> 00:13:46,000 YEAH, LET'S GO AND DO A BIT, EH? 275 00:13:46,034 --> 00:13:48,758 Narrator: AFTER FIVE YEARS MAKING LITTLE MONEY, 276 00:13:48,793 --> 00:13:52,758 THE BOYS NEED THIS TO BE A BUMPER YEAR. 277 00:13:52,793 --> 00:13:56,379 BUT ALL OF THEIR EQUIPMENT IS ON ITS LAST LEGS. 278 00:13:58,931 --> 00:14:00,689 DON'T HAVE BRAKES? 279 00:14:00,724 --> 00:14:02,413 HOLD ON! 280 00:14:06,620 --> 00:14:08,413 , YEAH. 281 00:14:08,448 --> 00:14:10,586 -. -I HIT THAT TREE. 282 00:14:10,620 --> 00:14:12,448 NO BRAKES! 283 00:14:12,482 --> 00:14:14,862 NO, NOTHING, NOTHING. 284 00:14:14,896 --> 00:14:18,000 NO BRAKES. 285 00:14:18,034 --> 00:14:21,241 YOU GOT NOTHING HERE, TOO, AARON. SHE'S EMPTY. 286 00:14:21,275 --> 00:14:23,551 SHUT HER DOWN, MATE. 287 00:14:23,586 --> 00:14:26,000 -OY. -WATCH HIM. 288 00:14:26,034 --> 00:14:28,862 -YEAH, NO BRAKES AT ALL. -WE'RE OUT OF FLUID. 289 00:14:28,896 --> 00:14:30,758 WELL, WE MUST HAVE A LEAK SOMEWHERE, MATE. 290 00:14:30,793 --> 00:14:32,896 -YEAH. -YEAH, THAT FRONT WHEEL. 291 00:14:32,931 --> 00:14:34,344 -YOU CAN SEE IT? -YEAH. 292 00:14:34,379 --> 00:14:35,689 THAT RUBBER HOSE IS BROKEN. 293 00:14:35,724 --> 00:14:38,379 SO WE NEED ANOTHER HOSE AND MORE FLUID. 294 00:14:38,413 --> 00:14:39,862 YEAH. 295 00:14:39,896 --> 00:14:41,931 Narrator: WITHOUT THE TIME OR TOOLS TO FIX THE UTE HERE, 296 00:14:41,965 --> 00:14:43,275 THEY ABANDON IT. 297 00:14:43,310 --> 00:14:45,103 OKAY, WE'RE NOT KNOCKING AROUND, EH? 298 00:14:45,137 --> 00:14:46,448 KNOCK HER OUT, KNOCK HER OUT. 299 00:14:50,275 --> 00:14:52,206 Aaron: I WANT RED AND GREEN! 300 00:14:57,551 --> 00:14:59,206 THERE'S A BIT OF COLOR. 301 00:14:59,241 --> 00:15:00,931 OH, LOOK. THERE'S ANOTHER LINE THERE, TOO. 302 00:15:00,965 --> 00:15:02,482 YES, YEAH. 303 00:15:02,517 --> 00:15:04,137 THAT'S A NICE GREEN, THAT BIT WE'VE GOT THERE. 304 00:15:04,172 --> 00:15:06,137 YES. THAT'S NOT A BAD COLOR, AARON. 305 00:15:06,172 --> 00:15:08,724 AND LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED. 306 00:15:15,482 --> 00:15:18,793 IN LIGHTNING RIDGE, MICK COOKE'S 30-TON DRILL, 307 00:15:18,827 --> 00:15:22,000 DRAGON, HAS SERIOUS PROBLEMS. 308 00:15:22,034 --> 00:15:23,793 A BOLT, A FRESHLY BROKEN BOLT. 309 00:15:23,827 --> 00:15:26,000 YOU CAN SEE IT'S JUST BEEN BROKEN. 310 00:15:26,034 --> 00:15:28,068 THAT SPELLS TROUBLE. 311 00:15:28,103 --> 00:15:29,793 BUGGER! 312 00:15:29,827 --> 00:15:31,965 SO I'LL FOLD THE TOWER DOWN, AND HAVE A LOOK. 313 00:15:38,172 --> 00:15:40,965 OOH, GEEZ. 314 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:42,379 WE HAVE LOST A FEW. 315 00:15:42,413 --> 00:15:46,620 ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE. 316 00:15:46,655 --> 00:15:47,965 THERE'S EIGHT BOLT HOLES 317 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:50,827 AND WE GOT THREE BOLTS REMAINING. 318 00:15:50,862 --> 00:15:54,551 SO, YOU KNOW, , THAT'S A BIG PERCENTAGE GONE. 319 00:15:54,586 --> 00:15:57,379 OH, IT'S A GOOD THING WE SPOTTED THAT. 320 00:15:57,413 --> 00:16:00,310 THAT BAR COULD'VE DROPPED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 20, 30 FEET. 321 00:16:00,344 --> 00:16:01,827 IT PROBABLY WOULD'VE PULLED 322 00:16:01,862 --> 00:16:03,517 THE DRIVE UNIT OFF THE END OF IT, 323 00:16:03,551 --> 00:16:04,965 AND THAT WOULD'VE BEEN EXPENSIVE. 324 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:09,034 Narrator: HIS $70,000 DRILL HAS BEEN STOPPED IN ITS TRACKS 325 00:16:09,068 --> 00:16:11,137 BY FIVE $10 BOLTS. 326 00:16:11,172 --> 00:16:12,482 Mick: DON'T FALL OFF! 327 00:16:12,517 --> 00:16:13,793 Narrator: TO KEEP HIS TEST DRILLING ON SCHEDULE... 328 00:16:13,827 --> 00:16:15,103 Mick: GET UP THERE! 329 00:16:15,137 --> 00:16:16,551 Narrator: ...MICK NEEDS TO GET REPLACEMENTS FAST. 330 00:16:16,586 --> 00:16:19,689 Mick: GOOD GIRL! 331 00:16:19,724 --> 00:16:23,551 Narrator: MEANWHILE, 13 METERS UNDERGROUND, PETE AND SAM 332 00:16:23,586 --> 00:16:26,068 ARE HAVING PROBLEMS OF THEIR OWN. 333 00:16:26,103 --> 00:16:29,206 THE HYDRAULICS ON THEIR DIGGER ARE PLAYING UP. 334 00:16:31,965 --> 00:16:34,482 -WE GOT TO COME BACK? -YEAH? 335 00:16:34,517 --> 00:16:36,551 RIGHTY-O, CLEAR TO COME BACK. 336 00:16:49,068 --> 00:16:50,931 -I DID. -RIGHT. 337 00:16:50,965 --> 00:16:52,689 I GOT COVERED. 338 00:16:52,724 --> 00:16:55,241 COVERED IN OIL. 339 00:16:55,275 --> 00:16:57,724 WELL... 340 00:16:57,758 --> 00:17:00,448 WE'VE HAD A BIT OF A BLOWOUT IN THE HOSE. 341 00:17:00,482 --> 00:17:06,137 UNFORTUNATELY, SAM HAS BEEN OILED UP GOOD AND PROPER. 342 00:17:06,172 --> 00:17:08,379 Narrator: WITH SAM COVERED IN HYDRAULIC OIL 343 00:17:08,413 --> 00:17:11,137 AND THE DIGGER OUT OF ACTION, BOTH THE UNDERGROUND 344 00:17:11,172 --> 00:17:14,068 AND OVERGROUND OPERATIONS ARE AT A HALT. 345 00:17:14,103 --> 00:17:16,275 THAT'LL SLOW US DOWN FOR A LITTLE WHILE UNTIL WE FIX IT. 346 00:17:16,310 --> 00:17:19,655 Narrator: JUST ANOTHER DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN OPAL MINER. 347 00:17:19,689 --> 00:17:22,068 Pete: MINING IS SOMETHING YOU DO BETWEEN BREAKDOWNS. 348 00:17:22,103 --> 00:17:23,448 STICK TO A PICK AND A CANDLE 349 00:17:23,482 --> 00:17:24,793 AND NOTHING IS GONNA GO WRONG, 350 00:17:24,827 --> 00:17:26,310 BUT YOU'RE NOT GONNA MOVE MUCH DIRT, ARE YOU? 351 00:17:37,724 --> 00:17:39,793 Dan: WE ARE REALLY UNDER THE PUMP. 352 00:17:39,827 --> 00:17:44,172 THE LAST OPTION, THEN, FOR US IS TO DIG THE NORTH FACE, 353 00:17:44,206 --> 00:17:48,517 WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE DOING AT THE MOMENT. 354 00:17:48,551 --> 00:17:49,655 Narrator: FOR THE ROOKIES, 355 00:17:49,689 --> 00:17:52,689 THE NORTH FACE IS THEIR LAST CHANCE. 356 00:17:52,724 --> 00:17:58,448 AFTER THAT, THEIR SHELL PATCH CLAIM IS FINISHED. 357 00:17:58,482 --> 00:18:01,482 NO IDEA WHAT TIME IT IS AT THE MOMENT, BUT IT'S DARK, 358 00:18:01,517 --> 00:18:05,000 AND WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR A FAIR FEW HOURS NOW. 359 00:18:05,034 --> 00:18:08,103 JUSTIN HAS WORKED ALL DAY, AND NOW INTO THE NIGHT AS WELL. 360 00:18:12,655 --> 00:18:15,344 Narrator: FINALLY, AFTER HOURS OF SHIFTING 361 00:18:15,379 --> 00:18:17,586 HUNDREDS OF TONS OF LOOSE EARTH, 362 00:18:17,620 --> 00:18:19,482 JUSTIN'S WORK IS DONE. 363 00:18:19,517 --> 00:18:20,827 Dan: OH, MY GOD. 364 00:18:20,862 --> 00:18:23,275 HE LOOKS LIKE THE THICK SHELL OF THE EXCAVATOR, 365 00:18:23,310 --> 00:18:25,793 LIKE, YOU KNOW, JUST AS DUSTY AS THE MACHINE. 366 00:18:25,827 --> 00:18:28,448 OH, MAN. 367 00:18:28,482 --> 00:18:30,034 GOOD JOB AND ALL THAT. 368 00:18:30,068 --> 00:18:33,034 GOOD JOB, JUSTIN. 369 00:18:33,068 --> 00:18:35,103 -BLOODY HELL. OH, MY GOD. 370 00:18:35,137 --> 00:18:37,620 -LOOK AT THAT. -I'VE CHANGED COLOR. 371 00:18:37,655 --> 00:18:39,758 MAN, GOOD JOB, GOOD JOB. 372 00:18:39,793 --> 00:18:41,000 OH, THAT WAS A LONG HAUL, THAT ONE. 373 00:18:41,034 --> 00:18:42,724 -IT WAS, WASN'T IT? -BLOODY HELL. 374 00:18:46,551 --> 00:18:48,413 YOU LOOK GOOD. 375 00:18:48,448 --> 00:18:50,482 HOW ARE WE GONNA FIND OPAL UNDER THIS GROUND? 376 00:18:50,517 --> 00:18:54,586 WITH A BIT OF LUCK, TONIGHT MIGHT JUST BE THE NIGHT. 377 00:18:54,620 --> 00:18:56,827 Narrator: WITH THE FACE NOW EXPOSED, 378 00:18:56,862 --> 00:18:59,896 DAN AND JUSTIN CAN BEGIN THE HUNT FOR OPAL. 379 00:18:59,931 --> 00:19:03,206 -LOOK, LOOK, LOOK, LOOK! -COLOR. 380 00:19:03,241 --> 00:19:05,827 YOU CAN HEAR IT. 381 00:19:05,862 --> 00:19:09,620 SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF OPAL. 382 00:19:09,655 --> 00:19:12,206 OH, WOW. 383 00:19:12,241 --> 00:19:13,620 WOW! 384 00:19:13,655 --> 00:19:14,827 HEY, THIS IS GONNA BE GOOD. 385 00:19:14,862 --> 00:19:16,310 I KNOW! 386 00:19:19,724 --> 00:19:21,655 WE'RE GETTING CLOSER. 387 00:19:21,689 --> 00:19:23,034 -WHAT'S THIS? -NOTHING. 388 00:19:23,068 --> 00:19:24,310 OKAY, WE WENT SOMETHING FROM NOTHING, 389 00:19:24,344 --> 00:19:27,965 AND THEN BACK TO NOTHING AGAIN. 390 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:29,448 HERE YOU GO. 391 00:19:29,482 --> 00:19:31,793 WE HAVE DISAPPEARED. 392 00:19:31,827 --> 00:19:36,241 IT'S BRITTLE. . 393 00:19:36,275 --> 00:19:39,379 Dan: SAME OLD STORY. WE GET TEASED WITH A LITTLE BIT. 394 00:19:39,413 --> 00:19:41,655 THERE'S OPAL THERE, BUT... 395 00:19:41,689 --> 00:19:45,793 LOOK, IT'S BETTER THAN NOTHING. 396 00:19:54,172 --> 00:19:56,172 HERE, IT'S A NICE ROCK. 397 00:19:56,206 --> 00:19:58,827 IT'S GOT LINES IN IT, NICE AND PURPLE. 398 00:19:58,862 --> 00:20:00,448 -IT IS. 399 00:20:00,482 --> 00:20:02,103 NO. 400 00:20:02,137 --> 00:20:03,586 Narrator: BACK AT DRAGONFLY... 401 00:20:03,620 --> 00:20:05,172 DOWN THE TRENCH, CAPTAIN HARDHAT. 402 00:20:05,206 --> 00:20:08,000 Narrator: ...AARON AND GREG FINALLY HIT A GOOD OPAL LEVEL. 403 00:20:08,034 --> 00:20:09,689 THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY, THIS TRACE RIGHT HERE. 404 00:20:09,724 --> 00:20:11,827 YES, WHERE DOES THAT LEVEL GO? 405 00:20:11,862 --> 00:20:14,172 WELL, THAT'S IT THERE, GREG, WITH THE SANDSTONE ON TOP OF IT. 406 00:20:14,206 --> 00:20:16,310 -THAT'S A LOT OF LEVEL. -GOES RIGHT BACK TO HERE. 407 00:20:19,448 --> 00:20:20,758 Narrator: IT'S PROMISING TRACE. 408 00:20:20,793 --> 00:20:21,931 GOT A PURPLE THERE, MATE. 409 00:20:21,965 --> 00:20:23,620 Narrator: AND THERE'S PLENTY OF IT. 410 00:20:23,655 --> 00:20:25,620 YEAH, WE'RE GETTING A BIT OF TRACE HERE. 411 00:20:25,655 --> 00:20:28,517 PURPLE, OOH. THINK ABOUT THAT, GREG? 412 00:20:28,551 --> 00:20:30,965 JUST HERE IS A LIVE AREA OUT OF ALL OF IT. 413 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:32,482 YEP, SHE'S LIVE THERE. 414 00:20:36,655 --> 00:20:38,517 WELL, WE'RE GETTING A BIT OF OPAL THROUGH HERE. 415 00:20:38,551 --> 00:20:42,137 THE SANDSTONE IS TOUCHING THE LEVEL. 416 00:20:42,172 --> 00:20:43,379 THAT'S A NICE LEVEL. 417 00:20:43,413 --> 00:20:45,275 IT IS A NICE LEVEL. 418 00:20:45,310 --> 00:20:46,931 IT TELLS YOU THE JOB IS JUST GOTTA BE DONE HERE, GREG. 419 00:20:46,965 --> 00:20:48,000 WE'RE NOT LEAVING. 420 00:20:48,034 --> 00:20:49,551 NO, WE GOT A LEVEL THERE TO DIG. THAT'S FOR SURE. 421 00:20:49,586 --> 00:20:50,586 YEAH. 422 00:20:50,620 --> 00:20:52,000 WE'VE GOT A BIT OF PARCEL, HERE, BIG FELLA. 423 00:20:52,034 --> 00:20:54,137 STARTING TO GET A BIT OF A PARCEL, EH? 424 00:20:54,172 --> 00:20:58,827 Narrator: IT'S A HALF-DECENT HAUL, WORTH ABOUT $2,000. 425 00:20:58,862 --> 00:21:01,275 BUT TO SELL THE OPAL, THEY'LL NEED TO TRAVEL 426 00:21:01,310 --> 00:21:04,896 120 KILOMETERS TO THEIR BUYER IN TOWN. 427 00:21:04,931 --> 00:21:08,517 AND THEY'VE GOT JUST ONE VEHICLE LEFT THAT CAN MAKE IT -- 428 00:21:08,551 --> 00:21:09,793 AARON'S CAR. 429 00:21:09,827 --> 00:21:11,137 YOU KNOW, I'M NOT REAL GOOD AT THIS, GREG, 430 00:21:11,172 --> 00:21:12,482 SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO DRAW. 431 00:21:12,517 --> 00:21:14,344 YEAH, NOTHING WRONG. 432 00:21:14,379 --> 00:21:16,689 Narrator: AARON DECIDES IT NEEDS A FACE-LIFT. 433 00:21:16,724 --> 00:21:17,862 WE'RE DOING UP THE -- 434 00:21:17,896 --> 00:21:19,586 PUTTING A BIT OF PAINTWORK ON THE CAR. 435 00:21:19,620 --> 00:21:21,586 YEAH, TEAM DRAGONFLY. 436 00:21:21,620 --> 00:21:24,000 LOOK, HE'S EVEN GOT A MINER'S PICK. 437 00:21:24,034 --> 00:21:25,275 WE'RE GONNA GIVE IT A NIGHT. 438 00:21:25,310 --> 00:21:26,827 YEAH, WE'RE GONNA -- 439 00:21:26,862 --> 00:21:29,551 WE'RE THINKING WE'LL JUST CALL IT THE DELIRIUM, ACTUALLY. 440 00:21:29,586 --> 00:21:31,137 YEAH, I'VE GOT THE RIGHT SPELLING HERE 441 00:21:31,172 --> 00:21:33,448 SO WE DON'T LOOK LIKE IDIOTS. 442 00:21:33,482 --> 00:21:36,137 THE DELIRIUM! DELIRIUM! 443 00:21:36,172 --> 00:21:37,827 YOU WOULDN'T THINK IT'S SPELLED LIKE THAT, YEAH? 444 00:21:37,862 --> 00:21:39,586 -NO, DIDN'T THINK THAT, YEAH. -D-E-L... 445 00:21:39,620 --> 00:21:44,620 ...I-R-I-U-M. 446 00:21:44,655 --> 00:21:45,896 HE GONNA HAVE LITTLE LEGS. 447 00:21:45,931 --> 00:21:47,310 YEAH, HE GOT TO HAVE LEGS. 448 00:21:47,344 --> 00:21:48,413 TAIL, BODY. 449 00:21:48,448 --> 00:21:51,586 LOOKS LIKE A CAT. 450 00:21:51,620 --> 00:21:55,724 HE DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT, DOES HE? WELL... 451 00:21:55,758 --> 00:21:58,758 HOW DOES HIS HEAD GO? 452 00:21:58,793 --> 00:22:00,448 WELL, JUST DO A HEAD HERE. 453 00:22:00,482 --> 00:22:03,586 YOU CAN DRAW ONE WITH NIKKO PEN LATER ON. 454 00:22:03,620 --> 00:22:05,551 YEAH, I CAN DO THE HIGHLIGHTS. 455 00:22:05,586 --> 00:22:07,482 MM-HMM. HARDEN UP! 456 00:22:07,517 --> 00:22:09,137 THAT MEANS HAVE A GO, MATE. 457 00:22:09,172 --> 00:22:10,379 THAT'S WHAT HARDEN UP MEANS. 458 00:22:10,413 --> 00:22:12,827 HE GOT TO HAVE A BIT OF A LAUGH NOW AND THEN, EH? 459 00:22:12,862 --> 00:22:15,103 THAT'S A NICE SMILE. 460 00:22:15,137 --> 00:22:18,862 -DARN IT. LOOKS LIKE AN OWL... -AN OWL, MATE. 461 00:22:18,896 --> 00:22:22,827 HEY, SEE HOW IT GO, EH? 462 00:22:22,862 --> 00:22:27,551 D-E-L-I-R... 463 00:22:27,586 --> 00:22:30,413 I RECKON THAT WILL BE EFFECTIVE. 464 00:22:30,448 --> 00:22:32,241 YEAH, DRAGONFLY, HOW DO YOU SPELL THAT? 465 00:22:32,275 --> 00:22:34,517 D-R... 466 00:22:34,551 --> 00:22:38,137 D-R-A-G... 467 00:22:38,172 --> 00:22:40,586 DON'T KNOW IF I'LL FIT IT. 468 00:22:40,620 --> 00:22:41,827 THAT LOOKS FLASH. 469 00:22:41,862 --> 00:22:44,068 -I LIKE THAT. -THE DELIRIUM! 470 00:22:44,103 --> 00:22:45,310 THAT'S WHAT SHE IS. 471 00:22:45,344 --> 00:22:46,827 -SHE'S THE STAFF CAR. -SHE GOES OUT HARD... 472 00:22:46,862 --> 00:22:48,448 YOU GET DELIRIOUS. 473 00:22:48,482 --> 00:22:51,068 YEAH, WHEN YOU GO SLIDING AT 100-MILE AN HOUR. 474 00:22:51,103 --> 00:22:52,793 AT LEAST THIS ONE HAS GOT BRAKES. 475 00:22:52,827 --> 00:22:54,448 -YEAH. -KICK HER IN THE GUTS, AARON. 476 00:22:54,482 --> 00:22:55,551 KICK HER IN THE... 477 00:22:58,275 --> 00:23:00,379 OH, SHE'S AWAKE. 478 00:23:00,413 --> 00:23:02,034 I TOLD YOU, MATE. 479 00:23:02,068 --> 00:23:04,482 IT'S LIKE EVERY COLOR OF OPAL ON THERE, MATE. 480 00:23:04,517 --> 00:23:06,931 YEAH, EVERY COLOR. 481 00:23:12,793 --> 00:23:14,689 Narrator: HITTING THE DIRT IN DELIRIUM, 482 00:23:14,724 --> 00:23:17,275 AARON AND GREG HOPE THEY CAN NOW MAKE ENOUGH 483 00:23:17,310 --> 00:23:20,137 TO KEEP THEM GOING. 484 00:23:30,551 --> 00:23:32,448 13 METERS BELOW GROUND... 485 00:23:32,482 --> 00:23:33,724 THIS IS GOOD! 486 00:23:33,758 --> 00:23:36,724 LOOK, YOU GET TO COVERED IN OIL AND SKIN KNUCKLES 487 00:23:36,758 --> 00:23:39,413 AND SPEND MONEY EVERY DAY ON PARTS. 488 00:23:39,448 --> 00:23:40,965 YEAH, YOU'RE BROKE IN THE MORNING, 489 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:43,068 THEN BROKER IN THE AFTERNOON. 490 00:23:43,103 --> 00:23:44,172 Narrator: ...THE COOKE BROTHERS ARE FACING 491 00:23:44,206 --> 00:23:45,965 MORE MECHANICAL MAYHEM. 492 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:48,482 I MAY NEED A JOINER OR SOMETHING, I RECKON. 493 00:23:48,517 --> 00:23:49,586 YEAH. 494 00:23:49,620 --> 00:23:51,206 Narrator: AND ROOKIE SAM IS COVERED 495 00:23:51,241 --> 00:23:53,275 IN HAZARDOUS HYDRAULIC OIL. 496 00:23:56,862 --> 00:24:00,793 MICK, I'VE HAD A BURST OF HYDRAULIC HOSE! 497 00:24:00,827 --> 00:24:06,241 YEAH, WE MUST BE GETTING CLOSE TO OPAL. 498 00:24:06,275 --> 00:24:08,896 Narrator: BACK WITH A BOX OF BOLTS FROM HIS WORKSHOP, 499 00:24:08,931 --> 00:24:12,758 MICK MUST FIND FIVE THAT FIT HIS 30-TON DRILL, DRAGON... 500 00:24:12,793 --> 00:24:14,862 -TOUCH BIGGER. -...SO HE CAN GET WORKING AGAIN. 501 00:24:14,896 --> 00:24:15,931 TRY IT IN THE HOLE. 502 00:24:23,586 --> 00:24:26,482 I PUT FIVE IN, BUT THEY'RE LONG. 503 00:24:26,517 --> 00:24:28,517 I'VE HAD TO PUT SPACERS ON THEM. 504 00:24:28,551 --> 00:24:32,896 I'LL BUY THE RIGHT ONES TOMORROW. 505 00:24:32,931 --> 00:24:36,310 IT'S NOT PERFECT, BUT IT'LL GET US THROUGH TODAY. 506 00:24:36,344 --> 00:24:38,655 BACK TO THE GRIND. HA, HA. 507 00:24:54,793 --> 00:24:56,620 Dan: AND WE JUST GOUGE UNDERNEATH. 508 00:24:56,655 --> 00:24:57,724 Narrator: IN COOBER PEDY... 509 00:24:57,758 --> 00:24:59,172 Justin: CHECK IT OUT. 510 00:24:59,206 --> 00:25:02,344 Narrator: ...THE ROOKIES ARE STILL JUST FINDING SCRAPS. 511 00:25:02,379 --> 00:25:04,620 ALL RIGHT. I'LL GIVE YOU SOME OPAL IN A MINUTE. 512 00:25:07,689 --> 00:25:11,068 UH-HUH, THIS IS BETTER. 513 00:25:11,103 --> 00:25:14,827 IT'S NOT REALLY SELLABLE, SO... 514 00:25:14,862 --> 00:25:18,551 HAVE A LOOK AT THIS. 515 00:25:18,586 --> 00:25:20,103 THIS SHOULD HAVE SOME COLOR IN IT. 516 00:25:20,137 --> 00:25:24,482 TOUCH WITH A BIT OF GREEN. 517 00:25:24,517 --> 00:25:27,827 HERE, HAVE A LOOK. SEE WHAT YOU THINK. 518 00:25:27,862 --> 00:25:29,000 Narrator: WITH A MASSIVE INVESTMENT 519 00:25:29,034 --> 00:25:30,758 IN MACHINERY TO PAY OFF, 520 00:25:30,793 --> 00:25:33,689 JUSTIN IS NOT IMPRESSED BY THE FRAGMENTS OF OPAL 521 00:25:33,724 --> 00:25:36,551 OR PARTNER DAN'S METICULOUS APPROACH. 522 00:25:36,586 --> 00:25:38,344 I RECKON WE BETTER GET TO, LIKE, A PROCESS 523 00:25:38,379 --> 00:25:42,413 WHERE WE HAVE TO MAKE A SPLIT-SECOND DECISION ON... 524 00:25:42,448 --> 00:25:43,655 WE'RE HAVING A QUICK LOOK 525 00:25:43,689 --> 00:25:45,344 AND THEN GET THE EXCAVATOR GOING. 526 00:25:45,379 --> 00:25:49,241 IT'S NOT VIABLE TO STOP AND START THE MACHINE. 527 00:25:49,275 --> 00:25:52,655 YEAH, FIRE IT UP, AND WE'LL HEAVE INTO IT. 528 00:25:52,689 --> 00:25:55,896 ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. 529 00:25:55,931 --> 00:25:58,586 I STILL WANT EVERYONE OFF THE FACE. 530 00:25:58,620 --> 00:26:00,000 GET OUT THE WAY. 531 00:26:00,034 --> 00:26:04,896 WHAT THE IS HE DOING? 532 00:26:04,931 --> 00:26:07,034 I SAID GET OFF THE FACE IF YOU WANT ME TO 533 00:26:07,068 --> 00:26:09,551 USE THIS EXCAVATOR. 534 00:26:09,586 --> 00:26:14,655 COME ON. 535 00:26:14,689 --> 00:26:19,965 I'M JUST GONNA DUMP THE DIRT OVER HIS HEAD. 536 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:23,689 LET ME JUST CHECK THIS REAL QUICK. 537 00:26:23,724 --> 00:26:25,413 I'M GONNA SMASH EVERY ONE OF THOSE LITTLE PICKS 538 00:26:25,448 --> 00:26:29,068 THAT HE'S GOT, LITTLE TOOTHPICKS. 539 00:26:29,103 --> 00:26:30,448 LOOKS LIKE THE METHOD WE HAD WHEN WE'RE -- 540 00:26:30,482 --> 00:26:32,448 FROM 20 YEARS AGO. 541 00:26:32,482 --> 00:26:33,620 WE GOT TO GET GOING. 542 00:26:33,655 --> 00:26:35,586 WE GOT . 543 00:26:35,620 --> 00:26:39,517 LEST HE CONTINUES TO DIG. 544 00:26:39,551 --> 00:26:40,931 SAKE! 545 00:26:40,965 --> 00:26:44,034 EVERY MINUTE THIS IS RUNNING, IT'S COSTING MONEY, 546 00:26:44,068 --> 00:26:47,482 AND IF WE START AND STOP IT, IT'S NOT GOOD FOR THE MACHINE. 547 00:26:47,517 --> 00:26:49,103 AND WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION 548 00:26:49,137 --> 00:26:51,689 ON WHETHER THERE'S OPAL IN THE WALL OR NOT, 549 00:26:51,724 --> 00:26:53,655 AND IF WE'RE DIGGING IT WITH A TOOTHPICK, 550 00:26:53,689 --> 00:26:55,689 THEN WE MAY AS WELL TURN THIS MACHINE OFF. 551 00:26:55,724 --> 00:26:57,344 READY TO GO AGAIN? 552 00:26:57,379 --> 00:26:58,896 FIRE UP THE MACHINE. 553 00:27:01,517 --> 00:27:02,896 NOT MUCH. 554 00:27:02,931 --> 00:27:05,620 A LITTLE BIT, BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, IT DISAPPEARS AGAIN, 555 00:27:05,655 --> 00:27:07,586 SO WE'LL HAVE TO KEEP MOVING. 556 00:27:19,793 --> 00:27:23,068 Narrator: FED UP, JUSTIN TURNS THE LIGHTS OFF SO DAN 557 00:27:23,103 --> 00:27:27,172 CAN'T SEE THE FACE OF THE WALL HE'S DIGGING AT. 558 00:27:31,758 --> 00:27:34,034 IT'S LIKE THE HURRY-UP SIGNAL. DAN TAKES TOO LONG. 559 00:27:34,068 --> 00:27:35,275 I HAVEN'T GOT A HORN ON THIS THING, 560 00:27:35,310 --> 00:27:36,379 SO I JUST FLICKED THE LIGHTS OFF. 561 00:27:36,413 --> 00:27:38,068 MOVE THE BUCKET! 562 00:27:41,862 --> 00:27:44,000 I'VE NEVER LOST A PLOT, BUT I RECKON 563 00:27:44,034 --> 00:27:46,275 I'M GONNA GET CLOSE WITH THIS BLOODY TRIP. 564 00:27:54,068 --> 00:27:57,931 Narrator: AND THEN THE LAST THING THEY WANTED TO SEE. 565 00:27:57,965 --> 00:28:01,034 Justin: LOOK AT THAT. YOU GOT TO BE JOKING ME. 566 00:28:01,068 --> 00:28:05,103 ANOTHER BIT OF BAD LUCK. 567 00:28:05,137 --> 00:28:06,275 CAN'T WIN. 568 00:28:06,310 --> 00:28:08,620 THIS HERE 569 00:28:08,655 --> 00:28:12,896 LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER BULLDOZER CUT, 570 00:28:12,931 --> 00:28:16,172 WHICH IS NOT WHAT WE WERE EXPECTING TO SEE. 571 00:28:16,206 --> 00:28:18,620 Narrator: THE DARK EARTH INDICATES ANOTHER MINER 572 00:28:18,655 --> 00:28:20,793 HAS DUG THIS CLAIM BEFORE THEM, 573 00:28:20,827 --> 00:28:25,000 A SURE SIGN ANY OPAL WILL BE GONE. 574 00:28:25,034 --> 00:28:27,448 LOOKS LIKE WE WERE WRONG. 575 00:28:27,482 --> 00:28:32,310 ALL THAT WORK AT THE TOP THERE FOR NOTHING. 576 00:28:32,344 --> 00:28:33,517 DISCOVERED ANOTHER CUT, 577 00:28:33,551 --> 00:28:37,000 I THOUGHT THAT WAS ALL SOLID GROUND IN THERE. 578 00:28:37,034 --> 00:28:40,206 Narrator: IT'S A CRUSHING END TO A LONG NIGHT. 579 00:28:40,241 --> 00:28:43,172 I'VE BEEN SITTING HERE ALL DAY, MOVING DIRT, 580 00:28:43,206 --> 00:28:44,620 AND THE AMOUNT OF THINGS 581 00:28:44,655 --> 00:28:47,620 AND CONVERSATIONS YOU HAVE IN YOUR MIND, YOU'RE GOING, 582 00:28:47,655 --> 00:28:49,275 "WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING HERE DOING THIS, 583 00:28:49,310 --> 00:28:51,724 "WHEN I COULD BE BACK AT HOME WORKING ON THE BUSINESS, 584 00:28:51,758 --> 00:28:54,379 "COULD BE DOING A HUNDRED OTHER THINGS BACK AT HAHNDORF, 585 00:28:54,413 --> 00:28:57,413 SPENDING TIME WITH THE FAMILY." 586 00:28:57,448 --> 00:28:58,793 ALL I'M DOING UP HERE 587 00:28:58,827 --> 00:29:03,206 IS SPENDING ALL MY SAVINGS ON DIESEL AND THIS MACHINE, 588 00:29:03,241 --> 00:29:07,344 AND I'VE GOT REALLY NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT THIS YEAR. 589 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:14,068 Dan: HEY, DARLING. HOW ARE YOU GOING? 590 00:29:14,103 --> 00:29:17,758 YOU'VE GOT THE BUG? OH, NO. 591 00:29:17,793 --> 00:29:20,586 DO YOU NEED ME TO COME HOME TOMORROW? 592 00:29:20,620 --> 00:29:22,310 Narrator: IF DAN LEAVES NOW, 593 00:29:22,344 --> 00:29:25,172 IT COULD SPELL THE END OF THE PARTNERSHIP. 594 00:29:36,827 --> 00:29:39,448 AT GREG'S HOUSE IN THE TOWN OF WINTON, 595 00:29:39,482 --> 00:29:42,793 GREG AND AARON ARE PREPARING THEIR RECENT HAUL FOR SALE. 596 00:29:42,827 --> 00:29:44,896 WE'LL TIP HER OUT, EH? WE'LL HAVE A LOOK AT HER. 597 00:29:44,931 --> 00:29:48,344 OKAY. 598 00:29:48,379 --> 00:29:49,758 NICE SPLASH, EH? 599 00:29:49,793 --> 00:29:51,724 YEAH, IT'S A NICE PURPLE BLUE, EH? 600 00:29:51,758 --> 00:29:54,206 Narrator: AFTER 38 YEARS CUTTING OPAL, 601 00:29:54,241 --> 00:29:56,724 GREG CAN SEE POTENTIAL FOR A GOOD STONE 602 00:29:56,758 --> 00:29:59,172 IN WHAT LOOKS LIKE JUST A LUMP OF ROCK. 603 00:29:59,206 --> 00:30:01,724 WELL, I'LL HAVE TO CUT THE STONE BECAUSE IT'S -- 604 00:30:01,758 --> 00:30:03,758 I CAN SEE OPAL FROM THERE, 605 00:30:03,793 --> 00:30:05,862 AROUND THROUGH THERE, AND AROUND THROUGH THIS, 606 00:30:05,896 --> 00:30:08,724 SO MAYBE WE GET A DECENT-SIZED STONE HERE. 607 00:30:08,758 --> 00:30:11,620 I'LL WATCH AND LEARN A BIT. 608 00:30:11,655 --> 00:30:16,275 -I'LL MAKE A START. -RIGHT, GREG. 609 00:30:16,310 --> 00:30:17,793 GREG IS SORT OF GONNA HELP ME OUT, 610 00:30:17,827 --> 00:30:19,206 AND WE'RE GONNA CUT AS MUCH AS WE CAN 611 00:30:19,241 --> 00:30:22,448 AND TRY TO GET THE BEST DOLLAR I CAN FOR WHAT WE GOT. 612 00:30:22,482 --> 00:30:24,758 YEAH, THIS STONE IS CLEANING ALL RIGHT. 613 00:30:24,793 --> 00:30:26,827 BUT IT'S GOT THAT BIT OF GYPSUM IN THERE. 614 00:30:26,862 --> 00:30:29,344 I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN GET IT OUT. 615 00:30:29,379 --> 00:30:31,034 WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. 616 00:30:31,068 --> 00:30:34,137 Narrator: GRIND OFF TOO MUCH AND HE RISKS CUTTING THROUGH 617 00:30:34,172 --> 00:30:37,896 THE THIN LAYER OF OPAL, MAKING IT FAR LESS VALUABLE. 618 00:30:37,931 --> 00:30:40,517 Aaron: WELL, HOPEFULLY, THE STONE TURNS OUT GOOD. 619 00:30:40,551 --> 00:30:43,034 GREG HAS BEEN CUTTING IT FOR THE LAST FEW HOURS. 620 00:30:43,068 --> 00:30:45,482 WELL, HOPEFULLY, THERE'S NO CRACKS OR FLAWS IN IT AND... 621 00:30:45,517 --> 00:30:47,413 -OI! -HOW YOU GOING? 622 00:30:47,448 --> 00:30:48,758 GOOD, MATE. HOW ARE YOU? 623 00:30:48,793 --> 00:30:49,896 YEAH, ALL RIGHT. 624 00:30:49,931 --> 00:30:52,137 HOW DID YOU GO, MATE, WITH THE CUT? 625 00:30:52,172 --> 00:30:54,000 WELL, THERE SHE IS. 626 00:30:54,034 --> 00:30:56,310 OH, YOU GOT ALL THE GYPSUM OUT. 627 00:30:56,344 --> 00:30:57,620 YEAH, LOOKS ALL RIGHT, EH? 628 00:30:57,655 --> 00:30:58,689 Narrator: THIS STONE IS LARGE -- 629 00:30:58,724 --> 00:31:00,068 HERE WE GO. 630 00:31:00,103 --> 00:31:02,344 Narrator: ...BUT BLUE-GREEN IS THE MOST COMMON COLOR, 631 00:31:02,379 --> 00:31:06,000 AND IT'S ONLY A THIN LAYER OF OPAL ON BROWN IRONSTONE, 632 00:31:06,034 --> 00:31:08,551 MAKING ITS VALUE $1,000. 633 00:31:08,586 --> 00:31:10,137 IT'S ONLY 25 CARAT, RIGHT? 634 00:31:10,172 --> 00:31:11,379 GOOD STUFF. THERE YOU GO, MATE. 635 00:31:11,413 --> 00:31:13,551 -NO WORRIES. -AH, GOOD STUFF. 636 00:31:13,586 --> 00:31:16,689 AT LEAST WE CAN SHOW STEVE HOW IT CUTS. 637 00:31:16,724 --> 00:31:18,482 HOW WELL IT WAS CUT THROUGH. HOW IT CUTS. 638 00:31:18,517 --> 00:31:20,793 VERY TRUE. 639 00:31:27,482 --> 00:31:30,379 ALL RIGHT, WE'LL SWITCH IT ON AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. 640 00:31:30,413 --> 00:31:33,758 Narrator: THE COOKE BROTHERS' 800-KILOGRAM HYDRAULIC DIGGER 641 00:31:33,793 --> 00:31:38,172 IS KEY TO THEIR OPERATION. 642 00:31:38,206 --> 00:31:42,275 IF PETE'S REPAIR DOESN'T HOLD, THEIR DAYS MINING WILL BE OVER. 643 00:31:46,793 --> 00:31:48,931 YOU CAN SEE THE PRESSURE IN THE LINES. 644 00:31:55,103 --> 00:31:58,931 WELL, SEEMS OKAY. 645 00:31:58,965 --> 00:32:00,862 Narrator: WITH BOTH MACHINES REPAIRED, 646 00:32:00,896 --> 00:32:04,241 THE TEAM CAN CONTINUE MINING. 647 00:32:04,275 --> 00:32:08,965 WE'RE NOT COVERED IN OIL. THAT'S A GOOD THING. 648 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:10,137 THAT'S GOOD. 649 00:32:10,172 --> 00:32:13,034 THERE'S NO MORE WEAK SPOTS IN THE HOSE. 650 00:32:13,068 --> 00:32:15,000 Narrator: BUT WITH THE DAY NEARLY OVER, 651 00:32:15,034 --> 00:32:16,655 THEY MUST HALT THEIR OPERATION 652 00:32:16,689 --> 00:32:19,206 WITH LESS DIRT THAN THEY HAD HOPED. 653 00:32:21,827 --> 00:32:24,931 -OKAY. -MOVE THESE HOSES. 654 00:32:24,965 --> 00:32:29,310 Narrator: LESS DIRT MEANS LESS CHANCE OF FINDING OPAL. 655 00:32:29,344 --> 00:32:31,965 WELL, WE JUST BROUGHT OUT THIS LITTLE BIT OF DIRT OUTSIDE, 656 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:33,482 PUT IT IN THE BUCKET. 657 00:32:33,517 --> 00:32:37,172 THERE'S UPSTAIRS INTO THE TRUCK, THEN OFF THE AGI AND WASH IT. 658 00:32:49,275 --> 00:32:50,551 GET IT TO THE AGI, I THINK. 659 00:32:50,586 --> 00:32:52,241 WE'RE GOING TO RUN OUT OF DAY OTHERWISE. 660 00:32:52,275 --> 00:32:53,586 YEAH. 661 00:32:53,620 --> 00:32:55,827 Narrator: IT'S NOW A RACE TO GET THEIR DIRT 662 00:32:55,862 --> 00:32:59,103 TO THE AGITATOR WASH PLANT BEFORE THE SUN SETS. 663 00:33:15,793 --> 00:33:19,034 THEIR AGI IS A CONVERTED CEMENT MIXER 664 00:33:19,068 --> 00:33:21,000 THAT WASHES AWAY THE MUD AND EARTH, 665 00:33:21,034 --> 00:33:24,000 LEAVING JUST ROCKS AND ANY PRECIOUS OPAL. 666 00:33:24,034 --> 00:33:27,379 THE OPAL, IT SHOULD BE IN THE AGI IF WE'RE LUCKY. 667 00:33:27,413 --> 00:33:31,000 WE'LL KNOW WHEN WE TAIL OUT TOMORROW OR WHATEVER. 668 00:33:31,034 --> 00:33:35,275 OH, SHE'S SPINNING AROUND, WASHING DOWN. 669 00:33:35,310 --> 00:33:37,310 PUMP STARTED FIRST POOL. 670 00:33:37,344 --> 00:33:39,931 -GOTTA HAVE A WIN SOMETIMES, EH? 671 00:33:47,172 --> 00:33:49,724 Narrator: AFTER A TOUGH NIGHT BATTLING THE ELEMENTS 672 00:33:49,758 --> 00:33:51,413 AND EACH OTHER, 673 00:33:51,448 --> 00:33:55,172 DAN AND JUSTIN RETURN TO THEIR SHELL PATCH CLAIM. 674 00:34:05,275 --> 00:34:08,344 Justin: NO OPAL, LOOK AT THIS. 675 00:34:08,379 --> 00:34:11,827 -OH, MAN. -THIS IS A BIT . 676 00:34:11,862 --> 00:34:14,482 -WE'RE BOXED IN. -WELL, YEAH. 677 00:34:14,517 --> 00:34:17,206 YEAH, I CAN'T MOVE ANY MORE DIRT, YOU KNOW? 678 00:34:17,241 --> 00:34:18,896 IT'S TOO MUCH WORK. 679 00:34:18,931 --> 00:34:22,586 IT'S ALMOST COMING TO AN END, THIS PLACE. 680 00:34:22,620 --> 00:34:24,068 IT'S A BIT DISHEARTENING, YOU KNOW? 681 00:34:24,103 --> 00:34:25,793 YOU'RE DIGGING AND DIGGING 682 00:34:25,827 --> 00:34:28,586 AND DIGGING FOR DOUBLE DAYS OF WORK, 683 00:34:28,620 --> 00:34:32,793 AND JUST NOTHING'S COMING. 684 00:34:32,827 --> 00:34:36,448 YOU KNOW, IF WE WERE TO PULL UP STUMPS NOW, 685 00:34:36,482 --> 00:34:39,275 I CAN GO HOME TO MY FAMILY, LOOK AFTER THEM. 686 00:34:39,310 --> 00:34:40,448 MM. 687 00:34:40,482 --> 00:34:43,551 AND WE'LL COME UP WITH ANOTHER PLAN. 688 00:34:43,586 --> 00:34:44,827 MM. 689 00:34:44,862 --> 00:34:45,965 I'M NOT SURE OF DAN'S COMMITMENT LEVELS 690 00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:48,068 WITH COOBER PEDY AND OPAL MINING. 691 00:34:48,103 --> 00:34:51,000 I KNOW HE LOVES IT, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF BACKGROUND 692 00:34:51,034 --> 00:34:53,000 YOU'VE GOT TO DO MAKE THIS WHOLE THING WORK, 693 00:34:53,034 --> 00:34:54,793 AND I THINK, AT THE END OF THE DAY, 694 00:34:54,827 --> 00:34:57,000 IT'S JUST TOO MUCH STUFF TO DO FOR HIM. 695 00:34:57,034 --> 00:34:58,172 WELL, WHAT DO YOU SAY? 696 00:34:58,206 --> 00:35:01,724 WHY DON'T WE JUST CALL IT QUITS, HUH? 697 00:35:01,758 --> 00:35:02,724 ALL RIGHT. 698 00:35:02,758 --> 00:35:06,344 -SUCKS THOUGH, DOESN'T IT? -YEAH. 699 00:35:06,379 --> 00:35:08,551 I HAD GREAT HOPES FOR SHELL PATCH. 700 00:35:15,241 --> 00:35:17,551 Dan: THE MOTIVATION HAS HIT ROCK BOTTOM, 701 00:35:17,586 --> 00:35:23,275 I THINK, BUT OPAL MINING IS A MIND GAME. 702 00:35:23,310 --> 00:35:26,758 WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO ME THAN FAMILY OR MINING? 703 00:35:26,793 --> 00:35:28,103 FAMILY, HANDS DOWN. 704 00:35:28,137 --> 00:35:30,551 YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO QUESTION. FAMILY COMES FIRST. 705 00:35:30,586 --> 00:35:33,620 EVERYTHING ELSE COMES SECOND. 706 00:35:33,655 --> 00:35:36,241 Narrator: IT'S THE END OF THE LINE FOR THE ROOKIES' 707 00:35:36,275 --> 00:35:39,482 SHELL PATCH CLAIM 708 00:35:39,517 --> 00:35:41,344 AND FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP. 709 00:35:54,758 --> 00:35:58,586 AFTER 24 HOURS IN THE AGITATOR, IT'S TIME FOR THE COOKE BROTHERS 710 00:35:58,620 --> 00:36:00,827 TO SEE IF THEY IF THEY HAVE ANY OPAL 711 00:36:00,862 --> 00:36:04,241 AND SEE WHO'S RIGHT ABOUT THEIR HIDDEN VALLEY CLAIM. 712 00:36:04,275 --> 00:36:06,068 EVEN IF YOU FIND NOTHING, IT'S NOT A WASTED EFFORT. 713 00:36:06,103 --> 00:36:07,413 AT LEAST YOU KNOW THERE WAS NOTHING THERE. 714 00:36:07,448 --> 00:36:08,586 WE DIDN'T MISS IT. 715 00:36:08,620 --> 00:36:11,448 WE HAVEN'T ABANDONED A GOOD CLAIM. 716 00:36:11,482 --> 00:36:13,034 THIS TAIL OUT WILL PROVE 717 00:36:13,068 --> 00:36:15,275 THAT I'M RIGHT, THERE'S OPAL HERE, 718 00:36:15,310 --> 00:36:17,620 AND IT'S WORTH THE EFFORT WE'RE PUTTING IN. 719 00:36:23,793 --> 00:36:27,379 -EVERYTHING IS LOOKING GOOD. -WE HAVE A BROKEN BOLT. 720 00:36:27,413 --> 00:36:29,448 THAT'S PROBABLY FROM MICK'S DRILL. 721 00:36:29,482 --> 00:36:31,137 BET YOU IT IS, THAT'S WHAT IT WOULD BE. 722 00:36:36,689 --> 00:36:39,000 LOOK, SOME PARTS. 723 00:36:39,034 --> 00:36:41,068 NOTHING OF ANY COMMERCIAL VALUE. 724 00:36:41,103 --> 00:36:42,448 NO. 725 00:36:42,482 --> 00:36:46,724 I'M NOT GONNA SAY IT, BUT IT COULD BE CONTAMINATION. 726 00:36:46,758 --> 00:36:49,517 THESE LITTLE BITS CAN GET STUCK IN THE SCREEN. 727 00:36:49,551 --> 00:36:53,896 IF NOTHING ELSE, IT WAS AN INTERESTING EXERCISE. 728 00:36:53,931 --> 00:36:56,206 WELL, THAT WAS A DODGY-ASS TAIL OUT, MICK. 729 00:36:56,241 --> 00:36:59,137 WAS THAT ALL OF IT? 730 00:36:59,172 --> 00:37:00,724 Narrator: BUT IT'S BAD NEWS. 731 00:37:00,758 --> 00:37:02,758 THERE'S NOT EVEN A SCRAP OF OPAL. 732 00:37:02,793 --> 00:37:04,655 HE'S PROBABLY MORE RIGHT THAN ME THIS TIME. 733 00:37:04,689 --> 00:37:08,172 THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN, BUT I'LL HAVE TO AGREE 734 00:37:08,206 --> 00:37:10,034 HE'S PROBABLY MORE RIGHT THAN ME. 735 00:37:10,068 --> 00:37:12,655 Narrator: HIDDEN VALLEY HAS PROVED A DUD. 736 00:37:12,689 --> 00:37:14,068 WE'LL KEEP TRYING. WE WON'T GIVE UP. 737 00:37:14,103 --> 00:37:17,551 Narrator: BUT STILL WITH A $200,000 TARGET TO CHASE, 738 00:37:17,586 --> 00:37:19,724 THE BROTHERS HAVE A BACKUP PLAN -- 739 00:37:19,758 --> 00:37:23,448 A PROMISING CLAIM TO THE NORTH CALLED ELLOWA. 740 00:37:23,482 --> 00:37:25,241 SO WE'LL JUST GIVE ELLOWA A GO 741 00:37:25,275 --> 00:37:27,655 BECAUSE WE FOUND FACE FROM THE CLAIM OUT THERE. 742 00:37:27,689 --> 00:37:30,793 WE'LL ALWAYS COME BACK TO HIDDEN VALLEY. 743 00:37:34,896 --> 00:37:37,620 VERY, VERY WELL. 744 00:37:37,655 --> 00:37:38,965 WE WON'T GIVE UP ON IT, 745 00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:41,310 BUT I'VE GOT OF PROSPECTS, I RECKON, OUT OF ELLOWA. 746 00:37:41,344 --> 00:37:43,517 I'D LIKE TO GET OUT THERE AND HAVE A BIT MORE OF A CRACK. 747 00:37:43,551 --> 00:37:45,310 THERE'S GEMS OUT THERE, I'M SURE. 748 00:37:45,344 --> 00:37:46,793 IT'LL BE A GOOD CLAIM, I THINK. 749 00:37:52,413 --> 00:37:55,655 Narrator: AARON AND GREG ARE READY TO SELL THEIR OPAL. 750 00:37:55,689 --> 00:37:58,448 -WHAT ARE YOU THINKING, GREG? -I RECKON WE WANT ABOUT FIVE. 751 00:37:58,482 --> 00:37:59,896 ASK FIVE, SEE WHAT HE GIVES US. 752 00:37:59,931 --> 00:38:01,137 YOU GOT TO START UP HIGH, MATE. 753 00:38:01,172 --> 00:38:03,068 -YEAH. -YOU CAN ONLY GO DOWN. 754 00:38:03,103 --> 00:38:05,068 Narrator: THEY HAVE BOULDER OPAL, 755 00:38:05,103 --> 00:38:08,655 BLUE-GREEN IN COLOR, WITH FLASHES OF PURPLE. 756 00:38:08,689 --> 00:38:11,172 IT'S MAINLY JUST TRACE IN THE ROUGH 757 00:38:11,206 --> 00:38:14,620 AND WEIGHS APPROXIMATELY FIVE KILOS, 758 00:38:14,655 --> 00:38:20,551 MAKING ITS VALUE BETWEEN $2,000 AND $5,000. 759 00:38:20,586 --> 00:38:21,862 HOW YOU GOING, AARON, GREG? 760 00:38:21,896 --> 00:38:23,344 -OI! -HOW ARE YOUSE? 761 00:38:23,379 --> 00:38:25,103 -GOOD, MATE, HOW ARE YOU? -GOOD, EH? 762 00:38:25,137 --> 00:38:26,137 -REALLY GOOD. -HOW YOU GOING? 763 00:38:26,172 --> 00:38:27,724 YEAH, GOOD TO BE BACK AND WINNING. 764 00:38:27,758 --> 00:38:28,827 -YEAH. -OH, YEAH. 765 00:38:28,862 --> 00:38:30,482 -SHOW US WHAT YOU GOT. -OKAY. 766 00:38:30,517 --> 00:38:32,241 -YEAH. -THIS IS IT. 767 00:38:32,275 --> 00:38:33,793 GREG CUT ONE STONE. IT'S... 768 00:38:33,827 --> 00:38:35,931 OH, WOW, FRESH AS... 769 00:38:35,965 --> 00:38:37,448 -THAT'S RIGHT, MATE. -FRESH OPAL. 770 00:38:37,482 --> 00:38:38,448 YOU CAN SMELL IT, PANCAKES. 771 00:38:38,482 --> 00:38:40,068 YEAH. THAT'S RIGHT. 772 00:38:40,103 --> 00:38:42,275 -SO THIS IS THE KING STONE? -KING STONE. 773 00:38:42,310 --> 00:38:44,827 YEAH, JUST PROVES HOW THE OPAL CUTS, MATE. 774 00:38:44,862 --> 00:38:46,517 -BEAUTIFUL GREEN. -YEAH. 775 00:38:46,551 --> 00:38:48,000 DO YOU LIKE THE CUTTING, MATE? 776 00:38:48,034 --> 00:38:49,517 YEAH, NOT BAD, EH? 777 00:38:49,551 --> 00:38:51,620 HMM, 24.9 CARAT. 778 00:38:51,655 --> 00:38:52,965 PRETTY SPECIAL. 779 00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:54,379 YEAH, GOOD-SIZED STONE. 780 00:38:54,413 --> 00:38:56,172 YEAH. ALL OPALS AND STUFF, EH? 781 00:38:56,206 --> 00:38:57,482 -YEP. -YEAH. 782 00:38:57,517 --> 00:38:59,206 -RIGHTO. -THERE IS SOME LINES SIMILAR. 783 00:38:59,241 --> 00:39:00,344 YEP. 784 00:39:00,379 --> 00:39:02,482 Narrator: BUYER STEPHEN TASIC IS AFTER 785 00:39:02,517 --> 00:39:04,655 AS CHEAP A DEAL AS HE CAN GET. 786 00:39:04,689 --> 00:39:07,482 TAKING A GAMBLE, BOYS, EH? 787 00:39:09,310 --> 00:39:11,793 -WE ALL DO, EH? -THAT'S RIGHT. 788 00:39:11,827 --> 00:39:13,551 RIGHTO. 789 00:39:13,586 --> 00:39:16,551 SO WHAT'S YOUR DAMAGE? 790 00:39:16,586 --> 00:39:18,965 -I'LL ASK FIVE. -YEAH. 791 00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:22,655 WELL, YEAH, FIVE FOR WHAT, THE ROUGH AND THE CUT STONE -- 792 00:39:22,689 --> 00:39:24,068 -YEAH, MATE. -...AND WHAT'S IN THERE? 793 00:39:24,103 --> 00:39:25,793 YEAH, FIVE, MATE. 794 00:39:25,827 --> 00:39:27,827 AW, GUYS, I'VE GOT TO TURN A PROFIT OUT OF THIS. 795 00:39:27,862 --> 00:39:29,241 SO HOW DO I... 796 00:39:29,275 --> 00:39:32,172 WELL, WHAT'S THE BEST YOU CAN DO? 797 00:39:32,206 --> 00:39:33,931 PROBABLY 2 GRAND, MAN. 798 00:39:33,965 --> 00:39:36,724 CAN YOU COME UP A BIT? 799 00:39:36,758 --> 00:39:39,931 OH, WHAT ABOUT 2 GRAND AND A CARTON OF BEER? 800 00:39:39,965 --> 00:39:42,517 WHAT ABOUT 2 1/2? 801 00:39:42,551 --> 00:39:44,551 WHAT ABOUT $2,250? 802 00:39:44,586 --> 00:39:45,655 AND A CARTON OF BEER. 803 00:39:45,689 --> 00:39:46,689 -RIGHTO. -AND A CARTON. 804 00:39:46,724 --> 00:39:47,724 -DONE. -$2,250. 805 00:39:47,758 --> 00:39:49,275 -WHAT DO YOU RECKON? -OKAY! 806 00:39:49,310 --> 00:39:50,379 -RIGHTO! -YOU HAPPY? 807 00:39:50,413 --> 00:39:51,655 -CHEERS, GUYS! THANK YOU! -NO WORRIES. 808 00:39:51,689 --> 00:39:52,758 -THANK YOU. -YEAH, EXCELLENT. 809 00:39:52,793 --> 00:39:55,206 -AND I WANT THAT CARTON OF BEER. -RIGHTO. 810 00:39:55,241 --> 00:39:57,586 Narrator: LESS THAN AARON AND GREG HOPED FOR, 811 00:39:57,620 --> 00:39:59,655 BUT IT BRINGS THEM MUCH-NEEDED CASH 812 00:39:59,689 --> 00:40:01,275 AND CLOSER TO THEIR TARGET, 813 00:40:01,310 --> 00:40:04,103 WITH OVER HALF THE SEASON STILL TO GO. 814 00:40:04,137 --> 00:40:05,448 THIS YEAR IS SHAPING UP ALL RIGHT. 815 00:40:05,482 --> 00:40:06,931 -WE JUST GOT TO -- -YEAH. 816 00:40:06,965 --> 00:40:09,103 ...KEEP PRODUCING, MAKE IT HAPPEN. 817 00:40:09,137 --> 00:40:10,344 DON'T LET IT BEAT US. 818 00:40:10,379 --> 00:40:13,000 NO, WE'RE RIGHT TO GO FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. 819 00:40:13,034 --> 00:40:15,137 BIT OF DRILLING, BIT OF TRENCHING, BIT OF FACING. 820 00:40:15,172 --> 00:40:16,137 YEP. 821 00:40:16,172 --> 00:40:17,275 -CHEERS, MATE! -CHEERS! 822 00:40:17,310 --> 00:40:19,379 CHEERS TO THE OPAL! 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