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Look at those clouds.
> We’re running out of time.
> The wind is picking up in Bear Gulch
and the clock is ticking for the Dales
to end their season on a win.
They’re racing to prove the down dip extension theory
that Ole’s gold vein in the Pete and Joe
number five dips to the crosscut in the number three.
And extends all the way down to the number one.
Rick, Brian, Brendon and Jeremy search
for a back door entrance to the number one
through a fabled ventilation raise.
> What are the thoughts here, Rick?
Are we looking for a huge opening?
A cavity or?
> No, I don’t think it’ll be a huge opening.
My memory is fuzzy.
But we’re looking for an open raise to the surface.
And this is our last shot.
> Well let’s go find it.
> Let’s do it.
> Meanwhile, Tad, Kitt, John and Paul plan to
sample an abandoned crosscut 70 feet
inside the number three.
John thinks the crosscut
is directly below Ole’s gold vein.
And with storm clouds brewing,
they have just 24 hours to prove it.
> We got everything we need to do.
This wind, I’m wondering what kind of weather.
> It’s blowing in a storm,
we better make use of our time today.
> Let’s do a quick safety check and head on in.
> Yeah.
> All right. > Let’s do it.
> We’re able to get in here one last time this year.
Got to try to get as much information and sampling
and knowledge of the status of the mine
as we possibly can.
We’re interested in a crosscut directly toward
what would be the downhill projection of Ole’s lead.
We really want to get that information this fall
so we can put our plan together for mining next spring.
> But the freeze thaw cycle of the last two weeks
has wreaked havoc on the mine.
And the brothers need to inspect it thoroughly
as they advance.
> It gets drippy fast, doesn’t it?
> Yeah, little ice buildup in there, huh?
> Well understandably.
Listen to that wind.
> That one’s kind of split.
> Yeah, these are, boy they’re taking weight.
That’s stuck.
> Yeah, I’d say so.
> I’ll be damned.
Powder stick, isn’t it?
> I think it is, yep.
> Just sitting by this post all this time.
> Huh.
> This thing might be 100, 120 years old.
Who knows?
> They would have drilled the hole into the rock face.
The, the dynamite stick is here and you’ve got
the cap woven into it and the fuse coming out.
And so you just kind of stick it in and the fuse
comes along the stick and you hold the fuse tight
and you very gently slide it into the bottom of
the hole and give it a little push.
Just a little.
Make sure it’s at the end of the hole.
And then you slide this out and leave the fuse.
So the fuse is the only thing hanging out.
And then you add sticks, however many sticks of
powder are gonna be required to break that rock.
> Hence the phrase tamper light, not tap-it light.
> Okay.
> So on.
> Try one.
> On we go?
> On we go.
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[SLOSHING WATER]
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
> Back outside, Rick, Jeremy,
Brendon and Brian hike up the mountain looking for
any sign of a ventilation raise to the number one.
> We got a possibility up there.
Not quite like I pictured it,
but we need to check it out.
> I saw a game trail back here
that we walked past when we were coming up this way.
Maybe we could get back up on that trail
and work our way through the timber and drop down in on it.
> This could be our saving grace, boys.
> Oh [LAUGHS].
> What are you seeing back in there?
See anything?
> Nothing, she’s caved tight.
She’s all the way to the back.
> It’s caved tight.
> Tight to the back?
> All the way.
> I’m confident that’s not the raise.
If it had caved it’d all go down.
> Well, let’s keep looking.
Let’s go.
> We want to get into number one to check the structure.
It’s our understanding that that structure
that all these workings are on
is more or less continuous.
If we confirm structures that would confirm for us
that we’ve got a lot of potential in terms of ore
above us and below us.
And then we can show it to somebody else.
This looks a little more like it could be something.
Looks like it drops off in there.
> So in correlation to number one
where are we at with this guy?
> Uh, well number one is down here, below us.
I’d guess about 500 feet.
They went up dip and laid it over.
It’s about in the right spot.
> Okay.
> Well it’s open.
> Yeah. > That’s a plus.
> That’s, yeah, better than anything we’ve seen so far.
> You think this is the one?
> This is the one.