1 00:00:01,135 --> 00:00:02,835 [narrator] Previously on Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch. 2 00:00:02,837 --> 00:00:04,169 - [man] This looks promising. - [man] Yeah. 3 00:00:04,171 --> 00:00:06,372 Cave opening has got to be somewhere right in here. 4 00:00:06,374 --> 00:00:08,173 - Look, bats, right there. - [man] Oh, my God. 5 00:00:08,175 --> 00:00:09,541 [man] See those? They're huge. 6 00:00:09,543 --> 00:00:11,010 You know that bats live in caves. 7 00:00:11,012 --> 00:00:12,311 [man] This is kind of weird. 8 00:00:12,313 --> 00:00:14,413 Never seen my compass act like this. 9 00:00:14,415 --> 00:00:16,415 Something magnetic is affecting my compass. 10 00:00:16,483 --> 00:00:18,984 It's worth taking a look up here with your magnetometer. 11 00:00:18,986 --> 00:00:20,686 - [Eric] There we go. - [magnetometer beeping] 12 00:00:20,754 --> 00:00:22,221 [Chad] And my dad's got a rat hole rig 13 00:00:22,223 --> 00:00:24,356 rolling down the mountain. 14 00:00:24,358 --> 00:00:26,091 But Eric has more tests he wants to run 15 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:28,961 to pinpoint the exact drilling spot. 16 00:00:29,029 --> 00:00:31,296 There's a lot of cooks in the kitchen right now. 17 00:00:31,298 --> 00:00:32,831 Duane is jumping the gun. 18 00:00:32,833 --> 00:00:34,366 If we're off just a few feet, 19 00:00:34,435 --> 00:00:35,401 we're not gonna find it. 20 00:00:35,469 --> 00:00:38,037 [dramatic music playing] 21 00:00:39,106 --> 00:00:40,172 [Charlie] I shut this deal down, 22 00:00:40,174 --> 00:00:41,974 my bad on that deal. 23 00:00:41,976 --> 00:00:44,109 So, I'm gonna let Eric do his thing. 24 00:00:44,178 --> 00:00:46,145 And I trust he'll put us right on the money. 25 00:00:46,147 --> 00:00:49,381 Our final step is to bring in the Seismic survey. 26 00:00:49,450 --> 00:00:51,717 That was a shocker, man. These velocities... 27 00:00:51,719 --> 00:00:53,452 That's right on the money with air. 28 00:00:53,454 --> 00:00:55,421 Air above water in the cave, yeah. 29 00:00:55,489 --> 00:00:57,890 - That's what we wanna hear. - We're right on top of it. 30 00:00:57,892 --> 00:01:00,993 You know exactly where to put that rig and punch in. 31 00:01:00,995 --> 00:01:04,229 [tense music playing] 32 00:01:04,298 --> 00:01:05,531 [Duane] There's some places on eart 33 00:01:05,533 --> 00:01:09,301 that just don't seem right. 34 00:01:09,369 --> 00:01:13,105 The land feels different, it acts different. 35 00:01:13,941 --> 00:01:16,275 And this here is one of those places. 36 00:01:18,412 --> 00:01:21,080 Some say the land is trying to hold on to something. 37 00:01:21,082 --> 00:01:22,714 [Charlie] Don't go in the [bleep] cave. 38 00:01:22,716 --> 00:01:24,983 - [Duane] Aztec treasure. - [Chad] Holy [bleep] 39 00:01:24,985 --> 00:01:26,718 - [Duane] Caverns of gold. - [Chad] Look at this. 40 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:27,920 Mormon riches. 41 00:01:27,922 --> 00:01:29,721 It'd be a million dollars here. 42 00:01:29,723 --> 00:01:31,957 [Duane] Some even say there's a buried spaceship. 43 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:33,325 Hell yeah. 44 00:01:33,327 --> 00:01:36,495 Me? I never cared much about the stories. 45 00:01:37,565 --> 00:01:39,331 I just care about finding whatever 46 00:01:39,333 --> 00:01:41,967 the hell is in the ground. 47 00:01:42,035 --> 00:01:43,235 - Let's get out of here. - [man] No! 48 00:01:52,213 --> 00:01:55,647 [rock music playing] 49 00:02:11,065 --> 00:02:12,731 [truck beeping] 50 00:02:14,268 --> 00:02:16,335 [Duane] Is he positioned over there or over there? 51 00:02:16,337 --> 00:02:18,203 - [Chad speaking] - Right in the corner there? 52 00:02:18,272 --> 00:02:20,973 [Chad speaking] 53 00:02:20,975 --> 00:02:23,375 We think we are right on top of the cavern 54 00:02:23,377 --> 00:02:24,943 right there that's dry. 55 00:02:25,012 --> 00:02:26,512 So we brought the same guys 56 00:02:26,514 --> 00:02:28,480 with the same rat hole rig out 57 00:02:28,482 --> 00:02:29,481 and we're gonna poke another hole 58 00:02:29,483 --> 00:02:31,116 and get in there today. 59 00:02:31,118 --> 00:02:33,385 Pressure is on, baby. Pressure is on. 60 00:02:33,387 --> 00:02:34,820 Here we go. 61 00:02:34,822 --> 00:02:37,422 [rock music playing] 62 00:02:44,398 --> 00:02:45,964 What they're doing is the road's 63 00:02:45,966 --> 00:02:48,167 tilted like that, so we're gonna get a berm, 64 00:02:48,235 --> 00:02:51,336 a dirt berm so we can level out this machine 65 00:02:51,372 --> 00:02:53,138 because when they get that derrick all the way up, 66 00:02:53,140 --> 00:02:54,907 there's so much leverage. 67 00:02:54,975 --> 00:02:57,442 I mean, these things could fall over, tip over. 68 00:02:57,511 --> 00:02:58,877 Super dangerous. 69 00:02:58,946 --> 00:03:01,480 [Duane speaking] 70 00:03:01,482 --> 00:03:04,650 [rock music playing] 71 00:03:06,487 --> 00:03:08,587 [truck beeping] 72 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:21,266 It's time to start drilling. Come on, baby. 73 00:03:21,335 --> 00:03:22,901 Come on, baby. Come on, baby. 74 00:03:22,903 --> 00:03:25,504 [rat hole rig whirring] 75 00:03:26,407 --> 00:03:28,907 I really hope that before the sun goes down tonight, 76 00:03:28,909 --> 00:03:31,076 we're gonna... We'll be in that dry cavern. 77 00:03:32,346 --> 00:03:33,679 [Chad] What we got, Eric? What we got? 78 00:03:33,747 --> 00:03:35,180 Well, just keep an... 79 00:03:35,182 --> 00:03:36,715 If you could just keep an eye on that. 80 00:03:36,717 --> 00:03:38,483 Have them... Don't have them go past 81 00:03:38,485 --> 00:03:39,484 - 10 feet. - [Chad] Okay. 82 00:03:39,486 --> 00:03:41,053 Because I wanna grab a sample of that. 83 00:03:41,055 --> 00:03:42,187 Just make a note of any changes we see. 84 00:03:42,189 --> 00:03:43,555 - [Chad] Ten feet? - Yeah. 85 00:03:44,725 --> 00:03:47,326 Based on the seismic survey, we believe the entrance 86 00:03:47,328 --> 00:03:50,896 to the cave will be at about 80 feet below surface. 87 00:03:50,964 --> 00:03:53,198 So we got a long of drilling ahead of us. 88 00:03:54,268 --> 00:03:57,369 [rock music playing] 89 00:03:59,039 --> 00:04:01,273 [metal clanking] 90 00:04:10,251 --> 00:04:12,784 [Chad] Looking good, they're just now five-foot. 91 00:04:12,786 --> 00:04:15,687 [Eric] Okay. Great. Is it still pretty loose? 92 00:04:15,723 --> 00:04:16,855 - [Chad] Yeah, yeah. - [Eric] Okay. 93 00:04:16,857 --> 00:04:20,559 [rock music playing] 94 00:04:41,715 --> 00:04:43,415 Charlie boy, we might need to unload 95 00:04:43,483 --> 00:04:45,317 some of them teeth there over here 96 00:04:45,319 --> 00:04:49,021 and then let them back that 24-inch auger in. 97 00:04:49,890 --> 00:04:51,390 We've been out here digging all day 98 00:04:51,392 --> 00:04:53,392 and so far, you know, we're just digging, 99 00:04:53,394 --> 00:04:55,027 we haven't hit anything. 100 00:04:56,497 --> 00:04:58,063 You know, this rat hole is moving 101 00:04:58,065 --> 00:05:00,132 way too damn slow for my liking. 102 00:05:00,134 --> 00:05:01,733 So I wanna switch to an auger bit. 103 00:05:01,735 --> 00:05:03,802 It's not as wide, but it'll help us punch 104 00:05:03,870 --> 00:05:05,470 through the bedrock faster. 105 00:05:05,506 --> 00:05:08,140 It's gonna let us know that we're in the right place. 106 00:05:08,142 --> 00:05:11,143 Hey, I like those rock teeth on there. 107 00:05:11,145 --> 00:05:14,179 [rock music playing] 108 00:05:20,487 --> 00:05:22,521 Eric, that's changing color a little bit, isn't it? 109 00:05:22,523 --> 00:05:25,223 [metal clanks] 110 00:05:25,225 --> 00:05:27,259 Yeah. We're making some hole now. 111 00:05:29,096 --> 00:05:30,662 - How deep are we, Charlie? - [Charlie] I see 112 00:05:30,731 --> 00:05:33,031 - [Charlie speaking] - 23? Okay. 113 00:05:36,937 --> 00:05:39,171 - [Eric] Feel how cool that is. - It's cooler? 114 00:05:39,173 --> 00:05:40,505 - Yeah. - Oh, yeah. 115 00:05:40,574 --> 00:05:42,441 - Getting down there, huh? - [Eric] Yeah. 116 00:05:42,476 --> 00:05:46,345 [tense music playing] 117 00:05:53,253 --> 00:05:54,986 Charlie, how deep are we? 118 00:05:55,022 --> 00:05:57,155 [Charlie] Thirty one and a half. 119 00:05:57,224 --> 00:05:58,990 [Eric] All right. Let's see if it's got any calcite in it. 120 00:05:58,992 --> 00:06:01,159 Let's see if it's calcareous. 121 00:06:01,161 --> 00:06:02,394 What we're looking for in the cave system 122 00:06:02,396 --> 00:06:04,529 the type of rock we see 123 00:06:04,531 --> 00:06:06,331 in all the big caves are in limestone. 124 00:06:06,367 --> 00:06:09,368 And limestone is essentially old coral reef. 125 00:06:09,436 --> 00:06:13,105 And then it becomes compacted and turns into limestone. 126 00:06:13,107 --> 00:06:15,173 Come on, baby. 127 00:06:15,242 --> 00:06:17,042 - [Chad] Oh, yeah. - [Eric] Oh, yeah. 128 00:06:17,044 --> 00:06:19,111 - [whistles] Yeah. - Man, that bubbled right... 129 00:06:19,113 --> 00:06:21,446 Yeah. It's highly calcareous. 130 00:06:21,515 --> 00:06:23,315 The changing ground water level 131 00:06:23,317 --> 00:06:25,050 could bring some of that calcium carbonate 132 00:06:25,052 --> 00:06:27,519 from the limestone up into this sandstone. 133 00:06:27,521 --> 00:06:30,522 What I'm hoping is we're close to top of that cavern. 134 00:06:30,590 --> 00:06:33,392 Great. Great. How deep are we? 135 00:06:33,460 --> 00:06:35,894 Around 53 actually. 136 00:06:35,962 --> 00:06:38,864 Well, he's gaining some ground with that 24 inch bit. 137 00:06:38,932 --> 00:06:40,665 So right now, we're doing good. 138 00:06:41,802 --> 00:06:43,535 We've dug a couple of great big holes 139 00:06:43,537 --> 00:06:45,871 with this rat hole rig before. 140 00:06:45,873 --> 00:06:47,506 This time it's different. 141 00:06:47,508 --> 00:06:50,475 We know... we know for sure that there's a dry cavern 142 00:06:50,477 --> 00:06:52,411 about my 80 feet right below us. 143 00:06:52,479 --> 00:06:54,446 And that's huge. 144 00:06:54,514 --> 00:06:56,081 So if we can drop ourselves down 145 00:06:56,083 --> 00:06:58,183 into a drop portion of that cavern, 146 00:06:58,185 --> 00:06:59,918 then we can walk around and explore 147 00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:01,920 way more than we ever have before. 148 00:07:01,988 --> 00:07:03,388 And hopefully get our hands on 149 00:07:03,457 --> 00:07:05,056 whatever is hidden down there. 150 00:07:05,058 --> 00:07:07,192 Aztec gold or who knows what 151 00:07:08,462 --> 00:07:11,563 [tense music playing] 152 00:07:35,923 --> 00:07:37,088 It's the pale yellow, 153 00:07:37,090 --> 00:07:38,423 - I think. - Right. 154 00:07:41,795 --> 00:07:44,729 [Duane] Oh, man. 155 00:07:47,134 --> 00:07:48,467 - [Eric] Hey, Duane. - [Duane] Hey. 156 00:07:48,469 --> 00:07:50,235 [Eric] So, our last sample, we're back out 157 00:07:50,303 --> 00:07:51,970 of that calcareous zone. 158 00:07:52,038 --> 00:07:53,371 [Duane] So is it getting anything more 159 00:07:53,373 --> 00:07:55,373 about, like cave material or... 160 00:07:55,409 --> 00:07:58,910 No. In fact, we came out of the calcareous stuff 161 00:07:58,979 --> 00:08:00,745 so it's more... 162 00:08:00,747 --> 00:08:03,181 more terrestrial if you want to call it that. 163 00:08:03,250 --> 00:08:06,485 At 58 feet, it become pale yellow to light gray. 164 00:08:07,554 --> 00:08:08,887 It's been a long day. 165 00:08:08,955 --> 00:08:11,490 Uh, I saw indications 166 00:08:11,492 --> 00:08:13,291 that we may be getting close to the cavern 167 00:08:13,293 --> 00:08:15,727 but, uh, but then it appeared 168 00:08:15,729 --> 00:08:18,163 that we weren't as close as I originally thought. 169 00:08:18,165 --> 00:08:19,798 I'm not worried yet though 170 00:08:19,833 --> 00:08:20,999 because I checked the coordinates 171 00:08:21,001 --> 00:08:23,034 and it looks like we're still on the mark. 172 00:08:23,036 --> 00:08:25,136 Uh, you gotta understand, in Geology, 173 00:08:25,138 --> 00:08:26,404 when you're drilling, you know, 174 00:08:26,406 --> 00:08:28,473 it's not always predictable. 175 00:08:28,475 --> 00:08:30,242 It's still drilling. 176 00:08:30,244 --> 00:08:32,277 That's the good news. 177 00:08:32,345 --> 00:08:34,980 You know, the dirt looks good and then it doesn't look good. 178 00:08:35,048 --> 00:08:36,848 You know, I don't know what to make of this. 179 00:08:36,917 --> 00:08:38,884 I'm no geologist. 180 00:08:38,886 --> 00:08:40,185 But I'm sure counting on one 181 00:08:40,253 --> 00:08:42,020 to make the right calculations. 182 00:08:42,022 --> 00:08:44,356 [tense music playing] 183 00:08:49,963 --> 00:08:52,097 [Eric] Duane, it doesn't look like 184 00:08:52,099 --> 00:08:53,398 we're gonna punch through tonight. 185 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:54,900 What do... what do you think? 186 00:08:54,902 --> 00:08:57,235 [tense music playing] 187 00:08:57,304 --> 00:08:58,770 This cavern is supposed to be down there 188 00:08:58,805 --> 00:09:00,739 about 80 feet. 189 00:09:00,741 --> 00:09:03,008 Now we're about 65 feet and I'm not even seeing 190 00:09:03,010 --> 00:09:06,044 the right signs that we're about to punch through. 191 00:09:07,114 --> 00:09:09,948 [Duane] There's only so many times I could spend 20 grand 192 00:09:09,950 --> 00:09:12,050 on a hole that doesn't work out. 193 00:09:12,118 --> 00:09:14,252 You know, I'm a patient man but, uh, 194 00:09:14,254 --> 00:09:16,288 it's running awful thin right now. 195 00:09:16,356 --> 00:09:18,156 Let's do it all again tomorrow, boys. 196 00:09:18,158 --> 00:09:19,391 [man] Yes, sir. 197 00:09:19,393 --> 00:09:21,893 [Chad] We still haven't got into the cave yet. 198 00:09:21,895 --> 00:09:23,094 We've been looking, uh, 199 00:09:23,163 --> 00:09:24,963 for this entrance for a long time. 200 00:09:25,799 --> 00:09:29,100 I just hope for our sake and my dad's sanity 201 00:09:29,169 --> 00:09:32,037 that we hit that thing early early tomorrow. 202 00:09:34,741 --> 00:09:35,740 [bleep] 203 00:09:39,580 --> 00:09:42,247 [clock ticking] 204 00:09:43,150 --> 00:09:44,649 [dramatic music playing] 205 00:09:47,888 --> 00:09:50,255 [Chad] [bleep] should be smooth sailing today. 206 00:09:51,291 --> 00:09:53,491 Yesterday, we got to 65 feet in depth. 207 00:09:54,962 --> 00:09:56,328 But our soil samples weren't looking like 208 00:09:56,330 --> 00:09:58,964 we were close to a cave. 209 00:09:59,032 --> 00:10:00,065 I mean, I know Duane is worried 210 00:10:00,133 --> 00:10:02,300 that we're digging in the wrong spot again. 211 00:10:02,336 --> 00:10:04,202 And I don't blame him for being concerned. 212 00:10:04,270 --> 00:10:05,971 He's got a lot of money riding on this. 213 00:10:05,973 --> 00:10:09,174 [tense music playing] 214 00:10:10,844 --> 00:10:12,444 But our testing said that we should hit that cave 215 00:10:12,446 --> 00:10:13,912 at around 80 feet. 216 00:10:13,914 --> 00:10:15,814 So we still have a ways to go. 217 00:10:15,816 --> 00:10:18,583 [Chad] All right. Let's do it. 218 00:10:18,585 --> 00:10:21,820 - [drill clanks] - [drill whirring] 219 00:10:21,888 --> 00:10:23,421 What's wrong? 220 00:10:23,490 --> 00:10:24,689 [Duane] Battery's dead or something. 221 00:10:24,758 --> 00:10:27,025 [Chad] [bleep] dead. 222 00:10:27,027 --> 00:10:30,061 [drill whirring] 223 00:10:30,097 --> 00:10:31,796 This stuff always happen around here? 224 00:10:31,832 --> 00:10:32,931 - Always. - [Duane] Quite a bit. 225 00:10:32,933 --> 00:10:35,400 Seriously. It does a lot of weird stuff, 226 00:10:35,402 --> 00:10:37,569 - it really does. - [drill whirring] 227 00:10:37,571 --> 00:10:39,971 [Chad] Is it a bad battery? Has it happened before? 228 00:10:40,006 --> 00:10:42,040 [Duane] No. 229 00:10:43,377 --> 00:10:45,977 [Chad] We're gonna have to jump it somehow. 230 00:10:46,046 --> 00:10:48,179 I got you. 231 00:10:48,214 --> 00:10:49,514 [engine revs] 232 00:10:49,516 --> 00:10:52,083 [truck beeping] 233 00:10:55,222 --> 00:10:56,855 [Chad] Good. 234 00:10:56,857 --> 00:10:58,156 [Duane] Battery's on my side. 235 00:10:58,158 --> 00:10:59,991 - I'll spin it around. - [Chad] Okay. 236 00:11:00,894 --> 00:11:04,095 [drill whirring] 237 00:11:08,301 --> 00:11:10,135 [Chad] All right, we're good. 238 00:11:10,203 --> 00:11:12,037 [tense music playing] 239 00:11:14,574 --> 00:11:16,541 [drill whirring] 240 00:11:16,609 --> 00:11:18,376 [Charlie speaking] 241 00:11:18,378 --> 00:11:19,911 [Duane speaking] 242 00:11:19,979 --> 00:11:22,514 [engine turning over] 243 00:11:25,852 --> 00:11:27,519 [engine revs] 244 00:11:32,092 --> 00:11:33,525 [Duane] Yeah. Here we go, here we go... 245 00:11:33,527 --> 00:11:35,727 - [Chad] We're good! - Here we go, here we go. 246 00:11:36,963 --> 00:11:38,029 Nice. 247 00:11:39,499 --> 00:11:41,099 [Duane] We good? 248 00:11:47,741 --> 00:11:49,240 It can get frustrating dealing 249 00:11:49,242 --> 00:11:51,209 with these little setbacks 250 00:11:51,211 --> 00:11:54,112 but we always manage to get through it. 251 00:11:54,114 --> 00:11:55,113 It just takes patience. 252 00:11:55,181 --> 00:11:56,314 You just gotta keep working it, 253 00:11:56,316 --> 00:11:58,016 and working it, and working it, and... 254 00:11:59,186 --> 00:12:01,252 it's just something you can't give up on. 255 00:12:01,254 --> 00:12:03,688 And we just have to keep drilling. 256 00:12:03,757 --> 00:12:05,056 [Eric] It's been a long day yesterday. 257 00:12:05,058 --> 00:12:06,291 [Chad] Oh [bleep] 258 00:12:06,293 --> 00:12:09,094 I would like to pop in there within the hour. 259 00:12:09,096 --> 00:12:10,495 I know. 260 00:12:13,900 --> 00:12:16,134 [drill whirring] 261 00:12:16,202 --> 00:12:17,902 [Eric] We'll grab a sample on this one. 262 00:12:17,904 --> 00:12:19,137 - [Chad] Okay. - [Eric] Probably close 263 00:12:19,205 --> 00:12:21,372 - to 75 feet. - [Chad] Yeah. 264 00:12:21,374 --> 00:12:23,608 [drill whirring] 265 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:28,680 [Eric] Sounded like it was... Got on hard stuff there. 266 00:12:28,748 --> 00:12:30,381 - [man] Uh-huh. - [Eric] Yeah. Yup. 267 00:12:30,383 --> 00:12:32,083 [Chad] So the limestone, it's hard. 268 00:12:32,152 --> 00:12:34,519 [Eric] It's hard. It's tough. Let's just grab 269 00:12:34,587 --> 00:12:35,620 - a little sample. - [man] Yup. 270 00:12:38,091 --> 00:12:39,491 [Eric] Look at... There's a little change there. 271 00:12:39,493 --> 00:12:40,558 [Chad] Oh, look at that. 272 00:12:41,895 --> 00:12:44,963 [drill clanking] 273 00:12:47,134 --> 00:12:49,901 - Whoa! [indistinct chatter] - [Eric] We're in the void! 274 00:12:49,903 --> 00:12:52,170 - [Duane] Yup. - [Eric] [laughs] 275 00:12:53,373 --> 00:12:57,275 [dramatic music playing] 276 00:13:11,591 --> 00:13:14,159 [Chad] Holy [bleep] man. 277 00:13:14,161 --> 00:13:16,027 [Eric] It's dry. 278 00:13:16,830 --> 00:13:18,263 - We got a dry opening. - Right. Yup. 279 00:13:19,966 --> 00:13:22,000 [Chad] Oh, this is gonna change everything right here. 280 00:13:22,002 --> 00:13:23,301 - Yeah. - [Chad speaking] 281 00:13:23,303 --> 00:13:24,769 He was through. 282 00:13:24,771 --> 00:13:26,905 It was right to the top of it, 283 00:13:26,907 --> 00:13:29,707 so all of our GPS coordinates, our visual coordinates, 284 00:13:29,709 --> 00:13:32,710 everything, we were right on the money. 285 00:13:32,712 --> 00:13:34,245 [Eric] We gotta get down in there. 286 00:13:34,247 --> 00:13:36,014 - [Chad] Hell yeah. - [laughter] 287 00:13:36,149 --> 00:13:36,881 [Eric] Here we go. 288 00:13:36,883 --> 00:13:39,918 This is huge. It's huge. 289 00:13:39,986 --> 00:13:42,220 And we have to be careful on how we move forward. 290 00:13:42,222 --> 00:13:44,289 Right now, that's a very risky hole 291 00:13:44,291 --> 00:13:46,991 because what we have is we have loose material 292 00:13:47,060 --> 00:13:48,393 right on top a hard pan. 293 00:13:48,428 --> 00:13:50,962 But, uh, we'll secure that hole 294 00:13:51,030 --> 00:13:52,831 and then we'll get down there. 295 00:13:52,833 --> 00:13:54,098 We're in. This is it. 296 00:13:54,100 --> 00:13:55,366 - Yeah. - This is it. 297 00:13:55,435 --> 00:13:57,669 [Eric] This calls for a celebration. 298 00:13:57,770 --> 00:13:59,137 [Duane] Hell yeah. 299 00:13:59,139 --> 00:14:02,207 [country music playing] 300 00:14:02,275 --> 00:14:04,843 - [crickets chirping] - [Duane] Here we go, fellas. 301 00:14:04,911 --> 00:14:05,910 - Cheers. - [man] All right. All right. 302 00:14:05,912 --> 00:14:07,111 [Eric] Good job today, guys. 303 00:14:07,180 --> 00:14:09,380 - This is it. - Good job, guys. 304 00:14:09,382 --> 00:14:11,716 Well, a lot... a lot of work went into it, 305 00:14:11,718 --> 00:14:13,418 - but it's all worth, though. - [Chad] Hell yeah. 306 00:14:13,420 --> 00:14:15,153 - Yeah. - [Eric] It'll be worth it. 307 00:14:15,155 --> 00:14:16,721 You know, fellas, it's been a... 308 00:14:16,723 --> 00:14:19,357 it's been a wild season, no kidding. 309 00:14:19,359 --> 00:14:22,827 I mean, I appreciate everything you guys did, too, 310 00:14:22,863 --> 00:14:24,495 you know, I'm not just bull [bleep] you on that. 311 00:14:24,497 --> 00:14:27,966 This is... Uh, it's been a challenge 312 00:14:28,034 --> 00:14:29,834 and that's what makes it so fun, 313 00:14:29,836 --> 00:14:31,603 - it's a damn journey. - [Chad] Yeah. 314 00:14:31,605 --> 00:14:33,805 [Duane] Thank you. Thank you, everyone. 315 00:14:33,807 --> 00:14:35,206 Yeah. 316 00:14:35,275 --> 00:14:37,542 Crazy world out here, I'll tell you that much. 317 00:14:37,544 --> 00:14:39,711 - [chuckling] - They're happy as hell, 318 00:14:39,713 --> 00:14:43,014 I am happy, but I'd never wanna celebrate too early 319 00:14:43,016 --> 00:14:45,416 because there's still a long ways to go. 320 00:14:45,418 --> 00:14:46,718 - Yeah, that would be nice. - Let's go. 321 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:47,852 - Load up, fellas. - Let's check it out. 322 00:14:47,921 --> 00:14:49,954 Let's do this deal. 323 00:14:49,956 --> 00:14:52,190 So tomorrow, we're gonna come up with a good plan 324 00:14:52,192 --> 00:14:54,192 to get us down into that hole, 325 00:14:54,194 --> 00:14:56,394 find whatever is hidden in there. 326 00:14:56,396 --> 00:14:59,163 Hell, by the end of the week, we might be billionaires. 327 00:15:01,334 --> 00:15:03,234 - Hurry up, Charlie. - [Charlie grunts] 328 00:15:03,236 --> 00:15:05,436 [car engine humming] 329 00:15:11,044 --> 00:15:12,410 [Duane] Here we go. 330 00:15:12,412 --> 00:15:15,580 [suspenseful music playing] 331 00:15:23,390 --> 00:15:24,989 [Eric grunts] 332 00:15:26,226 --> 00:15:28,993 [suspenseful music playing] 333 00:15:28,995 --> 00:15:30,962 That's a deep hole. 334 00:15:32,165 --> 00:15:35,033 - [Duane] Hey, gents. - [Eric] Hey, Duane. 335 00:15:35,035 --> 00:15:36,868 We know there's a cavity down there, 336 00:15:36,936 --> 00:15:40,471 so what we need to do is, uh, 337 00:15:40,540 --> 00:15:41,906 I'll bring the tractor in 338 00:15:41,908 --> 00:15:44,175 and slat in this hole around here. 339 00:15:47,180 --> 00:15:49,480 Get it like a good platform, 340 00:15:49,482 --> 00:15:51,482 set some boards around this deal, 341 00:15:53,186 --> 00:15:54,686 and bring the cage in. 342 00:15:54,754 --> 00:15:58,022 [tractor beeping] 343 00:15:58,024 --> 00:16:01,392 [Duane] It's time to find out what we got down there. 344 00:16:01,394 --> 00:16:03,461 - Can we take them all at once? - One at a time, you think? 345 00:16:03,463 --> 00:16:05,163 - Up here. - One a time. 346 00:16:05,165 --> 00:16:07,198 [suspenseful music playing] 347 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:08,266 That's a long ways down there, man. 348 00:16:08,301 --> 00:16:09,233 Long ways. 349 00:16:09,235 --> 00:16:11,936 [suspenseful music playing] 350 00:16:13,006 --> 00:16:14,539 [Chad] This should be good right in the middle. 351 00:16:14,541 --> 00:16:15,873 - [Eric] Yeah. - All right. Perfect. 352 00:16:15,875 --> 00:16:18,309 I think we're good, Duane. 353 00:16:18,311 --> 00:16:20,478 This has been a long time coming, 354 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:22,080 but we can't jump into this dry entrance 355 00:16:22,082 --> 00:16:23,915 just because it's there. 356 00:16:23,917 --> 00:16:25,483 That's how prospectors and explorers 357 00:16:25,485 --> 00:16:27,218 get themselves killed. 358 00:16:27,220 --> 00:16:28,886 So we're gonna send a camera down the hole 359 00:16:28,888 --> 00:16:30,555 and try to get a glimpse of that cavern. 360 00:16:30,557 --> 00:16:32,690 [tractor engine humming] 361 00:16:32,726 --> 00:16:33,925 We also wanna measure 362 00:16:33,927 --> 00:16:35,827 the radiation level down there. 363 00:16:35,829 --> 00:16:37,295 Once we collect all this information, 364 00:16:37,297 --> 00:16:39,063 we'll know how to explore it. 365 00:16:39,065 --> 00:16:42,066 [suspenseful music playing] 366 00:16:42,068 --> 00:16:44,035 All right. So I figure when we get to the cavern, 367 00:16:44,070 --> 00:16:45,670 we can have it pointing out so we can see it. 368 00:16:45,772 --> 00:16:47,171 - Okay. - See exactly what we got. 369 00:16:47,173 --> 00:16:48,840 That's the light? 370 00:16:48,875 --> 00:16:50,074 Oh, nice. Nice. 371 00:16:50,143 --> 00:16:50,975 It's got a magnet on it, too. 372 00:16:51,011 --> 00:16:52,176 Oh, cool. 373 00:16:54,547 --> 00:16:56,848 And then the light, we can do... 374 00:16:56,850 --> 00:16:58,116 The light, we could do like this. 375 00:16:58,184 --> 00:17:00,084 Yeah. Is this taking good? 376 00:17:00,086 --> 00:17:01,853 All right. We are rolling. 377 00:17:01,855 --> 00:17:03,488 - Yeah, we're rolling. - [Chad] Ready to go down? 378 00:17:03,490 --> 00:17:05,590 Go for it, man. Take the controls. 379 00:17:06,426 --> 00:17:07,725 - All right, man. - So we just lower down 380 00:17:07,727 --> 00:17:09,093 and check the footage when we get back. 381 00:17:09,095 --> 00:17:11,062 Yeah. Sounds good. 382 00:17:11,130 --> 00:17:12,330 [Chad] We should see slack in it 383 00:17:12,332 --> 00:17:13,264 whenever it's at the bottom anyway. 384 00:17:13,299 --> 00:17:14,499 [Eric] Yeah, yup. 385 00:17:14,501 --> 00:17:16,367 - [machine whirring] - [Eric] Oh, it's looking good. 386 00:17:16,436 --> 00:17:18,536 [Chad] Oh, it's light down now. Yeah. 387 00:17:18,604 --> 00:17:20,104 That's going perfectly down there. 388 00:17:20,173 --> 00:17:22,874 [machine whirring] 389 00:17:22,909 --> 00:17:26,144 [suspenseful music playing] 390 00:17:26,146 --> 00:17:27,378 - [Chad] Oh, okay. - We're at the bottom 391 00:17:27,447 --> 00:17:28,646 - right here. - Nice. 392 00:17:30,550 --> 00:17:31,849 [Chad] So I should bring it back up. 393 00:17:31,851 --> 00:17:35,420 [Eric] Yup. It's looking good. 394 00:17:36,322 --> 00:17:39,090 - There it is. There it is. - [Chad] Oh, yeah. 395 00:17:39,158 --> 00:17:42,260 [suspenseful music playing] 396 00:17:43,329 --> 00:17:44,562 Good. 397 00:17:46,066 --> 00:17:49,133 - Take a look, Duane. - All right. 398 00:17:49,135 --> 00:17:51,402 - What's it looking like? - Got it to the bottom. 399 00:17:55,008 --> 00:17:56,240 [Chad] Damn, that's a long ways down there. 400 00:17:56,242 --> 00:17:57,408 [Eric] Yeah, it is. 401 00:17:59,245 --> 00:18:01,946 - Oh, you can see it perfectly. - Yeah. 402 00:18:05,351 --> 00:18:07,051 That top section of the field there. 403 00:18:07,087 --> 00:18:08,086 - Uh-huh. - Mmm-hmm. And now, 404 00:18:08,088 --> 00:18:09,454 - it's formational. - [Chad] There it is. Yeah. 405 00:18:09,489 --> 00:18:10,822 [Eric] There's the bedding planes in there. 406 00:18:10,824 --> 00:18:12,023 [Chad] Yeah, exactly. 407 00:18:12,926 --> 00:18:15,326 - [Eric] Nice. - Going down, it's packed up. 408 00:18:17,363 --> 00:18:18,930 [Eric] There it is. There's the bottom. 409 00:18:18,932 --> 00:18:20,865 - [Chad] There's the bottom. - [Eric] There's a [bleep] hole 410 00:18:20,933 --> 00:18:22,600 - right there. - [Chad] Holy [bleep] 411 00:18:22,602 --> 00:18:24,135 [Eric] It looks man-made, 412 00:18:24,137 --> 00:18:26,337 like it was dug out by hand or something, right? 413 00:18:26,405 --> 00:18:27,505 [Chad] Yeah, look at the arch. 414 00:18:27,507 --> 00:18:29,373 That could actually be a tunnel 415 00:18:29,375 --> 00:18:31,075 instead of a natural formation. 416 00:18:31,077 --> 00:18:33,711 - Yeah. - Hell, yeah. 417 00:18:33,713 --> 00:18:36,280 There is like a long tunnel going down... 418 00:18:36,316 --> 00:18:37,815 going down there somewhere, man. 419 00:18:37,817 --> 00:18:39,951 - Yes! - There it is! 420 00:18:39,953 --> 00:18:42,186 - Right there. - That's our cave. 421 00:18:42,188 --> 00:18:43,921 [Eric] Yeah! 422 00:18:43,923 --> 00:18:46,357 What do we need to do to check this bottom of the hole out? 423 00:18:46,425 --> 00:18:48,326 Yeah, we don't wanna go down there 424 00:18:48,394 --> 00:18:50,061 until we check it with a Geiger counter. 425 00:18:50,129 --> 00:18:51,496 Okay. 426 00:18:51,498 --> 00:18:53,064 We initially targeted this area 427 00:18:53,066 --> 00:18:55,166 because we saw a radiation seep 428 00:18:55,168 --> 00:18:57,034 coming from the ground. 429 00:18:57,036 --> 00:18:58,870 There's a spike. 430 00:18:58,872 --> 00:19:02,039 Obviously, radiation is dangerous at high levels 431 00:19:02,041 --> 00:19:04,342 less dangerous at low levels. 432 00:19:04,410 --> 00:19:06,277 But we know it's down there 433 00:19:06,345 --> 00:19:08,679 So we have to make a call just how safe it is 434 00:19:08,748 --> 00:19:11,449 before we send people down into that cavern. 435 00:19:11,451 --> 00:19:13,718 We'll take readings for about an hour. 436 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:15,019 - [Duane] Okay. - And that will give us 437 00:19:15,021 --> 00:19:16,320 an average reading 438 00:19:16,356 --> 00:19:18,523 of radiation counts down there. 439 00:19:18,525 --> 00:19:20,691 That'll tell us if it's safe or not to go down there. 440 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:21,792 Okay. 441 00:19:21,828 --> 00:19:25,096 [suspenseful music playing] 442 00:19:26,733 --> 00:19:28,466 [Duane] So we'll know in an hour how hot it is? 443 00:19:28,468 --> 00:19:30,468 [Eric] Yup. 444 00:19:30,470 --> 00:19:32,103 - [Chad] Let's try it. Okay. - [Eric] Yup. 445 00:19:32,105 --> 00:19:33,337 Move it to the bottom, bring it up a foot, 446 00:19:33,339 --> 00:19:34,405 and then wait an hour. 447 00:19:34,407 --> 00:19:37,675 [machine whirring] 448 00:19:40,580 --> 00:19:41,979 [Eric] That's a long ways down there. 449 00:19:41,981 --> 00:19:43,447 [Chad] I know, man. 450 00:19:45,185 --> 00:19:46,817 - I just... It's right there. - [Eric] All right. 451 00:19:46,886 --> 00:19:47,885 - Yeah. - Good. 452 00:19:47,954 --> 00:19:49,320 Yeah. Yeah. So why do we actually need 453 00:19:49,322 --> 00:19:51,022 an hour down there? 454 00:19:51,024 --> 00:19:52,590 I mean, you can take instantaneous 455 00:19:52,592 --> 00:19:54,192 - readings from that. - Yeah. 456 00:19:54,260 --> 00:19:55,459 But with radiation, sometimes 457 00:19:55,461 --> 00:19:57,295 you get these sort of waves. 458 00:19:57,297 --> 00:19:59,063 And so the longer you leave it down there, 459 00:19:59,131 --> 00:20:01,032 the more accurate it is. 460 00:20:03,503 --> 00:20:07,038 We've done a lot of high ris work in our lives. 461 00:20:08,174 --> 00:20:10,341 We have to take this very seriously. 462 00:20:10,409 --> 00:20:14,412 [suspenseful music playing] 463 00:20:15,448 --> 00:20:17,515 [Eric] Yeah, it's been just about an hour. 464 00:20:17,550 --> 00:20:20,051 [machine whirring] 465 00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:21,352 Yeah, there it is. 466 00:20:21,354 --> 00:20:23,988 [machine whirring] 467 00:20:28,094 --> 00:20:30,962 Uh, oh, boy. 468 00:20:30,964 --> 00:20:33,931 Um, it's not such good news, boys. 469 00:20:33,933 --> 00:20:35,466 - It's high? - Yeah, it's high. 470 00:20:35,501 --> 00:20:38,269 [bleep] It's above limits that are safe. 471 00:20:39,205 --> 00:20:41,739 Um... [bleep] 472 00:20:41,741 --> 00:20:43,874 So the radiation levels are coming in between 473 00:20:43,910 --> 00:20:45,910 0.5 and 2 Sieverts. 474 00:20:45,978 --> 00:20:48,112 It basically means you could start vomiting 475 00:20:48,114 --> 00:20:49,981 and hemorrhaging pretty quickly. 476 00:20:50,049 --> 00:20:52,917 And obviously, have pretty serious long-term problems. 477 00:20:52,985 --> 00:20:54,385 We can't safely go down there 478 00:20:54,420 --> 00:20:56,821 without personal protective gear. 479 00:20:56,856 --> 00:20:58,422 You're saying we could still go down, though, huh? 480 00:20:58,491 --> 00:21:00,791 We can if we wear the right gear. 481 00:21:00,793 --> 00:21:02,893 These numbers are... They are too high... 482 00:21:02,962 --> 00:21:04,795 To go down without protection basically. 483 00:21:04,797 --> 00:21:06,430 Let's do a little homework on this one. 484 00:21:06,432 --> 00:21:09,400 I agree. Yeah. Let's be careful about it. 485 00:21:10,403 --> 00:21:12,169 So the next step is, um, 486 00:21:12,171 --> 00:21:13,871 we'll go back and think about this, 487 00:21:13,873 --> 00:21:15,840 and we'll figure out what methods to use 488 00:21:15,842 --> 00:21:18,442 to enable us to get down there safely 489 00:21:18,444 --> 00:21:20,311 and get back out safely. 490 00:21:20,346 --> 00:21:22,647 Let's get this probe off and we'll move out. 491 00:21:23,249 --> 00:21:24,482 All right, fellas. 492 00:21:24,484 --> 00:21:27,585 [suspenseful music playing] 493 00:21:31,991 --> 00:21:33,257 [crickets chirping] 494 00:21:33,259 --> 00:21:35,359 [suspenseful music playing] 495 00:21:36,629 --> 00:21:38,396 [Duane] This is gonna be a tough gig. 496 00:21:38,398 --> 00:21:41,365 [suspenseful music playing] 497 00:21:41,367 --> 00:21:44,201 We got to drop down into 80-foot hole. 498 00:21:44,203 --> 00:21:47,038 [suspenseful music playing] 499 00:21:47,040 --> 00:21:49,307 And now, you're coming up with radioactivity. 500 00:21:49,309 --> 00:21:53,010 [suspenseful music playing] 501 00:21:53,012 --> 00:21:55,079 This is not a fun game here. 502 00:21:55,081 --> 00:21:58,449 So Eric, tell us what we're gonna have to do on this one. 503 00:21:58,517 --> 00:22:01,118 Well, I mean, I guess the greatest issue 504 00:22:01,220 --> 00:22:03,854 is the, uh, the boring caving in on us. 505 00:22:03,856 --> 00:22:06,257 And so Duane, I see you've got some, uh, 506 00:22:06,325 --> 00:22:09,093 some casing out there, some conduits, and... 507 00:22:09,095 --> 00:22:11,128 we'll set that in there and that will at least 508 00:22:11,130 --> 00:22:14,098 allow us to get down in there and not have it cave in. 509 00:22:14,100 --> 00:22:15,399 Yeah, we can case the hole. 510 00:22:15,468 --> 00:22:17,568 We know... we know how to do that. 511 00:22:17,603 --> 00:22:20,404 In addition to all the other problems we may face, 512 00:22:20,406 --> 00:22:22,907 we detected radiation in the bottom of this hole 513 00:22:22,909 --> 00:22:26,410 and so to, um, mitigate that hazard, 514 00:22:26,479 --> 00:22:28,245 we're gonna need to suit up. 515 00:22:28,848 --> 00:22:30,548 It's called Level A suits, 516 00:22:30,550 --> 00:22:32,683 they're fully encapsulated plastic suits 517 00:22:32,752 --> 00:22:34,118 with supplied air. 518 00:22:34,120 --> 00:22:36,287 We'll be protected from radiation, 519 00:22:36,289 --> 00:22:38,889 carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide gas, 520 00:22:38,958 --> 00:22:40,725 which will kill you within minutes. 521 00:22:41,728 --> 00:22:42,960 The problem with these suits are 522 00:22:43,028 --> 00:22:45,496 they're very hard to work in. 523 00:22:45,498 --> 00:22:48,399 It's gonna be tough. It may be very hot. 524 00:22:48,401 --> 00:22:50,434 Heat exhaustion could be an issue. 525 00:22:50,436 --> 00:22:52,503 There's a lot of things that could go wrong. 526 00:22:53,206 --> 00:22:54,605 But, um, 527 00:22:55,441 --> 00:22:57,408 obviously, it's worth the risk. 528 00:22:58,378 --> 00:23:00,177 But we're gonna need supplied air 529 00:23:00,246 --> 00:23:03,047 and, uh, hoses going into the suits. 530 00:23:03,049 --> 00:23:05,082 Chad, what do you think about the air hoses? 531 00:23:06,586 --> 00:23:08,819 I mean, if we're already going 80-foot deep, 532 00:23:08,821 --> 00:23:11,055 that's 80-foot right there at least. 533 00:23:11,123 --> 00:23:14,425 So then, another, I mean, say, 200-foot a person. 534 00:23:14,493 --> 00:23:15,960 Yeah, I think since we're going in, 535 00:23:15,995 --> 00:23:18,462 let's go as far as we can... 536 00:23:18,464 --> 00:23:19,764 - [Chad] Yeah. - Once we're in there. 537 00:23:19,766 --> 00:23:21,399 Two hundred-foot per person, 538 00:23:21,467 --> 00:23:23,434 I mean, that could get tangled up easy, though. 539 00:23:23,469 --> 00:23:24,969 - Yeah. - So if we do get a kink, 540 00:23:24,971 --> 00:23:26,036 it would be hard to find it, 541 00:23:26,105 --> 00:23:28,072 so it's just another risk. 542 00:23:30,276 --> 00:23:33,544 Biggest problem we got is our supply of air. 543 00:23:33,546 --> 00:23:35,413 We need to be able to be down there 544 00:23:35,415 --> 00:23:37,047 at least 20 minutes 545 00:23:37,083 --> 00:23:39,183 and you got to understand, it's gonna take 546 00:23:39,185 --> 00:23:41,385 at least 10 minutes for the last out. 547 00:23:41,454 --> 00:23:44,422 If we can only pull you out as fast as the winch 548 00:23:44,424 --> 00:23:46,257 - will pull you up. - [Duane] Yeah. 549 00:23:47,693 --> 00:23:50,194 - [Jamie] A lot of danger. - Oh, well, we're this close, 550 00:23:50,196 --> 00:23:52,396 we have to get in there no matter what, that's it. 551 00:23:53,132 --> 00:23:56,066 The fortune favors the brave, right? 552 00:23:56,135 --> 00:23:58,235 Here's what we're gonna have to do, fellas. 553 00:23:59,238 --> 00:24:01,806 We're gonna get the hoist set up over the hole 554 00:24:01,808 --> 00:24:03,941 and we'll be in hazmat suit 555 00:24:04,009 --> 00:24:06,977 with 200-foot oxygen lines running through us. 556 00:24:06,979 --> 00:24:09,313 And we'll lower three of us down into the cavern. 557 00:24:09,381 --> 00:24:12,149 [rock music playing] 558 00:24:12,151 --> 00:24:13,284 So is it gonna... Who's it gonna be? 559 00:24:14,020 --> 00:24:15,719 - I'm going. - I'm in. 560 00:24:23,029 --> 00:24:24,562 I'm in. 561 00:24:24,564 --> 00:24:26,430 Jamie and Charlie, you'll be on top. 562 00:24:26,432 --> 00:24:28,866 - Yeah, absolutely. - [Charlie] Yeah. 563 00:24:28,868 --> 00:24:31,836 So Charlie and Jamie is gonna man the compressors, 564 00:24:31,904 --> 00:24:33,571 make sure we have plenty of air. 565 00:24:34,207 --> 00:24:36,507 We'll explore for 10 minute 566 00:24:37,577 --> 00:24:39,543 and then we'll extract. 567 00:24:39,545 --> 00:24:41,345 [suspenseful music playing] 568 00:24:41,347 --> 00:24:42,713 [crickets chirping] 569 00:24:42,715 --> 00:24:44,181 Jamie, Charlie, 570 00:24:45,051 --> 00:24:47,284 I hate to say it but you know well 571 00:24:47,286 --> 00:24:49,353 our lives are in your hands. 572 00:24:49,355 --> 00:24:52,256 If you're game, let's go. But if you're not, tell us. 573 00:24:52,258 --> 00:24:54,959 You got to be comfortable with this, we can't freeze up. 574 00:24:57,997 --> 00:24:59,497 We'll do it. 575 00:24:59,499 --> 00:25:02,233 We don't panic, so we'll be all right. 576 00:25:03,469 --> 00:25:05,169 Well, let's get some sleep, fellas. 577 00:25:05,171 --> 00:25:07,338 And we'll hit it hard tomorrow morning. 578 00:25:08,007 --> 00:25:09,039 Ten four. 579 00:25:09,041 --> 00:25:11,208 [crickets chirping] 580 00:25:11,210 --> 00:25:12,409 [Duane] Pressure's on. 581 00:25:13,946 --> 00:25:17,181 [country music playing] 582 00:25:23,923 --> 00:25:26,423 Brand new. Shouldn't have any problems with any of them. 583 00:25:26,425 --> 00:25:28,859 I'm real excited about getting into this cavern, 584 00:25:28,861 --> 00:25:30,394 but there's a lot of, uh, dangers 585 00:25:30,396 --> 00:25:31,728 that go along with it. 586 00:25:34,934 --> 00:25:38,135 Me and Eric have been testing the, uh, the harnesses out, 587 00:25:38,137 --> 00:25:39,570 making sure the quality is good. 588 00:25:39,572 --> 00:25:42,373 They're brand new, there's no rips or tears. 589 00:25:42,375 --> 00:25:43,841 We need to eliminate 590 00:25:43,843 --> 00:25:45,910 all the problems that could happen upfront 591 00:25:45,912 --> 00:25:48,979 because this is... this is risky, no doubt. 592 00:25:48,981 --> 00:25:50,848 But these look pretty good. 593 00:25:50,850 --> 00:25:52,850 Good anchor point here. 594 00:25:52,852 --> 00:25:54,785 Once we start getting into that cave, 595 00:25:54,787 --> 00:25:56,787 things can change like that. 596 00:25:56,822 --> 00:25:58,956 We've got some, uh, belaying devices, 597 00:25:58,958 --> 00:26:00,991 we've got some slings and things like that. 598 00:26:00,993 --> 00:26:02,259 [Chad] Right. 599 00:26:03,429 --> 00:26:04,828 There's a good chance we might get some 600 00:26:04,830 --> 00:26:06,363 radionuclides down there. 601 00:26:06,365 --> 00:26:07,898 [Chad] We have all our monitors here or... 602 00:26:07,900 --> 00:26:09,166 I believe so. We'll have to talk 603 00:26:09,168 --> 00:26:10,935 - to your dad about that. - Yeah. 604 00:26:13,105 --> 00:26:14,872 [engine revving] 605 00:26:14,874 --> 00:26:16,373 - [Eric] Hey, Duane. - [Duane] Hey. 606 00:26:16,375 --> 00:26:18,409 - You got our suits, huh? - Yeah. 607 00:26:18,444 --> 00:26:19,743 [Eric] There they are, huh? 608 00:26:19,779 --> 00:26:21,879 - These are them? - Yeah. 609 00:26:21,881 --> 00:26:24,214 Once we get down there, we've got potential hazards 610 00:26:24,283 --> 00:26:27,885 such as, uh, carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide gas, 611 00:26:27,887 --> 00:26:29,353 which will kill you within minutes. 612 00:26:29,355 --> 00:26:31,522 Radioactivity down there. 613 00:26:31,524 --> 00:26:33,390 And so what we're doing here is 614 00:26:33,459 --> 00:26:35,492 we're putting together a plan to sort of mitigate 615 00:26:35,528 --> 00:26:37,728 all those hazards as much as possible. 616 00:26:39,365 --> 00:26:41,332 Guys, I got some bad news. 617 00:26:41,334 --> 00:26:42,967 Charlie boy is real sick. 618 00:26:43,002 --> 00:26:45,169 I just dropped him off to the doctor. 619 00:26:45,171 --> 00:26:47,271 We're just gonna have to move forward without him. 620 00:26:47,339 --> 00:26:48,472 Go back to work. 621 00:26:48,540 --> 00:26:50,040 It's all we can do. 622 00:26:51,077 --> 00:26:53,344 Charlie not being with us right now, 623 00:26:53,412 --> 00:26:56,013 I mean, it kind of sucks because he's been with us 624 00:26:56,115 --> 00:26:57,281 all the way until now. 625 00:26:57,283 --> 00:26:58,349 But we don't wanna wait. 626 00:26:58,351 --> 00:27:00,284 I mean, we can't wait anymore 627 00:27:00,286 --> 00:27:02,886 because the hole is just sitting there wide open 628 00:27:02,888 --> 00:27:05,122 and we don't want whoever is watching us 629 00:27:05,124 --> 00:27:07,324 to beat us to the punch and see what's down there first. 630 00:27:07,393 --> 00:27:10,494 I mean, we've come so far, uh, it's too risky to wait. 631 00:27:10,562 --> 00:27:11,996 We have to get in there now. 632 00:27:11,998 --> 00:27:13,297 [suspenseful music playing] 633 00:27:13,299 --> 00:27:16,033 So Duane, we've got some harnesses here. 634 00:27:17,503 --> 00:27:19,336 - Wow. - Do they look pretty good to you? 635 00:27:19,405 --> 00:27:20,604 They're gonna go around that suit? 636 00:27:21,173 --> 00:27:22,740 Well, we'll have to check it. 637 00:27:24,610 --> 00:27:27,811 This is the Level A is what they call hazmat. 638 00:27:27,813 --> 00:27:29,847 These are good. But they present 639 00:27:29,849 --> 00:27:31,949 a big, um, hazard in themselves 640 00:27:31,984 --> 00:27:34,952 because we're gonna be limited as far as our mobility goes. 641 00:27:34,954 --> 00:27:36,687 This deal here, it sucks. 642 00:27:36,755 --> 00:27:38,188 Climbing in this [bleep] is gonna be kind of hard. 643 00:27:38,190 --> 00:27:39,490 They look really tough. 644 00:27:40,993 --> 00:27:43,193 The suit itself is designed to protect you from anything 645 00:27:43,195 --> 00:27:46,664 from biological agents to radionuclides. 646 00:27:46,666 --> 00:27:48,999 We'll also have the meters on us 647 00:27:49,068 --> 00:27:51,268 - so that'll tell us if there's a lack of oxygen. - Yeah, yeah. 648 00:27:51,336 --> 00:27:53,937 It'll tell us if there's H2S, it's a deadly gas, 649 00:27:53,939 --> 00:27:56,140 and it'll tell us if there's carbon monoxide. 650 00:27:56,142 --> 00:27:57,908 We never know what we're gonna hit 651 00:27:57,910 --> 00:28:00,077 until we get in there and start getting in. 652 00:28:00,079 --> 00:28:01,879 Any time you go exploring underground, 653 00:28:01,947 --> 00:28:04,314 it's an extremely dangerous endeavor. 654 00:28:05,751 --> 00:28:09,520 So there could be a cave in you can get lost or injured 655 00:28:09,522 --> 00:28:10,954 You know, a lot of people who go underground 656 00:28:10,956 --> 00:28:13,190 don't come back just for those reasons. 657 00:28:14,360 --> 00:28:16,994 Obviously, we're dealing with high levels of radiation. 658 00:28:16,996 --> 00:28:18,362 And it's not just that, 659 00:28:19,231 --> 00:28:20,798 there's a chance that this cave system 660 00:28:20,833 --> 00:28:23,333 could be part of an old mine. 661 00:28:23,369 --> 00:28:26,470 One of the major causes of death in the mining industry 662 00:28:26,472 --> 00:28:29,339 are pockets of gas that are trapped underground 663 00:28:31,177 --> 00:28:32,910 You can't see them, we can't smell them, 664 00:28:32,978 --> 00:28:34,278 and something like, uh, 665 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:36,246 one breath of hydrogen sulfide, 666 00:28:36,248 --> 00:28:38,949 you're dead, as simple as that. 667 00:28:39,919 --> 00:28:41,719 Get your minds around this deal, fellas, 668 00:28:41,721 --> 00:28:43,887 'cause, um, there are so many things 669 00:28:43,889 --> 00:28:45,556 that can go wrong. 670 00:28:45,558 --> 00:28:48,559 Somebody panics down below, we're all dead. 671 00:28:52,498 --> 00:28:55,099 [rock music playing] 672 00:29:12,551 --> 00:29:14,485 [Duane] See what we got going on here. 673 00:29:17,957 --> 00:29:21,258 It's nothing that I wanna do, I'll tell you that dang much. 674 00:29:22,294 --> 00:29:24,561 Right there lock is kind of [bleep] 675 00:29:25,965 --> 00:29:28,098 this is gonna be a nightmare. 676 00:29:29,935 --> 00:29:31,902 Worst thing about this deal is 677 00:29:31,904 --> 00:29:33,871 we have three different scenarios 678 00:29:33,873 --> 00:29:35,672 just add to the claustrophobia. 679 00:29:37,143 --> 00:29:38,942 One, just putting your head underneath this deal 680 00:29:38,944 --> 00:29:40,577 like a dadgum astronaut. 681 00:29:42,381 --> 00:29:45,315 And then you got to think about the air coming in, 682 00:29:45,317 --> 00:29:48,085 and dropping down into that cave. 683 00:29:49,488 --> 00:29:52,122 At least, it multiplies the problem 684 00:29:52,191 --> 00:29:55,159 for anybody that ever had claustrophobia. 685 00:29:55,161 --> 00:29:57,394 You know what we're talking about here. 686 00:29:59,198 --> 00:30:01,965 [clear throats] This is, 687 00:30:01,967 --> 00:30:04,501 uh, something you got to get your mind around. Okay. 688 00:30:09,475 --> 00:30:11,175 Oh [bleep] 689 00:30:17,216 --> 00:30:18,415 All right. 690 00:30:19,385 --> 00:30:20,717 Hmm. 691 00:30:24,423 --> 00:30:26,423 Do you guys see it folded up? 692 00:30:30,396 --> 00:30:32,196 This is nothing that I wanna do. 693 00:30:32,198 --> 00:30:34,264 I'll tell you that damn much. 694 00:30:39,138 --> 00:30:40,304 Oh, man. 695 00:30:41,307 --> 00:30:44,575 It sure makes the working conditions a little tough. 696 00:30:45,945 --> 00:30:47,477 [suspenseful music playing] 697 00:30:47,479 --> 00:30:48,946 [Duane] Ha! Yeah. 698 00:30:49,982 --> 00:30:51,682 Back in the '80s, 699 00:30:51,717 --> 00:30:54,484 I was doing some work in a refinery and, uh, 700 00:30:55,521 --> 00:30:58,155 we'd have to get in vessels and things like that. 701 00:30:59,458 --> 00:31:01,158 I got a little claustrophobic. 702 00:31:03,429 --> 00:31:05,395 The biggest problem is, 703 00:31:05,397 --> 00:31:07,831 you just don't know who is gonna get claustrophobic 704 00:31:07,833 --> 00:31:09,933 down there in those holes. 705 00:31:09,935 --> 00:31:14,071 [bleep] people can say that they're ready but, uh, 706 00:31:14,139 --> 00:31:15,439 they never know. 707 00:31:21,113 --> 00:31:22,179 Okay. 708 00:31:30,589 --> 00:31:32,089 [bleep] 709 00:31:34,994 --> 00:31:36,493 Yeah, this is, uh, 710 00:31:38,163 --> 00:31:39,730 this is something you just don't really 711 00:31:39,732 --> 00:31:41,598 wanna do this every day. 712 00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:43,232 I can assure you of that. 713 00:31:45,938 --> 00:31:49,673 Going down the hole, there are so many things that can go wrong. 714 00:31:52,578 --> 00:31:56,413 So we need to have a good solid plan. 715 00:31:56,448 --> 00:32:00,017 [tense music playing] 716 00:32:00,019 --> 00:32:02,486 Because if you're not ready for just about anything, 717 00:32:05,057 --> 00:32:06,323 you're dead. 718 00:32:06,325 --> 00:32:08,158 [man 1] Hey, sorry, Duane. Hey, cut the wheelers. 719 00:32:08,193 --> 00:32:09,192 - [man 2] Hey, guys. - Hey, we're shooting 720 00:32:09,261 --> 00:32:10,193 an OTF here. 721 00:32:10,295 --> 00:32:11,929 [man 2] Yeah. You're gonna wanna see this. 722 00:32:11,931 --> 00:32:13,497 Something freaky happened, um... 723 00:32:13,499 --> 00:32:15,198 - [Duane] What? - Duane, you got to see. 724 00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:17,100 I was shooting B-roll down at the gate. 725 00:32:17,836 --> 00:32:19,436 Look. 726 00:32:19,438 --> 00:32:21,004 There's three cars on a row. 727 00:32:21,006 --> 00:32:22,773 [bleep] 728 00:32:22,841 --> 00:32:24,474 [Duane] Hey. There you go again. 729 00:32:27,313 --> 00:32:29,179 [man 2] But watch... watch what they're about to do. 730 00:32:29,181 --> 00:32:30,948 [Duane] Oh, spotlights? 731 00:32:32,017 --> 00:32:33,951 What? Out of the grass? 732 00:32:33,953 --> 00:32:35,285 [man 2] Yeah. 733 00:32:35,354 --> 00:32:37,187 - All the way out. - [bleep] 734 00:32:40,993 --> 00:32:42,159 [Duane] Let's go. 735 00:32:42,161 --> 00:32:44,361 [suspenseful music playing] 736 00:32:53,973 --> 00:32:54,905 [Chad] Hang on. 737 00:32:58,344 --> 00:33:01,044 Look like they just keep on coming at us. 738 00:33:08,954 --> 00:33:10,187 What the [bleep] 739 00:33:11,523 --> 00:33:13,023 I don't know what's going on. 740 00:33:14,226 --> 00:33:16,393 I know Duane's in a hurry to get there. 741 00:33:20,432 --> 00:33:23,500 [suspenseful music playing] 742 00:33:25,938 --> 00:33:27,437 [Chad] There they are right there. 743 00:33:31,710 --> 00:33:33,076 What the [bleep] 744 00:33:47,459 --> 00:33:48,992 They're looking at something. 745 00:33:51,163 --> 00:33:54,231 [tense music playing] 746 00:33:55,267 --> 00:33:57,334 [cameraman] Chad's down. What's going on? 747 00:34:07,179 --> 00:34:09,012 It's those [bleep] three cars right there. 748 00:34:09,014 --> 00:34:10,313 Yeah. 749 00:34:23,028 --> 00:34:24,528 You recognize any of those vehicles? 750 00:34:24,530 --> 00:34:25,562 [cameraman] No. 751 00:34:27,332 --> 00:34:28,432 Uh, 752 00:34:29,368 --> 00:34:31,368 a couple strangers in the gate. 753 00:34:35,207 --> 00:34:37,240 Reckon they know they're trespassing? 754 00:34:39,078 --> 00:34:40,944 [Chad] I don't see any movement at all. 755 00:34:43,348 --> 00:34:45,082 They're up to something. 756 00:34:52,858 --> 00:34:54,925 [Chad] Look. Look at this, he's moving. 757 00:34:54,927 --> 00:34:56,159 He's coming forward. 758 00:34:56,829 --> 00:34:58,528 Hold on, guys. 759 00:35:03,335 --> 00:35:05,502 Pulling some bull [bleep] right here. 760 00:35:07,940 --> 00:35:09,506 [Chad] They try to intimidate us. 761 00:35:09,508 --> 00:35:12,576 [tense music playing] 762 00:35:15,714 --> 00:35:16,680 What the [bleep] 763 00:35:19,184 --> 00:35:22,119 What the [bleep] What do you want? 764 00:35:26,892 --> 00:35:28,358 Ah, there we go. 765 00:35:33,499 --> 00:35:35,232 That's a game changer right there. 766 00:35:37,169 --> 00:35:39,169 [Chad] They're sending a message, guys. 767 00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:43,573 [Duane] Maybe we need to send them one. 768 00:35:52,784 --> 00:35:54,351 [Chad] Hey, get those guns. 769 00:35:58,190 --> 00:36:01,158 [Duane] This is gonna be known as the modern day O.K. Corral. 770 00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:04,261 [tense music playing] 771 00:36:20,479 --> 00:36:22,479 [Duane] They're trespassing for damn sure. 772 00:36:25,417 --> 00:36:26,583 They're ballsy, ain't they? 773 00:36:31,190 --> 00:36:32,622 - [Chad] We're [bleep] targets. - Yeah, 774 00:36:32,624 --> 00:36:34,424 we're sitting ducks right here. 775 00:36:38,297 --> 00:36:39,396 Hey, 776 00:36:40,966 --> 00:36:42,499 what are you doing here? 777 00:36:44,903 --> 00:36:46,069 Be ready. 778 00:36:47,406 --> 00:36:48,638 Be ready. 779 00:36:53,245 --> 00:36:55,579 [tense music playing] 780 00:37:09,361 --> 00:37:10,727 [Duane] Damn, fellas, this might get 781 00:37:10,729 --> 00:37:12,028 a little interesting. 782 00:37:15,901 --> 00:37:18,068 [Chad] What the [bleep] are they doing here? 783 00:37:24,876 --> 00:37:27,177 If we split up, maybe two go one way and two the other? 784 00:37:27,179 --> 00:37:29,079 No. No. No. 785 00:37:29,147 --> 00:37:30,146 Better stay together on this one. 786 00:37:30,148 --> 00:37:31,181 [Chad] Okay. 787 00:37:32,017 --> 00:37:35,151 [tense music playing] 788 00:37:51,003 --> 00:37:52,369 Looks like they're leaving, fellas. 789 00:37:52,437 --> 00:37:53,503 [Chad] They're leaving. 790 00:37:54,172 --> 00:37:55,505 They're standing down. 791 00:38:08,720 --> 00:38:10,420 [Chad] Let's get their license plate. 792 00:38:13,058 --> 00:38:14,891 -[Duane] There ain't no plates. -[Chad] No plates. 793 00:38:14,893 --> 00:38:16,126 - No plates at all. - [cameraman] No plates. 794 00:38:16,194 --> 00:38:17,327 [Duane] I'll be darned. 795 00:38:24,903 --> 00:38:27,170 What? I don't know. 796 00:38:27,172 --> 00:38:28,405 [Duane] It's pretty ballsy. 797 00:38:33,145 --> 00:38:34,878 Duane, I know he did... 798 00:38:34,946 --> 00:38:36,579 he did what I thought he was gonna do, 799 00:38:36,581 --> 00:38:37,914 just stand them off. 800 00:38:37,916 --> 00:38:39,015 But... 801 00:38:41,386 --> 00:38:43,453 I'm just, uh, I'm at... 802 00:38:43,455 --> 00:38:45,155 I'm at a loss right now. 803 00:38:47,125 --> 00:38:50,493 Well, here we're shorthanded, you know that. 804 00:38:53,432 --> 00:38:55,398 Well, let's lock this mission now. 805 00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:56,833 Let's lock the gates, all right? 806 00:38:56,835 --> 00:38:58,068 - Yeah. - [Duane] You know? 807 00:38:58,103 --> 00:38:59,169 - All right. - All right. 808 00:38:59,171 --> 00:39:00,236 [bleep] 809 00:39:02,307 --> 00:39:04,040 [Duane] We've come a long way and we'll, uh, 810 00:39:04,042 --> 00:39:05,909 we'll secure the gates, 811 00:39:05,911 --> 00:39:08,812 but tomorrow, we're going in 812 00:39:08,814 --> 00:39:10,180 And that's just what we're gonna do. 813 00:39:13,251 --> 00:39:14,718 Gets your blood running, don't it? 814 00:39:15,187 --> 00:39:16,986 [engine revving] 815 00:39:23,095 --> 00:39:26,229 [tense music playing] 816 00:39:36,875 --> 00:39:39,175 I couldn't sleep for [bleep] last night, man. 817 00:39:41,279 --> 00:39:42,412 [bleep] dammit. 818 00:39:43,348 --> 00:39:44,614 [bleep] 819 00:39:49,488 --> 00:39:52,188 Whoever has been watching u is stepping things up 820 00:39:52,190 --> 00:39:54,924 and getting more aggressive, obviously. 821 00:39:54,926 --> 00:39:58,027 So today is the day to finish up the work. 822 00:40:00,098 --> 00:40:02,932 What the [bleep] the door is open. 823 00:40:05,303 --> 00:40:06,569 What the [bleep] 824 00:40:11,042 --> 00:40:12,342 did someone leave the door open? 825 00:40:13,945 --> 00:40:15,745 Someone [bleep] broke in here. 826 00:40:17,215 --> 00:40:18,581 What the [bleep] 827 00:40:21,520 --> 00:40:23,420 see that [bleep] someone's been in here. 828 00:40:24,222 --> 00:40:25,422 Hey, Dad, are you around? 829 00:40:26,358 --> 00:40:28,091 Look at this [bleep] 830 00:40:30,929 --> 00:40:32,262 [narrator] On the season finale 831 00:40:32,264 --> 00:40:34,998 of Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch. 832 00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:37,200 -[Duane] Where are the ore samples? -[bleep] right here. 833 00:40:37,202 --> 00:40:40,437 These are my files. Everything that I got. 834 00:40:41,740 --> 00:40:43,673 - That's it. - That's hell of a hole, fellas. 835 00:40:45,444 --> 00:40:48,378 Carbon monoxide, H2S, low oxygen, 836 00:40:48,380 --> 00:40:50,013 if any of those items go off 837 00:40:50,081 --> 00:40:51,347 we have to extract ourselves. 838 00:40:53,285 --> 00:40:54,417 Wow. 839 00:41:01,860 --> 00:41:04,027 We are damn sure not the only son of a bitches 840 00:41:04,095 --> 00:41:05,094 that's been in here. 841 00:41:05,096 --> 00:41:06,329 Extract. Let's get out. 842 00:41:06,364 --> 00:41:08,131 Hold on, guys. 843 00:41:08,133 --> 00:41:09,666 - [Chad] Bring us up. - Go. Go, go right now, 844 00:41:09,734 --> 00:41:11,034 let's get them out of there. 845 00:41:11,036 --> 00:41:12,402 [Charlie] Okay. I'm on. Go. 846 00:41:12,404 --> 00:41:13,536 Pull him up. Pull him up. 847 00:41:13,572 --> 00:41:14,537 We got to get Duane. 848 00:41:14,606 --> 00:41:16,039 [Chad] Hold on. 849 00:41:22,247 --> 00:41:23,246 Our Father. 850 00:41:23,582 --> 00:41:25,148 Go get Duane. 851 00:41:25,550 --> 00:41:27,016 Who art in heaven. 852 00:41:27,018 --> 00:41:29,686 [tense music playing] 853 00:41:29,721 --> 00:41:31,321 [Duane] Hallowed be Thy name