"Gold Rush" My Father's Frenemy

1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,074 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org 2 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:21,130 [Zee] The crew was all here early. 3 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:22,590 Water's pumped out. 4 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:24,990 We're already pulling pay out of Rally Valley. 5 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:27,160 This is easily the best start of the season 6 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:29,300 I've ever been a part of up here. 7 00:00:30,060 --> 00:00:31,960 [narrator] Deep in the Yukon, 8 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:34,390 Rick Ness's crew digs paydirt, 9 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:36,760 eager to find out how much gold 10 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:39,400 lies at the bottom of Rally Valley. 11 00:00:40,300 --> 00:00:42,200 [man speaking] 12 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:53,590 [Bailey] Hey, you gotta fuel up this loader 13 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:55,690 before starting the day off. 14 00:00:55,700 --> 00:00:56,990 Haven't seen Rick today. 15 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:00,360 It's definitely not normal that Rick's not here in the morning. 16 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:02,330 Something must be bothering him. 17 00:01:04,460 --> 00:01:05,890 [Kyle] Something's going on. 18 00:01:05,900 --> 00:01:08,000 He's kind of hiding out in his trailer. 19 00:01:08,660 --> 00:01:10,490 Hope he's got things under control 20 00:01:10,500 --> 00:01:12,400 and little worried about him. 21 00:01:15,060 --> 00:01:16,430 -[Rick] Hey, Troy. -[Troy] Hey, Rick. 22 00:01:16,430 --> 00:01:20,560 [narrator] Last week, Rick received news that changed everything. 23 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:21,430 [Troy] We've got a big problem 24 00:01:21,430 --> 00:01:24,090 with the water license being approved. 25 00:01:24,100 --> 00:01:27,930 And I can't guarantee you'll have the license next year. 26 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:30,390 [bleep]. 27 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:32,690 Without the water license, you can't mine. 28 00:01:32,700 --> 00:01:34,690 [sighs] I mean, I-- 29 00:01:34,700 --> 00:01:36,700 I've got millions of dollars invested in this. 30 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:41,090 My entire [bleep] future is hanging in the balance right now 31 00:01:41,100 --> 00:01:42,660 and I, I, I don't-- 32 00:01:42,660 --> 00:01:45,700 I just can't even [bleep] deal with it at the moment, so. 33 00:01:51,060 --> 00:01:53,990 [narrator] After four years of exploring Duncan Creek 34 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:55,860 to find the best gold, 35 00:01:55,860 --> 00:02:00,160 Rick was on the brink of buying the claim outright. 36 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:05,090 But now, he only has six months of guaranteed mining, 37 00:02:05,100 --> 00:02:08,960 forcing him to rethink everything. 38 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:10,260 [Zee] The season he took off, 39 00:02:10,260 --> 00:02:12,330 obviously, he was struggling with a lot of stuff and 40 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:14,990 personally and what not and, 41 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:16,160 I worry about that. 42 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:17,900 I know he's got a little bit more on his plate this year. 43 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:25,390 Gonna go check in on Rick. 44 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:26,990 He missed dinner the last couple of nights, 45 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:28,600 just making sure everything's okay. 46 00:02:30,260 --> 00:02:31,360 [dog barking] 47 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:32,530 Oh, doggo. 48 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:37,830 [sighs and clears throat] 49 00:02:39,460 --> 00:02:40,430 [Rick coughs] 50 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:42,230 [Zee] Oh, hey. 51 00:02:43,260 --> 00:02:44,500 -What's going on, bud? -Hey, bro. 52 00:02:44,860 --> 00:02:46,260 Oh, [bleep]. 53 00:02:46,260 --> 00:02:48,860 [groans] Man. 54 00:02:48,860 --> 00:02:51,630 I just wanted to make sure you weren't down in the dumps like that one year. 55 00:02:53,100 --> 00:02:54,660 I don't know. 56 00:02:54,660 --> 00:02:56,090 I've been talking with Troy. 57 00:02:56,100 --> 00:02:57,500 [sighs] I got some news. 58 00:02:58,300 --> 00:03:00,560 It's looking like they may not approve 59 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:02,030 our water license for next year. 60 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:04,530 [bleep]. 61 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,430 That's really [bleep] slammed me right in the face. 62 00:03:11,100 --> 00:03:12,590 Yeah, not the best, 63 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:14,860 best thing to wake up to when you get up here. 64 00:03:14,860 --> 00:03:16,260 I feel bad I'm not out here, 65 00:03:16,260 --> 00:03:20,000 but it's just obviously dragging me down. 66 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:24,260 That's everything I've invested in this. 67 00:03:24,260 --> 00:03:26,800 Not just this place, but in this whole [bleep] business. 68 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:33,390 This was supposed to be, uh, 69 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:35,390 the last year of paying this off and, 70 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:37,160 being set up now for whatever I wanna do, 71 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:39,590 -basically the rest of my life. -[Zee] Oh, yeah. 72 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:41,560 I know you didn't come up here for a snatch and grab, 73 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:42,760 but it was more of a... 74 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:44,160 -[Rick] Long term thing. -...long term thing. 75 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:45,200 So, I get it. 76 00:03:45,860 --> 00:03:47,090 If this ship is sinking, 77 00:03:47,100 --> 00:03:48,660 why throw any more money at it? 78 00:03:48,660 --> 00:03:50,090 It's not a fun thing to think about right now, 79 00:03:50,100 --> 00:03:52,490 but unfortunately it's just sitting right there 80 00:03:52,500 --> 00:03:54,230 in front of me and I can't not. 81 00:03:55,460 --> 00:03:58,490 -Well, this might be the last year mining. -Yeah. 82 00:03:58,500 --> 00:04:01,090 [Rick] Yeah, I don't know if I've got it in me. 83 00:04:01,100 --> 00:04:04,030 You know, financially, uh, in my heart, I just don't know. 84 00:04:05,260 --> 00:04:07,630 So, I've got decisions to make. 85 00:04:13,300 --> 00:04:14,090 We got your back. 86 00:04:14,100 --> 00:04:15,900 So, whatever you need, we're here. 87 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:19,130 [Rick] All right. 88 00:04:19,130 --> 00:04:20,330 Well, I'll get back down there. 89 00:04:20,330 --> 00:04:21,860 -[Zee] Later, man. Appreciate it. -[Rick] Awesome. 90 00:04:21,860 --> 00:04:23,030 [Zee] All right. 91 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:25,890 I'm worried, this water license thing. 92 00:04:25,900 --> 00:04:26,690 It's just [bleep]. 93 00:04:26,700 --> 00:04:28,460 I don't know what he's gonna do. 94 00:04:28,460 --> 00:04:30,600 Hopefully, we see him tomorrow down there in the cut. 95 00:04:50,260 --> 00:04:51,560 Pretty much every machine that we have 96 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:53,260 is at work right now. 97 00:04:53,260 --> 00:04:55,360 We have a lot of ground to get through, 98 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:58,360 and so we just needed to get sluicing early 99 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:01,090 in order to try to get through it all. 100 00:05:01,100 --> 00:05:04,560 It's a pretty big struggle getting ahead. 101 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:05,690 Really, we have to be up there 102 00:05:05,700 --> 00:05:07,360 in the 10,000 ounce range a year 103 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:09,490 over the lifespan of this project. 104 00:05:09,500 --> 00:05:13,890 [narrator] For Parker Schnabel to bring in 10,000 ounces, 105 00:05:13,900 --> 00:05:18,090 $25 million in gold this season, 106 00:05:18,100 --> 00:05:22,200 everything rides on mining out the long cut first. 107 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:24,660 [Parker] It's a little stressful. 108 00:05:24,660 --> 00:05:26,860 The long cut is kind of the only piece of ground 109 00:05:26,860 --> 00:05:28,900 that we have anywhere near pay. 110 00:05:31,100 --> 00:05:33,460 There's definitely a lot of tough decisions here to make, 111 00:05:33,460 --> 00:05:35,090 like when to start sluicing 112 00:05:35,100 --> 00:05:38,130 and even, like, what material to sluice. 113 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:39,460 [narrator] Last week, 114 00:05:39,460 --> 00:05:42,760 Parker's plans completely unraveled... 115 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:44,990 [Tyson] Doesn't look like there's any gold in here. 116 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:46,990 [narrator] ...when he discovered the long cut 117 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:49,160 wasn't ready to sluice. 118 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:51,760 We found a lot of sand, a lot of mud up there. 119 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:52,930 That makes me really nervous. 120 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:55,630 We can't put that through a wash plant. 121 00:05:56,060 --> 00:05:57,530 We need to go deeper. 122 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:04,290 [narrator] Parker miscalculated the depth of the pay. 123 00:06:04,300 --> 00:06:06,160 Scrambling for a backup, 124 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:10,090 he's charged most of his crew with stripping a new area. 125 00:06:10,100 --> 00:06:11,390 The bridge cut. 126 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:14,660 But there's more bad news. 127 00:06:14,660 --> 00:06:17,430 [Parker] Right now, all the pits are frozen, so that sucks. 128 00:06:18,060 --> 00:06:19,390 So, we're back to the long cut, 129 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:21,360 trying to get things figured out here. 130 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:22,760 The theme of this place for a while 131 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:25,000 is gonna be battling frost. 132 00:06:28,060 --> 00:06:31,790 [narrator] Determined not to let the long cut defeat him, 133 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:34,560 Parker's come up with a new plan. 134 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:38,460 He's ordered his crew to dig an 8000 foot long ditch 135 00:06:38,460 --> 00:06:40,890 around the edge of the entire cut 136 00:06:40,900 --> 00:06:43,090 to help drain its meltwater 137 00:06:43,100 --> 00:06:45,860 and speed up thawing the overburden, 138 00:06:45,860 --> 00:06:48,090 so they can get down to pay. 139 00:06:48,100 --> 00:06:50,560 Going deeper at the cut's edge, 140 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:54,260 Parker's crew will hit pay in the ditches first, 141 00:06:54,260 --> 00:06:58,830 which build stockpile and run through wash plant, Roxanne. 142 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:01,490 Mitch is definitely gonna have his hands full 143 00:07:01,500 --> 00:07:03,230 of trying to get these ditches down. 144 00:07:04,500 --> 00:07:08,060 Parker wants some income and see some gold, 145 00:07:08,060 --> 00:07:09,560 and that means that we've gotta get out here 146 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:10,800 and get aggressive. 147 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:12,990 [narrator] Foreman Mitch Blaschke 148 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:15,760 leads a skeleton ditching crew. 149 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:18,560 [narrator] He's breaking up the permafrost in the ditches 150 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:20,660 with a 480 excavator, 151 00:07:20,660 --> 00:07:23,790 the only machine available with a custom ripper, 152 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:25,230 the devil's finger. 153 00:07:26,660 --> 00:07:28,460 Our ditches are gonna be our lifeline here 154 00:07:28,460 --> 00:07:30,590 to keeping Roxanne going. 155 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:31,360 But as you can see, 156 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:33,560 we're just beating this thing up. 157 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:35,230 It's rattling, shaking. 158 00:07:36,100 --> 00:07:36,930 But you can see 159 00:07:36,930 --> 00:07:38,290 we got a pretty good amount of water 160 00:07:38,300 --> 00:07:40,160 ripping down this ditch, which is a good thing, 161 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:45,100 because that's letting us know that this cut is thawing. 162 00:07:51,660 --> 00:07:55,090 I'm just working on getting some pay for Roxanne. 163 00:07:55,100 --> 00:07:58,360 [narrator] Tyson Lee follows behind Mitch, 164 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:00,260 collecting ditch pay 165 00:08:00,260 --> 00:08:02,790 to build the stockpile Parker wants, 166 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:05,990 ready for Roxanne by the end of the week. 167 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:06,990 You know, 168 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:10,090 these next six years have a lot riding on them. 169 00:08:10,100 --> 00:08:13,560 We've gotta work faster, work harder, work smarter, 170 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:15,300 and try and get back sluicing. 171 00:08:17,060 --> 00:08:19,260 [Mitch] Yeah, we're trying to chisel our way through, 172 00:08:19,260 --> 00:08:22,800 and get down to some of that nice yellow gold that's at the bottom. 173 00:08:30,060 --> 00:08:31,130 Oh. 174 00:08:32,100 --> 00:08:33,100 [engine stops] 175 00:08:34,300 --> 00:08:35,930 Oh, man. 176 00:08:42,100 --> 00:08:43,830 Oh, yeah, you don't wanna turn either, huh? 177 00:08:45,500 --> 00:08:46,600 [chuckles] 178 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:49,090 You've gotta be kidding me. 179 00:08:49,100 --> 00:08:50,900 Like, of all the machines. 180 00:08:56,760 --> 00:09:00,060 I heard, uh, something go wrong with it. 181 00:09:00,060 --> 00:09:01,960 It sounded like I had a big rock, like, 182 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:04,900 caught between the tracks and the bottom side of the machine. 183 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:07,360 And you could hear that, 184 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:09,060 you know, the gears popping there. 185 00:09:09,060 --> 00:09:11,530 And now, the machine doesn't wanna turn side to side. 186 00:09:12,460 --> 00:09:14,430 Hey, Taylor, you got a copy, Taylor? 187 00:09:15,300 --> 00:09:17,090 [Taylor over radio] Yeah, go ahead. 188 00:09:17,100 --> 00:09:19,160 Hey, buddy, I wish I had some good news, 189 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:20,890 but, uh, the 480 just, uh, 190 00:09:20,900 --> 00:09:22,860 appears it lost the swing drive here. 191 00:09:22,860 --> 00:09:24,500 [Taylor] All right, yeah, I'll be on my way. 192 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:26,830 Not good right now, 193 00:09:26,830 --> 00:09:28,730 I need this machine out, moving dirt. 194 00:09:30,100 --> 00:09:31,530 [Taylor] How's it going? 195 00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:35,960 I think the old swing motor there has seen better days. 196 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:37,130 [Taylor] Yeah. 197 00:09:37,130 --> 00:09:38,990 I mean, first, first thing to do is yank it out and see. 198 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:40,190 Um, well, we won't know the carnage 199 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:41,230 until we take it apart. 200 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:43,600 [drilling] 201 00:09:45,260 --> 00:09:46,860 [Mitch] We got the crane here. 202 00:09:46,860 --> 00:09:48,360 We're gonna get this thing pulled out, 203 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:50,490 get it apart and see what we find. 204 00:09:50,500 --> 00:09:52,400 -[Mitch] Here we go. -Nice and slow. 205 00:09:55,300 --> 00:09:57,060 [Mitch] Check this thing out, man. 206 00:09:57,060 --> 00:09:59,530 -[indistinct] -Holy [bleep]. 207 00:10:02,100 --> 00:10:04,500 [Taylor] There is no fixing that. 208 00:10:07,460 --> 00:10:09,160 The bearings, they're hanging out at the bottom, 209 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:10,760 you can see the bottom of this here. 210 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:12,930 It's completely sheared off. 211 00:10:13,860 --> 00:10:15,300 It's a giant mess in there. 212 00:10:20,260 --> 00:10:21,760 [Mitch] Oh. 213 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:23,800 -Dude, look at that. -[Taylor] Look at that. 214 00:10:24,700 --> 00:10:26,990 You put that pinion on Parker's desk. 215 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:28,560 That's a paperweight. 216 00:10:28,560 --> 00:10:30,060 [Mitch] And this is what drives it. 217 00:10:30,060 --> 00:10:32,300 So, you know, this is supposed to turn, 218 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:35,500 spins this, spins that, 219 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:37,690 and you get to move dirt. 220 00:10:37,700 --> 00:10:40,230 Without this, uh, none of the above 221 00:10:41,660 --> 00:10:45,090 So, we may have to separate the upper house 222 00:10:45,100 --> 00:10:47,560 from the lower car body where the tracks are. 223 00:10:47,560 --> 00:10:48,730 [Taylor chuckles] Yeah. 224 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:51,930 No, this is a first for me. 225 00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:54,060 I've seen swing boxes fail, 226 00:10:54,060 --> 00:10:57,860 but not quite so, uh, dramatically. 227 00:10:57,860 --> 00:10:59,560 It's not a good time for this machine 228 00:10:59,560 --> 00:11:02,500 to have a catastrophic failure like this one. 229 00:11:03,460 --> 00:11:05,560 If we can't rip, we can't ditch. 230 00:11:05,560 --> 00:11:07,290 If we can't ditch, we get no thaw. 231 00:11:07,300 --> 00:11:09,090 If we get no thaw, we get no pay. 232 00:11:09,100 --> 00:11:11,890 And we have a very unhappy Parker at the end of the week. 233 00:11:11,900 --> 00:11:13,930 So, let's get after it. 234 00:11:24,460 --> 00:11:27,230 [Tony speaking] 235 00:11:35,300 --> 00:11:40,290 [narrator] The king of the Klondike, Tony Beets, is on a roll. 236 00:11:40,300 --> 00:11:43,660 He already has two wash plants sluicing pay 237 00:11:43,660 --> 00:11:45,760 at his Indian River claim, 238 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:49,760 the fastest start of his 40-year mining career. 239 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:52,360 [Michael] And an early start this year is great. 240 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:53,760 Sluice-A-Lot is going. 241 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:55,290 We have the shaker deck going. 242 00:11:55,300 --> 00:11:58,760 The gold price right now, it's never been this high. 243 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:01,760 [narrator] Having already banked 312 ounces 244 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:06,090 of his 5000 ounces season goal from Indian River, 245 00:12:06,100 --> 00:12:09,160 forty miles away at Paradise Hill, 246 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:12,800 Tony wants son Mike to run a third wash plant. 247 00:12:13,460 --> 00:12:17,430 [Tony speaking] 248 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:23,590 [Mike] We're getting things ready. 249 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:24,430 We're gonna get haul pay 250 00:12:24,430 --> 00:12:26,560 and build up that massive stockpile 251 00:12:26,560 --> 00:12:27,830 Uh, difference is this year 252 00:12:27,830 --> 00:12:30,560 is that now our, instead of our equipment being split two ways, 253 00:12:30,560 --> 00:12:31,960 it's being split three. 254 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:33,600 But my brother's taking a [bleep] ton of it. 255 00:12:35,100 --> 00:12:37,930 [Tony speaking] 256 00:12:57,060 --> 00:13:00,460 [narrator] Three miles from Tony's Indian River claim, 257 00:13:00,460 --> 00:13:02,160 eldest son Kevin 258 00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:05,590 is getting ready to mine his own ground. 259 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:07,490 We have a couple of the air lines 260 00:13:07,500 --> 00:13:08,660 those have broken off, 261 00:13:08,660 --> 00:13:12,690 so it's not a great start to my morning. 262 00:13:12,700 --> 00:13:16,590 [narrator] Kevin's leased the Scribner Creek claim from his dad 263 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:20,560 and poured his life savings into starting the operation. 264 00:13:20,560 --> 00:13:23,500 [Kevin] I got big plans to set up a gold mine and run it my way. 265 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:26,400 We do have a 1000 ounce goal. 266 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:27,990 This is a big gamble, 267 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:30,260 so me and Faith have to make this work. 268 00:13:30,260 --> 00:13:31,860 [narrator] His first goal 269 00:13:31,860 --> 00:13:34,630 is to get the equipment borrowed from Tony 270 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:36,460 up and running. 271 00:13:36,460 --> 00:13:39,160 In used condition. [laughs] 272 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:40,990 We gotta start somewhere, I guess. 273 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:43,160 -[hammering] -[Kevin grunts] 274 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:47,060 One of the downsides of using Tony's equipment 275 00:13:47,060 --> 00:13:51,360 is that, uh, the way he treats it and fixes it 276 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:54,960 is very different than I think how we want to do it. 277 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:57,190 [Faith] Our foreman should be arriving shortly. 278 00:13:57,200 --> 00:13:58,990 It'll be good to have some hands 279 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:00,590 to come over and help us. 280 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:02,700 Yeah, that'll definitely lighten the load a little bit. 281 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:10,190 [Brennan] Whoo! 282 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:12,130 I'm back up in the Yukon here. 283 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:13,990 I'm gonna be a foreman. 284 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:16,000 And I really wanna do good for Kevin and Faith. 285 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:20,090 [narrator] Kevin's secret weapon this season, 286 00:14:20,100 --> 00:14:23,530 master dirt mover, Brennan Ruault. 287 00:14:24,260 --> 00:14:25,130 [Brennan] Everything just feels 288 00:14:25,130 --> 00:14:26,890 like the stars are aligning, you know? 289 00:14:26,900 --> 00:14:28,060 So, I'm [bleep] pumped 290 00:14:28,060 --> 00:14:29,400 to get out here and get started. 291 00:14:31,460 --> 00:14:33,160 [narrator] In 2015... 292 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:34,430 Whoo! [laughs] 293 00:14:34,430 --> 00:14:37,590 [narrator] ...the former logger joined the Schnabel crew. 294 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:39,260 [Brennan] I feel great about today. 295 00:14:39,260 --> 00:14:41,490 Time's flying, sun's shining. 296 00:14:41,500 --> 00:14:44,460 [narrator] But six years with Parker as his boss... 297 00:14:44,460 --> 00:14:45,460 [Parker] Hurry up! 298 00:14:45,460 --> 00:14:48,090 You've had five [bleep] days to get this done. 299 00:14:48,100 --> 00:14:49,290 [Brennan] [bleep] sakes. 300 00:14:49,300 --> 00:14:51,660 [narrator] ...came to an explosive end. 301 00:14:51,660 --> 00:14:53,490 [Brennan] So [bleep] over this bull[bleep]. 302 00:14:53,500 --> 00:14:56,030 I'll leave right now, I don't give a [bleep] about any of this [bleep]. 303 00:14:58,100 --> 00:15:01,000 [narrator] Now, he's back in the Klondike. 304 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:09,990 Hey, guys, how's it going? 305 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:11,960 -[Faith laughs] -[Brennan] Haven't seen you in a while. 306 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:14,290 -How's it going? -[Faith] I know. 307 00:15:14,300 --> 00:15:16,960 -So, this is a new place, eh? -[Kevin] Yeah. 308 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:19,090 Well, we have some of the equipment in. 309 00:15:19,100 --> 00:15:20,360 Still waiting on the dozer, 310 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:22,490 but that should be coming up shortly. 311 00:15:22,500 --> 00:15:23,490 [Brennan] Right on. 312 00:15:23,500 --> 00:15:26,460 Wanna go take a run around and look at the cut? 313 00:15:26,460 --> 00:15:28,090 Yeah. I've got gold fever again, 314 00:15:28,100 --> 00:15:29,930 [all laughing] 315 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:34,500 [Brennan] Looks super familiar, 316 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:36,160 where I started for Parker, 317 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:38,460 just on the other side of those trees. 318 00:15:38,460 --> 00:15:39,890 There's a lot of history here. 319 00:15:39,900 --> 00:15:42,360 -I mean, I know the ground pretty [bleep] good, so. -[Kevin] All right. 320 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:44,590 One of the benefits of bringing you on, straight up. 321 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:45,900 Yeah, no doubt. 322 00:15:46,460 --> 00:15:47,490 Did you guys have any thoughts 323 00:15:47,500 --> 00:15:50,090 on what you kinda wanted to do to start this cut? 324 00:15:50,100 --> 00:15:54,560 [Kevin] So, right now, you open up a mid-size gut to get going. 325 00:15:54,560 --> 00:15:56,690 Based on what drill holes that Tony had 326 00:15:56,700 --> 00:15:58,560 and a little bit of poking around I did, 327 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:01,760 -between 15, 20 feet of muck on top. -Okay. 328 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:05,260 [narrator] Located between Tony's Indian River Claim 329 00:16:05,260 --> 00:16:07,330 and Parker's dominion site 330 00:16:07,860 --> 00:16:09,290 on Scribner Creek, 331 00:16:09,300 --> 00:16:13,360 Kevin's leased a 44 acre claim from his dad. 332 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:16,190 He's identified the 11 acre lynx cut 333 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:19,230 as the most likely to yield the best gold. 334 00:16:20,260 --> 00:16:23,760 Kevin wants to be sluicing in four weeks' time. 335 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:27,890 But first needs to rip and then strip overburden 336 00:16:27,900 --> 00:16:30,230 from the first three acres. 337 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:35,160 So, what is your guys' projected total for this year? 338 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:38,560 Uh, we're looking for a thousand now. 339 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:40,800 -Really? [bleep], well, that's nice. -[Kevin and Faith] Yeah. 340 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:44,960 Well, guys, I'm super excited to [bleep] see some gold again. 341 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:47,460 So, should we, uh, start getting equipment here? 342 00:16:47,460 --> 00:16:48,230 Time to get to work. 343 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:52,360 [narrator] Brennan's first job, 344 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:56,800 carve an access road for all the equipment to reach the cut. 345 00:16:57,760 --> 00:17:00,760 Brennan is gonna be a great asset to the operation. 346 00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:02,090 He knows the ground. 347 00:17:02,100 --> 00:17:04,100 He's so [bleep] keen to get mining. 348 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:05,990 Think it's gonna go good. 349 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:08,830 [Brennan] We're all young and ambitious, and we wanna make it happen. 350 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:12,460 [Kevin over radio] Hey, Brennan, hey, Brennan. 351 00:17:12,460 --> 00:17:13,860 Can you come down to the yurt, please? 352 00:17:13,860 --> 00:17:15,700 The dozer is inbound. 353 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:22,260 [narrator] Kevin's been waiting for Tony to drop off a D10 Dozer, 354 00:17:22,260 --> 00:17:26,360 so he can begin ripping the frozen ground on his claim. 355 00:17:26,360 --> 00:17:28,860 [Brennan] This is as old as the sun, actually, this one. 356 00:17:28,860 --> 00:17:30,300 Somehow it made it here. 357 00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:36,860 [Brennan] [bleep] sakes. 358 00:17:36,860 --> 00:17:38,760 No ripper shank. 359 00:17:38,760 --> 00:17:42,890 [narrator] The dozer uses a detachable steel ripper claw 360 00:17:42,900 --> 00:17:44,460 mounted at the back. 361 00:17:44,460 --> 00:17:46,260 It tears up ground. 362 00:17:46,260 --> 00:17:51,560 But the vital 10 foot piece of steel is missing. 363 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:53,860 [Kevin] I know Tony didn't wanna give me his best equipment, 364 00:17:53,860 --> 00:17:55,660 but I mean, a dozer without a ripper 365 00:17:55,660 --> 00:17:57,500 is like a [bleep] truck without tires. 366 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:01,200 [Brennan] Without it, we're dead in the water. 367 00:18:16,500 --> 00:18:18,660 [Parker] I'm with Tyson here in this pit. 368 00:18:18,660 --> 00:18:20,160 It's just a challenge for everybody, 369 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:22,260 because right now, we're just trying to fight 370 00:18:22,260 --> 00:18:24,660 and get enough thaw every day. 371 00:18:24,660 --> 00:18:27,560 The 480's down right now, and that's not good timing. 372 00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:30,660 So, they have to split the car body 373 00:18:30,660 --> 00:18:32,660 off the undercarriage. 374 00:18:32,660 --> 00:18:33,760 Pretty big job. 375 00:18:33,760 --> 00:18:35,000 We're fighting so much. 376 00:18:36,300 --> 00:18:38,560 [narrator] Parker clears waste material 377 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:40,800 from the long cut to get to pay, 378 00:18:41,500 --> 00:18:44,290 while Tyson does his best to dig ditches 379 00:18:44,300 --> 00:18:47,960 without the vital 480 excavator's ripper 380 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:50,500 after its catastrophic breakdown. 381 00:18:52,860 --> 00:18:53,660 [Tyson] Right now, I'm having to get 382 00:18:53,660 --> 00:18:55,660 a little creative with the loader. 383 00:18:55,660 --> 00:18:58,600 That's not really the, uh, intended use for it. 384 00:18:59,660 --> 00:19:01,490 Hopefully they're done with that excavator 385 00:19:01,500 --> 00:19:04,900 'cause I really need it. 386 00:19:07,460 --> 00:19:08,730 So, we know that, uh, 387 00:19:08,730 --> 00:19:11,760 you know, the machine had a failed swing box out in the cut, 388 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:13,360 and we've got it brought back to the yard. 389 00:19:13,360 --> 00:19:14,860 Janko's been working hard on it. 390 00:19:14,860 --> 00:19:16,860 He's already ripped the other swing box out. 391 00:19:16,860 --> 00:19:17,760 Where are we at, brother? 392 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:19,860 So, we're pretty much ready to split it. 393 00:19:19,860 --> 00:19:21,090 We just gotta break all those bolts loose. 394 00:19:21,100 --> 00:19:21,990 [Taylor] Right on. 395 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:23,360 Let's get after it 'cause, uh, 396 00:19:23,360 --> 00:19:25,730 I know they want this thing back in the cut as quick as possible. 397 00:19:27,460 --> 00:19:30,560 [narrator] When the excavator's swing drive broke, 398 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:33,600 it damaged the gear tub that housed it. 399 00:19:35,300 --> 00:19:37,160 To investigate the damage, 400 00:19:37,160 --> 00:19:39,090 Parker's crew must separate 401 00:19:39,100 --> 00:19:42,600 the 480's upper cab from its track body. 402 00:19:44,500 --> 00:19:47,760 First, they must unscrew the 30 bolts 403 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:50,730 that hold the upper and lower bodies together. 404 00:19:52,560 --> 00:19:55,990 Then, two hydraulic rams will be installed 405 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:58,090 at the back of the upper cab. 406 00:19:58,100 --> 00:20:01,760 And in unison, an operator will lift the front 407 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:03,990 using the boom arm's bucket, 408 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:07,560 splitting evenly the 58 ton excavator. 409 00:20:07,560 --> 00:20:11,260 Once clear, the lower track will be pulled out, 410 00:20:11,260 --> 00:20:14,500 allowing the mechanics to assess the damage. 411 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:24,460 The only thing that holds the whole machine 412 00:20:24,460 --> 00:20:27,560 top and bottom together is this ring of bolts. 413 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:29,890 [drilling] 414 00:20:29,900 --> 00:20:31,290 [man 2] I want out. 415 00:20:31,300 --> 00:20:33,260 Top section's 75,000 pounds, 416 00:20:33,260 --> 00:20:35,560 so it's pretty crucial we have, uh, 417 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:37,460 adequate blocking and stands. 418 00:20:37,460 --> 00:20:39,130 Working on the last bolt here. 419 00:20:40,460 --> 00:20:42,090 That'll be good. 420 00:20:42,100 --> 00:20:44,560 Okay, so we got two 30 ton rams here, 421 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:47,560 uh, and air over hydraulic power packs. 422 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:49,760 Point air to that side, push the pedal, 423 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:51,390 and that'll put these rams upwards, 424 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:53,690 both lifting with 30 tons of force each. 425 00:20:53,700 --> 00:20:55,690 Uh, so these'll take care of the back end. 426 00:20:55,700 --> 00:20:57,860 The boom and stick will take care of the front end. 427 00:20:57,860 --> 00:20:59,160 [Jordan] Hey, Taylor, you need help? 428 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:00,530 -[chuckles] -[Taylor] Oh, yeah. 429 00:21:00,530 --> 00:21:03,230 -Soon as we get it elevated, you run up and load her in. -Okay. 430 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:05,660 Yank the car body back. 431 00:21:05,660 --> 00:21:09,790 Hopefully, we can get it all safely lifted here. 432 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:12,900 It's gonna be, uh, quite a lift though. 433 00:21:14,660 --> 00:21:16,460 [narrator] This highly skilled task 434 00:21:16,460 --> 00:21:19,630 requires all four senior mechanics. 435 00:21:20,460 --> 00:21:23,060 Bill takes charge of the excavator, 436 00:21:23,060 --> 00:21:25,890 using the boom and arm to raise it 437 00:21:25,900 --> 00:21:29,560 at the same time as the hydraulic rams. 438 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:31,560 -[Taylor] All right, you ready? -[Jordan] I guess so. 439 00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:33,000 Okay, I'm lifting now. 440 00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:34,890 [Taylor] Okay. 441 00:21:34,900 --> 00:21:36,130 [Jordan] Boom down a bit, Bill. 442 00:21:38,660 --> 00:21:40,230 Okay. He's booming down. 443 00:21:41,260 --> 00:21:42,290 It's working. Yeah. 444 00:21:42,300 --> 00:21:44,060 -[Janko] Okay, we're splitting. -[Jordan] Yeah. 445 00:21:44,060 --> 00:21:46,760 -[loud bang] -[Janko] Oh. Okay, hold it. 446 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:48,790 We're up too high in the back, so we need to go up... 447 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:50,260 -[Jordan] The front's gotta come up a bit? -...a little bit. 448 00:21:50,260 --> 00:21:52,760 Just-- just a little bit. 449 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:55,100 It's starting lifting the machine all crooked. 450 00:21:55,900 --> 00:21:58,100 That's when bad things can start to happen. 451 00:21:58,300 --> 00:21:59,260 You going up? 452 00:21:59,260 --> 00:22:00,330 Yeah. 453 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:03,360 [machine whirring] 454 00:22:03,360 --> 00:22:05,790 It's gotta be close to coming out that dowel. 455 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:07,400 -[Taylor] A little more? -More. 456 00:22:11,700 --> 00:22:13,430 -Yeah, it's out. -It's out. 457 00:22:16,260 --> 00:22:18,390 Oh, yeah. We're golden boys. 458 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:20,900 Okay, Jordie, hop in the loader. 459 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:22,700 Okay. 460 00:22:25,360 --> 00:22:26,700 The moment of truth. 461 00:22:29,060 --> 00:22:30,200 -There we go. -There we go. 462 00:22:34,900 --> 00:22:36,230 That should be good, eh? 463 00:22:38,100 --> 00:22:39,400 Whoa. Perfect. 464 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:43,430 Yeah! Yeah! 465 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:46,730 Let's have a look here. 466 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:50,300 That's not supposed to be in there. 467 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:55,660 That's not supposed to be in there. 468 00:22:55,660 --> 00:22:57,330 None of this [bleep] is supposed to be in here. 469 00:22:58,160 --> 00:23:00,500 So we've got large chunks of bearing. 470 00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:05,200 These are all supposed to be inside the swing box. 471 00:23:07,060 --> 00:23:10,190 You know, we need to get this thing cleaned up 472 00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:12,230 and get this thing back to work as soon as possible. 473 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:28,090 Got the tub cleaned out here. 474 00:23:28,100 --> 00:23:29,230 Um... 475 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:31,160 All the debris taken out. 476 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:32,660 And once we've got all the grease cleared out, 477 00:23:32,660 --> 00:23:34,390 it's kind of like pretty astonishing, 478 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:37,200 the size of the hole, the pinion left in the tub. 479 00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:40,160 [narrator] At Dominion Creek, 480 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:44,900 Parker's crew attempts to fix a nearly destroyed excavator. 481 00:23:45,500 --> 00:23:47,260 You can see the teeth marks here. 482 00:23:47,260 --> 00:23:49,090 Um, a considerable amount of force 483 00:23:49,100 --> 00:23:51,560 to push through that steel like that. 484 00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:54,390 This tub houses all the grease for the swing bearing 485 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:56,390 and the drive pinion. 486 00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:58,190 So I'm gonna cut out a piece of steel 487 00:23:58,200 --> 00:23:59,290 and put a new piece in 488 00:23:59,300 --> 00:24:00,790 so that we can and put this thing 489 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:03,260 back together in good shape. 490 00:24:03,260 --> 00:24:07,390 [narrator] A 480 excavator contains two swing drives 491 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:10,790 that rotate the cab 360 degrees. 492 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:13,690 When one of the drives exploded... 493 00:24:13,700 --> 00:24:17,300 it's pinion ripped a hole in the steel gear tub below. 494 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:21,890 Taylor needs to patch up the tub's damaged area 495 00:24:21,900 --> 00:24:23,990 with a new steel plate. 496 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:26,090 Then he will pull the track body 497 00:24:26,100 --> 00:24:28,390 back under the excavator's cab 498 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:30,960 and reassemble the machine 499 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:34,090 and finally install a new swing drive, 500 00:24:34,100 --> 00:24:37,230 then send it back to the Long Cut. 501 00:24:38,860 --> 00:24:41,660 [Taylor] Time is not on our side right now, so... 502 00:24:41,660 --> 00:24:42,990 it's a matter of just cutting this thing out 503 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:44,900 and making sure we can seal up that hole. 504 00:24:46,660 --> 00:24:48,130 [narrator] Taylor's first task, 505 00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:50,290 fabricate a steel plate 506 00:24:50,300 --> 00:24:53,400 to replace the damaged section of the tub. 507 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:56,760 [Taylor] This is a really valuable machine to us. 508 00:24:56,760 --> 00:24:58,890 Having it sit in the yard, split in half, 509 00:24:58,900 --> 00:25:00,360 doesn't do us any favors. 510 00:25:00,360 --> 00:25:02,690 It's really hampering the ability to, uh, 511 00:25:02,700 --> 00:25:04,500 get all the ditching done in the cut. 512 00:25:05,060 --> 00:25:06,730 Just about done here. 513 00:25:10,900 --> 00:25:12,030 That'll do 'er. 514 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:17,090 Look at you guys having fun. 515 00:25:17,100 --> 00:25:19,090 -[man] Oh, you betcha. -Just like... 516 00:25:19,100 --> 00:25:20,690 Play-Doh for adults, is it? 517 00:25:20,700 --> 00:25:21,990 Ah, you betcha. 518 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:24,500 -Just packing in some grease here. Yeah. -Packing in some grease. 519 00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:33,960 [Taylor] Okay, guys. Well, she's greased up. 520 00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:36,490 The machine's running. So everyone know their job? 521 00:25:36,500 --> 00:25:37,760 Yeah. 522 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:43,000 The tough part is going to be lining this up... 523 00:25:43,860 --> 00:25:45,400 once we get 'er under. 524 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:49,400 One wrong move, man, this goes horribly wrong. 525 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:53,130 Okay, whoa. 526 00:25:54,860 --> 00:25:56,730 Obviously, there's still a lot of risk here. 527 00:25:57,560 --> 00:25:59,130 Just a hair more. 528 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:01,230 Okay, keep goin'? 529 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:03,890 [Taylor] Fingers out of the way. 530 00:26:03,900 --> 00:26:05,000 Keep coming, Bill. 531 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:08,360 We're looking lined up. 532 00:26:08,360 --> 00:26:09,930 Nice and smooth at the moment. 533 00:26:11,460 --> 00:26:12,990 Okay, whoa. 534 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:14,630 More on your side, Janko? 535 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:17,230 [Janko] A little more. 536 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:19,260 -Whoa. -[Taylor] Whoa. 537 00:26:19,260 --> 00:26:20,960 -We're tight? -[Janko] Yeah. 538 00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:22,400 All right. Good work, boys. 539 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,690 It's been a crazy day so far, man. 540 00:26:26,700 --> 00:26:31,160 You can see the old [bleep] swing box here in pieces. 541 00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:33,060 So we just got to slam this one in place 542 00:26:33,060 --> 00:26:34,800 and this thing can go back to work. 543 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:42,160 I mean, you just want to land it pretty precisely. 544 00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:45,160 There's only one way this thing goes in, right? 545 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:47,300 It just takes a little bit of messing around. 546 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:48,700 Okay. 547 00:26:50,860 --> 00:26:52,430 Well, that's in place. 548 00:26:53,660 --> 00:26:56,160 Um, we haven't had a failure like this ever 549 00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:58,460 since my time here, so... 550 00:26:58,460 --> 00:26:59,690 It's, uh... 551 00:26:59,700 --> 00:27:00,560 It was a pretty crazy one. 552 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:06,600 Do you like doing this in the dirt? 553 00:27:06,700 --> 00:27:07,790 Love it. 554 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:09,600 Yeah, it went really smooth, actually. 555 00:27:10,260 --> 00:27:12,700 It helps having good people around you. 556 00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:17,630 You got Jordan, Janko, Bill and a moron. 557 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:20,460 Well, at least there's only one moron. 558 00:27:20,460 --> 00:27:22,260 -'Cause if I were here... -75%. 559 00:27:22,260 --> 00:27:24,960 ...it would be upside down and on fire. 560 00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:27,460 75% of the team's professional. 561 00:27:27,460 --> 00:27:28,800 So we've got nothing to worry about. 562 00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:31,490 No, really good, man. 563 00:27:31,500 --> 00:27:32,760 -That's great. -Really happy with it. 564 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:33,860 It'll go to work 565 00:27:33,860 --> 00:27:35,390 once you get this all back together and buttoned up. 566 00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:36,190 -So. -Absolutely. 567 00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:37,690 Well, that'll make Mitch a happy boy. 568 00:27:37,700 --> 00:27:39,590 It will. It will. 569 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:41,560 -Well, I'm glad that went well. -Yeah. 570 00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:44,460 -All right. I'm out. -Cheers, dude. 571 00:27:44,460 --> 00:27:47,500 I'm just happy that we got it back together, nice and safe. 572 00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:49,790 Um, and, you know, 573 00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:51,630 this thing will be slanging dirt in no time. 574 00:27:58,100 --> 00:28:01,560 [Mitch] Well, it's so awesome to have the 480 back in the cut here. 575 00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:02,790 It's allowed us to, you know, 576 00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:05,160 put that ripper attachment back on, 577 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:06,690 get through the frost. 578 00:28:06,700 --> 00:28:07,930 That's what it's all about. 579 00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:12,360 Back on the machine... in a timely manner, 580 00:28:12,360 --> 00:28:14,090 and it's all because of them that we're able to have 581 00:28:14,100 --> 00:28:16,890 a fighting chance of getting Parker's ounces. 582 00:28:16,900 --> 00:28:20,600 But, right now, I'm fighting to get back to the stockpile of pay. 583 00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:24,560 [Mitch] Uh, the guys did a great job. 584 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:28,030 The 480 is back in action, and it feels better than ever. 585 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:41,660 [Brennan] We really need to get this ripper shank. 586 00:28:41,660 --> 00:28:43,890 This is the first most important piece 587 00:28:43,900 --> 00:28:46,660 of any of this mining puzzle this year. 588 00:28:46,660 --> 00:28:49,160 I mean, without it, we're kind of dead in the water. 589 00:28:49,160 --> 00:28:53,860 Right now, it is the biggest priority. 590 00:28:53,860 --> 00:28:56,760 [narrator] First-time mine boss Kevin Beets 591 00:28:56,760 --> 00:29:00,390 is on the hunt for a dozer ripper shank. 592 00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:03,700 Where, uh... where exactly are you taking us to find this? 593 00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:06,230 So how are you and Parker these days? 594 00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:09,860 So is that where we're headed to, then, 595 00:29:09,860 --> 00:29:10,660 is to his camp? 596 00:29:10,660 --> 00:29:13,230 Yep. The new place off on Dominion. 597 00:29:15,300 --> 00:29:18,300 To be honest with you, I haven't talked to the guy in a few years. 598 00:29:20,060 --> 00:29:22,260 We did have a little bit of differences towards my end, 599 00:29:22,260 --> 00:29:23,600 working with them there, you know? 600 00:29:24,060 --> 00:29:25,230 Oh, jeez. 601 00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:27,890 Honestly, for me, like... 602 00:29:27,900 --> 00:29:29,760 I've only ever seen him in passing, really, 603 00:29:29,760 --> 00:29:31,690 the last [bleep] decade, so to speak. 604 00:29:31,700 --> 00:29:33,690 -Yeah. -All when he had to come talk to Tony. 605 00:29:33,700 --> 00:29:35,400 So he wasn't always in the best mood. 606 00:29:35,460 --> 00:29:36,700 Uh-oh. 607 00:29:38,100 --> 00:29:40,090 But it'll definitely be, uh, interesting 608 00:29:40,100 --> 00:29:41,460 to see him in person again, you know, 609 00:29:41,460 --> 00:29:42,700 and see how the... 610 00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:44,890 the, uh... 611 00:29:44,900 --> 00:29:46,700 feeling in the area is, anyways. 612 00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:00,860 I know we had a bunch of rippers in Parker's old yard. 613 00:30:00,860 --> 00:30:02,230 I don't know where they might have went. 614 00:30:03,860 --> 00:30:05,500 [Kevin] There they are. 615 00:30:07,900 --> 00:30:09,660 [Brennan] So what are you thinking? 616 00:30:09,660 --> 00:30:11,990 That looks pretty long for that little girl, eh. 617 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:15,260 [Kevin] It should work, even if it might be a bit long. 618 00:30:15,260 --> 00:30:16,900 [Brennan] Well, right now, we've got [bleep] all. 619 00:30:17,860 --> 00:30:21,590 I'm thinking this may do it. 620 00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:23,090 If he's willing to part with it. 621 00:30:23,100 --> 00:30:24,700 If he even knows we're here. 622 00:30:25,500 --> 00:30:27,930 If we start getting screamed at, it's on you. 623 00:30:31,160 --> 00:30:32,290 [Kevin] Hey, Parker. 624 00:30:32,300 --> 00:30:33,190 Good to see ya. 625 00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:34,190 -[Brennan] Hey, Parker. -Good to see you. 626 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:35,330 [Parker] How are you? 627 00:30:35,700 --> 00:30:36,730 Brennan. 628 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:42,300 What are you guys up to? 629 00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:46,800 Well, we have a dozer without a ripper shank. 630 00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:49,590 So hopefully... 631 00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:51,700 you have one you're willing to part with. 632 00:30:53,660 --> 00:30:55,990 Tony needs a ripper shank? 633 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:58,760 Oh. No. Me and Faith this year have gone out on our own. 634 00:30:58,760 --> 00:31:00,690 So we're borrowing a dozer from Tony 635 00:31:00,700 --> 00:31:02,100 without a ripper shank. 636 00:31:05,700 --> 00:31:07,400 This is gonna sound... 637 00:31:08,060 --> 00:31:09,990 maybe a little weird. 638 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:13,260 But is Tony like involved in any way, 639 00:31:13,260 --> 00:31:15,060 other than helping with some equipment 640 00:31:15,060 --> 00:31:15,990 and [bleep] like that? 641 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:18,200 Beyond that, uh, no. 642 00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:20,360 -Good. -Yeah? 643 00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:21,790 Well, then I feel better about helping you. 644 00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:24,260 Because I'm, like, if this is just like Tony's thing, 645 00:31:24,260 --> 00:31:26,760 then Tony can [bleep] deal with his [bleep]. 646 00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:28,790 But, um, congrats on doing this. 647 00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:30,460 -Oh, thank you. Thank you. -Yeah. 648 00:31:30,460 --> 00:31:31,460 [Parker] Those are 11 grand. 649 00:31:31,460 --> 00:31:33,460 [Kevin] 11 grand is a good deal for that one. 650 00:31:33,460 --> 00:31:35,260 You don't need to pay for anything now. 651 00:31:35,260 --> 00:31:36,490 Just start a tab. 652 00:31:36,500 --> 00:31:37,990 [Kevin] I appreciate that. I really do. 653 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:39,090 I'm more than happy. 654 00:31:39,100 --> 00:31:40,990 I know how hard it is when you're first starting out. 655 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:42,760 [Brennan] That's awesome. 656 00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:44,360 -You owe me a hug. -Yeah, for sure, buddy. 657 00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:45,260 [Brennan] It's nice seeing you again. 658 00:31:45,260 --> 00:31:47,260 -It's been too long. -It has been, buddy. 659 00:31:47,260 --> 00:31:49,360 I'll have to come by for a beer and visit. 660 00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:50,800 You're more than welcome anytime. 661 00:31:53,100 --> 00:31:55,660 [Kevin] Today is not a bad day to be a mine boss. 662 00:31:55,660 --> 00:31:57,090 Um, Parker's been very generous, 663 00:31:57,100 --> 00:32:00,890 and I am very, very grateful, honestly. 664 00:32:00,900 --> 00:32:03,260 [Brennan] We can start ripping and get to work. 665 00:32:03,260 --> 00:32:06,460 [Faith] Oh, yeah. This has solved so many problems. 666 00:32:06,460 --> 00:32:07,460 So thank you very much, Parker. 667 00:32:07,460 --> 00:32:08,860 -[Parker] No worries, man. -I appreciate that. 668 00:32:08,860 --> 00:32:10,760 -[Faith] Yeah, thank you. -I'm happy to help. 669 00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:12,160 -Good to see you, guys. -Same. 670 00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:14,260 -Best of luck. -Better give you a hug, old-timer. 671 00:32:14,260 --> 00:32:15,490 [laughs] Good to see you. 672 00:32:15,500 --> 00:32:16,790 -Thanks again. -I'm glad you're our neighbor. 673 00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:18,090 You betcha. You too, buddy. 674 00:32:18,100 --> 00:32:19,530 -Thank you. -All right. 675 00:32:19,530 --> 00:32:21,360 [Brennan] It feels really, really good to see him again, you know. 676 00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:22,990 He said, "Come over anytime for a beer." 677 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:25,160 So I definitely would like to come catch up. 678 00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:26,760 It's a big win for us, guys. 679 00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:28,390 And hopefully tomorrow, we can start ripping. 680 00:32:28,400 --> 00:32:29,800 [Kevin] 100%. Yeah. 681 00:32:48,660 --> 00:32:50,390 Well... 682 00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:51,290 I've had some time to think about 683 00:32:51,300 --> 00:32:54,490 this whole water license situation, and... 684 00:32:54,500 --> 00:32:56,600 it's just not something I really want to keep from my guys. 685 00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:00,060 You guys wanna meet me up by my trailer? 686 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:02,160 They've all committed to me. 687 00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:03,860 They've all got [bleep] on the line, just like I do. 688 00:33:03,860 --> 00:33:05,830 So just want to get everybody together. 689 00:33:06,700 --> 00:33:08,360 [narrator] After the bombshell 690 00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:12,560 that he may not be able to mine Duncan Creek next year, 691 00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:15,400 Rick Ness is wrestling with a big decision. 692 00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:17,960 Cut his losses and run, 693 00:33:17,960 --> 00:33:19,660 or go all in 694 00:33:19,660 --> 00:33:22,730 on what could be his last season. 695 00:33:24,260 --> 00:33:26,230 -[Buzz] What's going on, bud? -[Rick] Yo. 696 00:33:28,500 --> 00:33:29,360 I got some news. 697 00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:30,860 I guess it pretty much affects us all. 698 00:33:30,860 --> 00:33:33,160 So I just wanted to let everybody know about it. 699 00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:35,160 Troy hit me with some news about our water license 700 00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:36,860 that, uh... 701 00:33:36,860 --> 00:33:38,460 kind of made me have to step back for a minute, 702 00:33:38,460 --> 00:33:39,990 because basically he's saying 703 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:43,630 that it may not get approved in time for next year. 704 00:33:47,260 --> 00:33:48,700 Maybe not get approved at all. 705 00:33:50,900 --> 00:33:53,630 This ground without a water license is useless. 706 00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:57,960 Why would I take the last of what I have 707 00:33:57,960 --> 00:33:59,590 and throw it on a ship that's already going down? 708 00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:01,090 You know? I-- 709 00:34:01,100 --> 00:34:02,800 I've got decisions to make. 710 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:13,990 Troy hit me with some news about our water license 711 00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:15,790 that, uh, basically he's saying 712 00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:19,600 that it may not get approved in time for next year. 713 00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:23,430 Maybe not get approved at all. 714 00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:34,830 This ground without a water license is useless. 715 00:34:36,700 --> 00:34:38,960 So when you originally bought-- made the deal on the place, 716 00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:40,760 you knew it could be a potential issue. 717 00:34:40,760 --> 00:34:44,790 Well, I knew that-- I knew when the water license was going to be expiring, 718 00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:47,900 but I had no reason to think that it wouldn't get renewed. 719 00:34:51,260 --> 00:34:52,890 So what's your plan? 720 00:34:52,900 --> 00:34:54,390 Part of me just wanted to take this news 721 00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:55,430 and just, uh, you know, 722 00:34:55,430 --> 00:34:56,900 jump in my truck and get the [bleep] out of here. 723 00:34:58,560 --> 00:35:00,260 But you guys are all involved in it, too, 724 00:35:00,260 --> 00:35:01,690 because you guys have all made commitments to me, 725 00:35:01,700 --> 00:35:02,900 and I don't take that lightly. 726 00:35:09,860 --> 00:35:11,160 We're all here, and we all have your back, 727 00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:12,330 regardless of what happens. 728 00:35:12,330 --> 00:35:15,400 And I think our goal is gonna be the same goal you have. 729 00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:17,760 Let's hit the bottom of that pit 730 00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:19,600 and let's see what's in there, and let's get it all out. 731 00:35:21,260 --> 00:35:22,390 [Zee] There's still a [bleep] ton of gold 732 00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:23,560 in the bottom of that valley. 733 00:35:23,560 --> 00:35:25,060 Yeah. 734 00:35:25,060 --> 00:35:27,100 I'm not willing to walk away with nothing right now. 735 00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:30,390 And, uh, I say we go for it. 736 00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:33,760 1,500 ounces is gonna have to be the [bleep] minimum that we get. 737 00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:34,790 The way that you're all staring at me, 738 00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:36,100 it says that you're ready to go. 739 00:35:36,660 --> 00:35:38,330 It ain't gonna [bleep] mine itself. 740 00:35:39,460 --> 00:35:41,230 And I'm glad that everybody's positive about it. 741 00:35:42,660 --> 00:35:43,560 It's important for me 742 00:35:43,560 --> 00:35:45,890 that all of us get something out of this. 743 00:35:45,900 --> 00:35:48,300 If you guys are in it with me, and it seems like you are, 744 00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:49,660 do you want to get after it? 745 00:35:49,660 --> 00:35:50,660 -Let's get after it. -Should we rally? 746 00:35:50,660 --> 00:35:51,590 -Yeah. -Right! 747 00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:53,000 [all] Rally! 748 00:36:00,700 --> 00:36:02,460 Rick's not a quitter. I mean, 749 00:36:02,460 --> 00:36:04,090 if there's one thing I learned about that guy, 750 00:36:04,100 --> 00:36:04,990 it's never count him out. 751 00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:08,260 So, I mean, if this is the last season, 752 00:36:08,260 --> 00:36:09,530 let's make it the best. 753 00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:12,760 [Rick] Is there a chance that I might not have 754 00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:14,300 a place to mine next year? 755 00:36:14,700 --> 00:36:15,990 Yeah, there is. And, uh, 756 00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:18,590 after I saw my guys, they're ready to go 100%. 757 00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:20,400 I feel like I'm ready to go 100%. 758 00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:21,930 The guys are invested in it, too, 759 00:36:21,930 --> 00:36:24,360 and it ain't no [bleep] different than me. 760 00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:27,560 It's important that all of us get something out of this. 761 00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:28,860 I mean, we've got to make this happen this year, 762 00:36:28,860 --> 00:36:30,030 that's all there is to it. 763 00:36:42,100 --> 00:36:44,500 [Tony speaking] 764 00:36:56,600 --> 00:36:59,890 [narrator] 100 miles away, at Indian River, 765 00:36:59,900 --> 00:37:02,160 Tony's two wash plants continue 766 00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:04,800 to churn through gold-rich pay dirt. 767 00:37:17,100 --> 00:37:19,060 [narrator] Over at Scribner Creek... 768 00:37:19,060 --> 00:37:23,330 son Kevin hasn't even started stripping his ground. 769 00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:30,260 [Kevin] So about ready to pop the ripper shank in. 770 00:37:30,260 --> 00:37:33,230 And, yeah, we're good to get [bleep] ripping. 771 00:37:34,160 --> 00:37:36,190 [narrator] To get the wheels in motion, 772 00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:40,700 Kevin first needs to attach his borrowed ripper shank to the dozer. 773 00:37:43,300 --> 00:37:45,090 How do you want to do that, Kev? 774 00:37:45,100 --> 00:37:47,260 We can use the 700 to lift the shank. 775 00:37:47,260 --> 00:37:48,560 Yep. 776 00:37:51,900 --> 00:37:54,590 [Kevin] Uh, I was gonna get you to run the D10. 777 00:37:54,600 --> 00:37:55,830 [Faith] I don't know how. 778 00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:00,390 [Kevin] This is Faith's first time in a dozer. 779 00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:02,760 [Faith] I wouldn't say I'm a professional dozer operator, 780 00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:06,090 but this season, I'm gonna be a little bit more hands-on. 781 00:38:06,100 --> 00:38:07,260 [Brennan] Ready to roll, Kev? 782 00:38:07,260 --> 00:38:08,290 Yeah. 783 00:38:08,300 --> 00:38:11,390 [narrator] Brennan operates the 700 excavator 784 00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:15,390 to lift the 1-ton ripper shank through the mount 785 00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:16,760 and into position. 786 00:38:16,760 --> 00:38:18,490 Well, here goes nothing. 787 00:38:18,500 --> 00:38:19,600 Hey, Faith, you ready? 788 00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:21,460 Okay. 789 00:38:21,460 --> 00:38:23,160 If you can push it down, please. 790 00:38:23,160 --> 00:38:24,860 [narrator] Faith is responsible 791 00:38:24,860 --> 00:38:27,700 for controlling the D10's ripper mount. 792 00:38:29,500 --> 00:38:30,830 Faith, down a bit, please. 793 00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:32,700 [over radio] Just a hair. 794 00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:35,400 Brennan, pull in a bit, too. 795 00:38:39,660 --> 00:38:41,600 Come on, you [bleep]. 796 00:38:42,060 --> 00:38:43,500 [clanging] 797 00:38:46,100 --> 00:38:47,600 Ah! 798 00:38:47,860 --> 00:38:48,900 [bleep] 799 00:38:51,060 --> 00:38:53,490 We might get it wedged in there too [bleep] tight 800 00:38:53,500 --> 00:38:55,060 if we keep prying on it. 801 00:38:55,060 --> 00:38:57,000 Oh, yeah. Then we're really [bleep]. 802 00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:01,700 [narrator] The borrowed shank won't fit his dozer. 803 00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:05,200 [Kevin] Just another extra project. 804 00:39:06,460 --> 00:39:08,060 If there's one thing I learned from Tony, 805 00:39:08,060 --> 00:39:10,090 it's never [bleep] stop. 806 00:39:10,100 --> 00:39:11,560 It doesn't work. New plan. 807 00:39:11,560 --> 00:39:12,990 It doesn't work. New [bleep] plan. 808 00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:15,290 If that doesn't work, get a bigger [bleep] hammer. 809 00:39:15,300 --> 00:39:16,430 Make it [bleep] work. 810 00:39:16,430 --> 00:39:19,890 We're using the air arc welder to take away material. 811 00:39:19,900 --> 00:39:21,700 It is the quickest way to do that. 812 00:39:23,460 --> 00:39:24,860 [narrator] Kevin sets the welder 813 00:39:24,860 --> 00:39:28,660 to generate a 1000-degree electrical arc 814 00:39:28,660 --> 00:39:31,500 to widen the gap in the ripper mount. 815 00:39:33,200 --> 00:39:35,400 We all want to get mining. We all want to see some gold. 816 00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:41,390 [Kevin] That should about do it. 817 00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:43,260 If we can get the ripper put in, 818 00:39:43,260 --> 00:39:45,000 and finally put this machine to [bleep] work. 819 00:39:50,160 --> 00:39:51,300 Yeah, let's do it. 820 00:39:53,100 --> 00:39:54,300 Fingers crossed. 821 00:39:54,560 --> 00:39:56,030 Oh, please work. 822 00:40:05,300 --> 00:40:06,360 Okay. 823 00:40:06,360 --> 00:40:07,600 And out she comes. 824 00:40:08,100 --> 00:40:09,500 Hey, look at that. 825 00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:14,160 It looks like Kevin's fabrication worked here, 826 00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:16,330 so [bleep] yeah! 827 00:40:16,760 --> 00:40:17,900 [Kevin] Booyah. 828 00:40:18,260 --> 00:40:20,130 Whoo! Nice work, Kev. 829 00:40:20,360 --> 00:40:21,330 That was good. 830 00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:23,160 Whoo! 831 00:40:23,160 --> 00:40:24,160 Let's get out there and get ripping. 832 00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:25,600 Nice work. Nice work. 833 00:40:33,900 --> 00:40:35,130 Here's to a good season. 834 00:40:36,460 --> 00:40:37,530 Yes, sir. 835 00:40:39,300 --> 00:40:40,390 Can't we get to work 836 00:40:40,400 --> 00:40:42,360 towards that 1,000 ounce goal they set. 837 00:40:42,360 --> 00:40:44,000 [bleep] good day today. 838 00:40:45,500 --> 00:40:47,790 [Kevin] Striking out on our own is a little bit scary. 839 00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:48,730 But you know what? 840 00:40:50,360 --> 00:40:52,200 I'm confident we're gonna [bleep] make it. 841 00:40:53,360 --> 00:40:56,200 See if I can walk as well as I talk. 842 00:41:04,460 --> 00:41:06,160 [Faith] Oh, look at that machine. 843 00:41:06,160 --> 00:41:07,460 [Kevin] Hi, everybody. 844 00:41:07,460 --> 00:41:09,060 And we got the puppy! 845 00:41:09,060 --> 00:41:11,460 Goes with the plant. 846 00:41:11,460 --> 00:41:14,660 [narrator] The most expensive piece of Kevin's operation 847 00:41:14,660 --> 00:41:16,400 stands in his yard, 848 00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:20,460 a $700,000 wash plant. 849 00:41:20,460 --> 00:41:23,390 Well, I'm excited you guys got such a nice wash plant. 850 00:41:23,400 --> 00:41:25,590 We should be able to make up for some lost time with this 851 00:41:25,600 --> 00:41:28,660 -if we can run 23 hours a day, at least. -Oh, yeah. 852 00:41:28,660 --> 00:41:30,860 Well, we spent a lot of money on this machine. 853 00:41:30,860 --> 00:41:32,690 I'd love to make the money back. 854 00:41:32,700 --> 00:41:35,490 Let's see. Well, as soon as we can put it on the pad 855 00:41:35,500 --> 00:41:37,690 and get it washing rocks... 856 00:41:37,700 --> 00:41:39,890 It's gonna be perfect. So hopefully we can go in 857 00:41:39,900 --> 00:41:43,800 and it doesn't stop until we find our 1,000 ounces, right? 858 00:41:44,500 --> 00:41:46,390 Are you excited to get sluicin', too? 859 00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:47,660 -Huh? -[Kevin] Yeah. Yeah, he is. 860 00:41:47,660 --> 00:41:49,030 [Faith] You're an excited puppy. 861 00:41:55,360 --> 00:41:57,190 All right, you got everything? 862 00:41:57,200 --> 00:41:58,400 Yeah. 863 00:41:58,560 --> 00:41:59,700 Oh, boy. 864 00:42:04,460 --> 00:42:05,730 Let's do this. 865 00:42:08,360 --> 00:42:11,060 [narrator] On the Ness claim, after two weeks 866 00:42:11,060 --> 00:42:14,160 of helping his best buddy, Rick, to get started, 867 00:42:14,160 --> 00:42:16,900 it's time for Zee to head home. 868 00:42:18,160 --> 00:42:19,060 [Rick] It's bittersweet, right? 869 00:42:19,060 --> 00:42:20,760 You know, like, obviously, 870 00:42:20,760 --> 00:42:22,560 I wish that you could stay up here all summer. 871 00:42:22,560 --> 00:42:23,990 I mean, that's just me being selfish. 872 00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:26,190 Yeah, I enjoy it, man. Honestly. 873 00:42:26,200 --> 00:42:27,990 Like, the nice thing is 874 00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:30,160 you've got a crew now that is legit. 875 00:42:30,160 --> 00:42:31,660 -Yeah. -I mean, you look at 876 00:42:31,660 --> 00:42:34,360 even the first year you came up here on your own... 877 00:42:34,360 --> 00:42:35,460 -Yeah. -...I mean, 878 00:42:35,460 --> 00:42:38,290 everyone running equipment that never ran equipment. 879 00:42:38,300 --> 00:42:39,860 What was I thinking that first time? 880 00:42:39,860 --> 00:42:40,930 I don't know. 881 00:42:41,660 --> 00:42:42,760 Let's go hang out. 882 00:42:42,760 --> 00:42:44,090 Well, this year, we're going for... 883 00:42:44,100 --> 00:42:45,230 -1,500 ounces. -1,500 ounces. 884 00:42:46,160 --> 00:42:47,360 [bleep] 885 00:42:47,360 --> 00:42:48,660 Bizarre. 886 00:42:52,300 --> 00:42:53,790 You know, it's a whole different story this year. 887 00:42:53,800 --> 00:42:56,560 You know what I mean? Like, having guys that I can trust. 888 00:42:56,560 --> 00:42:58,660 The one thing I've learned is there's always hiccups, 889 00:42:58,660 --> 00:43:01,130 -like the whole [bleep] water license thing. -Hoo. 890 00:43:02,060 --> 00:43:03,990 I have to believe that this is gonna work out. 891 00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:07,260 I was extremely happy to see you just say [bleep] it 892 00:43:07,260 --> 00:43:08,560 and just go all in. 893 00:43:08,560 --> 00:43:09,760 And just-- You know what I mean? 894 00:43:09,760 --> 00:43:11,660 -It's a huge step. -Yeah. 895 00:43:11,660 --> 00:43:12,730 Shooting for greatness. 896 00:43:12,730 --> 00:43:14,060 -Exactly. -Kind of thing. You know what I mean? 897 00:43:14,060 --> 00:43:16,000 [bleep], that's exactly how I feel. 898 00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:26,490 As always, buddy. 899 00:43:26,500 --> 00:43:27,960 -All right, love you, buddy. -Love you, buddy. 900 00:43:27,960 --> 00:43:29,230 Be good. Be Safe. 901 00:43:29,400 --> 00:43:30,890 All right. 902 00:43:30,900 --> 00:43:33,660 Be good. Be safe. Kill it. 903 00:43:33,660 --> 00:43:35,660 [Rick] You know, he's got a family at home and a career, 904 00:43:35,660 --> 00:43:37,260 and he takes the time off to come up and see me 905 00:43:37,260 --> 00:43:39,060 and get me going, and, you know, 906 00:43:39,060 --> 00:43:40,260 I'll never forget that. 907 00:43:40,260 --> 00:43:41,960 You know, he's one of my best buds, 908 00:43:41,960 --> 00:43:43,560 and I've got a job to do. 909 00:43:43,560 --> 00:43:45,330 I got to go get 1,500 ounces of gold. 910 00:43:59,360 --> 00:44:01,560 [Chris] So there's no sluicing this week at all. 911 00:44:01,560 --> 00:44:03,130 We have no gold to weigh. 912 00:44:04,860 --> 00:44:06,230 How are things going? 913 00:44:07,660 --> 00:44:09,100 We've got a lot of problems. 914 00:44:12,860 --> 00:44:15,590 Yeah, I hear there was quite an adventure with the 480. 915 00:44:15,600 --> 00:44:18,460 That's the first time we've ever had one of those apart. 916 00:44:18,460 --> 00:44:21,700 I'm sure that we spent, oh, [bleep]... 917 00:44:22,360 --> 00:44:24,760 probably 20-30 grand doing that. 918 00:44:24,760 --> 00:44:27,500 -Hmm. -It's [bleep] crazy how much it costs. 919 00:44:28,160 --> 00:44:29,700 Is the cut frozen? 920 00:44:30,460 --> 00:44:32,600 Every square foot on this property is. 921 00:44:33,500 --> 00:44:34,400 Jeez. 922 00:44:36,060 --> 00:44:38,360 Cash is going to be the biggest problem. 923 00:44:38,360 --> 00:44:42,060 So far for this year, we have 5.6 ounces. 924 00:44:42,060 --> 00:44:44,930 We got to get a gold flow going somehow. 925 00:44:45,460 --> 00:44:46,760 You're telling me. 926 00:44:46,760 --> 00:44:48,460 Yeah. 927 00:44:48,460 --> 00:44:51,500 -Well-- -I mean, we have a choice between, like... 928 00:44:52,160 --> 00:44:53,660 accepting our fate... 929 00:44:53,660 --> 00:44:55,500 -Yeah. -...or trying to change it. 930 00:44:57,100 --> 00:44:58,760 I'm not very good at accepting things. 931 00:44:58,760 --> 00:45:00,300 [Chris chuckles] 932 00:45:00,800 --> 00:45:01,990 It's just [bleep] dirt. 933 00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:05,400 We're not gonna get beat by that bull [bleep]. 934 00:45:05,960 --> 00:45:07,530 I know you love a challenge. 935 00:45:09,060 --> 00:45:10,600 We're gonna make this work. 936 00:45:24,460 --> 00:45:25,560 -Hola. -[Minnie] Hola. 937 00:45:25,560 --> 00:45:26,460 [Tony speaking] 938 00:45:26,460 --> 00:45:28,260 [Minnie] Good, more here. 939 00:45:28,260 --> 00:45:29,890 [narrator] The Beets family gathers 940 00:45:29,900 --> 00:45:32,360 for their second gold weigh of the season 941 00:45:32,360 --> 00:45:34,860 without eldest son, Kevin, 942 00:45:34,860 --> 00:45:37,230 now busy with his own operation. 943 00:45:37,560 --> 00:45:38,860 So how was Kevin? 944 00:45:38,860 --> 00:45:39,900 [Tony speaking] 945 00:45:45,500 --> 00:45:47,490 No, no, no. He'd look. 946 00:45:47,500 --> 00:45:49,860 And then the [bleep] stomping would start. 947 00:45:49,860 --> 00:45:51,160 [all laughing] 948 00:45:51,160 --> 00:45:52,890 [bleeping] 949 00:45:52,900 --> 00:45:54,360 [laughing] You should see the walk. 950 00:45:54,360 --> 00:45:55,160 [Monica] I can see it. 951 00:45:56,060 --> 00:45:57,700 How was things in the Indian, Tony? 952 00:46:01,760 --> 00:46:02,900 That's good. 953 00:46:10,400 --> 00:46:11,400 Sure. 954 00:46:16,760 --> 00:46:21,800 [Minnie] 10, 50, 100, 110... 955 00:46:22,260 --> 00:46:27,600 120, 150, 160, 200... 956 00:46:28,100 --> 00:46:31,600 20... 227.68. 957 00:46:32,660 --> 00:46:33,960 That's not bad, eh? 958 00:46:33,960 --> 00:46:35,130 -It's good. -[Tony speaking] 959 00:46:39,560 --> 00:46:42,660 10, 20, 30, 40, 960 00:46:42,660 --> 00:46:49,830 50, 100, 110, 120, 200, 230... 961 00:46:50,260 --> 00:46:52,830 234.86. 962 00:46:53,400 --> 00:46:55,360 [narrator] In just two weeks, 963 00:46:55,360 --> 00:46:59,660 Tony has mined 774 ounces, 964 00:46:59,660 --> 00:47:03,260 worth $1.9 million, 965 00:47:03,260 --> 00:47:07,460 beating his previous record for this stage of the season 966 00:47:07,460 --> 00:47:09,600 by over 200 ounces. 967 00:47:09,900 --> 00:47:13,230 [Tony speaking] 968 00:47:19,800 --> 00:47:20,990 [Minnie] Bye, Mike. 969 00:47:21,000 --> 00:47:22,130 [Mike] Bye, Ma. 970 00:47:22,760 --> 00:47:24,430 [Tony speaking] 971 00:47:25,460 --> 00:47:27,400 [Minnie] We still have most of the summer left. 972 00:47:29,500 --> 00:47:30,630 Yeah, so am I. 973 00:47:32,300 --> 00:47:34,100 I really hope he does well. 974 00:47:37,360 --> 00:47:39,490 It's always a little scary in the beginning 975 00:47:39,500 --> 00:47:40,890 when you start up for yourself. 976 00:47:40,900 --> 00:47:42,260 A lot of money for those young folks... 977 00:47:42,260 --> 00:47:43,990 -Well, it's a lot of money putting out, right? -...but that's okay. 978 00:47:44,000 --> 00:47:45,130 Flip-flop. 979 00:47:45,130 --> 00:47:47,600 But, I mean, hopefully it's in the ground down there. 980 00:47:48,200 --> 00:47:50,260 Fingers crossed. See what it'll do. 981 00:47:50,260 --> 00:47:51,990 -Later, later. -Yeah. 982 00:47:52,000 --> 00:47:53,300 Good. Okay. 983 00:47:54,460 --> 00:47:56,100 -Bye. -Bye. 983 00:47:57,305 --> 00:48:57,604 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm