"Outback Opal Hunters" Against All Odds

1 00:00:01,586 --> 00:00:03,689 Narrator: ON "OUTBACK OPAL HUNTERS," 2 00:00:03,724 --> 00:00:06,551 ROOKIE JUSTIN MAKES A MAD DASH 3 00:00:06,586 --> 00:00:10,482 TO GET HIS 20-TON EXCAVATOR ACROSS A BUSY HIGHWAY. 4 00:00:10,517 --> 00:00:14,068 OPAL QUEEN KELLY BATTLES A NEW CLAIM... 5 00:00:14,103 --> 00:00:17,344 YOU'RE HERE....WITH A NEW PARTNER. 6 00:00:17,379 --> 00:00:18,965 Josh: IT'S PRETTY TOUGH GOING. 7 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:21,206 IT'S SOME OF THE HARDEST DIRT I'VE DUG. 8 00:00:21,241 --> 00:00:22,827 HEY! 9 00:00:22,862 --> 00:00:24,896 Narrator: AND AARON AND GREG... 10 00:00:24,931 --> 00:00:26,931 HEY. 11 00:00:26,965 --> 00:00:28,551 ...ARE ON A COLLISION COURSE. 12 00:00:28,586 --> 00:00:31,413 FUEL! STOP! STOP! 13 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:39,074 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org 14 00:00:53,517 --> 00:00:56,482 --Captions by VITAC-- www.vitac.com 15 00:00:56,517 --> 00:00:59,827 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 16 00:00:59,862 --> 00:01:03,172 Narrator: COOBER PEDY, SOUTH AUSTRALIA -- 17 00:01:03,206 --> 00:01:08,275 AN ISOLATED TOWN SURROUNDED BY A VAST AND BRUTAL DESERT. 18 00:01:08,310 --> 00:01:11,896 LIKE THOUSANDS BEFORE HIM, ROOKIE MINER 19 00:01:11,931 --> 00:01:14,827 JUSTIN LANG IS HOPING TO MAKE HIS FORTUNE 20 00:01:14,862 --> 00:01:19,103 ON THE OPAL FIELDS OF COOBER PEDY. 21 00:01:19,137 --> 00:01:24,137 BUT THIS SECOND SEASON IN THE GAME IS NOT GOING TO PLAN. 22 00:01:24,172 --> 00:01:27,517 HE'S LOST HIS MINING PARTNER, DAN, 23 00:01:27,551 --> 00:01:30,931 INVESTED ALMOST $50,000... 24 00:01:30,965 --> 00:01:33,379 I JUST BOUGHT MYSELF AN EXCAVATOR. 25 00:01:33,413 --> 00:01:35,482 ...AND HASN'T MADE A CENT. 26 00:01:35,517 --> 00:01:38,931 JUSTIN DESPERATELY NEEDS A WIN. 27 00:01:38,965 --> 00:01:41,310 Justin: BECKY AND I RECENTLY GOT ENGAGED, 28 00:01:41,344 --> 00:01:44,275 SO I'VE GOT TO FIND OPAL. 29 00:01:44,310 --> 00:01:46,413 I HAVE TO MAKE IT WORK. 30 00:01:46,448 --> 00:01:47,620 IT IS JUST SO IMPORTANT 31 00:01:47,655 --> 00:01:49,206 JUST BECAUSE I NEED TO PROVIDE FOR A FAMILY ONE DAY. 32 00:01:52,068 --> 00:01:56,000 Narrator: JUSTIN IS SEARCHING FOR A NEW CLAIM. 33 00:01:56,034 --> 00:01:59,379 Justin: I'M TRYING TO WORK OUT THE NEXT STEP FOR ME, 34 00:01:59,413 --> 00:02:01,482 AND THAT'S TO GO TO THE CLOSEST FIELD 35 00:02:01,517 --> 00:02:03,172 JUST TO SEE IF I CAN GET SOME OPAL 36 00:02:03,206 --> 00:02:05,379 BECAUSE I'M STARTING TO GET A LITTLE BIT DESPERATE. 37 00:02:05,413 --> 00:02:07,103 I HAVEN'T SEEN IT IN A LONG TIME, 38 00:02:07,137 --> 00:02:10,172 AND I JUST NEED TO SEE SOME OPAL IN THE WALL. 39 00:02:10,206 --> 00:02:11,827 Narrator: THE CLOSEST MINE FIELD 40 00:02:11,862 --> 00:02:13,827 TO HIS CURRENT CLAIM AT SHELL PATCH 41 00:02:13,862 --> 00:02:17,241 IS VINO, JUST 5 KILOMETERS AWAY, 42 00:02:17,275 --> 00:02:21,620 CLOSE ENOUGH FOR HIM TO WALK HIS 20-TON EXCAVATOR. 43 00:02:23,620 --> 00:02:26,448 Justin: THE PLAN FROM HERE IS TO PICK UP THE PEGS, 44 00:02:26,482 --> 00:02:29,724 MAKE MY WAY CROSS-COUNTRY TO VINO, GET DOWN THERE, 45 00:02:29,758 --> 00:02:31,206 AND I'M GONNA PUT THE PEGS IN THE GROUND, 46 00:02:31,241 --> 00:02:33,413 AND IF I CAN, I'LL START MINING TODAY. 47 00:02:33,448 --> 00:02:36,241 Narrator: FOUR BOUNDARY PEGS ARE USED 48 00:02:36,275 --> 00:02:38,310 TO DEFINE EACH MINER'S CLAIM. 49 00:02:38,344 --> 00:02:41,172 ONCE THEY'RE IN POSITION, THE CLAIM REGISTERED 50 00:02:41,206 --> 00:02:44,344 AND $300 PAID FOR A 12-MONTH LEASE, 51 00:02:44,379 --> 00:02:47,586 THE GROUND IS THEIRS TO DIG. 52 00:02:47,620 --> 00:02:49,689 ALRIGHT. 53 00:02:49,724 --> 00:02:52,206 Narrator: TO GET THE EXCAVATOR TO THE NEW CLAIM, 54 00:02:52,241 --> 00:02:55,655 JUSTIN MUST FIRST CROSS THE MAIN ARTERIAL ROUTE 55 00:02:55,689 --> 00:02:57,862 FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM OF THE CONTINENT, 56 00:02:57,896 --> 00:03:01,275 THE STUART HIGHWAY. 57 00:03:07,172 --> 00:03:11,620 HERE, THE FAMOUS AUSSIE ROAD TRAINS ARE A CONSTANT HAZARD. 58 00:03:11,655 --> 00:03:16,275 MEASURING UP TO 50 METERS, WEIGHING OVER 115 TONS 59 00:03:16,310 --> 00:03:19,620 AND WITH A TOP SPEED OF 100 KILOMETERS AN HOUR, 60 00:03:19,655 --> 00:03:22,379 THEY TAKE 200 METERS TO STOP. 61 00:03:25,310 --> 00:03:27,931 TO GET HIS EXCAVATOR OVER THE ROAD, 62 00:03:27,965 --> 00:03:30,620 JUSTIN NOT ONLY NEEDS TO DODGE THE TRAFFIC, 63 00:03:30,655 --> 00:03:35,896 HE MUST AVOID DAMAGING THE ROAD OR FACE THE COST OF FIXING IT. 64 00:03:35,931 --> 00:03:38,758 Justin: YOU COULD LAY ALL THESE TIRES OUT 65 00:03:38,793 --> 00:03:42,448 SO THEN THE EXCAVATOR TRACKS CAN GO OVER THE TOP OF THE TIRES 66 00:03:42,482 --> 00:03:44,620 SO IT DOESN'T DAMAGE THE ROAD. 67 00:03:44,655 --> 00:03:45,965 Narrator: TIME FOR SOME ADVICE 68 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,931 FROM MENTOR AND VETERAN COOBER PEDY MINER... 69 00:03:48,965 --> 00:03:50,862 HI, JOHN....JOHN DUNSTAN. 70 00:03:50,896 --> 00:03:52,137 HEY, JUSTIN. HOW YOU GOING? 71 00:03:52,172 --> 00:03:53,379 YEAH, GOOD, GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? 72 00:03:53,413 --> 00:03:55,965 SO, HOW DO YOU INTEND TO CROSS THE BRIDGE, MATE? 73 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:58,655 I THOUGHT I'LL ASK TO SEE WHETHER YOU, YOU KNOW 74 00:03:58,689 --> 00:04:00,103 YOU HAD ANY ADVICE ON DOING IT, 75 00:04:00,137 --> 00:04:02,206 'CAUSE I'M DOING IT BY MYSELF AT THIS STAGE, SO. 76 00:04:02,241 --> 00:04:04,275 WELL, THAT'S DANGEROUS,YEAH. 77 00:04:04,310 --> 00:04:06,724 THAT'S REALLY DANGEROUS TRYING TO DO IT ON YOUR OWN. 78 00:04:06,758 --> 00:04:08,793 ALRIGHT. 79 00:04:08,827 --> 00:04:10,310 BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC ON THE ROAD, 80 00:04:10,344 --> 00:04:12,482 AND YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE IT'S ALL CLEAR, 81 00:04:12,517 --> 00:04:14,379 AND YOU'RE GONNA NEED AT LEAST ONE OTHER PERSON 82 00:04:14,413 --> 00:04:16,517 TO HELP YOU SHOVE THE TIRES ON THE ROAD. 83 00:04:16,551 --> 00:04:18,241 ALRIGHT.AND THEN QUICKLY GET THEM OFF 84 00:04:18,275 --> 00:04:20,482 AS SOON AS YOU CROSS. OKAY. 85 00:04:20,517 --> 00:04:22,793 UNFORTUNATELY, I CAN'T HELP YOU TODAY. 86 00:04:22,827 --> 00:04:24,275 YEAH, THAT'S ALRIGHT. 87 00:04:24,310 --> 00:04:27,000 Justin: JOHN SEEMS TO THINK IT'S DANGEROUS. 88 00:04:27,034 --> 00:04:30,655 IF YOU DAMAGE THE ROAD, YOU HAVE TO PAY TO GET IT FIXED, 89 00:04:30,689 --> 00:04:32,655 AND THAT'S GONNA REALLY PUT A HOLE IN MY POCKET. 90 00:04:39,103 --> 00:04:41,517 DRAGONFLY CLAIM, OPALTON, 91 00:04:41,551 --> 00:04:45,275 120 KILOMETERS FROM THE NEAREST TOWN. 92 00:04:45,310 --> 00:04:50,379 HERE, AARON AND GREG ARE CHASING $120,000. 93 00:04:54,103 --> 00:04:57,206 AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER TWO YEARS AGO, 94 00:04:57,241 --> 00:05:00,344 AARON HAS BEEN RENTING THIS CLAIM FROM HIS FAMILY 95 00:05:00,379 --> 00:05:04,586 AND NEEDS HIS SHARE SO HE CAN BUY THEM OUT. 96 00:05:04,620 --> 00:05:05,931 Aaron: YEAH, I'M GONNA BUY THE FAMILY OUT, 97 00:05:05,965 --> 00:05:07,655 AND THEN I CAN BUY DAD'S ESTATE. 98 00:05:07,689 --> 00:05:10,448 THIS IS HIS LEASE. IT'S HIS HOUSE IN TOWN. 99 00:05:10,482 --> 00:05:14,896 AND THAT'S WHY I COME HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE TO DO IT. 100 00:05:14,931 --> 00:05:17,965 Narrator: BUT AFTER JUST ONE BIG FIND MONTHS AGO, 101 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,413 THINGS AREN'T LOOKING GOOD. 102 00:05:20,448 --> 00:05:23,931 OH, THERE'S A BIT OF PRESSURE ON ME, LIKE, AT THE MOMENT. 103 00:05:23,965 --> 00:05:25,827 LIKE, I'VE GOT TO SORT OF TRY AND COME UP 104 00:05:25,862 --> 00:05:27,206 WITH A FAIR BIT OF MONEY. 105 00:05:27,241 --> 00:05:31,758 Narrator: WITH JUST FOUR MONTHS LEFT TO HIT THEIR TARGET, 106 00:05:31,793 --> 00:05:34,068 THEY'LL NEED ANOTHER BIG FIND, 107 00:05:34,103 --> 00:05:35,862 AND THIS TIME, THEY'RE PLANNING TO DIG 108 00:05:35,896 --> 00:05:39,862 AN AREA THEY'VE CALLED THE PIT. 109 00:05:39,896 --> 00:05:41,586 Aaron: YEAH, WE NEED LIGHTNING TO STRIKE TWICE 110 00:05:41,620 --> 00:05:43,413 TO GET ANOTHER BIG FIND. 111 00:05:43,448 --> 00:05:47,344 Narrator: THIS SEASON HAS SEEN BIG CHANGES FOR THE CREW. 112 00:05:47,379 --> 00:05:51,172 PARTNER COL DUFF HAS SUFFERED FROM CONSTANT ILL HEALTH. 113 00:05:52,620 --> 00:05:55,793 YEAH, THE PARTNERSHIP IS OVER FOR THIS SEASON 114 00:05:55,827 --> 00:05:58,413 AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST BAD LUCK. 115 00:05:58,448 --> 00:06:00,379 I GOT SICK AT SOME CRUCIAL POINTS, 116 00:06:00,413 --> 00:06:03,275 AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO GET SICK AGAIN. 117 00:06:03,310 --> 00:06:05,965 NAH, THE PARTNERSHIP IS OVER WITH US AND COL. 118 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:09,931 Narrator: ENTER NEW PARTNER, RON SELLIG. 119 00:06:09,965 --> 00:06:15,034 IN OPAL MINING, HAVING A PARTNER YOU CAN TRUST IS KEY. 120 00:06:15,068 --> 00:06:18,827 RON HAS WORKED WITH ME BEFORE AT MIDDLETON WAY. 121 00:06:18,862 --> 00:06:21,724 WE'VE DONE A FAIR BIT OF DIGGING OUT THAT WAY. 122 00:06:21,758 --> 00:06:23,310 I LIKE WORKING WITH RON. 123 00:06:23,344 --> 00:06:25,482 HE'S A VERY GOOD WORKER AND A VERY HONEST PERSON. 124 00:06:25,517 --> 00:06:28,517 I'VE GOT ON WELL WITH GREG ALL OF THESE YEARS. 125 00:06:28,551 --> 00:06:30,068 WE GO FISHING TOGETHER. 126 00:06:30,103 --> 00:06:31,965 WE HAVE A GOOD TIME TOGETHER. 127 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:33,620 WE UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER. 128 00:06:33,655 --> 00:06:35,103 GOOD JOB, BOYS. 129 00:06:35,137 --> 00:06:40,034 Narrator: RON HASN'T INVESTED MONEY OR EQUIPMENT IN DRAGONFLY. 130 00:06:40,068 --> 00:06:44,310 HE'LL GET JUST 10% OF ANYTHING THEY FIND. 131 00:06:44,344 --> 00:06:47,413 IT'S A BREEZE WORKING WITH THE BOYS BECAUSE WHERE 132 00:06:47,448 --> 00:06:50,896 I WAS BEFORE WAS LIKE WALKING ON EGGSHELLS ALL THE TIME. 133 00:06:50,931 --> 00:06:53,000 OH, LOOK AT THAT. THAT'S BLOODY NICE. 134 00:06:53,034 --> 00:06:55,862 Aaron: YEAH, RON HAS HAD A ROUGH RUN WITH SOME PARTNERS. 135 00:06:55,896 --> 00:06:57,655 NICE GREEN-PURPLE, EH? IT IS. 136 00:06:57,689 --> 00:07:00,551 Greg: HE SEEMS TO KEEP GETTING A RAW DEAL FROM PEOPLE, 137 00:07:00,586 --> 00:07:02,758 BUT HE'LL BE ALRIGHT IF HE STICKS WITH US. 138 00:07:02,793 --> 00:07:04,413 Aaron: YEAH, RON IS HERE. THAT'S GOOD. 139 00:07:04,448 --> 00:07:05,862 HE'S WORTH HIS WEIGHT IN GOLD. 140 00:07:05,896 --> 00:07:08,310 YOU KNOW, YOU GOT GOOD PARTNERS, YOU GOT TO LOOK OUT FOR THEM. 141 00:07:09,724 --> 00:07:13,103 Narrator: TOGETHER, THESE THREE BATTLERS 142 00:07:13,137 --> 00:07:15,241 MIGHT JUST STRIKE IT RICH. 143 00:07:21,172 --> 00:07:24,482 WHILST RON LEVELS THE SURFACE OF THE PIT, 144 00:07:24,517 --> 00:07:27,655 AARON AND GREG WILL DIG TEST HOLES AROUND IT 145 00:07:27,689 --> 00:07:32,275 TO SEE HOW FAR THE OPAL LEVEL RUNS. 146 00:07:32,310 --> 00:07:34,137 -YOU ALRIGHT? -RIGHT. 147 00:07:38,379 --> 00:07:40,965 Aaron: THIS SHOULD BE A GOOD HOLE. 148 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:44,000 DOING THE HOMEWORK BEFORE WE START MOVING THE DIRT. 149 00:07:44,034 --> 00:07:48,172 Narrator: THEIR 40-YEAR-OLD CALDWELL DRILL 150 00:07:48,206 --> 00:07:50,620 USES DECADES-OLD TECHNOLOGY. 151 00:07:50,655 --> 00:07:53,137 IT IS NOTORIOUSLY DANGEROUS, 152 00:07:53,172 --> 00:07:56,172 WITH LIMBS LOST IN ITS OPERATION. 153 00:08:03,655 --> 00:08:07,655 PULLING UP SAMPLES FROM UP TO 30 METERS BELOW GROUND, 154 00:08:07,689 --> 00:08:11,241 IT CAN HELP THEM PINPOINT WHERE TO MINE NEXT. 155 00:08:15,034 --> 00:08:16,379 JUST GONNA HAVE A LOOK. 156 00:08:16,413 --> 00:08:18,965 MAYBE A BIT OF SANDY BALL WILL COME OUT OR SOMETHING. 157 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:21,310 THAT RON IS A PRETTY SMOOTH OPERATOR AS WELL. 158 00:08:21,344 --> 00:08:22,896 HEY, STEADY EYE, GOOD TO SEE, 159 00:08:22,931 --> 00:08:24,172 STEADY ON THE JOBS ARE GREAT. 160 00:08:24,206 --> 00:08:25,034 YEAH, I KNOW. 161 00:08:25,068 --> 00:08:27,206 I KNOW, HE'S A STEADY OPERATOR. 162 00:08:27,241 --> 00:08:28,448 THAT'S SANDY ISN'T IT? 163 00:08:28,482 --> 00:08:30,379 YEAH. 164 00:08:30,413 --> 00:08:34,172 IT'S LIKE A WOOD REPLACEMENT, BUT IT'S SOFT STUFF. 165 00:08:34,206 --> 00:08:35,620 I LOVE IT. 166 00:08:35,655 --> 00:08:37,275 THE DRILL IS A VERY GOOD THING 167 00:08:37,310 --> 00:08:39,000 BECAUSE IT GIVES YOU A GOOD SAMPLE OF THE GROUND 168 00:08:39,034 --> 00:08:42,655 AND WHAT DEPTHS YOUR LEVELS ARE AT AND HOW THICK YOUR LEVEL IS. 169 00:08:42,689 --> 00:08:45,379 SO BASICALLY YOU'VE JUST GOT TO WORK OUT 170 00:08:45,413 --> 00:08:49,689 EXACTLY WHAT BIT OF GROUND TO TAKE AND TAKE IT. 171 00:08:49,724 --> 00:08:53,896 Narrator: WHILE GREG HANDLES THE CABLE THAT RELEASES THE LOAD, 172 00:08:53,931 --> 00:08:56,310 IT'S UP TO AARON TO CONTROL THE DRILL 173 00:08:56,344 --> 00:08:59,724 SO IT DOESN'T GET OVERFILLED WITH DIRT AND JAM. 174 00:08:59,758 --> 00:09:03,793 BUT THE NEXT LOAD ISN'T EMPTYING. 175 00:09:03,827 --> 00:09:06,586 JUST PACKED IT RIGHT IN THERE. 176 00:09:06,620 --> 00:09:08,689 YEAH, WELL, HE OVERLOADED THE BUCKET. 177 00:09:08,724 --> 00:09:10,413 HE'S JUST PACKED IT RIGHT IN. 178 00:09:10,448 --> 00:09:12,068 WITH THE BUCKET JAMMED, 179 00:09:12,103 --> 00:09:14,827 THEIR DRILLING OPERATION IS AT A STANDSTILL. 180 00:09:25,758 --> 00:09:30,137 LIGHTNING RIDGE, OUTBACK NEW SOUTH WALES, 181 00:09:30,172 --> 00:09:33,965 A FRONTIER TOWN AT THE EDGE OF AN UNFORGIVING WILDERNESS... 182 00:09:36,172 --> 00:09:39,482 ...A TOWN THAT EXISTS FOR ONE REASON ONLY -- 183 00:09:39,517 --> 00:09:42,137 BLACK OPAL. 184 00:09:42,172 --> 00:09:47,689 RARER THAN DIAMOND, BLACK OPAL CAN BE WORTH AS MUCH AS $35,000 185 00:09:47,724 --> 00:09:50,862 FOR JUST 1/5 OF A GRAM. 186 00:09:50,896 --> 00:09:55,965 JUST $28,000 TOWARDS HER $150,000 TARGET, 187 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:58,482 OPAL QUEEN AND MOTHER OF THREE, 188 00:09:58,517 --> 00:10:02,896 KELLY TISHLER IS HEADING OUT TO PEG A SECRET NEW CLAIM. 189 00:10:02,931 --> 00:10:06,172 IT'S A WHOLE NEW AREA. NOBODY KNOWS THIS AREA. 190 00:10:06,206 --> 00:10:07,793 NO ONE IN TOWN HAS KNOWN. 191 00:10:07,827 --> 00:10:09,517 I'VE GOT TO KEEP IT QUIET. 192 00:10:09,551 --> 00:10:10,931 THERE'S A LOT RIDING ON IT. 193 00:10:10,965 --> 00:10:13,310 IF IT TURNS OUT TO BE A WHOLE NEW OPAL FIELD, 194 00:10:13,344 --> 00:10:15,413 WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE. 195 00:10:15,448 --> 00:10:17,689 THERE COULD BE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. 196 00:10:17,724 --> 00:10:20,413 Narrator: RECENT TEST-DRILLING 197 00:10:20,448 --> 00:10:24,103 HAS BROUGHT HER TO ONE PARTICULAR SITE. 198 00:10:24,137 --> 00:10:27,344 THIS IS A WHOLE NEW AREA, WHOLE NEW FIELD. 199 00:10:27,379 --> 00:10:30,034 WE'RE A LONG WAY FROM OTHER OPALS, 200 00:10:30,068 --> 00:10:32,551 SO THE FACT THAT WE'VE NARROWED IT DOWN 201 00:10:32,586 --> 00:10:34,931 TO THIS HOLE, THAT FEELS PRETTY GOOD. 202 00:10:34,965 --> 00:10:39,275 Narrator: NOW SHE NEEDS TO PEG HER CLAIM AND MINE THE AREA 203 00:10:39,310 --> 00:10:41,206 BEFORE SOMEONE ELSE DOES. 204 00:10:41,241 --> 00:10:43,965 OPAL LIVES HERE. 205 00:10:46,206 --> 00:10:49,482 Narrator: KELLY MAY FINALLY BE ON TO A WINNER. 206 00:10:49,517 --> 00:10:53,344 WITH HER 3-METER TEST SHAFT ALREADY DONE, 207 00:10:53,379 --> 00:10:57,137 KELLY NOW NEEDS TO GET THE BOTTOM OF THE HOLE WIDENED, 208 00:10:57,172 --> 00:11:01,689 OR BELLED OUT, TO MAKE ROOM FOR A TUNNELING MACHINE. 209 00:11:01,724 --> 00:11:04,965 IT'S TOUGH WORK THAT REQUIRES EXPERIENCE 210 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:06,931 AND THE RIGHT MACHINERY. 211 00:11:06,965 --> 00:11:09,793 WITH PARTNERS DWAYNE AND MARK ALREADY BUSY, 212 00:11:09,827 --> 00:11:12,724 KELLY IS IN NEED OF MORE MUSCLE. 213 00:11:12,758 --> 00:11:16,413 JOSH HARRISON AND HIS FATHER, IAN, HAVE BEEN MINERS 214 00:11:16,448 --> 00:11:18,896 IN LIGHTNING RIDGE FOR DECADES. 215 00:11:18,931 --> 00:11:23,034 THE PAIR ARE FAMOUS FOR HARD WORK AND HEAVY MACHINERY. 216 00:11:27,034 --> 00:11:29,862 YOU'RE HERE. EH. 217 00:11:29,896 --> 00:11:32,758 THAT NET COME OUT OF THE STRAIGHT-FOOTER. 218 00:11:32,793 --> 00:11:34,931 NICE COLOR, EH?OH, IT'S OPAL, KELL. 219 00:11:34,965 --> 00:11:36,000 IT'S OPAL WHITE. 220 00:11:36,034 --> 00:11:38,068 Josh: KELL AND AL HAVE COME THROUGH 221 00:11:38,103 --> 00:11:41,068 AND BUILD UP SOME MATERIAL, AND THEY'VE NOW PEGGED IT. 222 00:11:41,103 --> 00:11:43,275 THEY ASKED US IF WE WERE INTERESTED 223 00:11:43,310 --> 00:11:45,241 IN WORKING THE CLAIM LAST WEEK. 224 00:11:45,275 --> 00:11:48,068 AND WE AGREED ON A DEAL AND SAID WE'LL COME HERE 225 00:11:48,103 --> 00:11:51,344 AND TAKE A SAMPLE AND SEE HOW IT TURNS OUT. 226 00:11:51,379 --> 00:11:53,655 DOES THAT SEEM TO YOU... YEP. 227 00:11:53,689 --> 00:11:56,517 Narrator: JOSH AND HIS DAD WILL WORK KELLY'S CLAIM 228 00:11:56,551 --> 00:11:59,344 FOR A PERCENTAGE OF WHATEVER THEY FIND. 229 00:11:59,379 --> 00:12:02,827 I TRUST HIM TOTALLY, SO HE'LL DO A GREAT JOB, 230 00:12:02,862 --> 00:12:04,827 AND HE'S GOT THE MACHINES. 231 00:12:04,862 --> 00:12:06,862 AND I'LL JUST FOR A FEW DAYS AND COME BACK, 232 00:12:06,896 --> 00:12:08,482 AND HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE SOME GEMS. 233 00:12:08,517 --> 00:12:10,862 WELL, I'LL LEAVE IT ALL IN YOUR CAPABLE HANDS. 234 00:12:10,896 --> 00:12:12,000 ALRIGHT THEN. 235 00:12:12,034 --> 00:12:13,379 WE'LL SEE YOU WHEN YOU WHEN YOU GET BACK. 236 00:12:13,413 --> 00:12:14,551 WELL, HOPEFULLY YOU'VE GOT SOME OPAL. 237 00:12:14,586 --> 00:12:15,827 HOPEFULLY WE'VE GOT SOME BLOODY GEMS FOR YOU. 238 00:12:19,758 --> 00:12:23,034 Narrator: ON DRAGONFLY CLAIM, AARON AND GREG'S 239 00:12:23,068 --> 00:12:25,896 MINING OPERATION HAS GROUND TO A HALT. 240 00:12:25,931 --> 00:12:27,448 -GO AND DO IT. -UH-HUH. 241 00:12:27,482 --> 00:12:29,896 AARON HAS PACKED THE BUCKET FULL OF EARTH. 242 00:12:29,931 --> 00:12:32,551 SORRY, MATE. 243 00:12:32,586 --> 00:12:35,241 SHE'S WELL AND TRULY PACKED IN THERE. 244 00:12:35,275 --> 00:12:37,689 CAN YOU DO IT? NO, YOU DO IT. 245 00:12:37,724 --> 00:12:40,068 YOU IT UP. YOU FIX IT. 246 00:12:40,103 --> 00:12:42,482 HE FORGOT HE ALREADY FILLED IT, 247 00:12:42,517 --> 00:12:45,275 SO HE LOADED IT UP AND BANG BANG. 248 00:12:45,310 --> 00:12:48,827 SHE'S CHOCK-A-BLOCK. 249 00:12:48,862 --> 00:12:50,344 I'M PUFFED, GREG. 250 00:12:50,379 --> 00:12:51,551 OH, ARE YOU? 251 00:12:51,586 --> 00:12:53,137 IT'S NOT THAT BAD, GREG. 252 00:12:53,172 --> 00:12:54,586 JUST HANDLE RIGHT OUT. 253 00:12:54,620 --> 00:12:56,793 YEAH, YOU GOT A WHILE. KEEP UP. 254 00:12:58,965 --> 00:13:00,172 WE'LL GET THERE BY CHRISTMAS. 255 00:13:01,655 --> 00:13:05,448 Narrator: NEW PARTNER RON HAS FOUND OPAL TRACE. 256 00:13:05,482 --> 00:13:08,068 IS IT WORTH LOOKING AT, AUDIE?OF COURSE IT IS. 257 00:13:08,103 --> 00:13:10,965 OKAY. 258 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:11,931 DROP OF DIESEL. 259 00:13:11,965 --> 00:13:14,103 IT'S AT LEAST SOMETHING. 260 00:13:14,137 --> 00:13:17,379 RON FOUND A BIT OF COLOR IN THE SAND HE SAYS HE'S PUSHING. 261 00:13:17,413 --> 00:13:20,620 THIS IS THE ONE THAT'S GOT BLUE IN IT. 262 00:13:20,655 --> 00:13:22,448 YOU'RE NOT JUST A PRETTY FACE, AUDIE. 263 00:13:22,482 --> 00:13:23,689 NO. 264 00:13:23,724 --> 00:13:25,862 Aaron: I THINK WE'VE GOT LUCK ON OUR SIDE, TOO. 265 00:13:25,896 --> 00:13:28,172 SINCE RON HAS COME, HE'S BROUGHT COLOR. 266 00:13:28,206 --> 00:13:30,034 HE'S BROUGHT LUCK. HE'S HAPPY. 267 00:13:30,068 --> 00:13:32,758 WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT? 268 00:13:32,793 --> 00:13:37,068 Narrator: RON ALSO HAS A RANGE OF HANDY SKILLS. 269 00:13:37,103 --> 00:13:40,241 ANY CHANCE OF GETTING A FRINGE CUT? 270 00:13:40,275 --> 00:13:43,413 NO WORRIES, MATE. FOR YOU, ANYTHING. 271 00:13:43,448 --> 00:13:45,586 Greg: DON'T SLIP WITH THE SCISSORS, AUDIE. 272 00:13:45,620 --> 00:13:47,448 OH, HE'S A FREAK. 273 00:13:47,482 --> 00:13:49,413 STARTING TO GET A BIT FERAL, AUDIE. 274 00:13:49,448 --> 00:13:51,965 I KNOW. AH, YOU'RE LOOKING GOOD NOW. 275 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:53,931 DON'T IT UP. I DON'T WANT IT LIKE YOURS. 276 00:13:56,206 --> 00:13:58,517 NOW, I'M GONNA USE THE CREASE ON YOUR HEAD. 277 00:13:58,551 --> 00:14:01,344 WHICH ONE? WHICH ONE? 278 00:14:01,379 --> 00:14:03,000 ARE YOU READY? 279 00:14:03,034 --> 00:14:05,000 RIGHT. AYE. 280 00:14:09,586 --> 00:14:12,586 OH, LOOK AT THAT. 281 00:14:12,620 --> 00:14:13,931 YOU'RE DOING THAT TOO HIGH. 282 00:14:13,965 --> 00:14:16,758 NO, HE'S DOING A NICE JOB THERE. 283 00:14:16,793 --> 00:14:18,137 CAN YOU BLEND THE SIDES? 284 00:14:18,172 --> 00:14:19,241 THAT'S LOOKING GOOD. 285 00:14:19,275 --> 00:14:21,448 DON'T IT UP.DON'T KNOCK HIS EARS OFF. 286 00:14:21,482 --> 00:14:22,586 I WON'T. I WON'T. 287 00:14:22,620 --> 00:14:24,034 GET IT PRETTY STRAIGHT. 288 00:14:24,068 --> 00:14:26,586 HE DID. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. 289 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:29,310 STRAIGHT? 290 00:14:32,655 --> 00:14:34,310 OF COURSE IT'S STRAIGHT. LOOK AT IT. 291 00:14:34,344 --> 00:14:35,517 AUDIE, CAN'T I AT LEAST... 292 00:14:35,551 --> 00:14:36,758 NO, YOU JUST GOT TO MOVE YOUR HEAD 293 00:14:36,793 --> 00:14:38,310 A BIT TO THE RIGHT, I MEAN TO THE LEFT. 294 00:14:38,344 --> 00:14:39,413 NOW IT'S STRAIGHT. 295 00:14:41,689 --> 00:14:43,275 IT UP, HASN'T HE? 296 00:14:43,310 --> 00:14:45,310 HEY, I TRIED MY BEST. 297 00:14:47,241 --> 00:14:50,034 THAT'S BUT THAT'S ALRIGHT. 298 00:14:50,068 --> 00:14:51,896 NAH, IT'S A LOT BETTER, AT LEAST OUT OF ME EYES. 299 00:14:51,931 --> 00:14:53,413 YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A LOT BETTER, 300 00:14:53,448 --> 00:14:55,827 BUT IT'S DEFINITELY NOT IN HIS EYES. 301 00:14:55,862 --> 00:14:57,551 LET'S GO AND SUCK SOME MORE DUST, EH? 302 00:15:01,724 --> 00:15:04,965 Narrator: AARON IS KEEN TO GET BACK ON THE HUNT. 303 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:06,103 I NEED TO FIND OPAL. 304 00:15:06,137 --> 00:15:09,482 I'VE GOT A LOT OF BILLS TO PAY. SORT OUT FAMILY, 305 00:15:09,517 --> 00:15:13,344 AND IF WE DON'T FIND OPAL, WE CAN'T KEEP GOING. 306 00:15:13,379 --> 00:15:17,068 Narrator: THE BOYS WANT TO DIG WHERE RON FOUND OPAL TRACE. 307 00:15:17,103 --> 00:15:21,172 FIRST, THEY MUST CLEAR THE AREA OF TONS OF DIRT. 308 00:15:21,206 --> 00:15:24,827 BUT AS AARON REVERSES, HE'S UNAWARE BEHIND HIM 309 00:15:24,862 --> 00:15:28,689 IS A 40-GALLON DRUM OF DIESEL. 310 00:15:28,724 --> 00:15:31,482 STOP! STOP! FUEL! 311 00:15:35,862 --> 00:15:37,862 YOU NEED AT LEAST ONE OTHER PERSON TO HELP YOU. 312 00:15:37,896 --> 00:15:38,896 YEAH. OKAY? 313 00:15:38,931 --> 00:15:41,068 BEFORE YOU EVEN ATTEMPT TO DO IT. 314 00:15:41,103 --> 00:15:42,448 OKAY. 315 00:15:42,482 --> 00:15:43,758 BECAUSE THAT'S DANGEROUS. 316 00:15:43,793 --> 00:15:47,034 Narrator: DESPERATE FOR AN OPAL STRIKE, 317 00:15:47,068 --> 00:15:50,724 ROOKIE JUSTIN IS MAKING A RISKY MOVE. 318 00:15:50,758 --> 00:15:53,655 HE WANTS TO TAKE HIS 20-TON EXCAVATOR 319 00:15:53,689 --> 00:15:56,827 WITH A TOP SPEED OF 3 KILOMETERS PER HOUR 320 00:15:56,862 --> 00:15:59,103 ACROSS A BUSY HIGHWAY 321 00:15:59,137 --> 00:16:04,793 WITH A TOP SPEED OF 110 KILOMETERS PER HOUR. 322 00:16:04,827 --> 00:16:07,379 Justin: SOME OF THE ROAD TRAINS THAT ARE CRUISING THROUGH 323 00:16:07,413 --> 00:16:09,344 HAVE GOT THREE MASSIVE CARRIAGES ON THEM, 324 00:16:09,379 --> 00:16:11,758 AND THEY TAKE A WHILE TO SLOW UP, 325 00:16:11,793 --> 00:16:14,758 SO I DON'T WANT TO BE IN THE ROAD WITH THEM. 326 00:16:14,793 --> 00:16:18,413 Narrator: NOT ONLY DOES HE NEED TO CROSS IT, 327 00:16:18,448 --> 00:16:21,379 HE HAS TO MAKE SURE HE DOESN'T DAMAGE IT. 328 00:16:21,413 --> 00:16:25,068 Justin: TO GET IT OVER THERE, I NEED TO TAKE THE EXCAVATOR 329 00:16:25,103 --> 00:16:27,862 RIGHT UP TO THE ROAD, AND I NEED TO MAKE SURE 330 00:16:27,896 --> 00:16:30,241 THAT THERE'S ABOUT 12 OR MORE TIRES STACKED 331 00:16:30,275 --> 00:16:31,724 ON EITHER SIDE OF THE ROAD. 332 00:16:31,758 --> 00:16:33,275 AND REALLY QUICKLY I'VE GOT TO 333 00:16:33,310 --> 00:16:35,172 JUST PUT THEM OUT ACROSS THE ROAD 334 00:16:35,206 --> 00:16:37,689 SO I DON'T DAMAGE THE BITUMEN WHEN I ROLL THE TRACKS OVER IT. 335 00:16:37,724 --> 00:16:41,758 Narrator: IT'S A DANGEROUS CROSSING TO ATTEMPT ALONE. 336 00:16:44,068 --> 00:16:45,551 HE'S IN LUCK. 337 00:16:45,586 --> 00:16:48,413 A NEARBY TRUCK DRIVER MIGHT LEND A HAND. 338 00:16:48,448 --> 00:16:49,517 JUST WONDERING 339 00:16:49,551 --> 00:16:50,931 WHETHER YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO GIVE ME A HAND 340 00:16:50,965 --> 00:16:52,206 THROWING A FEW TIRES ON THE ROAD OVER. 341 00:16:54,413 --> 00:16:56,172 JUSTIN. 342 00:16:56,206 --> 00:16:58,448 YEAH, YOU COOL WITH HELPING ME OUT WITH THAT, OR... 343 00:17:00,344 --> 00:17:01,413 THAT WOULD BE EVEN BETTER. 344 00:17:01,448 --> 00:17:02,827 -ALRIGHT. -LET'S GET CRACKING. 345 00:17:02,862 --> 00:17:05,551 Justin: I JUST GOT TO MOVE THIS OVER THE ROAD 346 00:17:05,586 --> 00:17:06,724 AND FIND SOME OPAL. 347 00:17:06,758 --> 00:17:09,827 I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I TIME IT PERFECTLY 348 00:17:09,862 --> 00:17:13,137 SO I CAN LISTEN OUT FOR ANY TRAFFIC EITHER END, 349 00:17:13,172 --> 00:17:16,137 MAKE THAT COMMITMENT TO CHUCK THE TIRES DOWN, 350 00:17:16,172 --> 00:17:19,379 DRIVE THE THING OVER AND GET THE TIRES OUT OF THE WAY. 351 00:17:26,655 --> 00:17:27,862 Narrator: IN COOBER PEDY, 352 00:17:27,896 --> 00:17:31,586 JUSTIN HAS LESS THAN TWO MINUTES TO GET HIS EXCAVATOR 353 00:17:31,620 --> 00:17:35,896 ACROSS THE MAIN HIGHWAY BEFORE HIGH-SPEED TRAFFIC APPROACHES. 354 00:17:52,931 --> 00:17:54,655 HANG ON. 355 00:18:01,310 --> 00:18:03,482 OI. 356 00:18:27,344 --> 00:18:28,137 I'M KNACKERED. 357 00:18:28,172 --> 00:18:29,379 LUCKY I DID IT, NOT HIM. 358 00:18:29,413 --> 00:18:30,758 THANKS, MAN. ALRIGHT, MATE. 359 00:18:30,793 --> 00:18:31,965 AWESOME. I'LL MOVE IT OUT OF THE WAY. 360 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:33,689 ALRIGHT. THANKS, THANKS. 361 00:18:33,724 --> 00:18:35,827 Justin: THESE ARE THE JOYS OF WORKING BY YOURSELF, YOU KNOW? 362 00:18:35,862 --> 00:18:37,103 YOU JUST GOT TO SOMETIMES WING IT. 363 00:18:37,137 --> 00:18:38,793 YOU CAN'T PLAN TOO MUCH, AND YOU'VE JUST GOT TO HOPE 364 00:18:38,827 --> 00:18:40,655 FOR THE BEST THAT YOU FIND SOMEONE OUT IN THE DESERT 365 00:18:40,689 --> 00:18:42,793 TO GIVE YOU A HAND WHEN YOU NEED IT. 366 00:18:42,827 --> 00:18:46,758 Narrator: NOW FOR A GRUELING 5-KILOMETER CROSS-COUNTRY TREK 367 00:18:46,793 --> 00:18:49,448 TO GET TO HIS NEW CLAIM, VINO. 368 00:18:49,482 --> 00:18:53,172 Justin: GOT TO TAKE THIS THING BUSH-BASHING TO VINO. 369 00:18:53,206 --> 00:18:56,689 Narrator: AN EXCAVATOR IS DESIGNED TO DIG, 370 00:18:56,724 --> 00:18:58,793 NOT TRAVEL OUTBACK-STYLE. 371 00:18:58,827 --> 00:19:01,241 Justin: EVERY KILOMETER I DO IN THIS MACHINE 372 00:19:01,275 --> 00:19:05,413 BY WALKING IT IS REALLY CAUSING IT TO WEAR. 373 00:19:05,448 --> 00:19:09,310 I AM REALLY WORRIED ABOUT GETTING TO VINO 374 00:19:09,344 --> 00:19:13,034 AND FINDING OUT THAT I'VE DAMAGED THE EXCAVATOR. 375 00:19:13,068 --> 00:19:14,965 THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS DAMAGE THE MACHINE 376 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:17,344 BECAUSE THAT WOULD MEAN THAT PRETTY MUCH 377 00:19:17,379 --> 00:19:19,620 I'VE GOT TO STOP MINING. 378 00:19:19,655 --> 00:19:21,275 OH 379 00:19:21,310 --> 00:19:24,724 Narrator: TRAVELING ON A LEVEL TRACK IS ONE THING. 380 00:19:24,758 --> 00:19:26,689 THIS IS ANOTHER. 381 00:19:26,724 --> 00:19:28,413 Justin: THIS DOES NOT LOOK GOOD. 382 00:19:35,862 --> 00:19:39,068 Narrator: AT A SECRET LOCATION NEAR LIGHTNING RIDGE... 383 00:19:39,103 --> 00:19:41,000 NORMALLY, WE ONLY SPEND 1 OR 2 DAYS DOING THIS, 384 00:19:41,034 --> 00:19:42,586 BUT BECAUSE THE DIRT IS SO HARD, 385 00:19:42,620 --> 00:19:46,655 WE COULD BE HERE PROBABLY THE REST OF THE WEEK. 386 00:19:46,689 --> 00:19:49,068 Narrator: ...OPAL QUEEN KELLY HAS LEFT FRIEND 387 00:19:49,103 --> 00:19:53,620 AND MINING PARTNER JOSH IN CHARGE OF HER NEW CLAIM. 388 00:19:53,655 --> 00:19:55,965 Josh: YEAH, KELL IS OFF TO THE BIG SMOKE, 389 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:57,758 SO HOPEFULLY BY THE TIME SHE GETS BACK, 390 00:19:57,793 --> 00:20:01,586 WE'LL HAVE A HANDFUL OF GEMS FOR HER. 391 00:20:01,620 --> 00:20:06,034 Narrator: JOSH AND DAD IAN ARE PREPARING TO DIG OUT A WIDE WORK SPACE 392 00:20:06,068 --> 00:20:10,827 AT THE BOTTOM OF A 3-METER TEST HOLE, 393 00:20:10,862 --> 00:20:13,758 BUT THEY FACE ROCK-HARD GROUND. 394 00:20:15,896 --> 00:20:20,724 THIS JOB REQUIRES A COMBINATION OF SPECIALIZED MACHINERY... 395 00:20:22,344 --> 00:20:25,448 ...AND GOOD OLD-FASHIONED HARD LABOR. 396 00:20:25,482 --> 00:20:27,586 THIS WILL BE MY FRIEND FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. 397 00:20:42,896 --> 00:20:46,862 Narrator: THE 3-METER SHAFT IS JUST 1 METER ACROSS. 398 00:20:46,896 --> 00:20:49,758 AS HE DESCENDS, THE HUMIDITY INCREASES 399 00:20:49,793 --> 00:20:52,862 AND AIR SUPPLY DECREASES. 400 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:03,862 AT THE BOTTOM, JOSH STARTS DIGGING OR BELLING OUT, 401 00:21:03,896 --> 00:21:06,965 PUTTING MAN AND MACHINE TO THE TEST. 402 00:21:23,103 --> 00:21:25,724 Josh: OH, IT'S PRETTY TOUGH GOING. 403 00:21:28,448 --> 00:21:30,482 Narrator: ON THE SURFACE, 404 00:21:30,517 --> 00:21:33,689 THE HARD GROUND IS ALSO TOUGH ON GEAR. 405 00:21:33,724 --> 00:21:37,275 Josh: WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO BEEF UP OUR WASH PLANT, 406 00:21:37,310 --> 00:21:40,931 WELD A FAIR BIT OF STEEL INTO IT TO TAKE THE WEAR AND TEAR. 407 00:21:40,965 --> 00:21:43,586 THE HARD GROUND IS VERY HARD ON ALL OF THE MACHINERY, 408 00:21:43,620 --> 00:21:46,034 SO YOU HAVE TO BE MAKING SOME SORT OF MONEY 409 00:21:46,068 --> 00:21:47,275 FOR IT TO BE WORTH DIGGING. 410 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:51,241 IT'S LIKE I SAID WITH THE HARD DIRT, 411 00:21:51,275 --> 00:21:53,827 THE WASH PLANT WILL BE GOING JUST ABOUT ALL THE TIME, 412 00:21:53,862 --> 00:21:56,965 SO WE'LL JUST KEEP CHIPPING AWAY AT IT. 413 00:21:57,000 --> 00:22:01,068 Narrator: MORE TIME, MORE EFFORT AND MORE MONEY. 414 00:22:03,655 --> 00:22:08,241 AND SO FAR, THEY HAVEN'T SEEN A SINGLE SCRAP OF OPAL. 415 00:22:15,206 --> 00:22:16,793 Justin: I DON'T THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA. 416 00:22:16,827 --> 00:22:18,310 FAR OUT. 417 00:22:18,344 --> 00:22:20,896 Narrator: HE'S CROSSED A BUSY HIGHWAY, 418 00:22:20,931 --> 00:22:27,034 5 KILOMETERS OF BUSHLAND AND NOW JUSTIN FACES A STEEP DESCENT. 419 00:22:27,068 --> 00:22:29,000 OH 420 00:22:29,034 --> 00:22:30,793 Narrator: ONE WRONG MOVE 421 00:22:30,827 --> 00:22:33,275 AND THE EXCAVATOR COULD TOPPLE. 422 00:22:33,310 --> 00:22:34,310 Justin: YOU KNOW WHAT? 423 00:22:34,344 --> 00:22:35,448 I'M JUST GONNA GIVE IT A CRACK. 424 00:22:43,241 --> 00:22:46,034 IT'S ACTUALLY QUITE DANGEROUS DOING THIS, 425 00:22:46,068 --> 00:22:48,275 AND I'M A LITTLE BIT WORRIED ABOUT IT. 426 00:22:53,413 --> 00:22:55,517 WHOA. 427 00:22:55,551 --> 00:22:56,689 MY HEART IS RACING. 428 00:22:56,724 --> 00:22:59,068 ALRIGHT. WE NAVIGATED THAT GOOD. 429 00:22:59,103 --> 00:23:02,344 NOW WE'VE GOT A BIT MORE TO GO, ANOTHER 100 METERS, 430 00:23:02,379 --> 00:23:03,862 INCH BY INCH. 431 00:23:03,896 --> 00:23:05,310 I CAN FEEL IT SLIP. 432 00:23:05,344 --> 00:23:06,379 HEY. 433 00:23:08,517 --> 00:23:09,655 AH, WE'RE GOOD, I THINK. 434 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:19,068 WE'RE HERE. 435 00:23:23,206 --> 00:23:25,551 Narrator: JUSTIN NEEDS TO PEG HIS CLAIM 436 00:23:25,586 --> 00:23:27,448 BEFORE IT'S OFFICIALLY HIS. 437 00:23:32,758 --> 00:23:34,931 Justin: YEAH. 438 00:23:34,965 --> 00:23:36,586 UGH. 439 00:23:40,068 --> 00:23:43,482 Narrator: IT'S JUSTIN'S LUCKY HAT. 440 00:23:43,517 --> 00:23:44,620 FORGET IT. 441 00:23:44,655 --> 00:23:46,206 WHAT A MONGREL. 442 00:23:56,379 --> 00:24:00,068 Narrator: JUSTIN NEEDS SOMETHING TO GO RIGHT. 443 00:24:00,103 --> 00:24:03,862 HE'S BANKING ON THIS 50-BY-100-METER CLAIM 444 00:24:03,896 --> 00:24:08,758 TO PROVE HE'S MADE THE RIGHT DECISION TO MINE FOR OPAL. 445 00:24:08,793 --> 00:24:11,655 I'VE HAD, WHAT, FIVE CLAIMS NOW WITH NOTHING IN IT. 446 00:24:11,689 --> 00:24:16,896 IT IS MASSIVELY IMPORTANT THAT I FIND SOMETHING 447 00:24:16,931 --> 00:24:20,689 JUST TO VALIDATE THE FACT THAT I AM HERE TO MYSELF AND TO BECK. 448 00:24:32,241 --> 00:24:35,517 Narrator: ON DRAGONFLY CLAIM, AARON IS ABOUT TO BACK 449 00:24:35,551 --> 00:24:40,068 OVER THE TEAM'S LAST DRUM OF DIESEL. 450 00:24:40,103 --> 00:24:42,724 STOP! STOP! FUEL! 451 00:24:44,793 --> 00:24:46,137 Greg: I THINK HE TOOK THEM OUT. 452 00:24:46,172 --> 00:24:47,172 REALLY? 453 00:24:47,206 --> 00:24:48,379 NEARLY. 454 00:24:48,413 --> 00:24:50,000 RIGHT UNDER HIS TRACK. 455 00:24:52,344 --> 00:24:54,137 VERY CLOSE. 456 00:24:54,172 --> 00:24:56,275 NEARLY TOOK OUT A DRUM OF FUEL. 457 00:24:56,310 --> 00:24:58,689 NEARLY DONE 200 LITERS. 458 00:24:58,724 --> 00:25:01,551 HE'S BEEN KNOWN TO BE HAIRY AND SCARY. 459 00:25:01,586 --> 00:25:03,793 Narrator: AT $300 A DRUM, 460 00:25:03,827 --> 00:25:07,482 THE BOYS CAN'T AFFORD TO LOSE A DROP. 461 00:25:07,517 --> 00:25:09,793 YOU NEARLY RUN OVER THE DIESEL DRUM. 462 00:25:09,827 --> 00:25:11,758 DID YOU ROLL IT OUT OF THE WAY? 463 00:25:11,793 --> 00:25:13,689 YEAH, YOUR TRACKS JUST DENTED IT. 464 00:25:13,724 --> 00:25:15,000 I KNOW. I REVERSED UP. 465 00:25:15,034 --> 00:25:16,068 I SEEN IT. 466 00:25:16,103 --> 00:25:18,034 I NEARLY RAN OVER THE DRUM OF DIESEL. 467 00:25:18,068 --> 00:25:19,413 THAT'S HOW YOU GOT TO BE, THIS CLOSE. 468 00:25:19,448 --> 00:25:20,724 IF I WOULD HAVE DONE THAT, 469 00:25:20,758 --> 00:25:24,793 I WOULD HAVE TO SHARE THE CARTON AND GOT CALLED A 470 00:25:24,827 --> 00:25:26,241 FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. 471 00:25:26,275 --> 00:25:28,655 THEY TEACH YOU THEM THINGS IN THE COAL MINE AND MISSED 472 00:25:28,689 --> 00:25:31,103 BY THAT FAR. 473 00:25:31,137 --> 00:25:35,517 Narrator: AT THE PIT, THE BOYS WANT TO LEVEL THE ENTIRE SITE. 474 00:25:35,551 --> 00:25:40,000 IT'S A BIG AREA, COSTING THEM BIG IN FUEL. 475 00:25:42,206 --> 00:25:44,758 FILL HER RIGHT UP, MATE.FILL HER RIGHT UP. 476 00:25:44,793 --> 00:25:47,413 BY THE TIME WE START REALLY GETTING SERIOUS HERE, 477 00:25:47,448 --> 00:25:49,275 WE'RE GONNA NEED A LOAD OF DIESEL. 478 00:25:49,310 --> 00:25:50,482 I'VE GOT IT. 479 00:25:50,517 --> 00:25:53,758 YOU USE A LOT OF DIESEL TO TAKE GROUND. 480 00:25:53,793 --> 00:25:57,344 Narrator: THE BOYS NEED SOME QUICK CASH TO BUY MORE FUEL, 481 00:25:57,379 --> 00:26:01,379 AND THEY KNOW WHERE TO FIND IT. 482 00:26:01,413 --> 00:26:04,517 LET'S DO SOME DIVES ON THE SQUIB AND GET IT OUT. 483 00:26:04,551 --> 00:26:05,517 AH, IT'S A PAYDAY, EH? 484 00:26:05,551 --> 00:26:07,551 THAT'S IT. 485 00:26:07,586 --> 00:26:10,758 A SQUIBBY, OR FALSE LEVEL, IS A SHALLOW LEVEL 486 00:26:10,793 --> 00:26:15,379 THAT PRODUCES OPAL IN SMALL IRONSTONE ROCKS. 487 00:26:15,413 --> 00:26:18,310 THERE'S A SQUIBBY LEVEL NEARBY AT A SPOT 488 00:26:18,344 --> 00:26:21,482 THEY'VE CALLED AARON'S HOPE. 489 00:26:21,517 --> 00:26:23,758 WHILE THE OPAL THERE IS SMALL, 490 00:26:23,793 --> 00:26:27,827 IT'S DEPENDABLE, LIKE A PIGGY BANK FOR THE BOYS. 491 00:26:27,862 --> 00:26:30,827 YEAH, WE'VE MADE MONEY THERE IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, 492 00:26:30,862 --> 00:26:32,586 NOT BIG MONEY, BUT SURVIVAL MONEY, 493 00:26:32,620 --> 00:26:36,379 PLENTY TO KEEP GOING WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING. 494 00:26:36,413 --> 00:26:40,413 SQUIBBY LEVELS, FALSE LEVELS, THEY'RE GOOD, PAY THE BILLS. 495 00:26:45,517 --> 00:26:47,310 START THE BLOWER UP. 496 00:26:47,344 --> 00:26:48,965 ALRIGHT. I'M GOOD TO GO. 497 00:26:53,241 --> 00:26:55,896 GET JOSH ON THAT HAMMER. 498 00:26:55,931 --> 00:26:59,344 Narrator: LIGHTNING RIDGE, OUTBACK, NEW SOUTH WALES. 499 00:26:59,379 --> 00:27:02,310 WELL, I WAS RIGHT ABOUT ONE THING, IT'S FREAKING HARD. 500 00:27:02,344 --> 00:27:06,172 JOSH AND IAN ARE WORKING KELLY'S SECRET CLAIM... 501 00:27:08,551 --> 00:27:11,620 ...BUT THE JOB IS TAKING LONGER THAN EXPECTED. 502 00:27:14,172 --> 00:27:17,000 THE GROUND IS HARD AS CONCRETE, 503 00:27:17,034 --> 00:27:20,724 TAKING ITS TOLL ON JOSH AND HIS JACKHAMMER. 504 00:27:25,655 --> 00:27:28,689 Josh: OH, IT'S PRETTY TOUGH GOING. 505 00:27:28,724 --> 00:27:30,379 LIKE, INTO THE THIRD DAY, LIKE I SAID, 506 00:27:30,413 --> 00:27:32,137 USUALLY I'D BE DIGGING DOWN BY NOW. 507 00:27:43,137 --> 00:27:46,310 YEAH, IT'S SOME OF THE HARDEST DIRT I'VE DUG. 508 00:27:46,344 --> 00:27:47,689 YEAH, IT'S GONNA BE SLOW GOING HERE. 509 00:27:47,724 --> 00:27:51,000 THAT'S FOR SURE. 510 00:27:51,034 --> 00:27:53,379 Narrator: THE DIRT IS SUCKED UP INTO THE HOPPER 511 00:27:53,413 --> 00:27:55,206 THAT DUMPS INTO THEIR TRUCK 512 00:27:55,241 --> 00:27:58,586 WAITING TO TAKE THE MINED EARTH TO THE WASH PLANT. 513 00:28:06,931 --> 00:28:08,206 AT LAST, A SIGN. 514 00:28:08,241 --> 00:28:10,344 Josh: GOT A NICE COLOR THERE. 515 00:28:10,379 --> 00:28:12,482 GOOD GRAIN. 516 00:28:12,517 --> 00:28:15,413 Narrator: OPAL IN THE FACE IS A WELCOME SIGHT, 517 00:28:15,448 --> 00:28:18,689 A GOOD INDICATOR THERE WILL BE MORE IN THE TRUCK ABOVE. 518 00:28:21,103 --> 00:28:22,310 Josh: IF THERE'S PLACES LIKE THAT... 519 00:28:22,344 --> 00:28:24,103 SEE, YOU CAN JUST SEE THE COLOR THROUGH IT... 520 00:28:24,137 --> 00:28:25,137 THEN THERE'S SOMETHING IN THAT, TOO, 521 00:28:25,172 --> 00:28:27,310 AND LOOK HOW HARD IT IS TO SEE. 522 00:28:27,344 --> 00:28:30,103 THIS LOOKS LIKE A LUMP OF DIRT, YOU KNOW? 523 00:28:30,137 --> 00:28:33,206 WE'VE GOT BLUE KNOBBIES ABOUT HALFWAY UP THE FACE, 524 00:28:33,241 --> 00:28:35,034 AND I'VE JUST GOT SOME REALLY NICE 525 00:28:35,068 --> 00:28:36,655 GREEN-ORANGE UP IN THE FACE HERE, 526 00:28:36,689 --> 00:28:40,172 SO I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT I'M DIGGING IN THE RIGHT SPOT. 527 00:28:43,586 --> 00:28:47,344 Narrator: THE ONLY WAY TO FIND OUT IS TO WASH THE ROCK. 528 00:29:12,586 --> 00:29:14,827 Josh: AND JUST START THE AGI UP, START THE PUMP 529 00:29:14,862 --> 00:29:18,551 AND GET THE WATER RUNNING IN AND SPEED THE LOADING. 530 00:29:19,724 --> 00:29:23,034 Narrator: THE AGITATOR IS A CONVERTED CEMENT MIXER. 531 00:29:23,068 --> 00:29:26,310 10,000 LITERS OF WATER IS FORCED THROUGH THE BARREL 532 00:29:26,344 --> 00:29:30,241 AS IT ROTATES, WASHING OFF THE CLAY MUD FROM THE ROCKS. 533 00:29:32,310 --> 00:29:33,793 Josh: YEAH, IT'S GONNA BE A SLOW PROCESS 534 00:29:33,827 --> 00:29:37,724 AND A LOT OF WEAR AND TEAR ON THE GEAR. 535 00:29:37,758 --> 00:29:39,344 Narrator: IN TWO DAYS, 536 00:29:39,379 --> 00:29:42,172 OWNER OF THE CLAIM, KELLY, IS DUE BACK. 537 00:29:42,206 --> 00:29:45,551 FOR JOSH AND IAN TO HAVE ANY HOPE OF IMPRESSING HER, 538 00:29:45,586 --> 00:29:50,137 THE AGITATOR WILL HAVE TO RUN 24/7. 539 00:29:50,172 --> 00:29:52,448 Josh: KELL WILL BE BACK ON SATURDAY NIGHT. 540 00:29:52,482 --> 00:29:53,793 HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO A TAIL OUT 541 00:29:53,827 --> 00:29:56,793 AND, YEAH, WE'VE GOT SOME GEMS TO GIVE TO HER. 542 00:30:06,517 --> 00:30:08,793 Narrator: DOWN TO THEIR LAST DRUM OF DIESEL, 543 00:30:08,827 --> 00:30:12,137 AARON, GREG AND RON NEED A QUICK PAYDAY. 544 00:30:12,172 --> 00:30:13,965 THEY'RE HEADING FOR A SAFE BET, 545 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:17,551 A SQUIBBY LEVEL AT A SPOT CALLED AARON'S HOPE. 546 00:30:19,689 --> 00:30:22,034 Aaron: THIS IS YOUR BREAD AND BUTTER. 547 00:30:22,068 --> 00:30:24,000 THIS IS WHERE WE ALWAYS GET A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY 548 00:30:24,034 --> 00:30:27,517 TO KEEP THE BIG JOBS HAPPENING. 549 00:30:27,551 --> 00:30:29,310 THEY'RE ALL OVER THE SHOP, AYE, HERE, THERE. 550 00:30:29,344 --> 00:30:30,586 THAT'S GOOD. 551 00:30:30,620 --> 00:30:32,241 GO, SQUIBBY, GO. 552 00:30:36,448 --> 00:30:39,896 Narrator: SQUIBBY LEVELS ONLY OFFER UP SMALL STONES, 553 00:30:39,931 --> 00:30:43,482 BUT THE BOYS HOPE THERE WILL BE ENOUGH TO COVER DIESEL COSTS. 554 00:30:47,655 --> 00:30:49,689 LOOKS LIKE DIESEL RON IS ON THE JOB. 555 00:30:51,758 --> 00:30:56,241 FOR AARON, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THIS SEASON IS A SUCCESS. 556 00:30:56,275 --> 00:30:58,310 YUCKY. 557 00:30:58,344 --> 00:31:01,275 IT'S HIS LAST CHANCE TO BUY OUT HIS FAMILY 558 00:31:01,310 --> 00:31:03,793 FROM HIS FATHER'S DRAGONFLY LEASE. 559 00:31:03,827 --> 00:31:05,724 WE'RE GONNA STAY HERE TILL I GET ENOUGH MONEY 560 00:31:05,758 --> 00:31:07,965 TO PAY MY FAMILY OUT. 561 00:31:13,586 --> 00:31:16,413 Narrator: LIKE NUTS, EVERY PIECE OF IRONSTONE 562 00:31:16,448 --> 00:31:20,206 NEEDS TO BE CRACKED TO SEE IF THERE'S OPAL INSIDE. 563 00:31:28,068 --> 00:31:29,689 LOOK, LOOK AT HIM HIDING HERE, TOO. 564 00:31:29,724 --> 00:31:32,206 YEAH, I KNOW. THEY'RE SNEAKY LITTLE BUGGERS. 565 00:31:32,241 --> 00:31:34,862 IT'S BEEN PRODUCING OPAL EVERY DAY WE'RE DIGGING HERE. 566 00:31:34,896 --> 00:31:38,310 NOT BIG BUCKS, BUT ENOUGH, A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS A DAY. 567 00:31:41,689 --> 00:31:43,310 YUCKY. 568 00:31:45,517 --> 00:31:47,862 Narrator: BUT TODAY, NOTHING. 569 00:31:50,655 --> 00:31:55,068 FOR AARON, IT'S THE FINAL STRAW. 570 00:31:55,103 --> 00:31:56,793 IF YOU DIG THAT LIKE THAT, 571 00:31:56,827 --> 00:31:58,137 YOU'LL BE THERE ALL DAY, EH? 572 00:31:58,172 --> 00:32:00,137 GETTING A BIT BORING FOR ME. 573 00:32:00,172 --> 00:32:03,448 YEAH, HE'S GETTING A BIT FRUSTRATED TODAY. 574 00:32:03,482 --> 00:32:06,000 THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN PRESSURE. 575 00:32:06,034 --> 00:32:07,689 THAT'S WHY I PROBABLY GET UP 4:00 EVERY MORNING. 576 00:32:07,724 --> 00:32:11,655 I'M THINKING, "WELL, WE'VE GOT TO FIND SOME OPAL." 577 00:32:11,689 --> 00:32:14,241 OPAL MINING SOMETIMES... YOU KNOW, YOU'RE HERE 24/7. 578 00:32:14,275 --> 00:32:18,758 YOU'RE PUTTING IN HEAPS, AND YOU THINK TO YOURSELF, 579 00:32:18,793 --> 00:32:20,413 "THIS AIN'T WORTH IT." 580 00:32:23,482 --> 00:32:25,103 WHY BE IN THE GAME? 581 00:32:29,379 --> 00:32:31,896 Narrator: GREG AND RON CONTINUE TO PICK AWAY 582 00:32:31,931 --> 00:32:33,103 AT THE SQUIBBY LEVEL 583 00:32:33,137 --> 00:32:36,137 LOOKING FOR SMALL OPAL-BEARING STONES. 584 00:32:40,758 --> 00:32:42,896 Aaron: RON WILL SIT THERE AND PICK ALL DAY, MATE. 585 00:32:42,931 --> 00:32:44,413 GREG SAYS, "I'M GONNA SIT THERE FOR THE REST 586 00:32:44,448 --> 00:32:45,551 OF THE DAY PICKING THERE 587 00:32:45,586 --> 00:32:47,931 WHEN THE EXCAVATOR IS SITTING THERE." 588 00:32:47,965 --> 00:32:50,068 DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME. 589 00:32:50,103 --> 00:32:51,586 WE NEED TO GET MONEY, LIKE... 590 00:32:51,620 --> 00:32:55,103 YEAH, THERE IS PRESSURE ON AARON TO FIND OPAL. 591 00:32:55,137 --> 00:32:56,586 WE WILL FIND OPAL HERE. 592 00:32:56,620 --> 00:32:58,551 WE JUST GOT TO BE VERY PATIENT AND TAKE OUR TIME. 593 00:32:58,586 --> 00:32:59,965 IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 594 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:02,241 AFTER WE GET THIS PASS, I'LL PROBABLY GO AND GET A JOB 595 00:33:02,275 --> 00:33:03,344 BECAUSE IT'S NOT WORTH DOING IT 596 00:33:03,379 --> 00:33:05,206 IF YOU GET NO MONEY FOR YOUR PRODUCT. 597 00:33:05,241 --> 00:33:09,206 SINCE I'VE SOLD OPAL, I'VE NEVER GOT WHAT I'VE WANTED WHAT. 598 00:33:09,241 --> 00:33:10,586 NEVER. 599 00:33:10,620 --> 00:33:14,103 Narrator: IT'S GREG WHO FINALLY BREAKS THE DROUGHT. 600 00:33:14,137 --> 00:33:15,931 HERE WE ARE. OH, YEAH, YEAH. 601 00:33:15,965 --> 00:33:17,482 HEY! 602 00:33:17,517 --> 00:33:19,586 Greg: YEAH, I HIT ONE TODAY, AND IT EXPLODED, 603 00:33:19,620 --> 00:33:21,000 AND THERE WAS COLOR EVERYWHERE. 604 00:33:21,034 --> 00:33:24,172 AND IT WAS A NICE COLOR. IT WAS A GOOD THING. 605 00:33:24,206 --> 00:33:25,586 SEE THE FLASH? 606 00:33:25,620 --> 00:33:27,172 -YEAH. -LOOKING GOOD, ISN'T IT? 607 00:33:27,206 --> 00:33:29,517 IT'S LOOKING BEAUTIFUL. 608 00:33:29,551 --> 00:33:31,793 -OH, THAT IS NICE, GREG. -THAT'S A NICE COLOR THERE. 609 00:33:31,827 --> 00:33:33,482 YOU GOT ONE, TOO. -THAT'S HIS BROTHER. 610 00:33:33,517 --> 00:33:34,620 THAT'S THE NEXT ONE. 611 00:33:34,655 --> 00:33:36,413 WE MIGHT BE RIGHT NEAR SOMETHING. 612 00:33:36,448 --> 00:33:40,137 SQUIBBLY IS DOING WHAT IT DOES. NOW I LIKE IT AGAIN. 613 00:33:40,172 --> 00:33:41,931 THAT IS A NICE COLOR, GREG. 614 00:33:41,965 --> 00:33:43,379 BEAUTIFUL COLOR. 615 00:33:43,413 --> 00:33:45,034 WE'VE BEEN DIGGING THIS FALSE LEVEL, 616 00:33:45,068 --> 00:33:47,931 AND IT'S BEEN SPITTING COLOR AT US. 617 00:33:47,965 --> 00:33:50,862 THAT SHOULD BUY US MORE DIESEL NOT A PROBLEM. 618 00:33:50,896 --> 00:33:53,379 CHUCK IT IN THE LUCKY BUCKET. 619 00:33:53,413 --> 00:33:56,241 IN SHE GOES. 620 00:33:56,275 --> 00:33:57,586 Narrator: THE BOYS HAVE A PARCEL 621 00:33:57,620 --> 00:34:01,379 OF RED, GREEN, BLUE AND PURPLE OPAL 622 00:34:01,413 --> 00:34:04,241 WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF $10,000. 623 00:34:04,275 --> 00:34:06,655 OH, IT'S BEAUTIFUL OPAL. 624 00:34:06,689 --> 00:34:09,965 IT'S NICE, FLASHY, BRIGHT OPAL. 625 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:11,793 YEAH, IT'S GOOD STUFF. 626 00:34:11,827 --> 00:34:13,068 10 GRAND, THANKS BOYS. 627 00:34:13,103 --> 00:34:14,724 MINIMUM. 628 00:34:14,758 --> 00:34:17,551 THANKS, RON. 629 00:34:17,586 --> 00:34:19,931 Narrator: THE TEAM ARE WELL ON THEIR WAY 630 00:34:19,965 --> 00:34:21,379 TO THEIR SEASON TARGET, 631 00:34:21,413 --> 00:34:26,620 AND AARON IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO BUYING HIS FATHER'S LEASE. 632 00:34:26,655 --> 00:34:28,517 Aaron: WASN'T A BAD FEW DAYS' WORK, MATE. 633 00:34:28,551 --> 00:34:30,034 Greg: YEAH, NOT BAD AT ALL REALLY. 634 00:34:30,068 --> 00:34:31,793 OH, SQUIB GOT IT. THE SQUIB. 635 00:34:38,793 --> 00:34:41,482 Narrator: AT HIS VINO CLAIM, 636 00:34:41,517 --> 00:34:45,344 JUSTIN HAS, AT LAST, A PROMISING SIGN. 637 00:34:45,379 --> 00:34:46,655 FIRST CHANCE I'VE HAD -- 638 00:34:46,689 --> 00:34:51,827 JUST SPOTTED A LITTLE BIT OF OPAL DOWN HERE. 639 00:34:51,862 --> 00:34:55,103 THERE'S A SLIP, AND WE MIGHT BE IN LUCK. 640 00:34:55,137 --> 00:34:59,137 JUST GONNA MOVE THE DIRT AND HOPE FOR THE BEST. 641 00:34:59,172 --> 00:35:02,137 Narrator: NEARLY $50,000 IN DEBT, 642 00:35:02,172 --> 00:35:06,758 JUSTIN IS DESPERATE FOR THIS SIGN TO LEAD TO VALUABLE OPAL. 643 00:35:08,827 --> 00:35:12,931 THERE'S OPAL IN HERE AS WELL, LITTLE BITS. 644 00:35:12,965 --> 00:35:16,206 TINY FRAGMENTS, THAT IS WHAT I'M GONNA FOLLOW. 645 00:35:18,034 --> 00:35:19,344 SO I'M GONNA CLEAN IT ALL UP, 646 00:35:19,379 --> 00:35:20,793 TAKE THE EXCAVATOR AROUND TO THE OTHER SIDE 647 00:35:20,827 --> 00:35:23,793 AND THEN WORK THAT FACE UNTIL I CAN'T DO ANY MORE. 648 00:35:30,758 --> 00:35:34,206 Narrator: OPAL TENDS TO FORM IN DARK IRONSTONE BANDS 649 00:35:34,241 --> 00:35:36,758 CALLED SLIPS. 650 00:35:36,793 --> 00:35:38,482 THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I'VE BEEN HUNTING FOR. 651 00:35:38,517 --> 00:35:40,931 THIS IS AN IRONSTONE SLIP, AND IT'S A BIG ONE. 652 00:35:43,206 --> 00:35:45,034 Narrator: TO EXTRACT ANY OPAL, 653 00:35:45,068 --> 00:35:48,689 JUSTIN NEEDS TO DIG THIS SLIP OUT BY HAND. 654 00:35:53,655 --> 00:35:56,655 Justin: IT'S NOT REALLY A GOOD DAY TO WORK OUT HERE. 655 00:35:56,689 --> 00:35:58,137 OH, MAN. 656 00:35:58,172 --> 00:36:01,793 THIS DUST IS 657 00:36:01,827 --> 00:36:03,517 Narrator: THE HIGH WINDS...I'M OVER IT. 658 00:36:03,551 --> 00:36:05,000 Narrator: ...ARE AGAINST HIM. 659 00:36:05,034 --> 00:36:06,137 I'M DONE. 660 00:36:06,172 --> 00:36:08,758 I CAN'T EVEN SEE. 661 00:36:08,793 --> 00:36:10,517 TODAY HAS WORN ME OUT. 662 00:36:10,551 --> 00:36:12,758 I THINK AT SOME POINT, 663 00:36:12,793 --> 00:36:14,965 I'M GONNA HAVE TO REALLY THINK ABOUT THE METHODS 664 00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:17,655 THAT I'M GOING ABOUT MINING 665 00:36:17,689 --> 00:36:21,413 BECAUSE I'M NOT FINDING ANYTHING. 666 00:36:21,448 --> 00:36:24,620 AND THEN YOU START TO DOUBT YOURSELF, 667 00:36:24,655 --> 00:36:26,482 AND THEN EVEN TODAY, YOU KNOW, 668 00:36:26,517 --> 00:36:28,206 NOT FINDING ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, AND I'M STARTING TO THINK, 669 00:36:28,241 --> 00:36:29,655 "OH, WHAT HAPPENS IF I SPEND ALL WEEK HERE 670 00:36:29,689 --> 00:36:31,068 AND I DON'T FIND ANYTHING?" 671 00:36:31,103 --> 00:36:34,137 YOU KNOW, I'M STARTING TO FORGET WHAT OPAL LOOKS LIKE. 672 00:36:34,172 --> 00:36:37,103 I WANT TO JUST KEEP LOVING WHAT I DO. 673 00:36:37,137 --> 00:36:38,862 I'VE JUST GOT TO FIND SOMETHING TO ACTUALLY PROVE 674 00:36:38,896 --> 00:36:41,413 TO MYSELF THAT THIS IS REAL. 675 00:36:41,448 --> 00:36:42,724 YOU CAN FIND OPAL HERE. 676 00:36:55,034 --> 00:36:58,000 THIS HAS BEEN GOING FOR TWO DAYS AND TWO NIGHTS NOW 677 00:36:58,034 --> 00:36:59,689 WITH THE TWO LOADS IN IT. 678 00:36:59,724 --> 00:37:01,551 SO IT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY TO WORK IT, 679 00:37:01,586 --> 00:37:06,103 SO, YEAH, WE NEED TO GET SOME SORT OF MONEY. 680 00:37:06,137 --> 00:37:07,551 Narrator: IN LIGHTNING RIDGE, 681 00:37:07,586 --> 00:37:10,068 JOSH AND IAN HAVE BEEN PROCESSING THE DIRT 682 00:37:10,103 --> 00:37:13,103 THEY'VE DUG OUT FROM KELLY'S SECRET CLAIM. 683 00:37:16,448 --> 00:37:21,000 KELLY RETURNS, HOPING FOR AN OPAL JACKPOT IN THE TAIL OUT. 684 00:37:21,034 --> 00:37:22,482 ROCK 'N' ROLL. 685 00:37:22,517 --> 00:37:24,620 Josh: YEAH, HERE SHE COMES, THE MOVIE STAR. 686 00:37:24,655 --> 00:37:26,724 LOOK AT HER. 687 00:37:26,758 --> 00:37:28,931 I'M BACK. AMAZING. 688 00:37:28,965 --> 00:37:31,172 WELCOME BACK. HOW ARE YOU? 689 00:37:31,206 --> 00:37:33,310 GOOD, HOW ARE YOU?GOOD. 690 00:37:33,344 --> 00:37:34,551 HOW ARE YOU, BABE? VERY GOOD. 691 00:37:34,586 --> 00:37:36,482 HOW ARE YOU, YOUR MAJESTY? 692 00:37:36,517 --> 00:37:39,482 Narrator: THE AGITATOR TAKES 3 TONS OF DIRT 693 00:37:39,517 --> 00:37:42,413 AND WASHES AWAY THE MUD AND LOOSE EARTH 694 00:37:42,448 --> 00:37:45,931 TO LEAVE A TON OF HARD ROCKS AND ANY OPAL. 695 00:37:45,965 --> 00:37:47,758 THE LAST LOAD OF DIRT WE'RE DOING WILL TAKE US 696 00:37:47,793 --> 00:37:49,379 ABOUT 20 MINUTES. 697 00:37:49,413 --> 00:37:51,206 I'D SAY WE'LL BE HERE FOR A FEW HOURS. 698 00:37:53,413 --> 00:37:56,517 Kelly: YEP, MORE EYES THE BETTER. 699 00:37:56,551 --> 00:37:58,724 Narrator: SPOTTING THE FAINT GLIMMER OF OPAL 700 00:37:58,758 --> 00:38:02,310 AMONGST HUNDREDS OF STONES NEEDS A KEEN EYE. 701 00:38:08,206 --> 00:38:12,034 AFTER GAMBLING $3,000 ON THIS NEW CLAIM, 702 00:38:12,068 --> 00:38:16,344 THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO MISS A SINGLE PIECE. 703 00:38:16,379 --> 00:38:18,758 FIRST CHUTE OF ABOUT HOW MANY? 704 00:38:18,793 --> 00:38:20,000 OH, I RECKON MAYBE SIX OR SEVEN. 705 00:38:20,034 --> 00:38:24,310 SIX OR SEVEN, SO, YEAH, GOT A LONG WAY TO GO. 706 00:38:35,896 --> 00:38:40,241 Narrator: IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THIS MOMENT. 707 00:38:40,275 --> 00:38:42,000 LOOK AT THAT. 708 00:38:42,034 --> 00:38:46,586 IT'S CRYSTAL OPAL, WORTH UP TO $25,000 A GRAM. 709 00:38:46,620 --> 00:38:49,689 I THINK THIS PIECE WILL BE WORTH A COUPLE THOUSAND. 710 00:38:49,724 --> 00:38:50,758 BEAUTIFUL COLOR. 711 00:38:50,793 --> 00:38:53,275 LOVELY. 712 00:38:53,310 --> 00:38:56,275 Narrator: THE OPAL COMES IN THICK AND FAST. 713 00:38:56,310 --> 00:38:58,000 OH! 714 00:39:02,655 --> 00:39:04,896 -THAT'S A BIT BIGGER. -OH, THAT'S NICE. 715 00:39:04,931 --> 00:39:06,275 THAT'S IT. 716 00:39:06,310 --> 00:39:09,000 AS GOOD AS IT GETS. 717 00:39:09,034 --> 00:39:10,793 IT JUST SHOWS US NOW THAT THERE'S DEFINITELY 718 00:39:10,827 --> 00:39:12,517 GONNA BE SOME DECENT MONEY THERE. 719 00:39:12,551 --> 00:39:14,689 I'D SAY WE'LL BE DOING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK NOW. 720 00:39:14,724 --> 00:39:17,034 MM-HMM. 721 00:39:17,068 --> 00:39:18,310 WE'RE ON HIM. ALRIGHT. 722 00:39:18,344 --> 00:39:19,724 WOO-HOO. WHERE IS OUR BEER? 723 00:39:19,758 --> 00:39:22,275 YEAH, YOU CAN GET THE BEER IF YOU WANT. 724 00:39:22,310 --> 00:39:23,689 GET A BEER! 725 00:39:23,724 --> 00:39:25,206 OH, LOOK.THERE'S ANOTHER ONE. 726 00:39:25,241 --> 00:39:26,758 THERE'S ANOTHER ONE. 727 00:39:26,793 --> 00:39:28,793 THAT'S AWESOME.THAT'S SO GOOD. 728 00:39:28,827 --> 00:39:30,275 WHAT DO YOU GOT THERE? 729 00:39:30,310 --> 00:39:31,862 IT'S ANOTHER PIECE, BUT THEY'RE GETTING A BIT 730 00:39:31,896 --> 00:39:33,241 BETTER AND CLEANER. 731 00:39:33,275 --> 00:39:35,620 THAT'S NOT THE SAME ONE?NO, IT'S HIS BROTHER. 732 00:39:35,655 --> 00:39:37,241 IT'S HIS SISTER.IT'S HIS BROTHER. 733 00:39:37,275 --> 00:39:39,310 THAT LOOKS CLEANER. 734 00:39:39,344 --> 00:39:40,689 LOOK AT THAT. 735 00:39:40,724 --> 00:39:41,758 THEY'RE OPAL. 736 00:39:41,793 --> 00:39:45,103 HELLO, CHUNKY. 737 00:39:45,137 --> 00:39:49,517 Narrator: KELLY'S GAMBLE ON THIS NEW MINE FIELD HAS PAID OFF. 738 00:39:49,551 --> 00:39:51,758 Kelly: OH, THAT'S JUST A CRACKING FACE OF OPAL 739 00:39:51,793 --> 00:39:52,793 COMING OUT OF THERE. 740 00:39:52,827 --> 00:39:54,931 OPAL IS MINIMUM 20, YEAH? 741 00:39:54,965 --> 00:39:57,275 Narrator: THIS $20,000 HAUL 742 00:39:57,310 --> 00:40:01,517 BRINGS HER TOTAL TO $48,000. 743 00:40:01,551 --> 00:40:04,482 Kelly: VERY, VERY NICE. 744 00:40:04,517 --> 00:40:07,896 AND THERE'S OPAL THERE, SO WE'VE PROVED IT RIGHT. 745 00:40:07,931 --> 00:40:09,241 Narrator: FOR JOSH AND IAN, 746 00:40:09,275 --> 00:40:13,551 ALL THE HARD GROUND AND HARD WORK HAS BEEN WORTH IT. 747 00:40:13,586 --> 00:40:15,344 YEAH, WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY WITH THAT. 748 00:40:15,379 --> 00:40:16,275 THAT'S AWESOME. 749 00:40:16,310 --> 00:40:18,551 IT'S THE BEST START TO A CLAIM 750 00:40:18,586 --> 00:40:20,379 THAT I'VE HAD IN A LONG, LONG TIME. 750 00:40:21,305 --> 00:41:21,307 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm