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00:00There's a secret war going on in the outback town of Claremont.
00:14The gold here is so good and the value of gold now is so high.
00:19Look at that.
00:20Dog ate dog.
00:21The wars are on.
00:23Why are you entertaining this idiot?
00:25I was a bit pissed off when Donnie come here.
00:28How good's that?
00:29Three mining teams.
00:31We have put a load of money into the mine so we have to make it work.
00:35On the one patch of land.
00:37This is just some of the stuff Donnie's been walking over.
00:41Guy's foot.
00:42You're lucky if I don't walk over his big nose.
00:45This time.
00:47Had enough of it.
00:48See the holes here?
00:49One there, one there, one there, one there.
00:52So they're not shy.
00:53Matt and his new head of security, Blue, go undercover to try and catch a gold thief.
01:00So they're basically just taking 10s and 20s out of your wallet without you being there.
01:04It's thieves.
01:06Richie gets outboxed by Dennis.
01:09You've been about a procession.
01:10You're not falling to gold.
01:11You've got to spot the balls so we don't have a choice.
01:14Who's driving a hard bargain.
01:17What do you sort of think price was?
01:20I think you're more like half an ounce.
01:21And ex-business partners Lee and Donnie come face to face in a tense showdown.
01:34I was not expecting Lee to get out of that vehicle.
01:38And when I seen him, I was just, I was a bit shell-shocked.
01:42The guy is a dead set grub.
01:45You're full of it.
01:46You've ripped me off since day dot.
01:48He's meant to be a partnership.
01:50You are a leech.
01:51Right on.
01:51Good on you.
01:52Leech McGrath.
01:52Good on you.
01:53The 1870 mining lease, Claremont.
02:13Mate, you're well snapped.
02:1813 weeks into the season, and mine owners Richie and Kimberley
02:22are learning the hard way that all that glitters is not gold.
02:29When I first purchased 1870, I was prepared to put in half a million.
02:34That's more than doubled now.
02:36Every single day, there's something else going wrong.
02:39This mine is costing a fortune, and it is concerning
02:42because we've invested a lot of money.
02:46Just watching the bank account go down, down, down, down, down.
02:48All they have for the season is $81,500 worth of gold.
02:55Their target is $500,000.
02:58This is supposed to be solid.
03:00They put on a pivot.
03:02We've got a lad come out who can weld.
03:05Not very good.
03:06And now, the one bit of kit they were relying on
03:10to help them turn things around,
03:12the $50,000 drive lower is stuck on a dirt track.
03:18We've made all this way in here.
03:21I knew this was going to be a fight here.
03:23Mine manager Dan is at his wit's end.
03:26Look at her welds.
03:30She came down pretty hard.
03:32If, for some reason, it got damaged,
03:37it'd be a disaster,
03:39and it'd be a complete waste of my last six or nine months.
03:46They need to get the draw bar on the dry blower repaired and fast.
03:50We've got to sort out a proper hitch for it.
03:52This is a joke.
03:53Dan has called Dennis, the owner of Swiss Diggings,
03:57to come and bail him out of trouble.
04:00Can you bring your welder over, Dennis?
04:03We're in a bit of a bind.
04:06It's always an interesting phone call on a Sunday morning.
04:10What's up, bloke?
04:12Oh, he's not bad, but he's all about business.
04:16Dennis and Dan get on well,
04:18and Dennis has all of the welding equipment needed to do the job.
04:23What should we be paying him to do this?
04:25Probably $150 an hour.
04:32So, a few years ago,
04:34Dennis bought Swiss Diggings from me.
04:36Stand-up guy.
04:38How you been, mate?
04:39Been a while, though.
04:40Not too bad, mate.
04:41Not too bad.
04:41Dennis, Richie.
04:42Richie, how you doing, mate?
04:43Good, Richie.
04:44How are you, buddy?
04:44Not too shabby.
04:45Thanks for coming in and helping us.
04:47However, when he rocked up, he was cold.
04:52Hmm.
04:53So, what have you got going on here, mate?
04:54What have you been dealing with?
04:55We've just come down into this gully,
04:58and she's just snapped, and now we're stuck.
05:02So, I was hoping with your welder,
05:06maybe you might be able to fix her up for us a bit.
05:09Oh, look, I think I could probably
05:11knock something up here for you.
05:12Yeah.
05:13What do you sort of think the price was?
05:15Five or six grams or something?
05:19I'm thinking more like half an ounce.
05:23Half an ounce?
05:24Yep.
05:25For Richard, as some millionaire,
05:29he seems to be very much controlled
05:32by his mine manager.
05:33An ounce of gold's five grand,
05:35so two and a half grand.
05:37Yeah, I think so.
05:39With Dennis away on the call-out,
05:47the Swiss diggings pit is vacant.
05:53Not a great sign when Dennis' takings for the season
05:56are $151,500
05:59versus the half a million he wants.
06:04Copy, Matt.
06:05Dennis' new contractor, Donnie,
06:08is heading over to the Scratchy Moo lease.
06:11He's been invited over by mine's joint owner, Matt.
06:16Copy, Scratchy Moo.
06:17Anyone got a copy?
06:20Copy, Matt.
06:21Donnie and Matt used to work together at 1870.
06:31The other thing they have in common
06:33is they were both sacked by Dan.
06:37Copy, Matt.
06:38No, no answer.
06:44But Donnie's in for a shock.
06:48Matt sent Lee, Donnie's ex-business partner,
06:51to unlock the entry gate to the mine.
06:54Flash-looking car.
06:59What the...
07:00Fancy saying you're here?
07:09What are you doing here?
07:11I was not expecting Lee to get out of that vehicle,
07:14and when I seen him,
07:16I was just...
07:17I was a bit shell-shocked.
07:19What are you...
07:19Why are you here?
07:21You working with Mattie?
07:22No, you're businesswoman here, Donnie.
07:24Not too fussy about who he lets on his police.
07:26Half an ounce.
07:34Yeah, I think so.
07:35Half an ounce is a bit steep.
07:37So, look, obviously, I appreciate
07:38that we're in the middle of bloody nowhere, but...
07:40At 1870, Dennis is about to teach Richie and Dan
07:44a lesson in the art of deal-making in the goldfields.
07:48I appreciate what you're saying,
07:50but there's better places I could be too.
07:53His job price to fix the world on the dry blower
07:56is three-time Stan's initial estimate.
07:59But Team 1870 has no time to waste.
08:03I think when Dennis came out, what he did,
08:06he threw in a bit of extra money just to cover the...
08:08Call it the Donnie tax.
08:11Mate, I've got...
08:12I've got issues over there myself.
08:14You know, as you know, I've got a new contractor.
08:16You pulled me away from him.
08:18I think he was just, like, saying,
08:19well, you're going to f*** with Donnie.
08:21I'll f*** with you guys.
08:23The gold's not coming through.
08:24What do you want me to do?
08:26It's a business to be run.
08:28What do you expect?
08:29If the gold's not coming in here,
08:30we've got to keep doing what we're doing.
08:31Yeah, that's fine.
08:32Well, what about the gutless way it was done, though?
08:34Why didn't you come down and talk to me, Dan?
08:36Yeah, yeah, well...
08:37Donnie's main drive with Richie and Dan
08:40is that he was terminated from 1870
08:42without notice and via email.
08:45That didn't go down well with Dennis.
08:49I've had over 55 employees
08:51and never, ever have I ever let them go by an email.
08:55You know, I think you've got to show the balls
08:57to actually let someone go.
08:58You've got to do it face-to-face
09:00and actually have a conversation with them.
09:02If you're about to process them,
09:04you're not finding gold.
09:05You've got to spot the balls,
09:06so we don't have a choice.
09:07All right, well, look, let's just get it done.
09:11I want to go process, man.
09:13All right, let's do it.
09:14Thanks, man. Appreciate it.
09:15Cheers.
09:16All right, I'll follow this up, eh?
09:19Bugger them.
09:21They can pay it.
09:22It's the way it is.
09:23Half an ounce of gold is a load of gold
09:25for a couple hours' work.
09:27I don't know.
09:28I think we'll carry it, mate, if we can.
09:31Getting screwed over a bit,
09:32but hopefully it does a good job welding.
09:37Scratchy move.
09:41Sounds a bit better.
09:44And Damo and Matt are the outright leaders
09:47in the gold fields
09:48with $240,000 worth of gold for the season.
09:53But their gold telly has slowed
09:56since Lee arrived a few weeks ago.
09:58Yeah, just swarf.
10:01No, no, no, no, no.
10:03You're full of...
10:03Lee used to own the 1870 mine with Donnie,
10:07Donnie and I,
10:08we were working quite well together.
10:09We were helping each other out.
10:11We were quite close.
10:12And then, yeah, after the split,
10:15after we were gone,
10:16it just turned upside down.
10:20Just, yeah, it was bizarre.
10:22Lee subsequently sold 1870 to Richie
10:25for $400,000,
10:27and Donnie claims
10:28he has never been paid what he was owed.
10:32You're full of...
10:33You've ripped me off since day dot.
10:35It was meant to be a partnership.
10:37That's why they call you Leach McGrath.
10:40What?
10:41So how do you think
10:42you didn't own half the business?
10:44Leach McGrath.
10:44So why did I pay the estimate?
10:45Because you paid me, that's why.
10:48What did I ever get out of it?
10:50You got free labor for two years,
10:52that's what you got.
10:53The gold.
10:54What gold?
10:55What gold did I get?
10:56The 70-30 split after we went out.
10:59What gold did I get
11:00when I was mixed up with you with 1870?
11:02I've seen you walk away
11:03with two big trays of gold
11:05you've been flashing on Facebook.
11:06If Matt had secretly hoped
11:08his mates Lee and Donnie
11:10might kiss and make up,
11:11he's going to be sorely disappointed.
11:14Let's go through,
11:15let's go through the financials
11:16that we sold.
11:17Where's my...
11:18Cut of the gold.
11:18That we sold, Donnie.
11:19Where's my payment?
11:21To pay for the excavator, Donnie.
11:23How did we pay for the excavator?
11:25How did we pay for Black Betty?
11:27Leach McGrath.
11:27How did we pay for all the other stuff?
11:28Leach McGrath.
11:29How did we pay for the leases?
11:31How did we...
11:31How did we pay for the leases?
11:33You never paid a...
11:34Gold.
11:34With the gold we paid for.
11:35You never paid one cent.
11:38I'm the only one
11:39that contributed money
11:40into that...
11:41Leach.
11:42You are a...
11:43Leach.
11:43Righto, good on you.
11:44Leach McGrath.
11:45Good on you.
11:46You, you piece of...
11:47Righto.
11:51Rock a nose.
11:53Come on.
11:54People don't think
11:55they get enough money.
11:56People don't think
11:57someone's ripped them off.
11:58On it goes.
12:01Me, what a...
12:02Fancy having that
12:03on your...
12:04Lease.
12:12They seem to do
12:13whatever they want to do
12:14around Claremont.
12:15If things weren't heating up
12:16enough at Scratchy Moo...
12:18Go down and see
12:19where they've had a...
12:20Had a bit of a scratch now.
12:22Matt has received reports
12:24of thieves sneaking
12:25onto their lease
12:26at night
12:27and stealing gold.
12:29So they've dug
12:29down here.
12:30There's all these...
12:31On my left there.
12:32Yeah, there's all
12:33holes down here.
12:34Yeah, well,
12:35the old
12:35fence jumpers club
12:37going strong
12:39in Claremont.
12:40Gold thieves
12:43known as poachers
12:45are a constant threat
12:48to every miner
12:50in Claremont.
12:51The poaching
12:52now is becoming
12:54crazy.
12:55These guys
12:56are seriously
12:57taking some very
12:58big chances
13:00doing what they're doing.
13:02There's red paint
13:03on the trees.
13:03There's signs
13:04all around.
13:05There's chains up.
13:06There's
13:06phone apps
13:08that tell you
13:09exactly where you are.
13:11So as a prospector,
13:12you've got no excuse
13:13for being on
13:14a mining lease.
13:17But just people
13:19having that,
13:19the gall to just,
13:21you know,
13:21I'm just going to ignore it.
13:23I'm going to do
13:23what I want.
13:23I'm going to come in there.
13:25It just gives you...
13:31Matt has recruited
13:32his old army mate,
13:33retired Sergeant Major
13:35Blue,
13:35to help him try
13:36and identify
13:37the culprits.
13:38So they're basically
13:39just taking
13:40tens and twenties
13:41out of your wallet
13:41without you being there.
13:42That's these.
13:44See the holes here?
13:45They'll hear the other
13:45probably three nights ago.
13:48Yeah, they're all...
13:48So they're not shy.
13:51So we've spent
13:52three years
13:54and a few hundred thousand
13:55dollars to make
13:56this lease happen here
13:57and it's pretty frustrating
13:58and pretty upsetting
13:59to be honest
13:59that someone's just
14:01wandering around
14:02your backyard basically
14:03and stealing from you.
14:04which side are you on?
14:10At 1870,
14:13Dan and Richie
14:14have reluctantly agreed
14:15to pay Dennis's
14:17two and a half thousand
14:18dollar call-out fee.
14:21Richie's on the tool.
14:25They need to get
14:26the dry blower
14:26operational today
14:28if they're any chance
14:29of getting their season
14:30back on track.
14:32If you lift her up,
14:34I'll give you a level.
14:39Half an ounce.
14:41This is the first time
14:42Dennis has clocked
14:43the new set up
14:44at 1870.
14:47So my plan is
14:48to actually run a beat
14:49and then I'm going
14:51to put a gusset in
14:51and then I'm going
14:53to run down the sides
14:54and then around the edge
14:55to give it a bit
14:56more strength
14:56and I'll try and do that
14:58on both sides for them
14:59and then that'll give them
15:01a bit more strength
15:02in the whole process.
15:07Obviously,
15:08when they've done
15:09for half an ounce
15:10tomorrow,
15:10I could go buy
15:11one of these things
15:12and, you know.
15:151870 is Flatline.
15:17The mine hasn't produced
15:19a single gram of gold
15:20in the last two weeks.
15:23It's so hard
15:24to juggle
15:25putting this
15:26Meccano set together.
15:28I need help.
15:31Dan's wife, Kira,
15:32has agreed
15:33to come up to the mine
15:34for a few weeks.
15:36Dan needs
15:37the extra help.
15:39I'm sort of thinking
15:40like we're now
15:41a fair bit behind
15:43from where we were
15:43yesterday.
15:45I'm grateful
15:46it's here to
15:46it's just setback
15:47after setback
15:48after setback.
15:49We want to be
15:49processing dirt today
15:51like ASAP.
15:56How'd you go, man?
15:57Yeah, all done, mate.
15:58All that.
15:59It's all done for you.
15:59Dennis has successfully
16:01welded the dryblower's
16:03broken drawbar
16:04back together.
16:05Hopefully it lasts for you
16:07and gets you
16:07where you need
16:08to get it to.
16:09Well, let's get him
16:10paid.
16:11You can get underway.
16:11I can get this down
16:12where it needs to go.
16:13Good stuff.
16:13No worries at all.
16:14Cheers, man.
16:15Thanks, guys.
16:17All right, bud.
16:18Let's get you paid.
16:19It's been a costly
16:20$2,500 morning
16:23for Richie and Kimberley.
16:29Thanks for coming out
16:30and helping out today
16:31with the welding.
16:32Oh, that's fine.
16:33That's no worries at all.
16:33Saved our day, I think.
16:35So here's your gold.
16:37We've got it for you.
16:38There you go.
16:39Thanks very much.
16:40You don't mind it for you.
16:41I'm going to go for it.
16:46Look at that.
16:47Bang on.
16:47There you go.
16:48Back on.
16:48Good stuff.
16:501870's gold tally
16:51now stands at $79,000.
16:55The team is going backwards.
16:58Didn't really want to
16:59part with the gold.
17:00But anyway,
17:01you had to let go.
17:01That's the way
17:02you wanted to get paid.
17:03And yeah,
17:03so you've got to do
17:04what you've got to do
17:05out here, I guess.
17:06Thank you very much.
17:07Appreciate that.
17:08Thanks for saving our arse, mate.
17:11Thanks, Richie.
17:12Nice to meet you.
17:12Likewise.
17:13Nice to see you too, Kimberley.
17:14I'm sure we'll see each other again.
17:16Definitely.
17:16Absolutely.
17:16Good stuff.
17:17Cheers.
17:17Thanks, guys.
17:18In Claremont,
17:21everyone has something to say
17:23about everyone else.
17:24And Dennis is no different.
17:27From the little I understand
17:29of what's going on over there
17:30with the dry blowing set up,
17:31the strategy,
17:33it's not commercially viable.
17:35I think they're doing it cheaply.
17:38And what they've got there
17:40is literally a pile of the 8,000 cars
17:42that went to China,
17:43got scrapped,
17:44come back as processing plants.
17:47Pretty much rubbish.
17:55Get into it, Donnie.
17:56I'm over here helping these.
17:59Keep going, Donnie.
18:00You'll be right.
18:02You'll be right.
18:03At Swiss diggings,
18:09Donnie's feeling hard done by.
18:12I'll get back here.
18:14I'll get a message off Dennis.
18:16Oh, I've gone over to 1870
18:17to help Dan and Richie Rich.
18:20Yeah, well, I mean,
18:20after what they did to me,
18:22I mean,
18:23I just can't,
18:25I just can't believe Dennis
18:26even entertained them.
18:27I mean,
18:29why would you want to go there
18:30and help them?
18:32You've got ground here to dig,
18:33you've got work here to do.
18:35And here I am on my own.
18:39But what Donnie doesn't realise
18:41is that Dennis
18:42has just stitched up Team 1870
18:44as payback
18:45for the way Dan treated Donnie.
18:48I would have told them
18:49to go jamming up their arse.
18:53Dennis left Donnie
18:55very specific instructions
18:57to dig in a straight line.
19:01Well, it's not really
19:02the way Dennis wanted me to go,
19:03but I expect him to be here
19:05helping me do the work.
19:07But Donnie's no yes man.
19:09He has issues around authority
19:11and prefers to do things his way.
19:14So there's a stringer
19:15about where my inside tooth is there
19:19right now running down on a 45.
19:23When I spotted that stringer
19:24in the wall,
19:25I thought,
19:26come over to a look.
19:30So I'm just going to bust
19:32this out
19:33into that stringer
19:34and just see
19:37what's in further.
19:41A stringer
19:41is a vein
19:42or fracture
19:43in the rock,
19:44mostly composed of quartz.
19:46It's also
19:47where valuable metals
19:48like gold
19:49can be trapped.
19:50So I'll get her up
19:52and go and have a look.
19:56There's a...
19:57There's something
19:59going on in there.
20:01All I know
20:02is the gold miner,
20:03it's soft.
20:04That is soft.
20:05That is hard.
20:07Gold can't go through that,
20:08but it can go through that.
20:11So that's what I'm chasing.
20:13If I'm right,
20:14I'm right.
20:14If I'm wrong,
20:14where are you?
20:20Come out,
20:20come out,
20:21wherever you are.
20:22At Scratchy Moo,
20:23Lee's taking out
20:25some pent-up frustration
20:26on the pick.
20:27His run-in with Donnie
20:29was ugly
20:29and unexpected.
20:32Nice.
20:33Look at the enthusiasm.
20:34I'm a bit excited.
20:36The gold is slow going,
20:38but they've hit an old mine shaft
20:40from the late 1800s.
20:42It's a promising sign.
20:46We are under
20:47old-timer workings
20:48and I did wonder
20:49whether they were from
20:50like shafts.
20:53Yeah,
20:53the old-timers took it.
20:54We know they only
20:54took a certain percentage.
20:55I've heard that
20:56they've only really
20:57got about 13%.
20:58Claremont's gold run
21:01began in 1861
21:03with the discovery
21:04of alluvial gold.
21:06The old-timers
21:07claim their fair share
21:08of the gold,
21:09but Lee's convinced
21:10there's millions
21:11of dollars worth
21:12left to be found.
21:13They didn't have
21:14the technology back then.
21:16Like,
21:16they're digging
21:17with picks
21:17and shovels
21:18and equipment
21:20that's broken.
21:21I'm convinced
21:22there's still
21:22a load of gold here.
21:25This is,
21:26bro,
21:26this is gold zone.
21:27This is proper gold zone.
21:33Ah-ha!
21:34Look at that.
21:36That's probably,
21:37yeah,
21:370.3,
21:380.4.
21:39Some days
21:40that's about
21:40the average size,
21:41which doesn't seem
21:43like a lot,
21:44but you keep
21:45putting them
21:45in the jar
21:46and they
21:46pay out, aren't they?
21:49In no time,
21:51Lee and Damo
21:52have pulled out
21:5215 grams of gold
21:54worth around
21:54$2,500.
21:55It's a little gold,
22:02but a lot of it
22:03that adds up.
22:05It's that big bit.
22:07Gold!
22:09You're on a winner.
22:10But gold's not
22:11the only thing
22:12the old-timers
22:13left behind.
22:16Look at these
22:16final two targets.
22:17What are you finding?
22:23Well,
22:24I found them,
22:24found them
22:25the biggest
22:26mega swarf
22:26I've ever found.
22:28Wow!
22:29Where's the tunnel?
22:30The old-timers
22:31have come through
22:32and taken what
22:32they've taken,
22:33but there's
22:34so much gold
22:35under here.
22:37There's more gold
22:38under here
22:39by far
22:39than what's been found,
22:41without a doubt.
22:47Team 1870
22:52is well behind
22:53schedule.
22:54Their 100-ounce
22:55season target
22:56is further away
22:57than ever.
22:58But there is
22:59some good news.
23:01What's going on?
23:03Dan's family
23:04has arrived.
23:07How you going?
23:08I brought you
23:09a new worker.
23:09Oh, true.
23:11So, Kira's
23:12a superhero.
23:13You know,
23:14we've got four kids.
23:16It's been so
23:17difficult for Dan
23:19because he's
23:20out here
23:20working from
23:22sunup to sundown,
23:23trying to get
23:25everything together
23:26so that it will work.
23:28Spent eight,
23:29nine months
23:30at a time
23:30away from the family
23:31and she's had
23:34to look after
23:34all of them.
23:36You make sure
23:36I'm set.
23:45Don't be right,
23:46mate.
23:46You're welcome.
23:47All right, bud.
24:00Let's lower it.
24:05This is going to be
24:06absolute
24:07no fun at all.
24:09The $50,000
24:10dry blower
24:11is finally
24:12back on the move.
24:13We good to go?
24:15We good to go, buddy.
24:16When it comes
24:19to trying
24:20to chase
24:20the gold,
24:21there's a lot
24:22of things
24:22that can happen
24:23and that's why
24:23not everyone
24:24does it.
24:25So,
24:25there's a lot
24:26of risk
24:26involved,
24:27but we'll
24:27get there
24:28and hopefully
24:28this will pay
24:29off quickly.
24:33Dan has
24:34400 metres
24:35of rough
24:36bush track
24:37to navigate
24:37to get
24:38to the
24:38processing site.
24:40Head a little
24:41bit to the
24:41left.
24:44Keep going
24:45left.
24:46I hope
24:46his welds
24:47hold up.
24:48So,
24:48I didn't think
24:48the dry blower
24:49getting down
24:50to the location
24:51would take
24:51two days.
24:52Two days,
24:53this has cost us
24:53a lot of money
24:54as well.
24:56That's it.
24:58This track
24:58is really
24:59gnarly.
25:00Hopefully,
25:01there's no more
25:01mistakes today,
25:03no more
25:03breakages.
25:04As soon as I
25:08start seeing
25:09the gold,
25:09I'll feel
25:10much better
25:10a bit
25:11the whole lot.
25:13Lift the
25:14forks a little.
25:15Dan needs
25:16to manoeuvre
25:17the dry blower
25:17through a sharp
25:18left turn
25:19before they're
25:20in the clear.
25:21They cannot
25:22afford any
25:23more disasters.
25:25Let's see
25:25if Dennis'
25:26welding holds
25:27on.
25:29Alright,
25:30to the right
25:31here,
25:31there's some
25:33holes I just
25:33fell into.
25:34so try and
25:35stick left
25:35if you can.
25:43Yeah,
25:44I've just
25:44got to be
25:44careful how
25:45I'm doing
25:45this.
25:46Going around
25:46this tree.
25:52Yeah,
25:52you're through
25:52the worst
25:53of it,
25:53mate.
25:57It's been
25:58an expensive
25:58and time
26:00consuming
26:00ordeal,
26:01but they've
26:02finally done
26:02it.
26:03I reckon
26:04worked pretty
26:05well there,
26:05man.
26:05I'm hoping
26:06it's that.
26:12Fine operating
26:13skills.
26:13Good job.
26:15Well done,
26:16babe.
26:16done.
26:18So getting the
26:21dry blower
26:21to site,
26:23it was a huge
26:24achievement in
26:25itself.
26:26It was like
26:26finally the hard
26:27work's starting
26:28to pay off.
26:31Dan's wasting
26:32no more time.
26:34He wants to run
26:34a few buckets of
26:35soil through the
26:36dry blower to test
26:37the grade of the
26:38pay dirt.
26:39It'll also tell
26:40them if the dry
26:41blower has been
26:42damaged in the
26:43move.
26:44If something is
26:45damaged,
26:46our whole
26:46production stops.
26:50That area there
26:51is where the gold
26:52should be sitting,
26:53right on that
26:53colour change
26:55there.
26:57That's where the
26:58gold should be
26:58sitting if it's
26:59going to be here,
27:00or anywhere up in
27:00here too,
27:01but right in that.
27:04At Swiss
27:04diggings,
27:05Donnie has
27:06deviated away
27:07from Dennis'
27:08mining plan.
27:16So before I
27:17left, I asked
27:17Donnie to go in
27:18a certain direction,
27:19and, you know,
27:20this is part of
27:21the parcel, I
27:22suppose, of him
27:22understanding my
27:23mining techniques.
27:24The boss has
27:25returned from his
27:26welding job at
27:271870.
27:30Hey!
27:31Ah, he's
27:32back.
27:32I don't want
27:34holes being
27:34jumped, and I
27:35don't want, you
27:36know, turning left
27:37and turning right
27:37and doing it to
27:38your own will.
27:39We need to sit
27:39down and discuss
27:40the reasons of
27:40why you're doing
27:41what you're doing.
27:42Dennis is a
27:43little bit different
27:43to me, because
27:44Dennis, you
27:45know, he
27:46obviously has the
27:47funds to put
27:48the diesel in
27:49the machine,
27:50whereas I've
27:51of the mindset
27:51of, you know,
27:52if you're not
27:52on the gold, go
27:53back to where
27:54you last found
27:55gold and try
27:57and find it
27:57again.
27:59How'd you go?
28:00You getting
28:00anything?
28:01Ah, no.
28:02I haven't got
28:03anything as yet.
28:05Why are you
28:05going that way?
28:08When we said
28:09to go this way?
28:10That's why I was
28:10waiting for you to
28:11ask me that.
28:11I, um, I made an
28:14executive decision.
28:17On your second
28:17day?
28:22Yep.
28:22Oh, it's working.
28:30I'm walking around
28:31a cart and seeing
28:32dig holes everywhere
28:33and, um, and it was
28:35very frustrating.
28:36One there, one there.
28:39At Scratchy Moo,
28:41Matt has discovered
28:42fresh dig holes in the
28:43cart.
28:45Yeah, someone stole
28:46that camera.
28:46Matt and his new
28:49header security
28:50Blue have set
28:51hidden cameras
28:52and tripwire
28:53alarms to try
28:54and catch the
28:55poachers out.
28:56Just a little
28:57tripwire.
28:59That's that to
29:00cowbells or, uh,
29:01some other
29:01early warning
29:02device.
29:03Matt wants to
29:04put a stop to
29:04the thieving.
29:06Yeah, this is, uh,
29:07one of our cameras.
29:08We have roughly
29:10ten at the moment.
29:10I bought another
29:11four, four the
29:12other day.
29:13So we're putting
29:14them everywhere.
29:14They've been sneaky
29:16and walked straight
29:16past the cameras
29:17and the cameras
29:18haven't caught them.
29:22You like where
29:23I've got the swag
29:23set up?
29:24Yeah, it's all right,
29:24matey.
29:25You can see all the
29:26way down here,
29:26see through the
29:27valley.
29:27Yep.
29:29Blue will camp
29:30out overnight to
29:31try and catch the
29:32poachers red-handed.
29:35Stealing off a
29:36mining lease is a
29:37criminal offence.
29:39I'm trying to catch
29:39the poachers.
29:40We've had enough
29:41of it, basically.
29:42Uh, reality is they
29:44shouldn't be there.
29:44If they don't know
29:45where they are,
29:46they shouldn't be
29:46there.
29:48But there's a
29:49hiccup.
29:50Man down.
29:51Sorry.
29:54Blue has a bad
29:56case of food
29:57poisoning.
29:59He's the toughest
30:00in the game.
30:01Look, he's still
30:01going, he's spewing.
30:02This bloke's
30:03tough as nails.
30:06Poor old Blue,
30:07he's got this
30:08succulent Chinese
30:09meal.
30:09The cameras
30:14haven't caught
30:15them, which
30:15were very close,
30:16and hopefully
30:16Blue gets, uh,
30:17gets some pictures
30:18and we can give
30:19them to the
30:19police.
30:20Prevent some of
30:21these thieving
30:21rats from taking
30:24money out of Matt's
30:24wallet.
30:25We've spent a lot
30:26of money to get
30:27to this point.
30:28A lot of blood,
30:28sweat and tears
30:29over three or four
30:30years.
30:31Matt needs hard
30:32evidence to take
30:33to the police.
30:34He's counting on
30:35Blue to come
30:36through with the
30:37proof.
30:39That's if he can
30:40make it through
30:40the night.
30:42I'll see you
30:43tomorrow, Blue.
30:44Right on, mate.
30:45All right, you
30:45get on to them.
30:47Good luck.
30:49Karma's a...
30:49I'm a big believer
30:50in karma, Blue.
30:52Oh, it's coming
30:52around.
30:53I reckon so.
31:01So they're going
31:02to dump it in the
31:03top there, and
31:04then it goes
31:05through these, like,
31:05little trays,
31:07and how does
31:08everything on the
31:08top just not
31:09fall off here?
31:10Team 1870 is
31:11about to discover
31:12if the dryblower
31:14works or not.
31:16With running the
31:17dryblower, there's
31:18a lot of moving
31:18parts, so stuff
31:19can always go
31:20wrong.
31:21So I'm
31:22absolutely...
31:24Yeah, I'm
31:25nervous.
31:27All right,
31:27buddy,
31:27do it.
31:28All right.
31:30Righty-o,
31:31mate, go for it.
31:32Biner up.
31:33Seeing the dryblower
31:48getting up and going
31:48was awesome.
31:50To see that first
31:51bucket of dirt go through
31:52there and actually see,
31:53well, hey, it sort of works.
31:55That was pretty exciting
31:56for me.
31:58Well, process some dirt,
31:59finally.
32:01Been waiting so long.
32:04Right now, I'm happy as a
32:05pig in, you know, like...
32:08Dryblowers are designed
32:09to separate heavy gold
32:11particles from dry soil.
32:14So the idea is to keep
32:15these beers equally full
32:17and never let them run
32:20dry.
32:22Well, that was running
32:23really nice.
32:24All the dirt's running
32:25beautifully over those
32:27riffles, so that's
32:29pretty cool.
32:31If Dan and Richie's
32:32calculations are correct,
32:34the dryblower should
32:35produce one to two ounces
32:37of gold a day worth
32:38$10,000.
32:40The plan is to turn over
32:42$70,000 of gold a week.
32:45Look, I was great to see
32:46the dryblower running,
32:47but the real thing that
32:49we want to find out is
32:50how much gold's in there.
32:54We're getting a bit of a
32:58plan together.
32:58We need to be sticking to
32:59this plan or we need to be
33:00talking to me about it.
33:01Well, I just figured I'm
33:02already in Rome, so I might
33:04as well go and see the
33:04Coliseum while I'm there.
33:07All right, eh?
33:08At Swiss Diggings,
33:10Dennis and Donnie's
33:11working relationship is
33:13being tested.
33:15Sounding all right?
33:16She's in the ground.
33:29Sounds good, Dennis.
33:32Sounds all right to me.
33:33Have a go at that.
33:50Holy.
33:52Hey, it's here.
33:55Isn't that colour, mate?
33:55Isn't that iron stone?
33:57Just redeem me self.
33:59Sort of.
34:00How good's that?
34:00If you get over half an
34:02ounce today, you're doing
34:03all right.
34:04Donnie's on a 40-60 split
34:06with Dennis.
34:07He'll need to keep the
34:09nuggets coming in big and
34:10fast if he wants to keep
34:12Dennis happy.
34:14If I can keep producing
34:15for him, he'll see the
34:16worth and, you know,
34:17everyone loves to get
34:18gold in their pocket.
34:22Oh.
34:24Ha, ha, ha!
34:25Oh, how good's that?
34:32Isn't that
34:33clawed, I think?
34:41All right, come on, baby.
34:43Oh.
34:45I think I can see it.
34:47Look at that.
34:49Ha, ha, ha!
34:50Ha, ha, ha!
34:54All right, that's about
34:55a few couple of grams,
34:56I love it when a plan
34:57comes together.
35:01Ha!
35:02Good job.
35:07All right, I might pass
35:08these out to you if that's
35:09cool.
35:10And if you just want to
35:11pour them in, so I'd
35:13probably pour it upside
35:14down.
35:15Yep.
35:16At 1870, it's been a
35:18successful first run for
35:20the dry blower, but the
35:22real test is how much
35:23gold has been caught in
35:25the ripple trace.
35:27That'll determine the
35:28gold reserve value of
35:29the land.
35:31I think I might get us a
35:32bigger bucket, eh?
35:33Yeah, that'd be good,
35:34because we're going to
35:34fill up full of gold.
35:36Dan's running three
35:37tonnes of dirt through
35:38the dry blower to test
35:39the ground.
35:42It's heavy.
35:43Yeah, my goal.
35:43Both of you.
35:44How much gold do you
35:46reckon we'll get out of
35:46this?
35:47I'd like to see at least
35:48two grams, you know.
35:50We'll see, hey?
35:53Richie wants 50% more.
35:57I need at least three
35:58grams of gold for those
36:00three buckets we put in
36:01there to see if this thing
36:02works properly.
36:08That's, uh, that's a
36:10good-sounding target.
36:11Holy...
36:12Still in the wall,
36:17byla.
36:19Yeah, little ripper.
36:22At Swiss Diggings,
36:23Donnie's miney instincts
36:24have paid off big time.
36:26Oh, that's not it there, is it?
36:44Holy...
36:46Come on!
36:52Come on!
36:54Oh, my!
36:58That's it.
37:01Holy...
37:02Have you ever waited this?
37:03Holy...
37:04Oh, look at that, mixed up in the clays.
37:11I think you've heard your stripes.
37:13Let's get it in the jar.
37:17It's a good problem to have, isn't it?
37:20Donnie's done it again.
37:22He's trumped his record nugget high.
37:2497.73 grams.
37:30How good is that?
37:34It's a $16,000 gold haul for Dennis and Donnie,
37:39capped off with a monster two-and-a-half-ounce nugget,
37:43valued at around $12,500.
37:46I don't get too many $16,000 days,
37:49and I don't think anyone does in the working industry.
37:51It's a pretty...
37:52It's a pretty rare thing to be pulling that out in a day.
37:57And then there's the two-and-a-half grand stitch-up
38:00for the welding job at $18,70.
38:02What bad, huh?
38:04I have to learn to weld.
38:05Remember?
38:08That brings Dennis' season tally to $170,000.
38:14Absolute cracking day.
38:15I'm well-deserved.
38:16Yeah, cheers.
38:16Well done again, mate.
38:17Cheers.
38:30So there's our tub of concentrates.
38:33That's out of all those trays.
38:35So I'm just going to do a quick pan, see how it goes.
38:41At $18,70, Richie and Kimberley
38:44are about to find out
38:45if their $1 million investment has potential.
38:49It's like bath water, isn't it?
38:51It's freezing.
38:52It'll be like my bath water tonight.
38:54If they can get three grams of gold now,
38:57it'll prove that Dan's estimate
38:59of one gram of gold per tonne of pay dirt is realistic.
39:03And if it is,
39:05this little mine might turn out
39:07to be a very big money spinner.
39:10A bit of a process.
39:11Oh, look, there you go.
39:11Here's some here.
39:14Nice.
39:14Oh, I took a bow.
39:15Oh, you hold that.
39:16There you go.
39:19That'd be about just over half a gram already,
39:22that I reckon.
39:23Nice colour.
39:27Oh, here's another bit.
39:28She's a specie too.
39:37So...
39:37Perfect warts.
39:38Hand it over.
39:38There is a...
39:39Look at the form.
39:40There's a little fine piece here.
39:42Seeing only that very small amount of dirt
39:45that we put through it
39:46enabled us to bring out that much gold.
39:50It seems like a little bit,
39:52but when you start doing the math,
39:53it's going to change our lives.
39:55Another one in.
39:56Holy...
39:56Oh, I like that one.
39:58I thought that was a sticker.
39:59No, no.
40:00Do you want to hold a bit?
40:01Yeah, of course.
40:04Well, we're running it over
40:05a couple of grams of tonnes,
40:07so I reckon.
40:08It was over what I was expecting,
40:10plus there was all the micrograms of gold in there.
40:14That got me really excited
40:16because now I know
40:17that the small gold that we're chasing is there.
40:21I must admit,
40:22I wasn't really expecting it to work that good.
40:25That four grams and the ultra-fines
40:27shows that we're going to be very successful.
40:30The verdict is in.
40:321870's ground is rich in gold.
40:35If they can keep the dry blower running
40:37and bring the wash plant online,
40:39they could supersize their output
40:41from four grams to four ounces a day.
40:45I'm over the moon.
40:46That's better than I was expecting.
40:48At Scratchy Moo,
40:56Sergeant Major Blue has survived the food poisoning
40:59and the overnight camp out.
41:01I was going to have the back end, the top end,
41:03but I just didn't sneeze, that's all.
41:05Yeah, it wasn't good.
41:07He didn't see any gold poachers,
41:09but Matt thinks Blue might have caught someone
41:12or something on one of the outlying hidden cameras.
41:15But there's this camera,
41:17I'm not sure if it's got any pictures on it
41:18because we take them home probably once a week individually
41:21and put them on the computer
41:23and then look at all the photos and the information.
41:31That's prime pay right there.
41:33Lee's in the final stages of negotiating
41:36to buy right next door to Scratchy Moo.
41:40Last thing he wants is someone stealing his gold.
41:44It's quite volatile.
41:46This whole industry is quite volatile.
41:47They're getting a lot of poachers here at the moment
41:49coming in at night time.
41:50Like, these people just want the gold.
41:52They're hungry for the gold.
41:56Here's a couple of shots of the poachers on our cameras
41:59that we're setting up down Valley of the Diggs.
42:01He's got photos of him, he's got pictures of his car,
42:03of his face.
42:05The poor bloke's in a bit of trouble.
42:08Recognisable, bloody patrol.
42:09Prospectus car, look at that.
42:09That's a...
42:10Chopped patrol with a bloody...
42:11Oh, full number play.
42:12Full number play.
42:13It's not going to take...
42:14Go to the cops, it's not going to take...
42:15We know that they're in there.
42:16So you've already sent these...
42:18This is the authorities, haven't you?
42:19Yeah, the cops already got them.
42:20Yeah, so Blue's done a treat.
42:22Yeah, yeah, Blue's done a good job.
42:23Cook guts and all.
42:24After he had his Chinese meal in town,
42:26he's bloody...
42:26Fixed him right up.
42:27Barley, Bally, his bloody...
42:28It must have been that military training
42:30that's given him all that hardness.
42:31He pushed through when it was coming out both ends.
42:34Helpful.
42:35He was crook.
42:36He was so crook.
42:38Oh, God.
42:39Anyway.
42:44Team Scratchy Moo remains in the winner's circle.
42:48They've hauled in seven ounces of gold for the week.
42:51That takes them to $275,000 worth of gold for the season.
42:58Do I think we'll get to 100 ounces?
43:01Yes, I think we'll get to 100 ounces.
43:02Pretty easy.
43:04Would I just get to 100 ounces and stop there?
43:06No.
43:07This stuff's worth $5,000 an ounce.
43:10There's only one winner here for the season.
43:12Next time...
43:14You ready, Kimber?
43:14Let's learn how to drive this thing.
43:16Kimberley gets on the tools with disastrous results.
43:22What am I doing?
43:24That area there, man, that's where I'll be going.
43:26Dennis and Donnie hatch a bold plan to peg new ground
43:30and send Lee packing.
43:33If these guys come in and gazump me, I'll be pissed.
43:36Why are you entertaining this idiot?
43:38Basically, I'm sick of diving into my own pockets
43:42to pay for everything.
43:43And Richie's Gold Coast gold sale takes a bizarre twist.
43:48We've scanned a lot of weird and wonderful things in our scanner,
43:50but never a gold nugget.
43:51Can he seal the deal and fire up his bank balance?
43:55The 24 grand ain't gonna cover.
43:57That's my absolute last and final offer.
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