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Did you bring a gold pan?

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I got mine, where's yours?

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Can I use that one?

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- Nope.
- Okay.

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So, this is the road that
we never mined.

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- Yeah.
- Like, it starts back there.

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It's built on top of
tailings from like, the 90s.

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It's virgin underneath.

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- Do you wanna pan the road?
- Yeah, why not?

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My water license in
the Yukon's expiring.

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So, if we don't start working
on it now, then we never will.

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In the Yukon,
with the clock ticking,

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Parker Schnabel is determined
to get every ounce
of gold he can,

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before the end of the season.

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Rule number one
with panning, Tyler.

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- Yeah?
- What is it?

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Um... clean water?

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No. Make sure there's
nothing in the pan already.

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Oh, okay. Yep.
Didn't know that.

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You've panned before?

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Everyone I've learned
off has a different like,
method of doing it.

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There's no right
or wrong.

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I mean, there is.

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I'm
not comfortable.

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- Maybe I'll walk into
the water.
- Yeah, go ahead.

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- That's how the real miners
used to do it.
- Okay.

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- Are you [bleep] with me?
- No!

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Oh, that's actually
much better.

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You just gotta
get aggressive with it.

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- Like this?
- Yeah.

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How do I get
all of them out?

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When you want
material to go out of the pan,

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you like, angle it like this
and wash it out.

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You don't wanna really
throw it out. You know
what I mean?

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- Oh!
- And any gold starts to
show up down at the bottom.

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- Oh, is that a bit
of gold?
- Yeah.

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Oh, cool!
There's color.

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- Okay.
- That's good enough
for me.

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What are you doing, man?
I saw your truck on the road.

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I didn't know if you were
broke down or something.

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There's always a fair chance
of that.

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What are you finding?

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We're just panning this road.
Every year I've driven by it,
I've been like,

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"Should we mine that? No."

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But now it's the last year
that we can't say no anymore.

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If we say no this year, then
it's never gonna get mined.

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This has been left because,
well, it's the only section
of road.

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There's no other way around it
right through here.

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We got so many other things
going on.

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But the stripping
crew has a little opening,
don't it?

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- I mean...
- Let's just send them in here
and see what happens.

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This is not just mining
the road, it's building
a new road,

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then, it's coming down here,
stripping this.

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I'm just looking at what
we got going on down there.

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Everything's froze up.

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I feel like, everyday we are
a little bit further behind.

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I think it's gonna
be thawed.

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Like, the sides have
been exposed.

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Like, I don't even
think that the pay's gonna
be frozen.

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If it's thawed,
that's gonna be huge.

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If it's not, then I'm gonna
eat a big dose of crow, Mitch.

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I'm not trying to mess up
your schedule.

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But I am.

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Parker just added a huge
amount of work to our
already overloaded schedule.

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There's already not enough
hours in the day,

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and days left in this season,

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to get through what we've
got going on.

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And for Parker to wanna come
down here

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and pull out the only road,
the only access we have

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down to where we're
currently working,

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to start another cut,
I think is crazy.

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Big thing for me is,
I really like to
push ourselves

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and find more gold each year.

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And we know this is our last
season to mine this stuff.

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Nine weeks
into this season,

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27-year old Parker Schnabel's
master plan

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is starting to come together.

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We're stretched
really thin right now.

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It's a good thing we've got
a good group of people
this year because

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it's a lot going on,
especially with Alaska
firing up.

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In three weeks,
Parker will open a new
operation in Alaska.

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In the Yukon, his two
wash plants are running
side by side

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in the Bear cut,

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and have delivered more than
1,800 ounces of gold.

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We're more than halfway
through the ground.

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Nearly four million
square feet.

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Now, our whole season depends
on keeping two plants running
as long as possible.

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His crew have
already stripped 48 acres,

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36 football fields,
of the massive
90-acre airstrip.

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Now, Parker has tasked
foreman, Mitch Blaschke

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with opening even more ground.

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There's a whole bunch of
little pieces of ground
here and there

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that could probably make us
a quick buck.

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If we don't do it now,
we'll never get to it.

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Parker's decided that
he wants us to strip
a new road,

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which we're calling
the Panama Canal cut.

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Well, we've gotta move the mud
and get down to some
pay gravels.

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Over a thousand
yards downstream from
the Bear cut,

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and his wash plants,

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Mitch must open up
a new ten acre cut,

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taking Parker's total
to a hundred.

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But to get to the pay,

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Mitch must dig up the only
road connecting the camp
to the cuts.

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To solve this problem,

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Mitch must also build
a new road at the same time,

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keeping vital access to
the mine site open.

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I got half the crew
working on our new road.

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Really important here to have
good roads. We're constantly
moving around.

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At the same time we're
building the new road,

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we're also stripping this
new cut,

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the Panama Canal.

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I get why Parker wants
to mine this ground.

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But it's just insane.

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We need to get this done
super quickly.

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It's a huge project.

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I think everyone's a little
bit on edge at the moment.

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Parker seems to think
that this chunk of ground here

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is gonna be some
easy pickings.

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We'll find out when
we get to the bottom of it.

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It's feeling pretty hard here.

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Put the ripper in and see
what we got.

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Hopefully, it's just
compact from everybody
driving on it.

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I know what that is.

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Well, so much for it
being thawed.

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It's big, frozen chunks.

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Lots of ice in it.

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All this rock is glued
together, pretty much.

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Parker thought with there
being cuts on both sides
of this,

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that this section of the road
would be all thawed out here.

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But you see all this water,

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you see all this ice here?

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You know, if this was
all thawed, all this would've
just drained off

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down on both sides here.

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We've chopped off our access
to the wash plants.

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And we got paydirt and it
looks like it's all gonna
be frozen.

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Dirt Devil's
fired up.

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We're currently mining
the Aspen.

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Squeaking every little ounce
out of it we can.

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The Claytons are
chasing gold hotspots
along the creek

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on their way to Golden Acres.

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We got a long ways
to go and a lot of dirt
to move.

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The gold's getting better,
the plan is going great.

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We're one step closer
to Golden Acres.

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That's where we wanna be.

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That's the best shot
on getting 500 ounces.

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We're just hoping
for the best.

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The "best" is definitely
kicking Fred's ass.

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Across the creek,
veteran Green Beret,
Fred Lewis,

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is also chasing 500 ounces.

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He's finally sluicing pay
from last season's cut

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and looking to deliver his
first gold weigh at the end
of the week.

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It's been a hell of
a season so far.

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You know, we've been fighting
and fighting.

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We haven't got any gold yet.

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But I know we're almost there.

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I heard form Tony that
the road ban was lifted.

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Finally gonna get that
dozer in here.

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Eight weeks ago,

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Fred bought a dozer to
dig his way to a gold bonanza

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at the Freedom cut.

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But winter road bans
have made delivery of
the 53 ton machine impossible.

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Until today.

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With that dozer,
we're gonna be able to lift,

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move, push a hell of a lot
more paydirt.

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And that 500 ounce goal
wouldn't be possible
without it.

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Holy [bleep].

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That is impressive.

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You made it!

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So, Mikey, I was hoping,
since you got a lot more
experience than we do,

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you could pull this off
the trailer for us

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so we don't break it,
pulling it off.

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You just rub our bellies
and tell us we're good boys
and we'll...

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It's awesome. It's just
anything is better than what
we got going right now. So...

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You mean nothing?

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Everybody clear?
He's driving ahead.

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Oh, [bleep].

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Come on, baby.

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I got the big haul.
I'll take it off.

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It's alive!

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What do you think now?

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I think it's [bleep] sweet.

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This is 1984's best made
freaking dozer.

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Damn!

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Not gonna lie, she looks a lot
better with the blade on.

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Yeah, I bet.

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To lift the ten ton
dozer blade off his trailer...

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somebody's
chart.

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...Mike has to use
the 250 excavator

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rated to lift around 10 tons.

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All right,
let's get the blade off.

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Fingers crossed that
the 250 can lift this.

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I think it can.

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It barely lifts it.

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So, I'm gonna have to be
a little bit ignorant to get
the [bleep] thing off.

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- Mike?
- I got it.

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Watch out,
watch out, watch out.

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Just gotta be very
carful where I go.

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Barely lifting it.

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You know what that
blade's about to be doing.

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- Pushing up the gold.
- Pushing up some gold.

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Yeah, that's it.
Got everything off
the trailer.

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Mining starts the day
this dozer's running.

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- Safe trip!
- Was nice meeting
you all.

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Stop for a second, Fred.

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00:11:11,076 --> 00:11:12,576
Stu, out just a little more.

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We've got the beast
all put back together
in the front, plates attached,

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hydraulics are going well.

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Now, the last thing we
gotta do is put this pin

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into our ripper blade.

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- Ready?
- Yeah!

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- Ready to go to work?
- Let's get this beast working!

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Bim, bam, boom,
we're ready to roll.

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Fred and his crew
head straight to the claim,

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eager to tear open
the Freedom cut.

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I can't believe we're actually
gonna start working

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on the Freedom cut,

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which really is where
we're gonna get our gold.

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The past few seasons,
we've kind of had to make do.

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This is the first season that
we have the right equipment.

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This is what's gonna make us
hit our freaking season goal.

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Think how far we've
grown as a team,

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coming together and getting
over PTSD and all sort of
the problems that come

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with going to war.

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And since I've been
here, I don't think about any
of that [bleep], dude.

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Just don't have time for it.
I need to look forward.

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We have to realize
the opportunity we have.

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I mean, we're freaking mining
for gold in Yukon.

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The adventure is something
for the rest of our lives.

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I mean, the story will be
a hell of a lot better
if we succeed.

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- Right?
- Oh, yeah. Yeah.

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Fred and Stu
get back to keeping
the plant fed.

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While Buzz rips into
the three acre Freedom cut.

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We are firing
on all cylinders.

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Everything couldn't be
going any better.

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Buzz is up in the Freedom cut,
getting that stripped
and ready.

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This dozer is mammoth.

238
00:12:48,510 --> 00:12:51,143
We've named this "the Tank",
and I think you can see why.

239
00:12:54,243 --> 00:12:57,677
It's old but it definitely
does the job.

240
00:12:57,677 --> 00:13:01,276
Really nice stripping
with this machine.

241
00:13:01,276 --> 00:13:05,276
I don't care if it's
got rust on it, I don't care
if it needs a paint job,

242
00:13:05,276 --> 00:13:07,476
its heart is there,
and its soul is there

243
00:13:07,476 --> 00:13:09,143
and this thing is gonna move
a lot of dirt for us.

244
00:13:09,977 --> 00:13:11,376
As long as that
dozer's running,

245
00:13:11,376 --> 00:13:14,410
we really do have
a chance of hitting that
500 ounce goal.

246
00:13:14,410 --> 00:13:16,443
You gotta love it when
a plan comes together.

247
00:13:24,576 --> 00:13:27,276
We are right
where we need to be.

248
00:13:27,276 --> 00:13:29,576
This dozer is an absolute
game changer.

249
00:13:30,777 --> 00:13:34,476
At California
creek, Fred Lewis finally

250
00:13:34,476 --> 00:13:37,209
has the dozer stripping
the Freedom cut.

251
00:13:38,243 --> 00:13:40,576
This dozer can definitely
push dirt.

252
00:13:49,576 --> 00:13:51,343
Fred, you have
a copy on me?

253
00:13:51,343 --> 00:13:54,243
I'm gonna need you to
come down here. Dozer broke.

254
00:13:55,910 --> 00:13:57,777
I just heard that
the dozer's down.

255
00:13:57,777 --> 00:13:59,877
We could be seriously here.

256
00:13:59,877 --> 00:14:01,309
Got a lot riding on this.

257
00:14:01,309 --> 00:14:04,376
I've got my house on this.
I've got all of our financials
into it.

258
00:14:04,376 --> 00:14:07,043
At this point, if the dozer's
down, we're down.

259
00:14:07,843 --> 00:14:08,743
Plain and simple.

260
00:14:10,143 --> 00:14:10,977
All right.

261
00:14:15,877 --> 00:14:18,710
Holy [bleep].

262
00:14:18,710 --> 00:14:20,176
Come up here and
look at this.

263
00:14:20,176 --> 00:14:21,677
I backed up, I stopped,

264
00:14:21,677 --> 00:14:23,977
set the blades down,
that goes chunk.

265
00:14:26,710 --> 00:14:30,109
The little bracket that
holds the round that lifts
the blade up and down

266
00:14:30,109 --> 00:14:33,610
has been cracked for
a long time and finally
decided to let go.

267
00:14:33,610 --> 00:14:36,376
So, this has been happening
for a long time.

268
00:14:36,376 --> 00:14:39,543
There was only about
an inch of this piece holding
them together.

269
00:14:39,543 --> 00:14:41,076
[bleep], dude.

270
00:14:42,643 --> 00:14:46,109
The 53-ton dozer's
hydraulic lift cylinder

271
00:14:46,109 --> 00:14:49,743
is held in place by a bracket,
called a yoke.

272
00:14:49,743 --> 00:14:53,743
It pivots, allowing
the ten ton blade
to rise and fall.

273
00:14:55,510 --> 00:14:56,977
But it's cracked.

274
00:14:56,977 --> 00:15:01,209
Fred needs to swap out the old
broken part for a new one

275
00:15:01,209 --> 00:15:04,209
before he can get back
to stripping the Freedom cut.

276
00:15:09,343 --> 00:15:10,877
This is really gonna cost us.

277
00:15:10,877 --> 00:15:12,610
I honestly don't know
what the hell I'm going to do.

278
00:15:12,610 --> 00:15:15,176
Meanwhile, this is gonna
turn into more and more slop.

279
00:15:16,043 --> 00:15:17,943
Not good. Not good at all.

280
00:15:20,576 --> 00:15:23,076
Parts for a 1984 Komatsu

281
00:15:23,076 --> 00:15:25,043
are not easy to come by
out here.

282
00:15:25,043 --> 00:15:27,476
There reaches a point where
you can't bleed anymore.

283
00:15:27,476 --> 00:15:29,043
Kind of reaching that point
with the company.

284
00:15:52,010 --> 00:15:54,043
Two months into
his season,

285
00:15:54,043 --> 00:15:56,543
King of the Klondike,
Tony Beets,

286
00:15:56,543 --> 00:16:00,243
has opened up two of
the deepest cuts he's
ever mined.

287
00:16:02,276 --> 00:16:06,610
So far, they've delivered
just over 900 ounces.

288
00:16:06,610 --> 00:16:10,476
280 ounces less than this time
last season.

289
00:16:17,643 --> 00:16:21,610
To get more gold,
Tony's got another trick
up his sleeve.

290
00:16:41,977 --> 00:16:46,643
First mined
three seasons ago
by daughter, Monica,

291
00:16:46,643 --> 00:16:50,076
Tony's cut down on
Hunker creek has
been plagued...

292
00:16:50,076 --> 00:16:52,109
What just happened?

293
00:16:53,877 --> 00:16:55,209
...by breakdowns...

294
00:16:56,076 --> 00:16:57,510
...frozen pay...

295
00:16:57,510 --> 00:16:59,910
I seem to have
hit some frost.

296
00:16:59,910 --> 00:17:01,376
...and floods...

297
00:17:01,376 --> 00:17:03,677
Should've named it
the Cursed Cut,
not the Hunker Cut.

298
00:17:03,677 --> 00:17:06,977
...leading Monica
to abandon the Cursed Cut.

299
00:17:09,010 --> 00:17:11,910
Tony is leasing it to
the Winchester boys.

300
00:17:11,910 --> 00:17:15,910
Three new miners hoping to
strike it rich in the Yukon.

301
00:17:18,276 --> 00:17:20,977
We're gold miners,
so we like to have, you know,

302
00:17:20,977 --> 00:17:23,443
buckets of gold if we can
get it in our hands.

303
00:17:23,443 --> 00:17:29,143
Leading the crew
is mine boss and construction
worker, Jason Fraser.

304
00:17:29,143 --> 00:17:31,810
My buddy John there
built the plant.

305
00:17:31,810 --> 00:17:34,109
And said, "Well, we'll
come up and give it a try."

306
00:17:34,109 --> 00:17:38,643
Figured it might be a chance
to at least get your boots wet
here in Klondike.

307
00:17:38,643 --> 00:17:40,743
We'll catch some gold here.

308
00:17:40,743 --> 00:17:43,910
Retired business
owner, John Van Thuyl

309
00:17:43,910 --> 00:17:45,710
is the crew's mechanic.

310
00:17:45,710 --> 00:17:48,209
I've never mined in
the Yukon before.

311
00:17:48,209 --> 00:17:49,543
I'm semi-retired.

312
00:17:49,543 --> 00:17:52,743
I built the wash plant
in my driveway up at home.

313
00:17:52,743 --> 00:17:55,610
Five years from now, I hope
to have a five gallon bucket
of gold,

314
00:17:55,610 --> 00:17:57,243
and I'm gonna totally retire.

315
00:17:57,243 --> 00:18:00,643
I got lots of friends that
say that they would love
to do mining

316
00:18:00,643 --> 00:18:02,176
but I'm here doing it.

317
00:18:03,977 --> 00:18:08,710
Running the heavy
equipment is ex-logger,
Patrick "Butch" Bouchard.

318
00:18:32,276 --> 00:18:36,443
It's an extremely expensive
operation to be involved in.

319
00:18:36,443 --> 00:18:38,443
It's definitely high risk,
high reward.

320
00:18:39,043 --> 00:18:40,410
If this doesn't work out,

321
00:18:40,410 --> 00:18:43,443
I'm sure Butch will be
processing logs again
all next winter,

322
00:18:43,443 --> 00:18:46,510
and John likely will be
plowing snow from Ontario.

323
00:18:46,510 --> 00:18:50,376
And myself, I'll be most
likely digging basements
in Vancouver Island.

324
00:18:58,376 --> 00:18:59,476
Better than the Three Stooges.

325
00:19:00,643 --> 00:19:01,843
- How've you been?
- Fine.

326
00:19:01,843 --> 00:19:03,243
- Nice to meet you.
- I'm John.

327
00:19:06,643 --> 00:19:07,877
The Hunker Cut it is.

328
00:19:07,877 --> 00:19:09,843
- Is it cursed for
you guys?
- Don't say it!

329
00:19:09,843 --> 00:19:11,843
Don't say it. Yeah.

330
00:19:11,843 --> 00:19:14,510
For us, everything that
could go wrong, went wrong.

331
00:19:14,510 --> 00:19:15,977
I don't believe
in curses.

332
00:19:26,543 --> 00:19:27,810
Yeah. I hope so.

333
00:19:27,810 --> 00:19:30,877
Think we can get somewheres
around our goal of 200, 250.

334
00:19:39,877 --> 00:19:41,476
Gotta walk your
Kiwi plant out of the way.

335
00:19:41,476 --> 00:19:43,143
If you can get that out,
we'll get set up.

336
00:19:47,176 --> 00:19:48,043
That sounds good.

337
00:19:55,710 --> 00:20:00,943
Once Tony's old
Kiwi wash plant is moved
from the middle of the cut,

338
00:20:00,943 --> 00:20:05,810
the new crew will haul in
their homemade
60-yard an hour wash plant,

339
00:20:05,810 --> 00:20:07,610
the Winchester.

340
00:20:07,610 --> 00:20:10,209
980 hours to build
the wash plant.

341
00:20:10,877 --> 00:20:12,543
I was only gonna do one drum,

342
00:20:12,543 --> 00:20:14,877
and then my wife says,
"Well, why don't you do two?"

343
00:20:14,877 --> 00:20:16,877
That's why we called
it "Winchester".

344
00:20:16,877 --> 00:20:19,443
It's a double barrel shotgun.

345
00:20:19,443 --> 00:20:23,309
They plan to run
ground already stripped
by Tony,

346
00:20:23,309 --> 00:20:27,543
chasing gold left behind
by the old timer's dredges.

347
00:20:27,543 --> 00:20:29,576
John to Jason, you got a copy?

348
00:20:29,576 --> 00:20:31,743
Mike Beets is coming down
the hill.

349
00:20:39,743 --> 00:20:41,176
How you gentlemen
this morning?

350
00:20:41,176 --> 00:20:42,010
We good, buddy. You?

351
00:20:42,643 --> 00:20:44,376
I hate rain.

352
00:20:44,376 --> 00:20:47,543
Well, once we get the eyes
exposed, then we can attach it
to the D10,

353
00:20:47,543 --> 00:20:49,076
so that we can pull the thing.

354
00:20:49,076 --> 00:20:50,877
So, your eye will be
around over here.

355
00:20:52,043 --> 00:20:53,743
Scrape it clean until
we can see the eyes.

356
00:21:01,510 --> 00:21:03,343
It's really sticking out
quite decently.

357
00:21:03,343 --> 00:21:04,910
So now I'm trying to wonder
where the [bleep] it is,

358
00:21:04,910 --> 00:21:07,010
just might be lower
and sitting more further back.

359
00:21:08,209 --> 00:21:09,643
Could you get it
a little deeper?

360
00:21:11,543 --> 00:21:13,810
If they can't find
the eye hooks,

361
00:21:13,810 --> 00:21:17,877
the stranded Kiwi plant will
block the Winchester's access,

362
00:21:17,877 --> 00:21:20,443
stopping them from
mining gold.

363
00:21:20,443 --> 00:21:22,043
- Do we have a shovel?
- Eh?

364
00:21:25,877 --> 00:21:26,710
That's so weird.

365
00:21:28,710 --> 00:21:30,843
- Well, there's an eye.
- Kind of looks like
a rock.

366
00:21:30,843 --> 00:21:32,076
No, that is the eye.

367
00:21:33,376 --> 00:21:35,543
So the other one will be
right here.

368
00:21:37,410 --> 00:21:38,777
- Ouch.
- Oh, there you go.

369
00:21:40,777 --> 00:21:42,777
- If you can start
hooking those up.
- Yeah.

370
00:21:42,777 --> 00:21:45,777
I'll hop in the dozer
and we can back her up,
and we should be all good.

371
00:21:54,810 --> 00:21:55,877
Timber.

372
00:21:56,843 --> 00:21:57,977
Whatever it takes
to move it.

373
00:21:59,643 --> 00:22:01,343
It's good to go now.

374
00:22:01,343 --> 00:22:03,576
Kiwi plant
out of the way...

375
00:22:03,576 --> 00:22:05,643
Good luck, gentlemen.

376
00:22:05,643 --> 00:22:10,076
...the Winchester
boys are one step closer
to catching gold

377
00:22:10,076 --> 00:22:12,510
and delivering
Tony's royalties.

378
00:22:13,910 --> 00:22:14,943
One more piece, boys.

379
00:22:15,977 --> 00:22:18,343
We can get back to work
and make some real gold.

380
00:22:31,043 --> 00:22:33,476
We've invested
a ton of money, a ton of time

381
00:22:33,476 --> 00:22:35,109
into the Panama Canal cut.

382
00:22:35,109 --> 00:22:38,777
If we can't get a sluice
this year, it's gonna be
nothing but a loss.

383
00:22:40,343 --> 00:22:41,943
At Indian River...

384
00:22:41,943 --> 00:22:43,443
What's happening, man?

385
00:22:43,443 --> 00:22:46,943
...Parker has
tasked Mitch with using
all their resources

386
00:22:46,943 --> 00:22:49,476
to open up and mine
an access road.

387
00:22:50,309 --> 00:22:52,143
The Panama Canal cut.

388
00:22:52,143 --> 00:22:55,543
As well as building a new
access road

389
00:22:55,543 --> 00:22:59,243
and keeping the rest of
the operation on track.

390
00:22:59,243 --> 00:23:02,677
Well, we got all the mud off,
but all the gravel's frozen.

391
00:23:06,543 --> 00:23:09,043
It gets tons of
sun and...

392
00:23:09,043 --> 00:23:12,243
- Yeah.
- ...high and dry, it makes
no sense to me.

393
00:23:12,243 --> 00:23:14,977
Well, and the one we needed
to be thawed more than
any of them is this one.

394
00:23:14,977 --> 00:23:15,810
Right?

395
00:23:16,810 --> 00:23:18,810
What do you think
we should do?

396
00:23:18,810 --> 00:23:21,977
Well, man I hate walking away
from something after we've
poured a bunch of money in it,

397
00:23:21,977 --> 00:23:26,543
but it's a matter of what has
more gold, I guess.

398
00:23:26,543 --> 00:23:28,543
If we have to walk away from
something, it should be
this one,

399
00:23:28,543 --> 00:23:29,877
not the ones downstream.

400
00:23:29,877 --> 00:23:30,710
Don't you think?

401
00:23:33,209 --> 00:23:34,443
We have to get out of here.

402
00:23:35,476 --> 00:23:37,476
I think that's the only thing
we can do.

403
00:23:37,476 --> 00:23:39,410
Yeah, I think it's gonna be
this way all year.

404
00:23:40,443 --> 00:23:42,643
- All right. Thanks, Mitch.
- Yep.

405
00:23:45,143 --> 00:23:47,743
This isn't
an ideal scenario but...

406
00:23:47,743 --> 00:23:50,910
we've gotta go get all the mud
off the areas that have mud,

407
00:23:50,910 --> 00:23:53,510
and then figure out what we're
gonna do with frozen gravel.

408
00:23:53,510 --> 00:23:55,977
Ripping frozen mud
is not too expensive.

409
00:23:55,977 --> 00:23:58,610
Ripping frozen gravel
is intense.

410
00:23:58,610 --> 00:24:01,410
And we're gonna have to rip
a whole pile of frozen gravel
this fall,

411
00:24:01,410 --> 00:24:03,309
because of how much we've
taken on.

412
00:24:05,710 --> 00:24:06,877
Panama Canal,

413
00:24:06,877 --> 00:24:09,043
is a project we really didn't
have the time to start,

414
00:24:09,043 --> 00:24:11,076
but now, Parker doesn't
want us to finish it.

415
00:24:11,076 --> 00:24:13,877
And that's just
a huge waste of time
and a huge waste of money.

416
00:24:15,943 --> 00:24:18,977
Right now, we really need
to get this new road done.

417
00:24:18,977 --> 00:24:22,777
Before Mitch's crew
can go back to work
in the airstrip,

418
00:24:22,777 --> 00:24:28,010
they need to finish
the new road to restore access
across the claim.

419
00:24:28,010 --> 00:24:31,209
We're working on this end here
which is through one of
our tailings pile,

420
00:24:31,209 --> 00:24:34,209
so this is pretty good
material off the other side.

421
00:24:34,209 --> 00:24:36,109
It's real nasty stuff.

422
00:24:36,109 --> 00:24:38,977
And the trucks are having
a hard time getting
through there.

423
00:24:38,977 --> 00:24:42,877
I've got no access for anybody
to get back and forth here.

424
00:24:42,877 --> 00:24:45,010
So, it's really put
a time crunch on this.

425
00:24:46,943 --> 00:24:50,143
Mitch has got me
running tailings to finish
this road.

426
00:24:50,143 --> 00:24:52,076
Just so much mud.

427
00:24:53,276 --> 00:24:55,843
It makes driving these things
hard as well.

428
00:24:55,843 --> 00:24:59,343
I can feel my truck going to
get bogged every time nearly.

429
00:25:01,243 --> 00:25:03,743
I don't feel very confident
in the mud.

430
00:25:03,743 --> 00:25:06,209
Parker definitely
likes to throw you in
the deep end

431
00:25:06,209 --> 00:25:08,209
and you just have to hope
that you swim.

432
00:25:12,610 --> 00:25:15,176
Hey, Mitch.
You got a copy, Mitch?

433
00:25:15,176 --> 00:25:17,643
- Go ahead.
- Yeah, hey man,
there's not enough pay up

434
00:25:17,643 --> 00:25:19,843
at Big Red or Sluicifer
for them to run tonight.

435
00:25:20,977 --> 00:25:23,510
Right now I'm looking at
3000-4000 yards of material

436
00:25:23,510 --> 00:25:24,977
and we need double that.

437
00:25:24,977 --> 00:25:29,043
So, we need to steal some
resources and move some
iron up here.

438
00:25:29,043 --> 00:25:31,376
Ah, man, This road's gonna
take a little bit here.

439
00:25:31,376 --> 00:25:33,543
It's got a pretty good section
that's real snotty.

440
00:25:33,543 --> 00:25:35,877
But as soon as
we get this road done,

441
00:25:35,877 --> 00:25:38,043
I'll be sending everybody
back to you, bud.

442
00:25:38,043 --> 00:25:39,777
Just gonna have to make do
for right now, buddy.

443
00:25:39,777 --> 00:25:41,309
I don't know about you
but I don't wanna see

444
00:25:41,309 --> 00:25:42,777
either of these plants
go down tonight.

445
00:25:45,910 --> 00:25:47,977
Until the road
is finished,

446
00:25:47,977 --> 00:25:51,810
the crew can't get back
to stockpiling paydirt
at the plant,

447
00:25:52,476 --> 00:25:55,610
risking a double shutdown.

448
00:25:55,610 --> 00:25:57,276
Tyson just hit me up
'cause it doesn't look like

449
00:25:57,276 --> 00:25:59,109
we've got enough dirt
for nightshift.

450
00:25:59,109 --> 00:26:01,143
That's what happens when
we got so many projects.

451
00:26:01,143 --> 00:26:03,243
You don't do anything well.

452
00:26:03,243 --> 00:26:07,176
This road is something
you'd normally like to have
well ahead of time done.

453
00:26:07,176 --> 00:26:10,743
But Parker sprung this on us.

454
00:26:10,743 --> 00:26:13,743
He's bouncing back and forth
between lots of ideas.

455
00:26:13,743 --> 00:26:17,243
As a mine boss,
you need to make a
decision and stick with it.

456
00:26:18,543 --> 00:26:20,977
Mitch has
his whole crew finishing up

457
00:26:20,977 --> 00:26:24,510
the last 350 feet
of the new road.

458
00:26:24,510 --> 00:26:27,343
You wanna try and get me
a spot here where I can get

459
00:26:27,343 --> 00:26:29,309
this new road connected.

460
00:26:29,309 --> 00:26:32,076
Let the trucks know we'll
have them start
dumping there.

461
00:26:32,076 --> 00:26:34,143
It ain't gonna be pretty
but it'll work.

462
00:26:34,143 --> 00:26:37,810
- Pretty? It never pretty.
- As long as it works.

463
00:26:37,810 --> 00:26:42,010
We're lucky that
we got everybody on deck
and working

464
00:26:42,010 --> 00:26:46,143
to build this road
right here, right now.

465
00:26:46,143 --> 00:26:50,010
Parker's lucky he's got guys
that are good at more than
one thing.

466
00:26:51,877 --> 00:26:53,376
Hey, Mitch.
You got a copy?

467
00:26:56,176 --> 00:26:59,410
When are you hoping to finish
off with your crew over there?

468
00:26:59,410 --> 00:27:01,143
Hurrying to try
and get this done.

469
00:27:01,143 --> 00:27:02,977
[bleep] We just don't
have enough pay.

470
00:27:02,977 --> 00:27:04,576
So, we don't have
much time to do this.

471
00:27:05,510 --> 00:27:07,510
Time is not on our side.

472
00:27:09,877 --> 00:27:11,643
Truck's hauling
coarse tailings.

473
00:27:11,643 --> 00:27:13,276
This is where I want you
to drop it.

474
00:27:13,276 --> 00:27:15,576
We're gonna tie it back
into that other material
you've been putting down.

475
00:27:15,576 --> 00:27:17,643
Okay, thank you.

476
00:27:17,643 --> 00:27:22,176
Just machinery going
everywhere, it's so intense.

477
00:27:22,176 --> 00:27:25,677
Parker just has such
a all or nothing personality.

478
00:27:25,677 --> 00:27:27,810
If he's gonna do something,
he's does it a 100 percent.

479
00:27:27,810 --> 00:27:31,276
If this was my mine site,
I'd probably make the same
decision as Parker did.

480
00:27:31,276 --> 00:27:34,343
I know it sounds risky
and it's full on and there's
lots going on.

481
00:27:34,343 --> 00:27:36,243
But as a gold miner,

482
00:27:36,243 --> 00:27:37,810
you just can't leave
gold in the ground.

483
00:27:40,309 --> 00:27:41,877
Yeah,
keep coming back.
Keep coming back.

484
00:27:41,877 --> 00:27:43,576
We're gonna go right off
the edge here.

485
00:27:43,576 --> 00:27:44,710
There you go, right there.

486
00:27:51,410 --> 00:27:53,143
This will be our road.

487
00:27:53,143 --> 00:27:57,209
We got little bit of mud
on top of the gravel.

488
00:27:57,209 --> 00:28:00,010
So, truck that are sinking
could get moving.

489
00:28:01,710 --> 00:28:05,309
And we got this road done.

490
00:28:05,309 --> 00:28:08,309
12 hours since
they began the build,

491
00:28:08,309 --> 00:28:11,543
Mitch and crew have
finished the new access road.

492
00:28:14,743 --> 00:28:16,410
We got ourselves a road here.

493
00:28:16,410 --> 00:28:17,977
It's come along real good.

494
00:28:17,977 --> 00:28:21,043
It's been a lot of work.
It should definitely do
the job.

495
00:28:22,476 --> 00:28:24,476
Mitch is sending me
back to the wash plant.

496
00:28:25,476 --> 00:28:27,843
Moving the old road
and building a new one,

497
00:28:27,843 --> 00:28:30,010
that's just, like, insane.

498
00:28:30,010 --> 00:28:33,309
I'm actually stoked I actually
helped such a huge project.

499
00:28:34,343 --> 00:28:36,176
Hey,
Tyson, you got a copy?

500
00:28:36,176 --> 00:28:40,510
The road is finished and
the trucks are heading back
over to you right now.

501
00:28:40,510 --> 00:28:43,143
Yeah,
sounds good. I'll meet you
at the wash plants.

502
00:28:43,143 --> 00:28:44,510
Just in time, buddy.

503
00:28:45,877 --> 00:28:47,977
You know, pretty happy with
how this road turned out.

504
00:28:47,977 --> 00:28:49,877
We just had to do it
quick and fast.

505
00:28:49,877 --> 00:28:52,476
But we've got good access
back down to the wash plants.

506
00:28:52,476 --> 00:28:55,543
One more thing that Parker's
added to our already
busy schedule,

507
00:28:55,543 --> 00:28:58,010
but somehow we were able
to make it all happen.

508
00:28:58,010 --> 00:28:59,343
It's been a hell of a day.

509
00:28:59,343 --> 00:29:01,943
But, you know, I'm really
happy with how things
turned out here.

510
00:29:12,376 --> 00:29:15,476
Had this freaking dozer for
two days and now it's stuck
in the slop.

511
00:29:16,443 --> 00:29:18,343
At
California Creek,

512
00:29:18,343 --> 00:29:21,743
Fred Lewis's crew are
busy sluicing pay.

513
00:29:21,743 --> 00:29:25,576
But his new dozer has
a broken yoke bracket.

514
00:29:25,576 --> 00:29:29,943
It's a 1984 dozer. Honestly,
I don't know where the
I'm gonna find a part for it.

515
00:29:29,943 --> 00:29:32,443
I think Troy did mention
he had some spare parts.

516
00:29:32,443 --> 00:29:33,777
So, I'm gonna call him.

517
00:29:33,777 --> 00:29:35,677
Hail Mary. Hopefully,
he's got what I'm looking for.

518
00:29:35,677 --> 00:29:38,843
But if we can't get this
dozer going, we are [bleep].

519
00:29:44,877 --> 00:29:46,343
Hey, Troy. How's it going?

520
00:29:48,276 --> 00:29:50,309
Um, we're having a little
bit of a problem.

521
00:29:50,309 --> 00:29:51,343
It's the lift cylinder.

522
00:29:53,143 --> 00:29:56,176
I was hoping to see if maybe
you might have

523
00:29:56,176 --> 00:29:59,176
parts laying around that we
could come and scavenge from?

524
00:30:09,543 --> 00:30:14,043
Okay, so would you mind
me sending Buzz out there to
come and check it out?

525
00:30:16,476 --> 00:30:18,343
I appreciate it.
I'll let you get back to work.

526
00:30:19,309 --> 00:30:20,443
yeah.

527
00:30:20,443 --> 00:30:23,610
We got the part. So I can send
Buzz out right now.

528
00:30:23,610 --> 00:30:26,243
Without it, we'd be probably
down two or three weeks.

529
00:30:26,243 --> 00:30:28,476
Now, we can get that dozer
back up and running.

530
00:30:40,677 --> 00:30:42,710
At
Fred Lewis's claim,

531
00:30:42,710 --> 00:30:47,276
Buzz returns from his 300 mile
round trip to Keno

532
00:30:47,276 --> 00:30:49,643
with the part to fix
the broken dozer.

533
00:30:49,643 --> 00:30:53,109
It took me about 13 hours.

534
00:30:53,109 --> 00:30:54,243
Had to be done.

535
00:30:54,243 --> 00:30:56,043
Cut my sleep time
rather short,

536
00:30:56,043 --> 00:30:59,877
but sacrifices a guy
has gotta make to be
a successful miner.

537
00:31:01,743 --> 00:31:04,209
Starting to get pretty
damn sloppy out here.

538
00:31:05,943 --> 00:31:07,243
Broken going out.

539
00:31:10,376 --> 00:31:11,576
Get the new one in.

540
00:31:13,977 --> 00:31:15,276
Pretty heavy.

541
00:31:32,777 --> 00:31:36,076
It's kind of [bleep] to do
this by yourself.

542
00:31:36,076 --> 00:31:37,743
She's ready to
rock and roll again.

543
00:31:40,943 --> 00:31:42,343
Talk about timing.

544
00:31:43,743 --> 00:31:46,810
- How's it going?
- Whoo! Holy [bleep],
Buzz.

545
00:31:46,810 --> 00:31:48,443
Can't believe you did this
by yourself.

546
00:31:48,443 --> 00:31:51,543
- What a pain in the ass.
Great work, dude.
- Yeah.

547
00:31:51,543 --> 00:31:54,176
While you're here,
just put those parts
in the back.

548
00:31:54,176 --> 00:31:56,943
- Yes.
- I'll let you
carry the big piece.

549
00:31:56,943 --> 00:31:58,209
Oh, jeez, what is that?

550
00:31:58,943 --> 00:32:00,843
Oh my [bleep].

551
00:32:00,843 --> 00:32:02,877
I see why you wanted me
to carry this one.

552
00:32:04,109 --> 00:32:06,343
Oh, my [bleep].

553
00:32:10,376 --> 00:32:13,076
Fire this puppy up.
Let's push some muck.

554
00:32:14,476 --> 00:32:18,376
Just 24 hours
after the dozer went down...

555
00:32:18,376 --> 00:32:20,710
Everything seems
right and tight.

556
00:32:21,877 --> 00:32:23,576
Ready to rip and strip.

557
00:32:23,576 --> 00:32:27,576
...Buzz has it back
stripping in the Freedom cut.

558
00:32:27,576 --> 00:32:31,877
Buzz is busting his balls
to get that dozer back
up and running.

559
00:32:31,877 --> 00:32:33,877
We'll fix every single problem
and eventually,

560
00:32:33,877 --> 00:32:35,343
we're gonna pull the gold
out of this ground.

561
00:32:35,343 --> 00:32:36,376
We're gonna keep fighting.

562
00:33:08,476 --> 00:33:10,943
So, today, we're gonna
get her hooked up.

563
00:33:10,943 --> 00:33:13,209
We back Winchester down
into the corner.

564
00:33:13,209 --> 00:33:17,777
The Winchester boys
are racing to get their
wash plant up and running

565
00:33:17,777 --> 00:33:20,777
to prove to Tony that
they can catch gold

566
00:33:20,777 --> 00:33:23,276
and deliver his
30 percent royalties.

567
00:33:41,309 --> 00:33:43,510
I'm not using
a chain on Winchester.

568
00:33:43,510 --> 00:33:45,010
I don't wanna mark
the paint up.

569
00:33:45,010 --> 00:33:47,143
Try to keep her as nice
as we can for now.

570
00:33:49,209 --> 00:33:50,076
Okay, Butch.

571
00:34:04,276 --> 00:34:06,643
I want it another
foot and a half this way.

572
00:34:07,143 --> 00:34:07,943
Okay.

573
00:34:11,710 --> 00:34:13,943
Butch, tighten the strap.
Oh, no.

574
00:34:13,943 --> 00:34:14,777
Butch!

575
00:34:15,910 --> 00:34:17,076
Holy [bleep].

576
00:34:23,610 --> 00:34:25,510
He caught it
before it went over.

577
00:34:27,076 --> 00:34:30,376
We're good. Little stressful.
But we're good.

578
00:34:30,376 --> 00:34:33,410
Now that the plant
is placed safely on the pad,

579
00:34:33,410 --> 00:34:36,843
all they need to do is connect
the sluice boxes.

580
00:34:36,843 --> 00:34:38,643
And they're ready to run pay.

581
00:34:42,109 --> 00:34:43,677
Is that gonna go
under there?

582
00:34:44,943 --> 00:34:45,843
I hope so.

583
00:34:48,743 --> 00:34:49,576
Um...

584
00:34:52,510 --> 00:34:53,810
Hm.

585
00:34:53,810 --> 00:34:56,109
- Leg is in the way
'cause of the angle.
- I see.

586
00:34:59,543 --> 00:35:02,810
In my driveway,
I set everything to fit
on the other side.

587
00:35:02,810 --> 00:35:04,243
I thought it was the same.

588
00:35:06,010 --> 00:35:07,710
Okay, well that's not
gonna work.

589
00:35:09,209 --> 00:35:12,243
Ah, [bleep].
It's always something.

590
00:35:14,777 --> 00:35:19,677
John's
homemade plant is a unique
dual-barrel trommel.

591
00:35:19,677 --> 00:35:24,543
Pay from the feed conveyer
is split evenly between both.

592
00:35:24,543 --> 00:35:29,710
High pressure jets clean
the rocks as they spin in
the trommels.

593
00:35:29,710 --> 00:35:35,343
Gold-rich slurry then runs out
the two chutes into
the sluice boxes.

594
00:35:35,343 --> 00:35:38,209
When it was built,
the sluice boxes were attached

595
00:35:38,209 --> 00:35:39,977
to the right side
of the plant.

596
00:35:40,843 --> 00:35:43,743
Now, the tailings
conveyer setup

597
00:35:43,743 --> 00:35:45,977
means they need to be
on the left.

598
00:35:45,977 --> 00:35:49,276
But a supporting leg
makes that impossible.

599
00:35:49,276 --> 00:35:54,010
To fix, John needs to build
an extension to
the diversion chute,

600
00:35:54,010 --> 00:35:56,209
allowing it to get
around the leg,

601
00:35:56,209 --> 00:35:58,643
and direct paydirt to
the sluice boxes.

602
00:36:13,643 --> 00:36:15,410
You know,
we're a tiny crew.
We're three people.

603
00:36:15,410 --> 00:36:17,076
Time is money, like everybody.

604
00:36:17,076 --> 00:36:19,209
But maybe more so
when you're small.

605
00:36:19,209 --> 00:36:20,476
You look at
the Beets' operation,

606
00:36:20,476 --> 00:36:22,910
they can call in
a service truck or a mechanic.

607
00:36:22,910 --> 00:36:25,076
And for us, it stops
until we fix it.

608
00:36:41,643 --> 00:36:43,209
Hook that little eyelet on.

609
00:36:45,576 --> 00:36:47,309
Looks like it's gonna
work okay.

610
00:36:56,343 --> 00:36:59,910
Well, now we gotta get dirt
into the plant and get gold
out of the sluice box.

611
00:37:01,176 --> 00:37:03,410
After
a 12-hour delay,

612
00:37:03,410 --> 00:37:06,943
the Winchesters are finally
ready to run pay.

613
00:37:11,343 --> 00:37:12,443
That's Winchester.

614
00:37:33,143 --> 00:37:34,176
Power her up.

615
00:38:03,143 --> 00:38:04,843
They call this
the Cursed Cut.

616
00:38:04,843 --> 00:38:07,977
But if you believe in curses,
then you're beat already.

617
00:38:15,043 --> 00:38:18,410
Looks like all of
the calculations kind of
worked out.

618
00:38:18,410 --> 00:38:21,710
The water's flowing,
beautiful, the boxes are
behaving properly.

619
00:38:42,309 --> 00:38:43,777
Today is a good day.
I'm going to pick up Khara.

620
00:38:43,777 --> 00:38:45,777
And I haven't seen her in
probably about two
and a half months.

621
00:38:51,309 --> 00:38:53,410
Oh, baby!

622
00:38:53,410 --> 00:38:54,977
Well, that's her plane.

623
00:38:56,943 --> 00:39:00,677
- Hi!
- Hey, baby! Mm.

624
00:39:00,677 --> 00:39:03,176
I'm gonna crush you.

625
00:39:04,443 --> 00:39:07,109
Are you ready to see the mine?
You gotta meet The Tank.

626
00:39:07,109 --> 00:39:08,777
I knew you were
gonna jump right into that.

627
00:39:12,977 --> 00:39:14,510
We should probably
talk about finances.

628
00:39:14,510 --> 00:39:16,076
- You can't have any
more money.
- With the finances...

629
00:39:16,076 --> 00:39:17,576
- No more money.
- Yeah, for three months.

630
00:39:17,576 --> 00:39:20,276
Maybe you don't look at
the finances and just
kind of trust me on it?

631
00:39:20,276 --> 00:39:21,743
'Cause it's getting
kind of scary.

632
00:39:21,743 --> 00:39:23,443
But I got it.

633
00:39:23,443 --> 00:39:26,443
- Just trust me.
- You say this
every year.

634
00:39:26,443 --> 00:39:28,376
-"Just trust me." We barely
squeak by.
- Shouldn't have trusted me

635
00:39:28,376 --> 00:39:29,410
in Oregon, by the way.

636
00:39:29,410 --> 00:39:31,610
I didn't trust you
in Oregon.

637
00:39:31,610 --> 00:39:33,410
- Tough love. Tough love.
- I need it.

638
00:39:33,410 --> 00:39:34,410
- Ow.
- Sorry.

639
00:40:00,743 --> 00:40:03,143
Two days
after firing up,

640
00:40:03,143 --> 00:40:07,010
it's time to see if
the Winchester boys have
broken the curse,

641
00:40:07,010 --> 00:40:08,410
and delivered gold.

642
00:40:09,977 --> 00:40:11,276
- Hello, guys.
- Ha ha!

643
00:40:12,710 --> 00:40:13,877
I got the loot.

644
00:40:18,643 --> 00:40:20,643
We ran for 25 hours
straight and...

645
00:40:22,977 --> 00:40:24,109
Yeah.

646
00:40:24,109 --> 00:40:25,510
- Gives you some faith
in the box.
- Yeah.

647
00:40:26,109 --> 00:40:27,276
Yeah. Yeah.

648
00:40:30,376 --> 00:40:31,977
Oh, yeah.

649
00:40:31,977 --> 00:40:36,276
Tony's hoping
the 25 hour run will deliver
seven ounces of gold.

650
00:40:37,543 --> 00:40:39,443
So, somebody wanna do
some counting?

651
00:40:42,543 --> 00:40:43,810
- Tear away.
- Tear it off.

652
00:40:44,677 --> 00:40:45,743
That's zero.

653
00:40:48,076 --> 00:40:50,610
One ounce, two ounce,

654
00:40:51,476 --> 00:40:53,410
two and a half, three,

655
00:40:54,276 --> 00:40:55,977
three and a half, four,

656
00:40:56,643 --> 00:40:58,076
four and a half, five,

657
00:40:58,877 --> 00:41:02,143
five and a half, 6.125 ounces.

658
00:41:13,243 --> 00:41:16,543
Worth more
than $11,000,

659
00:41:16,543 --> 00:41:20,710
a strong start to
the Winchesters' first season
in the Yukon.

660
00:41:29,643 --> 00:41:31,877
Portioned just about
half an ounce an hour.

661
00:41:34,376 --> 00:41:35,276
Really?

662
00:41:35,276 --> 00:41:37,143
Those top gravels would've
been lean anyway

663
00:41:37,143 --> 00:41:39,176
because they've been
washed out for the last
few years.

664
00:41:39,176 --> 00:41:41,943
We can do a little better
on the yardage recovery then

665
00:41:41,943 --> 00:41:43,343
we're definitely in the game.

666
00:41:47,343 --> 00:41:48,143
Well, you did.

667
00:41:49,543 --> 00:41:51,777
"Hm".
He says, "Hm."

668
00:41:51,777 --> 00:41:53,543
Now he perks up.

669
00:41:55,677 --> 00:41:56,777
Nice to see you again.

670
00:42:10,710 --> 00:42:12,743
Each cut that we take
should progress to

671
00:42:12,743 --> 00:42:15,610
more and more gold,
the deeper we go.

672
00:42:15,610 --> 00:42:18,043
And hopefully, Winchester's
up for the task.

673
00:42:18,610 --> 00:42:19,710
We are.

674
00:42:19,710 --> 00:42:21,777
That's just the tip
of the iceberg for us.

675
00:42:21,777 --> 00:42:24,010
We still have a full 100 days
ahead of us.

676
00:42:24,010 --> 00:42:26,176
We're not gonna really
discuss the curse bit.

677
00:42:26,176 --> 00:42:27,543
But I think we beat it.

678
00:42:27,543 --> 00:42:28,677
I'd like to think we beat it.

679
00:42:47,710 --> 00:42:49,710
All right, guys.
First gold weigh.

680
00:42:49,710 --> 00:42:50,910
- You guys excited?
- Yeah.

681
00:42:50,910 --> 00:42:51,777
[bleep] Yeah.

682
00:42:51,777 --> 00:42:54,176
We need a fire going here.

683
00:42:54,176 --> 00:42:57,910
It's a momentous
day for Fred Lewis
and his crew.

684
00:42:57,910 --> 00:43:01,510
After battling for ten weeks
to get on the gold,

685
00:43:01,510 --> 00:43:05,276
it's time for their first
gold weigh of the season.

686
00:43:05,276 --> 00:43:07,076
It's really awesome to
have Khara here.

687
00:43:07,076 --> 00:43:09,843
Mama's in town, it just
completes the mine site.

688
00:43:09,843 --> 00:43:12,109
Well, I'm excited.
We're gonna make it happen
this season.

689
00:43:12,109 --> 00:43:13,476
Yeah.

690
00:43:13,476 --> 00:43:15,743
Buzz, you saved us this week

691
00:43:15,743 --> 00:43:17,677
and we really appreciate that.

692
00:43:17,677 --> 00:43:18,977
Look at Buzz go, man.

693
00:43:18,977 --> 00:43:21,309
We're just
getting started.

694
00:43:21,309 --> 00:43:23,143
Well, seeing
getting started...

695
00:43:23,143 --> 00:43:24,743
- You wanna see gold.
- I'm ready. I'm ready.

696
00:43:24,743 --> 00:43:26,643
- I know.
- I wanna see what
we've got.

697
00:43:26,643 --> 00:43:29,109
- Last season...
- Okay, here we go.

698
00:43:29,109 --> 00:43:32,877
...Fred's first
gold weigh
delivered 8.4 ounces.

699
00:43:33,777 --> 00:43:36,710
One, two...

700
00:43:37,476 --> 00:43:41,643
- three, four...
- Oh?

701
00:43:41,643 --> 00:43:44,276
- ...five.
- Come on, come on,
come on, come on.

702
00:43:44,276 --> 00:43:46,343
Uh, six.

703
00:43:46,343 --> 00:43:47,677
- Six point oh.
- Six point oh.

704
00:43:47,677 --> 00:43:49,743
Six point oh,
on the dot.

705
00:43:49,743 --> 00:43:54,309
Six ounces falls
far short of where the crew
need to be

706
00:43:54,309 --> 00:43:57,643
in order to hit their
500 ounce season goal.

707
00:44:01,176 --> 00:44:05,243
You know, this is still more
than we mined the entire
first [bleep] season we mined.

708
00:44:05,243 --> 00:44:07,376
Even though it's been
miserable hard work

709
00:44:07,376 --> 00:44:09,710
and we haven't got a lot
of gold to show for it,

710
00:44:09,710 --> 00:44:10,843
we're paying the bills.

711
00:44:10,843 --> 00:44:13,510
- We need to get better at it
to get rich.
- Yeah.

712
00:44:15,276 --> 00:44:17,943
This is the worst run
we're gonna have all season.

713
00:44:17,943 --> 00:44:19,076
We've now got a dozer.

714
00:44:19,076 --> 00:44:21,443
Like, we're in the position
we wanted to be.

715
00:44:21,443 --> 00:44:24,743
So, now we need to put
serios yardage to the plant,
and keep it going.

716
00:44:26,043 --> 00:44:27,143
Now, get back to work.

717
00:44:29,010 --> 00:44:31,143
Six ounces in a week.

718
00:44:31,143 --> 00:44:33,743
Not even close to cutting it.
We need that everyday.

719
00:44:33,743 --> 00:44:35,843
'Cause I feel like that was
a bunch of [bleep].

720
00:44:35,843 --> 00:44:37,576
But I just gotta figure out
a way to keep the guys'
hope up.

721
00:44:37,576 --> 00:44:40,043
That we're still...

722
00:44:41,309 --> 00:44:43,443
We're still here mining,
we're still pulling in gold.

723
00:44:43,443 --> 00:44:45,877
But to put all the work
that we put in

724
00:44:45,877 --> 00:44:50,010
to this point of the season,
and to walk out with
six freaking ounces,

725
00:44:50,010 --> 00:44:52,343
it's not where I wanna be,
but we gotta get better.

726
00:45:01,076 --> 00:45:02,643
- What's shaking, buddy?
- How's it going, man?

727
00:45:02,643 --> 00:45:03,877
Good. Good.

728
00:45:03,877 --> 00:45:05,743
- How's it going, Doumitt?
- Good, how're you
doing, buddy?

729
00:45:05,743 --> 00:45:07,410
Good, thanks.
How are you feeling?

730
00:45:07,410 --> 00:45:10,977
Yeah, it's been a fight, man,
keeping both wash plants going
side by side.

731
00:45:10,977 --> 00:45:13,376
- They make you work.
- Oh, the two together,

732
00:45:13,376 --> 00:45:15,076
they do,
they grind through the pay.

733
00:45:15,076 --> 00:45:17,410
I was a little worried about
that for a while. It's getting
pretty skinny down there.

734
00:45:17,410 --> 00:45:19,410
But yeah, not long
after we had that road built,

735
00:45:19,410 --> 00:45:20,710
started pushing the overburden

736
00:45:20,710 --> 00:45:22,943
and everything was frozen.

737
00:45:23,510 --> 00:45:24,777
I was wrong.

738
00:45:24,777 --> 00:45:26,677
I freely admit that.

739
00:45:26,677 --> 00:45:28,910
- And...
- I totally thought that
would be thawed.

740
00:45:29,576 --> 00:45:30,677
It's very frozen.

741
00:45:32,510 --> 00:45:34,209
Now, what do we do
with Panama Canal?

742
00:45:34,209 --> 00:45:37,143
Yeah, we'll have to just
let it thaw and see

743
00:45:37,143 --> 00:45:39,143
if it's ready by the end
of the year,

744
00:45:39,143 --> 00:45:40,810
and if we have time
to sluice it.

745
00:45:40,810 --> 00:45:44,677
It's gonna be tough to get
that worked into everything
else we got going on, man.

746
00:45:44,677 --> 00:45:48,576
Yeah, at the beginning of
the season when we started,
it was little overwhelming

747
00:45:48,576 --> 00:45:50,243
in the amount we have to do.

748
00:45:50,243 --> 00:45:52,243
Yeah. It's one of those things
I think it's gonna get worse
before it gets better.

749
00:45:52,243 --> 00:45:54,610
- It's all mind game.
It's all head game.
- Is that what it is?

750
00:45:54,610 --> 00:45:56,910
- Yeah.
- We're a third way
through the season already.

751
00:45:56,910 --> 00:45:58,710
Yeah, well, how much
gold do we got there?

752
00:45:58,710 --> 00:46:00,543
We a third of weight of
where we want to be?

753
00:46:00,543 --> 00:46:01,643
Let's take a look see.

754
00:46:01,643 --> 00:46:03,576
- We'll do Big Red first, yeah?
- All right.

755
00:46:03,576 --> 00:46:04,510
Get in there!

756
00:46:04,510 --> 00:46:05,743
Last week,

757
00:46:05,743 --> 00:46:11,143
Big Red delivered
a 124.3 ounces of
bare cut gold.

758
00:46:11,143 --> 00:46:13,243
Let's see what she did
this week, buddy.

759
00:46:14,010 --> 00:46:18,043
All right. 20, 40, 60,

760
00:46:18,510 --> 00:46:21,543
100, 120, 140,

761
00:46:22,243 --> 00:46:24,743
160, 180, 190...

762
00:46:24,743 --> 00:46:27,109
Oh! 200. 220.

763
00:46:27,777 --> 00:46:31,276
230, 240, 250...

764
00:46:32,677 --> 00:46:35,977
257.9. [bleep] yeah.

765
00:46:35,977 --> 00:46:39,276
It's about time we started
having some big numbers.

766
00:46:39,276 --> 00:46:40,877
What's the other one?

767
00:46:40,877 --> 00:46:44,010
Sluicifer's haul
from the Bear cut last week

768
00:46:44,010 --> 00:46:46,777
was a 174.9 ounces.

769
00:46:48,276 --> 00:46:50,843
80, 110,

770
00:46:51,476 --> 00:46:54,076
140, 170,

771
00:46:55,109 --> 00:46:56,677
- over 200.
- Yeah.

772
00:46:57,677 --> 00:46:59,877
- Come on. Come on.
- 230, 240,

773
00:46:59,877 --> 00:47:03,043
250, 260, 270...

774
00:47:03,043 --> 00:47:06,176
- Yeah!
- 289.05.

775
00:47:06,176 --> 00:47:07,543
- There we go!
- Yeah!

776
00:47:07,543 --> 00:47:09,076
- Whoo!
- Chest bump.

777
00:47:09,076 --> 00:47:10,843
No.

778
00:47:11,576 --> 00:47:13,743
Oh!

779
00:47:14,877 --> 00:47:16,643
Not a bad
week, fellas.

780
00:47:18,576 --> 00:47:21,076
Parker's crew
have pulled in mor than

781
00:47:21,076 --> 00:47:25,443
$980,000 worth of gold
this week,

782
00:47:25,443 --> 00:47:30,376
bringing their season total
to over 2,300 ounces.

783
00:47:30,376 --> 00:47:33,510
Man,
that's pretty cool to see,
even after everything,

784
00:47:33,510 --> 00:47:34,843
fighting with that road...

785
00:47:34,843 --> 00:47:37,276
It's encouragement when you
put in that much work
and effort

786
00:47:37,276 --> 00:47:39,376
- that you get good numbers.
- Yeah.

787
00:47:39,376 --> 00:47:42,643
- Doesn't always go that way.
- No, but it did this time.

788
00:47:42,643 --> 00:47:44,376
- And hopefully will
next time.
- That's cool, man.

789
00:47:44,376 --> 00:47:47,476
- I'll bag this stuff up.
We'll get out of here.
- All right, man. Thanks!

790
00:47:47,476 --> 00:47:49,343
You betcha.
Thank you, you guys.

791
00:47:49,343 --> 00:47:50,843
- Thanks, Chris.
- Thanks, guys.

792
00:47:53,010 --> 00:47:56,376
You know, I really feel like
we wasted a lot of time this
week building that new road

793
00:47:56,376 --> 00:47:57,943
and stripping
the Panama Canal.

794
00:47:57,943 --> 00:48:00,843
Pretty tough, but when you see
that much gold at the end
of it all,

795
00:48:01,710 --> 00:48:02,743
definitely worth it.

795
00:48:03,305 --> 00:49:03,696
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