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‘Mystery At Blind Frog Ranch’: What Do We Know
Discovery Channel’s new collection, Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch, just aired its third episode Friday evening. The reality series follows a father and son as they hunt for treasure on their 160-acre ranch. Although the main target is searching for gold, this is more than just a treasure hunt.
Who Are The Ollingers?
Duane Ollinger is the star of Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch. After spending over 30 years in the Texas oil industry, he decides to make use of his vast experience drilling for oil to search for treasures rumored to be in Utah’s Uinta Basin. He bought a a hundred and sixty-acre plot of land in 2018 and brought his son, Chad, in to assist him.
Chad Ollinger is the son of Duane Ollinger. After hearing what his father was planning, Chad decides to sell his residence and crop-dusting business. He purchased a school bus and move his spouse and four children to live on the land.
Duane and Chad are digging hard for gold. With hard digging comes big equipment and Duane has invested a big sum of cash into this endeavor. With so much equipment, Duane determined to herald his longtime pal, Charlie.
Charlie Snider, or "Charlie Boy", spends 20 years is as sheriff’s deputy and is head of security for the ranch.
Duane additionally contacted Eric Drummond. Eric is a geologist with over 40 years of experience. He is well known within the oil trade and an expert at "finding things." Eric gives the group a scientific view of where to look for the gold.
Digging For Gold
The first thing Duane did after purchasing the ranch was to take satellite scans of the area. The scans showed almost miles of caves and caverns running underneath the property. The subsequent step was to aim to access the caverns. The Ollingers start drilling where they believe could be an access point into the cavern. They punched into a void stuffed with water. Dozens of frogs have been inside the void and appeared to have been underground for an extended time. Duane describes being able to the touch the nostril of the frogs before they might hop away as if they had been unaware of his presence. Duane determined proper then to call it "Blind Frog Ranch."
Shortly after drilling the access gap, the world started to flood until it was underwater. The Ollinger’s would now must discover a way to remove the sediment now filling their access hole. Eric advised testing the sediment for gold. The group pumped out the sediment and had been blissful to search out raw gold and even a Spanish gold coin. These finds have been evidence that more gold have to be in the almost miles of caverns.
Even after pumping much of the sediment out of the original access hole, the outlet was nonetheless underwater. Duane decides to attempt to dig another gap in an try to find a dry access point. He digs a 30-foot vertical hole costing $6000 only to find that it continues to be flooded on the bottom.
Is it Too Dangerous…or not?
Deciding it is too harmful to permit Chad to drop into the 30 foot gap, Duane digs out the unique hole. The water becomes clearer and Chad is lastly able to dive into the cavern.
Chad Ollinger dives into the cavern along with camera operator, Ryan Walsh. After searching in the vast cavern, Chad locates what appears to be a big manmade box. The box is made of large logs held together with rope. This discover offers more credit to the idea of treasure being in the caverns. Although Chad was able to make this large discover, they nonetheless don't have any way to get anything out. A new access point have to be found.
Eric decides to use UV dye to turn the water green. They'll then search the property for areas where the water is perhaps coming out. Eric, Chad, and Charlie search the property where they find a small cluster of cedar timber 1/four of a mile Northwest of the original dig site. They find the green water, which glows brightly when under UV light, in what appears to be a natural spring. Duane spends $5000 digging over 35 feet, but the group is unable to punch into the cavern.
Episode three ends with Charlie discovering strange worms swimming on the authentic dig site. The worms seem translucent and glow under UV light indicating there's a complete ecosystem living inside the cavern system.
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