"Gold Rush" Washed Out

1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,074 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org 2 00:00:14,076 --> 00:00:15,510 We're running out of ground, we gotta know 3 00:00:15,510 --> 00:00:17,643 where we're going next. 4 00:00:17,643 --> 00:00:20,910 Putting a lot of my eggs in the Fairbanks basket. 5 00:00:20,910 --> 00:00:22,777 If there's lots of gold down there, it doesn't matter. 6 00:00:23,843 --> 00:00:25,943 Mine boss Parker Schnabel 7 00:00:25,943 --> 00:00:28,543 is readying himself for judgment day, 8 00:00:29,677 --> 00:00:32,176 after sinking hundreds of thousands of dollars 9 00:00:32,176 --> 00:00:34,710 into a new claim in Alaska. 10 00:00:34,710 --> 00:00:37,376 The young miners banked 108 ounces 11 00:00:37,376 --> 00:00:40,710 from tailings left behind by old timers. 12 00:00:40,710 --> 00:00:44,877 But the real score is the Wolf Cut, virgin ground, 13 00:00:44,877 --> 00:00:49,176 which could hold over 2,000 ounces worth 14 00:00:49,176 --> 00:00:51,276 more than $3 million. 15 00:00:52,476 --> 00:00:55,410 This Wolf Cut is a really important pit, 16 00:00:55,410 --> 00:00:57,243 maybe the most important one of the whole season 17 00:00:57,243 --> 00:01:00,510 in terms of what information we get from it. 18 00:01:02,843 --> 00:01:06,309 Just to get down to the Wolf Cut's pay layer 19 00:01:06,309 --> 00:01:09,410 has taken Parker's crew more than two months. 20 00:01:10,877 --> 00:01:14,209 That Wolf Cut, it's been an absolute [bleep]. 21 00:01:14,209 --> 00:01:16,610 With the amount of water that's coming in at us 22 00:01:16,610 --> 00:01:19,443 and just the conditions are brutal. 23 00:01:20,510 --> 00:01:22,076 things. 24 00:01:24,543 --> 00:01:27,443 Three weeks ago, a devastating flood 25 00:01:27,443 --> 00:01:29,576 turned the Wolf Cut into a lake. 26 00:01:30,843 --> 00:01:33,043 Probably would have had better odds just going to Vegas 27 00:01:33,043 --> 00:01:35,710 with all the money rather than drowning it here. 28 00:01:38,610 --> 00:01:41,109 After battling back the water, 29 00:01:41,109 --> 00:01:44,043 foreman Mark Forrs is finally down to pay dirt. 30 00:01:45,610 --> 00:01:47,543 And Parker's determined to discover 31 00:01:47,543 --> 00:01:50,076 if there's enough gold to go all in. 32 00:01:51,510 --> 00:01:53,243 - Hey, man. - Hey. What's going on? 33 00:01:53,243 --> 00:01:54,443 - How you been? - Good. Good. 34 00:01:54,443 --> 00:01:55,677 What you got going on? 35 00:01:55,677 --> 00:01:58,176 So we just got down to gravel here and got the mud off, 36 00:01:58,176 --> 00:02:01,109 and I think it's a good spot to test it, right? 37 00:02:01,109 --> 00:02:02,710 Because this would be the lowest gravel 38 00:02:02,710 --> 00:02:04,076 right now in our cut. 39 00:02:04,076 --> 00:02:05,877 I'm just gonna work my way up panning. 40 00:02:05,877 --> 00:02:07,243 Yeah. 41 00:02:10,209 --> 00:02:11,943 If there's gold in it we'll sluice it. 42 00:02:11,943 --> 00:02:13,243 Yeah. 43 00:02:17,977 --> 00:02:20,843 So that just had two tiny little fly in it. 44 00:02:20,843 --> 00:02:22,610 Too small. 45 00:02:22,610 --> 00:02:24,010 Where were you panning that? 46 00:02:24,010 --> 00:02:25,410 It's right over there. 47 00:02:37,276 --> 00:02:39,109 Yeah. That's more like it. 48 00:02:41,309 --> 00:02:43,276 That's super fine. 49 00:02:43,276 --> 00:02:45,209 But there's 35... 50 00:02:45,209 --> 00:02:48,309 And like 35 even tiny colors is a really good pan. 51 00:02:48,309 --> 00:02:49,777 Yeah. 52 00:02:52,643 --> 00:02:54,343 Because we're panning some gold in it 53 00:02:54,343 --> 00:02:55,943 and some of it doesn't have gold in it, 54 00:02:55,943 --> 00:02:57,376 just haul a couple of thousand yards up. 55 00:02:57,376 --> 00:02:58,443 Okay. 56 00:02:58,443 --> 00:02:59,643 So I'm just gonna rip out of here. 57 00:02:59,643 --> 00:03:01,877 Be back in two days. And I want to see what's in it. 58 00:03:01,877 --> 00:03:03,043 Yeah. Sounds good. 59 00:03:03,043 --> 00:03:04,710 - All right. - All right. I'll just tell Mike. 60 00:03:08,109 --> 00:03:10,677 Let's go ahead and take this down to the plant. 61 00:03:10,677 --> 00:03:12,043 Okay. 62 00:03:16,777 --> 00:03:18,276 In the 480 excavator, 63 00:03:19,209 --> 00:03:21,777 operator Michael Bodri digs pay dirt. 64 00:03:24,043 --> 00:03:25,076 I think that 65 00:03:25,076 --> 00:03:26,443 Parker is pretty excited to see 66 00:03:26,443 --> 00:03:28,010 what's in the bottom of this hole. 67 00:03:28,010 --> 00:03:29,176 Most definitely. 68 00:03:29,176 --> 00:03:31,677 I don't know who's more excited, him or us. 69 00:03:33,010 --> 00:03:35,376 Rock truck driver Phill Wickert 70 00:03:35,376 --> 00:03:38,276 and trainee mine boss Tyler Mahoney 71 00:03:38,276 --> 00:03:41,043 haul the pay to wash plant, Red Rocket. 72 00:03:44,109 --> 00:03:46,076 Feels good that we're finally in the Wolf Cut 73 00:03:46,076 --> 00:03:47,376 all in this payoff. 74 00:03:47,376 --> 00:03:48,710 I know. I'm so excited. 75 00:03:48,710 --> 00:03:50,109 I feel like we're so close. 76 00:03:50,109 --> 00:03:51,610 This is what we're mining for. 77 00:03:51,610 --> 00:03:53,977 And if there's gold here, it's gonna be a great sign for next year. 78 00:03:55,243 --> 00:03:56,910 Let's go. Fire it up. 79 00:04:01,943 --> 00:04:03,343 Ready for water. 80 00:04:07,476 --> 00:04:09,943 We got our first bucket of that virgin pay here. 81 00:04:11,576 --> 00:04:14,076 For the first time in a decade, 82 00:04:14,076 --> 00:04:17,109 Parker's sluicing virgin Alaskan pay. 83 00:04:28,877 --> 00:04:31,643 Sluicing, what they're hauling out right now, 84 00:04:31,643 --> 00:04:33,276 it's either a good thing or a bad thing. 85 00:04:34,410 --> 00:04:37,376 But I'm hoping to see lots of gold. 86 00:05:06,877 --> 00:05:09,910 Over three quarters of the way through the season, 87 00:05:09,910 --> 00:05:12,243 king of the Klondike, Tony Beets, 88 00:05:12,243 --> 00:05:14,943 has ripped through two of the deepest cuts 89 00:05:14,943 --> 00:05:19,543 ever on Paradise Hill, banking $5 million in gold. 90 00:05:22,109 --> 00:05:24,977 Now, with winter around the corner, 91 00:05:24,977 --> 00:05:27,510 he's churning through the Eighty Pup cut, 92 00:05:27,510 --> 00:05:30,109 hoping to bring in as much gold as possible. 93 00:05:55,543 --> 00:05:57,276 Tony? Do you copy, Tony? 94 00:05:59,476 --> 00:06:01,843 There's someone in the office here waiting for you. 95 00:06:17,343 --> 00:06:18,410 Hey, Tony. How are you? 96 00:06:20,010 --> 00:06:21,710 I got a couple of questions I've got to ask you. 97 00:06:21,710 --> 00:06:24,043 Maybe you can help me out. 98 00:06:24,043 --> 00:06:25,309 No. I was gonna give you some money. 99 00:06:27,343 --> 00:06:30,777 For three seasons, local miner Shane Smith 100 00:06:30,777 --> 00:06:33,010 worked as a mechanic for Parker Schnabel. 101 00:06:34,243 --> 00:06:38,543 Now he's rolling the dice on his own Klondike claim. 102 00:06:40,877 --> 00:06:42,643 I got a bunch of pay to sluice, 103 00:06:42,643 --> 00:06:44,209 and our water license is up next year, 104 00:06:44,209 --> 00:06:45,476 so I'm looking for a plant. 105 00:06:45,476 --> 00:06:46,777 I thought I'd give you a try, 106 00:06:46,777 --> 00:06:48,109 see if you had anything kicking around. 107 00:06:51,243 --> 00:06:54,309 I saw your Kiwi plant sitting on the side of the road there. 108 00:06:54,309 --> 00:06:57,543 I know it needs a little work, but I can make it work. 109 00:06:58,710 --> 00:06:59,510 Oh, yeah. 110 00:07:10,076 --> 00:07:11,476 No, that's... that'd be awesome. 111 00:07:11,476 --> 00:07:12,943 I would just love that. 112 00:07:12,943 --> 00:07:14,810 I mean, no wonder they call you the king of the Klondike. 113 00:07:22,543 --> 00:07:23,543 Yeah. 114 00:07:35,943 --> 00:07:37,376 Awesome. That would be great. 115 00:07:38,109 --> 00:07:39,176 Awesome. 116 00:07:39,176 --> 00:07:40,309 Appreciate it. Thank you, man. 117 00:07:45,376 --> 00:07:48,410 Tony's 25-ton Kiwi wash plant 118 00:07:48,410 --> 00:07:51,710 has sat idle gathering rust all season. 119 00:07:54,777 --> 00:07:56,410 Yeah. 120 00:08:00,309 --> 00:08:02,343 To get the plant hauled quickly 121 00:08:02,343 --> 00:08:06,677 to Shane's claim 20 miles away at Dominion Creek, 122 00:08:06,677 --> 00:08:10,109 Tony assembles his best crew from the Eighty Pup cut. 123 00:10:21,710 --> 00:10:23,476 On the road to Dominion Creek... 124 00:10:33,343 --> 00:10:36,877 Tony's youngest son, Mike Beets... 125 00:10:36,877 --> 00:10:40,243 ...has dropped the 25 ton 126 00:10:40,243 --> 00:10:44,109 Kiwi wash plant off the back of his lowboy. 127 00:10:44,109 --> 00:10:46,109 Film that you might lose the [bleep] camera, 128 00:10:46,109 --> 00:10:47,543 I'm dead serious. 129 00:10:47,543 --> 00:10:48,643 Are you okay, Mikey? 130 00:10:48,643 --> 00:10:49,777 I'm fine. 131 00:10:49,777 --> 00:10:52,410 - Are you okay? - I'm fine. 132 00:10:52,410 --> 00:10:53,977 Can someone go get my dad? 133 00:10:53,977 --> 00:10:56,643 We gotta call my dad 'cause this is a actual bad problem. 134 00:11:05,810 --> 00:11:07,410 Nick, Nick, Nick, come back, come back. 135 00:11:08,843 --> 00:11:11,109 Want me to wait or to back up? 136 00:11:11,109 --> 00:11:12,777 Come back. The [bleep] thing fell off. 137 00:11:13,710 --> 00:11:16,010 Oh, [bleep]. 138 00:11:16,010 --> 00:11:18,610 The worst part is I wasn't even going fast. 139 00:11:18,610 --> 00:11:20,243 Hey. 140 00:11:20,243 --> 00:11:21,710 Must have just had enough flex, 141 00:11:21,710 --> 00:11:22,843 that the thing went... 142 00:11:22,843 --> 00:11:24,043 and one of the chains came off, 143 00:11:24,043 --> 00:11:25,810 and the rest went over. 144 00:11:25,810 --> 00:11:27,610 Yeah. 145 00:11:27,610 --> 00:11:29,610 Disaster. 146 00:11:29,610 --> 00:11:30,843 It is. 147 00:11:48,743 --> 00:11:50,643 No, it actually didn't take that much damage. 148 00:11:50,643 --> 00:11:52,777 It's just [bleep] pain in the ass. 149 00:12:06,143 --> 00:12:07,410 What's your plan, Dad? 150 00:12:10,710 --> 00:12:12,109 I was already thinking that, too. 151 00:12:12,109 --> 00:12:13,510 Because otherwise, you're gonna [bleep]. 152 00:12:15,743 --> 00:12:16,810 Yeah, throw it on the lowboy 153 00:12:16,810 --> 00:12:18,010 or are we just gonna drive it out? 154 00:12:25,610 --> 00:12:29,910 What should have been an easy money making four-hour job 155 00:12:29,910 --> 00:12:32,877 will now take the Beets twice as long. 156 00:12:55,343 --> 00:12:59,877 I started gold mining in Alaska 13 years ago, and I'm back. 157 00:13:00,843 --> 00:13:02,843 And maybe this is the place to end it. 158 00:13:04,877 --> 00:13:06,977 I put us in a good spot. 159 00:13:06,977 --> 00:13:08,309 But you know what? 160 00:13:08,309 --> 00:13:09,576 Nothing lasts forever. 161 00:13:09,576 --> 00:13:11,710 All good things must come to an end. 162 00:13:11,710 --> 00:13:16,843 At Glacier Creek, it's the end of an era for Dozer Dave Turin. 163 00:13:18,143 --> 00:13:19,977 I don't know what the future holds, 164 00:13:19,977 --> 00:13:22,910 but I'm ready for another chapter in my life. 165 00:13:22,910 --> 00:13:25,943 Before he hangs up his gold mining boots, 166 00:13:25,943 --> 00:13:28,376 Dave first needs to secure the sale 167 00:13:28,376 --> 00:13:31,276 of his $1 million turnkey operation. 168 00:13:34,643 --> 00:13:37,810 I came up here to shut this thing down, 169 00:13:37,810 --> 00:13:41,076 sell my equipment, and retire. 170 00:13:41,076 --> 00:13:45,043 And now I'm mining a brand-new cut, the Three Amigos cut. 171 00:13:46,877 --> 00:13:49,743 To prove the ground is worth the price tag, 172 00:13:49,743 --> 00:13:53,143 the master prospector is chasing a gold hot spot 173 00:13:53,143 --> 00:13:54,810 in the Three Amigos cut. 174 00:13:56,043 --> 00:13:57,343 I've got to get 30 ounces. 175 00:13:57,343 --> 00:14:00,410 I've got to prove that there's virgin ground 176 00:14:00,410 --> 00:14:02,443 and I got to prove it to Nathan and Jason 177 00:14:02,443 --> 00:14:03,710 that's interested in buying this. 178 00:14:06,143 --> 00:14:09,143 Dave wants 30 ounces to cover costs 179 00:14:09,143 --> 00:14:12,076 and send potential buyers Nathan Clark 180 00:14:12,076 --> 00:14:16,376 and Jason Sanchez home with gold in their pockets. 181 00:14:16,376 --> 00:14:18,510 You know, we're at 12 ounces right now. 182 00:14:18,510 --> 00:14:20,710 But that's not what we set out for. 183 00:14:22,243 --> 00:14:24,410 I'd love to see 18 more ounces. 184 00:14:24,410 --> 00:14:27,343 That way we can hit that 30 we were hoping for. 185 00:14:28,643 --> 00:14:32,243 It's gonna answer whether we do or don't buy this place. 186 00:14:35,910 --> 00:14:38,476 Right now, we're getting deeper and deeper 187 00:14:38,476 --> 00:14:39,877 and it's hard on the equipment. 188 00:14:46,943 --> 00:14:48,877 I believe that pay is here somewhere, 189 00:14:48,877 --> 00:14:51,710 but we just don't seem to be getting to the plant. 190 00:14:51,710 --> 00:14:54,543 But I want to see if there's, you know, 191 00:14:54,543 --> 00:14:56,376 any better gold the deeper we get here. 192 00:14:57,476 --> 00:14:58,743 Let's see what this one does. 193 00:15:06,576 --> 00:15:09,476 Well, that right there is $10 to $15 a yard. 194 00:15:09,476 --> 00:15:12,109 But I need to find that $20 yard stuff. 195 00:15:12,109 --> 00:15:14,143 So we're gonna go deeper. 196 00:15:14,143 --> 00:15:17,343 I'm gonna try to pull a sample right at the water level. 197 00:15:19,777 --> 00:15:20,877 The material is changing. 198 00:15:20,877 --> 00:15:23,943 It's getting to be a lot more big rocks. 199 00:15:23,943 --> 00:15:26,510 That's shows that there is a lot of energy 200 00:15:26,510 --> 00:15:28,810 to move these big rocks down here. 201 00:15:28,810 --> 00:15:30,343 Typically, if there's a lot of energy, 202 00:15:30,343 --> 00:15:31,543 it moves the gold too. 203 00:15:34,743 --> 00:15:36,576 Oh, boy. 204 00:15:36,576 --> 00:15:38,410 Here we're talking. 205 00:15:38,410 --> 00:15:40,276 Boom! 206 00:15:40,276 --> 00:15:42,076 There it is. 207 00:15:42,076 --> 00:15:43,810 That's... that's over $20 yard. 208 00:15:43,810 --> 00:15:45,276 That's $20 to $25 yard. 209 00:15:45,276 --> 00:15:46,543 That's what we're looking for. 210 00:15:46,543 --> 00:15:49,309 That's what I need to sell this ground. 211 00:15:49,309 --> 00:15:50,576 Good news. 212 00:15:50,576 --> 00:15:52,476 Now I know where the gold is living. 213 00:15:52,476 --> 00:15:54,777 Bad news, right under the water. 214 00:15:58,143 --> 00:16:01,143 Downstream of last year's cuts, 215 00:16:01,143 --> 00:16:04,510 Team Turin had been mining the 10,000 square foot 216 00:16:04,510 --> 00:16:06,510 Three Amigos cut. 217 00:16:06,510 --> 00:16:10,777 Now 20 feet deep, Dave has found a richer pay layer. 218 00:16:12,076 --> 00:16:15,877 The problem is, as the crew dig deeper, 219 00:16:15,877 --> 00:16:19,510 they'll hit the water table, which will flood their cut 220 00:16:19,510 --> 00:16:22,276 and could stop them from getting the gold. 221 00:16:28,376 --> 00:16:30,643 Right now I'm at 20 foot in depth, 222 00:16:30,643 --> 00:16:32,276 the deepest that I've been. 223 00:16:32,276 --> 00:16:35,710 We're gonna get down and get into that good gold. 224 00:16:35,710 --> 00:16:38,610 She's having a little bit of fun pulling up out of these hills. 225 00:16:38,610 --> 00:16:40,743 You know, this is a claim that we can buy, 226 00:16:40,743 --> 00:16:42,877 but we've got to make sure Dave does not have a dud here. 227 00:16:44,276 --> 00:16:46,376 We got the flat turning and burning. 228 00:16:46,376 --> 00:16:48,376 We are swinging and singing 229 00:16:48,376 --> 00:16:50,610 and just flat kicking ass right now. 230 00:16:50,610 --> 00:16:51,877 Life's good. 231 00:16:57,643 --> 00:16:58,977 Dave, it is raining 232 00:16:58,977 --> 00:17:00,977 harder than I ever seen it rain here before. 233 00:17:00,977 --> 00:17:02,176 It's crazy. 234 00:17:02,176 --> 00:17:05,043 The water coming into the cut is flowing like the river. 235 00:17:06,910 --> 00:17:08,010 It's flooding. 236 00:17:08,010 --> 00:17:09,877 I mean, we got a lot of [bleep] water coming in. 237 00:17:15,443 --> 00:17:18,209 Water is coming in from my left and my right 238 00:17:18,209 --> 00:17:19,810 behind me, in front of me. 239 00:17:21,343 --> 00:17:22,643 I think what we ought to do 240 00:17:22,643 --> 00:17:24,510 is go get that pump. 241 00:17:24,510 --> 00:17:25,910 Ten-four. 242 00:17:33,343 --> 00:17:35,977 Facing the double trouble of groundwater 243 00:17:35,977 --> 00:17:37,510 coming up through the floor, 244 00:17:38,810 --> 00:17:42,510 and runoff flooding down from the mountains, 245 00:17:42,510 --> 00:17:45,309 Team Turin bring in their eight-inch pump. 246 00:17:45,309 --> 00:17:46,977 All right. Let's hook it up first. 247 00:17:46,977 --> 00:17:51,610 To drain 270,000 gallons of water an hour 248 00:17:51,610 --> 00:17:54,543 into a nearby settling pond. 249 00:17:54,543 --> 00:17:57,376 I became a much better miner last year 250 00:17:57,376 --> 00:17:58,810 having to deal with all this water. 251 00:17:58,810 --> 00:17:59,943 Oh, yeah. 252 00:17:59,943 --> 00:18:02,276 Because when you're 30 feet below a river 253 00:18:02,276 --> 00:18:05,143 and you're still able to de-water, 254 00:18:06,143 --> 00:18:07,710 you're doing something right. 255 00:18:14,943 --> 00:18:16,843 And we're de-watering. 256 00:18:16,843 --> 00:18:18,109 Thanks, Nater. 257 00:18:18,109 --> 00:18:19,410 Good job, man. 258 00:18:21,710 --> 00:18:23,943 Crisis averted for now. 259 00:18:23,943 --> 00:18:27,643 Team Turin can get back running the deep gold rich pay layer, 260 00:18:29,476 --> 00:18:33,076 but if it doesn't pay out, Dave's dream of selling 261 00:18:33,076 --> 00:18:36,376 his $1 million mine could be over. 262 00:18:38,276 --> 00:18:41,076 So I want to give them the best opportunity 263 00:18:41,076 --> 00:18:46,276 to make a very good intelligent decision that's based on facts 264 00:18:46,276 --> 00:18:47,943 rather than emotions. 265 00:18:47,943 --> 00:18:51,309 But weather's setting in, we're running out of time. 266 00:19:02,643 --> 00:19:05,410 Now, this is the first plant I see on the side. 267 00:19:05,410 --> 00:19:06,543 Never seen it before. 268 00:19:07,877 --> 00:19:11,910 Two hours after Mike Beets flipped the Kiwi plant, 269 00:19:11,910 --> 00:19:14,743 his father Tony returns with two loaders 270 00:19:14,743 --> 00:19:16,143 to get it back on the road. 271 00:19:31,910 --> 00:19:33,143 Holy [bleep], Tony, 272 00:19:33,143 --> 00:19:34,710 this isn't what I expected to see. 273 00:19:42,109 --> 00:19:43,143 That's unreal. 274 00:19:48,943 --> 00:19:50,710 Yeah. 275 00:19:52,309 --> 00:19:54,043 Yeah, we might have a few things to straighten up. 276 00:19:55,443 --> 00:19:56,777 Hopefully, it's all good. 277 00:19:58,209 --> 00:20:01,309 I was expecting it just to show up in one piece. 278 00:20:20,309 --> 00:20:24,143 Operator Brandon Carr joins Mike in the loaders 279 00:20:24,143 --> 00:20:26,710 to flip the plant back upright 280 00:20:26,710 --> 00:20:29,510 ready from maestro Tony's direction. 281 00:23:51,276 --> 00:23:53,109 Yeah. Hopefully everything's good with her. 282 00:23:53,109 --> 00:23:55,109 We can fire it up and test it out. 283 00:23:55,109 --> 00:23:57,543 Then maybe we can wash some gold. 284 00:23:57,543 --> 00:23:58,743 We're running out of time. 285 00:24:34,476 --> 00:24:36,610 Finally made it. 286 00:24:36,610 --> 00:24:39,743 Eight hours after leaving Paradise Hill, 287 00:24:39,743 --> 00:24:41,977 the Kiwi plant finally arrives 288 00:24:41,977 --> 00:24:44,276 at Shane's Dominion Creek claim. 289 00:25:07,643 --> 00:25:10,076 It's awesome. Plant made it here finally. 290 00:25:10,076 --> 00:25:12,376 That's gonna help me out amazingly. 291 00:25:12,376 --> 00:25:14,810 I'm so happy to have it here. It's awesome. 292 00:25:26,010 --> 00:25:28,343 You know, if we can get a few solid days in here, 293 00:25:28,343 --> 00:25:30,810 I think we can make a lot of progress in a hurry... 294 00:25:30,810 --> 00:25:32,476 Got to keep that dirt moving. 295 00:25:32,476 --> 00:25:34,410 Like I always say, scoop the dirt. 296 00:25:34,410 --> 00:25:35,743 Dump the dirt. Scoop the dirt. 297 00:25:35,743 --> 00:25:36,843 Dump the dirt. 298 00:25:40,276 --> 00:25:43,677 A year after first testing the ground, 299 00:25:43,677 --> 00:25:48,410 Parker's Alaskan crew are finally sluicing virgin pay dirt 300 00:25:48,410 --> 00:25:50,243 from the gold rich Wolf Cut. 301 00:25:51,610 --> 00:25:53,843 Yeah. We're running tight from the Wolf Cut, 302 00:25:53,843 --> 00:25:55,276 which is very exciting. 303 00:25:55,276 --> 00:25:57,810 Feel like it's been a very long time coming. 304 00:25:57,810 --> 00:25:58,977 But we're there. 305 00:26:11,076 --> 00:26:12,076 It is. 306 00:26:14,510 --> 00:26:16,610 Okay, that does not look good. 307 00:26:20,810 --> 00:26:23,476 It looks like our good friends Mother Nature 308 00:26:23,476 --> 00:26:26,877 and Murphy's Law are at it once again. 309 00:26:32,143 --> 00:26:34,010 Oh, it's got a big chunk coming up. 310 00:26:35,476 --> 00:26:37,143 Oh, she is pouring out. 311 00:26:37,143 --> 00:26:38,376 Wow! 312 00:26:48,543 --> 00:26:51,010 Hey, Mike. Let's get out of here fast. 313 00:26:51,010 --> 00:26:53,643 It's come up eight inches in the last ten minutes. 314 00:26:53,643 --> 00:26:54,710 me! 315 00:26:55,877 --> 00:26:57,443 Zach, I don't have time for this. 316 00:26:57,443 --> 00:26:58,810 Our cut's about to flood. 317 00:27:05,309 --> 00:27:07,343 Well, definitely didn't expect this to [bleep] happen. 318 00:27:16,476 --> 00:27:18,610 Just gonna re-hook the pump back up, 319 00:27:18,610 --> 00:27:19,843 so we can try to at least 320 00:27:19,843 --> 00:27:22,410 keep some of the water out, hopefully. 321 00:27:23,710 --> 00:27:27,910 At Parker's Alaskan mine, a catastrophic flood 322 00:27:27,910 --> 00:27:31,010 has once again drowned out the Wolf Cut. 323 00:27:34,276 --> 00:27:36,476 There's a big shaft pole there. 324 00:27:36,476 --> 00:27:38,643 I think these old timers kind of screwed us. 325 00:27:38,643 --> 00:27:42,243 They came in here and dug little holes and tunnels everywhere 326 00:27:42,243 --> 00:27:43,910 under there, and nobody knows where. 327 00:27:45,309 --> 00:27:48,510 While digging for pay in the bottom of the Wolf Cut, 328 00:27:48,510 --> 00:27:51,810 the 480 excavator struck the side of the pit 329 00:27:51,810 --> 00:27:55,043 and uncovered a water logged mine shaft, 330 00:27:55,043 --> 00:27:57,610 flooding millions of gallons of water 331 00:27:57,610 --> 00:28:00,176 into the pit covering the pay gravels. 332 00:28:03,309 --> 00:28:06,376 Yeah, you can see where all the water that's coming out of here. 333 00:28:06,376 --> 00:28:09,276 There's a lot of water that's... that's probably 334 00:28:09,977 --> 00:28:11,943 twice that going in. 335 00:28:11,943 --> 00:28:14,843 The crew already have one eight-inch pump, 336 00:28:15,977 --> 00:28:17,109 but it's not enough. 337 00:28:20,176 --> 00:28:22,643 Okay, Mark. 338 00:28:22,643 --> 00:28:25,043 We're in the [bleep] here. Do we have an extra pump to put in there? 339 00:28:27,276 --> 00:28:30,743 - Hey, Phill. Get a little hustle going on. - Huh? 340 00:28:30,743 --> 00:28:32,010 We gotta get these hooked up. 341 00:28:38,010 --> 00:28:39,176 - Good, Mark? - Yeah. 342 00:28:49,576 --> 00:28:52,043 Yeah, we got the second pump working, but it's still flooding. 343 00:28:52,043 --> 00:28:53,710 There's water coming in everywhere. 344 00:28:53,710 --> 00:28:54,810 We're not gaining. 345 00:28:54,810 --> 00:28:56,343 The two pumps in there aren't working. 346 00:28:56,343 --> 00:28:58,677 We need another pump in there ASAP. 347 00:28:58,677 --> 00:29:01,209 After firing up two pumps, 348 00:29:01,209 --> 00:29:05,476 Parker's crew are still losing their fight with the water. 349 00:29:05,476 --> 00:29:08,143 We're in the absolute now. It's [bleep] chaos. 350 00:29:08,143 --> 00:29:09,910 The two pumps we got in there just aren't working. 351 00:29:09,910 --> 00:29:11,443 They're not gaining on the water. 352 00:29:11,443 --> 00:29:13,943 I think we're just gonna have to pull the pump from the wash plant, 353 00:29:13,943 --> 00:29:16,476 which I just don't know if that's right decision. 354 00:29:16,476 --> 00:29:19,209 I'm trying to call Parker, but he's not answering me. 355 00:29:19,209 --> 00:29:21,076 And I don't want to be the one to make this decision. 356 00:29:21,076 --> 00:29:22,943 This is his gold. It's his mine site. 357 00:29:22,943 --> 00:29:24,376 I just don't know what to do. 358 00:29:24,376 --> 00:29:26,443 This is a huge call. 359 00:29:26,443 --> 00:29:28,643 I think I'm just gonna have to pull that pump out of there. 360 00:29:28,643 --> 00:29:30,576 It might piss Parker off, but right now 361 00:29:30,576 --> 00:29:33,276 we're about to lose all the pay in the Wolf Cut. 362 00:29:33,276 --> 00:29:37,176 Tyler makes the hard call and shuts down 363 00:29:37,176 --> 00:29:41,877 wash plant Red Rocket to steal its massive ten-inch pump 364 00:29:41,877 --> 00:29:43,610 and double their draining power. 365 00:30:03,410 --> 00:30:05,510 We got three pumps going now. 366 00:30:05,510 --> 00:30:06,843 We'll be here tomorrow and we'll... 367 00:30:06,843 --> 00:30:08,343 we'll see where the level's at, 368 00:30:08,343 --> 00:30:09,443 and we'll go from there. 369 00:30:10,643 --> 00:30:12,410 Do you see where all the bubbles are? 370 00:30:12,410 --> 00:30:16,010 You can still see the water perking in pretty bad. 371 00:30:16,010 --> 00:30:17,410 This is an absolute nightmare. 372 00:30:18,376 --> 00:30:20,443 - Worst case scenario. - Yeah. 373 00:30:20,443 --> 00:30:22,109 Hopefully, it's not the end of the season for us 374 00:30:22,109 --> 00:30:23,843 and want to keep attacking this 375 00:30:23,843 --> 00:30:25,109 and get down to that pay again. 376 00:30:27,176 --> 00:30:29,877 A little heartbreaking when the water started to come in. 377 00:30:30,943 --> 00:30:32,309 Really don't want to leave. 378 00:30:32,309 --> 00:30:33,510 Want to see what's at the bottom. 379 00:30:34,309 --> 00:30:36,476 But it's up to Parker. 380 00:30:44,743 --> 00:30:46,643 Three hundred miles south. 381 00:30:48,176 --> 00:30:53,343 Weather forecast, 100% rain 100% of the time, 382 00:30:53,343 --> 00:30:56,376 with 100% getting your ass whooped by water. 383 00:30:58,276 --> 00:31:01,276 Team Turin are fighting their own water wars. 384 00:31:02,677 --> 00:31:04,043 And now that we're going deeper, 385 00:31:04,043 --> 00:31:05,943 we're gonna have to keep up with the groundwater. 386 00:31:05,943 --> 00:31:08,309 And raining like a son of a gun. 387 00:31:08,309 --> 00:31:10,510 We've had six days of rain in a row, 388 00:31:10,510 --> 00:31:13,309 and so it's filling up our cut. 389 00:31:13,309 --> 00:31:15,176 After successfully draining 390 00:31:15,176 --> 00:31:18,176 the Three Amigos cut to run pay, 391 00:31:18,176 --> 00:31:21,010 more heavy rain and rising groundwater 392 00:31:21,010 --> 00:31:25,043 threatens to wash away their hopes of pulling out 30 ounces. 393 00:31:26,343 --> 00:31:28,243 You know, every day is a flood warning. 394 00:31:28,243 --> 00:31:30,309 Every day it's taking three to four hours 395 00:31:30,309 --> 00:31:32,443 just to get back down to the good pay. 396 00:31:34,309 --> 00:31:36,510 This amount of water, the problem is 397 00:31:36,510 --> 00:31:39,543 I can't send too wet a pay up to that Eagle 398 00:31:39,543 --> 00:31:41,777 or it won't be able to run it. 399 00:31:41,777 --> 00:31:44,610 It just wants to wash back down the conveyor belt. 400 00:31:47,109 --> 00:31:50,743 The deeper we go, the groundwater is just saturating our pay, 401 00:31:50,743 --> 00:31:52,576 and it won't go up the pay belt. 402 00:31:52,576 --> 00:31:54,376 We're really struggling to get through this. 403 00:31:56,176 --> 00:31:58,643 I'm worried about high water. 404 00:31:58,643 --> 00:32:02,710 Right now, there's no chance of getting the Eagle across the river. 405 00:32:02,710 --> 00:32:05,643 I'm worried about getting the two rented machines out. 406 00:32:05,643 --> 00:32:07,576 If they remain in here through the winter 407 00:32:07,576 --> 00:32:09,610 and I have to pay rent on it, that's gonna kill me. 408 00:32:10,610 --> 00:32:12,343 This is a very tough decision. 409 00:32:28,443 --> 00:32:29,810 Hey, Nate, Jason. 410 00:32:29,810 --> 00:32:32,910 I've got to get this equipment across the river. 411 00:32:32,910 --> 00:32:34,243 Meet at the sluice box. 412 00:32:51,476 --> 00:32:52,910 Come here a minute. Um... 413 00:32:55,143 --> 00:32:57,076 the water is saturating our pay 414 00:32:57,076 --> 00:32:58,610 and it won't go up the pay belt. 415 00:33:00,109 --> 00:33:02,777 You know, we can't sluice. 416 00:33:02,777 --> 00:33:05,743 Is this enough pay to get the 30 ounces, though? 417 00:33:05,743 --> 00:33:08,777 Normally, I'd say sluice, sluice, sluice. 418 00:33:09,543 --> 00:33:11,476 But we've got to call it. 419 00:33:11,476 --> 00:33:12,777 You know, we're in quite a bit. 420 00:33:12,777 --> 00:33:14,076 We'll have enough hours in the box, 421 00:33:14,076 --> 00:33:16,576 at least give us a judgment of what we're actually getting. 422 00:33:16,576 --> 00:33:18,309 We're at the 20-foot zone. 423 00:33:18,309 --> 00:33:21,209 I mean, it should be able to tell us where we're at. 424 00:33:21,209 --> 00:33:24,376 I'm thinking, today is the day, season over. 425 00:33:29,777 --> 00:33:30,810 I understand. 426 00:33:30,810 --> 00:33:32,043 I get that. 427 00:33:32,043 --> 00:33:35,576 There's just one massive problem. 428 00:33:35,576 --> 00:33:37,243 This might be our only opportunity 429 00:33:37,243 --> 00:33:38,710 to get this equipment out of here. 430 00:33:40,010 --> 00:33:42,643 $1 million of hired equipment 431 00:33:42,643 --> 00:33:44,510 is on the wrong side of the river. 432 00:33:45,343 --> 00:33:48,109 It's now or never to get it out. 433 00:33:54,510 --> 00:33:56,076 All right, guys. 434 00:33:56,076 --> 00:33:57,843 Let's roll them into the water. 435 00:33:57,843 --> 00:34:00,810 Hope and pray that they make it across. 436 00:34:00,810 --> 00:34:02,610 Ten-four. En route, senor. 437 00:34:05,176 --> 00:34:07,710 I'm gonna bring Jason and the excavator across first, 438 00:34:07,710 --> 00:34:10,710 have him test, see if there's any, you know, 439 00:34:10,710 --> 00:34:12,677 deep holes or something. 440 00:34:12,677 --> 00:34:14,476 And then if he makes it across clear, 441 00:34:14,476 --> 00:34:16,343 then Nathan with the loader is gonna go. 442 00:34:19,977 --> 00:34:22,109 All right. Here we go. 443 00:34:22,109 --> 00:34:23,510 Smoke 'em if you got 'em. 444 00:34:41,276 --> 00:34:42,943 There's some big rocks under there, Nate. 445 00:34:42,943 --> 00:34:44,476 So be careful. 446 00:34:44,476 --> 00:34:45,677 Copy that. Copy that. 447 00:34:51,510 --> 00:34:52,710 Holy cow! 448 00:34:52,710 --> 00:34:54,176 It's coming up almost into your cab. 449 00:34:58,977 --> 00:35:00,843 You got water in your cab yet? 450 00:35:00,843 --> 00:35:02,810 No, but I'm on the move. I'm out. 451 00:35:04,276 --> 00:35:06,543 All right. We got that one out. 452 00:35:06,543 --> 00:35:09,276 Good job, Jason. Good job! 453 00:35:09,276 --> 00:35:10,610 Whoo! 454 00:35:10,610 --> 00:35:12,643 There's a lot more water coming down 455 00:35:12,643 --> 00:35:13,877 this river than last time. 456 00:35:13,877 --> 00:35:15,076 That's for damn sure. 457 00:35:16,010 --> 00:35:17,209 All right, Nater, 458 00:35:17,209 --> 00:35:20,710 you saw there's a couple of deep spots. 459 00:35:20,710 --> 00:35:22,410 Just be careful. 460 00:35:22,410 --> 00:35:23,643 Ten-four. 461 00:35:34,443 --> 00:35:35,643 Come on, baby. 462 00:35:40,443 --> 00:35:42,777 Right in there. Careful. Careful. 463 00:35:42,777 --> 00:35:44,176 Come on, baby. Come on. 464 00:35:45,610 --> 00:35:46,710 Oh, [bleep]. 465 00:35:57,476 --> 00:35:58,677 Okay. There you go. Come on. 466 00:36:00,109 --> 00:36:01,576 I think I got it. I think I got it. 467 00:36:01,576 --> 00:36:03,543 There you go. Yeah, buddy. 468 00:36:03,543 --> 00:36:04,943 - Whoo! - There you go. 469 00:36:06,777 --> 00:36:08,176 Good job, guys. 470 00:36:08,176 --> 00:36:09,443 Got that across. 471 00:36:13,010 --> 00:36:14,710 Way to go, Nater. Good job, man. 472 00:36:15,843 --> 00:36:17,677 Boy, there are some rocks and holes in there, Dave. 473 00:36:17,677 --> 00:36:18,943 My Lord. 474 00:36:24,943 --> 00:36:27,010 The Eagle's gonna stay right where it's at. 475 00:36:27,010 --> 00:36:29,143 That's... that's the smart decision. 476 00:36:32,143 --> 00:36:33,877 I'm wondering when it comes to deciding 477 00:36:33,877 --> 00:36:36,143 whether this is our claim or not, 478 00:36:36,143 --> 00:36:38,343 with three of us, I know we're... 479 00:36:38,343 --> 00:36:39,610 we're doing small piece of ground. 480 00:36:39,610 --> 00:36:41,143 Exactly. 481 00:36:41,143 --> 00:36:43,576 You start wanting to get a full season opened up, 482 00:36:43,576 --> 00:36:44,743 you're gonna get cuts like this. 483 00:36:44,743 --> 00:36:45,810 I mean, think about this. 484 00:36:45,810 --> 00:36:47,576 I mean, we're only three foot down. 485 00:36:47,576 --> 00:36:49,410 We're de-watering. 486 00:36:49,410 --> 00:36:51,610 You know how much money that is in fuel and pumps? 487 00:36:51,610 --> 00:36:53,143 - Yeah. - Pumps ain't cheap. 488 00:36:53,143 --> 00:36:54,677 Fuel ain't cheap. 489 00:36:54,677 --> 00:36:57,010 We gotta make actually a business decision 490 00:36:57,010 --> 00:36:58,443 and not emotional decision. 491 00:37:12,576 --> 00:37:13,677 So, Mikey, how do you like 492 00:37:13,677 --> 00:37:15,376 this last bit of pay that we got here? 493 00:37:16,410 --> 00:37:17,643 It's frozen. 494 00:37:20,143 --> 00:37:21,843 Oh, yes. I can hear that. 495 00:37:24,510 --> 00:37:26,376 So how's your year going this year? 496 00:37:27,977 --> 00:37:29,810 Um, it's going pretty good. 497 00:37:29,810 --> 00:37:31,710 I mean, it's... it's almost over... 498 00:37:31,710 --> 00:37:35,343 we're like... we see the light at the end of the... 499 00:37:35,343 --> 00:37:37,443 at the end of the trommel? 500 00:37:38,843 --> 00:37:42,109 How about you, Mikey? How do you feel about this season? 501 00:37:42,109 --> 00:37:44,109 Long... It was the long year. 502 00:37:47,710 --> 00:37:49,176 Oh, felt that one. 503 00:37:53,309 --> 00:37:54,777 Yeah. You're good to go. 504 00:37:54,777 --> 00:37:56,010 Okay. 505 00:38:05,543 --> 00:38:06,943 At Cleary Creek, 506 00:38:06,943 --> 00:38:09,443 a devastating flood has shut down 507 00:38:09,443 --> 00:38:12,777 Parker's crew from running the gold rich Wolf Cut pay. 508 00:38:15,810 --> 00:38:18,076 How's that looking down there? 509 00:38:18,076 --> 00:38:19,743 I've been watching Mark down in the hole, 510 00:38:19,743 --> 00:38:22,076 playing with the pumps, and looks like 511 00:38:22,076 --> 00:38:23,376 he's winning one heck of a battle. 512 00:38:23,376 --> 00:38:26,143 They got some rivers running through the cut here now 513 00:38:26,143 --> 00:38:28,143 and getting down just maybe a small little pool 514 00:38:28,143 --> 00:38:29,243 on the far end there. 515 00:38:31,010 --> 00:38:33,209 The three pumps have removed 516 00:38:33,209 --> 00:38:37,510 10 million gallons of water in 24 hours. 517 00:38:37,510 --> 00:38:39,710 We're down to where we need to get the muck out of it. 518 00:38:39,710 --> 00:38:41,643 So we're trying to get the mud out of this hole 519 00:38:41,643 --> 00:38:43,810 that washed in there when it flooded. 520 00:38:43,810 --> 00:38:45,243 They're building the road over here. 521 00:38:45,243 --> 00:38:47,410 And it is blocking a big hole that was coming up 522 00:38:47,410 --> 00:38:49,243 out of the old shaft underground. 523 00:38:51,276 --> 00:38:53,677 Now Parker's back from the Yukon, 524 00:38:53,677 --> 00:38:56,810 expecting to see the Wolf Cut's first clean up. 525 00:38:58,010 --> 00:38:59,610 You missed the great flood. 526 00:38:59,610 --> 00:39:02,010 We chucked three pumps in there to try 527 00:39:02,010 --> 00:39:04,043 and pump out some of the water. 528 00:39:09,877 --> 00:39:11,343 That ain't good. 529 00:39:11,343 --> 00:39:13,109 Yeah. So much mud. 530 00:39:15,910 --> 00:39:17,510 Got a [bleep] mess on your hands, 531 00:39:17,510 --> 00:39:18,777 that's for sure. 532 00:39:18,777 --> 00:39:21,576 Yes. We have, like, four foot of muck 533 00:39:21,576 --> 00:39:23,343 in this last section to get off. 534 00:39:27,343 --> 00:39:28,710 What a pain in the ass. 535 00:39:32,176 --> 00:39:33,343 Why don't you go help Phill? 536 00:39:33,343 --> 00:39:34,777 - I need a minute. - Yeah. Yeah. 537 00:39:34,777 --> 00:39:36,209 Oh, good. All right. 538 00:39:48,510 --> 00:39:50,076 It's a bit of a [bleep] show, isn't it? 539 00:39:53,343 --> 00:39:54,543 If I'd have known I was sending... 540 00:39:54,543 --> 00:39:55,977 sending you guys into this mess, 541 00:39:58,810 --> 00:39:59,943 I would have never done it. 542 00:40:09,777 --> 00:40:12,043 When I showed up, I was pretty ready to pull the pin. 543 00:40:12,043 --> 00:40:15,109 But, you know, we're in a couple hundred thousand dollar hole at the moment, 544 00:40:15,109 --> 00:40:18,076 so it'd be kind of stupid to give up at this point. 545 00:40:20,043 --> 00:40:21,209 So we don't know, there could be 546 00:40:21,209 --> 00:40:24,243 just [bleep] buckets of gold down there, right? 547 00:40:39,743 --> 00:40:40,777 You did what? 548 00:40:40,777 --> 00:40:42,977 Oh, my bind [bleep] snapped. 549 00:40:42,977 --> 00:40:44,309 So the [bleep] thing went... 550 00:40:45,309 --> 00:40:46,810 - I know. - Right? 551 00:40:46,810 --> 00:40:48,576 I mean, that's terrible, but... 552 00:40:48,576 --> 00:40:50,343 Yeah. 553 00:40:50,343 --> 00:40:53,043 The Beets crew have been running White Channel pay 554 00:40:53,043 --> 00:40:56,977 from the Eighty Pup cut 24 hours a day. 555 00:40:56,977 --> 00:40:58,977 So, Mike, that's quite a bit of gold look right there. 556 00:41:02,510 --> 00:41:03,943 I don't know, if I take my cut. 557 00:41:08,510 --> 00:41:11,810 To hit his 5,000-ounce season target, 558 00:41:11,810 --> 00:41:15,309 Tony needs to average 400 ounces a week. 559 00:41:15,309 --> 00:41:18,043 Oh, we're not all here to talk, 560 00:41:18,043 --> 00:41:19,443 so we might as well start weighing it. 561 00:41:20,276 --> 00:41:21,576 Everybody ready? 562 00:41:21,576 --> 00:41:23,076 Yep. 563 00:41:25,643 --> 00:41:27,476 10, 20, 564 00:41:28,576 --> 00:41:32,777 60, 100, 110, 120, 565 00:41:32,777 --> 00:41:35,343 150, 170, 566 00:41:36,510 --> 00:41:38,910 230, 280, 290, 567 00:41:38,910 --> 00:41:41,476 300, 330, 340, 568 00:41:42,476 --> 00:41:45,443 410, 20, 569 00:41:45,443 --> 00:41:50,843 427.38. 570 00:41:52,510 --> 00:41:55,977 Worth over $700,000. 571 00:41:55,977 --> 00:41:57,810 Oh, that's perfect. 572 00:42:02,143 --> 00:42:04,343 That's pretty good. That'll pay a couple bills. 573 00:42:06,677 --> 00:42:08,109 - Yeah. - Mmm-hmm. Mmm-hmm. 574 00:42:13,810 --> 00:42:16,243 Whereabouts are we towards that goal? 575 00:42:16,243 --> 00:42:19,376 We're over 3500 ounces. 576 00:42:19,376 --> 00:42:21,710 So we have about 1500 to go. 577 00:42:21,710 --> 00:42:22,810 So that's not bad. 578 00:42:26,043 --> 00:42:27,343 Yeah. 579 00:42:38,643 --> 00:42:40,576 Shelly, you got that gold ready? 580 00:42:40,576 --> 00:42:42,643 - I do. - Oh, Lordy! 581 00:42:42,643 --> 00:42:44,143 Looks good. 582 00:42:44,143 --> 00:42:45,510 - Ooh! - Looks good. 583 00:42:45,510 --> 00:42:46,943 - Oh, wow. - Oh. 584 00:42:46,943 --> 00:42:49,010 That's better than the other ones. 585 00:42:49,010 --> 00:42:52,309 Team Turin are gunning for 18 ounces 586 00:42:52,309 --> 00:42:55,076 to hit their 30 ounce goal, 587 00:42:55,076 --> 00:42:58,977 which will cover costs, send them home with gold, 588 00:42:58,977 --> 00:43:02,209 and prove Dave's Glacier Creek claim 589 00:43:02,209 --> 00:43:05,209 is worth its $1 million price tag. 590 00:43:05,209 --> 00:43:06,376 All right. 591 00:43:06,376 --> 00:43:09,977 So, you know, you guys came up here to shut things down. 592 00:43:09,977 --> 00:43:11,677 Well, you guys had a better idea. 593 00:43:11,677 --> 00:43:13,643 Let's fire it up. 594 00:43:13,643 --> 00:43:15,610 I didn't think it was possible. 595 00:43:15,610 --> 00:43:18,677 Three guys and a gal, and we're gonna move a plant, 596 00:43:18,677 --> 00:43:22,076 build a pad, set pumps, oh, and de-water. 597 00:43:22,076 --> 00:43:23,343 - I loved it. - Yeah. 598 00:43:23,343 --> 00:43:25,710 - We wanted 30 ounces. - Yeah. 599 00:43:25,710 --> 00:43:29,910 Right here is 19 hours. 600 00:43:29,910 --> 00:43:33,443 - Virgin. - Virgin ground, you got on it. 601 00:43:33,443 --> 00:43:34,610 We know where it's at. 602 00:43:34,610 --> 00:43:38,243 We hit that $20 a yard test number two, 603 00:43:38,243 --> 00:43:39,777 and it's right here. 604 00:43:39,777 --> 00:43:40,877 I think it looks pretty good. 605 00:43:42,510 --> 00:43:44,576 So far we have 12.44. 606 00:43:44,576 --> 00:43:46,376 That's looking pretty good. 607 00:43:46,376 --> 00:43:48,010 And we'll add that, 608 00:43:48,010 --> 00:43:49,610 see if we reached our goal. 609 00:43:51,243 --> 00:43:52,476 13, 14, 610 00:43:54,476 --> 00:43:57,943 - 15, 17, 18, 19. - We're going for 30! 611 00:43:57,943 --> 00:43:59,076 There's 20. 612 00:43:59,076 --> 00:44:03,309 - Come on. - 21, 22, 24.5, 26, 28. 613 00:44:03,309 --> 00:44:05,643 Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. 614 00:44:05,643 --> 00:44:07,243 29, come on. 615 00:44:07,243 --> 00:44:08,576 Get over. 616 00:44:08,576 --> 00:44:10,176 - Really? - Oh, no. 617 00:44:10,176 --> 00:44:11,877 No! 618 00:44:11,877 --> 00:44:14,109 Oh, my word! 619 00:44:14,109 --> 00:44:15,810 So close. 620 00:44:15,810 --> 00:44:18,643 - Point what? - 29.75. 621 00:44:18,643 --> 00:44:20,476 - I'll take that as a win. 622 00:44:20,476 --> 00:44:22,677 - That's a win. - That's a win. 623 00:44:22,677 --> 00:44:26,910 Worth over $50,000 and proving the deeper 624 00:44:26,910 --> 00:44:32,576 Three Amigos virgin pay dirt holds nearly an ounce per 100 yards, 625 00:44:32,576 --> 00:44:35,209 high quality ground that could get richer 626 00:44:35,209 --> 00:44:36,510 the deeper they go. 627 00:44:36,510 --> 00:44:39,977 17.3 this past week. 628 00:44:39,977 --> 00:44:42,677 - 17.3? - On hours, the 19 hours. 629 00:44:43,777 --> 00:44:46,743 One more hour, we'd have been over 30 ounces. 630 00:44:46,743 --> 00:44:48,043 - Half an hour. - Half an hour. 631 00:44:48,043 --> 00:44:49,143 Yeah, right. 632 00:44:49,143 --> 00:44:50,376 But it was raining so hard, 633 00:44:50,376 --> 00:44:51,643 we're like, "All right, we're done." 634 00:44:51,643 --> 00:44:52,843 You made the right decision, Dave. 635 00:44:52,843 --> 00:44:54,309 That river is just getting higher and higher. 636 00:44:54,309 --> 00:44:55,910 We had to... we had to pull the equipment. 637 00:44:55,910 --> 00:45:00,010 We're walking away with almost ten ounces apiece. 638 00:45:00,109 --> 00:45:02,910 What we accomplished with three people, pretty amazing. 639 00:45:02,910 --> 00:45:03,977 It is. 640 00:45:03,977 --> 00:45:07,176 I'm offering all these claims, 641 00:45:07,176 --> 00:45:09,810 the equipment to you guys. 642 00:45:10,610 --> 00:45:11,777 Is that enough gold? 643 00:45:21,076 --> 00:45:23,810 After talking with Nate, it's not a no from us. 644 00:45:24,643 --> 00:45:26,743 It's just not yet. 645 00:45:26,743 --> 00:45:27,943 We have to talk to our families. 646 00:45:29,176 --> 00:45:30,410 All right. 647 00:45:30,410 --> 00:45:32,943 I get it. Go talk to your families. 648 00:45:32,943 --> 00:45:34,343 You're my first choice. 649 00:45:34,343 --> 00:45:35,910 Appreciate that. 650 00:45:35,910 --> 00:45:38,610 One final time, Team Turin on three. 651 00:45:38,610 --> 00:45:39,810 One, two, three. 652 00:45:39,810 --> 00:45:41,076 Team Turin! 653 00:45:41,076 --> 00:45:42,476 - Whoo! - Whoo! 654 00:45:42,476 --> 00:45:46,543 I mean, my Lord, I mean, we just pulled 56 hours, 655 00:45:46,543 --> 00:45:47,777 29.75. 656 00:45:47,777 --> 00:45:49,977 I mean, that's like close to $55,000 in gold. 657 00:45:51,109 --> 00:45:52,610 Where else can you do that at? 658 00:45:52,610 --> 00:45:54,076 Man, I'm damn proud what we've done, 659 00:45:54,076 --> 00:45:55,877 and I wouldn't have done it with anybody else. 660 00:45:55,877 --> 00:46:00,176 I started my career gold mining in Alaska. 661 00:46:00,176 --> 00:46:02,977 That's every gold miner's dream is to come to Alaska, 662 00:46:04,443 --> 00:46:09,543 have your own claims, put a team together and mine for gold. 663 00:46:09,543 --> 00:46:13,043 I've learned a tremendous amount from Dave. 664 00:46:13,043 --> 00:46:14,243 And on top of that, 665 00:46:15,843 --> 00:46:18,243 I've grown as a man, not just a miner. 666 00:46:18,243 --> 00:46:19,810 The biggest struggle I have 667 00:46:21,677 --> 00:46:25,076 is that no matter what mining I do in the future, 668 00:46:26,843 --> 00:46:28,243 Dave's not gonna be a part of that. 669 00:46:29,276 --> 00:46:32,443 You know, 13 or 14 years I've been mining, 670 00:46:32,443 --> 00:46:35,543 I do have to say, this was the funnest time I've ever had. 671 00:46:37,309 --> 00:46:38,777 Dave is a mentor. 672 00:46:38,777 --> 00:46:40,243 Dave means a lot to me. 673 00:46:40,243 --> 00:46:44,610 I mean, for him to give his time up and, 674 00:46:44,610 --> 00:46:47,043 you know, show us what to do means a lot to me. 675 00:46:48,743 --> 00:46:49,843 Kind of like a father figure. 676 00:46:53,643 --> 00:46:54,777 It's all I got. 677 00:46:56,977 --> 00:46:58,010 All good things come to an end. 678 00:46:58,010 --> 00:46:59,343 - Yes, sir. - Had a great time. 679 00:46:59,343 --> 00:47:00,810 - Love you guys. - Love you, man. 680 00:47:00,810 --> 00:47:01,910 Love you. 681 00:47:01,910 --> 00:47:04,576 Thirteen years after first stepping foot 682 00:47:04,576 --> 00:47:05,977 on a gold mine... 683 00:47:07,677 --> 00:47:09,176 We're gonna get you down there. 684 00:47:09,176 --> 00:47:10,710 You got some work to do. 685 00:47:10,710 --> 00:47:14,410 ...Dozer Dave has gone from a skilled operator. 686 00:47:14,410 --> 00:47:16,276 Say a prayer. 687 00:47:16,276 --> 00:47:18,510 To master prospector... 688 00:47:18,510 --> 00:47:20,643 Boom! Oh, my [bleep]. 689 00:47:20,643 --> 00:47:22,309 That's a hell of a nugget right there. 690 00:47:22,309 --> 00:47:24,576 And successful mine boss. 691 00:47:24,576 --> 00:47:26,410 It's way over $1 million season. 692 00:47:33,476 --> 00:47:37,243 This might be the end of my gold mining career. 693 00:47:37,243 --> 00:47:38,376 It's okay. 694 00:47:40,309 --> 00:47:42,276 Well, this is it. 695 00:47:43,443 --> 00:47:44,510 Closing the gate. 696 00:47:47,176 --> 00:47:49,076 I'm done mining here. 697 00:47:49,076 --> 00:47:50,777 But mining is in my blood. 698 00:47:51,843 --> 00:47:53,309 Don't know what's next. 699 00:47:53,309 --> 00:47:54,610 We'll see what happens. 699 00:47:55,305 --> 00:48:55,944 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm