1 00:00:01,435 --> 00:00:03,702 Duane ollinger: This whole place is mystery, 2 00:00:03,804 --> 00:00:07,072 and it's all about finding the truth. 3 00:00:07,174 --> 00:00:08,674 But we're looking for buried treasure. 4 00:00:10,244 --> 00:00:12,344 We've got stories about aztec gold. 5 00:00:12,446 --> 00:00:14,747 Man: According to legend, they stored 6 00:00:14,849 --> 00:00:17,449 it in the uinta mountains. 7 00:00:17,551 --> 00:00:19,785 Stories about the rhodes mine. 8 00:00:19,887 --> 00:00:21,153 Eric drummond: This very well could be 9 00:00:21,255 --> 00:00:23,288 where this treasure is buried. 10 00:00:23,391 --> 00:00:24,890 See this? 11 00:00:24,992 --> 00:00:27,359 We're on the verge of a huge discovery. 12 00:00:27,461 --> 00:00:28,694 It could be worth millions of dollars. 13 00:00:30,731 --> 00:00:32,931 But there's more to this story than what you think. 14 00:00:34,935 --> 00:00:36,535 We call it the energy zone. 15 00:00:36,637 --> 00:00:37,669 Chad ollinger: It's unexplainable, 16 00:00:37,772 --> 00:00:40,039 but it's creating something out of nothing. 17 00:00:40,141 --> 00:00:41,340 [cackling] 18 00:00:41,442 --> 00:00:43,442 I'm gonna have to rethink everything. 19 00:00:44,612 --> 00:00:45,577 Duane ollinger (voiceover): These pieces 20 00:00:45,679 --> 00:00:46,779 are starting to line up. 21 00:00:46,881 --> 00:00:48,313 Duane ollinger: The heck? 22 00:00:48,416 --> 00:00:49,681 Did you hear that? 23 00:00:49,784 --> 00:00:51,784 Duane ollinger (voiceover): But there's risks on this deal. 24 00:00:51,886 --> 00:00:53,085 Charlie snider: Look at this. 25 00:00:53,154 --> 00:00:54,286 He's going into a trance. 26 00:00:54,388 --> 00:00:55,421 Right where chad's camping. 27 00:00:55,523 --> 00:00:57,322 Charlie snider: Right where chad's camping. 28 00:00:57,425 --> 00:00:58,390 My whole family's out there. 29 00:01:00,127 --> 00:01:01,727 This is a whole new ball game now. 30 00:01:05,199 --> 00:01:10,502 There are some places on earth that just don't seem right, 31 00:01:10,604 --> 00:01:12,604 but land feels different. 32 00:01:12,706 --> 00:01:14,873 It acts different. 33 00:01:14,975 --> 00:01:16,742 And this here is one of those places. 34 00:01:19,513 --> 00:01:23,549 Some say the land is trying to hold on to something. 35 00:01:23,651 --> 00:01:24,783 Aztec treasure. 36 00:01:24,885 --> 00:01:25,884 Holy [bleep]. 37 00:01:25,986 --> 00:01:26,985 Duane ollinger (voiceover): Caverns of gold. 38 00:01:27,088 --> 00:01:28,087 Look at this. 39 00:01:28,189 --> 00:01:29,221 Duane ollinger (voiceover): Mormon riches. 40 00:01:29,323 --> 00:01:30,556 It'll be a million dollars here. 41 00:01:30,658 --> 00:01:31,790 Duane ollinger (voiceover): Some even 42 00:01:31,892 --> 00:01:32,991 say there's a buried spaceship. 43 00:01:33,094 --> 00:01:34,259 Duane ollinger: Hell yeah. 44 00:01:34,361 --> 00:01:35,294 Duane ollinger (voiceover): Me? 45 00:01:35,396 --> 00:01:36,829 I never cared much about the stories. 46 00:01:38,666 --> 00:01:40,332 I just care about finding whatever 47 00:01:40,434 --> 00:01:41,400 the hell is in the ground. 48 00:01:42,470 --> 00:01:43,469 Eric drummond: Let's get out of here. 49 00:01:43,571 --> 00:01:44,269 [shouts] 50 00:01:49,577 --> 00:01:51,477 [gasping] 51 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:54,847 everybody needs to grab their stuff now so we 52 00:01:54,949 --> 00:01:56,215 can go catch up with chad. 53 00:01:56,317 --> 00:01:57,983 Eric drummond: I think it's time to start wearing firearms. 54 00:01:58,085 --> 00:01:59,751 Well, why do you think I carry mine? 55 00:01:59,854 --> 00:02:01,186 I think I'll carry mine, too. 56 00:02:05,226 --> 00:02:06,225 Duane ollinger (voiceover): So we 57 00:02:06,327 --> 00:02:08,660 see this trespasser on a trail cam 58 00:02:08,762 --> 00:02:11,163 that charlie set up right next to chad's camp. 59 00:02:14,135 --> 00:02:16,435 I don't like for anything to get in the way of our work, 60 00:02:16,537 --> 00:02:18,971 but safety does come first. 61 00:02:19,073 --> 00:02:20,706 Charlie snider: There's chad, right there. 62 00:02:22,443 --> 00:02:23,408 Duane ollinger: What's the deal? 63 00:02:23,511 --> 00:02:24,476 What's going on? 64 00:02:24,578 --> 00:02:25,711 Everything all right? 65 00:02:25,813 --> 00:02:27,012 Chad ollinger: I checked on the family. 66 00:02:27,114 --> 00:02:28,881 They're ok, but he might still be out here. 67 00:02:28,983 --> 00:02:29,915 Charlie snider: Yeah. 68 00:02:30,017 --> 00:02:31,483 We need to find this guy if he's here. 69 00:02:31,585 --> 00:02:32,551 Where was that camera at? 70 00:02:32,653 --> 00:02:33,552 It was right back over here. 71 00:02:33,654 --> 00:02:34,353 Right over there. 72 00:02:36,557 --> 00:02:37,923 We can check along this bank here. 73 00:02:44,765 --> 00:02:46,198 Duane ollinger: See a vehicle or anything? 74 00:02:46,300 --> 00:02:47,599 No. No vehicles at all. 75 00:02:49,036 --> 00:02:49,735 No lights. 76 00:02:49,837 --> 00:02:50,769 Nothing. 77 00:02:50,871 --> 00:02:51,570 Well. 78 00:03:05,319 --> 00:03:05,984 Duane ollinger: Geez. 79 00:03:07,454 --> 00:03:09,087 Chad ollinger: There's no telling where he could be. 80 00:03:09,190 --> 00:03:09,888 Duane ollinger: No. 81 00:03:09,990 --> 00:03:10,722 Not in this mess. 82 00:03:12,426 --> 00:03:14,726 Crazy son of a buck like that could hide anywhere. 83 00:03:21,302 --> 00:03:22,568 Charlie snider: Well, ok. 84 00:03:22,670 --> 00:03:24,002 Duane ollinger: What do you think, charlie? 85 00:03:24,104 --> 00:03:27,372 I think we probably need to split up. 86 00:03:27,474 --> 00:03:29,841 If you can get your side-by-side and take care of the road-- 87 00:03:29,944 --> 00:03:31,143 duane ollinger: Ok. 88 00:03:31,245 --> 00:03:32,878 Chad, if you'll stay within hollering distance of me-- 89 00:03:32,980 --> 00:03:34,112 chad ollinger: Ok. 90 00:03:34,215 --> 00:03:36,281 --I'mma push further, deeper into the woods here, 91 00:03:36,383 --> 00:03:37,349 along the creek. 92 00:03:37,451 --> 00:03:39,051 And if we can flush him out, we can get 93 00:03:39,153 --> 00:03:40,519 him up on the road [inaudible]. 94 00:03:40,621 --> 00:03:41,320 Ok, I got him. 95 00:03:41,422 --> 00:03:44,723 [tense music] 96 00:04:24,164 --> 00:04:25,364 charlie snider: What's that over there? 97 00:04:26,567 --> 00:04:27,232 Hey! 98 00:04:30,037 --> 00:04:30,736 Hey! 99 00:04:38,545 --> 00:04:39,244 [bleep] 100 00:04:39,346 --> 00:04:40,045 he's not here. 101 00:04:43,050 --> 00:04:44,416 He's probably long gone by now, 102 00:04:44,518 --> 00:04:47,552 but I don't see any footprints or anything. 103 00:04:47,655 --> 00:04:48,687 Chad ollinger: It's just so dense. 104 00:04:51,292 --> 00:04:52,691 There's my dad, right there. 105 00:04:58,699 --> 00:05:00,165 See anything? Duane ollinger: No. 106 00:05:00,267 --> 00:05:01,033 Didn't see anything. 107 00:05:02,369 --> 00:05:03,302 What did you guys see? 108 00:05:03,404 --> 00:05:04,970 Nah, we didn't find anything in there. 109 00:05:05,072 --> 00:05:06,905 Duane ollinger: Well, let's get the hell out of here. 110 00:05:07,007 --> 00:05:07,773 Charlie snider: All right. 111 00:05:11,578 --> 00:05:13,545 It was pretty weird, though, wasn't it? 112 00:05:13,647 --> 00:05:15,280 Chad ollinger: Got my attention, I will say. 113 00:05:17,084 --> 00:05:18,550 Duane ollinger: That was a skinwalker. 114 00:05:23,090 --> 00:05:25,123 Carissa davenport: This area is known for skinwalkers. 115 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:30,595 There are evil spirits that can shapeshift into whatever 116 00:05:30,698 --> 00:05:34,199 needs be, and they are entities that are not to be messed with. 117 00:05:36,303 --> 00:05:38,770 Pam warner: The people that live here are very afraid of them 118 00:05:38,872 --> 00:05:40,972 and have had a lot of experiences with them. 119 00:05:42,843 --> 00:05:47,879 They've seen people actually turn into different animals, 120 00:05:47,981 --> 00:05:48,947 like a coyote. 121 00:05:50,451 --> 00:05:53,819 The cows-- they'd find them in the morning, all mutilated. 122 00:05:55,155 --> 00:05:57,122 I believe that they've always been here. 123 00:05:57,224 --> 00:06:00,192 It's part of the native american lore of the area. 124 00:06:00,294 --> 00:06:02,894 It's starting to happen more and more. 125 00:06:02,996 --> 00:06:04,396 Just be careful with what you're 126 00:06:04,465 --> 00:06:09,067 messing with, because sometimes it can follow you home. 127 00:06:12,406 --> 00:06:14,806 Duane ollinger (voiceover): I put a huge amount of money 128 00:06:14,908 --> 00:06:17,376 into this project, and my goal has always 129 00:06:17,478 --> 00:06:21,346 been to get into the cavern and find out the truth about what 130 00:06:21,448 --> 00:06:22,481 the hell's down there. 131 00:06:22,583 --> 00:06:25,350 And hopefully, that's a truckload of gold. 132 00:06:25,452 --> 00:06:28,153 But part of the reason that we haven't got accomplished what 133 00:06:28,255 --> 00:06:30,422 we need to is some of these weird things that 134 00:06:30,524 --> 00:06:32,591 are happening to us on this ranch, 135 00:06:32,693 --> 00:06:34,426 and they take up a lot of our time. 136 00:06:36,964 --> 00:06:38,797 [beep] 137 00:06:38,899 --> 00:06:40,265 ah, [bleep]. 138 00:06:40,367 --> 00:06:43,869 Duane ollinger (voiceover): So it's my job as the boss to keep 139 00:06:43,971 --> 00:06:46,037 everybody's eye on the target. 140 00:06:46,140 --> 00:06:48,707 We found a box in the bottom of these caverns. 141 00:06:48,809 --> 00:06:52,411 And people don't go around burying a box of nothing. 142 00:06:52,513 --> 00:06:55,046 It has to be something that's valuable. 143 00:06:55,149 --> 00:06:57,916 And right now, we still don't have a good entry point. 144 00:07:00,287 --> 00:07:03,488 If we could bring a rathole rig in and drop right down in 145 00:07:03,590 --> 00:07:06,391 and see if there's a dry entrance that we can walk into, 146 00:07:06,493 --> 00:07:07,192 that's just better. 147 00:07:07,294 --> 00:07:09,394 It takes the risk out of it. 148 00:07:09,496 --> 00:07:11,363 Duane ollinger: We will bring that drilling rig back in, 149 00:07:11,465 --> 00:07:15,133 but we have to get some better target points. 150 00:07:15,235 --> 00:07:17,869 Eric drummond: What about running some geophysical? 151 00:07:17,971 --> 00:07:20,639 You guys have mentioned you having er survey equipment, 152 00:07:20,741 --> 00:07:21,873 like electrical resistivity? 153 00:07:21,975 --> 00:07:22,674 Yeah. 154 00:07:22,776 --> 00:07:23,975 We have the resistivity. 155 00:07:24,077 --> 00:07:25,076 Use something like that. 156 00:07:25,179 --> 00:07:26,244 Maybe that can pinpoint. 157 00:07:26,346 --> 00:07:28,580 You go closer to the source where you know 158 00:07:28,682 --> 00:07:29,981 you've broken into it before. 159 00:07:30,083 --> 00:07:32,083 Chad ollinger (voiceover): We've been throwing everything we got 160 00:07:32,186 --> 00:07:33,785 to try to get into the cavern. 161 00:07:33,887 --> 00:07:39,524 We've tried gpr, dyeing the pond, the boring machine. 162 00:07:39,626 --> 00:07:42,027 We're down to the last couple of things in our toolkit. 163 00:07:42,129 --> 00:07:43,228 Chad ollinger: Yeah. 164 00:07:43,330 --> 00:07:45,230 We'll get that tester out, the resistivity tester, 165 00:07:45,332 --> 00:07:47,833 and just five different spots around here. 166 00:07:47,935 --> 00:07:49,134 Great. 167 00:07:49,236 --> 00:07:50,602 Eric drummond: I'd really be interested in going back 168 00:07:50,704 --> 00:07:51,937 to check out that unmapped fault. 169 00:07:52,039 --> 00:07:52,971 Chad ollinger: I think so, too. 170 00:07:53,073 --> 00:07:55,507 We never really ruled that spot out. 171 00:07:55,609 --> 00:07:57,409 Duane ollinger: Well, that sounds like a game plan there. 172 00:08:04,618 --> 00:08:06,918 Chad ollinger (voiceover): This unmapped fault zone is 173 00:08:07,020 --> 00:08:09,788 a spot where we tried to punch in with the boring machine, 174 00:08:09,890 --> 00:08:13,658 and the bedrock was so hard, the bit just slid up the mountain, 175 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:14,826 parallel to the ground. 176 00:08:14,928 --> 00:08:16,194 Chad ollinger: It's a [bleep] drill stem. 177 00:08:17,297 --> 00:08:18,230 Chad ollinger (voiceover): So we're 178 00:08:18,332 --> 00:08:19,564 gonna go back and see if we can punch 179 00:08:19,633 --> 00:08:20,999 through with a rathole rig. 180 00:08:21,101 --> 00:08:23,502 But first, we need to pinpoint the right spot to drill. 181 00:08:24,872 --> 00:08:27,305 We know there is a cavern here, but we don't know 182 00:08:27,407 --> 00:08:28,707 exactly where to drill into it. 183 00:08:31,678 --> 00:08:34,045 So what we're doing here is called resistivity testing. 184 00:08:39,686 --> 00:08:42,454 So, the first thing we do is put metal stakes in the ground, 185 00:08:42,556 --> 00:08:43,688 equally spaced out. 186 00:08:45,392 --> 00:08:47,392 After that, we hook an electrical wire up 187 00:08:47,494 --> 00:08:50,228 to two stakes at the same time, and we send 188 00:08:50,330 --> 00:08:51,763 a charge through those stakes. 189 00:08:55,068 --> 00:08:59,271 The material between the stakes allows the wires to talk. 190 00:09:00,908 --> 00:09:02,374 Charlie snider: 3.87. 191 00:09:02,476 --> 00:09:03,675 Ok. 192 00:09:03,777 --> 00:09:05,176 Chad ollinger (voiceover): When we get lower readings, 193 00:09:05,279 --> 00:09:06,978 that means we're on bedrock. 194 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:09,848 Low resistivity, high conductivity. 195 00:09:12,419 --> 00:09:14,619 Charlie snider: 6.06. 196 00:09:14,721 --> 00:09:16,187 Chad ollinger (voiceover): Whenever we increase 197 00:09:16,290 --> 00:09:20,125 the distance between the stakes, it also increases the depth 198 00:09:20,227 --> 00:09:21,560 that we're going down. 199 00:09:21,662 --> 00:09:24,930 The hope is, when we get past 30 or 40 feet down, 200 00:09:25,032 --> 00:09:26,765 we'll start seeing some big numbers. 201 00:09:26,867 --> 00:09:28,800 That would suggest a void with nothing 202 00:09:28,902 --> 00:09:31,136 conductive between the two stakes. 203 00:09:31,238 --> 00:09:32,537 Chad ollinger: That's at 20 foot in depth. 204 00:09:32,639 --> 00:09:33,338 Charlie snider: Good. 205 00:09:37,077 --> 00:09:39,644 6.06. 206 00:09:39,746 --> 00:09:41,246 Still only 6. 207 00:09:41,348 --> 00:09:42,080 [bleep] 208 00:09:42,182 --> 00:09:43,014 I don't know if it's working. 209 00:09:46,253 --> 00:09:47,886 Eric drummond: Chad and charlie, like I said, 210 00:09:47,988 --> 00:09:49,454 this technology generally doesn't 211 00:09:49,556 --> 00:09:52,524 work well in bedrock unless you can get the stake through it. 212 00:09:54,127 --> 00:09:55,060 Chad ollinger: All right. 213 00:09:55,162 --> 00:09:56,294 Let me show you something. 214 00:09:58,131 --> 00:10:01,032 This is a broken drill bit from a while back. 215 00:10:01,134 --> 00:10:02,934 They couldn't get it back out, because it got stuck, 216 00:10:03,036 --> 00:10:04,336 and it ended up breaking. 217 00:10:04,438 --> 00:10:07,038 But we think it's all the way through the void, and if it is, 218 00:10:07,140 --> 00:10:08,940 it'll give us a reading of what's below the bedrock, 219 00:10:09,042 --> 00:10:09,741 right? 220 00:10:09,843 --> 00:10:10,875 Right. 221 00:10:10,978 --> 00:10:11,676 Let's check it. 222 00:10:11,778 --> 00:10:12,477 Sure. 223 00:10:18,752 --> 00:10:19,517 All right, we're good? 224 00:10:19,620 --> 00:10:20,318 Yeah. 225 00:10:20,420 --> 00:10:21,720 That's 40 foot in depth. 226 00:10:26,893 --> 00:10:28,493 Charlie snider: 18.68. 227 00:10:28,595 --> 00:10:29,728 It's higher than we're used to. 228 00:10:34,501 --> 00:10:38,970 That's not-- there's no period on there. 229 00:10:41,008 --> 00:10:42,007 Oh, really? 230 00:10:42,109 --> 00:10:42,974 Hey, come look at this, eric. 231 00:10:45,012 --> 00:10:46,277 Eric drummond: What you got? 232 00:10:46,380 --> 00:10:47,379 Look at this. 233 00:10:47,481 --> 00:10:48,179 That's 1,800. 234 00:10:48,281 --> 00:10:49,014 Eric drummond: Oh, wow. 235 00:10:50,350 --> 00:10:51,549 That's significant. 236 00:10:51,652 --> 00:10:52,784 Chad ollinger: Totally open. 237 00:10:52,886 --> 00:10:55,420 If we get through the bedrock, we get to the cave. 238 00:10:55,522 --> 00:10:56,688 Chad ollinger (voiceover): The test 239 00:10:56,790 --> 00:10:59,858 results were so exciting because the higher the numbers, 240 00:10:59,960 --> 00:11:01,259 the bigger the void. 241 00:11:01,361 --> 00:11:03,695 So it might mean some huge cavern below us. 242 00:11:05,399 --> 00:11:08,667 Might just be this whole area is a huge cavern. 243 00:11:08,769 --> 00:11:09,968 Eric drummond: Good deal. [laughter] 244 00:11:10,070 --> 00:11:10,935 [bleep] 245 00:11:12,339 --> 00:11:13,538 chad ollinger: You owe me a beer, eric. 246 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:14,372 Eric drummond: That's ok. 247 00:11:23,750 --> 00:11:25,216 Duane ollinger (voiceover): I promised the guys 248 00:11:25,285 --> 00:11:27,986 we'd bring the rathole rig back in if we 249 00:11:28,088 --> 00:11:30,221 found some promising targets. 250 00:11:30,323 --> 00:11:31,690 Bring it in! 251 00:11:31,792 --> 00:11:33,024 Duane ollinger (voiceover): They held 252 00:11:33,126 --> 00:11:35,760 up their end of the bargain, and I'm gonna hold up mine. 253 00:11:38,999 --> 00:11:40,732 Chad ollinger: Stand out from there and get right here. 254 00:11:41,868 --> 00:11:43,134 Duane ollinger (voiceover): So we're back 255 00:11:43,236 --> 00:11:45,136 at the unmarked fault zone that we 256 00:11:45,238 --> 00:11:46,771 could not bust through the bedrock 257 00:11:46,873 --> 00:11:48,306 with the boring machine. 258 00:11:48,408 --> 00:11:51,309 Chad used the resistivity test to find out 259 00:11:51,411 --> 00:11:53,244 where there's a void, so we're gonna 260 00:11:53,346 --> 00:11:54,546 drill that with a bigger rig. 261 00:11:54,648 --> 00:11:55,547 Go a little more. 262 00:11:55,649 --> 00:11:56,915 Duane ollinger (voiceover): Chad says 263 00:11:57,017 --> 00:11:59,818 there's a void 30 foot down, and that's an expensive hole. 264 00:12:01,321 --> 00:12:03,888 The little [bleep] better be right. 265 00:12:03,990 --> 00:12:05,857 They're gonna try to get as close to that drill stent 266 00:12:05,959 --> 00:12:06,658 without hitting it, so-- 267 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:08,259 eric drummond: Ok, cool. 268 00:12:08,361 --> 00:12:10,595 It's gonna be just right over here. 269 00:12:10,697 --> 00:12:12,864 That's where the scans on that resistivity 270 00:12:12,966 --> 00:12:15,800 were huge, showing a void right there. 271 00:12:18,939 --> 00:12:23,208 This is my spot that I think is the one, just from the test. 272 00:12:23,310 --> 00:12:24,442 Pressure's on. 273 00:12:24,544 --> 00:12:25,376 Kind of nervous, actually. 274 00:12:25,479 --> 00:12:26,211 [laughing] 275 00:12:52,939 --> 00:12:53,872 yes! 276 00:12:53,974 --> 00:12:54,739 [laughing] 277 00:12:55,609 --> 00:12:56,975 water's a great sign, yeah. 278 00:12:57,077 --> 00:12:58,143 Woo-hoo! 279 00:12:58,245 --> 00:12:59,410 No water's a bad sign. 280 00:13:01,648 --> 00:13:02,380 Look at that. 281 00:13:02,482 --> 00:13:03,448 There's water right there. 282 00:13:03,550 --> 00:13:04,482 Charlie snider: Wow! Eric drummond: Yeah! 283 00:13:04,584 --> 00:13:05,350 See it? [clapping, laughing] 284 00:13:05,452 --> 00:13:06,151 there we go. 285 00:13:07,788 --> 00:13:08,486 What are we? 286 00:13:08,588 --> 00:13:09,320 Charlie snider: 17. 287 00:13:09,422 --> 00:13:10,121 17. 288 00:13:10,223 --> 00:13:11,322 Ok, awesome. 289 00:13:11,424 --> 00:13:12,457 Let's go. 290 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:13,124 Duane ollinger: That's a good sign right there. 291 00:13:13,226 --> 00:13:13,792 [inaudible] , baby. 292 00:13:13,894 --> 00:13:14,559 Eric drummond: Yeah. 293 00:13:14,661 --> 00:13:15,760 Let's drill that [bleep]. 294 00:13:15,862 --> 00:13:21,833 [chuckling] 295 00:13:21,935 --> 00:13:23,034 chad ollinger: So, the scans were 296 00:13:23,136 --> 00:13:25,270 showing about 24 to 30 feet. 297 00:13:25,372 --> 00:13:26,704 That's where the cave is. 298 00:13:26,807 --> 00:13:30,475 So we've got about 10 more feet or a little bit less. 299 00:13:32,212 --> 00:13:33,311 Duane ollinger: The bottom's dryer. 300 00:13:36,783 --> 00:13:37,949 Wet up here and dry down here. 301 00:13:38,051 --> 00:13:38,750 Eric drummond: Yeah. 302 00:13:38,852 --> 00:13:40,418 It's a small seam up top. 303 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:41,920 Duane ollinger (voiceover): Even though we're 304 00:13:42,022 --> 00:13:45,190 looking for a dry entrance, the water is a good sign at first. 305 00:13:45,292 --> 00:13:46,891 It means that where we're drilling 306 00:13:46,993 --> 00:13:49,427 is connected to the flooded entrance. 307 00:13:49,529 --> 00:13:51,863 Then, if we break through to some dry stuff, 308 00:13:51,965 --> 00:13:53,965 we will have that dry entrance we're looking for. 309 00:13:55,635 --> 00:13:57,268 Yeah, baby. 310 00:13:57,370 --> 00:13:58,136 Come on, baby. 311 00:13:58,238 --> 00:13:59,003 Here we go. 312 00:13:59,105 --> 00:14:00,038 This is it. 313 00:14:01,975 --> 00:14:02,674 Just wait. 314 00:14:02,776 --> 00:14:06,277 We'll go up another 6 foot. 315 00:14:06,379 --> 00:14:07,245 It'll be there. 316 00:14:10,417 --> 00:14:11,115 [bleep] 317 00:14:11,218 --> 00:14:12,250 no pressure, right? 318 00:14:12,352 --> 00:14:13,484 No pressure. [chuckling] 319 00:14:13,587 --> 00:14:14,285 no pressure. 320 00:14:30,804 --> 00:14:31,803 Eric drummond: 29 and 1/2. 321 00:14:31,905 --> 00:14:32,704 29 and 1/2. 322 00:14:37,911 --> 00:14:39,110 This should be the one, yeah. 323 00:14:39,212 --> 00:14:40,245 29 and 1/2. 324 00:14:40,347 --> 00:14:41,045 Yeah. 325 00:14:44,150 --> 00:14:45,350 Chad ollinger (voiceover): So, whenever 326 00:14:45,452 --> 00:14:47,285 you punch into the cavern, the drill 327 00:14:47,387 --> 00:14:48,920 should have zero resistance. 328 00:14:50,323 --> 00:14:51,489 The sound should change. 329 00:14:51,591 --> 00:14:53,391 It'll be obvious by looking at the drill 330 00:14:53,493 --> 00:14:57,195 and feeling the machine that we're in the cavern. 331 00:14:57,297 --> 00:14:58,696 - That's wet. - That's the water line right 332 00:14:58,798 --> 00:14:59,664 yeah, that's completely-- 333 00:14:59,766 --> 00:15:00,765 chad ollinger: Still digging, though. 334 00:15:00,867 --> 00:15:01,599 Eric drummond: Got at least 7 feet of water 335 00:15:01,701 --> 00:15:03,201 in the bottom of the hole. 336 00:15:03,303 --> 00:15:05,937 Of course, the last bit of that section of drill pipe 337 00:15:06,039 --> 00:15:06,738 going down-- 338 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:08,740 the sound became a lot less. 339 00:15:08,842 --> 00:15:11,376 And so, I don't know if it took pressure off the bit 340 00:15:11,478 --> 00:15:12,510 or if it was falling down. 341 00:15:12,612 --> 00:15:14,779 We'll ask the driller about that. 342 00:15:14,848 --> 00:15:16,915 Were you taking pressure off the bit, or-- 343 00:15:21,988 --> 00:15:22,921 so we're at 32. 344 00:15:24,624 --> 00:15:25,323 Chad? 345 00:15:25,425 --> 00:15:26,624 Chad ollinger: Yeah? 346 00:15:26,726 --> 00:15:28,793 You notice the sound got quieter when the [inaudible] 347 00:15:28,895 --> 00:15:30,495 was almost down? 348 00:15:30,597 --> 00:15:32,096 He says that he has to put more pressure on it-- 349 00:15:32,198 --> 00:15:33,164 chad ollinger: Oh, he is? 350 00:15:33,266 --> 00:15:34,532 Eric drummond: --To drill more so that-- 351 00:15:34,634 --> 00:15:35,533 yeah. 352 00:15:35,635 --> 00:15:37,235 It's not a void. 353 00:15:37,337 --> 00:15:38,569 That water-- 354 00:15:38,672 --> 00:15:39,938 it may be clay, and it may be the effects of the water. 355 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:41,706 That water will probably knock it out, too. 356 00:15:41,808 --> 00:15:42,507 Yep. 357 00:15:42,609 --> 00:15:43,341 Yeah, ok. 358 00:15:43,443 --> 00:15:44,142 Hey, chad! 359 00:15:45,545 --> 00:15:47,178 What do you say let's shut it down? 360 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:48,212 One more. 361 00:15:48,315 --> 00:15:49,580 Duane ollinger: That's it. One more. 362 00:15:49,683 --> 00:15:50,381 That's all. 363 00:16:15,642 --> 00:16:16,541 [bleep] [bleep]. 364 00:16:18,144 --> 00:16:19,077 [bleep] [bleep]. 365 00:16:19,179 --> 00:16:20,311 Let's go home. 366 00:16:20,380 --> 00:16:21,145 Man (on radio): Copy that. 367 00:16:21,247 --> 00:16:21,946 Let's go home. 368 00:16:39,966 --> 00:16:42,133 Duane ollinger: Well, fellas, it's coming in, 369 00:16:42,235 --> 00:16:45,737 and it will just flat-ass dump on us, and we know that. 370 00:16:47,474 --> 00:16:49,440 What we do have is a little window here 371 00:16:49,542 --> 00:16:52,610 of maybe one to three days-- 372 00:16:52,712 --> 00:16:56,247 enough time to do one more drill with that rathole rig. 373 00:16:56,349 --> 00:17:00,551 So, one at a time, you guys tell me 374 00:17:00,653 --> 00:17:02,887 what you think is the best scenario, 375 00:17:02,989 --> 00:17:05,189 'cause we got one more drill. 376 00:17:05,258 --> 00:17:06,190 One more drill. 377 00:17:06,292 --> 00:17:07,992 And we'll work our way around, and I 378 00:17:08,094 --> 00:17:10,595 respect all y'all's opinion. 379 00:17:10,697 --> 00:17:11,662 Chad, you want to start? 380 00:17:18,171 --> 00:17:19,637 I think we should go to the energy zone. 381 00:17:21,708 --> 00:17:24,275 The way those gpr guys were freaking 382 00:17:24,377 --> 00:17:28,679 out about whatever's down there might be worth checking out. 383 00:17:28,782 --> 00:17:29,781 Ok. 384 00:17:29,916 --> 00:17:31,582 Eric drummond: I kind of agree with that. 385 00:17:31,684 --> 00:17:35,853 I've run hundreds of those gpr surveys in my line of work, 386 00:17:35,955 --> 00:17:38,823 and I've never seen this equipment react like that. 387 00:17:38,925 --> 00:17:40,091 Right. 388 00:17:40,193 --> 00:17:42,894 And so, it's always a crapshoot when you're drilling. 389 00:17:42,996 --> 00:17:44,328 You never know what you're gonna find. 390 00:17:44,431 --> 00:17:46,230 But I want to see what's going on there. 391 00:17:48,802 --> 00:17:49,834 Charlie boy, what do you think? 392 00:17:52,205 --> 00:17:55,573 I'm inclined to go with chad. 393 00:17:57,677 --> 00:17:59,410 You guys don't think there's any other place 394 00:17:59,512 --> 00:18:01,345 that might benefit us more. 395 00:18:01,448 --> 00:18:03,514 We've already drilled quite a bit, 396 00:18:03,616 --> 00:18:06,384 and we've got one last shot. 397 00:18:06,486 --> 00:18:08,619 And so, something a little bit different 398 00:18:08,721 --> 00:18:12,423 could help us find significant information, and there you go. 399 00:18:12,525 --> 00:18:13,691 Charlie snider: That's a good thought. 400 00:18:21,334 --> 00:18:22,033 Well, let's do it. 401 00:18:23,503 --> 00:18:26,270 That drill's on track, so we can take a little bit of snow. 402 00:18:26,372 --> 00:18:28,106 But we don't need no ice getting under them 403 00:18:28,208 --> 00:18:33,444 metal tracks, so we better do it now, and we better do it fast. 404 00:18:34,948 --> 00:18:35,813 Sounds good. 405 00:18:35,915 --> 00:18:36,614 Cool. 406 00:18:47,293 --> 00:18:48,759 Duane ollinger (voiceover): Winter's coming in, 407 00:18:48,862 --> 00:18:51,195 and we're running out of time. 408 00:18:51,297 --> 00:18:53,064 It won't be long before it shuts down. 409 00:18:54,834 --> 00:18:56,868 So we decided to dig at the energy zone. 410 00:18:59,806 --> 00:19:02,573 That's been ground zero for all the weird stuff that's 411 00:19:02,675 --> 00:19:03,708 been happening on this project. 412 00:19:05,612 --> 00:19:06,844 I've never seen that. 413 00:19:06,946 --> 00:19:08,279 [beeping, whirring] 414 00:19:08,381 --> 00:19:10,047 the control is all [bleep] up. 415 00:19:10,150 --> 00:19:11,215 Duane ollinger (voiceover): We know 416 00:19:11,317 --> 00:19:12,984 that there's something that's causing all 417 00:19:13,086 --> 00:19:15,520 these magnetic interferences. 418 00:19:15,622 --> 00:19:17,522 Eric drummond: We're at about 6 feet. 419 00:19:17,624 --> 00:19:20,458 Duane ollinger (voiceover): But so far, the drill's just going 420 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:21,859 easy and not hitting anything. 421 00:19:23,463 --> 00:19:24,929 Eric drummond: 18 feet. 422 00:19:25,031 --> 00:19:25,730 So I don't know. 423 00:19:30,136 --> 00:19:30,835 Eric drummond: 25 feet. 424 00:19:35,975 --> 00:19:36,674 50 feet. 425 00:19:40,980 --> 00:19:41,846 75 feet. 426 00:19:43,616 --> 00:19:44,815 Duane ollinger (voiceover): And then we 427 00:19:44,918 --> 00:19:52,523 get to the end of the bit at 85 foot, and nothing. 428 00:19:57,430 --> 00:20:00,398 So far, we missed on all the targets that we drilled in. 429 00:20:01,901 --> 00:20:03,367 It's frustrating. 430 00:20:03,469 --> 00:20:05,069 But I'll tell you what. 431 00:20:05,171 --> 00:20:08,439 There's something going on here that's creating a huge energy 432 00:20:08,541 --> 00:20:13,411 zone, and come hell or high water, 433 00:20:13,513 --> 00:20:14,946 we will get to the bottom of it. 434 00:20:18,084 --> 00:20:20,785 So if we can't find the access point to get ourself 435 00:20:20,887 --> 00:20:25,756 underground to find the answer, maybe it's time 436 00:20:25,858 --> 00:20:27,491 to bring the answer up to us. 437 00:20:28,861 --> 00:20:29,594 Dang! 438 00:20:29,696 --> 00:20:30,595 Damn. 439 00:20:30,697 --> 00:20:31,729 Duane ollinger (voiceover): Eric thinks 440 00:20:31,831 --> 00:20:33,331 if we get a sample of that dirt down there, 441 00:20:33,433 --> 00:20:35,399 it might tell us why the equipment's 442 00:20:35,501 --> 00:20:38,970 been screwing up and not letting us get down into the cavern. 443 00:20:39,072 --> 00:20:41,272 And if we happen to scoop up a little gold down there, 444 00:20:41,374 --> 00:20:42,640 that sure would be all right with me. 445 00:20:44,711 --> 00:20:49,247 We're building the deal to scrape the walls on that hole 446 00:20:49,349 --> 00:20:51,816 over there in the energy zone. 447 00:20:51,918 --> 00:20:55,453 This device will go down and bring up whatever's down there. 448 00:20:58,791 --> 00:21:00,758 We'll put scrapers on the side of it, 449 00:21:00,860 --> 00:21:02,460 and then we'll use two winches-- one 450 00:21:02,562 --> 00:21:04,996 to let it down, the other winch to tighten it up. 451 00:21:06,532 --> 00:21:08,399 And then that'll make these scrapers go out 452 00:21:08,501 --> 00:21:10,101 and scrape the wall as we raise it up. 453 00:21:13,473 --> 00:21:14,805 Eric drummond: I'm real impressed with what 454 00:21:14,907 --> 00:21:15,606 he's done here. 455 00:21:16,909 --> 00:21:19,310 Duane is somewhat of a mechanical genius. 456 00:21:19,412 --> 00:21:21,412 We can do multiple holes on it, right? 457 00:21:21,481 --> 00:21:22,647 Yeah. 458 00:21:22,749 --> 00:21:25,449 We can just back up, release it, drop it back down, 459 00:21:25,551 --> 00:21:26,417 and scrape it again. 460 00:21:26,519 --> 00:21:27,218 That looks great. 461 00:21:32,191 --> 00:21:33,224 Duane ollinger: So now the plan is 462 00:21:33,326 --> 00:21:35,126 that we're gonna put the scraper in all the way 463 00:21:35,228 --> 00:21:38,162 down, around 85 foot, scrape the walls, 464 00:21:38,264 --> 00:21:39,530 bring it up, and see what's down there. 465 00:21:50,743 --> 00:21:53,577 At that board right there, we want to be at 75 foot, 466 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:55,379 and then we'll give it another 5 foot, 467 00:21:55,481 --> 00:21:57,315 and we'll know we'll be scraping it, all right? 468 00:21:57,417 --> 00:21:58,683 Ok, yeah. 469 00:21:58,785 --> 00:21:59,483 Ok, chad. 470 00:21:59,585 --> 00:22:00,351 Let's send it down. 471 00:22:15,201 --> 00:22:16,033 Eric drummond: We got 20. 472 00:22:18,538 --> 00:22:19,236 30. 473 00:22:22,942 --> 00:22:23,641 We got 40. 474 00:22:26,646 --> 00:22:27,345 50. 475 00:22:27,447 --> 00:22:28,846 50? Eric drummond: Yup. 476 00:22:28,948 --> 00:22:30,681 Damn, that's pretty as a picture down there, fellas. 477 00:22:30,783 --> 00:22:31,582 Eric drummond: Yeah, it is. 478 00:22:33,986 --> 00:22:34,852 Duane ollinger: We're at 100? 479 00:22:34,954 --> 00:22:35,653 Eric drummond: 70. 480 00:22:38,191 --> 00:22:38,989 80. 481 00:22:39,092 --> 00:22:40,858 Go 2 more feet. 482 00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:41,792 Of 83 and stop. 483 00:22:41,894 --> 00:22:42,593 Chad ollinger: 83. 484 00:22:42,695 --> 00:22:43,561 There it is. 485 00:22:43,663 --> 00:22:44,929 God, that is down there. 486 00:22:45,031 --> 00:22:45,796 Eric drummond: Yes, it is. 487 00:22:47,967 --> 00:22:49,567 Let's deploy the scrapers. 488 00:22:49,669 --> 00:22:51,769 We'll bring it up to 78, and I'll call it out. 489 00:22:56,109 --> 00:22:57,208 Charlie snider: All right. It's tight. 490 00:22:57,310 --> 00:22:57,942 Eric drummond: It's tight? 491 00:22:58,044 --> 00:22:58,743 Charlie snider: Yep. 492 00:22:58,845 --> 00:23:01,245 [whirring] 493 00:23:01,347 --> 00:23:03,214 [impact, silence] 494 00:23:03,316 --> 00:23:04,181 [whirring] 495 00:23:05,251 --> 00:23:08,552 [whirring] 496 00:23:09,622 --> 00:23:10,488 [grinding] 497 00:23:13,993 --> 00:23:15,359 [whirring] 498 00:23:15,461 --> 00:23:16,460 duane ollinger: Whoa, whoa, whoa. 499 00:23:17,930 --> 00:23:19,363 Whoa, whoa, whoa. 500 00:23:19,465 --> 00:23:20,264 [bleep] 501 00:23:23,503 --> 00:23:24,668 ok. Whoa, whoa, whoa. 502 00:23:24,771 --> 00:23:25,603 Chad ollinger: It's stuck. 503 00:23:25,705 --> 00:23:26,804 Too tight, chad. Let her down. 504 00:23:26,906 --> 00:23:27,405 [interposing voices] eric drummond: Let her down. 505 00:23:28,741 --> 00:23:30,174 Duane ollinger (voiceover): It seems like every time 506 00:23:30,276 --> 00:23:34,211 we make some progress, something else steps 507 00:23:34,313 --> 00:23:35,646 up and starts fighting us. 508 00:23:39,252 --> 00:23:41,886 Let's loosen this one a little bit. 509 00:23:41,988 --> 00:23:42,686 Ok. 510 00:23:42,789 --> 00:23:43,888 Let both of 'em down. 511 00:23:46,793 --> 00:23:47,892 Chad ollinger: All right. She's free. 512 00:23:47,994 --> 00:23:49,059 Duane ollinger: There you go. There you go. 513 00:23:49,162 --> 00:23:49,593 Chad ollinger: She's free. Duane ollinger: Ok. 514 00:23:49,695 --> 00:23:50,261 We're free. 515 00:23:50,363 --> 00:23:51,095 Ok, come on up here. 516 00:23:52,498 --> 00:23:53,564 Let's take it all the way up. 517 00:23:55,301 --> 00:23:56,000 Let's see what we did. 518 00:23:57,904 --> 00:23:59,603 We have a hell of a sample on our side. 519 00:23:59,705 --> 00:24:00,538 Eric drummond: I think so. 520 00:24:02,074 --> 00:24:02,940 20. 521 00:24:03,042 --> 00:24:03,908 Here we go. 522 00:24:08,247 --> 00:24:08,946 Ooh. 523 00:24:09,048 --> 00:24:10,247 Look. 524 00:24:10,349 --> 00:24:11,248 That's blue. 525 00:24:11,350 --> 00:24:12,550 Interesting. 526 00:24:12,652 --> 00:24:13,784 Chad ollinger: [bleep],, that's blue. 527 00:24:13,886 --> 00:24:14,585 Eric drummond: Wow. 528 00:24:15,688 --> 00:24:17,087 It is. 529 00:24:17,190 --> 00:24:18,989 Look at that. 530 00:24:19,091 --> 00:24:20,291 Eric drummond: That's definitely blue. 531 00:24:23,262 --> 00:24:24,094 I see the blue. 532 00:24:24,197 --> 00:24:25,162 Charlie snider: Wow, that's cool. 533 00:24:25,264 --> 00:24:25,996 Eric drummond: I see it. 534 00:24:26,098 --> 00:24:27,398 Charlie snider: Look at that. 535 00:24:27,500 --> 00:24:29,033 Duane ollinger (voiceover): We brought that scraper back up, 536 00:24:29,135 --> 00:24:32,002 and all of a sudden, we pulled up blue dirt. 537 00:24:32,104 --> 00:24:32,970 Eric drummond: Wow. 538 00:24:33,072 --> 00:24:33,904 Duane ollinger (voiceover): It was 539 00:24:34,006 --> 00:24:35,039 a bluest dirt you ever seen. 540 00:24:35,141 --> 00:24:37,641 And what it is, I just don't know. 541 00:24:37,743 --> 00:24:39,677 Eric drummond (voiceover): I've seen some really weird things 542 00:24:39,779 --> 00:24:42,279 in my career as a geologist, but this blue dirt 543 00:24:42,348 --> 00:24:44,782 we're seeing here is really, really interesting. 544 00:24:44,884 --> 00:24:47,451 So I want to explore it more. 545 00:24:47,553 --> 00:24:49,119 What could the blue mean, eric? 546 00:24:49,222 --> 00:24:52,957 Eric drummond: Well, from a geologic standpoint, it's rare. 547 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:55,326 Eric drummond (voiceover): First thing 548 00:24:55,428 --> 00:24:59,230 that comes to mind is an interesting mineral called 549 00:24:59,332 --> 00:25:00,498 iridium. 550 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:03,868 It can be worth as much or more than gold. 551 00:25:03,970 --> 00:25:06,437 Iridium is so rare, and the demand is so high. 552 00:25:06,539 --> 00:25:09,540 It's used in electronics and microchips. 553 00:25:09,642 --> 00:25:12,643 The price fluctuates, but right now it's around $3,000 554 00:25:12,745 --> 00:25:14,111 an ounce. 555 00:25:14,213 --> 00:25:16,847 But usually you only see it in small particles. 556 00:25:16,949 --> 00:25:19,817 It's not normally found in massive deposits, 557 00:25:19,919 --> 00:25:21,685 because a lot of it comes from space impacts. 558 00:25:23,055 --> 00:25:25,122 So, when the impact occurs, it spreads it 559 00:25:25,224 --> 00:25:28,058 all out in very fine particles. 560 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:30,261 A deposit of iridium is really not something 561 00:25:30,363 --> 00:25:31,529 you normally see on earth. 562 00:25:33,366 --> 00:25:35,332 Eric drummond: Iridium-- just highly conductive. 563 00:25:36,836 --> 00:25:39,403 This could be the element that's causing everything to go wrong. 564 00:25:39,505 --> 00:25:41,972 This could be the explanation for this energy. 565 00:25:43,910 --> 00:25:45,409 I think that's a success. Chad ollinger: Yeah, it is. 566 00:25:45,511 --> 00:25:46,277 Duane ollinger: Hell yeah. 567 00:25:46,379 --> 00:25:47,111 [laughing] 568 00:25:47,213 --> 00:25:47,945 eric drummond: All right. 569 00:25:48,047 --> 00:25:48,746 We'll set her down. 570 00:25:57,123 --> 00:25:58,022 [bird hooting] 571 00:26:11,504 --> 00:26:12,369 yeah. 572 00:26:12,438 --> 00:26:13,437 Let's just walk up this draw here. 573 00:26:13,539 --> 00:26:14,238 Ok. 574 00:26:16,976 --> 00:26:18,375 Eric drummond: We've been experiencing really 575 00:26:18,477 --> 00:26:20,210 weird things going on here. 576 00:26:20,313 --> 00:26:21,745 Eric drummond (voiceover): Well, a huge deposit 577 00:26:21,847 --> 00:26:24,815 of a blue mineral is just so strange, 578 00:26:24,917 --> 00:26:27,084 and I think we have to explore more to see if there's 579 00:26:27,186 --> 00:26:28,085 iridium on the property. 580 00:26:34,226 --> 00:26:35,693 I know our main focus is finding out 581 00:26:35,795 --> 00:26:37,394 what's underneath the ground here, 582 00:26:37,496 --> 00:26:40,864 but maybe the answer is it's a huge deposit of iridium. 583 00:26:40,967 --> 00:26:43,767 So if that's true, these deposits could be worth 584 00:26:43,869 --> 00:26:45,169 more than any buried treasure. 585 00:26:47,907 --> 00:26:50,307 I think it's worth taking a sample here. 586 00:26:50,409 --> 00:26:52,042 It looks like, when this is flowing, 587 00:26:52,144 --> 00:26:53,544 you got a little waterfall right here, 588 00:26:53,646 --> 00:26:55,512 and the heavy materials are gonna sit right at the bottom 589 00:26:55,615 --> 00:26:56,313 here. 590 00:26:56,415 --> 00:26:57,481 Chad ollinger: Gotcha. 591 00:26:57,550 --> 00:26:58,649 Grab me that sample bag? 592 00:26:58,751 --> 00:26:59,984 Yep, yep. 593 00:27:00,086 --> 00:27:01,385 Eric drummond: We'll get some of the digging tools out. 594 00:27:01,454 --> 00:27:04,822 Iridium is heavier than gold, so we're 595 00:27:04,924 --> 00:27:06,890 hoping to find it right in the bottom of this trap right here. 596 00:27:06,993 --> 00:27:08,092 Nice. 597 00:27:08,194 --> 00:27:09,259 Eric drummond: That's some nice-looking material. 598 00:27:10,496 --> 00:27:13,063 If we find iridium in this sample here, 599 00:27:13,165 --> 00:27:14,832 we'll go all throughout this gully here. 600 00:27:14,934 --> 00:27:16,066 Chad ollinger: Yes. 601 00:27:16,168 --> 00:27:19,336 If we found a legitimate, minable deposit, 602 00:27:19,438 --> 00:27:20,504 that could be worth a lot of money. 603 00:27:24,877 --> 00:27:26,677 What is this? 604 00:27:26,779 --> 00:27:28,145 Oh my goodness. 605 00:27:28,247 --> 00:27:28,946 Whoa. 606 00:27:41,661 --> 00:27:42,726 Grab me that sample bag? 607 00:27:42,828 --> 00:27:44,061 Yep, yep. 608 00:27:44,163 --> 00:27:45,429 Eric drummond: We'll get some of the digging tools out. 609 00:27:45,531 --> 00:27:48,932 Iridium is heavier than gold, so we're 610 00:27:49,001 --> 00:27:51,001 hoping to find it right in the bottom of this trap right here. 611 00:27:58,611 --> 00:27:59,643 What is this? 612 00:28:01,747 --> 00:28:02,546 Oh my goodness. 613 00:28:03,449 --> 00:28:04,148 Whoa. 614 00:28:06,318 --> 00:28:07,584 [bleep] it's super heavy-- 615 00:28:07,687 --> 00:28:08,819 eric drummond: What is that? Chad ollinger: --Whatever it is. 616 00:28:08,921 --> 00:28:09,620 It's heavy? 617 00:28:09,722 --> 00:28:10,854 Yeah. 618 00:28:10,956 --> 00:28:12,289 Oh my god. 619 00:28:12,391 --> 00:28:14,491 I think we got a meteorite. 620 00:28:14,593 --> 00:28:15,526 What the heck? 621 00:28:15,628 --> 00:28:16,493 [laughing] 622 00:28:19,932 --> 00:28:21,265 eric drummond (voiceover): Iridium is often 623 00:28:21,367 --> 00:28:24,034 associated with meteorites. 624 00:28:24,136 --> 00:28:27,204 It's more plentiful in outer space than it is on earth. 625 00:28:27,306 --> 00:28:29,773 And so, meteorite on site here could 626 00:28:29,875 --> 00:28:33,844 be a very good indication of high concentrations of iridium. 627 00:28:33,946 --> 00:28:35,245 Eric drummond: Very interesting. 628 00:28:37,283 --> 00:28:38,182 Can you catch that? 629 00:28:38,284 --> 00:28:40,350 [laughter] 630 00:28:40,453 --> 00:28:41,885 duane ollinger: That is a heavy son of a buck. 631 00:28:41,987 --> 00:28:42,886 Eric drummond: Isn't it? 632 00:28:42,988 --> 00:28:43,554 Doesn't that feel good in your hand? 633 00:28:44,824 --> 00:28:45,923 That's crazy. 634 00:28:46,025 --> 00:28:47,624 You can just tell how hot that son of a buck got. 635 00:28:47,727 --> 00:28:48,792 [inaudible] 636 00:28:48,894 --> 00:28:50,094 the speed that that thing got up to is just-- 637 00:28:50,196 --> 00:28:52,362 it's nice holding something that came from outer space. 638 00:28:52,465 --> 00:28:53,163 Chad ollinger: Yeah. 639 00:28:55,701 --> 00:28:57,668 Eric drummond: This could be a major, major discovery. 640 00:28:57,770 --> 00:28:58,469 Yeah. 641 00:28:59,939 --> 00:29:02,005 Duane ollinger (voiceover): I've said since day 1 642 00:29:02,108 --> 00:29:04,274 that I want to know the truth. 643 00:29:04,376 --> 00:29:06,310 I always thought that that search would lead 644 00:29:06,412 --> 00:29:08,345 me to gold in those caverns. 645 00:29:08,447 --> 00:29:12,416 But if there's a super valuable space mineral on this property, 646 00:29:12,518 --> 00:29:14,818 we will look into that, also. 647 00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:16,420 Maybe it's all connected somehow. 648 00:29:23,395 --> 00:29:26,196 Eric drummond: I'm heading upstream, getting samples, 649 00:29:26,298 --> 00:29:28,732 and I'll bring 'em back and see what we've got. 650 00:29:31,570 --> 00:29:32,970 This looks like a perfect spot. 651 00:29:43,482 --> 00:29:45,449 Eric drummond (voiceover): If I can get enough samples to show 652 00:29:45,551 --> 00:29:48,051 that there are significant amounts of iridium on site, 653 00:29:48,154 --> 00:29:49,820 it could not only be worth a lot of money. 654 00:29:49,922 --> 00:29:52,723 It could maybe explain some of the anomalies that 655 00:29:52,825 --> 00:29:53,757 have been happening out here. 656 00:29:56,529 --> 00:29:57,661 Chad ollinger: If it's not one thing, 657 00:29:57,763 --> 00:29:59,897 it's another out here, all the time. 658 00:30:05,638 --> 00:30:07,538 Eric drummond: It looks like thunderstorms are brewing. 659 00:30:10,910 --> 00:30:11,742 [bleep] 660 00:30:11,844 --> 00:30:12,776 I don't want to be on the mountain 661 00:30:12,878 --> 00:30:15,479 when it starts lightning. 662 00:30:15,581 --> 00:30:17,915 Chad ollinger: This weather is killing us. 663 00:30:18,017 --> 00:30:21,018 It's like it has a mind of its own, trying to shut us down. 664 00:30:22,421 --> 00:30:24,021 Eric drummond: This is what you have to deal with when 665 00:30:24,123 --> 00:30:25,122 you're out in the field. 666 00:30:25,224 --> 00:30:26,190 You're dealing with weather. 667 00:30:26,292 --> 00:30:27,758 You're dealing with terrain. 668 00:30:27,860 --> 00:30:28,559 [shouts] 669 00:30:34,133 --> 00:30:36,333 charlie snider (voiceover): We have these quite often. 670 00:30:36,435 --> 00:30:39,870 All of a sudden, you get this lightning and thundering going 671 00:30:39,972 --> 00:30:42,139 on, and you don't even know what's 672 00:30:42,241 --> 00:30:43,473 gonna happen till it happens. 673 00:30:46,812 --> 00:30:47,845 Chad ollinger: It's getting close. 674 00:30:57,489 --> 00:30:58,722 Now it's really time to go. 675 00:31:04,363 --> 00:31:05,429 Charlie snider (voiceover): We don't 676 00:31:05,564 --> 00:31:08,165 have any control out here. 677 00:31:08,267 --> 00:31:10,567 We have to go with what mother nature gives us. 678 00:31:11,971 --> 00:31:17,207 And right now, it's not giving us a lot of opportunity. 679 00:31:22,481 --> 00:31:23,180 Here we go. 680 00:31:23,282 --> 00:31:24,815 I think I beat it. 681 00:31:24,917 --> 00:31:27,951 I think I cheated death one more time here. 682 00:31:28,053 --> 00:31:29,920 [panting] 683 00:31:30,022 --> 00:31:30,721 ok. 684 00:31:36,695 --> 00:31:37,461 I made it. 685 00:31:47,172 --> 00:31:48,472 Eric drummond (voiceover): Duane brought 686 00:31:48,574 --> 00:31:51,308 me onto this project to try to help him get into this cavern. 687 00:31:51,410 --> 00:31:53,577 Obviously, after chad found that box, 688 00:31:53,679 --> 00:31:55,445 I started to like this treasure angle. 689 00:31:57,416 --> 00:31:59,883 Can you get that underneath there? 690 00:31:59,985 --> 00:32:03,253 But not all treasure is buried in underground caverns. 691 00:32:03,355 --> 00:32:05,822 Iridium is a naturally-occurring mineral that's more 692 00:32:05,925 --> 00:32:07,491 valuable than a box of gold. 693 00:32:09,261 --> 00:32:10,160 Charlie snider: Come on, eric! 694 00:32:10,262 --> 00:32:11,461 [laughing] 695 00:32:18,270 --> 00:32:19,736 eric drummond: First, we'll do a surface sample. 696 00:32:24,610 --> 00:32:26,310 This is nice, red-looking material here. 697 00:32:26,412 --> 00:32:27,544 Chad ollinger: Yeah, it is, isn't it? 698 00:32:27,646 --> 00:32:29,246 Eric drummond: It's got some iron in it for sure. 699 00:32:29,348 --> 00:32:31,615 They say that iridium has an affinity for iron. 700 00:32:31,717 --> 00:32:32,416 Is that right? 701 00:32:32,518 --> 00:32:33,216 Yeah. 702 00:32:33,319 --> 00:32:34,418 Hopefully it shows. 703 00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:35,852 Eric drummond (voiceover): We've got three samples 704 00:32:35,955 --> 00:32:37,054 from all over the ranch. 705 00:32:37,156 --> 00:32:39,589 We've got a surface sample from yesterday's hike. 706 00:32:39,692 --> 00:32:41,959 We got a sample from the meteor site. 707 00:32:42,061 --> 00:32:43,727 And we have a sample of the blue mineral 708 00:32:43,862 --> 00:32:46,396 that we pulled out of the energy zone. 709 00:32:46,498 --> 00:32:48,265 I used to always be hoping for gold, 710 00:32:48,367 --> 00:32:49,599 but now I'm hoping for iridium. 711 00:32:51,437 --> 00:32:53,737 All I can do is give them options, basically, 712 00:32:53,839 --> 00:32:57,641 and I'll give them that option to mine for iridium 713 00:32:57,743 --> 00:33:01,144 if we find it in significant concentration. 714 00:33:01,246 --> 00:33:04,948 So, next, this is the blue zone, so we'll do the same thing. 715 00:33:07,252 --> 00:33:08,485 Eric drummond (voiceover): We're looking 716 00:33:08,587 --> 00:33:11,555 for evidence of a meaningful concentration of iridium-- 717 00:33:11,657 --> 00:33:13,390 something that may explain the anomalies 718 00:33:13,492 --> 00:33:15,092 that go on around the property. 719 00:33:15,194 --> 00:33:17,527 And if it's that big, that means we can mine it. 720 00:33:17,629 --> 00:33:18,328 I like that. 721 00:33:20,232 --> 00:33:21,865 The last is just a small sample, 722 00:33:21,967 --> 00:33:24,468 but ok, this is the meteorite wash. 723 00:33:24,570 --> 00:33:25,268 Do the honors. 724 00:33:25,371 --> 00:33:26,069 Go ahead. 725 00:33:27,172 --> 00:33:28,238 Chad ollinger (voiceover): We know, 726 00:33:28,340 --> 00:33:29,806 whenever we get that first snow and the weather 727 00:33:29,908 --> 00:33:31,808 starts kicking up, that we're getting 728 00:33:31,910 --> 00:33:33,043 close to the end of the season. 729 00:33:34,513 --> 00:33:37,914 I obviously want to go into the cavern and back to the box, 730 00:33:38,017 --> 00:33:40,450 but if we can find something else of value 731 00:33:40,552 --> 00:33:44,187 before we get snowed in, that'd be huge, too. 732 00:33:44,289 --> 00:33:45,589 Eric drummond: So we got our sample there. 733 00:33:45,691 --> 00:33:48,492 That's our concentrate, which we'll pan out. 734 00:33:48,594 --> 00:33:49,626 Nice. 735 00:33:49,728 --> 00:33:52,496 So, first we'll do the surface sample we took. 736 00:33:52,598 --> 00:33:53,330 Ok. 737 00:33:53,432 --> 00:33:56,800 [suspenseful music] 738 00:34:05,444 --> 00:34:08,812 eric drummond: Right off the bat, I'm not seeing anything. 739 00:34:12,051 --> 00:34:14,684 Now we'll do the meteorite sample. 740 00:34:27,699 --> 00:34:28,832 I don't see anything there. 741 00:34:32,704 --> 00:34:34,638 Now we'll look at the next one. 742 00:34:34,740 --> 00:34:36,673 This is the sample from the blue zone. 743 00:34:36,775 --> 00:34:38,308 I'm really hopeful for this sample here. 744 00:34:48,587 --> 00:34:49,586 Look at that. 745 00:34:49,688 --> 00:34:50,820 Yeah, you can definitely see that. 746 00:34:50,889 --> 00:34:52,689 It's a shiny, metallic, bluish thing. 747 00:34:52,791 --> 00:34:54,224 Yeah, yeah. 748 00:34:54,326 --> 00:34:55,559 Eric drummond: Interesting. 749 00:34:56,962 --> 00:34:57,828 It could be iridium. 750 00:35:10,476 --> 00:35:14,411 I think I mentioned to you the extinction of the dinosaurs 751 00:35:14,513 --> 00:35:18,048 was caused by a huge asteroid that hit down in the yucatan 752 00:35:18,150 --> 00:35:19,116 peninsula in mexico. 753 00:35:21,086 --> 00:35:24,321 Not only did it kill pretty much all life on earth, 754 00:35:24,423 --> 00:35:27,891 but it had shot iridium into the atmosphere. 755 00:35:27,993 --> 00:35:30,560 And there are clay layers, even around here, 756 00:35:30,662 --> 00:35:32,829 that have a hundred times more iridium, 757 00:35:32,931 --> 00:35:35,165 and that naturally occurs in soils. 758 00:35:35,267 --> 00:35:37,534 So that's real exciting. 759 00:35:50,182 --> 00:35:51,781 This is the sample from the blue zone. 760 00:35:51,884 --> 00:35:53,750 I'm really hopeful for this sample here. 761 00:36:04,062 --> 00:36:05,095 Look at that. 762 00:36:05,197 --> 00:36:06,296 Yeah, you can definitely see that. 763 00:36:06,398 --> 00:36:08,131 It's a shiny, metallic, bluish thing. 764 00:36:08,233 --> 00:36:09,699 Yeah, yeah. 765 00:36:09,801 --> 00:36:10,901 Eric drummond: Interesting. 766 00:36:11,003 --> 00:36:12,169 There's two of 'em. 767 00:36:12,271 --> 00:36:13,170 Two pieces right there. 768 00:36:13,272 --> 00:36:14,137 Two pieces. 769 00:36:14,239 --> 00:36:15,172 What is that? 770 00:36:15,274 --> 00:36:15,972 It could be iridium. 771 00:36:18,544 --> 00:36:21,011 If it is iridium, it's coming from somewhere, 772 00:36:21,113 --> 00:36:23,513 and so there could be a big deposit up there. 773 00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:31,821 If we find this load source of that, oof, that's huge. 774 00:36:33,258 --> 00:36:35,325 Depending on the size of the deposit, 775 00:36:35,427 --> 00:36:37,460 it can be worth millions, tens of millions, 776 00:36:37,563 --> 00:36:38,795 hundreds of millions. 777 00:36:38,897 --> 00:36:40,163 It's that valuable. 778 00:36:40,265 --> 00:36:43,567 Yes, they're small, but having that many pieces in one spot 779 00:36:43,669 --> 00:36:45,602 is really, really significant. 780 00:36:45,704 --> 00:36:47,370 From a geology aspect, that's huge. 781 00:36:48,807 --> 00:36:50,073 Duane ollinger (voiceover): Well, eric found four flakes 782 00:36:50,175 --> 00:36:52,342 of something, and it might be iridium, 783 00:36:52,444 --> 00:36:55,278 so we're gonna test 'em with the xrf gun 784 00:36:55,380 --> 00:36:56,746 and see how pure they are. 785 00:36:59,585 --> 00:37:02,052 But it's gonna have to be a high concentration 786 00:37:02,154 --> 00:37:04,588 before we want to get into a iridium mining operation 787 00:37:04,690 --> 00:37:05,388 out here. 788 00:37:07,893 --> 00:37:08,992 Duane ollinger: We're ready? 789 00:37:09,094 --> 00:37:09,993 Eric drummond: Start her up. 790 00:37:10,095 --> 00:37:10,794 [beep] 791 00:37:11,863 --> 00:37:13,597 parts per million, iridium, minable-- 792 00:37:13,699 --> 00:37:15,899 it's considered 10 parts per million. 793 00:37:16,034 --> 00:37:18,969 So anything above 20 would be amazing, right? 794 00:37:19,071 --> 00:37:20,303 Oh, yeah, absolutely. 795 00:37:20,405 --> 00:37:21,404 Come on, iridium. 796 00:37:23,875 --> 00:37:24,708 [beep] 797 00:37:24,810 --> 00:37:26,042 hey. 798 00:37:26,144 --> 00:37:27,477 Eric drummond: That's 50 parts per million? 799 00:37:27,579 --> 00:37:28,311 - 61. - Yeah, there-- 800 00:37:28,413 --> 00:37:29,346 [interposing voices] 801 00:37:29,448 --> 00:37:30,313 eric drummond: So it's still running. 802 00:37:30,415 --> 00:37:30,914 It's still running. It's going up. 803 00:37:31,016 --> 00:37:32,115 It just got 87. 804 00:37:32,217 --> 00:37:34,284 Eric drummond: 80 parts per million? 805 00:37:34,386 --> 00:37:35,685 Oh, my. 806 00:37:35,787 --> 00:37:37,120 Eric drummond (voiceover): The early stages of the process-- 807 00:37:37,222 --> 00:37:39,089 it's coming up 80 parts per million. 808 00:37:39,191 --> 00:37:40,957 We've got iridium, guys. 809 00:37:41,059 --> 00:37:42,926 Eric drummond (voiceover): That was significant in itself. 810 00:37:43,028 --> 00:37:45,962 If it had ended at that point, I would have been very happy. 811 00:37:46,064 --> 00:37:46,763 Uh-oh. 812 00:37:46,865 --> 00:37:48,365 This is the full scan here? 813 00:37:48,467 --> 00:37:49,566 This is the final? - Yep. 814 00:37:49,668 --> 00:37:50,433 [beep] 815 00:37:50,535 --> 00:37:51,234 eric drummond: Oh! 816 00:37:51,336 --> 00:37:54,504 804,000? 817 00:37:54,606 --> 00:37:56,206 And those specs are pure iridium. 818 00:37:58,043 --> 00:38:00,310 It jumped up to 800,000. 819 00:38:00,412 --> 00:38:01,945 Like, what? 820 00:38:02,047 --> 00:38:02,912 That's amazing. 821 00:38:03,015 --> 00:38:03,713 Charlie snider: That's unbelievable. 822 00:38:03,815 --> 00:38:04,848 Eric drummond: That's fantastic. 823 00:38:04,950 --> 00:38:06,216 You got it, man! 824 00:38:06,318 --> 00:38:07,217 [laughter] 825 00:38:08,387 --> 00:38:08,852 duane ollinger (voiceover): It's amazing. 826 00:38:08,954 --> 00:38:09,753 It shot high. 827 00:38:09,855 --> 00:38:11,221 It shot huge. 828 00:38:11,323 --> 00:38:12,722 I think eric's on to something here. 829 00:38:14,092 --> 00:38:15,892 We may have an iridium mine here. 830 00:38:15,994 --> 00:38:16,760 That'd be all right. 831 00:38:16,862 --> 00:38:17,794 That'd be real good. 832 00:38:18,864 --> 00:38:20,030 Eric drummond (voiceover): We're still 833 00:38:20,132 --> 00:38:22,966 a long ways from finding a minable deposit, 834 00:38:23,068 --> 00:38:25,669 but that's very significant. 835 00:38:25,737 --> 00:38:26,803 That's awesome. 836 00:38:26,905 --> 00:38:28,071 Duane ollinger (voiceover): I'm not giving up 837 00:38:28,173 --> 00:38:30,340 on the treasure in these caves, but we could be sitting 838 00:38:30,442 --> 00:38:32,676 on a huge iridium deposit. 839 00:38:32,778 --> 00:38:34,110 Eric drummond: We're on the trail, boys. 840 00:38:34,212 --> 00:38:36,079 Duane, you ready to become an iridium magnate? 841 00:38:37,883 --> 00:38:39,215 That'd be a "yes." 842 00:38:39,318 --> 00:38:40,016 [laughing] 843 00:38:40,118 --> 00:38:40,817 all right. 844 00:38:40,919 --> 00:38:41,785 I'll second that motion. 845 00:38:41,887 --> 00:38:42,585 There you go. 846 00:38:49,027 --> 00:38:50,694 Charlie snider: One beer left. 847 00:38:50,796 --> 00:38:51,795 Gonna be hard to split. 848 00:38:53,332 --> 00:38:54,564 Eric drummond: I'll tell you what, guys. 849 00:38:54,666 --> 00:38:56,733 I can feel the chill in the air. 850 00:38:56,835 --> 00:39:00,603 Our season's almost to the end, but I'm real happy. 851 00:39:00,706 --> 00:39:02,038 I'm happy about what we found. 852 00:39:02,140 --> 00:39:04,441 I'm happy about the potential. 853 00:39:04,543 --> 00:39:05,742 I'm a prospector. 854 00:39:05,844 --> 00:39:08,611 And so, what I'm seeing are indications that you have 855 00:39:08,714 --> 00:39:11,147 something significant here. 856 00:39:11,249 --> 00:39:13,116 We have a minable deposit of iridium. 857 00:39:14,653 --> 00:39:16,453 It could be worth millions. 858 00:39:16,555 --> 00:39:20,390 It could also explain why we've been seeing these weird things, 859 00:39:20,492 --> 00:39:22,058 the equipment malfunctions. 860 00:39:22,160 --> 00:39:23,526 Iridium will do that, then? 861 00:39:23,628 --> 00:39:27,263 Eric drummond: Well, it's a very dense metal, just like gold. 862 00:39:27,366 --> 00:39:31,201 So, with a gpr or even resistivity, it 863 00:39:31,269 --> 00:39:33,436 can affect the instruments, is what I'm saying. 864 00:39:33,538 --> 00:39:34,671 Charlie snider: So you think it would 865 00:39:34,773 --> 00:39:36,072 cause a lot of interference? 866 00:39:36,174 --> 00:39:37,107 Eric drummond: It could, yeah. 867 00:39:38,844 --> 00:39:40,610 Eric drummond (voiceover): There are still some question 868 00:39:40,712 --> 00:39:42,245 marks out there, but I think we've 869 00:39:42,347 --> 00:39:43,980 answered one very big question. 870 00:39:45,884 --> 00:39:47,917 Why are all of our electronics-- 871 00:39:48,019 --> 00:39:50,687 drones, gpr, sound engineering equipment-- 872 00:39:50,789 --> 00:39:51,488 [interference] 873 00:39:51,590 --> 00:39:52,822 --in the basement-- 874 00:39:52,924 --> 00:39:54,224 eric drummond (voiceover): --Camera system gone haywire? 875 00:39:55,427 --> 00:39:57,861 It's a very distinct possibility that iridium 876 00:39:57,963 --> 00:40:00,029 is causing this interference. 877 00:40:02,134 --> 00:40:05,769 Well, I think we solved one part of it, 878 00:40:05,871 --> 00:40:07,937 but we still got a long ways to go. 879 00:40:09,541 --> 00:40:10,774 Eric drummond: Yeah, there's still a lot 880 00:40:10,876 --> 00:40:12,642 of discoveries to be made. 881 00:40:12,744 --> 00:40:15,512 Not only the treasure aspect, but the mineral. 882 00:40:15,614 --> 00:40:17,580 We know it's connected somehow. 883 00:40:17,682 --> 00:40:19,382 Charlie snider: That's the mystery of this place. 884 00:40:19,484 --> 00:40:20,183 Eric drummond: Yeah. 885 00:40:23,188 --> 00:40:24,821 Duane ollinger: So here's the deal, fellas. 886 00:40:24,923 --> 00:40:30,160 It's high risk out here, but the reward is just overwhelming. 887 00:40:32,631 --> 00:40:35,565 And no risk, no fun. 888 00:40:35,667 --> 00:40:36,766 [laughter] 889 00:40:36,835 --> 00:40:39,035 I hate to admit it, but I'm one of those junkies, 890 00:40:39,137 --> 00:40:40,837 and I think I raised one just like me. 891 00:40:42,908 --> 00:40:44,774 Chad ollinger (voiceover): We've answered one big question, 892 00:40:44,876 --> 00:40:46,843 which is [bleep] awesome. 893 00:40:46,945 --> 00:40:48,945 But for the next six months, I'm gonna 894 00:40:49,080 --> 00:40:51,981 be dreaming about that box in that cavern, man. 895 00:40:53,985 --> 00:40:55,118 Eric drummond (voiceover): Sometimes, 896 00:40:55,220 --> 00:40:57,120 to do something very significant, 897 00:40:57,222 --> 00:40:59,289 you have to deal with a little bit of risk. 898 00:41:01,092 --> 00:41:03,726 But once in a while, you get that big payday. 899 00:41:03,829 --> 00:41:05,161 Yeah. It's coming. 900 00:41:05,263 --> 00:41:05,962 We're close. 901 00:41:06,064 --> 00:41:06,763 Yeah. 902 00:41:09,067 --> 00:41:10,433 Duane ollinger (voiceover): I'm telling you, 903 00:41:10,535 --> 00:41:14,404 there is so much here, and where this will lead us, 904 00:41:14,506 --> 00:41:15,238 I'll never know. 905 00:41:16,908 --> 00:41:19,409 Man, that's what life's all about-- 906 00:41:19,511 --> 00:41:20,210 the journey. 907 00:41:23,648 --> 00:41:24,948 Duane ollinger: What a ride, man. 908 00:41:25,050 --> 00:41:25,949 Eric drummond: I'm all in. 909 00:41:26,051 --> 00:41:27,484 Charlie snider: Let's go for it, 100%. 910 00:41:27,586 --> 00:41:29,352 Chad ollinger: I'm ready.