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[Mitch Blaschke] Good morning.
How's it going?

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-[Nona Loveless] Good.
How's it going with you?
-[Mitch] Not too bad.

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We got a lot
going on out there.

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[Nona] You're gonna have
a busy few days.
Parker's away.

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So, you get to go
running around like a chicken
with your head cut off.

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Oh, as big as
this operation has gotten,

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it leaves us
a lot of area to cover.

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Plus, trying to keep
the Long Cut going
at the same time.

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Well, if you need a hand,
I'm here to help out.

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[Mitch] Hopefully, we can
keep these plants around,
keep some gold coming in.

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[Nona] I got
my fingers crossed.

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[Mitch] All right.
You have a great day.

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[Nona] Take care.

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[dramatic instrumental music]

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[sighs] Parker's away today.

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We got three
wash plants running.

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We gotta
keep the wheels rolling.

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I don't think we're gonna
run out of work to do today.

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[narrator] Mitch Blaschke
is stepping into mine boss
Parker Schnabel's shoes.

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He's responsible for Parker's
9,500-acre empire,

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where crew are running
an army of wash plants
round the clock.

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In the Long Cut
is 40-ton shaker, Rocksand.

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Old faithful Big Red
churns through pay
in the Bridge Cut.

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And wash plant Bob
sluices for gold
in the Sulfur Cut.

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After a season of missteps,

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everyone needs a big finish.

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This is my 13th season mining,

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11 of those now with Parker.

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When I first started
coming up here, gold mining,

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you know,
I was just a mechanic.

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From there, you know,
now I'm the foreman here
at Parker's mine site.

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And this company has gotten
so big over the years.

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What's crazy is, you know,
thinking back how it started,

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it was just, you know,
one dozer when I started
working for Parker.

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[narrator] This season,
Parker has amassed
more ground and crew

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than ever before,

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and it's proven difficult
to keep the gold flowing

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and the machines running.

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You know, right now,
we've got Jordan heading out
to fix the excavator.

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We've got Janko and Taylor
working on loaders.

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So, there's constantly
something that needs done.

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[Taylor] The plants require
everything to be working
to have 100% uptime.

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We really can't
afford downtime,
this season especially.

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We're trying to get
tons of sluicing done,

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and these loaders
are what get the job done.

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[intriguing
instrumental music]

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[Mitch] Today,
with Parker being gone,

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I've gotta come out here
and make sure
everything's good.

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There's a constant list
of problems,

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And the biggest issue
with that is just
trying to prioritize.

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[Jordan on walkie-talkie]

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[Mitch] Yeah, what's up?

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All right, dude. I'll see you
down there. Thanks.

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Right now, we're gonna
head over to the water pump
here for Rocksand,

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see exactly what's going on.

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Not ideal, obviously,
any time you have
a situation like this,

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your wash plant's down,

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it's not producing gold.

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At the end of the day
and the end of the week,

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Parker's gonna say,
"Why are the numbers down?
What's going on?"

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You have to explain
what exactly happened.

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[narrator] Earlier
this season...

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[Parker] We live and die
by the water pump, right?

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Wash plants don't run,
cuts don't get dewatered.

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[narrator]
Parker spent $540,000

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on three new
supersize water pumps.

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[Parker] Do they give us
a full tank of fuel?

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Bone dry.

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Thanks, guys.

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Spent half a million,
and they siphoned out
the fuel tank.

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They're brand new,
but a lot of rust buildup
in the tanks,

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just 'cause they sat
with no fuel in 'em.

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And the first thing I said
when I saw that was,

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"Put these in a pond
and test them
before they come out."

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[narrator] Mitch suspects
rust has clogged the pump's
fuel filter

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and plans to swap it out
for a much older spare.

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Right now, we just gotta
get this plant up and running.

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And we have a water pump here
that works,

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and we're gonna put it
back in place.

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Right now, we got the 480
coming in here,

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and we're gonna lift
this pump out.

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We're gonna put the old one
back in place.

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[narrator] Helping him,
mechanic Jordan Sands.

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[Jordan] Here I am,
helping out my friends.

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[Mitch] All right, here we go.
Don't drop it.

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Nice and easy.

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Look at that.

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Beautiful.

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Right on the ball!
That was beautiful.

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[narrator] The rusted pump
sent to the yard,

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Mitch and Jordan
set about craning in
the replacement pump.

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Hopefully, it's got
enough life left in it here
to finish this cut out.

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Jordan's gonna get it
rigged up here,
we're gonna fly it in,

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we gotta line up
the discharge,
get that hooked up,

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and then we gotta get
the suction on it.

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And, hopefully,
we'll be back up and sluicing.

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Heck, yeah.

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-[Jordan exclaims]
-[Mitch] She's heavy.

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[Jordan] Yeah, it is.

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[Mitch] Don't put it
over the water.

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Right now, we're just
positioning the pump.

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The hardest part here is,
we gotta line up our discharge
on the pump

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to our buried discharge here.

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And it's pretty much gotta be
right on the money.

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[Jordan] Hella close.

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[Mitch] You know,
when you're doing
this kind of stuff, dude,

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stuff's gonna break,
stuff's gonna not work.

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[Jordan] Don't matter
the product, don't matter
the make.

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-Right.
-[Jordan] She's turning.
She's on her way to break.

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Ooh, I just came up with that
right now.

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-[Mitch] That was good. That
communicated a lot over there.
-Wow.

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That, or I could take up,
what, rhyming and just quit
this [bleep]

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Okay, yeah.
Just be a poet over there.

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So, right now, we've got
our old pump back in place.

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We're gonna tighten these up,
and try and get us
back running here.

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Definitely, a lot of
lost time here.

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-Yeah, buddy!
-[Jordan] Okay.

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That went pretty good.

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The big problem,
and why this pump came out,

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is because
we knew the foot valve
was having a problem.

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When we turned the pump off,
we noticed that our water line
wouldn't hold water in it.

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It would all bleed back out.

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And that valve down here
should stop that,
keep the water in the line,

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and it also allows
the water pump
to prime itself.

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I've got the plant turned off.
I've got the bypass
turned off.

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We're trying to
pull all the air
out of the pipeline

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in order to start
creating a vacuum.

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[dramatic instrumental music]

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[narrator] The pump
sucks water from the pond
using a rotating impeller,

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creating a centrifugal force
that pulls water in

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and pushes it uphill
to Rocksand.

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Because the flip valve
is broken,

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water has escaped
and created an air pocket
in the pump,

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blocking the impeller
and stopping water flow.

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Mitch's plan,
known as deadheading,

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is to max out the pump

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and cause a vacuum
powerful enough to suck water
through the impeller

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and push the air blockage
up the pipe,

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allowing water
to float to Rocksand.

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But if the pump
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and the wash plant's bypass
not opened
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the increased water pressure
could blow the whole system.

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So, this is 100%
what you never wanna do,

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and that's deadhead your pump.

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You know, if we end up
blowing the pipeline in half,

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we're gonna have
way bigger problems

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than just what we already got
going on.

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This right here
is one of those
"Don't try this at home."

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I can see that
the lay flat hose
is starting to collapse.

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That means
that it's pulling
the air out of it.

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[tense instrumental music]

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-[rumbling]
-There it is!

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[whoops] We got her!

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Hey! Hey!

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Turn it down!

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Hey, we got it there,
but you can see just how much
water pressure that was.

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The bypass about
blew out of the spot there.

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When that water hit,
it had a lot of energy.

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When your hand first went up,
I was like,

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-"[bleep] he needs
more water."
-[Mitch] Oh, dude!

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It about blew the bypass.

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[sweeping instrumental music]

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All right, we're back
in action. Appreciate it.

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-Thanks, man.
-[Jordan] See ya, Mitch.

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Right now, man,
we just wanna get this plant
back up and running.

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[sweeping music continues]

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You ready to sluice, buddy?

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[Jordan on walkie-talkie]

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[sweeping music continues]

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At the end of the day,
if this wash plant
isn't running,

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we're not getting anywhere
near close to Parker's target.

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[narrator] Coming up...

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Oh, my [bleep]

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[narrator]
...a critical machine
goes down.

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[Taylor] This is
an absolute catastrophe.

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[narrator] And Mitch's plan
to keep Rocksand running...

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Oh, come on! [bleep]

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[narrator] ...hits the skids.

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Not good, man.
Not good at all.

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[dramatic instrumental music]

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[sweeping instrumental music]

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Right now,
getting the loader fleet
up and running,

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so it's really important
we get 'em all
in fighting shape,

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'cause they'll be running
24 hours a day.

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[narrator] In Parker's
laydown yard,

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mechanic Taylor Matejka
is working on a broken loader

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so the whole fleet
will be operational.

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Nacho.

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Hey, buddy?

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He's, like, the best therapy.

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I can't have a bad day
when I jump in my truck
and Nacho is just chilling.

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[tense instrumental music]

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[Adrian Truong
on walkie-talkie]

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Yeah, go ahead.

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You said water in the fuel?

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All right, I'll be right out.

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[narrator]
A 25-mile drive away
at Sulfur Creek,

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a 220 loader,
nicknamed Arnold, is broken.

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And with no spare,
wash plant Bob is shut down.

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What's going on, buddy?

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Code popped up.
I shut it off right away.

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All right. Well, give me
a few minutes and we'll see
what's happening.

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-I'll hit you on the radio
when I'm done. Cheers.
-[Adrian] Sweet. Yeah.

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[narrator]
With gold production
at a standstill,

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Taylor must diagnose
the problem

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and get it back up and running
as soon as possible.

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[Taylor] Water in the fuel
is no joke.

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Sometimes, it's just a fault
with the sensor,

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or sometimes,
we have a bigger problem.

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This is called
a water separator right here.

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Any water that finds its way
in the tank.

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Water is heavier
than the fuel,

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so it should fill the bowl
with water,

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and the fuel
would stay above it.

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It's hard to tell
what's going on here
just by looking in there,

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but it doesn't really
look like diesel.

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There's a lot of it.

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Oh, my [bleep]

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Smells like DEF.

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[tense instrumental music]

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No [bleep] way.

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Looks like somebody
might have put DEF
in the fuel tank, 'cause...

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[sniffs] this is not water.

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And the only way you'd get DEF
in the fuel system

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is if you poured DEF
into the fuel tank.

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I wonder if this thing
even runs.

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[tense instrumental music]

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[bleep]

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[narrator]
Diesel exhaust fluid,
known as DEF,

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helps reduce emissions.

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But if it gets
into the engine,

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it can crystallize,
causing catastrophic failure.

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[sniffing]

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[Taylor] Oh, my [bleep]

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It's a huge bummer
that this thing
can't be running right now.

239
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We have nothing to feed Bob
without Arnold running here.

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So, you know, time is money.

241
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We got loaders at every plant
right now.

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We got one in the yard
that's down.

243
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We need this thing
up and running,
and this is a curveball.

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And an unnecessary one
at that.

245
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[tense instrumental music]

246
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Here's where you fill fuel.

247
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Here's where you fill DEF.

248
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Right? So, obviously,
someone had this cap off,

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and they poured DEF
in the fuel tank.

250
00:13:38,660 --> 00:13:42,360
We gotta talk to night shift
and see and how we ended up
in this predicament.

251
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What I'm gonna do is
take the cover off the bottom,
drain the tank.

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We'll see what's coming
out of the tank.

253
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[grunts]

254
00:13:57,560 --> 00:13:59,660
Oh, my [bleep]

255
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It's all [bleep] clear.

256
00:14:02,100 --> 00:14:04,160
How much DEF
did they dump in this thing?

257
00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:06,560
Oh, my [bleep]

258
00:14:08,560 --> 00:14:12,460
You got a 350-liter tank here
that was close to full.

259
00:14:12,460 --> 00:14:15,090
So, I drained 100 liters out.

260
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The evac tank in my truck
should be capable of handling
the rest.

261
00:14:19,160 --> 00:14:21,260
[tense instrumental music]

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[motor starting]

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And you can see,
the clearer stuff
at the bottom is DEF.

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That's diesel.

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This is absolute catastrophe
for the fuel system.

266
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[dramatic instrumental music]

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I've still got my suction
on it.

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So, I hope that
filling it here

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can kind of flush
the bottom of the tank, too.

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[narrator]
After draining almost $700
worth of contaminated fuel,

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Taylor fills and drains
the tank again

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in an attempt to flush
the fuel system clean.

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So, we flushed out the tank
and I filled it up.

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So, what we know we have
is clean fuel in the tank,
for the most part.

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So, we know
that the contaminated fuel

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ran through these filters.

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So, we're gonna change those.

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And then,
all we have to worry about
is what's in the fuel lines.

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There's a lot
to worry about there,

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'cause if DEF
ran through the injectors,

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there's a very high chance
that the injectors will fail.

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If that happens,
we're looking at

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somewhere in the neighborhood
of 15,000 bucks

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just from a lapse in judgment.

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So, we'll see.

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[Mitch] Hey, man,
how's it going?

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[Tyler] We got two loaders
down right now, so...

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-Somebody put DEF
in the diesel tank.
-[Mitch] Oh, no.

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[narrator] Across the claim,
Mitch is on his rounds,

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checking in with mechanic
Tyler Jankowski.

291
00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:04,260
[Mitch] Little
operator error there.

292
00:16:04,260 --> 00:16:06,490
Yeah, man.
Not the time to do this.

293
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-No, that's not good at all.
-No.

294
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[Mitch] All right,
let's go see what's going on
with this thing.

295
00:16:10,860 --> 00:16:13,260
-Okay, awesome. Thank you.
-Thanks, dude. Appreciate it.

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[narrator] Determined to keep
the operation running
in Parker's absence,

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Mitch heads to the Sulfur Cut.

298
00:16:22,700 --> 00:16:25,360
You know, this time
of the season, I think,
is the toughest

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because everybody is thinking
about going home.

300
00:16:27,700 --> 00:16:30,690
This mining season,
six months long.

301
00:16:30,700 --> 00:16:31,960
It's a lot of work
to get done.

302
00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:34,260
It's a lot of hours
everybody's putting in
out here.

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And if you lose focus
for just a short period
of time,

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you know,
something can go wrong.

305
00:16:40,500 --> 00:16:42,660
But it all takes time
and costs money.

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[tense instrumental music]

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[Taylor] What's going on?

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[Mitch] What'd you find?

309
00:16:57,760 --> 00:17:01,760
So, I have drained
the whole tank.

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I filled and drained again.

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I've changed...
changed the fuel filters,

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00:17:07,260 --> 00:17:10,460
And right now,
this is fuel coming
directly out of the head.

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So, right now,
you're just trying to
purge everything

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-out of the fuel system.
-[Taylor] Yeah.

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-Yeah.
-And get everything
out of the cylinder head.

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Not good, man.
Not good at all.

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-I mean, last time,
we had to do injectors in it.
-[Taylor] Yeah.

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Yeah, and we don't have
a set of injectors here,
so let's cross our fingers.

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[Mitch] Well, man,
I know every other loader's
got a job to do out here,

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so we need this thing running
and get Bob back fired up.

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This is the end of her,
so we can fire it up here
pretty quick.

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It gets real expensive
real quick.

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00:17:36,300 --> 00:17:38,260
Not only the expense
of fixing the machine,

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-but now we got a wash plant
that's not running.
-[Taylor] Yeah.

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00:17:40,900 --> 00:17:43,160
All right, buddy.
Well, let me know
what you find out.

326
00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:47,160
Yeah, sounds good.
I'll get a hold of you
when we get it running.

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Taylor's doing everything
he can here to get her
fired back up.

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00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:51,260
We're gonna order
some injectors
and some spare parts.

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00:17:51,260 --> 00:17:53,800
But, hopefully,
we can get it running
with what we got.

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[tense instrumental music]

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00:17:57,760 --> 00:18:00,460
[Taylor] Mitch is busy.
He's got a lot going on.

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00:18:00,460 --> 00:18:04,090
He's trying to manage
a lot of people
and a lot of equipment.

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And he's about
as pleased as I am

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00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:09,760
to find out that there is DEF
in the fuel tank.

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00:18:10,860 --> 00:18:13,660
I don't think you can go
overkill on this step.

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My tricep would disagree
right now.

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00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:20,400
But if that [bleep]
is in the head,
we might be [bleep]

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00:18:22,460 --> 00:18:27,290
Now, we gotta
cross our fingers
and hope that it runs nicely.

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00:18:27,300 --> 00:18:32,060
[narrator] Now,
Taylor has just one shot
to fire up the loader.

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00:18:32,900 --> 00:18:35,390
If the DEF
is in the fuel injectors,

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it'll cause
irreversible damage

342
00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:42,160
and wash plant Bob
will stay shut down

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00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:44,200
until new parts arrive.

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00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:48,660
So...

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here goes nothing.

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-[engine choking]
-[tense instrumental music]

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00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:58,560
[engine running]

348
00:19:05,360 --> 00:19:07,460
I'm really happy
that it's running all right.

349
00:19:07,460 --> 00:19:11,360
Not to get too excited here,
but I think we can
fire up Bob.

350
00:19:11,360 --> 00:19:13,460
[triumphant
instrumental music]

351
00:19:15,360 --> 00:19:17,590
-Hey, buddy.
-[Adrian] Hey, man.
We're all good to go?

352
00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:19,360
Fingers crossed, man,
you know?

353
00:19:19,360 --> 00:19:21,460
-[Adrian] Fingers crossed.
-Everyone should learn
a lesson from this one, too.

354
00:19:21,460 --> 00:19:23,390
-I gotta talk
to the night shift, boys.
-Sure. Yeah.

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00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:24,860
But this could have been
a hell of a lot worse.

356
00:19:24,860 --> 00:19:26,460
But, yeah, let's get after it.

357
00:19:26,460 --> 00:19:28,090
-Awesome. Thanks, Taylor.
-Cheers, bro.

358
00:19:28,100 --> 00:19:28,930
Take it easy.

359
00:19:28,930 --> 00:19:31,190
[whoops] Gonna go
run the plant now,

360
00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:35,060
fire up Bob,
and then we're gonna get
some dirt in the hopper.

361
00:19:35,060 --> 00:19:37,000
[sweeping instrumental music]

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00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:48,660
I'm jamming the hopper folds,
trying to make up
the lost time.

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00:19:48,660 --> 00:19:53,000
I like getting more gold.
More potential for a bonus
for me.

364
00:19:55,460 --> 00:19:59,100
Right now,
Bob is doing exactly
what he needs to here...

365
00:20:01,260 --> 00:20:04,100
which is washing rocks
and making gold.

366
00:20:06,300 --> 00:20:10,260
So, since it's motoring along,
I'm gonna go keep making
my rounds.

367
00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:19,760
[dramatic instrumental music]

368
00:20:25,260 --> 00:20:28,390
Just call home
and see how everybody's doing.

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00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:30,260
[soft instrumental music]

370
00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:33,160
[boy on call]

371
00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:34,590
[Mitch] Oh, hello.

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00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:36,560
[woman on call]

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00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:38,190
[Mitch] Oh, yeah, it does.

374
00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:39,960
You're growing up quick.

375
00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:41,990
[woman speaking]

376
00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:43,590
[boy yelling]

377
00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:45,160
[Mitch] Oh, really?

378
00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:46,560
What's up with you, chick?

379
00:20:47,460 --> 00:20:48,860
What happened?

380
00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:53,360
Whoa! Are you kidding me?
You lost your two
front teeth. What?

381
00:20:54,460 --> 00:20:55,860
[Mitch] Well, I'm glad
you didn't.

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00:20:57,160 --> 00:20:58,990
I'll be home pretty soon.

383
00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:00,360
[woman speaking]

384
00:21:00,360 --> 00:21:01,190
[boy speaking]

385
00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:03,060
[Mitch] Okay. Love you.

386
00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:04,460
[woman speaking]

387
00:21:05,500 --> 00:21:06,760
[boy speaking]

388
00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:09,060
Bye, baby. Be good
for your mom, okay?

389
00:21:09,060 --> 00:21:10,660
-Bye.
-[woman speaking]

390
00:21:10,660 --> 00:21:13,360
-Me, too. Bye.
-[woman speaking]

391
00:21:13,360 --> 00:21:16,660
[Mitch] You know,
I've got a four-year-old
and six-month-old,

392
00:21:16,660 --> 00:21:20,460
and you're up here
for six months at a time.

393
00:21:20,460 --> 00:21:23,760
But at the end of the day,
you gotta work.

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00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:25,460
I wanna try and get home
as fast as possible.

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00:21:25,460 --> 00:21:29,260
That's why I try and get
as much work done each day
as I possibly can.

396
00:21:29,260 --> 00:21:31,360
And that's really
the motivator for me is,

397
00:21:31,360 --> 00:21:33,390
you know, if I can make
that wash plant run
a little faster,

398
00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:37,560
if I can get through the cut
a little bit quicker
by being more efficient.

399
00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:41,290
It's just that much sooner
that I get to, you know,
spend time with my kids.

400
00:21:41,300 --> 00:21:44,890
So, that's what
it's all about.

401
00:21:44,900 --> 00:21:48,390
[narrator] Mine boss
Parker Schnabel is away
on business,

402
00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:52,360
leaving foreman Mitch Blaschke
holding down the fort.

403
00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:55,690
[Mitch] There's more
that has to be taken care of

404
00:21:55,700 --> 00:21:58,760
because he's not here
doing what he normally does.

405
00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:02,260
The biggest thing is
just keeping morale up
and keeping everybody focused.

406
00:22:02,260 --> 00:22:04,060
This time of the year
is tough.

407
00:22:04,060 --> 00:22:07,290
And it's not gonna get
any easier until the end
of this season

408
00:22:07,300 --> 00:22:09,560
and everybody's heading home.

409
00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:12,660
[narrator]
Mitch is nearing the end
of this season-long project,

410
00:22:12,660 --> 00:22:14,800
the 20-acre Long Cut.

411
00:22:16,900 --> 00:22:18,990
[Mitch] Now, at the start
of the year, Parker said

412
00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:22,160
the Long Cut
has to be completed
this season,

413
00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:25,090
and he said, "I don't care
what you have to do
to make that happen.

414
00:22:25,100 --> 00:22:27,100
Just make sure it gets done."

415
00:22:28,660 --> 00:22:31,990
Now, the Long Cut
has been pretty consistent.

416
00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:35,460
It's been a pretty consistent
pain in the ass
since the start of it,

417
00:22:35,460 --> 00:22:38,160
and it's put up
one hell of a fight here.

418
00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:41,090
But If it was easy,
it would have been done
a long time ago.

419
00:22:41,100 --> 00:22:44,160
And that's the reason
why the gold is still here
for us to get.

420
00:22:45,460 --> 00:22:47,660
[narrator] After swapping out
the water pump,

421
00:22:47,660 --> 00:22:50,560
Mitch is digging out
more pay dirt.

422
00:22:50,560 --> 00:22:54,090
[Mitch] What I'm doing
right now is just going back
along the edge.

423
00:22:54,100 --> 00:22:56,990
Originally, when we were
putting the ditch in here,
that edge was all frozen.

424
00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:59,090
But now this has had time
to thaw out,

425
00:22:59,100 --> 00:23:01,990
and it really generates
quite a bit of material here.

426
00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:05,860
So, you know,
by going back in here
and cleaning this up,

427
00:23:05,860 --> 00:23:09,560
you know, we're looking at
several shifts of material
for the wash plant.

428
00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:12,490
We're gonna get this loaded
in the trucks up to Rocksand.

429
00:23:12,500 --> 00:23:16,160
[dramatic instrumental music]

430
00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:20,190
I'm really happy
that I get to be
a part of this operation.

431
00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:25,090
[narrator] Driving the pay
to the plant is rock truck
driver Tayvin Peterson.

432
00:23:25,100 --> 00:23:27,790
[Tayvin] I actually
really enjoy working for Mitch

433
00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:31,460
because he seems to
really care and he'll do
anything that needs done.

434
00:23:31,460 --> 00:23:35,660
I'm just grateful that I have
great operators surrounding me

435
00:23:35,660 --> 00:23:37,360
that know what they're doing.

436
00:23:37,360 --> 00:23:39,400
[dramatic instrumental music]

437
00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:43,960
Got lots of dirt to throw
through the wash plant, still.

438
00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:47,460
So, you know, we're out here
going like jackrabbits,

439
00:23:47,460 --> 00:23:49,160
trying to get everything done.

440
00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:54,160
[narrator] At Rocksand,
newly-promoted loader operator
John Kurtz

441
00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:57,160
is running the plant solo
for the first time,

442
00:23:57,160 --> 00:24:01,790
feeding it 250 yards
of pay dirt an hour.

443
00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:05,860
[John] Running a loader
is definitely a big step up
responsibility-wise

444
00:24:05,860 --> 00:24:07,460
from a rock truck.

445
00:24:07,460 --> 00:24:11,160
Running a loader, you have
about a million other things
you gotta be watching.

446
00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:14,260
It's a good way
to prove to yourself
that you're reliable

447
00:24:14,260 --> 00:24:17,000
and someone
that people can count on.

448
00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:19,860
[dramatic instrumental music]

449
00:24:42,460 --> 00:24:44,960
Oh, that's a big [bleep].
Holy [bleep]

450
00:24:49,500 --> 00:24:52,660
Oh, my [bleep]
feeder is clogged!

451
00:24:53,860 --> 00:24:55,960
[tense instrumental music]

452
00:24:58,100 --> 00:24:59,660
That's water!

453
00:25:00,260 --> 00:25:01,960
Oh, come on, you [bleep]

454
00:25:10,100 --> 00:25:14,760
I had a clog up in my feeder,
so I had to run up
and hit the breaker,

455
00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:17,090
and then come hit the bypass

456
00:25:17,100 --> 00:25:18,460
before that explodes.

457
00:25:18,460 --> 00:25:20,560
[intriguing
instrumental music]

458
00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:25,260
[groans]

459
00:25:25,260 --> 00:25:26,360
Hey, Mitch.

460
00:25:27,260 --> 00:25:28,100
[Mitch on radio]

461
00:25:29,300 --> 00:25:31,460
[John on radio]

462
00:25:35,460 --> 00:25:37,360
[Mitch speaking]

463
00:25:37,360 --> 00:25:38,560
Copy that.

464
00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:40,560
[tense instrumental music]

465
00:25:45,360 --> 00:25:47,260
Those rocks
away at the bottom.

466
00:25:47,260 --> 00:25:51,060
So, it's blocking my dirt
from hitting the feeder belt.

467
00:25:51,060 --> 00:25:54,000
I'm just trying to dig out
the dirt, and I'm about...

468
00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:55,890
not even halfway.

469
00:25:55,900 --> 00:25:59,490
[narrator] Large rocks
have slipped through
the grizzly bars

470
00:25:59,500 --> 00:26:02,160
and clogged the bottom
of the hopper feeder.

471
00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:04,260
[John] Oh,
there's a big [bleep]

472
00:26:04,260 --> 00:26:06,090
[grunts]

473
00:26:06,100 --> 00:26:11,560
[narrator] To clear it,
John will have to dig out
a mountain of dirt by hand.

474
00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:14,230
[John] I'm hoping
once Mitch sees this,

475
00:26:14,230 --> 00:26:19,260
that he'll understand
my situation and won't have to
get thrown back in the truck,

476
00:26:19,260 --> 00:26:22,690
'cause I will be very upset
if that's the case,

477
00:26:22,700 --> 00:26:24,760
[tense instrumental music]

478
00:26:26,260 --> 00:26:28,000
Well, there's the man
of the hour.

479
00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:30,790
What's up, man?

480
00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:32,160
I got a big old boulder

481
00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:34,560
-right at the bottom
of my feed belt.
-[Mitch] Yeah.

482
00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:37,660
And it's just causing
the back end of the feeder
to clog up,

483
00:26:37,660 --> 00:26:39,660
and where the front end
has nothing.

484
00:26:39,660 --> 00:26:42,460
So, I have a feeling
we'll have to, like,
shovel more,

485
00:26:42,460 --> 00:26:44,000
-or something.
-[Mitch] Let's have a look.

486
00:26:46,460 --> 00:26:47,630
Oh, yeah.

487
00:26:47,630 --> 00:26:50,260
Well, let's go ahead
and get the plant
back shaking...

488
00:26:50,260 --> 00:26:52,460
-[John] Okay.
-and all the belts going.
We'll turn the water on

489
00:26:52,460 --> 00:26:55,160
-and we'll start purging out
what we can here.
-[John] Okay.

490
00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:57,190
[intriguing
instrumental music]

491
00:26:57,200 --> 00:27:01,090
What happens is
these big rocks
get wedged in there.

492
00:27:01,100 --> 00:27:04,090
Once that happens,
the material builds up,

493
00:27:04,100 --> 00:27:06,000
-causes a lot of chaos.
-[machine starts]

494
00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:09,760
You know,
John's one of our new
loader operators,

495
00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:12,090
but he's doing
a really good job up here.

496
00:27:12,100 --> 00:27:15,260
And this is the best thing
to do when a problem
like this happens,

497
00:27:15,260 --> 00:27:16,490
is call for help.

498
00:27:16,500 --> 00:27:17,960
John did the hard work.

499
00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:21,860
So, we're gonna get this thing
cleared out here and get it
back rolling.

500
00:27:21,860 --> 00:27:25,260
Every minute we're down here
is just gold we're not gonna
have at the end of the week.

501
00:27:25,260 --> 00:27:29,160
[narrator] Mitch thinks John
has already cleared
enough rocks

502
00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:33,560
to turn on the feeder
and dislodge
the remaining dirt.

503
00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:39,690
-[feeder starts]
-[John] There we go.

504
00:27:39,700 --> 00:27:41,760
[Mitch] Let's let it
just feed out.

505
00:27:42,360 --> 00:27:43,760
[John] I think we're good.

506
00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:45,760
[Mitch] Let her
clear out here.

507
00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:50,860
Oh, yeah, she's dropping down
nicely now.

508
00:27:50,860 --> 00:27:54,760
We're looking really good
right now. The material
is dropping off the back wall.

509
00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:57,160
Got the big rocks removed.
Everything's flowing now.

510
00:27:57,160 --> 00:27:59,490
Time to throw dirt at it.

511
00:27:59,500 --> 00:28:02,890
[John] That was my first
kind of shut down I've had.

512
00:28:02,900 --> 00:28:05,090
Glad that Mitch was happy
about everything,

513
00:28:05,100 --> 00:28:07,760
and it wasn't too big
of an issue.

514
00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:11,090
I mean, I had most of it
shoveled out to where
it would just slide all out

515
00:28:11,100 --> 00:28:13,790
when he showed up
and fired the plant up for me.

516
00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:16,660
So, I'm glad
he was in good spirits
about it.

517
00:28:16,660 --> 00:28:21,700
Definitely gonna have
a couple of beers
after work, though. [bleep]

518
00:28:24,100 --> 00:28:25,990
[Mitch] Well, we got the plant
back up and running.

519
00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:29,490
Pretty soon, he'll understand
what he has to do
in those situations

520
00:28:29,500 --> 00:28:31,560
and be able to take care of it
on his own.

521
00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:36,160
You know, when I look at
all the seasons I've been
up here mining

522
00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:37,690
and where it all started,

523
00:28:37,700 --> 00:28:39,890
you know, I was the guy
up here pulling wrenches.

524
00:28:39,900 --> 00:28:41,990
And when I'd get everything
up and going,

525
00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:44,890
I'd jump in machinery
and, you know, help move
the dirt, as well.

526
00:28:44,900 --> 00:28:49,460
And I think that really
helps me a lot with, you know,
being the foreman now,

527
00:28:49,460 --> 00:28:54,360
because I've fixed
the machinery, I've operated
the machinery.

528
00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:55,990
I've run the wash plants.

529
00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:58,790
You know, mistakes and lessons
that you've learned
in the past

530
00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:00,290
help you in the future.

531
00:29:00,300 --> 00:29:03,660
Definitely still learning
things new every day.

532
00:29:03,660 --> 00:29:05,990
With as much as Parker
throws at us,

533
00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:09,490
it's constantly a challenge
of trying to do more
with less.

534
00:29:09,500 --> 00:29:11,560
[dramatic instrumental music]

535
00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:20,660
Well, the Long Cut
is not so long anymore.

536
00:29:20,660 --> 00:29:21,990
We almost got this.

537
00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:23,760
[rumbling]

538
00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:26,100
-[engine shuts off]
-What was that?

539
00:29:27,100 --> 00:29:29,900
Oh, that stick cylinder
is walking out.

540
00:29:31,860 --> 00:29:33,660
You've gotta be [bleep]
kidding me!

541
00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:37,460
Yo, Taylor,
you got a copy, man?

542
00:29:37,460 --> 00:29:38,860
[Taylor on radio]

543
00:29:38,860 --> 00:29:40,600
[Mitch] This thing is [bleep]

544
00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:47,000
[dramatic instrumental music]

545
00:29:54,700 --> 00:29:59,590
Uh, Mitch hit me on the radio
and said that he was running
this hoe,

546
00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:02,000
and the pin popped out
of the stick cylinder.

547
00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:05,090
There it is.

548
00:30:05,100 --> 00:30:11,060
[narrator] In the Long Cut,
foreman Mitch Blaschke
is facing another breakdown.

549
00:30:11,060 --> 00:30:14,890
The 480 digging pay
is sidelined.

550
00:30:14,900 --> 00:30:19,490
It's a race against the clock
for mechanic Taylor
to get it fixed

551
00:30:19,500 --> 00:30:22,360
before Rocksand
runs out of pay.

552
00:30:22,360 --> 00:30:24,460
It's a good thing Mitch
caught this in time.

553
00:30:24,460 --> 00:30:25,990
Had the pin walked
all the way out

554
00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:27,990
while he was loading the truck
or something,

555
00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:30,260
the results could have been
a lot different.

556
00:30:30,260 --> 00:30:33,660
You know, it risks
damaging the truck
that it's loading,

557
00:30:33,660 --> 00:30:35,160
it risks
damaging the excavator,

558
00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:37,560
and it could injure the person
sitting in the rock truck

559
00:30:37,560 --> 00:30:40,560
if this stick were to
fall down uncontrollably.

560
00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:44,860
I brought some steel out
with me, so I'll just

561
00:30:44,860 --> 00:30:48,090
fashion something that keeps
that pin from wanting to
walk out again.

562
00:30:48,100 --> 00:30:50,260
It can't go that way.
It can only go this way.

563
00:30:50,260 --> 00:30:53,060
So, if I weld a chunk of steel
on the back side of it,

564
00:30:53,060 --> 00:30:56,060
it's probably the fastest way
to get this thing back up
and running.

565
00:30:56,060 --> 00:30:58,100
[dramatic instrumental music]

566
00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:14,060
Voila!

567
00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:20,690
So, we got the pin back in.

568
00:31:20,700 --> 00:31:23,560
So, now, I'm just gonna
roll the stick in

569
00:31:23,560 --> 00:31:26,830
so that I can weld this
while I'm standing.

570
00:31:29,260 --> 00:31:33,090
Welding a little tab on there
won't be nearly as strong
as something on the back side.

571
00:31:33,100 --> 00:31:36,190
So, by welding
a big piece of steel
on the backside,

572
00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:38,990
the pin can't go that way
and the pin can't go this way.

573
00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:40,460
Problem solved.

574
00:31:40,460 --> 00:31:43,460
So, yeah, the best thing to do
is just smack a big slab
of steel on there,

575
00:31:43,460 --> 00:31:44,860
weld it up nice and solid.

576
00:31:44,860 --> 00:31:48,160
And we'll grease
the ever living piss
out of this thing,

577
00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:49,400
and then send it back to work.

578
00:31:51,300 --> 00:31:53,560
We'll just use
the thickest piece possible.

579
00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:55,660
Thicker equals stronger.

580
00:31:55,660 --> 00:31:57,760
[intriguing
instrumental music]

581
00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:15,260
We have a bit of
dissimilar metal

582
00:32:15,260 --> 00:32:17,260
with the pin
versus just the mild steel.

583
00:32:17,260 --> 00:32:19,160
But that won't make
a difference right now.

584
00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:23,860
I know that I can weld this
solid enough to the pin
that it ain't going anywhere.

585
00:32:31,060 --> 00:32:32,790
Retainer is welded on.

586
00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:36,490
Now, I'm just running it
a little bit to make sure
that nothing's binding up.

587
00:32:36,500 --> 00:32:38,560
Seems like everything
is going smooth.

588
00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:41,160
So, Mitch is rolling up
right now.

589
00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:42,500
Perfect timing.

590
00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:50,800
Oh, it's moving!

591
00:32:51,260 --> 00:32:52,760
Oh, yeah.

592
00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:56,090
-How's it going, buddy?
-[Taylor] Good, bro.
Just in time.

593
00:32:56,100 --> 00:32:58,760
-Are we ready
to go back to work?
-Yes, sir.

594
00:32:58,760 --> 00:33:00,960
She can spin. She can twist.

595
00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:04,360
-She can't come out
either side.
-[Mitch] Perfect.

596
00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:07,160
Well, we'll get her
back in action here and start
hauling some pay dirt.

597
00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:09,660
Been [bleep] happening
all day. Hopefully,
this is the last of it.

598
00:33:09,660 --> 00:33:11,060
-All right, buddy.
-Thanks, man.

599
00:33:11,060 --> 00:33:13,100
[sweeping instrumental music]

600
00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:32,260
Right now, we're at Rocksand,
just doing a cleanup here,

601
00:33:32,260 --> 00:33:35,190
And it's one of those things
that, when we're short
on people,

602
00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:38,260
everybody's just gotta jump in
to get the job done.

603
00:33:38,260 --> 00:33:40,160
[narrator] As the shift
nears its end,

604
00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:45,760
it's all hands on deck
for a cleanup at Rocksand
in the Long Cut.

605
00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:49,560
Real important here
that the cleanup gets done,

606
00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:52,490
the gold gets down there
so it can be processed.

607
00:33:52,500 --> 00:33:54,960
And that's when we get to see
our end result.

608
00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:56,960
And all the hard work
we've been doing,

609
00:33:56,960 --> 00:33:58,800
hopefully, pays off
with what's in there.

610
00:33:59,960 --> 00:34:02,860
[narrator] Mitch needs to get
the cleanup done quickly

611
00:34:02,860 --> 00:34:06,600
so Rocksand can fire back up
for the night shift.

612
00:34:07,460 --> 00:34:09,490
Right now, we got Justin
in here helping.

613
00:34:09,500 --> 00:34:11,890
He's normally
running the loader,
running the wash plant.

614
00:34:11,900 --> 00:34:13,360
We've got Nikki
out here helping.

615
00:34:13,360 --> 00:34:15,660
She's normally at camp,
helping in the kitchen.

616
00:34:15,660 --> 00:34:18,060
We've got Tatiana,
who's been not only out here

617
00:34:18,060 --> 00:34:21,490
doing the cleanup
on the plant, going back,
helping Chris,

618
00:34:21,500 --> 00:34:24,460
and then also jumping
in a loader wherever else
is needed.

619
00:34:24,460 --> 00:34:27,260
You've been very busy
this season, Tatiana,

620
00:34:27,260 --> 00:34:28,560
with three wash plants
most of the year.

621
00:34:28,560 --> 00:34:33,890
Oh, yeah. We had six...
averaging six cleanups a week

622
00:34:33,900 --> 00:34:35,860
when the three plants
are running.

623
00:34:35,860 --> 00:34:39,060
So, yeah, it's been busy.

624
00:34:39,060 --> 00:34:43,990
[narrator] With the season's
end in sight and the Long Cut
nearly mined out,

625
00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:47,990
each cleanup becomes
more critical than the last.

626
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:52,090
[Mitch] So, you can see here,
we've got the gold
laying on the steel here.

627
00:34:52,100 --> 00:34:55,060
So, what we're gonna do here
is put everything
into one tank,

628
00:34:55,060 --> 00:34:58,360
and then we're gonna send
all this material
to the cleanup room.

629
00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:01,160
And they're gonna process it
and we'll see
what we got here.

630
00:35:03,500 --> 00:35:06,090
[man] I'll pull this out
if you want to grab
the excavator,

631
00:35:06,100 --> 00:35:07,860
-put it on this truck.
-Yeah.

632
00:35:07,860 --> 00:35:09,900
[soft instrumental music]

633
00:35:18,200 --> 00:35:23,090
Right now, we're just lifting
the concentrate tank
away from the wash plant.

634
00:35:23,100 --> 00:35:26,190
[narrator]
All the gold concentrate
from Rocksand

635
00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:28,860
is transferred
to the metal tank,

636
00:35:28,860 --> 00:35:32,290
making it
the most important element
of the cleanup.

637
00:35:32,300 --> 00:35:36,060
Last thing you wanna do
is dump this tub out.
This has all the gold in it.

638
00:35:36,060 --> 00:35:38,860
That wouldn't make anybody
very happy around here.

639
00:35:38,860 --> 00:35:40,860
So, we wanna be careful
getting this on the truck.

640
00:35:40,860 --> 00:35:42,560
We got Chris out here
picking it up.

641
00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:45,460
He's gonna take it back
and start the cleanup.

642
00:35:48,460 --> 00:35:50,860
Right there. Perfect.

643
00:35:50,860 --> 00:35:56,360
And right there, we have,
you know, a week's worth
of stripping ground, sluicing.

644
00:35:56,360 --> 00:35:57,660
We're gonna go see
what we got.

645
00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:04,600
[dramatic instrumental music]

646
00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:09,260
Right now, we're just
heading down to check in
with Alec and Liam,

647
00:36:09,260 --> 00:36:11,460
and see how the rebuild
on Slucifer is going.

648
00:36:11,460 --> 00:36:15,560
[narrator] A stalwart
of Parker's operation
for eight years,

649
00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:19,160
producing 28,000 ounces
of gold,

650
00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:21,960
this season,
wash plant Slucifer

651
00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:25,190
is sidelined
for extensive repairs.

652
00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:26,360
[Mitch]
How's the rebuild going?

653
00:36:26,360 --> 00:36:27,990
Checking on stuff and things.

654
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:30,560
So, what do you got left
on the big rebuild here, Alec?

655
00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:33,190
[Alec] This bearing
on this side, and then
hang the counterweights

656
00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:35,760
and motor pulley sheave
on the other side.

657
00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:38,260
Put the side protectors in
on the bottom deck.

658
00:36:38,260 --> 00:36:39,960
We got the top ones in
this morning.

659
00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:43,160
And then, really,
the shakers all good to be
put back together.

660
00:36:43,160 --> 00:36:47,160
So, we are looking pretty good
to have it all wrapped up
by the end of the season then?

661
00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:48,760
Looking in good shape
for next year.

662
00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:50,090
I think so many people
don't realize

663
00:36:50,100 --> 00:36:52,290
just how abrasive
the rock and sand is.

664
00:36:52,300 --> 00:36:54,560
But this thing,
when you need to get through
a lot of dirt in a hurry,

665
00:36:54,560 --> 00:36:55,860
-it'll do it.
-[Alec] Yeah.

666
00:36:55,860 --> 00:36:58,660
You guys stay after it.
We'll get this ready
for some more gold.

667
00:36:58,660 --> 00:37:00,100
-Sounds good.
-All right. Have a good one.

668
00:37:03,260 --> 00:37:04,400
[dramatic instrumental music]

669
00:37:12,200 --> 00:37:15,260
[Mitch] Right now, we're just
headed down to the gold room
to have a check in

670
00:37:15,260 --> 00:37:17,590
on the cleanup from Rocksand
with Chris,

671
00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:20,090
see if he's got any results
for us yet.

672
00:37:20,100 --> 00:37:23,760
And this is gonna let us know
how that ground's looking
that we're currently sluicing,

673
00:37:23,760 --> 00:37:27,360
and we can make adjustments
if necessary.

674
00:37:27,360 --> 00:37:30,460
Let's go see
what's up with Chris here.

675
00:37:30,460 --> 00:37:33,690
[narrator] Schnabel claim
foreman Mitch Blaschke

676
00:37:33,700 --> 00:37:37,060
has battled breakdowns,
plant shutdowns,

677
00:37:37,060 --> 00:37:39,960
and operator errors all day.

678
00:37:40,660 --> 00:37:43,560
Now, after a cleanup
at Rocksand,

679
00:37:43,560 --> 00:37:48,260
it's time to see
if he succeeded
in keeping the gold coming in.

680
00:37:49,660 --> 00:37:51,090
[Mitch] So, right now,
we're down here
at the gold room.

681
00:37:51,100 --> 00:37:53,560
Now, we have the old gold room
that we had

682
00:37:53,560 --> 00:37:55,560
when we were mining
down on Tony's ground,

683
00:37:55,560 --> 00:37:57,490
and we also have
the gold room here

684
00:37:57,500 --> 00:38:00,060
that was on the property
when Parker bought Dominion.

685
00:38:00,060 --> 00:38:02,760
Now, Chris has
so much going on
and so many processes,

686
00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:05,700
he actually uses
both of these buildings
to get this gold cleaned.

687
00:38:07,460 --> 00:38:08,560
Chris!

688
00:38:08,560 --> 00:38:10,060
[Chris] Hey, Mitchell!

689
00:38:10,060 --> 00:38:12,200
[dramatic instrumental music]

690
00:38:16,060 --> 00:38:19,360
So, we're in
the original gold room
here of Dominion.

691
00:38:19,360 --> 00:38:21,990
And, you know,
Chris has totally revamped
all this.

692
00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:23,290
He's brought in our stuff.

693
00:38:23,300 --> 00:38:26,090
This is a trommel that's made
by the same company

694
00:38:26,100 --> 00:38:29,660
that made Rocksand
and made Slucifer.

695
00:38:29,660 --> 00:38:32,990
This machine here
was built by MSI.

696
00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:36,190
So, this is Freddy Dodge,
going way back
to the Hoffmans,

697
00:38:36,200 --> 00:38:38,260
is where this all
started from.

698
00:38:38,260 --> 00:38:41,060
So, you know, Chris uses
different processes,

699
00:38:41,060 --> 00:38:42,660
depending on how the gold is.

700
00:38:42,660 --> 00:38:45,660
But right now, we're washing
everything out of the tank.

701
00:38:45,660 --> 00:38:47,360
This is right
from the wash plant

702
00:38:47,360 --> 00:38:49,260
into the clean up
trommel here.

703
00:38:49,260 --> 00:38:52,690
And this is gonna get
the gold concentrated
for him here pretty quickly

704
00:38:52,700 --> 00:38:55,060
From there,
he just keeps refining it.

705
00:38:55,060 --> 00:38:57,490
Depending on how
the gold looks,
what type it is,

706
00:38:57,500 --> 00:39:01,060
might send it through this,
it might go right over
to the next gold room.

707
00:39:01,060 --> 00:39:02,960
But Chris has
an awesome system here.

708
00:39:02,960 --> 00:39:04,560
He's perfected it
over the years,

709
00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:07,960
and certainly knows
how to get that gold clean.

710
00:39:07,960 --> 00:39:10,560
[upbeat instrumental music]

711
00:39:13,460 --> 00:39:15,060
Any gold in it?

712
00:39:20,360 --> 00:39:21,860
[Chris] Looks like a good one.

713
00:39:22,860 --> 00:39:23,760
Yeah.

714
00:39:24,660 --> 00:39:27,260
If I let it run like this,

715
00:39:27,260 --> 00:39:29,260
do you see where
it's starting to expose itself

716
00:39:29,260 --> 00:39:31,100
-on the sides now?
-[Mitch] Oh, yeah.

717
00:39:32,460 --> 00:39:35,360
So, we're seeing gold
all throughout
this material here,

718
00:39:35,360 --> 00:39:36,730
not just sitting on top.

719
00:39:36,730 --> 00:39:40,860
But, as Chris
is washing it down, you know,
we're seeing that gold

720
00:39:40,860 --> 00:39:44,460
working its way down
into the cleanup trommel.

721
00:39:44,460 --> 00:39:46,390
That's what it's all about.
This is what we're here to do.

722
00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:48,790
All the work, all the dirt
that gets moved,

723
00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:50,590
all the hours
of the wash plant running,

724
00:39:50,600 --> 00:39:54,260
it all is about, you know,
what is inside this tote
right here.

725
00:39:54,260 --> 00:39:57,360
-[Chris] Lots of gold in it.
-[Mitch] Yup. All right

726
00:39:57,360 --> 00:39:59,100
Cool, man. Have a good one.

727
00:40:00,860 --> 00:40:04,990
[narrator] With gold
in the box, it's time
to celebrate,

728
00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:06,660
Yukon style.

729
00:40:06,660 --> 00:40:08,360
[Mitch] Well, about time
to go have some fun?

730
00:40:08,360 --> 00:40:09,290
[Taylor] Yeah,
what are we doing?

731
00:40:09,300 --> 00:40:10,360
[Mitch] You got
the paintball gun?

732
00:40:10,360 --> 00:40:11,860
Yeah, we got
the paintball guns!

733
00:40:11,860 --> 00:40:15,460
-Bust 'em out.
-Just got a fresh batch
of balls. So, yeah...

734
00:40:15,460 --> 00:40:17,560
[all laughing]

735
00:40:17,560 --> 00:40:22,260
We always keep our balls fresh
here in the yard, and today
is no different.

736
00:40:22,260 --> 00:40:24,590
The guys up here
like having a little bit
of fun at the end of the day

737
00:40:24,600 --> 00:40:27,060
with a little
paintball action.

738
00:40:27,060 --> 00:40:30,760
Any moving targets are good.
Anyone in high vis
is a target.

739
00:40:30,760 --> 00:40:32,060
Just kidding.

740
00:40:32,060 --> 00:40:34,200
-Yeah, we're gonna hit
the hob, eh?
-[Tyler] Go for it.

741
00:40:35,160 --> 00:40:36,560
[Taylor] Oh, yeah.

742
00:40:36,560 --> 00:40:39,460
So, when you come down
to the yard and you notice
that there's, like,

743
00:40:39,460 --> 00:40:42,090
all these splotches
on the equipment
or the trailers,

744
00:40:42,100 --> 00:40:46,390
that's the mechanics
taking out a little aggression
at the end of the day.

745
00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:47,830
Have a go, Mitch.

746
00:40:47,830 --> 00:40:49,860
-So, shoot for the hub
on the right one?
-[Taylor] Yeah. Shoot the hub.

747
00:40:49,860 --> 00:40:50,960
All right.

748
00:40:51,460 --> 00:40:52,660
-Oi!
-[Tyler] Oh, yeah.

749
00:40:52,660 --> 00:40:54,090
-There you go.
-[Tyler] Guy's a natural.

750
00:40:54,100 --> 00:40:55,860
I'm gonna hit the right tire.

751
00:40:55,860 --> 00:40:57,160
-[gun rattles]
-Oh!

752
00:40:57,160 --> 00:40:59,060
-[Mitch] Oh, no!
-Oh, what a buzzkill!

753
00:40:59,060 --> 00:41:00,990
-I'm out of CO2.
-[Mitch laughing]

754
00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:04,100
[sweeping instrumental music]

755
00:41:06,560 --> 00:41:10,100
You know, and that wraps up
a day on the mine site here.

756
00:41:11,560 --> 00:41:14,360
You know, it takes everybody
we've got on this team

757
00:41:14,360 --> 00:41:15,790
to move the amount of dirt
that we do in a season

758
00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:18,460
and get the gold
that we've got
by the end of the year.

759
00:41:18,460 --> 00:41:22,860
So, next, we're gonna go
grab some dinner,
take a shower, go to bed.

760
00:41:22,860 --> 00:41:25,790
Wake up
and do it all over again.

761
00:41:25,800 --> 00:41:27,860
[sweeping instrumental music]

761
00:41:28,305 --> 00:42:28,230
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