"Gold Rush" The Kid Vs. The King: Gold Rush Special

1 00:00:01,630 --> 00:00:04,060 [narrator] On this Gold Rush... 2 00:00:04,070 --> 00:00:06,000 I do all the work and you get all the money. 3 00:00:09,870 --> 00:00:14,640 [narrator] The true story of two gold mining legends, Parker Schnabel... 4 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:16,280 This is a big moment for us. 5 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:19,310 and king of the Klondike, Tony Beets. 6 00:00:21,420 --> 00:00:26,090 [narrator] A relationship that started out as master and pupil. 7 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:30,260 Good to meet you. 8 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:38,930 [narrator] But quickly turned into a battle for power. 9 00:00:40,940 --> 00:00:42,300 That's bull [bleep] Tony. 10 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:50,074 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm 11 00:00:51,850 --> 00:00:53,810 [narrator] As the kid takes on the king. 12 00:00:53,820 --> 00:00:56,880 3,362. 13 00:00:56,890 --> 00:00:58,850 [narrator] We go behind the scenes... 14 00:00:58,850 --> 00:01:01,160 Do you wanna be Tony Beets when you grow up? 15 00:01:02,390 --> 00:01:03,920 Why is that so funny? 16 00:01:03,930 --> 00:01:05,990 to reveal the good... 17 00:01:07,730 --> 00:01:09,130 the bad. 18 00:01:11,130 --> 00:01:12,630 Have a judge tell me that, Tony. 19 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:14,330 and the ugly... 20 00:01:14,340 --> 00:01:17,070 That's a whole new level of bull [bleep] from Tony. 21 00:01:20,410 --> 00:01:25,010 [narrator] ...of the biggest rivalry in Klondike history. 22 00:01:26,850 --> 00:01:30,350 Give me one good reason not to tell you to go [bleep] yourself. 23 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:47,730 [narrator] 2011, 16-year-old Parker Schnabel 24 00:01:47,740 --> 00:01:51,410 makes his first ever trip to the Yukon. 25 00:01:51,410 --> 00:01:55,810 From his grandpa's claim in Porcupine Creek, Alaska. 26 00:01:55,810 --> 00:02:02,850 I've never seen an operation outside of Porcupine. 27 00:02:02,850 --> 00:02:07,350 He's on a mission to supersize his three-man operation 28 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:10,960 and he's come to the Klondike to learn from the best. 29 00:02:11,690 --> 00:02:16,960 First stop, King of the Klondike, Tony Beets, 30 00:02:16,970 --> 00:02:21,370 and a meeting that will change both men's lives forever. 31 00:02:22,070 --> 00:02:23,270 Hey, Tony. 32 00:02:24,710 --> 00:02:26,040 Good to meet you. 33 00:02:29,610 --> 00:02:32,950 We're only moving 18 yards an hour. 34 00:02:36,550 --> 00:02:39,890 Tony moves in probably five years 35 00:02:39,890 --> 00:02:44,320 what's been moved in all of Porcupine in the last hundred years. 36 00:02:45,060 --> 00:02:48,200 I mean, it's pretty impressive. 37 00:02:50,100 --> 00:02:52,300 He's digging up mountains. 38 00:02:52,970 --> 00:02:54,330 How many ounces is that? 39 00:02:55,070 --> 00:02:56,370 600? 40 00:03:03,410 --> 00:03:05,180 That's more than 200 ounces. 41 00:03:20,030 --> 00:03:22,400 I've never seen that much gold in the pan. 42 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:28,970 Things don't work out at Porcupine, 43 00:03:28,970 --> 00:03:33,170 I might crawl up here, beg Tony for a job. 44 00:03:45,590 --> 00:03:46,720 [narrator] The next season, 45 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:49,420 Parker asks Tony to come to Alaska 46 00:03:49,430 --> 00:03:51,990 and give him advice on his operation. 47 00:03:53,530 --> 00:03:57,160 He's been mining for 30 some years. 48 00:03:57,170 --> 00:04:01,170 He knows how to move dirt and knows how to wash rocks. 49 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:04,170 Hey, Tony. 50 00:04:04,870 --> 00:04:06,070 Good, how are you? 51 00:04:07,810 --> 00:04:08,810 [Tony speaking] 52 00:04:08,810 --> 00:04:10,340 Not recently. 53 00:04:10,350 --> 00:04:13,410 You know, it started actually with my grandpa 54 00:04:13,420 --> 00:04:20,220 saying that it'd be a 15 feet to bedrock and that was 40 feet up. 55 00:04:24,590 --> 00:04:27,030 [narrator] Following his grandpa's hunch, 56 00:04:27,030 --> 00:04:30,230 Parkers only banked 80 ounces so far. 57 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:36,940 [Tony speaking] 58 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:45,080 Right, it's never been drilled or anything like that before. 59 00:04:51,950 --> 00:04:53,020 Yeah. 60 00:04:57,930 --> 00:04:59,160 Right. 61 00:05:15,010 --> 00:05:16,310 See you, Tony. 62 00:05:24,350 --> 00:05:25,920 [narrator] At the end of the season, 63 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:30,790 even with Tony's help, Parker only just breaks even. 64 00:05:30,790 --> 00:05:32,130 Wow, look at that. 65 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:36,400 192 ounces. 66 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:38,770 So you got two ounce of profit. 67 00:05:38,770 --> 00:05:40,270 Yeah. 68 00:05:46,840 --> 00:05:50,580 [narrator] Inspired by Tony Beets' success, 69 00:05:50,580 --> 00:05:52,910 Parker heads to the Klondike the next year. 70 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:55,380 If I wanna play with the big boys... 71 00:05:56,950 --> 00:05:59,290 you gotta get up here where the big boys play. 72 00:06:02,220 --> 00:06:03,320 Hey, Tony. 73 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:05,330 Good. 74 00:06:05,690 --> 00:06:07,330 Thanks. 75 00:06:10,260 --> 00:06:13,970 [narrator] Tony takes a gamble on the 18-year-old, 76 00:06:13,970 --> 00:06:19,010 leasing him 300 acres of virgin ground at Scribner Creek. 77 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:29,850 Right. 78 00:06:29,850 --> 00:06:31,920 There's some good holes in there. 79 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:33,320 I wonder what they mine. 80 00:06:34,620 --> 00:06:35,560 No kidding. 81 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:37,660 No offense to Parker but you're a busy man, 82 00:06:37,660 --> 00:06:40,260 why waste your time trying to help Parker Schnabel out? 83 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:03,480 [narrator] Tony takes Parker under his wing, 84 00:07:03,490 --> 00:07:06,790 lending the Yukon Rookie his drill rig. 85 00:07:06,790 --> 00:07:10,090 To help him find the best ground to mine. 86 00:07:18,270 --> 00:07:19,330 Sounds good to me. 87 00:07:20,940 --> 00:07:22,270 I'm good to go. 88 00:07:28,710 --> 00:07:30,380 But don't turn, don't spin it. 89 00:07:33,380 --> 00:07:35,620 This thing turns and it goes into the ground 90 00:07:35,620 --> 00:07:36,580 and if there's gold down there, 91 00:07:36,590 --> 00:07:39,390 it'll come up out of the hole or something. 92 00:07:39,390 --> 00:07:43,790 [narrator] The drill penetrates down through the worthless overburden 93 00:07:43,790 --> 00:07:49,030 to reach any gold-rich gravel that may have settled on the bedrock. 94 00:08:03,740 --> 00:08:06,910 [narrator] Parker's first season in the Klondike 95 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:10,880 now rests on getting a good pan from this drill sample. 96 00:08:10,890 --> 00:08:12,720 [Tony speaking] 97 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:14,150 [Parker] Right on! 98 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:31,970 - Right there. - Look at that. 99 00:08:33,010 --> 00:08:35,010 A bunch of little flakes. 100 00:08:45,650 --> 00:08:48,020 This is just the beginning, you know? 101 00:08:48,020 --> 00:08:50,420 I mean, that pan, we're gonna be throwing thousands of those 102 00:08:50,430 --> 00:08:52,260 through a plant every day. 103 00:08:52,260 --> 00:08:56,100 The Klondike's the biggest sandbox in the world and I'm ready to play. 104 00:08:56,100 --> 00:08:57,460 Do you look up to Tony Beets? 105 00:08:57,470 --> 00:08:58,800 Yeah, for sure. 106 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:00,700 You know, he's always taken a lot of time for me 107 00:09:00,700 --> 00:09:03,640 and showed me around up in Dawson 108 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:06,610 and I think there's a lot of people who you need to be careful about 109 00:09:06,610 --> 00:09:12,010 and I think Tony's always been straight up with me and I appreciate that. 110 00:09:15,180 --> 00:09:19,790 [narrator] Tony's deal with Parker is not just a friendly helping-hand, 111 00:09:19,790 --> 00:09:26,660 he also stands to get a 15% royalty on all the gold Parker mines that season. 112 00:09:26,660 --> 00:09:29,230 - Everything all right? - Been running good all day. 113 00:09:30,770 --> 00:09:34,830 We've busted our ass to get here and we're ahead, 114 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:38,000 we've got a good stockpile of pay, 115 00:09:38,010 --> 00:09:40,170 the plants running good, pretty happy. 116 00:09:46,110 --> 00:09:47,280 Hey, Tony. 117 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:49,950 Good. 118 00:09:50,690 --> 00:09:51,750 Yeah. 119 00:09:54,190 --> 00:09:57,360 You know, this week we're pushing to do 1,500 yards. 120 00:09:59,960 --> 00:10:01,330 Yeah. 121 00:10:03,060 --> 00:10:05,270 It's our first week runner. 122 00:10:07,170 --> 00:10:08,800 [narrator] As a landlord, 123 00:10:09,070 --> 00:10:14,310 Tony's income now depends on Parker running enough dirt to get good gold. 124 00:10:18,610 --> 00:10:20,110 That's a lot of dirt. 125 00:10:35,330 --> 00:10:37,700 I wanna move dirt as bad as Tony does 126 00:10:37,700 --> 00:10:43,040 but trying to do 3,000 yards this week, that's [bleep] tough. 127 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:46,070 We're gonna have to really get on top of our game. 128 00:10:48,810 --> 00:10:51,240 [narrator] To hit Tony's target, 129 00:10:51,250 --> 00:10:54,850 Parker adds a new hopper feeder to the plant. 130 00:10:54,850 --> 00:10:58,050 Allowing him to run pay dirt faster. 131 00:10:58,750 --> 00:11:00,250 Stop! 132 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:06,060 We hit it! Right on the money. Looking good. 133 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:10,960 There we go, that's good, we got it. 134 00:11:10,970 --> 00:11:12,370 I'm ready when you are. 135 00:11:16,770 --> 00:11:19,010 Go ahead, Greg, give her a scoop. 136 00:11:27,950 --> 00:11:29,380 [narrator] At the end of the week, 137 00:11:29,380 --> 00:11:33,590 Tony arrives for Parker's first cleanup as a Yukon gold miner. 138 00:11:33,590 --> 00:11:35,060 Shut it down. 139 00:11:37,090 --> 00:11:43,130 And to discover whether his new tenant has hit his 3,000 yard target. 140 00:11:46,930 --> 00:11:48,100 About 3,200. 141 00:11:49,100 --> 00:11:50,340 Yeah. 142 00:11:56,080 --> 00:11:57,640 The moment of truth. 143 00:11:57,650 --> 00:11:59,180 15 and a half. 144 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:04,150 No, not bad for our first clean out. 145 00:12:06,190 --> 00:12:07,220 Pretty nice looking stuff. 146 00:12:07,220 --> 00:12:08,960 Pretty cool. 147 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:14,960 Thanks, Tony. 148 00:12:29,810 --> 00:12:31,310 Start her up! 149 00:12:32,880 --> 00:12:36,020 It just did something, here it comes. 150 00:12:39,850 --> 00:12:41,150 We got water! 151 00:12:42,660 --> 00:12:44,820 Now you're talking. 152 00:12:44,830 --> 00:12:46,760 [narrator] In his first season in the Klondike, 153 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:51,030 18-year-old Parker Schnabel is mining for gold 154 00:12:51,030 --> 00:12:55,070 on land leased from his mentor, Tony Beets. 155 00:12:55,240 --> 00:12:56,340 Boom! 156 00:12:57,200 --> 00:12:58,300 Whoa! 157 00:12:58,310 --> 00:13:01,410 Parker is sluicing pay dirt that Tony believes 158 00:13:01,410 --> 00:13:04,080 is from the best part of the claim 159 00:13:04,380 --> 00:13:07,380 but Parker is not happy with it. 160 00:13:09,780 --> 00:13:13,950 What we've been doing hasn't been getting us where we need to be. 161 00:13:16,390 --> 00:13:19,430 [narrator] Parker decides to abandon the cut 162 00:13:19,430 --> 00:13:22,860 and look for better ground across the creek. 163 00:13:22,860 --> 00:13:26,170 You know, I really think that there might be some good gold over there. 164 00:13:27,070 --> 00:13:29,270 [narrator] But he hasn't told Tony. 165 00:13:46,150 --> 00:13:47,650 [bleep] [narrator] 166 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:53,960 [narrator] Tony now has money at stake if Parker leaves gold behind. 167 00:14:00,870 --> 00:14:03,340 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. 168 00:14:21,820 --> 00:14:23,190 Hey, Tony! 169 00:14:25,590 --> 00:14:27,330 Some gold. Where's that from? 170 00:14:32,830 --> 00:14:34,930 No, we... I was always planning to go back in there. 171 00:14:45,580 --> 00:14:47,050 [bleep] 172 00:14:53,820 --> 00:14:57,960 No, that one... That's the only one here that was frozen. 173 00:15:04,870 --> 00:15:06,670 [narrator] Parker has a choice, 174 00:15:06,670 --> 00:15:08,670 do what Tony's demanding 175 00:15:08,670 --> 00:15:12,070 and clean up the gold he left behind... 176 00:15:12,870 --> 00:15:17,940 or move to what he believes is better ground across the creek. 177 00:15:19,550 --> 00:15:22,420 I've got a plan and we need to stick with it. 178 00:15:22,420 --> 00:15:26,020 What's the point of leasing ground if I can't mine it the way I want to? 179 00:15:26,020 --> 00:15:27,920 Don't lease ground to somebody that you don't think is gonna get the gold 180 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:28,890 out of the ground. 181 00:15:30,790 --> 00:15:33,490 The whole reason that I went up to the Klondike 182 00:15:33,500 --> 00:15:36,100 was to do this on my own 183 00:15:36,100 --> 00:15:43,200 and to succeed or fail based on our abilities, not Tony's. 184 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:44,870 And I don't want... 185 00:15:44,870 --> 00:15:47,770 I don't wanna be told how to mine my ground, you know? 186 00:15:47,780 --> 00:15:49,510 We signed a lease, 187 00:15:49,510 --> 00:15:52,980 which means I have the right to mine that place. 188 00:15:55,780 --> 00:15:59,520 [narrator] Instead of going back to the abandoned cut, 189 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:01,750 Parker runs a thousand-yard test 190 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:06,730 to prove his new cut fantasy-land is going to pay out. 191 00:16:06,730 --> 00:16:07,860 [Parker] We've been doing slow and steady 192 00:16:07,860 --> 00:16:09,960 and that's not gonna win this race anymore. 193 00:16:09,970 --> 00:16:11,660 You know, we need to find some serious ounces now 194 00:16:11,670 --> 00:16:16,240 and the ground on the other side of the creek just isn't gonna do it. 195 00:16:18,140 --> 00:16:21,070 So this is the last truckload of the thousand yard test. 196 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:25,380 We need 20 ounces and I don't know, I'm anxious. 197 00:16:26,010 --> 00:16:27,550 Yeah, this is it. 198 00:16:27,550 --> 00:16:29,380 That's all I got. 199 00:16:36,820 --> 00:16:41,090 Pile of gold here, we have a pile of gold here. 200 00:16:41,630 --> 00:16:43,900 Whoa! 201 00:16:43,900 --> 00:16:46,830 That's the biggest chunk of gold we found all season. 202 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:48,400 That's like a proper nugget. 203 00:16:53,670 --> 00:16:58,140 [narrator] Parker has taken a big gamble going against Tony's demands. 204 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:03,020 He needs at least 20 ounces of gold 205 00:17:03,020 --> 00:17:07,220 to prove the cut is richer than the one Tony wants him to work. 206 00:17:19,670 --> 00:17:22,000 That's 12 more than I needed. 207 00:17:30,780 --> 00:17:32,510 This is a good test result. 208 00:17:32,510 --> 00:17:34,810 I'm sick of getting questioned on my [bleep] 209 00:17:34,820 --> 00:17:37,020 Let's... Well, we'll weigh it up and get you cut... 210 00:17:45,260 --> 00:17:46,430 You don't want your cut? 211 00:17:49,660 --> 00:17:51,060 [bleep] 212 00:17:52,670 --> 00:17:54,600 Man, Tony is just never happy. 213 00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:56,470 He wants everything done his way 214 00:17:56,470 --> 00:17:58,570 and that's not why I'm here, you know, 215 00:17:58,570 --> 00:18:00,110 I came up here to do things my way. 216 00:18:00,110 --> 00:18:02,540 The only way I could see getting Tony off my back 217 00:18:02,540 --> 00:18:08,150 is to pay him the royalty on that 800 ounces right now, and buy my freedom. 218 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:12,850 He's very intense and it is very his way or the highway. 219 00:18:12,850 --> 00:18:14,650 90% of the time that's what I need. 220 00:18:14,660 --> 00:18:17,760 You know, 90% of the time, as you know, 221 00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:21,030 is a good swift kick in the ass does me some good. 222 00:18:21,030 --> 00:18:23,100 And Tony gives me one once a week. 223 00:18:23,100 --> 00:18:24,960 - Here. - What's that? 224 00:18:24,970 --> 00:18:26,600 That's the royalty on 800. 225 00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:30,000 I'm paying up forward so you can get off my ass. 226 00:18:30,940 --> 00:18:34,110 I've got a plan. I just need to do it my way. 227 00:18:37,910 --> 00:18:39,250 Yeah. 228 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:47,490 Thanks, Tony. 229 00:18:58,100 --> 00:19:01,430 Let's be honest, you can be kind of tough on Parker, right? 230 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:14,550 [narrator] 18-year-old Parker mines fantasy-land until the end of the season... 231 00:19:14,550 --> 00:19:20,250 then it's time to find out if he was right to take on his powerful landlord. 232 00:19:26,390 --> 00:19:28,490 He came up here with an 800-ounce goal, 233 00:19:28,500 --> 00:19:30,400 you know, and that's a pretty lofty one. 234 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:33,100 I mean, that's four times what we found last year. 235 00:19:34,070 --> 00:19:35,330 And... 236 00:19:38,110 --> 00:19:39,940 it's about 836. 237 00:19:39,940 --> 00:19:43,280 [guys cheering] 238 00:19:43,710 --> 00:19:45,240 Holy cow! 239 00:19:45,250 --> 00:19:48,010 - Hey, are you serious? - Yeah. 240 00:19:48,750 --> 00:19:49,380 836. 241 00:19:56,820 --> 00:19:58,060 Thanks, Tony. 242 00:20:15,910 --> 00:20:18,780 [narrator] Coming up... 243 00:20:18,780 --> 00:20:21,050 Just show up in the spring and shutting us down? 244 00:20:22,820 --> 00:20:24,250 A contract. 245 00:20:25,820 --> 00:20:27,150 That's bull [bleep] Tony. 246 00:20:30,860 --> 00:20:32,090 Whatever, Tony. 247 00:20:32,090 --> 00:20:34,260 [bleep] that. 248 00:20:44,500 --> 00:20:52,110 Last season, by every measure that I know was a huge success for us. 249 00:20:53,650 --> 00:20:59,290 [narrator] 19-year-old Parker Schnabel mined over a thousand ounces of gold 250 00:20:59,290 --> 00:21:03,590 under the watchful eye of his mentor, Tony Beets. 251 00:21:03,590 --> 00:21:06,190 Before he starts his second season, 252 00:21:06,190 --> 00:21:12,030 he heads down to Arizona to ask Tony for a new piece of ground to mine. 253 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:18,900 Tony told me that if I did well last year, he'd give me better ground. 254 00:21:18,910 --> 00:21:20,410 I'm here to get it. 255 00:21:26,780 --> 00:21:27,980 Hey, Tony. 256 00:21:28,180 --> 00:21:29,280 Long time no see. 257 00:21:33,890 --> 00:21:36,360 Well, I mean, like we said last year, you know, 258 00:21:36,360 --> 00:21:39,090 that was a bit of a training ground... 259 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:40,790 but this season, you know, 260 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:44,900 I'm prepared to throw everything we made last year into it 261 00:21:44,900 --> 00:21:48,970 but that means obviously like, you know, we need better ground. 262 00:22:05,690 --> 00:22:08,320 I expected this to go differently. 263 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:23,540 It's quite obvious to me at this point 264 00:22:23,540 --> 00:22:26,270 that you're leasing me ground that you would never touch. 265 00:22:44,420 --> 00:22:47,960 Obviously, there's no negotiating here, so... 266 00:22:51,260 --> 00:22:54,270 Well, you make it hard to be happy. 267 00:23:01,740 --> 00:23:03,310 [bleep] 268 00:23:24,660 --> 00:23:26,970 It's like going into the wolf's lair. 269 00:23:26,970 --> 00:23:29,770 Definitely came out of there with my tail between my legs. 270 00:23:29,770 --> 00:23:32,470 I left myself with no other options really. 271 00:23:32,470 --> 00:23:36,540 It's either big nugget or Tony's ground 272 00:23:36,540 --> 00:23:39,250 and whatever ground Tony decides to give me. 273 00:23:39,250 --> 00:23:41,650 That ground that we had last year wasn't great ground, 274 00:23:41,650 --> 00:23:43,380 it really wasn't, 275 00:23:43,380 --> 00:23:47,420 and we moved a hell of a lot of dirt to find the gold we did. 276 00:23:47,420 --> 00:23:49,860 And to be honest, we had a hard time making money, 277 00:23:49,860 --> 00:23:52,890 even finding over a million dollars' worth of gold. 278 00:23:52,930 --> 00:23:54,990 We didn't get rich last season. 279 00:23:58,930 --> 00:24:00,970 [narrator] Parker accepts Tony's offer 280 00:24:00,970 --> 00:24:04,340 to mine the same poor ground for another season. 281 00:24:04,340 --> 00:24:06,940 All right, let's crank her up. 282 00:24:16,550 --> 00:24:20,320 The kind of yards we have to run, we don't have time to waste. 283 00:24:21,990 --> 00:24:24,020 Rocks just need to go through this 284 00:24:24,030 --> 00:24:26,030 and hopefully, there's some gold in it. 285 00:24:53,020 --> 00:24:55,150 What's the problem? 286 00:24:59,190 --> 00:25:00,360 What are you talking about? 287 00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:05,000 A contract. 288 00:25:05,730 --> 00:25:07,170 Yeah. 289 00:25:09,300 --> 00:25:11,800 You just show up in the spring and shutting us down? 290 00:25:11,810 --> 00:25:15,410 Tony, we just [bleep] got started sluicing, really? 291 00:25:21,780 --> 00:25:23,280 That's bull [bleep] Tony. 292 00:25:28,790 --> 00:25:32,090 Whatever, Tony. [bleep] that. 293 00:25:54,180 --> 00:25:55,750 [narrator] Fitted into the sluice box, 294 00:25:55,750 --> 00:26:00,050 hydraulic riffles use jets of water to agitate the pay dirt. 295 00:26:00,050 --> 00:26:02,590 The water washes away the lighter material 296 00:26:02,590 --> 00:26:04,690 and worthless black sand, 297 00:26:04,690 --> 00:26:08,160 allowing the heavier gold to sink to the bottom. 298 00:26:08,660 --> 00:26:11,160 Out with the old, in with the new. 299 00:26:12,530 --> 00:26:15,400 [narrator] Parker's crew spends two days 300 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:19,100 fabricating and installing the hydraulic riffles. 301 00:26:25,350 --> 00:26:26,750 I mean, it was pretty annoying 302 00:26:27,180 --> 00:26:31,750 but we're back up and running so hopefully, those riffles work well. 303 00:26:31,790 --> 00:26:34,020 We're running dirt. 304 00:26:36,590 --> 00:26:38,990 [narrator] After three days of running with riffles, 305 00:26:38,990 --> 00:26:41,630 it's time for the first cleanup 306 00:26:41,630 --> 00:26:44,160 and gold weigh of the new season. 307 00:26:48,770 --> 00:26:49,640 Yeah, there's gold in there. 308 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:52,240 Oh, there's a pile of gold right there. 309 00:26:54,110 --> 00:26:57,280 It might be a lot of work but maybe these riffles are working. 310 00:27:06,050 --> 00:27:07,350 Hey, Tony. 311 00:27:11,930 --> 00:27:12,990 Yeah. 312 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:16,660 Yeah, they seem to work fine. 313 00:27:16,660 --> 00:27:18,760 I mean, they caught most of this stuff. 314 00:27:18,770 --> 00:27:22,030 It's actually a decent [bleep] wack of gold right there. 315 00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:30,940 Let's see what this is. 316 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:46,490 [narrator] With Tony's hydraulic riffles in place, 317 00:27:46,490 --> 00:27:50,260 Parker's gold-take keeps rising... 318 00:27:50,260 --> 00:27:55,030 but the more gold he gets, the more he has to pay to Tony. 319 00:28:03,910 --> 00:28:05,310 Oh, yeah. 320 00:28:06,150 --> 00:28:08,880 Thanks for reminding me. 321 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:14,990 Tony's contract dictates that the royalties go up from 15 to 20 percent, 322 00:28:14,990 --> 00:28:19,090 once Parker hits 1,500 ounces. 323 00:28:27,070 --> 00:28:28,970 Government of Tony Beets. 324 00:28:29,940 --> 00:28:31,240 Nothing. 325 00:28:45,850 --> 00:28:50,920 Now I get to give Tony Beets an extra cut for nothing, really. 326 00:28:50,930 --> 00:28:54,060 You know, I guess that's the Tony way, work more for less. 327 00:28:55,660 --> 00:28:57,100 If Tony had it his way, 328 00:28:57,600 --> 00:29:01,030 he'd drive my business in the ground to put a few bucks in his pocket. 329 00:29:01,770 --> 00:29:03,940 I don't know who started calling him a Klondike Legend 330 00:29:03,940 --> 00:29:07,070 but it's more like [bleep] Klondike [bleep]. 331 00:29:09,580 --> 00:29:11,410 I'm sick of this [bleep]. 332 00:29:20,420 --> 00:29:24,120 It's gonna be tough but, hey, what's easy? 333 00:29:24,130 --> 00:29:25,990 Especially around here. 334 00:29:27,290 --> 00:29:29,060 [narrator] 2015. 335 00:29:29,060 --> 00:29:32,530 It's been three years since Parker came to the Klondike 336 00:29:32,530 --> 00:29:35,600 seeking advice from Tony 337 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:39,610 and after butting heads over royalties last year, 338 00:29:39,610 --> 00:29:42,270 Parker's hoping to turn a corner. 339 00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:46,380 How are you doing? Good to see you. 340 00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:52,890 And work out a new lease for Tony's Scribner Creek Claim. 341 00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:54,920 I ask for another contract 342 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:56,790 because when we left in the fall, 343 00:29:56,790 --> 00:29:58,420 it didn't seem like you had any problems with us. 344 00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:12,870 Yeah, let's go ahead. 345 00:30:16,740 --> 00:30:21,150 [narrator] But there's another clause in the contract that causes problems. 346 00:30:22,020 --> 00:30:26,190 Parker must not mine any other ground while he's at Scribner. 347 00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:30,290 I'm not signing that. 348 00:30:32,990 --> 00:30:34,830 Tony won't talk to me. 349 00:30:34,830 --> 00:30:36,230 Have a judge tell me that, Tony. 350 00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:40,400 I'm gonna hold off on this. 351 00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:42,330 If you want me to stop working today, then... 352 00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:45,440 get a judge to tell me to stop. 353 00:31:03,620 --> 00:31:05,020 Okay. 354 00:31:08,660 --> 00:31:13,630 That's a whole new level of bull [bleep] from Tony. 355 00:31:13,630 --> 00:31:18,240 [narrator] Parker leaves the meeting with no lease and no ground to mine. 356 00:31:20,940 --> 00:31:23,240 But the tables are soon turned. 357 00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:28,980 Tony Beets wants to hire Parker's ex-foreman Gene Cheeseman 358 00:31:28,980 --> 00:31:31,180 as the captain for his dredge. 359 00:31:32,790 --> 00:31:37,420 But Gene's contract with Parker has a non-compete clause. 360 00:31:42,300 --> 00:31:45,200 [Gene] That's really gonna... Really gonna screw me over. 361 00:31:54,740 --> 00:31:59,240 [narrator] But it won't be that easy for the King of the Klondike. 362 00:32:00,550 --> 00:32:06,020 For first time in, well, ever, I've got some leverage with Tony. 363 00:32:06,650 --> 00:32:10,390 So he tried to cast Gene in for some ground. 364 00:32:12,860 --> 00:32:14,860 You know, they have a virgin ground that's drilled 365 00:32:14,860 --> 00:32:18,200 and real good, real productive ground... 366 00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:21,400 and they're offering it to everybody except me. 367 00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:37,620 [narrator] Parker heads to paradise hill. 368 00:32:37,620 --> 00:32:43,390 He wants 12 new claims of virgin ground in exchange for Gene Cheeseman. 369 00:32:43,390 --> 00:32:45,360 [Parker] It's not rancid. It is business. 370 00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:47,990 I didn't know how it was gonna turn out 371 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:49,800 but it was a card worth playing 372 00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:51,530 and I felt bad about that 373 00:32:51,530 --> 00:32:53,530 because Gene didn't deserve to be in that position 374 00:32:53,530 --> 00:32:57,100 but it's the only way I could deal with Tony. 375 00:32:59,670 --> 00:33:03,080 We're gonna work these claims, we're gonna be able to get into them. 376 00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:05,940 Do a little chunk if we want to. 377 00:33:08,510 --> 00:33:10,180 That works for me. 378 00:33:16,020 --> 00:33:20,290 [narrator] Parker has out-maneuvered Tony for the first time. 379 00:33:20,790 --> 00:33:22,330 I've got ground. 380 00:33:22,330 --> 00:33:26,160 Tony's got a dredge captain, everybody's happy. 381 00:33:33,310 --> 00:33:37,480 [narrator] The 20-year-old miner's hard bargain pays off. 382 00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:43,680 Parker mines his new claims, smashing his 3,000 ounce goal 383 00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:47,820 and going on to the biggest gold haul of his career. 384 00:33:47,820 --> 00:33:49,820 So that's 353 ounces. 385 00:33:49,820 --> 00:33:52,220 - Whoa! - Wow! 386 00:33:52,230 --> 00:33:56,230 So that takes us to 3,362. 387 00:34:00,670 --> 00:34:02,900 [narrator] With Gene Cheeseman at the helm, 388 00:34:02,900 --> 00:34:08,170 Tony gets more than 730 ounces of gold from his dredge. 389 00:34:11,580 --> 00:34:14,950 But Tony's pride has taken a knock 390 00:34:14,950 --> 00:34:20,050 and his relationship with Parker will never be the same. 391 00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:30,400 In 2017, Parker has earned enough 392 00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:33,700 to realize the dream of a lifetime 393 00:34:33,700 --> 00:34:36,740 and get out from under Tony Beets 394 00:34:36,740 --> 00:34:39,770 by buying his own ground. 395 00:34:39,770 --> 00:34:41,810 We're Yukon landowners, Rick! 396 00:34:41,810 --> 00:34:43,840 No [bleep] way! 397 00:34:43,840 --> 00:34:46,180 - Wanna look? - [bleep] yeah, man! 398 00:34:46,180 --> 00:34:48,550 After five years we've finally done it. 399 00:34:48,550 --> 00:34:49,920 Oh, yeah! 400 00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:53,920 [narrator] Parker has spent $500,000 401 00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:56,790 buying 11 claims on the Indian River, 402 00:34:56,790 --> 00:35:00,230 next door to where Tony runs his dredge. 403 00:35:01,390 --> 00:35:02,860 You know, it's the first chunk of ground 404 00:35:02,860 --> 00:35:04,960 that we've bought here in the Yukon 405 00:35:04,970 --> 00:35:08,600 and, you know, after five years of looking, 406 00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:11,970 I'm pretty happy that we made it happen. 407 00:35:12,670 --> 00:35:14,340 But it's also pretty damn scary. 408 00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:21,350 All right, here's the first push. 409 00:35:21,350 --> 00:35:26,120 [narrator] In 2018, Parker starts mining his own ground. 410 00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:29,860 It does feel good to not be mining Tony's ground this year. 411 00:35:29,860 --> 00:35:32,960 We don't have a landlord for the first time ever. 412 00:35:34,890 --> 00:35:37,300 Having our own ground and having other options for the first time, 413 00:35:37,300 --> 00:35:39,130 that's pretty cool. 414 00:35:41,300 --> 00:35:45,570 [narrator] But Parker needs Tony's permission to pump water 415 00:35:45,570 --> 00:35:52,010 because Tony's ground lies between Parker's ground and the Indian River. 416 00:35:54,810 --> 00:35:57,980 A little bit more water than I anticipated here. 417 00:35:58,380 --> 00:36:00,150 Oh, yeah. 418 00:36:00,150 --> 00:36:04,990 [narrator] Just weeks into the season, Parker discovers part of his cut is flooded. 419 00:36:04,990 --> 00:36:10,930 He tasks Brennan Ruo with draining the water into Tony's ground. 420 00:36:14,730 --> 00:36:17,300 Holy [bleep]. There's a lot of water. 421 00:36:21,210 --> 00:36:25,110 Looks like our water problem just turned into Tony's water problem. 422 00:36:26,110 --> 00:36:31,020 [narrator] Brennan sends hundreds of thousands of gallons of pond water 423 00:36:31,020 --> 00:36:33,050 onto Tony's claim. 424 00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:49,940 Yeah. 425 00:37:00,910 --> 00:37:02,350 What? 426 00:37:16,100 --> 00:37:19,230 So I'm not gonna get your permission to pull water from your property? 427 00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:24,940 But, Tony... 428 00:37:25,870 --> 00:37:29,240 if I go through that process, we won't be mining this season. 429 00:37:29,640 --> 00:37:30,910 You and I both know that. 430 00:37:31,380 --> 00:37:35,310 What you're telling me right now is to end my mining season. 431 00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:49,230 And this mining season is gonna end before it started. 432 00:37:54,170 --> 00:37:55,900 [narrator] With no access to water, 433 00:37:55,900 --> 00:37:59,440 Parker is forced to abandon his own ground, 434 00:37:59,440 --> 00:38:02,340 returned yet again to Scribner Creek, 435 00:38:02,340 --> 00:38:08,780 lease Tony's ground, and pay royalties to his one-time mentor. 436 00:38:08,780 --> 00:38:12,980 We've lost a ton of time, we're a month away from sluicing at best. 437 00:38:13,850 --> 00:38:15,350 But we'll still have a really good season. 438 00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:20,130 Don't spill it. 439 00:38:21,730 --> 00:38:23,800 At the end of the season, 440 00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:27,500 Parker gets more than 7,400 ounces of gold 441 00:38:27,500 --> 00:38:31,300 worth close to $9 million. 442 00:38:31,310 --> 00:38:35,240 We're paying more royalties this season than we found our first season up here. 443 00:38:36,840 --> 00:38:41,650 [narrator] Parker has to hand over ten 100-ounce bars to landlord Tony, 444 00:38:41,650 --> 00:38:45,850 worth $1.2 million. 445 00:38:45,850 --> 00:38:50,890 He intends it to be his last ever payment to the Dutchman. 446 00:38:50,890 --> 00:38:52,990 Listen, I brought you guys something. 447 00:38:53,790 --> 00:38:54,960 Yeah. 448 00:39:05,770 --> 00:39:07,140 There it is. 449 00:39:09,110 --> 00:39:10,410 Thousand ounces. 450 00:39:15,850 --> 00:39:16,550 Yeah. 451 00:39:20,350 --> 00:39:21,490 [narrator] With this payment, 452 00:39:21,490 --> 00:39:26,660 Parker had given Tony over $5.2 million in royalties 453 00:39:26,660 --> 00:39:31,700 over the six years he'd mined Tony's ground in the Klondike. 454 00:39:31,700 --> 00:39:33,600 We've had our ups and downs over the last six years 455 00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:36,230 but I just wanted to thank you for the opportunity. 456 00:39:37,900 --> 00:39:40,370 There's nobody in the Yukon that would have given me the opportunity. 457 00:39:43,780 --> 00:39:45,110 I'm happy for you. 458 00:39:52,150 --> 00:39:54,150 Last time [bleep] doing that. 459 00:39:56,860 --> 00:39:57,990 I'm free! 460 00:40:00,030 --> 00:40:01,460 [narrator] Coming up... 461 00:40:01,460 --> 00:40:04,260 The tables turn again... 462 00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:09,670 when Parker is left holding all the cards. 463 00:40:09,670 --> 00:40:14,010 Give me one good reason not to tell you to go [bleep] yourself. 464 00:40:23,180 --> 00:40:28,050 Tony and Parker's competitive rivalry extends beyond mining. 465 00:40:29,020 --> 00:40:30,260 Coming in hot. 466 00:40:30,920 --> 00:40:35,060 - [gunshot] - [Tony speaking] 467 00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:38,260 [Parker] Oh, man! 468 00:40:39,670 --> 00:40:41,100 Go for it. 469 00:40:43,900 --> 00:40:47,210 We're no snipers yet, Tony. Not quite. 470 00:40:53,780 --> 00:40:59,780 [narrator] In 2019, there's a new twist in the love-hate relationship 471 00:40:59,790 --> 00:41:03,090 between Parker Schnabel and Tony Beets. 472 00:41:03,090 --> 00:41:04,920 At the start of the season, 473 00:41:04,930 --> 00:41:10,700 24-year-old Parker finally has a water license to mine his new ground 474 00:41:10,700 --> 00:41:13,770 and get out from under Tony. 475 00:41:13,770 --> 00:41:15,870 The good news is we're gonna be mining here 476 00:41:15,870 --> 00:41:17,940 on a piece of ground we bought a couple years ago 477 00:41:17,940 --> 00:41:19,970 and I actually am pumped for the first time 478 00:41:19,970 --> 00:41:22,410 to not be paying a boatload of royalties. 479 00:41:24,080 --> 00:41:26,380 [narrator] And after 30 years in the Klondike... 480 00:41:28,610 --> 00:41:31,350 it's Tony who is on the back foot. 481 00:41:46,930 --> 00:41:50,000 Well, we don't have a water license. 482 00:41:53,940 --> 00:41:54,740 We have to leave. 483 00:41:54,740 --> 00:41:56,840 [bleep]. 484 00:41:56,840 --> 00:41:58,540 So what does that mean for the season then? 485 00:42:04,950 --> 00:42:10,150 [narrator] Tony's only option is to mine a claim upstream near a bush airstrip. 486 00:42:10,160 --> 00:42:11,790 Little flake, isn't that Parker? 487 00:42:11,790 --> 00:42:14,030 Yes, it is. 488 00:42:16,760 --> 00:42:19,100 You did that personally yourself. 489 00:42:31,040 --> 00:42:33,140 And you have to be nice. 490 00:42:33,710 --> 00:42:35,010 Seriously! 491 00:42:57,600 --> 00:42:59,370 Not too bad. How's your winter? 492 00:43:04,010 --> 00:43:06,080 We're definitely up against it with these licensing issues. 493 00:43:28,100 --> 00:43:29,970 Yep. 494 00:43:39,680 --> 00:43:41,310 Oh, now we're buddying up? 495 00:43:41,310 --> 00:43:43,950 What happened last spring, Tony? 496 00:43:58,600 --> 00:44:02,270 Give me one good reason not to tell you to go [bleep] yourself. 497 00:44:05,770 --> 00:44:08,810 There's been some bad blood at times, Tony. 498 00:44:08,810 --> 00:44:12,610 But I'm gonna be calling in a favor one of these days. 499 00:44:12,610 --> 00:44:15,050 And so, you know, right now we might not need anything 500 00:44:15,050 --> 00:44:18,180 but down the road, here this season, I very well could. 501 00:44:21,550 --> 00:44:23,420 And so, I'm fine with it. 502 00:44:28,290 --> 00:44:32,730 I'm going to usually try to put my best foot forward 503 00:44:32,730 --> 00:44:34,700 because it's a small community up there 504 00:44:34,700 --> 00:44:37,540 and you never know 505 00:44:37,540 --> 00:44:39,940 - when you're gonna need help from somebody. - Right. 506 00:44:39,940 --> 00:44:43,470 And so, you know, despite any problems that Tony and I have had in the past, 507 00:44:43,480 --> 00:44:45,410 I wanted to try to help him out. 508 00:44:59,530 --> 00:45:02,960 [narrator] Parker goes on to mine out his own ground, 509 00:45:02,960 --> 00:45:05,960 having his most successful season to date. 510 00:45:05,970 --> 00:45:07,330 [bleep]. 511 00:45:07,470 --> 00:45:09,270 You're shy guy! 512 00:45:13,740 --> 00:45:16,840 [Parker] The amount of ground we're going through is crazy. 513 00:45:16,840 --> 00:45:19,340 Just keeping ground out ahead of [inaudible] 514 00:45:19,350 --> 00:45:22,350 is gonna be our big challenge. 515 00:45:22,350 --> 00:45:27,320 [narrator] In 2020, Parker runs out of pay dirt on his own ground 516 00:45:27,320 --> 00:45:30,790 and needs to lease a new claim from his old landlord 517 00:45:30,790 --> 00:45:36,230 but after years of conflict, he has no idea what to expect. 518 00:45:38,530 --> 00:45:39,730 Part of the reason why I'm here 519 00:45:39,730 --> 00:45:44,970 is we're just about done like around our camp. 520 00:45:46,840 --> 00:45:49,840 This licensed ground right now downstream from us, 521 00:45:49,840 --> 00:45:51,280 kind of around the airstrip... 522 00:45:53,010 --> 00:45:56,350 I'd love to mine it, if you're game. 523 00:46:04,060 --> 00:46:05,290 Okay. 524 00:46:07,060 --> 00:46:08,390 Thanks, Tony. 525 00:46:28,550 --> 00:46:30,350 Wow! 526 00:46:31,750 --> 00:46:37,790 That was definitely one of the most strange meetings I've had with Tony Beets. 527 00:46:37,790 --> 00:46:42,060 Good result, I'm just still confused by the ease of it. 528 00:46:43,900 --> 00:46:46,630 The thing about Tony is he's a big teddy bear, really. 529 00:46:46,630 --> 00:46:48,870 You just have to break through that outer shell 530 00:46:48,870 --> 00:46:52,900 and you just have to get the teddy bear Tony 531 00:46:52,910 --> 00:46:54,940 and when you don't get teddy bear Tony, 532 00:46:54,940 --> 00:46:57,010 you just need to leave because... 533 00:47:01,980 --> 00:47:03,380 Here we go. 534 00:47:08,450 --> 00:47:10,390 - Yeah! - Yeah, buddy! 535 00:47:10,390 --> 00:47:13,660 [narrator] Almost a decade after their first meeting, 536 00:47:13,660 --> 00:47:17,330 Parker and Tony have finally found a way to get along. 537 00:47:18,060 --> 00:47:20,570 The two former gold mining rivals 538 00:47:20,570 --> 00:47:23,970 now share the Klondike spoils 539 00:47:23,970 --> 00:47:26,270 without all the customary squabbling. 540 00:47:29,640 --> 00:47:30,780 Yeah! 541 00:47:30,780 --> 00:47:33,880 I've, you know, grown up a little bit 542 00:47:33,880 --> 00:47:38,950 and I don't poke the bear so much as I used to. 543 00:47:40,120 --> 00:47:41,820 Well, maybe I have mellowed. 544 00:47:41,820 --> 00:47:42,890 How do you know? 545 00:47:42,890 --> 00:47:44,990 I will say that Tony's mellowed out a bit, 546 00:47:44,990 --> 00:47:46,820 I'm not gonna take all the blame. 547 00:47:46,830 --> 00:47:50,830 I'll always be very grateful for the opportunity... 548 00:47:50,830 --> 00:47:55,030 that that Tony helped give me in the Yukon. 549 00:47:55,030 --> 00:47:57,000 Don't get soft, now don't get soft. 549 00:47:58,305 --> 00:48:58,482 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm