"Outback Opal Hunters" Cathedral Secrets

1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,879 NARRATOR: On Outback Opal Hunters... 2 00:00:01,960 --> 00:00:03,919 This is more dangerous than the other one. 3 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:05,599 Keep away from this, guys. 4 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:09,119 ..Taranto brothers, Micky and Joe, risk man and machine 5 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:12,559 moving their entire mining operation. 6 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:15,159 MICKY: No! Whoa! Up! 7 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:18,919 MARK: This is so exciting. 8 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:24,119 Ha, ha, you beauty! 9 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:26,759 The Blacklighters win a dugout at auction... 10 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:30,239 PAUL: That's dangerous...but get more than they bargained for. 11 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:33,479 See if that falls on your head, that's...MARK: Dead. 12 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:37,639 GREG: Someone went to the expense to seal this, 13 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:39,839 so I want to know why they did that. 14 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:44,239 The Bishop and partner Scott get lost in a maze of tunnels, 15 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:46,359 deep within their vast claim. 16 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:48,399 SCOTT: It's really easy to get disoriented 17 00:00:48,480 --> 00:00:50,679 cos it's a bit like a labyrinth under there. 18 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:53,439 GREG: Scotty! Scotty! 19 00:00:55,000 --> 00:01:01,074 20 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:20,159 MICKY: There's rocks everywhere with trace in it here. 21 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:23,359 Sandstone! Sandstone! 22 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:27,959 But we're not even actually mining. 23 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:31,759 We're just trying to cut in and ram. We just want some colour. 24 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:34,119 It's a bit exciting. 25 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:36,479 Oh, Joe, look! Look! 26 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:38,639 That's good trace. 27 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:41,359 Oh...Don't break it up. 28 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:44,159 There's no line in there. It's good trace. 29 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:45,959 Oh, it's a bit better than trace. 30 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:47,799 Hard to keep you happy. 31 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:51,479 We're very close. I mean, when you start getting faces like that... 32 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:53,759 I haven't seen faces like that for a long time. 33 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:56,199 And the potential of that being all red. 34 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:58,159 Oh, we would have been laughing. 35 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:01,919 Micky, do you want to operate here for a while? 36 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:03,599 I'll get the grease gun.Yeah. 37 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:06,239 I want to grease that bucket. Yeah. I'll smash it out. 38 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:08,919 Oh, you know what! Your rams are leaking, bro, ay. 39 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,479 Yeah. It's pouring out. Look at that. 40 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:15,639 Yeah, you can see the drips everywhere here. 41 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:17,559 It's getting worse and worse.Yeah. 42 00:02:17,640 --> 00:02:19,959 Can't keep working like that. It's too dangerous. 43 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:21,919 We got to do something about it I think. 44 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:24,839 Opal mining is a risk in every way. 45 00:02:24,920 --> 00:02:27,919 You smash a machine and the machine's down for months. 46 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:29,599 This is a massive job. 47 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:31,799 I mean, we've got to use the 20 tonne machine 48 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:34,519 just to turn the nut on the end of the piston. 49 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:36,239 A lot of things can go wrong 50 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:39,479 so we've got to really be careful on how we do this job. 51 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:41,359 This could cost us the dig. 52 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:46,759 The Tarantos, brothers Micky and Joe, 53 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:49,119 partners Viviane and Tash, 54 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:52,719 and Joe's son, Jack, are off the grid miners 55 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:56,919 and opal entrepreneurs, hunting for a glittering prize, 56 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:59,239 Queensland, Boulder Opal. 57 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:02,079 My wife, Viviane, 58 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:05,599 has been through a lot and I just want to make her better. 59 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:08,279 You know, I had breast cancer and the doctor said to us 60 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:10,519 we couldn't have kids, and after a few years, 61 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:12,959 we got Felicia through IVF. 62 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:14,799 We want to have more kids. 63 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:17,719 Without finding opal we can't have another child. 64 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:20,159 TASH: We're running a big business now, 65 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:22,679 and we really need to have stock, 66 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:25,599 without having to buy stock off other people. 67 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:28,559 We really need to find our own opal. 68 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:34,119 JOE: We're gonna need the big 20 tonne excavator here 69 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:37,679 to fix up the 40 tonne excavator, so it's a big job 70 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:40,439 but we got firstly before we even start 71 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:43,279 we got to take this truck over to that area 72 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:45,759 with a 20 tonne excavator to undo the nuts. 73 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:50,719 To fix the excavator, the Tarantos must load 74 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:53,759 all their remaining equipment and then move it 75 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:57,639 across ten kilometres of rough dirt track to the lease. 76 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:02,959 When we're moving equipment, we've got to keep it together. 77 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:05,999 You turn around, and you think, " I need the drill now," 78 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:08,399 then you got to go all the way back. 79 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:12,639 We are loading the little excavator there. 80 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:15,679 We're going to put the drill box on the on the gooseneck there 81 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:18,919 and then the drill on the back here and then the excavator's gonna 82 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,439 load here in the middle and then we're gonna move it 83 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:23,279 about ten K to our lease. 84 00:04:24,280 --> 00:04:26,439 MICKY: All right. Go. Out of the way, guys. 85 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:29,839 All systems go, we get there in one piece. 86 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:33,719 That's balanced. Righto, bro, walk her in. 87 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:39,279 We're going to push it that way and get it to sit on that bar, Vivi. 88 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:42,799 Bring it up a bit, bro. That's it. 89 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:47,319 All right. Let- 90 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:52,199 That's safe. 91 00:04:52,280 --> 00:04:54,359 JACK: Doesn't tell me when he's dropping it. 92 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:56,039 I don't think he meant to. 93 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:58,159 I didn't know it was going to come off. 94 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:00,119 He didn't know it was going to come off. 95 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:04,159 Ah, the chain came off at the right time but it was perfect. 96 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:06,239 No one was under it. That's the main thing. 97 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:07,999 That was a bit scary, ay. 98 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:10,319 That if that rolled that way or that way, 99 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:12,199 Vivi was holding it, I was holding it, 100 00:05:12,280 --> 00:05:14,119 it could have smashed either one of us. 101 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:22,359 GREG: Good day for mining, mate. 102 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:24,679 SCOTT: Yeah, man, let's get to Shell Patch, hey. 103 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:27,679 Let's head to Shell Patch and find some opal, hey.Absolutely. 104 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:31,199 I want to show you something, Scotty.Yeah, man? 105 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:34,519 This is a good reminder of what it's like 106 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:36,359 on the opal fields, bro.OK. 107 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:38,239 Come out and have a look. 108 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:44,239 This is what I want us to remember when we're out mining. 109 00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:48,679 This represents a perfect example of what we're dealing with 110 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:51,719 and the many tragedies that happen out here on the field. 111 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:53,639 Each one represents at least one person 112 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:55,319 who's died on the field. 113 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:57,039 Never forget 114 00:05:57,120 --> 00:06:00,039 just how dangerous opal mining is. That's true. 115 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:01,879 This field is littered with people 116 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:04,959 who have already paid the price for looking for opal. 117 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:09,159 There's a story that's well known in Coober Pedy, 118 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:11,039 and it's of three Greek brothers 119 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:12,879 that worked hard and hit opal 120 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:16,679 and they hit big opal. It was like $2 million plus. 121 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:19,839 And they got the opal out and they planned their return to Greece 122 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:21,999 and they came back the next day to clean up 123 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:24,839 and the ceiling fell on them and killed the three of them. 124 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:29,439 So, opal mining can take you out at any time. 125 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:33,599 God bless us all today for coming out here 126 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:36,519 into the middle of the desert and to the opal mining fields. 127 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:40,199 The bishop, Greg Scully, 128 00:06:40,280 --> 00:06:43,639 is an ordained minister in the Orthodox Church. 129 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:45,359 GREG: Pray for me, father. 130 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:48,559 Joined by offsider Scott Stevens, 131 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:52,039 Greg mines opal to help further God's work 132 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:54,919 in the remote desert town of Coober Pedy. 133 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:59,319 GREG: Coober Pedy is like all rural towns across Australia. 134 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:02,119 A lot of the young people are into Ice, 135 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:04,559 methamphetamine, and they get hooked, 136 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:08,079 and it costs them everything, their family, their houses, their jobs. 137 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:12,039 My dream for this block of land 138 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:17,319 is to turn this area into a drug rehabilitation area. 139 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:22,199 To realise this dream is at least a quarter-of-a-million dollars. 140 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:25,239 But realistically, if we hit a couple of good pockets of opal, 141 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:28,359 $20,000 is a good target. 142 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:36,079 All right, Greggy, let's get into it.All right, mate. 143 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:39,879 What I've got to do is change the dressing on my foot. 144 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:43,159 So this is a diabetic ulcer. 145 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:47,679 Diabetic ulcers historically can take years to heal. 146 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:49,679 The foot is swollen and red 147 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:53,599 and so it's got to be dressed properly before I work. 148 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:56,879 So I have to be very careful with a serious wound like this. 149 00:07:56,960 --> 00:07:59,919 It has to stay clean and the dressing fresh. 150 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:03,799 If I don't, it's simple. They'll cut the top of my foot off. 151 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:06,239 This is my injury and I've got to carry it. 152 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:07,919 And so I do. 153 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:13,479 Scotty.Yeah?I was thinking we just grab the lights.Yeah. 154 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:16,719 I wanna have a look at the tunnel that's near where we're working 155 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:18,399 and it's been sealed off. 156 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:21,239 I wanna go and see the reason why it's been sealed off. 157 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:23,079 So, Scotty, pass me the orange rope. 158 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:25,319 The orange rope is so we don't get lost, mate. 159 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:28,319 In ancient Greece, there's story of a man 160 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:30,559 who went into a labyrinth of tunnels, 161 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:34,039 and he used red thread to find his way back out, 162 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:36,759 and we're gonna do the same thing with this orange rope. 163 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:39,719 Good idea.We ain't gonna get lost in this tunnel.Good idea. 164 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:41,439 So you see here.Yeah. 165 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:43,999 There's a drive here and it's been closed off. 166 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:46,919 Why would they do that? Sometimes miners wanna come back. 167 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:48,599 They wanna protect opal. 168 00:08:48,680 --> 00:08:51,839 Sometimes there's a dangerous hole or a dangerous collapse, 169 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:54,359 so they might have sealed it off cos of the dangers. 170 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:56,679 But someone went to the expense... Hm. 171 00:08:56,760 --> 00:08:59,439 ..with a loader or a bobcat or an excavator to seal this. 172 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:01,719 So I want to know why they did that. 173 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:03,679 You know I don't like tunnels much. 174 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:07,199 Snakes, scorpions, the roof could fall on your head. 175 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:10,159 There's a mystery behind this pile of rocks. 176 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:18,639 MARK: Dust everywhere. It's in your eyes. 177 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:21,999 It's just a nightmare the dust, but if you can't deal with dust, 178 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:24,319 this is probably not the place for you out here. 179 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:27,439 The equipment doesn't like that sort of dust on it all the time. 180 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:29,279 We got running electric motors. 181 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:31,959 They'll choke up with dust and just stop working. 182 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:35,119 It's definitely like no other conditions 183 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:37,359 we've had to noodle in, no. 184 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:39,039 Magic Mountain's hard. 185 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:40,719 We call this Magic Mountain. 186 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:42,919 We've got a massive mountain here of tailings 187 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:44,959 that we're going to put through Opalzilla. 188 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:48,719 Yeah, we have to make some money. Opalzilla's the key. 189 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:51,599 PAUL: Yeah, Opalzilla's just a big sieve pretty much. 190 00:09:51,680 --> 00:09:54,599 It knocks the dust off the rocks and goes through the darkroom 191 00:09:54,680 --> 00:09:56,839 at the end there and we got ultraviolet lights 192 00:09:56,920 --> 00:09:58,519 which light the opal up 193 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:01,279 and you got the pickers in there and just picking it off. 194 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:04,359 JOHN: Hey! About time. 195 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:09,639 PAUL: Yeah, we're getting a few pieces coming through this morning. 196 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:11,319 Hey, there's a chunk. 197 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:18,359 What the just happened? Go rescue it, Paul. 198 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:23,199 The old genny, she's had a tough life. 199 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:26,799 The way it is, it could go any day. 200 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:29,719 Just hope it's not in a ball of flames. 201 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:31,479 Oi, John.What happened? 202 00:10:31,560 --> 00:10:33,159 Two-forty is gone. 203 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:35,239 We've got no power at the moment. 204 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:37,239 Could be, um, game over. 205 00:10:38,560 --> 00:10:43,959 The Blacklighters, Mark I'Anson, Paul Coon and John Nassar, 206 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:45,959 are working their claim 207 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:51,279 30km outside Coober Pedy, Australia's opal capital. 208 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:54,599 Don't let it tip, mate, cos I tell you what, 209 00:10:54,680 --> 00:10:56,279 it's not going to be pretty. 210 00:10:56,360 --> 00:10:58,439 After moving their noodling operation 211 00:10:58,520 --> 00:11:01,439 to new claim, Magic Mountain, 212 00:11:01,520 --> 00:11:04,439 the Blacklighters uncovered a small fortune. 213 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:06,839 I'm bloody stoked. Woo hoo! PAUL: Yes.JOHN: Yes. 214 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:11,239 Magic Mountain has got a little bit of magic about it. 215 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:15,639 But with their three families living in town under one roof... 216 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:17,599 MARK: There's one bathroom in our dugout 217 00:11:17,680 --> 00:11:20,159 and there's a lot of people using it. 218 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:21,959 We've got no hot water. 219 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:24,679 Me and the wife, we've had our eye on a couple of houses 220 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:26,879 that are gonna come up for auction. 221 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:29,679 Yeah, I just want my own space for me and the family. 222 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:31,479 We're not here just to mess around. 223 00:11:31,560 --> 00:11:33,239 We really want to step it up. 224 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:34,959 We want to achieve something good. 225 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:37,839 Opalzilla's still got to bankroll the whole show. 226 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:42,959 PAUL: Oh, what's happening there? JOHN: It's moved out.Yeah. 227 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:45,399 I think we need some surgery. 228 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:49,759 Well, we seem to be struggling to get 240V to the noodler. 229 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:52,359 Don't try this at home, kids. 230 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:55,959 We're just gonna have to try and doctor it for today. 231 00:11:56,960 --> 00:11:58,879 Not making any money without the noodler. 232 00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:03,279 Well, if this doesn't work, well, I'm going home. 233 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:05,479 Righto, let's see what happens, hey. 234 00:12:05,560 --> 00:12:09,119 Yeah, we're gonna start her up, and hopefully we don't have a fire. 235 00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:17,839 It's all on. There you go. See. Too easy. 236 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:19,519 Righto. Game on. 237 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:23,359 Hopefully it's a good day. 238 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:31,879 Did you hear that, John? 239 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:34,399 Doesn't sound like the normal rattle. 240 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:36,839 The old shakers are changing tone a little bit. 241 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:41,319 You reckon we turn this off and have a look?Yeah, I reckon. 242 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:42,999 Something's not right there, ay. 243 00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:51,479 MICKY: This is more dangerous than the other one, believe it or not. 244 00:12:51,560 --> 00:12:54,159 You've got to be careful it doesn't come off the tooth 245 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:56,359 and I've got to lift it really, really high. 246 00:12:56,440 --> 00:12:58,079 So keep away from this, guys. 247 00:12:58,160 --> 00:13:00,399 It's teeth are coming too far out. 248 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:03,719 Up!That way.Spin it! Spin it! 249 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:07,079 JACK: No, whoa! Up!Now down. 250 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:09,279 That's it. 251 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:15,959 One, two, three. That's it. 252 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:20,119 JOE: Finally we're loaded up to go to our claim. 253 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:23,679 Fix up the other machine. 254 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:26,919 There's a lot of weight on the back of this. 255 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:29,119 The float alone is over ten tonne, 256 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:32,159 then you've got 25 tonne on the back of that, 257 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:35,759 then you got new extension bits, so you're looking about 40 tonne. 258 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:40,519 It gets pretty scary, you know, especially on these dirt roads. 259 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:43,719 You can slip and slide, you can roll the machine off the back. 260 00:13:48,680 --> 00:13:51,479 The Tarantos are moving all their equipment 261 00:13:51,560 --> 00:13:54,639 ten kilometres from home camp to their claim 262 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:59,159 to ensure they have everything they need to mine uninterrupted. 263 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:01,439 Part of the gear will be used to repair 264 00:14:01,520 --> 00:14:06,239 a damaged hydraulic ram on their vital 40 tonne excavator. 265 00:14:07,560 --> 00:14:10,279 We're just evaluating how we're gonna fix this machine up. 266 00:14:10,360 --> 00:14:12,999 We're looking at the surroundings It's nice and flat, 267 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:16,279 that's why I parked it here cos it's precision work we've got to do. 268 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:23,239 Yeah, it's good now, Jack. You're moving. 269 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:25,879 When we're doing a big massive repair like this, 270 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:28,599 it just takes the tiniest thing to go wrong, 271 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:31,159 and it can really derail us. 272 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:32,879 It can really us up 273 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:35,679 for two or three weeks cos we're so isolated. 274 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:37,959 Now you're sure you're going the right way? 275 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:41,519 Left is-Anticlockwise, guys. Lefty loosy, guys. Come on. 276 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:45,439 All right. Just prise it apart. 277 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:49,519 This is the head on the ram. 278 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:53,919 It's got a pretty big O rings in it that holds it together. 279 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:58,719 Dad, just break the seal. That's it. MICKY: Oh, no, this way. 280 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:03,159 All right. Well, now we need to get the 20 tonner over here 281 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:05,839 and strap her in and pull the chrome out. 282 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:08,039 It can't be manhandled. It's just too heavy. 283 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:12,759 So we've got to work out a way to not damage this chrome 284 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:15,439 because that's like a $5,000 apiece. 285 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:17,719 Just gently, Jack. Just pull it out gently. 286 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:22,839 Cos he's up and this is down. 287 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:24,639 That's all right. It's coming out. 288 00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:26,479 Watch out! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! 289 00:15:26,560 --> 00:15:29,719 Oh, it's going to drop out so this is the critical part. 290 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:32,839 All right. You're ready.Ready? 291 00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:34,559 Yeah. Go, little bit gentle. 292 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:38,839 VIVIANE: Oh, the oil! Don't worry about the oil. 293 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:41,159 MICKY: We're lucky it fell on the rubber bit. 294 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:44,199 Look at that. It came off. Yeah. Split. 295 00:15:44,280 --> 00:15:47,639 Oh, that's the piston ring on the end of the piston. 296 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:49,639 Well, this is the piston here 297 00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:53,319 and what's holding this piston device on is this big nut. 298 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:57,559 So once we've knocked this nut off and then this piston off, 299 00:15:57,640 --> 00:16:00,519 then we can get at this head seal. Inside this head seal, 300 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:02,679 there's a like a retainer seal in there 301 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:04,359 and we've got to replace it. 302 00:16:04,440 --> 00:16:08,119 It's the one that's leaking as well as this is bypassing oil 303 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:10,399 so we've got a couple of problems here. 304 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:12,319 This is a spanner we made... 305 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:15,879 To undo the nut...to undo the nut. 306 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:18,839 JACK: Maybe long, yeah that's about right.About right there? 307 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:21,159 Now we're gonna hit it with the excavator here. 308 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:23,159 Yeah, You got it. 309 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:26,079 Hey! And the nut turns. 310 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:29,079 So once you've done unlocked it, it's, um, 311 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:30,999 you can unscrew it with your hands. 312 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:35,919 It jams on because of all the just being screwed on so tight. 313 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:40,119 Swapping the seals over, replacing all the seals. 314 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:43,519 So we're got to make sure these seals are put in properly. 315 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:46,479 It's all done. So this has got to go on first, guys. 316 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:50,839 There we go. Now we got it. Brand new ones. 317 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:52,559 VIVIANE: That's all done. 318 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:02,359 JOE: Yeah. Micky, out of the way. 319 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:07,399 Down. 320 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:09,839 We're trying to measure up a five millimetre hole 321 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:12,039 with a 25 tonne excavator. It's not easy. 322 00:17:12,120 --> 00:17:13,719 JOE: Bit more. 323 00:17:15,040 --> 00:17:16,999 Ah, yeah, so it's got to be very accurate. 324 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:19,759 MICKY: Yo.That's it. We've done it. 325 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:23,119 This bit now, it's gonna be interesting. 326 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:25,439 No, go up. Go up! 327 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:28,959 VIVIANE: Whoa! Whoa! 328 00:17:30,120 --> 00:17:32,599 JACK: Any damage? MICKY: I don't know yet. 329 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:35,439 Have a look.Well, I can't. Go up so I can look. 330 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:37,999 JOE: Go up. Don't stay down the bottom. 331 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:47,879 PAUL: We got issues with the shaker, ay. It's making some weird noises. 332 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:51,159 I'm going to go out and have a look at it.Righto. 333 00:17:51,240 --> 00:17:52,879 We've had to turn everything off 334 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:54,999 because it's spinning so close to our head. 335 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:57,559 If that actually comes off and comes in this way, 336 00:17:57,640 --> 00:17:59,359 you know, it'll probably kill ya. 337 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:01,039 MARK: The weld's broken again. 338 00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:06,239 Sick climbing up here, We've got some issues, man. 339 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:08,199 Look all the welds have just popped out. 340 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:10,479 Just everything is just popping out everywhere. 341 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:12,559 It shook itself to bits, hasn't it? 342 00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:14,519 Are you going to be able to bodge it up? 343 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:16,959 Without a functioning shaker, 344 00:18:17,040 --> 00:18:21,679 Opalzilla can't spread rock evenly on the darkroom conveyor belt, 345 00:18:21,760 --> 00:18:25,559 making it impossible for the team to spot opal. 346 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:28,559 Well, we got to get it back running, mate. We really do. 347 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:32,159 Every time we shut down, 348 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:34,559 it's just money just going out the window really. 349 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:36,679 It's been pretty sick for quite a while, 350 00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:39,199 and we just keep dodging it and dodging it and, um, 351 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:40,999 yeah, we're gonna dodge it again. 352 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:45,399 Sounds like you've got it cranking. 353 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:47,599 Righto, Johnny. All good, mate. Fire it up. 354 00:18:51,360 --> 00:18:52,959 All good, mate. 355 00:18:54,240 --> 00:18:56,999 Is there much left in there? PAUL: It's pretty full. 356 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:05,839 We only need a few good bits in here for the day and mate can set you up. 357 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:10,359 How's ya go? 358 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:12,839 Geez, it looks like we got a bit of material today. 359 00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:15,239 That's all right. No, that's a good day. 360 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:16,999 Let's go, um, do this auction, ay. 361 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:19,079 Let's buy ourselves a bit of hot property. 362 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:22,159 PAUL: There's all types of houses coming up 363 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:23,919 in the council auctions in Coober. 364 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:26,919 You got some underground dugouts, some aboveground houses. 365 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:29,079 There's just empty blocks of land. 366 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:32,639 So it's a quite a big variety, so you've got a lot to choose from. 367 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:37,199 I need my own space. The kids, the kids want their own space. 368 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:41,399 And, yeah, we just, you know, sick of stepping on everyone's toes. 369 00:19:42,560 --> 00:19:44,479 MARK: I don't know what it is so exciting 370 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:47,999 about winning a property at auction. None of us have ever done it before. 371 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:53,999 AUCTIONEER: Welcome to the auction at Coober Pedy. 372 00:19:57,160 --> 00:19:58,759 Pump four grand in. 373 00:19:59,960 --> 00:20:01,559 Yes. 374 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:03,359 AUCTIONEER: 375 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:05,479 You watch a bit of that stuff on telly 376 00:20:05,560 --> 00:20:07,799 but when you're actually bidding and it matters, 377 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:10,079 it's a different ballgame. It's pretty intense. 378 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:12,519 AUCTIONEER: 379 00:20:12,600 --> 00:20:14,439 Go again. Go again. Go again. Go again. 380 00:20:18,120 --> 00:20:19,719 Oh, this is so exciting. 381 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:25,159 What's with bidder 30? What is he doing to us? 382 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:27,039 We're going to have to wreck him, man. 383 00:20:27,120 --> 00:20:29,119 Don't let him get it. Don't let him get it. 384 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:33,879 Where'd this dude come from? 385 00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:37,439 Oi, just keep going, Paul. I'll lend you some cash. 386 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:40,679 Sixty-five.Go. Go. 387 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:46,239 Yes. 388 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:49,559 AUCTIONEER: 6,500. Here it goes. Here it goes. 389 00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:59,199 No, no, no! 390 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:02,839 Go, go, go.Seventy-six. 391 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:05,079 Seventy-six.Done. Do it, do it, do it, do it. 392 00:21:10,320 --> 00:21:11,919 Na, they've all got scared. 393 00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:16,759 Going to the Blacklighters.Sell it. Going to the Blacklighters. 394 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:19,559 No! 395 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:29,919 JOE: No, go up. Go up! 396 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:34,359 VIVIANE: Whoa! Whoa! 397 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:37,039 JACK: Any damage? MICKY: I don't know yet. 398 00:21:37,120 --> 00:21:39,879 Have a look.Well, I can't. Go up so I can look. 399 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:43,759 JOE: Must have hit the nut. We might-Yeah, here, here. 400 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:45,439 We weren't ready for it. 401 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:49,719 NARRATOR: With no time to wait for a heavy diesel mechanic, 402 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:51,399 the Tarantos need to repair 403 00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:54,759 the hydraulic ram on their 40 tonne excavator. 404 00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:58,039 Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! 405 00:21:58,120 --> 00:22:01,319 You don't want to get into that scenario being stuck here 406 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:05,359 in the middle of nowhere for two or three weeks waiting for parts. 407 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:07,359 It can, yeah, send you a bit batty. 408 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:09,119 Ah, trying to line all this up. 409 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:11,159 We just, that seal's sticking out a bit. 410 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:15,919 And a bit of grease all around it, it helps it. 411 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:18,079 We're going to need all the help we can get. 412 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:23,559 You got to be lined up, Micky. I've got to go down. 413 00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:25,239 Go down a little bit. 414 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:27,759 Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!Whoa! VIVIANE: Too much. Too much. 415 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:30,079 No, no, come towards the barrel. 416 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:31,839 He's gonna try and slide it in now. 417 00:22:33,360 --> 00:22:35,919 And that's lifting. That's lifting. Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! 418 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:38,079 All Right. Stop! 419 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:40,959 VIVIANE: You wanna try the other ones?JOE: sake! 420 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:45,879 Oh. What happened here? 421 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:47,799 JOE: Ah snapped it. JACK: The seal? 422 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:50,759 That's, that's, that's wrecked. 423 00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:52,719 Oh, my God. Disaster. 424 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:56,479 You jammed the seal in the casing and it's now... it's destroyed. 425 00:22:57,520 --> 00:23:00,039 Oh, the only solution we got, this one's not too bad, 426 00:23:00,120 --> 00:23:01,999 so we're gonna just stick this one in 427 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:03,679 and hope for the best I think. 428 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:09,439 We put the old seal back on it. It's the only option now. 429 00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:13,359 We can't hold up for another two weeks on parts 430 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:18,839 so we're, um, sticking the old one back in hoping that that it goes in. 431 00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:21,559 All right. Let's go, guys. 432 00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:28,839 MICKY: Oh, yeah, there we go. That went in heaps. 433 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:32,199 We're in. We're done!Righto. Phew! 434 00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:36,319 We'll start the machine up, suck the ram in, 435 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:40,239 bolt it all up and this is done now. 436 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:44,399 JACK: Keep going. 437 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:46,639 VIVIANE: That's it. Yeah, perfect, mate. 438 00:23:46,720 --> 00:23:48,319 JOE: Oh, well, problem solved. 439 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:51,919 High five.Woo hoo!Yeah. 440 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:55,839 Let's go get some opal. We're now all systems go again. 441 00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:03,479 Now, Scotty.Yep? 442 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:05,639 I can't squeeze through there.Nope. 443 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:07,919 So we've got some rocks to move, brother. 444 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:10,639 When I say we, I mean you.I know. 445 00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:12,719 Save you again.God bless ya. 446 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:17,159 You realise I can't carry you out, don't ya? 447 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:19,559 I can't carry you out, either. 448 00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:24,839 At their vast Cathedral mine, the Bishop and mining partner Scott 449 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:26,839 are opening an old tunnel 450 00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:29,359 sealed by previous claim owners. 451 00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:34,279 Should be able to get through now, Greggy. 452 00:24:34,360 --> 00:24:39,439 Now listen, we're got to tie this rope onto one rock. 453 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:42,319 Very easy to get lost in the tunnels. They're pitch black. 454 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:44,199 There is no light at all. 455 00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:45,879 There is no reference point 456 00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:49,719 and there's hundreds of kilometres of tunnels under Coober Pedy. 457 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:51,519 Let's go, Greggy.OK. 458 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:54,999 I don't like confined spaces personally. 459 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:57,039 Because I'm Greggy's partner, you got to 460 00:24:57,120 --> 00:24:59,239 just get through it and jump in there. 461 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:00,959 You right there, Greggy? 462 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:04,799 I'm in, bro. Can't stand up, but I'm in.Good job. 463 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:09,599 So when when you first go in the tunnels, it's a little eerie. 464 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:11,479 It's really easy to get disoriented 465 00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:13,639 cos it's a bit like a labyrinth under there. 466 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:18,039 Look at this. They've taken this pillar out.Yeah. 467 00:25:18,120 --> 00:25:20,599 So there's obviously found opal right here.Correct. 468 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:23,039 Let's check out the rest, huh? Lead on, brother. 469 00:25:23,120 --> 00:25:24,999 Sounds good, ay. Let's do it. 470 00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:29,279 Feels good this tunnel. There's been a lot of work done in here. 471 00:25:29,360 --> 00:25:32,799 There's a lot of sign that they found opal and trace, 472 00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:36,479 so we'll have a good look and explore the place. 473 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:39,959 Been a bit of work done in here, Scotty.You're not wrong there. 474 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:41,839 Tunnels everywhere.There is. 475 00:25:44,120 --> 00:25:45,959 There's a bit of trace here, Scotty. 476 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:47,799 Oh, yeah.I can see it in the wall. 477 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:50,199 I tell you what.Yeah. I've got this light panels 478 00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:52,319 I'm gonna have a bit of a wander ahead, uh? 479 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:56,719 Listen.Mm.Don't go too far and keep the rope with you. 480 00:25:56,800 --> 00:25:59,719 Yep.Cos remember where we are and the danger. Right?Correct. 481 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:03,559 Correct.Stay close.All right. Scotty. All right.Good luck. 482 00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:13,359 Don't go too far, Scotty. 483 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:20,999 Just doubled in thickness, that last hit. 484 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:26,159 So I just picked at the very thin trace and the last strike, 485 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:29,759 the material doubled in thickness, 486 00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:32,079 ah, so it was hidden under about an inch. 487 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:36,239 So now I need to have a bright light and see if there's any colour in it. 488 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:39,999 Ah, but it's no colour at this stage. 489 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:44,999 Have to dig a bit more and see if either it turns to colour 490 00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:48,439 or whether it plays out and it's the end of it. 491 00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:50,479 Now there you go, it's perfect example. 492 00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:53,279 No colour in that at all. 493 00:26:53,360 --> 00:26:55,519 But that's how you find the stone in the wall. 494 00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:58,159 This line of material down here. 495 00:27:00,360 --> 00:27:01,959 Just got exposed, here. 496 00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:05,439 So there's our trace. 497 00:27:11,360 --> 00:27:14,559 Scotty! Scotty, where are you, mate? 498 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:17,199 Scotty! 499 00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:20,119 Scotty! 500 00:27:21,120 --> 00:27:22,719 Scotty! 501 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:30,399 MARK: Going to the Blacklighters. Sell it.Going to the Black... 502 00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:33,279 No! 503 00:27:33,360 --> 00:27:36,519 Oh! 504 00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:38,199 Yeah! 505 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:40,439 You beauty. 506 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:42,759 JOHN: Good work.Well done. 507 00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:44,719 You got yourself a hole in the ground. 508 00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:46,439 Got myself a hole in the ground. 509 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:50,679 After winning a real estate auction, 510 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:55,479 Paul is now the proud owner of an iconic Coober Pedy home, 511 00:27:55,560 --> 00:27:59,279 a dugout cave left over from an old opal mine. 512 00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:04,079 MARK: Righto. Paul's place. 513 00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:06,319 I think you're going to need to mow your lawn. 514 00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:09,039 Gee, it looks miney. 515 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:12,439 Every dugout you go into at this stage 516 00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:15,319 before it's got furniture and nice tiles and stuff, 517 00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:18,599 it all looks like this. It is pretty sketchy looking stuff. 518 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:21,279 Oi, you're gonna need a new lounge. 519 00:28:21,360 --> 00:28:24,679 PAUL: No, this one's all right. Look at this.Oh, yeah. 520 00:28:26,360 --> 00:28:29,159 For me and the family, I think this is a good investment. 521 00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:31,399 Over time, we can turn it into a house 522 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:34,199 and we build it exactly the way we want to. 523 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:37,359 But I don't know about you, but I'm not liking the look of that. 524 00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:40,359 I've got a funny feeling that this- Came from up there. 525 00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:43,079 Come from up there.Yeah, it did. Yeah.Hundred percent. 526 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:45,839 Look at the rest of it about to fall down, the whole way. 527 00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:47,959 Yep.That's dangerous. 528 00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:51,079 It's all dried out. It's all cracking and pulling away. 529 00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:56,239 Boombah! Yeah, see if that falls on your head, that's-Dead. 530 00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:59,639 So, yeah, I think we just have to make this roof a little bit safer. 531 00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:01,359 Needs a bit of work. 532 00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:03,599 The roof's got to be fixed up first. 533 00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:08,039 If it can be otherwise, dig it all out and build above ground. 534 00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:10,359 What are you doing in there? 535 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:13,719 You think there's opal stash there, don't ya?It could be anything. 536 00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:17,119 You can tell where people have gone in there and messed around with it 537 00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:19,319 cos the ground, it just doesn't look natural. 538 00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:23,559 Yeah, you never know. There's a lot of stuff that gets stashed... 539 00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:25,239 ..in all these places. 540 00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:26,919 What are you doing? 541 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:29,719 We've got a bit of a seam running through the back there. 542 00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:32,239 Oh, look at that. 543 00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:35,279 They obviously covered this up and never came back. 544 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:37,399 Check this guy out. 545 00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:41,639 Have a look at that. 546 00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:44,879 Oh, let's get into this, guys. Let's get some tools.Tools. 547 00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:48,239 The only place in the world here in Coober, 548 00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:52,119 you can actually dig out your own house and it can pay for itself. 549 00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:54,679 Got the big toys out. 550 00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:57,679 You're allowed to dig your own house. That's totally legal. 551 00:29:57,760 --> 00:30:01,279 But you can't actually get a house like we have just to mine it. 552 00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:04,799 That's illegal. You're not allowed to mine like in the town in Coober. 553 00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:07,079 So the only way that you're allowed to get away 554 00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:09,479 with doing that is extend your house. 555 00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:13,959 And it actually looks a bit underneath here personally. 556 00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:18,359 That all has to come down. 557 00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:22,679 We knew that there could be issues down here, 558 00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:25,039 but the block of land... 559 00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:28,919 the block of land value is what it's about. 560 00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:33,039 It's a little bit scary, but 561 00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:35,559 if we can get it safe, that's the main thing. 562 00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:47,879 Whoa! What was that? 563 00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:51,479 Let's finish this off. Let's get out of here. 564 00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:53,399 No more of that. I wouldn't be sticking 565 00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:56,559 any more jackhammers in there. No, that's what's sending it down. 566 00:30:56,640 --> 00:30:59,799 The vibrating...The vibrations. ..bringing some of the roof down. 567 00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:11,119 Scotty! Where are you, Scotty? 568 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:12,799 I told you to stay with the rope. 569 00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:16,039 Scotty. 570 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:19,799 Scotty? 571 00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:21,479 Scott! 572 00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:27,039 Scotty? Where are you, Scott? 573 00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:29,199 Come on. Scott! 574 00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:33,319 Greggy! Greggy.There you are. 575 00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:35,199 How you going, man?Oh, man. 576 00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:38,679 What are you worried about? I was worried I lost you. 577 00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:41,839 Been looking for ya. Calling out. Didn't you hear me? 578 00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:45,159 No, man. I was back that way a little bit. 579 00:31:45,240 --> 00:31:46,999 I thought you were a goner.Yeah. 580 00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:51,479 God bless ya. God bless ya.Oh, God. 581 00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:53,159 Now turn around and bend over. 582 00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:55,039 I'm going to kick you up the backside. 583 00:31:55,120 --> 00:31:58,679 Anyway, how'd you go out there? Oh, I did find something. 584 00:31:58,760 --> 00:32:01,639 You found opal? Where'd you find that? 585 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:03,719 Oh, just back around there a bit, you know. 586 00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:07,639 That's got some nice colour. Good on you, Scotty. 587 00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:09,599 Well, I'm glad you're alive and I'm glad 588 00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:13,679 you come back bringing presents. But don't ever do that again.OK. 589 00:32:13,760 --> 00:32:16,799 Listen, brother, I found some trace over here meself.You did? 590 00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:20,639 Yeah, come over and I'll show it to you.Awesome. 591 00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:22,799 You know, mining in tunnels 592 00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:25,599 is the most dangerous part of opal mining, 593 00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:28,839 but it's also the most productive. It's where you find your opal. 594 00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:31,519 Yeah, so just in here, you can see. Yeah. 595 00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:34,999 And it's tickling up, and I reckon that's worth digging. 596 00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:36,719 You go get the cord, mate and, ah, 597 00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:39,199 and the jack pick and we'll get into it.All right. 598 00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:41,799 Don't get lost, Scotty. 599 00:32:46,160 --> 00:32:49,359 So we found some seam in there. Looks pretty promising. 600 00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:52,359 The ground's really hard so we thought we'd grab the jack pick 601 00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:54,559 and give it a crack and find some opal. 602 00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:56,879 Got the jack pick here. Good on you, mate. 603 00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:04,439 Hold on! Hold on, Scotty! 604 00:33:04,520 --> 00:33:06,759 That's turned a little bit colour. Has too. 605 00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:09,719 That's very good. All right. I think I should have a go here. 606 00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:11,999 Yeah, no worries, Greggy. You give me the pick. 607 00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:13,679 I'll just go under it. 608 00:33:20,080 --> 00:33:23,559 Ooh, I think there's something there, Scotty.What's that? 609 00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:27,599 What's that? I think... Oh, yes, look, it's thicker and it's colour. 610 00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:30,399 Is too.Hey.Good job. 611 00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:32,559 All right, Scotty. I'll dig this out. 612 00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:36,879 Got to be careful. I don't wanna break opal. 613 00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:38,559 And we'll get them out. 614 00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:41,999 All right. One's cut full there, Scotty.Yeah, man. 615 00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:43,919 Oh, it's got colour.Oh, yeah. 616 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:45,959 That's good colour, mate. Look at that. 617 00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:49,999 Nice.You little beauty! Hey. It's begun. 618 00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:52,799 Mate, I'm gonna keep chipping away here.No worries, mate. 619 00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:54,479 And see what else is coming out. 620 00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:57,839 Yeah, we loosened another one. Hold on. 621 00:33:57,920 --> 00:34:00,719 She's stuck in the wall. Hold on. Got it? 622 00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:02,759 It's like a tooth, brother. 623 00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:05,239 Pop. I got it.Nice. 624 00:34:05,320 --> 00:34:06,959 This is the biggest one. 625 00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:09,999 Lots of flashes red, green, blue. Look at that.Nice. 626 00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:12,519 And all solid.Nice green. 627 00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:15,999 Are you happy?Yeah, man. It's more than a day's pay there. 628 00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:18,759 I don't know how much, but there's more than a day's pay. 629 00:34:23,960 --> 00:34:25,559 JOE: Got the machine fixed 630 00:34:25,640 --> 00:34:29,039 and now we're starting to work into the face where we left off, 631 00:34:29,120 --> 00:34:31,919 so hopefully we find some nice opal. 632 00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:33,839 I mean, it's been an expensive project, 633 00:34:33,920 --> 00:34:35,599 and we really need to find opal. 634 00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:39,399 Tash is on her way. 635 00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:41,119 She loves it when we're on opal. 636 00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:42,919 Can't get her out of the hole. 637 00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:45,719 So it's gonna be exciting when she gets here I hope. 638 00:34:47,040 --> 00:34:48,639 This is what we were pulling out 639 00:34:48,720 --> 00:34:50,879 the other day on the dumps, Tash. Nice. 640 00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:53,239 A good speci. It's got opal. 641 00:34:55,840 --> 00:34:57,919 MICKY: Oh, the machine's going like a treat. 642 00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:01,119 Glad it's working well. Lucky we put that day aside 643 00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:03,399 and got it fixed, you know. 644 00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:05,639 Now we can concentrate on the mining. 645 00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:11,439 Look, Joe.Yeah. It's ah... 646 00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:15,159 See all the bubbles of potch. Yeah, yeah, knock that skin up. 647 00:35:15,240 --> 00:35:17,279 Yeah, we got we got more helpers here cos 648 00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:20,959 opal's spread through the whole lot. There's heaps of rock. 649 00:35:21,040 --> 00:35:22,799 So cos there's heaps of rock, 650 00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:25,359 the more the better to check it all, you know. 651 00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:29,239 I'm excited. We just saw a big face... 652 00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:32,919 ..and you have to- MICKY: Look at that.Hooray! 653 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:36,479 We're getting colour? 654 00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:39,799 Wow. Have a look at that. That's black opal. 655 00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:42,639 JOE: We, um, hit a rock here. 656 00:35:42,720 --> 00:35:45,639 It looks like the bucket tooth's actually chipped this out 657 00:35:45,720 --> 00:35:49,639 and it's on black manganese. You can get better colour. 658 00:35:49,720 --> 00:35:51,639 That's what we're after. 659 00:35:51,720 --> 00:35:54,639 Don't need a lot of opal when it's black. 660 00:35:54,720 --> 00:35:59,039 So we don't know how much of this is opal. That face there. 661 00:35:59,120 --> 00:36:02,559 Good job, baby. All right. I've had enough. 662 00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:05,719 NARRATOR: The Tarantos need to return to camp 663 00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:09,079 to cut the rough ironstone and expose the opal, 664 00:36:09,160 --> 00:36:11,479 allowing them to calculate its value. 665 00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:17,799 Well, we've got a bit of boulder opal here 666 00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:19,839 but it's in the black manganese 667 00:36:19,920 --> 00:36:23,919 and it's running through that black manganese and it's beautiful colour. 668 00:36:32,120 --> 00:36:33,999 Disappointing because it didn't run. 669 00:36:34,080 --> 00:36:37,519 MICKY: Imagine if you bought a whole parcel of that thinking it was good. 670 00:36:41,720 --> 00:36:45,839 That's called a specimen. You'll get in the shop maybe $500 for that. 671 00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:49,799 Can you imagine if that was all colour. 672 00:36:49,880 --> 00:36:52,239 It'd be running right through there. 673 00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:54,999 That's the kind of faces we'll get when we find it. 674 00:36:55,080 --> 00:36:58,279 We're just not on it yet. Let's see what we got, guys. 675 00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:00,279 It doesn't look too good, ay. MICKY: Ugh. 676 00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:03,919 TASH: Is that the best of the best, Vivi?There's a-VIVIANE: No... 677 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:07,919 All that hard work just for this little share amongst four of us. 678 00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:09,959 Doesn't even put fuel in the machines. 679 00:37:10,040 --> 00:37:12,919 We've got to get something before the hot summer hits. 680 00:37:14,880 --> 00:37:17,639 The Tarantos' parcel is ironstone, 681 00:37:17,720 --> 00:37:21,119 with thin strips of low-grade blue opal. 682 00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:22,799 It's roughly sawn 683 00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:26,439 and will be sold in the shop as specimens for rock collectors, 684 00:37:26,520 --> 00:37:28,239 or as souvenirs. 685 00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:32,679 The total value is approximately $2,000. 686 00:37:32,760 --> 00:37:34,719 We'll get there, guys. We just got to work 687 00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:36,759 a bit harder I think. MICKY: That's it. 688 00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:39,519 TASH: After that disappointment, let's all go for a swim. 689 00:37:39,600 --> 00:37:42,679 We deserve this, don't you reckon, guys.Yeah.Oh, we deserve it. 690 00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:45,639 Got to have a break...Yeah. ..every now and then. 691 00:37:45,720 --> 00:37:47,519 This week it's been a bad week. 692 00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:52,079 We're lucky to make, you know, 2,000. That's max. 693 00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:54,679 MICKY: We said it, let's just have a swim, 694 00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:57,599 recoup and tomorrow's another day. 695 00:38:09,080 --> 00:38:11,319 GREG: Hey, Tibor. TIBOR: How are you, mate? 696 00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:13,719 Good, mate. How you going? Hey, Scotty.Hey, bud. 697 00:38:13,800 --> 00:38:16,399 Good to see you, bro. Yeah, good to see you. What's up? 698 00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:19,759 We know you like buying some small parcels of opal from time to time. 699 00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:22,599 We've got a small parcel. Let's go have a look. 700 00:38:22,680 --> 00:38:25,399 Let's see what you've got. All right. After you. 701 00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:28,919 We've come to see Tibor. 702 00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:32,439 He's been on the opal fields for three decades 703 00:38:32,520 --> 00:38:35,519 and he buys parcels of opal. 704 00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:38,479 I've come to show him the stones we've found this week 705 00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:41,119 and see if he's interested. 706 00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:43,559 I'm hoping we'll get 1,550. 707 00:38:44,560 --> 00:38:46,999 So what we've got, I've divided the parcels here. 708 00:38:47,080 --> 00:38:50,519 This one here I think we've got 350 on 709 00:38:50,600 --> 00:38:52,799 and this parcel here is a bit bigger, 710 00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:56,119 near half-an-ounce so I'm looking for $1,200 for that. 711 00:38:56,200 --> 00:38:58,799 So, uh, 1,550. 712 00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:01,119 Oh, little tiny things but, I mean, 713 00:39:01,200 --> 00:39:03,599 they will get... Small fish are sweet, mate. 714 00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:05,279 They quite often are. 715 00:39:05,360 --> 00:39:07,959 These size stone are used for earrings and small studs. 716 00:39:12,840 --> 00:39:14,439 Mm. 717 00:39:18,120 --> 00:39:19,919 Let's have a look, ay. 718 00:39:22,520 --> 00:39:25,319 You know what the difficult part is? 719 00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:27,439 What?Buying opal from your mates. 720 00:39:27,520 --> 00:39:29,319 Yeah, of course. Of course. Of course. 721 00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:32,399 So I'm gonna be a little bit tough and brutal with you, Greg. 722 00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:36,519 I see $200 in this. In this, the first parcel? 723 00:39:36,600 --> 00:39:38,319 Yeah.Yeah. 724 00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:40,959 And all I see in this is 600. 725 00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:46,999 Well, Scotty and I, we don't wanna take less than $1,000 726 00:39:47,080 --> 00:39:48,959 or we'll take the parcel with us. 727 00:39:51,360 --> 00:39:53,039 What if I really squeeze 728 00:39:54,360 --> 00:39:57,639 and I'll give you a grand flat and end of story. 729 00:39:57,720 --> 00:40:01,359 If a thousand's your top price, then we'll accept $1,000. 730 00:40:01,440 --> 00:40:04,239 It'll be a deal.All right with you, Scotty?Correct.OK. 731 00:40:05,240 --> 00:40:07,479 Thank you.Done deal.Done deal. 732 00:40:07,560 --> 00:40:10,559 Thanks, mate.All right. Thanks for bringing it in. 733 00:40:10,640 --> 00:40:12,879 The opal wasn't worth what we thought it was, 734 00:40:12,960 --> 00:40:14,799 but that's opal mining. 735 00:40:16,360 --> 00:40:20,119 Here's a beer, Greggy. You beaut, bro. Good on you. 736 00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:22,959 We've got opal, got an excellent drive 737 00:40:23,040 --> 00:40:25,559 and in all those pillars and all those tunnels, mate, 738 00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:27,879 there's got to be more opal still there to find. 739 00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:30,599 Got to be somewhere. Absolutely. Cheers.Cheers, man. 740 00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:44,119 PAUL: No more of that. I wouldn't be sticking 741 00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:47,279 any more jackhammers in there. No, that's what's sending it down. 742 00:40:50,280 --> 00:40:52,999 MARK: Oh. I'm creeping towards the front door. 743 00:40:53,080 --> 00:40:55,919 Yeah, let's get out of here, man. I'm freaking shaking, man. 744 00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:59,399 But yet you're still standing close- Yeah, OK, you're in my way. 745 00:40:59,480 --> 00:41:01,159 Let me get out of here. 746 00:41:01,240 --> 00:41:04,599 In Coober Pedy, the Blacklighters have been forced to 747 00:41:04,680 --> 00:41:08,399 abandon an opal seam in Paul's new underground home. 748 00:41:08,480 --> 00:41:10,279 PAUL: You're not even gonna want to go 749 00:41:10,360 --> 00:41:12,319 and work in there with the roof like that. 750 00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:15,319 I don't think it's worth someone losing their life over, ay. 751 00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:17,999 Yeah, a bit disappointed but, you know, you get that. 752 00:41:18,080 --> 00:41:20,719 It was always sort of expected when you buying something 753 00:41:20,800 --> 00:41:23,999 on the fly like that, so, you know, it is what it is 754 00:41:24,080 --> 00:41:25,999 and we can still make it home. 755 00:41:26,080 --> 00:41:28,319 We'll get the excavator out, we'll dig down. 756 00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:31,319 So you've got some nice sides and that. Make it good. 757 00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:33,279 We're gonna have to level the block out. 758 00:41:33,360 --> 00:41:35,319 So we cut some of the hill back behind me, 759 00:41:35,400 --> 00:41:37,599 and hopefully we can find some more. 760 00:41:37,680 --> 00:41:39,439 Would be, would be good. 761 00:41:39,520 --> 00:41:41,279 Let's have a look what we got here. 762 00:41:42,760 --> 00:41:44,359 There's some nice colour there. 763 00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:46,199 It's not mountains but nice. 764 00:41:46,280 --> 00:41:48,679 Look at this bit. Ah, it's pretty stuff. 765 00:41:48,760 --> 00:41:51,879 I'd like to mine here but the problem is there's a town here, ay. 766 00:41:51,960 --> 00:41:55,119 I reckon there's enough to pay for the auction, ay. 767 00:41:55,200 --> 00:41:57,239 We need to wash it. Needs to be tumbled. 768 00:41:57,320 --> 00:41:58,919 Yeah, let's go spin it up. 769 00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:02,279 PAUL: Righto, Johnny, what have we got here? 770 00:42:02,360 --> 00:42:04,039 JOHN: Well, this is the last of it. 771 00:42:06,640 --> 00:42:08,399 Holy moly. That looks pretty nice. 772 00:42:08,480 --> 00:42:11,719 Some pretty shells in there. MARK: Ooh...Look at that...yes! 773 00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:15,839 How's that nice they look once the dirt's off them, ay. 774 00:42:15,920 --> 00:42:17,879 Look at the colour in that. 775 00:42:17,960 --> 00:42:19,599 That is just stunning stuff. 776 00:42:20,600 --> 00:42:24,039 The Blacklighters' parcel of white and crystal opal 777 00:42:24,120 --> 00:42:29,279 is bursting with colour, red, blue, green and gold. 778 00:42:29,360 --> 00:42:32,919 It's a mixture of material from their Magic Mountain claim 779 00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:37,599 and Paul's new dugout and it weighs 570 grams. 780 00:42:38,960 --> 00:42:41,519 MARK: We've got some beautiful stuff here.PAUL: Yeah. 781 00:42:41,600 --> 00:42:44,679 Six-seven grand there. We'd have probably four or five grand- 782 00:42:44,760 --> 00:42:47,559 JOHN: Yeah, I'd say five there. That's 12.Some nice stuff. 783 00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:49,439 Few grand here at least. 784 00:42:49,520 --> 00:42:51,439 There's over 15 here easily 785 00:42:51,520 --> 00:42:53,239 and then you throw the ten in we get 786 00:42:53,320 --> 00:42:55,599 for these beautiful stones out of the dugout. 787 00:42:55,680 --> 00:42:57,839 Wow.That's nice stuff. Yeah, quite easy, man. 788 00:42:57,920 --> 00:43:01,039 I'd say that's a $25,000 week, guys. 789 00:43:01,120 --> 00:43:04,879 I reckon we done all right. Too right.Beauty. That's good, man. 790 00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:06,719 Who buys a house and comes out 791 00:43:06,800 --> 00:43:09,799 with more money than when you went in? Me. 792 00:43:09,880 --> 00:43:12,639 Only in Coober Pedy, ay. Hey, I'm pretty happy with that. 793 00:43:12,720 --> 00:43:15,439 Smart investment.The wife will be bloody happy with that. 794 00:43:15,520 --> 00:43:18,639 Ah, yeah, that's got your furniture. Yeah, well, yeah, ay. 795 00:43:18,720 --> 00:43:21,799 To find enough to pay for the dugout, that's just a freak. 796 00:43:21,880 --> 00:43:24,599 That's like winning a house lottery sort of 797 00:43:24,680 --> 00:43:28,159 in a mining Coober Pedy way. It's amazing. I love it. 798 00:43:28,240 --> 00:43:29,839 Well done. 799 00:43:45,840 --> 00:43:47,839 Subtitles by Deluxe 799 00:43:48,305 --> 00:44:48,464 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm