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Previously on "Blind Frog Ranch,"
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with Duane Ollinger
suffering from health issues.
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I mean, Duane's health's not
good enough to come out here.
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His eyes aren't here anymore.
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Renowned treasure hunter Ron Feldman
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has joined his son Josh and the team
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to continue the search for the Aztec gold.
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This is the Keyhole Chamber, Dad.
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- OK.
- Big chamber right here.
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They've discovered evidence
of Mormon settlers
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searching for Aztec treasure.
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It would have to be the Mormons.
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They were the ones that were here.
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This has a lot to do
with everything you guys
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have been looking for.
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And acquired the journal
of a Mormon pioneer
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who may have had access
to the Keyhole Chamber.
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- See, people were working out of this.
- Yeah, right, right.
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- This was a working journal.
- Right.
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I think we need to follow
those instructions
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and see where it leads us.
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Following a passage from the journal...
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- OK, so it's right over here.
- Yes.
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Josh, James, and Eric have unearthed
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a gold processing site.
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- That's it.
- Look at that, that's gold.
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They now believe
the Mormons were accessing
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the Keyhole Chamber through
a 19th-century mine entrance.
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That means there's gold
somewhere near.
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- Blind Frog Ranch.
- Hell yeah.
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The journal is leading us towards gold.
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Legends of ancient treasures...
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It could go thousands of years back.
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And unexplained phenomena.
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This. I'm not messing with that.
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Meet at a 160-acre property
in Northeast Utah,
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known as Blind Frog Ranch.
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For decades, teams have
searched the land
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for long-lost Aztec gold.
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But the closer they get...
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- That's it.
- Look at that, that's gold.
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The harder the land fights back.
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Whoa.
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What the hell's going on?
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Now, a prolific miner...
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We're standing on a pile of gold.
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And a legendary treasure hunter...
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There must be another tunnel
entrance, something.
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Armed with new evidence...
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- Look at this.
- What'd you find?
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- What the hell is that?
- And a fabled artifact...
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There's a date on it... 1912.
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Will take on a 500-year-old curse...
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Fire in the hole.
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And a land littered with traps.
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Whoa, whoa, whoa.
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To find a $3 billion treasure.
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They won't stop until
they uncover the mystery
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of what lurks below...
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- Guys, it's caving.
- Run.
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At "Blind Frog Ranch."
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Yeah, it looks like I'm down
a pretty hard layer here.
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Whatever that is should be in the pan.
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Two days ago, Ron and Josh
discovered a journal entry
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that references a location
near Blind Frog Ranch.
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To the first branch
of White Rocks Creek.
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That's west of us.
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The passage says marked trees
lead us to the shaft.
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We think that could mean
some kind of an entrance
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right here on Blind Frog Ranch.
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The team set out to follow the passage.
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That's where there's supposed to be
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the markings in the trees is in that stand.
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So this way, I'll keep the compass out.
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And discovered an arrastra,
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a rudimentary mill used
in the 1800s to crush ore.
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If they're building a furnace,
they had to be smelting ore.
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Which means there's a mine close by.
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What if that mine is our entrance?
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Now that Josh thinks
the Mormons were using
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a mine entrance to access
the Keyhole Chamber,
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the team is excavating the site in stages,
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they will move outward from the center,
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looking for evidence of a trail
or a path to a mine entrance
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that accesses the Keyhole Chamber.
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After you pull ore from a mine,
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the first place you go is to your arrastra.
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And if you do that enough,
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you're gonna leave a lot of clues behind.
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Foot traffic or wagon wheels
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can leave a lasting impression
in the earth.
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We find anything like that,
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it could lead us directly
to the mine entrance.
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But I'm gonna detect the pan
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to make sure it's in there, and...
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OK, I'll work on that other section.
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OK.
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- There you go.
- It's in the pan.
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- Do you wanna bring it over here?
- Sure.
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We'll work it.
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So the area around
the arrastra it's massive.
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I mean, endless trees,
mountains, you know, plains.
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So we can't just willy-nilly go
looking for this cave entrance.
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Excavating this arrastra is
our best chance of finding
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clues to where
this mine entrance may be.
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We're looking for not only
just minerals such as gold
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and things like that, but also artifacts,
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ancient artifacts that will maybe tell us
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from which direction this ore
came in from,
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where... where the source of that ore is.
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- Look at that.
- What's that right there?
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- It's a bolt.
- Yeah.
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- It's definitely not ancient.
- No.
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'Cause it looks like it's...
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- It's squared off at the... at the top.
- Yeah.
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- But it's threaded.
- Looks like it's oxidized quite a bit.
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Yeah.
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We found a bolt, but it's really difficult
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to determine what era it came from,
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why it was there.
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It's... it's a very common
artifact, basically.
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It was used to hold something together.
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You know,
some kind of piece of equipment.
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It could be 1800s, it could be 1930s.
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This bolt is about 20 feet
from the arrastra.
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Because of where we found this bolt,
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it... it will give us a direction
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that we can further follow
to perhaps find this mine.
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All right, I'm gonna continue
on detecting.
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- OK.
- K?
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Rock.
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James?
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- You hear that?
- Yeah.
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It's iron, and whatever it is,
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it appears to be pretty big.
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It's gotta be like right here.
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That's...
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Look at that.
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It's a horseshoe.
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That's what was making
that thing sing out like that.
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- You guys got something?
- Hey, come here.
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I mean, that was hand forged,
look at that.
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- Yeah, look at that.
- It's so lopsided.
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Yeah, it's just rough around the edges.
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So this was in the...
the last section of the grid.
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- OK.
- That would be in five-five.
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That's about 50 feet from the arrastra,
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back towards the west.
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Given the smaller size of the shoe,
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this was from the mule, right?
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And with the bolt we found earlier,
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maybe these were
from some kind of wagon or cart.
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That would make sense, right?
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Yeah, they would have brought
the ore and stored it,
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and then they got it ready
to be crushed and then take it
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- over to the furnace, right?
- That's amazing.
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Just another clue.
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In the mid-1800s, Mormons used mules
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because they were small
enough to fit into mine tunnels
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and strong enough to carry ore.
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We find this mule shoe just
out from the arrastra site.
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So this may be the correct direction
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where we'll find that mine entrance.
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It's got to be here somewhere close.
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- To down...
- Down this way?
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Yeah, let's split up
and search in this direction.
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- All right.
- All right.
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- Yeah.
- Let's go.
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The team found multiple artifacts
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and is now headed west,
looking for more evidence,
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like compacted soil or wagon paths
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that could lead them directly
to the mine entrance.
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I'm looking for any kind of disturbed land.
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These mules would have left
the deep depression
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from carrying heavy hauls
through this area.
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That's what I'm after.
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Lots of written stuff. Interesting.
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While the team searches
for the entrance
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to the keyhole chamber,
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Ron Feldman is continuing
to research the Rhoads Journal,
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hoping to find more information
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about the history of the Aztec treasure.
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Reading through the journal
and researching here,
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try and decipher something
out of all of this.
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But there's one name that
keeps coming up in this journal.
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It refers to Chief Walkara a lot.
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Walkara was a famous chief
of the Timpanogos tribe
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in the 1800s.
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Early Mormons claimed he joined
their church and showed them
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the location of the gold in the Uintas.
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But nobody really knows
Walkara's side of the story.
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What is interesting,
a lot of the information
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and maps that I'm seeing in here
seem to be pointing
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to other caves of Aztec treasure.
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This is not giving me enough
information about the Timpanogos
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or Walkara and how they connect
to more chambers of gold.
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I have to dig deeper here.
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When I think about what's
made me successful
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in a lot of my treasure hunts,
is perseverance.
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I spent over 50 years looking
for the Lost Dutchman Mine
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before I actually got into it.
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A lot of people just give up.
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You gotta get out of the armchair
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and you got to follow
the information, the history,
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what's happened before.
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This could end up being
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one of the biggest
treasures hunts of my career,
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so I'm not leaving any stone unturned.
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What I really need to do is find someone,
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a historian on the Timpanogos
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to kind of delve deeper into the history.
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This section here kind of flattens out.
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It's a good place to look
for any signs of mining traffic
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or any evidence that anybody's
been here before.
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After finding a mule shoe
50 feet west of the arrastra,
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the team is searching the area for clues
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of a possible mine entrance,
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which they believe will connect
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to the Keyhole Chamber.
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This whole path here
looks like a wide enough lane
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for a mule and wagon to pass through.
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It's pretty flat here, too,
so there was a lot of traffic
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going back and forth here.
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That's kind of interesting.
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This whole area,
it doesn't quite look natural.
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And this depression here,
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I mean, it looks like
everything just came in.
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All these trees have
grown up since then,
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and all these leaves have covered it over.
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Well, look at this.
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The ground subsided here.
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That could mean there's a sunken
mine entrance underneath.
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If you have a mine opening
like this and the roof
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will collapse in on itself and V
into the mountain like this,
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and then it creates an area.
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And that's exactly what
I'm looking at right here.
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I'm gonna metal-detect this area,
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to see if I pick up any remnants of ore.
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I'm not detecting anything up here at all.
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There's something right there.
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See where the edge of that thing is.
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OK, here we go.
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It's large, whatever it is.
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It's right here somewhere.
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Look at that. What the heck is that?
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Shoot.
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This is a mining drill steel.
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You take this,
and then you'd hammer it in,
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create your holes,
turn it, hammer, turn it.
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The only reason to have this here is
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'cause they were working hard rock.
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This is definitely 1800s stuff right here.
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If this is here,
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this depression is here,
that's not a coincidence.
255
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I think we're at the entrance of a mine.
256
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We would have not found this thing
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if it wasn't for that journal.
258
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It's only because we followed
that thing all the way,
259
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from way the heck
on top of the mountains,
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all the way back into Blind Frog.
261
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Man!
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This is a huge find.
263
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I'm gonna mark this site.
264
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I'm gonna build a little rock cairn,
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just so we know when we get back here.
266
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This is the kind of moment that I live for.
267
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I mean, the journal brought us here.
268
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The artifact we found so far suggests
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this isn't just some random
low spot in the dirt.
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This is a mine site.
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The Keyhole Chamber
could be just at our reach.
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2 We did find a shoe.
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- It looks really old.
- Yeah.
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- Yeah.
- You think?
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It's definitely hand forged,
at least 100 years old.
276
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It's rough.
277
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You can tell it's not a perfect shoe.
278
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Not only that,
we found some gold right there.
279
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Like, right in the middle...
in between the cracks.
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Fantastic.
281
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The Rhoads family journal
led Josh to a depression
282
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in the earth that he believes
is a collapsed mine opening.
283
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Now, the team meets with Ron
to discuss their next move.
284
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There is a processing site there.
285
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- People were there working.
- That's the most important part.
286
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They were smelting ore,
287
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and then finding that depression,
288
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which I think is a collapsed
mine entrance.
289
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It's unbelievable.
290
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And to me, it feels like this
could be the entrance
291
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that we've been looking for.
292
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All these clues have led us
to this depression.
293
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But if we're going to commit
the time and money
294
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to actually digging this thing out,
295
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we have to make sure
it's a mine entrance.
296
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My dad has seen it all when
it comes to treasure hunting.
297
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He'll be able to tell us if
we should move forward or not.
298
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When you look at it at first,
299
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you don't really think much of it.
300
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You look at it closer,
and you realize that this area
301
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has actually caved back
into the hillside quite a ways.
302
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Did you do further
surveying of the place?
303
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Yeah, I mean, and that's...
304
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the other amazing thing.
305
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I come up with.
306
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I come up with that.
307
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- And old drill steel.
- Yep.
308
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Usually bigger, but yeah,
they're cracking rocks.
309
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Incredible.
310
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I find that depression, right here.
311
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Right there.
312
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- The keyhole is over here.
- Right.
313
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- It's not even a mile.
- We're that close.
314
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I gotta wonder,
315
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could that get us
into the Keyhole Chamber?
316
00:15:43,567 --> 00:15:44,667
- Absolutely.
- Absolutely.
317
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This is very interesting.
318
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Based on the information,
319
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based on what I'm seeing
that you're talking about,
320
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it's the best shot we've had.
321
00:15:54,167 --> 00:15:58,367
This could very likely be
the way into the Keyhole.
322
00:15:58,534 --> 00:16:00,601
- Wow.
- Yes.
323
00:16:00,767 --> 00:16:03,601
If Josh is convinced, I'm convinced, he...
324
00:16:03,767 --> 00:16:06,801
Josh knows a lot more
than he actually even thinks.
325
00:16:06,968 --> 00:16:08,868
He learned from the best, me.
326
00:16:10,100 --> 00:16:13,067
So if everything is leading to this spot,
327
00:16:13,234 --> 00:16:16,467
can we drill into it
and reopen it that way?
328
00:16:16,634 --> 00:16:18,467
If it is, in fact, caved in like that,
329
00:16:18,634 --> 00:16:20,143
- once you drill in and pull out.
- Filling back.
330
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It's going to continually fill in,
331
00:16:22,167 --> 00:16:24,167
and it can be a dangerous situation.
332
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I think the only way to get
in there is we're gonna have
333
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to follow that collapse
and timber it as we go.
334
00:16:29,534 --> 00:16:31,467
We'll build a big wood
structure, big portal,
335
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and then we're gonna build off of that
336
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and we'll just start digging
into the hillside
337
00:16:34,734 --> 00:16:36,868
and keep timbering, until hopefully,
338
00:16:37,033 --> 00:16:38,400
maybe at some point, it opens up.
339
00:16:39,701 --> 00:16:41,601
It's gonna be slow, it's gonna take time,
340
00:16:41,767 --> 00:16:44,167
but I don't see any other way in there.
341
00:16:44,334 --> 00:16:45,567
This is old-school mining.
342
00:16:47,367 --> 00:16:48,701
The journal led us to this spot,
343
00:16:48,868 --> 00:16:50,300
and we not only found evidence
344
00:16:50,467 --> 00:16:53,067
that people were hauling gold
out of a mine entrance,
345
00:16:53,234 --> 00:16:54,868
but we think the Keyhole Chamber
346
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is connected to the bottom
of that collapsed tunnel.
347
00:16:58,367 --> 00:17:01,801
Five years of work
has all led to this moment.
348
00:17:01,968 --> 00:17:04,400
Now comes the hard part, getting inside.
349
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If I can borrow James,
350
00:17:06,133 --> 00:17:08,310
I think I'm gonna do some more
research into this journal.
351
00:17:08,334 --> 00:17:10,167
Why don't you guys go
and start the timbering?
352
00:17:11,667 --> 00:17:13,243
- Let's do it.
- You ready to become a miner?
353
00:17:13,267 --> 00:17:14,667
- Yeah, hell yeah.
- You ready, Ron?
354
00:17:14,734 --> 00:17:16,667
- We're ready to go.
- All right.
355
00:17:28,467 --> 00:17:30,367
All right, Eric, you ready
to break some ground?
356
00:17:30,534 --> 00:17:32,467
I've been ready for five years now.
357
00:17:32,634 --> 00:17:33,634
Here we go.
358
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Less than a mile away
from the Keyhole Chamber,
359
00:17:39,534 --> 00:17:42,000
the team is beginning
a multi-step process
360
00:17:42,167 --> 00:17:44,167
to dig out the cave-in.
361
00:17:44,334 --> 00:17:46,267
- Coming, Eric.
- All right, looks good, Josh.
362
00:17:49,701 --> 00:17:52,968
They'll build a new entryway
called a portal.
363
00:17:53,133 --> 00:17:57,267
Then they'll attempt to redig
the collapsed Mormon tunnel
364
00:17:57,434 --> 00:17:59,968
by creating what miners call a drift.
365
00:18:04,167 --> 00:18:05,601
Something in the way.
366
00:18:05,767 --> 00:18:07,667
They're getting bigger, the deeper ya get.
367
00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:13,367
Nobody's been in this thing
for probably at least 150 years,
368
00:18:13,534 --> 00:18:15,868
and maybe longer.
God only knows what's in there.
369
00:18:17,467 --> 00:18:18,901
Riding the bronco now.
370
00:18:20,667 --> 00:18:22,109
We don't know what we're about to find,
371
00:18:22,133 --> 00:18:24,367
but we're gonna get in there
and we're gonna find it.
372
00:18:27,467 --> 00:18:28,901
Got you now.
373
00:18:33,868 --> 00:18:37,100
Well, I've got a miniature.
I've got a miniature thing here.
374
00:18:39,234 --> 00:18:41,074
Seems like we're getting
close to our entrance,
375
00:18:41,167 --> 00:18:42,968
so let's start cutting our timber.
376
00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:46,267
In order to enter the mine safely,
377
00:18:46,434 --> 00:18:48,501
Josh, Eric, and a construction team
378
00:18:48,667 --> 00:18:51,167
are using three main timber supports
379
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to construct the portal.
380
00:18:53,267 --> 00:18:56,100
Vertical uprights are
used to bear the load,
381
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which are capped with headers
382
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to distribute pressure from the roof,
383
00:19:00,367 --> 00:19:03,067
helping to avoid a cave-in.
384
00:19:03,234 --> 00:19:06,767
Finally, laggings will be
placed in between to hold back
385
00:19:06,934 --> 00:19:10,267
loose rock and debris
from falling onto the team.
386
00:19:11,300 --> 00:19:14,200
Precision and placement is key.
387
00:19:14,367 --> 00:19:17,501
If the beams give out,
the tunnel could collapse,
388
00:19:17,667 --> 00:19:20,567
causing serious injury
and potentially sealing
389
00:19:20,734 --> 00:19:22,467
the mine entrance for good.
390
00:19:24,501 --> 00:19:25,901
We're setting our portal right now.
391
00:19:26,033 --> 00:19:27,433
So that's the part of the timbering
392
00:19:27,567 --> 00:19:28,901
that's outside of the mountain.
393
00:19:29,067 --> 00:19:31,000
And that's what we're gonna build off of.
394
00:19:31,167 --> 00:19:32,887
So we've gotta make sure
that that is tight,
395
00:19:32,934 --> 00:19:34,067
secure, and good.
396
00:19:34,234 --> 00:19:37,100
So if this isn't right,
we're not going anywhere.
397
00:19:37,267 --> 00:19:40,100
That portal has to be exactly perfect.
398
00:19:40,267 --> 00:19:42,543
Keep 'em... you know, so that
they're touching each other.
399
00:19:42,567 --> 00:19:44,400
- Hang on.
- Kick this out a little bit.
400
00:19:44,567 --> 00:19:45,847
- There you go.
- Watch that one.
401
00:19:45,934 --> 00:19:47,143
Watch that... whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa.
402
00:19:47,167 --> 00:19:48,667
Watch out, watch out.
403
00:19:50,133 --> 00:19:51,510
- You all right, Reaves?
- Everybody all right?
404
00:19:51,534 --> 00:19:52,734
- You OK?
- Yeah, I'm fine.
405
00:19:54,100 --> 00:19:55,900
The process of timbering
a mine hasn't changed
406
00:19:55,934 --> 00:19:56,934
in hundreds of years.
407
00:19:57,033 --> 00:19:58,567
It's the way the old timers did it.
408
00:19:58,734 --> 00:20:01,467
It's the only way to do it still to this day.
409
00:20:01,634 --> 00:20:03,000
Let's put these next two in,
410
00:20:03,167 --> 00:20:04,310
and then we're gonna go top lags.
411
00:20:04,334 --> 00:20:05,667
- OK.
- I wanna build...
412
00:20:05,834 --> 00:20:07,667
Let's just build like this.
413
00:20:10,067 --> 00:20:11,100
But the thing is,
414
00:20:11,267 --> 00:20:14,067
is every shovelful we pull out of there,
415
00:20:14,234 --> 00:20:16,000
you're on the edge
of some great discovery.
416
00:20:17,100 --> 00:20:19,667
- You ready to dig?
- I guess I'm as ready as ever.
417
00:20:19,834 --> 00:20:21,400
OK, let's do it, buddy.
418
00:20:35,067 --> 00:20:36,901
- Hey, Ron.
- Hey.
419
00:20:37,067 --> 00:20:39,467
Hoping to learn
more about Chief Walkara
420
00:20:39,634 --> 00:20:41,667
and his connection to the Mormons,
421
00:20:41,834 --> 00:20:44,200
James has asked Mary Meyer,
422
00:20:44,367 --> 00:20:46,868
the great grandniece of Chief Walkara,
423
00:20:47,033 --> 00:20:49,467
to meet him and Ron at the ranch.
424
00:20:49,634 --> 00:20:52,367
Mary Murdoch Meyer,
this is Ron Feldman.
425
00:20:52,534 --> 00:20:53,667
Pleasure to meet you.
426
00:20:53,834 --> 00:20:58,167
Mary is one of the leaders
of the Timpanogos tribe.
427
00:20:58,334 --> 00:21:01,300
Mary has extensive knowledge
of Native American history
428
00:21:01,467 --> 00:21:03,167
in the region and has consulted
429
00:21:03,334 --> 00:21:05,667
with the team several times
over the years.
430
00:21:07,767 --> 00:21:10,767
I've acquired a journal
written by a Mormon pioneer,
431
00:21:10,934 --> 00:21:13,868
and Walkara is mentioned in it a lot.
432
00:21:14,033 --> 00:21:15,210
So I did some digging.
433
00:21:15,234 --> 00:21:19,901
But that's that side of the...
we wanna hear your side.
434
00:21:20,067 --> 00:21:21,801
I read a lot of books, too.
435
00:21:21,968 --> 00:21:24,501
I spent a lot of time in trapper's journals
436
00:21:24,667 --> 00:21:26,267
and then talking with the elders.
437
00:21:27,367 --> 00:21:32,100
And in that, you see a picture
that is completely different
438
00:21:32,267 --> 00:21:33,601
from the Mormon journals.
439
00:21:36,067 --> 00:21:37,467
When Brigham Young first came,
440
00:21:37,634 --> 00:21:41,367
he wanted the whole valley
for his people.
441
00:21:41,534 --> 00:21:44,400
Well, our people were already here.
442
00:21:44,567 --> 00:21:46,400
Now, we had to feed 'em that first year,
443
00:21:46,567 --> 00:21:48,400
'cause they were dying.
444
00:21:48,567 --> 00:21:50,000
But our people took care of 'em.
445
00:21:50,167 --> 00:21:51,167
Right.
446
00:21:52,667 --> 00:21:53,901
The very next year,
447
00:21:54,901 --> 00:21:58,467
they were starting to make
plans to get rid of us.
448
00:21:58,634 --> 00:22:01,567
They started massacres,
killing off our people.
449
00:22:02,767 --> 00:22:05,267
And Walkara tried to be peaceful.
450
00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:10,100
Historical accounts allege
that Mormon settlers arrived
451
00:22:10,267 --> 00:22:12,968
in Utah in 1847
452
00:22:13,133 --> 00:22:16,267
and lived peacefully
with Walkara and his people.
453
00:22:16,434 --> 00:22:19,167
Walkara supposedly
converted to Mormonism
454
00:22:19,334 --> 00:22:20,767
and supported the church
455
00:22:20,934 --> 00:22:23,000
by giving a vast chamber of gold
456
00:22:23,167 --> 00:22:27,100
to leader Brigham Young
and prospector Thomas Rhoads.
457
00:22:28,100 --> 00:22:32,400
The Mormons made everything
seem like Walkara got baptized
458
00:22:32,567 --> 00:22:34,868
and then suddenly just
helped the IDS church
459
00:22:35,033 --> 00:22:39,367
and willingly gave away whatever
Brigham Young asked for.
460
00:22:39,534 --> 00:22:44,467
I don't believe that Walkara
just gave gold away
461
00:22:44,634 --> 00:22:45,801
like they say he did.
462
00:22:47,367 --> 00:22:50,000
Walkara was trying to find
a way to get 'em to stop
463
00:22:50,167 --> 00:22:51,868
killing our people.
464
00:22:52,033 --> 00:22:54,968
- It was more or less a bribe.
- For survival.
465
00:22:56,968 --> 00:22:59,267
This is a huge revelation.
466
00:22:59,434 --> 00:23:02,667
From what Mary Meyer has told me,
467
00:23:02,834 --> 00:23:07,167
the reason Chief Walkara gave
the gold to the Mormon church
468
00:23:07,334 --> 00:23:08,968
was not because he was converted,
469
00:23:09,133 --> 00:23:12,100
but because he was trying
to save his people's lives.
470
00:23:12,267 --> 00:23:14,901
If Walkara knew he had to be strategic,
471
00:23:15,067 --> 00:23:17,400
it makes me wonder
if he would have hidden
472
00:23:17,567 --> 00:23:20,400
the majority of the gold
away from the Mormons.
473
00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:25,200
If, indeed, there was this,
quote, treasure.
474
00:23:25,367 --> 00:23:27,167
Do you think that Chief Walkara
475
00:23:27,334 --> 00:23:30,767
might've hidden it in many other places?
476
00:23:30,934 --> 00:23:33,567
I'm sure Walkara knew several locations.
477
00:23:33,734 --> 00:23:34,801
OK.
478
00:23:36,567 --> 00:23:38,467
And I don't think he would
have shared 'em all.
479
00:23:38,634 --> 00:23:41,501
There's a lot of stories that were written,
480
00:23:41,667 --> 00:23:42,868
but none of 'em by him.
481
00:23:44,868 --> 00:23:48,267
I do believe there are more
chambers of gold than just
482
00:23:48,434 --> 00:23:50,467
the one that was given
to Thomas Rhoads.
483
00:23:50,634 --> 00:23:54,167
Is it possible that those maps
are leading to other chambers?
484
00:23:54,334 --> 00:23:56,300
I need to get back into the journal
485
00:23:56,467 --> 00:23:59,000
and figure out what chamber
we'll look for next.
486
00:23:59,167 --> 00:24:03,100
You've gotta do the research,
otherwise, you've got nothing.
487
00:24:09,267 --> 00:24:11,200
2
488
00:24:15,267 --> 00:24:16,567
There we go.
489
00:24:16,734 --> 00:24:18,367
- One shovelful at a time.
- Yep.
490
00:24:19,567 --> 00:24:23,801
Josh and Eric have excavated
nearly 20 feet into the drift,
491
00:24:23,968 --> 00:24:27,067
convinced they're reopening
a hidden mine entrance
492
00:24:27,234 --> 00:24:29,400
that leads to the Keyhole Chamber.
493
00:24:29,567 --> 00:24:32,267
But with each foot they dig into the earth,
494
00:24:32,434 --> 00:24:36,000
the weight above threatens
the structure's stability.
495
00:24:37,601 --> 00:24:39,100
- Hey, gonna dump this.
- All right.
496
00:24:47,067 --> 00:24:48,868
Well, I've got one wheelbarrow down.
497
00:24:49,033 --> 00:24:50,267
Probably about 50 to go.
498
00:24:50,434 --> 00:24:51,667
- Maybe more.
- 50?
499
00:24:51,834 --> 00:24:54,000
Fif... that's like before lunch.
500
00:24:54,167 --> 00:24:57,467
- 5,000.
- Yeah, like 5,000.
501
00:24:57,634 --> 00:24:59,510
This is the old school way
of doing it, you know?
502
00:24:59,534 --> 00:25:00,667
Yep.
503
00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:07,467
It's hard up here, Eric.
504
00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:12,767
There's a big rock right
in the middle of the drift.
505
00:25:16,767 --> 00:25:18,601
Let's see if we can find the edges of it.
506
00:25:20,767 --> 00:25:21,767
There, there's an edge.
507
00:25:21,868 --> 00:25:22,868
- Right there.
- Yep.
508
00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:26,901
Yep, there's an edge right here.
509
00:25:27,067 --> 00:25:28,767
- Right there? Almost to the floor?
- Yeah.
510
00:25:28,934 --> 00:25:30,267
Yeah, so we're looking at about
511
00:25:30,434 --> 00:25:33,100
six feet long by about five feet wide.
512
00:25:33,267 --> 00:25:35,567
It appears to have fallen in.
513
00:25:35,734 --> 00:25:38,267
So it's a block failure.
514
00:25:38,434 --> 00:25:39,667
That's a huge boulder, man.
515
00:25:44,100 --> 00:25:45,610
There's no way
we're gonna dig through that
516
00:25:45,634 --> 00:25:47,167
with a hammer and chisel here.
517
00:25:50,767 --> 00:25:53,100
Eric...
518
00:25:53,267 --> 00:25:55,901
a rock this big,
we're gonna have to blast.
519
00:25:57,868 --> 00:25:59,801
But we're at the really risky part.
520
00:25:59,968 --> 00:26:02,868
We could destabilize
the whole damn thing above us.
521
00:26:03,033 --> 00:26:04,510
But there's no other way through this.
522
00:26:04,534 --> 00:26:07,167
We cannot pick through this by hand.
523
00:26:07,334 --> 00:26:09,300
We're gonna have to blast.
We don't have a choice.
524
00:26:11,267 --> 00:26:13,567
Man, I... I don't like that.
525
00:26:13,734 --> 00:26:15,000
We could fracture it all up.
526
00:26:15,167 --> 00:26:16,801
We could make this thing all unstable.
527
00:26:17,868 --> 00:26:20,667
We don't know if this boulder
was put here on purpose or what,
528
00:26:20,834 --> 00:26:23,868
but we've got this... this large
fractured sandstone slab here.
529
00:26:24,033 --> 00:26:26,367
Blasting this thing
could make it unstable.
530
00:26:26,534 --> 00:26:29,501
It could... it could fill in
the hole more than open it up.
531
00:26:29,667 --> 00:26:31,167
This drift is here
532
00:26:31,334 --> 00:26:33,667
because there's something
valuable inside it,
533
00:26:33,834 --> 00:26:35,767
and this boulder ain't gonna stop us.
534
00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:53,100
The drift is essentially a house of cards,
535
00:26:53,267 --> 00:26:55,667
because if we destabilize
the wrong zone,
536
00:26:55,834 --> 00:26:57,567
we will lose the entire drift.
537
00:26:57,734 --> 00:27:00,094
And then we're not gonna be able
to get back in there again.
538
00:27:00,234 --> 00:27:01,601
You know there's always that risk.
539
00:27:03,167 --> 00:27:07,567
Three days ago, Josh and Eric
hit an impasse digging through
540
00:27:07,734 --> 00:27:08,968
the collapsed mine.
541
00:27:09,133 --> 00:27:12,467
Now they're heading back
to Blind Frog Ranch with a plan
542
00:27:12,634 --> 00:27:15,367
that should get them
further into the underground.
543
00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:18,100
We've uncovered
a collapsed entrance point
544
00:27:18,267 --> 00:27:20,400
to what we think could be
a working mine,
545
00:27:20,567 --> 00:27:23,467
but now up against
a giant slab of sandstone.
546
00:27:23,634 --> 00:27:26,267
We gotta get somebody to come
in here and precisely blast
547
00:27:26,434 --> 00:27:28,467
this thing so that we can keep
going forward.
548
00:27:30,167 --> 00:27:32,801
I invited someone to the ranch
who I think can help get us
549
00:27:32,968 --> 00:27:35,267
past this boulder. His name's Chili.
550
00:27:35,434 --> 00:27:37,034
He's one of very few people in the world
551
00:27:37,167 --> 00:27:39,000
that can do work like this.
552
00:27:39,167 --> 00:27:40,901
He's a fearless explosive expert.
553
00:27:42,067 --> 00:27:44,000
And he's the guy for the job.
554
00:27:47,467 --> 00:27:49,400
- There he is, look at him.
- All right.
555
00:27:56,868 --> 00:27:59,000
- Pork chop.
- Chili.
556
00:27:59,167 --> 00:28:00,610
Longtime, you don't call, you don't write,
557
00:28:00,634 --> 00:28:02,610
and I worried sick about you.
How you doing, buddy?
558
00:28:02,634 --> 00:28:04,194
I only call you when I need you, right?
559
00:28:06,601 --> 00:28:09,267
Alex Schoenauer,
also known as Chili Dog Willis,
560
00:28:09,434 --> 00:28:11,267
short Chili Dog.
561
00:28:11,434 --> 00:28:14,601
Chili is a demolition's
specialist who's worked
562
00:28:14,767 --> 00:28:16,601
with Josh on countless mining
563
00:28:16,767 --> 00:28:18,968
and treasure hunting expeditions.
564
00:28:19,133 --> 00:28:23,601
Josh believes his experience in
blasting rock can help dislodge
565
00:28:23,767 --> 00:28:27,067
the large boulder blocking
entry into the mine.
566
00:28:27,234 --> 00:28:29,000
As you're making these tunnels,
567
00:28:29,167 --> 00:28:31,901
it takes precision blasting
to get to the goal,
568
00:28:32,067 --> 00:28:33,100
but that's why I'm here,
569
00:28:33,267 --> 00:28:36,400
because I'm the best at what I do.
570
00:28:36,567 --> 00:28:38,100
Yeah.
571
00:28:38,901 --> 00:28:40,968
All right, buddy, so this is the drift.
572
00:28:41,133 --> 00:28:43,901
OK, I mean, I like what
you did here with your port a...
573
00:28:44,067 --> 00:28:46,868
- your portal.
- Yeah, it's built stout.
574
00:28:47,033 --> 00:28:48,100
By looking at this,
575
00:28:48,267 --> 00:28:51,067
definitely got
some compromised ground here.
576
00:28:51,234 --> 00:28:53,467
- She's caved all the way back.
- Yeah.
577
00:28:53,634 --> 00:28:54,874
I'm sure you've gotten in there
578
00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:57,100
and been able to look
at the composition of the rock.
579
00:28:57,267 --> 00:28:59,167
Yeah, yeah. The rock is sandstone,
580
00:28:59,334 --> 00:29:00,701
- and it's big.
- Yeah.
581
00:29:01,901 --> 00:29:04,667
If we just try to blow
all this out real quick,
582
00:29:04,834 --> 00:29:06,874
everything can collapse...
and we don't know how far
583
00:29:07,033 --> 00:29:08,968
that sandstone composition is gonna be.
584
00:29:09,133 --> 00:29:11,801
- It could be just a foot. It could be who knows.
- No, exactly.
585
00:29:11,968 --> 00:29:13,243
So let's get in there do some drilling,
586
00:29:13,267 --> 00:29:15,601
some small drill holes,
and then from there,
587
00:29:15,767 --> 00:29:17,601
let's do some, controlled explosions.
588
00:29:18,801 --> 00:29:20,567
I've got enough gear on my truck.
589
00:29:20,734 --> 00:29:23,100
- Well, I'll get you in there.
- Let's do it.
590
00:29:25,567 --> 00:29:28,000
We used history, research
and the journal to get us here.
591
00:29:29,567 --> 00:29:31,868
But sometimes, we get to blow up.
592
00:29:36,767 --> 00:29:38,567
All right.
593
00:29:38,734 --> 00:29:40,367
I'm gonna clear some of this rock off
594
00:29:40,534 --> 00:29:42,574
so we can get an idea
of what we're looking at here.
595
00:29:44,767 --> 00:29:46,367
It is a big one.
596
00:29:46,534 --> 00:29:48,343
It extends from all the way up
to the top there,
597
00:29:48,367 --> 00:29:50,601
- down to the bottom.
- Let me see that.
598
00:29:56,767 --> 00:29:57,901
Just by looking at it.
599
00:29:58,067 --> 00:30:02,100
I mean, right here,
I'm seeing a natural fracture
600
00:30:02,267 --> 00:30:04,310
- right on the stone.
- Yep, yep, right through here.
601
00:30:04,334 --> 00:30:07,868
So what we can do,
we can take advantage of this
602
00:30:08,033 --> 00:30:10,200
and do a controlled blast.
603
00:30:10,367 --> 00:30:12,467
50 feet into the mountain,
604
00:30:12,634 --> 00:30:16,601
Chili will attempt to blast
apart the sandstone slab
605
00:30:16,767 --> 00:30:20,100
so the team can reach
what they believe is a passage
606
00:30:20,267 --> 00:30:24,267
into the Keyhole Chamber
just on the other side.
607
00:30:25,267 --> 00:30:26,901
The goal with these charges
608
00:30:27,067 --> 00:30:29,868
is not to blow up the whole entire shaft,
609
00:30:30,033 --> 00:30:32,100
just to be able to break this rock up,
610
00:30:32,267 --> 00:30:35,567
small pieces without
disturbing the upper part,
611
00:30:35,734 --> 00:30:37,000
which is so loose up there.
612
00:30:38,167 --> 00:30:41,067
- I can drill it.
- You should have juice.
613
00:30:41,234 --> 00:30:42,334
All right, let's see.
614
00:30:43,501 --> 00:30:46,968
Chili will use a process
known as block holing.
615
00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:49,443
We've got... we've got
one pretty decent there.
616
00:30:49,467 --> 00:30:51,067
And then put another one down here.
617
00:30:51,234 --> 00:30:54,000
The process involves
drilling shallow holes
618
00:30:54,167 --> 00:30:55,567
into the sandstone boulder
619
00:30:57,167 --> 00:30:59,767
and then placing the explosives inside.
620
00:31:00,968 --> 00:31:03,000
We gotta be a little bit careful with these.
621
00:31:03,167 --> 00:31:04,527
These have got some pepper to 'em,
622
00:31:04,634 --> 00:31:06,200
so I'm sure that they do.
623
00:31:06,367 --> 00:31:09,300
Upon detonation, the explosive energy
624
00:31:09,467 --> 00:31:12,767
makes radial cracks
that create a controlled blast.
625
00:31:18,667 --> 00:31:20,547
We've got to do this
pretty... pretty carefully.
626
00:31:22,767 --> 00:31:25,868
The tricky part here is
we can't use too much power,
627
00:31:26,033 --> 00:31:28,367
because we don't wanna
destroy the drift.
628
00:31:28,534 --> 00:31:30,767
Back up in there.
629
00:31:32,667 --> 00:31:35,100
If we do this right, we'll blow that boulder
630
00:31:35,267 --> 00:31:37,567
into pieces and clear a path
for us on the other side.
631
00:31:39,467 --> 00:31:41,410
- Go ahead and back out.
- We'll back out carefully.
632
00:31:41,434 --> 00:31:44,367
Back out slowly, watch your wires.
633
00:31:44,534 --> 00:31:45,894
I'm gonna double-check everything.
634
00:31:51,267 --> 00:31:52,334
That should be good.
635
00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:56,801
Let's clear out of here, guys.
Back up, back up.
636
00:32:00,267 --> 00:32:01,267
Clear, going live.
637
00:32:05,667 --> 00:32:06,667
Set.
638
00:32:08,667 --> 00:32:12,801
Three, two, one.
639
00:32:15,467 --> 00:32:16,701
Whoa.
640
00:32:19,167 --> 00:32:20,868
2 Clear, going live.
641
00:32:21,033 --> 00:32:23,267
- Let her have it, Chili.
- Set.
642
00:32:23,434 --> 00:32:27,267
At the caved-in mine entrance,
detonation expert Chili
643
00:32:27,434 --> 00:32:30,067
is attempting a controlled
explosion to remove
644
00:32:30,234 --> 00:32:31,467
a large boulder
645
00:32:31,634 --> 00:32:35,167
blocking their way
into the Keyhole Chamber.
646
00:32:35,334 --> 00:32:38,834
Three, two, one.
647
00:32:41,300 --> 00:32:43,000
Whoa.
648
00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:49,467
Cold, going cold.
649
00:32:49,634 --> 00:32:51,234
- There she went.
- Everybody stay clear.
650
00:33:03,300 --> 00:33:04,667
- Look at it.
- Whoa.
651
00:33:06,300 --> 00:33:08,567
It looks like we've broken up
some of the rock in here.
652
00:33:08,734 --> 00:33:10,567
It's all loose.
653
00:33:10,734 --> 00:33:13,701
Damn, it doesn't look like
we've opened up a passage.
654
00:33:14,767 --> 00:33:19,000
To avoid collapsing the drift,
Chili used a set of smaller,
655
00:33:19,167 --> 00:33:22,567
controlled charges to crack
the boulder in place.
656
00:33:22,734 --> 00:33:25,000
But the stone is harder than anticipated,
657
00:33:25,167 --> 00:33:29,167
and the blast only broke off
a small fragment.
658
00:33:29,334 --> 00:33:32,100
We could blast it again
and open it up some more.
659
00:33:32,267 --> 00:33:33,567
I could use another charge.
660
00:33:37,467 --> 00:33:39,701
We do need to blast this thing again,
661
00:33:39,868 --> 00:33:42,601
but we've gotta be very careful.
662
00:33:42,767 --> 00:33:44,267
If we take out too much too fast,
663
00:33:44,434 --> 00:33:45,567
it's gonna drop,
664
00:33:45,734 --> 00:33:47,694
and that could actually
put pressure and push back
665
00:33:47,834 --> 00:33:49,767
this way, and it could affect
all of our timber
666
00:33:49,934 --> 00:33:51,701
in this direction as well.
667
00:33:54,167 --> 00:33:55,968
A bigger blast could go badly.
668
00:33:56,133 --> 00:33:58,968
So now that we know
how strong this boulder is,
669
00:33:59,133 --> 00:34:00,944
we're trying to read the rock
to better predict
670
00:34:00,968 --> 00:34:02,901
what the next blast will do.
671
00:34:04,067 --> 00:34:05,627
What we don't want from
the second blast
672
00:34:05,767 --> 00:34:07,200
is for it to cave-in.
673
00:34:07,367 --> 00:34:08,647
And if that happens, we could...
674
00:34:08,734 --> 00:34:10,454
we could lose
this Keyhole Chamber for good.
675
00:34:12,267 --> 00:34:14,100
I can put a charge lower on the rock
676
00:34:14,267 --> 00:34:16,067
where it looks the weakest.
677
00:34:16,234 --> 00:34:19,267
This crack in the rock, this
fracture that we're gonna follow
678
00:34:19,434 --> 00:34:22,467
and keep it low to the ground
should protect the drift more.
679
00:34:24,300 --> 00:34:25,701
OK, let's do it.
680
00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:29,367
A stronger blast is risky.
681
00:34:29,534 --> 00:34:32,501
But we don't get past
this block of sandstone,
682
00:34:32,667 --> 00:34:34,987
we're not gonna be able to get
any further in here, period.
683
00:34:35,901 --> 00:34:37,667
All right, let's set up some more charges
684
00:34:37,834 --> 00:34:39,267
and do it again.
685
00:34:39,434 --> 00:34:41,194
We have that drill
handy? Right here, buddy.
686
00:34:41,267 --> 00:34:43,534
Thanks man, all right, let's see.
687
00:34:45,968 --> 00:34:49,200
Chili's gonna set up a charge
a bit lower to the ground.
688
00:34:49,367 --> 00:34:50,667
If we overcharge this thing,
689
00:34:50,834 --> 00:34:52,667
we're going to lose this whole drift.
690
00:34:52,834 --> 00:34:54,167
It's just gonna drop.
691
00:34:54,334 --> 00:34:56,567
So we're in nothing
but a house of cards here.
692
00:34:56,734 --> 00:34:59,100
- It's going pretty good.
- Good, good.
693
00:35:00,434 --> 00:35:01,868
- Not bad.
- Good.
694
00:35:03,567 --> 00:35:05,247
- That snuffer bottle. Thanks, man.
- Yeah.
695
00:35:09,667 --> 00:35:10,901
Let's get the charges ready.
696
00:35:12,267 --> 00:35:15,000
A little more cable here
and get this in here.
697
00:35:15,167 --> 00:35:16,167
Here we go, buddy.
698
00:35:17,801 --> 00:35:19,567
All right, second time's a charm.
699
00:35:20,968 --> 00:35:24,200
Let's try it again.
Let's clear out of here, guys.
700
00:35:25,267 --> 00:35:27,167
All right, guys, putting the cable.
701
00:35:29,167 --> 00:35:30,200
Stand by.
702
00:35:31,267 --> 00:35:32,267
We're hot.
703
00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:34,968
All right.
704
00:35:35,133 --> 00:35:39,300
Three, two, one.
705
00:35:46,901 --> 00:35:48,581
Let's get in there and let's check it out.
706
00:35:59,267 --> 00:36:00,801
Looks good, Chili.
707
00:36:00,968 --> 00:36:02,667
Look at that.
708
00:36:02,834 --> 00:36:05,567
All right, move some of this around and...
709
00:36:05,734 --> 00:36:06,868
Yeah, let's clean it.
710
00:36:07,033 --> 00:36:08,901
Keep on going. See how deep we got.
711
00:36:10,267 --> 00:36:11,701
Yeah, some big ones in here.
712
00:36:11,868 --> 00:36:13,188
Here, let's grab these down here.
713
00:36:13,267 --> 00:36:14,667
- OK.
- See if we can get these.
714
00:36:16,501 --> 00:36:19,267
That blast blew the crap out
of the bottom side of that rock.
715
00:36:19,434 --> 00:36:21,100
And so we're gonna start
digging that out.
716
00:36:21,267 --> 00:36:23,410
And we're hoping that we can
just skinny our way underneath
717
00:36:23,434 --> 00:36:25,367
this thing and see what's on further.
718
00:36:25,534 --> 00:36:26,767
- Man.
- Here.
719
00:36:26,934 --> 00:36:29,167
I'm gonna need some help on this one.
720
00:36:29,334 --> 00:36:30,334
- There you go.
- Chili?
721
00:36:30,367 --> 00:36:32,267
Yeah, yeah.
722
00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:42,167
- You got it?
- There's... there's a...
723
00:36:42,334 --> 00:36:43,501
There is a void here.
724
00:36:47,467 --> 00:36:50,467
I'm gonna need some help on this one.
725
00:36:50,634 --> 00:36:54,968
That's a good one.
726
00:36:55,133 --> 00:36:56,767
How deep does that go back in, Eric?
727
00:36:58,200 --> 00:36:59,434
This is an opening, guys.
728
00:37:01,968 --> 00:37:02,968
Holy.
729
00:37:04,767 --> 00:37:05,767
We gotta get in there.
730
00:37:15,267 --> 00:37:16,947
2 - How deep did that go back in, Eric?
731
00:37:18,167 --> 00:37:19,400
This is an opening, guys.
732
00:37:20,367 --> 00:37:24,567
On their second attempt,
Josh, Eric, and Chili were able
733
00:37:24,734 --> 00:37:26,801
to blast through the massive boulder
734
00:37:26,968 --> 00:37:28,300
in hopes of accessing
735
00:37:28,467 --> 00:37:32,400
a mine entrance that could lead
to the Keyhole Chamber.
736
00:37:32,567 --> 00:37:36,868
But looming above the narrow
opening is unstable ground.
737
00:37:38,701 --> 00:37:41,000
- Can you get in there?
- I don't think...
738
00:37:42,901 --> 00:37:44,400
We can blast it again.
739
00:37:45,167 --> 00:37:47,367
- If we can get in there without blasting again?
- Yeah.
740
00:37:47,534 --> 00:37:49,701
'Cause, I mean, that last blast,
741
00:37:49,868 --> 00:37:52,501
it did shake all this up here.
This is all moved.
742
00:37:52,667 --> 00:37:54,767
I'm afraid we can lose this whole end.
743
00:37:55,868 --> 00:37:57,567
If we got underneath this thing
744
00:37:57,734 --> 00:38:00,801
and we can leave the rest of
this sandstone block in place,
745
00:38:00,968 --> 00:38:02,568
just get past it and see if it opens up.
746
00:38:02,667 --> 00:38:03,868
OK, I like that.
747
00:38:05,067 --> 00:38:07,367
Let me, can we move
some more of this?
748
00:38:07,534 --> 00:38:09,100
Yeah.
749
00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:12,767
- This is a big slab that broke off.
- It's gonna be tight.
750
00:38:12,934 --> 00:38:14,067
That's a good one.
751
00:38:17,701 --> 00:38:19,210
- Here.
- All right. Here's another one.
752
00:38:19,234 --> 00:38:21,300
Move one. That chunk broke off.
753
00:38:21,467 --> 00:38:23,000
That should do it.
754
00:38:23,167 --> 00:38:24,567
Yeah, I think we can get in there.
755
00:38:26,367 --> 00:38:27,400
I wanna take a look,
756
00:38:28,467 --> 00:38:29,501
see what it looks like.
757
00:38:31,067 --> 00:38:32,100
I'm gonna go in.
758
00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:36,400
With the mine's stability uncertain,
759
00:38:36,567 --> 00:38:39,601
Eric will enter first and assess the shaft.
760
00:38:42,067 --> 00:38:44,147
Just give us an all clear
if it's looking good, Eric.
761
00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:50,167
It's tight.
762
00:39:15,267 --> 00:39:18,267
It looks like it does go in, it goes through.
763
00:39:20,167 --> 00:39:21,343
Once we get through this tight spot,
764
00:39:21,367 --> 00:39:23,267
it looks like it's solid.
765
00:39:24,767 --> 00:39:27,367
So you can get past the block
that fell down then?
766
00:39:27,534 --> 00:39:29,467
Yeah, I can get past it.
767
00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:41,567
He's all the way back up in there.
768
00:39:43,100 --> 00:39:44,567
Guys, I can see it opening.
769
00:39:44,734 --> 00:39:46,868
It looks like there's several
tunnels up ahead.
770
00:39:52,667 --> 00:39:54,147
I'm gonna try to go a little further.
771
00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:06,801
Guys, it's caving.
772
00:40:07,801 --> 00:40:10,000
Pull out, pull out.
773
00:40:12,467 --> 00:40:13,868
Get Eric, get Eric.
774
00:40:14,033 --> 00:40:17,200
Eric! Eric!
775
00:40:17,367 --> 00:40:18,810
- You have him on that monitor?
- Hey, back up,
776
00:40:18,834 --> 00:40:20,734
- back up, back up.
- Get him on the camera.
777
00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:25,000
We've gotta get to him.
778
00:40:25,167 --> 00:40:27,701
I need shovels, I need picks now.
779
00:40:27,868 --> 00:40:28,868
Now!
780
00:40:34,267 --> 00:40:35,267
Eric.
781
00:40:39,267 --> 00:40:40,267
Eric!
782
00:40:42,267 --> 00:40:45,100
Next time on "Blind Frog Ranch."
783
00:40:45,267 --> 00:40:46,710
I need some wood
for support for this side.
784
00:40:46,734 --> 00:40:47,734
All right, hold on.
785
00:40:47,834 --> 00:40:50,367
The trail to the Aztec gold...
786
00:40:50,534 --> 00:40:52,243
I mean, they wouldn't
have put traps in here
787
00:40:52,267 --> 00:40:54,200
- or something like that.
- I don't know.
788
00:40:54,367 --> 00:40:57,067
Takes a life-or-death turn.
789
00:40:57,234 --> 00:40:59,367
- Hey, did you guys hear that?
- What was that?
790
00:40:59,534 --> 00:41:02,701
Ron follows new leads
toward the lost treasure...
791
00:41:02,868 --> 00:41:04,901
There are six more chambers of gold
792
00:41:05,067 --> 00:41:06,300
that we need to find.
793
00:41:06,467 --> 00:41:08,167
And deep underground.
794
00:41:08,334 --> 00:41:10,467
It's gotta be 60 feet.
795
00:41:10,634 --> 00:41:15,100
The team finally reaches
the legendary Keyhole Chamber.
796
00:41:15,267 --> 00:41:17,467
Get that magnetometer out
and see what you see.
797
00:41:17,634 --> 00:41:19,367
There's something right here.
798
00:41:19,534 --> 00:41:21,167
But what they find inside.
799
00:41:21,334 --> 00:41:23,267
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
800
00:41:23,434 --> 00:41:25,167
Is only the beginning.
801
00:41:25,334 --> 00:41:26,767
You just pulled out gold ingots.