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[narrator reading]
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Duane, I've only
ever seen that
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in super massive black holes.
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[narrator] On the questto find out
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if there'san ancient treasurebeneath their property,
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the Ollingers mapthe underground...
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That's a series
of caverns and tunnels.
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[Chad] That's gotta be a cave.
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That circle
under the energy zone
looks man-made.
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...and find evidencethat someone could havebeen utilizing the caverns.
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There is a void right here.
Look at that.
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That may have been
a manmade vent for whatever's
underground to get--
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-[Chad] Just airflow.
-Airflow down underneath.
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[narrator] Duane and his teamattempt to breach the cavern.
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Fire in the hole!
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[narrator] But once again...
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-[man grunts in frustration]
-...they encounter a setback.
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[Duane] Those trespasser
holes got flooded.
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This whole thing
is super unsafe.
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[narrator] But despitethe flooding...
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[Duane] Well,
that's [bleep] up.
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...victory is pulledfrom the jaws of defeat...
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[Chad] This is something.
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-...with the discovery...
-[bleep] Hey, hey!
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-...of gold.
-Holy [bleep], dude.
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Finally get to hold
[bleep] gold in my hand.
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[narrator] Blind Frog Ranchstretches over 160 acres.
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A remote and rugged areain northeastern Utah.
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It's a placeshrouded in legendsof ancient civilizations...
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-[Chad] Look at that.
-This has to be
hundreds of years back.
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...and mysterious phenomena.
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[Duane] There's somekind of dark force.
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[man] We got somethingreally weird here.
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I've never seen
anything like that.
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[narrator] Duane Ollingerhas owned Blind Frog Ranchfor over a decade,
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convinced that the landholds secrets...
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[Duane] What the [bleep]?
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...and a massive cacheof Aztec goldhidden underground.
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We're sitting
on something huge.
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[narrator] Rumoredto be worth more than$3 billion.
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Your ranch is part of the
most famous treasure hunt
that's never been solved.
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[narrator] But every timehe's gotten close...
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[man] Look at that.
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...the land fights back.
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What would eat
the head off of it?
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-[man 1] Whoo!
-[man 2 exclaiming]
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-[man 3] It's blinking red.
-[man 4] Poison gas.
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-[man 5] Let's get out!
-[man 6] Go!
[bleep] Go!
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-[James] What'd you find?
-[Chad] No [bleep] way.
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Have you seen
anything like that?
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It's pretty freaking heavy.
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From the weight
and the way it looks,
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I think
it's a low-purity gold bar.
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This was just an amazing find.
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I don't even knowwhere to begin.
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When prospectors found gold,
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they would gouse these smelters
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to create gold ingot bars
that were pretty crude
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so that they could
trade elsewhere using them.
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In this area,there were individuals
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that used ingots for trade.
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And we have evidenceof that now.
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I mean, it's amazing.
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Here's [bleep]
another one, man.
Look at this.
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I finally get to hold
[bleep] gold in my hand.
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I mean, this is all
I've wanted to do
since we got this property
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is hold gold,
and now I'm doing it.
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So this is...
This proves that there's
a lot more here.
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Let me see it.
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This is, uh...This is a big deal that...
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You know, I don'tshow a lot of excitements,
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but this is proof
there's gold
on Blind Frog Ranch.
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[James] I'm telling you,
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I bet you this is
a low-purity gold bar.
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[Chad laughing]
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You guys got a lucky break
by finding those ingots.
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There is no doubt.
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[narrator] After discoveringthe ingots,
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the team meets backat the miner shack
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to figure out where exactlythis gold could havecome from.
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You know, it appears
that, that was maybe
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somebody's personal
stash that was in there,
those two gold ingots.
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The way the rockswere stacked up.
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You know, then you hadthe carved rock
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with the cross on itright above itand everything.
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You know, it looks like
it could have been, like,
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a safety-deposit box
for, for someone.
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[Duane] Is it Aztec gold?
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[James] No, this isn't
what Aztec bars look like.
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Just outside of Mexico City,in one of the barrios,
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a construction worker found
a single gold bar.
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That barwas actually tracked backto being Aztec treasure.
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And these gold barsare on displayin Mexico City.
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So we knowwhat Aztec bars look like,
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and they're nothinglike what we found.
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Where do...
Where do we go from here?
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[James] What I'd like to do
is to take you
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to the Uintah
Historical Center,
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which is down in Vernal,
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because there are
several maps.
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I'd like to use those maps
to see what we can find out
about the ranch
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a few hundred years ago.
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Maybe those old maps
can tell us a few things
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about who stashed
those ingots.
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They might even be able
to show us a dry entrance
into the cavern system.
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Sounds like a plan.
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Go get it done.
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[Chad] So, what are we
looking for in particular?
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I want us to go through
a few maps that I thought
were important.
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-Yeah.
-[James] There's maps that
date back to the 1700s
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that show
different trade routes
used by civilizations.
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-[bleep]
-Yeah.
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Something that might show us
what civilizations
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were coming through
Blind Frog Ranch.
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I had the Historical Centrepull all the mapsof the Blind Frog Ranch area.
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She has it down here for us.
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[Chad] You find anything?
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[James] So, there were
a few things, you know,
we had discussed,
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-some of the maps.
-[Chad] Right.
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[James] This one is...
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This is the map of 1858,
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which includes
the main wagon trails
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to see what goes
near the ranch.
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-[Chad] No way.
-[James] That's something.
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In the 1800s, the main way
of getting through
the Uinta Basin
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and the Uinta Mountains
was through these
stagecoach trails.
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So miles and milesof these stagecoach roads
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were builtto important places,
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like towns and minesand the railroad.
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If there wasa gold source in the area,
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I believe somebodycould have builta wagon trail to it.
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-[Chad] So where
are we at here?
-[James] So...
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[Chad] Wow.
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Here's where
the Bead site would be,
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right here,
where we were digging.
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[device beeping]
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[James] And whoa,
look at that.
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There's a wagon trail
going right past
the Bead site.
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[Chad] Who would
be utilizing that?
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[James] Let's take
a look at this other map.
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This one's
a geological survey.
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What number? 11001.
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This was the
Ashley National Forest
from 1909.
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And this does have
farm or field on it.
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-Oh, yeah.
-Down to the east.
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-So the ranch would be here.
-The ranch would be
right around here.
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Yeah, those are
the battlement ridges
surrounding the ranch.
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[Chad] And that's the creek
that runs south of the ranch.
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[James] So I wonder
if we compare the spot
on the geological map
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to the same area
on the wagon-trail map.
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[narrator] By superimposingthe trail map
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over the topographicalsurvey map,
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Chad and James can tracethe geological features
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that lie alongthe wagon trail.
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[Chad] Holy [bleep],
it's a cave.
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I mean, this is great.
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Like, on the map it shows
the wagon trails coming
from Blind Frog Ranch,
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and that's by a cave.
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That just has to mean
that there is an entrance
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to a cavern system
right around there somewhere.
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It's northwest of the ranch.
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[narrator] The cave appearsto sit right alongsidethe Keyhole cavern tunnel
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identified bythe quantum team,
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one mile northwestof Blind Frog Ranch.
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[Chad] So we gotta
check out this cave, right?
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-Yup.
-Yeah.
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[Charlie] This is wherewe're currently digging,over by the Bead site,
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and I just found another hole.
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Well, all we can do
is warn people that are
walking through here.
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[narrator] Back at the ranch,while patrolling the areafor trespassers,
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Charlie has discoveredanother illegalexcavation site.
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[Charlie] It's justmore trespassers.
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And you can seetheir pick marks.
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They're probably coming in
at night, when we're not here.
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[narrator]
Earlier this spring,
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Charlie and Chad discovered
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the trespassershad set up a campon public land
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overlooking Blind Frog Ranch.
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[Chad] They can see
the whole ranch from here.
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[narrator] And were diggingon Duane's property,
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close to the energy zone.
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[Chad] These guys
are digging tunnels
to try to find the treasure.
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Y'all are trespassing.
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This isn't a mining operation,
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this is a freaking heist.
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[Charlie] Trespassers
have dug out here
for months.
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We just keep
finding these holes.
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You know,
these guys don't care.
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They'll just start digging.
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[narrator] But this holeis only 100 yardsfrom the Bead site,
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where Duane and his teamhave been focusingtheir recent excavation.
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[Charlie] Every timewe start a new dig,
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they sneak in herewhile we're not here,
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and then they arebasically diggingright beside us.
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You know, they're taking
our information,
is what they're doing,
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and it pisses me off.
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I think they're just looking
for another entrance
into the underground.
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[narrator]
With the trespassersencroaching on the Bead site,
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Charlie and Duanedecide to cover upwhere they've been digging.
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Yeah, Chad and James,
uh, they'll be gone
for a little while.
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I'm kind of worriedabout these trespassers
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because they're justsitting up there,watching us.
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We have to be very carefuluntil we can get themthe hell out of here.
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[Duane] Attaboy.
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All right,
I'm heading towards you.
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[Charlie] You know,we were just digging upthe Bead site.
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And so we haveto cover that up.
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Make sure those guys
don't get in there
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and start digging
on that, too.
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-[Duane] Unbelievable.
-[Charlie] This is [bleep].
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[Chad] Here's the Bead site.
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[James] Yeah. This is the way.
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[narrator] Chad and Jamesare following
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the 150-year-oldwagon-trail map
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to guide themto the location of the cave.
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According to the map,
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it sits roughlyone mile northwestof Blind Frog Ranch
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and could be a wayinto the cavern system.
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[James] Now, this is it.
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[Chad] Apparently,these wagon trails
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haven't been used
for over 100 years
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so they're, kind of,
hard to follow.
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But you can see
where the vegetation is less
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and it's, kind of, packed in.
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People definitely
used to travel through here.
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[James] Careful right here.
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[Chad] There's a trail
down here.
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It keeps heading north.
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[James] Yup.
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Let's go check it out.
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Yeah, we just
gotta stick to here.
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Yeah.
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Does that look like
mining tailings to you?
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[Chad] Are you
[bleep] kidding me?
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Holy [bleep].
Look at this cave.
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[James] It's a big
portal entrance.
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Oh, [bleep],
goes way in there.
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We're gonna need lights
for that.
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[James] Does that look like
mining tailings to you?
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[narrator] After followingan 1859 wagon trail mapfrom the Bead site to a cave,
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Chad and Jameshave found the entrance,
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which they believemight connectto the cavern system
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underneath Blind Frog Ranch.
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Oh, [bleep].
Goes way in there.
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We're gonna
need lights for that.
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So, we'll get some lights,
bring that camera.
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-Oh, yeah, you see,
it goes way in there, man.
-[James] Yeah.
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There's a vastsubterranean tunnel systemand cavern system
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under Blind Frog Ranch,and it's not justBlind Frog Ranch.
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It travels throughout
the entire Uinta Mountains,
down into the Uinta Basin.
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[Chad] Whoa!
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Totally is nerve wrackingbecause you don't know,like, the hazards of cave in.
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And we don't knowif an animal lives in there,
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like a cougaror a freaking bear,
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so we're just gonna
take it real easy
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and, uh, see what we can find.
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-[James] Oh, yeah.
-[Chad] Damn. It goes
way back in there.
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-[James] Man. Oh, yeah,
look at that way back there.
-Yeah.
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[James] Look down here.
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This is all limestone,
there's quartz.
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[James] It's wet in here, too.
Look, it's dripping.
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Dripping water.
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[Chad] Look at that.
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-[James] Look at the nail.
-[Chad] Oh, yeah.
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[James] It had
some type of railing system
or something hanging there.
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And this was done by hand.
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[Chad] Look at these
holes here.
They were blasted.
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-See that?
-[James] Oh, yeah.
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[Chad] The map didn't sayanything about a mine.
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But we get in this cave,and you can clearly seesigns of hand tools.
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And the tunnel has,
like, a flat floor.
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You can clearly see
that this was manmade.
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Yeah, we're not even
quarter of the way out there.
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[James] Oh, wow,
this things keeps going on.
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-[Chad]
Look how farther it goes.
-[James] Way back there.
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Look at that.
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[Chad] Uh-huh.
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[James] Oh, what is that?
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-[Chad] Oh, it's--
-[James] Check
that [bleep] out.
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-[Chad] It goes vertical now.
-[James exclaiming]
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-[Chad] This is
a winch system right here.
-Yeah.
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Nobody pulled it out.
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All this time,
and it's still here.
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[Chad] Wonder why they went
down right here, you know?
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Did they, like,
go underneath this?
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It's like why would they
go down right here, though?
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[James] Maybe there
was gold down there.
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You have to think about this.
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They went horizontally
all this way back,
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-and then suddenly,
right here, vertical for what?
-[Chad] Yeah.
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They had to have
a reason to go down.
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[James] They had
to be mining, right?
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[Chad] Huh.
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-Looks like we need a camera
to see what's down there.
-[James] Yeah.
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Let's drop the camera
that I put in your backpack.
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Yeah. What if they
created another shaft
directly underneath this?
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[Chad] Yeah.
We'll be able to see
with the camera.
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Twist it a little bit,
there you go.
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[James] Are you on the...
Is it touching ground?
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[Chad] No, not yet.
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It's deeper
than I thought, man.
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All right,
we're at the bottom.
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It looks like stone to me.
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[James] Turn it a bit.
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[Chad] It's still stone.
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[narrator] The vertical shaftends only 20 feet down.
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If this had beena mining operation,
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it appears to be abandoned.
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[Chad] All right.
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-[James] We're out of here.
-[Chad] Yeah.
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[James] This mine is locatedat the same latitude
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as Blind Frog Ranch.
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I mean,
that winch in the back
should be in a museum.
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Yet, there it was.
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They were clearlymining for gold.
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[Chad] So,we went in the cave,
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and it was deeperthan we ever imagined.
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That just reiterates
that these stories
have to be true.
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They say that there's
gold mines all around here,
and this is one of 'em.
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Maybe the ingot we foundwas mined here.
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[James] Dude, this is amazing.
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[Chad] So, we just got back
from the Historical Centre
in, uh, Vernal there,
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-and we found
this wagon-trail map.
-[James] Yeah.
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And what was so interesting
was, like, one of
the wagon trails
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went up from the Bead site,
north of the ranch,
to this cave.
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So we visited that cavern
that was on the map,
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and it turns out
that it's a mine.
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[Charlie] Holy [bleep].
So who was mining that?
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[James] I was wondering
the same thing
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so I did a little research
after we left.
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I pulled the mining recordsfrom the Historical Centre.
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Unbelievable.
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And it turns out
that the Rhoades family
had claims
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on the entire region.
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Few years ago,
you know, I went to the, uh,
county records department.
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That is the people that were
filing the notice of location.
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[Charlie] Rhoades.
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And I found where Gale Rhoades
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had mining permits
on the north and east part
of our ranch.
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Exactly. The Rhoades family
had mining claims throughout
the entire Basin.
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[narrator] Accordingto local accounts,
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in 1852, a Mormon settlernamed Thomas Rhoades
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was commissionedto salvage gold fromthe Uinta Mountains
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for the Mormon Tabernaclein Salt Lake City.
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Relying on the helpof local Uteand Native Americans,
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Rhoades began extracting goldfrom a secret minein the Uintas.
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According to recordsin Salt Lake City,
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the gold mine was so richthat it helped fundthe Mormon empire.
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It is knownas the Lost Rhoades Mine.
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Before his death,Thomas allegedlyleft behind
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a series of clues for his son
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that marked the entrancesto the mine.
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But to date,the location remains hidden.
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So we found a secret mine
that once was claimed
by the Rhoades family.
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And they had a claim here
on Blind Frog Ranch,
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so it had to be a lot of gold
they were protecting.
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There's gotta be a chance
at that wagon trail map
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leads to one of the Rhoades'
mine entrances.
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I mean, there has to be
a connection with all of this.
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[Duane] You know, I think
there's a damn good chance
that's what's going on.
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Except, how in the hell
we gonna find this stuff here?
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Hell, they've been looking
for this for centuries.
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[James] So, I went through
some of the old journals
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of the people that knew
Thomas Rhoades
and Caleb Rhoades.
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And those people believed
that Thomas left clues
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to guide Caleb to the mine.
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There's texts that mention
that mention this ancient
eye beam
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carved into the back
of the cave walls.
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Individual's supposedto go to it,
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stand with their backto that eye,
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look directlyout of the cave entrance
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and that's supposed to lead
to a mine or cave entrance
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that goes directly
into the Rhoades mine.
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What are the things
should we be looking out for?
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Mormons were very specific
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that there's these
seven stone monuments
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that get progressively larger
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as you get towards
the cave entrance
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that's supposed
to have that eye
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in the back of it.
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These seven stone monuments,
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it looks like a dragon's back
or a dragon's tail.
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That's what
we can be looking for
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if we're able
to get up to this area
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and they're really
are those caves.
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We might find goldat the Rhoades mine
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but we may also find
another entrance
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into the underground
cavern system.
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I hope you're
[bleep] right, man,
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'cause if this is true,
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this is what
we've been waiting on.
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[Chad] So we founda secret mine
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that once was claimed
by the Rhoades family.
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I mean, there has to be
a connection with all of this.
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[Charlie] You know,
this all sounds good.
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But heading out and looking
for the lost Rhoades mine
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is gonna take us
away from the ranch.
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Can we afford that?
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[Duane] Well, Charles,
boy, there's nothing
we can do here now.
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You know, it's clear
there's water coming
out of everywhere.
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[narrator] With theenergy zone still flooded,
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hampering efforts to drill,
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the team must considertheir next move.
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Wait for the waters to recede
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or head north on the trail
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of the lost Rhoades mine.
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00:22:48,770 --> 00:22:50,170
I have a suggestion.
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There's a place calledMosby Sink
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that sits about 3,000 feetabove Blind Frog Ranch.
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Since it's a sink,
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it has an openingthat actually feeds water
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into the underground
cavern system.
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I think we should
head up there
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and see just how much
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water is being fed
in to the cavern system.
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[narrator] A sink is a basinlike depression in the Earth
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where water collectsduring seasonal runoff
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but has no visible outlet.
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Sitting at an elevationof over 9,000 deet
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The Mosby Sink is oneof the largestin the Uinta mountains
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and is connectedto the cavern systemunder Blind Frog Ranch.
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So, if water levelsare found to be still high
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at Mosby Sink,
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it's an indicationthat flooding will continueat the energy zone.
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[Chad] Going up the Mosby Sink
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will tell us exactly
what's going on
with the water flow.
427
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It might explain how longour drill sites are gonnabe flooded on the ranch.
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I'd like to see
what the [bleep]'s going on
up there.
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We go now,
we're gonna have to hike it.
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00:23:48,070 --> 00:23:50,400
[Duane] Well,
we got Ryan Skinner
coming in today
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and I think
he can help us out here.
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Ryan Skinner?
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-Yep.
-So, he's familiar
with all of this area, yeah?
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He's paid
his dues around here.
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He probably knows the way
up to Mosby Sink, too.
436
00:24:02,100 --> 00:24:03,170
That's worth a shot.
437
00:24:03,170 --> 00:24:04,470
I think
we should check it out.
438
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[suspenseful music playing]
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[narrator] Chad and Jameshead out to Mosby Sink
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with the help of local expertRyan Skinner.
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-[James] That's the sink.
-[Ryan] Holy [bleep]
that's loud.
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[James] Yeah, I'm telling you.
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[Ryan] My nameis Ryan Skinner.
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I've written eight books
on the subject
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of mysteries occurringthroughout the basin.
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00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:33,570
I'd like to say
what I bring to the table
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is not only my 17 years
of research in the region
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but also connecting
with the locals,
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getting their storiesfrom them,
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trying to put the pieces
of the puzzle together.
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[James] Yeah, this is it.
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There's an overlook
right here.
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I've never seen
so much water before.
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-That much water flow
will suck you in there, huh?
-[James] Yeah.
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[James] Look at this.
Isn't that something?
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[Ryan] It's like the [bleep]
Goonies in there, man.
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00:24:58,970 --> 00:25:00,270
[James] Yeah,
it's like Goonies, dude.
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00:25:00,270 --> 00:25:01,470
Splash mountain.
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-[laughs]
-[James] Yep.
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[Ryan] Let's check
it out, huh?
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00:25:05,300 --> 00:25:06,930
[Ryan] Yeah,
we could get sucked in.
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00:25:06,930 --> 00:25:08,230
[James] Yeah. Be real careful.
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Once you're in that water,
you're not gonna be able
to get out.
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If you fall in, you're dead.
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Seriously, this is usually
always dry.
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What you're on is not ground.
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00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:21,130
I'm trying to tell you.
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00:25:21,130 --> 00:25:24,700
It's just logs
that have washed down, yeah.
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00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:30,700
If there was this much water
going down
into the cavern system,
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the Aztecs must havehad a way to dam itor divert it.
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[Chad] All right.
We'll put this Go-Pro on.
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Maybe we can see
how far it'll go in there.
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Just gotta be super careful
not to get sucked in there.
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[water gushing]
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Holy [bleep]. You all right?
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[Ryan] Yeah.
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Yeah, we gotta be...
478
00:25:48,230 --> 00:25:51,030
ridiculously careful.
We're in the edge.
479
00:25:51,030 --> 00:25:52,200
Cause this whole thing could,
480
00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:54,330
like a mudslide,
just fly out of here.
481
00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:01,170
[suspenseful music playing]
482
00:26:03,670 --> 00:26:06,300
Oh, it's sucking hard.
I got like 20 foot in there.
483
00:26:06,300 --> 00:26:08,200
I mean, no wonderI was gettingpulled in the pond,
484
00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:11,070
'cause there's likea literal suction of water
485
00:26:11,070 --> 00:26:13,330
flowing under there
and it could suck you in
486
00:26:13,330 --> 00:26:14,800
and you're gone.
487
00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:16,270
-[Ryan] You got it?
-[Chad] Here it is.
Here it is.
488
00:26:18,430 --> 00:26:19,670
[James] Be careful, man.
489
00:26:19,670 --> 00:26:22,400
This shows
that this is the reason why
490
00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:24,270
we can't go
into the pond anymore.
491
00:26:24,270 --> 00:26:26,900
Because it's gotta be
destroyed by this
amount of volume
492
00:26:26,900 --> 00:26:30,900
and we can't dig
at the energy zone or drill
493
00:26:30,900 --> 00:26:34,800
because of this keeps
filling up with all this
damn water.
494
00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:36,700
All of this water
flows under our ranch
495
00:26:36,700 --> 00:26:37,970
and the energy zone.
496
00:26:37,970 --> 00:26:39,830
But at least it tells usthat this water problem
497
00:26:39,830 --> 00:26:41,430
is here to stay for a while.
498
00:26:42,370 --> 00:26:44,000
I'm gonna call my dad
and let him know
499
00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:46,170
but our best lead,at least for now
500
00:26:46,170 --> 00:26:48,500
is that wagon trail
that James and I found.
501
00:27:05,300 --> 00:27:07,770
God, I just had a pine cone
stick to my ear.
502
00:27:07,770 --> 00:27:09,070
[all laughing]
503
00:27:09,070 --> 00:27:11,400
[narrator] While Duaneand Charlie guard the ranch,
504
00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:15,600
Chad, James and Ryan set outNorth along the wagon trail.
505
00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:16,870
[exclaims]
506
00:27:17,870 --> 00:27:19,070
[Chad] Yeah, man.
507
00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:21,000
Sweet.
508
00:27:23,230 --> 00:27:25,570
[James] We just wanna keep
a North direction.
509
00:27:26,530 --> 00:27:28,030
We can follow the creek
the whole way.
510
00:27:28,770 --> 00:27:31,130
[bird squawking]
511
00:27:31,130 --> 00:27:32,630
[Chad] He's waiting
for one of us to die.
512
00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:35,570
He could be guarding the cave.
513
00:27:35,570 --> 00:27:38,600
[narrator] Chad, Jamesand Ryan head Northalong the wagon trail
514
00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:40,970
where they discoveredthe abandoned mine.
515
00:27:42,270 --> 00:27:43,930
They are searchingfor a landmark
516
00:27:43,930 --> 00:27:46,000
known asthe seven stone pillars,
517
00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:48,230
which Mormons believe
518
00:27:48,230 --> 00:27:51,530
lead to one of the entrancesto the fabled Rhoades mine.
519
00:27:52,870 --> 00:27:53,930
[James] Hey, guys, look.
520
00:27:54,730 --> 00:27:56,800
-What is that?
-It's a smelter.
521
00:27:58,130 --> 00:28:00,500
-[James] Look at that.
-What is a smelter?
522
00:28:00,500 --> 00:28:02,770
The smelter was where they...
523
00:28:02,770 --> 00:28:05,130
-Heat the metal.
-...transformed-- Exactly.
524
00:28:05,130 --> 00:28:08,300
They heated -- look at this.
It goes all the way back
in through here.
525
00:28:08,300 --> 00:28:09,470
Unbelievable.
526
00:28:09,470 --> 00:28:11,970
Yeah. Look at the mortar
in there even.
527
00:28:12,870 --> 00:28:14,130
That's unreal.
528
00:28:15,270 --> 00:28:16,670
[narrator] Smeltersare furnaces
529
00:28:16,670 --> 00:28:18,770
that have been usedfor thousands of years
530
00:28:18,770 --> 00:28:22,400
to remove impuritiessuch as iron and copper
531
00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:24,430
from metalslike gold and silver.
532
00:28:25,300 --> 00:28:26,470
In Utah,
533
00:28:26,470 --> 00:28:29,270
smelters were oftenconstructed closeto gold mines.
534
00:28:29,270 --> 00:28:31,630
So that the goldcould be quickly refined
535
00:28:31,630 --> 00:28:34,430
and shaped into ingotsfor transport.
536
00:28:37,900 --> 00:28:39,600
It's a centralized location.
537
00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:43,070
So they were bringing
all that ore
that they just mined to here,
538
00:28:43,070 --> 00:28:44,230
processing it.
539
00:28:44,230 --> 00:28:46,000
But this thing is huge.
540
00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:49,030
I mean, this is a big
walk-in smelter.
541
00:28:49,030 --> 00:28:50,700
[Chad] This is where
they cooked it right in here.
542
00:28:50,700 --> 00:28:52,270
They'd bring the ore here,
heat it up,
543
00:28:52,270 --> 00:28:54,170
and make bars from right here.
544
00:28:54,170 --> 00:28:57,070
[James] Right. They used
the smelters and the creek
545
00:28:57,070 --> 00:28:58,870
to cool the external surfaces
546
00:28:58,870 --> 00:29:00,600
while they were cooking it.
547
00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:04,470
And it helped them transform
the end product into ingots.
548
00:29:04,470 --> 00:29:07,200
Hell, those ingots we found
could have been smelted
right here.
549
00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:09,270
[Ryan] And then they
would just run down
to the creek
550
00:29:09,270 --> 00:29:12,400
and kind of wash it off
and cool off the heated metal.
551
00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:13,500
[Chad] Yep.
552
00:29:13,500 --> 00:29:15,970
[Ryan] This is crazy how close
this is to Blind Frog.
553
00:29:15,970 --> 00:29:17,000
It's crazy to imagine
554
00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:19,070
that we're standing
on a location
555
00:29:19,070 --> 00:29:23,870
where they were actually
refining gold, silver,
who knows what.
556
00:29:23,870 --> 00:29:28,070
Where you find smelters
like the ones that we found,
557
00:29:28,070 --> 00:29:31,870
you know there are large
mining operations in the area.
558
00:29:31,870 --> 00:29:33,170
[Ryan] You know
what this means?
559
00:29:34,070 --> 00:29:36,070
We're on the right track.
560
00:29:36,070 --> 00:29:38,270
[Chad] There has to bean entrance nearby.
561
00:29:40,370 --> 00:29:42,530
-[Chad] Let's look for it.
-[James] Yeah.
Let's keep going.
562
00:29:49,500 --> 00:29:50,970
[Ryan] Let's check
this part out right here.
563
00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:54,230
'Cause I believe there's
a few trails over there.
564
00:29:55,740 --> 00:29:57,270
[narrator] After findingthe smelters,
565
00:29:57,270 --> 00:30:00,700
the team continues alongthe wagon trail northward.
566
00:30:00,700 --> 00:30:04,200
They are lookingfor a landmark knownas the seven pillars.
567
00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:05,830
which Thomas Rhoades claimed
568
00:30:05,830 --> 00:30:08,200
marked the directionto one of the entrances
569
00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:10,070
of the fabled Rhoades mine.
570
00:30:13,470 --> 00:30:14,700
[James] Careful right here.
571
00:30:17,300 --> 00:30:19,630
Hey, do you see something
on top of that mesa?
572
00:30:23,630 --> 00:30:25,170
[James] See the stack of rocks
573
00:30:25,170 --> 00:30:26,800
It looks like
they've been stacked up.
574
00:30:28,330 --> 00:30:30,800
[Ryan] Somebody went
through a lot of effort
to build that.
575
00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:31,970
[Chad] Are you [bleep] me?
576
00:30:31,970 --> 00:30:33,930
I think we need
to check it out,
somehow get up there.
577
00:30:35,370 --> 00:30:36,700
[James] It looks like a cairn.
578
00:30:37,170 --> 00:30:38,770
C, a, i, r, n.
579
00:30:38,770 --> 00:30:41,300
-[Chad] What does that mean?
-So, it could be a marker,
580
00:30:41,300 --> 00:30:42,930
it could be a monument.
581
00:30:42,930 --> 00:30:45,070
It's hard to say
from this far away.
582
00:30:46,270 --> 00:30:48,000
[narrator] Stone pilesknown as cairns
583
00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,200
were usedby ancient civilizations
584
00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:52,500
as a way to locate treasure.
585
00:30:53,830 --> 00:30:56,530
Archaeologists estimatethat indigenous tribes
586
00:30:56,530 --> 00:30:59,000
built cairns for over5,000 years
587
00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:00,270
in the Americas.
588
00:31:00,270 --> 00:31:03,100
And believe the practicewas later adoptedby the Spanish
589
00:31:03,100 --> 00:31:04,670
and Mormon settlers.
590
00:31:08,030 --> 00:31:10,370
I wonder if we could
hike up there somehow?
591
00:31:10,370 --> 00:31:13,370
We could just see
if that's a marker
that leads to another--
592
00:31:13,370 --> 00:31:15,330
-To another marker, yeah.
-Just another clue.
593
00:31:15,330 --> 00:31:17,270
[James] Well, if it's marking
all this over here,
594
00:31:17,270 --> 00:31:18,570
we definitely need
to go and check it out.
595
00:31:18,570 --> 00:31:20,630
Especially, in that
lower portion right there.
596
00:31:20,630 --> 00:31:22,870
If Rhoades actually mined here
597
00:31:22,870 --> 00:31:24,130
and there's
a smelter right by it,
598
00:31:24,130 --> 00:31:25,100
that means something.
599
00:31:25,100 --> 00:31:26,430
-It's a good possibility.
-Let's check it out.
600
00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:38,970
[Ryan] I think if we go
around the side over here,
601
00:31:38,970 --> 00:31:41,930
I think we might be able
to find an access point
to get on top.
602
00:31:41,930 --> 00:31:43,000
Let's do it.
603
00:31:55,700 --> 00:31:57,230
[James] Where was it, Skinner,
up here?
604
00:31:57,230 --> 00:31:59,870
[Ryan] Right up here to the,
to the right.
605
00:31:59,870 --> 00:32:01,270
Right at the end of the cliff.
606
00:32:08,030 --> 00:32:09,630
There it is. Right over here.
607
00:32:09,630 --> 00:32:11,070
-[James] Yeah.
-[Chad] Oh, there it is.
608
00:32:11,070 --> 00:32:13,330
[Ryan] Somebody put
some effort into
putting that together.
609
00:32:13,330 --> 00:32:15,300
[James] They put time into it.
610
00:32:15,300 --> 00:32:17,430
[Ryan] Those are some
heavy boulders, jeez.
611
00:32:20,970 --> 00:32:22,300
[James] Wait a minute.
612
00:32:22,300 --> 00:32:24,500
Look at this!
You know what this is?
613
00:32:26,470 --> 00:32:27,700
It's a marker.
614
00:32:27,700 --> 00:32:29,430
The cairn got us up here
615
00:32:29,430 --> 00:32:31,270
but you wouldn't notice
that it's pointing.
616
00:32:31,270 --> 00:32:32,600
Cause you couldn't
see it from down there.
617
00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:33,900
You had to come up here.
618
00:32:33,900 --> 00:32:35,100
You couldn't see it
because of the back wall
but look at this.
619
00:32:35,100 --> 00:32:36,170
It's a pointer.
620
00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:53,670
What the hell?
621
00:32:56,130 --> 00:32:57,470
God damn.
622
00:33:01,530 --> 00:33:02,930
This wasn't here yesterday.
623
00:33:02,930 --> 00:33:05,330
These are fresh
overnight tracks.
624
00:33:06,870 --> 00:33:08,800
So, I went down to the pond.
625
00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:12,330
I wanted to actuallylook for the, uh,
626
00:33:12,330 --> 00:33:14,130
the trespassers down there.
627
00:33:14,130 --> 00:33:18,630
When I got down there,
I found something
even more surprising.
628
00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:21,470
These very large tracks.
629
00:33:22,370 --> 00:33:23,740
It was all fresh.
630
00:33:23,740 --> 00:33:25,300
You know, I called Duane
right away,
631
00:33:25,300 --> 00:33:27,670
'cause he really
needed to see this.
632
00:33:33,170 --> 00:33:35,200
[Duane] What the heck
is that from?
633
00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:39,030
[Charlie] Maybe those
trespassers were dragging
something out of the pond.
634
00:33:39,030 --> 00:33:41,770
Oh, yeah, yeah.
There is no doubt
something's going on here.
635
00:33:45,270 --> 00:33:47,970
[Charlie] We've seenevidence of the poachersall over the ranch
636
00:33:47,970 --> 00:33:49,570
but this is something new.
637
00:33:49,570 --> 00:33:52,670
It looks like they were
pulling something huge
out of the pond.
638
00:33:54,070 --> 00:33:55,700
[Duane] It looks likethey had something long
639
00:33:55,700 --> 00:33:57,400
like a log or something.
640
00:34:01,130 --> 00:34:02,330
[Charlie] God damn.
641
00:34:09,770 --> 00:34:11,770
[Duane] Oh, [bleep]
642
00:34:11,770 --> 00:34:13,570
The track just keeps on going.
643
00:34:18,100 --> 00:34:19,030
[Duane] What the [bleep]
is this?
644
00:34:21,930 --> 00:34:23,300
[Duane] That's fresh, too.
645
00:34:23,300 --> 00:34:25,470
[Charlie] Yeah.
It's real fresh.
646
00:34:26,100 --> 00:34:27,930
Like, overnight fresh.
647
00:34:27,930 --> 00:34:29,500
Right here.
Look at this [bleep] Charlie.
648
00:34:29,500 --> 00:34:31,400
Right here. Look here.
649
00:34:31,970 --> 00:34:33,970
Right to the beaver ponds.
650
00:34:33,970 --> 00:34:35,830
[Charlie] What the hell
were the trespassers
651
00:34:35,830 --> 00:34:37,370
be doing in the beaver pond?
652
00:34:38,770 --> 00:34:41,300
[Duane] What the [bleep]'s
going on now?
653
00:34:41,300 --> 00:34:42,900
[Charlie] I don't knowwhat to make of this.
654
00:34:42,900 --> 00:34:44,800
If this was from
the trespassers,
655
00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:46,800
they dragged somethingout of the pond,
656
00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:50,030
across the roadand into the beaver ponds.
657
00:34:50,030 --> 00:34:51,930
This doesn't
make any sense to me.
658
00:34:51,930 --> 00:34:55,300
I mean, I've just,
I've never seen
anything like that.
659
00:34:56,630 --> 00:34:59,130
[Duane] Well, Charlie,
let's keep an eye
on this deal.
660
00:34:59,130 --> 00:35:00,700
Let's get the [bleep]
out of here.
661
00:35:01,530 --> 00:35:03,740
But that is so [bleep] wild.
662
00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:08,630
[James] Finally heading
up there.
663
00:36:10,370 --> 00:36:13,530
[narrator] Chad, Jamesand Ryan are followingthe old wagon trail
664
00:36:13,530 --> 00:36:17,070
that leads Northfrom Blind Frog Ranch.
665
00:36:17,070 --> 00:36:20,900
They are searchingfor a landmark knownas the seven pillars.
666
00:36:20,900 --> 00:36:24,670
Which is saidto mark an entranceto the lost Rhoades mine.
667
00:36:24,670 --> 00:36:26,400
[James] This mine
is supposedly
668
00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:28,900
how the LDS church
became wealthy.
669
00:36:28,900 --> 00:36:32,870
How they were able
to bring in three or 4,000
converts a month.
670
00:36:32,870 --> 00:36:35,740
[narrator] So far,they've discoveredan old gold smelter.
671
00:36:36,240 --> 00:36:37,770
[James] It's a smelter.
672
00:36:37,770 --> 00:36:39,770
Look at that.
673
00:36:39,770 --> 00:36:42,370
[narrator] As wellas a directional cairn,
674
00:36:42,370 --> 00:36:45,240
which pointed northwardinto the Uinta mountains.
675
00:36:48,370 --> 00:36:50,940
[Ryan] Yeah,
this is the spot. We're here.
676
00:36:50,940 --> 00:36:54,070
-[Chad] Okay.
-Yeah, we're gonna
be shooting for the, uh,
677
00:36:54,070 --> 00:36:55,940
ridgeline right over here.
678
00:36:55,940 --> 00:36:57,100
See the first hill?
679
00:36:57,100 --> 00:36:59,770
That's where the cairn
was pointing.
680
00:36:59,770 --> 00:37:03,400
[narrator] The ridgelineis steep and 250 feet high.
681
00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:05,770
Since climbing itmight require rappelling,
682
00:37:05,770 --> 00:37:09,740
Chad asks expertJohn Gillham to guide them.
683
00:37:09,740 --> 00:37:12,840
We have to realize
this could be like,
some heavy [bleep].
684
00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:15,740
Like, we could find
the entrance right here
to a [bleep] load of gold.
685
00:37:15,740 --> 00:37:17,140
So it could be really
[bleep] close.
686
00:37:17,140 --> 00:37:19,300
We're gonna have to
keep our heads about us
687
00:37:19,300 --> 00:37:21,800
and see what we find, then.
688
00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:23,140
All right.
Let's start hiking, guys.
689
00:37:23,140 --> 00:37:24,670
-Let's go do it.
-Let's do it.
690
00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:32,500
[Ryan] And like,
this is the easy
part of the hike, too.
691
00:37:33,670 --> 00:37:34,700
Right up here.
692
00:37:42,240 --> 00:37:45,240
Hey, is that marking
right there on that tree?
693
00:37:45,240 --> 00:37:46,500
[Ryan] The second one back?
694
00:37:46,500 --> 00:37:48,570
[James] Right all by itself
in the middle.
695
00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:51,630
[muttering indistinctly]
696
00:37:54,770 --> 00:37:55,940
[Chad] Uh, I don't know.
697
00:37:55,940 --> 00:37:57,840
Looks like a claw mark
in a way but...
698
00:37:57,840 --> 00:37:59,170
[James] Like a claw mark?
699
00:37:59,170 --> 00:38:00,970
-[Chad] Yeah, no signs though.
-No?
700
00:38:03,140 --> 00:38:05,400
[Ryan] Let's keep going.
The ridge is that way.
701
00:38:17,140 --> 00:38:18,800
Hey, look.
Look at this right here.
702
00:38:19,700 --> 00:38:20,870
There's carvings.
703
00:38:21,970 --> 00:38:23,800
That's definitely carvings.
704
00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:25,970
-[James] Oh, yeah.
-Oh, is that like initials?
705
00:38:25,970 --> 00:38:28,000
-What is that? S? W.
-S.
706
00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:30,200
And then three lines.
707
00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:32,100
What is S.W.?
708
00:38:32,100 --> 00:38:36,740
This is definitely
some type of direction.
709
00:38:36,740 --> 00:38:39,700
This, what do you think, Ryan?
Added later?
710
00:38:39,700 --> 00:38:41,370
[Ryan] I think that looks
like an 'I' to me.
711
00:38:42,040 --> 00:38:43,040
[Chad] Yeah, I see it.
712
00:38:43,040 --> 00:38:45,430
So what if there
is something just right there?
713
00:38:45,430 --> 00:38:46,940
-Up here? I mean it's worth...
-Yeah.
714
00:38:46,940 --> 00:38:48,170
I mean,
does this look cut to you?
715
00:38:48,170 --> 00:38:49,140
I mean,
does this look natural?
716
00:38:49,140 --> 00:38:50,100
I mean, look at the tree.
717
00:38:50,100 --> 00:38:51,600
-It already looks--
-Hey, dude, look, too.
718
00:38:52,270 --> 00:38:53,430
[Ryan] Oh.
719
00:38:53,900 --> 00:38:54,940
Cut on top.
720
00:38:54,940 --> 00:38:56,770
it's one of the main markers
721
00:38:56,770 --> 00:38:58,670
that there's something
to look at.
722
00:38:58,670 --> 00:38:59,700
That first
and then you see this.
723
00:38:59,700 --> 00:39:01,470
Maybe that's where
we're going. Yeah.
724
00:39:03,770 --> 00:39:05,840
[narrator] Cut tree-topsis a tracking method
725
00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:08,240
used by indigenous peoplefor centuries.
726
00:39:08,240 --> 00:39:10,330
To locate their landsfrom a distance
727
00:39:10,330 --> 00:39:12,800
and mark trailsto their treasure.
728
00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:15,300
This practice is believedto be handed down
729
00:39:15,300 --> 00:39:17,500
from the Ute AmericanChief Wahkara
730
00:39:17,500 --> 00:39:20,500
to the Mormonsupon their arrival.
731
00:39:20,500 --> 00:39:23,200
[James] We've gota lot of journal entries
732
00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:27,270
from the early Mormon periods
in around the 1850s,
733
00:39:27,270 --> 00:39:31,170
where they discussed,
Thomas Rhoades
cut the top of trees off
734
00:39:31,170 --> 00:39:32,800
to show that
there was treasure nearby.
735
00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:37,040
[Chad] Yeah, let's follow
the tree markers.
736
00:39:37,040 --> 00:39:40,200
[James] They were chopping'em off because you couldsee it from a great distance.
737
00:39:44,100 --> 00:39:45,970
[Chad] So, it could have
meant on top here.
738
00:39:47,870 --> 00:39:48,940
Look at this up here.
739
00:39:55,800 --> 00:39:57,700
Jesus, man, if this goes off,
740
00:39:57,700 --> 00:39:59,100
my heart's gonna...
741
00:40:01,100 --> 00:40:03,200
-Wow.
-Yeah. That's it.
742
00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:04,300
-Holy [bleep]
-Nice!
743
00:40:04,300 --> 00:40:06,040
Look at that.
That's beautiful.
744
00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:13,300
Hey, that's the Seven Sisters.
745
00:40:13,300 --> 00:40:14,670
-That's what
I was wondering, too!
-Look. One...
746
00:40:14,670 --> 00:40:16,740
-If you would
call it the Seven Sisters.
-...two, three, four,
747
00:40:16,740 --> 00:40:18,370
five, seven.
748
00:40:18,370 --> 00:40:20,170
-There's Seven Sisters.
-[Ryan] Is it?
749
00:40:20,170 --> 00:40:22,700
-And the biggest one
marks the cave...
-Right, right.
750
00:40:22,700 --> 00:40:23,940
...at the very end.
751
00:40:23,940 --> 00:40:27,170
[James] That might be
the seven stone monuments.
752
00:40:27,170 --> 00:40:30,630
[narrator] The team believesthe stone markersthey spotted along the ridge
753
00:40:30,630 --> 00:40:32,530
are the seven pillars,
754
00:40:32,530 --> 00:40:35,530
also called the Seven Dragonsor Sisters,
755
00:40:35,530 --> 00:40:38,240
that the Momon journalsdescribed as a landmark
756
00:40:38,240 --> 00:40:40,530
to the lost Rhoades mine.
757
00:40:40,530 --> 00:40:42,400
Guys, the tree
lead us to here.
758
00:40:42,400 --> 00:40:44,530
Then there's the Seven Dragons
right there.
759
00:40:44,530 --> 00:40:47,040
We have all these
tunnels here that said
in the [bleep] journal
760
00:40:47,040 --> 00:40:48,470
that it's right below there.
761
00:40:48,470 --> 00:40:50,000
We're [bleep] on it.
762
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:51,300
-We're on it.
-This is it.
763
00:40:51,300 --> 00:40:53,040
-Yeah, that's the cave
right there.
-Everything is lining up.
764
00:40:53,040 --> 00:40:54,840
Let's find that [bleep]
765
00:40:55,140 --> 00:40:56,330
[cheering]
766
00:40:58,300 --> 00:40:59,900
[narrator] On the next episode
767
00:40:59,900 --> 00:41:01,940
of Mysteryat Blind Frog Ranch.
768
00:41:01,940 --> 00:41:02,940
Rappel on?
769
00:41:03,630 --> 00:41:05,670
We ride together,
we die together.
770
00:41:07,330 --> 00:41:09,670
[bleep] Holy [bleep]
771
00:41:09,670 --> 00:41:11,070
[bleeping]
772
00:41:12,300 --> 00:41:13,670
There's a hole right in there.
773
00:41:13,670 --> 00:41:14,770
This could be the motherload.
774
00:41:14,770 --> 00:41:15,900
Holy crap!
775
00:41:17,570 --> 00:41:19,270
-[bleeping]
-You all right?
776
00:41:21,200 --> 00:41:22,270
[Ryan] James, you good?
777
00:41:23,100 --> 00:41:24,500
[Chad] You all right, James?
778
00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:27,900
Well, he fell earlier.
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