"Outback Opal Hunters" Diesel Doozies

1 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:09,639 MARK: I'm just gonna finish off taking off the overburden off the top. 2 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:13,759 We've got to get through this. We've got to get down to the level 3 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:17,519 so this is the last day we've got of moving overburden. 4 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:21,599 Don't wanna keep doing this all day, every day and we get no opal. 5 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:23,359 A bit of pressure on. 6 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:28,119 He's made this like a dog's breakfast up here, eh? 7 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:32,119 Gotta make new driveways every day 8 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:35,159 cos Mark, honestly, he likes blocking me in, 9 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:37,199 and it's me off. 10 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:40,879 Yeah, today driving the dozer feels like 11 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:44,679 I'm starting to get the feel of it. Still nervous. 12 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:50,279 You need to get rid of all that! 13 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:55,359 All of it! Otherwise I'm gonna be stuck here today! 14 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:58,079 I won't get out! It needs to go right up. 15 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:01,879 Right up! All the way! 16 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:03,919 Yeah, in a minute. Not yet! 17 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:07,679 Now!No. I've got to get it flat yet. 18 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:09,559 You're gonna me over later! 19 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:12,879 I will not get out! 20 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:20,074 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm 21 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:30,759 This thing will be stuck here 22 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:33,319 if you don't move that out the way! 23 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:36,359 Yeah, well, give me a chance! 24 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:38,639 I just turned on, you tripper! 25 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:43,559 NARRATOR: At their new claim Servo, the Blacklighters are attempting 26 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:47,479 to clear thousands of tonnes of waste dirt known as overburden 27 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:51,199 so they can safely mine a 100-metre-long virgin wall 28 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:54,959 of opal-bearing dirt nine metres below. 29 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:57,199 Mark's lost it a bit today on the dozer. 30 00:01:57,280 --> 00:01:59,919 I don't know what's happened. He needs to lift his game. 31 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:01,839 He's building a motorbike track again. 32 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:06,199 I had it going better yesterday. 33 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:07,959 Today I've gone back to bad habits! 34 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:09,999 It's really making me mad. 35 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:15,119 As Paul Coon dumps the overburden with the excavator, 36 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:19,919 rookie dozer operator Mark I'Anson must shift the piles of dirt 37 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:22,919 to stop them collapsing onto the virgin wall. 38 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:27,559 Got a cliff right next to me, so every time I chuck that way, 39 00:02:27,640 --> 00:02:30,279 I myself, you know, so... 40 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:33,599 It is getting better, but still very, very sketchy. 41 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:38,119 200 metres from Servo claim, 42 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:41,679 John Nassar is singlehandedly working Opalzilla, 43 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:43,839 the Blacklighters' processing plant, 44 00:02:43,920 --> 00:02:48,639 which exposes opal missed from the old-timers' waste dumps. 45 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:51,799 Opalzilla's doing what Opalzilla does and gets us money 46 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:55,839 but, yeah, we really need that bulldozer to start paying off. 47 00:02:57,640 --> 00:03:01,759 Halfway through the season and the boys are gonna have to hurry up over at Servo claim 48 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:04,719 and, erm, start making some money. Yeah, the pressure's on. 49 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:09,479 Yeah, definitely a different approach here at the Servo. 50 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:12,119 Like, at the moment we've got the two machines running. 51 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:14,239 We're burning through twice as much diesel. 52 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:17,159 But at the end of the day it's gonna get done a bit quicker, 53 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:19,039 and we'll get down to the bottom there 54 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:21,639 and hopefully find some opal pretty soon. 55 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:25,559 This is the last day we've got of moving overburden, 56 00:03:25,640 --> 00:03:28,519 and then it's all down on the level for the rest of the week. 57 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:30,639 We've got a buyer coming. 58 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:34,399 We really want to get as much sold this week as we can. 59 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:37,479 We're going through heaps of diesel and heaps of money. 60 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:44,799 The cost of living at the moment, it's rising every day, you know. 61 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:46,799 Bills, shopping. 62 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:49,799 You know, having families to feed and stuff, you know. 63 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:52,999 There's a lot riding on our shoulders to... 64 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:56,079 ..to make some money out of this. 65 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:00,399 We haven't got a lot of fuel. I've got to check it again 66 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:03,959 cos you can't afford to run out. It stuffs everything up in these machines. 67 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:06,879 On old machines you've gotta leave a bit of a buffer, you know. 68 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:08,759 That fuel down there's probably dodgy. 69 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:13,159 There was only a little bit left in the tank! 70 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:15,599 If we run out of diesel it's a bloody nightmare. 71 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:18,839 We...we've got to... we've got to bleed all the injectors 72 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:21,159 to get...get all the air out of the lines. 73 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:23,999 It just becomes an absolute menace. Takes bloody ages. 74 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:26,679 And you usually flatten your battery doing it as well, 75 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:29,759 so, yeah, we can't afford to let it run out of diesel. 76 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:36,439 The Blacklighters' 50-year-old dozer uses 200 litres of fuel a day, 77 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:39,559 costing almost 500 dollars. 78 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:42,559 Oh, . Well, I stuffed that up. 79 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:48,079 I think our fuel pump's finally had its last day. 80 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:49,959 It was playing up the other day. 81 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:51,759 We shook it a bit, got it working. 82 00:04:51,840 --> 00:04:53,439 Today it's just died on us. 83 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:56,239 Urgh! 84 00:04:57,240 --> 00:04:59,559 We've got a full tank of juice there, 85 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:01,319 and I can't get it into the dozer. 86 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:03,639 So, yeah, pretty pissed off. 87 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:06,919 Last thing I needed today. 88 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:09,159 So I dunno what I'm gonna bloody do. 89 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:23,639 COZZA: That's it, eh. 90 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:25,439 MATHEW: Beauty. She's ready to go. 91 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:27,599 Who's drilling first? Scissors, paper, rock. 92 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:31,399 Ah! 93 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:40,799 I actually got a call from Brad, our blast guy, again yesterday. 94 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:43,719 He's coming back through town with a few extra blasts. 95 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:46,559 So Cozzie and I thought we might come up back to Lunatic. 96 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:48,719 We wanna put a ramp in. We might as well use 97 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:50,839 Brad's expertise while he's here, 98 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:53,759 and, er, we'll get a few blasts done before Leif gets back. 99 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:58,919 In Andamooka, brothers Matt and Cozza Kathagen 100 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:03,359 are drilling blast holes in the hope of clearing a path for machinery 101 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:09,119 to work an opal level beneath a 1.8-metre layer of ultra-hard silcrete. 102 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:17,519 How you going, boy?G'day, mate. 103 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:19,999 Good to see ya. Pleasure. How yous going? 104 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:22,199 Good man.Yeah, good, man. Long time no see. 105 00:06:22,280 --> 00:06:24,799 This should strip out quite well. The spacing's good. 106 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:27,999 This will make it dance. That's no issue.Oh, excellent. 107 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:32,159 Explosives expert Brad O'Brien 108 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:35,599 will use premade ammonium nitrate satchels 109 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:37,999 to produce a high-powered shock wave 110 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:40,599 capable of blasting through the rock cap. 111 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:43,679 We've got ten holes in for the ramp. 112 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:45,719 So, yeah, we'll get these explosives done 113 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:48,159 and blast it out, man. It'll be awesome. 114 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:50,879 It's go time. He's lit the fuse. He's on his way. 115 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:53,919 Always love a blast. Righto, let's hurt some dirt. 116 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:56,799 Time to start ducking for cover. 117 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:01,959 Oh! Yeah! 118 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:10,679 Yeah! Awesome!Yeah, man. Thank you. 119 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:13,839 You done it again, mate! It never, ever gets old, this ! 120 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:18,879 I reckon that's done the job. Bloody looked like it from here. 121 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:21,599 Oh, that is perfect.That's killer. 122 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:24,759 Knocked it down. It's gonna give us a ramp. 123 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:27,679 The digger will have a much easier time now getting this out. 124 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:30,439 Well, thanks again, Brad. You're a bloody champion, mate. 125 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:32,879 Excellent, bro. No worries, gentlemen. Take care. 126 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:34,639 Have a good trip, mate.Thank you. 127 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:36,319 Awesome. 128 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:40,239 Here at Lunatic, we're, er, chasing some black opal. 129 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:42,959 Cos, er, Leif and his old man, underneath here 130 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:45,999 before we started pushing everything out, they done a small cut, 131 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:48,239 and they found some nice pieces of black here. 132 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:51,599 So, yeah, that's what we're hoping, it runs in underneath this rock cap. 133 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:53,919 We put this ramp down and we're straight onto it. 134 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:57,239 So, with our fingers crossed we can pull some money out of this claim. 135 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:02,279 Team leader Leif is currently working away as a diesel mechanic 136 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:05,599 to help bring in much-needed funds for the team. 137 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:08,719 Years earlier he discovered rare black opal 138 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:11,319 with his late father at this location, 139 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:14,919 but the almost impenetrable rock cap stalled their progress. 140 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:19,759 Started off late this season. We're already halfway through the time that we have. 141 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:21,719 We're absolutely nowhere near our target 142 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:25,359 so it does rely on this whole Lunatic claim to get our money this year. 143 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:28,279 And, er, look, it's our best chance of getting a lot of money 144 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:29,959 in a small amount of space. 145 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:32,879 So, we're all hoping it's gonna be here. 146 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:35,959 We just got to keep moving that dirt and we'll soon find out. 147 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:38,679 Now we got to get a ramp in. 148 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:40,839 Right, so... 149 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:45,639 ..this is about the top of the ramp where I am, 150 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:47,879 and we've got to go another three metres down. 151 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:51,399 Yeah, so whatever this is plus three metres. Plus three metres, yeah. 152 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:56,439 All right, so we've got three and a half metres there. 153 00:08:57,640 --> 00:08:59,679 So it's gonna be...say seven metres. 154 00:09:00,680 --> 00:09:02,599 Seven metres to the bottom of this. 155 00:09:02,680 --> 00:09:06,479 So, for every metre we go down we wanna go three metres out. 156 00:09:06,560 --> 00:09:08,399 That's gonna give us a nice ramp 157 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:11,719 that our little Normet dump truck will come up and down no problem. 158 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:15,999 You stand there and I'll get out here.Yeah. 159 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:17,999 So we're gonna need seven times three. 160 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:19,679 21 metres out that way. 161 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:25,799 How's that land? Perfect?Yeah. 162 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:27,999 We're just before that drain that he wanted. 163 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:31,599 Awesome. Hold it there. I'll come grab some pegs and we'll peg it out.Yeah. 164 00:09:31,680 --> 00:09:34,759 So what we're looking at here is gonna be the face of our mine. 165 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:37,399 So you can actually see the difference right here 166 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:40,439 where you got your, erm, orangey dirt. 167 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:43,439 That's sitting on our rock cap that's right here. 168 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:45,119 It's a little bit crumbly. 169 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:47,279 It's mostly silcrete, really hard stuff. 170 00:09:47,360 --> 00:09:51,079 And the rock cap ends right there with that white stuff. 171 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:55,759 Our ramp's gonna come back out this way to the north. 172 00:09:55,840 --> 00:09:57,999 We believe our first opal run 173 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:01,119 is about five metres into the mine this way, 174 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:03,599 and if we're lucky enough as we're digging the ramp 175 00:10:03,680 --> 00:10:06,839 we might actually find some behind us, so fingers crossed. 176 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:10,039 But at the moment it's just most important to set the mine up right 177 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:12,239 because I believe there is a lot of opal here 178 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:13,999 and we're gonna be here for a while. 179 00:10:15,520 --> 00:10:19,799 To begin work on the ramp, Matt needs their 20-tonne excavator 180 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:23,559 to clear the blast debris, then strip away the rock below. 181 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:25,999 It's good to get in and have a look at this level, 182 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:28,119 but, God, if there's no opal in the level, 183 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:30,959 then you're just, yeah, back to square bloody one again. 184 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:34,439 Only one way to find out if there's opal. Let's get into it! 185 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:43,999 Ooh! Man, this ground is still so hard! 186 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:52,399 Not good for this little digger! 187 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:54,079 It's not gonna like it. 188 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:58,159 Oh! Far out! 189 00:11:09,560 --> 00:11:12,039 ROGER: You know you're steering this ship?LEE: Yeah. 190 00:11:13,680 --> 00:11:16,839 I'm actually gonna get the measuring tape out and measure one metre. 191 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:20,199 I don't want it dropping less than, er, that metre mark. 192 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:21,879 Erm, spring's coming. 193 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:25,519 So the birds are gonna need it. The wildlife's gonna need it. 194 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:28,199 They need that to survive. 195 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:30,399 We need to survive as well with mining. 196 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:32,319 But we've got options. 197 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:33,999 Oh, yeah! 198 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:44,599 I'll go to the front so you can push me. 199 00:11:44,680 --> 00:11:46,319 Set sail, mate.Oo-ooh. 200 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:49,519 Here we go! Be careful, man. Be careful. 201 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:52,839 I've done this before. 202 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:57,839 If we ain't got no water, we ain't gonna wash. 203 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:00,639 Plain and simple. 204 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:03,639 Prospects are pretty dismal at the moment. 205 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:06,399 We need to get paid, we need to live, we need to eat. 206 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:09,039 We've got to rely on water... 207 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:11,039 to achieve that. 208 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:15,159 If I completely drain the water out of this dam, 209 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:17,959 erm, it is a fragile ecosystem here, 210 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:19,639 so the fines are pretty high. 211 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:23,359 We're, erm, we're stressing about it. We really are. 212 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:27,799 Are you there, Rog? Yeah, mate. 213 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:36,879 Yeah, Rog, we're coming up to half a metre here down this end. 214 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:40,039 It doesn't look like we're getting any decent rain any time soon, 215 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:42,959 and almost disaster for our mining so, erm, 216 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:45,639 we'll have a chat when I get in. All right, mate. 217 00:12:46,680 --> 00:12:49,679 Once we, erm, leave here and once we finish here... 218 00:12:50,680 --> 00:12:54,479 ..the evaporation itself will keep on sucking the water out of the dam, 219 00:12:54,560 --> 00:12:56,359 and if it goes completely dry, well... 220 00:12:57,760 --> 00:13:00,319 ..the poor wildlife are gonna cop it, that's for sure. 221 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:08,959 In drought-stricken Lightning Ridge, 222 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:12,119 Slim Pickings' dreams of a successful season 223 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:14,439 are fast becoming a mirage. 224 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:18,999 That's a bit ordinary. Oh, look who's here. 225 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:21,279 KELLY: Boscoe! Hey! 226 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:23,879 Hey, Kell. G'day, Kell. How are we? 227 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:25,759 Good. What's going on? 228 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:27,759 Nothing much. Just checking the water. 229 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:30,079 Been out for a paddle. She's low. 230 00:13:30,160 --> 00:13:34,199 Yeah, we, er, we're lucky to have a couple of weeks left in us here. 231 00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:36,359 Well, one good thing is... 232 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:38,039 We need some opal. 233 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:41,639 Yeah.I've got a guy coming in, coming in from overseas, so... 234 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:44,719 When's he coming? Pretty soon?Today.Huh! 235 00:13:46,560 --> 00:13:48,559 So you got a tail-out today? Yeah.Yeah. 236 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:50,279 We've got a tail-out today. 237 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:52,319 Hopefully there's some decent pieces in it 238 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:53,999 so we can provide something.Yep. 239 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:56,519 All right, I'm gonna go and give this guy a call. 240 00:13:56,600 --> 00:14:00,119 Righto.All right. We'll get going.See ya. See yous later. See ya, Boscoe. 241 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:05,319 Lee Hobden and Roger Williams 242 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:07,719 are pioneering a new method of mining 243 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:10,639 by rescuing opal chips from waste silt 244 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:14,679 escaped from old-timers' opal traps known as puddlers. 245 00:14:14,760 --> 00:14:16,679 This is one of these old puddlers here. 246 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:18,759 So as they're feeding it, putting water in, 247 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:22,239 keeps spinning around like a big washing machine, spewing all the mud out, 248 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:25,959 so all the silt and slurry would push through these gaps, through these holes. 249 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:29,719 That would still spit out up to a one-carat stone, really, 250 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:31,919 and that's what we're getting at the moment. 251 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:33,919 The team need water from the dam 252 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:36,959 to rinse the hardened silt in their agitator wash plant, 253 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:41,399 exposing small pieces of opal in what's known as a tail-out. 254 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:43,919 So, the reason why we're doing an agi move today, 255 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:46,319 you know, basically where it's sitting there now, 256 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:48,239 we found some beautiful little pieces. 257 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:50,999 So move the agi back. We'll have a bit of a scrape there 258 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:54,279 and hopefully there's something underneath it and we get paid today. 259 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:56,399 Hopefully there's some cracking little gems. 260 00:14:56,480 --> 00:14:59,799 So Roger's bringing over the excavator. 261 00:14:59,880 --> 00:15:01,719 We need to take the conveyor off. 262 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:04,319 Clear a path. So it's gonna be a long day. 263 00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:11,479 Is that hydraulic?I think so. 264 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:14,119 Where's that coming from? 265 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:18,279 That's diesel.It is, eh? 266 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:20,399 Shut it down. Hurry up, shut it down. 267 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:26,879 That's diesel, man. Yeah, shut it down right now. It's another one of those days. 268 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:37,119 Dude, it's lucky this thing didn't blow up, man. 269 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:42,719 You do not wanna turn that back over cos if that ignites, 270 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:44,399 that's the digger gone. 271 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:50,159 MARK: Man. 272 00:15:59,960 --> 00:16:01,919 Had to come up here to get some service. 273 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:04,599 It's pretty hard, pretty hard to get signal round here, 274 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:08,159 so you've got to sort of find the...the biggest, highest hill 275 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:10,479 and they're usually the bloody windiest as well. 276 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:15,479 Rach! Are you there? Yes. 277 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:19,079 It's pretty bloody windy. I'm on top of a hill. 278 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:20,919 We're having a bit of trouble. 279 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:23,999 The pump that pumps the diesel for us, 280 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:26,439 it just won't pump fuel out of the tank.Right. 281 00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:28,359 So we can't load the dozer up with fuel 282 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:30,559 and we're sort of, like, flat out at the moment 283 00:16:30,640 --> 00:16:32,799 so I was just wondering if there's any chance 284 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:35,039 you could bring some drums out.Yep. 285 00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:37,239 I can go fill some of them up for ya. 286 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:40,439 If you could bring those drums out, it'd make a massive help today, 287 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:43,639 no joke, really would.All right. No worries, I'll be there soon. 288 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:46,439 All right. Thanks, sweetheart. Love you.Love you. Bye. 289 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:51,759 Mark has called his wife 290 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:54,799 and Blacklighters finance manager Rachel 291 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:56,799 to bring fuel for their dozer. 292 00:16:56,880 --> 00:16:59,759 They need the machine to clear dangerous overburden 293 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:03,519 so they can work a virgin wall of opal-bearing dirt. 294 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:09,519 Oi, you made it! Awesome! So you got some fuel? 295 00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:12,479 Yeah, I bought you some diesel. Oh, thank you. 296 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:21,239 Our target this year's 350 grand. 297 00:17:21,320 --> 00:17:24,279 Look, to be honest, it's... 298 00:17:24,360 --> 00:17:26,719 it's looking really hard to be able to reach that. 299 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:29,079 We're only at 110 at the moment. 300 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:30,839 I don't know what's got to give here, 301 00:17:30,920 --> 00:17:34,159 whether it's the boys have gotta pick their game up even more 302 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:37,799 or we've got to be able to find some more opal. 303 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:48,839 PAUL: Oi, that sounds mint. 304 00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:55,159 I think he's got the revs right now. That sounded a lot better. 305 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:58,279 He wasn't struggling to get the dirt up the hill. 306 00:17:58,360 --> 00:17:59,999 So he's got the revs up now and... 307 00:18:01,120 --> 00:18:02,719 ..it's all systems go. 308 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:16,679 Six hours later, Mark has shifted the dangerous overburden. 309 00:18:16,760 --> 00:18:21,079 The team can now mine the virgin wall for signs of opal. 310 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:24,239 It's pure white potch now, man. That's not chalky. 311 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:27,679 That's what I like to hear. But, yeah, that could turn to colour, man. 312 00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:31,479 Could fatten up any time. I just smacked it on its head. I heard it from here. 313 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:34,839 Potch is opal with no play of colour 314 00:18:34,920 --> 00:18:39,319 and low value, but a good indicator that valuable opal may be nearby. 315 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:41,519 Well, there could be colour in it 316 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:44,919 but I've got no bloody glasses to see!Get out of the way. 317 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:47,279 See, it's cruising up in here, man.Yeah. 318 00:18:47,360 --> 00:18:50,199 That's not chalk. That's not chalk. That's opal. 319 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:55,239 That's opal here?Yeah, that's opal. That's opal, man.Heaps of it. 320 00:18:55,320 --> 00:18:58,479 So it's feeding into this, man. I reckon give that a big smack. 321 00:18:59,480 --> 00:19:02,719 Not a big one, a gentle one. Wanna be gentle with the dozer 322 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:04,879 cos there's a bit of potch starting to form. 323 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:06,959 It's hard to see but there's a bit up there 324 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:09,199 and it's sort of making in this little fault, 325 00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:11,959 all the way through, so when there's material 326 00:19:12,040 --> 00:19:15,119 you can't go gung-ho because we could miss it or break it, you know, 327 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:17,759 so just gentle. Got to try and be gentle. 328 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:20,839 Righto. Gentle, man! 329 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:25,399 Ah! Come on, man! 330 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:28,159 Almost got your feet! That was crazy. 331 00:19:30,160 --> 00:19:33,439 Hey! Hey! 332 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:38,119 Yes! I can see it, man! Whoo! Hoo-hoo! 333 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:40,559 What have we got? 334 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:43,719 Oi, dude. Look. Have a look at that! 335 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:47,519 Look at this. Huh! 336 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:49,999 Oh-oh-oh. Oh, what's in there? 337 00:19:50,080 --> 00:19:53,359 Oh-oh-oh!Holy mother of mother. 338 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:56,719 Another chunky. I need my glasses, man! 339 00:19:56,800 --> 00:19:59,439 Is that colour? That's colour, isn't it? 340 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:01,599 That's colour, man.Yeah.Ho-ho! 341 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:04,999 Look at that. 342 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:06,759 It is like Christmastime. 343 00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:08,799 Huh!Yes! 344 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:12,279 Where's the rest of it? Yah!Hoy! 345 00:20:12,360 --> 00:20:15,599 It's the best fun you can have with your pants on.Oh-oh! 346 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:17,279 You've got more? Unreal, eh? 347 00:20:17,360 --> 00:20:19,119 We've put in all that effort. 348 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:22,999 Now it's paying off. Look at that. Oh, yeah, baby, yeah, baby, yeah, baby, yeah! 349 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:25,079 Show us what you got, man. 350 00:20:26,120 --> 00:20:27,719 Oh! 351 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:30,839 It's on!It's on! 352 00:20:36,360 --> 00:20:38,239 LEE: See that there, that's just diesel. 353 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:40,319 It's just coming through the gaps here. 354 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:43,439 There's quite a bit of it, too. 355 00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:47,599 So I'm hoping it's just a hose, might be a bit weathered or... 356 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:50,319 ..cracked or something like that. 357 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:53,399 It's just gonna cost us money. Now it's costing us time. 358 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:56,359 Need to go get the rattle gun. Get some tools. 359 00:20:56,440 --> 00:20:58,839 We need to get back here. We need to get it done. 360 00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:00,519 Straight up. Like, right now. 361 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:04,039 Slim Pickings need to find opal 362 00:21:04,120 --> 00:21:06,839 for an overseas buyer by the end of the day. 363 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:09,119 But without the excavator they can't move 364 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:12,799 their 26-tonne wash plant off the dirt they want to mine. 365 00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:15,559 I've got it.It's all yours. Oh, lovely and clean. 366 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:18,599 We're trying to identify the problem at the moment. 367 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:21,079 But we don't hundred percent know what it is yet, 368 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:24,159 so only way to sort of find out what the problem is, 369 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:27,799 is take it off and have a look at it. It's the prime machine. 370 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:29,959 It's... It does all the work. 371 00:21:31,120 --> 00:21:33,919 So when it's down, we're down. 372 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:37,039 We're not finding any opal when we're sitting here like this. 373 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:46,479 Righto. 374 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:51,279 This breakdown will literally cost us days if not weeks. 375 00:21:51,360 --> 00:21:53,159 It depends on if we can get the parts. 376 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:55,439 No, I think I know where it's coming from, man. 377 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:59,159 I think this whole fuel pump is cactus. 378 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:01,159 It's not coming from the fuel pump at all 379 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:03,359 because the fuel pump's dry as.Well, it's... 380 00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:06,639 Unless there's a... unless there's a hole, a little pin hole...Yeah. 381 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:09,239 ..on the inside of that steel.Yeah. 382 00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:13,439 Well, let's take that off. Ooh, here she comes. Here it comes. 383 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:15,799 Oh! Well! 384 00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:20,319 I think I've just found the problem there, Lee. 385 00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:24,519 So obviously it's been rattling around, man, 386 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:27,719 and she's, erm, she's bored a hole into the side of the line. 387 00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:31,479 You can see that hole. It's only like a pin hole. 388 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:34,719 It just would have been spraying it through this metal pipe. Yeah. 389 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:36,679 The fuel line must be repaired, 390 00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:40,519 otherwise it can't safely supply diesel from the tank to the engine. 391 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:42,519 We might be able to use some liquid metal 392 00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:44,999 or something like that, just to patch it up for now. 393 00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:47,959 Put a Band-Aid on it. Let's get this home, patch it up. 394 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:53,479 If I can't deliver any opal for Kelly 395 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:56,079 by this afternoon or tomorrow, 396 00:22:56,160 --> 00:22:59,439 she could potentially lose out on her opal buyer. 397 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:03,079 It is an international buyer. He's only here for 48 hours. 398 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:05,839 Yeah, if we can't provide with Kell this afternoon, 399 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:08,439 we all miss out and there's potential 400 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:11,719 that opal buyer will never be ringing us up ever again. 401 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:27,839 How'd we go? 402 00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:30,879 Crisis averted.Oh, nice. 403 00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:34,759 Ah, pretty gold on there, too. Look at it.Yeah. 404 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:36,639 Hopefully it gives us some good luck. 405 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:38,399 It looks good.Yeah, it's gonna do. 406 00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:40,639 Honestly, we need to get back into it.Yeah. 407 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:44,559 Chuck this part back on...Yeah. ..see if we can get back digging. 408 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:47,359 Come on up to my office, mate. 409 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:52,279 Ah. 410 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:07,119 Yep.Good?Righty-oh. Go and erm... 411 00:24:08,120 --> 00:24:10,319 Fire him up. Yeah, go and kick her in the guts. 412 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:11,999 Yeah.And we'll see how she goes. 413 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:14,079 When you're ready. 414 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:19,079 Yeah! 415 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:21,279 That fired up straight away. 416 00:24:21,360 --> 00:24:23,999 Absolutely goddamn awesome! 417 00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:28,199 Now we've fixed the problem, we can finish our agi move. 418 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:32,919 So, the quicker we get that agitator to the new spot, 419 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:35,279 the quicker we can search for more opal 420 00:24:35,360 --> 00:24:37,199 and try and get closer to that target. 421 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:45,599 Roger and Lee need to move their agitator wash plant, 422 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:49,999 a converted cement truck, onto a dry patch of levelled earth 423 00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:52,399 to mine the opal-bearing waste dirt beneath. 424 00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:55,319 Yeah, looking good. Looking good, man. 425 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:03,439 Oh!Wa-hey! Whoa! 426 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:06,199 Whoa-whoa! Man, can you pull out of that? 427 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:11,919 Hopefully we don't need to get the digger. 428 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:14,999 Lock her in and give it to her, mate. Just pull her out! 429 00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:31,239 Oh! Far out! 430 00:25:33,360 --> 00:25:36,359 Cozza! Whoa, you right, bro? 431 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:38,759 Oh, man! 432 00:25:38,840 --> 00:25:40,839 Ah!You right? 433 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:45,159 Far out! Bloody hell, that just exploded in my face. 434 00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:47,439 So, yeah, you got to watch these silcrete rocks. 435 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:49,399 They just shatter to pieces. 436 00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:51,519 I was just trying to snag a bit on the wall 437 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:53,199 and the tooth just snapped it 438 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:55,279 and just absolutely showered me, so... 439 00:25:55,360 --> 00:25:58,079 Lucky I didn't just take an eye out then or lose a tooth. 440 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:02,159 I'll have to put my glasses on for the rest of it, I reckon. 441 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:04,999 Ooh! 442 00:26:06,360 --> 00:26:09,199 The Mooka Boys are attempting to build a ramp 443 00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:12,159 so their heavy machinery can mine an opal level 444 00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:15,479 in the ultra-hard rock of their open cut. 445 00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:18,439 Oh, man, that's shattered. 446 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:22,399 That's still pretty hard material. 447 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:25,479 It's bloody bouncing off! 448 00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:29,319 Yeah, it's pretty frustrating working with old machines sometimes. 449 00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:31,839 You know, it's starting to warm up out here again 450 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:35,719 and working these old girls in this, er, in this hard rock, it just heats 'em up. 451 00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:37,679 So we just have to keep stopping 452 00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:39,639 and letting 'em cool down for a while. 453 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:41,919 Otherwise we're at risk of doing a head gasket, 454 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:43,919 and, yeah, we cannot afford that. 455 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:46,359 It'd just be, "That's it for the digger." 456 00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:49,399 Ooh, leave that. Whew! 457 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:53,919 You right, Matty? It's starting to heat up. 458 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,159 Gonna have to give it a little rest, I reckon. 459 00:26:57,160 --> 00:27:00,039 Yeah, these rocks are just too hard on it. Just bloody... Yeah. 460 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:03,239 I'll just give it 20 minutes, let it cool down 461 00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:06,319 and I'll get back into it. Yeah.Yeah, mate. 462 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:09,159 Yeah, it doesn't seem like much 463 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:11,599 but all these little setbacks all add up together. 464 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:13,759 You know, we're already late in the season. 465 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:15,479 Summer's creeping in already, 466 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:18,479 and, er, we just really don't have a whole lot of time left. 467 00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:22,799 Now I got a family of my own there's a lot more pressure to get this done. 468 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:25,719 I have to make this into a job. I have to make it worthwhile 469 00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:28,439 for not only myself, but my family as well. 470 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:38,279 Kind of been sick all week. The baby's sick at home, too. 471 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:43,239 I thought we were getting better but the baby's taken a turn for the worse last night. 472 00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:45,119 She's still 38.3. 473 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:48,439 Yes, Arya's had a mad fever for the last week or so. 474 00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:50,159 She was getting better for a while 475 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:52,839 but then she hasn't been able to drink or take any food 476 00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:55,679 for nearly two days now so she's getting really dehydrated. 477 00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:58,999 My missus had to take her into hospital. She's in hospital now. 478 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:02,799 Looks like she's gonna have to get transferred to Adelaide 479 00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:05,439 which is 700 Ks away. So I can't do anything out here. 480 00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:08,479 I gotta...I gotta go. I can't be here right now. 481 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:12,279 Cozza! 482 00:28:13,360 --> 00:28:16,759 Yo!Got some bad news, bro. What's wrong? 483 00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:18,679 Arya's taken a real turn for the worse. 484 00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:22,719 She hasn't been able to drink or eat for a while, 485 00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:25,599 so I just got a message off Nakita that they're... 486 00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:28,439 they're probably going to Adelaide, flying out to hospital. 487 00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:30,519 I've gotta go, man. I'm sorry, bro. 488 00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:35,039 No, that's all right, bro. Are you all right?Yeah, man. 489 00:28:35,120 --> 00:28:37,799 Nah, it's all good. But, er... 490 00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:40,039 yeah, nah, I just... I gotta go, man.Yeah. 491 00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:42,839 Left the keys in the digger, erm... 492 00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:46,159 I got to take the car, man. I gotta get out of here. That's all right. 493 00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:49,039 I'll try and sort something else out for you, mate.Yeah, no, 494 00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:53,279 I'll get back in after, mate. I'll give you a message.Yeah. Keep me updated.I will, bruv. 495 00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:02,559 If you're in the city, you know there's a hospital on every corner, pretty much, 496 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:05,239 and a chemist on every second one after that, so... 497 00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:07,759 It's a real struggle when your kids get sick out here, 498 00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:11,319 but you just got to get onto it as quick as you can and get it sorted out. 499 00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:22,519 I can't go backwards. I can go forward. 500 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:26,359 I'll give her a bit of a run-up. ROGER: All right, then, mate. Just go for it. 501 00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:33,759 Give it to her. 502 00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:44,439 Yee-ha! 503 00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:47,159 That's in, bro. 504 00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:51,679 Lee and Roger are hunting for opal beneath their agitator 505 00:29:51,760 --> 00:29:54,319 for an urgent sale at the end of the day. 506 00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:56,599 But we've got to move to another dam 507 00:29:56,680 --> 00:29:59,119 because we've got no water left here. 508 00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:01,439 What we're getting on the edge of this honey hole, 509 00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:04,759 that's gonna provide us enough money to go to this next dam. 510 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:08,239 All these moves does cost money. 511 00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:10,559 So we need to get another parcel up and running, 512 00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:13,839 and make sure we've got enough to cover us for at least a few months. 513 00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:19,519 That's pay dirt. That's silt. 514 00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:23,319 We've got six to ten loads here, which is not too bad. 515 00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:25,999 Brought in the big guns today.Yeah. Give us a hand. 516 00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:28,719 You know, he's got really sharp eyes, too, so... 517 00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:32,199 Thanks for coming, mate.Yep. Extra set of hands. 518 00:30:32,280 --> 00:30:35,879 To improve their odds, Roger's 13-year-old son Logan 519 00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:39,599 will help load the agitator and spot for opal in the tail-out. 520 00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:41,879 Tell you what, I need a pair of glasses. 521 00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:45,599 Wear mine if you want. 522 00:30:45,680 --> 00:30:47,359 It's dusty, isn't it?Oh, yeah. 523 00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:51,079 Righto, buddy, keep shovelling. 524 00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:54,959 The old-timers' silt is dumped into the agitator 525 00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:59,079 and washed for 90 minutes in a rotating cement-mixer barrel, 526 00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:03,239 removing dirt and clay from the rock and exposing any opal. 527 00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:04,959 Righto, put him in reverse. 528 00:31:10,280 --> 00:31:11,879 Here we go. 529 00:31:18,560 --> 00:31:20,759 Whoa-whoa-whoa!Damn. 530 00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:32,479 Not seeing too much at this present stage. 531 00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:34,919 It is the first tray. Maybe all the gemmier pieces 532 00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:37,639 want to sit in the back of the barrel as it's coming out. 533 00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:40,439 Not much opal. 534 00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:43,199 Not even much potch really, is there?No, not really. 535 00:31:43,280 --> 00:31:46,439 You know what, it's never over, mate... 536 00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:49,559 ..until it's over. 537 00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:55,319 Oh, look at that! Check that out. 538 00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:58,959 Hey!Oh, nice one, son! Man, that is beautiful. 539 00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:05,999 Logan!Come on, boy! He's first cab off the rank. 540 00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:08,399 I mean, that's a little cracker! That's a fossil. 541 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:10,799 This is crystal, too, mate. Good on you, mate. 542 00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:13,399 Awesome, son! Awesome!Mate. Need some more of those! 543 00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:19,759 Oh, check that out, Lee. 544 00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:23,679 Oh, another one, mate. Gee, that's nice. 545 00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:26,799 Yeah, that is actually really nice, isn't it?Yeah.Good. 546 00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:30,759 Nice crystal again. Beautiful little crystal. Mm.It's heaps good. 547 00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:32,839 Mate, done well there. That's two in a row. 548 00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:36,399 Nice little carat stone. Yep. Beautiful. Beautiful, beautiful crystal, man. 549 00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:41,679 Ooh, look at that colour sticking out there, brother! 550 00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:45,679 Damn, boy! We're actually getting some opal out of this, man. 551 00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:48,119 We're actually getting some opal. This is awesome. 552 00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:50,279 That is beautiful. And a couple of pieces 553 00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:53,839 that Logan pulled, man, and this big piece here. Like I said, man. 554 00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:56,159 Logan, take a look at this one. Here, look. 555 00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:57,999 Here, man. Look how gorgeous that is. 556 00:32:58,080 --> 00:33:01,079 It's just as pretty as the ones you found.It's heaps good. 557 00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:05,359 That is just beautiful. Nice colour, too, isn't it? 558 00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:07,919 Oh, mate, that block pattern on it's beautiful.Yeah. 559 00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:11,839 Slim Pickings have crystal opal 560 00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:14,919 featuring the full spectrum of colours. 561 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:18,719 It's been washed and weighs 150 grams. 562 00:33:21,360 --> 00:33:25,559 Well, well, well. How are we? KELLY: Hi, Logan.Hey. 563 00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:27,719 What's going on? Not much. Tailing out. 564 00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:30,479 Just glad that we got a little bit of opal out of it. 565 00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:33,559 So, I know it's a bit rushed but have yous got a price on it 566 00:33:33,640 --> 00:33:36,479 or do you want me to rub it? Yeah, we've got a price on it. 567 00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:38,759 But, nah, I'm just gonna tip these out. 568 00:33:38,840 --> 00:33:41,199 Obviously, I got the best out of anyone.Oh, did ya? 569 00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:44,759 Yeah.Good on you. But, no, Logan done well. 570 00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:47,279 There's some really nice little stones in there, 571 00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:50,759 you know, some nice pieces, so... That's off a bigger piece.Mm. 572 00:33:50,840 --> 00:33:52,759 Yeah, well, that's the one Log's found. 573 00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:57,039 That's the first one he found, actually. You could carve that.Mm. 574 00:33:57,120 --> 00:33:59,039 That piece there's not too bad too, Kell. 575 00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:03,159 Yeah.Yeah, that's- Definitely, definitely a nice little carving piece.Yeah. 576 00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:05,319 You wouldn't want to take too much off it. 577 00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:07,439 That's just all pure colour, you know. 578 00:34:07,520 --> 00:34:09,759 Beautiful stuff.Yeah. 579 00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:11,679 Yeah, that sand's coming out. 580 00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:13,399 You reckon? Yeah. 581 00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:17,959 I did count eight before I put it in the jar. Yeah, there was eight. 582 00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:20,159 I did count. There, look, number eight. 583 00:34:20,240 --> 00:34:21,919 There it is right there, look. 584 00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:25,599 We're guessing, what you reckon, Rog? Four or five grand? 585 00:34:25,680 --> 00:34:27,479 Yeah, I was... I was thinking probably 586 00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:29,879 in the lines of four and five.Yeah. 587 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:33,759 Well, I'll go in at five. Yeah.Yeah.See what he says. 588 00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:35,719 I'll go in a bit higher, cos, you know, 589 00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:38,399 they're gonna knock you down. Yeah.Of course. 590 00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:41,799 But, I can just say, you know. bottom's five and -Yeah.Yeah. 591 00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:43,879 And if he wants to squeeze around the four, 592 00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:45,679 well, then we can negotiate, 593 00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:48,599 but I think you should be pushing five. Yeah. That's not bad. 594 00:34:48,680 --> 00:34:52,079 Well, this is gonna keep the operation flowing for a little while longer. 595 00:34:52,160 --> 00:34:54,319 Yeah. And it helps me out with the buyer.Yeah. 596 00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:56,239 So I don't lose face there. 597 00:34:56,320 --> 00:34:58,839 All right. I've got to rock'n'roll.Off you go. 598 00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:01,919 I've got to go and see a buyer about some opal. 599 00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:07,799 I was the only one who got the best one, so... 600 00:35:08,880 --> 00:35:10,479 Yeah, that's...that's one out of... 601 00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:12,599 one tail-out out of a million, too, boy. 602 00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:14,799 Yeah. Wait for the next one and I'll get more. 603 00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:17,279 Well, that's challenge accepted, son. 604 00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:19,039 All right. 605 00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:25,159 MATHEW: Unfortunately, er, baby Arya's in hospital now. 606 00:35:25,240 --> 00:35:27,359 She's really struggling to breathe. 607 00:35:27,440 --> 00:35:30,799 Er, they've got her on oxygen and IVs and and the whole lot. 608 00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:34,839 It's turned into bronchitis in her lungs 609 00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:37,759 and they just keep hooking her up to more and more things... 610 00:35:38,760 --> 00:35:41,679 ..and, er, telling us there's not much else they can do 611 00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:44,839 so, yeah, it's...it's the worst. 612 00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:50,639 Matt Kathagen's five-month-old baby Arya 613 00:35:50,720 --> 00:35:54,079 has been flown 300km from Port Augusta 614 00:35:54,160 --> 00:35:57,079 to a hospital in Adelaide for emergency care. 615 00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:01,919 Once I seen that text from Nakita saying she's blue in the mouth 616 00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:06,359 and they have to fly her out I... Er, yeah, it's hard to describe. 617 00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:08,719 My guts just dropped and I just knew 618 00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:10,479 I had to get the hell out of there. 619 00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:19,919 Matty's just had to take off. Er, little baby's sick. 620 00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:21,639 So, yeah, I'm just here on my own. 621 00:36:21,720 --> 00:36:24,679 I'm gonna try and scratch a bit of this ramp out if I can, 622 00:36:24,760 --> 00:36:28,719 and, er, yeah, just see how far I can get it down without the other boys here. 623 00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:32,519 So, there's no real right way to get through this rock cap 624 00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:35,159 unless you're blasting it and taking it out in pebbles, 625 00:36:35,240 --> 00:36:36,879 but we can't afford that right now. 626 00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:39,439 So we're just trying with every machine that we've got, 627 00:36:39,520 --> 00:36:41,479 and the digger seems to be struggling a bit. 628 00:36:41,560 --> 00:36:44,119 So I'm hoping I can back this down. It's a lot heavier 629 00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:46,839 and it can just rip into that rock and just loosen it up 630 00:36:46,920 --> 00:36:49,079 so the digger can go back down and dig it out. 631 00:36:50,840 --> 00:36:54,279 It's now down to Cozza, using hardened steel rippers 632 00:36:54,360 --> 00:36:57,719 in their 50-year-old dozer, to prepare a mine ramp 633 00:36:57,800 --> 00:37:01,639 and singlehandedly find opal for the entire team. 634 00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:23,239 It felt really bad in the cab. It was really shaky, 635 00:37:23,320 --> 00:37:25,079 but seems like it done somethin'. 636 00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:27,399 Well, it looks like I've been getting an even rip 637 00:37:27,480 --> 00:37:30,279 so I should be able to just go down there 638 00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:32,599 and clear out another two, three foot, 639 00:37:32,680 --> 00:37:34,679 and it, er, yeah, should do the job. 640 00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:04,239 Oh, that's a bit of blue. 641 00:38:04,320 --> 00:38:07,639 I think I can see a bit of potch in there. I'm gonna have a quick look. 642 00:38:11,560 --> 00:38:15,199 Ah. Yeah, it's a bit of potch. It's turning dark. 643 00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:16,879 It's got some blue tinges to it. 644 00:38:17,880 --> 00:38:20,519 This is the actual one that I seen from the machine. 645 00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:23,039 I just noticed that it was a different sort of rock. 646 00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:25,679 Had a bit more shine to the broken edges of it, 647 00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:27,839 and over this front it... it's just shining. 648 00:38:27,920 --> 00:38:30,119 It's got a bit of blue tinge to it. 649 00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:32,359 Not like the other rocks that are around here. 650 00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:35,559 And all of these were underneath it. See, I cracked this one open. 651 00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:38,279 So it's nice and clean potch. If it had some colour play, 652 00:38:38,360 --> 00:38:39,959 we'd have some money right here. 653 00:38:41,560 --> 00:38:44,199 So, me being here on my own at the moment, I definitely... 654 00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:47,079 I don't wanna go digging it and just throwing it in a pile. 655 00:38:47,160 --> 00:38:49,239 This is our...our hole to make some money, 656 00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:53,039 so I think I might just cover this back up and wait for the boys to get here. 657 00:38:59,120 --> 00:39:00,879 Oh, Leif's here. 658 00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:04,479 What are you doing here? Hey. How you been? Yeah, no, I've been good, man. 659 00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:07,479 Doing well?Got a little bucket of something I found in there. 660 00:39:07,560 --> 00:39:10,399 I just pushed dirt back over it until you boys get here, so... 661 00:39:10,480 --> 00:39:13,559 Few ounces there, eh? Yeah, few ounces. About ten ounces there. 662 00:39:13,640 --> 00:39:17,439 Over 1,000 carats, isn't it? Yeah, so we'll go 20 bucks an ounce. 663 00:39:17,520 --> 00:39:20,679 Well, we'll get 200 bucks out of it. Yeah.Yeah.Yeah. yeah. 664 00:39:21,720 --> 00:39:24,399 Cozza has found low-value potch. 665 00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:27,199 Blue-black in colour, it's in the rough, 666 00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:29,599 and weighs 310 grams. 667 00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:34,159 See, the ripper's got into it. Yeah, no, it's good. 668 00:39:34,240 --> 00:39:36,319 I did get caught on that rock cap, though. 669 00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:38,479 It's Matty, man. 670 00:39:40,680 --> 00:39:43,719 Oh, how you going, bro? Yeah, getting there, mate, eh? 671 00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:45,759 How are you, man? How's bubs doing? 672 00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:48,959 Er, look, mate, she was definitely getting a lot worse for a while. 673 00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:52,439 But, er, last few hours looks like she's starting to get a bit better. 674 00:39:52,520 --> 00:39:54,199 Er, the doctors have just given her 675 00:39:54,280 --> 00:39:56,159 a few more bits and pieces of antibiotics 676 00:39:56,240 --> 00:39:59,519 and, er, hopefully we're... we're on the ride out now, so... 677 00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:01,999 Ah, awesome, man. Have to wait and see, yeah. 678 00:40:02,080 --> 00:40:06,759 Yeah, mate, we've got our fingers and toes crossed back here, mate. Hopefully she gets better quick. 679 00:40:06,840 --> 00:40:09,119 Yeah. Thanks, boys. I appreciate it, eh. 680 00:40:09,200 --> 00:40:12,279 Just a phone call away, mate.Yeah. See ya.See ya. 681 00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:24,359 So, yeah, we've been in hospital nearly a week now. 682 00:40:24,440 --> 00:40:27,719 Arya's actually starting to turn a corner. She's getting a lot better. 683 00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:30,319 Good to see a nice little smile out of her yesterday, 684 00:40:30,400 --> 00:40:33,159 so, erm, yeah, things are looking up. 685 00:40:34,760 --> 00:40:36,639 You know, we've got a lot of big dreams, 686 00:40:36,720 --> 00:40:38,799 a lot of work to do, a lot of places to go, 687 00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:42,359 but, er, my baby's sick and there's nothing more important than that. 688 00:40:52,640 --> 00:40:56,359 JOHN: Speak of the devil. Here he is.PAUL: Andy! MARK: Andy!ANDY: Hey! 689 00:40:56,440 --> 00:40:59,039 How are ya?G'day, mate. Great!What's happening? 690 00:40:59,120 --> 00:41:01,559 Yeah, long drive.Yeah.Long drive. 691 00:41:01,640 --> 00:41:04,319 NARRATOR: The Blacklighters have their first haul of opal 692 00:41:04,400 --> 00:41:08,279 mined from Servo claim ready to sell to Andy Wright. 693 00:41:08,360 --> 00:41:11,119 All right, man. Let's go have a look at it, eh.Let's go. 694 00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:14,079 He's travelled 900km from the coast, 695 00:41:14,160 --> 00:41:17,319 sourcing material for international buyers. 696 00:41:17,400 --> 00:41:19,479 I've been on the phone to Rachel all week 697 00:41:19,560 --> 00:41:22,279 and I've just been pushing her and pushing her to... 698 00:41:22,360 --> 00:41:26,279 to get the material because, er, I just desperately need stuff 699 00:41:26,360 --> 00:41:28,519 at the moment to keep my customers happy. 700 00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:30,959 My clients are very fussy. 701 00:41:31,040 --> 00:41:33,199 Here we go, Andy. Bloody beautiful stuff. 702 00:41:33,280 --> 00:41:35,399 Good stuff.Now- You guys have been busy. 703 00:41:35,480 --> 00:41:37,919 We finally got there and look at some of this stuff. 704 00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:39,719 Look at that.It's beautiful. 705 00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:41,759 Look at the red in that, you know, so... 706 00:41:43,640 --> 00:41:46,479 Looks like pretty good material you boys have been getting. 707 00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:48,399 You've, er, you've done well. 708 00:41:49,520 --> 00:41:52,519 The Blacklighters have classic Coober Pedy opal, 709 00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:56,679 featuring the full spectrum of colours on a white base. 710 00:41:56,760 --> 00:42:00,599 It's been tumbled and weighs 2.1kg. 711 00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:04,119 Look, I'm definitely interested, guys. 712 00:42:04,200 --> 00:42:06,199 OK, scare me. How much do you want? 713 00:42:06,280 --> 00:42:09,799 We want 60 grand for the whole parcel. We don't wanna split it. 714 00:42:12,120 --> 00:42:16,039 Sure. I...I can see there's some pretty good material here. 715 00:42:16,120 --> 00:42:19,239 Er, I just don't know if I can... if I can pay you $60,000. 716 00:42:19,320 --> 00:42:21,999 More around, er, 35. 717 00:42:22,080 --> 00:42:23,879 Yeah, we can't do that. We've already... 718 00:42:23,960 --> 00:42:26,079 we've already spoke about it and... 719 00:42:27,080 --> 00:42:29,119 Look, what about 40? 720 00:42:29,200 --> 00:42:30,799 Will you take 40? 721 00:42:30,880 --> 00:42:32,479 Guys, what do you think?Nah. 722 00:42:32,560 --> 00:42:34,599 I tell you what, Andy, we'll go to 50. 723 00:42:34,680 --> 00:42:37,439 I've just taken 10,000 bucks straight off the top. 724 00:42:38,880 --> 00:42:42,119 It is a nice parcel. I'll...I'll give you that, guys. 725 00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:44,959 Look, what about 45? Will you take 45? 726 00:42:48,520 --> 00:42:50,919 We're starting to talk a little bit of turkey now. 727 00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:52,679 Fifty's a good number, Andy. 728 00:42:52,760 --> 00:42:55,879 Like, we've taken ten grand off the top, mate. We really have. 729 00:42:55,960 --> 00:42:58,999 To us that's a lot of money. I tell you what. 730 00:43:00,240 --> 00:43:01,839 We need a fuel drum, Andy. 731 00:43:03,040 --> 00:43:06,719 And they're 1,100 bucks. So if you make it 48... 732 00:43:06,800 --> 00:43:09,119 Forty-eight? That gives us our fuel drum. 733 00:43:09,200 --> 00:43:11,599 Like, we've got to fuel this dozer up. 734 00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:16,159 OK. Fuel for the dozer. Forty-eight. 735 00:43:16,240 --> 00:43:18,759 Forty-eight?Forty-eight. PAUL: Deal.JOHN: Yeah, I... 736 00:43:18,840 --> 00:43:22,359 Are you guys happy with that, man? All right, mate.Forty-eight. 737 00:43:22,440 --> 00:43:24,719 It's a good week.Well done, Andy. Thanks, mate. 738 00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:26,959 Thank you, guys.Thanks, man. Yep. Well done. 739 00:43:27,040 --> 00:43:29,039 Good to see ya again, Andy. Hard, hard man. 740 00:43:29,120 --> 00:43:31,879 That cash will go a long way to getting us into that hill. 741 00:43:31,960 --> 00:43:35,359 You know, that hill's... There's a lot of earth-moving, a lot of fuel. 742 00:43:35,440 --> 00:43:38,639 Oh, it makes a huge difference, just a sale like that. It really does. 743 00:43:38,720 --> 00:43:42,839 ANDY: Look, the guys are always, always difficult to negotiate with. 744 00:43:42,920 --> 00:43:44,999 It's a lot of money, but... 745 00:43:45,080 --> 00:43:47,319 it's all part of the... part of the game. 746 00:43:47,400 --> 00:43:49,839 Bloody well done, everyone. Yes! ALL: Yeah! 747 00:43:49,920 --> 00:43:52,079 Well done, man. 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