1 00:00:01,827 --> 00:00:04,413 Narrator: ON THIS EPISODE OF "PARKER'S TRAIL"... 2 00:00:04,448 --> 00:00:08,344 OH, MY . ARE YOU KIDDING ME? 3 00:00:08,379 --> 00:00:10,620 Narrator: THE TEAM HEAD TO NORTH QUEENSLAND... 4 00:00:10,655 --> 00:00:11,862 Parker: HAVE WE COME TO THE RIGHT PLACE? 5 00:00:11,896 --> 00:00:14,344 Man: DEPENDS WHAT PLACE YOU LOOKING FOR. 6 00:00:14,379 --> 00:00:17,655 Narrator: ...IN SEARCH OF A CLAIM PARKER CAN MINE ON HIS OWN. 7 00:00:17,689 --> 00:00:19,034 I WANT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE LOTS OF MONEY. 8 00:00:19,068 --> 00:00:20,862 -Tyler: WOW. -Parker: HOLY COW. 9 00:00:20,896 --> 00:00:23,896 Danny: IT'S ALL REFLECTING ON YOUR FACE, PARKER. 10 00:00:23,931 --> 00:00:26,827 Narrator: BUT WITH TEMPERATURES AND TEMPERS RISING... 11 00:00:26,862 --> 00:00:28,827 I'M NOT OVERLY HAPPY WITH THIS SO FAR. 12 00:00:28,862 --> 00:00:30,827 I DON'T THINK PARKER IS EITHER. 13 00:00:30,862 --> 00:00:34,172 SHE'S NEW TO WORKING WITH ME, BUT THIS IS HORSE . 14 00:00:34,206 --> 00:00:37,931 Narrator: ...THE NEW PROSPECTING TEAM START TO FEEL THE PRESSURE. 15 00:00:37,965 --> 00:00:39,965 THE MINING DEPARTMENT. 16 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:41,931 IT'S JUST BULL . THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE. 17 00:00:41,965 --> 00:00:43,758 -TERRY! -OH, 18 00:00:45,827 --> 00:00:48,689 --Captions by VITAC-- www.vitac.com 19 00:00:48,724 --> 00:00:51,586 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 20 00:00:53,655 --> 00:00:57,000 OH, WOW. THIS LANDSCAPE'S CHANGING NOW, ISN'T IT? 21 00:00:57,034 --> 00:00:58,275 YEAH, IT'S GETTING REALLY DRY. 22 00:01:06,068 --> 00:01:08,034 HANG ON! BRACE FOR IMPACT! 23 00:01:08,068 --> 00:01:10,034 -WHOA! -OH! 24 00:01:10,068 --> 00:01:12,448 -OH, HOLY . 25 00:01:12,482 --> 00:01:17,275 -OH. OH. -OH, 26 00:01:17,310 --> 00:01:20,310 Narrator: PARKER SCHNABEL IS ON A LIFE-CHANGING MISSION 27 00:01:20,344 --> 00:01:25,000 TO FIND A CLAIM IN AUSTRALIA TO EXPAND HIS YUKON BUSINESS 28 00:01:25,034 --> 00:01:27,000 INTO A GLOBAL OPERATION. 29 00:01:27,034 --> 00:01:29,344 HELPING HIM ARE FRIENDS FRED, 30 00:01:29,379 --> 00:01:32,551 DANNY, AND NEW TEAM MEMBER TYLER MAHONEY. 31 00:01:32,586 --> 00:01:35,620 Tyler: I BASICALLY HAVE TO FIND HIM SOME GOOD GROUND. 32 00:01:35,655 --> 00:01:37,068 I'M HOPING TO USE MY CONTACTS 33 00:01:37,103 --> 00:01:38,862 AND MY LOCAL PROSPECTING KNOWLEDGE 34 00:01:38,896 --> 00:01:42,413 TO HELP FIND A BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY FOR PARKER. 35 00:01:42,448 --> 00:01:46,758 Narrator: IN VICTORIA, THE TEAM FOUND GROUND WITH MORE GOLD PER YARD 36 00:01:46,793 --> 00:01:50,206 THAN ANYTHING PARKER HAS SEEN IN THE YUKON, 37 00:01:50,241 --> 00:01:52,586 BUT TYLER BELIEVES THERE ARE RICHER CLAIMS 38 00:01:52,620 --> 00:01:55,034 FOR SALE FURTHER NORTH. 39 00:01:55,068 --> 00:01:58,206 NOW THEY'RE FOLLOWING THE OLD-TIMERS' GOLD TRAIL, 40 00:01:58,241 --> 00:02:02,310 2,000 MILES TO THE PALMER GOLDFIELDS IN QUEENSLAND, 41 00:02:02,344 --> 00:02:05,379 HOME OF THE 1873 GOLD RUSH. 42 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:09,620 I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE PALMER GOLDFIELDS, 43 00:02:09,655 --> 00:02:11,241 AND I THINK YOU'LL LIKE IT, PARKER, 44 00:02:11,275 --> 00:02:13,068 BECAUSE IT'S QUITE SIMILAR TO THE KLONDIKE. 45 00:02:13,103 --> 00:02:15,827 IT'S A GOLD-BEARING AREA WITH LOADS OF HISTORY. 46 00:02:15,862 --> 00:02:17,344 LOADS OF HISTORY. THERE WAS LIKE 47 00:02:17,379 --> 00:02:20,793 50,000 PEOPLE HERE IN THE FIRST GOLD RUSH IN THE 1870s. 48 00:02:20,827 --> 00:02:23,000 HOW MUCH GOLD DID THEY FIND? LOAD. 49 00:02:23,034 --> 00:02:25,551 -IS THAT METRIC OR STANDARD? -STANDARD. 50 00:02:29,655 --> 00:02:33,241 Narrator: IN 1873, PROSPECTOR JAMES MULLIGAN 51 00:02:33,275 --> 00:02:37,827 FOUND 102 OUNCES OF GOLD ON THE PALMER RIVER. 52 00:02:37,862 --> 00:02:39,689 IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, 53 00:02:39,724 --> 00:02:43,206 THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FLOODED THE REMOTE REGION. 54 00:02:43,241 --> 00:02:46,241 LIVING IN TENT CITIES, THEY USED HEAVY MACHINERY 55 00:02:46,275 --> 00:02:49,482 TO RECOVER 1 MILLION OUNCES OF GOLD 56 00:02:49,517 --> 00:02:54,034 WORTH $15 BILLION TODAY. 57 00:02:54,068 --> 00:02:57,000 I HAVE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH, BUT IT'S FRICKIN' HARD UP HERE. 58 00:02:57,034 --> 00:02:58,586 THERE'S NOT A LOT OF LEADS. 59 00:02:58,620 --> 00:03:00,620 THERE'S NOT A LOT OF GROUND AVAILABLE. IT'S ALL TIED UP. 60 00:03:00,655 --> 00:03:03,241 BUT I HAVE FOUND US A LEASE THAT IS FOR SALE. 61 00:03:03,275 --> 00:03:07,655 THE AD, IT SAYS, ABOUT 60 HECTARES OF GOLD-BEARING GRAVEL. 62 00:03:07,689 --> 00:03:11,034 -WHOA. -$110,000 NEGOTIABLE. 63 00:03:11,068 --> 00:03:14,896 THE LEASE IS FOR SALE BY A GUY CALLED JOHN WITHERS. 64 00:03:14,931 --> 00:03:17,620 MY ONLY CONCERN IS THAT I HAVEN'T ACTUALLY BEEN ABLE 65 00:03:17,655 --> 00:03:18,931 TO GET IN CONTACT WITH HIM. 66 00:03:18,965 --> 00:03:20,137 MYSTERIOUS. 67 00:03:20,172 --> 00:03:22,758 SO WE'RE JUST CHASING DOWN AN ONLINE AD? 68 00:03:22,793 --> 00:03:24,344 YEAH.WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT? 69 00:03:24,379 --> 00:03:26,172 YOU NEVER KNOW WHETHER AN AD LIKE THIS 70 00:03:26,206 --> 00:03:29,724 THAT YOU FIND ONLINE IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING FOR REAL 71 00:03:29,758 --> 00:03:33,068 OR SOMEBODY STAKES SOME GROUND IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE 72 00:03:33,103 --> 00:03:36,068 WITH NO GOLD ON IT AND IS JUST TRYING TO CON PEOPLE, RIGHT? 73 00:03:36,103 --> 00:03:38,206 IF IT'S NOT -- 74 00:03:38,241 --> 00:03:40,620 I MEAN, THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME PRESSURE ON TYLER HERE. 75 00:03:40,655 --> 00:03:42,758 SHE'S BASICALLY BROUGHT US ACROSS AUSTRALIA 76 00:03:42,793 --> 00:03:45,724 FOR AN ONLINE AD FOR A PIECE OF GROUND, 77 00:03:45,758 --> 00:03:47,827 SO HOPING IT'S FOR REAL. 78 00:03:53,206 --> 00:03:54,586 SO WE'RE GOING OFF-ROAD. 79 00:03:54,620 --> 00:03:56,827 -WE'RE GOING INTO THAT? -YEAH. 80 00:03:56,862 --> 00:03:59,137 OH, . 81 00:03:59,172 --> 00:04:01,379 IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BUMPY. HOLD ON. 82 00:04:03,034 --> 00:04:05,241 Narrator: THE REMOTE AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK 83 00:04:05,275 --> 00:04:07,896 IS ONE OF THE DRIEST PLACES ON EARTH, 84 00:04:07,931 --> 00:04:11,655 SPANNING OVER 2.2 MILLION SQUARE MILES. 85 00:04:11,689 --> 00:04:15,206 IT'S MORE THAN HALF THE SIZE OF THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES. 86 00:04:18,241 --> 00:04:19,793 TYLER, ARE THERE SNAKES OUT HERE? 87 00:04:19,827 --> 00:04:22,206 YEAH. HEAPS. GREAT. 88 00:04:22,241 --> 00:04:24,206 Narrator: THRIVING IN THE ARID LANDSCAPE, 89 00:04:24,241 --> 00:04:28,000 THE OUTBACK IS HOME TO SOME OF THE WORLD'S DEADLIEST SNAKES, 90 00:04:28,034 --> 00:04:30,551 INCLUDING THE INLAND TAIPAN. 91 00:04:30,586 --> 00:04:31,896 WITH JUST ONE BITE, 92 00:04:31,931 --> 00:04:35,413 IT RELEASES ENOUGH VENOM TO KILL A HUNDRED PEOPLE. 93 00:04:37,448 --> 00:04:38,896 THERE'S A HOUSE DOWN HERE. 94 00:04:38,931 --> 00:04:43,241 Danny: FEELS A BIT LIKE WE'RE IN THAT MOMENT IN A HORROR FILM 95 00:04:43,275 --> 00:04:45,344 WHERE WE'RE ABOUT TO GET MURDERED. 96 00:04:54,379 --> 00:04:56,586 OH, HELLO, ARE YOU JOHN? 97 00:04:58,275 --> 00:04:59,241 SORT OF? 98 00:04:59,275 --> 00:05:02,137 YEAH. SORRY -- 99 00:05:02,172 --> 00:05:03,551 -YOU'RE THE CARETAKER? -YEAH. 100 00:05:03,586 --> 00:05:04,793 -I'M PARKER. -PARKER. 101 00:05:04,827 --> 00:05:06,379 -I'M FRED. -WHAT WAS YOUR NAME? 102 00:05:06,413 --> 00:05:07,689 -JORDAN. -JORDAN, NICE TO MEET YOU. 103 00:05:07,724 --> 00:05:09,896 HEY, JORDAN. I'M DANNY. YOU DON'T SOUND LIKE 104 00:05:09,931 --> 00:05:11,862 YOU'RE FROM AUSTRALIA. WHERE ARE YOU FROM? 105 00:05:13,068 --> 00:05:14,137 -OH, COOL. -OH, WOW. 106 00:05:14,172 --> 00:05:15,827 OKAY. 107 00:05:15,862 --> 00:05:17,827 -YOU RAN AWAY? -YEAH. 108 00:05:19,103 --> 00:05:20,931 SORRY, SO YOU'RE CARETAKING FOR JOHN? 109 00:05:20,965 --> 00:05:22,137 -YES, ACTUALLY. -OKAY. 110 00:05:22,172 --> 00:05:23,206 WHERE'S JOHN? 111 00:05:24,862 --> 00:05:26,551 HE'S PLAYING POKER?YEAH. 112 00:05:29,758 --> 00:05:32,310 -ACTUALLY IN VEGAS? -YEAH. YEAH. 113 00:05:32,344 --> 00:05:34,448 Fred: WOW. 114 00:05:34,482 --> 00:05:36,413 DO YOU HAVE A MAP OF THE LEASE OR ANYTHING? 115 00:05:40,275 --> 00:05:42,896 OKAY. DO YOU KNOW ROUGHLY WHERE THE BOUNDARIES ARE? 116 00:05:42,931 --> 00:05:44,655 -YEP. -CAN YOU SHOW US? 117 00:05:47,448 --> 00:05:48,655 LET'S GET LOOKING. 118 00:05:58,172 --> 00:06:00,896 IS THIS EVEN LEGIT?I HAVE NO IDEA. 119 00:06:00,931 --> 00:06:03,482 I FEEL LIKE HE'S JUST A GUY LIVING IN A SHED, 120 00:06:03,517 --> 00:06:05,689 AND HE'S PUT AN AD FOR IT ON GUMTREE. 121 00:06:13,896 --> 00:06:15,448 Parker: DO YOU KNOW HOW FAR ROUGHLY? 122 00:06:17,482 --> 00:06:21,241 -OKAY. 123 00:06:21,275 --> 00:06:24,689 I'M NOT LOVING THIS. THIS IS BAD. 124 00:06:24,724 --> 00:06:26,137 I THOUGHT JOHNNY WITHERS WAS GOING TO BE HERE 125 00:06:26,172 --> 00:06:28,068 AND BE REALLY KNOWLEDGEABLE ON THE GROUND, 126 00:06:28,103 --> 00:06:31,034 BUT I LOOK LIKE AN IDIOT NOW BECAUSE THIS BLOKE'S HERE. 127 00:06:31,068 --> 00:06:32,862 NO MAPS, NO NOTHING. 128 00:06:32,896 --> 00:06:36,896 MY PLAN IS GOING TO . 129 00:06:39,448 --> 00:06:41,241 OH, MATE, LOOK AT THIS. 130 00:06:44,275 --> 00:06:46,275 DID YOU HEAR THAT? NO. 131 00:06:46,310 --> 00:06:47,724 THERE'S HEAPS OF CROCODILES, HE RECKONS. 132 00:06:47,758 --> 00:06:51,758 OH, . JUST IN CASE IT COULDN'T GET ANY WORSE. 133 00:06:59,655 --> 00:07:00,965 HOW BIG? 134 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:02,000 OH... 135 00:07:03,620 --> 00:07:05,482 WHAT DID YOU DO WITH THEM? 136 00:07:08,068 --> 00:07:09,137 GREAT. 137 00:07:11,137 --> 00:07:12,655 SO CAN WE DO SOME TESTING HERE?YEAH. 138 00:07:12,689 --> 00:07:15,172 WHATEVER YOU LIKE TO TEST. 139 00:07:15,206 --> 00:07:17,344 IF YOU WANT TO BRING THE TROMMEL DOWN AND SEE 140 00:07:17,379 --> 00:07:19,275 IF YOU CAN GET A ROUTE IN HERE, FRED. 141 00:07:19,310 --> 00:07:22,034 YEAH, JUST TELL ME WHERE YOU WANT IT. 142 00:07:22,068 --> 00:07:24,103 YEAH, I'M NOT OVERLY HAPPY WITH THIS SO FAR. 143 00:07:24,137 --> 00:07:25,482 I DON'T THINK PARKER IS EITHER. 144 00:07:25,517 --> 00:07:26,793 YEAH, I DON'T THINK PARKER IS AT ALL. 145 00:07:26,827 --> 00:07:28,620 I'M A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS. 146 00:07:28,655 --> 00:07:30,827 WHERE DID TYLER BRING US? 147 00:07:30,862 --> 00:07:32,965 SHE'S NEW TO WORKING WITH ME, AND I DON'T WANT TO GO 148 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:37,551 FULL PARKER ON HER RIGHT NOW, BUT THIS IS HORSE . 149 00:07:37,586 --> 00:07:39,000 Tyler: I'M A LITTLE BIT STRESSED. 150 00:07:39,034 --> 00:07:41,482 HOW ABOUT ME, PARKER, AND FRED, WE'LL GO AND START 151 00:07:41,517 --> 00:07:42,827 PULLING THE TROMMEL OFF.YEAH. 152 00:07:42,862 --> 00:07:44,344 AND YOU GO AND HAVE A CHAT WITH JORDAN. 153 00:07:44,379 --> 00:07:45,758 -YEAH. OKAY. -COME ON THEN. 154 00:07:45,793 --> 00:07:47,206 THERE'S LOTS OF QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED, HEY? 155 00:07:47,241 --> 00:07:48,275 MM. 156 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:54,000 HELLO. 157 00:07:54,034 --> 00:07:56,137 HELLO, HELLO. 158 00:07:56,172 --> 00:07:59,413 SO I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU SOME QUICK QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LEASE. 159 00:07:59,448 --> 00:08:02,241 I REALLY NEED ALL THE RED TAPE TO BE DONE, 160 00:08:02,275 --> 00:08:05,137 EVERYTHING TO BE CLEARED FOR US TO START MINING. 161 00:08:05,172 --> 00:08:07,068 SO PROBABLY MY FIRST QUESTION WOULD BE, 162 00:08:07,103 --> 00:08:09,793 HAS THERE BEEN A CULTURAL WALKTHROUGH? 163 00:08:11,275 --> 00:08:12,724 Narrator: CULTURAL WALKTHROUGHS 164 00:08:12,758 --> 00:08:15,724 ARE SITE INSPECTIONS REQUIRED BY LAW. 165 00:08:15,758 --> 00:08:18,034 THEY'RE CONDUCTED BY INDIGENOUS ELDERS 166 00:08:18,068 --> 00:08:21,793 TO PROTECT ANCIENT ARTIFACTS BEFORE LAND IS MINED. 167 00:08:21,827 --> 00:08:23,931 AS FAR AS I KNOW, 168 00:08:23,965 --> 00:08:25,827 BECAUSE THERE HASN'T BEEN A CULTURAL WALKTHROUGH DONE, 169 00:08:25,862 --> 00:08:27,241 WE CAN'T RUN MACHINERY. 170 00:08:30,862 --> 00:08:32,793 SO, YEAH, WE CAN TEST WITH DETECTORS AND PANNING, 171 00:08:32,827 --> 00:08:34,827 BUT WE CAN'T RUN A TROMMEL. 172 00:08:37,413 --> 00:08:40,551 OKAY. WELL, YEAH, I'M GOING TO GO CHAT TO PARKER 173 00:08:40,586 --> 00:08:42,896 ABOUT THE MINES DEPARTMENT AND THE TROMMEL. 174 00:08:44,758 --> 00:08:46,586 OH, YEAH. 175 00:08:46,620 --> 00:08:47,931 ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANKS FOR THAT. 176 00:08:47,965 --> 00:08:50,137 I'LL CHAT TO YOU IN A SECOND, OKAY? 177 00:08:51,827 --> 00:08:53,862 SO I JUST FOUND A NICE LITTLE SPOT OVER THERE. 178 00:08:53,896 --> 00:08:57,137 -OKAY. -TO SET THIS THING UP AT. 179 00:08:57,172 --> 00:09:00,413 Tyler: IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE CULTURAL WALKTHROUGHS DONE, 180 00:09:00,448 --> 00:09:03,000 BUT HE'S LIKE, " ALL THE RULES," 181 00:09:03,034 --> 00:09:04,862 WHICH YOU CAN'T DO IN THE MINING INDUSTRY. 182 00:09:04,896 --> 00:09:07,379 IT'S THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF FINES. 183 00:09:07,413 --> 00:09:10,137 READY? LET'S MOVE. 184 00:09:10,172 --> 00:09:13,793 UGH, I'M FEELING REALLY ANXIOUS TO TALK TO PARKER ABOUT THIS. 185 00:09:16,344 --> 00:09:18,655 -GUYS? -Parker: WHAT? 186 00:09:18,689 --> 00:09:20,586 I DON'T THINK WE CAN RUN THIS TROMMEL. 187 00:09:20,620 --> 00:09:22,379 -WHAT? -WHY NOT? 188 00:09:22,413 --> 00:09:23,827 WELL, I WAS JUST TALKING TO JORDAN, 189 00:09:23,862 --> 00:09:27,137 AND HE HASN'T HAD A CULTURAL WALKTHROUGH DONE. 190 00:09:27,172 --> 00:09:28,586 HE THINKS THAT YOU CAN RUN THE TROMMEL, 191 00:09:28,620 --> 00:09:29,655 BUT THE FOCUS IS MACHINERY. 192 00:09:29,689 --> 00:09:33,379 YOU CAN'T USE MACHINERY, I THINK. 193 00:09:33,413 --> 00:09:34,827 THIS IS HORSE . 194 00:09:34,862 --> 00:09:37,344 SORRY, GUYS. I UP. 195 00:09:40,482 --> 00:09:43,206 SO WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO HERE? 196 00:09:43,241 --> 00:09:46,241 I DO KNOW AN INDIGENOUS ELDER THAT WE COULD PROBABLY TALK TO 197 00:09:46,275 --> 00:09:48,482 ABOUT IT TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT. 198 00:09:48,517 --> 00:09:50,034 WHY DON'T WE JUST GO AHEAD AND DO THAT? 199 00:09:50,068 --> 00:09:51,482 Danny: YEAH, WE COULD SET UP CAMP. 200 00:09:51,517 --> 00:09:52,965 WE CAN DETECT AND WE CAN PAN, CORRECT? 201 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:55,344 YEAH, THAT'S ABOUT IT. 202 00:09:55,379 --> 00:09:57,000 YEAH. GOOD LUCK WITH THAT. 203 00:09:59,551 --> 00:10:01,965 I MEAN, I WAS KIND OF HOPING THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE 204 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:07,275 A SETBACK OF THIS SCALE QUITE SO EARLY ON IN THE TRIP. 205 00:10:07,310 --> 00:10:08,931 I THINK PARKER'S KIND OF HOLDING BACK A LITTLE BIT. 206 00:10:08,965 --> 00:10:11,793 I THINK HE'S PRETTY PISSED. 207 00:10:11,827 --> 00:10:13,586 THANKS, FRED. 208 00:10:21,517 --> 00:10:23,413 -GUYS? -Parker: WHAT? 209 00:10:23,448 --> 00:10:25,000 I DON'T THINK WE CAN RUN THIS TROMMEL. 210 00:10:25,034 --> 00:10:27,620 -WHAT? -THIS IS HORSE . 211 00:10:27,655 --> 00:10:30,344 Narrator: PARKER AND HIS TEAM ARE PROSPECTING A CLAIM 212 00:10:30,379 --> 00:10:34,379 IN QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA, BUT THEY'VE HIT A ROADBLOCK. 213 00:10:34,413 --> 00:10:36,413 THE OWNER DOESN'T HAVE A CRUCIAL PERMIT 214 00:10:36,448 --> 00:10:39,689 NEEDED TO PROPERLY TEST THE GROUND. 215 00:10:39,724 --> 00:10:42,482 IN AN ATTEMPT TO SALVAGE THE LOCATION, 216 00:10:42,517 --> 00:10:45,103 TYLER'S REACHED OUT TO A CONTACT OF HERS 217 00:10:45,137 --> 00:10:47,586 TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY LEEWAY. 218 00:10:47,620 --> 00:10:52,827 IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE HAD DONE A LITTLE BIT MORE DUE DILIGENCE. 219 00:10:52,862 --> 00:10:54,931 IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANY REAL SUCCESS HERE, 220 00:10:54,965 --> 00:10:57,758 IT'S GOING TO BE BECAUSE WE DO OUR HOMEWORK. 221 00:10:57,793 --> 00:10:59,931 I'LL MAKE SURE IT JUST HAPPEN AGAIN. 222 00:10:59,965 --> 00:11:01,310 GOOD. 223 00:11:17,413 --> 00:11:19,413 -OH, . -WHAT'S GOING ON? 224 00:11:23,689 --> 00:11:25,724 Narrator: FRED AND DANNY CAN ONLY SURFACE MINE 225 00:11:25,758 --> 00:11:27,862 WITH PANS AND DETECTORS 226 00:11:27,896 --> 00:11:31,517 UNTIL THEY GET WORD THEY CAN USE THE TROMMEL. 227 00:11:31,551 --> 00:11:33,172 DO YOU KNOW WHAT? 228 00:11:33,206 --> 00:11:34,896 I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY GOLD HERE. 229 00:11:45,344 --> 00:11:46,344 COME ON, FRED. 230 00:11:52,551 --> 00:11:54,827 -HOW'S SHE LOOKING, JORDAN? -OH... 231 00:11:56,241 --> 00:11:57,344 OH, YEAH? 232 00:12:01,413 --> 00:12:03,172 -DANNY? -YO. 233 00:12:03,206 --> 00:12:04,206 UM... 234 00:12:05,310 --> 00:12:06,724 NO, I DON'T THINK SO. 235 00:12:09,379 --> 00:12:12,827 SECRET'S OUT, JORDAN. WE'RE NOT VERY GOOD AT PANNING. 236 00:12:12,862 --> 00:12:14,241 Fred: I SURE HOPE THAT TYLER AND PARKER 237 00:12:14,275 --> 00:12:17,206 ARE HAVING MORE LUCK FINDING INFORMATION THAN WE ARE GOLD. 238 00:12:22,793 --> 00:12:24,758 ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO. 239 00:12:24,793 --> 00:12:26,413 Narrator: TYLER AND PARKER ARE MEETING 240 00:12:26,448 --> 00:12:30,517 JOHN MURISON, AN EXPERT IN CULTURAL WALKTHROUGHS. 241 00:12:30,551 --> 00:12:31,931 YEAH, G'DAY. TYLER, GOOD TO SEE YOU. 242 00:12:31,965 --> 00:12:33,310 I'M PARKER. 243 00:12:33,344 --> 00:12:34,724 PARKER, NICE TO MEET YOU, MATE.NICE TO MEET YOU TOO. 244 00:12:34,758 --> 00:12:36,655 WE JUST WANTED TO BASICALLY HAVE A CHAT 245 00:12:36,689 --> 00:12:38,862 ABOUT CULTURAL WALKTHROUGHS AND WHAT'S INVOLVED. 246 00:12:38,896 --> 00:12:40,827 -YOU DO THOSE, DON'T YOU? -WE CERTAINLY DO. 247 00:12:40,862 --> 00:12:43,551 ONCE YOU'VE EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN A MINING LEASE, 248 00:12:43,586 --> 00:12:45,620 I'LL GET SOME TRADITIONAL OWNERS TO WALK OVER IT 249 00:12:45,655 --> 00:12:48,758 AND TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY SIGNIFICANT CULTURAL ARTIFACTS. 250 00:12:48,793 --> 00:12:51,655 BECAUSE OUR CULTURE'S A BROKEN CULTURE. 251 00:12:51,689 --> 00:12:54,827 IT'S BEEN SMASHED THROUGH COLONIZATION 252 00:12:54,862 --> 00:12:57,172 AND SO ANY LITTLE REMNANTS THAT WE CAN GET, 253 00:12:57,206 --> 00:12:59,931 WE CAN PASS ON THAT KNOWLEDGE TO OUR YOUNGER GENERATIONS. 254 00:12:59,965 --> 00:13:03,206 AND IF YOU DO FIND THAT, IS IT AN EXCLUSION ZONE? 255 00:13:03,241 --> 00:13:05,586 YES. THE MINER WON'T BE ABLE TO GO ANYWHERE NEAR IT 256 00:13:05,620 --> 00:13:07,896 FOR 50 METERS. 257 00:13:07,931 --> 00:13:10,448 Narrator: ABORIGINAL COMMUNITIES HAVE LIVED IN AUSTRALIA 258 00:13:10,482 --> 00:13:14,000 FOR AT LEAST 60,000 YEARS. 259 00:13:14,034 --> 00:13:18,517 CULTURAL WALKTHROUGHS SAFEGUARD SURVIVING ANCIENT ARTIFACTS 260 00:13:18,551 --> 00:13:22,517 AND ROCK PAINTINGS FROM ANY MINING DAMAGE. 261 00:13:22,551 --> 00:13:23,586 YEAH, WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT SOME GROUND 262 00:13:23,620 --> 00:13:25,517 THAT IT HADN'T BEEN DONE ON IT. 263 00:13:25,551 --> 00:13:27,206 SO, DOES THAT MEAN YOU CAN'T USE MACHINERY 264 00:13:27,241 --> 00:13:29,275 IF THAT HASN'T BEEN APPROVED? 265 00:13:29,310 --> 00:13:32,103 YEAH. IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT SIMPLY HAS TO BE DONE. 266 00:13:33,965 --> 00:13:36,137 Narrator: GETTING CULTURAL WALKTHROUGH CLEARANCE 267 00:13:36,172 --> 00:13:37,931 CAN TAKE MONTHS, 268 00:13:37,965 --> 00:13:40,137 TIME PARKER DOESN'T HAVE. 269 00:13:40,172 --> 00:13:42,517 WELL, I THINK THAT REALLY PUTS A NAIL IN THE COFFIN 270 00:13:42,551 --> 00:13:44,862 FOR JOHN WITHERS' PIECE OF GROUND. 271 00:13:44,896 --> 00:13:46,931 100%. WE NEED A PIECE OF LAND 272 00:13:46,965 --> 00:13:49,724 THAT WE CAN START MINING ON, LIKE, ASAP. 273 00:13:56,000 --> 00:14:01,620 AND SO CONTINUES THE WORST TESTING OPERATION 274 00:14:01,655 --> 00:14:04,482 EVER IN HISTORY. 275 00:14:04,517 --> 00:14:07,413 Narrator: WITH NO LUCK PANNING, GOLD MINING GREENHORNS 276 00:14:07,448 --> 00:14:10,724 FRED AND DANNY TURN THEIR HANDS TO DETECTING. 277 00:14:10,758 --> 00:14:13,793 MATE, THERE'S A FEW NUGGETS DOWN THERE, LOOK. 278 00:14:19,724 --> 00:14:21,482 HAVE YOU DETECTED THIS BIT BEFORE? 279 00:14:21,517 --> 00:14:23,103 -NO. -OH, REALLY? 280 00:14:23,137 --> 00:14:26,310 SO THIS IS A BIT OF VIRGIN DETECTING WE'RE DOING? 281 00:14:26,344 --> 00:14:27,551 YEAH.PRETTY COOL. 282 00:14:27,586 --> 00:14:30,344 SHUT UP. GET OUT. 283 00:14:33,655 --> 00:14:36,137 WHAT THE IS THAT? 284 00:14:36,172 --> 00:14:39,482 JORDAN, PLEASE PULL OUT A MASSIVE NUGGET. 285 00:14:39,517 --> 00:14:41,310 YEAH, YOU GOT IT. 286 00:14:43,586 --> 00:14:45,448 AH.COPPER WIRE? 287 00:14:45,482 --> 00:14:47,482 STUPID THING. 288 00:14:51,793 --> 00:14:57,172 IF I WAS IN VEGAS, I'D SAY OUR ODDS ARE ABOUT 70-1. 289 00:14:57,206 --> 00:14:59,206 DEFINITELY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET RICH. 290 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:02,275 Both: OH. 291 00:15:02,310 --> 00:15:03,620 OH, OH. 292 00:15:05,172 --> 00:15:07,620 PROBABLY A BEER TIN OR SOMETHING. 293 00:15:07,655 --> 00:15:08,758 HERE? 294 00:15:08,793 --> 00:15:12,103 NO, THERE. TOWARDS YOU. YEAH, YEAH. 295 00:15:14,482 --> 00:15:16,482 HOLY ! HEY! 296 00:15:16,517 --> 00:15:18,448 -OH, MY ! -WHAT THE IS THIS? 297 00:15:18,482 --> 00:15:21,551 -ARE YOU KIDDING ME? -SHUT UP! 298 00:15:23,275 --> 00:15:26,931 HOLY ! 299 00:15:26,965 --> 00:15:29,172 -SHUT THE UP! -OH, MY GOD! 300 00:15:29,206 --> 00:15:31,931 OH, YOU'RE KIDDING. 301 00:15:36,655 --> 00:15:40,068 THAT'S MASSIVE. LET ME FEEL THAT. MATE. 302 00:15:40,103 --> 00:15:41,275 THAT WAS IN THE DIRT. IT'S DIRTY. 303 00:15:41,310 --> 00:15:43,137 THAT IS A BIG LUMP OF GOLD. 304 00:15:43,172 --> 00:15:44,172 UNBELIEVABLE. 305 00:15:47,724 --> 00:15:50,137 HEY, JORDAN, DO YOU NOT WANT TO SELL THE LAND ANYMORE? 306 00:15:50,172 --> 00:15:53,551 -NO. 307 00:15:53,586 --> 00:15:55,068 YES, MATE. 308 00:15:56,413 --> 00:15:57,586 I WON'T -- I WON'T LET GO OF IT. 309 00:15:57,620 --> 00:15:59,620 OH, THAT IS AMAZING. WOW. 310 00:16:13,655 --> 00:16:15,586 -WELL, GUYS? -HOW'D IT GO? 311 00:16:15,620 --> 00:16:17,379 I DON'T KNOW. YOU GUYS CATCH US DINNER YET? 312 00:16:17,413 --> 00:16:18,655 Fred: WORKING ON IT. 313 00:16:18,689 --> 00:16:21,310 ON THE MINING FRONT, WE'VE GOT BAD NEWS. 314 00:16:21,344 --> 00:16:22,448 UH... 315 00:16:22,482 --> 00:16:24,137 WE'RE PRETTY WELL DEAD IN THE WATER HERE. 316 00:16:24,172 --> 00:16:25,448 OH, REALLY? 317 00:16:25,482 --> 00:16:27,275 THEY HAVEN'T GOT THE PROPER CLEARANCES, 318 00:16:27,310 --> 00:16:29,137 AND WITHOUT THAT, WE CAN'T MINE IT. 319 00:16:29,172 --> 00:16:31,413 -Danny: SO THIS IS A NO-GO? -YEAH. YEAH. UNFORTUNATELY. 320 00:16:31,448 --> 00:16:32,931 OH, . 321 00:16:32,965 --> 00:16:35,103 IT'S A BUMMER THAT WE CAN'T MINE HERE. 322 00:16:35,137 --> 00:16:38,586 -Parker: WHY? -THIS IS WHAT WE FOUND. 323 00:16:38,620 --> 00:16:40,655 OH, WOW. 324 00:16:40,689 --> 00:16:41,896 SERIOUSLY?YES! 325 00:16:41,931 --> 00:16:43,827 DID YOU ACTUALLY...YES! 326 00:16:43,862 --> 00:16:47,000 SO I SUPPOSE THE PLUS SIDE IS, I MEAN, 327 00:16:47,034 --> 00:16:49,724 THE GROUND IS GOOD AROUND HERE. DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? 328 00:16:49,758 --> 00:16:52,172 IT'S LIKE, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN THE RIGHT AREA. 329 00:16:52,206 --> 00:16:53,758 Parker: I GUESS THERE'S GOLD HERE. 330 00:17:05,965 --> 00:17:07,896 Danny: THAT'S A CROC. 331 00:17:07,931 --> 00:17:10,137 THERE'S ANOTHER ONE RIGHT OVER THERE. 332 00:17:11,724 --> 00:17:12,965 OH. 333 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:14,931 DID IT JUST DISAPPEAR?IT JUST WENT LIKE THIS. 334 00:17:14,965 --> 00:17:17,689 WHOOP. AND THERE'S ANOTHER ONE RIGHT UP THERE. 335 00:17:17,724 --> 00:17:19,551 OH, MY . EVERYWHERE. 336 00:17:21,793 --> 00:17:25,206 WELL, THAT WAS A BIT OF A ROLLER COASTER OF A DAY. 337 00:17:25,241 --> 00:17:28,758 I UP COMPLETELY WITH THE... 338 00:17:28,793 --> 00:17:30,551 JOHN WITH HIS LEASE. 339 00:17:30,586 --> 00:17:32,379 I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M DELIVERING 340 00:17:32,413 --> 00:17:35,241 AND PRODUCING WHAT I SAID I WOULD PRODUCE. 341 00:17:35,275 --> 00:17:38,241 NEVER EXPECTED TO COME BACK TO FRED AND DANNY 342 00:17:38,275 --> 00:17:41,241 HAVING FOUND A PRETTY DECENT SIZED GOLDEN NUGGET. 343 00:17:41,275 --> 00:17:42,482 THERE'S OBVIOUSLY GOLD IN THIS AREA, 344 00:17:42,517 --> 00:17:47,758 SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN FIND SOME MORE OF IT 345 00:17:47,793 --> 00:17:49,482 SOMEPLACE WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY MINE. 346 00:18:00,517 --> 00:18:01,724 GOOD MORNING. 347 00:18:03,758 --> 00:18:07,655 THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE WORST NIGHTS' SLEEP 348 00:18:07,689 --> 00:18:10,655 I'VE HAD IN A LONG TIME. 349 00:18:10,689 --> 00:18:12,793 I WAS WORRIED ABOUT CROCODILES, 350 00:18:12,827 --> 00:18:16,241 I WAS WORRIED OLD-TIMEY MINERS COMING TO STEAL MY NUGGET. 351 00:18:18,310 --> 00:18:21,689 Narrator: PARKER AND HIS TEAM WAKE UP TO A MINING BUST. 352 00:18:21,724 --> 00:18:24,344 THE LEASE TYLER FOUND LACKS CLEARANCE. 353 00:18:24,379 --> 00:18:28,413 RUNNING EVEN THEIR TEST TROMMEL MEANS RISKING HEAVY FINES. 354 00:18:28,448 --> 00:18:29,965 Parker: TYLER SEEMS SMART, 355 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:32,241 BUT IF SHE'S GOING TO MAKE IT THROUGH THIS WHOLE TRIP, 356 00:18:32,275 --> 00:18:35,931 WE'VE GOT TO FIND ACTUAL VIABLE PIECES OF PROPERTY. 357 00:18:35,965 --> 00:18:38,517 Tyler: WE DEFINITELY DO NOT HAVE TIME TO BE STUFFING AROUND 358 00:18:38,551 --> 00:18:41,586 WITH RED TAPE. WE NEED TO FIND GOOD GROUND 359 00:18:41,620 --> 00:18:44,310 THAT'S READY TO MINE AND TEST NOW. 360 00:18:44,344 --> 00:18:45,931 SO I DO HAVE SOMETHING TEED UP. 361 00:18:45,965 --> 00:18:48,482 TODAY WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE FITZGERALDS. 362 00:18:48,517 --> 00:18:49,793 THEY'RE THE BIGGEST MINING OPERATION 363 00:18:49,827 --> 00:18:51,000 IN THE PALMER GOLDFIELDS, 364 00:18:51,034 --> 00:18:52,655 SO I'M HOPING THAT IT'S A GOOD LEAD 365 00:18:52,689 --> 00:18:54,655 AND I'M GOING TO REDEEM MYSELF. 366 00:18:58,034 --> 00:19:00,310 Narrator: TO FIND THE FITZGERALDS' LAND, 367 00:19:00,344 --> 00:19:04,000 THE TEAM NEEDS TO DRIVE 55 MILES WEST 368 00:19:04,034 --> 00:19:07,551 ON DIRT ROADS DEEP INTO THE REMOTE OUTBACK. 369 00:19:12,482 --> 00:19:14,724 WHAT ARE THESE FITZGERALDS GOING TO BE LIKE? 370 00:19:14,758 --> 00:19:17,310 THEY'RE THE ONLY PEOPLE IN THIS AREA 371 00:19:17,344 --> 00:19:19,793 THAT ARE DOING A DECENT SIZED MINING OPERATION 372 00:19:19,827 --> 00:19:20,896 AND THEY'RE GETTING A LOT OF GOLD. 373 00:19:20,931 --> 00:19:22,000 YEAH. 374 00:19:22,034 --> 00:19:23,586 BUT THEY'RE A BIG FAMILY OPERATION, 375 00:19:23,620 --> 00:19:25,793 SO THEY DON'T TRUST ANYONE OUTSIDE THEIR FAMILY. 376 00:19:25,827 --> 00:19:26,896 Fred: THAT MAKES SENSE. 377 00:19:26,931 --> 00:19:29,068 YEAH, AND THEN CHUCK GOLD IN THE MIX. 378 00:19:29,103 --> 00:19:30,206 Danny: YEAH, OF COURSE.MM. 379 00:19:35,793 --> 00:19:38,103 -Fred: SOUTHERN CROSS MINE SITE. -Danny: HERE WE GO. 380 00:19:53,551 --> 00:19:54,931 HAVE WE COME TO THE RIGHT PLACE? 381 00:19:54,965 --> 00:19:56,206 -WOW! -OH! 382 00:19:56,241 --> 00:19:58,137 YEAH. IT DEPENDS WHAT PLACE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. 383 00:19:58,172 --> 00:20:00,206 ARE YOU GUYS THE FITZGERALDS? 384 00:20:00,241 --> 00:20:02,241 YEAH. WHAT ARE YOU DOING OUT HERE? 385 00:20:02,275 --> 00:20:04,517 WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOU GUYS. 386 00:20:04,551 --> 00:20:08,379 SEE IF THERE'S ANY GROUND AVAILABLE FOR US TO TEST 387 00:20:08,413 --> 00:20:10,620 AND MAYBE DO SOME MINING ON. 388 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:15,206 THERE'S ALWAYS GROUND AVAILABLE, EH? 389 00:20:15,241 --> 00:20:17,379 YEAH, IT'S ALL A MATTER OF WHO'S GOT IT, RIGHT? 390 00:20:17,413 --> 00:20:19,724 IT'S ALL A MATTER OF WHO GOT IT AND WHO YOU WANT HAVING IT. 391 00:20:19,758 --> 00:20:21,517 IT'S THE SAME THING IN THE YUKON. 392 00:20:21,551 --> 00:20:25,310 YEAH, I KNOW THE STORY. AND IS THERE SOME GOLD OUT HERE? 393 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:29,310 WE WOULDN'T STILL BE HERE IF THERE WAS NO GOLD. 394 00:20:29,344 --> 00:20:31,482 RIGHT. I THINK THAT MEANS WE'VE PROBABLY COME 395 00:20:31,517 --> 00:20:33,275 TO THE RIGHT PLACE, IF YOU'LL HAVE US? 396 00:20:33,310 --> 00:20:34,793 WE'LL SEE. 397 00:20:34,827 --> 00:20:39,310 WANT TO HAVE A LOOK AROUND?I'D LOVE TO. YEAH. 398 00:20:39,344 --> 00:20:43,620 Narrator: JACK AND CHERYL ARE HEAD OF THE FITZGERALD FAMILY. 399 00:20:43,655 --> 00:20:47,241 THEY OWN MORE CLAIMS THAN ANYONE ELSE IN THE AREA 400 00:20:47,275 --> 00:20:50,827 AND HAVE OVER 30 RELATIVES WORKING THEIR MINES. 401 00:20:50,862 --> 00:20:54,620 IT'S A STRICTLY FAMILY-ONLY BUSINESS. 402 00:20:54,655 --> 00:20:57,103 WE'VE BEEN MINING IN HERE FOR 27 YEARS NOW. 403 00:21:04,586 --> 00:21:06,206 AND HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN SET UP HERE? 404 00:21:23,137 --> 00:21:25,862 IT DEFINITELY FEELS LIKE THEY'RE NOT MASSIVELY COMFORTABLE 405 00:21:25,896 --> 00:21:27,758 WITH THIS SITUATION, WOULD YOU AGREE? 406 00:21:27,793 --> 00:21:30,413 Parker: YEAH. I'M SURE THAT THERE'S A BIT OF A QUESTION MARK 407 00:21:30,448 --> 00:21:32,517 OF WHAT OUR INTENTIONS ARE HERE, 408 00:21:32,551 --> 00:21:36,689 BUT FIGURING OUT WHO TO TRUST ON BOTH SIDES IS DIFFICULT. 409 00:21:36,724 --> 00:21:38,068 SO I'M COMING HERE 410 00:21:38,103 --> 00:21:40,000 TO REALLY ASSESS PIECES OF PROPERTY FOR MYSELF 411 00:21:40,034 --> 00:21:42,586 AND NOT JUST TAKING PEOPLE'S WORDS FOR IT. 412 00:21:42,620 --> 00:21:44,827 JUST WANT TO LEARN WHAT THEY DO, 413 00:21:44,862 --> 00:21:46,172 SEE WHAT KIND OF GOLD IS IN THE GROUND 414 00:21:46,206 --> 00:21:48,172 AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY OPPORTUNITY FOR US. 415 00:21:52,172 --> 00:21:54,551 Narrator: MINING THIS LAND WOULD BE A LOT LIKE 416 00:21:54,586 --> 00:21:57,448 MINING AT HOME FOR PARKER. 417 00:21:57,482 --> 00:22:00,000 1.7 BILLION YEARS AGO, 418 00:22:00,034 --> 00:22:04,275 A SUPER CONTINENT KNOWN AS NUNA BEGAN TO BREAK APART 419 00:22:04,310 --> 00:22:06,551 AND FORM NEW LANDSCAPES. 420 00:22:06,586 --> 00:22:08,448 OVER A HUNDRED MILLION YEARS, 421 00:22:08,482 --> 00:22:11,379 ONE PIECE OF LAND DRIFTED FROM NORTH AMERICA 422 00:22:11,413 --> 00:22:13,413 AND ATTACHED TO AUSTRALIA, 423 00:22:13,448 --> 00:22:16,931 FORMING PART OF NORTH QUEENSLAND, 424 00:22:16,965 --> 00:22:19,862 MEANING THE ROCK FORMATION AND MINING METHODS 425 00:22:19,896 --> 00:22:22,862 ARE ALMOST IDENTICAL TO PARKER'S. 426 00:22:22,896 --> 00:22:27,758 THE ADDED BONUS, THE PALMER GOLDFIELDS DON'T FREEZE. 427 00:22:27,793 --> 00:22:29,793 YEAH, IT'S PRETTY NICE TO ACTUALLY COME SOMEPLACE 428 00:22:29,827 --> 00:22:33,413 WHERE THERE'S, LIKE, A LOT OF SIMILARITIES 429 00:22:33,448 --> 00:22:35,448 TO WHAT WE DO IN THE YUKON. 430 00:22:35,482 --> 00:22:37,931 THIS IS FAIRLY SIMILAR BEDROCK. 431 00:22:37,965 --> 00:22:40,068 BUT THE LACK OF PERMAFROST 432 00:22:40,103 --> 00:22:42,965 PROBABLY MAKES IT A LOT CHEAPER MINING. 433 00:22:48,241 --> 00:22:49,862 TIME FOR CLEANUP. 434 00:22:56,034 --> 00:22:59,103 SO IS THERE MUCH, LIKE, REALLY FINE FLOUR GOLD HERE? 435 00:23:08,827 --> 00:23:09,862 OH, YEAH. 436 00:23:09,896 --> 00:23:11,206 HEY, PARKER, HAVE A LOOK AT THIS ONE. 437 00:23:11,241 --> 00:23:12,896 JUMP IN THERE AND HAVE A LOOK AT . 438 00:23:12,931 --> 00:23:14,275 Tyler: OH, ! 439 00:23:16,448 --> 00:23:17,793 THAT'S FULL OF GOLD. 440 00:23:20,310 --> 00:23:21,620 -WHAT DO YOU RECKON, GUYS? -YEAH, THAT'S GOOD. 441 00:23:21,655 --> 00:23:24,068 -IT'S LOOKING GOOD. -YEP. 442 00:23:24,103 --> 00:23:27,724 Danny: LOOK AT THAT. OH, WOW. 443 00:23:27,758 --> 00:23:30,655 IT'S ALL REFLECTING ON YOUR FACE PARKER, THERE. 444 00:23:30,689 --> 00:23:32,413 IT MAKES ME MISS MY GRANDMA'S PLACE 'CAUSE 445 00:23:32,448 --> 00:23:35,344 THAT'S THE LAST TIME I SEEN ANY KIND OF COARSE GOLD. 446 00:23:35,379 --> 00:23:38,689 ONE DAY IN PARTICULAR WE WOULD HAVE LIKE 45 OUNCES IN NUGGETS, 447 00:23:38,724 --> 00:23:40,655 LIKE A LOT OF IT THAT SIZE AND BIGGER. 448 00:23:40,689 --> 00:23:41,689 -WOW. -WHOO! 449 00:23:41,724 --> 00:23:43,310 -HE WAS PUMPED. 450 00:23:45,655 --> 00:23:48,241 Danny: PARKER IS VERY MUCH AFTER A PIECE OF LAND 451 00:23:48,275 --> 00:23:51,448 THAT HE CAN WORK WHEN IT'S TOO COLD BACK IN THE YUKON. 452 00:23:51,482 --> 00:23:54,931 AND IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS AN AMAZING BIT OF LAND. 453 00:23:54,965 --> 00:23:56,931 LOOK AT THAT. 454 00:23:56,965 --> 00:23:59,758 OURS IS ONLY LIKE BETWEEN 81 AND 84 PURE. 455 00:23:59,793 --> 00:24:01,689 Cheryl: 98%.WOW. 456 00:24:01,724 --> 00:24:05,241 IT'S ONE OF THE PUREST GOLD IN THE WORLD, RIGHT. 457 00:24:05,275 --> 00:24:08,517 RIGHT NOW I'M PICKING THAT HE'S SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS SPOT. 458 00:24:08,551 --> 00:24:10,689 OH, YEAH. I TOTALLY AGREE. 459 00:24:10,724 --> 00:24:12,413 Parker: SO IS THAT A PRETTY NORMAL DAY, 460 00:24:12,448 --> 00:24:14,379 ABOVE AVERAGE, BELOW AVERAGE?EH, THAT'S NORMAL. 461 00:24:14,413 --> 00:24:16,275 -PRETTY NORMAL. -NORMAL, YEAH. 462 00:24:16,310 --> 00:24:18,482 THAT'S A GOOD NORMAL. 463 00:24:18,517 --> 00:24:20,551 THEY'VE GOT PILES OF GOLD, 464 00:24:20,586 --> 00:24:22,793 BUT IT'S ONE THING TO SHOW US THEIR OPERATION, 465 00:24:22,827 --> 00:24:25,551 BUT IT'S ANOTHER THING TO BE ABLE TO TEST IT PROPERLY. 466 00:24:25,586 --> 00:24:28,172 SO YEAH, I'LL BE INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT THE FINAL TOTAL IS 467 00:24:28,206 --> 00:24:30,137 AND THEN START TALKING TO THEM ABOUT GROUND. 468 00:24:37,965 --> 00:24:41,206 SO WHAT NUMBER ARE WE LOOKING FOR THAT MAKES YOU FEEL 469 00:24:41,241 --> 00:24:42,655 LIKE THIS IS GOING TO BE A GOOD... 470 00:24:42,689 --> 00:24:44,931 COMPARABLE GROUND WISE?YEAH. 471 00:24:44,965 --> 00:24:47,241 WELL, OUR GROUND WOULD NORMALLY AVERAGE 472 00:24:47,275 --> 00:24:50,137 ABOUT AN OUNCE PER HUNDRED YARDS. 473 00:24:50,172 --> 00:24:53,655 Narrator: THE FITZGERALDS RAN 500 YARDS OF PAY DIRT. 474 00:24:53,689 --> 00:24:56,344 TO BE AS GOOD AS PARKER'S YUKON CLAIM, 475 00:24:56,379 --> 00:24:59,034 THEY NEED FIVE OUNCES OF GOLD. 476 00:24:59,068 --> 00:25:00,655 7.2. 477 00:25:05,724 --> 00:25:07,793 Narrator: FOR EVERY HUNDRED YARDS, 478 00:25:07,827 --> 00:25:11,172 THEY MAKE ALMOST $700 MORE THAN PARKER, 479 00:25:11,206 --> 00:25:14,620 PLUS NO EXTRA COST STRIPPING PERMAFROST. 480 00:25:14,655 --> 00:25:15,896 Parker: AFTER SEEING ALL THAT, 481 00:25:15,931 --> 00:25:17,724 I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD STICK AROUND 482 00:25:17,758 --> 00:25:20,517 FOR A BIT AND TEST SOME GROUND OUT. 483 00:25:22,620 --> 00:25:24,241 I'M SURE WE CAN. 484 00:25:24,275 --> 00:25:25,620 THAT'D BE GREAT. 485 00:25:25,655 --> 00:25:27,448 I AM REALLY INTERESTED IN THIS AREA, 486 00:25:27,482 --> 00:25:28,965 BUT WE ARE A LITTLE HOMELESS. 487 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:31,413 I WAS WONDERING IF IT'S ALL RIGHT IF WE CAN CAMP OUT HERE. 488 00:25:31,448 --> 00:25:34,172 YEAH, ALL THE MINERS DO, YEAH, $5 A HEAD. 489 00:25:37,275 --> 00:25:38,344 -CHEERS, GUYS. -CHEERS. 490 00:25:38,379 --> 00:25:39,931 -THANKS. -CHEERS. CHEERS. 491 00:25:39,965 --> 00:25:41,379 CHEERS. 492 00:25:41,413 --> 00:25:43,172 PHEW! MIND BLOWN, RIGHT? 493 00:25:43,206 --> 00:25:44,862 I MEAN, NOT ONLY IS THERE GOLD HERE, 494 00:25:44,896 --> 00:25:47,137 BUT THERE'S REALLY GOOD GOLD. 495 00:25:48,172 --> 00:25:49,793 Tyler: WOW. 496 00:25:49,827 --> 00:25:51,379 Parker: HOLY COW. 497 00:25:51,413 --> 00:25:54,206 Tyler: WAS A BIT OF A CRAPPY START TO THE PALMER GOLDFIELDS, 498 00:25:54,241 --> 00:25:57,137 WITH THE JOHN WITHERS LEASE, BUT THIS GROUND'S AMAZING. 499 00:25:57,172 --> 00:25:59,931 IT'S ACTUALLY A VIABLE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY. 500 00:25:59,965 --> 00:26:02,379 Parker: WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO PROBE THIS ONE, 501 00:26:02,413 --> 00:26:06,344 BUT IN THE YUKON, I HAVE FOUND THIS BEFORE, 502 00:26:06,379 --> 00:26:10,034 WHERE GETTING ON GOOD GROUND IN A FAMILY LIKE THIS 503 00:26:10,068 --> 00:26:12,482 IS REALLY DIFFICULT. 504 00:26:12,517 --> 00:26:14,034 THEY'RE GOLD MINERS. 505 00:26:14,068 --> 00:26:16,103 THEY DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP GOOD GROUND. 506 00:26:27,137 --> 00:26:28,896 -Danny: TYLER. -YEAH? 507 00:26:28,931 --> 00:26:32,172 CAN YOU COME OVER HERE? PUT A LITTLE GAME PLAN TOGETHER? 508 00:26:32,206 --> 00:26:34,344 SURE. 509 00:26:34,379 --> 00:26:35,965 Narrator: PARKER AND HIS TEAM 510 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:38,172 ARE STAYING WITH THE FITZGERALDS, 511 00:26:38,206 --> 00:26:41,620 A FAMILY WITH 600 ACRES OF GOLD-MINING PROPERTY 512 00:26:41,655 --> 00:26:44,275 IN THE PALMER GOLDFIELDS. 513 00:26:44,310 --> 00:26:45,827 I'D LIKE TO START GETTING A FEEL FOR WHAT IT IS, 514 00:26:45,862 --> 00:26:47,793 AND TEST AS MUCH OF IT AS WE CAN. 515 00:26:47,827 --> 00:26:49,034 Fred: OKAY. 516 00:26:49,068 --> 00:26:51,241 SO I HAD A CHAT WITH JACK AND CHERYL THIS MORNING, 517 00:26:51,275 --> 00:26:52,965 AND THEIR SON TERRY HAS AN OPERATION CALLED 518 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:55,862 8 MILE THAT TYLER AND FRED, 519 00:26:55,896 --> 00:26:57,482 I WAS HOPING THAT YOU GUYS COULD GO CHECK OUT. 520 00:26:57,517 --> 00:26:58,931 SOUNDS GOOD. 521 00:26:58,965 --> 00:27:00,758 AND DAN AND I ARE GOING TO TAKE THE TROMMEL 522 00:27:00,793 --> 00:27:03,275 OVER TO ANOTHER SPOT THAT THEY'VE GOT. 523 00:27:03,310 --> 00:27:06,034 -AND WE'RE GOING TO MINE? -YEAH. 524 00:27:06,068 --> 00:27:08,724 I NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE. THAT'S GOING TO BE GOOD. 525 00:27:11,758 --> 00:27:14,103 Narrator: TO DETERMINE IF THERE IS ENOUGH GOOD GROUND 526 00:27:14,137 --> 00:27:18,482 TO EXPAND HIS BUSINESS, THE TEAM SPLIT UP. 527 00:27:18,517 --> 00:27:19,689 -THAT'S GOOD. -GOOD? 528 00:27:19,724 --> 00:27:20,862 YEAH. 529 00:27:20,896 --> 00:27:22,103 Narrator: PARKER AND DANNY MEET 530 00:27:22,137 --> 00:27:24,793 WITH JACK AND CHERYL AT A POSSIBLE LEASE. 531 00:27:24,827 --> 00:27:28,103 BUT UNLIKE THE VIRGIN GROUND PARKER'S USED TO MINING, 532 00:27:28,137 --> 00:27:30,137 THE SITE'S BEEN WORKED ALREADY. 533 00:27:30,172 --> 00:27:32,689 -IS THERE SOME GOLD HERE? -YEAH. 534 00:27:32,724 --> 00:27:34,517 HOPEFULLY. 535 00:27:34,551 --> 00:27:35,655 JACK SAYS THERE IS. 536 00:27:35,689 --> 00:27:37,172 IF JACK SAYS THERE IS, THERE IS. 537 00:27:37,206 --> 00:27:39,103 GOOD. 538 00:27:39,137 --> 00:27:42,344 Cheryl: THIS AREA HERE, SLEEPY HOLLOW, WE HAVE MINED IT, 539 00:27:42,379 --> 00:27:44,758 BUT WE BROUGHT PARKER HERE BECAUSE IT'S A GOOD WAY 540 00:27:44,793 --> 00:27:47,482 TO PICK UP GOLD AFTER THE WET SEASON. 541 00:27:47,517 --> 00:27:49,931 OH, YEAH. LOOK AT THAT. 542 00:27:49,965 --> 00:27:51,517 Narrator: BETWEEN NOVEMBER AND APRIL, 543 00:27:51,551 --> 00:27:53,172 THE MONSOON SEASON BRINGS 544 00:27:53,206 --> 00:27:57,275 OVER THREE FEET OF RAIN TO THIS AREA, 545 00:27:57,310 --> 00:28:02,172 TURNING THE NOW DUSTY ROADS INTO TURBULENT CREEKS. 546 00:28:02,206 --> 00:28:05,137 WATER WASHES GOLD DOWN FROM THE HILLS, 547 00:28:05,172 --> 00:28:07,724 WHICH GETS CAUGHT IN CRACKS AND CREVICES, 548 00:28:07,758 --> 00:28:10,793 CREATING MOTHER NATURE'S OWN SLUICE SPOTS. 549 00:28:10,827 --> 00:28:15,379 WHEN THE CREEK BED DRIES, THE GOLD CAN BE MINED. 550 00:28:15,413 --> 00:28:19,448 EVERY WET SEASON, THE PROCESS REPEATS, IN THEORY, 551 00:28:19,482 --> 00:28:24,000 LEAVING NEW GOLD FOR THE TAKING YEAR AFTER YEAR. 552 00:28:24,034 --> 00:28:26,655 THERE'S TWO THINGS THAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS, 553 00:28:26,689 --> 00:28:29,724 IS IT PROFITABLE AND IS IT SCALABLE? RIGHT? 554 00:28:29,758 --> 00:28:31,448 YOU GOT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE MONEY 555 00:28:31,482 --> 00:28:36,000 AND I WANT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE LOTS OF MONEY. 556 00:28:36,034 --> 00:28:37,793 ROCK AND ROLL. 557 00:28:37,827 --> 00:28:39,931 MATE, I MIGHT GIVE UP THE CAMERA WORK AND JUST DO THIS. 558 00:28:39,965 --> 00:28:42,137 -UM... -I'M GOING TO GO TO TONY BEETS, 559 00:28:42,172 --> 00:28:43,517 SEE IF HE'LL HIRE ME. 560 00:28:43,551 --> 00:28:46,000 I THINK THAT WOULD BE A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE FOR YOU. 561 00:28:47,724 --> 00:28:52,241 AWAY SHE GOES! 562 00:28:52,275 --> 00:28:53,517 COME ON. 563 00:29:00,103 --> 00:29:01,724 HOW'S IT GOING, TERRY?HEY. HEY, FRED. 564 00:29:01,758 --> 00:29:03,068 HOW ARE YOU, MATE?PRETTY GREAT. 565 00:29:03,103 --> 00:29:05,620 Narrator: FIVE MILES NORTHEAST, TYLER AND FRED 566 00:29:05,655 --> 00:29:08,862 LOOK INTO ANOTHER CLAIM RUN BY TERRY FITZGERALD, 567 00:29:08,896 --> 00:29:11,793 BUT THIS HAS ALSO BEEN PREVIOUSLY MINED. 568 00:29:11,827 --> 00:29:15,517 FROM RUNNING TAILINGS THROUGH FROM PEOPLE OF YESTERYEAR. 569 00:29:15,551 --> 00:29:17,241 SO WHAT, THEY MISSED A BIT OF GOLD, DID THEY? 570 00:29:17,275 --> 00:29:20,000 YEAH. WELL, I THINK THEY PUT TOO MANY YARDS THROUGH, 571 00:29:20,034 --> 00:29:21,965 YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET THE BIG GOLD, 572 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:25,896 TRYING TO GET A LOT OF IT, AND THEY LOSE THE FINER. 573 00:29:25,931 --> 00:29:27,620 Narrator: TAILINGS ARE THE WASTE ROCKS 574 00:29:27,655 --> 00:29:32,310 OF OLD MINERS, WHICH TERRY REPROCESSES TO FIND MISSED GOLD. 575 00:29:32,344 --> 00:29:35,413 IT'S NOT AN OPERATION PARKER RUNS IN THE YUKON, 576 00:29:35,448 --> 00:29:37,655 BUT WITH NO NEED TO STRIP GROUND, 577 00:29:37,689 --> 00:29:41,241 IT'S CHEAP MINING, IF GOOD GOLD CAN BE FOUND. 578 00:29:41,275 --> 00:29:43,206 Tyler: AND YOU'RE DOING ALL RIGHT RUNNING TAILINGS? 579 00:29:43,241 --> 00:29:45,517 -YEAH, WE DO PRETTY WELL. -WHO'S HELPING YOU? 580 00:29:45,551 --> 00:29:47,241 -ME. -IT'S A SINGLE MAN OPERATION? 581 00:29:47,275 --> 00:29:49,689 SINGLE MAN OPERATION. KEEP THE COSTS LOW, 582 00:29:49,724 --> 00:29:52,793 BUT I CAN CERTAINLY PUT YOU ONTO A FEW LITTLE JOBS. 583 00:29:54,965 --> 00:29:57,275 JUMP RIGHT IN HERE, MATE. AND WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO DO, 584 00:29:57,310 --> 00:29:59,793 ANY ROCKS THAT ARE CAUGHT THERE, PUSH THEM INTO THE TROMMEL. 585 00:29:59,827 --> 00:30:02,655 LET'S DO IT. I'M READY.I'LL GO AND GET A BUCKET. 586 00:30:04,448 --> 00:30:07,275 MY CONCERN IS THAT HE'S USING LEFTOVERS. 587 00:30:07,310 --> 00:30:09,068 IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I'M USED TO DOING. 588 00:30:09,103 --> 00:30:10,931 I LIKED HITTING THE VIRGIN GROUND, 589 00:30:10,965 --> 00:30:13,448 BUT LOOK, APPARENTLY TERRY'S FINDING GOLD IN IT, 590 00:30:13,482 --> 00:30:15,620 SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO STICK AROUND AND SEE IF HE DOES. 591 00:30:25,931 --> 00:30:28,689 ABOUT 120 DEGREES. 592 00:30:28,724 --> 00:30:31,758 120 DEGREES WE'RE LOOKING AT. 593 00:30:31,793 --> 00:30:34,620 I CAN'T HOLD THE SHOVEL ON THE END. 594 00:30:34,655 --> 00:30:36,586 THAT BIT'S TOO HOT. 595 00:30:36,620 --> 00:30:40,034 THAT'S WHY THEY GOT WOODEN SHOVELS, I GUESS. 596 00:30:40,068 --> 00:30:42,758 Narrator: WITH CREEK WATER WASHING THROUGH ANNUALLY, 597 00:30:42,793 --> 00:30:46,172 THE TOPSOIL IS VERY SHALLOW, AND HARD BEDROCK 598 00:30:46,206 --> 00:30:48,310 SITS CLOSE TO THE SURFACE. 599 00:30:48,344 --> 00:30:50,724 THIS STUFF IS, LIKE, PRETTY COMPACTED. 600 00:30:50,758 --> 00:30:52,931 IT'S DEFINITELY NOT SOMETHING 601 00:30:52,965 --> 00:30:54,758 YOU SHOULD TRY TO DO WITH A SHOVEL. 602 00:30:57,413 --> 00:31:00,793 REALISTICALLY, HOW MANY YARDS DO YOU THINK WE NEED TO RUN A BIT? 603 00:31:00,827 --> 00:31:02,655 WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO TWO. 604 00:31:02,689 --> 00:31:05,206 THAT'S LIKE A YARD WIDE, 605 00:31:05,241 --> 00:31:08,517 A YARD THAT WAY, AND THEN, LIKE, HOW DEEP? 606 00:31:08,551 --> 00:31:10,068 REALLY FAR. 607 00:31:12,206 --> 00:31:13,620 YEAH, A YARD THAT WAY. 608 00:31:13,655 --> 00:31:15,620 NO, A YARD BY A YARD BY YARD. 609 00:31:15,655 --> 00:31:19,206 A YARD DEEP? OH, OFF, MATE. 610 00:31:26,103 --> 00:31:28,172 -DUDE. -COMING! 611 00:31:29,620 --> 00:31:31,206 THAT'S JACKIE RAY. 612 00:31:39,896 --> 00:31:41,137 -HOW'S IT GOING? -OH, GOOD! 613 00:31:41,172 --> 00:31:42,448 PROBABLY BETTER THAN US. 614 00:31:42,482 --> 00:31:44,172 DO YOU THINK YOU COULD JUST SCOOP ALL THAT STUFF UP 615 00:31:44,206 --> 00:31:46,517 AND BACK IT UP RIGHT NEXT TO THE FEEDER? 616 00:31:46,551 --> 00:31:48,206 -YEAH. -THANKS, MAN. 617 00:31:54,827 --> 00:31:56,551 OH, MAN. 618 00:31:56,586 --> 00:31:59,068 THAT IS MAKING VERY SHORT WORK 619 00:31:59,103 --> 00:32:01,965 OF WHAT WE WERE MAKING VERY HARD WORK OUT OF. 620 00:32:04,275 --> 00:32:06,931 WICKED! THANKS, MAN. 621 00:32:13,620 --> 00:32:15,620 THAT'S MORE LIKE IT, ISN'T IT? 622 00:32:21,586 --> 00:32:23,586 Narrator: WITH HELP FROM JACKIE RAY'S LOADER, 623 00:32:23,620 --> 00:32:26,793 PARKER AND DANNY PUSH TWO YARDS OF CREEK BOTTOM DIRT 624 00:32:26,827 --> 00:32:29,344 THROUGH THEIR TROMMEL IN UNDER AN HOUR. 625 00:32:33,241 --> 00:32:35,137 -TIME FOR A CLEANUP. 626 00:32:35,172 --> 00:32:38,896 Narrator: IN THE YUKON, PARKER TURNS A PROFIT MINING PAY DIRT 627 00:32:38,931 --> 00:32:42,482 WORTH $15 TO $20 PER YARD. 628 00:32:42,517 --> 00:32:46,413 HERE, WITHOUT THE ADDED COST OF REMOVING PERMAFROST, 629 00:32:46,448 --> 00:32:47,965 ANYTHING NEAR THAT AMOUNT 630 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:50,862 WOULD PRODUCE A MUCH HIGHER PROFIT MARGIN. 631 00:32:50,896 --> 00:32:52,655 THAT LOOKS GOOD, DOESN'T IT? 632 00:32:52,689 --> 00:32:54,931 I MEAN, THERE'S DEFINITELY GOLD IN HERE. 633 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:03,310 WHOO! IT'S A LOT MORE LABOR-INTENSIVE 634 00:33:03,344 --> 00:33:04,758 THAN I WAS EXPECTING. 635 00:33:04,793 --> 00:33:07,413 IT'S LIKE ROWING IN MUD. 636 00:33:07,448 --> 00:33:09,724 Narrator: AT TERRY FITZGERALD'S CLAIM, 637 00:33:09,758 --> 00:33:14,413 FRED AND TYLER ARE THREE HOURS INTO TESTING THE OLD TAILINGS. 638 00:33:14,448 --> 00:33:15,586 I DON'T HAVE ANY TIME TO BREAK, 639 00:33:15,620 --> 00:33:17,413 'CAUSE IF THESE ROCKS GET CLOGGED, 640 00:33:17,448 --> 00:33:20,862 PAY DIRT'S NOT GOING THROUGH, SO... 641 00:33:20,896 --> 00:33:22,758 IT'S CONSTANT. WE JUST GOT TO KEEP GOING. 642 00:33:33,862 --> 00:33:36,206 -TERRY! -OH, ! 643 00:33:49,793 --> 00:33:52,931 SO, TYLER AND PARKER, THIS IS A GREEN ANTS' NEST. 644 00:33:52,965 --> 00:33:55,586 WE'LL JUST KNOCK AND SEE IF ANYONE'S HOME. 645 00:33:55,620 --> 00:33:58,000 Narrator: FOR MORE THAN 60,000 YEARS, 646 00:33:58,034 --> 00:34:00,413 THE ABORIGINAL COMMUNITIES OF AUSTRALIA 647 00:34:00,448 --> 00:34:03,724 HAVE DEVELOPED HUNDREDS OF BUSH MEDICINES. 648 00:34:03,758 --> 00:34:07,172 WHAT WE USE THESE FOR IS FLU TREATMENT. 649 00:34:07,206 --> 00:34:09,896 YOU GET THE WHOLE NEST AND MASH IT UP IN A BILLY CAN 650 00:34:09,931 --> 00:34:12,551 AND THEN SIP IT LIKE A LEMSIP. 651 00:34:12,586 --> 00:34:14,241 WOW.THEY GET ANGRY, DON'T THEY? 652 00:34:14,275 --> 00:34:15,931 MM.YEAH. THEY'RE FEISTY. 653 00:34:15,965 --> 00:34:17,172 AH! 654 00:34:17,206 --> 00:34:19,793 Narrator: GREEN ANTS HAVE A SHARP CITRUS TASTE 655 00:34:19,827 --> 00:34:22,344 AND CAN BE BOILED IN WATER, CRUSHED, 656 00:34:22,379 --> 00:34:26,551 AND INHALED LIKE A VAPOR RUB, OR EATEN ALIVE. 657 00:34:26,586 --> 00:34:28,379 TASTES LIKE LEMON.YEAH. 658 00:34:28,413 --> 00:34:29,620 I THINK ONE BIT ME IN THE MOUTH. 659 00:34:29,655 --> 00:34:30,931 MM. 660 00:34:30,965 --> 00:34:32,310 MMM! 661 00:34:32,344 --> 00:34:33,862 JUST BITE HIM BACK. 662 00:34:42,517 --> 00:34:46,586 WHOO! IT'S A LOT MORE LABOR- INTENSIVE THAN I WAS EXPECTING. 663 00:34:48,793 --> 00:34:51,931 Narrator: TO DETERMINE IF THE FITZGERALD FAMILY'S MINE SITE 664 00:34:51,965 --> 00:34:54,413 IS AS RICH AS THEY SAY IT IS, 665 00:34:54,448 --> 00:34:58,586 FRED AND TYLER ARE RUNNING 185 YARDS OF TAILINGS. 666 00:35:05,310 --> 00:35:08,034 -TERRY! -OH, ! 667 00:35:13,965 --> 00:35:15,344 IT JUST -- 668 00:35:16,896 --> 00:35:18,137 I JUST GOTTA GO AND FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON. 669 00:35:18,172 --> 00:35:20,206 SHUT THE MOTOR DOWN, MATE. SHUT THE MOTOR DOWN. 670 00:35:23,724 --> 00:35:24,896 LET'S GO. 671 00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:29,689 I DON'T THINK ANYTHING WENT INSIDE OF IT TO HURT IT 672 00:35:29,724 --> 00:35:31,448 OR ANYTHING -- IT JUST STOPPED. 673 00:35:31,482 --> 00:35:33,517 RIGHT. 674 00:35:33,551 --> 00:35:35,000 OOH. 675 00:35:35,034 --> 00:35:38,068 FEEL IT, FRED. IT'S HOT. BEARINGS AND PINS COME UP. 676 00:35:38,103 --> 00:35:39,448 AH!IS THAT A BAD THING? 677 00:35:39,482 --> 00:35:41,241 REALLY BAD? YEAH! 678 00:35:41,275 --> 00:35:44,620 Narrator: THE TROMMEL'S CYLINDER ROTATES USING A GUIDE WHEEL 679 00:35:44,655 --> 00:35:47,448 HELD IN PLACE BY A LARGE STEEL PIN. 680 00:35:47,482 --> 00:35:48,931 WHEN THE PIN COMES LOOSE, 681 00:35:48,965 --> 00:35:51,620 THE WHEEL CAN FALL OUT OF POSITION, 682 00:35:51,655 --> 00:35:53,896 CAUSING THE TROMMEL TO JAM. 683 00:35:53,931 --> 00:35:56,655 IF THE MOTOR ISN'T SHUT DOWN IMMEDIATELY, 684 00:35:56,689 --> 00:35:59,896 IT WILL DAMAGE THE DRIVESHAFT AND OVERHEAT, 685 00:35:59,931 --> 00:36:04,310 RESULTING IN HEFTY REPAIR BILLS AND LOST RUNNING TIME. 686 00:36:04,344 --> 00:36:05,896 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT THAT PIN BACK DOWN. 687 00:36:05,931 --> 00:36:07,931 WE'VE GOT TO GET IT MOVING PRETTY QUICK 688 00:36:07,965 --> 00:36:11,344 SO WE CAN GET THE GOLD GOING BACK OUT THE OTHER END. 689 00:36:11,379 --> 00:36:12,965 IF YOU CAN PUT A BIT OF PRESSURE ON... 690 00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:14,310 GOT IT. 691 00:36:14,344 --> 00:36:15,965 ...AND I'LL JUST SEE IF I CAN MAYBE MOVE THE PIN 692 00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:18,965 AND IT MIGHT FALL IN, YOU KNOW? 693 00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:20,965 NO! NOT YET, EH? 694 00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:23,172 I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S MOVING. IT'S JUST KIND OF... 695 00:36:23,206 --> 00:36:26,034 AHH! 696 00:36:30,275 --> 00:36:32,241 WELL, THEY DON'T SEEM TO BE RUNNING. 697 00:36:37,620 --> 00:36:40,620 I SEE IT MOVING A LITTLE. IT'S MOVING. 698 00:36:40,655 --> 00:36:42,551 WHOO-HOO-HOO! OH, YEAH! 699 00:36:42,586 --> 00:36:46,000 WE GOT THAT PIN! 700 00:36:46,034 --> 00:36:48,896 HOW'S IT GOING, DUDE? YOU GUYS BREAKING STUFF? 701 00:36:48,931 --> 00:36:50,103 I THINK IT WAS FRED. 702 00:36:50,137 --> 00:36:52,655 -YEAH. I USUALLY BLAME FRED. 703 00:36:52,689 --> 00:36:54,620 SO WHAT'S HAPPENED, PARKER, 704 00:36:54,655 --> 00:36:57,827 THE PIN DISLODGED AND GONE UP, WHICH STOPPED THE TROMMEL. 705 00:36:57,862 --> 00:37:00,000 -DOES IT KEEP KICKING OUT? -YEAH, IT DOES. 706 00:37:00,034 --> 00:37:02,586 WE'VE HAD THAT KIND OF STUFF HAPPEN BEFORE, AND... 707 00:37:02,620 --> 00:37:04,034 -YEAH. -I MEAN, IT'S A BUSH FIX, 708 00:37:04,068 --> 00:37:05,793 BUT YOU COULD JUST THROW A WELD OVER IT. 709 00:37:05,827 --> 00:37:07,206 YOU KNOW, WHAT DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT? 710 00:37:07,241 --> 00:37:09,275 LET'S GET HER WELDED UP, EH, TERRY. 711 00:37:09,310 --> 00:37:12,137 Narrator: WITH SPARE PARTS THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY... 712 00:37:12,172 --> 00:37:13,827 ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, CLEAR. 713 00:37:13,862 --> 00:37:16,068 ...JUST LIKE IN THE YUKON, 714 00:37:16,103 --> 00:37:18,517 OUTBACK MINERS NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO QUICK 715 00:37:18,551 --> 00:37:21,758 BUSH FIXES OR FACE COSTLY SHUTDOWNS. 716 00:37:27,241 --> 00:37:28,241 -EXCELLENT. -YEAH. 717 00:37:28,275 --> 00:37:29,448 -DONE. -OH, NICE. 718 00:37:29,482 --> 00:37:31,000 LET'S TRY TO START IT, EH? 719 00:37:33,034 --> 00:37:34,241 HEY, OH! 720 00:37:35,586 --> 00:37:36,862 YEE-HEE-HEE! 721 00:37:38,413 --> 00:37:40,103 NICE JOB, TERRY. 722 00:37:40,137 --> 00:37:41,172 THANKS, GUYS. 723 00:37:41,206 --> 00:37:42,965 LET'S GET MINING, EH?YEAH. 724 00:37:55,689 --> 00:37:57,482 YOU KNOW, REALLY, THIS IS A COOL LITTLE SETUP. 725 00:37:57,517 --> 00:38:02,344 LIKE, TERRY MUST SPEND NO MONEY DOING THIS. 726 00:38:02,379 --> 00:38:04,482 THERE WOULD BE NOTHING WRONG WITH IN THE OFF-SEASON 727 00:38:04,517 --> 00:38:05,896 FINDING SOME GROUND 728 00:38:05,931 --> 00:38:10,758 THAT YOU SPENT AN OUNCE A DAY AND TRY TO FIND TEN, 729 00:38:10,793 --> 00:38:12,482 THAT'D BE A PRETTY GOOD WAY TO SPEND THE WINTER. 730 00:38:15,137 --> 00:38:16,827 I THINK TERRY'S JUST ABOUT TO SHUT DOWN. 731 00:38:16,862 --> 00:38:18,206 BUT BEFORE THEN, 732 00:38:18,241 --> 00:38:19,965 THERE'S ONE LAST FINAL MESSAGE FOR YOU. 733 00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:21,517 -NO! NO! -AH! 734 00:38:21,551 --> 00:38:24,551 WHAT THE ? 735 00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:29,172 FRED! YES! 736 00:38:32,068 --> 00:38:33,137 SHUT DOWN! 737 00:38:35,310 --> 00:38:37,448 ONCE WE GET THE NUMBERS AND WE SEE WHAT WE GOT FOR GOLD, 738 00:38:37,482 --> 00:38:40,275 WE'LL BE ABLE TO TELL IF THIS IS A POSSIBLE INVESTMENT, 739 00:38:40,310 --> 00:38:43,172 BUT I THINK ALL IN ALL IT WAS GOOD. 740 00:38:52,206 --> 00:38:55,275 HEY, PARKER. COME ON IN, MATE. WE GOT A SEAT FOR YOU. 741 00:38:55,310 --> 00:38:56,689 LOOK AT THIS. 742 00:38:56,724 --> 00:38:59,793 Narrator: THE TEAM BRINGS THE GOLD FROM BOTH TEST SITES 743 00:38:59,827 --> 00:39:02,103 TO EVALUATE THE FINAL RESULTS. 744 00:39:02,137 --> 00:39:03,517 DO WE WANT TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF A TALLY UP? 745 00:39:03,551 --> 00:39:05,172 -OH, DO WE? OF COURSE. -YES. 746 00:39:05,206 --> 00:39:06,482 -YEAH, YEAH. -LET'S DO IT. 747 00:39:08,965 --> 00:39:12,482 Narrator: PARKER AND DANNY TESTED TWO YARDS OF PAY DIRT. 748 00:39:12,517 --> 00:39:14,896 BACK HOME, THAT YARDAGE WOULD CONTAIN 749 00:39:14,931 --> 00:39:18,413 ROUGHLY $35 WORTH OF GOLD. 750 00:39:18,448 --> 00:39:20,689 SO IT IS .05 OUNCES. 751 00:39:20,724 --> 00:39:22,344 -OOH! -AHH! 752 00:39:22,379 --> 00:39:26,931 Narrator: WORTH $75, THAT'S MORE THAN DOUBLE PARKER'S AVERAGE, 753 00:39:26,965 --> 00:39:30,862 FROM GROUND THAT'S BEEN MINED BEFORE AND REPLENISHES ANNUALLY. 754 00:39:30,896 --> 00:39:32,931 YEAH, BROTHER. 755 00:39:32,965 --> 00:39:38,275 TYLER AND FRED TESTED 185 YARDS OF WASTE TAILINGS. 756 00:39:38,310 --> 00:39:41,137 IN THE YUKON, RUNNING THIS AMOUNT OF TAILINGS 757 00:39:41,172 --> 00:39:43,586 WOULD NORMALLY PRODUCE SO LITTLE GOLD, 758 00:39:43,620 --> 00:39:45,586 IT WOULDN'T BE WORTH DOING. 759 00:39:48,862 --> 00:39:50,551 1.02 OUNCES. 760 00:39:50,586 --> 00:39:52,103 Tyler: OH, FRED! 761 00:39:52,137 --> 00:39:54,827 Narrator: WORTH OVER $1,500, 762 00:39:54,862 --> 00:39:57,965 THAT MEANS THE OLD TIMERS LEFT HALF THE GOLD 763 00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:01,000 THEY SHOULD HAVE RECOVERED IN THEIR TAILINGS. 764 00:40:01,034 --> 00:40:02,758 IF YOU'RE FINDING THAT KIND OF GOLD 765 00:40:02,793 --> 00:40:04,379 EVEN AFTER IT'S BEEN MINED, 766 00:40:04,413 --> 00:40:07,620 THE MORE WE DIG INTO THIS PLACE, THE MORE INTRIGUED I AM, TERRY. 767 00:40:07,655 --> 00:40:09,000 WHEN YOU'RE MAKING MONEY ON TAILINGS, 768 00:40:09,034 --> 00:40:11,206 THAT MEANS THE GROUND AROUND IS PRETTY GOOD. 769 00:40:11,241 --> 00:40:13,620 Terry: YEAH, IT IS. 770 00:40:13,655 --> 00:40:16,275 AFTER SEEING THE RESULTS, IT'S MADE ME SUPER EXCITED. 771 00:40:17,448 --> 00:40:19,620 THE JOHN WITHERS LEASE DIDN'T WORK OUT, 772 00:40:19,655 --> 00:40:21,448 SO I HAD A LOT RIDING ON THIS, 773 00:40:21,482 --> 00:40:23,965 BUT I FINALLY FEEL LIKE I'VE REDEEMED MYSELF 774 00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:26,275 AND I'M REALLY KEEN TO SEE WHERE IT CAN GO. 775 00:40:26,310 --> 00:40:27,758 YOU KNOW WHAT, PARKER? THANKS, MATE. 776 00:40:27,793 --> 00:40:30,275 OH, THANK YOU, TERRY. IT'S A REAL PLEASURE. 777 00:40:30,310 --> 00:40:32,413 I AM REALLY IMPRESSED WITH TYLER. 778 00:40:32,448 --> 00:40:35,068 THIS IS A GREAT FAMILY TO HAVE ENDED UP WITH. 779 00:40:35,103 --> 00:40:36,551 YEAH, THEY'RE REALLY GOOD PEOPLE. 780 00:40:36,586 --> 00:40:37,896 BEER AND BARBECUES. 781 00:40:37,931 --> 00:40:39,965 -BEER AND BARBIES, GUYS. -EH? ROCK AND ROLL. 782 00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:42,068 -CHEERS. -CHEERS. 783 00:40:42,103 --> 00:40:45,620 IF THE GROUND THAT'S BEEN MINED BEFORE IS THIS GOOD, 784 00:40:45,655 --> 00:40:48,310 THEN I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING ON SOME VIRGIN GROUND. 785 00:40:49,827 --> 00:40:51,689 THERE'S A LOT OF POTENTIAL HERE. 786 00:40:59,275 --> 00:41:00,793 Narrator: NEXT TIME... 787 00:41:00,827 --> 00:41:02,965 IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE FROM HERE ON IN. 788 00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:05,413 -ARE WE STUCK HERE? -YEAH. 789 00:41:05,448 --> 00:41:08,827 Narrator: PARKER AND HIS TEAM FACE A BAPTISM OF FIRE... 790 00:41:08,862 --> 00:41:12,655 THE YUKON'S TOUGH COUNTRY, BUT THIS IS RIGHT UP THERE. 791 00:41:12,689 --> 00:41:14,793 ...VENTURE DEEP INTO THE OUTBACK... 792 00:41:14,827 --> 00:41:16,793 IF I GET THIS THING STUCK, I'M GOING TO LOOK LIKE 793 00:41:16,827 --> 00:41:18,620 SUCH AN IDIOT. 794 00:41:18,655 --> 00:41:20,379 ...IN THEIR QUEST... 795 00:41:20,413 --> 00:41:23,034 OH, MY ! 796 00:41:23,068 --> 00:41:25,103 FEED THE LINE! 797 00:41:25,137 --> 00:41:27,758 ...TO FIND VIRGIN GROUND... 798 00:41:27,793 --> 00:41:29,137 LOOK AT THAT. 799 00:41:29,172 --> 00:41:31,551 Parker: WE'RE LOOKING AT EXTREMELY RICH GROUND. 800 00:41:31,586 --> 00:41:34,103 MAYBE MUM AND DAD SHOULD KEEP IT.