"Outback Opal Hunters" New Digs

1 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:05,319 There's a lot riding on this. 2 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:07,519 We've not done too well since we've got here. 3 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:10,799 All right? So is all your hocus-pocus set up? 4 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:13,679 We are all connected. We are all good. It's coming through. 5 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:16,439 All right, so I'll fire up? Yeah.I'll walk down. 6 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:19,679 And then we'll start digging on the face and give it a whirl. 7 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:22,199 See how it goes. 8 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:26,039 So we've got the camera attached to the bucket of the excavator 9 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:27,719 to look for some opal 10 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:29,919 and test out this new technology. 11 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:32,319 This will take the live feed, 12 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:36,799 run it through what we've called Opal AI 13 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:38,759 and output it onto the screen 14 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:41,839 and, hopefully, it identifies some potch or opal. 15 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:45,039 It's certainly still in the experimental phase. 16 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:47,399 I'm not aware that people have done this before. 17 00:00:47,480 --> 00:00:49,279 I'm hoping it's to be a game-changer. 18 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:53,919 You see, this sort of technology is not built for 19 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:55,999 Coober Pedy conditions. 20 00:00:56,080 --> 00:01:00,999 The gear we bring in for mining is tough gear built for purpose. 21 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:03,399 Daniel is having a bit of trouble with the glare. 22 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:05,319 We've got glare, dust. We've got flies. 23 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:06,999 Challenging conditions. 24 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:09,879 Hopefully, we're not gonna burn too much time waiting here. 25 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:14,079 OK, we could probably do a scan there. If you're ready? 26 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:22,399 And the battery is dead. 27 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:26,079 The laptop battery has just died. That was the 40% one. 28 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:29,999 Charge! 29 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:37,074 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org 30 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:46,119 We ducked home quickly and got some charge again. 31 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:49,599 We've got the laptop connected to both phones, 32 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:51,399 one acting as a camera 33 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:53,479 and one as the relay for the Internet, 34 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:57,599 so then we can actually do the processing of the images. 35 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:01,799 As unworkable 50-degree temperatures loom, 36 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:04,079 which will mark the end of the mining season, 37 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:09,479 opal miner Dan Measey has turned to a brand-new technology 38 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:11,959 to unearth an opal payday. 39 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:14,839 I am confident that we will find something. 40 00:02:14,920 --> 00:02:17,039 Something? Something.Big opal? 41 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:19,119 Sounds good. Let's get into it. 42 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:21,679 I'm, sort of, allowing this to happen here 43 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:24,679 and putting some time and money to giving Daniel a go, because 44 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:26,359 Renee's not here, I'm by myself. 45 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:29,159 If something like this did work, erm... 46 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:32,159 that could certainly help... help us get to some money. 47 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:33,839 All right. I'm going to... 48 00:02:33,920 --> 00:02:36,719 slew across and, as I slew across, it should scan the wall? 49 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:40,639 Yeah, just move it across and we'll scan. 50 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:45,719 Daniel Brown's software relies on real-time imaging of the mine face. 51 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:49,559 The AI programme cross-references 52 00:02:49,640 --> 00:02:52,239 with a massive database of opal images 53 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:54,719 to identify the gem in the wall. 54 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:58,559 Is it close enough? And at the right height? 55 00:02:58,640 --> 00:03:02,239 It's looking good at that... just above that level. 56 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:04,679 It's looking good so far. 57 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:06,959 It's just detecting rock, at the moment. 58 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:13,039 Not that I don't trust you... 59 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:14,999 All good. 60 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:20,839 So we've just done a quick scan with Daniel's technology, 61 00:03:20,920 --> 00:03:23,719 so it's showing no opal or opal material in the wall. 62 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:28,439 Not to be pessimistic, but I need to check it myself. 63 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:30,519 No good opal being there 64 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:33,759 and we trust in technology, and we ripped it out, 65 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:36,079 so I'll just go along the level now 66 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:39,279 and see if I can prove it wrong or right. 67 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:41,359 There's some potch right there. 68 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:49,359 Daniel's tech didn't pick that up. 69 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:51,359 It's not large potch, but it's potch. 70 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:56,239 Potch is opal with no play of colour and of little value, 71 00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:59,599 but it indicates valuable opal could be nearby. 72 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:03,279 I guess we have to acknowledge it didn't pick that up. 73 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:05,359 No, it hasn't, that did not. 74 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:07,639 So the problem with some of this ground here 75 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:09,719 and opal like that is it's coated. 76 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:12,599 So unless you hit it and break it and it's clean... 77 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:15,999 Is your tech going to pick it up? 78 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:18,639 It will only be able to detect what it can see 79 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:20,479 and if dust is covering it... 80 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:22,559 The problem with that is... 81 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:24,839 this is potch with a coating on it. 82 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:27,559 Yeah.It could be $10,000-an-ounce red crystal. 83 00:04:27,640 --> 00:04:29,639 Is your tech going to pick it up? 84 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:41,599 Mate, take it down another 200mm, 300mm, you reckon? 85 00:04:42,840 --> 00:04:46,359 Right now, Roger is getting rid of a bit of the overburden. 86 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:49,439 This bit of top stuff here. Getting down to the silt level. 87 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:54,159 The goal today is to try and get some of this pay dirt into the agi, 88 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:56,039 before we run out of water. 89 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:58,479 Finding some decent pieces here, 90 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:01,079 so it makes sense just to keep around this area. 91 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:04,079 We need water to sustain our washing. 92 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:06,759 That dam has dropped significantly. 93 00:05:06,840 --> 00:05:08,919 No rain. The drought. 94 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:15,039 In Lightning Ridge, 95 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:17,719 a six-month-long devastating drought 96 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:21,759 and sweltering summer heat are aligning with brutal effect. 97 00:05:21,840 --> 00:05:23,639 Lee Hobden 98 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:26,719 and Roger Williams, AKA Slim Pickings, 99 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:31,919 are attempting to master a technique mining old-timers' waste silt, 100 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:34,839 known as puddler sites. 101 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:36,839 This is one of these old puddlers here. 102 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:39,799 As they're feeding it, putting water in, it's spinning around 103 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:42,439 like a big washing machine, spewing all the mud out. 104 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:45,839 All the silt and slurry would push through these gaps, these holes. 105 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:49,199 That would still spit out up to a one-carat stone, really. 106 00:05:49,280 --> 00:05:52,079 And that's what we're getting at the moment. 107 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:57,479 As he's slicing down into there, 108 00:05:57,560 --> 00:05:59,359 I can see about that far down, 109 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:02,119 there's a big, thick run of puddler stuff. 110 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:04,319 It means the finds themselves 111 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:06,919 that have come out of the puddlers are a decent size. 112 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:10,079 That's what we're after. We want those bigger-sized bits of find. 113 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:12,799 Right now, I'm gonna pick the truck up. 114 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:15,199 We're gonna load it up and put it in the agi. 115 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:25,719 Slim Pickings' agitator wash plant or "agi" relies on water pumped from 116 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:30,799 the dwindling dam to rinse the silt from the rock and expose any opal. 117 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:38,479 As you can see, the water is getting really, really low, right now, at the moment. 118 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:42,719 We've lost probably about two metres of water out of the dam, 119 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:45,599 so we've got to, sort of, keep our eyes on it. 120 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:48,079 I feel like we're stuck in a little bit of a rut, 121 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:51,319 where we're making a little bit of money to sustain the operation. 122 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:54,999 I ain't gonna be buying any bloody gold watches 123 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:57,079 or going on holidays anytime soon. 124 00:06:57,160 --> 00:06:59,159 The target is $100,000. 125 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:01,759 We're probably a bit over a quarter of the way there. 126 00:07:01,840 --> 00:07:03,479 So, yeah, a little bit dismal. 127 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:07,719 Is the water running? 128 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:10,159 LEE: "It's running." 129 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:13,039 All right, I'll get up there now. 130 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:19,039 That water is really dirty. 131 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:22,799 It's telling me that the foot-valve that's sucking the water up 132 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:25,039 is getting close to the mud. 133 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:27,119 I'm a little bit worried. 134 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:30,559 It's definitely getting bad, mate. 135 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:33,919 We got a couple of nice pieces out, the last couple of loads. 136 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:37,439 Yeah, man.If we can get at least, you know, a couple more loads. 137 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:39,119 We'll find out. 138 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:46,799 What? Mate, that water's run out, man. 139 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:48,479 It cut out. 140 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:53,999 Ah, man.That pump ain't playing up again is it or what? 141 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:56,599 We are out of water, bro. Far out. 142 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:01,319 We're done. That's it. 143 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:10,399 Hello.G'day. Morning. 144 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:12,759 Hey, Joe.How are we? Look at this thing. Eh? 145 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:15,359 This looks pretty cool. A nifty contraption. 146 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:17,239 Well, this is a self-tipper. 147 00:08:17,320 --> 00:08:18,959 An auto-tipper. An auto-hoist. 148 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:20,959 Basically, it'll help you. Right? 149 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:23,759 Summer is coming. It's the end of the opal season, almost. 150 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:25,439 You need money. Yeah. 151 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:27,839 Focus on here, get some pocket money. 152 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:31,159 That sees you through the summer. Just got to figure out how it runs! 153 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:34,719 Yeah, well, I mean, it can't be that, you know, complicated. 154 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:36,959 Basically, work it out and don't ring me. 155 00:08:37,040 --> 00:08:38,639 I've got other things to do. 156 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:41,639 All right, see yous later.Yeah. Cheers, Joe. Have a good day. 157 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:45,759 In Andamooka, South Australia, the Misfits, 158 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:47,919 team leader Angel Dempsey, 159 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:52,319 Issy Glen and Cody Polglase, have been given their orders 160 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:54,679 for the final weeks of the season 161 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:57,159 by mentor Opal Joe Kalmar. 162 00:08:57,240 --> 00:09:01,239 I think our first issue is another belt here, because that's missing. 163 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:05,999 Repair a dirt-moving auto-tipper to help join a nine-metre-deep shaft 164 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:09,879 to a safety shaft and find opal while they do it. 165 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:12,439 The shaft is here. We're at level. 166 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:15,799 So the potential of finding opal is a lot greater 167 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:18,319 and we know we're in rich ground. 168 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:21,839 In any three-metre direction, we're bound to hit some sort of opal. 169 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:23,519 All right. Yeah, like you said, 170 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:26,079 grab a belt, take a look at this cradle. 171 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:29,159 Let's have a look.Fingers crossed, we'll have an easy win here. 172 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:32,159 If we don't reach the target this year, 173 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:35,799 in regards to our future plans, it's something that Mel and I 174 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:38,919 are really gonna have to sit back and have a look at. 175 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:42,039 You know? It's, erm... We've got a young family. 176 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:45,679 We have put everything on the line. We've really committed ourselves. 177 00:09:45,760 --> 00:09:47,599 Come Christmas time, if we haven't got 178 00:09:47,680 --> 00:09:50,839 a bit of money in the bank, we might have to re-evaluate. 179 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:53,919 It's not something we want to do. We love this lifestyle. 180 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:59,599 Yeah, so we're actually looking for a belt to fit on that pulley system, 181 00:09:59,680 --> 00:10:01,639 to get the bucket up and down. 182 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:06,119 You know, finding one in here is like finding a needle in a haystack. 183 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:13,599 Opal Joe's junk pile on the claim is where Angel and Issy 184 00:10:13,680 --> 00:10:15,999 can scavenge for spare parts. 185 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:18,399 Look at all these belts. 186 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:21,719 That one is actually in good condition. 187 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:23,999 That's actually in good nick. 188 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:26,679 Oh, well, fingers crossed, it fits. 189 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:31,039 Look what we found, Cody. Hopefully, it works. 190 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:34,079 And, if it doesn't, I don't know what we're gonna do. 191 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:35,799 That's weeks for freight out here. 192 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:38,079 We absolutely need to make this work. 193 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:40,159 Oh-ho-ho! Oh!Hang on. 194 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:43,399 Hang on. This is looking like it might go.It's a bit tight. 195 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:45,079 Yes! Oh, look at that. 196 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:47,319 Oh, look at that! We're gonna get it. 197 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:48,999 Well, if we put it over the... 198 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:52,199 I'll put it over the little one and we can spin that one. Easier. 199 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:55,279 We've got more leverage on the little one.Yeah. Rightio. 200 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:57,159 Look at that. Mind your fingers. 201 00:10:57,240 --> 00:10:59,239 Oh-ho, look at that! What a fit! 202 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:00,999 Yes! How cool is that? 203 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:02,679 And... What are the chances? 204 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:05,079 It's even a lit... Oh, no, that's fine, isn't it? 205 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:06,759 Hopefully, it will do the job. 206 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:09,039 Gravity should just do its thing, really. Eh? 207 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:11,119 It's running through all the pulleys. 208 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:15,519 The auto-tipper bucket is winched up on rails using a pulley system. 209 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:19,759 Once the bucket reaches the top, it stretches a spring and empties. 210 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:21,439 The spring then contracts, 211 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:23,959 causing the empty bucket to descend down the shaft. 212 00:11:25,680 --> 00:11:27,959 All right. So pull that. 213 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:30,759 So, by rights, you pull on that. 214 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:33,439 To that high point. 215 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:36,519 Do we let it go all the way? 216 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:39,039 Yeah. Well, we'll see what happens. 217 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:42,039 Ah, no. 218 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:45,399 Ooh! Come back! 219 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:49,559 Ah, it should do it by itself, shouldn't it? 220 00:11:49,640 --> 00:11:51,759 Yeah. 221 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:53,839 I'll go up there. 222 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:57,559 Just watch yourself when the spring lets go. 223 00:11:57,640 --> 00:11:59,239 Yeah. 224 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:01,479 It's getting jammed up, for some reason. 225 00:12:01,560 --> 00:12:05,039 It's not running through, so, I mean, at the moment, it's stuck. 226 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:11,119 Well, look, if we can't get this lease 227 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:14,879 up and running, it's the end of the season for us, basically. 228 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:19,279 Yeah, we're dead in the water, if we can't get dirt out of this drive. 229 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:21,359 So... Yeah, dead in the water. 230 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:33,599 This system is designed to pick up any opal material. 231 00:12:33,680 --> 00:12:35,679 Not just colour. Yeah? Correct. Correct. 232 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:37,759 It's designed to pick up all potch 233 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:40,639 and the whole flashy reds, greens, blues, 234 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:42,399 which do make a stark contrast. 235 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:44,359 So I'll make some adjustments. 236 00:12:44,440 --> 00:12:46,519 I'll put these photos in the database. 237 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:48,919 Not the result we were looking for, but... 238 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:51,199 Not today. ..it's learning so far. 239 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:53,039 It's learning. We'll make some tweaks 240 00:12:53,120 --> 00:12:55,199 and we'll see if we can get a better result. 241 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:58,479 All right. I'll keep going.Cool. See you back soon.Not a problem. 242 00:12:59,560 --> 00:13:03,039 His conventional methods of mining failing, Dan has gambled on 243 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:07,439 testing out new AI-powered software to find opal. 244 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:09,839 Currently, this claim has really 245 00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:12,719 fallen over, so really disappointing. 246 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:16,279 Just spending hundreds and thousands of dollars on diesel. 247 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:18,239 For no return yet, so... 248 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:20,119 Having this opportunity with Daniel 249 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:23,559 to test out some tech is something I want to follow through with. 250 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:26,399 If it did work, if he can get it up and running, 251 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:28,759 it's gonna be a real, big benefit. 252 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:35,439 So we've come back to do a bit of calibration with the camera, 253 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:38,519 with the footage we've taken from the pit with Dan. 254 00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:40,599 And we're using the AI 255 00:13:40,680 --> 00:13:42,919 to train over that material, 256 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:45,759 to make sure that we can get a good calibration on it, 257 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:48,559 to, hopefully, assist Dan in the pit, to reduce his need 258 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:51,479 to hop down, out of the excavator, all the time 259 00:13:51,560 --> 00:13:53,919 and so that we can find the potch 260 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:55,999 and the opal, as well. 261 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:58,039 How'd you go? 262 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:00,519 Yeah, we've recalibrated it. 263 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:04,199 Yeah, well, I've had enough here, man. There's no opal here. 264 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:06,039 I reckon I've got it. 265 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:07,879 I've got a piece here. Yeah? 266 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:11,079 We'll put it somewhere over there. You see if we can pick it up. 267 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:13,119 All right. We'll see if we can pick it up. 268 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:15,879 Daniel is back with the tech. He's made some adjustments. 269 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:18,359 Unfortunately, that wall is as dead as a door nail. 270 00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:20,039 I'm not digging there anymore. 271 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:23,479 Gonna see if he can get this to work with this piece of potch I've got. 272 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:27,519 Just so we can, you know, at least get some reading on his tech. 273 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:30,919 Give some confidence that something is working. Gonna give it a try. 274 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:34,959 Show me your stuff. 275 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:36,839 All right. 276 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:43,879 It's checking. 277 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:48,359 Look at that. It picked it up as potch. 278 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:50,319 Potch. It does work. 279 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:52,399 Yeah. Wow. There you go. 280 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:55,439 So your adjustments were good. I think so. 281 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:58,639 I think it's come up good with the new calibration and the photos. 282 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:01,719 You've shown me it works, but I'm done with digging right there. 283 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:03,639 I don't want to be trying it out there. 284 00:15:03,720 --> 00:15:05,919 What about a shaft? Down to that 26-foot level? 285 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:08,399 I suppose. You think that'll work in the shaft? 286 00:15:08,480 --> 00:15:10,999 Yeah, I think so, now that we've recalibrated it 287 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:12,879 with the shadow and the dust. 288 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:14,759 Certainly, it picked up that potch, 289 00:15:14,840 --> 00:15:16,639 so I think it should be a lot better. 290 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:19,519 All right. Gambled this far. Might as well keep going. 291 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:26,039 Dan's claim, Benito's Folly, has two nine-inch-wide exploration holes. 292 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:28,319 He now wants to employ a driller 293 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:30,799 to widen the holes to one-metre shafts 294 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:34,839 and use Daniel's technology to check the shafts for opal. 295 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:37,039 This is the spot. Let's put one near here. 296 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:38,719 Yeah. 297 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:40,919 Actually, he's on his way, over the hill now. 298 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:42,599 That's good. Righto. 299 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:44,439 How are you going, boys? 300 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:46,879 Hey, Steve. How you going, mate? Good. Yourself? 301 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:48,559 Keep coming. Perfect. 302 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:51,439 The drill here, today, that we've got is a Calweld drill. 303 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:53,719 It's the most popular drill on the field. 304 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:56,519 It drills about a three-foot auger or a three-foot shaft. 305 00:15:56,600 --> 00:15:58,239 The reason that's so popular 306 00:15:58,320 --> 00:16:01,079 and something I want here is we can actually go down it. 307 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:04,599 If we drill up material or even if we don't, we can go down it on a winch. 308 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:07,479 Especially for this application, Daniel can scan the shaft. 309 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:12,759 It is a gamble with this technology. If he's wrong, it's cost. 310 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:14,759 It's expense for nothing. It's time. 311 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:16,439 For no reward, no recovery. 312 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:20,439 But I don't really have any better ideas, at the moment, I'm running out of options. 313 00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:25,799 The Calweld drill uses a teeth-laden rotating bucket, 314 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:28,679 that, simultaneously, bores through the earth 315 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:30,919 and catches the displaced dirt. 316 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:40,079 That's it. We'll, ah, we'll stop it there. 317 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:41,759 Two holes is enough money spent. 318 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:44,839 We'll give Daniel a chance to prove his tech. 319 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:53,199 How's it looking? 320 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:55,559 Good. We're all about set up. 321 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:57,239 All right. 322 00:16:57,320 --> 00:16:59,119 I brought this... 323 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:01,799 I borrowed this winch, just in case. 324 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:05,319 This is a very high tech... 325 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:07,999 ..connection here. 326 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:13,359 Before risking going down the shaft, 327 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:16,239 Daniel and Dan have attached the phone camera 328 00:17:16,320 --> 00:17:19,399 to a nine-metre-long handle to scan the shaft wall. 329 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:24,799 No detections yet. 330 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:26,679 OK. 331 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:29,159 Nah, I think I've lost that now. 332 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:32,039 The connection has become slow, but it's still... 333 00:17:32,120 --> 00:17:33,719 doing stuff. 334 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:39,559 Got nothing so far, down at that depth. 335 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:42,319 It's quite shaky, Dan. Can you hold it still? 336 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:44,399 Well, I'm trying, 337 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:48,079 but it's, it's on 30 foot of PVC flexible pipe here. 338 00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:49,839 Like, it's not easy. 339 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:53,119 Yeah, it's having a hard time getting a reading, 340 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:55,799 because it's all blurry and shaky. 341 00:17:55,880 --> 00:17:57,799 Well, what do you want to do? I can't... 342 00:17:57,880 --> 00:17:59,879 I can't do any better than this. 343 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:06,639 You know, the most obvious thing, at the moment to us, is 344 00:18:06,720 --> 00:18:09,079 it's catching on these top two spaces. 345 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:11,919 We've got metal on metal, so our quick resolve is 346 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:13,999 we're just gonna take it off. 347 00:18:14,080 --> 00:18:15,879 We've got the grinder here. 348 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:17,719 Take a notch out of here. 349 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:19,999 It's nothing structural. It's just gonna give 350 00:18:20,080 --> 00:18:22,799 a little bit more space and, hopefully, then it'll start 351 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:25,879 riding on the bearings, instead of being hard pressed against. 352 00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:29,919 Er, yeah, fingers crossed it'll be able to free-fall back down easier. 353 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:34,479 In Andamooka, the Misfits are racing to repair 354 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:36,559 a jammed auto-tipper bucket, 355 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:38,839 so they can make safe an opal-rich mine 356 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:41,679 they want to work before the season end. 357 00:18:41,760 --> 00:18:43,799 Lovely. 358 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:50,799 Yeah, it might play around there, but we'll see how we go. 359 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:52,479 All righty. 360 00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:54,279 All right. Let's go.Let's go. 361 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:01,039 All right, it's going up. 362 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:10,479 Here it goes. Here it goes. 363 00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:12,159 Oh! Whoo! 364 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:15,399 Whoo-hoo! 365 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:17,879 Yeah! That is awesome! 366 00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:24,519 We got it! 367 00:19:30,160 --> 00:19:33,039 This shaft, here, we're gonna go down and bell out 368 00:19:33,120 --> 00:19:36,799 and start the drive towards the other one where the self-tipper is. 369 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:39,599 The aim is to be able to meet in the middle somewhere 370 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:43,159 and have a complete tunnel, so we've got an emergency exit, 371 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:45,879 as well as, you know, airflow, basically. 372 00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:51,639 All right. Everything should be good. 373 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:54,839 Good to go? 374 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:56,519 I believe so. 375 00:19:56,600 --> 00:19:58,599 See you later. 376 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:12,279 I'm at the level. 377 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:22,039 It's definitely not the most comfortable. 378 00:20:22,120 --> 00:20:24,919 My back is just hard up against... 379 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:26,999 the rocks here, so... 380 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:29,599 it's giving me a bit of a tickle. 381 00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:34,959 You know, there is no airflow, 382 00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:37,639 so it's pretty musty here, you know. 383 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:40,959 The ground is damp from, you know, the winter rains. 384 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:43,039 It's heating up out there, 385 00:20:43,120 --> 00:20:45,719 so, you know, it's just so damn humid. 386 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:52,159 As Angel continues to jackhammer 387 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:54,599 from the nine-metre-deep safety shaft, 388 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:58,519 Cody needs to test the revived tipper in the main shaft. 389 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:01,799 Oh, there's plenty of things I'm worried about, 390 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:05,559 being the operator of any machinery, especially something like this. 391 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:07,919 You're just always on edge. 392 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:09,999 There's still a lot of weight 393 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:12,799 and there's just a lot of danger elements involved. 394 00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:14,639 It's a lot of moving parts. 395 00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:17,279 Yeah, you just don't want to come unstuck under there. 396 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:33,519 It doesn't take long to warm up down here. That's why it's so critical. 397 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:36,999 For us to do this operation properly underground, 398 00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:39,079 we need ventilation under here. 399 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:43,119 Cos, er, yeah, you don't last long when you're actually working hard. 400 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:48,639 Copy? You ready for it? 401 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:50,719 "Go for it." 402 00:21:57,200 --> 00:22:00,919 Basically, if that came back down fully loaded, 403 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:02,999 you're talking about 100 kilos. 404 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:04,879 It's 100% game over. 405 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:08,079 So, yeah, this is the most dangerous part of it and, um, 406 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:10,999 you've just got to keep your wits about you. 407 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:17,999 Bear with me. She's sticking. 408 00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:19,799 Go again. 409 00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:27,319 Come on. 410 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:31,719 I'm just... I'm just gonna pull it on again. 411 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:43,879 This is the worst place I could possibly be. 412 00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:47,239 Stuck down the shaft with no escape hatch, because... 413 00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:50,039 something could free up, at any minute. 414 00:22:50,120 --> 00:22:51,919 A belt could burn out. 415 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:54,679 There's no failsafe on these machines, unfortunately. 416 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:57,359 Gravity and steel is probably gonna win against me. 417 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:06,679 Oh, yeah! Far out. 418 00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:08,559 Shutting down? 419 00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:10,639 Shutting down. 420 00:23:12,120 --> 00:23:14,119 Look at that, Rog. Oh, man. 421 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:16,919 We couldn't even get that bloody load in, man. 422 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:20,039 That is just completely bone-dry. That's it. We're done. 423 00:23:20,120 --> 00:23:21,719 We're done here. 424 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:24,199 I'm gonna make a phone call now 425 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:26,279 to the Lightning Ridge Miners' Association. 426 00:23:26,360 --> 00:23:27,959 They've got bore-fed dams. 427 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:31,159 You pay a lease and it's virtually unlimited water. 428 00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:33,919 So I need to lock onto at least one site over there. 429 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:37,399 Pack up and, er, yeah, take all of our gear over to that site. 430 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:39,679 Hey, Covina. How are you going? 431 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:43,799 What's that? 432 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:47,999 Righto, that doesn't sound good. 433 00:23:49,120 --> 00:23:51,999 Hey, Rog. I just got off the phone with the guys. 434 00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:54,799 What's happening?Apparently, they've all been buying up 435 00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:56,759 like hot cakes, at the moment. 436 00:23:56,840 --> 00:23:58,639 So there's only two sites left. 437 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:00,319 I reckon lock both of 'em in. 438 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:02,959 That way, we can take our pick once we get over there. 439 00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:05,999 We've got to get this down. We've got to get this load in, man. 440 00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:07,679 Yeah. Mate, I know. 441 00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:09,359 So let's move. 442 00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:11,999 Moving isn't cheap, at all. 443 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:14,239 There's a truck-load with opal in it, 444 00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:16,519 so we need to get that washed ASAP. 445 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:20,479 To pay for the new dam leases and get their excavator 446 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:23,439 transported four kilometres to one of the sites 447 00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:26,319 will cost Lee and Roger $500. 448 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:29,199 It's coming down to the end of the season. 449 00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:31,119 It's starting to warm up right now. 450 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:33,759 I'm sitting here sweating, just as I'm sitting here. 451 00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:35,439 It's gonna get to that point 452 00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:37,799 where we can't run the machinery in the heat. 453 00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:40,999 We don't need 'em overheating and we don't need to overwork 'em. 454 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:42,919 So we really need that money. 455 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:45,679 Right now, we've got a very large sling. 456 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:47,959 It's gonna help us pick up that conveyor. 457 00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:50,839 It's going on the back of the truck. 458 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:52,759 Got to loop it. 459 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:54,919 Yep, yep, yep! 460 00:24:57,240 --> 00:25:00,479 OK, both trays are off. Take it out as you're taking it up. 461 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:04,639 Looking good. Looking good. 462 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:11,839 Righto. That's it. 463 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:15,999 Beautiful. 464 00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:18,079 Touch down! Touch down. 465 00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:26,239 Conveyor loaded, Lee and Roger need to drive the agitator wash plant 466 00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:29,719 and a truck full of 15 tonnes of opal-bearing dirt 467 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:32,079 across rough, dirt roads. 468 00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:47,679 Hey, Rog, pull up, man. This thing is overheating. 469 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:03,599 We just can't get a win, man. Honestly, 470 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:05,759 we can't get a goddamn win. 471 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:07,599 That's the coolant, for sure. 472 00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:09,959 That's the water pump. 473 00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:11,639 Bloody hell, man. 474 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:13,919 Financially, this is not good. 475 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:15,839 So the hits keep on coming. 476 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:18,199 This has been a season, really. 477 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:30,639 It's stuck, right over the top of the spring. 478 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:33,399 OK. Has it emptied out yet? 479 00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:35,239 Yeah. 480 00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:37,279 What we've got going on at the moment is 481 00:26:37,360 --> 00:26:39,079 the worst-case scenario. 482 00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:41,679 Only got one way in and out. That whole idea about 483 00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:44,719 linking up the shafts, so you don't run into dramas, like this. 484 00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:46,719 Every time you stick your head out there, 485 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:48,559 you're running yourself a great risk. 486 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:50,239 I'll hold it. 487 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:52,999 Cody, do you copy? "Yeah, copy, mate." 488 00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:56,079 So, where it was spliced, 489 00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:59,159 that actual clamp has come off 490 00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:02,399 and it's halfway down towards us now. 491 00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:04,759 "So it's putting tension on the motor." 492 00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:06,639 Fighting rising heat, 493 00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:09,759 Cody is trapped in a nine-metre-deep shaft, 494 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:13,839 a 20kg tipper-bucket hanging by a thread above. 495 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:17,399 Can you find a way to make sure that that cradle is secure 496 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:20,199 before I try and attempt to come out? 497 00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:23,279 Yeah. Yeah, we will. 498 00:27:23,360 --> 00:27:27,119 Ooh, that wasn't a real confident "yeah". 499 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:29,399 Stay out of the way for a second, please. 500 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:31,999 I'm well out of the way. Just give me the heads-up. 501 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:34,479 All right, so you've got a hold of it? 502 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:39,559 Er, use one of those big cable-ties to cable-tie the bucket in place, 503 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:41,439 so it can't drop. 504 00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:43,519 You want to use the cable-tie? 505 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:47,479 That's my best plan at the moment. Unless you've got something else? 506 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:53,359 Where do you want me to... On the chain? 507 00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:55,639 Just secure the bucket, so it doesn't go down. 508 00:27:57,160 --> 00:28:01,159 It's got to go on one of these bars, Issy, otherwise it can slide. 509 00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:03,239 That's it. 510 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:13,759 Another couple of shots and it would have come off, so... 511 00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:16,559 Not ideal, but an easy fix, technically. 512 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:19,359 It's just annoying, because we need to get digging. 513 00:28:21,360 --> 00:28:23,359 Rightio. Copy. Coming up. 514 00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:30,159 What's going on?That was so close. What was happening? 515 00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:33,439 That's all that's hanging onto that bucket. 516 00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:37,079 You're kidding!No.No way. I thought it was getting jammed. 517 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:40,279 That's a proper worst-case scenario that we could have right here. 518 00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:42,959 Now, basically, you know, Cody is gonna go off 519 00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:45,119 and see what he can find 520 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:47,199 to secure this cable. 521 00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:51,199 You know? Make sure that it is respliced properly, because 522 00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:53,319 when somebody is down that shaft 523 00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:55,679 and a bucket like that flies down there, 524 00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:57,959 you know, not attached to a cable... 525 00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:01,559 Yeah, I don't even want to think about it. 526 00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:04,039 You know? It's gut-wrenching to even think about. 527 00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:10,759 The following day, after repairing the tipper, 528 00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:13,679 Angel and Cody return to joining the main shaft 529 00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:16,759 to the safety shaft, hoping to hit opal 530 00:29:16,840 --> 00:29:19,559 in the three metres of remaining dirt. 531 00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:23,759 So I'm starting to find a little bit of trace. 532 00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:27,479 Just... Around the same area that I assumed that I would. 533 00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:31,279 This really interesting part, where you've got the gypsum 534 00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:33,759 running down here, but now, under the blue light, 535 00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:37,159 I can start to see a bit of a fluorescent glow. 536 00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:39,959 So I'll just keep chipping away a bit more at this area. 537 00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:46,799 Hang on. What was that? 538 00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:50,079 I think I just saw something, actually. 539 00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:52,439 Just on the back end of that clump. 540 00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:54,519 Yeah! 541 00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:56,799 So, just as I knocked that clump off then, 542 00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:59,079 just out of the corner of my eye, 543 00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:01,559 I've seen something with a different consistency. 544 00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:04,639 It was a shine against that light that I've just found, so... 545 00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:06,319 Oh-oh-oh! 546 00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:07,999 So I hope... 547 00:30:08,080 --> 00:30:10,079 there is more and you can actually see. 548 00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:12,439 Yeah, so I was right. I've broken something here 549 00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:14,279 of a bit bigger size now. 550 00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:18,599 Holy smokes! 551 00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:21,399 Whoa! Now we're bloody talking! 552 00:30:21,480 --> 00:30:23,279 Oh! 553 00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:26,359 There we go. 554 00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:29,679 See, now... 555 00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:31,559 this is progress. 556 00:30:36,040 --> 00:30:38,759 You want me to climb down there and hold it or what? 557 00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:40,439 Well, yeah. 558 00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:43,199 I'm not going down there. It's your tech. 559 00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:45,399 You up for that? Yeah, sounds good. 560 00:30:45,480 --> 00:30:47,519 All right. I can't do any better than this. 561 00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:51,119 So, yeah, I'll get the winch ready here for Daniel. 562 00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:53,799 We've had some dramas here, with his technology... 563 00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:55,879 erm, being stable enough. 564 00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:58,959 So I said to him, "Well, you've got to go down the shaft, 565 00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:01,239 hand-hold it, whatever you've got to do." 566 00:31:01,320 --> 00:31:03,719 And this is the way to do it, via the winch. 567 00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:06,279 Hoping to revive his fortunes 568 00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:10,799 in the dying weeks of the opal season, Dan Measey is testing 569 00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:14,239 new AI opal-identification technology. 570 00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:17,559 I'm gonna have the controller for up and down. Tell me what you need. 571 00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:20,479 That's because you're gonna have to be holding your tech. 572 00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:23,359 Also, be ready on the safety ladder, if you need it.Yeah. 573 00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:25,039 So you're just gonna talk to me. 574 00:31:25,120 --> 00:31:27,239 Be quite clear what you want. Up, down, stop. 575 00:31:27,320 --> 00:31:29,439 Yeah, a bit nervous. 576 00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:32,639 Now I'm just gonna take a little bit of weight. 577 00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:36,399 I'm gonna lower you down a little bit to get you set in the shaft. 578 00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:38,079 Yeah. 579 00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:41,159 Happy to go? Happy to go. 580 00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:43,999 Instead of the phone camera, Daniel will use 581 00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:46,839 his laptop camera to scan the shaft wall. 582 00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:48,519 All right. 583 00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:51,959 Keep going down. 584 00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:59,439 Are you on scannable material yet? 585 00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:01,519 I am. I've got some, 586 00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:03,999 but just let it just update. 587 00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:06,839 All right, lower me a bit more down. 588 00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:09,199 OK. Coming down. Yeah. 589 00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:11,879 Enough? 590 00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:14,239 Down about another two foot. 591 00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:17,079 Stop. 592 00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:22,319 All right, let's have a look there. 593 00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:24,399 Yeah! Seeing potch! 594 00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:27,679 You what?Yeah. There's something in the wall. 595 00:32:27,760 --> 00:32:29,839 Oh, you've got something? We do! 596 00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:31,719 It's seeing potch in the wall there. 597 00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:33,399 Is it just potch or colour? 598 00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:36,079 Do you want me to have a look? Can you grab it? 599 00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:39,279 Let me have a look, yeah. Can you gouge a bit out, maybe? 600 00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:41,679 Yeah. I'm doing it now. Have you got a piece out? 601 00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:43,959 I've got a piece right here, I'm looking at it. 602 00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:46,119 I need to see it. Can you bring it up? 603 00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:48,199 Yeah, we'll go up. Yeah? Right. 604 00:32:48,280 --> 00:32:50,279 Yeah. Coming up. 605 00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:51,959 Coming up. 606 00:32:56,160 --> 00:32:57,959 Want me to grab it? 607 00:32:58,040 --> 00:32:59,879 Have a look at that. 608 00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:03,239 That's blue-green. 609 00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:07,519 Your tech found that? Our tech found that.In the wall? 610 00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:09,599 That's a nice colour. Sweet. 611 00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:11,559 That's pretty good. 612 00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:15,079 Wow, that, that tech could really revolutionise the opal industry. 613 00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:17,199 Oh, happy days. You've proven your tech. 614 00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:19,479 We have. It can find opal and potch. 615 00:33:19,560 --> 00:33:21,919 It looks like you've convinced me, as well. 616 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:23,799 Well done, man. Good job. 617 00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:26,559 The tech works.Cheers. Let's get you out of there safe. 618 00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:29,199 He's come out with a good result. 619 00:33:29,280 --> 00:33:31,279 A nice piece of opal. 620 00:33:31,360 --> 00:33:34,359 And, er, yeah, his tech picked it up. 621 00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:36,639 Wow. That's pretty cool. 622 00:33:38,880 --> 00:33:41,639 Well... that's a pretty big deal, man. 623 00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:46,719 Daniel's technology has found seam opal, blue-green in colour, 624 00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:49,439 with an estimated value of $500. 625 00:33:49,520 --> 00:33:52,879 That's a serious piece of opal there.I'm pretty happy with it. 626 00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:54,959 I'm pretty excited that the AI, actually, 627 00:33:55,040 --> 00:33:57,359 detected it, as we were going down. 628 00:33:57,440 --> 00:34:00,879 Yeah, I'm glad to be part of helping you out, with proving that it works. 629 00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:03,519 This was to mutually benefit both of us. 630 00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:05,319 Yeah. I've helped you out with that, 631 00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:07,479 but I do want you to go home with something. 632 00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:09,919 You should keep that piece. Thank you very much. 633 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:12,279 The first piece of opal we've actually detected. 634 00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:15,399 I've been happy to get involved with you and help you prove it. 635 00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:17,159 Not a problem. Thank you. Cool, man. 636 00:34:17,240 --> 00:34:18,959 Good job. Cheers. 637 00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:30,119 100%, that's the water pump. Right. 638 00:34:30,200 --> 00:34:31,959 We could try and fix the seal, but... 639 00:34:32,040 --> 00:34:34,359 I guarantee, we've got to order a new water pump. 640 00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:37,159 All right. Well, I reckon we get it out to the dam.Yeah. 641 00:34:37,240 --> 00:34:40,359 Get it off the road. That's all we can do. We'll just limp it out. 642 00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:42,319 Crack the radiator cap. 643 00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:44,999 Check the coolant level. See how much we've leaked out. 644 00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:48,359 Keep the cap off, so there's no pressure inside the system itself. 645 00:34:48,440 --> 00:34:51,519 We've only got a bit over a kilometre to go. We need to get there. 646 00:34:53,240 --> 00:34:57,639 As a crippling drought and brutal summer temperatures take their toll, 647 00:34:57,720 --> 00:35:01,399 Lee and Roger are attempting to move their entire silt-mining operation 648 00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:03,079 to a new dam. 649 00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:05,439 We're leaving, because we've got no water. 650 00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:08,519 Sacrificing money getting over there, setting up a new spot. 651 00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:10,799 So...not happy, at all. 652 00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:13,079 Watch yourself, mate. 653 00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:15,159 We don't need an injured man 654 00:35:15,240 --> 00:35:17,439 at the exact same time as an injured machine. 655 00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:24,559 Yeah. Oh, that's released the pressure, anyway. 656 00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:28,399 OK. I've got a little bit of water in here. 657 00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:30,559 I'll top him up and we'll get going. 658 00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:34,919 The one thing we don't want is engine problems. 659 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:37,479 This is our main machine. This is our wash plant. 660 00:35:37,560 --> 00:35:39,359 All right, let's nurse this out. Eh? 661 00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:41,039 Ready to go, mate? 662 00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:43,279 All good? Let's go. Let's go. 663 00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:51,919 The temperature now is creeping up. If we get a little bit of speed up, 664 00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:55,279 we can put a bit of wind into it, cool down this radiator. 665 00:35:55,360 --> 00:35:57,039 As long as we can get it over to 666 00:35:57,120 --> 00:35:59,759 the site, man, park it up, I think we should be fine. 667 00:36:01,240 --> 00:36:04,839 I think taking that radiator cap off has helped a little bit. 668 00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:12,279 Righto, we're here. Yee-ha! 669 00:36:13,720 --> 00:36:16,359 We're on tank one, did you say? 670 00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:18,439 Tank one to the left. 671 00:36:20,120 --> 00:36:22,119 Sites 25 and 27A. 672 00:36:25,280 --> 00:36:27,599 An agitator wash plant at the new dam 673 00:36:27,680 --> 00:36:31,079 and their excavator transported to the site... 674 00:36:31,160 --> 00:36:33,599 Come on, mate. Let's go. We're running out of time! 675 00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:35,279 Let's do it. 676 00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:38,279 ..Slim Pickings can begin to wash their 15-tonne load 677 00:36:38,360 --> 00:36:43,239 with water pumped from the Great Artesian Basin deep underground. 678 00:36:45,720 --> 00:36:48,999 If we don't get money out of this, here, we're really, really looking 679 00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:52,159 pretty dismal to get towards our season target. 680 00:36:52,240 --> 00:36:54,959 As everybody knows, I've got six kids and a granddaughter. 681 00:36:55,040 --> 00:36:56,639 They all need to eat. 682 00:36:56,720 --> 00:36:58,759 What do you reckon, Rog? 683 00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:01,319 Ah, the anticipation is bloody killing me! 684 00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:03,519 We've had nothing but ordinary luck. 685 00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:05,599 It's been a bad run getting here. 686 00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:08,119 We're not winning yet. Haven't started the tailings. 687 00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:10,599 Hopefully, there's something in it. If there's not, 688 00:37:10,680 --> 00:37:13,839 there's gonna be a small flood of depression coming out of my eyes. 689 00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:18,479 Let's roll on. 690 00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:28,399 Where's the money? 691 00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:34,039 What we do first is we get rid of these big gibbers, 692 00:37:34,120 --> 00:37:36,199 these bigger-sized pieces of the tailings, 693 00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:38,519 so it's easier for us to go through. 694 00:37:40,160 --> 00:37:43,039 Man, it's really not looking good, bro. 695 00:37:44,120 --> 00:37:46,319 Yeah. Bloody hell. 696 00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:48,319 Something's got to give, man. 697 00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:49,999 Yeah. 698 00:37:50,080 --> 00:37:52,439 Let's push this crap off. 699 00:37:53,520 --> 00:37:55,719 Man.Not a good, not a good start, so far. 700 00:37:59,560 --> 00:38:01,559 I don't know which way I'm going! 701 00:38:01,640 --> 00:38:04,279 Bloody hell, it's a bit hot up here, isn't it? 702 00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:07,399 How are you going? I... 703 00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:10,119 Are you kidding me? I don't know how good it is. 704 00:38:11,920 --> 00:38:13,519 Holy smoke! 705 00:38:15,240 --> 00:38:16,919 I tell you what... Wow! 706 00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:19,079 ..that looks better up here than down there. 707 00:38:19,160 --> 00:38:21,159 Look at that. And I... 708 00:38:21,240 --> 00:38:23,239 Oh, my...! 709 00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:25,999 I can't wait to see Joe's reaction to this. 710 00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:31,239 Hello. Afternoon. 711 00:38:31,320 --> 00:38:32,919 Morning. 712 00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:35,039 What have you got there? 713 00:38:35,120 --> 00:38:37,519 Good, proper colour. Oh, yeah? 714 00:38:37,600 --> 00:38:39,919 Yeah, yeah. White lunatic, yeah. Mm-hm. 715 00:38:56,080 --> 00:38:58,079 What do you think, Joe? 716 00:38:58,160 --> 00:38:59,839 Yous found money! 717 00:38:59,920 --> 00:39:01,519 Ha ha ha! Yes! 718 00:39:01,600 --> 00:39:04,359 I was thinking you were gonna fire us all. 719 00:39:05,440 --> 00:39:08,879 The Misfits have Andamooka white-based crystal opal. 720 00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:12,439 Resplendent in all the colours of the rainbow. 721 00:39:12,520 --> 00:39:16,239 It's in the rough and weighs 580g. 722 00:39:16,320 --> 00:39:18,879 Well, put it this way, that one on its own is probably 723 00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:20,919 100 carats, 110 carats. 724 00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:24,319 Without a doubt, $5,000. That one on its own.Just for that? 725 00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:27,719 That's a king stone.So what would be the smartest move with this? 726 00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:30,999 From what I'm looking at here and that, you know, 727 00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:33,199 like, I'm not gonna lie to you, 728 00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:35,279 a quick sale, instant, 729 00:39:35,360 --> 00:39:38,399 I bet you I'd be asking $85,000, $90,000. 730 00:39:38,480 --> 00:39:40,119 Oh, that brings us hope. 731 00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:41,799 Oh, yes! 732 00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:44,279 Oh, yes, that's music to our ears. 733 00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:47,639 I didn't think yous were gonna make it, to be honest with yous. 734 00:39:47,720 --> 00:39:49,679 It's a good parcel. They've done well. 735 00:39:49,760 --> 00:39:51,759 To be honest, I'm shocked they found it. 736 00:39:51,840 --> 00:39:53,679 How do you not smile? 737 00:39:53,760 --> 00:39:56,039 We did it. And it was such a relief. 738 00:39:56,120 --> 00:39:58,559 I thought, "Unreal." It's made me happy. 739 00:40:00,360 --> 00:40:02,799 Hey, that's music to our ears. That's money opal. 740 00:40:02,880 --> 00:40:05,079 I do actually have a surprise. I don't know 741 00:40:05,160 --> 00:40:07,159 if any of yous know this or not. 742 00:40:07,240 --> 00:40:09,719 Did yous know it's Issy's birthday today? 743 00:40:09,800 --> 00:40:11,639 Ah, Issy, hey! 744 00:40:11,720 --> 00:40:15,439 Happy birthday!The cat is out of the bag!Happy birthday, Issy. 745 00:40:15,520 --> 00:40:17,119 Thank you. 746 00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:18,999 Nice.Look at that. An awesome day. 747 00:40:19,080 --> 00:40:21,639 There you go.Thank you. Oh, you've got two plates. 748 00:40:21,720 --> 00:40:24,399 This is good opal-mining energy food. 749 00:40:24,480 --> 00:40:27,159 Thanks, guys.You've got to use your hands on this. 750 00:40:27,240 --> 00:40:29,119 All right? No dramas. Sorry. 751 00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:31,399 That's all right. I'm not that domesticated. 752 00:40:31,480 --> 00:40:33,479 I've got my knife! Are we cheersing 'em? 753 00:40:33,560 --> 00:40:35,159 Cheers the plates. 754 00:40:35,240 --> 00:40:37,239 Cheers, everyone. Cheers. Thank you. 755 00:40:37,320 --> 00:40:39,119 Eh-ooh! Awesome. 756 00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:42,399 Thanks for having a birthday, Issy. Thank you.Thanks for the cake. 757 00:40:49,360 --> 00:40:52,159 Well, hopefully, it's in the last bit, mate. 758 00:40:52,240 --> 00:40:54,439 Let's get it out and see how she goes, I guess. 759 00:40:54,520 --> 00:40:57,319 Let's roll the next one out, man. Yeah, brother. 760 00:40:57,400 --> 00:40:58,999 Oh, yeah. 761 00:41:00,120 --> 00:41:02,119 Look at that! Red on black. 762 00:41:02,200 --> 00:41:04,359 That's a cracking colour. 763 00:41:04,440 --> 00:41:06,719 Might be the redemption. Oh, yeah. 764 00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:09,999 Ohh!Wahey! Oh-hey!What? 765 00:41:10,080 --> 00:41:12,199 Boys and girls! Now we've got 766 00:41:12,280 --> 00:41:14,079 a beautiful, big crystal here! 767 00:41:14,160 --> 00:41:15,759 Yeah! 768 00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:17,839 A bar all the way around, man. 769 00:41:17,920 --> 00:41:21,119 That's easily... What? You're looking at about 15 carats. 770 00:41:21,200 --> 00:41:23,599 In this case, you've got a grey bottom, 771 00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:25,879 so it's gonna be a grey stone. 772 00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:27,599 Yeah. Probably in between 773 00:41:27,680 --> 00:41:29,639 five to ten there. You reckon? 774 00:41:29,720 --> 00:41:31,719 Easily five to ten there. 775 00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:33,799 Yo-yo. Yo-yo! What? What, what? 776 00:41:33,880 --> 00:41:35,879 Have a look... 777 00:41:35,960 --> 00:41:38,039 at that cracker! 778 00:41:38,120 --> 00:41:39,919 Oh, my God! 779 00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:41,799 Look at that! 780 00:41:41,880 --> 00:41:43,919 Oh, my God! 781 00:41:47,040 --> 00:41:51,599 That's an eight to ten grand stone, once cut and polished, all day long. 782 00:41:51,680 --> 00:41:53,679 All day long. Yeah! 783 00:41:53,760 --> 00:41:55,359 Hell, yeah! 784 00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:57,439 That's nearly as big as my finger. 785 00:41:57,520 --> 00:41:59,999 Look how fat my fingers are. Mate, redemption. 786 00:42:00,080 --> 00:42:02,119 We're killing it. 787 00:42:02,200 --> 00:42:04,199 This is so good. 788 00:42:06,680 --> 00:42:09,479 Ooh, yeah! This is the best part of the job. 789 00:42:09,560 --> 00:42:11,559 Hey-hey! Valuation time. 790 00:42:11,640 --> 00:42:13,639 Hell, yeah. Here you go, bruv. 791 00:42:13,720 --> 00:42:15,719 What have we got here, mate? 792 00:42:15,800 --> 00:42:18,079 I had to put it in a bigger jar. 793 00:42:21,040 --> 00:42:22,639 Damn! 794 00:42:22,720 --> 00:42:24,319 Goddam it. 795 00:42:24,400 --> 00:42:26,399 That is a lot of opal, mate. 796 00:42:26,480 --> 00:42:28,999 Oh, man, that is beautiful. Eh? Yeah. 797 00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:30,839 Like, that's $500 there. 798 00:42:30,920 --> 00:42:32,519 That one... 799 00:42:32,600 --> 00:42:35,679 A couple of hundred bucks there. 800 00:42:35,760 --> 00:42:37,519 Remember that one? 801 00:42:37,600 --> 00:42:40,159 Yeah. That is massive. 802 00:42:40,240 --> 00:42:43,159 That, basically, made the parcel, didn't it, really?Oh, yeah. 803 00:42:43,240 --> 00:42:44,839 In excess of 15 grand on its own. 804 00:42:44,920 --> 00:42:47,999 Yeah.You know? And then you've got pieces like this. 805 00:42:48,080 --> 00:42:50,639 That's easily a $1,000 red-on-black there. 806 00:42:50,720 --> 00:42:54,119 Yeah. 100%. Easily, a $1,000 red-on-black. 807 00:42:55,200 --> 00:42:58,959 Slim Pickings have over 200 black and crystal opal pieces 808 00:42:59,040 --> 00:43:01,439 recovered from old-timers' waste silt. 809 00:43:07,680 --> 00:43:09,839 All these littler pieces, as well. 810 00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:12,839 Crystals left, right and centre. Man, honestly, 811 00:43:12,920 --> 00:43:15,519 what I'm looking at, right now, at the moment, really, 812 00:43:15,600 --> 00:43:17,199 I reckon I could cut 813 00:43:17,280 --> 00:43:20,359 probably 200-plus stones and then we've got these major ones. 814 00:43:20,440 --> 00:43:22,719 I reckon we're climbing up around... 815 00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:27,919 ..25 easy. That's unbelievable. 816 00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:30,519 That's a nice payday. Mate, that's a good payday. 817 00:43:30,600 --> 00:43:32,599 That's a really good payday, man. 818 00:43:32,680 --> 00:43:34,759 Between that and $100,000 for our target. 819 00:43:34,840 --> 00:43:36,999 Yeah. We're on par. You know? 820 00:43:37,080 --> 00:43:40,199 We're moving to get that season target, man.Yeah. 821 00:43:40,280 --> 00:43:42,279 I know we haven't got long left, 822 00:43:42,360 --> 00:43:44,759 but, mate, we're pushing and... 823 00:43:44,840 --> 00:43:46,759 this is gonna keep on producing. 824 00:43:46,840 --> 00:43:48,559 20-something grand. That's definitely 825 00:43:48,640 --> 00:43:50,639 taking us to where we need to be. 826 00:43:50,720 --> 00:43:53,319 It's putting us up there. Cheers, bro.Cheers, man. 827 00:44:03,880 --> 00:44:05,879 subtitles by Deluxe 827 00:44:06,305 --> 00:45:06,643 Do you want subtitles for any video? -=[ ai.OpenSubtitles.com ]=-