"Gold Rush" Road to Hell

1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,074 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm 2 00:00:23,543 --> 00:00:26,276 King of the Klondike, Tony Beets, 3 00:00:26,276 --> 00:00:31,843 has been mining 11 weeks, banking just over 1000 ounces of gold. 4 00:00:44,209 --> 00:00:48,743 Tony's chasing Paradise Hill's elusive white channel pay streak 5 00:00:48,743 --> 00:00:51,076 in two of his deepest cuts. 6 00:00:52,209 --> 00:00:57,143 The six-acre blue cut, and the nine-acre cold cut. 7 00:00:59,076 --> 00:01:05,176 But over the last six weeks, he's lost precious sluice time waiting on thick layers 8 00:01:05,176 --> 00:01:07,843 of permafrost paydirt to thaw. 9 00:01:26,877 --> 00:01:31,343 To make up lost time, Tony plans to double his runtime 10 00:01:31,343 --> 00:01:34,977 and sluice day and night for the first time this season. 11 00:01:37,643 --> 00:01:43,443 To man the night crew, Tony has drafted in three greenhorn truck drivers. 12 00:01:48,576 --> 00:01:50,376 Oh, I'm just loving it. 13 00:01:50,376 --> 00:01:51,977 I love the rock trucking. 14 00:01:51,977 --> 00:01:53,276 Pretty sweet spot, man. 15 00:01:53,276 --> 00:01:56,243 I'm... I'm excited for the season. 16 00:01:56,243 --> 00:02:00,309 It's really great over here, trying to work up the ladder. 17 00:02:02,076 --> 00:02:05,343 I hope I can work in the yard and maybe learn some mechanics. 18 00:02:05,343 --> 00:02:07,677 Really excited to see some actual gold 19 00:02:07,677 --> 00:02:09,543 right out of the ground. 20 00:02:09,543 --> 00:02:13,376 It'd be a lot different than just seeing it on jewelry and [bleep]. 21 00:02:14,843 --> 00:02:17,777 Before he fires up the night shift, 22 00:02:17,777 --> 00:02:20,476 the rookies need to prove they have what it takes. 23 00:02:47,710 --> 00:02:50,777 I worked for the Beets first year of the mining when I was 19, 24 00:02:50,777 --> 00:02:54,010 and then I did some other things and then I worked for Parker 25 00:02:54,010 --> 00:02:56,010 and then I came back to Tony last year. 26 00:02:58,276 --> 00:03:02,410 Tony's put one of his top graduates, Megan Gaudet, 27 00:03:02,410 --> 00:03:04,877 in charge of training the greenhorns. 28 00:03:06,076 --> 00:03:09,910 We had quite a few new faces last year, 29 00:03:09,910 --> 00:03:12,410 a lot of them didn't last, so hopefully, 30 00:03:12,410 --> 00:03:16,010 these new guys will have what it takes and can last out the season. 31 00:03:23,243 --> 00:03:24,710 I'm at the plant right now. 32 00:03:36,610 --> 00:03:38,810 Tony needs each greenhorn to haul 33 00:03:38,810 --> 00:03:41,576 15 loads an hour to the wash plant. 34 00:03:51,443 --> 00:03:53,209 Yes, sir. Sounds good, ma'am. 35 00:03:54,843 --> 00:03:57,610 I have to keep a good pace going to keep up with Megan. 36 00:04:10,176 --> 00:04:13,276 Why fix tomorrow what you can fix today? 37 00:04:13,276 --> 00:04:15,743 Machines running last way better when you take care of them, 38 00:04:15,743 --> 00:04:19,810 so little bit of love goes a long way. 39 00:04:19,810 --> 00:04:21,209 Back in the yard, 40 00:04:21,209 --> 00:04:25,209 Kevin's preparing more trucks for Tony's Paradise Hill blitz. 41 00:04:26,443 --> 00:04:28,543 Where the is truck number four? 42 00:04:29,610 --> 00:04:32,176 Okay, everybody listen, everybody listen. 43 00:04:32,176 --> 00:04:36,010 Truck number four is broken and overheating, who's driving it? 44 00:04:36,010 --> 00:04:38,309 Thomas is running it. 45 00:04:38,309 --> 00:04:41,710 Thomas, who signed the tag on that truck? 46 00:04:41,710 --> 00:04:43,410 Who signed the lockout tag? 47 00:04:44,443 --> 00:04:45,643 I don't know. 48 00:04:47,977 --> 00:04:50,410 Can you check or is it not signed? 49 00:04:50,410 --> 00:04:52,510 Because those are two very different things. 50 00:04:57,510 --> 00:04:59,010 Yeah, it's not signed. Sorry. 51 00:05:03,076 --> 00:05:06,043 Okay. Specifics, folks, they matter. 52 00:05:07,677 --> 00:05:09,276 People don't listen or they're not that bright, 53 00:05:09,276 --> 00:05:10,510 that's the whole story right there. 54 00:05:10,510 --> 00:05:13,243 Oh, boy... 55 00:05:13,243 --> 00:05:16,743 Kevin uses lockout tags to indicate machines that 56 00:05:16,743 --> 00:05:23,410 need to be fixed before being used, but Thomas didn't get the memo. 57 00:05:27,209 --> 00:05:28,743 I don't think Kevin's very happy, 58 00:05:28,743 --> 00:05:30,677 I just seen him flying down the haul road. 59 00:05:30,677 --> 00:05:32,543 I was getting on that truck, but I've seen 60 00:05:32,543 --> 00:05:35,910 that lockout tag and I didn't get on it. 61 00:05:35,910 --> 00:05:38,810 Yeah, when you take a... take a truck with a lockout tag, 62 00:05:38,810 --> 00:05:43,209 that's pretty big [bleep] up, because you can up really quick. 63 00:05:43,209 --> 00:05:46,943 Thomas could have blown the engine driving the stricken truck. 64 00:05:48,643 --> 00:05:49,910 Tony, Tony. 65 00:05:49,910 --> 00:05:51,043 Yes, Kevin. 66 00:05:51,043 --> 00:05:53,943 And now Tony has found out... 67 00:06:18,677 --> 00:06:21,010 Yeah, I don't really know what to say. 68 00:06:21,010 --> 00:06:22,610 I'm not sure what's going to happen. 69 00:06:22,610 --> 00:06:24,143 Hopefully, he can get back in a truck 70 00:06:24,143 --> 00:06:25,910 or we're going to be short on trucks again. 71 00:06:34,010 --> 00:06:35,076 Sorry. 72 00:06:36,209 --> 00:06:39,610 Okay. 73 00:06:41,643 --> 00:06:42,977 Said I have to go. 74 00:06:54,743 --> 00:06:58,810 Tony has given Thomas a second chance to prove himself, 75 00:06:58,810 --> 00:07:03,176 this time in a signed out and fully-serviced rock truck. 76 00:07:11,476 --> 00:07:12,843 I feel bad for them because 77 00:07:12,843 --> 00:07:16,877 they probably feel the pressure as well, and it stresses Tony out. 78 00:07:16,877 --> 00:07:19,410 He wants it nice and full constantly, 79 00:07:19,410 --> 00:07:21,076 so that we're not losing any money 80 00:07:21,076 --> 00:07:24,243 and we're making the most that we can while we can. 81 00:07:25,476 --> 00:07:27,543 Emmett, do you copy? 82 00:07:27,543 --> 00:07:29,510 I still have the job. 83 00:07:29,510 --> 00:07:31,476 Thomas back in the cut, 84 00:07:31,476 --> 00:07:34,343 the greenhorns are a full squad again. 85 00:07:37,677 --> 00:07:40,076 All right, guys, let's get that pay pile filled. 86 00:07:40,076 --> 00:07:42,410 I know, it's like halfway through the day, 87 00:07:42,410 --> 00:07:45,977 it's been a long one, but we can do this. 88 00:07:47,877 --> 00:07:50,476 Don't forget, the more we haul, the more gold we make. 89 00:07:55,476 --> 00:07:57,109 The more trucks, the better. 90 00:08:00,176 --> 00:08:03,143 We are all trying to do our best, as fast as possible. 91 00:08:13,209 --> 00:08:15,677 Hey, the dirt's piling up pretty good. 92 00:08:16,810 --> 00:08:18,977 Hey, guys, so you're looking good. 93 00:08:23,176 --> 00:08:25,043 At the end of their shift, 94 00:08:25,043 --> 00:08:28,743 the greenhorns have hit Tony's 15 load an hour target. 95 00:09:06,510 --> 00:09:08,977 Right now, the name of the game is to get pay in the plant 96 00:09:08,977 --> 00:09:10,443 and to get gold in the box. 97 00:09:10,443 --> 00:09:14,276 If I can't get consistent gold coming across the sluice, 98 00:09:14,276 --> 00:09:16,376 I'm never going to hit my 500-ounce goal. 99 00:09:17,443 --> 00:09:19,743 Nearly halfway through the season, 100 00:09:19,743 --> 00:09:24,076 third year mine boss, Fred Lewis, is finally up and running. 101 00:09:26,410 --> 00:09:31,877 But he's sluiced for just one week and has pulled in only six ounces. 102 00:09:34,510 --> 00:09:36,576 You know, if I can't pull this season around, 103 00:09:36,576 --> 00:09:37,877 my mining career is over. 104 00:09:37,877 --> 00:09:39,476 I... I'm not going to be able to continue. 105 00:09:39,476 --> 00:09:42,143 We've got some gold in the box, small gold weigh, 106 00:09:42,143 --> 00:09:44,143 but honestly, it's not enough. 107 00:09:44,143 --> 00:09:45,843 So, we're going to pull that pay from last season 108 00:09:45,843 --> 00:09:50,176 that's accessible and get as much fed to the plant as possible. 109 00:09:50,176 --> 00:09:55,376 To hit his goal, Fred now needs over 30 ounces a week, 110 00:09:55,376 --> 00:09:59,109 he's banking on it coming out of the Freedom cut, 111 00:09:59,109 --> 00:10:02,176 ground he believes could hold the mother lode. 112 00:10:05,376 --> 00:10:09,209 Before he runs this gold rich paydirt, 113 00:10:09,209 --> 00:10:13,910 Fred plans to clean out the final scraps of pay from last year's cut. 114 00:10:16,443 --> 00:10:21,243 Digging up this little bit of pay, so we can carry on running. 115 00:10:21,243 --> 00:10:25,043 Fred's most experienced operator, Buzz Legault, 116 00:10:25,043 --> 00:10:28,643 loads pay in the 250 excavator. 117 00:10:28,643 --> 00:10:32,410 Looks like it should be a pretty good pay, sitting on top of... 118 00:10:32,410 --> 00:10:38,343 we're just on top of bedrock, so we gotta get this up to the wash plant. 119 00:10:38,343 --> 00:10:41,543 This year is make or break, you know, 120 00:10:41,543 --> 00:10:43,543 if we don't do a good season, I just... 121 00:10:43,543 --> 00:10:46,843 I don't know if I can keep coming back up here. 122 00:10:46,843 --> 00:10:53,209 Retired Scout Sniper Stuart McKenzie trucks dirt to the wash plant. 123 00:10:53,209 --> 00:10:55,309 I can't really justify this to my family, if... 124 00:10:55,309 --> 00:10:57,276 if we're not really making ends meet, 125 00:10:57,276 --> 00:10:58,843 but it's something I believe in. 126 00:10:59,943 --> 00:11:01,743 We're on the right track. 127 00:11:01,743 --> 00:11:05,010 My thinking process is that we got all our problems 128 00:11:05,010 --> 00:11:06,777 out of the way in the beginning of the season, 129 00:11:06,777 --> 00:11:10,176 so that we can have a very smooth second half of the season. 130 00:11:10,176 --> 00:11:13,176 In the 220, Fred's wife, Khara, 131 00:11:13,176 --> 00:11:16,877 feeds 90 yards an hour into Sergeant sluice. 132 00:11:18,276 --> 00:11:19,977 So, we have to just work around the clock 133 00:11:19,977 --> 00:11:21,376 and get as much as soon as we can, 134 00:11:21,376 --> 00:11:23,877 so that we can hit our 500 ounces. 135 00:11:27,643 --> 00:11:31,276 These friggin' machines are kind of small, 136 00:11:31,276 --> 00:11:33,677 if we're doing what we're doing with them, 137 00:11:33,677 --> 00:11:39,610 you know, this is a... but it's what we got, so we got to make it work. 138 00:11:44,610 --> 00:11:46,410 Well, [bleep]. 139 00:11:46,410 --> 00:11:48,376 I lost a [bleep] tooth. 140 00:11:52,643 --> 00:11:54,810 I broke a tooth right off the bucket here. 141 00:12:03,510 --> 00:12:10,109 Now, I'll walk the machine over sketchily off this pile and try to fix it out the... 142 00:12:24,643 --> 00:12:26,276 me. 143 00:12:26,276 --> 00:12:27,743 track. 144 00:12:31,076 --> 00:12:33,743 I'm pinned on the tracks now, 145 00:12:33,743 --> 00:12:40,376 so now I'm sitting here on this pile, one track, one lost tooth, [bleep] no. 146 00:12:52,376 --> 00:12:57,143 We're gonna have to lift this side of the machine up, 147 00:12:57,143 --> 00:12:59,677 walk that track, try to keep it straight, 148 00:12:59,677 --> 00:13:03,977 because I'm on top of a pile, drop off on both sides. 149 00:13:29,843 --> 00:13:32,209 The only... the only thing that can make this any 150 00:13:32,209 --> 00:13:34,276 worse is if the other track broke. 151 00:14:00,109 --> 00:14:01,810 We can't win to win, can we? 152 00:14:01,810 --> 00:14:02,977 Yep. 153 00:14:02,977 --> 00:14:04,209 So, you broke... 154 00:14:04,209 --> 00:14:06,877 The track broke and we lost a shank on the freakin'... 155 00:14:06,877 --> 00:14:09,510 - Yeah. - Holy crap, man. 156 00:14:11,877 --> 00:14:13,410 How long you think it's gonna take? 157 00:14:15,943 --> 00:14:17,810 All right, not your fault. 158 00:14:20,643 --> 00:14:24,943 Well, you're kind of screwed 'cause the 250 is down in a big way right now. 159 00:14:26,643 --> 00:14:28,109 How long is it gonna be out? 160 00:14:28,109 --> 00:14:29,777 Honestly, I don't know. 161 00:14:32,576 --> 00:14:39,143 Unable to dig out pay to feed the plant, Fred is once again shut down. 162 00:14:40,343 --> 00:14:41,677 ! 163 00:14:52,743 --> 00:14:54,576 Everything is stacking up against us here. 164 00:14:54,576 --> 00:14:56,510 I know it's gold mining and, you know, 165 00:14:56,510 --> 00:14:58,610 if it was easy to mine, everybody would, 166 00:14:58,610 --> 00:15:02,810 but this is and that 500-ounce gold is slipping away. 167 00:15:25,443 --> 00:15:27,376 Hi, guys. 168 00:15:27,376 --> 00:15:29,476 So, how's summer been? 169 00:15:29,476 --> 00:15:30,743 - Oh, busy. - Busy? 170 00:15:30,743 --> 00:15:34,677 How many hours you... you put in to get this gold? 171 00:15:34,677 --> 00:15:37,877 We ran 15,000 yards in 18 hours or so. 172 00:15:37,877 --> 00:15:39,877 Oh, okay. 173 00:15:39,877 --> 00:15:43,376 23-year-old mine boss Brandon Clayton 174 00:15:43,376 --> 00:15:46,243 is cashing in last week's gold haul. 175 00:15:48,109 --> 00:15:50,443 So, it's 10.53 ounces. 176 00:15:52,176 --> 00:15:55,276 I think we're in... should be in 19 grand range. 177 00:15:57,410 --> 00:15:58,643 [bleep]. 178 00:15:59,710 --> 00:16:01,910 But with gold prices falling... 179 00:16:01,910 --> 00:16:05,010 I was hoping for 35, so we could try and get ahead. 180 00:16:05,010 --> 00:16:08,743 ...Brandon's getting less buck for his bang. 181 00:16:08,743 --> 00:16:12,209 We need this gold to keep going and get to another week. 182 00:16:16,376 --> 00:16:17,777 Thank you, guys, so much. 183 00:16:19,910 --> 00:16:23,243 We got our next check here, we got to find more gold. 184 00:16:23,243 --> 00:16:24,877 Right now, we're just surviving. 185 00:16:29,343 --> 00:16:33,643 So far this season, Brandon and 20-year-old brother, Brady, 186 00:16:33,643 --> 00:16:36,543 have mined 22 ounces of gold. 187 00:16:37,910 --> 00:16:41,543 They need to hit ten ounces a week to cover bills 188 00:16:41,543 --> 00:16:46,643 and much more if they're to beat Fred in the race to 500 ounces. 189 00:16:49,977 --> 00:16:51,510 We just got to keep mining 190 00:16:51,510 --> 00:16:54,443 and trying to wash rocks as we go and get to Golden Acres, 191 00:16:54,443 --> 00:16:56,276 'cause that's what's going to make or break our season 192 00:16:56,276 --> 00:16:58,910 and that's our best shot at kicking Fred's ass. 193 00:17:04,143 --> 00:17:06,176 To get to Golden Acres, 194 00:17:06,176 --> 00:17:12,376 the brothers first need to build a road that'll cost them $50,000. 195 00:17:12,376 --> 00:17:16,643 To scrounge up the cash, they're mining hotspots along the way, 196 00:17:16,643 --> 00:17:19,410 starting with the S-bend cut. 197 00:17:19,410 --> 00:17:22,643 Pay as we go mining, it has its challenges. 198 00:17:22,643 --> 00:17:25,576 The 336 is down, the turbo's [bleep] , 199 00:17:25,576 --> 00:17:27,176 you know, it's hard to get parts out here, 200 00:17:27,176 --> 00:17:29,076 it's just crazy this year. 201 00:17:29,877 --> 00:17:31,576 Last week... 202 00:17:31,576 --> 00:17:34,076 Why the am I losing power? 203 00:17:34,076 --> 00:17:36,543 ...their 336 excavators... 204 00:17:36,543 --> 00:17:38,010 What the [bleep]? 205 00:17:38,010 --> 00:17:39,510 ...blew its turbo. 206 00:17:39,510 --> 00:17:40,677 [bleep]. 207 00:17:40,677 --> 00:17:42,076 Uh, Brandon. 208 00:17:42,076 --> 00:17:44,143 Yeah, the 336 is down. 209 00:17:45,543 --> 00:17:48,810 ...leaving just one working excavator. 210 00:17:48,810 --> 00:17:54,343 Yeah, [bleep], it sucks being down to one hole, but yeah, this... 211 00:17:54,343 --> 00:17:57,376 this double duty is [bleep] killing us. 212 00:17:57,376 --> 00:17:59,843 We're burning more fuel walking this thing back and forth 213 00:17:59,843 --> 00:18:01,810 from the plant, from the cut, 214 00:18:01,810 --> 00:18:04,810 and just wearing it out more than we need to. 215 00:18:04,810 --> 00:18:07,943 Brady loads S-bend paydirt into the rock truck... 216 00:18:12,076 --> 00:18:16,777 before walking at a third of a mile back to feed and pay into dirt devil. 217 00:18:19,176 --> 00:18:21,376 It's a long [bleep] way to take this machine. 218 00:18:21,376 --> 00:18:23,476 I mean, it only goes three miles an hour. 219 00:18:25,410 --> 00:18:27,376 But Brandan's got a delivery that could 220 00:18:27,376 --> 00:18:29,476 get them back to full capacity. 221 00:18:30,810 --> 00:18:32,209 - Brady. - Yeah. 222 00:18:32,209 --> 00:18:34,443 I got the... I got the part. 223 00:18:34,443 --> 00:18:35,643 Oh, right on. 224 00:18:35,643 --> 00:18:37,010 It showed up today. 225 00:18:37,010 --> 00:18:39,076 Perfect. Let's... let's slap it in, eh? 226 00:18:39,076 --> 00:18:40,243 Yeah. 227 00:18:40,243 --> 00:18:42,043 She'll be purring like a kitten in no time, eh. 228 00:18:42,043 --> 00:18:45,810 Let's hope so, we've been waiting about a week 229 00:18:45,810 --> 00:18:51,943 and it was a long week, we'll slap her together and pray she works. 230 00:18:53,977 --> 00:18:57,943 The brothers have gambled $7,000 over a third of their 231 00:18:57,943 --> 00:19:00,810 last paycheck on a brand-new turbo. 232 00:19:03,109 --> 00:19:05,410 Oh, look at that. 233 00:19:05,410 --> 00:19:06,877 Turns so nice. 234 00:19:08,076 --> 00:19:10,943 It's been sitting there looking like a lawn ornament 235 00:19:10,943 --> 00:19:14,476 for about a week, but now we got... 236 00:19:14,476 --> 00:19:15,677 we got the turbo. 237 00:19:15,677 --> 00:19:17,543 Now it's just a matter of time for us to put it, 238 00:19:17,543 --> 00:19:19,543 put it back in and have it running. 239 00:19:33,243 --> 00:19:36,943 We're just buttoning up some bolts here. 240 00:19:36,943 --> 00:19:40,510 This is tight, this is tight, and we're ready to turn it over and... 241 00:19:40,510 --> 00:19:43,610 and see what she does, so Brady's going to go get in the cab, 242 00:19:43,610 --> 00:19:47,176 he's going to fire her up, and we'll put her to work. 243 00:20:01,043 --> 00:20:02,643 - Hey. - Huh? 244 00:20:06,443 --> 00:20:07,877 [bleep] me. 245 00:20:10,143 --> 00:20:11,843 So, I think we have engine problems. 246 00:20:21,309 --> 00:20:24,643 probably done. Can't win. 247 00:20:24,643 --> 00:20:26,343 We're so [bleep]. 248 00:20:41,410 --> 00:20:42,543 Well, it didn't work. 249 00:20:42,543 --> 00:20:46,309 Uh, we tried taking a quick, easy route with the turbo. 250 00:20:46,309 --> 00:20:48,610 We're gonna have to [bleep] open the engine up, 251 00:20:48,610 --> 00:20:50,043 see how bad it is. 252 00:20:57,109 --> 00:21:01,410 I think it's most likely a rod in the engine, so that [bleep] major. 253 00:21:03,309 --> 00:21:04,977 Throw a rod, it's not good, 254 00:21:04,977 --> 00:21:07,743 who knows what else before it got to the turbo. 255 00:21:08,843 --> 00:21:11,209 Don't even have money to fix that, so... 256 00:21:29,109 --> 00:21:33,543 On Paradise Hill, Tony Beets is doubling his sluicing time 257 00:21:33,543 --> 00:21:35,877 to ramp up his gold production. 258 00:21:52,977 --> 00:21:54,843 In the nine-acre cold cut, 259 00:21:54,843 --> 00:21:58,543 Tony's crew of greenhorns begin their third night shift 260 00:21:58,543 --> 00:22:01,376 trucking gold-rich pay to the plant. 261 00:22:03,076 --> 00:22:04,143 Have you got a good ripping 262 00:22:04,143 --> 00:22:06,843 on by Tony or Kevin or Mike yet? 263 00:22:06,843 --> 00:22:11,510 Not by Kevin or Mike, but Tony's come in to me a couple times. 264 00:22:11,510 --> 00:22:13,710 I think it just comes with the job, really. 265 00:22:13,710 --> 00:22:17,877 So, hopefully we can [bleep] , get a lot of dirt moved. 266 00:22:17,877 --> 00:22:24,309 8:00 p.m., mid-summer in the Yukon, the sun never sets. 267 00:22:24,309 --> 00:22:26,910 The stockpile's looking pretty high right now. 268 00:22:26,910 --> 00:22:29,777 Yeah, I think Megan is sweating off her ass, 269 00:22:29,777 --> 00:22:32,510 she's moving the dirt like crazy. 270 00:22:34,910 --> 00:22:39,677 At the trommel, Megan feeds 300 yards of paydirt an hour. 271 00:22:40,977 --> 00:22:44,810 Even though we have this gigantic stockpile, 272 00:22:44,810 --> 00:22:46,810 we'll tooth it really quick. 273 00:22:46,810 --> 00:22:48,410 We can never have enough paydirt. 274 00:22:50,943 --> 00:22:53,877 Kevin makes his final inspection of the trommel 275 00:22:53,877 --> 00:22:56,109 before finishing his day shift. 276 00:22:59,010 --> 00:23:00,710 There's one thing after [bleep] another, 277 00:23:00,710 --> 00:23:02,109 I got 14 other things on the go, 278 00:23:02,109 --> 00:23:03,910 and that's just counting rock trucks. 279 00:23:03,910 --> 00:23:08,476 Never mind excavator, dozers, plants. 280 00:23:08,476 --> 00:23:10,843 too much, on with me. 281 00:23:15,543 --> 00:23:18,243 That is ridiculous the way it's piling up on there. 282 00:23:18,243 --> 00:23:20,576 I mean, we don't want our pay under the conveyor belts, 283 00:23:20,576 --> 00:23:25,109 we want in in the trommel so the gold ends up in the sluice box. 284 00:23:25,109 --> 00:23:29,343 The plant is literally throwing away gold. 285 00:23:30,777 --> 00:23:32,076 We're shutting down. 286 00:23:34,843 --> 00:23:37,610 Hey, Peter, can I get you on the water, please? 287 00:23:39,643 --> 00:23:41,677 Yes, please. 288 00:24:05,977 --> 00:24:07,843 We're shutting down. 289 00:24:10,076 --> 00:24:14,010 At the start of the Beets' third night shift of the season, 290 00:24:15,443 --> 00:24:19,610 the channel between the hopper feeder and the conveyor belt 291 00:24:19,610 --> 00:24:24,343 is leaking paydirt, forcing Kevin to shut down. 292 00:24:26,743 --> 00:24:28,476 Imagine that's going 24 hours a day, 293 00:24:28,476 --> 00:24:31,510 how long is it gonna take before we got a [bleep] disaster 294 00:24:31,510 --> 00:24:32,877 going down there. 295 00:24:36,243 --> 00:24:37,877 Hey, Tony, you got a copy? 296 00:24:39,376 --> 00:24:41,810 The skirting needs to be [bleep] done. 297 00:24:47,376 --> 00:24:52,677 So, we are ripping it all out, 298 00:24:52,677 --> 00:24:54,410 measure up what I want for new pieces, 299 00:24:54,410 --> 00:24:56,910 cut them out, drill the holes, 300 00:24:56,910 --> 00:24:58,309 start slamming that together. 301 00:24:58,309 --> 00:25:01,376 I want to make sure that this is set up for success 302 00:25:01,376 --> 00:25:05,610 and I don't have to come back at 3:00 o'clock in the morning to fix [bleep]. 303 00:25:05,610 --> 00:25:09,810 Beneath the hopper, a rubber and metal skirt channels pay 304 00:25:09,810 --> 00:25:12,543 onto the five-foot-wide conveyor. 305 00:25:14,576 --> 00:25:17,977 But it's damaged, and spilling gold rich dirt, 306 00:25:17,977 --> 00:25:20,476 which is building up beneath the belt. 307 00:25:22,643 --> 00:25:26,643 Kevin needs to remove the skirt and build a replacement 308 00:25:26,643 --> 00:25:29,910 from scratch to get back on the gold. 309 00:25:31,677 --> 00:25:34,243 Now, we got to have to get it done tonight, because, 310 00:25:34,243 --> 00:25:36,376 well, we want to sluice in the morning. 311 00:25:37,476 --> 00:25:38,777 Boom. 312 00:25:45,910 --> 00:25:49,576 Knocking these bolts off, because they are one to [bleep]. 313 00:25:53,543 --> 00:25:56,510 While Kevin works through the bright Yukon night... 314 00:25:59,176 --> 00:26:01,476 Hey, Thomas and Chris, we're going to go shovel out 315 00:26:01,476 --> 00:26:02,877 underneath the trommel here. 316 00:26:04,343 --> 00:26:07,943 ...the greenhorn nightshift shovel out the last paydirt 317 00:26:07,943 --> 00:26:09,576 from under the hopper. 318 00:26:09,576 --> 00:26:11,977 Now we're just going to clear out all underneath the belt, 319 00:26:11,977 --> 00:26:13,710 hopefully we can just keep it nice and clean, 320 00:26:13,710 --> 00:26:14,943 everything will run smoothly. 321 00:26:16,443 --> 00:26:18,343 So, the faster we get this cleaned up, 322 00:26:18,343 --> 00:26:21,610 the faster we start hauling dirt back over. 323 00:26:21,610 --> 00:26:24,443 We had to grab all the rock truck drivers to get everything dug out, 324 00:26:24,443 --> 00:26:26,743 it takes away from more important [bleep]. 325 00:26:26,743 --> 00:26:29,076 The rock truck driver should be hauling pay. 326 00:26:33,010 --> 00:26:34,510 Six hours later... 327 00:26:37,043 --> 00:26:40,343 Hey, I'm pretty much ready to start assembling. 328 00:26:42,476 --> 00:26:46,076 So, for that, I am going to need more caffeine. 329 00:26:48,810 --> 00:26:50,710 - Let's do it. - Let's do it. 330 00:26:50,710 --> 00:26:55,343 Cousin Mike joins Kevin to rebuild the damaged trommel skirt. 331 00:26:57,176 --> 00:26:58,543 Yep, beautiful. 332 00:26:58,543 --> 00:26:59,643 Next. 333 00:27:03,943 --> 00:27:05,710 Perfect. 334 00:27:05,710 --> 00:27:09,543 Of course, so let's see if these holes line. 335 00:27:15,810 --> 00:27:19,209 Yeah, sometimes what I do actually turns out the way I plan. 336 00:27:25,610 --> 00:27:28,209 I knew it was gonna be great after all crawling around, 337 00:27:28,209 --> 00:27:30,209 being a [bleep] goblin. 338 00:27:30,209 --> 00:27:32,043 Laying in [bleep] bed and not moving, 339 00:27:32,043 --> 00:27:34,043 it's gonna be fantastic. 340 00:27:34,043 --> 00:27:35,610 It's going to be lovely. 341 00:27:37,076 --> 00:27:38,443 Okay. 342 00:27:38,443 --> 00:27:39,810 Spin, spin. 343 00:27:43,476 --> 00:27:44,777 Perfect. 344 00:27:49,610 --> 00:27:55,677 7:00 a.m., the last hour of night shift. 345 00:28:03,677 --> 00:28:05,309 Yep. 346 00:28:07,643 --> 00:28:09,176 We're back in business. 347 00:28:16,710 --> 00:28:19,443 After nearly 10 hours shut down, 348 00:28:19,443 --> 00:28:23,176 the night crew must race to make up lost sluicing time 349 00:28:23,176 --> 00:28:25,743 before handing over to day shift. 350 00:28:29,810 --> 00:28:31,343 [bleep] yeah, glad that is done, 351 00:28:31,343 --> 00:28:35,910 the siding is in and there is no [bleep] hole, so nothing can get out. 352 00:28:35,910 --> 00:28:37,610 It's [bleep] excellent. 353 00:28:37,610 --> 00:28:39,209 Good to [bleep] see. 354 00:28:40,677 --> 00:28:42,076 yeah. 355 00:28:43,943 --> 00:28:47,476 First, make up the speed as we're making up for the lost time. 356 00:28:47,476 --> 00:28:48,910 Yeah, I do my best. 357 00:28:48,910 --> 00:28:50,276 It's crazy. 358 00:28:52,143 --> 00:28:57,143 Now the Beets need to sluice 24/7 to have any chance 359 00:28:57,143 --> 00:28:59,309 of hitting their season goal. 360 00:29:28,743 --> 00:29:30,710 You know, right now we should be sluicing, 361 00:29:30,710 --> 00:29:32,810 we should be pulling in gold and we should be doing cleanups. 362 00:29:32,810 --> 00:29:35,877 Instead, we got a track off our 250, 363 00:29:35,877 --> 00:29:38,543 so we've got work to do to get ourselves back up and running. 364 00:29:40,643 --> 00:29:43,843 The Lewis Crew's 250 Excavator is down 365 00:29:43,843 --> 00:29:47,276 with a busted track and a missing bucket tooth. 366 00:29:49,910 --> 00:29:52,176 Without the 250, we aren't pulling pay. 367 00:29:52,176 --> 00:29:55,076 If we aren't pulling pay, we ain't running to the plant, we ain't getting gold. 368 00:29:56,309 --> 00:29:59,843 Buzz first reattaches the broken tooth, 369 00:29:59,843 --> 00:30:02,977 before the crew move on to fix the track pin. 370 00:30:04,810 --> 00:30:08,076 Having any vehicle down for any given time, 371 00:30:08,076 --> 00:30:10,777 it slows down on anything, 372 00:30:10,777 --> 00:30:13,743 so having this one down is a pretty big deal. 373 00:30:24,209 --> 00:30:26,176 So, the broken part of the pin, 374 00:30:26,176 --> 00:30:29,877 in order to get it out, we've got to actually cut the darn thing out. 375 00:30:32,610 --> 00:30:36,143 Just get it done, get it done as quick... quickly as we can. 376 00:30:38,777 --> 00:30:41,476 As soon as I get that darn bushing melted out of there. 377 00:30:52,643 --> 00:30:55,677 When the pin breaks, it shears it. 378 00:30:55,677 --> 00:30:59,443 I mean, the massive power it takes to do that is crazy 379 00:30:59,443 --> 00:31:01,843 and when it does it... 380 00:31:01,843 --> 00:31:04,109 it [bleep] up the rail a little bit, definitely. 381 00:31:08,109 --> 00:31:10,309 , I'm actually bleeding. 382 00:31:10,309 --> 00:31:12,343 - What happened? - I got in the face. 383 00:31:12,343 --> 00:31:14,943 I'm actually bleeding, I think, yeah. Oh. 384 00:31:14,943 --> 00:31:16,176 - Stuart. - Yeah... 385 00:31:16,176 --> 00:31:17,410 Let me see that. 386 00:31:24,977 --> 00:31:26,643 At California Creek, 387 00:31:28,543 --> 00:31:33,010 the Lewis crew are racing to repair a broken excavator track. 388 00:31:36,209 --> 00:31:38,510 , I'm actually bleeding. 389 00:31:38,510 --> 00:31:40,943 What happened? I got [bleep] in the face. 390 00:31:40,943 --> 00:31:43,877 A shard of shrapnel from the track pin 391 00:31:43,877 --> 00:31:47,810 has hit Stuart just an inch from his eye. 392 00:31:47,810 --> 00:31:49,843 Oh, yeah, you got a nice piece of metal in there. 393 00:31:51,276 --> 00:31:53,343 Good thing I was wearing glasses. 394 00:31:53,343 --> 00:31:56,276 - We're gonna have to get that out, buddy. - Yeah. 395 00:31:56,276 --> 00:31:58,610 Let's... let's wash it real quick. 396 00:31:58,610 --> 00:31:59,743 Yeah. 397 00:32:02,843 --> 00:32:04,143 You don't need a wipe. 398 00:32:04,143 --> 00:32:06,276 This will be the second time that Fred has removed 399 00:32:06,276 --> 00:32:07,443 a metal from my body. 400 00:32:07,443 --> 00:32:10,443 He got a piece of shrapnel out of my back. 401 00:32:10,443 --> 00:32:14,543 Fred served as combat medic in Iraq and Afghanistan. 402 00:32:15,877 --> 00:32:17,576 I need tweezers, 'cause when you pull this out, 403 00:32:17,576 --> 00:32:18,810 it's probably going to bleed. 404 00:32:22,777 --> 00:32:24,643 - Damn it, I dropped it. - It's all right, but is it out? 405 00:32:24,643 --> 00:32:25,877 - It's a good piece of metal. - Yeah? 406 00:32:25,877 --> 00:32:28,176 You got some swollenness and ecchymosis. 407 00:32:28,176 --> 00:32:29,343 Yeah? 408 00:32:30,476 --> 00:32:31,877 But everything's out. 409 00:32:37,010 --> 00:32:39,743 Hey, JB, quit hurting Stuart, we need him. 410 00:32:42,977 --> 00:32:45,276 Little piece of metal, oh, my gosh. 411 00:32:46,777 --> 00:32:48,810 Fred takes Stuart back to camp 412 00:32:48,810 --> 00:32:50,410 to glue the wound. 413 00:32:50,410 --> 00:32:54,710 Hey... hey, Buzz, I expect to be mining when we get back. 414 00:32:56,010 --> 00:32:57,777 You better take your [bleep] time then. 415 00:33:00,977 --> 00:33:03,610 Down of 250, down of Stuart. 416 00:33:06,810 --> 00:33:08,176 All right, what's your plan now? 417 00:33:08,176 --> 00:33:10,209 We need to twist and walk over this way 418 00:33:10,209 --> 00:33:12,376 and then we'll walk back, kind of, lighten things up. 419 00:33:12,376 --> 00:33:14,209 Well that's... that's one thing you're good at, 420 00:33:14,209 --> 00:33:15,643 is walking with no track on, so... 421 00:33:19,943 --> 00:33:21,810 Does that look straight-ish? 422 00:33:21,810 --> 00:33:24,977 That don't look too bad. There you go... 423 00:33:24,977 --> 00:33:26,043 oh. 424 00:33:28,710 --> 00:33:29,910 Looks right. 425 00:33:34,543 --> 00:33:37,176 There we go. Keep going. 426 00:33:39,343 --> 00:33:43,276 I... I always visualize just going up there and picking it up and putting it on, 427 00:33:43,276 --> 00:33:46,643 it's... it's massively heavy and that's just not possible. 428 00:33:47,743 --> 00:33:49,043 All right. 429 00:33:50,410 --> 00:33:54,043 All right, bottom rollers are on, top rollers are on. 430 00:33:57,209 --> 00:33:59,843 Rail put together, we put that pin in and that's it, 431 00:33:59,843 --> 00:34:01,143 be back in operation. 432 00:34:02,276 --> 00:34:03,877 What's up, guys? 433 00:34:03,877 --> 00:34:05,877 We're close-close. How's your face? 434 00:34:05,877 --> 00:34:07,010 - It's pretty good. - Yeah. 435 00:34:07,010 --> 00:34:08,743 It's gonna leave a cool little scar. 436 00:34:08,743 --> 00:34:10,143 All right, she's ready. 437 00:34:10,143 --> 00:34:12,343 All right, let's get back to work, guys. Good job. 438 00:34:18,677 --> 00:34:22,476 The 250, finally back in the cut digging pay. 439 00:34:22,476 --> 00:34:23,610 Back in action. 440 00:34:25,943 --> 00:34:27,343 Fire it up. 441 00:34:31,010 --> 00:34:33,843 Fred is sluicing again. 442 00:34:37,543 --> 00:34:40,143 In this controlled chaos that we have called gold mining, 443 00:34:40,143 --> 00:34:42,510 we're very close to being where we need to be right now. 444 00:34:42,510 --> 00:34:45,410 So, I feel like if we can keep pushing forward, 445 00:34:45,410 --> 00:34:48,877 keep solving these problems, we're gonna be making good money. 446 00:34:48,877 --> 00:34:52,543 The race is still on with the Claytons, the first to 500 ounces wins. 447 00:35:02,276 --> 00:35:05,510 Across California Creek... 448 00:35:05,510 --> 00:35:08,243 At the rate we're going, we're going to lose to [bleep] Fred, so... 449 00:35:08,243 --> 00:35:10,743 - Yeah. - ...I ain't losing. 450 00:35:10,743 --> 00:35:12,610 The Claytons are shut down 451 00:35:12,610 --> 00:35:15,710 with excavator problems of their own. 452 00:35:15,710 --> 00:35:17,376 Well, unfortunately, the haul, 453 00:35:17,376 --> 00:35:19,443 it's going to be down a lot longer than we thought, 454 00:35:19,443 --> 00:35:21,176 it's got some engine problems. 455 00:35:21,176 --> 00:35:22,610 To get back running, 456 00:35:22,610 --> 00:35:25,710 they need a new plan and fast. 457 00:35:32,677 --> 00:35:35,476 Ah, over the winter, this thing got bent, 458 00:35:35,476 --> 00:35:38,677 today we've got to try and bend it straight. 459 00:35:40,543 --> 00:35:42,309 We're going to just try and piece this together 460 00:35:42,309 --> 00:35:45,977 and get it up there so we can try and make more production. 461 00:35:47,510 --> 00:35:48,843 Last season, 462 00:35:48,843 --> 00:35:52,243 the Claytons fed the plant with a loader and feed conveyor. 463 00:35:54,943 --> 00:35:58,543 But winter melt washed it downstream... 464 00:35:58,543 --> 00:36:01,309 Tipped it over, [bleep]. 465 00:36:01,309 --> 00:36:03,643 ...leaving it badly bent out of shape. 466 00:36:06,043 --> 00:36:08,243 If the brothers can resurrect it, 467 00:36:08,243 --> 00:36:12,209 they can use their loader and keep the excavator down in the cut. 468 00:36:14,010 --> 00:36:15,677 This piece of machinery, 469 00:36:15,677 --> 00:36:17,076 even though it's an antique, 470 00:36:17,076 --> 00:36:20,109 she has some life left in her for sure. 471 00:36:20,109 --> 00:36:23,376 We're going to try to make it work, we have no other choice. 472 00:36:23,376 --> 00:36:25,777 Otherwise, you know, we're not going to make enough progress 473 00:36:25,777 --> 00:36:27,810 to even turn a profit this year, so 474 00:36:27,810 --> 00:36:30,510 we have to get this conveyor going. 475 00:36:30,510 --> 00:36:31,643 First things first, 476 00:36:31,643 --> 00:36:33,877 we'll just get your haul over into position, 477 00:36:33,877 --> 00:36:35,510 we'll hook you up and then we'll flip it. 478 00:36:39,343 --> 00:36:43,276 If the chain breaks, that can be pretty ugly. 479 00:36:43,276 --> 00:36:46,610 But, you know, no risk, no reward, right? 480 00:36:46,610 --> 00:36:48,910 We got to get this back in operation. 481 00:36:48,910 --> 00:36:50,777 Are we almost ready over there or what? 482 00:36:52,176 --> 00:36:54,977 All right, guys, see what you can do. Hope it don't break. 483 00:37:07,043 --> 00:37:08,977 Straight on. Crazy. 484 00:37:08,977 --> 00:37:10,677 easy there, buddy. 485 00:37:10,677 --> 00:37:12,109 Yeah, easy-peasy. 486 00:37:12,109 --> 00:37:13,309 Nice work, Brady. 487 00:37:14,510 --> 00:37:17,043 Because she's quite... quite [bleep]. 488 00:37:17,043 --> 00:37:19,476 It bends in and, like, it waves. 489 00:37:23,677 --> 00:37:27,309 So, if we don't get it straight, the belt's going to walk, the... 490 00:37:27,309 --> 00:37:30,076 it's going to be hard on the rollers, it's going to be hard on the motor 491 00:37:30,076 --> 00:37:32,643 and which will just give us constant problems. 492 00:37:33,977 --> 00:37:35,309 I think what you do, 493 00:37:35,309 --> 00:37:37,510 where it just starts to bend, you cut it there, 494 00:37:37,510 --> 00:37:39,343 you pull this whole thing over, 495 00:37:39,343 --> 00:37:41,076 then you weld it when that's straight, 496 00:37:41,076 --> 00:37:43,043 then you move over to the next piece, 497 00:37:43,043 --> 00:37:46,276 you bend that into place, you weld that. 498 00:37:46,276 --> 00:37:51,010 Brandon's fix cut the crooked section of the frame to weaken it, 499 00:37:51,010 --> 00:37:52,743 making it easier to bend. 500 00:37:54,777 --> 00:37:59,777 Then pull it back straight before welding it back together. 501 00:37:59,777 --> 00:38:01,443 We're not really sure 502 00:38:01,443 --> 00:38:05,576 how this is going to work, I think my confidence is 50% 503 00:38:05,576 --> 00:38:06,910 either way right now. 504 00:38:06,910 --> 00:38:11,410 Uh, I mean, this thing is so bent in so many different ways. 505 00:38:11,410 --> 00:38:13,977 We're trying to put lipstick on a pig right now, 506 00:38:13,977 --> 00:38:18,576 trying to make it straight, and I don't know if it wants to be straight, so. 507 00:38:18,576 --> 00:38:23,476 Warren needs to make sure they apply just enough force to bend it. 508 00:38:26,309 --> 00:38:27,977 You push, while he pulls. 509 00:38:31,076 --> 00:38:33,943 Too much, the structure could snap 510 00:38:33,943 --> 00:38:37,943 or worse, flip it onto Brady. 511 00:38:37,943 --> 00:38:40,010 Well, I'm applying pressure now, 512 00:38:40,010 --> 00:38:42,010 I got to hold this steady, 513 00:38:42,010 --> 00:38:44,810 so Brady can have a chance to get a beat in there. 514 00:38:49,443 --> 00:38:52,176 ! Whoa, whoa. 515 00:38:52,176 --> 00:38:54,710 Brady, easy. Be careful, Brady. 516 00:38:56,443 --> 00:38:57,943 , [bleep], [bleep]. 517 00:39:13,777 --> 00:39:15,543 Did it stay or... 518 00:39:15,543 --> 00:39:18,010 It just looks like [bleep], but it's... it's fine. 519 00:39:19,209 --> 00:39:21,309 She doesn't have to win a beauty contest. 520 00:39:23,677 --> 00:39:27,677 No, but it looks good, man. That looks really good. 521 00:39:30,309 --> 00:39:31,943 I wouldn't say it's perfect, 522 00:39:31,943 --> 00:39:35,510 but I'm just going to finish welding up the cuts that we made, 523 00:39:35,510 --> 00:39:39,209 and then we'll slap the belt on and see if it runs straight or not. 524 00:39:39,209 --> 00:39:43,143 The Claytons attach the belt to the conveyor 525 00:39:43,143 --> 00:39:46,176 and swing it into position to feed the plant. 526 00:39:47,977 --> 00:39:54,677 Before they fire up to get back chasing 500 ounces, there's one finishing touch. 527 00:39:54,677 --> 00:39:57,443 All right, let's go hang her up. 528 00:39:57,443 --> 00:39:59,309 Okay, let's put it up there, son. 529 00:40:02,810 --> 00:40:04,243 Well, let's go fire it up. 530 00:40:07,977 --> 00:40:09,677 - Well, the conveyer works, - Yeah. 531 00:40:09,677 --> 00:40:11,843 - Good job. - Let's give her the beans. 532 00:40:13,543 --> 00:40:15,576 Let's go get some gold. 533 00:40:22,543 --> 00:40:25,743 That 500-ounce of gold is not much closer with this on there. 534 00:40:25,743 --> 00:40:28,143 I'm glad this worked out, we needed it, so. 535 00:40:28,143 --> 00:40:29,943 - Yeah, I agree. - Awesome. 536 00:40:51,276 --> 00:40:52,843 Okay. 537 00:40:52,843 --> 00:40:57,543 At Paradise Hill, Tony is running greenhorn welding school. 538 00:40:57,543 --> 00:40:59,643 Why does that shocky? 539 00:41:01,109 --> 00:41:02,376 Yeah. 540 00:41:07,610 --> 00:41:10,643 ... What the [bleep]? 541 00:41:10,643 --> 00:41:12,243 That's shocking the hell out of me. 542 00:41:14,443 --> 00:41:15,610 Yes. 543 00:41:19,543 --> 00:41:23,677 As soon as I put it on, it would shock me. 544 00:41:23,677 --> 00:41:26,777 Likely a bit of moisture in the gloves created a circuit. 545 00:41:28,410 --> 00:41:31,076 I think our voltages is [bleep] up over here really quick. 546 00:41:31,076 --> 00:41:32,977 Yeah, it's set wrong. 547 00:41:32,977 --> 00:41:35,076 Don't worry, I have to show again 548 00:41:35,076 --> 00:41:36,610 three professionals how-to. 549 00:41:38,209 --> 00:41:39,276 It's a lot better. 550 00:41:39,276 --> 00:41:40,410 yeah. 551 00:41:56,677 --> 00:41:58,777 All right. How you guys feeling? 552 00:41:58,777 --> 00:42:00,610 - Good. - It's been a hell of a week. 553 00:42:00,610 --> 00:42:02,910 Besides the 250 breaking, we're adapting, 554 00:42:02,910 --> 00:42:05,877 we're overcoming, we're fixing things faster. 555 00:42:05,877 --> 00:42:08,043 After a hard week's mining, 556 00:42:08,043 --> 00:42:12,543 Fred's crew have finally cleaned out last season's cut. 557 00:42:12,543 --> 00:42:13,810 - Stuart. - Yeah. 558 00:42:13,810 --> 00:42:16,343 I've now pulled shrapnel from you twice. 559 00:42:16,343 --> 00:42:17,410 That is true. 560 00:42:17,410 --> 00:42:19,610 Once from combat and once from gold mining. 561 00:42:19,610 --> 00:42:21,443 Yeah, I know, right? Where's my Purple Heart? 562 00:42:21,443 --> 00:42:23,777 I know. You should get a... We should have a gold heart. 563 00:42:23,777 --> 00:42:27,543 It is dangerous. But what I'm holding in my hand proves it's worth it. 564 00:42:27,543 --> 00:42:31,109 We... This is 2,700 yards we ran. 565 00:42:31,109 --> 00:42:33,576 To hit his 500-ounce goal, 566 00:42:33,576 --> 00:42:37,176 Fred needs over 30 ounces a week. 567 00:42:37,176 --> 00:42:38,843 JB, you want to call this one off? 568 00:42:38,843 --> 00:42:40,043 Oh, I get the honors. 569 00:42:40,043 --> 00:42:41,243 - Yes, sir. - All right. 570 00:42:42,843 --> 00:42:45,343 Ah, one. Ah, two. 571 00:42:47,109 --> 00:42:53,910 Three, four, five, six. 572 00:42:53,910 --> 00:42:59,576 11, 12.6. 573 00:42:59,576 --> 00:43:02,843 12.645. 574 00:43:02,843 --> 00:43:06,610 Worth over $21,000, 575 00:43:06,610 --> 00:43:11,610 double his last haul, but well short of their weekly target. 576 00:43:13,176 --> 00:43:15,443 Numbers like this is for [bleep] hobby miners. 577 00:43:15,443 --> 00:43:16,543 - Yeah. - Yep. 578 00:43:16,543 --> 00:43:18,143 We're not there yet. 579 00:43:18,143 --> 00:43:21,543 The wash plant, I... I would say, at this point is functioning 100% properly. 580 00:43:21,543 --> 00:43:23,109 Everything is working the way it should. 581 00:43:23,109 --> 00:43:26,043 The only way we're going to hit that goal is to keep that plant running, so... 582 00:43:27,209 --> 00:43:29,109 - back to work. - We're ready to roll. 583 00:43:29,109 --> 00:43:30,777 Any business you start, 584 00:43:30,777 --> 00:43:32,643 the first three years, 585 00:43:32,643 --> 00:43:34,443 you're probably not making any money, 586 00:43:34,443 --> 00:43:36,643 but it still has to pay the bills to keep it going. 587 00:43:36,643 --> 00:43:39,610 So, I've got to keep positive attitude, 588 00:43:39,610 --> 00:43:42,710 keep driving forward and just let the guys feed off of me. 589 00:43:46,510 --> 00:43:48,143 On the other side of the creek... 590 00:43:48,143 --> 00:43:50,410 Have any of that garlic bread last night? 591 00:43:50,410 --> 00:43:52,543 No, I'm trying to watch my figure. 592 00:43:52,543 --> 00:43:53,977 ...the Clayton brothers 593 00:43:53,977 --> 00:43:57,543 are also chasing a 500-ounce goal. 594 00:43:57,543 --> 00:43:58,877 Well, fellas. 595 00:43:58,877 --> 00:44:00,343 Well, what do you figure? 596 00:44:00,343 --> 00:44:02,343 We were able to get that conveyor straightened. 597 00:44:02,343 --> 00:44:05,176 Honestly, I... as good as you are though, I had my doubts. 598 00:44:05,176 --> 00:44:07,276 So, will we be able to get it as straight as you did. 599 00:44:07,276 --> 00:44:09,810 - Yeah, yeah. - Like, you... you really did an awesome job, Brady. 600 00:44:09,810 --> 00:44:11,843 I had little, little faith in you guys, 601 00:44:11,843 --> 00:44:15,510 it looked pretty messed up when I saw it last, so good job. 602 00:44:15,510 --> 00:44:17,910 It came... it came out pretty good. 603 00:44:17,910 --> 00:44:20,376 With their conveyor now feeding the plant, 604 00:44:20,376 --> 00:44:23,677 the Claytons ran a day longer than last week, 605 00:44:23,677 --> 00:44:27,209 which delivered just over ten ounces. 606 00:44:27,209 --> 00:44:28,610 See what kind of week we had, eh? 607 00:44:28,610 --> 00:44:31,643 Yeah. Let's throw it on the scale. 608 00:44:31,643 --> 00:44:33,043 You counting, Brady? 609 00:44:33,043 --> 00:44:34,443 Yeah, I'll count. Yep. 610 00:44:34,443 --> 00:44:35,943 Do it. Ready? 611 00:44:35,943 --> 00:44:37,043 Yep. 612 00:44:39,677 --> 00:44:42,843 Two, three, four, five. 613 00:44:44,209 --> 00:44:48,476 10, 13, 14. 614 00:44:49,610 --> 00:44:52,443 15.25. 615 00:44:52,443 --> 00:44:54,476 Oh-ho, that's beautiful. 616 00:44:54,476 --> 00:44:55,677 Yeah, that's good. 617 00:44:55,677 --> 00:44:58,743 Worth nearly $26,000. 618 00:45:01,443 --> 00:45:04,410 Bringing the brothers total to 38 ounces. 619 00:45:06,443 --> 00:45:08,443 19 more than Fred. 620 00:45:11,743 --> 00:45:13,476 That's a good step in the right direction... 621 00:45:13,476 --> 00:45:15,977 Yeah. Yeah. ...that's for sure, right? 622 00:45:15,977 --> 00:45:17,943 And if we think we're going to get to 500 ounces, 623 00:45:17,943 --> 00:45:21,143 then we need to see progress, progress, progress every week. 624 00:45:21,143 --> 00:45:24,343 And I think that feeder and conveyor was the answer. 625 00:45:24,343 --> 00:45:26,476 Yeah, we just can't take our foot off the gas. 626 00:45:26,476 --> 00:45:27,910 So, what are we doing sitting here? 627 00:45:27,910 --> 00:45:29,643 - Hell, yeah. - Yeah, let's do it. 628 00:45:29,643 --> 00:45:30,943 Let's do it, guys. 629 00:45:30,943 --> 00:45:34,143 Things are looking up, even though we got to hold down, 630 00:45:34,143 --> 00:45:35,877 we're still full steam ahead. 631 00:45:35,877 --> 00:45:37,843 The conveyor and feeder have worked, 632 00:45:37,843 --> 00:45:41,243 and it's putting us in a better position than last week. 633 00:45:41,243 --> 00:45:43,443 So, we're going to keep moving forward, 634 00:45:43,443 --> 00:45:46,910 and hopefully things are uphill from here. 635 00:45:57,043 --> 00:45:58,143 - Hi, guys. - Hey, everybody. 636 00:46:01,343 --> 00:46:02,476 Right outside. 637 00:46:02,476 --> 00:46:04,309 Shivering cold. 638 00:46:11,010 --> 00:46:13,176 After some disappointing weeks, 639 00:46:13,176 --> 00:46:18,710 it's time to see if Tony's decision to run nightshift has paid off. 640 00:46:30,243 --> 00:46:31,877 So, I guess we should weigh this [bleep]. 641 00:46:35,410 --> 00:46:37,777 To hit 5000 ounces, 642 00:46:37,777 --> 00:46:41,677 Tony needs over 300 ounces a week. 643 00:46:41,677 --> 00:46:43,610 Three, two, one, let's go. 644 00:46:46,276 --> 00:46:51,543 Five, 10, 40, 60, 645 00:46:51,543 --> 00:46:53,410 90, 100. 646 00:46:54,677 --> 00:46:59,043 140, 180, 240, 647 00:46:59,043 --> 00:47:01,276 250, 648 00:47:01,276 --> 00:47:04,943 259.7. 649 00:47:06,410 --> 00:47:10,777 Worth $440,000, 650 00:47:10,777 --> 00:47:14,777 the Beets biggest gold haul of the season. 651 00:47:16,109 --> 00:47:17,209 That's pretty [bleep] good. 652 00:47:19,943 --> 00:47:23,810 If the greenhorns can keep the trommel running 24/7, 653 00:47:23,810 --> 00:47:27,443 the Beets could be in for a successful season. 654 00:47:28,610 --> 00:47:30,843 Anyways, go back to work. 655 00:47:30,843 --> 00:47:32,510 Yes, boss. 656 00:47:32,510 --> 00:47:33,777 I want to hear her say it. 657 00:47:35,043 --> 00:47:36,810 Anyways, go back to work. 658 00:47:41,343 --> 00:47:44,043 Well, you know what, it's hard to argue with that, so I guess back at it. 659 00:47:47,043 --> 00:47:50,476 We had a decent gold weight, finally. It's kind of nice to see. 660 00:47:50,476 --> 00:47:53,410 We're going to get some more people, gonna get some more equipment out there 661 00:47:53,410 --> 00:47:55,243 and run 24 hours a day. 662 00:47:55,243 --> 00:47:57,243 It should make one [bleep] difference. 663 00:47:57,243 --> 00:48:00,543 I mean, you know, double the time, double the money, double the gold, right? 663 00:48:01,305 --> 00:49:01,882 -== [ www.OpenSubtitles.org ] ==-