1 00:00:01,360 --> 00:00:04,160 [narrator reading] 2 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:05,860 -[man 1] What'd you find? -[man 2] [bleep] 3 00:00:05,860 --> 00:00:09,260 [narrator] While excavating a potential opening to the cavern system 4 00:00:09,260 --> 00:00:10,560 near the B-side, 5 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:14,460 Chad discovered two gold ingots hidden in a small cave. 6 00:00:14,530 --> 00:00:17,760 Finally get to hold [bleep] gold in my hand. 7 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:21,560 [narrator] Searching for clues as to where the gold might have come from... 8 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:24,160 This is the map of 1858. 9 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:25,960 The ranch would be right around here. 10 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:28,160 [James] Look here. Are you [bleep] me? 11 00:00:28,230 --> 00:00:30,960 [narrator] ...James and Chad followed an old wagon trail 12 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:33,530 that led to an abandoned gold mine... 13 00:00:36,100 --> 00:00:37,760 -[James] Oh, yeah. -And it goes way back in there. 14 00:00:37,830 --> 00:00:39,460 [James] Oh! 15 00:00:39,460 --> 00:00:41,660 [narrator] ...and realized they might be on the path 16 00:00:41,660 --> 00:00:44,060 of the fabled Lost Rhoades mine. 17 00:00:44,130 --> 00:00:46,860 [man] Hey! Look at this! Do you know what this is? 18 00:00:46,860 --> 00:00:48,160 [narrator] Back at the ranch, 19 00:00:48,160 --> 00:00:51,160 Duane and Charlie uncovered several new dig sites 20 00:00:51,160 --> 00:00:52,660 left by the trespassers... 21 00:00:52,730 --> 00:00:54,760 We just keep finding these holes. 22 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:56,760 They sneak in here while we're not here 23 00:00:56,760 --> 00:00:58,000 and it pisses me off. 24 00:00:58,000 --> 00:00:59,860 [narrator] ...along with mysterious tracks 25 00:00:59,860 --> 00:01:01,260 leading from the pond. 26 00:01:01,260 --> 00:01:04,960 This wasn't here yesterday. These are fresh, overnight tracks. 27 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:08,660 [Charlie] What the [bleep] is this? 28 00:01:08,660 --> 00:01:12,060 No, yeah. Yeah, there's no doubt something's going on here. 29 00:01:12,130 --> 00:01:16,130 [intense music playing] 30 00:01:17,660 --> 00:01:22,260 -[narrator] Blind Frog Ranch stretches over 160 acres. -[animals howling] 31 00:01:22,260 --> 00:01:25,860 A remote and rugged area in northeastern Utah. 32 00:01:25,860 --> 00:01:27,960 It's a place shrouded in legends 33 00:01:28,030 --> 00:01:30,260 -of ancient civilizations... -Wow, look at that. 34 00:01:30,260 --> 00:01:32,560 This has to be hundreds of years back. 35 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:34,560 [narrator] ...and a mysterious phenomena. 36 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:36,160 [Duane] There's some kind of dark force. 37 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:38,060 [man] We got something really weird here. 38 00:01:38,130 --> 00:01:39,660 I've never seen anything like that. 39 00:01:39,660 --> 00:01:43,760 [narrator] Duane Ollinger has owned Blind Frog Ranch for over a decade, 40 00:01:43,830 --> 00:01:46,460 convinced that the land holds secrets... 41 00:01:46,460 --> 00:01:48,060 [man] What the [bleep]? 42 00:01:48,130 --> 00:01:51,060 [narrator] ...and a massive cache of Aztec gold hidden underground... 43 00:01:51,060 --> 00:01:52,560 We're sittin' on something huge. 44 00:01:52,630 --> 00:01:55,460 [narrator] ...rumored to be worth more than three billion dollars. 45 00:01:55,460 --> 00:01:57,860 Your ranch is part of the most famous treasure hunt 46 00:01:57,930 --> 00:01:59,160 that's never been solved. 47 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:01,660 [narrator] But every time he's gotten close... 48 00:02:01,660 --> 00:02:02,760 [Chad] [bleep] Look at that. 49 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:04,960 [narrator] ...the land fights back. 50 00:02:05,030 --> 00:02:06,660 What would eat the head off of it? 51 00:02:06,730 --> 00:02:09,060 [dramatic music playing] 52 00:02:09,130 --> 00:02:10,660 -[man 1] Move! -[man 2] [bleep] 53 00:02:10,660 --> 00:02:12,460 -[man 3] Blinking red. -[man 4] Close your mask. 54 00:02:12,460 --> 00:02:14,060 [man 3] Let's get out, go! 55 00:02:14,130 --> 00:02:15,530 [bleep] Go! 56 00:02:20,300 --> 00:02:23,430 [mystical music playing] 57 00:02:29,900 --> 00:02:31,000 -How's it going? -Good. 58 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:32,660 Good. 59 00:02:32,730 --> 00:02:34,060 So what are you thinking? 60 00:02:34,130 --> 00:02:35,160 [man] This is the area... 61 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:39,360 Okay, good. Good. 62 00:02:39,430 --> 00:02:40,930 Make yourself at home. 63 00:02:47,460 --> 00:02:50,100 Hopefully, they'll kick these guys outta here. 64 00:02:50,100 --> 00:02:51,360 Uh, they don't belong. 65 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:53,560 [narrator] For weeks, poachers have been trespassing 66 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:57,260 onto Duane's property and illegally digging for the treasure 67 00:02:57,260 --> 00:02:59,260 under cover of darkness. 68 00:02:59,260 --> 00:03:01,360 With the increasing number of dig sites 69 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:02,760 they've found recently, 70 00:03:02,830 --> 00:03:05,630 Duane has called in the authorities for help. 71 00:03:08,100 --> 00:03:10,460 [Duane] We want these government people comin'. 72 00:03:10,460 --> 00:03:12,730 We want 'em comin', I mean, we want 'em to come hard. 73 00:03:15,300 --> 00:03:18,060 The only way we're gonna get these trespassers off our land 74 00:03:18,130 --> 00:03:20,430 is through the federal agencies. 75 00:03:21,460 --> 00:03:24,100 Otherwise, we'll do it the old-fashioned way. 76 00:03:24,100 --> 00:03:26,330 But it doesn't need to come to that. 77 00:03:27,500 --> 00:03:29,860 So, do they have permission to be out here 78 00:03:29,930 --> 00:03:31,400 and cut this hole and dig it? 79 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:40,530 [Duane] So tell me if they have the right to come out here and do that. 80 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:46,660 [Duane] You know. Look at the [bleep] that they got here. 81 00:03:49,100 --> 00:03:52,060 [Duane] Because I'm the landowner, I'm trying to say, "Get off!" 82 00:03:52,060 --> 00:03:53,860 What's wrong with that? 83 00:03:53,860 --> 00:03:55,760 Is there something wrong with that? 84 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:58,260 -[Ranger] These guys-- -Not the one-- Sir, look at me. 85 00:03:58,260 --> 00:03:59,560 [Duane] Look at me. 86 00:03:59,630 --> 00:04:00,760 It's not right. 87 00:04:04,760 --> 00:04:07,330 [Duane] You know, I ain't gonna back off on that one. 88 00:04:08,460 --> 00:04:09,630 [Duane] Yeah. 89 00:04:11,260 --> 00:04:12,260 [man 1] Yeah. 90 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:15,760 [Duane] All right. Deal. 91 00:04:15,830 --> 00:04:17,660 -[Duane] See ya. All right. -[Ranger] See ya. 92 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:20,760 [Duane] All right, you [bleep] me. 93 00:04:21,860 --> 00:04:23,860 [Charlie] Well, what'd ya learn down there? 94 00:04:23,860 --> 00:04:26,560 Well, he says we got every government agency comin'. 95 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:28,060 And so, that's a good thing. 96 00:04:28,130 --> 00:04:29,760 You know, the boots on the ground people 97 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:32,000 -are always gonna be nice. -[Charlie] Yeah. 98 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:33,860 Charlie boy, I'm telling you right now, 99 00:04:33,930 --> 00:04:36,460 that's the most illegal [bleep] thing I've ever seen in my life. 100 00:04:36,530 --> 00:04:38,760 And I'm gonna go after the people's ass 101 00:04:38,830 --> 00:04:41,360 that gave them... gave them [bleep] permission 102 00:04:41,430 --> 00:04:43,360 to get on my [bleep] property. 103 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:45,430 And I'm not [bleep]. 104 00:04:48,900 --> 00:04:52,530 [intense music playing] 105 00:04:56,660 --> 00:05:01,660 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. 106 00:05:01,660 --> 00:05:03,560 The seven stone monuments. 107 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:05,830 And the biggest one marks the cave. 108 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:09,960 [narrator] Following the wagon trail up to Crow Creek, 109 00:05:10,030 --> 00:05:11,660 Chad, James and Skinner 110 00:05:11,730 --> 00:05:13,560 have located seven stone pillars, 111 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:15,960 sometimes called the Seven Sisters 112 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:17,360 or Dragonback. 113 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:20,360 That, according to Mormon journals, are a key landmark 114 00:05:20,430 --> 00:05:23,460 that guards a cave that will reveal the location 115 00:05:23,460 --> 00:05:25,860 of the fabled Rhoades Mine. 116 00:05:25,930 --> 00:05:27,860 [James] From the base, we'll be able to get a good look 117 00:05:27,860 --> 00:05:29,360 at those caves we spotted. 118 00:05:29,860 --> 00:05:31,460 [Ryan] Sounds good. 119 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:37,430 [exhales] 120 00:05:38,700 --> 00:05:40,730 We could get on top of the rocks over there. 121 00:05:49,260 --> 00:05:51,660 [Chad] At the downed tree, hang a right. 122 00:05:51,730 --> 00:05:55,560 According to legend and clues left behind by Caleb Rhodes himself, 123 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:58,960 there's supposed to be a series of caves close to the Seven Sisters. 124 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:00,760 And inside one of those caves, 125 00:06:00,830 --> 00:06:03,260 there's supposed to be something that looks like an eye. 126 00:06:03,260 --> 00:06:04,960 Like a petroglyph or a carving. 127 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:08,860 And if you stand against that wall and look southeast, 128 00:06:08,860 --> 00:06:11,630 you should be able to see one of the entrances to the Lost Rhoades Mine. 129 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:16,460 [narrator] Caleb Rhodes' use of the eye as a marker 130 00:06:16,460 --> 00:06:19,660 was not the first time an eye played a significant role 131 00:06:19,730 --> 00:06:21,560 in American history. 132 00:06:21,630 --> 00:06:25,560 Since 1935, the back of a US $1 bill 133 00:06:25,630 --> 00:06:29,360 has featured a pyramid topped off with the all-seeing eye, 134 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:31,560 also known as the Eye of Providence, 135 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:33,760 symbolizing divine guidance. 136 00:06:33,830 --> 00:06:37,260 The all-seeing eye's origin stretches back even further 137 00:06:37,330 --> 00:06:38,760 to the late 1700s, 138 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:41,260 when it was adopted by the Freemasons, 139 00:06:41,330 --> 00:06:42,360 to remind them 140 00:06:42,430 --> 00:06:44,760 that God is always watching their actions 141 00:06:44,830 --> 00:06:46,430 and seeing their thoughts. 142 00:06:46,860 --> 00:06:48,360 Since their founding, 143 00:06:48,430 --> 00:06:51,860 Mormons have also featured the all-seeing eye on their temples, 144 00:06:51,860 --> 00:06:55,960 and some believe the eye also points to one of the seven entrances 145 00:06:56,030 --> 00:06:57,860 of the Lost Rhoades mine. 146 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:09,960 Let's keep following that [bleep] to the cave. 147 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:18,560 [Chad] And it points right towards that cave 148 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:20,460 that they're talking about in the journal. 149 00:07:20,460 --> 00:07:22,000 [James] So we're on the right track. 150 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:24,830 [intense music playing] 151 00:07:34,500 --> 00:07:36,160 [Chad] Whoa! Hold up. 152 00:07:38,060 --> 00:07:40,860 [suspenseful music playing] 153 00:07:41,260 --> 00:07:42,460 [James] What is it? 154 00:07:42,460 --> 00:07:44,260 [Chad] Am I crazy or are these two caves 155 00:07:44,260 --> 00:07:47,000 the eyes the journal was talking about? 156 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:49,860 It's like when you look at that, it almost looks like a face. 157 00:07:49,860 --> 00:07:51,530 Like, two eyes looking that way. 158 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:00,460 [James] Yeah, I see it. That's unbelievable. 159 00:08:00,530 --> 00:08:03,230 My God, that's... Holy [bleep]. 160 00:08:04,500 --> 00:08:07,160 [Ryan] The eyes are on the face of the cliff. 161 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:10,160 [narrator] As they approach the seven pillars, 162 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:12,660 the team makes a shocking discovery. 163 00:08:12,660 --> 00:08:14,160 [James] That's insane. 164 00:08:14,230 --> 00:08:17,860 [narrator] There are two caves that form what look like human eyes. 165 00:08:17,860 --> 00:08:20,060 [James] It's not etched into the walls. 166 00:08:20,060 --> 00:08:22,730 It's actually a natural formation. 167 00:08:23,660 --> 00:08:25,660 Holy [bleep]. That might be it. 168 00:08:25,730 --> 00:08:27,560 [Chad] But which one is the eye we're looking for? 169 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:29,060 You really want to get eyeballs on. 170 00:08:29,130 --> 00:08:30,660 It would require rappelling. 171 00:08:30,660 --> 00:08:32,660 -So-- -Oh, yeah, we could just tie off right up there 172 00:08:32,730 --> 00:08:35,100 -and then drop down here. -Let's go try that one right now. 173 00:08:35,100 --> 00:08:36,660 -[Chad] Yeah, we can get-- -We can get up to that one. 174 00:08:36,660 --> 00:08:38,730 Let's try to figure out how to get back into that cave. 175 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:43,530 [intense music playing] 176 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:48,360 [Duane] Yeah, we got trespassers. 177 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:54,730 So I'm gonna spy on them while they're spying on me. 178 00:08:57,660 --> 00:09:00,560 Well, this is a long range spotting scope. 179 00:09:00,560 --> 00:09:04,000 Just a Bushnell. We used it in law enforcement. 180 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,260 I'm gonna put this scope on those guys up there, 181 00:09:06,260 --> 00:09:07,930 see what the hell they're doing. 182 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:16,460 [narrator] Three days ago, Charlie and Duane discovered a new poacher hole... 183 00:09:16,460 --> 00:09:18,460 [Duane] We just keep finding these holes. 184 00:09:18,530 --> 00:09:20,000 You know, these guys don't care. 185 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:22,100 They'll just start digging. 186 00:09:22,100 --> 00:09:25,560 [narrator] ...and tracks leading from the pond to Beaver Creek. 187 00:09:25,630 --> 00:09:26,760 [Duane] This wasn't here yesterday. 188 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:29,460 These are fresh, overnight tracks. 189 00:09:29,530 --> 00:09:31,460 [narrator] Seeking to pursue legal action, 190 00:09:31,530 --> 00:09:34,760 Charlie and Duane are trying to catch the poachers on camera 191 00:09:34,830 --> 00:09:37,230 to use as evidence of trespassing. 192 00:09:39,660 --> 00:09:43,260 [Duane] So we're still dealing with these claim-jumpers. 193 00:09:43,330 --> 00:09:45,860 Our lawyers are saying they can't be up there anymore. 194 00:09:45,930 --> 00:09:48,100 You know, they're supposed to pack it up and get the hell out. 195 00:09:48,100 --> 00:09:50,460 But that doesn't seem to be stopping them. 196 00:09:50,530 --> 00:09:53,760 So hopefully, we can get some evidence and get the state to stop now. 197 00:09:55,100 --> 00:09:57,660 What are those snakes up to, Charlie boy? 198 00:09:57,660 --> 00:10:00,160 [Charlie] They're sitting in a black, older model, 199 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:01,660 looks like Suburban. 200 00:10:01,660 --> 00:10:03,460 And they're just sitting there, watching. 201 00:10:04,560 --> 00:10:06,260 You think you can spy on me 202 00:10:06,260 --> 00:10:08,960 and I can't spy on you? You're full of [bleep]. 203 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:12,660 I can't get a visual on their faces right now. 204 00:10:12,660 --> 00:10:14,160 But I'll tell you, Duane. 205 00:10:14,230 --> 00:10:16,160 These boys are looking to strike. 206 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:24,360 Let's go put out a couple more trail cams 207 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:27,460 and see if we can't catch the, uh, poachers 208 00:10:27,460 --> 00:10:29,330 in the act of coming in here at night. 209 00:10:32,100 --> 00:10:37,860 I'll need the evidence of... of actual trespassing because, 210 00:10:37,860 --> 00:10:41,160 you know, that's, uh, that's definitely a law 211 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:43,430 that I can prosecute them on. 212 00:10:48,260 --> 00:10:50,260 You know, I'm worried about these trespassers 213 00:10:50,330 --> 00:10:52,160 because every time we start a new dig, 214 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:55,060 they sneak in here while we're not here and then they dig. 215 00:10:56,860 --> 00:10:59,760 We have to be very careful until we can get them the hell outta here. 216 00:11:08,500 --> 00:11:10,560 [John] Now, we're pretty high up here. 217 00:11:10,560 --> 00:11:13,360 -How are we looking, John? -Good. 218 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:16,560 [narrator] Just north of the ranch, 219 00:11:16,630 --> 00:11:19,360 Chad is preparing to rappel 250 feet 220 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:21,960 down the cliff-face of the seven pillars 221 00:11:22,030 --> 00:11:25,160 in an attempt to access the caves. 222 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:28,760 On the left, we have a crazy, treacherous, like, steep hill 223 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:30,360 covered in loose rocks. 224 00:11:30,430 --> 00:11:32,530 I mean, it's a recipe for a rock slide right there. 225 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:36,160 And on the right, we have a cave right in the middle 226 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:38,360 of this super tall cliff. 227 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:39,860 So we either have to climb up 228 00:11:39,930 --> 00:11:42,230 or we have to lower ourselves down from above. 229 00:11:43,060 --> 00:11:44,730 [John] We'll start rigging up over here. 230 00:11:48,500 --> 00:11:50,360 But that's why we brought John along. 231 00:11:50,430 --> 00:11:52,060 He's a climbing expert. 232 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:57,560 When we get down there, we're gonna see if we can get in that cave. 233 00:11:57,630 --> 00:12:00,130 Maybe it opens up. That'd be awesome. 234 00:12:03,900 --> 00:12:05,530 [James] Should I help feed it? Or you're good? 235 00:12:06,460 --> 00:12:07,800 Okay. 236 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:12,260 See, right now, we're up to about, like, 9,000 foot elevation. 237 00:12:12,330 --> 00:12:16,060 And our drop is about 250 feet, so it's no joke. 238 00:12:17,100 --> 00:12:21,430 [indistinct conversations] 239 00:12:23,100 --> 00:12:24,160 [John] Okay. 240 00:12:32,460 --> 00:12:34,060 I'm going down first. 241 00:12:34,060 --> 00:12:37,160 And then I'll guide you in from the ledge just below the cave. 242 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:39,360 What a view, huh? 243 00:12:48,260 --> 00:12:50,560 -Yeah, boy! Let's do this [bleep]. -[radio beeps] 244 00:12:50,560 --> 00:12:52,860 [intense music playing] 245 00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:58,360 [narrator] For Chad to enter the cave, 246 00:12:58,430 --> 00:13:03,360 rappelling expert John Gillham must execute a pendulum traverse. 247 00:13:03,430 --> 00:13:05,560 A maneuver where he will anchor the line 248 00:13:05,560 --> 00:13:09,160 and use the rope to swing Chad into the cave mouth. 249 00:13:12,660 --> 00:13:14,360 [Chad] Rappel on! 250 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:16,530 We ride together, we die together. 251 00:13:25,560 --> 00:13:27,460 So what am I looking for when I go in the cave? 252 00:13:27,460 --> 00:13:29,160 You're looking for the eye. 253 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:32,160 Apparently, it's either etched in or it's a natural feature. 254 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:35,560 -The Mormon journal's a bit hazy about that. -[Chad] Got you. 255 00:13:35,560 --> 00:13:37,960 [Ryan] Remember, from below, we thought this whole cliffside 256 00:13:38,030 --> 00:13:40,230 looked like a face with two eyes. 257 00:13:41,260 --> 00:13:43,860 So right now, it's all about figuring out 258 00:13:43,930 --> 00:13:47,230 if it's the left or the right cave that has the clue. 259 00:13:50,660 --> 00:13:52,460 [narrator] At the top of the seven pillars, 260 00:13:52,530 --> 00:13:54,860 Chad is preparing to rappel down the cliff 261 00:13:54,860 --> 00:13:57,660 and into the mouth of one of the caves, 262 00:13:57,660 --> 00:14:03,560 which might hold a clue to the location of the fabled Mormon Lost Rhoades Mine. 263 00:14:03,560 --> 00:14:05,660 [Chad] It looks like this first cave is pretty shallow. 264 00:14:05,660 --> 00:14:07,560 So if I can get in front of it, 265 00:14:07,560 --> 00:14:09,260 we should be able to get a good look inside. 266 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:11,460 [Ryan] All right. 267 00:14:11,460 --> 00:14:14,760 [Chad] Man, they're not exactly making this easy for us. 268 00:14:14,830 --> 00:14:16,830 [James] That's why nobody's found it yet. 269 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:22,830 [breathing heavily] Rappel on! 270 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:25,860 We ride together, we die together. 271 00:14:26,700 --> 00:14:28,660 [intense music playing] 272 00:14:28,660 --> 00:14:29,860 [Chad grunts] 273 00:14:31,260 --> 00:14:34,460 [breathing heavily] 274 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:37,560 [James] How's it feel? 275 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:40,030 [Chad] Whoo! Feel alive, boys! 276 00:14:40,460 --> 00:14:41,630 [whoops] 277 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:45,360 It's kinda like casting a fishing line, 278 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:47,160 trying to get in that right spot. 279 00:14:47,230 --> 00:14:48,860 Fly fishin' with Chad. 280 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:53,160 [Chad straining] Right in here. 281 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:58,160 [John] Definitely swinging on rappel... 282 00:14:58,160 --> 00:15:01,660 [breathing heavily] ...and literally thrusting yourself in... 283 00:15:01,660 --> 00:15:03,460 is going to be tricky. 284 00:15:03,460 --> 00:15:07,460 I'm hoping maybe it'll be... be a little graceful for us. 285 00:15:07,460 --> 00:15:09,830 Just go nice and smooth as possible. 286 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:12,660 [radio beeps] 287 00:15:17,500 --> 00:15:20,360 [bleep] Copy that. Swinging the line. 288 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:24,730 [intense music playing] 289 00:15:31,660 --> 00:15:33,860 Come on. 290 00:15:33,930 --> 00:15:37,660 [narrator] Rappelling expert John Gillham is attempting a pendulum maneuver, 291 00:15:37,660 --> 00:15:42,460 using momentum to swing Chad into the cave mouth. 292 00:15:42,460 --> 00:15:45,430 -[grunts] [bleeping] -[radio beeps] 293 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:51,830 [bleep] 294 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:55,560 [dramatic music playing] 295 00:15:56,800 --> 00:15:58,230 [radio beeps] 296 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:09,330 [bleep] 297 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:15,100 Uh, go for Chad. You okay? 298 00:16:15,100 --> 00:16:16,360 [radio beeps] 299 00:16:16,430 --> 00:16:19,160 With that overhang ledge, we're trying to get over here. 300 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:21,260 We swing, and then you try to grab something, 301 00:16:21,260 --> 00:16:22,630 and you just lose it. 302 00:16:23,260 --> 00:16:24,560 I mean, it's no joke. 303 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:25,830 [radio beeps] 304 00:16:41,860 --> 00:16:43,530 -If there's a way in, I'll get in. -[radio beeps] 305 00:16:46,560 --> 00:16:49,160 So I've never gone-- I've never gone rappelling. 306 00:16:49,230 --> 00:16:51,460 [chuckles] Now I'm going off a 200-foot drop. 307 00:16:56,560 --> 00:16:58,430 [Ryan] So at what point do I get to back out? 308 00:16:59,900 --> 00:17:02,160 Start backing out once I get this off you. 309 00:17:02,230 --> 00:17:03,660 'Cause then you're on the main line. 310 00:17:03,660 --> 00:17:05,830 Oh, I meant backing out of doing this whole thing. 311 00:17:09,860 --> 00:17:12,730 Yeah, it's okay. It's... nice and slow. 312 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:14,430 [sighs] 313 00:17:15,360 --> 00:17:16,400 [John] On belay! 314 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:20,630 -[dramatic music playing] -[Ryan breathing heavily] 315 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:33,860 He's looking good! 316 00:17:33,860 --> 00:17:36,630 [triumphant music playing] 317 00:17:40,360 --> 00:17:42,160 [John] Holy [bleep]. 318 00:17:54,300 --> 00:17:55,730 10-4. 319 00:17:56,560 --> 00:17:57,760 [James] He's looking good. 320 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:02,100 [grunts] [bleep] 321 00:18:02,100 --> 00:18:03,760 Holy [bleep]. 322 00:18:05,700 --> 00:18:09,060 [suspenseful music playing] 323 00:18:13,860 --> 00:18:15,160 How's it going? 324 00:18:16,900 --> 00:18:20,560 [music intensifies] 325 00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:40,130 [pensive music playing] 326 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:51,560 [Ryan] I had so much adrenaline going. [bleep] that was crazy. 327 00:18:51,560 --> 00:18:53,730 I couldn't see any symbols or anything else. 328 00:18:54,700 --> 00:18:56,760 The first cave was so shallow 329 00:18:56,760 --> 00:18:59,430 there was no way you could stand in there and look out. 330 00:19:02,660 --> 00:19:03,960 [Chad] We struck out with the right cave 331 00:19:04,030 --> 00:19:06,960 but luckily we have one more to explore. 332 00:19:07,030 --> 00:19:09,760 The problem with the left side is one wrong step 333 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:11,260 could trigger a rock slide. 334 00:19:13,260 --> 00:19:18,160 [narrator] The left eye cave sits at approximately 8,800 feet elevation. 335 00:19:18,230 --> 00:19:20,660 And reaching it involves a steep climb 336 00:19:20,660 --> 00:19:22,960 through loose rocks and sand. 337 00:19:53,100 --> 00:19:54,960 -[rocks thudding] -[bleep] 338 00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:57,360 -[bleep] -[Ryan] You all right? 339 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:04,460 [James] I mean, the entire [bleep] thing just collapsed. 340 00:20:04,460 --> 00:20:05,860 -All of it. -It did, yeah. 341 00:20:05,930 --> 00:20:08,260 [James] [bleep] 342 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:12,430 The whole goddamn side of the hill gave way. 343 00:20:13,260 --> 00:20:14,760 [Chad] Everybody be careful where you step. 344 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:16,530 These rocks will slide right down. 345 00:20:21,660 --> 00:20:23,760 [James] Yeah, all right. [bleep] 346 00:20:34,360 --> 00:20:37,230 [tense music playing] 347 00:20:43,660 --> 00:20:45,260 [Ryan] How's your shoulder? 348 00:20:45,260 --> 00:20:48,360 [James panting] This is... 349 00:20:48,430 --> 00:20:50,130 It's hard to get up. 350 00:20:53,060 --> 00:20:55,860 Do you want me to take the... detector? 351 00:20:57,260 --> 00:20:58,560 James, you good? 352 00:20:59,360 --> 00:21:00,560 You all right? 353 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:03,360 [James continues panting] 354 00:21:03,430 --> 00:21:04,930 [Ryan] Hey, you need anything? 355 00:21:07,460 --> 00:21:08,660 Get a water. 356 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:10,430 Take a seat, man. 357 00:21:18,500 --> 00:21:20,660 [Chad] Yeah, nice and cool. You all right, James? 358 00:21:20,660 --> 00:21:22,830 Your heart? Oh, it is? 359 00:21:23,360 --> 00:21:24,930 [bleep] 360 00:21:25,260 --> 00:21:28,530 [heart beating] 361 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:36,160 [Ryan] Well, he fell earlier. 362 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:39,630 -[Chad speaking indistinctly] -And this is a... this is a really difficult hike. 363 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:41,760 Comin' up on the sand. 364 00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:43,930 And the... the altitude. 365 00:21:50,360 --> 00:21:53,160 [heart beating] 366 00:22:05,500 --> 00:22:08,960 [heart beating] 367 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:11,660 [Chad] James, tell us what you need, man. 368 00:22:11,660 --> 00:22:12,930 Do you need water? 369 00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:21,860 -Now, I'm startin' to hear again. -[Chad] Okay, good. 370 00:22:21,860 --> 00:22:24,730 -Maybe you're just over exhilarated, maybe? -Uh, yeah. 371 00:22:26,860 --> 00:22:29,160 There you go. I caught my breath finally. 372 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:30,460 Yeah, I can breathe. 373 00:22:30,460 --> 00:22:31,630 -[Chad] Yeah. -Couldn't breathe. 374 00:22:33,260 --> 00:22:34,960 [James] I think laying down helped. 375 00:22:35,030 --> 00:22:38,460 I suddenly started blacking out and sweating 376 00:22:38,460 --> 00:22:40,100 and I couldn't hear anybody. 377 00:22:40,100 --> 00:22:42,760 You know, when I'm flying, like in the airplane, sometimes [bleep] happens, 378 00:22:42,830 --> 00:22:46,260 like, if you pull heavy Gs, all the blood can go down to your feet 379 00:22:46,330 --> 00:22:48,100 and you can just pass out just like that, man. 380 00:22:48,100 --> 00:22:50,060 So you gotta clench up 381 00:22:50,060 --> 00:22:51,560 and to keep the blood up top. 382 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:52,960 So when you laid down, 383 00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:53,960 -I think the blood started pumping to your head. -[James] Yeah. 384 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:56,100 Instantly, it started feeling better. 385 00:22:56,100 --> 00:22:58,660 Couldn't breathe. That's never ever happened. 386 00:22:58,660 --> 00:23:01,760 You know, I'm not sure if it was the fall or the altitude. 387 00:23:01,830 --> 00:23:03,930 I seriously thought I may have been having a heart attack. 388 00:23:07,260 --> 00:23:08,560 [exhales] 389 00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:11,360 Look at this place out here. It's as rugged as it gets. 390 00:23:11,360 --> 00:23:14,860 They would've probably had to call in a helicopter evac for something like that. 391 00:23:14,860 --> 00:23:17,460 The rest and the water helped a little bit. 392 00:23:17,530 --> 00:23:18,830 I'm all right. 393 00:23:23,100 --> 00:23:25,260 Man, look at this place. 394 00:23:25,660 --> 00:23:27,130 This is huge. 395 00:23:31,660 --> 00:23:33,530 If you were to put your back against the wall here, 396 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:35,830 and if you look out there... 397 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:47,300 What are we looking for? We looking for... 398 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:53,560 On the map, we can see what looks like a ridge and some taller trees. 399 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:58,760 I mean, that's clearly a ridge and those tall trees run right up the hidden canyon. 400 00:23:58,830 --> 00:23:59,860 [James] Oh, wow. 401 00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:03,960 Yeah, I see it. 402 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:06,730 You'd have to be up here in order to sit that. 403 00:24:09,060 --> 00:24:11,760 [narrator] Following the gaze of the eye cave southeast, 404 00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:16,360 the team sees a hidden canyon about two miles across the valley. 405 00:24:16,360 --> 00:24:17,760 That's where we need to go. 406 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:19,660 Let's do it. 407 00:24:19,660 --> 00:24:23,160 [intense music playing] 408 00:24:35,060 --> 00:24:36,460 Mm. 409 00:24:36,530 --> 00:24:38,730 I thought I saw something over there. 410 00:24:39,360 --> 00:24:41,000 We'll catch 'em. 411 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:42,560 [narrator] For the past few days, 412 00:24:42,630 --> 00:24:44,760 Charlie has been surveilling the property, 413 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:47,360 hoping to catch the poachers trespassing 414 00:24:47,360 --> 00:24:49,360 onto Blind Frog Ranch, 415 00:24:49,430 --> 00:24:53,930 so they can pursue legal action and get them removed from the area. 416 00:24:57,660 --> 00:25:00,260 [Charlie] I'm gonna take you down here to a spot where 417 00:25:00,260 --> 00:25:03,260 I actually saw something really weird. 418 00:25:03,260 --> 00:25:05,560 And whatever it was, I even got a photo of it. 419 00:25:06,660 --> 00:25:08,160 This is it. 420 00:25:08,230 --> 00:25:11,560 Right down there in that body of water. 421 00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:15,360 You know, I was patrolling the property this morning, doing some surveillance 422 00:25:15,360 --> 00:25:20,560 and checking the trail cams for trespassers and... right down there, 423 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:23,260 in these weeds, sounded like water moving. 424 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:27,930 And I was able to grab my phone 425 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:29,930 and this is what I got. 426 00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:35,560 But that's a huge... whatever it is. 427 00:25:35,630 --> 00:25:38,860 And there were no legs that I could see whatsoever. 428 00:25:38,860 --> 00:25:40,960 It looks like the tail of its back here. 429 00:25:41,030 --> 00:25:44,760 But that's only about 12 to 13 feet stickin' out of the water. 430 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:47,860 The other half is driving straight down. 431 00:25:47,860 --> 00:25:49,100 I don't know what in hell it was. 432 00:25:49,100 --> 00:25:51,360 I've never seen anything like it in my life. 433 00:25:51,430 --> 00:25:53,160 That's a serpent-looking thing. 434 00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:56,360 But it's got scales like an alligator would, 435 00:25:56,430 --> 00:25:58,000 all along its back. 436 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:01,360 But I'll tell you one thing. It definitely wasn't the trespassers. 437 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:07,660 [intense music playing] 438 00:26:15,700 --> 00:26:19,660 [James] Hey, I'm starting to see a lot of mineralized rock. 439 00:26:19,730 --> 00:26:21,060 [Ryan] Really interesting. 440 00:26:23,260 --> 00:26:26,000 See all that? They're quartz veins, Ryan. 441 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:27,360 [Chad] Quartz leads to gold, huh? 442 00:26:27,360 --> 00:26:29,160 [James] Yeah. That's what they would've followed. 443 00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:31,160 [narrator] Chad, James and Ryan 444 00:26:31,230 --> 00:26:33,260 are following the gaze of the Mormon eye 445 00:26:33,260 --> 00:26:36,330 to a canyon they spotted two miles southeast. 446 00:26:40,100 --> 00:26:41,630 [Ryan] I think we're in the right area. 447 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:49,100 What is that? 448 00:26:50,460 --> 00:26:53,460 You guys see kind of what looks like a stacked row of rocks? 449 00:26:53,460 --> 00:26:55,160 Yeah, looks different than everything else. 450 00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:58,160 [mysterious music playing] 451 00:27:00,460 --> 00:27:02,230 [Chad] Kind of looks like where you found the gold ingots. 452 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:08,730 I see almost what looks like a stacked row of rocks up here. 453 00:27:09,100 --> 00:27:10,860 And above that... 454 00:27:10,860 --> 00:27:13,360 it looks to be some kind of a depression 455 00:27:13,360 --> 00:27:15,360 -or a void. -[James] Let's check it out. 456 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:24,530 [grunts] 457 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:33,330 There's a lot of what looks like tailings over here. 458 00:27:34,860 --> 00:27:36,430 Like [bleep] was dumped. 459 00:27:42,360 --> 00:27:46,360 All this crushed up rock like this? That's not normal. No way. 460 00:27:46,360 --> 00:27:50,760 Yeah, it looks like they were mining. [bleep] Look here. 461 00:27:51,660 --> 00:27:53,560 [Ryan] It's like everything caved in. 462 00:27:54,660 --> 00:27:56,000 That was the overhang. 463 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:58,860 They blew that up and filled this whole [bleep] full of rocks. 464 00:27:58,860 --> 00:28:01,560 It's obviously something important that they covered up. 465 00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:03,030 [James] I think you're right on the money. 466 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:07,160 Here. 467 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:13,560 -Are you seeing anything? -[Ryan] It's too tight. 468 00:28:13,630 --> 00:28:17,060 Wait. Guys, you can feel cold air coming out from down here. 469 00:28:17,060 --> 00:28:18,860 [Chad] Are you [bleep] me? 470 00:28:18,860 --> 00:28:21,360 -That's how you know there's a cave or not. -[Ryan] Yes, exactly. 471 00:28:21,360 --> 00:28:25,060 [Ryan] You can feel the movement of ice-cold air. 472 00:28:25,130 --> 00:28:26,660 [Chad] It is 100% there is a cave. 473 00:28:26,730 --> 00:28:28,560 Feel that. Feel it. It's like an ice cube. 474 00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:30,460 -Feel it. -It's... freezing. 475 00:28:31,460 --> 00:28:32,760 Holy [bleep]. 476 00:28:32,860 --> 00:28:35,960 [narrator] The strong flow of cold air sucking into the hole 477 00:28:36,030 --> 00:28:38,960 indicates a substantial cavern underground. 478 00:28:39,030 --> 00:28:41,760 Differences between underground and surface temperatures 479 00:28:41,830 --> 00:28:43,260 create a pressure system 480 00:28:43,260 --> 00:28:47,960 that can be used to estimate the size of the cavern network below. 481 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:49,760 [Chad] Look at that. It's sucking it in. 482 00:28:49,830 --> 00:28:51,860 -[James] Look where it's going. It's going right down. -[Chad] It's pushing down. 483 00:28:51,860 --> 00:28:53,260 It's going down that way. 484 00:28:53,260 --> 00:28:55,660 -[Chad] Yeah, to the south. -[James] Right towards Blind Frog! 485 00:28:57,660 --> 00:29:01,160 Yeah, there... there's something metal down here. 486 00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:03,060 Pull it up, dude. 487 00:29:03,060 --> 00:29:05,060 [Chad] What the [bleep] is that? 488 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:08,000 That's an iron spike, look. 489 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:09,660 -[Chad] Like a railroad spike? -[James] Yeah. 490 00:29:09,660 --> 00:29:12,260 [Ryan] Someone hitted it with a hammer. It's all deformed. 491 00:29:12,260 --> 00:29:13,960 [Chad] That could be a [bleep] railing system. 492 00:29:14,030 --> 00:29:15,860 [James] Yeah, that's exactly what it is. 493 00:29:15,860 --> 00:29:18,960 They had a [bleep] railing system in here, hauling this [bleep] outta here. 494 00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:21,260 This is definitely a mine shaft of some kind. 495 00:29:21,260 --> 00:29:24,360 100% that was blown up and covered. 496 00:29:24,430 --> 00:29:26,000 They're hiding something, obviously. 497 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:30,160 [narrator] The discovery of an ore cart rail tie and a tailing pile of quartz 498 00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:33,760 indicate that this collapsed cave was once a mine. 499 00:29:33,830 --> 00:29:37,560 The question is, could it be one of the seven entrances 500 00:29:37,630 --> 00:29:39,160 to the Lost Rhoades Mine 501 00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:41,000 mentioned in Mormon journals? 502 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:44,000 We found all these tailings all over the place. 503 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:46,560 And then we find this iron spike. 504 00:29:46,630 --> 00:29:51,000 It's at least 19th century, from all the oxidization that has occurred. 505 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:53,660 It looks like a collapsed mine. 506 00:29:53,730 --> 00:29:56,760 This is an entry into the underground system. 507 00:29:56,760 --> 00:29:58,330 This is what we've been looking for. 508 00:29:59,960 --> 00:30:01,760 My God, this whole thing is just gonna keep collapsing. 509 00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:04,660 There's no way I can keep pulling out these little pebbles 510 00:30:04,660 --> 00:30:07,100 and make any kind of headway. It's gonna take something bigger. 511 00:30:07,100 --> 00:30:09,000 -Yeah. -We need equipment in here. 512 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:11,460 [Ryan] Is there even a way to get an excavator up here? 513 00:30:11,460 --> 00:30:14,000 I dunno how the hell you bring an excavator in here. 514 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:15,630 You'd need a Chinook. 515 00:30:16,860 --> 00:30:18,560 Also, we're on BLM land. 516 00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:21,960 We can't just keep digging. We have to get the proper permits. 517 00:30:22,030 --> 00:30:25,000 We have to check to see if anybody has a claim in this area. 518 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:27,660 -[Ryan] That could take months. -[bleep] 519 00:30:27,660 --> 00:30:28,860 Look at all this tailing. 520 00:30:28,860 --> 00:30:30,960 They've been digging out of this [bleep] for years, man. 521 00:30:31,030 --> 00:30:34,860 And you stick your hand in there, it's cold, there's a mine in there, 100%. 522 00:30:34,930 --> 00:30:37,660 But to get all that [bleep] out, we'd have to have a major mining operation. 523 00:30:37,730 --> 00:30:39,960 'Cause these are huge boulders we gotta pull out. 524 00:30:40,030 --> 00:30:42,260 We can't get equipment in here, we gotta get mining permits. 525 00:30:42,260 --> 00:30:43,460 We gotta do all kinds of [bleep]. 526 00:30:43,460 --> 00:30:46,000 I mean, it's a shame but we just can't dig this out. 527 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:48,000 [Ryan] The only way this thing is gonna get opened up 528 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,160 is with a major mining operation. 529 00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:02,230 [Ryan] I want in. I want in now. 530 00:31:02,300 --> 00:31:04,460 -It's not gonna happen. -Like, I'll keep moving the boulders 531 00:31:04,530 --> 00:31:06,260 -but I just-- -It's not gonna happen right now. 532 00:31:06,260 --> 00:31:08,230 [James] You just can't get these big ones out of here without equipment. 533 00:31:09,830 --> 00:31:12,130 [narrator] Following the gaze of the eye cave, 534 00:31:12,130 --> 00:31:14,000 Chad, James and Skinner 535 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:17,460 have discovered a collapsed mine about two miles away... 536 00:31:17,530 --> 00:31:19,360 -[Chad] James, look at this [bleep]. -[James] Oh, man. 537 00:31:19,430 --> 00:31:21,360 [narrator] ...possibly one of seven entrances 538 00:31:21,430 --> 00:31:23,860 to the fabled Rhoades gold mine. 539 00:31:23,860 --> 00:31:25,830 The only way this thing is gonna get opened up 540 00:31:25,900 --> 00:31:27,660 is with a major mining operation. 541 00:31:27,660 --> 00:31:30,260 Look around. We're in the middle of nowhere. 542 00:31:30,260 --> 00:31:33,460 This is an entry into the underground system. 543 00:31:33,460 --> 00:31:37,460 Unfortunately, we're gonna have to find another way into the underground. 544 00:31:37,460 --> 00:31:39,000 We might not be able to get in here 545 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:41,100 but look where this tunnel is pointed. 546 00:31:41,100 --> 00:31:43,360 It goes down directly towards the ranch. 547 00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:46,360 This is just one of seven entrances 548 00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:48,930 according to the Mormon journal. 549 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:52,560 The other six could be off BLM land. 550 00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:54,260 Maybe even on our property. 551 00:31:54,260 --> 00:31:56,760 [Chad] So this might connect to the Keyhole Cavern system. 552 00:31:56,760 --> 00:32:00,360 -Below Blind Frog Ranch. -They're all connected. 553 00:32:00,430 --> 00:32:01,830 [narrator] With the mine entrance blocked 554 00:32:01,830 --> 00:32:04,000 and inaccessible by heavy equipment, 555 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:07,930 the team will have to find one of the other six recorded entrances 556 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:09,930 closer to Blind Frog Ranch. 557 00:32:09,930 --> 00:32:11,100 Let's go. 558 00:32:12,500 --> 00:32:15,100 Blind Frog Ranch is right down this way. 559 00:32:15,100 --> 00:32:18,100 And the cave appears to lead directly to it. 560 00:32:18,100 --> 00:32:20,230 [narrator] By following the direction of the cave, 561 00:32:20,300 --> 00:32:24,230 they hope to be able to locate where and if it intersects 562 00:32:24,230 --> 00:32:27,160 with the Keyhole Cavern underneath the property. 563 00:32:32,860 --> 00:32:38,330 [intense music playing] 564 00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:43,730 [Duane] Welcome back, fellas. 565 00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:44,730 [Chad] This trip was wild. 566 00:32:44,730 --> 00:32:47,830 We rappelled down this, like, 250-foot cliff, 567 00:32:47,830 --> 00:32:49,260 looking for this cave. 568 00:32:49,260 --> 00:32:51,560 You guys went rappelling without us? 569 00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:53,760 [all chuckling] 570 00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:55,360 [man] You couldn't handle this, Charlie. 571 00:32:55,430 --> 00:32:56,430 [Duane] Charlie could handle it. 572 00:32:57,500 --> 00:32:58,560 Yeah. 573 00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:00,830 But eventually, it led us to a collapsed cave. 574 00:33:00,830 --> 00:33:02,660 So we started getting some of the rocks out 575 00:33:02,660 --> 00:33:06,360 and feel, like, cool air, like a breeze. 576 00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:09,660 The cool air, to me, means either there's another entrance 577 00:33:09,730 --> 00:33:12,460 where it's blowing air through the whole system. 578 00:33:12,460 --> 00:33:15,830 Or there's a much deeper cavern system below 579 00:33:15,900 --> 00:33:19,130 -that it's tied into. -Exactly. 580 00:33:19,130 --> 00:33:22,060 [narrator] The volume of airflow in and out of a cave opening 581 00:33:22,060 --> 00:33:25,360 is an indication of the size of the cavern system below. 582 00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:27,360 The larger the cavern system, 583 00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:31,360 the stronger the airflow will be in and out of the cave. 584 00:33:31,360 --> 00:33:37,060 This is a geological phenomenon known as cave breathing. 585 00:33:37,060 --> 00:33:40,360 This could have been one of the entrances to the Rhoades Mine. 586 00:33:40,430 --> 00:33:41,830 But where is this place? 587 00:33:41,900 --> 00:33:44,330 Well, that's the problem. It's on BLM land. 588 00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:48,260 And this isn't just like some easy process. 589 00:33:48,260 --> 00:33:49,730 Like, there's huge boulders 590 00:33:49,730 --> 00:33:52,530 and we'd have to have a full-scale mining operation there. 591 00:33:53,930 --> 00:33:56,030 You know, fellas, that's all good information, 592 00:33:56,030 --> 00:33:57,360 but we can't get off our property. 593 00:33:57,360 --> 00:33:59,660 We know what claim-jumpers are doing to us 594 00:33:59,730 --> 00:34:01,960 and we don't wanna be one of those ourselves. 595 00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:05,100 But the bottom line is that that's just one entrance. 596 00:34:05,100 --> 00:34:09,360 -The legend is there is seven entrances. -[James] Correct. 597 00:34:09,430 --> 00:34:11,730 So if we can find out wherever that tunnel leads, 598 00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:14,230 maybe we can find one of these other entrances. 599 00:34:16,460 --> 00:34:20,460 That's damn good thinking, fellas, and maybe will lead to what we're doing here. 600 00:34:20,460 --> 00:34:22,900 But right now, we got... we got bigger problems. 601 00:34:24,100 --> 00:34:25,560 Yeah? Like what? 602 00:34:25,560 --> 00:34:28,730 The trespassers, they are a top priority. 603 00:34:28,730 --> 00:34:30,830 You know, if we can catch 'em in the act, 604 00:34:30,830 --> 00:34:32,660 we can move them the hell outta here. 605 00:34:41,160 --> 00:34:43,460 [narrator] The team heads out to sweep the property 606 00:34:43,460 --> 00:34:46,430 for evidence of the trespassers' operation. 607 00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:51,000 Charlie and Chad climb up to investigate 608 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:54,660 what appears to be a camp hidden at high altitude. 609 00:34:54,730 --> 00:34:57,260 Yeah, I've been watching these guys... up here. 610 00:34:57,260 --> 00:34:59,100 Of course, they've been watching me, too. 611 00:34:59,100 --> 00:35:01,060 But let's see what they got going on up here. 612 00:35:01,060 --> 00:35:03,730 [Chad] [bleep] man, they got [bleep] scattered all over the [bleep] place. 613 00:35:03,730 --> 00:35:05,630 [Charlie] I can see these piles of dirt. 614 00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:10,430 What the [bleep]? Look how big this is, man. 615 00:35:13,100 --> 00:35:14,460 Look at this [bleep]. 616 00:35:14,530 --> 00:35:16,660 [Charlie] Holy [bleep]! Look at this. 617 00:35:18,300 --> 00:35:19,460 Man. 618 00:35:19,460 --> 00:35:22,930 [intense music playing] 619 00:35:23,930 --> 00:35:26,360 This is way deeper than those other ones. 620 00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:28,800 I'm talking that's like 25 to 30 foot. 621 00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:38,130 They're looking for the treasure like we are. 622 00:35:38,130 --> 00:35:39,560 They're treasure-hunting. 623 00:35:39,630 --> 00:35:41,930 They're trying to beat us to the punch. 624 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:44,560 We spent near 14 years up here now. 625 00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:48,360 And they think they can just run right in here and start digging a bunch of holes. 626 00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:50,930 And just walk right out with all of the treasure, 627 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:52,330 whatever it might be. 628 00:35:54,160 --> 00:35:55,730 I'm tired of this [bleep]. 629 00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:57,030 -[Chad] Yeah. -This ends now. 630 00:35:57,030 --> 00:35:59,230 Let's-- Let's stop these [bleep]. 631 00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:07,930 What you got over here? 632 00:36:07,930 --> 00:36:10,360 Well, got a little surprise for you. 633 00:36:10,360 --> 00:36:11,860 [Charlie] What's that? 634 00:36:11,860 --> 00:36:14,230 -[Duane] Oh, hell. -[Ryan] That your own beer? 635 00:36:14,230 --> 00:36:16,060 That's when you know you've made it. 636 00:36:16,060 --> 00:36:18,730 You got your face on a beer. 637 00:36:19,230 --> 00:36:20,830 The Golden Hef. 638 00:36:20,900 --> 00:36:22,360 [Duane] Oh, hell. 639 00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:24,060 [James] Baby cow. Look at that deal. 640 00:36:24,060 --> 00:36:26,160 -Cheers. -Cheers, boys. 641 00:36:28,260 --> 00:36:30,060 How was Crow Creek this weekend? 642 00:36:30,060 --> 00:36:32,830 Oh, it was good. So we hiked all the way up Crow Creek 643 00:36:32,900 --> 00:36:35,330 and we find this huge, collapsed cave. 644 00:36:35,330 --> 00:36:37,460 -We started digging some rocks outta there. -[James] Yeah. 645 00:36:37,530 --> 00:36:39,060 And you could feel, like, cold air. 646 00:36:39,060 --> 00:36:43,730 If we have difficulty with that, there's gotta be another entrance close by. 647 00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:45,000 [Duane] How do I look? 648 00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:46,560 [Charlie] 20 years younger. 649 00:36:46,630 --> 00:36:48,130 Well, it's better looking than I am. 650 00:36:48,130 --> 00:36:49,930 [all laughing] 651 00:36:49,930 --> 00:36:51,830 They must have doctored that up a little bit. 652 00:36:51,900 --> 00:36:54,130 -Yeah, they damn sure did. -For the ladies out there. 653 00:36:54,130 --> 00:36:56,230 -Put that pretty face on a beer can. -Yeah. 654 00:36:56,300 --> 00:36:58,330 [Ryan] Charlie, where's your face? I'm surprised you're not on there. 655 00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:00,460 [Chad] He's on there. He's on the bottom. 656 00:37:00,460 --> 00:37:02,300 [all laughing] 657 00:37:08,230 --> 00:37:10,430 -[Chad] They have a railing system here. -Yeah. 658 00:37:10,500 --> 00:37:11,860 To pull out the dirt. 659 00:37:11,860 --> 00:37:13,930 Chad and I just found a brand new hole 660 00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:16,930 that was being dug by the trespassers coming out here. 661 00:37:16,930 --> 00:37:21,260 It's a fresh dig, and they're probably coming at night when we're not here. 662 00:37:21,260 --> 00:37:24,730 They're seeing what we're doing, constantly. 663 00:37:24,730 --> 00:37:27,460 [narrator] Waiting until the team leaves for the night to dig, 664 00:37:27,460 --> 00:37:30,230 the trespassers have carefully chosen dig sites 665 00:37:30,230 --> 00:37:31,760 that are around the perimeter 666 00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:33,930 in order to avoid detection. 667 00:37:34,860 --> 00:37:37,500 Oh, there's no way they could've done this by hand. 668 00:37:38,660 --> 00:37:40,430 What else would they have done it with? 669 00:37:40,430 --> 00:37:42,760 They didn't have an excavator. There's no tracks that excavators-- 670 00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:44,030 No, there's no tracks 671 00:37:44,030 --> 00:37:46,230 but that's a lot of damn work by hand. 672 00:37:47,160 --> 00:37:49,130 I don't know how many people they had out here. 673 00:37:50,660 --> 00:37:52,430 What the [bleep]? Why here? 674 00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:55,660 -I'm tired of this [bleep]. This ends now. -Yeah. 675 00:37:55,730 --> 00:37:57,930 Let's, let's stop these [bleep]. 676 00:37:57,930 --> 00:38:01,160 [tense music playing] 677 00:38:05,460 --> 00:38:07,960 [narrator] Meanwhile, Duane and James have spotted 678 00:38:07,960 --> 00:38:10,330 something unusual on the property. 679 00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:11,960 Here it is, James. 680 00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:13,330 They got some gear. 681 00:38:14,030 --> 00:38:16,560 -Charlie boy! -[Charlie] Yeah? 682 00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:17,830 Come on down here! 683 00:38:20,360 --> 00:38:22,360 They got some kind of gear up here. 684 00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:24,560 -Is this theirs? -Yeah. 685 00:38:24,560 --> 00:38:28,000 -[Charlie] Well, that's a damn tent. -[Duane] Look at that sack. 686 00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:29,160 [Charlie] Their bags. 687 00:38:30,030 --> 00:38:31,430 -Yeah, bring it up here. -Should I bring it-- 688 00:38:36,730 --> 00:38:38,430 [Duane] What the hell? 689 00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:43,230 -[Charlie] Yeah. -This is explosive wire. Look at that. 690 00:38:44,930 --> 00:38:46,430 It's dynamite, boys. 691 00:38:48,060 --> 00:38:49,360 They're blowing [bleep] up out here. 692 00:38:49,360 --> 00:38:51,260 [Duane] They damn sure are. 693 00:38:51,260 --> 00:38:53,930 That's on the ranch. We gonna keep that as evidence. 694 00:38:53,930 --> 00:38:56,060 All right. Good thinkin'. 695 00:38:56,060 --> 00:38:58,560 That hole up there is 30 foot deep. 696 00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:00,060 These guys ain't [bleep] around. 697 00:39:00,060 --> 00:39:01,660 They've been up here for months. 698 00:39:01,730 --> 00:39:03,930 -Yeah. [bleep] -You know what? 699 00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:05,660 This [bleep] ends now. 700 00:39:05,730 --> 00:39:09,330 -It ends [bleep] now, boys. -[Chad] Yeah. 701 00:39:09,330 --> 00:39:12,360 [narrator] For Duane to get the poachers removed from his property, 702 00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:15,160 he'll need to take matters into his own hands 703 00:39:15,160 --> 00:39:16,800 and to the courts. 704 00:39:28,660 --> 00:39:31,930 Well, looks like they left more of their [bleep]. 705 00:39:31,930 --> 00:39:34,200 We damn sure got a present for their asses. 706 00:39:35,660 --> 00:39:37,560 [bleep] trespassers. 707 00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:43,130 The people out here doin' it think they have the right to do it. 708 00:39:43,130 --> 00:39:44,830 Here's how it's gonna go down. 709 00:39:44,900 --> 00:39:48,200 I'll get a hold of the lawyers. We'll get this [bleep] shut down. 710 00:40:24,760 --> 00:40:28,030 [narrator] Next on the Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch... 711 00:40:28,030 --> 00:40:31,030 We're gonna pop a hole in the energy zone and see if we can find that void. 712 00:40:31,030 --> 00:40:34,030 Chad. Got some trespassers on foot. 713 00:40:34,030 --> 00:40:35,230 -Right there. -Right there. 714 00:40:35,300 --> 00:40:36,560 [Duane] [bleep] Charlie, your right! 715 00:40:36,630 --> 00:40:38,730 There they go. They're running right through there. 716 00:40:38,730 --> 00:40:40,300 [Duane] Charlie boy, they're haulin' ass. 717 00:40:41,160 --> 00:40:42,560 What the hell is that? 718 00:40:42,630 --> 00:40:46,160 [bleep] Something killed this. I don't know what the hell it is. 719 00:40:46,660 --> 00:40:48,000 Duane! 720 00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:51,560 What you described, that doesn't exist up here in this region. 721 00:40:51,560 --> 00:40:55,330 This is something very odd I haven't seen before, and I've seen it all. 722 00:40:55,330 --> 00:40:56,730 [Duane] Here we come. 723 00:40:56,730 --> 00:40:59,360 We're gonna take the rat hole rig right down through this ravine. 724 00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:01,560 If he slips, it's dangerous. 725 00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:02,930 It's no game. 726 00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:06,660 Here we go. That'll make his [bleep] pucker up. 727 00:41:06,660 --> 00:41:08,230 Be careful of collapse. 728 00:41:08,230 --> 00:41:11,560 -[Chad] This could be unstable. -It could be very unstable. 729 00:41:13,260 --> 00:41:14,430 [bleep] 730 00:41:14,430 --> 00:41:16,430 [Charlie] Starting to see some storm clouds. 731 00:41:16,430 --> 00:41:20,000 We got a [bleep] 100-foot lightning rod stickin' up. 732 00:41:20,260 --> 00:41:22,000 [thunderclap] 733 00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:24,330 That lightning's two miles away! 734 00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:25,430 Oh [bleep]. 735 00:41:25,500 --> 00:41:28,360 -[thunderclap] -[bleeping]