1 00:00:01,793 --> 00:00:04,068 on this episode Of "Parker's trail"... 2 00:00:04,103 --> 00:00:07,896 You go prospecting on these? Why is this thing so beat up? 3 00:00:07,931 --> 00:00:11,275 ...Parker breaks new ground Testing a hard rock mine. 4 00:00:11,310 --> 00:00:13,172 How deep are we Right now? 5 00:00:13,965 --> 00:00:17,482 Yalgoo is the outback, Where the true world starts. 6 00:00:17,517 --> 00:00:21,344 But after 6 weeks on the road, Temperatures are rising... 7 00:00:21,379 --> 00:00:22,482 you're the Medic, fred. 8 00:00:22,517 --> 00:00:23,931 It's not my Job. 9 00:00:23,965 --> 00:00:25,241 This is on me. 10 00:00:25,275 --> 00:00:26,793 Fred, look out. 11 00:00:26,827 --> 00:00:29,241 ...As pressure mounts To leave australia 12 00:00:29,275 --> 00:00:30,896 With a viable gold claim. 13 00:00:30,931 --> 00:00:33,620 You smell it? That's the smell of money. 14 00:00:33,655 --> 00:00:35,793 Man, I wish I could Have some of that. 15 00:00:35,827 --> 00:00:37,275 that could blow Your hand off, could it? 16 00:00:38,241 --> 00:00:39,448 That would kill you? 17 00:00:39,482 --> 00:00:42,068 Fire in the hole. 18 00:00:42,103 --> 00:00:44,000 Oh, boy. 19 00:00:44,034 --> 00:00:47,620 captions by vitac Www.Vitac.Com 20 00:00:47,655 --> 00:00:51,206 Captions paid for by Discovery communications 21 00:01:00,793 --> 00:01:03,206 Fred, look out. It's an emu. 22 00:01:03,241 --> 00:01:04,724 no way. 23 00:01:04,758 --> 00:01:08,655 Don't hit it, fred. Big bird's running alongside us. 24 00:01:08,689 --> 00:01:11,241 -come on. -come on. You can do it. 25 00:01:15,551 --> 00:01:17,517 Okay, we nearly Whack into it, 26 00:01:17,551 --> 00:01:19,172 And then it runs along The side of the road, 27 00:01:19,206 --> 00:01:22,103 Threatening to dive out In front of us at any second. 28 00:01:22,137 --> 00:01:23,344 It's like... 29 00:01:26,448 --> 00:01:28,413 Okay, where are We going now? 30 00:01:28,448 --> 00:01:30,172 we're going to a place Called "Yalgoo." 31 00:01:30,206 --> 00:01:32,241 Yalgoo actually means "Blood" In the indigenous language. 32 00:01:32,275 --> 00:01:33,689 -"Blood"? -"Blood." 33 00:01:33,724 --> 00:01:35,482 It's a very intense Place to be, 34 00:01:35,517 --> 00:01:37,862 Especially this time of year. It doesn't drop below 40. 35 00:01:37,896 --> 00:01:40,896 -it doesn't drop below 40? -that's over 100. 36 00:01:40,931 --> 00:01:42,724 It's a really, Really tough place to be. 37 00:01:42,758 --> 00:01:45,103 I know I've said that about The last couple locations, 38 00:01:45,137 --> 00:01:46,931 But this, by far, Will be the hardest. 39 00:01:46,965 --> 00:01:49,551 parker schnabel And his team are six weeks 40 00:01:49,586 --> 00:01:52,000 Into an eight-week mission Around australia, 41 00:01:52,034 --> 00:01:54,896 Looking for gold Mining opportunities to expand 42 00:01:54,931 --> 00:01:58,344 And extend his operation Beyond the yukon winter. 43 00:01:58,379 --> 00:02:00,689 The team are traveling 200 miles 44 00:02:00,724 --> 00:02:04,827 From the murchison goldfields To the yalgoo goldfields. 45 00:02:06,862 --> 00:02:09,172 This became a gold field Because of old gold mine 46 00:02:09,206 --> 00:02:10,724 Called "Emerald gold mine." 47 00:02:10,758 --> 00:02:12,620 This was back In the 1890s. 48 00:02:12,655 --> 00:02:17,206 And they pulled 2,384 tons, 49 00:02:17,241 --> 00:02:20,206 And got 8,334 ounces. 50 00:02:20,241 --> 00:02:21,482 -holy. -wow. 51 00:02:21,517 --> 00:02:23,241 It's insane. 52 00:02:23,275 --> 00:02:28,758 In 1892, a party of prospectors Trek to a spot in the yalgoo 53 00:02:28,793 --> 00:02:30,862 Where gold had been found In quartz 54 00:02:30,896 --> 00:02:32,965 By local Aboriginal people. 55 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:35,758 They established The emerald reward mine, 56 00:02:35,793 --> 00:02:39,379 Which, over the next 16 years, Produced $30 million 57 00:02:39,413 --> 00:02:44,344 Worth of gold from ground 400 times richer than the yukon. 58 00:02:46,482 --> 00:02:49,896 We are heading out to hard rock Operation, and that's for sale. 59 00:02:49,931 --> 00:02:51,517 It's owned by a guy Named "Big john." 60 00:02:51,551 --> 00:02:53,551 -big john. -big john. 61 00:02:53,586 --> 00:02:56,931 Hard rock is a massive part Of mining in australia, 62 00:02:56,965 --> 00:02:58,379 Especially Western australia. 63 00:02:58,413 --> 00:03:00,379 Right. I understand the concept. 64 00:03:00,413 --> 00:03:03,689 And the majority of mining In the world is hard rock. 65 00:03:03,724 --> 00:03:05,344 Do you think you Could get into this? 66 00:03:05,379 --> 00:03:07,655 It's the direction to head For longevity, 67 00:03:07,689 --> 00:03:11,862 Because plaster mining, we're Mining ground out like crazy. 68 00:03:11,896 --> 00:03:14,793 We just need to be around the Hard rock game a little more, 69 00:03:14,827 --> 00:03:17,413 And see more operations, And see how it's done a bit 70 00:03:17,448 --> 00:03:20,896 In different ways, And dip a toe in. 71 00:03:26,689 --> 00:03:27,689 It looks interesting. 72 00:03:27,724 --> 00:03:29,172 Yeah, this is cool. 73 00:03:29,206 --> 00:03:30,413 Let's go find out. 74 00:03:34,586 --> 00:03:36,034 -how's it going? -alright. How are we going? 75 00:03:36,068 --> 00:03:37,827 Good. I'm parker.How are you going, parker? 76 00:03:37,862 --> 00:03:38,827 tyler. Thanks for seeing us. 77 00:03:38,862 --> 00:03:40,103 -no worries, tyler. -fred. 78 00:03:40,137 --> 00:03:41,137 How are you doing? Danny. 79 00:03:41,172 --> 00:03:42,827 Danny. Did you get here all right? 80 00:03:42,862 --> 00:03:45,551 -yeah. -very good. 81 00:03:45,586 --> 00:03:48,206 horry's just giving me a Hand to treat some dirt today. 82 00:03:48,241 --> 00:03:49,724 oh, he doesn't look Very australian. 83 00:03:49,758 --> 00:03:51,000 -hello. -how's it going? 84 00:03:51,034 --> 00:03:54,586 we need a bit of wind To keep the dust off us. 85 00:03:54,620 --> 00:03:56,551 I'll just show you a bit What's going on here. 86 00:03:56,586 --> 00:03:58,172 As you can see, I've got my little 87 00:03:58,206 --> 00:03:59,689 Treatment plant Over there. 88 00:03:59,724 --> 00:04:01,241 So, this is all Underground, huh? 89 00:04:01,275 --> 00:04:02,896 Yes. Hard rock. 90 00:04:02,931 --> 00:04:04,275 So, this is the shaft? 91 00:04:04,310 --> 00:04:05,586 That is deep. 92 00:04:05,620 --> 00:04:07,517 It's about 40 meters deep. 93 00:04:07,551 --> 00:04:09,310 So, how far did the old boys Go down? 94 00:04:09,344 --> 00:04:11,517 They went down to About 33 meters. 95 00:04:11,551 --> 00:04:13,137 And then, I've continued From there. 96 00:04:13,172 --> 00:04:15,103 The biggest issue here, It's a narrow vein. 97 00:04:15,137 --> 00:04:16,551 It's at a funny angle. 98 00:04:16,586 --> 00:04:17,931 How wide is it? 99 00:04:17,965 --> 00:04:20,827 The ore body itself Is less than 300 mil 1 foot. 100 00:04:20,862 --> 00:04:23,068 -oh wow. -oh, wow. 101 00:04:23,103 --> 00:04:26,827 Hundreds of millions of years Ago, gold and superheated silica 102 00:04:26,862 --> 00:04:29,206 Was forced up From deep in the earth, 103 00:04:29,241 --> 00:04:31,965 And crystallized Within quartz veins. 104 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:36,137 Big john is selling a mineshaft That chases a thin quartz vein, 105 00:04:36,172 --> 00:04:39,275 Traveling through hard rock At a difficult angle, 106 00:04:39,310 --> 00:04:42,965 130 feet underground. 107 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:44,827 What grams per ton Are you running at? 108 00:04:44,862 --> 00:04:48,034 It can vary. Hopefully, about 14 grams. 109 00:04:48,068 --> 00:04:50,000 That's not bad, ey?Yeah. 110 00:04:50,034 --> 00:04:53,068 Big john's ground Could be 50 times richer 111 00:04:53,103 --> 00:04:54,724 Than parker's In the yukon. 112 00:04:54,758 --> 00:04:56,103 It's not as Straightforward 113 00:04:56,137 --> 00:04:58,000 As going out the bush, And detecting it. 114 00:04:58,034 --> 00:04:59,758 It's hard work, There's no doubt about it. 115 00:05:01,620 --> 00:05:05,137 You're the first real hard-rock Miner that we've been to. 116 00:05:05,172 --> 00:05:07,172 It's a completely New process to me. 117 00:05:07,206 --> 00:05:09,724 And so, if you're going through That process right now, 118 00:05:09,758 --> 00:05:11,896 I'd love to be A part of it if we can. 119 00:05:11,931 --> 00:05:14,206 And of course, we're looking for Mining opportunities, as well. 120 00:05:14,241 --> 00:05:16,551 So how interested Are you in selling it? 121 00:05:16,586 --> 00:05:18,241 Really interested. I'm getting older, 122 00:05:18,275 --> 00:05:20,310 So I want to sort of Change things a little bit, 123 00:05:20,344 --> 00:05:23,551 And just make life A bit easier for myself. 124 00:05:23,586 --> 00:05:24,931 Happy to Show you around. 125 00:05:24,965 --> 00:05:27,068 Everything's set up, right now, To bore some holes 126 00:05:27,103 --> 00:05:29,172 And then, we can come out, And we can fire. 127 00:05:29,206 --> 00:05:30,206 Right. 128 00:05:30,241 --> 00:05:31,275 And then, once The smoke is clear, 129 00:05:31,310 --> 00:05:33,068 If you're up for a bit Of physical work, 130 00:05:33,103 --> 00:05:34,965 We'll go And fog some ore. 131 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:36,724 We usually don't end up Leaving anywhere 132 00:05:36,758 --> 00:05:38,965 Without doing a bunch Of physical work. 133 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:40,275 Very good. 134 00:05:40,310 --> 00:05:41,862 so, how much are you Expecting to loosen up today? 135 00:05:41,896 --> 00:05:43,379 I'm gonna take One more cut, 136 00:05:43,413 --> 00:05:45,620 Which will probably break About 5 tons. 137 00:05:45,655 --> 00:05:46,827 I've got about 15 holes. 138 00:05:46,862 --> 00:05:48,275 I just want to Put a small blast 139 00:05:48,310 --> 00:05:50,206 In the ore body itself The ore structure. 140 00:05:50,241 --> 00:05:52,689 When you say "Small blast," What are we talking about, here? 141 00:05:52,724 --> 00:05:54,862 About 5 kilos Of explosives. 142 00:05:57,137 --> 00:05:59,172 Small blast, to me, Is a banger. 143 00:05:59,206 --> 00:06:00,241 No crackers here. 144 00:06:00,275 --> 00:06:01,758 I'll take you down. We'll do that. 145 00:06:01,793 --> 00:06:03,586 And it'll give you An opportunity 146 00:06:03,620 --> 00:06:05,206 To actually see What that's about, 147 00:06:05,241 --> 00:06:07,241 And if you're Interested in it. 148 00:06:07,275 --> 00:06:09,965 I'm excited. I love this stuff. 149 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:11,931 Righty-o. I'll head down first. 150 00:06:11,965 --> 00:06:13,793 -good luck, guys. -see you on the flip side. 151 00:06:13,827 --> 00:06:15,275 -good luck. -good luck, mate. 152 00:06:15,310 --> 00:06:18,000 Horry, I reckon you're possibly The most australian-looking 153 00:06:18,034 --> 00:06:19,655 Person we've met so far. 154 00:06:19,689 --> 00:06:20,655 Oh, really? 155 00:06:23,827 --> 00:06:25,310 Very narrow ladder. 156 00:06:25,344 --> 00:06:28,862 In case of an emergency, Horry, big john's neighbor, 157 00:06:28,896 --> 00:06:31,448 Who's on site to help During explosions 158 00:06:31,482 --> 00:06:34,241 Waits on the surface With tyler and fred. 159 00:06:34,275 --> 00:06:36,241 geez, that is Quite a high ladder. 160 00:06:39,448 --> 00:06:41,551 Wow.Amazing, isn't it? 161 00:06:41,586 --> 00:06:42,827 This is A lot of work. 162 00:06:42,862 --> 00:06:44,206 Oh, wow. Look at that. 163 00:06:44,241 --> 00:06:46,034 That's an old Old-timer tunnel. 164 00:06:46,068 --> 00:06:47,413 -yep. -and so is that one? 165 00:06:47,448 --> 00:06:48,896 yeah, it's all Old-timer chutes, 166 00:06:48,931 --> 00:06:52,344 So, this was all done Possibly around 1940. 167 00:06:52,379 --> 00:06:54,344 And those old boys would have Done all that by hand? 168 00:06:54,379 --> 00:06:56,344 Yeah, they would have had A bit of machinery. 169 00:06:56,379 --> 00:06:58,551 Yeah?Definitely, in this rock. 170 00:06:58,586 --> 00:07:01,206 Very cool. 171 00:07:01,241 --> 00:07:03,206 Chasing gold rich quartz veins 172 00:07:03,241 --> 00:07:07,827 Underground in the early 1900s Was notoriously dangerous. 173 00:07:07,862 --> 00:07:10,724 Early air compressor drills, Known as "Widowmakers," 174 00:07:10,758 --> 00:07:12,827 Produced deadly silica dust 175 00:07:12,862 --> 00:07:16,206 That caused lung disease, And triggered tunnel collapses. 176 00:07:16,241 --> 00:07:20,620 Fatal accidents with primitive Dynamite were also common. 177 00:07:20,655 --> 00:07:22,275 How deep are we Right now? 178 00:07:22,310 --> 00:07:23,931 40-plus meters. 179 00:07:23,965 --> 00:07:27,413 A lot of mines around australia, Here, are 1500, 2000 meters. 180 00:07:27,448 --> 00:07:29,448 But it's impressive for you, Doing it with this, 181 00:07:29,482 --> 00:07:30,827 And by yourself. 182 00:07:30,862 --> 00:07:32,275 Yeah. 183 00:07:32,310 --> 00:07:33,896 So, that's your Pay zone, right? 184 00:07:33,931 --> 00:07:35,896 Yep. See the angle Of the ore body? 185 00:07:35,931 --> 00:07:38,034 Right. I see what You mean about, like, 186 00:07:38,068 --> 00:07:40,379 It laying in an awkward way Of mining. 187 00:07:40,413 --> 00:07:41,655 Yeah. 188 00:07:41,689 --> 00:07:43,448 And none of the gold's visible, Right? 189 00:07:43,482 --> 00:07:46,310 I haven't seen visible gold Until you grind it really fine. 190 00:07:46,344 --> 00:07:47,551 Right. 191 00:07:47,586 --> 00:07:49,724 But to see, like, little Nugget-y bits in the rock, 192 00:07:49,758 --> 00:07:51,482 I have not seen that yet.Right. 193 00:07:51,517 --> 00:07:54,413 So, the plan is, today, Start drawing the ore body. 194 00:07:54,448 --> 00:07:56,172 so, you're gonna use This bad boy? 195 00:07:56,206 --> 00:07:58,896 Yeah. Just a generic Rock drill. 196 00:07:58,931 --> 00:08:00,689 Shall we turn the air on? You've got ear plugs in? 197 00:08:00,724 --> 00:08:01,896 Ear plugs in. 198 00:08:18,965 --> 00:08:20,689 -you alright? -oh, yeah. 199 00:08:34,172 --> 00:08:35,241 Hey? 200 00:09:28,655 --> 00:09:29,689 what? 201 00:09:47,724 --> 00:09:51,586 It's pretty cool. It really is. 202 00:09:51,620 --> 00:09:54,275 So, now it's time To what, load? 203 00:09:54,310 --> 00:09:55,793 yep. 204 00:09:55,827 --> 00:09:59,137 To blast out the section Of ore body, parker and john 205 00:09:59,172 --> 00:10:03,413 Fill all 15 holes with Ammonium nitrate explosives. 206 00:10:03,448 --> 00:10:04,482 Push that in. 207 00:10:06,758 --> 00:10:08,620 That's all good. 208 00:10:08,655 --> 00:10:09,793 The next hole. 209 00:10:11,172 --> 00:10:15,068 Sausage fest down there, Isn't it? 210 00:10:15,103 --> 00:10:17,482 So, that thing, that could Blow your hand off, could it? 211 00:10:17,517 --> 00:10:19,724 -that would kill you. -it would kill you? 212 00:10:19,758 --> 00:10:21,620 you want to pop A couple in, parker? 213 00:10:21,655 --> 00:10:23,241 This one?Yeah. That'll do. 214 00:10:30,586 --> 00:10:31,758 It's in there. 215 00:10:31,793 --> 00:10:33,965 so, explain this To me, then. 216 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:36,068 We use the firing line To send an electric current 217 00:10:36,103 --> 00:10:37,551 Down from the surface. 218 00:10:37,586 --> 00:10:40,586 The explosion comes through, And then initiates the compound 219 00:10:40,620 --> 00:10:43,793 In here, and then, it sets an Explosion itself off. 220 00:10:43,827 --> 00:10:45,137 Bang. 221 00:10:45,172 --> 00:10:47,034 Looks like we're blowing Something up, man. 222 00:10:47,068 --> 00:10:49,896 I'm really excited. This is amazing. 223 00:10:49,931 --> 00:10:51,620 So, we're finished.Let's get out of here. 224 00:10:51,655 --> 00:10:52,620 Let's get out of here. 225 00:10:52,655 --> 00:10:53,689 Up the ladder. 226 00:10:56,724 --> 00:10:58,206 -here they come. -here they come. 227 00:11:00,206 --> 00:11:02,758 -how was it? -it's nice down there. 228 00:11:02,793 --> 00:11:04,310 oh That was wicked. 229 00:11:04,344 --> 00:11:06,137 -how was it? -so good. 230 00:11:06,172 --> 00:11:08,793 So exciting. Yeah. Really fun. 231 00:11:08,827 --> 00:11:09,827 are you gonna Make it go bang? 232 00:11:09,862 --> 00:11:11,206 We're gonna Make it go bang. 233 00:11:11,241 --> 00:11:12,655 Is this it? We just literally do it here? 234 00:11:12,689 --> 00:11:15,344 Just stand right there, And keep your camera on there. 235 00:11:15,379 --> 00:11:17,034 -yeah? -and I'll fire it, alright? 236 00:11:17,068 --> 00:11:18,206 okay. 237 00:11:18,241 --> 00:11:19,551 I can't tell If he's joking or not. 238 00:11:19,586 --> 00:11:21,206 Fire in the hole. 239 00:11:21,241 --> 00:11:22,241 Really? 240 00:11:23,827 --> 00:11:25,517 Oh my 241 00:11:31,689 --> 00:11:32,931 Geez. 242 00:11:51,034 --> 00:11:52,413 Fire in the hole. 243 00:11:52,448 --> 00:11:53,586 really? 244 00:11:55,310 --> 00:11:56,862 Oh, my 245 00:12:03,655 --> 00:12:04,827 Geez. 246 00:12:15,896 --> 00:12:17,482 Holy 247 00:12:17,517 --> 00:12:19,551 That scared the Out of me. 248 00:12:19,586 --> 00:12:21,689 no, I can't Do that again. 249 00:12:21,724 --> 00:12:24,310 Yeah, john. 250 00:12:24,344 --> 00:12:28,448 parker and his team Are blasting gold-rich ore 251 00:12:28,482 --> 00:12:33,517 130 feet underground At big john's hard rock mine. 252 00:12:33,551 --> 00:12:35,862 Did it sound like They all went off? 253 00:12:35,896 --> 00:12:37,965 Sweet. Smell it. 254 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:40,965 That's the smell of money. 255 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:42,862 John just turned the fans on After the blast, here. 256 00:12:42,896 --> 00:12:47,034 It sounded like it was A good shot a lot of booms. 257 00:12:47,068 --> 00:12:51,000 And I'll just wait for the air To clear up down there. 258 00:13:03,172 --> 00:13:05,034 parker. 259 00:13:05,068 --> 00:13:06,758 Been a good hour or so Since we fired, 260 00:13:06,793 --> 00:13:08,862 So it looks clear. 261 00:13:08,896 --> 00:13:11,517 We'll go down, and see What we busted down there. 262 00:13:11,551 --> 00:13:13,689 alright. 263 00:13:13,724 --> 00:13:15,413 Oh, boy. 264 00:13:25,344 --> 00:13:31,413 Oh, flipping heck. Complete and utter devastation. 265 00:13:31,448 --> 00:13:35,172 Wow. Look at that. 266 00:13:35,206 --> 00:13:36,206 John, how's that gone? 267 00:13:36,241 --> 00:13:38,206 Is that a good-looking Explosion? 268 00:13:38,241 --> 00:13:39,827 yeah. Pretty good result. 269 00:13:39,862 --> 00:13:42,413 We'll put it through the plant, And just see how it looks. 270 00:13:42,448 --> 00:13:43,793 can I start just Throwing these in here. 271 00:13:43,827 --> 00:13:45,448 Yeah. Watch out for your ears Though, that's all. 272 00:13:45,482 --> 00:13:47,275 I'm gonna put Some ear plugs on, then. 273 00:13:47,310 --> 00:13:48,310 Oh, yeah, it's loud. 274 00:13:58,448 --> 00:13:59,655 Here you go, parker. 275 00:13:59,689 --> 00:14:01,620 Take that home with you. There's the hole you bored. 276 00:14:01,655 --> 00:14:04,620 Oh, yeah. Look at that. 277 00:14:04,655 --> 00:14:06,103 Instead of having a nugget Around your neck, 278 00:14:06,137 --> 00:14:07,172 You can have this. 279 00:14:08,758 --> 00:14:10,103 good work. 280 00:14:12,241 --> 00:14:14,137 There you go. Up she rises. 281 00:14:14,172 --> 00:14:16,758 Off she goes. 282 00:14:16,793 --> 00:14:20,965 Big john plans to run around 4 yards of gold-rich ore 283 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:23,379 That's five buckets Of quartz vein. 284 00:14:23,413 --> 00:14:25,379 that's exciting. I really want this to work, 285 00:14:25,413 --> 00:14:28,068 'cause I want to prove to parker Hard rock mining is a good idea. 286 00:14:28,103 --> 00:14:29,896 here it comes Down the chute. 287 00:14:36,793 --> 00:14:38,965 So, this is the ore. So, this contains the gold. 288 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:40,275 This stuff Looks really good. 289 00:14:40,310 --> 00:14:42,896 As you can see here, There's some galena and pyrites. 290 00:14:42,931 --> 00:14:44,000 It's also known As "Fool's gold," 291 00:14:44,034 --> 00:14:45,379 Which is a great indicator. 292 00:14:45,413 --> 00:14:46,931 And it's quite clear To see, here, 293 00:14:46,965 --> 00:14:48,724 That the gold is carrying In the quartz. 294 00:14:48,758 --> 00:14:50,655 So, you can see the quartz All through the ore. 295 00:14:50,689 --> 00:14:52,655 I'm really excited to see What gold comes out of it. 296 00:14:52,689 --> 00:14:55,655 So, just go get this plant Up and running. 297 00:14:55,689 --> 00:14:57,241 I'm excited to see How this will work. 298 00:14:57,275 --> 00:14:58,655 Yeah, me too. 299 00:14:58,689 --> 00:15:01,241 horry has spent The last five years 300 00:15:01,275 --> 00:15:03,827 Running his own Gold mine nearby. 301 00:15:03,862 --> 00:15:06,241 But today, he's helping His neighbor, john, 302 00:15:06,275 --> 00:15:08,551 By operating The processing mill. 303 00:15:08,586 --> 00:15:10,620 we got a little jewel Crusher up there. 304 00:15:10,655 --> 00:15:13,862 That breaks it down to About 3/4 of an inch. 305 00:15:13,896 --> 00:15:16,103 so, it goes from big rock, To little rock, to sand. 306 00:15:16,137 --> 00:15:18,758 Yeah. It's a good setup. 307 00:15:18,793 --> 00:15:21,793 gold-rich ore Is fed into the hopper. 308 00:15:21,827 --> 00:15:25,896 A jaw crusher breaks it down To 3/4 of an inch. 309 00:15:25,931 --> 00:15:27,931 Then, it goes to The hammer mill, 310 00:15:27,965 --> 00:15:31,206 Which grinds the material Down to sand. 311 00:15:31,241 --> 00:15:35,551 This fine material then runs Through a knudsen-type bowl, 312 00:15:35,586 --> 00:15:38,344 Which spins lighter material Out of the top, 313 00:15:38,379 --> 00:15:41,724 While heavier gold Settles down in the rifles. 314 00:15:44,448 --> 00:15:46,034 that's good they got A bit of ore up now. 315 00:15:46,068 --> 00:15:47,655 So, away we go. 316 00:15:51,482 --> 00:15:54,689 The ground here is averaging Around 14 grams a ton, 317 00:15:54,724 --> 00:15:58,379 And what parker's doing in the Yukon is averaging about 0.2. 318 00:15:58,413 --> 00:15:59,862 So, this ground, 319 00:15:59,896 --> 00:16:02,655 That's, like, almost 50 times more gold per ton 320 00:16:02,689 --> 00:16:05,206 So, quite more lucrative. 321 00:16:08,241 --> 00:16:09,758 Yee haw. 322 00:16:09,793 --> 00:16:11,586 Great first bucket. 323 00:16:20,379 --> 00:16:21,724 big john Is selling this place. 324 00:16:21,758 --> 00:16:23,310 So, now it's all About determining 325 00:16:23,344 --> 00:16:25,724 Whether or not this ground's Viable for a business. 326 00:16:25,758 --> 00:16:28,137 So, this is where The money's at. 327 00:16:28,172 --> 00:16:30,275 All the hard work, It's all gonna come together, 328 00:16:30,310 --> 00:16:32,965 And tell us a lot about What we're here to do. 329 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:34,724 I think one thing I'm starting to notice 330 00:16:34,758 --> 00:16:37,310 Is this is A really slow process. 331 00:16:41,172 --> 00:16:44,482 back underground, Parker, big john, and danny 332 00:16:44,517 --> 00:16:47,241 Finish loading Around 5 tons of ore. 333 00:16:47,275 --> 00:16:48,620 -last one? -last one. 334 00:16:48,655 --> 00:16:51,310 perfect. 335 00:16:51,344 --> 00:16:53,551 there we go. 336 00:16:53,586 --> 00:16:55,551 That's that. 337 00:16:55,586 --> 00:16:57,655 Fully loaded. 338 00:16:57,689 --> 00:16:59,448 Well done, chaps. 339 00:16:59,482 --> 00:17:01,103 You done a good job. 340 00:17:01,137 --> 00:17:03,068 Thanks for Showing us how. 341 00:17:03,103 --> 00:17:06,103 It's been a really cool day, Seeing this process. 342 00:17:06,137 --> 00:17:07,448 My pleasure. 343 00:17:07,482 --> 00:17:08,689 Should we go see if there's Some gold in this stuff? 344 00:17:08,724 --> 00:17:09,931 Yeah. We can do. 345 00:17:09,965 --> 00:17:12,034 Awesome. Alright. Let's get out of here. 346 00:17:17,965 --> 00:17:20,379 this is not A particularly fun climb. 347 00:17:20,413 --> 00:17:22,103 It's quite a good Forearm burn, that. 348 00:17:25,689 --> 00:17:27,068 How are we going, horry? 349 00:17:27,103 --> 00:17:30,068 yeah, good john. We've got a little bit through. 350 00:17:30,103 --> 00:17:32,482 All of that, we only run For about an hour. 351 00:17:40,241 --> 00:17:42,000 So, you're gonna stay, And run this? 352 00:17:42,655 --> 00:17:43,862 Gotcha. 353 00:17:43,896 --> 00:17:45,448 And we can come back, And see some results? 354 00:17:46,655 --> 00:17:48,206 Sweet. 355 00:17:48,241 --> 00:17:49,758 Well, john, Thanks for the day. 356 00:17:49,793 --> 00:17:51,310 No worries.Had some fun down there. 357 00:17:51,344 --> 00:17:52,827 Good on you. You did a good job. 358 00:17:52,862 --> 00:17:53,931 Thanks, man. 359 00:17:53,965 --> 00:17:55,172 -see you guys. -okay, bye. 360 00:18:00,517 --> 00:18:02,586 I don't know if parker Really enjoyed it today or not. 361 00:18:02,620 --> 00:18:04,103 It's super out of His comfort zone. 362 00:18:04,137 --> 00:18:06,103 It's nothing like What he's done before. 363 00:18:06,137 --> 00:18:09,344 Tomorrow, we're going to see The cleanup at big john's. 364 00:18:09,379 --> 00:18:10,724 Maybe it will be A good result. 365 00:18:10,758 --> 00:18:13,206 Maybe parker will have Learned something. 366 00:18:13,241 --> 00:18:14,586 I don't know. We'll have to wait and see. 367 00:18:14,620 --> 00:18:16,448 Explosions are cool. 368 00:18:16,482 --> 00:18:19,103 I really like john. Cool guy. 369 00:18:19,137 --> 00:18:21,172 Danny and I had A lot of fun with him. 370 00:18:21,206 --> 00:18:24,137 We'll see if there's any real Potential there, or not. 371 00:18:37,586 --> 00:18:38,862 -hey, guys. -how's it going? 372 00:18:38,896 --> 00:18:40,448 now that you're here, We can do the cleanup, 373 00:18:40,482 --> 00:18:42,620 And we'll see What result we've got. 374 00:18:42,655 --> 00:18:44,137 This is the knudsen, Isn't it? 375 00:18:44,172 --> 00:18:45,482 It's knudsen-type bowl, 376 00:18:45,517 --> 00:18:47,413 It's not an actual True knudsen. 377 00:18:47,448 --> 00:18:50,103 It causes all The heavier material 378 00:18:50,137 --> 00:18:52,689 To be forced Inside the rifles, 379 00:18:52,724 --> 00:18:55,172 And the lighter material Just keeps working its way up. 380 00:18:55,206 --> 00:18:58,586 This is the concentrate From about 4 or 5 tons. 381 00:18:58,620 --> 00:19:00,551 is this mostly what we Pulled out yesterday? 382 00:19:00,586 --> 00:19:01,689 Yeah. 383 00:19:01,724 --> 00:19:03,206 How much gold would you Be hoping to see? 384 00:19:03,241 --> 00:19:06,034 I need 14 grams a ton, Recovered. 385 00:19:06,068 --> 00:19:08,551 10 is the minimum I can work with. 386 00:19:08,586 --> 00:19:11,551 big john expects to Find at least 50 grams, 387 00:19:11,586 --> 00:19:16,000 Over 1 1/2 ounces of gold, From 5 five tons of quartz vein 388 00:19:16,034 --> 00:19:18,344 The team blasted And processed. 389 00:19:18,379 --> 00:19:20,206 rightio. That's pretty Well it's cleaned out. 390 00:19:20,241 --> 00:19:22,241 Do you want to dish that off, Parker, and see how you go? 391 00:19:22,275 --> 00:19:23,275 sure. 392 00:19:34,275 --> 00:19:35,620 On the lower side. 393 00:19:35,655 --> 00:19:37,310 I think we're about 5 grams a ton. 394 00:19:42,862 --> 00:19:44,000 I did 5 tons. 395 00:19:44,034 --> 00:19:45,241 There's definitely Not 50 grams here. 396 00:19:45,275 --> 00:19:48,965 So, sorry parker. I know it's a disappointment. 397 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:52,068 panning out Closer to 25 grams, 398 00:19:52,103 --> 00:19:53,620 Under an ounce, 399 00:19:53,655 --> 00:19:57,896 Is half what the team Were looking for. 400 00:19:57,931 --> 00:20:00,413 I'm having a hard time getting It any lower than that, john. 401 00:20:00,448 --> 00:20:01,827 No, that's all right. 402 00:20:01,862 --> 00:20:03,275 So, you'll take this in, and Clean it up properly, yeah? 403 00:20:03,310 --> 00:20:04,310 Yeah. Yeah. 404 00:20:09,931 --> 00:20:11,724 you've got quite the Impressive place here, john. 405 00:20:11,758 --> 00:20:12,931 Thank you very much. 406 00:20:12,965 --> 00:20:15,310 For us, the company, This particular place 407 00:20:15,344 --> 00:20:16,965 Doesn't seem scalable. 408 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:21,103 It's not something I'd take on, 409 00:20:21,137 --> 00:20:24,172 But man, props to you For doing it. 410 00:20:24,206 --> 00:20:25,965 this will never be A big-scale mine. 411 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:27,034 What you do over there 412 00:20:27,068 --> 00:20:29,724 I probably wouldn't Take on, either. 413 00:20:29,758 --> 00:20:31,448 Very impressive setup. I loved learning about it. 414 00:20:31,482 --> 00:20:32,551 So, thank you for that. 415 00:20:32,586 --> 00:20:34,275 -I appreciate that. -and there's gold. 416 00:20:34,310 --> 00:20:35,275 there's a little bit Of gold. 417 00:20:35,310 --> 00:20:36,931 -we saw it. -yeah, we saw some. 418 00:20:36,965 --> 00:20:38,896 -we did. -which is a bonus. Yeah. 419 00:20:38,931 --> 00:20:40,413 One of these days, you're Gonna do one of those blasts 420 00:20:40,448 --> 00:20:41,896 And you're gonna just See it in there. 421 00:20:41,931 --> 00:20:43,275 One can only hope. 422 00:20:43,310 --> 00:20:44,827 One can only hope. 423 00:20:44,862 --> 00:20:46,034 So, you're off then? 424 00:20:46,068 --> 00:20:47,586 Thanks, john. Really appreciate it. 425 00:20:47,620 --> 00:20:49,241 Pleasure to meet you. See you guys. 426 00:20:49,275 --> 00:20:50,724 see you. 427 00:20:50,758 --> 00:20:52,965 john seems like a great Guy, but this is nothing for me. 428 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:54,517 And it would have To be amazing 429 00:20:54,551 --> 00:20:56,172 To take something Like this on. 430 00:20:56,206 --> 00:20:58,931 As far as gold mining For us in yalgoo goes, 431 00:20:58,965 --> 00:21:02,310 It's starting to look more And more like a bit of a bust. 432 00:21:02,344 --> 00:21:04,862 For a hard rock mine, He's doing well. 433 00:21:04,896 --> 00:21:07,103 The only issue is that It's so small scale. 434 00:21:07,137 --> 00:21:10,000 We saw gold, but it wasn't Enough for parker. 435 00:21:10,034 --> 00:21:12,620 I wanted it to end In a positive light, 436 00:21:12,655 --> 00:21:14,172 With a business Opportunity. 437 00:21:14,206 --> 00:21:15,586 I need to make sure I'm delivering 438 00:21:15,620 --> 00:21:17,379 What I said I would To parker. 439 00:21:17,413 --> 00:21:19,620 So, I'm just going to call Big john's neighbor, horry, 440 00:21:19,655 --> 00:21:21,965 To see if we can go And have a look at his mine. 441 00:21:25,724 --> 00:21:27,724 -good day. -hey, horry, it's tyler. 442 00:21:49,310 --> 00:21:54,551 I'm starting to think yalgoo Is not a place for me. 443 00:21:54,586 --> 00:21:56,206 parker and the team Struck out 444 00:21:56,241 --> 00:21:58,793 Testing big john's Hard rock mine 445 00:21:58,827 --> 00:22:02,344 As a prospective Business opportunity. 446 00:22:02,379 --> 00:22:03,655 Where are we going? 447 00:22:03,689 --> 00:22:05,172 So, I gave horry a call. 448 00:22:05,206 --> 00:22:06,931 He's finding a alluvial To run through the wash pan, 449 00:22:06,965 --> 00:22:08,241 Which would be Interesting to see, 450 00:22:08,275 --> 00:22:10,103 Because I didn't think That was much alluvial out here. 451 00:22:10,137 --> 00:22:12,413 Awesome. 452 00:22:12,448 --> 00:22:16,172 Now, tyler is taking the team To see big john's neighbor, 453 00:22:16,206 --> 00:22:18,586 Horry, who runs His own mine sight 454 00:22:18,620 --> 00:22:22,793 25 miles away, Along remote bush tracks. 455 00:22:22,827 --> 00:22:24,448 -good job, tyler. -thank you. 456 00:22:24,482 --> 00:22:25,827 Nice nice find. 457 00:22:25,862 --> 00:22:27,482 I didn't really spend Much time with horry. 458 00:22:27,517 --> 00:22:28,827 He seems like A pretty cool guy. 459 00:22:28,862 --> 00:22:30,586 Yeah. It's cool To hang out with him. 460 00:22:30,620 --> 00:22:33,034 Be interesting to see if The ground is actually viable. 461 00:22:33,068 --> 00:22:35,413 Hopefully, Some potential there. 462 00:22:35,448 --> 00:22:36,896 This is our turn? 463 00:22:36,931 --> 00:22:38,379 I think this is it Right here. 464 00:22:38,413 --> 00:22:39,517 yeah. This is our turn. 465 00:22:44,965 --> 00:22:46,344 This road sucks. 466 00:22:48,379 --> 00:22:50,137 Damn it. 467 00:22:50,172 --> 00:22:51,206 What? 468 00:22:51,241 --> 00:22:52,931 I'm not gonna say it. Just let me look. 469 00:23:01,034 --> 00:23:04,310 Oh 470 00:23:04,344 --> 00:23:07,000 Tire? Yeah. 471 00:23:07,034 --> 00:23:10,620 We can't drive on that. It'll ruin the rim. 472 00:23:10,655 --> 00:23:12,931 Dan, you're back Is covered. 473 00:23:12,965 --> 00:23:15,586 miserable, And I don't like it. 474 00:23:15,620 --> 00:23:16,827 We need to Change the tire. 475 00:23:16,862 --> 00:23:19,241 We're in yalgoo. There's No cars around here. 476 00:23:19,275 --> 00:23:21,034 That's alright. We're gonna change it. 477 00:23:21,068 --> 00:23:23,068 I'm gonna start Looking for a jack. 478 00:23:23,103 --> 00:23:25,724 There must be A jack on here. 479 00:23:25,758 --> 00:23:27,827 When I bought the thing, The guy said, like, 480 00:23:27,862 --> 00:23:29,586 "It's got everything You need." 481 00:23:29,620 --> 00:23:31,931 The guy said that There was stuff in it? 482 00:23:31,965 --> 00:23:33,103 When I bought it, yeah. 483 00:23:33,137 --> 00:23:34,724 we don't even know If we have a jack. 484 00:23:34,758 --> 00:23:36,034 We must have a jack. 485 00:23:36,068 --> 00:23:37,034 What do you mean, you don't know If we have a jack? 486 00:23:37,068 --> 00:23:38,344 I've never seen a jack. 487 00:23:38,379 --> 00:23:40,862 We've driven, like, 8,000 Kilometers across australia, 488 00:23:40,896 --> 00:23:42,689 We better have a jack. 489 00:23:42,724 --> 00:23:43,758 what does a jack Look like? 490 00:23:43,793 --> 00:23:44,965 You know what it looks like, Tyler? 491 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:47,655 Nothing in this truck. 492 00:23:47,689 --> 00:23:49,000 We're in the middle Of nowhere. 493 00:23:49,034 --> 00:23:51,034 There's no traffic Coming out here. 494 00:23:51,068 --> 00:23:54,000 Well, okay, why don't you start Getting the water together? 495 00:23:59,206 --> 00:24:02,275 -what? -oh, for sake. 496 00:24:02,310 --> 00:24:03,793 Is it empty?That's our water. 497 00:24:03,827 --> 00:24:05,000 How the Did we not fill the water up 498 00:24:05,034 --> 00:24:07,034 Before we left? 499 00:24:07,068 --> 00:24:10,413 at over 110 degrees, The average person 500 00:24:10,448 --> 00:24:13,137 Needs at least a liter of water Every hour. 501 00:24:13,172 --> 00:24:18,000 This a liter and a half Is all the water we have. 502 00:24:18,034 --> 00:24:19,448 Well, what about The big blue container? 503 00:24:19,482 --> 00:24:21,655 We used it, The last place we were. 504 00:24:21,689 --> 00:24:23,310 Yeah, but whose responsibility Is it to fill it up? 505 00:24:23,344 --> 00:24:24,517 Has anybody Established that? 506 00:24:24,551 --> 00:24:26,310 You're the medic Around here, fred! 507 00:24:26,344 --> 00:24:29,344 It's not my job To fill that container of water. 508 00:24:29,379 --> 00:24:31,655 One main thing, if you're going To go on a trip like this, 509 00:24:31,689 --> 00:24:34,413 Is that somebody makes sure That we've got water 510 00:24:34,448 --> 00:24:36,827 For this kind Of situation. 511 00:24:36,862 --> 00:24:38,862 Fred, all I'm saying is, If there's one thing 512 00:24:38,896 --> 00:24:40,413 That you should be Keeping an eye on, 513 00:24:40,448 --> 00:24:42,241 Is that everyone got enough Water for them for the trip. 514 00:24:42,275 --> 00:24:44,000 I'm not thinking About that. 515 00:24:44,034 --> 00:24:45,482 I've got my camera With me. That's it! 516 00:24:45,517 --> 00:24:47,724 You can't think about putting Water into your own body? 517 00:24:47,758 --> 00:24:49,965 What he's saying is, you should Have been checking the supplies. 518 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:52,551 Look, it doesn't Matter. 519 00:24:52,586 --> 00:24:55,793 You didn't do it. No use about it. 520 00:25:00,793 --> 00:25:03,724 this is on me. Doing a 5,000-mile road trip, 521 00:25:03,758 --> 00:25:06,000 You're gonna make sure You have a spare 522 00:25:06,034 --> 00:25:07,827 That works, And all the gear to change it. 523 00:25:07,862 --> 00:25:09,655 Right? 524 00:25:09,689 --> 00:25:12,034 That's a On my part. 525 00:25:12,068 --> 00:25:16,137 I was gonna try to get a tree To try to use as a lever, 526 00:25:16,172 --> 00:25:18,655 But there's no way. 527 00:25:18,689 --> 00:25:22,137 There must be some way To change a tire without a jack. 528 00:25:22,172 --> 00:25:24,137 Wait a minute. The body came on afterwards, 529 00:25:24,172 --> 00:25:26,586 So the jack is inside. -you think so? 530 00:25:26,620 --> 00:25:29,344 Yeah. The jack should be just Under the seat, or something. 531 00:25:29,379 --> 00:25:30,448 How do you lift this up? 532 00:25:32,448 --> 00:25:33,517 I got it. 533 00:25:33,551 --> 00:25:35,275 -oh, yeah. -yeah, there we go. 534 00:25:35,310 --> 00:25:36,344 -yes! -yes? 535 00:25:36,379 --> 00:25:38,793 -ah! -yes! 536 00:25:38,827 --> 00:25:40,241 Oh, that's such a relief. 537 00:25:40,275 --> 00:25:42,172 If my dad found out we went on A road trip without a jack, 538 00:25:42,206 --> 00:25:43,517 I would never hear The end of it. 539 00:25:51,689 --> 00:25:53,482 we're drivable. 540 00:25:53,517 --> 00:25:55,482 Alright. Should we get going? 541 00:25:57,103 --> 00:25:58,137 Are you driving? 542 00:25:58,172 --> 00:25:59,862 sure. 543 00:25:59,896 --> 00:26:01,275 How far do we have To go? 544 00:26:01,310 --> 00:26:03,000 I think it's another 10k. It's up the road. 545 00:26:03,034 --> 00:26:04,103 Let's get there. 546 00:26:08,758 --> 00:26:10,896 Wow. This place is isolated. Look at this. 547 00:26:10,931 --> 00:26:12,758 -look at that. -he's out there, isn't he? 548 00:26:12,793 --> 00:26:14,241 It's super remote. 549 00:26:14,275 --> 00:26:16,793 At least we know there's a Friendly face at the other end. 550 00:26:16,827 --> 00:26:18,896 -is this the right place? -it looks like it. Hey. 551 00:26:18,931 --> 00:26:19,896 It looks like something. 552 00:26:19,931 --> 00:26:20,965 yeah. 553 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:25,965 Horry! 554 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:27,103 how you doing? 555 00:26:27,137 --> 00:26:29,413 There he is. 556 00:26:29,448 --> 00:26:30,896 hello, parker. How are you? 557 00:26:30,931 --> 00:26:32,034 good. How are you? 558 00:26:32,068 --> 00:26:34,965 Yeah, good, mate. I'll go and shut down. 559 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:36,896 I'm really excited To be at horry's today. 560 00:26:36,931 --> 00:26:39,482 We met before, And he's invited us to come 561 00:26:39,517 --> 00:26:41,275 And see his wet plant. 562 00:26:41,310 --> 00:26:43,310 He's the only alluvial miner In the whole area. 563 00:26:43,344 --> 00:26:45,206 I'm very excited to see How much gold he's getting, 564 00:26:45,241 --> 00:26:49,482 And if the ground is gonna Be viable for parker. 565 00:26:49,517 --> 00:26:51,448 -it's a nice little setup. -yeah. I like it. 566 00:26:51,482 --> 00:26:52,862 Yeah, it's a good Little setup. 567 00:26:52,896 --> 00:26:57,724 Yeah, it'll do somewhere Around 25, 35 ton an hour. 568 00:26:57,758 --> 00:26:59,482 -right. -where's your dirt coming from? 569 00:26:59,517 --> 00:27:01,517 This pile of dirt We're putting through now 570 00:27:01,551 --> 00:27:03,655 Is coming from a place called "Christmas box," 571 00:27:03,689 --> 00:27:07,344 Which is about 5 ks over there. 572 00:27:07,379 --> 00:27:08,862 How much land Have you got, here? 573 00:27:08,896 --> 00:27:12,034 I've got about 300 hectares all up. 574 00:27:12,068 --> 00:27:13,103 wow. 575 00:27:13,137 --> 00:27:14,931 But you might be open To selling it? 576 00:27:14,965 --> 00:27:17,965 Yep. Cool. 577 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:21,448 Horry has 700 acres Of ground for sale. 578 00:27:21,482 --> 00:27:23,896 He's running pay dirt From the christmas box, 579 00:27:23,931 --> 00:27:26,551 A gold-rich area 4 miles away, 580 00:27:26,586 --> 00:27:29,482 The size of one and a half Football fields. 581 00:27:29,517 --> 00:27:34,034 The rest of the property hasn't Been explored since the 1950s. 582 00:27:34,068 --> 00:27:36,137 So, do you think You could show us 583 00:27:36,172 --> 00:27:37,793 Where you're getting The material from, 584 00:27:37,827 --> 00:27:39,379 Or some of the areas Out here? 585 00:27:39,413 --> 00:27:41,482 Yeah. We definitely could, Mate. That'll be cool. 586 00:27:41,517 --> 00:27:43,000 I don't want to Interrupt your day. 587 00:27:43,034 --> 00:27:44,586 I know that you Were sluicing. 588 00:27:44,620 --> 00:27:46,586 I'd be interested to see How much gold comes out of that, 589 00:27:46,620 --> 00:27:49,034 So, if you want to Keep that going, then... 590 00:27:49,068 --> 00:27:52,517 We could use tyler and fred, And keep the plant running. 591 00:27:52,551 --> 00:27:53,758 Leave them here? 592 00:27:53,793 --> 00:27:56,103 And that could give us a chance To get out, 593 00:27:56,137 --> 00:27:58,689 And do a bit of panning. 594 00:27:58,724 --> 00:27:59,931 do you trust Me and fred here? 595 00:27:59,965 --> 00:28:02,172 Yeah, mate. Yep. 596 00:28:02,206 --> 00:28:03,965 horry has a nice Little setup here. 597 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:05,379 Fred and tyler Are gonna run the plant, 598 00:28:05,413 --> 00:28:08,724 And we're gonna go Look at some ground. 599 00:28:08,758 --> 00:28:11,793 Hopefully, There's lots of good pay, 600 00:28:11,827 --> 00:28:15,758 And we can start getting Our teeth sunk into it, here. 601 00:28:31,206 --> 00:28:34,310 I think we've got to get tyler To give me a little warning. 602 00:28:34,344 --> 00:28:36,482 'case now, I'm kind of trapped in here. 603 00:28:38,137 --> 00:28:40,206 Oh 604 00:28:40,241 --> 00:28:43,034 tyler and fred Are running horry's wash plant, 605 00:28:43,068 --> 00:28:45,620 Testing ground from The christmas box. 606 00:28:45,655 --> 00:28:47,655 The plant seems Super efficient, 607 00:28:47,689 --> 00:28:50,206 So I'm really intrigued to see How much gold he is getting. 608 00:28:50,241 --> 00:28:54,206 The last claim they prospected, Big john's hard rock mine, 609 00:28:54,241 --> 00:28:58,448 25-miles away, Failed to impress parker. 610 00:28:58,482 --> 00:29:02,482 Horry's 700-acre claim Is tyler's final hail mary 611 00:29:02,517 --> 00:29:04,413 To find ground In the yalgoo 612 00:29:04,448 --> 00:29:06,965 That could expand Parker's mining operations 613 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:08,896 Beyond the yukon winter. 614 00:29:08,931 --> 00:29:11,413 hoping horry's has better Business opportunities, 615 00:29:11,448 --> 00:29:13,241 'cause I know parker Loves this kind of stuff. 616 00:29:13,275 --> 00:29:14,344 It's what he's used to. 617 00:29:17,275 --> 00:29:20,965 Meanwhile, parker prospects The rest of horry's claim. 618 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:25,310 More than 99% of the ground Is virtually unexplored. 619 00:29:25,344 --> 00:29:26,344 I've got A couple of bikes 620 00:29:26,379 --> 00:29:28,413 That I do A bit of prospecting on. 621 00:29:28,448 --> 00:29:29,862 you go prospecting On these? 622 00:29:29,896 --> 00:29:31,241 Yeah. 623 00:29:31,275 --> 00:29:33,862 You can get around this country Just so much easier, you know? 624 00:29:33,896 --> 00:29:37,000 I've never gone prospecting On a motorcycle before. 625 00:29:37,034 --> 00:29:39,379 Yeah, I use it all the time Out here. 626 00:29:39,413 --> 00:29:41,034 It's a handy piece of gear. 627 00:29:41,068 --> 00:29:43,551 I've got a bit of a rack Set up on this one, With the bucket in it, 628 00:29:43,586 --> 00:29:46,827 So we can bring a 10 or 15 kilo Sample back with us. 629 00:29:46,862 --> 00:29:48,172 Sweet. 630 00:29:48,206 --> 00:29:50,103 She's got the nobby tires, And everything, on her. 631 00:29:50,137 --> 00:29:52,862 I noticed. The other ones Haven't really got the nobby... 632 00:29:52,896 --> 00:29:55,482 No, you can't sort of Get nobby tires 633 00:29:55,517 --> 00:29:57,241 For that size rim. Yeah. 634 00:29:57,275 --> 00:29:59,241 You're a pretty proficient Rider though, aren't you, horry? 635 00:29:59,275 --> 00:30:00,655 Oh, only sometimes, mate. 636 00:30:02,448 --> 00:30:03,793 I used to race a harley, 637 00:30:03,827 --> 00:30:06,137 Once upon a time, Down at ravenswood. 638 00:30:06,172 --> 00:30:07,758 Oh, wow. 639 00:30:07,793 --> 00:30:09,965 We might as well Get going, eh? 640 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:11,068 Sweet. 641 00:30:11,103 --> 00:30:12,931 Let's see if we can find A bit of gold. 642 00:30:12,965 --> 00:30:14,655 Looks like those Have seen some life. 643 00:30:14,689 --> 00:30:16,206 Yeah, they have, mate. 644 00:30:16,241 --> 00:30:19,068 Why is this thing so beat up? You crash a lot? 645 00:30:21,448 --> 00:30:23,206 Not really. No. 646 00:30:23,241 --> 00:30:24,896 This is gonna be awesome. 647 00:30:24,931 --> 00:30:26,655 Bit of prospecting On a motorbike. 648 00:30:31,137 --> 00:30:32,517 Oh! 649 00:30:39,689 --> 00:30:43,310 I have no pants on. 650 00:30:43,344 --> 00:30:44,931 oh, mate, This is great. 651 00:30:44,965 --> 00:30:47,034 Thanks. It's a nice day For it, too, isn't it? 652 00:30:47,068 --> 00:30:49,206 Yeah. It's lovely. 653 00:30:49,241 --> 00:30:52,275 horry's vast 700 acres Would give parker 654 00:30:52,310 --> 00:30:54,413 The scalability He's looking for, 655 00:30:54,448 --> 00:30:58,068 Allowing him to mine In australia for many years 656 00:30:58,103 --> 00:31:00,586 If there's enough gold In the ground. 657 00:31:09,827 --> 00:31:12,793 We've just got a little walk Down here, about 100 meters. 658 00:31:12,827 --> 00:31:14,310 I might have to Get another bike. 659 00:31:14,344 --> 00:31:15,655 You like that one?Yeah. 660 00:31:15,689 --> 00:31:18,379 They're good, Aren't they. 661 00:31:18,413 --> 00:31:20,724 You can sort of See a car, 662 00:31:20,758 --> 00:31:23,241 It's hard work to get around In this country in a car. 663 00:31:23,275 --> 00:31:24,551 Yeah, no kidding. 664 00:31:24,586 --> 00:31:26,413 Over in this creek We did some panning, 665 00:31:26,448 --> 00:31:29,655 Got bits and pieces of gold Scattered through it. 666 00:31:29,689 --> 00:31:31,620 If you find A little bit of gold, 667 00:31:31,655 --> 00:31:36,206 You might sort of just move One way 5 meters, 668 00:31:36,241 --> 00:31:37,413 And do another pan. 669 00:31:37,448 --> 00:31:40,034 And if you pick a little Eeny bit more gold up, 670 00:31:40,068 --> 00:31:41,965 You sort of know Which way you're going. 671 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:44,413 Hopefully, it leads you To that source. 672 00:31:44,448 --> 00:31:48,620 And that's pretty well exactly What I've done through here. 673 00:31:48,655 --> 00:31:50,586 Now this, around here, Some areas 674 00:31:50,620 --> 00:31:54,862 Where we should really take, Like, a 10, 15 kilo sample. 675 00:31:54,896 --> 00:31:56,206 And we'll wander On back with it, 676 00:31:56,241 --> 00:31:57,827 And see what happens. 677 00:31:57,862 --> 00:31:59,241 She's hard going, Isn't it? 678 00:31:59,275 --> 00:32:01,137 Geez. 679 00:32:01,172 --> 00:32:03,000 Yeah, we're breaking Through it a bit. 680 00:32:03,034 --> 00:32:06,068 Is that top layer hard From the rain over the years? 681 00:32:06,103 --> 00:32:07,413 Yeah. 682 00:32:07,448 --> 00:32:10,206 And that's pretty well down The hard layer, now, I think. 683 00:32:10,241 --> 00:32:12,551 Wow. Not much of A layer there, huh? 684 00:32:12,586 --> 00:32:14,724 Nah. And that's bedrock? 685 00:32:14,758 --> 00:32:17,620 That's bedrock now. Yep. That's australia. 686 00:32:17,655 --> 00:32:19,551 So you'll come down here And mine just that much? 687 00:32:19,586 --> 00:32:21,172 That's it, mate. Yeah. 688 00:32:21,206 --> 00:32:22,586 Wow. That doesn't leave you 689 00:32:22,620 --> 00:32:24,379 With much material, I suppose, huh? 690 00:32:24,413 --> 00:32:25,965 It doesn't. Nah. 691 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:28,655 Alright. We'll wander on back. 692 00:32:43,206 --> 00:32:44,896 So, do you think we're Gonna find some gold? 693 00:32:44,931 --> 00:32:47,000 I hope so, mate. I think we should. 694 00:32:47,034 --> 00:32:49,344 Are we putting it through The cube, or are we panning it? 695 00:32:49,379 --> 00:32:54,275 Put it through the cube, and Then, just pan what we've got. 696 00:32:54,310 --> 00:32:57,275 horry uses a device Called a "Gold cube," 697 00:32:57,310 --> 00:32:59,793 A series of stacked Miniature sluices, 698 00:32:59,827 --> 00:33:02,034 To concentrate His test samples. 699 00:33:02,068 --> 00:33:03,103 So, I can start feeding. 700 00:33:03,137 --> 00:33:04,482 You sure can, mate. 701 00:33:07,655 --> 00:33:11,586 It's even dusty, Just a little pail of it. 702 00:33:11,620 --> 00:33:17,206 I'll go down, and start the Cleanup on the pot, down there. 703 00:33:17,241 --> 00:33:19,103 Off to do the cleanup. 704 00:33:22,241 --> 00:33:25,724 After two hours running pay dirt From the christmas box through 705 00:33:25,758 --> 00:33:30,551 Horry's wash plant, fred and Tyler prepare for the cleanup. 706 00:33:30,586 --> 00:33:34,241 I'm breaking up Any compact clay, 707 00:33:34,275 --> 00:33:37,620 So it doesn't go up to there, And bog up the shovel. 708 00:33:48,206 --> 00:33:50,758 I just heard An airline blow down here. 709 00:33:54,724 --> 00:33:56,379 What happened? 710 00:33:56,413 --> 00:33:58,482 I think that one of The air pipes burst. 711 00:33:58,517 --> 00:33:59,965 Yeah, this. 712 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:01,586 Yeah, that's the main line To the feeder, isn't it? 713 00:34:01,620 --> 00:34:03,448 I emergency shut down From over there. 714 00:34:03,482 --> 00:34:04,689 Thanks for that. 715 00:34:04,724 --> 00:34:06,206 If you don't shut it down Quick enough, 716 00:34:06,241 --> 00:34:09,448 You get to wash all that gold Out, because there's no feed. 717 00:34:09,482 --> 00:34:11,896 do you reckon fred got It turned off quick enough? 718 00:34:11,931 --> 00:34:13,241 Yeah. He has. 719 00:34:13,275 --> 00:34:16,137 He's hit the emergency stop, And done a good job. 720 00:34:16,172 --> 00:34:17,344 Otherwise, all that gold Would be gone. 721 00:34:17,379 --> 00:34:19,896 Would be a day's work Done for nothing. 722 00:34:19,931 --> 00:34:24,275 Horry's hopper uses compressed Air to control the feed rate. 723 00:34:24,310 --> 00:34:27,862 Bursting the airline stopped Pay dirt reaching the plant. 724 00:34:27,896 --> 00:34:30,413 Fred's quick reaction Prevented any gold 725 00:34:30,448 --> 00:34:32,655 From being washed Out of the sluice. 726 00:34:32,689 --> 00:34:34,862 We'll go and do a clean-out Up here, fred. 727 00:34:34,896 --> 00:34:37,000 I was in the loader, And I heard this massive bang. 728 00:34:37,034 --> 00:34:39,551 Then, I realized that an air Pipe had burst. 729 00:34:39,586 --> 00:34:42,172 Thank fred whacked The emergency button, 730 00:34:42,206 --> 00:34:43,344 Shut down the plant. 731 00:34:43,379 --> 00:34:44,620 Plant's been running For a couple of hours. 732 00:34:44,655 --> 00:34:46,137 We put about 100 tons through it. 733 00:34:46,172 --> 00:34:49,206 And we're expecting to get May get around 30 grams. 734 00:34:49,241 --> 00:34:50,896 That's almost an ounce. 735 00:34:50,931 --> 00:34:53,689 I'm really excited to see What kind of gold there is. 736 00:35:03,344 --> 00:35:06,000 So, we are in yalgoo, 737 00:35:06,034 --> 00:35:08,724 Which is one of the driest Places in western australia. 738 00:35:08,758 --> 00:35:11,724 There's no water for miles And miles and miles. 739 00:35:11,758 --> 00:35:13,448 From a medical standpoint, Having no water 740 00:35:13,482 --> 00:35:14,689 Is probably The worst-case scenario, 741 00:35:14,724 --> 00:35:16,344 Especially with this heat. 742 00:35:16,379 --> 00:35:17,586 There's a roo. 743 00:35:17,620 --> 00:35:19,448 Oh, wow. 744 00:35:19,482 --> 00:35:22,931 unlike humans, Kangaroos are designed to thrive 745 00:35:22,965 --> 00:35:24,551 In this extreme Environment. 746 00:35:24,586 --> 00:35:28,413 Their bodies produce minimal Sweat to reserve hydration, 747 00:35:28,448 --> 00:35:32,344 And they can survive for months Without drinking any water. 748 00:35:32,379 --> 00:35:34,517 Kangaroos travel Long distances 749 00:35:34,551 --> 00:35:37,275 In search of watering holes And grasslands, 750 00:35:37,310 --> 00:35:40,586 Reaching speeds of over 35 miles per hour. 751 00:35:40,620 --> 00:35:43,000 I love kangaroos. 752 00:35:52,448 --> 00:35:55,448 Fred, you ran one of these Before. I'll let you do her. 753 00:35:55,482 --> 00:35:56,655 Parker and his team 754 00:35:56,689 --> 00:35:59,827 Are testing horry's mine In the yalgoo. 755 00:35:59,862 --> 00:36:02,103 If there is enough gold In the ground, 756 00:36:02,137 --> 00:36:06,034 This 700 acre property could be A viable business opportunity. 757 00:36:06,068 --> 00:36:08,586 Now that they're going, I finished that test-off. 758 00:36:08,620 --> 00:36:11,724 -yep. -here, I'll grab it. 759 00:36:11,758 --> 00:36:13,344 did you see much In there? 760 00:36:13,379 --> 00:36:15,724 Not too much. Super fine. 761 00:36:15,758 --> 00:36:19,413 Like, there's a few little Real fine pieces over there, 762 00:36:19,448 --> 00:36:20,896 And one bigger one there. 763 00:36:20,931 --> 00:36:23,793 And then, that little bit Of dust, up there. 764 00:36:23,827 --> 00:36:26,310 That one bigger one there, 765 00:36:26,344 --> 00:36:28,655 A couple of those Little spots here, 766 00:36:28,689 --> 00:36:30,517 Would give me 0.1 of the gram. 767 00:36:30,551 --> 00:36:31,655 Gotcha. 768 00:36:31,689 --> 00:36:34,137 With the other gold Over this side, 769 00:36:34,172 --> 00:36:36,206 I reckon it will Give us 0.2, 770 00:36:36,241 --> 00:36:38,724 Maybe even A fraction better. 771 00:36:38,758 --> 00:36:42,206 If the test pan from the Prospecting trip is accurate, 772 00:36:42,241 --> 00:36:46,724 This new ground could be over 30 times richer than the yukon. 773 00:36:46,758 --> 00:36:48,793 So, will you keep testing That area, then? 774 00:36:48,827 --> 00:36:50,000 I'll will. Yes. 775 00:36:50,034 --> 00:36:52,344 I'll do another two passes Through the tube. 776 00:36:52,379 --> 00:36:54,758 And if they've both Got gold in it, 777 00:36:54,793 --> 00:36:58,551 Almost probably run A 50 ton parcels through. 778 00:36:58,586 --> 00:37:00,310 It is super fine, huh? 779 00:37:00,344 --> 00:37:04,586 Mm-hmm. And that's what we're catching. 780 00:37:04,620 --> 00:37:05,965 We're coming to the end. 781 00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:08,103 Actually, we go through it Quicker than I thought we would. 782 00:37:08,137 --> 00:37:10,965 We've seen some gold flecks, And some fine. 783 00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:13,310 tyler and fred Are cleaning up pay dirt 784 00:37:13,344 --> 00:37:16,758 From the christmas box that they Ran through horry's wash plant. 785 00:37:16,793 --> 00:37:18,206 You said that you normally 786 00:37:18,241 --> 00:37:20,034 Get about 0.3 of the grams At the time? 787 00:37:20,068 --> 00:37:21,551 -yes. -so, we'd be after an ounce? 788 00:37:21,586 --> 00:37:23,206 If we get that, That's good. 789 00:37:23,241 --> 00:37:24,482 That's good If we get an ounce? 790 00:37:24,517 --> 00:37:26,379 If we get that, yeah. 791 00:37:26,413 --> 00:37:30,689 The concentrate from 110 tons Of christmas box pay dirt 792 00:37:30,724 --> 00:37:32,551 Is ready to be panned. 793 00:37:32,586 --> 00:37:33,862 Do you want to Do this, parker? 794 00:37:33,896 --> 00:37:35,724 -do you want me to? -yep. 795 00:37:35,758 --> 00:37:36,793 yep. 796 00:37:42,068 --> 00:37:44,103 My panning is not Gonna be perfect, here. 797 00:37:44,137 --> 00:37:46,103 we don't do that In australia. 798 00:37:46,137 --> 00:37:47,931 What? What you're doing. 799 00:37:52,620 --> 00:37:54,620 This is the first time, Ever, in my life, 800 00:37:54,655 --> 00:37:57,172 Seen panning done Like this. 801 00:37:57,206 --> 00:37:58,206 -really? -really? 802 00:37:58,241 --> 00:38:00,103 -yeah. Honest. -how do you do it? 803 00:38:00,137 --> 00:38:01,724 Just hold the pan here, 804 00:38:01,758 --> 00:38:04,275 Have a little hose, Or something like that. 805 00:38:04,310 --> 00:38:08,448 And then, put that bit of water In the pan, pan that out. 806 00:38:08,482 --> 00:38:10,724 And you keep adding A bit of water. 807 00:38:10,758 --> 00:38:11,965 -that's cool, isn't it? -it is. Yeah. 808 00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:13,275 Yeah. It's interesting. 809 00:38:13,310 --> 00:38:14,689 Very interesting. 810 00:38:14,724 --> 00:38:15,758 do you love Living in yalgoo? 811 00:38:15,793 --> 00:38:19,793 I do love living north Of yalgoo, yeah. 812 00:38:19,827 --> 00:38:24,931 Yalgoo is the outback, Where the true world starts. 813 00:38:24,965 --> 00:38:26,827 oh, hi. 814 00:38:26,862 --> 00:38:29,206 Don't drink that. 815 00:38:29,241 --> 00:38:31,655 Hey, hey, hey, hey. 816 00:38:31,689 --> 00:38:33,827 I'm not gonna get Much better than that. 817 00:38:36,172 --> 00:38:38,172 Well done, parker. Good job. 818 00:38:38,206 --> 00:38:39,517 Holy There's a bit there. 819 00:38:39,551 --> 00:38:41,137 Yeah. It doesn't look half bad. 820 00:38:41,172 --> 00:38:42,137 That's so pretty. 821 00:38:42,172 --> 00:38:43,689 It looks like 3/4 of an ounce. 822 00:38:43,724 --> 00:38:45,551 I think that's over An ounce, personally. 823 00:38:45,586 --> 00:38:46,931 I agree With you, parker. 824 00:38:46,965 --> 00:38:48,068 how much do you reckon There is, horry? 825 00:38:48,103 --> 00:38:50,413 I'd call that So close to an ounce. 826 00:38:50,448 --> 00:38:52,310 I really would, yeah. 827 00:38:52,344 --> 00:38:56,103 finding an ounce Of gold worth $1,500 828 00:38:56,137 --> 00:38:57,482 Makes the christmas box 829 00:38:57,517 --> 00:39:00,551 Equivalent to parker's ground In the yukon, 830 00:39:00,586 --> 00:39:04,068 But without the cost Of removing permafrost. 831 00:39:04,103 --> 00:39:05,413 Just out of interest, horry, 832 00:39:05,448 --> 00:39:07,620 How much do you think You spent to get that ounce? 833 00:39:07,655 --> 00:39:09,517 $500, $600. 834 00:39:09,551 --> 00:39:10,827 Not bad. 835 00:39:10,862 --> 00:39:12,931 so, is all your pay That shallow, horry? 836 00:39:12,965 --> 00:39:15,758 100 to 150 mil. Yeah. 837 00:39:15,793 --> 00:39:17,551 It's a really cool setup You've got. 838 00:39:17,586 --> 00:39:20,793 Could you see yourself working Amongst these hills out here? 839 00:39:20,827 --> 00:39:22,137 Oh, man. 840 00:39:22,172 --> 00:39:25,413 The biggest problem is just Your pay layer is so thin... 841 00:39:25,448 --> 00:39:26,689 Yeah. 842 00:39:26,724 --> 00:39:29,793 ...That for us to do anywhere Near the yardage 843 00:39:29,827 --> 00:39:32,724 That we're moving, As a company, right now. 844 00:39:32,758 --> 00:39:35,275 In the klondike, I would be mining, like, 845 00:39:35,310 --> 00:39:37,724 4 or 5 square kilometers A year. 846 00:39:37,758 --> 00:39:39,379 This isn't that kind of Ground here, is there? 847 00:39:39,413 --> 00:39:42,241 No. There isn't. 848 00:39:42,275 --> 00:39:43,482 Even though it's right On the surface. 849 00:39:43,517 --> 00:39:47,000 Man, I wish I could have Some of that. Right? 850 00:39:47,034 --> 00:39:49,965 With such a thin pay layer, Parker would mine out 851 00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:54,586 Horry's entire 700 acre property In less than a year. 852 00:39:54,620 --> 00:39:56,275 I really appreciate you Showing us around, 853 00:39:56,310 --> 00:39:57,586 And letting us be A part of it today. 854 00:39:57,620 --> 00:39:58,827 You're welcome. You're welcomed back anytime. 855 00:39:58,862 --> 00:40:00,965 It was a great Learning experience. 856 00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:02,758 And I've learned A good bit, too. 857 00:40:02,793 --> 00:40:04,034 I have, yeah. 858 00:40:04,068 --> 00:40:05,620 It's good to have a chat With somebody else that does. 859 00:40:05,655 --> 00:40:06,931 Good stuff. Right. 860 00:40:06,965 --> 00:40:08,172 Well, should we hit The road, guys? 861 00:40:08,206 --> 00:40:10,068 -yeah. -awesome. 862 00:40:10,103 --> 00:40:11,068 Thanks, horry. 863 00:40:11,103 --> 00:40:12,620 Good on you. 864 00:40:12,655 --> 00:40:14,482 -pleasure, mate. -thank you. 865 00:40:14,517 --> 00:40:17,068 Thanks, horry. 866 00:40:17,103 --> 00:40:18,724 horry's got a great Little set up here. 867 00:40:18,758 --> 00:40:22,448 I mean, out prospecting On bikes, 868 00:40:22,482 --> 00:40:27,103 Put a wash plant up on your own, And finding pretty good gold. 869 00:40:27,137 --> 00:40:29,724 If we hadn't shown up, And taken half his day away, 870 00:40:29,758 --> 00:40:32,413 He probably would've Found 2, 3 ounces of gold 871 00:40:32,448 --> 00:40:33,758 Just by himself, 872 00:40:33,793 --> 00:40:37,379 And spent, $800, 900 bucks doing it, probably. 873 00:40:37,413 --> 00:40:38,896 It was actually A really good cleanup, 874 00:40:38,931 --> 00:40:41,000 But it's just not Sustainable for parker. 875 00:40:41,034 --> 00:40:42,413 I just feel a little bit Deflated, at the moment. 876 00:40:42,448 --> 00:40:43,931 I feel like everything I try and do, 877 00:40:43,965 --> 00:40:46,206 And everywhere I take parker, Isn't quite right. 878 00:40:46,241 --> 00:40:47,379 We're running out Of options, 879 00:40:47,413 --> 00:40:50,034 If he wants to mine In western australia. 880 00:40:50,068 --> 00:40:52,379 Someday, I like to do Almost exactly this 881 00:40:52,413 --> 00:40:55,172 Maybe some place Without the flies. 882 00:40:55,206 --> 00:40:57,034 Go and buy a bunch Of motorcycles, 883 00:40:57,068 --> 00:40:58,310 And a bunch of toys, 884 00:40:58,344 --> 00:41:00,586 Have fun for a living, And gold mine on the side. 885 00:41:00,620 --> 00:41:04,655 As far as a business, It's just not really scalable. 886 00:41:06,517 --> 00:41:07,482 next time... 887 00:41:07,517 --> 00:41:08,724 Alright, here we go. 888 00:41:11,620 --> 00:41:14,413 ...Parker and his team Have one last chance- 889 00:41:14,448 --> 00:41:16,103 When I say go, go. 890 00:41:16,137 --> 00:41:19,344 ...To find ground in australia's Richest gold fields. 891 00:41:19,379 --> 00:41:20,758 -for real? -yes. 892 00:41:20,793 --> 00:41:23,413 And the stakes Have never been higher... 893 00:41:23,448 --> 00:41:25,206 This is Dangerous, man. 894 00:41:26,724 --> 00:41:29,551 ...As parker makes A life-changing decision. 895 00:41:29,586 --> 00:41:31,896 I wanted to make sure I gave you guys a call.