"Outback Opal Hunters" Episode #6.11

1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,959 NARRATOR: On Outback Opal Hunters, it's the end of the season 2 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:06,199 and the last chance to find opal. 3 00:00:06,280 --> 00:00:08,359 MARK: Straight up!(SCRAPING)No! 4 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:11,319 Extreme summer heat forces the Blacklighters 5 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:13,879 to take on a dangerous night-time dig. 6 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:16,639 PAUL: Well, here, man. If it's that easy, come and do it. 7 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:19,239 I think we broke most of that. (THUNDER RUMBLING) 8 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:21,959 In the Badlands...I think there's a bit of rain coming. 9 00:00:22,040 --> 00:00:25,679 ..monsoonal storms threaten to destroy the Boulder Boys' season. 10 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:27,919 (BLEEP), oh. 11 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:30,639 JAMES: Lost the shell.What? I don't know where it is. 12 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:35,399 Disaster strikes the Young Guns... I don't know where he's put it. He has no idea where he's put it. 13 00:00:35,480 --> 00:00:38,279 ..as JC loses thousands of dollars' worth of opal. 14 00:00:41,480 --> 00:00:43,079 # Money 15 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:49,119 # And fancy clothes # 16 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:57,074 Do you want subtitles for any video? -=[ ai.OpenSubtitles.com ]=- 17 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:10,119 AARON: Hey, Ron. Still not anything there, mate? 18 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:14,559 Look at that! Green line.Yeah. Nice electric green. 19 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:17,999 In Central West Queensland, 20 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:20,599 summer temperatures are pushing 40 degrees 21 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:23,599 and humidity is over 70%. 22 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:27,559 Aaron Grotjahn and Ron Selig have just days left of the season 23 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:29,519 to find a new opal lead. 24 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:33,039 It's not everywhere. It's just making a bit there, but we've just started. 25 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:34,999 Everything's here. Except for the rocks. 26 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:38,039 Well, they come and go too. Well, we know that one. 27 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:41,519 The Boulder Boys have spent the season 28 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:45,559 working for a 30% cut of opal found on Badlands, 29 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:49,639 a 120-acre lease owned by Kris and Eric Hume. 30 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:51,599 How are you, Eric, Kris? Long time no see. 31 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:55,839 Aaron has got a commitment to pay back a loan to Eric, 32 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:59,839 so he needs to have a successful year this year. 33 00:01:59,920 --> 00:02:03,439 Aaron owes mine owner Eric $80,000. 34 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:05,919 To clear the debt and survive the off season, 35 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:11,479 the Boulder Boys still need to find almost $120,000 worth of opal. 36 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:14,239 Started off looking all right, but the level more or less 37 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:16,759 went dead over there where we found the opal at. 38 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:22,719 We've ended up back near the camp where Kerry Jackson found, 39 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:25,959 er, a real full amount of opal here, good-quality opal. 40 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:30,439 Twenty years ago, original Badlands owner, Kerry Jackson, 41 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:33,079 made his fortune working the claim. 42 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:36,639 They found some very good opal here, around a million dollars' worth. 43 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:39,399 One of the best stones in two foot under the ground. 44 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:42,599 We get the mullock off that, that's only two foot. 45 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:45,199 So I'm thinking that's where Kerry got his opal from, 46 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:48,559 in this area here. I think he's coming over this arvo. 47 00:02:48,640 --> 00:02:51,079 He might be able to help us out, give us a run down. 48 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:54,799 It'll be good to find out exactly what they did 49 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:57,279 and which levels were carrying. 50 00:02:57,360 --> 00:02:59,959 They spent ten years here. They'd know it better than us. 51 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:01,639 (THUNDER RUMBLING) 52 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:03,439 Ooh, hear that thunder, Ron. 53 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:06,599 Well, I think we're going to get wet. 54 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:09,279 Look at them clouds coming in, Ron. 55 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:11,639 Over the summer months in Queensland, 56 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:14,519 monsoonal storms can bring ten centimetres 57 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:16,359 of rain in a single day, 58 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:18,959 creating hazardous working conditions, 59 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:20,879 shutting down the season. 60 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:24,039 As long as it don't rain too much. 61 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:27,679 The weather from now on is going to get a little bit dicey. 62 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:29,639 We ended up losing another day or two. 63 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:32,199 We can't afford to lose a day or two right now. 64 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:33,999 I think there's a bit of rain coming. 65 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:36,239 Wind storm too, ay. Bloody hell. 66 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:38,439 Hey, not much we can do about it. 67 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:40,519 No, that's right, mate. Not much. 68 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:42,519 Mother Nature, mate.Yeah. 69 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:44,959 You get over four inches, you're stuck for a week. 70 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:50,119 (THUNDER RUMBLING) A kilometre away that was. 71 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:51,799 What is it, buddy? (DOG WHINES) 72 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:54,999 You go for cover, Paddy. Go for cover. 73 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:56,679 Now the rain's coming. 74 00:03:56,760 --> 00:03:58,599 Half an inch should be all right still. 75 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:01,199 Anything over...Yeah. (THUNDER RUMBLING)That'll do. 76 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:05,999 Good to have rain, but not at the moment. 77 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:08,999 Coming down now. 78 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:12,559 (BLEEP), oh. 79 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:23,959 Oi! Oi! Jaymin! 80 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:26,519 What's up? Come here, dude. 81 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:29,639 What's going on?Er... What have you got? A little bit of colour. 82 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:32,599 You find some opal?Look at that. That's good-looking colour. 83 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:34,599 Woo-hoo-hoo. Look at that mountain. 84 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:37,679 After an epic four months of preparation, 85 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:41,439 the Young Guns are finally digging opal from their new mine. 86 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:43,319 It looks a little bit odd, doesn't it? 87 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:45,319 It's (BLEEP), it's a big, old circle of it. 88 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:47,479 Do you reckon that's a fossil? I don't know. 89 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:50,759 Mate, that's... Whatever it is, it's a nice colour.Yeah. 90 00:04:50,840 --> 00:04:52,679 All right, here we go. I'm engaging. 91 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:54,719 MAN: And here she comes. (LAUGHS) 92 00:04:54,800 --> 00:05:00,079 We severely underestimated how much time and energy would go into getting this mine up and running. 93 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:02,119 Oh, look at that thing. That is beautiful. 94 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:05,799 JAYMIN: We've had to get the tipper up and running, the truck up and running. 95 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:07,959 We've had to do a lot of work on the digger. 96 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:09,759 That's all, you know, working now. 97 00:05:09,840 --> 00:05:12,159 So that's good. We've got the ball rolling there, 98 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:14,759 but all of a sudden, we're at the end of the season 99 00:05:14,840 --> 00:05:16,839 and we're not where we need to be. 100 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:22,879 Silent partner John Jennings is also looking for a return 101 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:25,279 on his $50,000 investment. 102 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:27,559 Hey, John. JOHN: How's it going, fellas? 103 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:30,559 The sooner we start pulling opal, the better off we'll all be. 104 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:33,199 We need a bit of money back in the kitty.All righty. 105 00:05:33,280 --> 00:05:35,639 Hopefully, we get it sooner rather than later. 106 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:38,839 It's a race against the clock now with the days getting hotter. 107 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:41,759 We need to pull out opal now or it's going to be too late. 108 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:45,319 Off to Wazza's!Off to Wazza's. 109 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:49,199 The shell master.It's definitely a really interesting piece. 110 00:05:49,280 --> 00:05:51,199 If it's a fossil, fossils can potentially 111 00:05:51,280 --> 00:05:52,919 be worth hundreds of thousands. 112 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:54,839 We don't really know too much about it, 113 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:57,519 so we're going to see Warren who's found a lot of fossils 114 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:00,559 and see what he reckons about it. Hey, guys. What's going on? 115 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:03,479 Just thought we'd come over and show you something we found. 116 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:06,399 Warren Khan has spent the last two years in White Cliffs 117 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:10,719 unearthing over 40 opalised fossils at his lease, the Aquarium. 118 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:13,079 What have we got? This is it. This is the shell. 119 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:15,159 Oh, wow! We think it's a shell, but... 120 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:17,239 Wow! That's nice colour. Take a look at it. 121 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:19,559 Very nice. Oh, it's a good size too. 122 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:22,399 But what do you reckon, Waz? Like we've... It looks odd. 123 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:24,359 Yeah, no, it's definitely a shell, mate. 124 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:26,639 Yeah?It's got beautiful colouring, hasn't it? 125 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:29,159 Eh? It's lovely.It's got some awesome colour.Yeah. 126 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:31,239 Hoping there's more cos that one did crumble. 127 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:33,839 Where's there one, there's always more.There's more. 128 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:36,559 Yep.Oh, yes.Guaranteed. 129 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:41,679 One hundred million years ago, an inland sea covered Australia. 130 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:43,399 As the sea drained away, 131 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:45,999 shells clustered together in the shallows, 132 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:49,119 leaving voids for silica-rich water to fill, 133 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:51,519 hardening to form opal. 134 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:53,519 That's the first fossil we've ever found. 135 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:55,639 It's a really nice shell. If it was intact, 136 00:06:55,720 --> 00:06:57,719 oh, mate, honestly, that thing there 137 00:06:57,800 --> 00:06:59,559 would be worth five to 6,000 dollars. 138 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:01,599 Woo-hoo-hoo.Whoa! Yeah.NOAH: Geez. 139 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:05,199 Yeah, you've found a nice piece, mate. You serious?Really nice piece. 140 00:07:05,280 --> 00:07:07,479 But youse have damaged it across there 141 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:11,279 and, you know, I'm thinking probably around the $2,000 mark. 142 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:13,079 That's still good. Still pretty good. 143 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:16,319 But if you can get 'em out in one hit, then they're worth big money. 144 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:19,239 It's in, it's coming out of, like, really, really hard ground. 145 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:20,919 And that's where they are. 146 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:23,839 Would it be worth trying to wash it, or what do you reckon? 147 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:26,319 Hey, it can't hurt.Yeah? It definitely can't hurt. 148 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:29,679 I've got a mixer there, and you can take that pod for some water.Yeah? 149 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:31,839 Yeah, that'll be helpful. All right. Too easy. 150 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:34,519 Thanks, Waz. Appreciate it. You're a legend.No worries. 151 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:36,439 It's light. Wait till it's full of water. 152 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:38,879 So right now, where we are with our season target, 153 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:40,879 we really need anything that can help us, 154 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:44,279 so we grabbed his pod off him, pick up the cement mixer as well. 155 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:45,959 Good fit.Good fit. 156 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:50,039 And, er, use that as basically a mini agitator or giant tumbler. 157 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:51,919 Are you good? We're good. We're in. 158 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:53,839 So that's definitely got our hopes up, 159 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:57,839 especially when it can be thousands of dollars' worth of opal there, 160 00:07:57,920 --> 00:07:59,519 worth of fossils. 161 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:12,919 We're out of the heat at night. You haven't got the flies, 162 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:15,079 you haven't got all those extra distractions 163 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:17,759 that can take your eyes away from finding the opal. 164 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:20,839 Yeah, er, she's getting hard, ay. Yeah, I know. 165 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:22,959 That ground's like concrete. I know. 166 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:24,839 We're gonna have to take it real easy, 167 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:29,879 just one little tooth at a time scrape past this hard bit.Righto. 168 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:33,079 Turn on the blacklight so we can see everything that's glowing. 169 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:42,159 Yeah, don't go back no further that way. 170 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:44,799 Just attack that every time. That edge. 171 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:47,279 Well, here, man. If it's that easy, come and do it. 172 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:49,319 It's so (BLEEP) hard. Yeah, I know. 173 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:52,359 I can't go straight down. Righto. 174 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:54,999 Bit further, yeah, that's it. Now down. 175 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:57,639 Just days away from the end of the season... 176 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:00,879 JOHN: Whoa!Oh, up, up, up, up, up. Gee, lookers. 177 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:05,319 ..the Blacklighters, Mark I'Anson, Paul Coon, and John Nassar... 178 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:07,279 All right. Let's use the light now, man. 179 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:11,559 ..have finally achieved their goal of open cut mining in virgin ground, 180 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:13,959 bringing the promise of big opal finds. 181 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:17,519 That's a... Hey, hey, hey. Oh! 182 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:20,039 The blacklight's really good because any bit of opal 183 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:22,719 will fluoresce under this blacklight tonight, you know. 184 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:24,719 So it's nice and dark so it'll fluoresce 185 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:26,599 and we will just spot it from, like... 186 00:09:26,680 --> 00:09:28,559 Even Paul can see it from the excavator. 187 00:09:28,640 --> 00:09:32,959 Straight up! No! Oh!Oh! 188 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:34,799 I think we broke most of that. 189 00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:36,879 Working at night makes things a lot harder. 190 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:41,279 Once the lights are out and you've got the blacklights on, anything can happen, so you gotta 191 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:43,519 keep on the ball and just sort of switched on. 192 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:45,239 If that dirt cracked and gave way, 193 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:47,559 the bucket's coming straight down on their head. 194 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:51,199 Either knock you out, hit you in the right spot, it could possibly kill you. 195 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:57,079 (ON RADIO) Shut it down now. We've got a big problem. 196 00:09:57,160 --> 00:09:59,879 Shut it down. Shut it down. 197 00:09:59,960 --> 00:10:02,639 We broke an axle on the drive belt. 198 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:05,039 Last week, their ten-tonne noodler, 199 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:09,039 Opalzilla, a machine that sifts for opal in old mined dirt, 200 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:10,719 had a major breakdown. 201 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:15,199 The bad news is we can't get a drum built for at least three weeks. 202 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:17,919 It's been a tense time for the Blacklighters. 203 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:20,999 After moving from Mintabie to Coober Pedy, 204 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:23,799 three families have relied on Opalzilla 205 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:25,679 to put food on the table. 206 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:27,919 Since the town closed and we can't stay there, 207 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:31,039 we've moved on and re-established ourselves in Coober Pedy, 208 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:33,439 but you can go backwards so fast, 209 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:37,759 so we got to make sure we do the right thing, really. 210 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:39,759 With Opalzilla down, 211 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:43,679 they've put all their faith in a 30-year-old excavator 212 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:46,919 and the opal-spotting power of blacklights. 213 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:49,599 Our main plan is to do a big open cut 214 00:10:49,680 --> 00:10:53,599 and hopefully find ourselves a pocket that's been untouched, 215 00:10:53,680 --> 00:10:56,199 follow it, and hopefully, it just keeps on running. 216 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:59,039 Oh, look! Look! Look! Oh, here we go. 217 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:02,159 That's a chunk just there. Sitting to come out again, Paul. 218 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:04,079 I can't see it cos you're in the way. 219 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:06,639 Ah, sorry, man. You only had to say. 220 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:08,959 Oh, yeah. Hey, hey, hey. 221 00:11:10,280 --> 00:11:11,879 (THUDS) 222 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:27,839 Hey, Paul! Stop, man! Stop! 223 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:30,279 Wait for a second. I can see sparks coming out. 224 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:33,199 Out of where? They're coming underneath. 225 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:38,519 They were dropping down, coming from in here. 226 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:42,159 Oh, hang on. What's going on? 227 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:45,999 Arcing out on there, maybe. For (BLEEP) sake. 228 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:55,439 RON: Soaked in all right, didn't it? AARON: Yeah. Don't take long, ay. 229 00:11:55,520 --> 00:11:58,599 I don't know where Kerry is, but he reckoned he was coming today. 230 00:11:58,680 --> 00:12:02,919 Oh, well, he might have got held up with the water. In Central West Queensland, 231 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:06,279 40-degree summer heat and monsoonal storms 232 00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:10,919 mark the end of mining season. With only days left, 233 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:15,159 the Boulder Boys need almost $120,000 of opal 234 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:18,039 to pay off Aaron's $80,000 debt 235 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:21,879 and secure enough cash to last the off season. 236 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:26,159 Ron! I'll clean it up and then I'll go up the top.Yeah. 237 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:28,919 They're digging at a new location... Watch yourself, Ron. 238 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:32,679 ..one hundred metres from camp where they believe a million dollars 239 00:12:32,760 --> 00:12:35,519 was unearthed 20 years ago... That's all right. 240 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:38,079 ..by original owner, Kerry Jackson. 241 00:12:40,680 --> 00:12:43,079 Ah, Kerry's here. Hey, Ronnie. 242 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:44,919 How you going? Good, mate. Yourself? 243 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:47,119 Long time no see. Aaron, how you going, mate? 244 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:49,839 Good, Kerry. How about yourself? That's good to see.Yeah. 245 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:52,679 Ah, how youse going here? Well, we just opened it up. 246 00:12:52,760 --> 00:12:55,119 Yeah.But, er...No nectar. 247 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:58,159 And then we ran into what was dug already. 248 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:00,279 Ah, where I've been?Yeah. 249 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:02,999 We hit a level in the clay... Righto...but I don't like 250 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:06,119 the look of the rock. Righto, mate. Yeah. It's mixed up. 251 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:10,679 Yeah. No, that rock would never make. 252 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:12,719 That's rubbish. 253 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:15,639 Different set-up, ay?Yeah, it's a completely different set-up 254 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:18,039 to where we got the opal back here for sure.Mm-hm. 255 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:21,839 Have a go at that bad boy. Oh. God. 256 00:13:21,920 --> 00:13:24,799 That's about as, erm, good as green stone as you'll ever see. 257 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:26,479 Yeah.Look at it.Nice, innit? 258 00:13:26,560 --> 00:13:29,319 It's like layer on layer, innit it? 25 carats.Yeah. 259 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:33,239 We call that the Millennium Stone, being found in the year 2000. Wow.Yeah. 260 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:36,559 That area actually set my wife and my kids up with a house. 261 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:38,679 Wow.Where did that come from? Over there? 262 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:42,439 Oh, if you pay me well, I'll tell ya.(LAUGHS) 263 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:44,879 Yeah, look, mate, the opal in this area, 264 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:48,879 from what I've known over the years when we were mining here 20 years ago, 265 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:52,559 all the opal was staying running along parallel to the creek beds.Yeah. 266 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:55,039 And you're starting to come across this big saddle, 267 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:58,599 so I'd be more inclined to stay closer to the creek.Creek. 268 00:13:58,680 --> 00:14:01,039 I think you're getting too far away from it, ay. 269 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:03,079 Yeah, yeah. So. 270 00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:06,719 The creek bed is 250 metres north of the camp 271 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:09,519 where Aaron and Ron already have workings. 272 00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:13,559 We left a little spot to the right of the face 273 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:16,319 where we were on a bit of trace and we'll open it up. 274 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:19,199 Bit of luck, we get a bit of opal before we leave here. 275 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:25,799 Well, we don't have much time left because it will be very hot soon 276 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:29,799 and we could get flooded out any day, as we saw yesterday, 277 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:33,559 so we need to, er, really get stuck into it 278 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:38,319 and, er, make every bit count. Anyway, we'll see how we go. 279 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:45,279 For the size of the operation we have now, 280 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:47,279 the running costs, the investor, 281 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:49,919 we really need to be pulling out a lot of opal, 282 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:52,599 and hopefully it can, er, wash away a bit of that dirt 283 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:54,639 and show us some shells. 284 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:58,519 Equipped with 500 litres of water and a cement mixer, 285 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:02,599 the Young Guns are on the hunt for rare opalised shell fossils 286 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:05,199 worth up to $20,000 apiece. 287 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:07,919 The plan right now is to get dirt from underground, 288 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:10,079 put it into the cement mixer with some water 289 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:12,679 and basically try and wash off the dirt. 290 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:14,439 Found this one shell here, 291 00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:18,039 so if there's more, they'll be in these rocks somewhere. 292 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:20,359 We'll just get a bucket-load of this, 293 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:23,839 all these hard rocks, throw them through our little mini agi set-up, 294 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:27,439 and then hopefully, it can expose some stuff, if there's anything in here. 295 00:15:27,520 --> 00:15:30,639 This could be the thing that breaks us through that season target. 296 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:32,439 (TOOLS WHIRRING) 297 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:36,559 Gee, he sounds pretty close. (WHIRRING) 298 00:15:39,320 --> 00:15:44,479 Look at this. Oi! JC! You're breaking through right now. 299 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:47,159 Literally that then? Literally just then. 300 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:49,879 Oh, (BLEEP).Damn it. 301 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:53,279 We thought we had, like, you know, another metre or so, 302 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:57,119 and it just happened to be right where he's come straight through. 303 00:15:57,200 --> 00:16:00,879 Holy moly. I thought we had heaps more ground than this.Yeah.Geez. 304 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:04,599 It means there's only this skinny little bit of wall left to dig. 305 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:07,759 Once that's gone, you know, that's probably the end of the shells. 306 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:09,479 Bit disappointing, but we still... 307 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:11,479 I've got a bucket full of dirt to go up 308 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:15,399 and we know that we're finding stuff right around this level all here. 309 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:21,679 What?Lost the shell. I don't know where it is. 310 00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:25,639 JC has misplaced the $2,000 shell. 311 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:27,999 I put it on the thing here. 312 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:31,639 Are you serious? And now I'm, like, (BLEEP) my pants. 313 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:34,399 I don't know. I don't know what I've done. 314 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:39,799 It's definitely not on the shelf. I don't know where I've put it. 315 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:43,439 Can't afford to do something like that right now. 316 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:45,959 He was walking through the mine. He put it somewhere 317 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:49,919 and can't remember where it is, and apparently, one of these rocks has a shell in it. 318 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:52,039 You know, it was valued at around two grand 319 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:54,799 so we can't afford to have something like this happen. 320 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:02,239 It's too late in the year to start a new job anywhere, 321 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:07,039 so we're hoping we left a little bit of opal behind in this top level. 322 00:17:07,120 --> 00:17:10,599 We've already had rain. Any day we could get rained out. 323 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:12,999 The weather's starting to get over 40 now, 324 00:17:13,080 --> 00:17:15,719 so it's our last chance. 325 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:19,759 Looming storms herald the end of the Boulder Boys' season. 326 00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:22,679 Aaron and Ron are relocating their operation 327 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:25,559 to an area where one million dollars' worth of opal 328 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:28,759 was discovered 20 years ago. 329 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:31,839 We got the Kato 32-tonner in there. 330 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:34,759 We use that to do level cos it's a bit more gentle 331 00:17:34,840 --> 00:17:36,479 than the hundred-tonner, 332 00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:40,439 and we can be a little bit more surgical 333 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:42,399 in getting things out without losing it. 334 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:44,599 (RUMBLING) 335 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:48,159 Rock straight there, whoo, underneath that one. That's it. 336 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:53,519 Nice rocks, nice rocks. Yeah.Yeah. 337 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:58,759 Yeah, got a bit of trace here. Like, er, speckles, Ron?Yeah. 338 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:01,559 I'll trim that up and then we'll give the whole lot a hit. 339 00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:05,279 I'll come down and give you a hand. That's all right. It's just plod along. 340 00:18:05,360 --> 00:18:07,239 We might have something sitting in here. 341 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:10,159 Might be really, really worthwhile.OK. 342 00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:14,159 Well, the level's improving constantly. 343 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:16,479 It's starting to get the gypsum and everything, 344 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:19,319 it can actually start making. Yeah. 345 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:21,359 Gypsum is a soft mineral 346 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:25,439 used in plaster and fertiliser that can dissolve over time, 347 00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:30,039 leaving voids for silica-rich water to seep into and form opal. 348 00:18:30,120 --> 00:18:32,359 Every time we seem to have gypsum in this level, 349 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:34,079 we seem to produce opal. 350 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:43,399 We get it, Ron? No. Not yet. 351 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:46,319 There's no joy in that one. 352 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:48,999 Yeah, it's not coming off too good, but anyway...Yeah. 353 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:52,439 It's got to be about 40 degrees now. Yeah. Bit hot. 354 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:57,959 Yeah, I'm getting grumpy. Let's, er, go and have a sausage 355 00:18:58,040 --> 00:19:00,439 and come back when it's a cooler. Cold drink, mate. 356 00:19:00,520 --> 00:19:04,039 Yeah, good idea, Ron. The old pump's a bit hot too.Yeah. 357 00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:12,599 (ENGINE STARTING) 358 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:14,399 Woo-hoo! 359 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:17,239 I've come over tonight just to strip a bit more dirt off. 360 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:19,679 I thought I'd do it in the cool of the night. 361 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:21,719 Better for the machines. 362 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:24,399 Night temperatures during the summer months 363 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:27,599 fall to an average of 20 degrees Celsius, 364 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:30,759 optimum for heavy machinery operation. 365 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:33,559 Just want to strip a little bit off that far corner and... 366 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:36,559 Then we got a good start in the morning. 367 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:41,519 It is unusual for Aaron to be out there. 368 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:44,599 I dare say that, er, he's getting desperate 369 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:47,879 to make sure that he can get his target. 370 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:49,799 We've only got a few days left, 371 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:52,279 so we might as well make hay while we can make hay, 372 00:19:52,360 --> 00:19:54,159 otherwise that'll be the curtain time, 373 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:56,559 and, er, we can't do much about it any more then. 374 00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:08,199 MARK: Hey, Paul, wait for a second. I see sparks coming out. 375 00:20:08,280 --> 00:20:10,239 In the dying days of the season, 376 00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:13,999 the Blacklighters need to urgently locate the source of sparks 377 00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:16,079 coming from their second-hand excavator. 378 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:17,799 Arcing out on there, maybe. 379 00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:21,679 If it breaks down, they have no way of working the open cut mine, 380 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:24,279 their only chance of finding opal. 381 00:20:24,360 --> 00:20:27,639 See how that's gone? Has that always been gone? 382 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:29,559 Er, hang on. They're touching. 383 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:33,279 Was the battery melting? This is was touching that. 384 00:20:33,360 --> 00:20:37,119 Yep.Cooking the battery. That's what it is.Yep. 385 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:40,959 We need to secure and mount the batteries.Yeah. 386 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:44,839 What's happened now is, erm, this battery slid back down. 387 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:48,719 This terminal here was touching on the wire, 388 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:51,279 shortening it out, dropping sparks through. 389 00:20:51,360 --> 00:20:53,959 It'll burn out all the lead on the terminals. 390 00:20:54,040 --> 00:20:56,119 Basically like an arc welder, really. 391 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:57,879 Not good, not good at all. 392 00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:00,639 Righto, so I'll put something in the middle there.Yeah. 393 00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:02,919 Get some rocks. Get that rock. 394 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:07,599 The perfect-sized rock and just whacked it in there. 395 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:09,279 That'll do for tonight. 396 00:21:09,360 --> 00:21:11,479 Tomorrow, we'll get a proper set-up for it 397 00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:13,799 and make sure it doesn't happen. 398 00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:16,119 Righto, that's another night out of the way. 399 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:18,839 Shut her down, mate. 400 00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:21,519 Let's get the hell out of here. Let's get to bed, ay. 401 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:27,759 Next morning, there's good news. 402 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:30,959 Opalzilla's repairs are ahead of schedule. 403 00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:33,399 Now we'll get back to Opalzilla and get her going. 404 00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:36,079 Hopefully.Hopefully. Home stretch for us. 405 00:21:38,120 --> 00:21:40,519 How you going, mate? Yeah, good. Just finishing up. 406 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:42,319 Oh, you're kidding me.Nah. 407 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:44,239 Already?All done. All done. It's done. 408 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:46,879 Oh, mate, you are an absolute legend, ay. 409 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:49,479 It's got the new end on it. Oh, yeah. 410 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:53,519 You are an absolute champ. It's as good as a new one, mate. What can't you do, ay? 411 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:57,719 The drum's turned out magnificent. Awesome job, just can't believe it. 412 00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:00,439 Out in the middle of the desert you can find... Thank you. 413 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:03,959 ..such nice people that are willing to help you. It's great. 414 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:06,959 Now we're gonna go get Opalzilla going. That's the plan. 415 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:11,519 Summer temperatures reaching over 45 degrees 416 00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:14,639 will soon make Coober Pedy too hot to work. 417 00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:18,119 The area is also at risk from monsoonal storms 418 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:21,559 that can flood mines and destroy equipment. 419 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:24,319 When we bent the shaft in Opalzilla, we had probably half 420 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:27,639 to three quarters of a bin full of dirt in there and we need that out. 421 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:30,679 If we leave it in there and it rains, it'll set to like concrete 422 00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:34,479 and we'll be stuffed next time we come back. It's gotta be done, no matter what. 423 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:38,839 Shovelling out the three tonnes of dirt inside Opalzilla by hand 424 00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:40,639 risks heat exhaustion. 425 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:44,479 Their only option to shift it is a working conveyor belt. 426 00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:46,199 Yeah, we've got our drum out here. 427 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:49,119 We've got a chance to get it all fixed up and back into action, 428 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:51,599 but the belt's so tight that there's no room for us 429 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:53,639 to just slide the drum in. 430 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:57,079 It's not easy.The 80kg drum... It's going to fall. 431 00:22:57,160 --> 00:22:59,759 ..has to be positioned inside the rubber belt, 432 00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:04,079 then the central shaft slid into narrow steel holders either side. 433 00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:06,919 We might be able to slide it over one way 434 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:08,799 and then just tap it back. 435 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:11,959 Push, Mark. Hold it there. Just hold it.Yeah. 436 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:14,959 I need that slack of the belt to get it up. 437 00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:19,719 (THUDS)Ooh. Oh.Hang on. That almost got nasty. 438 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:22,519 (GASPS) Ooh. More towards down more. 439 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:24,199 Is that it?Nah, more. 440 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:26,319 Need probably another inch, two inches. 441 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:28,079 Keep going, keep going, keep going. 442 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:30,479 (CLANKING)(GASPS) Is that it, Mark? 443 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:33,279 Nah, there's about, nah, not much more and that's it. 444 00:23:33,360 --> 00:23:35,519 Well, that's, erm, not going to work then. 445 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:39,119 You got any more that side? 446 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:41,639 Oh, no, the drum's actually on the frame there. 447 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:44,799 Yeah, that's a bit of a... (BREATHES DEEPLY)We tried, man. 448 00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:46,639 Too awkward. 449 00:23:51,120 --> 00:23:54,839 Well, today it's make or break, so see how we go. 450 00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:59,639 AARON: It'd be nice to put something in the bucket today and get the money sort of up a bit. 451 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:02,959 I've got a debt to Eric, I'd like to pay the debt off this year. 452 00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:05,959 The more I can pay off, the quicker I can pay it off. 453 00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:08,119 I'll work me way in from the right there. 454 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:11,039 All right.Steadily. (ENGINE STARTS)(RUMBLING) 455 00:24:11,120 --> 00:24:15,159 Aaron and Ron are pushing body and soul to the limit... Watch him, Ronnie. 456 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:19,919 ..working around the clock to try and find the $120,000 needed 457 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:22,679 to pay off debt and survive the off season. 458 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:26,759 Not much rock at the moment, Ron, ay.No. 459 00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:39,359 (BLEEP).Yeah. 460 00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:42,359 The opal come, the opal go. 461 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:44,039 Eric might turn up Saturday 462 00:24:44,120 --> 00:24:46,399 and then will say, "That's it, shut shop". 463 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:48,879 He was talking about it last week when he was here. 464 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:50,759 Everything's possible. 465 00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:53,879 Yeah, once I thought I knew everything. I know (BLEEP) all, mate. 466 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:57,639 All right, Aaron. You're starting to lose the plotsky.Nah. 467 00:24:57,720 --> 00:25:01,399 Are you getting a heat meltdown? Yeah. Come and do this crap. 468 00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:03,839 Oh. Don't matter, we're going to go through. 469 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:05,519 You just don't know, Aaron. 470 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:08,519 I (BLEEP) do know, Ron. I've dug a bit of opal, mate. 471 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:10,399 When you're ready. 472 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:16,519 That's all. 473 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:24,519 Whoa! Nice lines. 474 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:27,879 Oh, give me a look. I've got to see this.Yeah, they're lines. 475 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:31,359 Got blue, green, purple. Yeah. 476 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:34,079 It's a nice trace. It's a good start. 477 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:36,879 Yeah, yeah. Nice greasy rock up this end. 478 00:25:38,360 --> 00:25:42,039 You know, I get the feeling we're going to be stripping that corner out, Aaron. 479 00:25:42,120 --> 00:25:46,279 I'll give her a crunch, ay. Take slithers. 480 00:25:46,360 --> 00:25:48,119 We don't want to miss nothing. 481 00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:52,919 Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Hey? 482 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:55,599 Colour! Yeah, look at that. 483 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:58,959 Mate, there's more on the ground there, Ron. Yeah, I know.Look at that. 484 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:01,519 Whoa-ho!Yee-haw! 485 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:03,359 There's got to be some in there, Ron. 486 00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:06,039 We've just come onto a nest. Hey, that's nice colour. 487 00:26:06,120 --> 00:26:09,359 Throw that in the bucket, mate. Yahoo! Yeah, high five. 488 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:11,759 Hey, there's more lines there, mate.(LAUGHS) 489 00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:23,119 Last week of mining, should be putting everything in 490 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:26,679 and should be going hard, and all I'm doing is screwing up. 491 00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:29,279 Idiot. All this mine is made out of rocks 492 00:26:29,360 --> 00:26:31,759 that all look the exact same as the one we've lost, 493 00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:34,879 so every opal miner's worst nightmare. 494 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:36,599 Check this out. What have you got? 495 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:38,439 This is it. This is the shell. Oh, wow! 496 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:40,559 That's nice colour. NOAH: Yeah, look at it. 497 00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:43,679 Still $50,000 short of their season target, 498 00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:46,439 JC has lost the Young Guns' only find, 499 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:49,679 a highly valuable opalised shell. 500 00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:53,319 JAYMIN: That's $2,000 gone. Oh. How can you do that? 501 00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:56,799 If you want to keep looking, I'm going to take a bucket of dirt up.OK. 502 00:26:56,880 --> 00:26:59,799 And we'll just start washing it. Yep. 503 00:26:59,880 --> 00:27:01,479 He thinks it's gone into this. 504 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:04,759 He thinks it might have fallen off the shelf into all the loose dirt, 505 00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:09,319 so pretty much our only Hail Mary is if it's literally in here. 506 00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:15,679 NOAH: Now we're just waiting. 507 00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:19,639 What do you reckon, Noz? Is there something good in there? 508 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:21,399 There better be a shell. Hopefully. 509 00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:23,919 You reckon that shell's in there, JC?I don't know. 510 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:25,679 Anything will do. 511 00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:29,239 Here we go. The suspense is killing me.Yeah. 512 00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:35,759 A rock there. Some opal in that? 513 00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:38,319 There's definitely some big chunks of opal in there. 514 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:40,439 Look at that.Yeah? It's mostly just potch. 515 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:44,079 Boys, have a look at this? What have you got, Noz? What is it?I don't know. 516 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:46,199 It's not really opal, but it's a weird shape. 517 00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:48,679 Is that the shell? I don't know if it's this shell. 518 00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:52,079 It's definitely a shell.It doesn't look like any of the opal... 519 00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:54,879 It's a shame there's no colour in it or opal at all. 520 00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:56,999 That shell's evaporated. It's not in here. 521 00:27:57,080 --> 00:28:01,359 It's not gonna be in here. It's not gonna be downstairs, not gonna be upstairs. It's gone. 522 00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:04,519 I mean, we still got some opal out of it.Yeah. 523 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:07,599 That's just ridiculous. 524 00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:09,759 Yeah, I mean, it's really a bit of a downer, 525 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:12,519 so we're gonna get back to work, hopefully find something 526 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:14,279 to get us through. 527 00:28:14,360 --> 00:28:16,319 Our only hope has really been snuffed out, 528 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:20,319 so now we're just going to have to get back down there and dig as hard as possible. 529 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:22,679 With the shell-bearing dirt exhausted, 530 00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:25,959 the Young Guns' last hope is a tunnel they abandoned 531 00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:28,359 because of cement-like ground. 532 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:30,919 There's definitely some nice trace here. 533 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:35,079 Nice little green flush here. Little blues over here. 534 00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:38,479 Our hopes are pretty low at the moment, 535 00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:42,119 just being that there's not much time left, but we're just doing our very best 536 00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:44,839 and trying really hard to find something. 537 00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:46,719 It's getting to the stage where 538 00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:49,199 everyone else is starting to pack up and head back, 539 00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:51,999 you know, call it a year, and we're still out here digging 540 00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:54,559 because we haven't got to where we need to be. 541 00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:58,399 How's it looking down there? Mostly just potch. 542 00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:07,639 Hey, boys! 543 00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:10,599 Come and look at this. What have you got? 544 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:14,719 Woo-hoo!Ah!We've got opal. 545 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:17,399 That's the thickest stuff we've ever found. 546 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:19,959 Look at that, mate. Dude, that is wild. 547 00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:22,439 That is a good seam. (LAUGHS) 548 00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:24,959 Here, take that, Noz. I'm going to go grab a bucket. 549 00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:29,119 Yeah, that's wild. (LAUGHS)Ah! 550 00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:35,719 MARK: It's trial and error. Everything up here's trial 551 00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:38,199 and error, so stuff's going to break. 552 00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:43,159 You got to show strength when it does break and just fix it. 553 00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:47,439 The Blacklighters need to get Opalzilla's conveyor belt running 554 00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:50,279 to clear out three tonnes of dirt from the bin 555 00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:53,879 before summer rain sets it like concrete. 556 00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:56,039 (PANTING) We tried, man. Plan A didn't work. 557 00:29:56,120 --> 00:29:57,919 We go back to Plan B, 558 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:00,879 and yeah, hopefully it'll be in soon. 559 00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:06,079 Plan B means using the loader to wrench the 100kg belt back, 560 00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:09,399 so they have space to manoeuvre the drum into position. 561 00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:12,639 It's quite a task. It's effing dangerous, 562 00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:14,519 cos you got Mark with the loader 563 00:30:14,600 --> 00:30:16,519 pulling so much pressure on that shaft. 564 00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:20,359 If something slips or breaks, and we're standing right behind it, 565 00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:22,599 and that hits you in the head, it'll kill you. 566 00:30:24,160 --> 00:30:26,239 So, yeah, it's not the best job to be doing, 567 00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:28,999 but we'll do what it takes to get it working. 568 00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:32,239 The pole has got to go towards the loader. 569 00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:34,359 Yeah, just got to keep reefing it forward. 570 00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:37,119 JOHN: All right.I'll reef forward and youse guys go up. 571 00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:38,999 That's it, keep going.Ah! 572 00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:42,439 That's close, man. Need that bit more. 573 00:30:42,520 --> 00:30:45,119 There we go. We're in. 574 00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:50,399 Righto. Hold her there. You beauty. 575 00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:54,119 Ah, we finally got it in there. Thank God for that.Drum on? 576 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:55,799 With the drum fixed, 577 00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:58,439 the Blacklighters can now empty Opalzilla 578 00:30:58,520 --> 00:31:00,559 and shut it down for the season. 579 00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:03,559 Well done. Well done, mate. Whoo. 580 00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:05,679 Well done. Yep, it's good, man. 581 00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:13,479 There's just one day left, and the last chance of finding opal 582 00:31:13,560 --> 00:31:16,639 means working into the night at their open cut mine. 583 00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:21,399 Yeah, fingers crossed we don't have, er, 584 00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:23,439 too many more sparks flying out the back. 585 00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:35,839 Hang on, Paul.Hang on, Paul. Ooh.Oh, shivers.How's that? 586 00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:38,879 Wooeee! That's chunky time. 587 00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:41,559 Squiz at that. Oh, golly gosh. Under here, too. 588 00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:45,839 Oh! Look at that. Buddy! 589 00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:48,719 That's a jackhammer. Yeah, jackhammer for that, man. 590 00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:50,639 Ooh, yeah. 591 00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:53,359 Righto. I'll be back. Comes jacky. 592 00:31:53,440 --> 00:31:55,079 The excavator's a little bit rough, 593 00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:58,399 so we just don't want to break it, so we're just going to get 594 00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:03,079 the jackhammer out and take it out properly, so, yeah. 595 00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:04,919 Better to be safe than sorry. 596 00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:08,599 We don't want to break a nice piece in half.(WHIRRING) 597 00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:15,679 Yeah, the whole piece is moving. Pop it out.Yep. 598 00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:19,159 Oh, here we go. Fatty biscuits. Fatty biscuits. 599 00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:21,239 I just want to lick it. 600 00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:25,839 Where's the bucket? Where's the bucket, ay? 601 00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:27,639 You beauty. 602 00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:33,199 There we go. There we go. Gentle. There he is. Hello. (LAUGHS) 603 00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:36,479 That's chunky. I found him. Ooh. Here he is. 604 00:32:36,560 --> 00:32:39,279 That's a total level, ay, that's gold. 605 00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:44,039 Starting to make a seam now running back that we're following, so pretty well a bit of a pocket. 606 00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:45,799 I don't want to say it, but, yeah, 607 00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:47,839 looks like we're on a bit of a pocket, ay. 608 00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:51,319 So, you beauty. That looks a bit chunky. 609 00:32:56,880 --> 00:32:59,199 We're going to need a bigger bucket, man. 610 00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:00,879 (ALL LAUGH) 611 00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:06,639 AARON: Oi!Bloody hell. Look at that. 612 00:33:06,720 --> 00:33:08,519 Ah, that's bloody four pattern, Aaron. 613 00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:10,279 Ooh, ooh, ooh. Look. 614 00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:12,519 A couple more pieces. Brilliant colour. 615 00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:14,959 Oh, there's another one. It's his brother, ay. 616 00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:16,959 Isn't that nice? 617 00:33:17,040 --> 00:33:20,399 Got to be more there, Ron. You're right. There's more there. 618 00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:22,639 Wow. And the mother over there. 619 00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:27,599 Another one. Baby. Look at that. 620 00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:29,479 Now that's red.That's red. 621 00:33:29,560 --> 00:33:31,679 That's a thousand bucks a carat, that stuff. 622 00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:35,639 Just about when you're ready to throw the towel in, too. I nearly had enough of this. 623 00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:40,079 Nice, Ron.Bloody oath. Whoo-hoo! We did it.Nice. 624 00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:45,519 Aaron and Ron have boulder opal, blue green with flashes of red. 625 00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:49,119 It's in the rough, and there's 2.8 kilograms. 626 00:33:50,680 --> 00:33:52,559 There is red in them little lines. Yeah. 627 00:33:52,640 --> 00:33:54,599 Found some nice colour this week. 628 00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:57,919 I think we done the right decision by going back to where we went to. 629 00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:01,879 $80,000 in debt to mine owners, Kris and Eric Hume, 630 00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:04,919 Aaron hopes there's enough opal to finally repay it. 631 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:07,879 Here's Kris, mate.All right. 632 00:34:07,960 --> 00:34:10,399 How's it going, boys? Hey, good. How about yourself? 633 00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:12,119 Yeah, not bad, not bad. 634 00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:15,839 We found a bit of opal since you've been gone, mate. Good. Like to see that. 635 00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:19,759 Yeah.Like to see that.Mm. Nice flash to it, innit?It is. 636 00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:22,119 Ah, and it rolls red. It does.Yeah. 637 00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:26,919 In that blue.Red into gold. Yeah. It's nice.It is. 638 00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:29,319 That's going to make a really nice pendant stone. 639 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:32,119 And we've got quite a few like that. Got them running. 640 00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:34,679 That's almost polished as it is. Innit? 641 00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:37,359 In the rough as it is. Well... 642 00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:40,519 If you sold the whole lot as a parcel, I reckon you'd get 30. 643 00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:42,839 Yep.Yep.Thirty for the lot? Yep.Yep. 644 00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:46,079 It will sell. There's no worries there.Yep. 645 00:34:46,160 --> 00:34:48,839 But I think we're going to get a mate in to cut stones. 646 00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:51,839 The problem is, it's going to take longer to sell, 647 00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:56,919 but...Yeah...we're looking at probably an extra 50 grand. 648 00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:59,079 I'm not in no hurry, Kris. Yeah. 649 00:34:59,160 --> 00:35:01,399 No, that's all right. We've taken this long now, 650 00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:03,079 what's the rush?That's it. 651 00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:06,279 And I think we'll just call it quits for the year. 652 00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:08,239 No worries, mate. No worries. 653 00:35:08,320 --> 00:35:10,999 Good year.All right. Good year.No worries.No worries. 654 00:35:11,080 --> 00:35:14,079 Good year, Ron.Good year. Good year, mate.Yep. 655 00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:16,839 Bit of luck, we'll have a good another one next year, mate. 656 00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:19,319 With their share of $24,000, 657 00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:24,199 Aaron and Ron's season total is $56,750, 658 00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:26,319 well short of their target. 659 00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:30,399 Half the money will go towards paying off Aaron's debt. 660 00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:33,559 It would have been nice to find enough opal to pay the debt out, 661 00:35:33,640 --> 00:35:36,359 but it gives me a bit of motivation for next year. 662 00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:43,999 Ronnie's going today, but I'll probably still be here for another week 663 00:35:44,080 --> 00:35:45,759 and just tidying the loose ends up. 664 00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:48,359 It's going to be good to catch up with the daughter 665 00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:51,559 and the son and the grandkids. Next year... 666 00:35:51,640 --> 00:35:54,839 See you in a few weeks. ..we should double what we're doing this year 667 00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:56,999 because we already understand the Pedy, 668 00:35:57,080 --> 00:35:59,839 and I don't think it's right named 'Badlands', 669 00:35:59,920 --> 00:36:01,679 because it's not that bad here. 670 00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:06,399 I've had a good year. It's good working for good people 671 00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:10,199 and we are going to find more opal next year. That's our job. 672 00:36:15,880 --> 00:36:17,879 MARK: Ooh.JOHN: Oh, dear. PAUL: Oh, oh. 673 00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:20,599 Here we go.Oh, dear.Hello. 674 00:36:20,680 --> 00:36:24,839 Jackhammer.Oh, it's a big chunk. Looks like there's a bit of colour 675 00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:28,759 sitting on top of the matrix there. It actually looks quite good. 676 00:36:28,840 --> 00:36:31,479 On the last evening of their mining season, 677 00:36:31,560 --> 00:36:33,679 the Blacklighters have finally hit opal. 678 00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:36,519 Oh, get that chunk in the bucket. 679 00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:39,359 They're one step closer to realising their dream 680 00:36:39,440 --> 00:36:42,359 of working a successful open cut mine. 681 00:36:42,440 --> 00:36:45,359 It's got, like, the veins running through it like boulder. 682 00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:47,879 Yeah, it's matrix. Bit of green, like, veins. 683 00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:51,679 Ooh, here we go.Got him? Hello.That's a nice chunk. 684 00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:53,599 Here's a biscuit. Another biscuit? 685 00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:57,199 Yeah. We're starting to get there. There's a few nicer bits in there. 686 00:36:57,280 --> 00:36:59,079 It's awesome to be filling the bucket. 687 00:36:59,160 --> 00:37:00,759 Seems our methods are paying off, 688 00:37:00,840 --> 00:37:03,359 so hopefully we can get money at the end of the week. 689 00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:05,559 Would be good. Yeah, this is amazing. 690 00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:07,719 Beautiful night spent with a couple of mates 691 00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:10,199 and finding something that you just don't often do. 692 00:37:10,280 --> 00:37:12,399 It's, like, good as it gets, ay, really. 693 00:37:18,760 --> 00:37:21,119 What's happening here, Mark? What's going on here? 694 00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:23,799 I've been, erm, going through the parcel, 695 00:37:23,880 --> 00:37:25,479 grading it out, see what we got. 696 00:37:25,560 --> 00:37:29,639 We got our tops here from where we ripped the other night. Some quite nice pieces. 697 00:37:29,720 --> 00:37:32,239 Bit of blues, bit of greens, bit of crystals. 698 00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:33,959 That's a bit pretty. 699 00:37:34,040 --> 00:37:36,959 Yeah.That's a pipe, ay. It's a beautiful pipe in there, ay. 700 00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:38,679 Stuck up in there. Not too bad, ay? 701 00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:41,159 Like, that's a nice week's worth. 702 00:37:41,240 --> 00:37:44,759 The Blacklighters have white and crystal opal, 703 00:37:44,840 --> 00:37:46,439 blue green in colour. 704 00:37:46,520 --> 00:37:50,599 It's in the rough, and there's 510 grams. 705 00:37:50,680 --> 00:37:52,519 Some beautiful colour, ay. 706 00:37:52,600 --> 00:37:55,599 Righto, well, what do you reckon it's worth, mate?Well, erm... 707 00:37:55,680 --> 00:37:57,719 Ten grand there, tell me there's ten. 708 00:37:57,800 --> 00:38:02,279 Well, mate, we got someone willing to pay 15 for the whole parcel now. 709 00:38:02,360 --> 00:38:04,479 Sick.Bull-(BLEEP). Yeah, I know. I know. 710 00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:07,479 Scored! Woo-hoo! Yeah.That's a win. 711 00:38:07,560 --> 00:38:09,879 What a week. That's a good ending. You beauty. Yeah. 712 00:38:09,960 --> 00:38:12,639 All right, well, last one in the pool buys a bottle. 713 00:38:12,720 --> 00:38:15,119 Righto.(ALL SCREAMING) 714 00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:20,039 Yeah. (SCREAMING AND WHISTLING) 715 00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:23,239 The Blacklighters' first season in Coober Pedy 716 00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:28,479 has netted them a $189,000 haul. 717 00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:30,959 It's nothing to be, erm, down and out about. 718 00:38:31,040 --> 00:38:33,399 I mean, we've still had a pretty damn good year. 719 00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:36,599 We're in a way better position now than we were when we turned up, 720 00:38:36,680 --> 00:38:38,759 so I think we should be proud of that. 721 00:38:38,840 --> 00:38:41,079 Feels to me that there's a lot of opal out there 722 00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:43,999 and we might end up rich next year. 723 00:38:44,080 --> 00:38:47,959 We'll be back earlier, bigger and better than ever. 724 00:38:48,040 --> 00:38:49,639 Don't worry about that. 725 00:38:54,680 --> 00:38:57,919 (LAUGHTER) 726 00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:01,479 JAMES: Get ready to catch this, Noz. (MACHINE WHIRRING) 727 00:39:04,920 --> 00:39:06,519 JAYMIN: Watch it.Ooh. 728 00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:09,599 Oh, yeah, that's going to go. You ready?NOAH: OK. 729 00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:13,239 Oh, look at that chunk. Let me pick it out. 730 00:39:13,320 --> 00:39:16,519 Have a look at that. That is a chunk. 731 00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:20,239 Ooh.What the... Oh.That is money right there. 732 00:39:21,520 --> 00:39:25,039 Oh, my God! Are you kidding me? (WHIRRING) 733 00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:30,199 Guys, again, just chunks of it. Woo-hoo-hoo! 734 00:39:30,280 --> 00:39:33,639 Have a look at that.Ah! Have a look at how thick that is. 735 00:39:35,120 --> 00:39:37,439 Look another bit. Look at the size of it. 736 00:39:37,520 --> 00:39:39,119 Let me see.That's unreal. 737 00:39:39,200 --> 00:39:41,759 I swear, we've got, like, a kilo of opal in this bucket. 738 00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:45,839 Woo-hoo-hoo! What the hell, boys? 739 00:39:45,920 --> 00:39:48,319 Let's just go and stuck it straight in the tumbler. 740 00:39:48,400 --> 00:39:51,199 We'll clean it up, take it in and get a valuation from Dad, 741 00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:54,919 but I swear I've seen at least a kilo of opal nearly fall into that bucket. 742 00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:57,319 Holy crap, boys. Holy crap. 743 00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:04,759 The Young Guns have crystal opal, blue green with flashes of yellow. 744 00:40:04,840 --> 00:40:08,919 It's in the rough, and there's 970 grams. 745 00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:15,039 Mining veteran and Jaymin's father, Graeme, 746 00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:17,399 will value the opal. 747 00:40:17,480 --> 00:40:19,799 Oh, let's have a look. Have a look at this. 748 00:40:19,880 --> 00:40:22,239 Oh, now that's what we're talking about. 749 00:40:22,320 --> 00:40:25,359 We're very excited about this stuff. That's the choice material. 750 00:40:25,440 --> 00:40:28,759 250 grams, eight ounces. Eight ounces. 751 00:40:28,840 --> 00:40:31,319 You guys are actually looking at a bit of money here. 752 00:40:31,400 --> 00:40:33,599 This material here, just this little bag, 753 00:40:33,680 --> 00:40:35,559 I think you're looking at least, 754 00:40:35,640 --> 00:40:38,039 at this sort of colour, at least $4,000. 755 00:40:38,120 --> 00:40:40,479 An ounce?$4,000 an ounce? (LAUGHTER) 756 00:40:40,560 --> 00:40:43,199 JAYMIN: That's... GRAEME: That's right. That's big money. 757 00:40:43,280 --> 00:40:46,199 We've got ten ounces or 10.2 ounces of this material. 758 00:40:46,280 --> 00:40:49,079 Well, I mean, it's still making good colour in here. 759 00:40:49,160 --> 00:40:53,119 Sizes are a bit smaller, but you're looking at an easy 760 00:40:53,200 --> 00:40:55,879 two-and-a half-thousand an ounce for this material. 761 00:40:55,960 --> 00:40:58,439 Yep.Nice.We've still got one more bag of stuff there. 762 00:40:58,520 --> 00:41:00,239 So this is just fully bonus. 763 00:41:00,320 --> 00:41:02,279 Yeah, it's all low grade, you know, but... 764 00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:05,039 Doesn't matter. It all adds up. Sixteen ounces of that. 765 00:41:05,120 --> 00:41:06,719 JC: Still got some more in there. 766 00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:10,319 I mean, you're still looking at easy four to $500 an ounce... 767 00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:13,239 Holy.....for that quantity. I'll let you do the math on that. 768 00:41:13,320 --> 00:41:15,039 What's that, what's that altogether? 769 00:41:15,120 --> 00:41:18,319 If the eight-ounce material is four grand an ounce, 770 00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:20,319 10.2 ounces at, what did you say? 771 00:41:20,400 --> 00:41:23,039 Two-point-five.Two and a half. Two-and-a-half thousand. 772 00:41:23,120 --> 00:41:25,919 How many ounces is that big stuff? Sixteen.Sixteen ounces. 773 00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:30,039 $65,500. (CHEERING AND LAUGHING) 774 00:41:30,120 --> 00:41:31,879 Well done.Sixty-five. 775 00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:33,799 Well done, Jay. Good on ya. We done it. 776 00:41:33,880 --> 00:41:36,359 $65,000.Well done. 777 00:41:36,440 --> 00:41:38,439 Thank you.Well done. Thank you.Nice. 778 00:41:38,520 --> 00:41:42,239 Opal money. Opal money. Yes.Opal money, boys. 779 00:41:42,320 --> 00:41:45,639 I'm so proud of these guys. I mean, they've really done the hard yards. 780 00:41:45,720 --> 00:41:48,399 I just hope next year, they can do bigger and better again. 781 00:41:49,720 --> 00:41:51,759 NOAH: The season total, that is unreal. 782 00:41:51,840 --> 00:41:54,039 Like, never could I have imagined, two years ago, 783 00:41:54,120 --> 00:41:56,159 that we'd even be making this much money 784 00:41:56,240 --> 00:41:59,839 from this at all. It's unreal. JAYMIN: I think it was emotional for everyone. 785 00:41:59,920 --> 00:42:03,599 After the week we've had and the journey to get to this point, you know, 786 00:42:03,680 --> 00:42:05,879 and the fact that we needed it so much as well, 787 00:42:05,960 --> 00:42:07,919 all of that really just, oh, 788 00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:10,199 made it pay off for everything, really. 789 00:42:10,280 --> 00:42:13,559 (LAUGHS) Right at the end of this season, down to the wire, 790 00:42:13,640 --> 00:42:15,599 but the boys pulled through. 791 00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:20,719 Let's give John a call.Yeah. Johnny boy.Get him on the phone.Give him a call. 792 00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:24,079 John Jennings invested $50,000 in the Young Guns' mining gear 793 00:42:24,160 --> 00:42:27,239 and takes a 25% share of their earnings. 794 00:42:27,320 --> 00:42:29,479 Hey, John.How's it going? How are you doing? 795 00:42:29,560 --> 00:42:31,999 You're on with the three of us. How you going, mate? 796 00:42:32,080 --> 00:42:35,439 We've, er, smashed the season target so we've gone right through there. 797 00:42:35,520 --> 00:42:38,079 You (BLEEP) ripper. You beauty. (LAUGHTER) 798 00:42:38,160 --> 00:42:39,999 I just wanted to say thank you so much. 799 00:42:40,080 --> 00:42:42,159 Having you on board was just, you know, 800 00:42:42,240 --> 00:42:45,639 made this season so much better. It was an honour to work with you, lads. 801 00:42:45,720 --> 00:42:48,999 I'm actually all proud that you'd expect that I would be. 802 00:42:49,080 --> 00:42:51,919 Thanks, John. Thanks for everything. Thanks for everything. 803 00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:54,119 JOHN: I look forward to next season. 804 00:42:54,200 --> 00:42:56,479 Yeah, I think next year is gonna be the big one. 805 00:42:56,560 --> 00:42:59,559 All right, we'll let you go, mate. Have a good one.All right. 806 00:42:59,640 --> 00:43:02,959 This season has been an absolute rollercoaster. 807 00:43:03,040 --> 00:43:04,959 It's been a long road to get to here, 808 00:43:05,040 --> 00:43:07,079 but, erm, I'm heaps proud of the boys 809 00:43:07,160 --> 00:43:08,999 and what they've accomplished out here. 810 00:43:09,080 --> 00:43:12,199 At the end of the day, we're all going home pretty happy this year. 811 00:43:12,280 --> 00:43:14,839 I can't wait until next year and see what that brings. 812 00:43:14,920 --> 00:43:16,519 Cheers, boys.Cheers. 813 00:43:40,040 --> 00:43:42,919 # Money 814 00:43:45,520 --> 00:43:47,559 # Money # 815 00:43:48,305 --> 00:44:48,464 Do you want subtitles for any video? -=[ ai.OpenSubtitles.com ]=-