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What's going on?

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Oh, not a whole lot.

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Thanks for coming over.

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I just wanted to let you know
that I'm going back to Alaska.

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Okay.

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So, when you get back,
you want to see old
airstrip out, new airstrip in.

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Well, the new airstrip in
and hopefully we can start
stripping on the old one.

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- Gotcha.
- I mean,
it's still a lot of work.

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I know.

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I mean, your existing
one's pretty terrible.

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So as long as it's an
improvement on that,
you're fine.

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- And it's not very flat.
- No.

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It's not very long
and it's very narrow.

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Okay.

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But you are going
to be the one flying
in and out of it.

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So I don't--
I don't want to see.

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Oh, that wasn't quite
long enough for...

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And that been upside
down in the pond.

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No, I don't want that either.

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But yeah, if you could--
if you could get it done
while I'm gone.

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Okay, man.

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Well, we'll get after it,
and hopefully we can keep

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everything else running
while we're doing that.

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Thank you.
And good luck.

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We still have a lot of ground
to open up here,
here in the Yukon,

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and that starts
to get a little hairy
in the middle of the season.

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27-year-old
Parker Schnabel is fighting

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a war on two fronts
at his Klondike operation.

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They're battling to mine
more ground than ever before.

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Mitch and Tyson
have their hands full
with two plants running.

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They're right on the edge
of keeping up
with where we need

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to be in order
to get all the ground
mined this season.

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Parker heads back
to Alaska to keep
his new operation on track.

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Back and forth
like a yo-yo.

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When he returns
in five days,

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he wants to tally up
two weeks worth of gold.

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Parker's crew have
finished stripping
the bear cut and are running

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the dirt through
both of his wash plants,
but need to open up

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more ground to stay ahead,

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starting with the 2,000 foot
long runway

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that Parker uses to fly
in and out of the Yukon.

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A thousand feet southeast,
his crew must now also build

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a new airstrip
to keep the skies open.

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Well, we got a lot of mud
to move here,

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if Parkers want to see another
section of ground open up,
down on the airstrip.

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A project this size
is lots to be tackling
this time of year.

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So definitely going
to need some reinforcements.

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While Mitch builds
a new runway, Chris Doumitt
starts to strip the old one.

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It's all hands on deck.

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You know what I mean,
that's what we do.

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We help out around here.

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It feels good to be able to do
this at this age.

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Klondike old timer,
Ken Tatlow teams up
with Doumitt.

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Of the 84
in the first part
of September,

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I'm still able to get up here,
but one thing is,
at the end of the shift,

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it doesn't feel quite
as good as it does
in the morning.

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Hopefully
some of the best ground
we ever had.

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Now, something we definitely
do not want to leave behind.

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You know, opening up
this cat is certainly
going to be challenging.

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A lot of mud to move here.

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Speaking of moving, Ken,
why are you not moving?

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Hey, Ken.

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You all right over there, buddy?

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I see that cat
has been moving.

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It didn't break down on you,
did it?

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No, no, the cat's fine.

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It's just the operator
got stuck again.

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I'm sitting on some clay
and sandy material,

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so if you can help me out,
I'd greatly appreciate it.

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It has rained
a lot and it makes us
absolutely slop.

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Yeah, buddy.
No worries.

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I'll be right there.

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Okay.
Well, one thing for sure.

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I'll be here.

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All right, Ken.

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Let me try and get rid
of some of this for you.

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Okay, Mitch.
Thank you.

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You ain't kidding.

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This stuff's off, man.

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Might have to come dig
a little on the side there.

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It's just like you're standing
on quicksand.

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I could try and get a little
momentum there
and see what she does.

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Hopefully that's enough.

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Yeah, buddy.
Keep her going.

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Yeah.
Now, we got it.

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And I'll just get out
of this hole.

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No, stop.

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Mitch takes over
in the million dollar
D11 to check for damage.

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That does not feel right.

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Take a look.

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You see what's going on here?

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Oh, that's not good.

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This link is ready to break.

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And we're not going
to be able to keep going
on like this,

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because if we do,
what's going to happen
is this thing is going

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to snap in half and this cat
is going to be stranded out
here in the middle of nowhere.

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Hopefully we can get
her back up and run it quick
because as you can see,

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we've got a mess
going on here.

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This cat's the only way
we're getting
to the bottom of it.

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Last week
was pretty much
our best gold week,

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but it isn't going to come out
of the ground itself.

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Third gear
mine boss Fred Lewis
is finally on a roll.

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He's banked 37 ounces of gold
so far this season,

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but it's a long way
to go before he hits
his 500 ounce goal.

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We set ourselves
a pretty aggressive goal
this season.

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We got a lot on the line.

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Fuel isn't cheap,
but this group of vets,
I know they've been through

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this [bleep] before
and quite frankly, I think
they work better in it.

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It's a [bleep] stripping
and ripping down, man.

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Fred's crew
are on good pay
in the Freedom Cut.

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Last week, they doubled
their season gold haul.

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Now they must keep up
the pace feeding
sergeants sluice.

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So we've got the 250
over at the wash plant
pumping pay,

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but we need a 220 over there.

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It's got to be pulling
the overburden

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and the tailings away
at the same time.

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So without this over there,
we really can't run.

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Are you [bleep] kidding me?

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Full derate.

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This is not good.

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Stop beeping.

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JB, JB, this is Fred.

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How copy over.

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Hey, Fred.

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Hey, I got bad news, bro.

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The 220 is in full derate.

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It won't even
rev up or anything.

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Negative.
And it's beeping.

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It won't shut up.

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Without that computer,
we can't reset code,

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and it won't do nothing.

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Rodger that.

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That really
right there,

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because it's not just
a mechanical issue.

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It's not something
we can just put the new part
in and go.

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It's something we absolutely
have to have a certified
technician to reset the code.

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In full derate mode,
the 220 is stuck on low power

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and can't lift heavy loads.

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What's up, guys?

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Oh, please tell me great news.

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Okay.
Well, see you.

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Um, 220 is full derate.

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What?

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220 is in full derate mode.

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It's not good.

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What that means is, Christopher,
it's a lot to ask,

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but you're going
to basically be stuck

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in the 250 indefinitely
feeding the wash plant.

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Guys, we got to make
this happen.

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You know that that goal
we set's pretty aggressive

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and we're not going to hit it,
if we just sit around

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and wait for things
to get fixed.

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- Yeah.
- So let's adapt, overcome.

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It is what it is.
Take the kick and move on.

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The 28 ton 250
excavator must now do
the job of two machines.

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It'll have to feed the plant
and clear the tailings.

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As much as I like being paid
and getting gold
and all that cool stuff,

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I hate being in the plant

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because of boring past jobs.

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22-year-old
Chris Parker became
Fred's stepson,

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winning the seven years old.

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You know,
people who think that like,

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oh, my [bleep] you're the--
you're the boss' son,
and that must be so nice.

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No, it [bleep] sucks.

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I can get the axe just
as much as anyone else can.

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Oh, what the [bleep].

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Hey, Buzz, you got a coffee?

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I think I just broke
the pen off the 250 track.

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So I'll pull out, Chef.

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First thing I got to do
is fix the [bleep] track.

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Yukon local buzz
has already had to fix
the track

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on the 250 once this season.

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Just popped off.

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Might be a bit of a hassle,
but we'll get it.

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Pick it up, flip it over,

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hopefully get it back
on that sprocket.

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Roll it on, tighten it up.

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Get back to [bleep] work.

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Yep.
Like that.

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Now push it up.

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Oh, I came up
over the hill hoping to see
this wash plant running

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and instead I see
everybody huddled around.

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Slide.

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Keep going bro.
Keep it.

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Go on, go on, go on.

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Come on, come on.

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Whoa, it's on.

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This season,
Fred's been hit by breakdown
after breakdown.

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Let's do it.
Stop the truck.

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Gears on his ruck
truck's wheel imploded.

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Holy [bleep].

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And the bracket
on his dozer cracked.

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There's only about
an inch of this piece
holds them together.

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What the
is up with the 250 like?

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I don't know.

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Christopher's been
a little hard on it.

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Do you think that those track
pin issues are related
to operator error

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or do you think
Christopher's doing
something he shouldn't?

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It has a lot to do with it.

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- Yeah.
- All right.

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I know It's kind of frustrating.

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It's not helping us.
It's hurting us pretty bad.

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Hey, Chris.

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So this is old equipment,
you know that, right?

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Pretty [bleep], I know. Yeah.

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I agree.
I agree.

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I've been talking
to JB about it,
and the consensus

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is that we're going
to pull you off the pile.

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We think that you're operating
the equipment a little bit
too rough up there.

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How?

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How am I operating
a bit too rough,
when I'm barely even moving?

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Well--

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I just said
that this equipment
is [bleep] garbage.

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I know you're not going
to like it.

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I'm going to pull you off
the pile.

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I'll just keep it,
keep it running.

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This is pretty ridiculous,
in my opinion.

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I'm not blaming you.

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What I'm saying is,
I'm going to pull you out
to see if it is you.

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The problem stops,
it was obviously you.

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And we'll figure out why
and we'll retrain you on it

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and we'll move forward
at that point.

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Don't hit me with the retrain.

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- I'm not--
- I don't need to be retrained.

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This is sounding pretty insulting.

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Well, I'm not trying
to sell you, Christopher.

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Right now the fact
of the matter is,
we need the plant running.

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And if it's a problem
that's caused by an operator,
we have to figure out why.

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All right?

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Well, that's a pretty decision.

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I'm [bleep] done with it.
I'm sick of it.

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Not going to deal
with it no more.

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Yeah.

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King of the Klondike,
Tony Beets is running

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paydirt 24 hours a day
out of two months to cuts.

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And so far, he's banked over
1,600 ounces of gold

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toward his 5,000 ounce
season target.

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To keep the plant fed
with a constant stream

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00:14:05,109 --> 00:14:09,476
of gold rich pay,
Tony is alternating
between the two cuts.

241
00:14:27,343 --> 00:14:32,710
Tony jumps between
his nine acre Cold Cut
and six acre Blue Cut,

242
00:14:32,710 --> 00:14:38,677
sluicing white channel pay
from one, while he thaws
the pay channel in the other.

243
00:14:38,677 --> 00:14:40,843
So he doesn't stop
his wash plant.

244
00:14:40,843 --> 00:14:44,610
But the smaller blue cut
runs out of thawed pay

245
00:14:44,610 --> 00:14:47,343
before the Cold Cut
is ready to sluice.

246
00:14:50,443 --> 00:14:54,843
Tony plans to expand
the blue cut
by 40,000 square feet

247
00:14:54,843 --> 00:14:58,543
by the end of the week
to balance
their gold production

248
00:14:58,543 --> 00:15:01,877
and keep his wash plant
fed more consistently.

249
00:15:19,376 --> 00:15:21,710
My father literally
does not know how to relax.

250
00:15:21,710 --> 00:15:25,943
He relax maybe for like
two days and then becomes
a squirrely damn bastard.

251
00:15:27,209 --> 00:15:29,743
Tony's youngest son,
Mike Beets,

252
00:15:29,743 --> 00:15:32,810
has been placed in charge
of the cuts this season.

253
00:15:34,977 --> 00:15:36,443
Just right in front
of my cousin here.

254
00:15:37,410 --> 00:15:38,677
Hey, Cousin.

255
00:15:41,443 --> 00:15:43,109
How much longer until
you think you're done?

256
00:15:44,777 --> 00:15:46,143
An hour.

257
00:15:46,143 --> 00:15:50,209
Alongside Cousin Mike,
he races to get the expansion

258
00:15:50,209 --> 00:15:56,343
done with the two biggest
dozers in Tony's fleet,
the D10 and D11.

259
00:16:00,810 --> 00:16:02,309
...my boots squealing.

260
00:16:02,309 --> 00:16:04,209
Damn,
that is annoying.

261
00:16:12,977 --> 00:16:15,109
No [bleep] traction.

262
00:16:15,109 --> 00:16:17,076
Any time I try to get
a full [bleep] blade,

263
00:16:17,076 --> 00:16:21,309
all I end up doing is sitting
there spinning half the time
instead of pushing it forward.

264
00:16:22,276 --> 00:16:24,777
Then the new grouser
is on the D10 here.

265
00:16:27,710 --> 00:16:33,076
The horizontal
grouser bars on Mike's D10
provide traction,

266
00:16:33,076 --> 00:16:37,176
but they're worn down,
making it impossible
for the dozers tracks

267
00:16:37,176 --> 00:16:39,710
to grip in the slick,
muddy conditions.

268
00:16:41,810 --> 00:16:43,643
Tony Beets, do you copy?
Tony Beets, do you copy?

269
00:16:43,643 --> 00:16:47,677
Yeah, the [bleep] grouser
on this D10 are basically
non-existent.

270
00:16:47,677 --> 00:16:51,476
Can we get Kevin to get
somebody to fix them?

271
00:16:51,476 --> 00:16:56,777
With the D10 down,
you only have the D11 to rip
and we have a

272
00:16:56,777 --> 00:16:58,476
load of ripping
that needs being done.

273
00:17:02,243 --> 00:17:04,143
We're getting later
into the season.

274
00:17:05,209 --> 00:17:07,443
Ground is starting
to freeze up again.

275
00:17:07,443 --> 00:17:09,977
So yeah, stripping
will be a lot harder.

276
00:17:13,076 --> 00:17:14,376
What's going on here?

277
00:17:16,243 --> 00:17:17,276
Yeah.

278
00:17:17,276 --> 00:17:18,576
These tracks
are really bad too.

279
00:17:18,576 --> 00:17:20,810
They're even worse
than the D10.

280
00:17:20,810 --> 00:17:25,977
Worn down
by the harsh Yukon terrain,
both dozers now need

281
00:17:25,977 --> 00:17:29,476
critical maintenance
at the worst possible time.

282
00:17:30,543 --> 00:17:33,243
It's a real [bleep] pushing.

283
00:17:33,243 --> 00:17:36,043
When you lose traction,
then your tracks
spin constantly

284
00:17:36,043 --> 00:17:37,543
instead of you pushing
it forward.

285
00:17:41,743 --> 00:17:43,810
This one will be down
for a while.

286
00:17:45,209 --> 00:17:48,610
Both dozers are down,
bringing the Blue Cut

287
00:17:48,610 --> 00:17:52,943
expansion to a halt,
stopping Tony
from getting enough pay

288
00:17:52,943 --> 00:17:55,677
to last the rest of
the season.

289
00:17:55,677 --> 00:17:58,010
It's a really,
really bad time to have
the dozer down

290
00:17:58,010 --> 00:17:59,643
because now we don't have
any ripper cats.

291
00:18:10,309 --> 00:18:15,710
We're using whatever
good material we can find
to build the airstrip on them.

292
00:18:15,710 --> 00:18:18,743
Tyson Lee paves
the way for the new runway.

293
00:18:20,376 --> 00:18:23,410
Make sure,
it's smooth and level
and 1,000 feet long.

294
00:18:27,276 --> 00:18:32,476
In the Bear Cut
both of Parker's wash plants
chew through stockpiled dirt.

295
00:18:34,576 --> 00:18:37,343
We're nearly out of pay.

296
00:18:37,343 --> 00:18:41,843
Hopefully the guys have
the next cut's ready for me.

297
00:18:41,843 --> 00:18:45,176
While Ken
and Doumitt race
to strip the old runway.

298
00:18:47,043 --> 00:18:48,877
He's got to get
all this ground stripped.

299
00:18:48,877 --> 00:18:51,743
So the push is really
on to get this done.

300
00:18:53,343 --> 00:18:56,143
But without the power
of their D11 dozer,

301
00:18:56,143 --> 00:18:58,543
Parker's crew
won't be able to keep up

302
00:18:58,543 --> 00:19:01,710
with the wash plants
and risk running out of pay.

303
00:19:02,743 --> 00:19:04,309
Jordan,
what's happening, man?

304
00:19:04,309 --> 00:19:06,076
You're probably
going to tell me.

305
00:19:06,076 --> 00:19:07,276
Ha, ha.

306
00:19:07,276 --> 00:19:09,910
Well, so I was running
this thing down on the runway,

307
00:19:09,910 --> 00:19:12,076
noticed to see
how loose track is.

308
00:19:12,076 --> 00:19:13,877
She looks like
she's about ready to let go.

309
00:19:13,877 --> 00:19:15,376
We're kind of
in a pickle without it.

310
00:19:15,376 --> 00:19:19,376
I do have spare used
tracks in the boneyard.

311
00:19:19,376 --> 00:19:22,343
Okay, they any good?

312
00:19:23,677 --> 00:19:26,576
They'll probably string
on this thing and it'll move.

313
00:19:26,576 --> 00:19:28,176
I'll go look at them.

314
00:19:28,176 --> 00:19:30,443
Ryan's in the yard,
so we'll go dig them out.

315
00:19:30,443 --> 00:19:33,043
Let's see, uh,
see what we can make of it.

316
00:19:33,043 --> 00:19:34,910
Well, the sooner
you can get her back running,

317
00:19:34,910 --> 00:19:36,109
man, and the better
off we are.

318
00:19:38,910 --> 00:19:42,476
Getting replacement
tracks for the D11
will take weeks.

319
00:19:42,476 --> 00:19:48,510
Mechanic Jordan sends
his gambling on a rusty
set of spares to do the job.

320
00:19:49,410 --> 00:19:51,109
Think of it like
a train track.

321
00:19:51,109 --> 00:19:55,043
Hook the new one up in line,
so it just train tracks
right on to the next track.

322
00:20:20,109 --> 00:20:25,309
Jordan lines up
the old and new tracks
so the dozer can roll across.

323
00:20:25,309 --> 00:20:27,109
Now,
that's what I'm talking about.

324
00:20:30,176 --> 00:20:31,309
It's good.

325
00:20:31,309 --> 00:20:32,376
It's fine.

326
00:20:32,376 --> 00:20:34,343
You just can't run
the loader very well.

327
00:20:35,977 --> 00:20:37,143
He got a really bad temper.

328
00:20:37,143 --> 00:20:38,476
I've known him
since I was two.

329
00:20:38,476 --> 00:20:39,877
It's very funny.
We have a lot of fun.

330
00:20:39,877 --> 00:20:41,677
Go up and get [bleep] back up.

331
00:20:45,243 --> 00:20:46,977
Okay, so we made
a train track.

332
00:20:46,977 --> 00:20:48,010
Choo-choo.

333
00:20:56,276 --> 00:20:59,076
Just making sure
that the idlers
and the rock guards

334
00:20:59,076 --> 00:21:02,810
are staying square
in the old track
so that when he comes

335
00:21:02,810 --> 00:21:06,576
on to the new track,
it lines up perfectly
and we have no issues.

336
00:21:07,677 --> 00:21:10,309
If it falls off this track,
it's a horrible event

337
00:21:10,309 --> 00:21:12,677
and it'll take hours
to get it back on.

338
00:21:25,109 --> 00:21:26,143
Looking good.

339
00:21:36,777 --> 00:21:38,109
Just got to get her on.

340
00:21:40,777 --> 00:21:43,810
Jordan pulls the new track up
over the rollers

341
00:21:43,810 --> 00:21:45,309
by backing up the dozer.

342
00:21:57,710 --> 00:21:58,910
Oh, [bleep].

343
00:22:01,410 --> 00:22:03,076
We've got to redo
everything again.

344
00:22:06,977 --> 00:22:09,710
Some profound words
I was using there.

345
00:22:10,376 --> 00:22:11,443
Do you wanna just go ahead?

346
00:22:11,443 --> 00:22:13,643
I'll just run the tracks,
check the chain back over.

347
00:22:15,443 --> 00:22:18,543
When you're going over
the sprockets, the--

348
00:22:18,543 --> 00:22:21,476
the hook just grabbed
the sprocket
and just undid the chain.

349
00:22:37,677 --> 00:22:39,143
She is so close.

350
00:22:47,710 --> 00:22:49,043
This has to go on.

351
00:22:52,043 --> 00:22:54,576
We'll just going to snug it up
with this Crescent
wrench here.

352
00:22:54,576 --> 00:22:55,643
We're really close.

353
00:22:55,643 --> 00:22:56,977
We're just putting
the bolts in.

354
00:22:56,977 --> 00:22:59,843
We're going to torque them
and tighten the track

355
00:22:59,843 --> 00:23:04,476
and then,
they can go back to work
and be happy, happy.

356
00:23:05,910 --> 00:23:07,243
Ta da!

357
00:23:07,243 --> 00:23:10,043
Now the D11 is back in action.

358
00:23:10,043 --> 00:23:13,810
Mitch and his crew raced
to strip the old runway,

359
00:23:13,810 --> 00:23:18,510
build the new runway,
and keep the wash plants fed.

360
00:23:18,510 --> 00:23:21,510
So we've got a lot of work
just cutting this
airstrip out,

361
00:23:21,510 --> 00:23:24,543
let alone moving
the material underneath it.

362
00:23:24,543 --> 00:23:26,209
Time to get back after it.

363
00:23:26,209 --> 00:23:27,410
Get some dirt moved.

364
00:23:41,743 --> 00:23:45,276
Every [bleep] upsets us back
instrumentally with that 250

365
00:23:45,276 --> 00:23:47,510
being our only vehicle
right now.

366
00:23:47,510 --> 00:23:49,576
You've got to make it work
or we're not going to hit
our goal.

367
00:23:50,743 --> 00:23:52,276
Fred's stepson, Chris,

368
00:23:52,276 --> 00:23:55,076
is benched
after popping a track

369
00:23:55,076 --> 00:23:58,143
on their only working
excavator, the 250.

370
00:23:59,510 --> 00:24:03,043
Being a mine boss
and the father
on the same job site

371
00:24:03,043 --> 00:24:04,443
is definitely not easy.

372
00:24:06,677 --> 00:24:09,109
Key to this operation
is a 250 feeding the plant.

373
00:24:09,109 --> 00:24:12,510
Whether or not my son
is a problem
is yet to be decided,

374
00:24:12,510 --> 00:24:14,677
but I had to make
the tough decision.

375
00:24:14,677 --> 00:24:15,743
And we've got to move forward.

376
00:24:15,743 --> 00:24:16,943
We've got to get that gold.

377
00:24:18,343 --> 00:24:22,710
Fred replaces Chris
with new recruit Ray Powers.

378
00:24:22,710 --> 00:24:24,209
Oh girl, are you going
to be nice to me.

379
00:24:24,209 --> 00:24:27,010
To find out
if the 250 is suffering

380
00:24:27,010 --> 00:24:32,510
from a malfunction
or if the earlier breakdown
was operator error.

381
00:24:32,510 --> 00:24:35,943
Okay, here we go.
Please do not break.

382
00:24:43,943 --> 00:24:45,610
Booyah.

383
00:24:47,910 --> 00:24:48,977
Yeah.

384
00:24:48,977 --> 00:24:52,010
So Buzz, I've known
for 30 plus years

385
00:24:52,010 --> 00:24:54,043
and I do as wood sales
for him.

386
00:24:54,043 --> 00:24:57,743
Firewood and run his
lumber mill for him.

387
00:24:57,743 --> 00:25:03,043
And one night,
Mr. Fred Lewis is there
and we get talking

388
00:25:03,043 --> 00:25:06,843
and unbeknownst to me,
offers me a job.

389
00:25:09,276 --> 00:25:11,610
Let's see.
What's my experience
at mining?

390
00:25:11,610 --> 00:25:14,276
Well, gold mining, bupkis.

391
00:25:15,877 --> 00:25:21,710
Coal mining,
just a couple of months
shy of 20 years.

392
00:25:52,410 --> 00:25:54,043
me.

393
00:25:54,043 --> 00:25:55,977
track again, man.

394
00:25:55,977 --> 00:25:58,010
Hey, Buzz, you got a copy?

395
00:25:58,010 --> 00:25:59,109
Yeah, go ahead.

396
00:25:59,109 --> 00:26:00,276
Yeah.

397
00:26:00,276 --> 00:26:02,677
This stupid [bleep] track
come off again, man.

398
00:26:02,677 --> 00:26:03,910
Guys, we get sick of this.

399
00:26:03,910 --> 00:26:05,076
We've got to be working.

400
00:26:11,810 --> 00:26:13,576
It's not like
I was doing much other than

401
00:26:13,576 --> 00:26:15,777
trying to walk down
off the [bleep] down pile,

402
00:26:15,777 --> 00:26:17,610
so I could do
what I was supposed to do.

403
00:26:17,610 --> 00:26:18,677
Yeah.

404
00:26:18,677 --> 00:26:20,076
You think you could have
left it

405
00:26:20,076 --> 00:26:22,076
in a better spot, man?

406
00:26:22,076 --> 00:26:23,143
Do your thing, my man.

407
00:26:23,143 --> 00:26:24,710
Let's get her off
and get her fixed

408
00:26:24,710 --> 00:26:26,376
and so I can get back to work.

409
00:26:31,910 --> 00:26:33,877
I'll start by getting it down.

410
00:27:13,677 --> 00:27:16,010
The 250 slip track
has allowed

411
00:27:16,010 --> 00:27:18,743
the tension idler to drop out.

412
00:27:18,743 --> 00:27:21,010
The excavator
can't run without it.

413
00:27:28,109 --> 00:27:30,643
Wrecked pieces
are [bleep] pain in the ass.

414
00:27:30,643 --> 00:27:33,010
The root of all evil
is this thing right here.

415
00:27:33,010 --> 00:27:35,643
This is why I believe
that this track

416
00:27:35,643 --> 00:27:38,076
is freaking constantly
popping pins

417
00:27:38,076 --> 00:27:40,977
cause this here works
kind of like a shock absorber.

418
00:27:40,977 --> 00:27:42,276
This is like seized.

419
00:27:42,276 --> 00:27:43,376
It doesn't move at all.

420
00:27:43,376 --> 00:27:45,510
All that tension goes
into the pins

421
00:27:45,510 --> 00:27:47,810
rather than
into the shocking system.

422
00:27:47,810 --> 00:27:49,010
It really sucks.

423
00:27:50,877 --> 00:27:54,109
Without a working excavator
to feed the plant,

424
00:27:54,109 --> 00:27:56,643
Fred's operation
is shut down.

425
00:27:56,643 --> 00:27:57,810
You know at this point,

426
00:27:57,810 --> 00:27:59,943
every time this thing
goes down,

427
00:27:59,943 --> 00:28:02,943
it's costing us potentially
lost gold because we're--

428
00:28:02,943 --> 00:28:04,109
We're not losing the gold.

429
00:28:04,109 --> 00:28:07,843
It's still in the ground,
but it's not in our sluice.

430
00:28:07,843 --> 00:28:12,476
First,
Buzz fixes the idler
to release the tension.

431
00:28:12,476 --> 00:28:14,610
He removes debris
from the spring.

432
00:28:14,610 --> 00:28:16,643
So you're just
trying to break up
what's inside there

433
00:28:16,643 --> 00:28:18,576
and see if it,
maybe it's gummed up.

434
00:28:18,576 --> 00:28:21,576
A little backed off
or something pull
that out and see

435
00:28:21,576 --> 00:28:22,743
what we can make happen.

436
00:28:25,276 --> 00:28:26,810
Well, well, well.

437
00:28:27,977 --> 00:28:30,510
I bet you feel pretty
stupid right about now,

438
00:28:30,510 --> 00:28:32,276
blaming me
for this [bleep] problem.

439
00:28:32,276 --> 00:28:34,109
Well, in my defense...

440
00:28:34,109 --> 00:28:36,476
I didn't know that
it was breaking on its own.

441
00:28:36,476 --> 00:28:37,610
I want an apology.

442
00:28:37,610 --> 00:28:38,743
I'm not apologizing.

443
00:28:38,743 --> 00:28:40,143
- Apologize me, right away.
- Okay.

444
00:28:40,143 --> 00:28:42,643
I do apologize
for blaming you for breaking

445
00:28:42,643 --> 00:28:45,143
a piece of machinery
that's prone
to break on its own.

446
00:28:45,143 --> 00:28:46,710
But we're going
to get it fixed.

447
00:28:46,710 --> 00:28:49,076
We're going to put the 250 up
on to feed the plant,

448
00:28:49,076 --> 00:28:50,910
keep you from breaking
the track pin.

449
00:28:50,910 --> 00:28:52,376
Apologize for blaming you.

450
00:28:53,010 --> 00:28:54,143
Don't break it again.

451
00:28:55,543 --> 00:28:57,410
I don't think
anyone can control
whether or not

452
00:28:57,410 --> 00:28:58,643
that [bleep] breaks.

453
00:28:58,643 --> 00:29:00,643
That's why we're going
to have to do it.

454
00:29:00,643 --> 00:29:02,276
[bleep] This, bro.

455
00:29:04,476 --> 00:29:06,276
Right now, we're just
putting the idler back in

456
00:29:06,276 --> 00:29:08,343
and get ready to put
the track back together.

457
00:29:08,343 --> 00:29:09,743
All right, Chris,
down a little bit.

458
00:29:12,476 --> 00:29:13,877
Down a little bit.

459
00:29:13,877 --> 00:29:15,543
Oh, yeah.
That looks good.

460
00:29:15,543 --> 00:29:17,010
And then cut this way
a little bit.

461
00:29:20,843 --> 00:29:22,877
Look at that.

462
00:29:22,877 --> 00:29:23,877
Thanks.

463
00:29:26,576 --> 00:29:28,043
Idler's fixed.

464
00:29:28,043 --> 00:29:30,576
The tracks can now
be rolled back on.

465
00:29:31,777 --> 00:29:33,043
All right.

466
00:29:33,043 --> 00:29:36,610
So now we got
to rehook them back
to keep all that tension.

467
00:29:36,610 --> 00:29:38,109
If we hit down
right here.

468
00:29:39,610 --> 00:29:41,343
Okay. All right.
We're on the wheel now.

469
00:29:46,143 --> 00:29:48,309
Got the track tension
back together

470
00:29:48,309 --> 00:29:50,710
and it's ready to get
back up on that pile

471
00:29:50,710 --> 00:29:53,977
and start the plant
and start to now get running.

472
00:29:53,977 --> 00:29:57,143
Okay, girl.
Let's see if you're together.

473
00:30:00,143 --> 00:30:02,510
Well, that's a start.

474
00:30:02,510 --> 00:30:03,743
You go in both directions.

475
00:30:03,743 --> 00:30:05,309
Okay.

476
00:30:05,309 --> 00:30:09,043
Let's get to work
so we can get things
on the go here.

477
00:30:09,043 --> 00:30:10,109
Ready?

478
00:30:18,143 --> 00:30:19,510
Woo-hee!

479
00:30:21,076 --> 00:30:22,209
Put some hours in.

480
00:30:24,943 --> 00:30:27,543
That's a good tense bro!

481
00:30:50,643 --> 00:30:54,610
Right now,
two of our biggest
dozers are down.

482
00:30:56,510 --> 00:30:59,209
I just hope that whatever pay
that we have left

483
00:30:59,209 --> 00:31:02,309
is going to be enough
to keep the plant running.

484
00:31:03,643 --> 00:31:06,743
Tony is running
out of pay in the Blue Cut.

485
00:31:06,743 --> 00:31:09,843
If he doesn't get his dozers
repaired fast,

486
00:31:09,843 --> 00:31:14,276
he won't finish the expansion
and he'll run out of paydirt.

487
00:31:24,677 --> 00:31:26,510
Well, we have
both big cats down.

488
00:31:29,276 --> 00:31:31,610
Once we run out
of [bleep] dirt,

489
00:31:31,610 --> 00:31:32,677
we ain't got
to do.

490
00:31:32,677 --> 00:31:34,710
Yeah.

491
00:31:34,710 --> 00:31:37,109
On the go for myself,
Way too [bleep] much.

492
00:31:37,109 --> 00:31:38,576
This is more
of a welding job anyway.

493
00:31:44,977 --> 00:31:47,476
Tony needs to add
three inches to each

494
00:31:47,476 --> 00:31:51,243
of the 96 grousers
on the D10 and D11.

495
00:32:16,209 --> 00:32:17,610
Tony's plan,

496
00:32:17,610 --> 00:32:21,176
jack up both dozers
on a custom-built
steel platform.

497
00:32:23,243 --> 00:32:25,877
This allows the tracks
to spin freely,

498
00:32:25,877 --> 00:32:30,610
so his crew can safely reach
the underside
to replace the grousers.

499
00:32:37,843 --> 00:32:41,476
So the front of the D10
has two eyes on the bottom

500
00:32:41,476 --> 00:32:45,943
and we want the stand to sit
very stable so it's safer.

501
00:32:49,610 --> 00:32:53,410
Cousin Mike
starts by cutting
a pair of steel eyes

502
00:32:53,410 --> 00:32:57,943
that will lock
to the underside
of the 63-ton D10.

503
00:32:57,943 --> 00:32:59,777
So we make eyes on the stand

504
00:32:59,777 --> 00:33:02,243
and then we'll fit this pin through.

505
00:33:02,243 --> 00:33:04,710
And then it's just solid
with dozer.

506
00:33:04,710 --> 00:33:06,076
So it won't go anywhere.

507
00:33:08,376 --> 00:33:11,510
They fix
the steel eyes to a crossbar,

508
00:33:11,510 --> 00:33:13,877
then lock it in place
beneath the dozer.

509
00:33:20,576 --> 00:33:23,109
- Ready?
- Yeah.

510
00:33:23,109 --> 00:33:24,410
There, that's it.

511
00:33:26,643 --> 00:33:29,043
So we finally got this piece
in here.

512
00:33:29,043 --> 00:33:31,510
Now we're ready to lift
the dozer up with the blade.

513
00:33:42,343 --> 00:33:44,677
Next, they
cut a steel platform

514
00:33:44,677 --> 00:33:46,877
that will fix to the crossbar

515
00:33:46,877 --> 00:33:48,910
and hold the weight
of the D10.

516
00:34:16,109 --> 00:34:20,276
Mike jacks up the D10
using the dozer's blade.

517
00:34:20,276 --> 00:34:24,376
But if Tony's steel platform
can't hold the dozer up,

518
00:34:24,376 --> 00:34:26,476
he won't be able
to get underneath

519
00:34:26,476 --> 00:34:27,977
to complete repairs.

520
00:35:09,076 --> 00:35:12,443
To replace
the track grousers
on the D10 dozer.

521
00:35:13,677 --> 00:35:16,443
Tony is counting
on his improvised platform

522
00:35:16,443 --> 00:35:19,576
holding the weight
of the 63-ton machine.

523
00:35:36,510 --> 00:35:40,043
Cousin Mike
welds both halves
of the platform together.

524
00:36:22,743 --> 00:36:25,076
With the D10 dozer secure,

525
00:36:25,076 --> 00:36:28,143
Tony's crew weld grousers
to its tracks.

526
00:36:32,777 --> 00:36:35,076
And they must
race against the clock

527
00:36:35,076 --> 00:36:37,977
to get the same job done
on the D11.

528
00:36:56,543 --> 00:36:57,943
Yeah. It did.

529
00:37:00,143 --> 00:37:01,243
Oh, yeah.

530
00:37:10,843 --> 00:37:11,910
Yep.

531
00:37:19,843 --> 00:37:23,076
Both dozers repaired
and back in the game,

532
00:37:23,076 --> 00:37:25,576
Mike and his crew
can now complete stripping

533
00:37:25,576 --> 00:37:28,276
the Blue Cut extension
by the end of the week.

534
00:37:31,843 --> 00:37:34,510
It's a good thing
they got them
grousers fixed in time.

535
00:37:36,076 --> 00:37:38,476
And we still have loads
of [bleep] ripping to do.

536
00:37:51,410 --> 00:37:53,643
We've just completed
our new airstrip

537
00:37:53,643 --> 00:37:55,543
and we're going to give it
a little test drive here

538
00:37:55,543 --> 00:37:57,443
in the pickup and see
how it feels.

539
00:37:57,443 --> 00:37:59,010
Hopefully it's pretty smooth.

540
00:37:59,010 --> 00:38:01,010
Parker took off
on the old airstrip.

541
00:38:01,010 --> 00:38:02,543
He's going to be landing
on this one.

542
00:38:04,143 --> 00:38:06,543
Mitch and Tyson
have finally completed

543
00:38:06,543 --> 00:38:10,476
the new 2,500-foot-long runway
on Parker's plane.

544
00:38:13,209 --> 00:38:15,309
It feels pretty good
in the pickup.

545
00:38:15,309 --> 00:38:17,276
It feels like
getting an airplane.

546
00:38:17,276 --> 00:38:20,010
It's long, pretty flat.

547
00:38:20,010 --> 00:38:23,309
We got it in here,
graded it,
rolled it with the trucks.

548
00:38:23,309 --> 00:38:27,743
Really, the next thing
is moving the wind socks
down here.

549
00:38:27,743 --> 00:38:29,243
And this thing
is going to be ready to go.

550
00:38:37,476 --> 00:38:38,677
Tyson, you got a copy?

551
00:38:38,677 --> 00:38:39,843
Tyson?

552
00:38:39,843 --> 00:38:41,610
Go ahead.

553
00:38:41,610 --> 00:38:44,309
Hey, man, we're ready
to move some wind socks here.

554
00:38:44,309 --> 00:38:48,043
You want to grab a loader
and we'll get our new
airstrip up and rolling.

555
00:38:48,043 --> 00:38:49,276
Sounds good man.

556
00:39:00,209 --> 00:39:03,977
Nothing like moving
some wind socks
in 35 degree weather.

557
00:39:03,977 --> 00:39:05,143
- Hey.
- Yeah, dude.

558
00:39:08,677 --> 00:39:10,010
And you just
kind of back up.

559
00:39:10,010 --> 00:39:11,543
Yep.

560
00:39:11,543 --> 00:39:12,743
That'll work perfect.

561
00:39:17,743 --> 00:39:19,109
There it is, right there.

562
00:39:19,109 --> 00:39:20,376
That's the finishing touch.

563
00:39:21,443 --> 00:39:22,810
Hopeful everybody likes it.

564
00:39:26,143 --> 00:39:28,376
Parker is back
in the Yukon,

565
00:39:28,376 --> 00:39:33,076
ready to see how much gold
his crew has banked
in the past two weeks.

566
00:39:41,209 --> 00:39:44,410
Well, it looks like the boys
got the old--

567
00:39:44,410 --> 00:39:46,743
the old airstrip out
and a new one in.

568
00:39:46,743 --> 00:39:48,677
And we landed on it,
and I'm alive.

569
00:39:49,677 --> 00:39:51,476
So I guess it worked.

570
00:39:53,510 --> 00:39:55,910
Let's see what kind of trouble
these guys got into
while I was gone.

571
00:40:12,243 --> 00:40:17,476
At Paradise Hill,
Tony teaches his crew about
a Dutch tradition.

572
00:40:42,843 --> 00:40:44,576
Oh, my God.

573
00:40:44,576 --> 00:40:46,010
That is cheating.

574
00:40:53,209 --> 00:40:54,576
Told you.
I told you so.

575
00:41:10,510 --> 00:41:11,576
Hey, JB.

576
00:41:11,576 --> 00:41:14,410
Is that coffee
or we doing a gold weigh?

577
00:41:14,410 --> 00:41:15,777
Oh, it's some grounds
all right.

578
00:41:15,777 --> 00:41:16,943
All right.

579
00:41:16,943 --> 00:41:19,777
Last week,
Fred's misfits were on a roll

580
00:41:19,777 --> 00:41:22,143
with their best gold
weigh yet.

581
00:41:22,143 --> 00:41:25,476
From 2,100 yards
of Freedom Cut paydirt,

582
00:41:25,476 --> 00:41:29,309
they banged
18.5 ounces of gold.

583
00:41:29,309 --> 00:41:31,843
So we're looking
at 2,100 yards this week.

584
00:41:31,843 --> 00:41:33,410
Obviously,
we had a lot of problems

585
00:41:33,410 --> 00:41:34,810
with that damn 250 track.

586
00:41:34,810 --> 00:41:37,677
We had to put it up
on the mound and 2,100 yards

587
00:41:37,677 --> 00:41:40,276
is what we should be running
in a day and a half,
not a week.

588
00:41:40,276 --> 00:41:41,710
Equipment issues
can't be the reason

589
00:41:41,710 --> 00:41:43,710
why we're not hitting
our goal.
We've got to figure it out.

590
00:41:43,710 --> 00:41:45,276
If we have to adapt
our mining plan

591
00:41:45,276 --> 00:41:47,677
to work around
these deadweight

592
00:41:47,677 --> 00:41:48,743
pieces of equipment,

593
00:41:48,743 --> 00:41:50,043
that's what we're going
to have to do.

594
00:41:50,943 --> 00:41:53,109
All right, Ray, on that note,

595
00:41:53,109 --> 00:41:54,610
you ready to read this
bad boy out?

596
00:41:57,576 --> 00:41:59,209
One, two.

597
00:41:59,209 --> 00:42:03,309
Fred needs
to deliver roughly
nine ounces of gold a day

598
00:42:03,309 --> 00:42:06,843
to hit
his 500-ounce target.

599
00:42:06,843 --> 00:42:08,877
But this week he only sluiced

600
00:42:08,877 --> 00:42:11,343
a day and a half's
worth of pay.

601
00:42:11,343 --> 00:42:17,843
There's the nine,
10, 12, 13, 14, 15.

602
00:42:21,443 --> 00:42:23,977
15.5 brother.

603
00:42:23,977 --> 00:42:25,476
Hey-hey.

604
00:42:25,476 --> 00:42:29,076
Worth over $26,000.

605
00:42:30,243 --> 00:42:31,677
But it's pretty
damn good actually.

606
00:42:31,677 --> 00:42:32,777
Yeah.

607
00:42:32,777 --> 00:42:36,576
So if we run 2,100 yards
and get 15 ounces off of it

608
00:42:36,576 --> 00:42:38,076
and we keep replicating that,

609
00:42:38,076 --> 00:42:42,443
we're above
our 9 to 10 ounces a day easy.

610
00:42:42,443 --> 00:42:43,543
So the goal is there, guys.

611
00:42:43,543 --> 00:42:44,643
That's cool.

612
00:42:44,643 --> 00:42:45,943
We just got to get
our [bleep] fixed.

613
00:42:45,943 --> 00:42:47,076
Yeah.

614
00:42:47,076 --> 00:42:48,643
You know,
that number is nice and all,

615
00:42:48,643 --> 00:42:50,910
but I'd rather be seeing 50.

616
00:42:50,910 --> 00:42:52,076
Wouldn't we all?

617
00:42:52,076 --> 00:42:55,343
And we can do that,
if you get back to work.

618
00:42:55,343 --> 00:42:56,777
I'm off shift, bro.

619
00:42:56,777 --> 00:42:57,843
I'm going back to bed.

620
00:42:57,843 --> 00:42:59,076
Well, let's go.

621
00:42:59,076 --> 00:43:01,109
Let's get the
out of here
and make it happen.

622
00:43:02,209 --> 00:43:03,843
Well, you got some
digging to do.

623
00:43:03,843 --> 00:43:04,977
Let's go.

624
00:43:07,743 --> 00:43:08,943
Good job, guys.

625
00:43:19,010 --> 00:43:20,510
Hello?

626
00:43:23,410 --> 00:43:26,010
I had to call
in reinforcements
to bring all the gold in.

627
00:43:27,143 --> 00:43:28,276
Yeah.

628
00:43:29,877 --> 00:43:31,610
The Beets
gather to find out

629
00:43:31,610 --> 00:43:34,743
how much gold they pulled
from their thawed stockpile

630
00:43:34,743 --> 00:43:36,677
of pay while their dozers

631
00:43:36,677 --> 00:43:39,309
were finishing
the Blue Cut expansion.

632
00:43:39,309 --> 00:43:41,476
It looks like we have quite
a bit of gold this week.

633
00:43:42,643 --> 00:43:43,710
Did we sluice all week?

634
00:43:43,710 --> 00:43:45,043
24 hours, seven days.

635
00:43:45,043 --> 00:43:46,677
That's pretty good.

636
00:43:51,076 --> 00:43:53,143
Let's do this thing.
One, two, three. Let's go!

637
00:43:53,143 --> 00:43:55,710
To hit his
5,000-ounce target,

638
00:43:55,710 --> 00:44:00,943
Tony needs to deliver
at least 350 ounces a week.

639
00:44:00,943 --> 00:44:02,977
150, 160,

640
00:44:07,910 --> 00:44:14,243
one-seventy,
180, 190, 210, 340, 350.

641
00:44:19,610 --> 00:44:23,243
Worth over $800,000.

642
00:44:25,777 --> 00:44:26,943
Mm-hmm.

643
00:44:33,777 --> 00:44:36,143
No, no, not at all.
If it stays that nice.

644
00:44:39,977 --> 00:44:41,476
Well, it doesn't take much
to add up.

645
00:44:50,510 --> 00:44:51,576
Let's be honest.

646
00:44:51,576 --> 00:44:53,610
You're not getting it for him,
you get this for me.

647
00:44:59,376 --> 00:45:01,143
Going to my side
of the family.

648
00:45:02,243 --> 00:45:03,777
Yeah.

649
00:45:03,777 --> 00:45:04,877
Let me think about it.

650
00:45:04,877 --> 00:45:05,977
No.

651
00:45:16,510 --> 00:45:17,543
He's not doing it.

652
00:45:17,543 --> 00:45:19,610
I have no idea.

653
00:45:19,610 --> 00:45:21,943
- Hey there, old climber.
- Hey, young fellow,
how are you?

654
00:45:21,943 --> 00:45:23,543
Good.
Welcome home.

655
00:45:23,543 --> 00:45:24,877
Yeah.

656
00:45:24,877 --> 00:45:26,376
Good to see you.

657
00:45:26,376 --> 00:45:29,109
It's been two weeks
since Parker's crew

658
00:45:29,109 --> 00:45:33,143
had a gold weigh,
and both Slucifer and Big Red

659
00:45:33,143 --> 00:45:34,910
have been running nonstop.

660
00:45:36,610 --> 00:45:37,710
Hey there, youngster.

661
00:45:37,710 --> 00:45:39,343
- Hi.
- Hey, man.

662
00:45:39,343 --> 00:45:41,376
Finally back in the Yukon,

663
00:45:41,376 --> 00:45:44,343
Parker is hoping
for a monster payday.

664
00:45:44,343 --> 00:45:46,877
Well,
thanks for coming up again.

665
00:45:46,877 --> 00:45:48,076
You're welcome.

666
00:45:48,076 --> 00:45:49,843
We always really like
having you here

667
00:45:49,843 --> 00:45:53,476
and appreciate the help
and the steady hand.

668
00:45:53,476 --> 00:45:55,476
Well, thank you very much.

669
00:45:55,476 --> 00:45:56,610
But it's good to be here.

670
00:45:56,610 --> 00:45:58,209
Good.
This is a second home.

671
00:45:58,209 --> 00:46:00,476
You came at...
you flew in back
to camp, didn't you?

672
00:46:00,476 --> 00:46:02,877
Every time I come back,
it's just--

673
00:46:02,877 --> 00:46:03,977
the whole landscape's changed.

674
00:46:03,977 --> 00:46:05,109
Yeah.

675
00:46:05,109 --> 00:46:07,610
Well, took off on one runway,
landed on different one.

676
00:46:07,610 --> 00:46:08,843
Yeah.

677
00:46:08,843 --> 00:46:10,510
I think that's great.

678
00:46:10,510 --> 00:46:11,777
- That runway?
- Yeah.

679
00:46:11,777 --> 00:46:13,010
Boy, it looks like
a beauty to me.

680
00:46:13,010 --> 00:46:14,076
Yeah.

681
00:46:14,076 --> 00:46:15,643
That's like, compared
to the old one.

682
00:46:15,643 --> 00:46:16,777
Oh.

683
00:46:16,777 --> 00:46:19,376
Moved the signs,
set the wind socks and,

684
00:46:19,376 --> 00:46:22,209
like, well, hopefully
they can land on it.

685
00:46:22,209 --> 00:46:23,309
Yeah.

686
00:46:23,309 --> 00:46:25,743
If we see a lot of smoke,
we'll know they couldn't.

687
00:46:26,743 --> 00:46:28,309
Yeah.

688
00:46:29,943 --> 00:46:31,143
This is why you've been gone.

689
00:46:31,143 --> 00:46:32,576
This is what we've put
on the table.

690
00:46:32,576 --> 00:46:34,109
So that's two weeks.

691
00:46:34,109 --> 00:46:35,309
That's for two weeks.

692
00:46:35,309 --> 00:46:38,576
My skill stops at 400 ounces,

693
00:46:38,576 --> 00:46:40,343
and that's big red
right there.

694
00:46:40,343 --> 00:46:42,943
All right,
so we got 400 and...

695
00:46:42,943 --> 00:46:44,109
All right, here we go.

696
00:46:46,410 --> 00:46:48,843
It's a double week
for Big Red,

697
00:46:48,843 --> 00:46:53,877
which this season is averaging
214 ounces of gold a week.

698
00:46:53,877 --> 00:46:55,843
88.6.

699
00:46:55,843 --> 00:46:58,843
So 488.6.

700
00:46:58,843 --> 00:46:59,910
Sweet.

701
00:46:59,910 --> 00:47:03,476
Worth over $830,000.

702
00:47:03,476 --> 00:47:04,710
Not bad, little run there.

703
00:47:04,710 --> 00:47:05,877
That's sweet.

704
00:47:05,877 --> 00:47:08,176
Slucifer
is the same situation,

705
00:47:08,176 --> 00:47:10,076
has 400 ounces there.

706
00:47:10,076 --> 00:47:11,443
And a bigger thermos.

707
00:47:11,443 --> 00:47:13,176
And a little bit bigger
thermos, there we go.

708
00:47:13,176 --> 00:47:14,710
Ready?

709
00:47:14,710 --> 00:47:17,143
Slucifer is also tallying up

710
00:47:17,143 --> 00:47:19,143
two weeks' worth of gold.

711
00:47:19,143 --> 00:47:23,276
An average
is 263 ounces a week.

712
00:47:23,276 --> 00:47:25,109
60, 70.
I bet it's going to be 100.

713
00:47:35,643 --> 00:47:37,343
Yeah.

714
00:47:37,343 --> 00:47:40,043
That's just over
1,000 ounces.

715
00:47:40,043 --> 00:47:43,309
It's 1,055.15.

716
00:47:44,243 --> 00:47:48,576
Worth $1.8 million.

717
00:47:48,576 --> 00:47:50,410
You know,
that's impressive, guys.

718
00:47:50,410 --> 00:47:51,510
Good job.

719
00:47:51,510 --> 00:47:53,543
The gold looks amazing
as always, doesn't it?

720
00:47:53,543 --> 00:47:54,810
Thanks, man.

721
00:47:54,810 --> 00:47:57,209
All right,
we better go eat some dinner.

722
00:47:57,209 --> 00:47:58,777
Take care, youngster.

722
00:47:59,305 --> 00:48:59,267
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