"Outback Opal Hunters" Episode #6.7

1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:03,559 On Outback Opal Hunters... 2 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:05,799 It's not full colour and it's not deep colour. 3 00:00:05,880 --> 00:00:09,199 Opal runs dry in the Bishop's open-cut claim... 4 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:15,599 ..forcing him to resort to high-risk explosives. 5 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:18,519 You hear seven? Could be seven, could be eight. 6 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:21,359 It's a very dangerous situation having to go back down 7 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:23,439 to a bomb that hasn't been exploded. 8 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:26,119 If the detonator goes off, then that's the end of him. 9 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:29,039 The Young Guns battle to get their new mine running... 10 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:32,599 Seriously need the hoist ASAP. We just need it to move dirt. 11 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:35,239 ..and risk bringing down the entire operation. 12 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:37,319 See if we can do a bit of a gouge. 13 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:41,719 Whoa! 14 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:43,399 Oh! Hey, oi! Hang on! 15 00:00:43,480 --> 00:00:45,199 And desperate for paydirt... 16 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:47,359 Turn the rest off, Paul. Don't move! 17 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:49,439 ..pressure mounts for the Blacklighters 18 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:52,999 as their processing plant suffers catastrophic bearing damage. 19 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:55,479 Oh! Stupid opal mining! 20 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:59,039 I tell you what, whoever invented this is an idiot! 21 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:03,759 # Money 22 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:08,559 # And fancy clothes # 23 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:16,074 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm 24 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:21,839 All right. We ready to go? 25 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:23,719 MARK: Yeah, mate. Fingers clear. 26 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:36,519 Righto, in the hole. 27 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:41,479 The Blacklighters, Mark I'Anson, Paul Coon and John Nassar 28 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:45,319 are processing the last of the dirt on their Bedframe Claim, 29 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:49,959 searching for opal left behind in old mined waste dumps. 30 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:53,279 Bit of life coming through is there? Yeah, yeah, heaps of this . 31 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:56,879 All that green potch again? I don't know. I have not looked at it. 32 00:01:56,960 --> 00:01:59,879 Inside their processing plant, Opalzilla, 33 00:01:59,960 --> 00:02:02,519 the conveyor moves at one metre a second, 34 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:05,279 requiring constant monitoring for opal, 35 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:08,159 which fluoresces under the ultraviolet lights. 36 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:12,639 Oh! Oi! Hang on. 37 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:15,599 Hitting it. Ah, turn the rest off, Paul. 38 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:17,679 Holy crap! Hell! 39 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:21,759 Let's hope there's some colour in it. 40 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:25,079 Yo, dude! I think you're gonna have to come and have a look at this, eh? 41 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:27,319 You fed a whole bloody pocket through. 42 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:29,599 You better stop. Have you stopped the belt? 43 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:32,159 There was no way we were going to pick it all off, 44 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:33,839 so everything's off now. 45 00:02:33,920 --> 00:02:36,519 Come and have a look at this, eh. Righto, I'm on my way. It's unreal. 46 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:41,279 It's running hard around into this corner here. 47 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:44,439 There's still more in the back there that's hanging out of the wall. 48 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:47,159 You can see how hard it is by hand. 49 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:49,399 We're going to have to get an excavator onto this. 50 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:53,319 The Blacklighters' grand plan is to dig an open-cut mine 51 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:57,119 to reach a deeper, untouched level of opal on one of their claims - 52 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:59,399 Jess's Trench. 53 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:03,679 We got to find an excavator yet, and that's not easy in Coober Pedy. 54 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:05,879 Still short of their season target, 55 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:10,119 Mark wants to reinvest a recent $15,000 opal find 56 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:13,079 to buy a second-hand excavator. 57 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:15,559 This one looks all right. 58 00:03:15,640 --> 00:03:18,279 Looks an oldie but a goodie. 59 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:20,319 I'd like to pay no more than ten grand, 60 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:23,079 but, reality, might be worth a lot more. 61 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:28,279 But with three families to feed 62 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:33,159 and over $1,000 in mining expenses each week, team leader Mark, 63 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:36,439 needs to convince his wife and business partner Rachel, 64 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:40,519 that an excavator is a necessary investment. 65 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:43,839 We're sitting on these levels. We can't get to them. 66 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:47,919 We just go an excavator. Excavator's aren't cheap, that's the only thing. 67 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:50,799 So we're going to spend this money on buying an excavator 68 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:54,319 instead of renovating the house like I asked? 69 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:57,439 Well, sort of. The loader won't dig down there. 70 00:03:57,520 --> 00:04:01,039 Just disappointed that the savings will have to go to 71 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:03,519 buying an excavator instead of... We'll... 72 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:05,799 We'll save it straight back up. How can we? 73 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:07,999 Cos I'll find some opal. 74 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:11,759 I will. We'll find opal. That's one thing we'll do. 75 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:18,599 Paul's just called me and said they've found a pocket, 76 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:20,999 so I must have put a big blob through or something, 77 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:22,759 so we'll go have a look, eh? 78 00:04:22,840 --> 00:04:25,679 He sounds pretty excited. 79 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:27,519 What have you got there, man? 80 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:29,959 Oh, ho! Big clump's come through. 81 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:32,479 Oh, we got excited. 82 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:35,759 Is there no colour in it? There's a bit of blue, 83 00:04:35,840 --> 00:04:39,479 but one colour, no colour. It's only potch man. 84 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:45,199 Potch is colourless opal... 85 00:04:45,280 --> 00:04:47,519 and worthless. 86 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:53,039 The silica spheres inside are jumbled and don't diffract light. 87 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:55,679 With precious opal, the spheres are uniform, 88 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:58,759 causing light to scatter into colour. 89 00:04:58,840 --> 00:05:02,559 Blues and purples are created by the smallest spheres. 90 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:07,919 The largest spheres are rarer and produce valuable reds. 91 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:10,479 If it had been colour, it would've been another hundred grand, 92 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:13,399 bang, like that, but it was, um, yeah, potch. 93 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:16,399 Ah! Ugh! Not worth anything to us. 94 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:26,679 Yo, everything all right out there? 95 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:29,439 Seem to be running out of rocks here. 96 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:45,679 Ooh. Nasty. 97 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:51,199 A bearing on the rock feeder belt has disintegrated, stopping it dead. 98 00:05:51,280 --> 00:05:53,439 The main roller housing. 99 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:57,319 And causing a weld to crack on the conveyor belt's axle. 100 00:05:57,400 --> 00:05:59,959 Yeah, it's going to be a bit of a to fix, 101 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:02,919 so it's definitely not going to be a five-minute job. 102 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:04,999 . 103 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:23,079 So, what we're doing here is looking for trace running through the level. 104 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:25,479 As we put the pick into it, 105 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:28,119 it'll make a glassy sound or we'll see it, of course. 106 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:30,559 Or we'll hear it if it's there. 107 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:33,559 I'm here by myself. Scotty can't always be here. 108 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:37,279 You often find material underneath this level of alunite 109 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:40,759 which is this white rock here up above. 110 00:06:40,840 --> 00:06:43,559 Sometimes you find opal inside it as well. 111 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:46,399 We'll see what's here. It's making the right noises anyway. 112 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:48,799 Yep. There we go. 113 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:52,279 We've hit it. It was only a couple of inches underneath. 114 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:53,959 Good boy. 115 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:57,879 Ordained Orthodox Bishop, Greg Scully, and dog, Rocco, 116 00:06:57,960 --> 00:07:03,079 are mining the last virgin pockets of Earth on his 50-by-100m claim, 117 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:08,319 Eight Mile, open-cut by the previous owners over ten years ago. 118 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:11,519 It's very exciting, cos I've only got a hand pick 119 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:14,639 but, um, until we know whether it's colour or not, 120 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:18,759 we have to be careful, cos we don't want to break up what's there. 121 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:23,279 Full colour can go up to 10,000 an ounce for the best opal. 122 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:26,479 We'll see if there's any colour in it, eh? 123 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:30,599 What have I found, dog, eh? Have we found anything? 124 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:34,639 So, there's a hint of blue in there, 125 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:37,399 but it's not full colour and it's not deep colour. 126 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:39,479 It's not worth anything. 127 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:44,319 The Bishop is hunting for $20,000 of opal 128 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:47,199 for a deposit on an abandoned underground dwelling 129 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:51,799 for a chapel and drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre. 130 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:56,359 My first motivation is to be out in the desert alone. 131 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:58,039 It's a spiritual thing. 132 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:00,519 But I don't want to be in the desert just sitting on my backside 133 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:03,319 doing nothing, being lazy. We're an opal-mining area. 134 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:06,799 You can stake your own claim for just a few hundred dollars. 135 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:10,599 For me, I don't want anything. I drive an old car, I use hand tools, 136 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:16,079 I don't need... I don't have bling. I'm not looking for myself. 137 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:21,479 What I'm looking for is a good parcel of opal 138 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:25,919 that I can sell and turn it into a good mission centre in town 139 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:27,999 if God wills. 140 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:35,599 So, what I need to do... This is not producing colour at the moment 141 00:08:35,680 --> 00:08:39,439 so I need to go out at night with a UV light. It's called blacklighting. 142 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:43,519 And I'll go over some old dumps and I'll look for some stones 143 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:45,759 that have been left behind. 144 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:49,799 Good boy, good boy. Yeah. 145 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:52,519 Seven kilometres west of his claim, 146 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:56,439 the Bishop will sift, or noodle, through previously dug-up dirt 147 00:08:56,520 --> 00:08:59,599 for surface opal at a secret location. 148 00:08:59,680 --> 00:09:02,199 Rocco's biting at the bit to start digging. 149 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:05,799 Not every mound on the field has opal. 150 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:10,159 You've got to find a mound that comes from a tunnelling machine. 151 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:12,879 It's got to be next to a hole, a vertical shaft, 152 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:16,919 where they've sucked up the material in the old days and just dumped it. 153 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:20,279 This is just an old bed frame that we use. 154 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:23,519 It's got a really good-size grille 155 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:26,519 and it lets all the small stuff that are not worth it through, 156 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:30,079 and when it's dark, you'll see exactly how things glow 157 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:32,159 and then you just pick them off the bed. 158 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:39,879 So, what I've done is I've put about ten shovels on. 159 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:45,719 This is probably the easiest way to noodle in Coober Pedy. 160 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:48,759 So, the first thing you do is spread it out a little bit 161 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:51,919 and if there's anything there, it'll glow 162 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:55,159 and we'll see it under this blacklight. 163 00:09:57,680 --> 00:10:00,399 So, here we go. 164 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:04,199 We've got pieces on the surface now, a good-sized piece there, see? 165 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:09,719 There's one hiding in the dust. 166 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:13,479 See how it glows compared to the rocks around it? 167 00:10:13,560 --> 00:10:15,559 In fact there's another piece right there. 168 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:17,239 It's not a bad piece. 169 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:20,999 We'll put some water in, just enough to dampen it, 170 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:24,559 get rid of whatever dirt and mud is there. 171 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:27,599 If there's colour in here, it'll show it up now. 172 00:10:27,680 --> 00:10:29,679 I'll have a closer look. 173 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:40,279 Lot of potch. Lot of potch. These big pieces we were getting. 174 00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:42,559 See, there's no colour in any of them. 175 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:48,199 It's not the pot at the end of the rainbow, 176 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:50,559 so off to work we go again. 177 00:10:57,640 --> 00:11:01,359 POP: Now, JC. Yeah. 178 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:03,559 You've got to go up there and put that cable 179 00:11:03,640 --> 00:11:05,719 back on the top roller there. 180 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:08,399 We're missing one on the top roller? 181 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:10,479 See, he's not rocking over the roller. 182 00:11:10,560 --> 00:11:13,919 Yeah. Yeah. All righty. 183 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:15,679 Tipper seemed to be working, 184 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:17,879 but unfortunately we had a rusty contactor 185 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:21,879 and that ended up blowing our electric motor on the tipper. 186 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:24,639 So, basically, right now, we need another motor for it 187 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:27,359 and we need another contactor. 188 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:30,959 After months spent setting up, 189 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:37,279 the Young Guns - JC Caruana, Noah McDonough and Jaymin Sullivan, 190 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:41,239 face one last hurdle before their new mine is operational. 191 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:45,199 We seriously need the hoist ASAP. We just need it to move dirt. 192 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:48,319 Like, we're running out of room to backfill down in the mine. 193 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:52,599 We can't be doing the trip up the decline every time to dump dirt. 194 00:11:52,680 --> 00:11:55,279 Having a tipper there that you can just put a bucket in 195 00:11:55,360 --> 00:11:57,239 and bring it up to the surface, 196 00:11:57,320 --> 00:11:59,439 we're going to move so much more dirt. 197 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:03,559 And that just means more chance of finding opal. 198 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:08,639 Hey, boys. I got news. 199 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:13,999 The motor's arrived, so we got the motor here down at the shop. 200 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:17,199 It's arrived on freight and I'm going to go pick it up. 201 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:19,279 We're going to be good to go if it's all sweet. 202 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:21,959 Well, yeah, if we can get the tipper up and running, that'll be good. 203 00:12:22,040 --> 00:12:24,039 No worries. Catch you later. See you. 204 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:30,239 So, we're over 40,000 now on our season target, 205 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:34,119 but we've got the investor and that's 25% straightaway, 206 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:37,199 then we've also got ourselves and we've got to cover the costs, 207 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:42,479 so we really do need, you know, at least one more huge find 208 00:12:42,560 --> 00:12:44,719 to really hit that season target. 209 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:52,559 BOTH: Ooh. Here we go. Take a step back, OK. A lot more. Holy heck! 210 00:12:53,960 --> 00:12:57,599 Last week, the Young Guns opened up a ventilation shaft 211 00:12:57,680 --> 00:13:00,359 close to an opal-bearing face which they now want to mine. 212 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:01,919 Whoa! 213 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:06,039 In just their second season, the rookie team desperately need opal 214 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:10,239 to hit their target and prove they can make it in the mining world. 215 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:13,599 If we only have 40 grand like we do now, 216 00:13:13,680 --> 00:13:15,799 that's not going to be enough for anyone. 217 00:13:15,880 --> 00:13:18,759 We actually have to hit to a hundred grand to make it 218 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:21,679 a worthwhile thing for everybody. 219 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:24,439 So, right now we're looking at changing our spots to dig with 220 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:26,519 and that means moving our digger. 221 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:30,959 It's taken us months to get down there and set up the entire mine 222 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:34,599 without any digging, and that's all just preparation. 223 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:38,639 JC's the digger's main operator, 224 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:42,039 but on doctor's orders, he's unable to use heavy machinery 225 00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:44,599 due to an infected foot. 226 00:13:44,680 --> 00:13:47,199 The inexperienced Jaymin and Noah 227 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:50,319 will need to move the two-tonne digger on their own. 228 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:55,639 The worst part about this week is just having 229 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:57,479 JC pretty much out of action. 230 00:13:57,560 --> 00:14:00,119 It takes a lot of effort to move the digger around the mine. 231 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:02,679 Obviously, when we're moving it, you've got the risk of it 232 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:04,359 falling over or... 233 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:06,799 'Oh.' ..pinning someone to the wall. 234 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:09,479 That can be really dangerous. 235 00:14:09,560 --> 00:14:11,159 Just down a bit. 236 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:14,879 It's just trying to get it through the very narrow passageways 237 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:20,159 and the roof's like concrete, so it's really hard to jackhammer. 238 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:23,839 Yeah, there's some tight clearances. It's just the worry. 239 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:26,559 Hopefully, we don't have to jackhammer too many spots. 240 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:31,639 Yeah, it's definitely looking a bit tight there. 241 00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:34,079 Just inch by inch, inch our way through. 242 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:36,159 Come on. 243 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:39,959 If it can't fit through, we have to widen up drives 244 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:43,039 or make the roof bigger. I'm stuck on the other side. 245 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:46,439 And just in that sense, this is going to take forever. 246 00:14:56,720 --> 00:14:58,719 Yeah, so we got all the bearing case out. 247 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:01,479 As you can see, she's a bit knackered. 248 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:04,159 There's a bit of a crack all the way round there, 249 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:07,679 and if that let's go, it's game over. 250 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:11,199 The Blacklighters are staring down a major repair job 251 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:13,719 on their only means of finding opal - 252 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:16,759 their aging noodling machine, Opalzilla. 253 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:20,559 Oh, there we go. I think that's freed it up a little. 254 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:26,039 They need to replace the critical front belt roller drum. 255 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:27,999 We've had to take the end drum out 256 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:32,519 so we can push the belt forward enough to take the front drum out. 257 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:35,079 That's where our problem is. Now we've got to do the reverse, 258 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:37,239 we've got to get it all back in. 259 00:15:37,320 --> 00:15:39,719 Getting it in's not going to be easy. 260 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:42,879 I got it. 261 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:44,799 There's not a lot of room 262 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:46,999 and there's not a lot of adjustment left. 263 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:49,679 Oh, we're missing out on finding loads of opal, 264 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:52,439 but what do you do? Without this, we wouldn't find any, so... 265 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:56,279 It's the key to our operation, so we need her up and running, so... 266 00:15:56,360 --> 00:15:58,199 Hang on. Steady, go my way. 267 00:15:58,280 --> 00:16:00,199 ..it is what it is. Has to be done. 268 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:03,719 Wait! There we go. Booyah! Booyah! 269 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:06,799 There's one. We just got the front roller on. 270 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:09,719 Now we got the fun bit of getting the back one on, 271 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:11,919 and personally, I don't think it's going to happen. 272 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:14,959 We're going to have to split the belt to get it on. 273 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:19,799 The plan is to use the six-tonne loader to stretch the 100kg belt 274 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:22,879 enough to pry the roller back into place. 275 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:25,319 Just a matter of if we can get it through. 276 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:27,159 Keep it out! 277 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:29,759 It always is a nightmare whenever you do a bearing. 278 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:32,439 They call it, in the opal fields, "bearing rage." 279 00:16:32,520 --> 00:16:34,599 And it'll strike you sooner or later. 280 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:36,759 It's just got us at the moment. 281 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:59,519 Oh! Phew! Woo-hoo-hoo! Oh, that hurt. 282 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:02,919 Stupid opal mining! I tell you what, 283 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:05,719 whoever invented this is an idiot! 284 00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:11,599 Don't move! 285 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:20,999 Oh, yes! Yeah! 286 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:25,599 Yeah! Woo-hoo! You beauty! 287 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:28,559 I think he's more excited than we are. 288 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:31,799 Yeah, very happy man. Look at those two, eh! 289 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:34,759 That was hard, because it's so... It just... There's no room. 290 00:17:34,840 --> 00:17:37,799 There was just millimetres to get it in. 291 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:40,919 That's a win for us. That's a definite win. 292 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:42,999 Opalzilla is back! 293 00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:54,199 I'm not happy that we're not finding colour. 294 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:57,999 The season's marching on and if I'm going to reach my goals, 295 00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:00,319 I need to find some opal. 296 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:05,639 The Bishop's ambitious plan to open a rehab centre in Coober Pedy 297 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:07,679 is in dire need of funds. 298 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:09,759 How's the work going? 299 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:12,679 Yeah, I'm finding a bit of potch. Excellent. But it's played out. 300 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:15,719 Oh, it's not there any more? No. Oh. 301 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:18,279 So we got to move some more rock, eh? Yep. 302 00:18:18,360 --> 00:18:20,359 Why don't we get Ivan down? 303 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:23,319 Hired help, Scott Stevens, is back on the job 304 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:25,999 at the Bishop's open-cut claim. 305 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:28,159 Greggie's community centre he wants to do, 306 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:30,999 there's a few people that need a few things, you know? 307 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:33,279 A bit of help here and there. 308 00:18:33,360 --> 00:18:36,079 Just got to find the opal so he can do it. 309 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:40,159 But with just hand tools, 310 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:43,799 it will take weeks to chip away the cement-like sandstone. 311 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:48,919 We needed six bombs here, Ivan. Yeah, yeah. 312 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:51,519 Three maybe up the top, three down the bottom. Yeah. 313 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:53,599 Two in underneath. 314 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:56,799 The best idea is for Ivan to do some blasting for us 315 00:18:56,880 --> 00:18:59,599 and move some of the rock. Make it easier for us. 316 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:04,159 Ivan Vidos is a former soldier in the Yugoslavian Army. 317 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:07,199 He's worked with explosives for 56 years. 318 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:11,479 Always when you finish one, put separate from another. 319 00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:15,279 Not good to get together. If one off, can go off all. 320 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:21,359 The bombs are slid into 1.2m drill holes 321 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:25,439 and attached to a detonator cord, which has five minutes of burn time 322 00:19:25,520 --> 00:19:27,879 before reaching the bomb. 323 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:30,719 I light now first one. 324 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:34,639 One... Two... 325 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:37,959 Doing these bombs will save us days of hard work. 326 00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:40,399 ..three. Breaking the rock and checking it all out. 327 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:44,079 It opens up the whole face and takes it back another four foot for us 328 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:46,599 and it makes it easier for us to get the wheelbarrow underneath 329 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:48,759 and just drop rocks straight onto the wheelbarrow. 330 00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:51,399 ..seven, eight. 331 00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:53,479 Then going up to the hill. 332 00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:57,599 Ah. We've lit the fuses 333 00:19:57,680 --> 00:19:59,959 and there's eight bombs going to go off very, very soon. 334 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:01,759 The first one always shakes you, 335 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:03,919 cos you don't know when it's going to go off. 336 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:05,999 Yeah, I be all right. 337 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:18,879 Five, six, seven... 338 00:20:24,720 --> 00:20:26,719 Come on! 339 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:29,279 I hear seven. You hear seven? Yeah. 340 00:20:29,360 --> 00:20:32,919 Greg, how many you hear? Oh, I'm a bit unsure. I'm a bit unsure. 341 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,159 It could be seven, could be eight. Well... 342 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:37,959 That mean I go and check up. 343 00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:41,839 So when the explosive set off, there was eight set to go. 344 00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:44,239 There was a couple that were very close together 345 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:46,559 and it could have been one explosion. 346 00:20:48,120 --> 00:20:49,759 And so it had to be checked. 347 00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:52,439 We didn't know whether there was one that was sitting down there 348 00:20:52,520 --> 00:20:54,719 that hadn't blown. 349 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:57,639 It's a very dangerous situation having to go back down 350 00:20:57,720 --> 00:20:59,839 to a bomb that hasn't been exploded. 351 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:03,439 If the detonator goes off and he's in front of it, 352 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:05,519 then that's the end of him. 353 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:17,039 We've got to move this digger through 354 00:21:17,120 --> 00:21:19,119 because obviously this is where the opal is. 355 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:21,839 This is where we found the opal. This is where we want to be digging. 356 00:21:23,120 --> 00:21:25,359 Rookie operators, Jaymin and Noah, 357 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:28,519 are struggling to move their two metre-high digger 358 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:32,279 under a low, unstable roof in their new underground mine. 359 00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:35,399 Go grab the jackhammer. 360 00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:37,799 So, we're going to have to jackhammer the roof a little bit 361 00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:40,359 real quick so we can keep moving the digger through. 362 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:44,799 It can be quite time consuming. 363 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:47,999 It is also quite dangerous, so, you know, we've just got to take it easy 364 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:50,279 and learn it steadily as we go. 365 00:21:50,360 --> 00:21:53,359 There better be some opal on the other side, Noz. 366 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:56,359 There's not, like, a textbook on opal mining 367 00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:58,879 telling you how to do everything, or what to do. 368 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:03,879 No. This way, this way, this way. 369 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:07,759 If we're not careful, then something could go seriously wrong. 370 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:11,639 You know, lose a limb, crush damage, you could die. 371 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:18,399 At this point, you know, it's been a long walk here. 372 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:21,359 We were expecting it to be a lot quicker than this, really. 373 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:24,159 Oh, I just want to get it in place so we can actually dig. 374 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:30,879 I think this is it, Noz. This is it? 375 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:33,039 Let's pin it into place. 376 00:22:33,120 --> 00:22:35,239 See if we can do a bit of a gouge. 377 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:44,799 Ooh, isn't that nice? 378 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:46,879 Whoa! 379 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:51,839 It's pretty scary. Definitely a bit of a close call. 380 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:54,119 I mean, we were keeping an eye on it, 381 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:56,639 we knew that part of the roof was a little bit sketchy, 382 00:22:56,720 --> 00:22:58,719 so we can't pin properly to it. 383 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:03,559 While Jaymin and Noah struggle with the digger, 384 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:06,919 JC has collected the new tipper motor 385 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:11,279 and is taking it to Jaymin's grandfather, Pop, for inspection. 386 00:23:11,360 --> 00:23:14,679 Then he'll give it the, uh... give it the once over. 387 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:16,799 Yeah, hopefully it's all right, you know? 388 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:18,799 We've had problems before with things 389 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:21,599 not being the right things sent out to us. 390 00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:23,799 Replacing the burnt-out contactor, 391 00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:26,719 the switch needed to turn the tipper motor on and off, 392 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:28,999 is the final hurdle for the Young Guns 393 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:31,199 to get their new mine fully up and running. 394 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:33,639 What's this? It's your contactor, is it? Yeah. 395 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:37,119 Now, that's the contactor, which was the problem piece, wasn't it? 396 00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:44,439 No good? 397 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:48,279 Technically, it's no good. Really? 398 00:23:48,360 --> 00:23:49,959 Mm. 399 00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:52,599 The power that makes this switch work, that pulls it into gear 400 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:56,519 and makes it work, is supposed to be 240. 401 00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:59,079 This one here is a 440-volt coil. 402 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:00,919 And that's not going to work with our... 403 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:04,799 No, cos I can't get 440 volts on your system. Ah. Right? 404 00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:08,199 I'm pretty sure the 240 was the exact one I ordered. 405 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:10,399 That's right. 220-240 volt coil. 406 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:12,479 They sent you the wrong one. 407 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:14,559 Yeah. 408 00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:22,399 All right. Are we ready? 409 00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:24,199 Righto, mate, give her a crank. 410 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:26,039 Here goes nothing. 411 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:31,919 Is she turning? Yeah, she's turning, mate. 412 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:34,439 Bloody beautiful. 413 00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:36,479 It's looking pretty good at the moment. 414 00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:39,039 Only time will tell, but for now, it's looking all right. 415 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:42,999 That's some good news. It's moving. 416 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:45,679 Now hopefully we can find a bit of opal today 417 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:49,199 to, you know, turn a bit of a week around. Would be nice. 418 00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:52,239 Get some money back in the bank. We pretty much spent most of it 419 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:57,119 The Blacklighters are desperate to find at least $10,000 of opal 420 00:24:57,200 --> 00:25:00,319 to pay for an excavator to expand their operation 421 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:02,279 and begin open-cut mining. 422 00:25:02,360 --> 00:25:04,719 It's not going to be easy to get the excavator over the line 423 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:07,519 but I think we have to. We'll find a way, hopefully. 424 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:13,399 Little bit of green in that one. 425 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:19,079 Is there any signs of life on the belt? Any glowing bits? Yeah, man. 426 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:21,479 Coming through. 'Roger.' 427 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:23,879 Fingers crossed we can keep her going today. 428 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:28,839 Hey, hey. 429 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:31,159 This looks like a bit of a love heart there. 430 00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:34,119 Keep that one for Valentines Day, eh? 431 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:36,719 That's a pretty good sign - first few buckets 432 00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:38,519 getting a bit of colour coming through 433 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:42,479 so hopefully we can keep powering on and find some money today. 434 00:25:45,120 --> 00:25:48,279 Paul's starting to get a bit of material in the dark room. 435 00:25:48,360 --> 00:25:51,839 Sounds pretty positive, so gone from bad to better. 436 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:54,199 That's all I'll say at the moment. 437 00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:02,359 Good day. Good day, man. Well done, eh? 438 00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:08,999 I see a bit of colour in there already. You see colour already? 439 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:11,079 I do. 440 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:17,239 Washing the rock in the homemade tumbler, 441 00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:20,639 two empty powdered milk tins, for two hours, 442 00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:25,159 will remove sand and clay, revealing any opal beneath. 443 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:27,919 This is our smaller stuff that tumbled up nice. 444 00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:32,559 Got all the dirt off it, eh? But... 445 00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:35,839 I did pick the best out. Have a look at this, eh? 446 00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:37,719 Wooee! Oh, there we go. 447 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:41,799 That's beautiful stuff. Nice. There is some good colours in that, eh? 448 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:44,319 Beautiful colour. Ooh, yeah. 449 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:48,879 The Blacklighters have white opal, 450 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:51,559 featuring the full spectrum of colours. 451 00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:55,519 It's in the rough and there's 2.5kg. 452 00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:57,679 That's a beautiful little jar, eh? 453 00:26:57,760 --> 00:27:00,399 And this stuff's got a lot of stones in it as well. 454 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:02,479 There's some stuff we got to saw up. 455 00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:06,559 Jeez, I wouldn't... Be a few thousand just in there. 456 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:10,359 Just in there. I think we've got 10 to 12 for the week, 457 00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:12,319 without a doubt, eh? Which is pretty good. 458 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:14,799 Well, that's a win. That's a win, mate. That's the excavator. 459 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:17,599 That's the excavator. Just from this week's work, eh? Well done, guys. 460 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:21,239 It just shows when you think it's all over for the week, 461 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:23,799 you just keep at it and, bang, we got some colour, eh? 462 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:26,799 Excavator! Woo-hoo! Let's do it. Yeah! 463 00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:32,959 With opal they can now sell, Mark's tracked down Steve Bonaros, 464 00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:36,239 the owner of the excavator they've had their eye on. 465 00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:38,279 STEVE: Good to see you. Pleased to meet you. 466 00:27:38,360 --> 00:27:41,039 How you going, mate? Hello, mate. This is John, Paul. 467 00:27:41,120 --> 00:27:43,919 First thing to find out... Are we ready? Righto. 468 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:45,599 ..if it runs. 469 00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:49,319 Whoa! Hey, hey! 470 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:51,559 Not bad. 471 00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:53,919 It sounds all right. No smoke. 472 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:56,239 We've got movement. 473 00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:58,959 Everything seems to be doing what it should be. Yeah. 474 00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:01,959 It don't look too bad, eh? 475 00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:04,639 At least $150,000 new, 476 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:07,239 the Blacklighters have only a fraction of that 477 00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:10,479 to spend on the 20-tonne excavator. 478 00:28:10,560 --> 00:28:13,519 We sort of would like to pay ten and leave a bit of money in the bank 479 00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:16,839 to fix it up a bit, cos it's pretty old, but we'll see. 480 00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:19,319 It's hard to get to things that cheap around here. 481 00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:23,439 Yeah, we're definitely interested in it. 482 00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:25,519 What sort of price is on it? 483 00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:27,919 Oh, look, we're looking to get somewhere between 484 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:29,879 17,000 and 18,000 for it. 485 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:31,959 Right. 486 00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:41,479 I go and get down to check up, 487 00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:45,519 because I hear eight but Greg say seven. 488 00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:48,159 That's mean I have to go down and check. 489 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:53,319 At the Bishop's open-cut mine, explosives expert, Ivan, 490 00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:56,639 is returning to an unexploded bomb. 491 00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:59,719 Danger even can be hanging rocks. 492 00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:03,439 Looks very safe on top. 493 00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:06,879 I see one yellow cord. 494 00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:10,839 I have to very careful to see if off or not. 495 00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:17,399 If the detonation cord is still connected to the bomb, 496 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:20,639 it could explode, killing Ivan instantly. 497 00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:28,879 Yeah. All off. All OK. 498 00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:31,119 That's good that you found it. Yeah. 499 00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:33,199 Anyway... 500 00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:42,239 The Bishop's hoping the blasts will have loosened 501 00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:44,119 enough of the hard material, 502 00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:48,839 exposing opal that can help fund his Christian Mission in Coober Pedy. 503 00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:54,319 That's level clear you can check up, and I wish good luck. 504 00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:56,479 Well, we'll move all this and we'll check the level 505 00:29:56,560 --> 00:29:58,999 and we'll see if we've found any opal, eh? Yeah, yeah. 506 00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:01,359 I wish you find millions. 507 00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:03,439 We'll let you know if we do! 508 00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:08,079 Well, now we've got to get the pick, mate, 509 00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:10,159 and we got to have a look at this whole level, 510 00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:12,519 see what we've uncovered, eh? True. 511 00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:15,119 There's been a lot of rock moved here. You're not wrong there. 512 00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:17,199 There's at least a couple of tonnes been blown out. 513 00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:30,719 Oh, look. There's a piece right here. It's been blasted out. 514 00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:32,679 Another piece? Yeah. 515 00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:34,959 Any colour? Oh, yep. 516 00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:38,359 There's a bit of purple in there. Yeah? Cool. A bit more. 517 00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:42,279 This is a good sign. It means that the level is continuing 518 00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:44,319 and it's big enough pieces, 519 00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:47,839 and if they all go to colour, then there'll be money. 520 00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:50,959 Ooh. What have you got there, mate? 521 00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:53,039 I think I can see a little bit of colour in there. 522 00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:56,439 It's white opal with pinfire. Same with this one. 523 00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:58,519 You've hit some opal, brother. 524 00:30:59,840 --> 00:31:02,799 Pinfire describes a pattern in the opal 525 00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:08,399 featuring individual points of light similar to a cluster of stars. 526 00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:11,159 With its strong white base and subtle play of colour, 527 00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:14,199 its often used for cutting small stones, 528 00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:17,959 similar to pearls, for earrings and necklaces. 529 00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:20,839 Look at the size of this one. What, is that all one piece? Yeah. 530 00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:23,959 Look at the size of that. Go and take it in the sun, mate. 531 00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:31,119 I can see reds, orange, greens, blue, maybe a bit of purple. 532 00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:34,319 This has got pinfire all through it, and bar red. 533 00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:37,039 Look at this one. Oh, yeah, that's a nice solid. Look at that. 534 00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:40,439 That's got a good play of colours, that one. Not wrong. 535 00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:43,199 Oh, right through too. That one's solid. 536 00:31:43,280 --> 00:31:47,639 Oh, that's even prettier. That's a beautiful stone. 537 00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:51,639 Scotty's pulled five chunks out, of good-size pieces, 538 00:31:51,720 --> 00:31:53,599 and one a very good size, 539 00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:57,159 probably six or eight ounces of good pinfire opal here. 540 00:31:57,240 --> 00:32:00,919 Pinfire is probably the least expensive opal you can have, 541 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:03,159 but it's still solid opal. 542 00:32:03,240 --> 00:32:05,559 It's solid white opal, and in the old days 543 00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:08,559 they just used to throw this away in this area 544 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:10,879 and only look for red and green crystal. 545 00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:13,879 But now this has come into it's own 546 00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:16,759 and it's a beautiful opal when it's polished up. 547 00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:21,039 The Bishop has white pinfire opal 548 00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:24,079 featuring the full spectrum of colours. 549 00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:27,519 It's in the rough and there's 200 grams. 550 00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:30,799 All the colours are there. There's no cracks in it. 551 00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:32,879 There's no sand that I can see. 552 00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:36,319 A couple of hundred dollars an ounce, 553 00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:39,439 maybe 1,400 or 1,500 dollars there. That sounds all right. 554 00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:42,279 I'm very happy with that. That's a good day's effort. Not bad at all. 555 00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:46,959 Very happy. Good job. Well done. Hey. 556 00:32:47,040 --> 00:32:49,279 So, today was a good day out on the claim. 557 00:32:49,360 --> 00:32:51,399 Always a good result when you find opal. 558 00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:54,559 And not as much as we want to find. Always the case. 559 00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:58,879 But it's nice colour, some nice pieces in there 560 00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:02,479 and we'll just keep looking and try and find some more. 561 00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:05,479 Let's go. OK. It's been a good day's work. Very true. 562 00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:09,319 Come on, Roc, we're going. Come on. Leave your bone for next time. 563 00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:21,919 Seems I've got the wrong contactor, 564 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:26,879 which is another spanner in the works, as per usual with us. 565 00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:30,959 JC and Pop are replacing a broken motor on a tipper 566 00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:34,719 vital to get the Young Guns' new mine up and running. 567 00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:39,119 The tipper is just the last component for shifting dirt 568 00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:40,879 and for doing it really quickly. 569 00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:43,799 As soon as we get the tipper running, yeah, happy days. 570 00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:46,079 You're just digging heaps, heaps faster. 571 00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:52,319 Look, I'll have a look and see if I can find a switch. 572 00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:56,039 With mining gear accumulated over 47 years, 573 00:33:56,120 --> 00:33:58,879 Pop hopes he'll have a replacement contactor 574 00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:01,319 which turns the tipper on and off. 575 00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:04,959 There's not very many times that I've been stumped, 576 00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:08,919 on so many different things, from go-karts to aeroplanes. 577 00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:12,839 Don't tell me that could be it. 578 00:34:14,160 --> 00:34:15,799 240 volts, see. 579 00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:18,479 That's 240 and that's... Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 580 00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:22,039 So that's the one. 581 00:34:22,120 --> 00:34:25,239 In Pop's magical cave of spare parts, 582 00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:27,639 he's happened to pull out one that's going to fit the job 583 00:34:27,720 --> 00:34:30,079 and we're not going to have to be waiting for weeks. 584 00:34:30,160 --> 00:34:34,359 That's exactly what we want. Righto. We got a new baby. 585 00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:37,239 Ha, ha, ha! Pop's fixed it. 586 00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:40,439 Next stage now is for Pop just to put it all together 587 00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:42,839 in the tipper and we'll be pulling buckets. 588 00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:53,039 Whoa! Jeez! 589 00:34:56,320 --> 00:34:59,399 Just sitting on some loose floor, so it's, uh... 590 00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:01,719 It slips out. Slips out real quick. 591 00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:06,359 14 metres underground, novice digger operators, Jaymin and Noah, 592 00:35:06,440 --> 00:35:09,439 are attempting to get the two-tonne machine secure enough 593 00:35:09,520 --> 00:35:13,319 to work a wall where they've found opal trace. 594 00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:15,399 Don't want another scare like that. 595 00:35:17,080 --> 00:35:19,159 Definitely a bit of a close call. 596 00:35:19,240 --> 00:35:22,199 If I didn't take my hands off the controls then 597 00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:25,279 and kept pushing, it might have gone even further back over. 598 00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:27,359 Opal mining's no joke. 599 00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:43,559 Hang on. I think... Hang on. 600 00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:47,439 Move the arm back out. Is that, like, a glint in there? 601 00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:49,519 You're good to go. 602 00:35:53,080 --> 00:35:55,199 Oh, hang on. Come look at this. 603 00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:58,239 Ooh, we got some colour. Some patches of blue. Look at that. 604 00:35:58,320 --> 00:36:00,719 Nice. That's actually all right. There's a lot of brown. 605 00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:03,039 Where's he going? Oh, look at this. 606 00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:05,719 Oh, there's some in there as well. There's a nice bit. 607 00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:08,199 Have we got a bit of a long seam? 608 00:36:08,280 --> 00:36:10,959 That's some nice colour there, Noz. Look at that. Awesome colour. 609 00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:13,679 It goes all the way along, so it's probably deep in the wall as well. 610 00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:15,559 It's really nice. So who knows? We could have 611 00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:18,159 a million dollars right there. Oh, I hope so. 612 00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:28,399 It's been well looked after. Yep. 613 00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:31,599 We think it's worth somewhere between 17,000 and 18,000 for it. 614 00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:33,959 Right. It's a good machine. 615 00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:40,599 Would you be interested in maybe 10? 616 00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:43,239 Nah. No? Nah. No. 617 00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:47,159 A tight budget to buy a desperately needed excavator 618 00:36:47,240 --> 00:36:51,079 is putting Blacklighter Mark in a tough spot. 619 00:36:51,160 --> 00:36:53,599 What I found with negotiations in Coober Pedy, 620 00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:55,959 it's sort of been the way they get by up here, you know? 621 00:36:56,040 --> 00:36:59,159 You want to negotiate a claim or a bit of machinery 622 00:36:59,240 --> 00:37:00,839 or sell your opal, 623 00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:04,319 everyone's sort of got pretty good negotiation skills. 624 00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:06,399 Yeah, we sort of did budget on ten 625 00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:08,479 but I suppose maybe that is a little bit low. 626 00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:10,559 I spoke to my brother a little bit. 627 00:37:10,640 --> 00:37:15,319 What we're willing to do is we'll sell it for 15. 628 00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:17,999 15's the best is it? Yep. 629 00:37:18,080 --> 00:37:20,439 We'll just have a little chat about it for a sec. 630 00:37:20,520 --> 00:37:25,199 An excavator is crucial to their bigger plan for open-cut mining. 631 00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:27,879 15 sort of pushes it over the edge for us. PAUL: Yeah. 632 00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:30,719 12 we could work with. 12 we can afford and... 633 00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:33,959 Throw the extra. Throw a couple of grand more and see how we go. 634 00:37:34,040 --> 00:37:37,119 Yeah, see how you go. Righto. Yeah, all right. 635 00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:39,639 We can understand ten's probably a little bit less 636 00:37:39,720 --> 00:37:42,159 than you want to take, but we can throw another 1,500 at it 637 00:37:42,240 --> 00:37:44,559 and make it 11,500 or something like that. 638 00:37:44,640 --> 00:37:47,159 Would that make the difference, or..? 639 00:37:49,720 --> 00:37:52,959 I'll give you the machine for 12,000 and that is it. 640 00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:55,119 Take it or leave it. 641 00:37:55,200 --> 00:37:58,719 That's fair, mate. Done. Done. Thank you very much. It's a good machine. 642 00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:01,439 I'm sure you'll find some opal with it. Oh, well, let's hope so, eh? 643 00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:04,119 Oh, yeah, can't wait. We sort of got it at a really good price, 644 00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:06,159 so we're, yeah, over the moon. 645 00:38:06,240 --> 00:38:10,399 Absolutely stoked, like, stoked, to get an excavator. 646 00:38:10,480 --> 00:38:12,599 You beauty! Have a look at this, eh? Yeah. 647 00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:14,999 This is a massive step forward for all of us. 648 00:38:15,080 --> 00:38:17,639 Jody, get in there and have a drive, mate. Go on. 649 00:38:17,720 --> 00:38:19,719 You beauty. Up you go. 650 00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:23,039 We can noodle all our lives and do all right, 651 00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:25,199 but this will give us a chance to take the next step. 652 00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:27,119 We want to find a real big pocket, you know? 653 00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:29,039 There's a lot of pockets still out there. 654 00:38:29,120 --> 00:38:31,439 It's going to make our chances of finding a pocket 655 00:38:31,520 --> 00:38:33,519 just go through the roof. 656 00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:49,399 How's it going, Pop? Oh, I'm going all right, I guess. 657 00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:52,399 Yeah? Look, probably come to an end very quick. 658 00:38:54,440 --> 00:38:58,919 We've got the new motor ready to go. I'm about to put that in place. 659 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:02,759 This tipper, it's going to increase the amount of dirt we can move by... 660 00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:04,799 exponentially. 661 00:39:04,880 --> 00:39:08,759 Pop's got the three-phase plug sorted, we've got the motor in. 662 00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:11,079 Hopefully, all should just work. 663 00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:14,639 All right, here we go. I'm engaging. 664 00:39:14,720 --> 00:39:17,679 We've got all these machines from the investor. 665 00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:20,599 All right, motor's running. Yeah! 666 00:39:20,680 --> 00:39:23,119 But at the same time that comes with all the added pressure... 667 00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:24,839 Here we go. 668 00:39:24,920 --> 00:39:28,079 ..of having to pull out the opal, not just for us, but for him. 669 00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:34,919 Here she comes! 670 00:39:36,680 --> 00:39:39,599 Yeah! Oh, look at that thing. That is beautiful. 671 00:39:43,560 --> 00:39:45,559 She's all good. You want to see it again? 672 00:39:45,640 --> 00:39:48,119 I want to see it again. 673 00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:50,879 This is just absolutely unreal. 674 00:39:52,080 --> 00:39:54,479 Having a tipper there that you can just put a bucket in 675 00:39:54,560 --> 00:39:57,319 and bring it up to the surface, it's a game-changer. 676 00:39:57,400 --> 00:40:00,759 We just need to get in there, pull some big bits of opal out, 677 00:40:00,840 --> 00:40:04,719 a bucket full of pure gem, and retire. 678 00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:07,839 Colour there, Noz. That could be some really good blue. 679 00:40:07,920 --> 00:40:11,639 Below, Jaymin and Noah have just discovered promising opal. 680 00:40:11,720 --> 00:40:13,319 Some good-looking seam. 681 00:40:13,400 --> 00:40:15,759 Should we grab a bucket and start digging it out, 682 00:40:15,840 --> 00:40:18,959 or should we go grab JC? I reckon we go grab JC. 683 00:40:19,040 --> 00:40:21,239 He could be... You know, he loves pulling out the opal. 684 00:40:24,960 --> 00:40:26,959 OK. Where am I looking? 685 00:40:27,040 --> 00:40:29,159 In the wall. Where we're digging. 686 00:40:29,240 --> 00:40:31,359 In the wall? Mm-hm. 687 00:40:31,440 --> 00:40:33,239 Holy ! 688 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:37,839 Mate! The cosmic blue. 689 00:40:37,920 --> 00:40:40,279 It looks pretty cool, eh? All right, I was expecting trace. 690 00:40:40,360 --> 00:40:44,399 Nah. We got... There's definitely some stones in that area. Man! 691 00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:47,599 Ooh, look at that! Oh, yeah. 692 00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:49,279 Well done, boys. 693 00:40:49,360 --> 00:40:52,359 Look how thick that looks. Oh, ho, ho! 694 00:40:52,440 --> 00:40:55,199 Whoa! Look at that. Ooh, Daddy! 695 00:40:55,280 --> 00:40:56,879 That's some colour. 696 00:41:01,360 --> 00:41:02,959 Anything? 697 00:41:03,040 --> 00:41:05,799 Oh, ho, ho, ho. What? What have you got? 698 00:41:05,880 --> 00:41:10,519 Woo-hoo! Man. Dude! Dude! 699 00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:13,719 That is crazy. Look at that. 700 00:41:13,800 --> 00:41:17,959 Look at that bit. That's a gem. That's like laser beams. 701 00:41:18,040 --> 00:41:20,319 Oh, dude, look at that. 702 00:41:20,400 --> 00:41:22,399 Red. This was definitely a good spot to dig, boys. 703 00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:24,479 That was . That's full rainbow. 704 00:41:26,880 --> 00:41:29,839 Get a table out in the sun, eh? 705 00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:33,879 Let's try and figure out, you know, what we've actually got here. Mm. 706 00:41:33,960 --> 00:41:36,359 You know, we got a lot of dirt with, you know, nothing in it. 707 00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:44,759 I mean, so far I don't think we've really got anything worth that much. 708 00:41:44,840 --> 00:41:46,839 There you go. 709 00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:51,039 What? 710 00:41:51,120 --> 00:41:54,519 Holy ! Look at that! That's the bit. 711 00:41:54,600 --> 00:41:58,639 Far out, dude. My, God. 712 00:42:01,600 --> 00:42:05,239 Get out of here, eh? That is the Arkenstone. 713 00:42:05,320 --> 00:42:09,279 That's pretty s... It's l... Oh. 714 00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:12,199 This is probably, like, the single nicest piece we've ever found. 715 00:42:12,280 --> 00:42:14,479 That... Like, I'm, like... I'm blown away. 716 00:42:14,560 --> 00:42:17,759 That... I reckon that's the nicest bit of opal I've ever seen. 717 00:42:17,840 --> 00:42:20,199 Look at it. That's the king stone of our careers. 718 00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:23,919 This thing. That's what it's all about. It's crazy. 719 00:42:25,880 --> 00:42:28,279 The Young Guns have crystal opal 720 00:42:28,360 --> 00:42:30,639 featuring the full spectrum of colours 721 00:42:30,720 --> 00:42:33,159 with the king stone on a violet base. 722 00:42:33,240 --> 00:42:36,439 It's in the rough and there's 600 grams. 723 00:42:37,680 --> 00:42:40,439 I think in the... All this stuff here, 724 00:42:40,520 --> 00:42:42,519 I think we're probably looking at about... 725 00:42:42,600 --> 00:42:44,639 About a grand for this, so not much there. 726 00:42:44,720 --> 00:42:47,519 Mm. I mean, we've got a few really nice blue ones. 727 00:42:47,600 --> 00:42:51,039 This is the single best stone we've ever found. Yeah. 728 00:42:51,120 --> 00:42:53,279 I think, for this one here... 729 00:42:53,360 --> 00:42:55,039 I think, at a minimum, 730 00:42:55,120 --> 00:42:57,439 we'd be looking at 8,000 as a cut stone, boys. 731 00:42:57,520 --> 00:43:00,559 Oh, Jeez, man. 8,000 easy. 732 00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:04,359 All up, we're looking at about nine grand, very safe bet. 733 00:43:04,440 --> 00:43:07,079 ! Very safe bet. Awesome, mate. Oath. 734 00:43:07,160 --> 00:43:09,199 Bloody hell. mate. Well done, boys. 735 00:43:09,280 --> 00:43:11,359 I'm so keen to get down there and actually dig. 736 00:43:12,640 --> 00:43:15,119 To come to the end of the week and then find some 737 00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:17,999 really nice opal, it's just... it makes it all worth it. 738 00:43:18,080 --> 00:43:20,039 It's all rock and rolling down there. 739 00:43:20,120 --> 00:43:21,839 It's all just completely ready to dig, 740 00:43:21,920 --> 00:43:25,119 so I can't wait to be down there and smashing through it. 741 00:43:25,200 --> 00:43:28,199 We've spent so much time here, so much money setting up. 742 00:43:28,280 --> 00:43:30,759 It's been a lot of frustration and a lot of hard work. 743 00:43:30,840 --> 00:43:33,999 Finding this stone gives us all so much hope for this mine. 744 00:43:36,160 --> 00:43:39,119 That's so cool. Oh, baby, that's it! 745 00:43:39,200 --> 00:43:42,279 That stone's incredible. We're hoping for bucket loads of that. 746 00:43:42,360 --> 00:43:44,359 I mean, we'd be set for life. 747 00:44:06,000 --> 00:44:08,999 # Money, money # 748 00:44:11,960 --> 00:44:13,959 Subtitles by Deluxe 748 00:44:14,305 --> 00:45:14,696 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm