1 00:00:01,620 --> 00:00:04,793 Narrator: ON THIS EPISODE OF "PARKER'S TRAIL"... 2 00:00:04,827 --> 00:00:07,034 Parker: I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS. 3 00:00:07,068 --> 00:00:11,793 Narrator: ...THE HUNT FOR OUTBACK GOLD INTENSIFIES. 4 00:00:11,827 --> 00:00:13,758 -I CAN'T SEE. -GO EASY. 5 00:00:13,793 --> 00:00:14,896 AAH. 6 00:00:14,931 --> 00:00:17,275 YOU'VE DEFINITELY GOT MY CURIOSITY GOING. 7 00:00:17,310 --> 00:00:18,655 HEY! 8 00:00:18,689 --> 00:00:22,034 Narrator: PARKER AND HIS TEAM ENTER THE WILD WEST... 9 00:00:22,068 --> 00:00:24,758 -GUYS, LOCK THE DOORS. -LET'S GET OUT OF HERE. 10 00:00:24,793 --> 00:00:27,000 ...WHERE PROSPECTORS TRUST NO ONE. 11 00:00:28,241 --> 00:00:29,827 YOU DON'T WANT THESE GUYS AROUND? 12 00:00:30,655 --> 00:00:31,827 ARE YOU ALRIGHT, FRANK? 13 00:00:31,862 --> 00:00:34,137 Narrator: AND THE METHODS THEY USE FOR MINING 14 00:00:34,172 --> 00:00:37,517 ARE EVEN DEADLIER THAN THE UNFORGIVING DESERT. 15 00:00:37,551 --> 00:00:40,620 IF YOU INHALE A BIT OF CYANIDE DUST, YOU'RE DEAD. 16 00:00:40,655 --> 00:00:42,034 -DANNY?! 17 00:00:43,344 --> 00:00:46,310 --Captions by VITAC-- www.vitac.com 18 00:00:46,344 --> 00:00:49,275 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 19 00:01:04,620 --> 00:01:07,137 Danny: YOU DO REALIZE THAT THE AIR-CONDITIONING IN THIS CAR 20 00:01:07,172 --> 00:01:08,448 ONLY REACHES HALFWAY? 21 00:01:08,482 --> 00:01:10,655 WELL WE'VE GOT IT TURNED UP ALL THE WAY, ALRIGHT? 22 00:01:10,689 --> 00:01:12,448 YOU NEED TO POINT THAT ONE AT US OR THAT ONE AT US. 23 00:01:12,482 --> 00:01:14,275 THAT IS DIRECTLY POINTING AT YOU. 24 00:01:14,310 --> 00:01:15,068 -THAT'S NOT. -TICKLE HIM! 25 00:01:15,103 --> 00:01:17,310 -STOP. -TICKLE HIM! 26 00:01:17,344 --> 00:01:20,965 DON'T MAKE ME PULL THIS CAR OVER! 27 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:24,896 FRED, COULD YOU PLEASE JUST GET US SOMEPLACE. 28 00:01:24,931 --> 00:01:29,482 Narrator: 5,500 MILES INTO THEIR EPIC TWO-MONTH GOLD TREK, 29 00:01:29,517 --> 00:01:32,034 PARKER AND HIS TEAM HEAD INTO WESTERN AUSTRALIA'S 30 00:01:32,068 --> 00:01:34,827 LEGENDARY MURCHISON GOLD FIELDS 31 00:01:34,862 --> 00:01:38,724 AND THE TINY TOWN OF SANDSTONE. 32 00:01:38,758 --> 00:01:40,758 SANDSTONE'S COOL. I LOVE SANDSTONE. 33 00:01:40,793 --> 00:01:42,413 YOU'VE SPENT TIME HERE? 34 00:01:42,448 --> 00:01:44,275 YEAH, SO, MY GREAT GRANDFATHER 35 00:01:44,310 --> 00:01:45,896 WAS ACTUALLY QUITE A BIG MINER HERE. 36 00:01:45,931 --> 00:01:47,068 HE USED TO TAKE MY DAD HERE, 37 00:01:47,103 --> 00:01:50,034 AND THIS IS WHERE MY DAD LEARNED TO FIND GOLD. 38 00:01:50,068 --> 00:01:51,931 THE TOWN USED TO BE A LOT BIGGER AND A LOT MORE FAMILIES 39 00:01:51,965 --> 00:01:53,310 BECAUSE ALL THE MEN WERE WORKING ON THE MINE. 40 00:01:53,344 --> 00:01:56,172 BUT WHEN THE MINE CLOSED DOWN, A LOT OF PEOPLE LEFT. 41 00:01:56,206 --> 00:02:00,482 Narrator: SANDSTONE NOW HAS A POPULATION OF JUST 80, 42 00:02:00,517 --> 00:02:02,931 BUT AT THE TURN OF THE 20th CENTURY, 43 00:02:02,965 --> 00:02:04,620 THIS REMOTE PATCH OF DESERT 44 00:02:04,655 --> 00:02:08,000 WAS AN EPICENTER OF GOLD PROSPECTING, 45 00:02:08,034 --> 00:02:11,827 INHABITED BY 8,000 MINERS. 46 00:02:11,862 --> 00:02:15,172 SINCE 1903, SANDSTONE HAS PRODUCED 47 00:02:15,206 --> 00:02:20,172 OVER 3-MILLION OUNCES. 48 00:02:20,206 --> 00:02:22,000 SO, WHAT'S OUR PLAN FOR BEING HERE? 49 00:02:22,034 --> 00:02:24,862 WE ARE ON THE WAY TO SEE MY MATE JAKE. 50 00:02:24,896 --> 00:02:26,758 HE'S QUITE YOUNG. HE'S AROUND OUR AGE, PARKER. 51 00:02:26,793 --> 00:02:28,758 AND IS THERE GROUND FOR SALE AROUND HERE? 52 00:02:28,793 --> 00:02:31,482 HE'S GOT AN EXPLORATION LEASE, WHICH HE'S DONE SOME DRILLING ON 53 00:02:31,517 --> 00:02:34,068 AND THEN HE'S GOT A MINING LEASE, AS WELL. 54 00:02:34,103 --> 00:02:35,344 OH, YEAH, THAT'S THE OTHER THING. 55 00:02:35,379 --> 00:02:38,965 SANDSTONE IS AN EXTREMELY TIGHT-KNIT COMMUNITY. 56 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:41,000 DON'T TALK TO ANYONE ABOUT THE GOLD YOU'RE FINDING. 57 00:02:41,034 --> 00:02:42,586 DON'T TALK TO ANYONE ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING. 58 00:02:42,620 --> 00:02:44,413 OH, THIS IS SER-- OH, YOU'RE SERIOUS. 59 00:02:44,448 --> 00:02:47,172 -I'M BEING DEADLY SERIOUS. -WOW. 60 00:02:50,655 --> 00:02:53,827 PRIVATE ROAD, NO ACCESS. TYLER. 61 00:02:53,862 --> 00:02:58,000 IT'S ALRIGHT. 62 00:02:58,034 --> 00:02:59,758 LET'S JUST READ WHAT THIS SAYS, HEY. 63 00:02:59,793 --> 00:03:03,034 OFF NOW, KEEP OUT. 64 00:03:03,068 --> 00:03:04,413 WHAT'S 222 MEAN? 65 00:03:04,448 --> 00:03:07,827 PROBABLY THE SIZE OF RIFLE YOU'RE GOING GET SHOT WITH. 66 00:03:07,862 --> 00:03:08,827 OH 67 00:03:08,862 --> 00:03:10,620 IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S WRITTEN IN BLOOD. 68 00:03:10,655 --> 00:03:14,965 Narrator: IN THESE PARTS, ILLEGAL PROSPECTING IS RIFE. 69 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:20,379 GROUND IS FIERCELY PROTECTED, AND SHOOTINGS ARE NOT UNCOMMON. 70 00:03:20,413 --> 00:03:24,000 -WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK? -IT'S FINE, GUYS. IT'LL BE FINE. 71 00:03:24,034 --> 00:03:26,103 ALRIGHT. 72 00:03:26,137 --> 00:03:27,862 TYLER, ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THIS? 73 00:03:27,896 --> 00:03:31,482 Parker: WELCOME TO AUSTRALIA. 74 00:03:31,517 --> 00:03:33,586 HOW LONG DID YOU SAY JAKE'S BEEN MINING HERE? 75 00:03:33,620 --> 00:03:34,620 Tyler: NOT LONG AT ALL. 76 00:03:34,655 --> 00:03:35,724 WELL, THEN THIS IS NOT HIS PLACE. 77 00:03:35,758 --> 00:03:37,758 YEAH. 78 00:03:40,448 --> 00:03:41,586 OH, THERE'S SOMEBODY. 79 00:03:41,620 --> 00:03:42,827 GUYS LOCK THE DOORS. 80 00:03:42,862 --> 00:03:44,000 HE LOOKS ANGRY. 81 00:03:44,034 --> 00:03:51,172 YEAH. 82 00:03:51,206 --> 00:03:52,448 I'M GOING JUMP OUT BECAUSE -- 83 00:03:52,482 --> 00:03:54,413 NO, I GOT IT TYLER. IT'S KIND OF WHY I'M HERE, SO -- 84 00:03:54,448 --> 00:03:55,724 THEY'RE NOT GOING KNOW WHO YOU ARE. 85 00:03:55,758 --> 00:03:57,034 THAT'S OKAY. I CAN HANDLE THIS. 86 00:03:57,068 --> 00:03:58,655 I'VE BEEN TRAINED IN THESE KIND OF SITUATIONS. 87 00:04:02,724 --> 00:04:04,310 HOWDY. 88 00:04:04,344 --> 00:04:06,896 Narrator: A FIELD MEDIC FOR THE GREEN BERETS, 89 00:04:06,931 --> 00:04:11,241 FRED IS ALSO A TRAINED LINGUIST AND COMMUNICATOR. 90 00:04:11,275 --> 00:04:12,931 AH, WE'RE LOOKING FOR A MINE SITE. 91 00:04:17,034 --> 00:04:20,344 I'M SUPPOSED TO MEET THE YOUNGER BLOKE IN HIS MID-20s. 92 00:04:21,517 --> 00:04:24,137 THAT WAY? 93 00:04:24,172 --> 00:04:25,862 OKAY, I APOLOGIZE. 94 00:04:25,896 --> 00:04:28,068 THEY'RE SHAKING HANDS. 95 00:04:31,344 --> 00:04:32,862 AH, OKAY. 96 00:04:32,896 --> 00:04:34,379 -YOU ALRIGHT? -YEP. 97 00:04:34,413 --> 00:04:35,724 WE WENT THE WRONG WAY, 98 00:04:35,758 --> 00:04:38,137 BUT, YEAH, HE DOES NOT TAKE KINDLY TO PEOPLE 99 00:04:38,172 --> 00:04:40,206 COMING UP ON HIS PROPERTY, YOU COULD TELL. 100 00:04:40,241 --> 00:04:42,965 -SO, THE SIGNS WERE HIS THEN? -YEP. 101 00:04:48,862 --> 00:04:50,655 THERE'S SOMEBODY WALKING AROUND UP THERE. 102 00:04:50,689 --> 00:04:51,896 -YEAH, THERE'S JAKE. -IS THAT HIM? 103 00:04:51,931 --> 00:04:52,965 -YEP, THAT'S JAKE. -OH. 104 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:55,172 WE FOUND THE RIGHT PERSON. YOU'RE JAKE? 105 00:04:55,206 --> 00:04:57,000 -YEAH, JAKE. -FRED. 106 00:04:57,034 --> 00:05:01,344 27-YEAR-OLD JAKE LARSON HAS HELD THE HONEYPOT LEASE 107 00:05:01,379 --> 00:05:03,758 FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. 108 00:05:03,793 --> 00:05:05,517 -I'M PARKER. -GOOD DAY, PARKER, JAKE. 109 00:05:05,551 --> 00:05:06,758 -NICE TO MEET YOU. -HELLO. HOW ARE YOU? 110 00:05:06,793 --> 00:05:08,413 -NOW I RECOGNIZE YOU. -YEAH, GOOD TO SEE YOU. 111 00:05:08,448 --> 00:05:09,931 HEY. HEY, JAKE, I'M DANNY. 112 00:05:09,965 --> 00:05:11,655 -JAKE. NICE TO MEET YOU. -NICE TO MEET YOU, MAN. 113 00:05:11,689 --> 00:05:15,068 -THE FLIES ARE WICKED. -OH, THE FLIES ARE TERRIBLE. 114 00:05:15,103 --> 00:05:18,551 -WELL, WELCOME TO HONEYPOT. -WHY DO THEY CALL IT HONEYPOT? 115 00:05:18,586 --> 00:05:20,000 THERE'S A HOLE JUST THERE THEY PULLED OUT 116 00:05:20,034 --> 00:05:22,103 A THOUSAND OUNCES OF DETECTABLE GOLD. 117 00:05:22,137 --> 00:05:23,482 -REALLY? -YEAH. 118 00:05:23,517 --> 00:05:26,586 MIGHT BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE GEOLOGY MORE THAN ME. 119 00:05:26,620 --> 00:05:30,344 Narrator: THE HONEYPOT HOLE EARNED ITS NAME IN 2008 120 00:05:30,379 --> 00:05:35,896 WHEN PROSPECTORS WITH HAND TOOLS DUG UP OVER TWO POUNDS OF GOLD. 121 00:05:35,931 --> 00:05:39,896 TWO YEARS LATER, PROFESSIONAL MINORS ARMED WITH DYNAMITE 122 00:05:39,931 --> 00:05:42,413 AND AN EXCAVATOR EXPANDED THE MINE 123 00:05:42,448 --> 00:05:49,241 AND RECOVERED A FURTHER 62 LBS WORTH $1.3 MILLION. 124 00:05:49,275 --> 00:05:55,862 EVEN NOW, THE HONEYPOT HOLE IS THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING. 125 00:05:55,896 --> 00:05:58,379 -IT'S STILL FULL OF GOLD. -OH, WOW. 126 00:05:58,413 --> 00:05:59,827 -OH, COOL. -THIS IS A LITTLE BIT 127 00:05:59,862 --> 00:06:01,448 OF THE GOLD THAT'S BEEN COMING OUT. 128 00:06:01,482 --> 00:06:04,206 THERE'S DETECTABLE GOLD STUCK IN THE WALL DOWN THERE, 129 00:06:04,241 --> 00:06:06,517 AND YOU CAN SEE THE OLD BLASTING HOLES. 130 00:06:06,551 --> 00:06:08,586 THERE'S GOLD IN THERE AS WELL. 131 00:06:08,620 --> 00:06:09,965 -WOW. -I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING 132 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:12,758 LIKE THIS, AND ULTIMATELY, SEVERAL THOUSAND OUNCES 133 00:06:12,793 --> 00:06:14,000 WILL COME OUT OF THIS AREA, HUH?CORRECT. 134 00:06:14,034 --> 00:06:15,034 BECAUSE THERE WAS A THOUSAND OUNCES 135 00:06:15,068 --> 00:06:16,310 BEFORE YOU EVEN GOT THE PROPERTY? 136 00:06:16,344 --> 00:06:17,413 CORRECT, YEP. 137 00:06:17,448 --> 00:06:19,551 SO, YOU WANT TO SELL THIS LEASE, OBVIOUSLY. 138 00:06:19,586 --> 00:06:21,965 I DO. UNFORTUNATELY, I'M STRETCHED REALLY THIN. 139 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:24,620 I'VE GOT PROJECTS IN BETWEEN HERE AND SOUTHERN CROSS. 140 00:06:24,655 --> 00:06:26,551 YEAH, OKAY. TO GET JUST BACK TO MY YARD, 141 00:06:26,586 --> 00:06:28,551 IT'S 550 KILOMETERS. 142 00:06:28,586 --> 00:06:30,793 I'D LIKE TO SELL IT TO SOMEONE AT A REASONABLE PRICE, 143 00:06:30,827 --> 00:06:32,310 AND THEN JUST KEEP A ROYALTY ON IT. 144 00:06:32,344 --> 00:06:35,137 WHAT'S A REASONABLE PRICE TO YOU? 145 00:06:35,172 --> 00:06:36,172 TO BE NEGOTIATED. 146 00:06:36,206 --> 00:06:37,448 -OKAY. YEP. -YEP. 147 00:06:37,482 --> 00:06:39,275 -MIND IF I GO DOWN THERE? -YEAH, JUST BE CAREFUL. 148 00:06:39,310 --> 00:06:41,068 IT'S SLIPPERY. 149 00:06:41,103 --> 00:06:45,827 I CAN'T BOUNCE LIKE THAT. 150 00:06:45,862 --> 00:06:48,482 SO, YOU FOUND THOSE NUGGETS AFTER THIS HAD ALL BEEN MINED? 151 00:06:48,517 --> 00:06:50,206 CORRECT, YEP. THEY DIDN'T DO A VERY GOOD JOB. 152 00:06:50,241 --> 00:06:51,896 THEY LEFT A LOT OF GOLD BEHIND. 153 00:06:51,931 --> 00:06:54,344 -HMM. -AMAZING, ISN'T IT. 154 00:06:54,379 --> 00:06:57,034 I'M ACTUALLY SUPER INTRIGUED BY THE PIECE OF GROUND. 155 00:06:57,068 --> 00:06:59,620 IT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN ANYTHING I'VE EVER BEEN AROUND. 156 00:06:59,655 --> 00:07:02,655 HOW ARE YOU LIKING THE FLIES? 157 00:07:02,689 --> 00:07:06,379 CRAZY, ISN'T IT? 158 00:07:06,413 --> 00:07:08,103 Jake: YOU'RE LIKE A MOUNTAIN GOAT. 159 00:07:08,137 --> 00:07:10,413 Tyler: THE HONEY HOLE THAT JAKE'S GOT HERE IS INSANE. 160 00:07:10,448 --> 00:07:11,758 THIS WILL BE THE THIRD TIME IT'S MINED, 161 00:07:11,793 --> 00:07:14,034 AND IT'S STILL PULLING 3.5 GRAMS PER TON, 162 00:07:14,068 --> 00:07:15,655 WHICH IS VERY GOOD. 163 00:07:15,689 --> 00:07:17,137 INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS. 164 00:07:17,172 --> 00:07:18,310 SO, WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOW? 165 00:07:18,344 --> 00:07:19,655 WE'RE GOING TO EXTRACT ALL THE FINE GOLD. 166 00:07:19,689 --> 00:07:20,586 YOU WANT TO COME HAVE A LOOK? 167 00:07:20,620 --> 00:07:23,551 -YEAH. -YEAH, LET'S DO IT. 168 00:07:23,586 --> 00:07:27,896 Narrator: JAKE'S HONEYPOT LEASE IS A 247-ACRE SITE 169 00:07:27,931 --> 00:07:30,896 AND INCLUDES A MASSIVE PILE OF MINE TAILINGS 170 00:07:30,931 --> 00:07:32,965 FROM THE HONEYPOT HOLE. 171 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:36,379 THIS IS WHERE JAKE BELIEVES THE REAL MONEY'S AT. 172 00:07:36,413 --> 00:07:39,068 USING A METHOD CALLED VAT LEACHING, 173 00:07:39,103 --> 00:07:42,551 JAKE PLANS TO EXTRACT THE REMAINING FINE GOLD 174 00:07:42,586 --> 00:07:47,517 AT A RECOVERY RATE OF 90%. 175 00:07:47,551 --> 00:07:50,862 Jake: RIGHTY-OH. THIS IS THE VAT LEACH HERE. 176 00:07:50,896 --> 00:07:53,344 THE DIRT GETS SUBMERGED IN A CHEMICAL SOLUTION, 177 00:07:53,379 --> 00:07:54,758 AND THEN WE'LL RUN THAT THROUGH CARBON 178 00:07:54,793 --> 00:07:56,310 TO EXTRACT THE FINE GOLD. 179 00:07:56,344 --> 00:07:58,586 Parker: OH, WOW. 180 00:07:58,620 --> 00:08:03,034 Narrator: JAKE'S VAT LEACH METHOD IS A SIX-STAGE PROCESS. 181 00:08:03,068 --> 00:08:07,620 FIRST, HE CONSTRUCTS A HUGE RECTANGULAR DAM FROM DIRT. 182 00:08:07,655 --> 00:08:10,689 STAGE TWO, A MASSIVE PLASTIC SHEET 183 00:08:10,724 --> 00:08:13,206 CREATES A WATERPROOF BASIN. 184 00:08:13,241 --> 00:08:17,896 THEN HE INSTALLS A PERFORATED PIPE SYSTEM BEFORE STAGE FOUR, 185 00:08:17,931 --> 00:08:21,241 WHEN HE FILLS THE VAT WITH GOLD RICH TAILINGS. 186 00:08:21,275 --> 00:08:25,965 STAGE FIVE, HE PUMPS A CHEMICAL SOLUTION THROUGH THE PIPE SYSTEM 187 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:29,275 AND ALLOWS IT TO SOAK FOR TWO DAYS. 188 00:08:29,310 --> 00:08:34,206 ONCE THE GOLD IS DISSOLVED, HE PUMPS THE LIQUID INTO A DRUM 189 00:08:34,241 --> 00:08:37,689 WHERE THE GOLD SPECS BIND TO LUMPS OF CARBON. 190 00:08:40,103 --> 00:08:43,034 SO, IT'S CONSTANTLY LEACHING, AND THEN YOU'RE CONSTANTLY 191 00:08:43,068 --> 00:08:44,413 PULLING THE GOLD OUT OF THE SOLUTION IN THERE? 192 00:08:44,448 --> 00:08:45,620 -CORRECT. YEP. -GOT YOU. 193 00:08:45,655 --> 00:08:47,206 Jake: WHAT DO YOU THINK? 194 00:08:47,241 --> 00:08:49,344 I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS. 195 00:08:49,379 --> 00:08:50,965 AND THERE'S STILL 3 GRAMS A TON IN IT? 196 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:53,413 YEP. 3.5 GRAMS PER TON. 197 00:08:53,448 --> 00:08:54,586 WOW. 198 00:08:54,620 --> 00:08:56,724 SO THAT'S LIKE TEN TIMES BETTER THAN WHAT WE MINE 199 00:08:56,758 --> 00:08:59,275 IN THE YUKON. 200 00:08:59,310 --> 00:09:02,137 HM. 201 00:09:02,172 --> 00:09:06,241 Narrator: A VAT TAKES A DAY TO BUILD AND ANOTHER TWO TO SOAK. 202 00:09:06,275 --> 00:09:08,413 A PROCESS LOW ON MANPOWER 203 00:09:08,448 --> 00:09:13,275 WITH NO NEED FOR AN UNRELIABLE GAS GUZZLING WASH PLANT. 204 00:09:13,310 --> 00:09:18,724 AT 3.5 GRAMS A TON, EVEN BUILDING A VAT EVERY OTHER DAY 205 00:09:18,758 --> 00:09:23,137 WOULD EARN PARKER $180,000 A WEEK. 206 00:09:23,172 --> 00:09:25,551 YOU'VE DEFINITELY GOT MY CURIOSITY GOING. 207 00:09:25,586 --> 00:09:26,827 IS IT ALRIGHT IF WE STAY AROUND? 208 00:09:26,862 --> 00:09:28,689 ARE YOU DOING ANY WORK HERE? 209 00:09:28,724 --> 00:09:30,275 I'M PLANNING TO BUILD ANOTHER VAT LEACH, 210 00:09:30,310 --> 00:09:32,931 SO IF YOU GUYS ARE HAPPY TO PITCH IN AND HELP, 211 00:09:32,965 --> 00:09:34,275 WE CAN PRODUCE SOME MORE GOLD. 212 00:09:34,310 --> 00:09:35,551 YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT PROCESS 213 00:09:35,586 --> 00:09:37,586 THAT I'D LOVE TO GET TO KNOW BETTER. 214 00:09:37,620 --> 00:09:39,103 AWESOME. SOMEONE WANT TO DRIVE THE LOADER? 215 00:09:39,137 --> 00:09:41,000 -I CAN DRIVE A LOADER. -PERFECT. 216 00:09:41,034 --> 00:09:42,275 FRED, CAN YOU FEND OFF BUGS? 217 00:09:42,310 --> 00:09:43,275 Fred: NOPE. 218 00:09:51,689 --> 00:09:53,724 THIS IS ACTUALLY A PRETTY COOL PLACE. 219 00:09:53,758 --> 00:09:57,103 IT SEEMS LIKE JAKE IS LIKE PRETTY SMART. 220 00:09:57,137 --> 00:09:58,931 HE SEEMS LIKE A NICE GUY, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? 221 00:09:58,965 --> 00:10:00,793 SEEMS REALLY NICE AND DOWN TO EARTH. 222 00:10:00,827 --> 00:10:02,034 SO I'M ACTUALLY LOOKING FORWARD 223 00:10:02,068 --> 00:10:06,586 TO GETTING INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS. 224 00:10:06,620 --> 00:10:09,620 -THE RACE IS ON... - FLIES. 225 00:10:09,655 --> 00:10:12,413 Narrator: ...TO SHIFT 80 TONS OF DIRT... 226 00:10:12,448 --> 00:10:13,517 MOVE! 227 00:10:13,551 --> 00:10:15,931 ...AND BUILD A BRAND-NEW RECTANGULAR VAT 228 00:10:15,965 --> 00:10:20,862 100 FEET LONG AND 25 FEET WIDE. 229 00:10:20,896 --> 00:10:22,931 SO RIGHT NOW, WE'RE JUST CLEARING THIS CONTAINMENT AREA 230 00:10:22,965 --> 00:10:25,655 FOR THE LEACHING PROCESS. 231 00:10:25,689 --> 00:10:29,379 I'M DEFINITELY EXCITED TO LEARN A NEW PROCESS. 232 00:10:29,413 --> 00:10:33,827 YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO END UP FINDING. 233 00:10:33,862 --> 00:10:37,034 JAKE VISITS ANOTHER MINE SITE IN THREE DAYS. 234 00:10:37,068 --> 00:10:39,344 FOR THE YOUNG MINE BOSSES TO CUT A DEAL, 235 00:10:39,379 --> 00:10:45,206 HE MUST SHOW PARKER THAT VAT LEACHING HERE DELIVERS BIG GOLD. 236 00:10:45,241 --> 00:10:47,689 WITH ANY LUCK, THIS VAT WILL PRODUCE SOME QUITE GOOD GRADES 237 00:10:47,724 --> 00:10:49,275 AND WE CAN PULL A KILO OUT OF IT. 238 00:10:49,310 --> 00:10:53,827 THAT WOULD BE NICE. NICE SOLID GOLD BAR. 239 00:10:53,862 --> 00:10:55,620 WE'VE ONLY GOT A DAY TO BUILD THIS VAT. 240 00:10:55,655 --> 00:10:58,206 IF WE DON'T GET THIS VAT DONE, WE WON'T BE POURING ANY GOLD. 241 00:11:08,586 --> 00:11:11,379 Narrator: THE MIDDAY HEAT HITS 100 DEGREES. 242 00:11:11,413 --> 00:11:12,689 Danny: OH, IT'S SO HOT. 243 00:11:12,724 --> 00:11:16,103 AND WATER-SEEKING FLIES BECOME MORE ACTIVE. 244 00:11:16,137 --> 00:11:18,586 I THOUGHT THE DUST WOULD KEEP THE FLIES AWAY. 245 00:11:18,620 --> 00:11:20,758 YOU END UP WITH SOME DUSTY CONDITIONS SOMETIMES 246 00:11:20,793 --> 00:11:23,137 IN THE YUKON, BUT IT'S NOTHING LIKE THIS. 247 00:11:23,172 --> 00:11:26,000 THIS ENVIRONMENT IS ABSOLUTELY BRUTALIZING. 248 00:11:26,034 --> 00:11:29,068 THIS IS FREAKING BAD. 249 00:11:29,103 --> 00:11:30,793 I CAN'T SEE! 250 00:11:30,827 --> 00:11:33,034 GOOD FLIES. WHAT THE HELL? 251 00:11:33,068 --> 00:11:35,586 FLIES OFF. 252 00:11:35,620 --> 00:11:37,655 THE FLIES ARE PUTTING PARKER OFF A LITTLE BIT. 253 00:11:37,689 --> 00:11:40,172 -BUT THERE'S TOO MUCH GOLD HERE 254 00:11:40,206 --> 00:11:41,827 TO WORRY ABOUT THE FLIES. 255 00:11:41,862 --> 00:11:44,862 I'M GOING TO LOSE MY MIND. WHOSE IDEA WAS AUSTRALIA? 256 00:11:44,896 --> 00:11:48,758 -DANNY? 257 00:11:48,793 --> 00:11:50,137 ARE YOU OKAY? 258 00:11:55,586 --> 00:11:57,551 Danny: 259 00:12:01,344 --> 00:12:03,586 I CAN FEEL IT RIGHT DOWN HERE. 260 00:12:03,620 --> 00:12:06,241 Narrator: IN REMOTE WESTERN AUSTRALIA, 261 00:12:06,275 --> 00:12:09,275 YUKON MINE BOSS PARKER SCHNABEL AND HIS TEAM 262 00:12:09,310 --> 00:12:14,689 BATTLE 100-DEGREE HEAT AND THOUSANDS OF FLIES. 263 00:12:14,724 --> 00:12:16,965 I BREATHED IT DOWN. I FELT IT DOWN HERE. 264 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:18,275 Parker: I'M SURE IT WILL HAPPEN TO ALL OF US. 265 00:12:18,310 --> 00:12:20,931 HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THE FLIES? 266 00:12:20,965 --> 00:12:23,689 -THE LONG HAIR. -I HAVE PRETTY LONG HAIR. 267 00:12:23,724 --> 00:12:24,724 YOU GOT TO KEEP IT DOWN LIKE THAT. 268 00:12:24,758 --> 00:12:25,896 -YOU'LL BE LAUGHING. -YEAH? 269 00:12:25,931 --> 00:12:27,931 YEAH. 270 00:12:30,310 --> 00:12:32,517 I THINK THIS IS GOING TO WORK. 271 00:12:32,551 --> 00:12:36,172 FRED HAS HIS OWN WAY TO COMBAT THE FLIES. 272 00:12:36,206 --> 00:12:40,482 -COME ON FLIES. -SO, WHAT'S THE THEORY, FRED? 273 00:12:40,517 --> 00:12:42,862 WELL BACON'S MORE TASTY THAN ME. 274 00:12:42,896 --> 00:12:46,931 SO, I'M HOPING THAT THIS WILL ATTRACT FLIES. 275 00:12:46,965 --> 00:12:50,793 SEE, FIRST CUSTOMER. OH YEAH. 276 00:12:50,827 --> 00:12:52,310 YOU WANT SOME MORE BARBECUE SAUCE? 277 00:12:52,344 --> 00:12:54,517 OH, THANKS PARKER. 278 00:12:56,482 --> 00:12:58,275 OH, THERE'S NO FLIES ON MY FACE, IS THERE? 279 00:12:58,310 --> 00:13:01,206 WHERE'S MY SCUBA GOGGLES? 280 00:13:01,241 --> 00:13:04,206 OH, YEAH. INSTANT RELIEF. 281 00:13:09,482 --> 00:13:12,655 -I HAVE TWO FREE HANDS. -YEAH, BUT YOU CAN'T BREATHE. 282 00:13:15,965 --> 00:13:19,620 -I'M BREATHING. -AND YOU LOOK RIDICULOUS. 283 00:13:19,655 --> 00:13:22,517 UM... 284 00:13:22,551 --> 00:13:24,206 OKAY. 285 00:13:24,241 --> 00:13:27,310 50 BUCKS, EAT IT FRED. 286 00:13:33,620 --> 00:13:37,931 YUCK! 287 00:13:37,965 --> 00:13:40,517 WAIT FOR IT. 288 00:13:45,931 --> 00:13:47,241 Jake: GOT MY BUSINESS PARTNER, MATT, HERE. 289 00:13:47,275 --> 00:13:50,310 WE GOT A NEW LOADER, AND WE GOT SOME TARPS FOR THIS DAM. 290 00:13:50,344 --> 00:13:51,379 Parker: OH, RIGHT ON. 291 00:13:51,413 --> 00:13:54,068 Narrator: JAKE LARSON IS UNDER THE GUN. 292 00:13:54,103 --> 00:13:55,793 HE NEEDS TO PROVE TO PARKER 293 00:13:55,827 --> 00:13:58,206 THAT VAT LEACHING IS A ONE-WAY TICKET 294 00:13:58,241 --> 00:14:01,655 TO BIG AUSSIE GOLD. 295 00:14:01,689 --> 00:14:05,000 BUT JAKE LEAVES FOR ANOTHER SITE IN THREE DAYS, 296 00:14:05,034 --> 00:14:09,724 SO CO-LEASE HOLDER MATT IS HERE TO HELP. 297 00:14:09,758 --> 00:14:11,827 PARKER, DO YOU WANT TO JUMP IN THE LOADER AND RUN THAT? 298 00:14:11,862 --> 00:14:13,724 MATT AND I, WE'LL GET THESE WALLS SURVEYED 299 00:14:13,758 --> 00:14:15,586 AND WE'LL JUST TELL YOU BASICALLY WHERE TO DUMP IT. 300 00:14:15,620 --> 00:14:17,034 -OKAY. -IF WE DON'T GET THIS DONE 301 00:14:17,068 --> 00:14:20,103 AND FLOODED TODAY, YOU GUYS AREN'T GOING TO SEE ANY GOLD. 302 00:14:20,137 --> 00:14:22,448 OH, BECAUSE IT TAKES A WHILE FOR THE LEACHING TO HAPPEN, RIGHT? 303 00:14:22,482 --> 00:14:23,655 YEAH, YEAH. IT TAKES SOME TIME. 304 00:14:23,689 --> 00:14:25,275 THAT'S ONE THING WE CAN'T SPEED UP. 305 00:14:25,310 --> 00:14:28,206 YEAH. WE MIGHT EVEN BE WORKING INTO THE NIGHT, 306 00:14:28,241 --> 00:14:30,413 BUT WE'LL PUSH FOR IT AND MAKE IT HAPPEN. 307 00:14:30,448 --> 00:14:33,551 SWEET. 308 00:14:33,586 --> 00:14:35,758 CAN YOU JUST PUT ONE MORE LINE OF BUCKETS 309 00:14:35,793 --> 00:14:37,620 ALL THE WAY ALONG THIS RIGHT BANK? 310 00:14:37,655 --> 00:14:43,896 -ANOTHER LINE OF BUCKETS THERE? -YEP, ROGER. 311 00:14:43,931 --> 00:14:46,827 WITH THIS PROCESS, IT TAKES A WHILE FOR THE GOLD TO DISSOLVE, 312 00:14:46,862 --> 00:14:49,620 SO WE'VE GOT TO GET THIS DAM BUILT TODAY. 313 00:14:54,896 --> 00:14:56,000 WE'RE BUILDING THE WALLS NOW, 314 00:14:56,034 --> 00:14:57,793 BUT THEY'VE GOT TO BE COMPLETELY DEAD LEVEL, 315 00:14:57,827 --> 00:14:59,482 SO WE'LL USE THIS TOOL AND WE CAN DIRECT HIM 316 00:14:59,517 --> 00:15:00,758 WHERE TO PUT THE DIRT. 317 00:15:00,793 --> 00:15:03,172 IF THEY'RE NOT THE RIGHT HEIGHT THEY'LL BREACH, 318 00:15:03,206 --> 00:15:04,620 AND WE'LL USE ALL OF OUR GOLD SOLUTION. 319 00:15:04,655 --> 00:15:08,068 SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE GOT ALL THIS TECHNOLOGY. 320 00:15:08,103 --> 00:15:09,241 Matt: JUST COME UP A BIT, EH. 321 00:15:09,275 --> 00:15:17,344 YEAH, WE STILL NEED A BIT MORE DIRT. 322 00:15:17,379 --> 00:15:19,275 HOW'S PARKER DOING ON THE LOADER? IS HE ALRIGHT? 323 00:15:19,310 --> 00:15:20,551 YEAH, PARKER'S GOOD. 324 00:15:20,586 --> 00:15:22,206 FLOGGING IT A BIT, BUT HE'S ALRIGHT. 325 00:15:22,241 --> 00:15:24,206 HE'S GETTING IT DONE. 326 00:15:29,862 --> 00:15:31,448 PARKER, WE'VE GOT TO GET THIS PLASTIC GOING NOW. 327 00:15:31,482 --> 00:15:33,137 THIS WIND'S STARTING TO PICK UP. 328 00:15:33,172 --> 00:15:34,758 Narrator: WITH THE DAM NOW LEVEL, 329 00:15:34,793 --> 00:15:37,965 IT'S ALL HANDS ON DECK TO TACKLE THE VAT LINER -- 330 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:42,482 A 100-SQUARE-FOOT, 800-POUND TARPAULIN. 331 00:15:42,517 --> 00:15:43,896 SO, WE'VE GOT TO HUSTLE THEN, HUH? 332 00:15:43,931 --> 00:15:45,827 YEAH. IF YOU CAN PICK IT UP WITH THE DIGGER, 333 00:15:45,862 --> 00:15:47,620 AND WE'LL SLOWLY ROLL IT OUT. 334 00:15:47,655 --> 00:15:49,517 IT'S GOING TO ACT LIKE A BIG SAIL. 335 00:15:49,551 --> 00:15:51,000 -SOMEONE'S DIED, HAVEN'T THEY? -YEAH. 336 00:15:51,034 --> 00:15:52,689 A YOUNG FELLA WAS LINING OUT THE TARP 337 00:15:52,724 --> 00:15:54,034 AND A BIG GUST OF WIND COME ALONG 338 00:15:54,068 --> 00:15:55,620 AND CAUGHT HIM, AND HE DIED. 339 00:15:55,655 --> 00:15:56,827 DID IT, LIKE, THROW HIM IN THE AIR? 340 00:15:56,862 --> 00:15:59,241 THREW HIM RIGHT UP IN THE AIR, SO... 341 00:15:59,275 --> 00:16:00,758 -LET GO. -LET GO. 342 00:16:00,793 --> 00:16:03,551 EVEN THE WIND KILLS YOU IN AUSTRALIA. 343 00:16:09,241 --> 00:16:11,482 SO, WE'VE GOT TO PULL ALL THESE STICKS OUT BECAUSE 344 00:16:11,517 --> 00:16:12,896 THEY'RE PRETTY SHARP, YOU KNOW? 345 00:16:12,931 --> 00:16:14,482 THEY COULD PUNCTURE THE TARP THAT'S GOING TO BE LAID DOWN 346 00:16:14,517 --> 00:16:16,206 IN HERE AND, YOU KNOW, 347 00:16:16,241 --> 00:16:18,620 LEAKING CHEMICALS INTO THE ENVIRONMENT IS HORRIBLE. 348 00:16:18,655 --> 00:16:20,758 SO WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP EVERYTHING SAFE, 349 00:16:20,793 --> 00:16:24,655 AND WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO TEST THIS GROUND PROPERLY. 350 00:16:24,689 --> 00:16:27,862 A CHEMICAL SPILL FROM A TEAR CAUSED BY THE EX 351 00:16:27,896 --> 00:16:33,068 COULD RESULT IN A FINE OF OVER $325,000. 352 00:16:33,103 --> 00:16:35,586 THAT DIGGER CAN ACTUALLY TIP NOW IF HE MAKES 353 00:16:35,620 --> 00:16:37,862 A SUDDEN MOVE TOO QUICKLY. 354 00:16:37,896 --> 00:16:40,241 AND WE DON'T WANT TO RIP THE TARP. 355 00:16:40,275 --> 00:16:43,448 A SEVERE ENVIRONMENTAL INCIDENT 356 00:16:43,482 --> 00:16:46,172 COULD LEAD TO UP TO FOUR YEARS IN PRISON 357 00:16:46,206 --> 00:16:49,689 AND THE END OF JAKE AND MATT'S MINING CAREERS. 358 00:16:49,724 --> 00:16:51,896 FOR WHAT'S IT WORTH, WE MAY AS WELL TAKE IT SLOW 359 00:16:51,931 --> 00:16:53,103 AND GET IT DONE. 360 00:16:53,137 --> 00:16:55,172 DO I WANT TO BE RUNNING THIS WAY WITH MY TRACKS? 361 00:16:55,206 --> 00:16:57,241 YEAH, JUST TRACK IT NICE AND SLOW, MATE. 362 00:17:03,206 --> 00:17:04,655 THERE WE GO. 363 00:17:04,689 --> 00:17:07,896 THIS IS THE DANGEROUS PART. 364 00:17:07,931 --> 00:17:10,137 -IS THE WIND OKAY? -IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE. 365 00:17:13,310 --> 00:17:16,448 Narrator: ONCE UNROLLED, THE 100-SQUARE-FOOT TARP 366 00:17:16,482 --> 00:17:18,586 MUST BE SPREAD EVENLY ACROSS THE PIT. 367 00:17:18,620 --> 00:17:19,517 EASY! 368 00:17:19,551 --> 00:17:22,068 BUT IN THE FIERCE AUSTRALIAN WIND, 369 00:17:22,103 --> 00:17:24,137 THE TEAM MUST SECURE IT QUICKLY 370 00:17:24,172 --> 00:17:26,448 BEFORE IT BECOMES A MASSIVE SAIL. 371 00:17:26,482 --> 00:17:29,827 CAREFUL GUYS, YOU'RE GETTING GUSTS DOWN THIS END. 372 00:17:29,862 --> 00:17:31,137 IT'S PICKING UP. 373 00:17:31,172 --> 00:17:33,310 WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA! 374 00:17:34,793 --> 00:17:37,241 THIS WIND'S PICKING UP NOW PROPERLY. 375 00:17:37,275 --> 00:17:42,896 Fred: TYLER, COME OVER HERE! 376 00:17:42,931 --> 00:17:45,206 -GUYS! -IT'S COMING OFF THE OTHER SIDE. 377 00:17:45,241 --> 00:17:48,413 Parker: PUT THE CAMERA DOWN, DAN, AND GO OVER THERE! 378 00:17:53,206 --> 00:17:56,034 HEY, WE'RE LOSING THAT CORNER. 379 00:17:56,068 --> 00:18:00,793 -AAH! -GO EASY! 380 00:18:00,827 --> 00:18:03,068 ARE YOU ALRIGHT, FRED? 381 00:18:08,931 --> 00:18:11,068 -ARE YOU ALRIGHT, FRED? -OH 382 00:18:11,103 --> 00:18:13,137 ARE YOU OKAY? 383 00:18:13,172 --> 00:18:16,413 Narrator: WRESTLING A TARPAULIN IN AUSTRALIA'S HIGH WINDS 384 00:18:16,448 --> 00:18:17,793 IS DANGEROUS WORK. 385 00:18:17,827 --> 00:18:22,103 -ARE YOU ALRIGHT? 386 00:18:22,137 --> 00:18:25,068 YEAH. 387 00:18:25,103 --> 00:18:26,793 THAT LIFTED ME OFF THE GROUND. 388 00:18:26,827 --> 00:18:28,310 I MEAN, WE'VE DONE SOME CRAZY FOR GOLD 389 00:18:28,344 --> 00:18:30,793 ON THIS TRIP SO FAR, BUT THIS IS RIDICULOUS. 390 00:18:30,827 --> 00:18:33,000 Matt: WE NEED THIS TARP IN NOW. 391 00:18:33,034 --> 00:18:35,482 I THINK THAT WAS EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT I SAID TO DO. 392 00:18:35,517 --> 00:18:36,965 DON'T DIVE ON IT. 393 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:38,517 EASY. 394 00:18:38,551 --> 00:18:42,827 JUST A SCRATCH. LET THE FLIES CLEAN IT OUT. 395 00:18:42,862 --> 00:18:45,896 ♪ BAH, BAH, BAH, BAH, BAH, BAH, BAH, BAH, BAH, BAH, BAH ♪ 396 00:18:45,931 --> 00:18:47,758 ♪ TOODLE-OODLE-OODLE-OOH 397 00:18:49,931 --> 00:18:52,862 -LET'S GO. -WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR? 398 00:18:52,896 --> 00:18:54,758 US TO STOP ACTING LIKE CHILDREN? 399 00:18:56,517 --> 00:19:00,068 Narrator: NOW THE PIPE SYSTEM FOR THE VAT MUST BE PLUMBED IN. 400 00:19:00,103 --> 00:19:01,655 SO, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP GOING, GUYS. 401 00:19:01,689 --> 00:19:05,586 PUSH ON. SUN'S ABOUT TO GO DOWN. 402 00:19:05,620 --> 00:19:07,931 Narrator: TO PROVE THE VALUE OF HIS LEASE, 403 00:19:07,965 --> 00:19:10,517 JAKE NEEDS TO BE LEACHING GOLD BY NIGHTFALL. 404 00:19:12,689 --> 00:19:14,413 ONCE THE PIPES ARE INSTALLED, 405 00:19:14,448 --> 00:19:16,586 THE TEAM WILL FILL THE VAT 406 00:19:16,620 --> 00:19:19,758 WITH 400 TONS OF GOLD RICH TAILINGS. 407 00:19:19,793 --> 00:19:22,413 A CHEMICAL SOLUTION IS THEN PUMPED IN 408 00:19:22,448 --> 00:19:25,620 AND LEFT FOR TWO DAYS TO LEACH OUT THE GOLD. 409 00:19:28,034 --> 00:19:29,482 ALRIGHT GUYS, NOW THIS IS LOOKING GOOD. 410 00:19:29,517 --> 00:19:32,931 LET'S JUMP OUT, AND WE'LL GET SOME DIRT IN HERE. 411 00:19:38,689 --> 00:19:43,068 -YOU BEAUTY. -GOOD LOOKING DIRT, EH? 412 00:19:56,586 --> 00:20:00,310 AN HOUR BEFORE SUNDOWN, THE VAT IS READY. 413 00:20:00,344 --> 00:20:04,896 TO DISSOLVE THE MICROSCOPIC GOLD AND MAKE IT SOLUBLE IN WATER, 414 00:20:04,931 --> 00:20:09,551 JAKE USES THE TIGHTLY CONTROLLED CHEMICAL SODIUM CYANIDE. 415 00:20:09,586 --> 00:20:11,482 IT'S BEEN A YEAR WAIT JUST TO GET THE PERMITTING 416 00:20:11,517 --> 00:20:12,758 FOR THE ENVIRONMENTALS, 417 00:20:12,793 --> 00:20:14,413 AND THEN IT'S ANOTHER SIX-MONTH WAIT 418 00:20:14,448 --> 00:20:16,103 JUST TO GET YOUR CYANIDE PERMIT, 419 00:20:16,137 --> 00:20:17,965 PLUS YOU NEED A DANGEROUS GOODS LICENSE. 420 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:20,379 SO AS LONG AS YOU DON'T INGEST IT, 421 00:20:20,413 --> 00:20:23,482 DRINK IT, OR TOUCH IT, YOU'RE LAUGHING. 422 00:20:23,517 --> 00:20:25,103 Narrator: FOR THE PAST CENTURY, 423 00:20:25,137 --> 00:20:28,724 THE U.S. AND AUSTRALIA HAVE RECORDED NO ACCIDENTAL DEATHS 424 00:20:28,758 --> 00:20:33,448 FROM CYANIDE, BUT SPILLS DO HAPPEN. 425 00:20:33,482 --> 00:20:35,793 IT'S THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THIS OPERATION. 426 00:20:35,827 --> 00:20:38,655 IT'S 99.9% PURE CYANIDE. 427 00:20:38,689 --> 00:20:40,827 I'VE GOT FULL FACE MASKS AND RESPIRATORS, 428 00:20:40,862 --> 00:20:43,000 GLOVES, AND SUITS FOR US TO WEAR. 429 00:20:43,034 --> 00:20:45,689 DANNY PLANS TO FILM CLOSE-UPS OF THE POUR 430 00:20:45,724 --> 00:20:48,551 RIGHT NEXT TO JAKE ON TOP OF THE CONTAINER. 431 00:20:48,586 --> 00:20:50,689 Danny: LISTEN, IF IT'S SAFE TO DO, THEN I'LL DO IT. 432 00:20:50,724 --> 00:20:53,034 Tyler: WHAT CAN GO WRONG? WHAT'S THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO? 433 00:20:53,068 --> 00:20:54,724 SAY OUR FILTERS WEREN'T WORKING PROPERLY 434 00:20:54,758 --> 00:20:58,068 AND YOU INHALE A BIT OF CYANIDE DUST, YOU'RE DEAD. 435 00:21:05,793 --> 00:21:09,344 Narrator: PARKER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS TEAM'S SAFETY. 436 00:21:09,379 --> 00:21:13,241 HE'S KNOWN DANNY FOR SIX YEARS. 437 00:21:13,275 --> 00:21:14,793 IN 10 YEARS OF MINING, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME 438 00:21:14,827 --> 00:21:16,965 I'VE BEEN AROUND IT AT ALL, AND I'M LIKE -- 439 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:18,758 I DON'T PARTICULARLY WANT YOU GOING UP THERE. 440 00:21:18,793 --> 00:21:20,448 IF YOU DEALING WITH SOMETHING 441 00:21:20,482 --> 00:21:21,931 THAT ONE BREATH OF IT CAN KILL YOU... 442 00:21:21,965 --> 00:21:23,172 YEAH. 443 00:21:23,206 --> 00:21:27,068 ...THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT YOU'RE SAFE UP THERE. 444 00:21:27,103 --> 00:21:28,448 NO. 445 00:21:28,482 --> 00:21:31,241 IT'S NOT WORTH THE SHOT ON THE CAMERA. 446 00:21:31,275 --> 00:21:32,965 WE'LL FILM IT FROM A DISTANCE. 447 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:34,034 -YEAH? -YEAH. 448 00:21:34,068 --> 00:21:36,068 COOL. 449 00:21:42,689 --> 00:21:45,655 LET'S GET THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD. 450 00:21:45,689 --> 00:21:50,310 Narrator: JAKE PROTECTS HIMSELF WITH A FULL MASK AND BIO-HAZARD SUIT. 451 00:21:50,344 --> 00:21:53,241 -RIGHTY-OH. -PLUS, A NEARBY SAFETY POND 452 00:21:53,275 --> 00:21:57,034 TO IMMEDIATELY SUBMERGE ANYTHING CONTAMINATED BY CYANIDE. 453 00:22:09,310 --> 00:22:14,137 CERTAINLY NOT TOO USER FRIENDLY. 454 00:22:14,172 --> 00:22:16,931 -TYLER, CAN YOU SMELL IT? -YEAH. 455 00:22:16,965 --> 00:22:19,413 WHEN EXPOSED TO AIR, 456 00:22:19,448 --> 00:22:23,758 SODIUM CYANIDE GIVES OFF A BITTER ALMOND-LIKE ODOR. 457 00:22:23,793 --> 00:22:25,793 I THINK I'M VERY LIKE IGNORANTLY BLASé 458 00:22:25,827 --> 00:22:27,344 ABOUT ALL THESE CHEMICALS 459 00:22:27,379 --> 00:22:29,586 BECAUSE DAD JUST TALKS ABOUT THEM LIKE THEY'RE NOTHING. 460 00:22:29,620 --> 00:22:31,034 -REALLY? -YEAH. 461 00:22:31,068 --> 00:22:32,793 ALL THE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS THAT JAKE'S DOING, 462 00:22:32,827 --> 00:22:36,655 AND, YEAH. IT CAN GO WRONG, I GUESS. 463 00:22:41,310 --> 00:22:42,724 Danny: FRED, FRED, FRED, WAIT A MINUTE. 464 00:22:42,758 --> 00:22:48,103 HEY, DUDE, I DON'T FEEL NORMAL. MY EYES ARE BURNING. 465 00:22:48,137 --> 00:22:50,620 Narrator: IRAQ, 2009 -- 466 00:22:50,655 --> 00:22:53,000 FRED WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD, 467 00:22:53,034 --> 00:22:55,620 ENDING HIS SPECIAL FORCES CAREER. 468 00:22:55,655 --> 00:22:57,034 THE LAST MISSION WE WERE ON, 469 00:22:57,068 --> 00:22:58,862 I ACTUALLY GOT SHOT BY A SNIPER 470 00:22:58,896 --> 00:23:00,586 RIGHT IN THE TOP OF THE HELMET. 471 00:23:00,620 --> 00:23:03,310 MILLION-DOLLAR SHOT WHERE IT DIDN'T KILL ME, 472 00:23:03,344 --> 00:23:08,655 BUT IT JUST ENDED UP SNAPPING ONE OF THE VERTEBRAE IN MY NECK. 473 00:23:08,689 --> 00:23:10,379 SEVERAL SEIZURES LATER, 474 00:23:10,413 --> 00:23:13,103 FRED WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A BRAIN INJURY 475 00:23:13,137 --> 00:23:14,620 LEAVING HIM MORE SUSCEPTIBLE 476 00:23:14,655 --> 00:23:19,206 TO NEUROLOGICAL CHEMICALS LIKE CYANIDE. 477 00:23:19,241 --> 00:23:20,758 MY EYES ARE REALLY SENSITIVE TO LIGHT RIGHT NOW. 478 00:23:20,793 --> 00:23:22,241 REALLY? YOU'RE SHAKING A LITTLE BIT, TOO. 479 00:23:22,275 --> 00:23:24,413 I DON'T WANT TO FREAK YOU OUT, BUT... 480 00:23:25,620 --> 00:23:28,689 SO WHEN YOUR SEIZURE THRESHOLD'S LOWER BASICALLY. 481 00:23:28,724 --> 00:23:31,137 YEAH. 482 00:23:31,172 --> 00:23:32,793 AND THEN WHAT, WHAT SHOULD I DO -- 483 00:23:32,827 --> 00:23:34,413 WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP YOU? YOU BEING THE MEDIC. 484 00:23:34,448 --> 00:23:36,137 WELL, TO BE HONEST I GET KIND OF BELLIGERENT 485 00:23:36,172 --> 00:23:37,137 FOR A SEIZURE, SO... 486 00:23:37,172 --> 00:23:40,172 SO LET ME JUST GET YOU SOMETHING. 487 00:23:40,206 --> 00:23:42,862 Narrator: DANNY ONLY KNOWS BASIC FIRST AID, 488 00:23:42,896 --> 00:23:46,551 AND THE NEAREST HOSPITAL IS TWO HOURS AWAY. 489 00:23:56,034 --> 00:23:57,758 I'M GOOD NOW. 490 00:23:57,793 --> 00:24:00,379 I WAS THINKING I COULD LAST A LOT LONGER THAN THIS. 491 00:24:00,413 --> 00:24:03,137 I'M A GREEN BERET, DUDE. 492 00:24:03,172 --> 00:24:05,586 I THINK THE REALITY IS IS THAT IF PARKER EVER DID 493 00:24:05,620 --> 00:24:07,344 INDULGE IN A THING LIKE THIS 494 00:24:07,379 --> 00:24:08,586 MOVING FORWARD, I DON'T THINK YOU COULD HAVE 495 00:24:08,620 --> 00:24:09,655 ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT, COULD YOU? 496 00:24:09,689 --> 00:24:10,931 I DON'T THINK I COULD. 497 00:24:10,965 --> 00:24:12,724 AT THE SAME TIME, I DON'T WANT TO MAKE MYSELF 498 00:24:12,758 --> 00:24:14,724 LOOK LIKE LESS OF AN ASSET, TOO. 499 00:24:14,758 --> 00:24:19,172 THAT KIND OF WORRIES ME. 500 00:24:19,206 --> 00:24:20,206 THANKS FOR HAVING MY BACK. 501 00:24:20,241 --> 00:24:21,103 NO WORRIES, MAN. 502 00:24:21,137 --> 00:24:22,034 ALRIGHT, I'LL SEE YOU IN A BIT. 503 00:24:22,068 --> 00:24:23,206 YEP. 504 00:24:23,241 --> 00:24:25,172 I HAVE NO DOUBTS THIS IS A SAFE PRACTICE 505 00:24:25,206 --> 00:24:27,655 AND IT SEEMS LIKE HE'S DOING THE RIGHT THING HERE. 506 00:24:27,689 --> 00:24:29,241 THIS IS HOW THEY MINE, SO I'VE JUST GOT TO BE 507 00:24:29,275 --> 00:24:30,827 A LITTLE MORE CAUTIOUS IN MY SITUATION, 508 00:24:30,862 --> 00:24:32,931 SO THAT'S ABOUT IT. 509 00:24:37,517 --> 00:24:39,551 Narrator: IT WILL TAKE TWO DAYS FOR THE CYANIDE 510 00:24:39,586 --> 00:24:41,586 TO FULLY SOAK THE TAILINGS 511 00:24:41,620 --> 00:24:44,724 AND DISSOLVE THE MICROSCOPIC GOLD. 512 00:24:44,758 --> 00:24:47,517 -HAPPY DAYS. -SO NOW YOU'RE SLUICING? 513 00:24:47,551 --> 00:24:49,103 WELL, IT'S NOT SLUICING, IT'S LEACHING. 514 00:24:49,137 --> 00:24:50,517 WELL, YOUR VERSION. 515 00:24:50,551 --> 00:24:53,448 IT'S PRODUCING GOLD. 516 00:24:53,482 --> 00:24:55,482 GIVE US A SHOUT WHEN WE CAN COME BACK. 517 00:24:55,517 --> 00:24:57,586 NO WORRIES. 518 00:25:00,379 --> 00:25:02,758 Narrator: BACK IN SANDSTONE, PARKER'S TEAM 519 00:25:02,793 --> 00:25:05,896 WAITS FOR JAKE'S LEACHING PROCESS TO FINISH. 520 00:25:05,931 --> 00:25:08,586 MY FAMILY'S MINED HERE FOR 50-PLUS YEARS. 521 00:25:08,620 --> 00:25:11,137 MY GREAT GRANDDAD ACTUALLY WAS A LOCAL HERE. 522 00:25:11,172 --> 00:25:12,344 THAT'S YOUR GREAT GRANDDAD? 523 00:25:12,379 --> 00:25:13,275 YEAH. 524 00:25:13,310 --> 00:25:14,724 NICE NUGS. 525 00:25:14,758 --> 00:25:16,448 Narrator: FOR A YUKON MINER, 526 00:25:16,482 --> 00:25:19,724 A NEW PROCESS ISN'T THE ONLY OBSTACLE TO WORKING HERE. 527 00:25:19,758 --> 00:25:23,344 DUST, HEAT, AND FLIES IS A MURDEROUS ONE, ISN'T IT? 528 00:25:23,379 --> 00:25:25,137 WITH A FEW CHEMICALS MIXED IN THERE. 529 00:25:25,172 --> 00:25:26,275 YEAH. 530 00:25:26,310 --> 00:25:28,206 I GET THE WHOLE WARINESS WITH THE CHEMICALS, 531 00:25:28,241 --> 00:25:29,551 BUT THERE'S LOTS OF OTHER PROCESSES 532 00:25:29,586 --> 00:25:30,793 YOU CAN DO AROUND HERE. 533 00:25:30,827 --> 00:25:32,103 I ACTUALLY KNOW A GUY WHO'S RUNNING 534 00:25:32,137 --> 00:25:33,413 A DRY BLOWER AT THE MOMENT. 535 00:25:33,448 --> 00:25:35,551 IT'S LIKE A WASH PLANT WITH NO WATER? 536 00:25:35,586 --> 00:25:37,758 YEAH, EXACTLY. HE'S NOT TOO FAR OUT OF TOWN. 537 00:25:37,793 --> 00:25:40,000 I MEAN, WE'VE GOT TO LET THAT DIRT SOAK ANYWAYS, 538 00:25:40,034 --> 00:25:41,482 SO WE'VE GOT TIME. 539 00:25:41,517 --> 00:25:43,517 BUT LET'S DRINK SOME BEER FIRST. 540 00:25:43,551 --> 00:25:46,827 -CHEERS. -HERE'S TO ANOTHER DAY DONE. 541 00:25:46,862 --> 00:25:48,379 Tyler: I'M EXCITED TO SHOW THEM DRY BLOWING. 542 00:25:48,413 --> 00:25:50,103 IT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PROCESS. 543 00:25:50,137 --> 00:25:52,655 THIS IS A REALLY GOOD BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY FOR PARKER, 544 00:25:52,689 --> 00:25:54,586 AND I'M HOPING OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS, 545 00:25:54,620 --> 00:25:56,000 THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT. 546 00:25:56,034 --> 00:25:57,931 THERE'S DEFINITELY GOLD IN THE GROUND OUT HERE. 547 00:25:57,965 --> 00:25:59,827 IT'S JUST THAT WHAT JAKE DOES, 548 00:25:59,862 --> 00:26:02,172 IT'S A VERY DIFFERENT MINING PROCESS. 549 00:26:02,206 --> 00:26:04,448 YOU KNOW, I'M ACTUALLY VERY INTERESTED 550 00:26:04,482 --> 00:26:07,758 IN FINDING SOMETHING THAT SUITS US, 551 00:26:07,793 --> 00:26:09,896 AND THAT'S THE NUMBER-ONE PRIORITY. 552 00:26:22,068 --> 00:26:24,413 Narrator: THE NEXT MORNING, THE GROUP SETS OUT 553 00:26:24,448 --> 00:26:28,206 FOR TYLER'S LATEST BUSINESS LEAD. 554 00:26:28,241 --> 00:26:31,241 SO, WE'RE GOING TO JAMES ALLISON'S LEASE. 555 00:26:31,275 --> 00:26:33,172 I'VE NEVER MET HIM. I'VE JUST HEARD ABOUT HIM 556 00:26:33,206 --> 00:26:35,206 THROUGH MY CONTACTS IN SANDSTONE. 557 00:26:35,241 --> 00:26:38,655 THE WORD IS JAMES IS LOOKING FOR A BUYER 558 00:26:38,689 --> 00:26:42,586 ON GROUND WHERE HE USES TRADITIONAL AUSSIE EQUIPMENT. 559 00:26:42,620 --> 00:26:44,103 HE'S RUNNING A DRY BLOWER. 560 00:26:44,137 --> 00:26:46,310 WE FINALLY SEE THE ILLUSIVE DRY BLOWER. 561 00:26:46,344 --> 00:26:47,724 I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 562 00:26:47,758 --> 00:26:49,275 IT WILL BE GOOD BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO LEACHING. 563 00:26:49,310 --> 00:26:51,758 IT'S A VIABLE OPTION FOR GETTING GOLD, FOR SURE? 564 00:26:51,793 --> 00:26:53,551 100%. YEP. 565 00:26:53,586 --> 00:26:54,827 WELL, WE'RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT. 566 00:26:54,862 --> 00:26:58,068 I'M GUESSING ALL THAT DUST IS NOT JUST THE WIND. 567 00:27:23,827 --> 00:27:27,862 -HE'S IN A DOZER. -WOW, LOOK AT THAT. 568 00:27:27,896 --> 00:27:30,172 Narrator: TYLER LEADS THE TEAM TO A LOCAL MINER 569 00:27:30,206 --> 00:27:34,448 NAMED JAMES ALLISON WHO HAS A SIZABLE GOLD CLAIM FOR SALE. 570 00:27:41,620 --> 00:27:45,068 I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF HE'S NOTICED WE'RE HERE. 571 00:27:45,103 --> 00:27:49,689 VETERAN GOLD MINER JAMES RUNS AN OLD-SCHOOL DRY BLOWER, 572 00:27:49,724 --> 00:27:54,482 A GOLD RECOVERY SYSTEM THAT WORKS WITHOUT WATER. 573 00:27:54,517 --> 00:27:57,517 OH, HERE WE GO. WE'RE IN BUSINESS. 574 00:28:01,965 --> 00:28:03,965 -I'M PARKER. NICE TO MEET YOU. -ALRIGHT. 575 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:05,862 HOW'S THIS THING WORK? 576 00:28:05,896 --> 00:28:08,034 FEED THE DRY MATERIAL IN ON THE TOP, 577 00:28:08,068 --> 00:28:09,103 AND IT SEPARATES. 578 00:28:09,137 --> 00:28:10,620 SO YOU'VE GOT YOUR COURSE MATERIAL. 579 00:28:10,655 --> 00:28:11,620 Parker: THAT'S YOUR OVERSIZE. 580 00:28:11,655 --> 00:28:13,551 AND THEN IT DROPS INTO YOUR BOXES. 581 00:28:13,586 --> 00:28:14,896 OKAY. 582 00:28:14,931 --> 00:28:16,758 YOUR COURSE MATERIAL GETS CAUGHT ON THOSE TOP RIFFLES. 583 00:28:16,793 --> 00:28:17,758 MM-HMM. 584 00:28:17,793 --> 00:28:19,965 AND IT PULSES, WORKS IT WAY DOWN. 585 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,310 -GOT YOU. -ALRIGHT. 586 00:28:22,344 --> 00:28:25,241 Narrator: IN THE YUKON, WET PLANTS USE WATER 587 00:28:25,275 --> 00:28:27,827 TO WASH PAY DIRT INTO A SLUICE BOX 588 00:28:27,862 --> 00:28:29,896 SEPARATING THE LIGHTER DIRT 589 00:28:29,931 --> 00:28:33,758 AND TRAPPING THE HEAVIER GOLD IN THE RIFFLES. 590 00:28:33,793 --> 00:28:38,172 BUT A DRY BLOWER'S RIFFLES WORK THE OTHER WAY AROUND. 591 00:28:38,206 --> 00:28:42,965 AIR BLOWS UP THROUGH VIBRATING SCREENS BLASTING AWAY DIRT 592 00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:45,689 WHILE THE RIFFLES CATCH THE HEAVIER GOLD. 593 00:28:48,793 --> 00:28:50,137 ARE THEY PRETTY EFFECTIVE? 594 00:28:50,172 --> 00:28:51,413 YOU WON'T GET 100%. 595 00:28:51,448 --> 00:28:54,206 YOU'LL GET ANYTHING FROM 60% TO 75%. 596 00:28:54,241 --> 00:28:56,310 GOT YOU. 597 00:29:03,655 --> 00:29:05,172 Tyler: SO BASICALLY, GUYS, HE'S SORTING THROUGH 598 00:29:05,206 --> 00:29:07,344 THE PAY DIRT AND HE'S GETTING RID OF THE OVERSIZED, 599 00:29:07,379 --> 00:29:09,862 AND THIS UNDERSIZED STUFF, HE'S GOING TO PAN 600 00:29:09,896 --> 00:29:11,620 TO GET THE GOLD OUT, AND THEN THIS OVERSIZED, 601 00:29:11,655 --> 00:29:15,137 HE'LL DETECT TO GET THE BIGGER NUGGETS. 602 00:29:15,172 --> 00:29:17,448 NOW, WOULD THIS BE YOUR BIG NUGGETS HERE, JAMES, IF THERE WERE ANY? 603 00:29:25,206 --> 00:29:26,965 THERE'S ONE. 604 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:29,344 -THERE IT IS. -LOOK AT THAT. 605 00:29:29,379 --> 00:29:32,172 THERE YOU GO. 606 00:29:32,206 --> 00:29:34,517 -THERE'S ANOTHER ONE. -WOW. 607 00:29:34,551 --> 00:29:37,965 IS THAT ONE? 608 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:40,827 -GOOD SPOT, FRED. -WOW, GEEZ. 609 00:29:40,862 --> 00:29:45,137 THERE, ABOUT SIX GRAMS. 610 00:29:45,172 --> 00:29:47,931 HOW MUCH FINDS WOULD YOU EXPECT TO ACCOMPANY THAT? 611 00:29:47,965 --> 00:29:50,931 OH, WE'LL PROBABLY GET ANOTHER COUPLE OF GRAMS. 612 00:29:50,965 --> 00:29:55,724 Narrator: EIGHT GRAMS IS WORTH ABOUT $420 U.S. DOLLARS. 613 00:29:55,758 --> 00:30:00,103 FIVE OR SIX RUNS A DAY WOULD NET OVER $10,000 A WEEK. 614 00:30:02,344 --> 00:30:05,344 I MINE IN THE YUKON, AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR GROUND 615 00:30:05,379 --> 00:30:07,758 THAT IS MINABLE FOR MORE OF THE YEAR. 616 00:30:07,793 --> 00:30:09,758 DO YOU HAVE ANY GROUND AROUND HERE THAT'S FOR SALE? 617 00:30:09,793 --> 00:30:11,551 IF YOU WANT TO BUY THIS ONE. 618 00:30:11,586 --> 00:30:13,655 YOU'VE GOT THIS PLACE FOR SALE? 619 00:30:13,689 --> 00:30:15,931 WHAT KIND OF PRICE ARE YOU LOOKING AT? 620 00:30:17,655 --> 00:30:19,862 OH, YOU DON'T WANT THESE GUYS AROUND? 621 00:30:19,896 --> 00:30:21,862 ALRIGHT. THAT'S FAIR ENOUGH. 622 00:30:24,137 --> 00:30:28,241 GOLD DEALS IN THE YUKON ARE OFTEN SHROUDED IN SECRECY, 623 00:30:28,275 --> 00:30:30,551 AND AUSTRALIA IS NO DIFFERENT. 624 00:30:30,586 --> 00:30:32,000 I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF POLITICS INVOLVED 625 00:30:32,034 --> 00:30:33,655 AND BECAUSE SANDSTONE'S SUCH A SMALL AREA, 626 00:30:33,689 --> 00:30:37,862 HE WON'T WANT THAT INFORMATION GETTING OUT TO THE LOCALS. 627 00:30:37,896 --> 00:30:40,068 I'VE GOT 17 OUNCES IN PLACES LIKE THIS. 628 00:30:40,103 --> 00:30:42,275 -WOW. -AND SO, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK 629 00:30:42,310 --> 00:30:46,310 TO BE DONE HERE OVER A LONG TIME. 630 00:30:46,344 --> 00:30:48,275 HECK, MAYBE THAT THING'S FOR SALE, YOU KNOW? 631 00:30:48,310 --> 00:30:50,448 YOU'RE GOING IN FOR THE KILL ON HIS BIT OF EQUIPMENT. 632 00:30:50,482 --> 00:30:52,517 ALWAYS THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX, RIGHT? 633 00:30:55,689 --> 00:30:58,137 HOW DID IT GO? 634 00:30:58,172 --> 00:31:00,379 I DON'T THINK HE'S VERY SERIOUS ABOUT SELLING THIS PLACE. 635 00:31:00,413 --> 00:31:03,379 IT'S STILL A CLASSIC THING OF EVERYTHING IS FOR SALE, BUT... 636 00:31:03,413 --> 00:31:05,413 -WHAT'S YOUR PRICE? -YEAH. 637 00:31:05,448 --> 00:31:07,448 LIKE MY MINE SITE'S FOR SALE, TOO. 638 00:31:09,793 --> 00:31:11,482 -EVERYTHING IS FOR SALE. -EVERYTHING IS FOR SALE. 639 00:31:11,517 --> 00:31:13,310 FRED HAD A GOOD IDEA, THOUGH, THAT HE MIGHT BE INTERESTED 640 00:31:13,344 --> 00:31:15,310 IN SELLING THE DRY BLOWER. 641 00:31:15,344 --> 00:31:18,344 -I KIND OF LIKE IT. -RIGHT? 642 00:31:18,379 --> 00:31:22,034 Narrator: A DRY BLOWER WOULD LET PARKER TEST GROUND, 643 00:31:22,068 --> 00:31:27,172 STRENGTHENING HIS HAND FOR THE REST OF THE TRIP. 644 00:31:27,206 --> 00:31:31,310 SO, YOU WOULDN'T HAPPEN TO WANT TO SELL THIS, WOULD YOU? 645 00:31:31,344 --> 00:31:32,586 NO. 646 00:31:32,620 --> 00:31:33,482 -NO? -NO. 647 00:31:33,517 --> 00:31:35,034 I REPLACED THE MOTOR ON IT, 648 00:31:35,068 --> 00:31:37,551 AND I'VE HAD THE GEAR BOX OVERHAULED LAST YEAR. 649 00:31:37,586 --> 00:31:39,034 SO, IT'S KIND OF YOUR BABY, IT SOUNDS LIKE. 650 00:31:39,068 --> 00:31:42,000 -IT'S HAD A LOT OF WORK. -THAT'S FAIR ENOUGH. 651 00:31:42,034 --> 00:31:43,896 NICE LITTLE SET UP YOU'VE GOT HERE. 652 00:31:43,931 --> 00:31:45,000 -THANKS, JAMES. -THANK YOU. 653 00:31:45,034 --> 00:31:48,827 REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 654 00:31:48,862 --> 00:31:50,482 DUD? 655 00:31:50,517 --> 00:31:51,862 IT'S NOT A DUD. 656 00:31:51,896 --> 00:31:56,310 IF WE WANTED TO PURSUE IT HARDER, WE COULD. 657 00:31:56,344 --> 00:32:00,655 LET'S GET OUT OF HERE, FRED. 658 00:32:00,689 --> 00:32:02,137 Tyler: THE MORE TIME I SPEND WITH PARKER, 659 00:32:02,172 --> 00:32:05,758 I'M STARTING TO SEE WHAT HE REALLY ENJOYS 660 00:32:05,793 --> 00:32:08,482 IS MOVING DIRT AROUND AND WASHING ROCKS. 661 00:32:08,517 --> 00:32:11,379 HE LIKES THAT HANDS-ON SIDE OF MINING. 662 00:32:11,413 --> 00:32:14,413 HE GOT A LITTLE INTRODUCTION TO DRY BLOWING TODAY. 663 00:32:14,448 --> 00:32:17,379 I THINK HE QUITE ENJOYED THE PROCESS, 664 00:32:17,413 --> 00:32:19,758 ESPECIALLY AFTER LEACHING. 665 00:32:19,793 --> 00:32:22,000 THE WHOLE LEACHING THING WILL COME DOWN TO GOLD. 666 00:32:22,034 --> 00:32:23,724 I'M SURE HIS MIND MIGHT CHANGE 667 00:32:23,758 --> 00:32:25,862 IF WE DO A REALLY GOOD GOLD PULL. 668 00:32:35,103 --> 00:32:38,620 -LET'S GO BACK TO JAKEY. -YEP. 669 00:32:38,655 --> 00:32:40,862 Narrator: THE NEXT MORNING, PARKER AND HIS TEAM 670 00:32:40,896 --> 00:32:43,275 ARE BACK AT THE HONEYPOT CLAIM 671 00:32:43,310 --> 00:32:45,551 WHERE LEASE HOLDERS JAKE AND MATT 672 00:32:45,586 --> 00:32:49,172 ARE ABOUT TO START THE NEXT STAGE OF THE VAT LEACH PROCESS. 673 00:32:53,344 --> 00:32:54,689 -HOW'S IT GOING? -HELLO. 674 00:32:54,724 --> 00:32:55,896 SO, WHAT'S NEXT? 675 00:32:55,931 --> 00:32:56,965 Jake: WE JUST TURNED ALL THE PUMPS OFF 676 00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:58,620 AND WE'VE FLUSHED ALL THE CYANIDE OUT, 677 00:32:58,655 --> 00:32:59,965 SO IT'S JUST FRESH WATER NOW. 678 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:01,310 AND BASICALLY, WE'VE GOT TO PULL 679 00:33:01,344 --> 00:33:03,068 OUR CARBON TANK OUT OF HERE WITH ALL THE GOLD IN IT. 680 00:33:03,103 --> 00:33:05,724 OH, SWEET. 681 00:33:05,758 --> 00:33:08,344 Narrator: THE CYANIDE DISSOLVES ALL THE FINE GOLD 682 00:33:08,379 --> 00:33:10,931 IN THE TAILINGS SO THE GOLD-RICH LIQUID 683 00:33:10,965 --> 00:33:13,034 CAN BE PUMPED INTO A DRUM 684 00:33:13,068 --> 00:33:17,793 WHERE THE MICROSCOPIC SPECS BIND TO LUMPS OF CARBON. 685 00:33:17,827 --> 00:33:21,724 ALL TRACES OF CYANIDE HAVE BEEN RINSED FROM THE DRUM, 686 00:33:21,758 --> 00:33:25,000 BUT FRED'S NOT TAKING ANY CHANCES. 687 00:33:25,034 --> 00:33:28,241 I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LEVELS OF CYANIDE HERE ARE, 688 00:33:28,275 --> 00:33:29,896 BUT IT'S JUST NOT WORTH IT TO ME, 689 00:33:29,931 --> 00:33:32,448 SO I'M JUST TAKING THE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. 690 00:33:32,482 --> 00:33:36,103 ADDED BONUS HERE IS THERE'S NO FLIES IN MY FACE, SO... 691 00:33:36,137 --> 00:33:38,068 IT'S GOING TO GET A BIT OF A MISSION TRYING TO GET IT OUT. 692 00:33:38,103 --> 00:33:40,379 WE KIND OF MANIPULATED IT TO GET IT IN HERE, 693 00:33:40,413 --> 00:33:42,827 AND WE'LL HAVE TO MANIPULATE IT TO GET IT OUT. 694 00:33:42,862 --> 00:33:46,758 -COOL. -SEE HOW IT GOES. 695 00:33:46,793 --> 00:33:49,103 Tyler: THIS MOMENT'S PRETTY BIG. THIS IS WHERE ALL THE GOLD IS. 696 00:33:49,137 --> 00:33:52,931 AND IT WILL DETERMINE IF THAT LEACH HAS WORKED. 697 00:33:52,965 --> 00:33:55,758 Narrator: MAKING A VIABLE BUSINESS OF THE HONEYPOT CLAIM 698 00:33:55,793 --> 00:34:00,137 MEANS COMMITTING TO THE CYANIDE PROCESS. 699 00:34:00,172 --> 00:34:03,241 BUT JAKE'S CONVINCED THE FINAL GOLD EXTRACTION 700 00:34:03,275 --> 00:34:06,620 WILL SHOW PARKER JUST HOW EFFICIENT LEACHING CAN BE. 701 00:34:10,068 --> 00:34:12,724 I'M NOT REALLY LIKING IT TO BE HONEST. 702 00:34:12,758 --> 00:34:15,793 EVEN JUST THE TANK EMPTY WITH NO GOLD IN IT OR ANYTHING, 703 00:34:15,827 --> 00:34:18,827 IT'S A $10,000 TANK. 704 00:34:18,862 --> 00:34:20,827 I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO WORK. 705 00:34:20,862 --> 00:34:23,172 -GIVE IT A SHOT. -YEAH. GIVE IT A GO. 706 00:34:23,206 --> 00:34:25,206 SEE WHAT HAPPENS. 707 00:34:30,517 --> 00:34:32,896 ALRIGHT. 708 00:34:51,793 --> 00:34:53,862 Fred: THIS IS NERVE-RACKING. 709 00:34:53,896 --> 00:34:55,172 PARKER'S GONE A BIT QUIET 710 00:34:55,206 --> 00:34:59,758 AND THAT NORMALLY MEANS HE'S A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS. 711 00:34:59,793 --> 00:35:03,758 HE'S GOT 50 GRAND WORTH OF GOLD ON HIS FINGERTIPS. 712 00:35:11,689 --> 00:35:14,862 ALRIGHT. ALL GOOD. 713 00:35:21,275 --> 00:35:22,931 OH, MY GOODNESS. 714 00:35:22,965 --> 00:35:25,068 WHAT THE HECK IS THAT? 715 00:35:25,103 --> 00:35:26,758 HOLY COW. 716 00:35:28,758 --> 00:35:30,689 YOU WOULDN'T WANT THAT GUY RUNNING UP YOUR LEG, WOULD YOU? 717 00:35:32,965 --> 00:35:35,758 JUST SAW A WHACKING GREAT LIZARD OVER THERE. 718 00:35:35,793 --> 00:35:37,448 -WAS IT A BUNGARRA? -IS THAT WHAT IT IS? 719 00:35:37,482 --> 00:35:39,586 -MASSIVE. -YEAH. THEY'RE NORMALLY SCARED, 720 00:35:39,620 --> 00:35:42,689 BUT IF YOU THREATEN THEM, THEY'LL GO, YEAH. 721 00:35:42,724 --> 00:35:47,620 Narrator: BUNGARRA IS AN ABORIGINAL WORD FOR THE SAND GOANNA. 722 00:35:47,655 --> 00:35:50,068 THIS FORAGING MONITOR LIZARD CAN KILL 723 00:35:50,103 --> 00:35:53,241 AND EAT SOME OF THE DEADLIEST SNAKES IN THE WORLD 724 00:35:53,275 --> 00:35:55,896 INCLUDING THE INLAND TAIPAN. 725 00:35:55,931 --> 00:35:57,965 LIKE FEW OTHER SPECIES ON EARTH, 726 00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:02,413 BUNGARRA HAVE EVOLVED IMMUNITY TO SNAKE VENOM. 727 00:36:08,517 --> 00:36:10,310 ALRIGHT. ALL GOOD. 728 00:36:10,344 --> 00:36:12,620 Narrator: IN THE REMOTE AUSTRALIAN BUSH, 729 00:36:12,655 --> 00:36:15,448 LEASE HOLDER JAKE AND MEDIC FRED 730 00:36:15,482 --> 00:36:18,965 PREPARE TO EXTRACT GOLD FROM A TWO-TON IRON DRUM. 731 00:36:20,586 --> 00:36:22,724 AAH! 732 00:36:22,758 --> 00:36:25,724 HOLY 733 00:36:25,758 --> 00:36:27,482 -YOU ALRIGHT? -YEAH, I'M FINE. 734 00:36:27,517 --> 00:36:31,482 SORRY. 735 00:36:31,517 --> 00:36:34,896 ALRIGHT. LOOKING GOOD. 736 00:36:34,931 --> 00:36:38,344 Narrator: NEXT JOB, OPEN THE DRUM'S SEALED LID. 737 00:36:38,379 --> 00:36:40,758 Jake: YOU ALRIGHT? 738 00:36:45,034 --> 00:36:49,827 WE PUT TOO MUCH GLUE ON. 739 00:36:49,862 --> 00:36:52,413 THERE'S ONLY ONE CHAIN THAT'S HOLDING UP THIS WHOLE BUCKET 740 00:36:52,448 --> 00:36:54,758 AND HE'S WOBBLING IT AROUND UP THERE. 741 00:36:54,793 --> 00:36:58,413 Parker: OW. 742 00:36:58,448 --> 00:37:01,689 GUYS, WHAT DID YOU PUT THIS ON WITH? 743 00:37:01,724 --> 00:37:03,275 SUPER GLUE. 744 00:37:06,862 --> 00:37:08,206 -THERE YOU GO. -WHOO! 745 00:37:08,241 --> 00:37:10,241 -GET IN THERE! -GOOD JOB, BOYS. 746 00:37:10,275 --> 00:37:12,689 WELL DONE. 747 00:37:12,724 --> 00:37:15,448 Narrator: NOW THE TEAM CAN COLLECT ALL THE CARBON LUMPS 748 00:37:15,482 --> 00:37:17,551 CONTAINING THE FINE GOLD. 749 00:37:17,586 --> 00:37:19,344 WE'RE FLUSHING THE CARBON INTO THE BAG. 750 00:37:19,379 --> 00:37:20,724 THIS IS THE MOST CRUCIAL POINT. 751 00:37:20,758 --> 00:37:25,275 ANY CARBON WE SPILL, IT'S GOLD THAT WE'RE LOSING. 752 00:37:25,310 --> 00:37:28,172 Tyler: THERE IT IS. 753 00:37:28,206 --> 00:37:31,172 -LOOKS LIKE IT'S ABOUT OVER. -THAT'S ALL THE CARBON OUT. 754 00:37:31,206 --> 00:37:34,103 Fred: WELL, THAT'S A LOT OF CARBON. 755 00:37:34,137 --> 00:37:37,517 CURL IN. 756 00:37:37,551 --> 00:37:40,551 -YEAH. WELL DONE EVERYONE. -GOOD JOB, FRED. 757 00:37:40,586 --> 00:37:43,241 -HAPPY DAYS. -AWESOME. 758 00:37:43,275 --> 00:37:44,724 -WE'RE ALL STILL ALIVE. -GOOD WORK. 759 00:37:44,758 --> 00:37:46,310 SO, DO YOU JUST, LIKE, TRADE THIS IN AT THE BAR 760 00:37:46,344 --> 00:37:49,241 FOR CASES OF BEER? 761 00:37:49,275 --> 00:37:51,137 WE'LL TAKE THIS DOWN TO THE STRIPPING PLACE, 762 00:37:51,172 --> 00:37:53,620 AND THEY'LL PROCESS IT INTO STEEL WOOL FOR US, 763 00:37:53,655 --> 00:37:54,931 AND THEN WE'LL POUR A BAR OUT OF THAT. 764 00:37:54,965 --> 00:37:56,448 SWEET. WE'LL JUST FOLLOW YOU THEN? 765 00:37:56,482 --> 00:37:58,827 -YEP. LET'S GO. -LET'S GO MAKE SOME MONEY. 766 00:38:00,758 --> 00:38:05,206 Narrator: JAKE DRIVES THE GROUP 20 MILES SOUTH TO ONE OF HIS WORKSHOPS. 767 00:38:05,241 --> 00:38:06,482 Parker: I'LL BE INTERESTED TO SEE HOW MUCH GOLD 768 00:38:06,517 --> 00:38:08,862 COMES OUT OF THAT FROM A DIRT-MOVING STANDPOINT. 769 00:38:08,896 --> 00:38:11,137 YOU KNOW, IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE, AND THEN THE COSTS ARE LOW 770 00:38:11,172 --> 00:38:13,310 ONCE YOU GET TO THIS POINT. 771 00:38:13,344 --> 00:38:16,586 BUT USING CHEMICALS, 772 00:38:16,620 --> 00:38:19,034 I'M NOT REALLY SURE HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT. 773 00:38:19,068 --> 00:38:22,103 Narrator: THE CARBON IS LEACHED AGAIN THROUGH A PROCESS 774 00:38:22,137 --> 00:38:26,310 CALLED ELECTROWINNING GIVING JAKE HIGH PURITY MATERIAL 775 00:38:26,344 --> 00:38:30,206 HE MELTS FOR 20 MINUTES AT 1,400 DEGREES. 776 00:38:33,206 --> 00:38:35,413 DANNY HAS TO PUT A CAMERA ON ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING 777 00:38:35,448 --> 00:38:39,068 INCLUDING THE TONGS GOING INTO THE FURNACE. 778 00:38:44,931 --> 00:38:46,793 -OH. -HOLY CRAP. 779 00:38:46,827 --> 00:38:50,965 -WOW. -WOW. 780 00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:53,034 -NOT BAD. -ONE GOLD CAKE. 781 00:38:53,068 --> 00:38:56,758 -HAPPY WITH THAT? -YEAH. 782 00:38:56,793 --> 00:38:59,275 WE'RE GOING TO JUST PUT THIS BAR IN A BIT OF NITRIC ACID. 783 00:38:59,310 --> 00:39:01,620 THAT WILL CLEAN UP ALL OF THE RUBBISH ON THE OUTSIDE 784 00:39:01,655 --> 00:39:04,896 AND SHOW US THE ACTUAL COLOR OF THE GOLD. 785 00:39:04,931 --> 00:39:08,586 THE ACID DISSOLVES THE REMAINING UNWANTED MATERIAL 786 00:39:08,620 --> 00:39:14,103 LEAVING A GOLD BAR OF 98% PURITY READY TO BE WEIGHED. 787 00:39:14,137 --> 00:39:18,103 COOL. I LIKE IT. 788 00:39:18,137 --> 00:39:21,068 28 OUNCES. YOU READY? 789 00:39:21,103 --> 00:39:23,862 OH, BLIMEY. I'LL GO 29. 790 00:39:23,896 --> 00:39:28,344 Narrator: JAKE'S FINAL BAR IS THE PRODUCT OF 400 TONS OF DIRT. 791 00:39:28,379 --> 00:39:29,758 -34. -OOH. 792 00:39:29,793 --> 00:39:31,517 -34. -34. 793 00:39:31,551 --> 00:39:35,137 SO, 35 OUNCES OF GOLD WOULD MAKE JAKE'S GROUND 794 00:39:35,172 --> 00:39:39,103 WORTH 10 TIMES WHAT PARKER MINES IN THE YUKON. 795 00:39:39,137 --> 00:39:41,206 Jake: YOU GOING TO SLAP IT ON THE SCALES OR WHAT? 796 00:39:46,379 --> 00:39:47,793 -WHOA. -OH 797 00:39:47,827 --> 00:39:51,241 -THAT'S A BIT MORE. -SHUT UP. 798 00:39:51,275 --> 00:39:52,724 Parker: 44.5. 799 00:39:52,758 --> 00:39:58,241 Narrator: 44.5 OUNCES IS WORTH OVER $66,000. 800 00:39:58,275 --> 00:39:59,655 -GOOD WORK. -THAT'S GOOD. 801 00:39:59,689 --> 00:40:02,448 -THE OPTIMIST. -YEAH. 802 00:40:02,482 --> 00:40:05,862 SO, WE'VE HAD A REALLY GOOD RESULT. ARE YOU INTERESTED? 803 00:40:05,896 --> 00:40:08,724 GOD, THIS WHOLE PROCESS IS JUST SO FOREIGN TO ME. 804 00:40:08,758 --> 00:40:10,448 YOU GUYS ARE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH IT. 805 00:40:10,482 --> 00:40:11,689 IF I SHOWED UP HERE, 806 00:40:11,724 --> 00:40:13,586 I WOULD MAKE AN ABSOLUTE MESS OUT OF IT. 807 00:40:14,448 --> 00:40:16,068 AS INTRIGUED AS I AM BY IT, 808 00:40:16,103 --> 00:40:17,827 I REALLY GOT LEARN WAY MORE ABOUT IT 809 00:40:17,862 --> 00:40:19,862 BEFORE I START TAKING SOMETHING LIKE THIS ON. 810 00:40:19,896 --> 00:40:22,344 YEP. YOU CAN SEE IT MAKES GOOD MONEY, THOUGH. 811 00:40:22,379 --> 00:40:24,620 OH, YEAH. 812 00:40:24,655 --> 00:40:26,620 -CHEERS. THANKS, GUYS. -CHEERS. 813 00:40:26,655 --> 00:40:28,379 REALLY GLAD I DID END UP BRINGING THE BOYS HERE. 814 00:40:28,413 --> 00:40:29,896 THEY LEARNED A LOT. 815 00:40:29,931 --> 00:40:33,103 IT WAS REALLY COOL TO SEE THREE YOUNG MINERS WORKING TOGETHER. 816 00:40:33,137 --> 00:40:35,034 YOU NEVER SEE THAT. IT'S SO RARE. 817 00:40:35,068 --> 00:40:36,758 AND YEAH, IT'S GOOD TO SHOW THEM HOW WE DO IT 818 00:40:36,793 --> 00:40:37,931 IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 819 00:40:37,965 --> 00:40:39,206 -THANKS AGAIN. -NICE ONE, MATT. 820 00:40:39,241 --> 00:40:42,206 -TAKE IT EASY, MATE. -TAKE IT EASY, MATE. 821 00:40:42,241 --> 00:40:44,034 PARKER, THERE'S THE GOLD. 822 00:40:44,068 --> 00:40:45,655 THERE'S THE GOLD. 823 00:40:45,689 --> 00:40:49,517 -SHALL WE GO? -LET'S GET IN THE TRUCK AND GO. 824 00:40:49,551 --> 00:40:52,758 THERE IT IS. 825 00:40:52,793 --> 00:40:55,689 I DO LIKE THOSE GUYS. DON'T LIKE THE MINING PROCESS. 826 00:40:58,034 --> 00:41:00,034 I LIKE DIGGING DIRT. 827 00:41:06,379 --> 00:41:08,068 Narrator: NEXT TIME...IT'S A NUGGET. 828 00:41:08,103 --> 00:41:10,448 ...PARKER SWINGS FOR THE FENCES.... 829 00:41:10,482 --> 00:41:12,517 SHOW ME THE MONEY. 830 00:41:12,551 --> 00:41:14,379 ...HIRING A 50-TON PLANT... 831 00:41:14,413 --> 00:41:16,206 YEAH! 832 00:41:16,241 --> 00:41:18,137 ...WORTH HALF-A-MILLION DOLLARS... 833 00:41:18,172 --> 00:41:20,344 -WE ARE RUNNING. -YEAH! 834 00:41:20,379 --> 00:41:23,551 ...IN A GAMBLE THAT PUSHES HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH TYLER... 835 00:41:23,586 --> 00:41:24,862 Tyler: I'VE GOT A LOT RIDING ON THIS ONE. 836 00:41:24,896 --> 00:41:26,620 WE'RE RUNNING DIRT THAT HAS NO GOLD IN IT. 837 00:41:26,655 --> 00:41:28,000 ...TO ITS LIMIT. 838 00:41:28,034 --> 00:41:29,965 WE HAVEN'T HAD THIS MUCH ON THE LINE THE WHOLE TRIP. 839 00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:33,172 -I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING! 840 00:41:33,206 --> 00:41:34,137 Danny: FRED?