"Gold Rush" The $6 Million Cut

1 00:00:01,730 --> 00:00:03,700 on this gold rush... 2 00:00:03,730 --> 00:00:04,870 It's a brutal time, 3 00:00:04,900 --> 00:00:08,400 Like, plants breaking down and conveyor belts icing up. 4 00:00:09,570 --> 00:00:11,570 This is just getting out of control. 5 00:00:11,610 --> 00:00:15,180 the schnabel crew battles to keep the wheels turning 6 00:00:15,210 --> 00:00:16,910 On parker's operation. 7 00:00:16,950 --> 00:00:17,850 It just adds up. 8 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:19,980 There's always more problems going on 9 00:00:20,020 --> 00:00:21,950 And not enough people to do 'em. 10 00:00:22,990 --> 00:00:24,350 Right now, the valve came off. 11 00:00:24,390 --> 00:00:27,620 fred lewis calls in a favor from an old buddy. 12 00:00:27,660 --> 00:00:29,190 Well, if that was happening in our mine site, 13 00:00:29,230 --> 00:00:30,960 Parker would come out and not be happy. 14 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:33,330 Now he knows our struggles. 15 00:00:37,970 --> 00:00:40,930 and tony beets pushes his luck. 16 00:00:42,940 --> 00:00:44,340 you've got to be kidding. 17 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:52,074 18 00:00:57,150 --> 00:00:59,620 We're just coming towards, you know, the end. 19 00:00:59,660 --> 00:01:02,920 And it's a brutal time, like, plants breaking down 20 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:04,690 And conveyor belts icing up 21 00:01:04,730 --> 00:01:06,360 And sluice run's icing up 22 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:07,460 And people are tired. 23 00:01:08,500 --> 00:01:10,830 26-year-old parker schnabel 24 00:01:10,870 --> 00:01:13,630 Is making up for lost time. 25 00:01:13,700 --> 00:01:16,570 After the pandemic delayed the start of the season, 26 00:01:16,610 --> 00:01:20,710 He's fought back hard to be in sight of a record gold haul, 27 00:01:20,740 --> 00:01:24,210 But winter could hit at any time. 28 00:01:24,250 --> 00:01:27,380 you know, with mitch leaving, we're pretty short staffed. 29 00:01:27,420 --> 00:01:28,780 It's very hard to find people 30 00:01:28,820 --> 00:01:31,090 Whose judgment you trust 31 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:32,850 Because not everybody gets it right. 32 00:01:33,820 --> 00:01:35,190 I'm like, "oh, , 33 00:01:35,220 --> 00:01:36,220 I got to wake up 34 00:01:36,260 --> 00:01:37,960 And probably go to work." 35 00:01:44,570 --> 00:01:48,770 parker is racing to finish a 26 acre cut at the airstrip. 36 00:01:50,370 --> 00:01:54,070 He's got three acres of stripped ground left to sluice. 37 00:01:54,810 --> 00:01:56,140 Short on crew, 38 00:01:56,180 --> 00:01:59,750 Parker is working in the cut to help get them over the line. 39 00:01:59,780 --> 00:02:03,420 this time of year, a lot of falls on the mechanic's shoulders. 40 00:02:03,450 --> 00:02:05,320 And with mitch gone, 41 00:02:05,350 --> 00:02:08,590 Shane's effectively holding this place together. 42 00:02:08,620 --> 00:02:10,360 we're nearing the end of the season, 43 00:02:10,390 --> 00:02:12,490 It's almost done, it's been a long one. 44 00:02:13,060 --> 00:02:14,130 We've had belt breaks, 45 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:16,960 We've had hoppers down, bearings go. 46 00:02:17,730 --> 00:02:18,930 It never stops. 47 00:02:20,100 --> 00:02:21,670 in the 250 loader, 48 00:02:21,700 --> 00:02:24,100 Greenhorn operator tatiana costa, 49 00:02:24,140 --> 00:02:25,570 Feeds big red. 50 00:02:25,610 --> 00:02:27,810 So, this year's my first year mining. 51 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:29,340 It's my first year, 52 00:02:29,380 --> 00:02:31,980 Uh, operating heavy machinery, 53 00:02:32,010 --> 00:02:34,350 So it's all very new and fresh for me. 54 00:02:34,380 --> 00:02:37,020 It's... You know, it's been a lot of months, 55 00:02:37,050 --> 00:02:38,950 Working a lot of hours every day, 56 00:02:38,990 --> 00:02:42,190 So it's... Everyone is starting to definitely getting tired. 57 00:02:45,690 --> 00:02:46,730 you know, we do need 58 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:48,400 A record breaking year this year. 59 00:02:48,430 --> 00:02:50,900 Um, parker's in search of new ground in alaska. 60 00:02:53,300 --> 00:02:55,000 And, uh, you know, 61 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:57,500 We've been chewing through so much the last few years 62 00:02:57,540 --> 00:02:59,510 That we're gonna run out sooner than later. 63 00:02:59,540 --> 00:03:03,180 So, he needs to get something in place asap, 64 00:03:03,210 --> 00:03:05,280 So we have a future in mining. 65 00:03:17,930 --> 00:03:19,560 what's wrong with his loader now? It's... 66 00:03:23,470 --> 00:03:24,330 Hey, guys. 67 00:03:24,370 --> 00:03:26,070 Brennan, um, 68 00:03:26,100 --> 00:03:27,900 I don't know if you could hear me, 69 00:03:27,940 --> 00:03:30,270 But this loader's down, so I'm gonna need your help. 70 00:03:30,310 --> 00:03:31,710 frustrating. 71 00:03:31,740 --> 00:03:33,940 I don't think we have any more spare loaders here. 72 00:03:34,810 --> 00:03:35,910 I don't know the severity of it, 73 00:03:35,950 --> 00:03:37,780 But I hope it's an easy fix, man, 74 00:03:37,810 --> 00:03:40,250 'cause this is just getting out of control. 75 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:41,820 We'll just have to get shane to look at that. 76 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:52,190 They just lost another loader. It's the last one we got. 77 00:03:52,230 --> 00:03:53,960 It's the only thing running big red right now 78 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:56,630 And if it's not running, we're not bringing in any gold. 79 00:03:56,670 --> 00:03:58,470 I got to shut this down, 80 00:03:58,500 --> 00:04:00,700 Go back to the yard and fix the loader. 81 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:08,210 It never ends. 82 00:04:11,010 --> 00:04:13,380 every hour big red is down, 83 00:04:13,420 --> 00:04:17,650 The crew loses almost $4,000 in lost gold. 84 00:04:17,690 --> 00:04:19,320 We got this loader down, 85 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:21,260 But we gotta get it up as soon as possible. 86 00:04:23,060 --> 00:04:24,390 We got a cracked fitting. 87 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:28,060 One more ball, I think we'll have her. 88 00:04:34,570 --> 00:04:36,440 A little tiny split right there, 89 00:04:36,470 --> 00:04:39,140 But you can see a stress line all the way across, 90 00:04:39,170 --> 00:04:41,540 But it's just starting to leak, like, right there. 91 00:04:43,410 --> 00:04:45,210 this late in the season, 92 00:04:45,250 --> 00:04:49,380 The team has no spare elbow joints for the hydraulic hose, 93 00:04:49,420 --> 00:04:51,850 So shane improvises. 94 00:04:51,890 --> 00:04:53,690 so, I'll probably have to weld 95 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:56,260 A few beads across here to seal it up, 96 00:04:56,290 --> 00:04:57,520 And hopefully it'll work. 97 00:05:09,910 --> 00:05:11,640 Well, we're gonna put the pressure to it now 98 00:05:11,670 --> 00:05:13,570 And make sure it's not leaking. 99 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:17,610 Send her back to work, wash some rocks. 100 00:05:17,650 --> 00:05:21,010 shane's bush fix will need to withstand 101 00:05:21,050 --> 00:05:24,220 7,000 pounds of hydraulic pressure. 102 00:05:27,490 --> 00:05:28,660 yeah, fire it up. 103 00:05:28,690 --> 00:05:30,820 -yes! 104 00:05:30,860 --> 00:05:32,260 It's leaking. 105 00:05:32,290 --> 00:05:34,160 still leaking? 106 00:05:36,100 --> 00:05:38,230 Yeah, it's not ideal situation 107 00:05:38,270 --> 00:05:40,900 'cause you can't see the crack, so... 108 00:05:40,940 --> 00:05:42,940 We got to pull it out and give it again. 109 00:05:44,840 --> 00:05:46,910 Shane, man, you got a copy? Shane? 110 00:05:47,780 --> 00:05:49,480 What's up, brennan? 111 00:05:49,510 --> 00:05:51,750 Hey, buddy, what's the status on that loader there, man? 112 00:05:51,780 --> 00:05:53,410 We got to try and get back sluicin'. 113 00:05:53,450 --> 00:05:54,780 Uh, is it a quick fix, 114 00:05:54,820 --> 00:05:56,380 Or what'd you figure? 115 00:05:56,420 --> 00:05:57,620 Eh, we're having a bit of grief. 116 00:05:57,650 --> 00:05:59,850 We can't get this leak sorted out. 117 00:05:59,890 --> 00:06:01,250 It's a split in the pipe, 118 00:06:01,290 --> 00:06:04,520 But we got to pull it out again and try another time. 119 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:07,530 And hopefully it'll work 'cause no one in town's gonna have these fittings. 120 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:08,760 No way. 121 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:11,100 Okay, well... 122 00:06:11,130 --> 00:06:12,430 When it rains, it pours, eh? 123 00:06:15,540 --> 00:06:16,700 With mitch being gone, 124 00:06:16,740 --> 00:06:18,610 I don't know if we need to try and find another mechanic 125 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:20,240 For the rest of this season or what. 126 00:06:20,280 --> 00:06:22,610 Because we can't rely on shane for everything. 127 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:25,710 Poor guy is so burnt out, it's not even funny. 128 00:06:26,980 --> 00:06:29,850 you know, mitch gone now, 129 00:06:29,890 --> 00:06:31,790 It's kind of all on my plate. 130 00:06:31,820 --> 00:06:33,520 He had to go, he has no choice, 131 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:35,260 But it just adds up. 132 00:06:35,290 --> 00:06:37,090 There's always more problems going on 133 00:06:37,130 --> 00:06:39,190 And not enough people to do 'em. 134 00:06:39,860 --> 00:06:42,130 It just kind of wears on me. 135 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:43,160 I don't mind doing it, 136 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:45,570 But sometimes it gets pretty old pretty fast. 137 00:06:46,300 --> 00:06:47,500 And that's the truth. 138 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:50,540 Definitely can't afford this much downtime 139 00:06:50,570 --> 00:06:52,010 This time of the year. 140 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:53,310 We got lots to do. 141 00:06:54,580 --> 00:06:56,480 And to be spending this much time on a hose, 142 00:06:56,510 --> 00:06:58,210 Kind of wasting everyone's time. 143 00:07:05,050 --> 00:07:06,490 so far, so good. 144 00:07:08,690 --> 00:07:09,860 I love that sound. 145 00:07:09,890 --> 00:07:11,360 I think we got it fixed. 146 00:07:12,590 --> 00:07:14,030 yeah, she's looking good. 147 00:07:16,100 --> 00:07:17,600 It's been pretty busy, 148 00:07:17,630 --> 00:07:20,770 It's kind of comfortable to sit back in the seat here and just pull levers. 149 00:07:21,940 --> 00:07:23,170 We all good, buddy? 150 00:07:24,210 --> 00:07:25,210 Nice. 151 00:07:26,940 --> 00:07:28,740 put this thing back to work, 152 00:07:28,780 --> 00:07:30,280 Get big red up and running, 153 00:07:31,210 --> 00:07:32,380 And carry on with our day. 154 00:07:32,410 --> 00:07:33,450 Nice. 155 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:35,220 Good job, taylor. 156 00:07:36,690 --> 00:07:38,790 the four hours of downtime 157 00:07:38,820 --> 00:07:42,490 Has cost $15,000 in lost gold. 158 00:07:43,890 --> 00:07:45,290 Well, now we're sluicin'. 159 00:07:48,730 --> 00:07:51,130 oh, it's so nice to have the loader back. 160 00:07:51,170 --> 00:07:53,300 Uh, it's been almost half a shift. 161 00:07:53,340 --> 00:07:54,630 So, um, 162 00:07:54,670 --> 00:07:57,070 I'm looking forward to get 'em sluicing 163 00:07:57,110 --> 00:07:59,040 And put some gold in the bag. 164 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:23,960 with just weeks left before the yukon winter puts a freeze 165 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:26,300 On mining in paradise hill, 166 00:08:26,340 --> 00:08:28,570 King of the klondike tony beets 167 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:33,440 Is still 700 ounces short of his 3,000-ounce season gold. 168 00:08:47,690 --> 00:08:51,460 over two seasons, the 18 acre mega cut 169 00:08:51,490 --> 00:08:57,330 Has produced nearly 4,000 ounces of gold worth over $6 million. 170 00:08:59,570 --> 00:09:03,970 But now, there's just 35,000 yards of pay left 171 00:09:04,010 --> 00:09:06,070 In the last corner of the cut. 172 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:14,210 There's still five grand here, 173 00:09:14,250 --> 00:09:17,550 So we're really doing all we can. 174 00:09:17,590 --> 00:09:20,720 All hands on deck to, uh, get it out 175 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:22,490 So we can get pay to the plant 176 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:25,330 And get that trommel going and keep it sluicing. 177 00:10:18,250 --> 00:10:21,250 from digging out the last section of his mega cut, 178 00:10:21,280 --> 00:10:23,050 Before the end of this season, 179 00:10:23,090 --> 00:10:26,850 Tony beets has taken one scoop too many, 180 00:10:26,890 --> 00:10:29,820 Punching a hole in the wall between the cut 181 00:10:29,860 --> 00:10:32,560 And a two-million gallon tailings pond. 182 00:10:44,970 --> 00:10:46,010 Oh, no. 183 00:10:47,340 --> 00:10:48,480 Holy . 184 00:10:52,610 --> 00:10:54,010 you've got to be kidding me. 185 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:06,230 no, I would be pumping the whole time. 186 00:11:07,330 --> 00:11:08,930 that ain't gonna stop for a while. 187 00:11:09,970 --> 00:11:11,130 So, if we're done in the mega cut, 188 00:11:11,170 --> 00:11:13,370 Where are we gonna get pay for the rest of the season? 189 00:12:00,950 --> 00:12:04,480 tony's accidentally flooded his mega cut. 190 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:08,220 He has just three days of pay dirt stockpile. 191 00:12:08,260 --> 00:12:12,790 He needs to find new ground fast to keep gold coming in. 192 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:44,460 tony is banking on an area of virgin ground 193 00:12:44,490 --> 00:12:49,330 Between the mega cut and an old cut he knows had good gold. 194 00:13:13,790 --> 00:13:15,720 good girl. 195 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:18,560 It's getting so cold, shoeshine doesn't wanna go outside. 196 00:13:20,230 --> 00:13:22,100 I don't know how much longer we're gonna get, 197 00:13:22,130 --> 00:13:23,730 But it's getting cold fast. 198 00:13:23,770 --> 00:13:24,700 We're in the mood right now, 199 00:13:24,730 --> 00:13:25,730 Trying to scramble and salvage 200 00:13:25,770 --> 00:13:27,870 As much as we can from the season. 201 00:13:27,900 --> 00:13:30,270 with the end of the season closing in, 202 00:13:30,310 --> 00:13:33,510 Fred lewis and his crew of combat veterans, 203 00:13:33,540 --> 00:13:37,010 Have mined less than three ounces of gold, 204 00:13:37,050 --> 00:13:40,050 Not even enough to cover fred's expenses. 205 00:13:41,620 --> 00:13:44,650 But two weeks ago, fred found a hidden spot 206 00:13:44,690 --> 00:13:46,450 Under the old mayor's house, 207 00:13:46,490 --> 00:13:48,920 Which they hope will pay out big. 208 00:13:49,930 --> 00:13:51,690 We don't have a lot of time to make mistakes. 209 00:13:51,730 --> 00:13:54,160 We're gonna basically capitalize on every minute we have. 210 00:13:56,030 --> 00:13:57,460 Mitch from parker's claim, 211 00:13:57,500 --> 00:14:00,170 Um, he had to basically come and scramble back 212 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:01,970 To his house in oregon 213 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:03,200 Because of forest fires, 214 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:05,310 And now those have settled and he's free. 215 00:14:05,340 --> 00:14:07,470 So, instead of going back up to the border, 216 00:14:07,510 --> 00:14:09,080 He's gonna come and give us a hand. 217 00:14:11,110 --> 00:14:13,110 Right now, I'm just on my way over 218 00:14:13,150 --> 00:14:15,110 To see fred over in eastern oregon. 219 00:14:15,150 --> 00:14:18,050 Sounds like they've had a really rough start of the year here. 220 00:14:18,090 --> 00:14:21,420 parker's mechanic and co-foreman, mitch blaschke, 221 00:14:21,460 --> 00:14:24,620 Has been mining gold for nearly a decade. 222 00:14:24,660 --> 00:14:26,130 He and fred worked together 223 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:28,660 At parker's claim last season. 224 00:14:28,700 --> 00:14:30,760 Now, fred's called in a favor 225 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:34,400 And asked mitch to come fine-tune his operation 226 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:36,170 And help save his season. 227 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:37,800 you know, the thing with mining is, 228 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:41,540 There's a lot more guys that go broke than guys that make it. 229 00:14:41,580 --> 00:14:43,780 It's pretty late in the season to be trying to turn things around, 230 00:14:43,810 --> 00:14:45,610 But I'm gonna go try and help him out the best I can 231 00:14:45,650 --> 00:14:47,380 And just get some machines fixed 232 00:14:47,420 --> 00:14:48,980 And to make us some money. 233 00:14:50,820 --> 00:14:53,620 Well, looks like we're just getting up to the mine site here. 234 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:01,030 Let's go check this out. 235 00:15:04,830 --> 00:15:06,330 -What's happening? -What's happening? 236 00:15:06,370 --> 00:15:07,930 -How you doing, man? -Long time. 237 00:15:07,970 --> 00:15:09,240 I'm glad you're here. 238 00:15:09,270 --> 00:15:10,770 You picked a cold day to come. 239 00:15:10,810 --> 00:15:12,240 -How's it going? Mitch. -This is kendell. 240 00:15:12,270 --> 00:15:13,340 -Kendell. -Nice to meet you. 241 00:15:13,380 --> 00:15:14,210 Nice to meet you, too, man. 242 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:15,440 See what this thing's all about. 243 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:16,610 It's a challenge. 244 00:15:17,710 --> 00:15:20,010 the lewis crew is working flat out 245 00:15:20,050 --> 00:15:22,550 After a run of poor gold weighs. 246 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:27,820 You have mitch here watching us right now. 247 00:15:27,860 --> 00:15:30,490 And, uh, it's kind of good to have him here, 248 00:15:30,530 --> 00:15:31,930 You know, he's a part of parker's team, 249 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:34,690 Those guys are usually successful. 250 00:15:34,730 --> 00:15:37,160 loader operator kyle pletzke 251 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:42,140 Drops pay from the mayor's cut through the grizzly bars to remove large boulders... 252 00:15:42,170 --> 00:15:44,170 It'd be interesting to see what he has to say 253 00:15:44,210 --> 00:15:46,970 About the way our operation's set up. 254 00:15:47,010 --> 00:15:49,340 ...Then alex voight 255 00:15:49,380 --> 00:15:52,850 Feeds the pay through wash plant colonel nugget. 256 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:54,880 I've got plenty of pay, 257 00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:56,650 It seems to be going really good today. 258 00:15:56,690 --> 00:15:58,890 Hopefully, it keeps this way for the rest of the season. 259 00:16:18,810 --> 00:16:20,370 Hey, fred. Fred. 260 00:16:20,410 --> 00:16:22,380 You know, I've been talking about the grizzly bars, 261 00:16:22,410 --> 00:16:24,180 They just frickin' snapped. 262 00:16:24,210 --> 00:16:25,810 Oh, . We're coming. 263 00:16:25,850 --> 00:16:27,480 What do you mean by "snapped"? 264 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:29,750 we got huge rocks that have fallen through. 265 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:33,520 That's ! 266 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:35,660 Definitely what we don't want. 267 00:16:35,690 --> 00:16:37,360 There's no way we can, uh, keep moving pay 268 00:16:37,390 --> 00:16:38,760 With this screwed up like this. 269 00:16:38,790 --> 00:16:40,830 Dude, we've got to get it fixed. 270 00:16:40,860 --> 00:16:44,030 if the rocks aren't sifted out from the pay dirt, 271 00:16:44,070 --> 00:16:48,070 The team runs the risk of destroying the wash plant. 272 00:16:48,100 --> 00:16:50,740 Do you think you could fix something like this? 273 00:16:50,770 --> 00:16:52,040 it's gonna take some time. 274 00:16:52,070 --> 00:16:54,010 I mean, it's not like we're just gonna fix those two bars, 275 00:16:54,040 --> 00:16:55,110 You look at all the rest of it. 276 00:16:55,140 --> 00:16:56,610 Otherwise, the next scoop you put in here, 277 00:16:56,640 --> 00:16:59,310 We're gonna be right in the same spot, right? 278 00:16:59,350 --> 00:17:01,780 The biggest thing, you gotta be able to keep running. 279 00:17:02,980 --> 00:17:04,280 I'll get my truck over here 280 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:07,490 And we'll just start welding and cutting and see what we got. 281 00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:09,720 Good thing mitch is here because we don't have the ability 282 00:17:09,760 --> 00:17:11,490 To weld something like this yet. 283 00:17:11,530 --> 00:17:14,590 Uh, it'll give kyle another chance to get a lesson on a welder, 284 00:17:14,630 --> 00:17:18,100 And give mitch a chance to help us out, which is awesome. 285 00:17:18,130 --> 00:17:20,900 It's a really good timing, but at the same time, it sucks. 286 00:17:20,940 --> 00:17:22,370 Things just keep breaking. 287 00:17:27,380 --> 00:17:29,440 Mitch has got the real tools and the real experience, 288 00:17:29,480 --> 00:17:31,210 And I'm gonna just ask questions, 289 00:17:31,250 --> 00:17:32,350 And that way, when he's gone, 290 00:17:32,380 --> 00:17:34,010 Hopefully I can kind of take over 291 00:17:34,050 --> 00:17:35,280 And know what to do for next time. 292 00:17:36,550 --> 00:17:38,420 One thing that we're gonna do here real quick 293 00:17:38,450 --> 00:17:40,290 -Is pre-heat these a little bit. -Okay. 294 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:42,460 You put just a little bit of temperature in there. 295 00:17:42,490 --> 00:17:44,620 It's gonna let it cool down a little bit slower. 296 00:17:44,660 --> 00:17:46,830 It'll just help keep it from cracking up. 297 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:53,970 This stuff's nasty, but you'll melt through it. 298 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:56,200 Just leave it back and forth. 299 00:17:56,240 --> 00:17:57,840 All right, buddy, give it a try. 300 00:18:01,310 --> 00:18:03,010 That all look pretty good, buddy. 301 00:18:10,190 --> 00:18:12,150 -Good evening, boss. -You guys did great work. 302 00:18:12,950 --> 00:18:13,990 This is fantastic. 303 00:18:14,020 --> 00:18:15,590 Better than when we got it. 304 00:18:15,620 --> 00:18:16,920 Three and four sit here, see? 305 00:18:17,560 --> 00:18:18,990 We've re-welded the center 306 00:18:19,030 --> 00:18:21,190 And re-welded everything down here. 307 00:18:21,230 --> 00:18:22,960 It was all completely re-welded. 308 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:24,460 So, we're gonna get all the way 309 00:18:24,500 --> 00:18:25,930 Through the rest of the season no problem. 310 00:18:25,970 --> 00:18:28,970 Well, it's, uh, guaranteed till the next time it breaks, 311 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:30,770 -But... -I'm impressed. 312 00:18:30,810 --> 00:18:32,810 -I want to test it out. -You want to test it out? 313 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:34,070 Gotta do it. Find the gold. 314 00:18:34,110 --> 00:18:35,270 All righty. Thanks, mitch. 315 00:18:35,310 --> 00:18:36,240 -Whoo! -Yeah, no problem. 316 00:18:40,820 --> 00:18:42,050 Oh, yeah, that looks really good. 317 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:45,280 Nothing's moving around, everything looks nice and tight. 318 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:47,020 we just got the grizzly up and running. 319 00:18:47,060 --> 00:18:50,060 Now we can get pay from the mayor's cut up to the grizzly 320 00:18:50,090 --> 00:18:51,490 And keep feeding the plant. 321 00:18:51,930 --> 00:18:52,830 Perfect. 322 00:18:52,890 --> 00:18:54,860 We're hoping for a good week. 323 00:19:06,040 --> 00:19:07,640 Everything's running right now, 324 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:09,680 So everything is good. 325 00:19:09,710 --> 00:19:12,110 Ah, this time of year, it's so awesome, 326 00:19:12,150 --> 00:19:16,120 Where all the leaves change, and the colors, and the sun rises. 327 00:19:16,150 --> 00:19:17,850 I mean, it's so beautiful up here. 328 00:19:17,890 --> 00:19:20,950 It just, uh... It amazes me sometimes. 329 00:19:20,990 --> 00:19:25,590 on indian river, parker schnabel's chief mechanic, shane smith, 330 00:19:25,630 --> 00:19:28,260 Starts his day at the airstrip cut. 331 00:19:28,300 --> 00:19:31,160 I got the loader fixed. Hopefully it will last the rest of the season. 332 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:34,000 It just seems to be a fight to keep everything running. 333 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:37,800 Mitch is missing, but, uh, 334 00:19:37,840 --> 00:19:39,840 Now it's all the weights on my shoulders. 335 00:19:39,870 --> 00:19:43,040 And, uh, I gotta weld, I gotta fabricate, 336 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:45,010 I gotta monkey-wrench. 337 00:19:45,050 --> 00:19:48,310 I just keep everything going, and we'll get through it. 338 00:19:53,390 --> 00:19:54,620 What's up, dude? 339 00:19:54,660 --> 00:19:56,790 Well, I don't mean to pin any more on you, buddy, 340 00:19:56,820 --> 00:19:59,760 But, uh, we had the pond get sucked dry there at big red. 341 00:19:59,790 --> 00:20:01,330 how the hell did that happen? 342 00:20:01,360 --> 00:20:03,560 Yeah, see, I went and looked over in the river bank, 343 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:05,770 And you can see that the river dropped overnight. 344 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:08,430 We have to shut down big red. 345 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:14,340 We've only dropped two feet of water, 346 00:20:14,380 --> 00:20:15,470 Look at the silt. 347 00:20:15,510 --> 00:20:17,780 - yeah, I know. -It's worked its way in here. 348 00:20:17,810 --> 00:20:19,280 All the tailings have built themselves up. 349 00:20:20,380 --> 00:20:21,710 That's pretty dirty water. 350 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:26,920 See, these part of the runs 351 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:28,550 Normally are fairly clean, 352 00:20:28,590 --> 00:20:30,660 But that one... Thing's gone, 353 00:20:30,690 --> 00:20:33,490 But it's just packed solid with sand and silt. 354 00:20:36,100 --> 00:20:39,330 big red's pond system is filled with clean water 355 00:20:39,370 --> 00:20:40,900 Fed from the indian river. 356 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:47,140 But overnight, the river level dropped and cut off the supply. 357 00:20:47,180 --> 00:20:49,010 As the night shift kept working, 358 00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:53,610 The tailings water silted up the pond. 359 00:20:53,650 --> 00:20:57,180 This dirty water was then pumped back through the plant 360 00:20:58,220 --> 00:21:00,320 And clogged the sluice runs. 361 00:21:04,930 --> 00:21:06,090 What's up, pop? 362 00:21:09,430 --> 00:21:10,660 Uh, yeah. 363 00:21:10,670 --> 00:21:12,800 So I don't know how long they ran last night like this. 364 00:21:12,830 --> 00:21:14,570 chris doumitt is responsible 365 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:17,140 For all the gold clean-ups on the claim. 366 00:21:17,170 --> 00:21:19,110 I don't mean to sound like a pro or anything, 367 00:21:19,140 --> 00:21:20,410 But I don't think those sluice runs 368 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:22,480 Are supposed to look like that. 369 00:21:22,510 --> 00:21:24,480 So, what happens, that gold's gonna hit that, 370 00:21:24,510 --> 00:21:26,380 It's just gonna... It's not gonna stop. 371 00:21:26,410 --> 00:21:27,650 It's going to the next one, next one, 372 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:30,250 And keep on going till it's out at the end of the sluice box. 373 00:21:30,290 --> 00:21:32,690 It just takes, like, a few minutes 374 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:34,650 And these sluice runs 375 00:21:34,690 --> 00:21:36,720 Will load up with that mud and... 376 00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:38,190 Downtime now with gold not coming in, 377 00:21:38,230 --> 00:21:41,030 And how much do you think we could've lost potentially? I don't know. 378 00:21:41,060 --> 00:21:43,100 On a guess, I'd say we probably lost 379 00:21:43,130 --> 00:21:46,530 Somewhere around eight to twelve ounces. 380 00:21:46,570 --> 00:21:48,530 eight to twelve ounces of gold 381 00:21:48,570 --> 00:21:52,510 Is worth $15,000 to $23,000. 382 00:21:52,540 --> 00:21:54,940 We don't wanna go down that road. 383 00:21:58,150 --> 00:21:59,650 There's more to running a plant 384 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:02,050 Than just putting dirt in a hopper, that's for sure. 385 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:04,550 You gotta pay attention to the whole... 386 00:22:04,590 --> 00:22:05,690 The whole system. 387 00:22:20,340 --> 00:22:21,630 For sake. 388 00:22:25,270 --> 00:22:27,070 This is total bull . 389 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:30,640 There's still gold in there, 390 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:32,980 But it's all packed with silt and mud, 391 00:22:33,010 --> 00:22:34,410 It's really tight. 392 00:22:34,450 --> 00:22:35,780 We're gonna have to wash it in good 393 00:22:35,820 --> 00:22:37,420 When we first start it up. 394 00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:45,320 I want you guys to sort this out yourselves. 395 00:22:45,360 --> 00:22:46,560 With big red shut down, 396 00:22:46,590 --> 00:22:49,260 We got to make sure that sluicifer stays running. 397 00:22:55,500 --> 00:22:57,600 while doumitt cleans the sluice runs 398 00:22:57,640 --> 00:22:59,510 To recover the night-shift gold, 399 00:23:01,310 --> 00:23:02,840 Shane and brennan need to find 400 00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:06,780 A new source of clean water to run to the plant. 401 00:23:06,810 --> 00:23:08,850 what do you think, if we suck out of sluicifer's pond, 402 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:10,950 It's a little bit closer? 403 00:23:10,990 --> 00:23:13,090 We might make it with that pipeline. 404 00:23:13,120 --> 00:23:15,860 -Yeah. -That's something we could do. 405 00:23:15,890 --> 00:23:16,860 It'll save us a lot of time. 406 00:23:16,890 --> 00:23:18,760 We can get up and flush everything out 407 00:23:18,790 --> 00:23:20,390 And get going again. 408 00:23:20,430 --> 00:23:22,260 Yeah, true. Well, I like that idea. 409 00:23:22,300 --> 00:23:24,930 I mean, that's your best, quickest option to get back to work. 410 00:23:24,970 --> 00:23:26,530 So, I mean, we might as well just go for it. 411 00:23:26,570 --> 00:23:27,930 -Give it a whirl. -Yeah. 412 00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:33,940 shane's plan is to move big red's pump 413 00:23:34,010 --> 00:23:39,780 Over to sluicifer's still-clean pond 360 yards further upstream. 414 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:47,720 Well, we gotta get this plant up and running. 415 00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:49,990 It's costing way too much money to be down. 416 00:23:58,670 --> 00:23:59,670 We got it. 417 00:24:02,270 --> 00:24:03,670 Crank it up. 418 00:24:07,710 --> 00:24:09,710 There we go. finally. 419 00:24:09,740 --> 00:24:11,640 after seven-hours downtime, 420 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:15,920 Costing over $13,000 in lost gold, 421 00:24:15,950 --> 00:24:17,950 Shane fires up the plant. 422 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:20,350 Well, now we're sluicin'. 423 00:24:22,290 --> 00:24:23,720 Oh, shane... 424 00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:25,560 Thanks again for all your hard work, buddy. 425 00:24:26,290 --> 00:24:27,430 no worries, man. 426 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:31,060 Yeah, it's been pretty tough. 427 00:24:31,100 --> 00:24:34,570 You're trying to do so much in such a short time. 428 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:37,870 It's just been one thing after another, just like, "go, go, go." 429 00:24:38,740 --> 00:24:40,870 And, uh, I am ready for some sleep. 430 00:24:58,130 --> 00:25:01,990 after flooding the last of the pay in the mega cut, 431 00:25:02,030 --> 00:25:06,930 Tony's gambling on a new piece of ground to reach his season goal. 432 00:25:06,970 --> 00:25:10,940 He's put youngest son mike in charge of opening this new cut: 433 00:25:10,970 --> 00:25:12,240 The upper cut. 434 00:25:17,810 --> 00:25:18,680 Okay. 435 00:25:21,220 --> 00:25:22,080 Yeah. 436 00:25:43,740 --> 00:25:47,510 tony needs to get down to pay dirt in the upper cut. 437 00:25:47,540 --> 00:25:51,480 Before his current stockpile runs out in just two days, 438 00:25:51,510 --> 00:25:53,580 Mike's assembled a whole fleet 439 00:25:53,610 --> 00:25:59,590 To move more than half a million yards of overburden in record time. 440 00:25:59,620 --> 00:26:02,790 the idea is to clear off a whole section down to pay. 441 00:26:02,820 --> 00:26:04,520 It's a pain in the ass to deal with. 442 00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:07,390 When it rains, it's almost impossible to deal with. 443 00:26:07,430 --> 00:26:09,830 And unfortunately, it rained just before we were gonna be dealing with him. 444 00:26:12,230 --> 00:26:14,770 they tore apart half this hillside. 445 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:16,640 We ended up... It was so squishy. 446 00:26:17,670 --> 00:26:19,000 Big mess. 447 00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:25,710 here's the soupy mess. 448 00:26:25,750 --> 00:26:27,910 If it just stopped raining, maybe we could actually 449 00:26:27,950 --> 00:26:29,520 Get things drying up a little bit. 450 00:26:30,380 --> 00:26:31,750 It's like a skating rink. 451 00:26:31,790 --> 00:26:33,750 It's hard to turn the tire that just slides. 452 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:42,290 Oh, ! 453 00:26:47,340 --> 00:26:48,730 Come on, baby. Come on. 454 00:26:52,970 --> 00:26:54,540 That sucks. 455 00:26:57,910 --> 00:26:59,210 Kevin, you got a copy? 456 00:27:00,180 --> 00:27:01,450 Go for kevin. Go for kevin. 457 00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:02,980 I don't think I'm going anywhere now. 458 00:27:03,020 --> 00:27:04,980 I found another sinkhole here. 459 00:27:05,020 --> 00:27:06,590 We're gonna have to get her to pull us out. 460 00:27:06,620 --> 00:27:07,520 this is not good. 461 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:09,120 I'll come by with a tow to pull you out. 462 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:11,320 Copy that. 463 00:27:26,710 --> 00:27:29,240 Yeah, we know we gotta move it. It's right on the way. 464 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:31,380 We'll get the cable. Hook it up. Pull it out. 465 00:27:31,410 --> 00:27:33,880 Not a problem. 466 00:27:33,910 --> 00:27:36,920 a little before this, I had a hard time getting out of this one hole. 467 00:27:36,950 --> 00:27:39,280 This time here, she sunk a little bit deeper. 468 00:27:42,490 --> 00:27:43,520 Well... 469 00:27:46,590 --> 00:27:47,560 There we go. 470 00:27:51,330 --> 00:27:52,970 You can go ahead, kevin. We're good to go. 471 00:27:53,230 --> 00:27:54,030 Yeah. 472 00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:04,980 Come on. You stubborn 473 00:28:09,150 --> 00:28:10,720 - whoa, whoa, kevin, 474 00:28:10,750 --> 00:28:13,750 I'm about four feet longer than I was about ten seconds ago. 475 00:28:19,830 --> 00:28:21,130 That's not good. 476 00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:22,160 Oh, . 477 00:28:24,330 --> 00:28:25,660 Yeah, that's in two pieces. 478 00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:43,050 It came apart. That's honestly what happened. 479 00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:44,720 Truck got stuck. I tried to pull it out. 480 00:28:44,750 --> 00:28:46,250 Plop! 481 00:28:46,290 --> 00:28:48,990 kevin beets' attempt to rescue a rock truck 482 00:28:49,020 --> 00:28:51,660 At the upper cut has ended in disaster. 483 00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:57,900 I've never seen a rock truck pull apart yet. 484 00:28:57,930 --> 00:28:59,730 I've seen other breaks, I've seen frame breaks, 485 00:28:59,770 --> 00:29:01,870 But I've not seen one pull in two. 486 00:29:01,900 --> 00:29:03,140 That's a new one for me. 487 00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:08,940 Kevin came along and hooked up the cable, as you can see. 488 00:29:08,980 --> 00:29:11,510 And since he gave it a tug, I could tell something went wrong 489 00:29:11,550 --> 00:29:16,150 'cause the front of the truck dropped down and it felt like it got a little bit longer. 490 00:29:16,180 --> 00:29:18,820 And, yeah, as you can see, it's... it did get longer. 491 00:29:21,660 --> 00:29:24,860 kevin uses the d6 to pull the cab clear. 492 00:29:27,090 --> 00:29:30,030 But the body is not designed for towing. 493 00:29:32,300 --> 00:29:35,370 This is just a little, quick little eyelet 494 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:36,840 That I'm gonna weld on the front. 495 00:29:36,870 --> 00:29:38,270 In that way, when we pick it up, 496 00:29:38,310 --> 00:29:41,010 We'll be able to chain the front to the hitch. 497 00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:43,410 Then that way, the ass end will be hanging down on the ground. 498 00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:45,110 That'll save us running around behind it 499 00:29:45,150 --> 00:29:46,850 With a loader or something like that. 500 00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:48,810 Could make things a little simpler. 501 00:29:48,850 --> 00:29:52,650 welder cody hunter must fabricate a towing point 502 00:29:52,690 --> 00:29:56,120 Strong enough for the 16-ton truck body. 503 00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:03,160 customization. 504 00:30:30,860 --> 00:30:31,920 Very nice. 505 00:30:39,370 --> 00:30:42,400 six hours later, they're back stripping. 506 00:31:10,970 --> 00:31:12,630 with the overburden clear, 507 00:31:12,670 --> 00:31:16,240 Tony can finally run in pay from the new upper cut. 508 00:31:21,310 --> 00:31:23,780 hopefully, we can get more 3,000 ounces. 509 00:31:23,810 --> 00:31:26,710 Just shoving through as much as we can. Fingers crossed. 510 00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:38,960 Got some more huff. 511 00:31:39,530 --> 00:31:40,590 New can. 512 00:31:40,630 --> 00:31:41,960 Sometimes they're wore out, 513 00:31:42,030 --> 00:31:44,500 They need a little extra incentive to get going. 514 00:31:44,530 --> 00:31:46,130 at the elkhorn claim, 515 00:31:46,170 --> 00:31:50,870 Parker schnabel's co-foreman and expert mechanic, mitch blaschke, 516 00:31:50,910 --> 00:31:54,370 Is on site to help fred lewis fix broken gear 517 00:31:54,410 --> 00:31:57,610 In the hope of getting big gold out of the mayor's cut, 518 00:31:57,650 --> 00:32:01,150 And saving what's left of his season. 519 00:32:01,180 --> 00:32:04,120 Sometimes you're going through so much starting fluid, 520 00:32:04,150 --> 00:32:06,390 You wonder if it's running of off this or diesel. 521 00:32:10,020 --> 00:32:11,160 Oh, yeah. 522 00:32:13,660 --> 00:32:16,160 -Gotta her up a bit. -Yeah. 523 00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:18,800 both our water ponds here are fed from 524 00:32:18,830 --> 00:32:21,400 -A prior claim owner's hole they had dug. -Yeah. 525 00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:24,040 so we pump up into this pond 526 00:32:24,070 --> 00:32:26,670 And feed these two ponds for running every day. 527 00:32:26,710 --> 00:32:28,010 -Yeah, recirculate. -Yeah. 528 00:32:29,110 --> 00:32:30,310 All right, get ready to fire up. 529 00:32:37,220 --> 00:32:38,550 All right, water's coming. 530 00:32:38,590 --> 00:32:39,690 Fire it up. 531 00:32:43,590 --> 00:32:45,520 Turn it off, lewis! 532 00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:47,260 Whoa, whoa, whoa. 533 00:32:47,290 --> 00:32:48,560 fred, shut it down, bud. 534 00:32:48,630 --> 00:32:50,060 Oh, man! 535 00:32:53,170 --> 00:32:54,530 Gonna shut it down. 536 00:32:57,400 --> 00:32:59,000 What's happenin'? 537 00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:00,410 I think it's just not priming right. 538 00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:04,340 the pump that feeds the plant has lost its prime, 539 00:33:04,380 --> 00:33:07,050 And fred's operation is shut down. 540 00:33:08,650 --> 00:33:10,750 Before they can restart the pump, 541 00:33:10,780 --> 00:33:13,520 They must force water into the system 542 00:33:13,550 --> 00:33:15,720 And flush out any air pockets. 543 00:33:17,620 --> 00:33:20,730 So, what I would do... 544 00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:23,000 You got that two-inch line that's feeding that? 545 00:33:23,030 --> 00:33:25,200 -Mm-hmm. -Stuff on the top of that thing, 546 00:33:25,230 --> 00:33:26,700 Get that thing primed full, 547 00:33:26,730 --> 00:33:29,370 -Least just cork it, and start it up. -Okay. 548 00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:33,670 fred's greenhorns used buckets to fill the system by hand, 549 00:33:33,710 --> 00:33:36,940 But expert mitch knows the most efficient way 550 00:33:36,980 --> 00:33:39,240 Is to use another pump to prime it. 551 00:33:47,050 --> 00:33:49,250 You ready to fire this thing up? 552 00:33:49,290 --> 00:33:50,890 Whoever knows how to start it. 553 00:34:05,470 --> 00:34:07,810 Now we got some water pumping. 554 00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:10,210 They got this pump here feeding up the pond, 555 00:34:10,240 --> 00:34:11,840 You know, you do the fast, quickest thing, right? 556 00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:15,510 Pop that connection loose, take it over there, fill that thing up. 557 00:34:15,550 --> 00:34:16,780 Get it fired up and get to work. 558 00:34:22,690 --> 00:34:25,520 You know, they're getting ten minutes runtime, now we shut down for five. 559 00:34:25,560 --> 00:34:29,060 Starting back up makes it very difficult to get any consistency. 560 00:34:29,100 --> 00:34:32,230 And that's what you want. You wanna get in that rhythm, in that groove, 561 00:34:32,270 --> 00:34:35,000 Put material in, kicking it out the other side, 562 00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:36,540 And get some gold at the end of the day. 563 00:34:38,810 --> 00:34:41,070 with the pump fixed, 564 00:34:41,110 --> 00:34:43,380 Mitch turns his attention to the wash plant, 565 00:34:43,810 --> 00:34:44,940 Colonel nugget. 566 00:34:44,980 --> 00:34:47,650 Right now, I'm just watching the action on the sluices. 567 00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:49,080 Everything looks really nice there. 568 00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:50,850 You watch how the water's flowing down, 569 00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:52,480 You can see the rocks jumping. 570 00:34:52,520 --> 00:34:53,490 That's what you wanna see. 571 00:34:57,590 --> 00:35:01,490 If there's any gold in this, those sluices definitely will be catching it. 572 00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:10,500 oh, my . 573 00:35:13,010 --> 00:35:14,910 hey, stop, stop, stop. 574 00:35:18,510 --> 00:35:22,350 the drive belt for the shaker deck has come off. 575 00:35:22,380 --> 00:35:24,080 You gotta be kidding me. 576 00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:26,280 The belt came off. 577 00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:27,950 Uh, we'll get the belt back on, 578 00:35:27,990 --> 00:35:29,250 We'll get the water flowing again, 579 00:35:29,290 --> 00:35:31,520 And get the plants starting right back up. 580 00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:34,090 we've had the belts come off the shaker deck. 581 00:35:34,130 --> 00:35:35,760 You know, that's just not acceptable. 582 00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:37,000 If that was happening in our mine site, 583 00:35:37,030 --> 00:35:38,830 Parker would come out and not be happy. 584 00:35:39,630 --> 00:35:41,530 And now he knows our struggles. 585 00:35:51,250 --> 00:35:52,240 All right. 586 00:35:58,490 --> 00:36:01,490 as pay builds up in the hopper feeder, 587 00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:04,860 Water is forced over the sides of the wash plant, 588 00:36:04,890 --> 00:36:07,490 And loosens the shaker deck drive belt. 589 00:36:08,560 --> 00:36:10,360 Mitch plans to build a screen 590 00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:12,960 To divert the water away from the belt 591 00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:14,500 And keep the plant running. 592 00:36:22,810 --> 00:36:26,010 We just extended this here with another plate, a piece of angled iron. 593 00:36:26,050 --> 00:36:27,950 And, hopefully now, any material gets on top of this, 594 00:36:27,980 --> 00:36:31,050 It will ride past the belts and fall down out of the way. 595 00:36:31,080 --> 00:36:32,980 It won't be kicking the belts off every time. 596 00:36:41,230 --> 00:36:42,830 It's looking good, buddy. 597 00:36:48,170 --> 00:36:50,670 I have a feeling we're not gonna be changing that belt for a while now. 598 00:36:51,310 --> 00:36:52,470 Let's hope so. 599 00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:01,310 -What's up, dude? -What's happening, my man? 600 00:37:01,350 --> 00:37:02,380 -Hey. -What's up, man? 601 00:37:02,420 --> 00:37:03,980 That was quite a week. 602 00:37:04,020 --> 00:37:05,380 Heck yeah, it was. 603 00:37:05,420 --> 00:37:07,150 Appreciate you guys letting me come out 604 00:37:07,190 --> 00:37:08,790 -And hang out with you for a week. -Thanks for coming. 605 00:37:08,820 --> 00:37:10,890 and, yeah, best of luck to ya. 606 00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:12,220 It's mining, it's never easy. 607 00:37:12,260 --> 00:37:14,190 -Shoo, it's not. 608 00:37:14,230 --> 00:37:16,960 but, yeah, you guys are definitely quick learners, so... 609 00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:18,460 well, thanks for everything you've done. 610 00:37:18,500 --> 00:37:20,930 Especially all the insight you gave us and the advice. 611 00:37:20,970 --> 00:37:22,670 We've really taken a lot of it to heart. 612 00:37:22,700 --> 00:37:24,470 -All right, no problem, man. -Yeah, for sure. 613 00:37:24,500 --> 00:37:26,500 All righty, I'm gonna get on the road, but, uh, 614 00:37:26,540 --> 00:37:30,010 Yeah, you guys just keep throwing dirt in there until you can't anymore. 615 00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:31,910 When a problem pops up, just wait, 616 00:37:31,950 --> 00:37:33,680 About ten minutes later, there'll be another one. 617 00:37:33,710 --> 00:37:35,310 -that's mining, so... 618 00:37:35,350 --> 00:37:36,250 You guys have a good one. 619 00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:37,880 -Take care. Drive safe. -Drive safe, man. 620 00:37:39,720 --> 00:37:41,190 it was great having mitch here. 621 00:37:41,220 --> 00:37:44,120 Any time I can get to pick someone's brain that has a lot of knowledge 622 00:37:44,160 --> 00:37:47,430 In something I'm trying to perfect, is perfect scenario. 623 00:37:47,460 --> 00:37:50,100 It's gonna make everything a lot more efficient. 624 00:37:50,130 --> 00:37:53,160 And we should get good gold. 625 00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:56,170 That's what we need more than just about anything else. 626 00:38:11,950 --> 00:38:14,220 tony beets is eager to see 627 00:38:14,250 --> 00:38:16,920 How his new upper cut will pay out. 628 00:38:20,060 --> 00:38:22,760 with the old timers, if they walked away with this, 629 00:38:22,830 --> 00:38:24,200 They'd leave all the fine stuff. 630 00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:32,370 just one pan reveals around three ounces of gold. 631 00:38:40,410 --> 00:38:43,050 Well, we'll put it in front of you 'cause people wanna see your face. 632 00:38:44,580 --> 00:38:46,450 -No. - do you know how to do that? 633 00:39:02,540 --> 00:39:03,940 -Hi, guys. -Hi, everybody. 634 00:39:03,970 --> 00:39:04,770 Hi. 635 00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:13,410 So how was everybody's week? 636 00:39:36,600 --> 00:39:37,770 so what did you learn? 637 00:39:43,010 --> 00:39:44,540 Hopefully, it packs some punches? 638 00:39:46,350 --> 00:39:47,250 ahh! 639 00:39:47,280 --> 00:39:49,610 How long have you been waiting for that? 640 00:39:55,990 --> 00:39:59,220 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 641 00:39:59,260 --> 00:40:01,090 60, 70, 80... 642 00:40:01,660 --> 00:40:05,400 100, 120, 130, 140, 150, 643 00:40:05,430 --> 00:40:08,270 160, 170, 180, 200. 644 00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:13,710 210, 220, 230, 240, 645 00:40:14,840 --> 00:40:17,880 260, 270... 646 00:40:20,010 --> 00:40:21,110 that's good, mike. 647 00:40:22,280 --> 00:40:24,950 278.12. 648 00:40:24,990 --> 00:40:27,120 - yeah, right on. 649 00:40:27,150 --> 00:40:30,420 the gold from the mega cut before the flood, 650 00:40:30,460 --> 00:40:33,160 Along with the pay from the new upper cut, 651 00:40:33,190 --> 00:40:36,830 Totals over 278 ounces. 652 00:40:36,860 --> 00:40:41,330 That's roughly a bit over half a a million, eh? 653 00:40:41,370 --> 00:40:44,500 might help to, uh, pay to fix up that rock truck 654 00:40:44,540 --> 00:40:47,570 I kind of pulled in half. 655 00:40:47,610 --> 00:40:49,270 When they say pull up the truck, 656 00:40:49,310 --> 00:40:51,140 They mean the whole truck, not half of it. 657 00:40:53,280 --> 00:40:54,350 Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. 658 00:40:54,380 --> 00:40:55,880 tony's season total 659 00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:59,320 Is now nearly 2,600 ounces 660 00:40:59,350 --> 00:41:02,190 Worth 4.7 million dollars, 661 00:41:02,220 --> 00:41:05,420 And just 400 ounces short of his season goals. 662 00:41:10,460 --> 00:41:13,470 So I suggest you guys all get out there and do it. 663 00:41:16,140 --> 00:41:17,640 Sounds like a plan. 664 00:41:19,570 --> 00:41:20,670 So we'll see you later. 665 00:41:23,410 --> 00:41:24,780 Well, it's about time. 666 00:41:24,810 --> 00:41:26,510 -just saying. 667 00:41:30,520 --> 00:41:31,620 no. 668 00:41:31,650 --> 00:41:34,590 Nice jeans, though. Cute ass. 669 00:41:46,570 --> 00:41:49,800 well, guys, I know we had a lot of breakdowns this week, as usual, 670 00:41:49,840 --> 00:41:51,440 But if mitch wasn't here, 671 00:41:51,470 --> 00:41:53,670 It would've been a lot harder for you to scramble to fix it. 672 00:41:53,710 --> 00:41:55,440 fred lewis and his crew 673 00:41:55,480 --> 00:41:59,240 Had vital help from expert mechanic mitch blaschke. 674 00:42:00,510 --> 00:42:02,280 I'm feeling more like we're getting 675 00:42:02,320 --> 00:42:04,350 To be more of a nascar pit crew 676 00:42:04,380 --> 00:42:06,250 When breaks down, or getting there fast. 677 00:42:07,150 --> 00:42:09,250 Feel like just our communication skills 678 00:42:09,290 --> 00:42:11,990 And our ability to work as a team is really coming along. 679 00:42:12,030 --> 00:42:17,060 this week, the lewis crew ran a total of 520 yards of pay 680 00:42:17,100 --> 00:42:19,700 From the mayor's cut at elkhorn claim. 681 00:42:19,730 --> 00:42:21,500 that was the most pay we put through that plant, 682 00:42:21,540 --> 00:42:23,670 And I think you guys should really be proud of that. 683 00:42:23,700 --> 00:42:24,740 Wanna see the gold? 684 00:42:24,770 --> 00:42:26,040 yeah. 685 00:42:29,740 --> 00:42:32,110 bigger pile than before. We're getting bigger. 686 00:42:32,150 --> 00:42:33,880 .82. 687 00:42:33,910 --> 00:42:36,580 worth nearly $1,500. 688 00:42:36,620 --> 00:42:39,550 It's their biggest gold weigh of the season. 689 00:42:39,590 --> 00:42:41,620 so we're getting close to an ounce cleanup. 690 00:42:41,660 --> 00:42:44,360 Yeah. Well, hey, guys, this is our best gold weigh yet. 691 00:42:44,390 --> 00:42:46,060 And we're a long way from where we're supposed to be. 692 00:42:46,090 --> 00:42:47,830 But we're learning, we're adapting. 693 00:42:47,860 --> 00:42:49,760 I'm personally proud of how far we've come this season. 694 00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:52,330 You guys are doing great. 695 00:42:52,370 --> 00:42:54,930 having mitch here, you know, he kind of, 696 00:42:54,970 --> 00:42:56,970 Brought a little organization to the table, 697 00:42:57,000 --> 00:42:59,770 Stuff that, you know, in my opinion, we were missing. 698 00:42:59,810 --> 00:43:01,440 it's nice having somebody in 699 00:43:01,470 --> 00:43:04,380 With experience on that level and, uh, 700 00:43:04,410 --> 00:43:06,980 Was pretty informational to myself and fred. 701 00:43:07,010 --> 00:43:09,310 I feel like we've taken some pretty good pointers from mitch. 702 00:43:10,750 --> 00:43:12,820 And now we're operating a little more smoothly. 703 00:43:12,850 --> 00:43:14,850 Everybody has a better idea of what's going on, 704 00:43:14,890 --> 00:43:16,490 And I think we're moving forward. 705 00:43:16,520 --> 00:43:18,490 We're gonna work as hard as we possibly can, 706 00:43:18,530 --> 00:43:20,460 And hopefully, we can salvage this season. 707 00:43:32,670 --> 00:43:33,540 How's it going? 708 00:43:33,570 --> 00:43:34,640 Hey, how you doing? 709 00:43:34,670 --> 00:43:35,940 -Good. How are you? -Good. 710 00:43:35,980 --> 00:43:37,840 -Hey, man. -Hey, doumitt. How are you? 711 00:43:37,880 --> 00:43:39,710 -Good, good. -That's good. 712 00:43:39,750 --> 00:43:44,380 at scribner creek, the schnabel crew gathers for the weekly gold weigh. 713 00:43:44,420 --> 00:43:46,380 You guys look a little wet and cold. 714 00:43:46,420 --> 00:43:48,790 You're not, like, getting overworked or anything, are you? 715 00:43:48,820 --> 00:43:51,260 oh, no. There's never enough to do. 716 00:43:52,290 --> 00:43:54,030 There's never... Never enough to do? 717 00:43:54,060 --> 00:43:55,160 -yeah, right. 718 00:43:55,200 --> 00:43:57,560 I might just drop in one spot. 719 00:43:57,600 --> 00:44:00,230 You guys have put in some long days recently, 720 00:44:01,740 --> 00:44:03,330 And I appreciate it. 721 00:44:03,370 --> 00:44:04,340 oh, no worries. 722 00:44:04,370 --> 00:44:06,040 this time of year, it's never fun. 723 00:44:06,070 --> 00:44:09,270 Um, but the last couple of weeks, for sure, 724 00:44:09,980 --> 00:44:11,510 Have been a bit manic. 725 00:44:11,540 --> 00:44:14,180 yep. We're all here for the same thing. 726 00:44:14,210 --> 00:44:16,650 I don't understand what it is about this time of year 727 00:44:16,680 --> 00:44:19,350 That causes to just up. 728 00:44:19,390 --> 00:44:22,690 What did we get for the week, with the water failure and everything else? 729 00:44:22,720 --> 00:44:24,760 I'm excited to see it. 730 00:44:24,790 --> 00:44:28,760 big red has averaged 153 ounces a week 731 00:44:28,800 --> 00:44:32,500 Since it moved to the airstrip cut three weeks ago. 732 00:44:32,530 --> 00:44:34,430 -Brennan, you do it. -Oh. 733 00:44:34,470 --> 00:44:36,830 We're gonna let you do it 'cause you don't have to count that high. 734 00:44:36,870 --> 00:44:38,740 -Yeah. 735 00:44:40,540 --> 00:44:45,480 10, 50, 80, 90, 736 00:44:46,750 --> 00:44:49,550 100, 101.4. 737 00:44:50,550 --> 00:44:53,990 worth around $200,000. 738 00:44:55,560 --> 00:44:57,560 -Yeah. - you got brutalized this week. 739 00:44:57,590 --> 00:44:59,260 -Yeah. - so... 740 00:44:59,290 --> 00:45:02,030 100 ounce week, if we really think about it, 741 00:45:02,760 --> 00:45:04,260 Isn't that bad. 742 00:45:12,110 --> 00:45:14,510 that was going out of our control, what happened, right? 743 00:45:14,540 --> 00:45:16,070 right. 744 00:45:16,110 --> 00:45:18,010 At least we made up for it as quick as we could go and got back to sluicing. 745 00:45:18,040 --> 00:45:19,310 Hopefully, next week's better. 746 00:45:19,350 --> 00:45:21,880 sluicifer's gonna kick big red's ass, or what? 747 00:45:21,920 --> 00:45:23,450 -When doesn't it? 748 00:45:24,820 --> 00:45:27,650 Come here, tyson. You can count higher. 749 00:45:33,460 --> 00:45:37,300 20, 40, 60, 80, 750 00:45:37,330 --> 00:45:41,700 100, 130, 150, 180, 200. 751 00:45:42,770 --> 00:45:44,700 209. Even. 752 00:45:44,740 --> 00:45:46,640 on the other side of the cut, 753 00:45:46,670 --> 00:45:51,710 Sluicifer has delivered more than twice as much gold as big red, 754 00:45:51,750 --> 00:45:55,110 Worth almost $400,000. 755 00:45:55,150 --> 00:45:56,950 obviously, it had twice the sluicing time. 756 00:45:56,980 --> 00:45:58,520 yeah. 757 00:45:58,550 --> 00:46:02,020 Hmm, that's the same amount of hours a week, though, chris, you know? 758 00:46:02,060 --> 00:46:04,460 -Yeah, brennan. -That's true. 759 00:46:04,490 --> 00:46:07,090 -You didn't do so swell, did you? 760 00:46:07,130 --> 00:46:10,030 So, for the week, we wound up with 310.4. 761 00:46:10,060 --> 00:46:13,460 worth $590,000. 762 00:46:13,500 --> 00:46:16,570 Good week, really. Considering. 763 00:46:16,600 --> 00:46:19,440 -We're kicking the read on last year's yields, eh? -Yeah. 764 00:46:19,470 --> 00:46:22,670 with 6,401 ounces, 765 00:46:22,710 --> 00:46:26,280 Parker is just 822 ounces short 766 00:46:26,310 --> 00:46:29,310 Of his entire total for last season. 767 00:46:31,850 --> 00:46:33,320 -Wow. -That's nuts, how much it's climbed 768 00:46:33,350 --> 00:46:34,950 Since we came to the airstrip cut, eh? 769 00:46:34,990 --> 00:46:39,560 Yeah. If this airstrip cut continues, 770 00:46:39,590 --> 00:46:43,030 And you can keep your plants going, we'll have a record year. 771 00:46:43,060 --> 00:46:45,000 So I guess I get no sleep. 772 00:46:45,030 --> 00:46:46,400 -Yeah. 773 00:46:46,430 --> 00:46:48,170 You can sleep this winter. 774 00:46:49,770 --> 00:46:50,900 Go get your acre, you guys. 775 00:46:50,940 --> 00:46:52,800 All righty. I'm out. Thanks. 776 00:46:52,840 --> 00:46:54,270 -You betcha. -Have a good night. 777 00:46:54,310 --> 00:46:56,340 -Thanks, doumitt. -Yeah, thanks for all you do, you guys. 778 00:46:56,380 --> 00:46:58,340 -Thank, guys. -Young man. 779 00:47:03,720 --> 00:47:05,420 A couple of bad weeks in a row here, 780 00:47:05,450 --> 00:47:07,620 But big red lost all its water. 781 00:47:07,650 --> 00:47:10,250 Boom, shane got on it right away to help me out, 782 00:47:10,290 --> 00:47:12,290 And we got the plant back up and sluicing. 783 00:47:12,890 --> 00:47:14,160 Shane is so burnt out, 784 00:47:14,190 --> 00:47:16,230 The only thing on my mind is getting that guy some days off 785 00:47:16,260 --> 00:47:17,930 Before he doesn't show up for the rest of the year. 786 00:47:21,270 --> 00:47:23,100 on the next gold rush... 787 00:47:26,710 --> 00:47:27,910 Well, I'll be damned. 788 00:47:27,940 --> 00:47:30,710 tony beets makes a stunning discovery... 789 00:47:30,740 --> 00:47:32,180 there's something happening over there. 790 00:47:32,210 --> 00:47:34,710 ...That could lead to a monster payday. 791 00:47:38,380 --> 00:47:40,250 If anybody wants to go home, they can go home. 792 00:47:40,290 --> 00:47:42,820 There's no need to come here and be a about it. 793 00:47:42,860 --> 00:47:46,060 parker schnabel's crew pushes back. 794 00:47:46,090 --> 00:47:47,490 Go pack leave right now. 795 00:47:47,530 --> 00:47:49,060 I don't give a about any of this . 796 00:47:55,100 --> 00:47:57,400 and rick ness hits it big. 797 00:47:57,440 --> 00:48:00,710 People search their whole life for this type of material. 798 00:48:00,740 --> 00:48:02,240 holy . 798 00:48:03,305 --> 00:49:03,696 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm