"Gold Rush" Mammoth Mess

1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,074 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm 2 00:00:17,443 --> 00:00:18,943 [Brady Clayton] It's a good day to pull pay. 3 00:00:18,943 --> 00:00:21,343 Most of it's on thoughts or it's nice pulling. 4 00:00:22,743 --> 00:00:24,777 And, uh, after that, we're onto Golden Acres. 5 00:00:26,710 --> 00:00:29,143 [narrator] Two-thirds of the way through their season, 6 00:00:29,143 --> 00:00:31,610 21-year-old Brady Clayton 7 00:00:31,610 --> 00:00:33,777 and 23-year-old brother Brandon 8 00:00:33,777 --> 00:00:36,777 are gunning for a big payday 9 00:00:36,777 --> 00:00:39,443 to pull their family out of crippling debt. 10 00:00:40,877 --> 00:00:43,010 After a series of breakdowns, 11 00:00:43,010 --> 00:00:45,076 they're finally gaining momentum. 12 00:00:48,243 --> 00:00:49,777 [Brandon Clayton] We're going pretty good, we're in the gauntlet, 13 00:00:49,777 --> 00:00:51,443 and the gold seems to be getting better. 14 00:00:51,443 --> 00:00:54,209 We got two sides, so they're a lot of pay there. 15 00:00:54,209 --> 00:00:57,276 And we got some we need to keep moving forward to Golden Acres. 16 00:00:57,276 --> 00:00:59,777 Road's being built, so it's working out good. 17 00:01:01,643 --> 00:01:05,443 [narrator] The boys have pulled in 58 ounces so far. 18 00:01:05,443 --> 00:01:07,877 enough to fund their road to Golden Acres, 19 00:01:08,576 --> 00:01:10,443 virgin ground they're gambling 20 00:01:10,443 --> 00:01:13,243 will deliver a 500-ounce payday. 21 00:01:16,443 --> 00:01:18,376 [Brandon] It's gonna be huge for us, we've tested it, 22 00:01:18,376 --> 00:01:20,710 it contains two ounce a hundred. 23 00:01:20,710 --> 00:01:24,476 If we have any fighting chance of paying that family debt off, 24 00:01:24,476 --> 00:01:26,109 it's gonna be Golden Acre. 25 00:01:28,843 --> 00:01:30,943 So I'm gonna go down in the 'dozer 26 00:01:30,943 --> 00:01:33,109 and start stripping Golden Acres and building a road, 27 00:01:33,109 --> 00:01:36,176 so once the gauntlet's done, we can start pulling pay, 28 00:01:36,176 --> 00:01:38,243 'cause that's what we've waited to do all season. 29 00:01:46,176 --> 00:01:48,010 Well, pretty big day today, fellas. 30 00:01:48,010 --> 00:01:49,710 - Yeah. - You betcha. 31 00:01:49,710 --> 00:01:52,143 Breaking ground in Golden Acres, finally. 32 00:01:52,143 --> 00:01:54,276 We've been working for this all season. 33 00:01:54,276 --> 00:01:58,109 Yeah, I'm excited. All hands on deck today. Let's start stripping away. 34 00:01:58,109 --> 00:01:59,410 Yeah, sounds good to me. 35 00:01:59,410 --> 00:02:01,710 - [Warren Binnie] Let's do it. - Good job, fellas. 36 00:02:10,643 --> 00:02:12,843 [Brady] Onto Golden Acres, man, this is a big moment. 37 00:02:12,843 --> 00:02:14,810 [Brandon] [bleep] yeah, you're right, buddy. 38 00:02:14,810 --> 00:02:17,677 [Brady] It's all in my name, I can tell you that. 39 00:02:17,677 --> 00:02:20,677 It's a good day, long time coming! 40 00:02:22,510 --> 00:02:25,043 [narrator] With just a third of the season left, 41 00:02:25,043 --> 00:02:27,810 the crew needs to start sluicing right away 42 00:02:27,810 --> 00:02:31,476 to have any hope of hitting their target. 43 00:02:32,977 --> 00:02:34,476 What's the plan? 44 00:02:34,476 --> 00:02:37,309 - Okay, Brady, knock these trees down right here, - Yeah. 45 00:02:37,309 --> 00:02:40,677 then pull that ledge in and give me a slope, 46 00:02:40,677 --> 00:02:42,843 so I can back down and push. 47 00:02:42,843 --> 00:02:44,309 And I'll grab it with the 'dozer. 48 00:02:44,309 --> 00:02:46,910 Try and get this whole section here open. 49 00:02:46,910 --> 00:02:48,109 - Okay? Okay. - Sounds good. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 50 00:02:50,643 --> 00:02:53,143 [Brady] Well, it's time to go strip some virgin ground. 51 00:03:02,176 --> 00:03:05,943 Yes, sir, I can smell our pockets getting heavier. 52 00:03:05,943 --> 00:03:09,810 This kind of makes us feel like we've achieved something over the year we've had. 53 00:03:11,576 --> 00:03:14,143 As far as I'm concerned, Golden Acres is just 54 00:03:14,143 --> 00:03:17,309 gonna help our family out tremendously. 55 00:03:18,643 --> 00:03:21,243 [Brandon] I'm hoping for 500 ounces out of it. 56 00:03:23,810 --> 00:03:27,610 We fought a lot of adversity, but, you know, we're still going. 57 00:03:27,610 --> 00:03:29,543 So that's good. 58 00:03:29,543 --> 00:03:31,209 [bulldozer clunks] 59 00:03:31,209 --> 00:03:33,743 [Brandon] Why am I not going in reverse now? 60 00:03:38,043 --> 00:03:39,910 What the [bleep]? 61 00:03:41,877 --> 00:03:45,543 Of course, now that I just spoke, I got no [bleep] reverse. 62 00:03:48,810 --> 00:03:50,810 Oh, the [bleep] is going on now? 63 00:03:51,977 --> 00:03:53,309 Ah, [bleep]. 64 00:03:59,743 --> 00:04:01,810 Can never [bleep] win. 65 00:04:07,343 --> 00:04:09,143 [bulldozer powers down] 66 00:04:09,143 --> 00:04:11,243 Brady, do you have a copy? 67 00:04:11,243 --> 00:04:13,243 [Brady] Yeah, go ahead. 68 00:04:13,243 --> 00:04:16,443 I need you to come down to the D8, can't get it to shift. 69 00:04:16,443 --> 00:04:18,977 Oh, [bleep], okay, I'll be right there. 70 00:04:29,643 --> 00:04:31,143 The [bleep] did you do? 71 00:04:31,143 --> 00:04:32,777 I don't know what the [bleep] happened, 72 00:04:32,777 --> 00:04:34,877 it literally just stopped shifting. 73 00:04:34,877 --> 00:04:36,610 Didn't have reverse. 74 00:04:36,610 --> 00:04:38,243 Now I don't have a [bleep] forward. 75 00:04:38,243 --> 00:04:40,276 Well, have you checked the fuses? 76 00:04:45,943 --> 00:04:48,109 [Brandon] It probably won't be a fuse problem, 77 00:04:48,109 --> 00:04:49,943 but that'd be our lucky day, of course. 78 00:04:49,943 --> 00:04:52,109 It wouldn't show shifting on the dash. 79 00:04:54,343 --> 00:04:56,576 Nothing looks burnt, Brady. 80 00:04:58,777 --> 00:04:59,777 Disaster. 81 00:05:02,810 --> 00:05:05,043 Like, what the [bleep] is going on? Just our luck. 82 00:05:05,043 --> 00:05:06,910 - Yeah, it [bleep] sucks. - Never win this year. 83 00:05:06,910 --> 00:05:08,410 [Brady] Nope. 84 00:05:12,109 --> 00:05:14,076 [Brandon] We're not even mining, we're just fixing. 85 00:05:15,176 --> 00:05:16,176 Pointless. 86 00:05:17,109 --> 00:05:18,743 We ain't getting 500 at this rate. 87 00:05:36,810 --> 00:05:38,576 So we're just running tailings at the moment. 88 00:05:39,977 --> 00:05:41,610 And, yeah, it's going pretty well. 89 00:05:48,877 --> 00:05:50,910 We're just cranking material to get it up 90 00:05:50,910 --> 00:05:53,176 to the wash plant here as quick as we can. 91 00:05:54,443 --> 00:05:56,443 It's just a team effort right now. 92 00:06:00,410 --> 00:06:03,309 [narrator] With less than a couple of months left in the season, 93 00:06:03,309 --> 00:06:06,176 28-year-old Parker Schnabel 94 00:06:06,176 --> 00:06:10,309 is feeling the pressure to make his new Alaskan mine pay out. 95 00:06:11,643 --> 00:06:14,309 Running two operations is definitely a bit of a struggle. 96 00:06:14,309 --> 00:06:18,610 It's really good that we've got Mitch and Tyson over in the Yukon, 97 00:06:18,610 --> 00:06:22,543 and that's given me some time to spend here in Fairbanks. 98 00:06:23,943 --> 00:06:26,243 You gotta keep your mind on the future. 99 00:06:26,243 --> 00:06:29,243 And as we run out of ground on the Yukon, 100 00:06:29,243 --> 00:06:32,010 be nice to know where we're going next 101 00:06:33,510 --> 00:06:35,476 [narrator] After months of delay, 102 00:06:35,476 --> 00:06:38,877 Parker's Alaskan crew is finally on the gold, 103 00:06:39,743 --> 00:06:41,777 banking 14 ounces 104 00:06:41,777 --> 00:06:44,243 from easy-to-mine old timer tailings 105 00:06:44,243 --> 00:06:45,843 in the drift cut. 106 00:06:45,843 --> 00:06:48,610 It looks like the drift tailings will be worthwhile running, 107 00:06:48,610 --> 00:06:50,643 but kinda just barely. 108 00:06:50,643 --> 00:06:55,276 Really, what we're here for is the good ground that Liam drilled. 109 00:06:55,276 --> 00:06:59,143 By the square foot, it's like five times better than what we're mining in the Yukon. 110 00:07:00,410 --> 00:07:02,576 [narrator] On the other side of the claim, 111 00:07:02,576 --> 00:07:06,176 Parker is chasing a pay streak in the four-acre wolf cut, 112 00:07:06,176 --> 00:07:08,176 which he hopes will deliver 113 00:07:08,176 --> 00:07:10,576 1,000 ounces this season. 114 00:07:12,109 --> 00:07:14,743 If we can get a nice-sized pit down, 115 00:07:14,743 --> 00:07:16,610 the gold should be really good. 116 00:07:23,343 --> 00:07:25,877 [Michael] Kinda late in the year, so gotta get going on this. 117 00:07:27,043 --> 00:07:29,510 [narrator] To get to pay dirt 30 feet down, 118 00:07:29,510 --> 00:07:31,043 the crew must haul out 119 00:07:31,043 --> 00:07:34,010 100,000 yards of overburden. 120 00:07:42,143 --> 00:07:45,710 So we'll take, like, four more feet off this and get us down to water level, 121 00:07:45,710 --> 00:07:48,309 and then it's like 30 feet to bedrock from there. 122 00:07:48,309 --> 00:07:50,476 We want to sluice the bottom six. 123 00:07:53,376 --> 00:07:55,076 Working right next to this pond, 124 00:07:55,076 --> 00:07:58,810 water's gonna be the number one problem in here. 125 00:07:58,810 --> 00:08:02,376 The perfect situation is partially frozen mud, 126 00:08:02,376 --> 00:08:06,143 because it, um, keeps the water out. 127 00:08:08,010 --> 00:08:11,376 I'll do whatever it takes to get everyone some gold here. 128 00:08:12,543 --> 00:08:14,943 [narrator] New recruit Michael Bodri 129 00:08:14,943 --> 00:08:17,977 spent his childhood working on his parents' farm. 130 00:08:19,877 --> 00:08:23,343 [Michael Bodri] Growing up, uh, having cerebral palsy, 131 00:08:23,343 --> 00:08:27,209 uh, there'd be a lot of people, uh, say, you know, 132 00:08:27,209 --> 00:08:30,209 "Oh, you shouldn't do that," and, uh, what I'm trying, 133 00:08:30,209 --> 00:08:32,910 I never liked, uh, anyone else's words define me. 134 00:08:41,476 --> 00:08:42,910 This cut's getting muddy. 135 00:08:46,410 --> 00:08:49,910 The biggest thing is just trying to keep from getting stuck, 136 00:08:49,910 --> 00:08:52,443 like, I can't sit in one spot for very long, 137 00:08:52,443 --> 00:08:54,543 uh, kinda like I am now 138 00:08:54,543 --> 00:08:56,576 before the track starts sinking away. 139 00:09:05,543 --> 00:09:08,576 Kinda like dealing with, uh, um, 140 00:09:08,576 --> 00:09:10,209 a bad custard. 141 00:09:11,209 --> 00:09:13,010 Hey, Parker, you got a copy? 142 00:09:13,010 --> 00:09:14,810 [Parker] Yeah, what's up? 143 00:09:14,810 --> 00:09:18,343 - [Michael] This cut's getting pretty wet. - I'll, I'll come over there. 144 00:09:25,843 --> 00:09:28,376 [Parker] [bleep] things [bleeping]. 145 00:09:35,543 --> 00:09:38,010 The more area we open up, the worse the mud gets, 146 00:09:38,010 --> 00:09:40,843 and we haven't even gotten, like, a fifth of the cutout. 147 00:09:42,343 --> 00:09:45,677 [narrator] The wolf cut sits alongside an old dredge pond 148 00:09:45,677 --> 00:09:48,410 with just a narrow berm separating the two. 149 00:09:51,109 --> 00:09:52,510 As the crew dig down, 150 00:09:52,510 --> 00:09:54,943 they expose frozen permafrost 151 00:09:54,943 --> 00:09:56,576 holding back the water. 152 00:09:59,677 --> 00:10:02,643 Now it's thawing, allowing the pond water 153 00:10:02,643 --> 00:10:05,510 to seep through the berm and flood the cut. 154 00:10:09,977 --> 00:10:12,010 [Parker] There's gonna be a lot of water soon. 155 00:10:12,010 --> 00:10:13,877 Yeah, the best thing to do is get a sump in there. 156 00:10:13,877 --> 00:10:16,243 [Michael] Yeah, I'll give it a try. 157 00:10:16,243 --> 00:10:18,076 [Parker] We'll put up pumps sitting right there, right? 158 00:10:18,076 --> 00:10:19,543 With the discharge going up there? 159 00:10:19,543 --> 00:10:21,043 - Yup. - [Parker] Perfect. 160 00:10:24,276 --> 00:10:26,309 [narrator] Parker's plan to conquer the water, 161 00:10:26,309 --> 00:10:29,777 dig a sump pond at the deepest point in the cut... 162 00:10:29,777 --> 00:10:33,209 [Michael] And hopefully we'll have a deep enough hole here 163 00:10:33,209 --> 00:10:36,176 pretty quick where all the water can collect. 164 00:10:36,176 --> 00:10:38,543 [narrator] ...and install an eight-inch pump to drain it. 165 00:10:40,610 --> 00:10:42,677 - [Parker] Can you get at it? - [man] Yeah. 166 00:10:48,076 --> 00:10:50,977 [Michael] It's really cool to see Parker being hands-on 167 00:10:50,977 --> 00:10:54,510 and wanting to get this cut, uh, opened up as about as the rest of us. 168 00:10:54,510 --> 00:10:56,376 [Parker] There you go. 169 00:10:56,376 --> 00:10:58,777 [pump whirring] 170 00:11:06,943 --> 00:11:09,109 [narrator] Now, all that's left to do... 171 00:11:09,109 --> 00:11:10,643 - [Parker] Thanks, Mike. - [Michael] I'll see you tomorrow. 172 00:11:11,610 --> 00:11:12,610 [narrator] ...is wait. 173 00:11:27,376 --> 00:11:28,843 Ohhh. 174 00:11:30,576 --> 00:11:31,910 Where's our pump? 175 00:11:36,510 --> 00:11:38,076 I stayed out late last night 'cause we, like, 176 00:11:38,076 --> 00:11:39,810 had in our pump and everything was going very good, 177 00:11:39,810 --> 00:11:41,343 and then the pump stopped pumping 178 00:11:41,343 --> 00:11:44,443 and we have a lake instead of a cut now. 179 00:11:46,176 --> 00:11:48,810 [narrator] Overnight, the pump system failed, 180 00:11:48,810 --> 00:11:52,209 flooding the cut and submerging the pump 181 00:11:52,209 --> 00:11:54,076 under four feet of water. 182 00:11:54,076 --> 00:11:56,410 Yeah, [bleep] us. 183 00:11:58,943 --> 00:12:02,843 We just put half a million dollars into this. 184 00:12:02,843 --> 00:12:05,810 Probably have better odds going to Vegas with all the money. 185 00:12:27,643 --> 00:12:29,109 [man on radio] Tony Beets, 186 00:12:29,109 --> 00:12:31,209 do you copy, Tony Beets, do you copy? 187 00:12:31,209 --> 00:12:32,276 [Tony Beets speaking] 188 00:12:32,276 --> 00:12:34,777 [man on radio] 189 00:12:39,176 --> 00:12:41,743 [narrator] Two-thirds of the way into his season, 190 00:12:41,743 --> 00:12:44,309 Klondike Kingpin Tony Beets 191 00:12:44,309 --> 00:12:47,309 is still 2,500 ounces short 192 00:12:47,309 --> 00:12:49,943 of his 5,000-ounce target. 193 00:13:09,209 --> 00:13:12,977 [narrator] Tony has mined out the last fog pay dirt 194 00:13:12,977 --> 00:13:14,743 in the nine-acre Cold Cut. 195 00:13:16,010 --> 00:13:18,309 He's down to the final scraps of pay 196 00:13:18,309 --> 00:13:19,977 in the seven-acre Blue Cut... 197 00:13:21,843 --> 00:13:23,877 ...and has drained the Eighty Pup Cut... 198 00:13:25,276 --> 00:13:27,710 ...to chase gold-rich White Channel pay... 199 00:13:29,977 --> 00:13:33,209 Which should deliver 2,000 ounces of gold. 200 00:13:37,010 --> 00:13:39,877 While the trommel runs the last of the Blue Cut... 201 00:13:41,943 --> 00:13:44,610 ...Tony heads back to the Eighty Pup Cut 202 00:13:44,610 --> 00:13:47,276 to locate the White Channel pay streak. 203 00:13:50,176 --> 00:13:53,109 [Tony speaking] 204 00:14:44,743 --> 00:14:45,743 [Mike Beets on radio] Uh, yeah? 205 00:14:49,309 --> 00:14:52,710 [narrator] This season, Tony has put youngest son Mike 206 00:14:52,710 --> 00:14:54,276 in charge of the cuts. 207 00:14:55,309 --> 00:14:57,243 Mike has convinced Tony 208 00:14:57,243 --> 00:14:59,576 to return to the Eighty Pup. 209 00:14:59,576 --> 00:15:00,877 [Tony speaking] 210 00:15:00,877 --> 00:15:03,043 - [Mike] Lot of pay there, eh? - [Tony speaking] 211 00:15:06,010 --> 00:15:08,476 [Tony speaking] 212 00:15:14,476 --> 00:15:17,076 Eh, it's what you pay me for. 213 00:15:17,076 --> 00:15:19,209 [sarcastically] Oh, I've been doing a good job, Dad! 214 00:15:19,209 --> 00:15:21,943 - [Mike laughing] - [Tony speaking] 215 00:15:23,810 --> 00:15:27,076 [narrator] The Beets now face a race against time 216 00:15:27,076 --> 00:15:29,543 to expose the White Channel pay dirt 217 00:15:29,543 --> 00:15:32,143 before they run out of Blue Cut pay. 218 00:15:53,910 --> 00:15:54,910 Ooh. 219 00:16:19,877 --> 00:16:21,276 [narrator] Two months ago... 220 00:16:21,276 --> 00:16:23,810 A gold mine in northwest Canada 221 00:16:23,810 --> 00:16:25,343 has stumbled upon an incredible, 222 00:16:25,343 --> 00:16:26,910 as well as unexpected find, 223 00:16:26,910 --> 00:16:29,076 a mummified baby woolly mammoth, 224 00:16:29,076 --> 00:16:32,443 thought to be more than 30,000 years old. 225 00:16:32,443 --> 00:16:34,943 The discovery in Yukon's Klondike gold fields 226 00:16:34,943 --> 00:16:37,810 is the first near-complete and well-preserved woolly mammoth found 227 00:16:37,810 --> 00:16:39,410 in North America. 228 00:16:42,777 --> 00:16:45,010 [narrator] The baby mammoth was unearthed 229 00:16:45,010 --> 00:16:47,843 just 40 miles from Paradise Hill, 230 00:16:47,843 --> 00:16:51,109 and isn't the area's first groundbreaking discovery. 231 00:17:09,576 --> 00:17:10,943 [Monica Beets on radio] Sure do. 232 00:17:24,743 --> 00:17:26,910 Hmm. Interesting. 233 00:17:26,910 --> 00:17:28,376 - [Monica] Wow. - [Mike] Holy [bleep]. 234 00:17:31,910 --> 00:17:33,543 - [Monica] Yeah. - [Mike] I think so. 235 00:17:33,543 --> 00:17:34,943 - Needs some polish right there, too. - [Mike] Oh, yeah. 236 00:17:34,943 --> 00:17:36,743 [Tony speaking] 237 00:17:36,743 --> 00:17:38,743 [Mike] Oh, I'm always the one on a piece of equipment. 238 00:17:38,743 --> 00:17:39,777 [Monica] That's 'cause you're the best. 239 00:17:51,243 --> 00:17:53,176 [Kevin Beets] Not too close, not too close. 240 00:17:57,309 --> 00:17:58,510 [Tony speaking] 241 00:18:02,877 --> 00:18:04,410 - Hey, Dad! - [Kevin] One sec. 242 00:18:08,710 --> 00:18:11,410 - [Kevin] Let's see. - [Tony speaking] 243 00:18:11,410 --> 00:18:13,576 [Tony] I think you might be right on that. 244 00:18:13,576 --> 00:18:15,777 That's another [bleep], might even be in there. 245 00:18:15,777 --> 00:18:17,843 [Tony speaking] 246 00:18:26,677 --> 00:18:28,076 [Monica] I think that's probably a smarter idea. 247 00:18:28,076 --> 00:18:29,710 [Kevin] You might have a whole [bleep] skull in there 248 00:18:29,710 --> 00:18:31,276 if you're pulling out pieces like that. 249 00:18:31,276 --> 00:18:33,010 [Monica] I think you should definitely call them. 250 00:18:33,010 --> 00:18:34,910 And especially coming off, like, 251 00:18:34,910 --> 00:18:36,943 them finding that baby mammoth. 252 00:18:36,943 --> 00:18:39,443 Nothing else besides it's good for the scientific community. 253 00:18:39,443 --> 00:18:43,143 And [bleep] like this, you don't find all the time. 254 00:18:43,143 --> 00:18:45,977 [Tony speaking] 255 00:18:47,176 --> 00:18:48,209 [Kevin] Mmm-hmm. 256 00:18:48,209 --> 00:18:50,143 - [Tony speaking] - Yup. 257 00:18:54,543 --> 00:18:57,910 [narrator] Tony must now stop all mining in the Eighty Pup Cut, 258 00:18:57,910 --> 00:19:00,510 to bring in a team of paleontologists 259 00:19:00,510 --> 00:19:03,076 to examine and remove the tusk. 260 00:19:04,710 --> 00:19:07,543 His plan to stockpile White Channel pay 261 00:19:07,543 --> 00:19:09,843 before they run out of Blue Cut pay dirt 262 00:19:09,843 --> 00:19:11,510 is at a standstill. 263 00:19:13,109 --> 00:19:15,710 [Tony speaking] 264 00:19:23,777 --> 00:19:27,410 [Brandon] Don't know what it is yet, but it's not looking good. 265 00:19:29,076 --> 00:19:32,410 [narrator] The linchpin of the Clayton brothers' operation, 266 00:19:32,410 --> 00:19:34,710 the D8 'dozer, is down. 267 00:19:35,843 --> 00:19:38,543 [Brandon] We need to get it fixed or we're [bleep]. 268 00:19:40,309 --> 00:19:42,877 [narrator] Their dream of hitting it big in Golden Acres 269 00:19:42,877 --> 00:19:45,476 is turning into a nightmare. 270 00:19:47,010 --> 00:19:48,777 [Brandon] Been sitting here and [bleep] with it all day, 271 00:19:48,777 --> 00:19:50,543 and I don't know if I'm gonna get anywhere. 272 00:19:52,343 --> 00:19:55,309 So we just need to get it out of this [bleep] hole, 273 00:19:55,309 --> 00:19:58,476 and get it up to a place where we can actually work on it. 274 00:19:58,476 --> 00:20:01,109 I'm gonna go talk to Fred, see if we can get another piece of machine 275 00:20:01,109 --> 00:20:03,343 to help get it out of here, 'cause I can't pull it with my hoe. 276 00:20:13,576 --> 00:20:14,910 Hi, neighbors. 277 00:20:14,910 --> 00:20:17,476 Uh, I came over 'cause I... my 'dozer's stuck. 278 00:20:17,476 --> 00:20:19,010 - [Fred Lewis] Oh, [bleep]. - [Brandon] It's dead. 279 00:20:19,010 --> 00:20:20,076 [Fred] Where is it stuck? 280 00:20:20,076 --> 00:20:21,877 Uh, way down in Golden Acres. 281 00:20:21,877 --> 00:20:23,843 - [Fred] Ohhh. - [Brandon] Yeah, it's a ways down there. 282 00:20:23,843 --> 00:20:27,109 So I'm just wondering if you guys would be able to help me 283 00:20:27,109 --> 00:20:28,943 use, uh, I can use a 'dozer or something. 284 00:20:35,510 --> 00:20:37,877 All right, well, have it over there pretty soon. 285 00:20:37,877 --> 00:20:40,410 Yeah, I just have to warm it up, man, 286 00:20:40,410 --> 00:20:41,777 - I'll come right over. - Yeah? You'd do that? 287 00:20:41,777 --> 00:20:43,276 [Brandon] Okay, sounds good. 288 00:20:48,109 --> 00:20:50,176 [narrator] Buzz puts his work on hold 289 00:20:50,176 --> 00:20:52,543 to drive a mile down the creek 290 00:20:52,543 --> 00:20:54,309 and rescue the stricken 'dozer. 291 00:21:01,543 --> 00:21:03,810 [Buzz Legault] Somebody call for a tow truck? 292 00:21:03,810 --> 00:21:04,910 [Brandon] Yeah. A big one, yeah. 293 00:21:06,843 --> 00:21:08,209 That's one [bleep] rough road, man. 294 00:21:08,209 --> 00:21:10,209 [Brandon laughs] Yeah, man, it's not ideal. 295 00:21:10,209 --> 00:21:13,076 So, obviously we're in a [bleep] hole here of muck. 296 00:21:14,710 --> 00:21:17,343 I think Brady will just grab my blade and give me a turn, 297 00:21:17,343 --> 00:21:19,143 and if you can get behind me 298 00:21:19,143 --> 00:21:22,010 - and just try and push me. - Yeah. 299 00:21:22,010 --> 00:21:23,410 And then we'll try and get it out of here. 300 00:21:23,410 --> 00:21:26,243 Brady can kind of steer me when we have to. 301 00:21:26,243 --> 00:21:28,910 There's only a small berm in the creek for holding it in. 302 00:21:28,910 --> 00:21:31,843 And Fred's 'dozer is pretty big, so, 303 00:21:31,843 --> 00:21:33,309 don't wanna take that berm out, 304 00:21:33,309 --> 00:21:34,743 knock the water into the cut 305 00:21:34,743 --> 00:21:36,743 and completely [bleep] the cut. 306 00:21:36,743 --> 00:21:37,943 We'll see how she goes. 307 00:21:37,943 --> 00:21:40,977 Just got 1.5k to go, so let's get it out of here. 308 00:21:42,176 --> 00:21:43,610 [narrator] Brandon's plan, 309 00:21:43,610 --> 00:21:47,610 harness the power of Fred's D355 'dozer 310 00:21:47,610 --> 00:21:52,109 to push the dead D8 clear of Golden Acres' thick mud, 311 00:21:52,109 --> 00:21:55,176 then carefully steer it through the Narrow Gauntlet cut, 312 00:21:55,176 --> 00:21:57,410 back to his laydown yard, 313 00:21:57,410 --> 00:21:59,076 nearly a mile upstream. 314 00:21:59,877 --> 00:22:01,710 All right, let's get in position. 315 00:22:11,576 --> 00:22:13,143 Brady, go ahead, just try and grab my corner. 316 00:22:13,143 --> 00:22:14,710 [Brady] All right. 317 00:22:14,710 --> 00:22:16,576 [bleep] horsepower mode, baby. 318 00:22:29,476 --> 00:22:31,910 Okay, Buzz, you're ready to come give me a push. 319 00:22:31,910 --> 00:22:34,910 Steer it, just, uh, let him know how close he is. 320 00:22:36,643 --> 00:22:39,043 You guys, you got about ten feet. 321 00:22:39,043 --> 00:22:43,076 Are you sure your 'dozer's not, uh, too small for this job, Buzz? 322 00:22:43,076 --> 00:22:45,943 - [laughs] - I don't think that [bleep] has, uh, 323 00:22:45,943 --> 00:22:47,543 power to push me. 324 00:22:47,543 --> 00:22:49,710 Hell, man. 325 00:22:49,710 --> 00:22:52,977 My blade is two-thirds the size of that thing you got there. 326 00:22:52,977 --> 00:22:54,209 [laughs] 327 00:23:01,777 --> 00:23:03,877 And you're on. 328 00:23:18,576 --> 00:23:20,510 Nice and easy, boys, nice and easy. 329 00:23:20,510 --> 00:23:21,610 That's what I like to see. 330 00:23:31,910 --> 00:23:34,010 Might've actually only did the easy part now. 331 00:23:34,010 --> 00:23:36,710 We gotta drop down in into the Gauntlet Cut that's 332 00:23:36,710 --> 00:23:40,209 currently wet, muddy, and slippery as [bleep], 333 00:23:40,209 --> 00:23:43,309 so, I mean, this is where it's gonna get difficult. 334 00:23:43,309 --> 00:23:48,510 [narrator] The combined crew must now navigate the 97 ton dozer train 335 00:23:48,510 --> 00:23:52,543 along a 15ft wide dirt road through the Gauntlet Cut. 336 00:23:52,543 --> 00:23:55,576 Hey, just be aware that on the left side of this ground 337 00:23:55,576 --> 00:23:57,176 there's a decent hole, 338 00:23:57,176 --> 00:23:58,910 so try to stay on the far right side. 339 00:24:00,309 --> 00:24:02,943 Try not to slip into that [bleep]. 340 00:24:04,643 --> 00:24:08,910 [narrator] The blade on the Komatsu is 14ft wide, 341 00:24:08,910 --> 00:24:11,677 leaving just a 1ft margin for error. 342 00:24:13,476 --> 00:24:19,410 If they hit the berm they could unleash the creek and flood Golden Acres. 343 00:24:20,943 --> 00:24:22,710 [Buzz] I mean, one wrong move, 344 00:24:22,710 --> 00:24:25,677 this berm is so fragile that they got going on right here, 345 00:24:25,677 --> 00:24:27,410 and it'll definitely set them back. 346 00:24:33,877 --> 00:24:36,176 I don't know if this even a good idea. 347 00:24:36,176 --> 00:24:40,043 If Clayton flooded his whole cut that'd really suck. 348 00:24:40,043 --> 00:24:42,510 We'll have to really watch what we're doing. 349 00:24:42,510 --> 00:24:46,276 You're [bleep] sliding off. Hang on, hang on. Whoa, Buzz! 350 00:24:46,743 --> 00:24:47,910 Whoa! 351 00:24:59,309 --> 00:25:01,243 [narrator] At California Creek, 352 00:25:01,243 --> 00:25:03,576 Fred Lewis' crew are rescuing 353 00:25:03,576 --> 00:25:06,010 the Clayton brother's broken down Dozer. 354 00:25:08,209 --> 00:25:09,743 Whoa, whoa, whoa. Whoa, Buzz! 355 00:25:10,243 --> 00:25:11,410 Whoa! 356 00:25:13,343 --> 00:25:14,143 [bleep] 357 00:25:15,743 --> 00:25:18,176 I don't want to hit the wall of his cut. 358 00:25:22,076 --> 00:25:24,743 For a second I thought I was going to cut that berm out, 359 00:25:24,743 --> 00:25:25,910 and that would have been a disaster. 360 00:25:29,476 --> 00:25:31,710 [Fred] All right, you getting about an inch away 361 00:25:31,710 --> 00:25:33,443 because it's, like, running right towards the walls. 362 00:25:36,376 --> 00:25:38,343 [Buzz] Brandon, you think maybe next time 363 00:25:38,343 --> 00:25:40,143 you could make it a little more challenging? 364 00:25:41,810 --> 00:25:44,076 [Brandon] Yeah, I thought it was challenging to begin with. 365 00:25:46,209 --> 00:25:48,677 Definitely the right equipment for the job. 366 00:25:53,209 --> 00:25:54,543 [Brandon] We're on the final stretch. 367 00:25:59,376 --> 00:26:02,677 Almost to a better place that we can work on it, 368 00:26:02,677 --> 00:26:04,543 hopefully figure this [bleep] thing out. 369 00:26:11,910 --> 00:26:16,510 Okay, Buzz, that's perfect. That where we'll leave her. Thank you, neighbor. 370 00:26:16,510 --> 00:26:19,243 Always good to help your friends, your neighbors out. 371 00:26:22,010 --> 00:26:23,543 - Appreciate it. - Thank you. 372 00:26:23,543 --> 00:26:26,843 - Good job, man. - Yeah, [bleep] awesome. Appreciate it. 373 00:26:30,209 --> 00:26:32,243 [narrator] Brady and crew member Warren 374 00:26:32,243 --> 00:26:35,443 rush to get back running Gauntlet Cut pay. 375 00:26:35,443 --> 00:26:40,043 Glad we got the D8 out. A lot of overburden to still push. 376 00:26:49,576 --> 00:26:50,877 Got it parked over here. 377 00:26:50,877 --> 00:26:52,176 It's a better place 378 00:26:52,176 --> 00:26:53,877 for me to work on it, for sure. 379 00:26:53,877 --> 00:26:56,276 Get this thing running again, hopefully. 380 00:26:56,276 --> 00:27:00,309 [narrator] Family mechanic Shane Colliou troubleshoots the D8. 381 00:27:04,543 --> 00:27:07,943 [Brandon] If Shane can't figure this out, you know, I don't know. 382 00:27:07,943 --> 00:27:08,843 This could be it. 383 00:27:09,743 --> 00:27:12,410 I've pulled a few connectors apart 384 00:27:12,410 --> 00:27:14,743 just to make sure everything's good inside, 385 00:27:17,443 --> 00:27:20,810 but I haven't had any luck yet. 386 00:27:20,810 --> 00:27:26,010 I was able to rip her off and all the lines and pins out, 387 00:27:26,010 --> 00:27:29,076 and everything's good there. 388 00:27:29,076 --> 00:27:31,443 Sounds like we're gonna be pulling the transmission out again. 389 00:27:32,710 --> 00:27:33,977 Oh, my [bleep]. 390 00:27:38,576 --> 00:27:40,276 [narrator] At the start of this season, 391 00:27:40,276 --> 00:27:45,309 the Claytons gambled $50,000 on a refurbished transmission 392 00:27:45,309 --> 00:27:48,143 to get their D8 Dozer up and running. 393 00:27:48,143 --> 00:27:49,343 Ta-da. 394 00:27:50,643 --> 00:27:52,843 We got to be very delicate though. 395 00:27:52,843 --> 00:27:57,276 We definitely don't want to get it dirty or break the housing. 396 00:28:00,109 --> 00:28:02,043 Fit. She's there. 397 00:28:02,777 --> 00:28:03,877 It's home. 398 00:28:09,777 --> 00:28:14,176 [narrator] Now they have to take the one ton transmission out again. 399 00:28:17,076 --> 00:28:18,276 I wonder if we can pull it? 400 00:28:22,043 --> 00:28:23,677 Yeah, it's moving pretty good. 401 00:28:27,476 --> 00:28:29,476 She's out. Okay. 402 00:28:30,410 --> 00:28:31,710 See if we can see anything. 403 00:28:34,276 --> 00:28:36,910 Well, hard to see anything in here, 404 00:28:36,910 --> 00:28:40,910 but it doesn't look good with the [bleep] that's in there. 405 00:28:48,943 --> 00:28:50,543 Part of our problem, I'm thinking. 406 00:28:52,710 --> 00:28:54,576 That should be threaded all the way to the end. 407 00:28:54,576 --> 00:28:57,510 - That should hold that pin in here in place. - Oh, wow. 408 00:28:57,510 --> 00:29:01,376 - It doesn't even thread in, Shane. - Yeah. 409 00:29:01,376 --> 00:29:03,943 Yeah, so I imagine the threads are [bleep] 410 00:29:03,943 --> 00:29:07,076 on the pinion gear inside as well. 411 00:29:07,076 --> 00:29:10,476 [narrator] Shane's found a loose bolt that's lost its threading. 412 00:29:12,810 --> 00:29:14,510 Inside the transmission, 413 00:29:14,510 --> 00:29:18,777 this bolt holds the main pinion gear tight in its bearing 414 00:29:18,777 --> 00:29:21,643 allowing it to engage all the other gears. 415 00:29:23,176 --> 00:29:25,543 When dirt gets into the transmission 416 00:29:25,543 --> 00:29:29,543 it acts like sandpaper rubbing the bolt smooth. 417 00:29:30,910 --> 00:29:32,610 With nothing holding it in place, 418 00:29:32,610 --> 00:29:36,343 the pinion gear could have caused huge internal damage. 419 00:29:39,877 --> 00:29:41,977 I think it's gonna have to go home. 420 00:29:41,977 --> 00:29:46,743 - It's gonna have to go home? - Get opened up and torn apart, see what we can find in there, 421 00:29:46,743 --> 00:29:50,843 if there's anything more severe, I guess. 422 00:29:50,843 --> 00:29:52,076 Well, that [bleep] sucks. 423 00:29:53,510 --> 00:29:56,043 [Brandon] Basically a season changer. 424 00:29:56,043 --> 00:29:58,209 We don't even have Golden Acres stripped yet 425 00:29:58,209 --> 00:30:00,076 so I don't know what the [bleep] we're gonna do. 426 00:30:00,076 --> 00:30:01,810 Once we run out of pay at the Gauntlet 427 00:30:01,810 --> 00:30:03,643 that could be the season at this point. 428 00:30:16,109 --> 00:30:17,777 Running these drift tailings is all great, 429 00:30:17,777 --> 00:30:20,243 but I'm not up here to run drift tailings. 430 00:30:20,243 --> 00:30:22,109 I want to see what's at the bottom of that Wolf Cut. 431 00:30:23,977 --> 00:30:26,143 [narrator] At Parker's Alaskan mine, 432 00:30:26,143 --> 00:30:29,576 the greenhorn crew are chasing a quick score 433 00:30:29,576 --> 00:30:33,276 running old-timer tailings to bankroll the deep Wolf Cut. 434 00:30:36,710 --> 00:30:39,743 But flooding has forced them to shut down 435 00:30:39,743 --> 00:30:41,843 before they've even hit paydirt. 436 00:30:43,010 --> 00:30:44,209 [Parker] That's [bleep] kind of water. 437 00:30:51,610 --> 00:30:54,443 [Mark] The pump was, like, completely underwater 438 00:30:54,443 --> 00:30:56,476 and I couldn't get out to it to walk to it. 439 00:30:57,209 --> 00:30:58,877 Got a little kayak over here, 440 00:30:58,877 --> 00:31:01,343 paddled out there with a chain on the excavator, 441 00:31:01,343 --> 00:31:04,777 and get it up on dry ground so we could work on it. 442 00:31:04,777 --> 00:31:10,510 It must have shut off or the silk got in there and clogged it up. 443 00:31:10,510 --> 00:31:15,010 [narrator] Foreman Mark Forrs thinks the suction filter at the end of the hose 444 00:31:15,010 --> 00:31:17,743 became blocked with debris, 445 00:31:17,743 --> 00:31:21,476 causing the water level to rise and submerge the engine. 446 00:31:22,476 --> 00:31:25,043 In an attempt to get it running again, 447 00:31:25,043 --> 00:31:26,710 he's taken it completely apart. 448 00:31:29,576 --> 00:31:31,243 She's all dried out. 449 00:31:31,243 --> 00:31:33,510 The next step is get that big basket in there. 450 00:31:35,076 --> 00:31:37,109 It was kind of buried in the brush. 451 00:31:37,109 --> 00:31:38,910 This is kind of a gift from the old timers. 452 00:31:40,977 --> 00:31:45,143 [narrator] To prevent the pump from clogging up again, should it fire up, 453 00:31:45,143 --> 00:31:49,309 Mark plans to bush fix an extra filter for the suction hose. 454 00:31:50,677 --> 00:31:52,510 We're gonna weld this old trommel screen 455 00:31:52,510 --> 00:31:55,109 on the top of this thing so we have a lid 456 00:31:55,109 --> 00:31:57,777 so sticks and debris can't get into our pump. 457 00:31:59,109 --> 00:32:01,677 [narrator] With the customized filter underway, 458 00:32:01,677 --> 00:32:03,576 Mark comes with a plan 459 00:32:03,576 --> 00:32:06,143 to stop this from happening again. 460 00:32:06,143 --> 00:32:10,309 Hopefully this bed of old pontoons will float it, 461 00:32:11,543 --> 00:32:12,977 in case it does flood again, 462 00:32:12,977 --> 00:32:14,176 and we don't have to worry about it. 463 00:32:28,076 --> 00:32:28,877 I think it'll work. 464 00:32:36,376 --> 00:32:38,443 - Have you drained the fuel? - I drained everything. 465 00:32:38,443 --> 00:32:43,910 Well, I took all the fuel lines off, turbo, I took the manifold off. 466 00:32:43,910 --> 00:32:45,710 - You are a mechanic. Look at that. - Well, I mean, 467 00:32:45,710 --> 00:32:49,176 I did everything but rebuild it, so hopefully it lasts. 468 00:32:49,176 --> 00:32:53,743 [narrator] To have any hope of getting down to Wolf Cut paydirt... 469 00:32:53,743 --> 00:32:56,910 Let's get the pump back in the spot it needs to be. 470 00:32:56,910 --> 00:33:00,843 [narrator] Mark's bush fixed floating pump needs to work. 471 00:33:02,276 --> 00:33:04,109 [Michael] I think this will take care of our water problem. 472 00:33:08,543 --> 00:33:09,910 Hey, hey, look at that. 473 00:33:18,543 --> 00:33:19,843 [Mark] Ready to fire it up. 474 00:33:41,276 --> 00:33:42,343 [Mark] Is it pumping? 475 00:33:43,276 --> 00:33:44,376 Yeah, it's pumping. 476 00:33:49,710 --> 00:33:51,176 [Mark] Pump back in service. 477 00:33:55,076 --> 00:33:55,877 [Parker] Good job. 478 00:33:57,710 --> 00:34:00,977 [Mark] We definitely have to keep an eye on it tonight. 479 00:34:00,977 --> 00:34:03,543 Hopefully we can get our cut dried out and get back at it. 480 00:34:17,343 --> 00:34:19,443 Cut's looking really good this morning, 481 00:34:19,443 --> 00:34:23,276 and I've been kind of keeping an eye on it all night. 482 00:34:23,276 --> 00:34:25,543 So, yeah, we're all up and running here. 483 00:34:26,843 --> 00:34:28,777 [narrator] At Cleary Creek, 484 00:34:28,777 --> 00:34:33,777 Mark Forrs' bush fixed pump has successfully drained the flooded Wolf Cut. 485 00:34:33,777 --> 00:34:35,043 [Michael] Feels good. 486 00:34:35,043 --> 00:34:36,443 We got it down to a point where we can actually 487 00:34:36,443 --> 00:34:38,576 get something done in here again. 488 00:34:38,576 --> 00:34:41,043 [Phil] It feels good to finally get back into the Wolf Cut 489 00:34:41,043 --> 00:34:43,877 so we get down to that fresh virgin pay here. 490 00:34:43,877 --> 00:34:47,343 Yep, I can almost smell it and I can't wait to see what it looks like. 491 00:34:49,743 --> 00:34:51,843 Smell? What does gold smell like? 492 00:34:53,143 --> 00:34:54,810 If you've never smelled drying gold 493 00:34:54,810 --> 00:34:55,777 you're missing out. 494 00:34:58,743 --> 00:35:01,510 There's not much time here this season 495 00:35:01,510 --> 00:35:02,843 for learning the ropes, 496 00:35:02,843 --> 00:35:05,810 but, you know, I think this crew's great 497 00:35:05,810 --> 00:35:07,109 and getting the job done. 498 00:35:19,977 --> 00:35:21,977 [Tony] 499 00:35:35,710 --> 00:35:36,810 [narrator] Two days ago, 500 00:35:36,810 --> 00:35:39,510 Tony Beets was forced to shut down 501 00:35:39,510 --> 00:35:42,043 the newly opened Eighty Pup Cut 502 00:35:42,043 --> 00:35:45,410 after finding mammoth remains buried in the bank. 503 00:35:57,710 --> 00:35:59,877 Oh, I've never seen a tusk quite like that before. 504 00:35:59,877 --> 00:36:01,410 It looks quite cool, actually. 505 00:36:04,343 --> 00:36:09,810 [narrator] Now, a team of paleontologists have arrived to investigate 506 00:36:09,810 --> 00:36:13,877 and determine if there are any more mammoth remains in the area. 507 00:36:17,877 --> 00:36:19,176 [Susan] This is one of the few sites 508 00:36:19,176 --> 00:36:21,576 where we've gotten mammoth mummified remains 509 00:36:21,576 --> 00:36:23,710 so it's pretty exciting. 510 00:36:23,710 --> 00:36:27,309 It's nice that we can slowly expose it in situ 511 00:36:27,309 --> 00:36:28,743 and it tells us a lot more. 512 00:36:32,109 --> 00:36:35,543 We'll have to clear away some of that material to get a better sense. 513 00:36:35,543 --> 00:36:39,510 Hopefully there's a skull in there but it's hard to say. 514 00:36:42,010 --> 00:36:44,109 [narrator] Until the excavation is finished, 515 00:36:44,109 --> 00:36:48,443 Tony's relying on the last scraps of paydirt from the Blue Cut 516 00:36:48,443 --> 00:36:49,810 to keep the trommel fed. 517 00:36:52,476 --> 00:36:55,643 We actually have a lot of people in here. 518 00:36:55,643 --> 00:37:00,543 Tony is loading trucks, Mikey Beets is on the dozer, 519 00:37:00,543 --> 00:37:05,176 and we're finally getting the last bit of this pay out of the Blue Cut. 520 00:37:05,176 --> 00:37:07,209 Then it'll be all done for the season. 521 00:37:09,643 --> 00:37:12,276 [Tony] 522 00:37:20,843 --> 00:37:21,643 [bleep] 523 00:37:36,543 --> 00:37:37,343 Go ahead. 524 00:37:40,977 --> 00:37:43,877 Well, that's it. This is the last bucket coming out of the Blue Cut. 525 00:37:46,010 --> 00:37:48,910 [narrator] The two biggest cuts on Paradise Hill, 526 00:37:48,910 --> 00:37:51,476 the Cold Cut and the Blue Cut, 527 00:37:51,476 --> 00:37:53,343 are now cleaned out. 528 00:37:55,610 --> 00:37:58,543 Until they can get back into the Eighty Pup, 529 00:37:58,543 --> 00:38:02,677 the pay pile is all they've got to keep the plant running. 530 00:38:04,743 --> 00:38:09,543 You don't chew through your stock pile unless you're desperate. 531 00:38:09,543 --> 00:38:11,977 We've [bleep] got to go back to that Eighty Pup Cut. 532 00:38:17,010 --> 00:38:18,443 We want to put it down right here? 533 00:38:21,143 --> 00:38:22,977 [Susan] We followed the rest of the tusk to the back 534 00:38:22,977 --> 00:38:24,209 and found the end of it. 535 00:38:27,410 --> 00:38:29,910 It's just not attached to the skull. 536 00:38:33,677 --> 00:38:36,076 - Okay. - 295. 537 00:38:36,309 --> 00:38:37,109 295. 538 00:38:39,343 --> 00:38:42,610 And that is... It's 53. 539 00:38:42,610 --> 00:38:46,777 Based on the length, and also the circumference, we know that it's a male. 540 00:38:46,777 --> 00:38:48,710 Probably 30 years old. 541 00:38:50,376 --> 00:38:53,643 [narrator] The team haven't found mummified remains this time, 542 00:38:55,010 --> 00:38:57,743 but they've unearthed a 10ft long tusk 543 00:38:57,743 --> 00:39:00,276 belonging to a magnificent beast 544 00:39:00,276 --> 00:39:04,543 that roamed Paradise Hill over 30,000 years ago. 545 00:39:07,443 --> 00:39:10,710 It's a good candidate for further analysis. 546 00:39:10,710 --> 00:39:14,276 We don't often find a lot of big mammoth pieces. 547 00:39:18,276 --> 00:39:19,443 [Susan] There's Tony. 548 00:39:26,943 --> 00:39:28,543 [Tony] 549 00:39:28,543 --> 00:39:32,843 We were able to extract this nearly complete tusk from the section. 550 00:39:32,843 --> 00:39:34,810 [Tony] 551 00:39:34,810 --> 00:39:37,543 We found part of a skull but it's not attached, 552 00:39:37,543 --> 00:39:39,109 so you can start mining again. 553 00:39:48,443 --> 00:39:49,343 [Mike on radio] Yeah. 554 00:39:49,943 --> 00:39:52,810 [Tony] 555 00:39:54,743 --> 00:39:57,143 [narrator] Just hours before he runs out of pay, 556 00:39:57,143 --> 00:40:00,910 Tony can finally get back to the Eighty Pup Cut. 557 00:40:01,643 --> 00:40:03,810 [Tony] 558 00:40:26,877 --> 00:40:29,677 - Is it John? - [man] Yeah, that's John Reeves. 559 00:40:29,677 --> 00:40:34,043 Okay, let's just make sure we're doing everything very well 560 00:40:34,043 --> 00:40:35,610 so he doesn't have anything to complain about. 561 00:40:36,910 --> 00:40:39,109 - How you doing? - [Tyler] Good. How you guys going? 562 00:40:39,510 --> 00:40:40,309 Real good. 563 00:40:42,143 --> 00:40:45,176 [narrator] Parker's Alaskan landlord, John Reeves, 564 00:40:45,176 --> 00:40:49,343 checks in on the crew as they clean up the old timer's tailings. 565 00:40:49,343 --> 00:40:51,343 [John] Just came out to say hi to Tyler. 566 00:40:51,343 --> 00:40:53,476 We like to visit everybody, see how they're doing. 567 00:40:55,476 --> 00:40:57,610 [John] Any pickers? 568 00:40:57,610 --> 00:41:00,410 Normally, there's some, like, when I start scraping that top bit. 569 00:41:00,410 --> 00:41:02,209 I can already see lots of color up there. 570 00:41:05,576 --> 00:41:06,977 [John] Parker's really gonna be surprised 571 00:41:06,977 --> 00:41:09,209 when he gets into the virgin ground. 572 00:41:09,209 --> 00:41:11,610 This is the richest creek in the state. 573 00:41:11,610 --> 00:41:14,109 He's ready for it. He's ready for the big time. 574 00:41:34,010 --> 00:41:36,610 - Tough week, dozer down. - Dozer down, man. 575 00:41:36,610 --> 00:41:39,043 - I thought that would be the last thing to break down. - Right. 576 00:41:40,309 --> 00:41:41,710 [narrator] This week, 577 00:41:41,710 --> 00:41:44,276 the Clayton brothers realize their season dream 578 00:41:44,276 --> 00:41:45,109 of reaching Golden Acres, 579 00:41:46,710 --> 00:41:50,877 the promised land that marks the end of hand-to-mouth mining 580 00:41:50,877 --> 00:41:54,076 and means they finally turn a profit. 581 00:41:54,076 --> 00:41:58,677 But their broken D8 dozer put them back to square one. 582 00:41:59,410 --> 00:42:01,410 Well, that's a pretty big hit. 583 00:42:01,410 --> 00:42:02,877 - We were finally getting steps ahead, - [sighs] 584 00:42:02,877 --> 00:42:05,076 but now kind of set us back. 585 00:42:06,343 --> 00:42:08,710 - Yeah, just another breakdown, man. - Yeah. 586 00:42:08,710 --> 00:42:12,309 Aside from the dozer going to the [bleep] graveyard, 587 00:42:12,309 --> 00:42:14,309 I think we had a pretty good week 588 00:42:14,309 --> 00:42:15,309 - sluicing, man. - Yeah. 589 00:42:15,309 --> 00:42:17,476 It was pretty steady, so, you know, 590 00:42:17,476 --> 00:42:18,877 I have pretty high expectations 591 00:42:18,877 --> 00:42:20,309 for this goal weight, to be honest. 592 00:42:20,309 --> 00:42:22,610 Then we need to be able to pay for that [bleep] repair. 593 00:42:23,977 --> 00:42:26,843 [narrator] The Claytons ran Gauntlet paydirt all week. 594 00:42:26,843 --> 00:42:30,276 So far, it's delivered 20 ounces. 595 00:42:32,777 --> 00:42:33,643 Okay, here we go. 596 00:42:36,410 --> 00:42:42,143 10, 12, 14, 15, 19... 597 00:42:43,309 --> 00:42:44,109 21. 598 00:42:45,076 --> 00:42:46,677 - Holy [bleep]. - [Brady] Pretty good. 599 00:42:46,677 --> 00:42:48,543 21.9. 600 00:42:48,543 --> 00:42:52,243 That Gauntlet's actually paying out pretty good, man. 601 00:42:52,243 --> 00:42:58,109 [narrator] Worth over $37,000, their biggest gold haul of the season. 602 00:42:58,109 --> 00:43:00,677 - I mean, that's a decent amount of gold - Yeah. 603 00:43:00,677 --> 00:43:03,109 - to come out when [bleep] we had to deal with this week. - Yeah. 604 00:43:04,243 --> 00:43:05,877 That's not bad. 605 00:43:05,877 --> 00:43:09,109 [narrator] The brother's total now stands at 80 ounces. 606 00:43:10,910 --> 00:43:13,043 But, with winter fast approaching, 607 00:43:13,043 --> 00:43:16,043 it's a long way from their 500 ounce goal. 608 00:43:17,810 --> 00:43:20,143 It's gonna be pretty hard to get to 500 with a dozer. 609 00:43:20,143 --> 00:43:22,977 Yeah, I have zero solution to that right now. 610 00:43:22,977 --> 00:43:24,309 Shane's on his way back to Alberta 611 00:43:24,309 --> 00:43:25,910 with the transmission in his truck, 612 00:43:25,910 --> 00:43:28,576 but without a miracle 613 00:43:28,576 --> 00:43:31,576 that dozer's probably not with us for the rest of the season, 614 00:43:31,576 --> 00:43:35,643 so we're gonna have to figure something out on how to keep going. 615 00:43:36,943 --> 00:43:39,743 We'll figure it out. We've been through [bleep] before. 616 00:43:39,743 --> 00:43:42,076 I mean, we still got a bunch of pay in the Gauntlet. 617 00:43:42,076 --> 00:43:45,010 It's ready to pull, so we might as well go full force in that 618 00:43:45,010 --> 00:43:46,843 - until we figure out what to do. - Mmm-hmm. 619 00:43:48,043 --> 00:43:49,777 - Totally agree. - Yeah, let's do it, guys. 620 00:43:49,777 --> 00:43:51,243 - Okay, awesome. - Let's get back to business. 621 00:44:13,443 --> 00:44:16,810 [Minnie] That face though once he sees you, you know? 622 00:44:16,810 --> 00:44:18,109 [narrator] At Paradise Hill... 623 00:44:18,109 --> 00:44:19,843 - [Minnie] How are you all? - Present. 624 00:44:19,843 --> 00:44:22,743 [narrator] It's been a mammoth week. 625 00:44:22,743 --> 00:44:25,510 [Kevin] That fossil we found was actually pretty cool. 626 00:44:25,510 --> 00:44:27,977 - That was a nice find. - [Kevin] Honestly, most of the time 627 00:44:27,977 --> 00:44:30,076 I enjoy finding that stuff more than gold. 628 00:44:30,076 --> 00:44:31,376 [all laughing] 629 00:44:31,376 --> 00:44:34,010 [Kevin] I see gold every [bleep] day. 630 00:44:34,943 --> 00:44:36,209 - [laughs] - [Tony] [bleep] 631 00:44:37,176 --> 00:44:38,543 - [bleep] - [all laughing] 632 00:44:39,243 --> 00:44:40,777 You think so, yes. 633 00:44:51,076 --> 00:44:52,410 Yeah, and it's got that nice white channel. 634 00:44:53,343 --> 00:44:54,810 [Minnie] Makes sense. 635 00:44:54,810 --> 00:44:57,410 [narrator] It's time to weigh up the last of the gold 636 00:44:57,410 --> 00:44:59,043 from the Blue Cut. 637 00:44:59,043 --> 00:45:01,910 We did sluice the full way so let's have a look. 638 00:45:01,910 --> 00:45:03,309 Three, two, one, let's go. 639 00:45:05,643 --> 00:45:08,343 20, 40, 60, 80. 640 00:45:08,343 --> 00:45:11,777 [narrator] To reach his 5,000 ounce season goal, 641 00:45:11,777 --> 00:45:15,109 Tony's gunning for 350 ounces a week. 642 00:45:15,977 --> 00:45:20,476 180, 200, 220, 240. 643 00:45:22,109 --> 00:45:25,143 300, 323 point nothing. 644 00:45:25,143 --> 00:45:28,343 [narrator] Worth over half a million dollars... 645 00:45:31,476 --> 00:45:32,376 [Monica] Yeah. 646 00:45:35,176 --> 00:45:37,743 - Yep. - [Tony] 647 00:45:40,010 --> 00:45:40,810 [Minnie] Whatever. 648 00:45:42,576 --> 00:45:43,443 Okay. 649 00:45:45,476 --> 00:45:47,010 Okay. [groans softly] 650 00:45:57,843 --> 00:45:59,109 [Phil] Cheers. 651 00:45:59,109 --> 00:46:00,343 - [Michael] Oh. - [Phil] Cheers. 652 00:46:00,343 --> 00:46:02,710 - Cheers. - [Phil] The ring bump. 653 00:46:02,710 --> 00:46:04,877 - What's up, guys? - Parker, how's it going? 654 00:46:04,877 --> 00:46:06,176 So, what did we get last time? 655 00:46:07,043 --> 00:46:11,143 13.85 is where we're sitting right now. 656 00:46:11,143 --> 00:46:17,176 [narrator] So far, Parker's Alaskan venture has brought in just $23,000. 657 00:46:17,176 --> 00:46:20,543 After 15 days running drift tailings, 658 00:46:20,543 --> 00:46:24,343 he expects to see over 150 ounces of gold. 659 00:46:25,743 --> 00:46:27,276 - All right. - Let's do it. 660 00:46:29,643 --> 00:46:30,610 This is in grams. 661 00:46:31,710 --> 00:46:33,476 - Do you have your calculator? - Yeah. 662 00:46:41,010 --> 00:46:42,910 3,000 grams almost. 663 00:46:44,576 --> 00:46:49,076 Okay, so the total is 94.4 ounces. 664 00:46:49,076 --> 00:46:52,209 [narrator] Worth $160,000. 665 00:46:53,443 --> 00:46:55,576 - [Tyler] So, paying the bills. - Okay. 666 00:46:56,176 --> 00:46:58,476 Or some of them. 667 00:46:58,476 --> 00:47:03,343 [narrator] Parker's Alaskan total now stands at 108 ounces. 668 00:47:03,343 --> 00:47:09,943 He needs nearly 10 times that to hit his 1,000 ounce Alaskan goal. 669 00:47:09,943 --> 00:47:11,176 Well, we'll just hope the Wolf Cut then 670 00:47:11,176 --> 00:47:12,710 - makes up for it. - Yeah, exactly. 671 00:47:12,710 --> 00:47:15,610 We'll probably just start focusing on the Cut 672 00:47:15,610 --> 00:47:18,410 and not do anymore tailings for the time being. 673 00:47:18,410 --> 00:47:19,643 Like, they're not going anywhere. 674 00:47:19,643 --> 00:47:21,209 It'd be really nice to know what's in the hole. 675 00:47:21,209 --> 00:47:23,910 - Try and get some real money for the season. - Yeah, exactly. 676 00:47:23,910 --> 00:47:25,343 That's the next challenge. 677 00:47:25,343 --> 00:47:26,410 - Some nuggets. - Yep. 678 00:47:26,410 --> 00:47:28,043 We'll get there, one way or another. 679 00:47:28,043 --> 00:47:30,543 Cheers, cheers, cheers, cheers, cheers. 680 00:47:30,543 --> 00:47:32,443 - All right, thanks guys. - [Tyler] Thank you. 681 00:47:32,443 --> 00:47:34,677 - Let's go get some dinner. - Sounds good. 682 00:47:36,010 --> 00:47:39,943 A bit of a disappointing result, really, for me, you know, 683 00:47:39,943 --> 00:47:41,643 to do that kind of gold in 200 hours. 684 00:47:41,643 --> 00:47:42,910 Like, in Dawson right now 685 00:47:42,910 --> 00:47:46,443 we're averaging a little over two ounces an hour, 686 00:47:46,443 --> 00:47:49,977 and that stuff was, like, 0.6 or something 687 00:47:49,977 --> 00:47:52,543 so that's lame. 688 00:47:52,543 --> 00:47:55,843 But I guess that leaves our hope for the season on the Wolf Cut. 689 00:47:57,443 --> 00:47:59,209 We'll give it the old college try. 689 00:48:00,305 --> 00:49:00,596