Death Valley Days (TV Series)

Green Is the Color of Gold (1968)

Royal Dano: Aaron Winters

Quotes 

• John Burk : It ain't gold you should be lookin' for.

  Aaron Winters : What do you mean by that?

  John Burk : A man could retire right comfortable if he could find a proper deposit of borax.

  Aaron Winters : A deposit of what?

  John Burk : Borax!

  Aaron Winters : Borax? What's that?

  John Burk : It's a mineral they use to make soaps and medicines with. It's rare, but they found a pocket of it up there about five years ago. Findin' some more would be pretty worthwhile.

  Aaron Winters : What is it about it that makes it so worthwhile to be diggin' for?

  John Burk : The scarcity of it, that's what! The only place they can it now is a country called Tibet. They load it on the backs of sheep and haul it over the Himalayas.

• Aaron Winters : Borax. Yeah... I'll keep lookin' for gold before I start lookin' for soap.

• [examining a chunk of borax] 

  Aaron Winters : Ben says this is worth 600 dollars a ton. Sure doesn't look it, does it.

  Rosie Winters : What is it?

  Aaron Winters : Called borax.

  Rosie Winters : Aaron... this looks like that cotton-ball stuff that got stuck in my hair and clothes.

  Aaron Winters : Yeah. Yeah!

  Rosie Winters : I'm sure it's the same crystals we saw that day.

  Aaron Winters : At the base of the mountain.

  Rosie Winters : Yes! There must be tons and tons of it!

• Aaron Winters : I'm goin' into town and get some sulfuric acid and alcohol. You and I are goin' prospectin' for borax!

• [after pouring alcohol and sulfuric acid on the white rocks, Aaron hesitates to test the material by striking a match] 

  Rosie Winters : Light it.

  Aaron Winters : R-Rosie... what if it isn't?

  Rosie Winters : Aaron, we'll go on looking for that gold mine together. I'll light it.

• [last lines] 

  Aaron Winters : It burns green, Rosie! A beautiful green!