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on this gold rush...

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tony beets makes a dramatic discovery...

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oh, I'll be damned.

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...On his hunt for gold.

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There's something hiding over there.

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Holy .

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rick ness hits the jackpot.

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People search their whole life

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For this type of material.

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If anybody wants to go home, they can  go home.

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and parker schnabel throws his team into a tailspin.

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go pack my and leave right now, I don't give a .

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I'm  pissed.

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this time last year,

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Klondike legend tony beets was already shutdown by the yukon winter.

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But after a late start due to the pandemic,

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He's still over 400 ounces short

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Of his 3,000 ounce season goal,

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And he's not giving up now.

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Gents, keep it going in.

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the trommel's muddy water

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Runs into ponds to let the silt settle,

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By law this sediment must have dropped out of the water

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Before it's discharged into the creek.

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But the ponds have silted up,

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And dirty water is now flowing out of the discharge pipe.

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Go ahead, tony. Go ahead.

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Righty. I'm on my way.

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feeding dirty water into the creek is a violation

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That could see tony's operation shutdown,

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And hit with a fine of up to $100,000.

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yes, I do. Yes, I do. Yes, I do.

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Why? What's happened?

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Great. On it.

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to increase the pond's capacity,

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So the silt has space to settle,

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Tony plans to raise the whole mile and a half of dikes

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By a massive seven feet.

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It'll take over 2.3 million cubic feet of dirt,

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Enough to fill the capitol rotunda, twice over.

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What's up? What do you need, chickie?

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Hey, I'm gonna be backing these trucks in

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You know, it is the end of the season.

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Damn near, anyways, so,

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The faster we get this done, the better.

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'cause it's just costing nothing but money.

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Sounds good. Just give me a holler when you want the d10 to barrel down,

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-And I'll make it happen. - aces.

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if you let dirty water into the stream, you can be shutdown for good.

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So, dike building it is.

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Gotta build 'em up, build 'em up, build 'em up, build 'em up.

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We, uh, now have pretty much everybody

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On the dikes, making this project "happening."

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Until this is done, we cannot sluice,

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So, all hands on deck, all hands on deck.

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tony loads rock trucks with old tailings.

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keep coming, keep coming.

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Hard left.

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monica directs the trucks

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To dump at one end of the dike,

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Then kevin pushes the piles flat and packs them down

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With the weight of the d10 dozer.

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Do one quick push. Boom. And then we get out of the way.

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Repeat.

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overall, it's been a pretty good season.

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You know, it's been tough for sure,

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But we're finding good gold and we're making money

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And that's the important part.

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twenty-six-year-old parker schnabel,

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Is on track to break records this year

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And expand his gold mining empire.

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We've got a lot of options on other grounds

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Both here in the klondike and in alaska.

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You know, the biggest factor for making a decision on those

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Is where we're at money-wise at the end pf the season.

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with only weeks left in the season,

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He's going all out

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With both his wash plants running 24/7

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In the 26 acre airstrip cut.

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this season we're just going through area like crazy.

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Gold prices are good.

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The best way to maximize this season

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Is to open up an extension on the airstrip cut that we're doing right now.

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I don't know how happy the guys are gonna be about this

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But we're on a roll

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And we should try to keep that going.

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-How's it going? -Good, you?

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Not too bad.

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Yeah, so...

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I know it's a little late in the season,

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But, we could get another piece opened up

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And extend the cut further downstream

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Another five, 600 feet.

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We've got good gold prices and we need gold coming out of the ground.

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That's gonna add a couple more weeks of work, man,

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Like, I don't know if we'll be able to beat the weather doing this.

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My only concern is that snow's probably gonna be coming in pretty soon.

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You should be able to get something opened up.

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To open this ground up is a big challenge for me.

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I know it's gonna not be fun this time of year, but,

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It's gotta get done.

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parker wants to mine another 600 foot cut,

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Half as much again as they've mined so far on the airstrip.

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It will take 500 truckloads of worthless overburden

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To get down to gold rich pay.

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This late in the season,

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That's a huge extra workload for co-foreman brennan ruault in the 700,

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And operator jm in the 460.

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This is a lot of extra pressure on my shoulders

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But, uh, you know, I'm not the boss here,

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And he's the one calling the shots on that

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And we're just gonna have to get it done.

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At the end of the day, I have one job to do,

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To just find as much gold as we possibly can.

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The plans keep changing around here,

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So it's... Like, I can't keep up.

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I'm getting tired. We gotta open a lot of ground.

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But all I can do is my best.

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while brennan and jm strip overburden on the new extension,

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Parker checks the section of the airstrip cut

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They've already mined.

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what the ?

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parker's discovered a rookie error.

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They've left gold bearing river rock behind.

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Howdy.

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I shouldn't have to walk your floor.

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What's that, buddy?

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I though everybody knew how to dig pay

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But three are round rock everywhere.

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Like I shouldn't have to walk the floor and find like, yards of rock

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I've hardly dug any of this.

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I don't care.

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You're in charge or are you not in charge?

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Well, mitch was in charge.

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mitch ain't here.

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Yeah, well...

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There's quite a bit missed.

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Whoever took the last strip in the back.

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I don't give a  who it is, and neither should you,

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But it needs to get cleaned up.

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I understand that,

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But I haven't even dug half this  pay here,

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I've been in the back doing overburden.

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I don't know if guys are in a rush to go home or whatever

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But if anybody wants to go home, they can  go home.

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Right now. Like, that's not a reason to rush through any cuts or...

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Or do anything sloppy, or whatever is going on,

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We've done this racket for eight years now,

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I shouldn't have to walk our floors.

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but there's no need to come here and be a  about it.

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I'm so  over this bull  man.

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Go pack my and leave right now,

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I don't give a about any of this .

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I am  pissed.

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I'm gonna pack my  and leave right now.

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at indian river,

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Co-foreman brennan ruault

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Is reaching a breaking point,

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After his boss parker schnabel called him out

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For leaving pay dirt behind in the cut.

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I'm  over this horse .

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I'm trying to do a million things and keep my head in check,

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blood is boiling, man.

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Whoo!

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when brennan joined the crew five years ago

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He'd never mined gold before.

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Can't wait to see the little yellow flakes on the sluice box.

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through his hard work, he gained parker's trust.

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that's awesome.

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and worked his way up to the rank of co-foreman.

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What I'd really like to do is for your guys to share the role.

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I'll definitely step up.

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but now, the pressure of the end.

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Of their most grueling season ever,

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Has pushed him to the brink.

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one little thing

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And then I'm the one that has to take the heat for it.

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hey, junior. Come here, boy.

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I'm just sick of being treated like that.

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Like, it's just a nightmare.

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-I mean, when is enough enough around here? - yeah.

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In the ten years that I've been here,

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I've noticed that he pushes a little bit more...

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At this point,

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And sometimes it creates more damage than good.

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He forgets that a lot of us are 3,000 miles away from home,

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That's the tough part.

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It's really hard on everyone to maintain a good morale.

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Yeah, we put in a lot of work this year,

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Being up here late, getting tired.

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Just consider the crew,

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We've got a good crew,

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No, we got a good team, man, a really good team.

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-We say it all year long. - yeah.

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Everybody knows their stuff and gets done.

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So, no matter how hard it gets,

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Come hell or high water, push through.

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Yeah, all right.

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Why don't we finish on a good note, happy,

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Then come here and go full tilt in the spring.

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What can you say? It happens every year.

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-All right, pops. Thanks a lot, appreciate it. -Okay, junior.

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-Yeah, you hang in there. -Yeah, you too.

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technically, I shouldn't even be here right now.

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Normally, we're gone this time of year.

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But thankfully we haven't been frozen out yet,

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Because, uh, still got a couple hundred ounces to yet,

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And I'm more determined this season than ever,

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To make sure that we get there.

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rick ness, is mining on borrowed time.

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What'd the boss want?

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meetings are never good.

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and still only three-quarters of the way

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To hitting his 1,000 ounce season goal.

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I just wanted to address the gigantic elephant in the room,

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And that is if we don't hit 1,000 ounces this year,

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We're not coming back.

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It jus is what it is, we're hitting 1,000 ounces,

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-Right? -Yeah.

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with his mining career on the line,

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Rick knows he needs to make a big move

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To hit his target.

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The creek cut has been really reliable for us

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But I just don't know if that's gonna get us there.

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What if the weather closes on us like a trap

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And we're not across the finish line yet?

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Like, I can't handle that for another year.

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We've gotta do something.

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I've got a bit of hunch. I really think that

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You know, some of out best gold could be around that lazy bend in that river there.

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You're gonna look into that lazy bend?

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We're not gonna keep doing the creek cut?

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I know the creek cut's been reliable,

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But is it good enough to get there?

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It's time to swing away, man.

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Like we gotta go after something bigger.

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water flows slower around the inside

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Or lazy bend of a river.

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The slower water allows more gold to settle,

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And over thousands of years,

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Creates a richer deposit than anywhere else on the creek.

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We came up here for... For redemption, right?

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We're so close.

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go after it. Man.

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I'm done playing it safe.

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You're the expert here. I'll follow your lead, buddy.

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-I'm game. -I'm game.

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Let's go, uh, deal with this weather and get after it.

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-We'll hurt the dirt. -Let's do it.

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Hurt the dirt!

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Hopefully, I can get the machine in here without  burying it.

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rick opens up the spot he believes

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Was once the inside bend in the course of the creek.

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I've run the numbers and there's just no way

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We're gonna get to a thousand ounces

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At the pace we're going.

258
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We need the bang for our buck right now.

259
00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:21,510
So, we gotta go after the best of the best.

260
00:15:24,550 --> 00:15:27,850
I hope this pays off. It just makes me nervous.

261
00:15:27,890 --> 00:15:29,920
When you're taking a chance like that

262
00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:33,330
Run the risk of maybe we don't even hit our goals.

263
00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:34,860
Hopefully, his hunch is right.

264
00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:37,830
yeah, it's rick's call.

265
00:15:37,870 --> 00:15:39,530
But I think there's a time and place

266
00:15:39,570 --> 00:15:42,300
To go fast and take chances, and it's not this year.

267
00:15:42,340 --> 00:15:44,100
It's just not the season for that.

268
00:15:46,470 --> 00:15:48,210
All right. So far so good.

269
00:15:50,580 --> 00:15:52,610
Kruse and karla and probably everybody here

270
00:15:52,650 --> 00:15:54,610
Is not too sure about my hunch here.

271
00:15:54,650 --> 00:15:57,220
But in the case, they're gonna be wrong.

272
00:15:57,250 --> 00:15:59,190
I'm gonna prove 'em wrong this year.

273
00:15:59,220 --> 00:16:00,990
you, gravel. Where are you?

274
00:16:01,590 --> 00:16:02,720
Don't have all day.

275
00:16:04,030 --> 00:16:04,920
Come on.

276
00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:09,800
yeah.

277
00:16:10,530 --> 00:16:11,800
Yeah, look at that.

278
00:16:11,830 --> 00:16:13,630
five hours in,

279
00:16:13,670 --> 00:16:15,870
Rick hits the first pay gravels.

280
00:16:17,970 --> 00:16:19,640
Oh, that's good stuff.

281
00:16:19,670 --> 00:16:20,940
It's good stuff.

282
00:16:20,980 --> 00:16:22,440
rick, do you copy? Rick?

283
00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:23,980
yeah, just stay right there, kruse. Let me get some more.

284
00:16:24,010 --> 00:16:26,010
If I get ten trucks out of here,

285
00:16:26,050 --> 00:16:27,850
That's 200 yards.

286
00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:29,480
That's all I really need.

287
00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:31,990
About two hours to run that through the wash plant.

288
00:16:32,020 --> 00:16:34,650
That should give me a pretty good test to see what I got in here.

289
00:16:34,690 --> 00:16:37,560
rick will run a 200 yard test

290
00:16:37,590 --> 00:16:39,760
To find out if this pay is rich enough

291
00:16:39,790 --> 00:16:42,060
To save his season.

292
00:16:42,100 --> 00:16:43,260
You're all loaded up there, buddy.

293
00:16:44,670 --> 00:16:47,930
All right, here we go. First load of pay dirt.

294
00:16:47,970 --> 00:16:49,340
there it goes.

295
00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:51,800
It's, uh, go time.

296
00:16:53,580 --> 00:16:55,070
Here we go, first load.

297
00:17:01,380 --> 00:17:03,220
jammin', killin' it.

298
00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:08,650
Historically, the lazy bend in a river

299
00:17:08,690 --> 00:17:10,690
Should be where all the gold is.

300
00:17:10,730 --> 00:17:12,460
Kinda putting all my eggs in this basket.

301
00:17:12,490 --> 00:17:15,130
But I really think it's gonna pay off.

302
00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:17,800
after running for two hours...

303
00:17:17,830 --> 00:17:19,130
Just shut her down.

304
00:17:19,170 --> 00:17:21,630
...The crew shuts down to check the sluices.

305
00:17:27,910 --> 00:17:28,980
what do you think?

306
00:17:29,010 --> 00:17:30,240
it looks really good.

307
00:17:31,180 --> 00:17:33,680
It looks better than our last cleanup.

308
00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:35,450
yeah, that looks good. I'll take that.

309
00:17:36,890 --> 00:17:39,390
oh, my .

310
00:17:39,420 --> 00:17:40,950
Look at this, just sitting in the sluice.

311
00:17:42,120 --> 00:17:43,420
holy .

312
00:17:43,460 --> 00:17:47,330
I can't believe that. Wow, look it.

313
00:17:47,360 --> 00:17:49,830
That's the heaviest nugget I've ever felt.

314
00:17:49,860 --> 00:17:53,570
People search their whole life for this type of material.

315
00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:54,700
pretty big smile on your face.

316
00:17:54,740 --> 00:17:56,400
no, you don't even know. You don't even...

317
00:17:56,470 --> 00:17:58,200
This is like... It's what dreams are made of.

318
00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:00,910
-What? -I know.

319
00:18:00,940 --> 00:18:03,410
- holy . - yeah.

320
00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:06,080
christmas came early.

321
00:18:06,110 --> 00:18:07,910
that's like an ounce right there.

322
00:18:07,950 --> 00:18:11,520
That's a  beauty. Like, that's worth some serious money.

323
00:18:11,550 --> 00:18:12,750
That's an ounce.

324
00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:16,190
That'd be four grand right there.

325
00:18:17,930 --> 00:18:20,030
As far as I know, that's bigger than anything

326
00:18:20,060 --> 00:18:21,590
Parker or tony's pulled out of the ground.

327
00:18:21,630 --> 00:18:24,330
rick's move to keno last season

328
00:18:24,370 --> 00:18:27,730
Was all in the hope of finding giant nuggets.

329
00:18:27,770 --> 00:18:31,000
Two years of hard work and determination

330
00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:33,810
Have finally paid off.

331
00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:37,040
And if the lazy bend continues to deliver,

332
00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:40,010
His season goal could be in reach.

333
00:18:40,050 --> 00:18:41,710
Wow. I'm really hoping this is gonna be

334
00:18:41,750 --> 00:18:44,420
The biggest cleanup of the year

335
00:18:44,450 --> 00:18:46,650
And if that guy has anything to say about, I think it might be.

336
00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:11,040
The sooner we get this done, the sooner we can get back to sluicing.

337
00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:12,650
at paradise hill,

338
00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:17,120
Tony beets has stopped all sluicing of upper cut pay dirt.

339
00:19:17,150 --> 00:19:19,850
We've got water going out of our settling pond.

340
00:19:19,890 --> 00:19:21,850
It was too dirty.

341
00:19:21,890 --> 00:19:25,120
Which, of course, means we got to build up the dikes.

342
00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:27,630
muddy water running from the settling ponds

343
00:19:27,660 --> 00:19:31,000
Into the creek has forced a total shutdown

344
00:19:31,030 --> 00:19:34,570
Until kevin and the crew raise the dikes.

345
00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:37,740
I am running the d10 and pushing down

346
00:19:37,770 --> 00:19:41,140
The piles that monica is directing on the dike.

347
00:19:45,950 --> 00:19:50,550
they still need around 500 trucks of material to finish the job.

348
00:20:40,900 --> 00:20:42,740
go for kevin. Go for kevin.

349
00:20:46,410 --> 00:20:48,310
can do. I'm actually just on my way.

350
00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:02,320
and what did we find?

351
00:21:02,360 --> 00:21:03,890
There's something hiding over there.

352
00:21:06,530 --> 00:21:07,830
I'll be down.

353
00:21:07,860 --> 00:21:09,760
I believe what we're looking at...

354
00:21:10,430 --> 00:21:12,500
I'm guessing a steamer.

355
00:21:12,530 --> 00:21:14,930
Like, from a dredge. It's clearly from a  dredge.

356
00:21:26,410 --> 00:21:30,280
from the early 1900s up to 1966,

357
00:21:30,320 --> 00:21:34,120
Dredges mined the prime pay dirt on hunker creek.

358
00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:36,890
The ground was so rich, that on a good day,

359
00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:39,030
They pulled out today's equivalent

360
00:21:39,060 --> 00:21:42,760
Of over a million dollars worth of gold.

361
00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:45,630
For tony to unearth the remnants of the dredge

362
00:21:45,670 --> 00:21:48,900
Is an incredible chance discovery.

363
00:21:48,940 --> 00:21:51,400
- yeah.

364
00:21:53,510 --> 00:21:54,510
- what?

365
00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:03,280
-Yeah.

366
00:22:09,220 --> 00:22:11,090
not till right about now, honestly.

367
00:22:11,130 --> 00:22:14,130
old timers sluicing on the hill

368
00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:16,600
Washed down waste material.

369
00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:19,330
Tony's theory,

370
00:22:19,370 --> 00:22:21,470
The dredge that mined along the valley

371
00:22:21,500 --> 00:22:23,940
Went round these tailings.

372
00:22:23,970 --> 00:22:26,310
When the dredge was finally abandoned,

373
00:22:26,340 --> 00:22:29,080
The remnants lay on top of ground,

374
00:22:29,110 --> 00:22:31,210
That could still be rich in gold.

375
00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:36,620
If tony's right,

376
00:22:36,650 --> 00:22:39,690
He could be heading for a mammoth pay day.

377
00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:56,800
- yeah.

378
00:23:03,850 --> 00:23:07,580
So, the question is, where did the dredge come in?

379
00:23:07,620 --> 00:23:10,020
Where did they say " it, too much"?

380
00:23:10,050 --> 00:23:11,680
We won't know till we dig.

381
00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:14,120
But I'm very curious to see what we get out of here.

382
00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:39,880
while the rest of the crew races to finish the dikes...

383
00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:45,250
...Tony calls in drilling expert liam ferguson.

384
00:23:45,290 --> 00:23:47,520
All right, tony. Um, we talked about putting four holes in.

385
00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:49,260
Whereabouts do you think is a good spot for them?

386
00:23:51,890 --> 00:23:53,160
-Yep.

387
00:23:58,300 --> 00:24:00,570
Sounds good. We'll come find you when we're done.

388
00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:02,640
no problem.

389
00:24:02,670 --> 00:24:03,770
all right.

390
00:24:15,020 --> 00:24:17,480
using a vibrating sonic drill

391
00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:20,850
That can reach depths of 1,000 feet,

392
00:24:20,890 --> 00:24:23,090
Liam will take a series of core samples

393
00:24:23,120 --> 00:24:26,190
Of the layers of material beneath the surface

394
00:24:26,230 --> 00:24:28,260
To discover if the ground beneath

395
00:24:28,330 --> 00:24:30,600
Is virgin and rich in gold.

396
00:24:31,500 --> 00:24:33,370
There's a lot of potential here

397
00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:35,800
For tony to find some really good ground.

398
00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:39,240
We'll know pretty quick, as soon as we pull the core out,

399
00:24:39,270 --> 00:24:41,140
If it's real virgin ground or not.

400
00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:51,020
All right, so that's our bedrock there. That looks pretty good.

401
00:24:51,050 --> 00:24:53,720
On top of the bedrock, we got, like, nine foot

402
00:24:53,750 --> 00:24:56,460
Of, like, a silty river gravel.

403
00:24:57,690 --> 00:25:00,130
That looks like virgin ground to me.

404
00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:01,990
So, based on everything we've seen,

405
00:25:02,030 --> 00:25:05,100
It definitely looks like it could be virgin ground.

406
00:25:05,130 --> 00:25:08,330
Looks to me like the theory of the dredge going around.

407
00:25:08,370 --> 00:25:11,670
The tailings, pile, it all seems to add up.

408
00:25:11,710 --> 00:25:14,870
Now, the next thing to do is just to wash it, find out how much gold in there.

409
00:25:34,860 --> 00:25:36,400
There's still lot of work to do here,

410
00:25:36,430 --> 00:25:38,500
So we got to just put the hammer down to get it done.

411
00:25:38,530 --> 00:25:42,970
parker has put co-foreman brennan ruault under the gun

412
00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:47,810
To strip a 600-foot extension to the airstrip cut.

413
00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:50,810
After three days, he's still not down to pay dirt.

414
00:25:50,850 --> 00:25:54,050
Parker's got some big pressure on all of us out here

415
00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:55,050
To get this ground ready.

416
00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:56,650
Is he  angry still?

417
00:25:56,720 --> 00:25:59,020
It isn't the first time he's been miserable like that.

418
00:25:59,050 --> 00:26:01,790
There's no need for it, and that's what I'm getting tired of.

419
00:26:03,390 --> 00:26:04,390
Jm, you on here?

420
00:26:05,430 --> 00:26:06,860
yeah, copy.

421
00:26:06,890 --> 00:26:09,900
hey, buddy. We're gonna have to take a smooth bucket and truck

422
00:26:09,930 --> 00:26:11,960
And go pick rock out of there, wherever it's missed.

423
00:26:12,870 --> 00:26:13,830
right on.

424
00:26:13,870 --> 00:26:15,170
Sounds like a plan, man.

425
00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:17,740
brennan has tasked jm

426
00:26:17,770 --> 00:26:20,610
With cleaning up the section of the airstrip cut,

427
00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:23,480
Where parker found gold left behind.

428
00:26:23,510 --> 00:26:25,910
I mean, I don't mind. I'm here to work.

429
00:26:25,950 --> 00:26:29,080
But it seems like everyday I kinda found some new problem,

430
00:26:29,120 --> 00:26:30,850
A new challenge to deal with.

431
00:26:30,890 --> 00:26:34,490
the two wash plants sluicifer and big red

432
00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:40,590
Are running a combined 420 yards of airstrip cut pay dirt and hour.

433
00:26:41,430 --> 00:26:43,260
Brennan in the d10

434
00:26:43,300 --> 00:26:46,570
Strips overburden to open up the new extension.

435
00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:49,840
Now we're in a bit of a bad panic to get as far back as we can.

436
00:27:02,180 --> 00:27:03,720
- howdy. -How are you doing?

437
00:27:03,750 --> 00:27:04,580
good, you?

438
00:27:04,620 --> 00:27:06,020
I'm all right. Um...

439
00:27:09,190 --> 00:27:14,330
I wanted to explain a little more my little blow up in the cut.

440
00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:19,670
I apologize. Because I shouldn't do it that way

441
00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:23,800
Brennan, since you've shown up here,

442
00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:26,970
Like, you've come so far, and you've been doing a great job.

443
00:27:27,010 --> 00:27:28,210
Honestly, you have.

444
00:27:28,910 --> 00:27:29,980
Right.

445
00:27:30,010 --> 00:27:31,880
I know you've got a lot on your plate,

446
00:27:31,910 --> 00:27:34,210
But we still have to make sure

447
00:27:34,250 --> 00:27:36,720
That we are following the basics.

448
00:27:36,750 --> 00:27:38,920
And that's where I'm coming from.

449
00:27:38,950 --> 00:27:40,850
-Okay, yeah. -Does that make sense?

450
00:27:40,890 --> 00:27:42,050
Yeah. Very.

451
00:27:42,090 --> 00:27:43,660
Thank you. Appreciate it.

452
00:27:43,690 --> 00:27:45,090
-No sweat. Thanks, brennan. -Yeah, no worries.

453
00:27:45,130 --> 00:27:46,760
Appreciate it. Thanks a lot.

454
00:27:46,790 --> 00:27:49,330
I definitely just take it back a little bit with parker.

455
00:27:49,360 --> 00:27:52,100
I do really respect him coming to apologize

456
00:27:52,130 --> 00:27:54,370
In a sincere way, you know, so I... I'm happy.

457
00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:04,340
I want to get this ground opened up and sluiced.

458
00:28:04,380 --> 00:28:07,450
I wanna try and conquer this season for parker

459
00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:12,080
And, hopefully, also put some money in the bank for some new ground for us.

460
00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:17,890
We're trying to hurry everything

461
00:28:17,930 --> 00:28:19,630
So we're not behind schedule for once.

462
00:28:28,900 --> 00:28:30,170
no.

463
00:28:36,210 --> 00:28:39,240
brennan has hit permafrost.

464
00:28:39,280 --> 00:28:44,520
Dirt and gravel frozen solid since the last ice age.

465
00:28:44,550 --> 00:28:47,020
That's the last thing I need, is to break a ripper shaking out.

466
00:28:47,050 --> 00:28:49,760
Explain that one to parker.

467
00:28:49,790 --> 00:28:52,360
This sand is like granite trying to get through it.

468
00:28:53,290 --> 00:28:54,960
I mean, look at how hard this stuff is.

469
00:28:55,030 --> 00:28:56,930
This slows the cat right down.

470
00:28:57,930 --> 00:28:59,500
Lifting my tracks right off the ground.

471
00:29:01,070 --> 00:29:02,840
Yeah, we on here, jm.

472
00:29:02,870 --> 00:29:04,640
yeah, go ahead.

473
00:29:04,670 --> 00:29:07,440
Man, this nothing but a  fight out here in the ten.

474
00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:09,710
I'm trying to rip this frozen gravel.

475
00:29:09,740 --> 00:29:11,310
I don't know how I'm gonna get through this in time.

476
00:29:12,310 --> 00:29:14,010
that's not good news man.

477
00:29:14,050 --> 00:29:16,010
I mean, .

478
00:29:19,750 --> 00:29:20,950
sake, man.

479
00:29:20,990 --> 00:29:23,460
This is gonna take forever going at this pace.

480
00:29:41,110 --> 00:29:42,910
this is what slows us down.

481
00:29:45,180 --> 00:29:47,310
This is  brutal.

482
00:29:47,350 --> 00:29:48,410
at indian river,

483
00:29:48,450 --> 00:29:51,680
Brennan is tasked with extending the cut.

484
00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:54,590
But permafrost is slowing him down so much,

485
00:29:54,620 --> 00:29:56,760
He may never get down to pay dirt

486
00:29:56,790 --> 00:29:58,920
Before the end of this season.

487
00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:03,300
it's like ripping ground in here.

488
00:30:03,330 --> 00:30:05,600
I just heard a loud snap.

489
00:30:05,630 --> 00:30:07,930
I thought it broke the tooth right off the ripper.

490
00:30:09,070 --> 00:30:10,800
that frost.

491
00:30:11,510 --> 00:30:13,010
This  pisses me off.

492
00:30:15,510 --> 00:30:17,740
brennan hit permafrost, man.

493
00:30:17,780 --> 00:30:19,240
That's gonna slow him down.

494
00:30:21,620 --> 00:30:24,650
This gravel's just brutal on this poor cat.

495
00:30:24,690 --> 00:30:27,550
I didn't expect to run into this much of this.

496
00:30:27,590 --> 00:30:30,060
I mean, I have to put 50 rips in it to get down to pay.

497
00:30:31,430 --> 00:30:32,960
It's not gonna be good.

498
00:30:46,970 --> 00:30:49,240
This thing sounds wicked.

499
00:30:49,280 --> 00:30:50,440
like a kid with a new toy.

500
00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:52,410
oh, yeah.

501
00:30:52,450 --> 00:30:54,410
I never thought we'd have one of these.

502
00:30:54,450 --> 00:30:56,080
but over at the yard,

503
00:30:56,120 --> 00:30:58,980
Parker has a surprise in store.

504
00:30:59,020 --> 00:31:01,020
sick.

505
00:31:01,060 --> 00:31:05,520
a monster d11 dozer ordered for next season

506
00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:07,730
Has arrived ahead of time.

507
00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:11,230
And we bought it off craigslist basically, which is pretty funny.

508
00:31:11,270 --> 00:31:12,430
It's got all the goods.

509
00:31:12,470 --> 00:31:14,700
I think this is about a 50 yard blade.

510
00:31:14,740 --> 00:31:18,040
Like, this is chromium carbide overlay.

511
00:31:18,070 --> 00:31:20,870
So it's like, really strong, armored blade.

512
00:31:20,910 --> 00:31:24,380
Where the tens would rip, like, a three-foot rip, this thing will do six.

513
00:31:24,410 --> 00:31:27,350
I don't know much about engines, but it's a  big engine.

514
00:31:31,550 --> 00:31:35,550
the d11 is the biggest machine parker's ever owned.

515
00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:45,330
-Hi, brennan. - look at that big thing!

516
00:31:45,370 --> 00:31:49,770
- right? - holly man! Unreal

517
00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:51,540
-Yeah. -Nice work.

518
00:31:51,570 --> 00:31:54,010
with 850 horse power,

519
00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:58,210
It's 60% more powerful than brennan's d10.

520
00:31:58,250 --> 00:32:02,920
At 250,000 pounds, it's almost twice the weight.

521
00:32:02,950 --> 00:32:05,720
And the blade can move double the dirt.

522
00:32:05,750 --> 00:32:08,120
-This thing's huge, man. -Yeah.

523
00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:10,920
- unreal. I get to ride it? -Oh, yeah.

524
00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:13,430
-Sweet. -I figured you could use the help down here.

525
00:32:13,460 --> 00:32:16,730
When you're ripping this, the extra weight really makes a huge difference.

526
00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:19,360
-Yeah, wicked. Thanks, buddy. -Have fun with her.

527
00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:22,370
you bet. This is an immense relief.

528
00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:26,070
If this isn't gonna move mountains quickly, I don't know what will.

529
00:32:26,110 --> 00:32:28,170
This is the next level. I mean, I'm excited.

530
00:32:28,210 --> 00:32:31,080
I've got to run 11 one time in my life,

531
00:32:31,110 --> 00:32:33,180
And this is time number two where we need it the most,

532
00:32:33,210 --> 00:32:35,550
So I can't wait to get in and fire it up.

533
00:32:38,890 --> 00:32:39,890
Ah!

534
00:32:47,900 --> 00:32:48,930
Oh, yeah.

535
00:32:50,500 --> 00:32:52,360
That's the ticket.

536
00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:54,130
is this thing sweet.

537
00:32:55,900 --> 00:32:59,740
I mean, look at the chunks I'm blowing out of there compared to the ten.

538
00:32:59,770 --> 00:33:02,810
I can't believe the pieces it's pulling apart here.

539
00:33:04,210 --> 00:33:06,650
Jm, you're on here, jm.

540
00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:10,820
Buddy, I think we just found the ticket to getting through this frozen ground.

541
00:33:10,850 --> 00:33:14,350
oh, yeah, I can see it. Look at the size of that dozer, man.

542
00:33:16,290 --> 00:33:17,920
Half the time, half the rips,

543
00:33:17,960 --> 00:33:20,390
Means more efficiency and more gold in the box.

544
00:33:20,430 --> 00:33:21,660
A hell of lot faster.

545
00:33:22,530 --> 00:33:24,000
Absolutely beautiful.

546
00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:40,680
We're still quite a ways away from our 1,000 ounce goal.

547
00:33:40,710 --> 00:33:45,120
Um, the gold's been steady, but we've gonna have to make every day count.

548
00:33:45,150 --> 00:33:49,520
at duncan creek, rick and his crew start a new shift.

549
00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:51,760
Sluicing the lazy bend pay dirt,

550
00:33:51,790 --> 00:33:55,230
That has already produced a 1.5 ounce nugget.

551
00:33:56,260 --> 00:33:58,560
Yeah, this stuff's far too big.

552
00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:00,930
There's obviously a problem going on here. Far too big.

553
00:34:00,970 --> 00:34:02,570
but at the wash plant,

554
00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:06,910
Operator mark doverspike has discovered a problem.

555
00:34:06,940 --> 00:34:09,370
we can't have rocks go down there, 'cause it'll just destroy it.

556
00:34:09,410 --> 00:34:11,910
the sluice runs are full of rocks.

557
00:34:12,750 --> 00:34:14,110
So this is the kind of material

558
00:34:14,150 --> 00:34:16,950
We've had come down through our shaker deck now.

559
00:34:16,980 --> 00:34:19,180
That's far too big to be going through our riffle,

560
00:34:19,220 --> 00:34:21,890
So they're gonna be destroyed if we keep that up.

561
00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:24,920
We've got holes in the screen now. The screen deck.

562
00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:27,460
Oh, buddy. This thing is .

563
00:34:29,300 --> 00:34:30,530
this is bad.

564
00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:32,430
There's a big  hole in the punch plate.

565
00:34:32,470 --> 00:34:35,600
That one spot took all the wear.

566
00:34:35,640 --> 00:34:39,540
the hole in the plate is letting big rocks fall through

567
00:34:39,570 --> 00:34:43,280
That could destroy the riffles in the sluice box below.

568
00:34:43,310 --> 00:34:45,610
It's not the same as just blowing out a screen,

569
00:34:45,650 --> 00:34:47,780
I mean, this plant doesn't run screens,

570
00:34:47,820 --> 00:34:49,380
It runs one solid piece of punch plate,

571
00:34:49,420 --> 00:34:51,480
So if we just pop that piece out and replace it...

572
00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:53,950
Only thing we can do is try and cover it up.

573
00:34:53,990 --> 00:34:58,790
rick's wash plant uses a sheet of perforated half inch thick steel

574
00:34:58,830 --> 00:35:01,030
To screen out rocks.

575
00:35:01,060 --> 00:35:04,160
With no time to get a new plate fabricated,

576
00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:07,130
The only option is to patch up the hole,

577
00:35:07,170 --> 00:35:10,470
And try to limp the plant to the end of the season.

578
00:35:11,740 --> 00:35:13,640
Yeah, it's not good news this morning.

579
00:35:13,670 --> 00:35:15,810
There's a big old hole in the top deck of our plant,

580
00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:18,340
And it's not the time of the year for that .

581
00:35:18,380 --> 00:35:19,810
Gotta get the thing welded up quick,

582
00:35:19,850 --> 00:35:21,850
And hopefully get back in action.

583
00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:26,590
Potentially this could mean, you know, inwards of 20 ounces that we lose today.

584
00:35:26,620 --> 00:35:28,950
We're in a race to meet our goal, right?

585
00:35:28,990 --> 00:35:30,920
We gonna make this happen. We gonna make this quick.

586
00:35:34,660 --> 00:35:37,100
with mechanic carl rosk home

587
00:35:37,130 --> 00:35:39,200
Recovering from back surgery,

588
00:35:39,230 --> 00:35:42,030
It's up to ben bellai to fix the plant.

589
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:45,070
We got a big hole up on the top screen,

590
00:35:45,110 --> 00:35:47,940
So I gotta find a chunk of steel here

591
00:35:47,980 --> 00:35:51,080
That I don't have to cut, that I can use...

592
00:35:52,210 --> 00:35:54,080
To get this up and running here right away.

593
00:35:57,550 --> 00:35:59,120
That will actually do.

594
00:35:59,150 --> 00:36:01,120
Not too much work to it, so we can get using.

595
00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:05,420
Just gonna get this done here right away,

596
00:36:05,460 --> 00:36:07,260
So I get this plant up and running.

597
00:36:08,930 --> 00:36:10,160
Could be a quick fix.

598
00:36:11,830 --> 00:36:13,130
But it's at the end of the season,

599
00:36:13,170 --> 00:36:15,030
So we're just gonna patch it off for now.

600
00:36:16,040 --> 00:36:18,170
He's gonna do it quick and... Quick and dirty,

601
00:36:18,210 --> 00:36:19,940
So hopefully it won't take very long.

602
00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:26,950
See how this is... We have a big hole here.

603
00:36:26,980 --> 00:36:28,480
Hopefully, this patch job will hold.

604
00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:30,950
I can't guarantee it, because everything's all worn thin here.

605
00:36:30,980 --> 00:36:34,220
We'll see if this bush fix is gonna work, hopefully it will.

606
00:36:38,690 --> 00:36:40,530
We'll lose a little capacity of our deck,

607
00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:43,960
'cause we're gonna have to cover up that first foot of the screen deck,

608
00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:46,770
But at this point it's better than sitting there and doing nothing.

609
00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:55,970
The parts are fixed it doesn't look pretty in any way.

610
00:36:56,010 --> 00:36:58,410
It's not a thing of beauty, but we'll make it work.

611
00:36:58,450 --> 00:37:00,610
Let's fire this back up and get going.

612
00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:06,220
-Pretty much ready to fire up. -Yeah, that was quick.

613
00:37:06,250 --> 00:37:08,390
And... If you want it running,

614
00:37:08,420 --> 00:37:09,820
-Then just kinda watch-- -yeah.

615
00:37:09,860 --> 00:37:11,420
...The punch plate, maybe see if it--

616
00:37:11,460 --> 00:37:13,860
-Yeah. Yeah, for sure. -All right. I'll get everything rolling.

617
00:37:13,890 --> 00:37:16,600
Sweet. You get this thing fired up now.

618
00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:19,860
It's a quick, dirty fix on that,

619
00:37:19,900 --> 00:37:22,630
But that's probably the best that we can hope for at this point,

620
00:37:22,670 --> 00:37:25,900
So we're so close to the end of the season, so close to our goal.

621
00:37:28,140 --> 00:37:31,510
with only two hours of sluicing lost,

622
00:37:31,550 --> 00:37:34,110
The ness crew is back in business.

623
00:37:34,150 --> 00:37:35,510
So far, so good.

624
00:37:52,630 --> 00:37:57,740
at paradise hill, tony waits for the drill results to find out

625
00:37:57,770 --> 00:38:02,170
If he's discovered a chunk of prime virgin hunker creek pay dirt.

626
00:38:02,210 --> 00:38:04,180
Well, we got 'em back at the core set.

627
00:38:04,210 --> 00:38:06,110
Time to wash 'em and see what's in them.

628
00:38:06,150 --> 00:38:09,480
drilling specialist liam ferguson gets to work,

629
00:38:09,520 --> 00:38:11,750
Analyzing the core samples.

630
00:38:11,790 --> 00:38:15,150
It looks like here you can see the gravels that were washed down.

631
00:38:15,190 --> 00:38:18,190
Little bit of white channel and then right here

632
00:38:18,230 --> 00:38:20,930
Is right where we start to get back into mud again.

633
00:38:22,260 --> 00:38:25,000
That's pretty good indication of virgin ground.

634
00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:27,700
There's a good change there's gold here,

635
00:38:27,730 --> 00:38:28,800
But is there enough?

636
00:38:39,610 --> 00:38:41,710
Keep coming. You'll see me in a second.

637
00:38:41,750 --> 00:38:45,920
We're down, at this point about a week or so, that's long enough.

638
00:38:45,950 --> 00:38:50,760
at paradise hill, after moving 40,000 tons of dirt,

639
00:38:50,790 --> 00:38:53,490
The beets crew is in the final push

640
00:38:53,530 --> 00:38:56,760
To raise the level of their settling ponds.

641
00:38:56,800 --> 00:38:59,130
Just doing the last couple of pushes for the dike now.

642
00:39:00,130 --> 00:39:01,630
Soon as we get this finished up,

643
00:39:01,670 --> 00:39:03,800
We can fire up the pump, fire up the plant.

644
00:39:06,570 --> 00:39:07,410
Off we go.

645
00:39:09,810 --> 00:39:10,810
Park it.

646
00:39:24,020 --> 00:39:24,920
Kevin. Go for kevin.

647
00:39:31,370 --> 00:39:32,360
Everybody clear.

648
00:39:43,740 --> 00:39:46,210
after losing a week of sluicing,

649
00:39:46,250 --> 00:39:48,550
The beets are back on the gold.

650
00:39:56,720 --> 00:39:58,990
tony heads to get the drill results

651
00:39:59,030 --> 00:40:03,160
To find out if he's discovered a new strip of hunker creek pay dirt

652
00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:04,830
That's never been mined.

653
00:40:09,200 --> 00:40:11,740
-tony, good to see you again.

654
00:40:15,380 --> 00:40:18,710
Well, no, this one was also pretty interesting.

655
00:40:18,750 --> 00:40:21,110
Right, so these are the four holes we got here.

656
00:40:29,820 --> 00:40:30,820
-For sure. -Right?

657
00:40:32,790 --> 00:40:35,730
Looking at what we got there, that's the first hole we drilled.

658
00:40:35,760 --> 00:40:39,600
The one closest to the center of the valley looks like it's gonna be the best one.

659
00:40:39,630 --> 00:40:40,670
We found you some money.

660
00:40:46,710 --> 00:40:50,710
Yeah, around about an ounce per 100 I think this one will do.

661
00:40:53,980 --> 00:40:57,050
the drill results prove tony's theory.

662
00:40:57,080 --> 00:41:01,720
Under the remnants of the dredge is a strip of prime virgin ground.

663
00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:05,220
At an ounce of gold per 100 yards of dirt,

664
00:41:05,260 --> 00:41:09,530
It could bank tony $160,000 a day.

665
00:41:36,290 --> 00:41:42,230
rick ness is ready to find out if his gamble on the lazy bend in the river

666
00:41:42,260 --> 00:41:44,000
Has paid off.

667
00:41:44,030 --> 00:41:47,600
This week... I mean, that hole in that top deck,

668
00:41:47,630 --> 00:41:50,030
Potentially can be way worse than it was.

669
00:41:50,070 --> 00:41:51,840
We lost a little capacity in the plant,

670
00:41:51,870 --> 00:41:54,170
-But overall,  we got moving again, right? -Yeah.

671
00:41:54,210 --> 00:41:56,210
-Thanks. Thanks, man. -Well done.

672
00:41:56,240 --> 00:41:59,710
I know you guys weren't all super excited about that lazy corner of that river,

673
00:41:59,750 --> 00:42:02,010
But just so you guys know, it wasn't for nothing.

674
00:42:03,780 --> 00:42:05,720
holy !

675
00:42:05,750 --> 00:42:07,690
- can you believe that? - how much does that weigh?

676
00:42:08,420 --> 00:42:11,460
That one is 1.54 ounces.

677
00:42:11,490 --> 00:42:13,860
oh, my ! Wow!

678
00:42:13,890 --> 00:42:15,530
as a collectible nugget,

679
00:42:15,560 --> 00:42:18,600
It could be worth more than twice its weight.

680
00:42:18,630 --> 00:42:20,830
-Holy crap, man. -No way!

681
00:42:20,870 --> 00:42:25,040
I've never seen anything like this before in my life. This is, uh--

682
00:42:25,070 --> 00:42:29,440
-Neither have we, really. None of us have seen-- -yeah.

683
00:42:29,480 --> 00:42:31,440
that nugget's cool, but there is more.

684
00:42:31,480 --> 00:42:36,110
-Oh, yeah. That's what I'm talking about, buddy. -That's actually cool.

685
00:42:36,150 --> 00:42:39,580
to make the move to the lazy bend worthwhile,

686
00:42:39,620 --> 00:42:44,560
Rick needs to beat the average from the creek cut of 60 ounces a week.

687
00:42:45,430 --> 00:42:47,160
let's see what we've got here.

688
00:42:49,330 --> 00:42:53,460
We got ten, 20, 30...

689
00:42:54,900 --> 00:42:57,470
40, 50, 60...

690
00:42:58,710 --> 00:43:01,510
And we're going over 70... Yes, we are.

691
00:43:01,540 --> 00:43:02,810
Hand it over there, big guy.

692
00:43:03,910 --> 00:43:05,010
Kerplunk.

693
00:43:05,050 --> 00:43:09,210
What we got here? 71.64 ounces.

694
00:43:09,250 --> 00:43:11,020
-Yes. -Yeah, buddy.

695
00:43:11,050 --> 00:43:12,550
- uh-huh.

696
00:43:13,550 --> 00:43:17,560
worth around $136,000,

697
00:43:17,590 --> 00:43:20,360
Rick's gamble has paid off.

698
00:43:20,390 --> 00:43:21,960
-It's good week. -It's not bad.

699
00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:23,560
It's pretty great a week, boys.

700
00:43:23,600 --> 00:43:28,070
and takes his season total to 825 ounces.

701
00:43:28,100 --> 00:43:33,610
Just 175 ounces short of his 1,000 ounce gold.

702
00:43:33,640 --> 00:43:37,280
Overall, another really good week. These are cool,

703
00:43:37,310 --> 00:43:41,510
But that right there is what pays the bills and we're on that fine gold, right?

704
00:43:41,550 --> 00:43:43,880
-Oh, yeah. - we're on the gold, let's just keep it up.

705
00:43:43,920 --> 00:43:44,750
yeah.

706
00:43:44,780 --> 00:43:45,950
Yeah, thanks, guy.

707
00:43:47,190 --> 00:43:48,250
Thank you.

708
00:43:51,660 --> 00:43:53,860
-well, I'm learning to trust my gut out here,

709
00:43:53,890 --> 00:43:58,730
And, uh, you know, with that lazy bend in the river cleaned it out,

710
00:43:58,770 --> 00:44:01,630
And got good gold and on top of that,

711
00:44:02,500 --> 00:44:04,200
Got that bad boy to show for it.

712
00:44:17,080 --> 00:44:19,520
at the end of a tense week,

713
00:44:19,550 --> 00:44:22,720
The schnabel crew gather to weigh up the gold.

714
00:44:22,760 --> 00:44:25,020
-So you made it to the frost? -Mmm-hmm. Yep.

715
00:44:25,060 --> 00:44:28,260
-Parker came down with the d11 to help that situation out. - ooh.

716
00:44:28,290 --> 00:44:31,000
-Makes things a lot easier. - good.

717
00:44:31,030 --> 00:44:33,630
Both plants did really well this week.

718
00:44:33,670 --> 00:44:36,300
You guys did a good job keeping them things running.

719
00:44:36,340 --> 00:44:38,340
Why don't you show us some gold then, see what we got?

720
00:44:38,370 --> 00:44:40,100
wanna throw some gold on the scale?

721
00:44:40,140 --> 00:44:41,940
We've moved a lot of dirt to see it.

722
00:44:41,980 --> 00:44:45,680
last week at big red, brennan fell short,

723
00:44:45,710 --> 00:44:52,020
Getting less than half rival plant boss tyson's 209 ounce gold haul.

724
00:44:52,050 --> 00:44:53,220
incoming.

725
00:44:53,250 --> 00:44:55,820
-Ooh, that's a big pan. - yeah.

726
00:44:55,860 --> 00:44:59,260
-We're staring to use big pans now. - holy !

727
00:44:59,290 --> 00:45:02,890
this time, brennan's determined to beat him.

728
00:45:02,930 --> 00:45:04,360
-Ready? -Yeah.

729
00:45:07,670 --> 00:45:12,800
Sixty. 100. 130, 160.

730
00:45:13,840 --> 00:45:16,410
One-eighty, 220.

731
00:45:17,540 --> 00:45:20,280
-222.15. - nice.

732
00:45:20,310 --> 00:45:22,510
Holy !  yeah!

733
00:45:22,550 --> 00:45:26,650
worth over $420,000.

734
00:45:26,690 --> 00:45:29,350
-Good boy. Good boy. -Yeah.

735
00:45:29,390 --> 00:45:32,390
- that's awesome, man. -Sucker, you lost.

736
00:45:32,430 --> 00:45:34,590
- that's a nice week. - yeah. No kidding.

737
00:45:34,630 --> 00:45:36,260
-You wanna see what slucifer's doing? -Sweet.

738
00:45:36,330 --> 00:45:37,900
let's see it.

739
00:45:37,930 --> 00:45:42,500
with slucifer, tyson has been averaging 171 ounces.

740
00:45:44,170 --> 00:45:46,270
brennan might have to help you count.

741
00:45:47,310 --> 00:45:50,070
Forty, 80.

742
00:45:50,740 --> 00:45:53,080
100, 110.

743
00:45:54,410 --> 00:45:56,350
190.

744
00:45:57,250 --> 00:45:59,150
195.85.

745
00:46:00,620 --> 00:46:01,450
Oh, yeah.

746
00:46:01,490 --> 00:46:06,420
worth more than $370,000.

747
00:46:07,290 --> 00:46:09,430
-I gotta see you out there. -Loser.

748
00:46:10,700 --> 00:46:13,800
-well done. Well done. - 400 ounce week.

749
00:46:13,830 --> 00:46:15,800
-Yeah. -Nothing wrong with a 400 ounce week.

750
00:46:15,840 --> 00:46:17,340
four hundred and eighteen ounces.

751
00:46:18,300 --> 00:46:23,310
a combined total of $790,000.

752
00:46:23,340 --> 00:46:25,340
holy !

753
00:46:25,380 --> 00:46:30,780
and bringing their season total to over 6,800 ounces.

754
00:46:30,820 --> 00:46:33,920
Last year was 7,223.

755
00:46:33,950 --> 00:46:37,860
just 400 ounces short of last year's total.

756
00:46:38,890 --> 00:46:42,190
Parker is on track to bank a war chest

757
00:46:42,230 --> 00:46:44,660
To finance new ground for next season.

758
00:46:46,230 --> 00:46:48,330
You know, if you can keep 'em running...

759
00:46:49,500 --> 00:46:51,670
We will have a really good year.

760
00:46:51,700 --> 00:46:55,070
Well, chris, we hate to, um, weigh and run, but...

761
00:46:55,110 --> 00:46:57,280
- weigh and run. Okay. -We've all got stuff to do.

762
00:46:57,310 --> 00:46:59,110
-Thank you. -You bet.

763
00:46:59,150 --> 00:47:01,310
Thanks, guys. Good work out there.

764
00:47:01,350 --> 00:47:02,410
Outstanding, keep it up.

765
00:47:02,450 --> 00:47:05,020
-See you, doumitt. -Make us rich.

766
00:47:05,050 --> 00:47:06,480
-Oh, yeah. -All right.

767
00:47:06,520 --> 00:47:08,390
-Are you proud? - yeah.

768
00:47:08,420 --> 00:47:10,450
-Have fun cleaning that up. -Yep.

769
00:47:11,930 --> 00:47:13,520
I'm happy.

770
00:47:13,560 --> 00:47:15,460
Everything's starting to come together here towards the end of the season.

771
00:47:15,500 --> 00:47:16,830
As long as the gold keeps coming in

772
00:47:16,860 --> 00:47:18,760
And we're conquering our ground, that's all that matters.

773
00:47:22,670 --> 00:47:24,700
I wanna hit it big, I wanna be a huge success.

774
00:47:24,740 --> 00:47:26,770
on the next gold rush...

775
00:47:26,810 --> 00:47:29,770
looking for new ground this late in the season it's not ideal.

776
00:47:29,810 --> 00:47:30,740
It's a little crazy.

777
00:47:30,780 --> 00:47:33,110
rick ness aims for the sky.

778
00:47:33,150 --> 00:47:34,350
That's the spot right there.

779
00:47:34,380 --> 00:47:35,780
It's definitely never been touched.

780
00:47:36,980 --> 00:47:39,150
This is just another problem that we don't need.

781
00:47:39,190 --> 00:47:40,420
-This ain't going on there? -No.

782
00:47:40,450 --> 00:47:42,650
now I'm pissed off.

783
00:47:42,690 --> 00:47:46,020
parker schnabel's final push grinds to a halt.

784
00:47:46,060 --> 00:47:48,630
- piece of .

785
00:47:50,100 --> 00:47:53,500
We're gonna keep pushing until something tells me we can't run anymore.

786
00:47:53,570 --> 00:47:56,600
and fred lewis' dream could be over.

787
00:47:56,640 --> 00:47:59,440
This thing is a hunk of junk.

788
00:47:59,470 --> 00:48:00,940
If it breaks down one more time,

789
00:48:00,970 --> 00:48:02,770
I think we should go ahead and call it quits.

789
00:48:03,305 --> 00:49:03,696
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