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The more  up the world gets,

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The higher price gold should go.

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Narrator: On this "gold rush"...

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Come on, big guy. You at least ought to be able

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To do the work of two people.

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...On a mission to build a massive war chest

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Of gold, parker schnabel expands his crew...

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We don't have enough people. We need some more bodies.

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It's a bit nerve-racking.

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oh

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Narrator: ...To make up for lost time,

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Tony beets resurrect an old beast...

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I don't have that hundred ounces, my season's

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Narrator: ...And rick ness hedges his bets...

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If we can get this thing up to a hundred yards an hour,

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That's a quarter million dollars a month

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Narrator: ...In a bid to max out his wash plant.

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Holy what was that?

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Narrator: The king of the klondike,

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Tony beets, is battling to make a comeback

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After failing to hit his target two years in a row.

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Narrator: To cash in on high gold prices,

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This season, tony's pushing for at least 3,000 ounces.

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Narrator: To hit their gold, daughter monica is feeding

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Gold-rich pay from the mega cut

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Into the family's only working plant.

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This pandemic has been affecting a lot of things.

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It's hard getting parts, and everything takes longer,

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And that's saying something

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Because things already take forever here in the yukon.

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Narrator: At the end of the tunnel,

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Ruby mahoney clears worthless tailings in the loader.

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Ruby: My season's been going quite well.

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With gold prices being so high,

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Tony has been going after every piece of land

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That has gold in it.

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Oh, no. Oh, no. No. No. No.

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Kevin, you copy, kevin?

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Copy, kevin. Go for kevin.

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Yeah, man. The last loader's down.

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Narrator: To stop tailings backing up

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And hitting the plant, ruby shuts it down.

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She's talking.

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David will start it, I'll press that button again.

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Kevin: The engine blew up. Boom.

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Now, we only had one loader going

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Because we just had a string of bad luck.

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Pretty much every 988 we try it has gone kaboom, kablooey,

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Or ka-

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It's not a day project.

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It can take weeks because we need parts.

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Narrator: It's the fourth loader that's died in the last week.

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Now, the entire fleet is down.

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Parker: The bigger our operation gets, the more behind the game I feel.

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Doesn't really sustainable long-term.

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Parker: This year for us,

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It's really about trying to build a good war chest

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In order to buy new ground and fund exploration.

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In some ways a bad economy is good for us

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In that fuel prices are low,

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And the more  up the world gets,

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The higher price of gold should go.

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Narrator: Parker has most of his crew

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Working at the promised land, helping tyson lee

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Prepare sluicifer for a move.

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Tyson: Moving the wash plant.

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No one really enjoys because it's a stressful time.

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Co-foreman mitch blaschke

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And brennan ruault fight

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To keep big red running with a skeleton crew.

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While mitch digs and stockpiles gold-rich pay

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To keep the wash plant fed.

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We got to do something here, man,

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Because I'm getting this dirt dug up faster

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Than what you're opening it.

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Well, I hear you buddy.

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I just don't know if we can keep going

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At this pace.

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Well, buddy, I think that's probably

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All we're going to get for now.

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Probably our last scoop for the day, man.

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...They can't dig enough dirt to keep the wash plant fed...

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And they have no choice but to shut it down.

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You know, it's frustrating right now.

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You know, this is the prime of the season.

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This is when you should be sluicing, having these plants

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Run 24 hours a day.

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We got to shut this thing down.

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It's frustrating, but it is what it is.

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We got to get some more help.

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Everybody's just spread too thin right now.

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Let's go have a chat with the boss

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And see if we can figure this out.

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Hey, man, we just had to shut down big red

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Because we ran out of pay, and we don't have enough people.

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We need some more bodies.

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And I mean right now, you know, with everybody having to go

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Through quarantine and all that, it's going to make it tough,

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But the sooner we can get somebody up here, the better.

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Yeah the big problem here is somebody with no experience

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Is almost worse than nobody.

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Man, I don't care if they have lots of experience,

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No experience, we can train them.

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Whatever you can find us. Okay. I'll do it.

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I'll do what I can as quick as I can.

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We're trying to do more and more every year with, you know,

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Less time, less people, and, well, there comes a point

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Where that just doesn't work anymore.

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We're still suffering a bit from the late start,

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But we are on good ground.

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Rick ness is future as a gold miner

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Hangs in the balance.

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I just want to make sure that we're doing

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Absolutely everything to maximize, you know?

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I want to make sure we're not leaving anything on the table

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As far as what we're doing.

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Narrator: After two years barely breaking even,

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He needs a 1,000-down season, or he'll have to pack it in.

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To hit his goal, he needs almost 70 ounces a week,

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But so far, he's averaged less than 40.

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Rick: We're around a bucket every minute

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Narrator: Rick set up a time trial for the crew

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To try and up his average.

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We're losing too much time.

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Narrator: New operator mark doverspike

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Feeds the plant with the excavator.

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I've been running his numbers,

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And we're really only doing about 80 yards an hour

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Through this thing, and I think it could do more than that.

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Mark: There's a fine line between too much and not enough.

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Now, you don't just dump it, you know?

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You just kind of feather it in.

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Not enough dirt, and the sluice runs too fast,

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And the gold goes out the end.

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Too much dirt, the riffles will plug,

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And the gold will go out the end.

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It demands your full attention all day.

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Narrator: Rick's hometown buddy chris kruse

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Has also spotted the bottleneck.

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Yeah, I think you can have probably the best hoe operator

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In the world feeding dirt into this plant.

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There's really no way to keep it consistent.

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Narrator: But rick has a plan to speed things up.

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Rick: It's a well-built, simple plant

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It's made for this ground. It does a great job.

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But I know that a hopper feeder right now

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Would just maximize the potential. I know it would.

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Narrator: A hopper feeder can process larger loads of pay dirt.

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Bars known as grizzlies filter out big rocks.

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Conveyors then take the pay dirt

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And feed it evenly into the wash plant.

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With a constant feed, the wash plant rick leased

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From claim owner troy could catch 25% more gold.

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If we can get this thing up to 100 yards an hour,

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And with current prices,

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That's a quarter million dollars a month,

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Narrator: But hopper feeders don't come cheap.

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I definitely wasn't planning on making any big purchases.

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I don't have it in the budget at all.

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You know, I owe troy 100 ounces

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By the end of this week.

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Hey, rick.

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Narrator: When rick arrived in the yukon,

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Claim owner troy taylor needed a guarantee

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The late start would not affect his royalty payments.

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Hoping you can pull out 100 ounces in a month or so

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And then I'll feel more comfortable

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That we're we're going to be okay.

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I think we can manage it.

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Rick's banked 107 ounces this season.

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Now the royalty's due in six days.

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If he can't pay it, he'll lose the lease.

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That's the only thing I'm struggling with.

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It's a lot of money to pay off by the end of the week,

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But I don't see how I can't do it.

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Narrator: Instead of saving his gold to pay troy,

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Rick is putting it all on the line

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To upgrade his wash plant.

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Rick: So, I heard there's a nice hopper feeder for sale.

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It's just a couple hours away.

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It's at this guy, porter's, yard.

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I'm gonna go see him.

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It's a bit of a gamble, but I got to do something.

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We're definitely not maximizing what we can do right now.

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Got to go look at it. Hopefully it's the one.

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Narrator: Up ahead...

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I'm hearing some metal breaking.

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...Rick ness takes a massive gamble that mill make

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Or break his season.

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Holy what was that?

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Hey, dog.

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Is he friendly? How you doing? I'm rick.

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He's good. Nice to meet you. I'm porter.

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Right on, man. This is the feeder?

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You betcha.

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Rick: She's a beauty.

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Yeah, it's pretty nice unit.

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Yeah. Well, you mind if I poke around, take a look at it?

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Yeah, give her. Alright.

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Oh, yeah. Hydraulic grizzly bars.

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Perfect.

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What kind of yardage is it rated for?

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Probably like 220. 220 yards an hour?

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Well, that will get the job done.

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This thing's in actually really nice shape.

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Ow.

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I'm good.

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I don't think that this thing seen much yardage through it.

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I mean, the paint still on the rollers, for  sake.

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I think this thing would be pretty much perfect

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For what I need.

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Well, you what are you looking to get for it?

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Like to get $90,000 for it.

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$90,000 is 51 ounces, almost half of rick's gold.

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$90,000? At least, yeah.

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I mean, I'd like to see it somewhere around $70,000.

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Oof.

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I don't know, man. It's in really good shape.

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I'm thinking like... Maybe $80,000, $85,000.

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$75,000 is going to be the most I can go.

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You get it out of here today,

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You can have it for $75,000 and be gone, yeah.

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Narrator: $75,000 is almost 43 ounces of gold.

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I think we got a deal.

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Alright, man. Right on.

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You got some paperwork for me? I'll write you a check.

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Sure. Sounds good.

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But rick is now 36 ounces short

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Of his royalty payment to troy.

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Well, that's good news. We got a hopper feeder.

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That's really gonna help out my operation.

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The bad news is I can't give troy his 100 ounces

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And pay for this, so we're going to have to bust ass,

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Get more gold out of the ground.

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Narrator: Tony beets' entire fleet of loaders

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Is down waiting for parts.

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His operation is at a standstill, and he's losing

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Almost $60,000 a day in gold.

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Narrator: But the king of the klondike has a back-up plan.

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On the other side of paradise hill,

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He's left a loader with a seized engine

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That he wants to bring back to life.

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Narrator: But there's a problem.

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The loader is on a narrow access road.

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On one side, a sheer drop, and on the other, a dirt wall.

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There's no easy way to get it onto a truck.

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Narrator: Tony has a radical plan...

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Narrator: ...Instead of hauling the loader back to the mine,

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He harvests an engine from the boneyard...

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Narrator: ...And plans on dropping it

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Into the dead loader...

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Then driving it back.

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Narrator: A side boom is designed

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To lay heavy pipes in rocky or uneven terrain,

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The perfect machine to swap out an engine

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Where there's no room to move.

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Yeah, I'm free over here.

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This is a really handy machine to have.

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This is going relatively  smooth.

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Narrator: The old engine removed monica lifts the new one into position.

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Monica: The most important thing is

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You always want to watch people directing you

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Because you can't see.

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You don't know where those people's fingers are.

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I'm clear on this side.

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I believe are you good?

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I'm good on my side right now as of right now.

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As long as we keep her straight.

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Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa.

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Oh, we're singing, buddy.

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golden.

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Narrator: It's been five years since this engine

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Was last turned over.

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Narrator: The king of the klondike is back in business.

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Narrator: Tony is failure to resurrect the dead dozer

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Has left his mining operation shut down.

284
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This year, you know, I left mitch and brennan in charge

285
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At big red, and everybody here is working their asses off.

286
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Narrator: Parker schnabel's gunning for a record-breaking season.

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To get back to running a full operation,

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He's brought onto new miners.

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Parker: Trying to find people this time of year

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Is really difficult because good people are working, you know?

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We have two new people.

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But no promises on where we end up.

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Narrator: In the last cut, big red is up and running again.

294
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Seasoned operator monique stone stock piles gold-rich dirt.

295
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I'm totally up for any challenge.

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I love this work.

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Narrator: Portuguese rookie miner tatiana costa

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Has been hired to drive a loader,

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But this is the first time she's ever fed a wash plant.

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Mitch: Parker has got us some help here for running big red.

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But, you know, nobody's come with a résumé,

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So it's going to make things real tough.

303
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You know this year, with being behind schedule,

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And trying to make up for lost time,

305
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We're certainly want to run everything just as fast

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As we can, and, well,

307
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That definitely makes it tougher on new operators,

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But we'll just give them a chance here

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And see what they got.

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You know, I really hope that,

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You know, parker's decisions here,

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How we're doing things, you know,

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Don't just bring this whole operation to a shutdown.

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Narrator: At lower duncan creek,

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Rick ness is taking delivery of his new $75,000 hopper feeder...

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That he hopes will increase his gold haul by 25%.

317
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Looks good, buddy. Excellent.

318
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In the laydown yard, mechanic carl rosk

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Prepares it to run...

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And at the wash plant, kruse builds a pad for the new hopper.

321
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Chris: Yeah, I know we've got a deadline with troy.

322
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Spending this extra money right now,

323
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It's a little bit scary.

324
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This hopper feeder is going to make it

325
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So we can feed a consistent amount of dirt

326
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And figure out how rich this ground really is.

327
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How's this thing looking, besides the obvious that is?

328
00:22:39,790 --> 00:22:42,590
Yeah, it's in good shape, but it's it needs some love, right?

329
00:22:42,690 --> 00:22:46,190
Yeah. Well, I really wanted to have this thing perfect

330
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Before we put it in service.

331
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Yeah, me, too.

332
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But it's just not going to happen that way.

333
00:22:52,100 --> 00:22:53,800
Yeah, I got troy coming at the end the week

334
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For his money, and guess what --

335
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I gave his money... To the guy for this.

336
00:22:58,510 --> 00:22:59,810
Okay, buddy.

337
00:22:59,910 --> 00:23:01,270
Alright, that being said,

338
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What's your plan getting this thing down here?

339
00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:04,880
We got a ways to go with it yet.

340
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I'll build a jig for the inside the bucket there.

341
00:23:06,710 --> 00:23:08,750
Okay. It'll have to be pretty strong

342
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'cause we got to go through a creek.

343
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Narrator: Rick needs to get the hopper feeder to the wash plant

344
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On the other side of duncan creek,

345
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But it's too wide to use the bridge.

346
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Rick and carl have no choice

347
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But to drag it through the fast-flowing water.

348
00:23:31,740 --> 00:23:33,610
Well, hopefully, we don't have an issue

349
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Getting this thing to the plant, right?

350
00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:36,540
We got to go through that creek crossing,

351
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Which is going to be pretty gnarly, right?

352
00:23:38,980 --> 00:23:40,280
Got an idea what we're going to do here?

353
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Narrator: The only vehicle on the claim

354
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That can haul the 13-ton hopper is the 220 loader,

355
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But, first, carl must fix a towing hitch to the bucket.

356
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Carl: Got the hitch on here.

357
00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:55,430
We're going to drag this thing down there,

358
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And hopefully have this thing in and running by lunch, right?

359
00:23:58,770 --> 00:24:00,000
Feel pretty good about it?

360
00:24:00,100 --> 00:24:01,870
Oh, yeah. You'll be fine.

361
00:24:01,970 --> 00:24:05,000
I'm going real slow. Should be good, buddy.

362
00:24:05,110 --> 00:24:06,970
I need to get this feeder in as quick as possible.

363
00:24:07,070 --> 00:24:09,310
I would troy 100 ounces by the end of the week,

364
00:24:09,410 --> 00:24:10,710
And I just spent it on this feeder.

365
00:24:10,810 --> 00:24:13,010
So, the only way to make it back is to get it working.

366
00:24:22,460 --> 00:24:25,260
Narrator: All 13 tons of the hopper feeder

367
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Now rests on carl's down and dirty tow hitch.

368
00:24:31,530 --> 00:24:33,130
Carl: Like I said, the creek crossing's

369
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Going to be the big thing for it.

370
00:24:36,700 --> 00:24:45,710
Hasn't broke off yet.

371
00:24:45,810 --> 00:24:47,850
This is, basically, a nasty little spot.

372
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It's real steep, right?

373
00:24:49,580 --> 00:24:53,850
I'm going blind. I can't see

374
00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:55,750
He's doing a good job right now.

375
00:24:55,860 --> 00:24:58,090
Just don't want to pop it off, right?

376
00:24:58,190 --> 00:25:02,190
Narrator: If carl's hitch fails now,

377
00:25:02,300 --> 00:25:08,870
Rick $75,000 machine could end up in the creek.

378
00:25:08,970 --> 00:25:11,540
Carl: Just a little nerve-racking. That's alright.

379
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Nice and easy.

380
00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:19,280
It's a little scary here, but this is nice and easy.

381
00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:24,880
I'm hearing some metal breaking.

382
00:25:24,990 --> 00:25:29,320
Hope it's not that thing coming off here.

383
00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:34,860
Holy

384
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Carl: Thing's heavy, man.

385
00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:45,640
Way heavier than I thought it was.

386
00:25:47,780 --> 00:25:50,310
We're finding out how tough our welds are right now.

387
00:25:50,410 --> 00:25:52,550
Still holding!

388
00:25:52,650 --> 00:25:54,980
Narrator: At lower duncan creek,

389
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Rick's moving a $75,000 hopper feeder

390
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Through a fast flowing creek.

391
00:26:02,690 --> 00:26:04,690
Carl: Just keep straightening it out.

392
00:26:04,790 --> 00:26:06,390
Let's turn it a bit just like that.

393
00:26:06,490 --> 00:26:08,660
Just keep going. Straighten out.

394
00:26:12,170 --> 00:26:15,800
That's working, buddy. Its working.

395
00:26:18,710 --> 00:26:21,370
Rick: This is great.

396
00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:23,040
Think to myself that I probably should have done

397
00:26:23,140 --> 00:26:25,380
One more pass on that now, but it's hasn't broken,

398
00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:28,080
So maybe going to redeem myself here

399
00:26:28,180 --> 00:26:33,050
For all my  jobs, right?

400
00:26:33,150 --> 00:26:37,020
Narrator: Once rick gets the new hopper into position...

401
00:26:40,830 --> 00:26:42,700
Good stuff, boys.

402
00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:44,030
Fire it up!

403
00:26:44,130 --> 00:26:47,870
...It's finally ready to run, but he only has two days

404
00:26:47,970 --> 00:26:51,240
To haul in at least 36 ounces of gold.

405
00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:56,110
Yeah, this is perfect.

406
00:26:56,210 --> 00:26:57,740
Exactly what I was looking for --

407
00:26:57,850 --> 00:27:00,450
Running about 100 yards an hour right now.

408
00:27:00,550 --> 00:27:01,850
This is definitely worth the money.

409
00:27:01,950 --> 00:27:03,350
Now we just got to get enough dirt through it

410
00:27:03,450 --> 00:27:05,180
To get troy's 100 ounces.

411
00:27:20,870 --> 00:27:23,300
Narrator: Tony's whole operation is down

412
00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:27,410
Until he can get a working loader.

413
00:27:27,510 --> 00:27:32,080
He's in the boneyard with welder cody hunter.

414
00:27:39,050 --> 00:27:45,160
Narrator: After swapping out the engine on a 988 loader, it seized up.

415
00:27:45,260 --> 00:27:50,730
Now tony wants to get it back to camp to try one last fix.

416
00:27:52,900 --> 00:27:55,830
Yeah, I got some stuff over there, tony.

417
00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:13,350
Narrator: Tony's plan is for cody to fabricate

418
00:28:13,450 --> 00:28:15,850
A steel toe ball.

419
00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:18,290
He'll hitch it to the only piece of machinery

420
00:28:18,390 --> 00:28:22,930
Big enough to haul the loader off flat creek...

421
00:28:23,030 --> 00:28:30,740
The 63-ton 520-horsepower d-10 dozer.

422
00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:32,540
Well, we're going to pull the blade off

423
00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:34,070
Because we don't get much benefit having it on

424
00:28:34,180 --> 00:28:35,170
For what we want to do

425
00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:38,040
We're not actually pushing any dirt.

426
00:28:38,150 --> 00:28:41,650
We're just using tracks to pull it along

427
00:28:41,750 --> 00:28:45,520
Just makes it a lot simpler for everybody down the line.

428
00:28:53,190 --> 00:28:54,830
Alright.

429
00:29:20,190 --> 00:29:22,520
Narrator: Tony brings in his son

430
00:29:22,620 --> 00:29:25,320
Heavy-load specialist mike beets.

431
00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:39,070
Narrator: While mike hauls the dozer around paradise hill,

432
00:29:39,170 --> 00:29:43,010
Tony fits the tow bar to the loader's bucket.

433
00:30:06,500 --> 00:30:10,840
Narrator: It needs to hold all 48 tons of loader.

434
00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:37,960
You get a d-10 in front of that thing,

435
00:30:38,070 --> 00:30:42,230
Not many things are going to argue the point with it.

436
00:30:44,310 --> 00:30:46,340
Narrator: It takes four hours for mike

437
00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:50,210
To get the loader six miles back to the yard.

438
00:30:59,050 --> 00:31:01,090
Oh, yeah. It pushed slightly going downhill,

439
00:31:01,190 --> 00:31:03,490
And it grunts slightly going uphill,

440
00:31:03,590 --> 00:31:05,460
But other than that, barely anything.

441
00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:06,930
skeeters!

442
00:31:23,340 --> 00:31:27,810
This loader has been kind of a

443
00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:32,650
Narrator: Next morning, kevin's found the problem.

444
00:31:32,750 --> 00:31:36,390
I think... It should go now.

445
00:31:36,490 --> 00:31:39,290
What was happening is that a couple of the valves

446
00:31:39,390 --> 00:31:42,260
Were a little stuck. Had to pull some of them,

447
00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:45,260
And they were a real pain to get out.

448
00:31:45,370 --> 00:31:47,600
This should mean that the transmission

449
00:31:47,700 --> 00:31:49,770
Is now free to move, which should allow

450
00:31:49,870 --> 00:31:51,070
The engine to move, which would allow

451
00:31:51,170 --> 00:31:52,670
The whole thing, you know, to run.

452
00:31:52,770 --> 00:31:55,310
Yeah, she should be good to go at this point.

453
00:32:04,290 --> 00:32:09,920
Narrator: After four days of downtime, the beets crew has a working loader.

454
00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:15,690
They can finally get back to mining.

455
00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:17,500
Ruby: Thank god that we got the loader.

456
00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:21,070
We could finally have a steady run time,

457
00:32:21,170 --> 00:32:23,440
Get back to sluicing, and maybe succeed

458
00:32:23,540 --> 00:32:26,510
In tony's 3,000 ounce goal.

459
00:32:38,220 --> 00:32:40,950
The season is so short -- every minute, every second,

460
00:32:41,060 --> 00:32:42,220
Every hour counts.

461
00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:47,630
So, there's not much room here for mistakes.

462
00:32:47,730 --> 00:32:50,360
Narrator: At the last cut, rookie tatiana

463
00:32:50,460 --> 00:32:54,070
Is finally up to speed feeding the wash plant.

464
00:32:56,040 --> 00:33:00,940
Mitch and brandon are working on the next spot

465
00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:04,510
Where the plant will be moved, so we got to keep up.

466
00:33:06,810 --> 00:33:09,010
Well, it's so nice to finally be able to kind of start

467
00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:11,580
Catching up on things.

468
00:33:11,690 --> 00:33:15,220
My first student, I think, is doing pretty well.

469
00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:16,690
I think in the offseason.

470
00:33:16,790 --> 00:33:18,190
I might have to open up a school,

471
00:33:18,290 --> 00:33:23,100
You know, ol' mitch's mining or mayhem management.

472
00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:27,700
I don't know. That's definitely up for grabs.

473
00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:45,780
Narrator: After a difficult week at paradise hill,

474
00:33:45,890 --> 00:33:49,390
The beets family gathers for the gold weigh.

475
00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:55,630
Yeah. Loader, loader, loader problems.

476
00:33:55,700 --> 00:33:57,230
Truck drivers are doing less,

477
00:33:57,330 --> 00:33:59,000
Planes aren't hauling

478
00:33:59,100 --> 00:34:00,400
I don't think they do less,

479
00:34:00,500 --> 00:34:02,400
I just think they have a hard time keeping up.

480
00:34:04,410 --> 00:34:05,770
Faith: That other loader was nice.

481
00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:13,110
From what I hear, it was a   show.

482
00:34:24,690 --> 00:34:26,090
You can read?

483
00:34:29,160 --> 00:34:32,460
Narrator: To hit his 3,000 ounce goal,

484
00:34:32,570 --> 00:34:36,900
Tony needs a weekly average of 177 ounces.

485
00:34:55,220 --> 00:34:57,360
Narrator: 128 ounces

486
00:34:57,460 --> 00:35:00,390
Is worth almost a quarter of a million dollars,

487
00:35:00,490 --> 00:35:02,790
But it's not enough to hit tony's goal

488
00:35:02,900 --> 00:35:06,000
With the shortened season.

489
00:35:15,110 --> 00:35:18,010
Could have been a lot worse.

490
00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:25,850
We'd still be  down waiting for parts.

491
00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:36,700
We gotta go back to work, don't we?

492
00:35:48,740 --> 00:35:50,540
Get off my lawn!

493
00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:52,240
-What's up, man? -What's up, guys?

494
00:35:52,350 --> 00:35:56,010
Narrator: At lower duncan creek, it's time for rick ness

495
00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:58,850
To find out if he's mined enough gold

496
00:35:58,950 --> 00:36:04,090
To pay his claim owner 100 ounces in royalties.

497
00:36:04,190 --> 00:36:05,590
How are you?

498
00:36:05,690 --> 00:36:09,230
well, I'm a bit nervous.

499
00:36:09,330 --> 00:36:12,630
I told you guys that troy wants their minimum royalty up front,

500
00:36:12,730 --> 00:36:16,130
And, yeah, he's coming for it today.

501
00:36:16,240 --> 00:36:18,370
We'll see where we're at.

502
00:36:18,470 --> 00:36:20,370
Narrator: So, far this season,

503
00:36:20,470 --> 00:36:24,440
Rick has averaged less than 10 ounces a day.

504
00:36:24,550 --> 00:36:28,550
Now, just two days after fitting his new hopper feeder,

505
00:36:28,650 --> 00:36:31,620
He needs 36 ounces to pay his royalties

506
00:36:31,720 --> 00:36:34,420
And stay on the claim.

507
00:36:34,520 --> 00:36:38,160
Alright, here we go.

508
00:36:38,260 --> 00:36:40,160
It's going to be close, I think.

509
00:36:40,260 --> 00:36:42,530
19. 20.

510
00:36:42,630 --> 00:36:47,170
30...40...50...

511
00:36:47,270 --> 00:36:48,570
Man: Oh, man!

512
00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:53,100
Yeah, dude, 55.32.

513
00:36:53,210 --> 00:36:56,010
Narrator: Worth $96,000

514
00:36:56,110 --> 00:37:00,880
And giving rick enough to pay his royalty.

515
00:37:00,980 --> 00:37:02,580
That's a good-looking number there, buddy.

516
00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:03,680
Rick: Just made it.

517
00:37:03,780 --> 00:37:06,550
That's a good clean up, man.

518
00:37:06,650 --> 00:37:09,520
Narrator: The hopper feeder has paid for itself

519
00:37:09,620 --> 00:37:15,260
And helped get rick to a season total of 163 ounces.

520
00:37:17,970 --> 00:37:19,600
While we live to fight another day,

521
00:37:19,700 --> 00:37:21,100
We got the minimum royalties.

522
00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:23,000
And a good part of that, too,

523
00:37:23,100 --> 00:37:25,740
Is they're paid off royalty wise.

524
00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:27,070
Now the rest of this gold is ours.

525
00:37:27,170 --> 00:37:29,340
That's awesome. That's fantastic, man.

526
00:37:29,440 --> 00:37:30,540
Feels so good.

527
00:37:30,640 --> 00:37:33,710
For once, it's like we're rolling.

528
00:37:33,810 --> 00:37:35,950
I want to thank you guys for busting ass

529
00:37:36,050 --> 00:37:37,820
And getting that thing in as quick as we did

530
00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:39,680
Because that was going to be key, right?

531
00:37:39,790 --> 00:37:41,390
Like, it was a lot of money up front.

532
00:37:41,490 --> 00:37:43,220
He's good, buddy.

533
00:37:43,320 --> 00:37:45,590
Carl: Man, the hopper feeder is

534
00:37:45,690 --> 00:37:47,190
It works awesome. He spent the money.

535
00:37:47,290 --> 00:37:49,230
Things are completely different than last year.

536
00:37:49,330 --> 00:37:50,300
I can't say nothing bad about it.

537
00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:52,330
I'm just excited we're on the gold.

538
00:37:52,430 --> 00:37:57,500
Let's do some more sluicing, get some more gold.

539
00:37:57,600 --> 00:37:58,770
Well, there it is, troy.

540
00:37:58,870 --> 00:38:00,070
Wow. Look at that.

541
00:38:00,170 --> 00:38:01,570
Your 100 ounces. Nice.

542
00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:03,740
Well, I got to say that I'm happy that I'm able to do it,

543
00:38:03,840 --> 00:38:05,410
But it's never easy handing somebody

544
00:38:05,510 --> 00:38:06,850
100 ounces of gold.

545
00:38:06,950 --> 00:38:08,850
It's nice looking stuff. That settles us up

546
00:38:08,950 --> 00:38:10,980
For the minimum royalty.

547
00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:12,620
So, it's out of the way, and as long as you're happy,

548
00:38:12,720 --> 00:38:15,120
We're going to keep on rolling like we are

549
00:38:15,220 --> 00:38:16,350
And hopefully going to have a lot more jars of that.

550
00:38:16,460 --> 00:38:17,790
Right on. Good for you.

551
00:38:17,890 --> 00:38:20,360
Alright, troy. I'll see you again.

552
00:38:20,460 --> 00:38:21,760
Okay?

553
00:38:21,860 --> 00:38:25,330
Gamble paid off -- troy's paid off,

554
00:38:25,430 --> 00:38:27,500
The royalties are paid off, now every ounce we get

555
00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:29,700
Is going right into our pockets.

556
00:38:37,280 --> 00:38:38,810
Narrator: At scribner creek,

557
00:38:38,910 --> 00:38:41,950
Parker's crew gathers to see how much gold

558
00:38:42,050 --> 00:38:46,480
The new crew members helped bring in.

559
00:38:46,590 --> 00:38:48,790
-Sup?! -Hey, mitch.

560
00:38:48,890 --> 00:38:51,420
So, how'd your week go, junior?

561
00:38:51,530 --> 00:38:53,020
Yeah, it's been a challenge finding people

562
00:38:53,130 --> 00:38:55,560
I can get into the klondike, right?

563
00:38:55,660 --> 00:38:57,360
'cause it's just, like, quite a few borders

564
00:38:57,460 --> 00:39:01,230
To get through, and the yukon has its own set of restrictions.

565
00:39:01,340 --> 00:39:03,470
Are they at least letting crane operators in?

566
00:39:03,570 --> 00:39:06,070
They're pretty green. They're both alright.

567
00:39:06,170 --> 00:39:08,710
Give him some time, see if they can work their way in,

568
00:39:08,810 --> 00:39:10,540
Get accustomed to it.

569
00:39:10,640 --> 00:39:13,410
Well, how do we end up doing with the little bit of downtime?

570
00:39:13,510 --> 00:39:15,480
Well tell you what, junior,

571
00:39:15,580 --> 00:39:17,220
Even though you guys lost a shift,

572
00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:19,320
Big red did really well this week.

573
00:39:19,420 --> 00:39:21,020
It did, did it? Yeah.

574
00:39:21,120 --> 00:39:22,290
Holy . Yeah.

575
00:39:22,390 --> 00:39:23,490
Got the big jar.

576
00:39:23,590 --> 00:39:25,060
I got the big jar. Ready?

577
00:39:25,160 --> 00:39:26,960
You betcha.

578
00:39:27,060 --> 00:39:30,400
Narrator: So far this season, big red has averaged

579
00:39:30,500 --> 00:39:34,030
200 ounces a week.

580
00:39:34,130 --> 00:39:35,330
60...

581
00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:38,770
100, 130, 220...

582
00:39:38,870 --> 00:39:40,870
270, 280...

583
00:39:40,970 --> 00:39:44,680
Keep going. 300. 340.

584
00:39:44,750 --> 00:39:46,180
You're joking right?

585
00:39:46,280 --> 00:39:47,710
Nope. That's it. Right there.

586
00:39:47,810 --> 00:39:50,150
356.65.

587
00:39:50,250 --> 00:39:53,220
Wow! Well done.

588
00:39:53,320 --> 00:39:54,350
-That's unreal. -Good job, parker.

589
00:39:54,450 --> 00:39:56,450
Half-a-million-dollar week.

590
00:39:56,560 --> 00:39:58,790
Yeah, that's pretty good.

591
00:39:58,890 --> 00:40:00,830
Big red's just crunching it.

592
00:40:00,930 --> 00:40:02,430
That last cut you guys are in just --

593
00:40:02,530 --> 00:40:05,230
We must be hit a hot spot or something.

594
00:40:05,330 --> 00:40:07,200
That's a lot. Yeah.

595
00:40:07,300 --> 00:40:10,600
Well, actually, sluicifer did really well, too.

596
00:40:10,700 --> 00:40:13,570
20, 40, 80...

597
00:40:13,670 --> 00:40:18,110
160...220...

598
00:40:18,210 --> 00:40:20,680
272.95.

599
00:40:20,780 --> 00:40:21,850
Finally, we beat them.

600
00:40:21,950 --> 00:40:23,880
Yeah, that's awesome.

601
00:40:23,980 --> 00:40:28,490
So, for the week, it's 629 and a half ounces

602
00:40:28,590 --> 00:40:32,520
And our season total is 2,303 ounces.

603
00:40:32,630 --> 00:40:34,030
Not bad. Holy smokes.

604
00:40:34,130 --> 00:40:36,730
That's one of the bigger cleanups big red had.

605
00:40:36,830 --> 00:40:39,100
You know, that's a heck of a good week, parker.

606
00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:40,970
Really good.

607
00:40:41,070 --> 00:40:46,740
Narrator: 629 ounces is worth $1.1 million.

608
00:40:46,840 --> 00:40:50,540
Parker is well on his way to a record-breaking season

609
00:40:50,640 --> 00:40:56,980
And building the war chest he needs to buy new ground.

610
00:40:57,080 --> 00:40:59,820
Sweet. That's not a bad place to be right now.

611
00:40:59,920 --> 00:41:03,520
Narrator: On the next "gold rush"...

612
00:41:03,620 --> 00:41:07,330
It's load a free dirt. All we got to do is pick it up.

613
00:41:07,430 --> 00:41:08,960
You see that wooden thing there?

614
00:41:09,060 --> 00:41:10,700
That is the sluice box.

615
00:41:10,760 --> 00:41:14,300
They did that 80 years ago, so I think it'd be one adventure.

616
00:41:14,400 --> 00:41:15,870
Oh

617
00:41:15,970 --> 00:41:18,470
Whoo! That just about scared the  out of me.

618
00:41:18,570 --> 00:41:19,670
Shut it down!

619
00:41:22,540 --> 00:41:24,780
-Watch your fingers. -Trying to do all this

620
00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:27,280
With two people, it's pretty ridiculous.

621
00:41:27,380 --> 00:41:30,220
-Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! -Holy

622
00:41:30,320 --> 00:41:32,320
It should be the usual

623
00:41:32,420 --> 00:41:35,020
Man: Whoa! Hold it! Hold it! Hold it!

623
00:41:36,305 --> 00:42:36,275
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