"Gold Rush" Come Nuggets or High Water

1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,074 Do you want subtitles for any video? -=[ ai.OpenSubtitles.com ]=- 2 00:00:15,460 --> 00:00:18,090 Everybody would have every right to be a little down in the dumps right now. 3 00:00:18,100 --> 00:00:20,090 Usually this part of the season we've got 4 00:00:20,100 --> 00:00:21,590 a few hundred ounces in the bank, 5 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:24,760 and right now we're sitting at zero. 6 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:27,260 [narrator] Five weeks into the season, 7 00:00:27,260 --> 00:00:32,860 Rick Ness is fighting a battle against time. 8 00:00:32,860 --> 00:00:35,160 [Rick] There's a chance we won't have water licenses next year, 9 00:00:35,160 --> 00:00:37,090 so we have to get as much gold out 10 00:00:37,100 --> 00:00:39,100 of the ground as we can, no matter what. 11 00:00:41,060 --> 00:00:43,460 [narrator] With water license issues looming, 12 00:00:43,460 --> 00:00:47,300 this could be his last year to mine Duncan Creek. 13 00:00:48,460 --> 00:00:50,660 You know, we don't have weeks to waste up here, you know. 14 00:00:50,660 --> 00:00:53,160 We just wasted a week and it's uh, it's my fault. 15 00:00:53,160 --> 00:00:54,400 I ordered the wrong damn pump. 16 00:00:56,100 --> 00:00:57,760 [narrator] Adding insult to injury, 17 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:01,860 Rick delivered a self-inflicted wound last week. 18 00:01:01,860 --> 00:01:03,900 It was weeks getting that one. 19 00:01:04,860 --> 00:01:06,800 Holy [bleep] I screwed that up. 20 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:09,490 [narrator] When he bought the wrong pump 21 00:01:09,500 --> 00:01:11,660 for Wash plant Monster Red 22 00:01:11,660 --> 00:01:17,130 and returned it to recoup the $150,000 he spent. 23 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:21,490 [Rick] I-- I don't know how I made that mistake, 24 00:01:21,500 --> 00:01:23,930 but I guarantee you I'll never [bleep] do that again. 25 00:01:25,660 --> 00:01:26,990 We've got to get the dirt through the box. 26 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:29,090 We got to get the gold out of it. 27 00:01:29,100 --> 00:01:32,400 All we can do right now is keep our heads down. Keep charging forward. 28 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:36,000 [narrator] To get the ball rolling... 29 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:37,460 [Rick] Hey, guys. 30 00:01:37,460 --> 00:01:39,530 [narrator] ...Rick's cooked up a risky plan. 31 00:01:41,860 --> 00:01:44,260 We're gonna have to move our eight inch pump that's in Rally Valley. 32 00:01:44,260 --> 00:01:46,260 That's hopefully got the jam to run this plant. 33 00:01:46,260 --> 00:01:47,630 So I think what we're gonna have to do 34 00:01:47,630 --> 00:01:50,260 is we're just gonna have to pull that one out and run that right now. 35 00:01:50,260 --> 00:01:52,290 Otherwise, we're sitting around here. We're not running dirt. 36 00:01:52,300 --> 00:01:53,260 [Bailey] Yeah, for sure. 37 00:01:53,260 --> 00:01:54,900 All right. 38 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:01,630 [narrator] On the brink of bringing in his first gold this season, 39 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:04,190 Rick decides to gamble. 40 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:06,260 And relocate the eight inch pump, 41 00:02:06,260 --> 00:02:08,460 removing water from the cut. 42 00:02:08,460 --> 00:02:13,460 And use it to run, pay dirt through wash plants Monster Red. 43 00:02:13,460 --> 00:02:18,090 At the same time, the crew will continue to dig, pay dirt, 44 00:02:18,100 --> 00:02:19,660 hoping to clean out the cut 45 00:02:19,660 --> 00:02:22,260 before it's flooded with groundwater. 46 00:02:22,260 --> 00:02:25,200 Which would force him to move the pump back. 47 00:02:28,300 --> 00:02:30,490 [Bailey] This pump uh, has got to work for us. 48 00:02:30,500 --> 00:02:31,860 You know, we're ready to sluice, 49 00:02:31,860 --> 00:02:34,260 and you know, we need to get some gold. 50 00:02:34,260 --> 00:02:35,730 in the bank for Rick. 51 00:02:39,300 --> 00:02:42,060 We've got a 30-foot incline over there, 52 00:02:42,060 --> 00:02:43,390 plus 400 ft of hose. 53 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:45,190 [grunts] 54 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:46,990 If this eight inch don't put out the pressure 55 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:48,890 for Monster Red, then we got nothing. 56 00:02:48,900 --> 00:02:50,100 [whirring] 57 00:02:50,460 --> 00:02:51,600 [motor whirs] 58 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:54,090 [bubbling] 59 00:02:54,100 --> 00:02:55,190 [Bailey] Oh, yeah, perfect. 60 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:57,000 I think we're all sick of waiting. 61 00:02:57,560 --> 00:02:59,200 [engine starts] 62 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:06,690 You about up there, Kyle? 63 00:03:06,700 --> 00:03:08,160 Right here. Copy. 64 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:10,700 How does it look coming out the bypass? 65 00:03:13,060 --> 00:03:14,600 [Kyle] We got some water here. 66 00:03:24,300 --> 00:03:26,700 [Rick] Holy [bleep] Dude, are we gonna run pay today? 67 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:30,760 That water's flow good. We're ready to go. 68 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:32,400 Let's go fire this thing up. 69 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:36,130 -Are you ready? -Let's go! 70 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:38,400 [engine starts] 71 00:03:39,100 --> 00:03:40,630 This is our first bucket of pay going in. 72 00:03:47,860 --> 00:03:49,230 [Rick] That thing's looking good. 73 00:03:52,260 --> 00:03:53,230 [Rick speaking] 74 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:04,600 [Ryan on radio] Hey, stop! 75 00:04:05,100 --> 00:04:05,990 Kill it. 76 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:07,500 [engine powers down] 77 00:04:10,460 --> 00:04:12,660 When you get up there, there's that much of the 78 00:04:12,660 --> 00:04:15,230 screen deck on that side, not even being touched. 79 00:04:16,260 --> 00:04:17,730 You see what I mean? 80 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,830 [narrator] Ryan has spotted an issue with the spray bars, 81 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:25,030 For the love of [bleep] 82 00:04:26,460 --> 00:04:27,890 [Ryan] We need to fix this. 83 00:04:27,900 --> 00:04:29,660 We have to. Yeah 84 00:04:29,660 --> 00:04:30,430 I'm gonna do it. 85 00:04:32,100 --> 00:04:34,560 All we're doing is wasting gold, 86 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:37,160 and it's just going off into the tailings right now with no water 87 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:39,560 touching this side and washing any of the rocks, so. 88 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:41,860 Instead of getting 75% of the mat. 89 00:04:41,860 --> 00:04:42,930 We want 100% of the mat. 90 00:04:46,060 --> 00:04:47,390 I'm thinking if we can connect 91 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:50,190 all four of these together on the outside, 92 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:53,160 and it's a constant flow that instead of that water 93 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:55,790 coming at an angle, now you've got back pressure 94 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:57,690 and that water will shoot straight [bleep] down. 95 00:04:57,700 --> 00:05:01,160 So what we'll do is we're going to go get two 90's and two T's 96 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:02,560 And we can make that work. 97 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:04,360 Okay. You're gonna connect them all together. 98 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:05,860 Yeah. We're gonna connect them all together. 99 00:05:05,860 --> 00:05:08,290 So they've got the same flow. 100 00:05:08,300 --> 00:05:12,900 [narrator] Monster Red is fed paydirt by a conveyor into the pre wash. 101 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:18,600 The rich gravel then travel along the shaker deck screens. 102 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:22,460 But the spray bars on one side 103 00:05:22,460 --> 00:05:25,590 don't have enough pressure to wash the pay properly. 104 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:29,530 And gold is being lost, stuck to waste tailings 105 00:05:33,300 --> 00:05:36,490 Ryan will use tea pipes and new lines 106 00:05:36,500 --> 00:05:39,260 to link all the spray bars together. 107 00:05:39,260 --> 00:05:41,090 So that the water pumped in 108 00:05:41,100 --> 00:05:43,290 circulates throughout the system, 109 00:05:43,300 --> 00:05:44,760 builds up pressure 110 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:46,960 and is forced out of the spray nozzles. 111 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:48,560 And a consistent flow 112 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:51,090 across the full length of the screen. 113 00:05:51,100 --> 00:05:54,090 Cleaning all the pay completely. 114 00:05:54,100 --> 00:05:55,990 All right, we're gonna get the [bleep] installed real quick. 115 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:57,000 [Rick] Cool. 116 00:05:58,000 --> 00:05:59,560 [Ryan] Hand me the next one T. 117 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:01,690 That way, all the water pressure equalizes 118 00:06:01,700 --> 00:06:03,260 instead of it just coming one direction. 119 00:06:03,260 --> 00:06:05,700 And we are soaking everything over here. 120 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:08,760 So, yep. Got everything connected. 121 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:10,400 Fire it up. Let's see what she does. 122 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:12,530 [engine starts] 123 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:15,700 Here it comes. 124 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:19,230 Yeah! 125 00:06:23,100 --> 00:06:24,600 [Rick] That looks so much better. 126 00:06:25,100 --> 00:06:26,630 A hundred times better. 127 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:30,160 Obviously, the key to the game here is to wash all the rock, 128 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:31,800 wash all the dirt and catch all the gold. 129 00:06:33,500 --> 00:06:35,400 [narrator] For the first time this season, 130 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:42,100 Monster Red's washing paydirt at 250 yards an hour, 131 00:06:43,460 --> 00:06:47,700 and Rick could finally bank his first gold of the season. 132 00:06:51,660 --> 00:06:53,790 [Rick] All right, guys, well... 133 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:55,660 Like uh-- Like people like the Christmas ships 134 00:06:55,660 --> 00:06:58,360 when they start sailing, I was like chuck a beer at the plant 135 00:06:58,360 --> 00:06:59,790 when we started going for the year. 136 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:01,100 Here we go. 137 00:07:04,860 --> 00:07:06,660 Bam! 138 00:07:06,660 --> 00:07:07,860 [Rick] Now, that was a beer I wasted. 139 00:07:07,860 --> 00:07:09,660 Sorry, Kyle. 140 00:07:09,660 --> 00:07:11,500 Well, let's get some [bleep] gold, boys. 141 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:26,930 [Tony speaking] 142 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:35,060 [narrator] Five weeks into his season, 143 00:07:35,060 --> 00:07:38,260 Tony Beats is ahead of the game. 144 00:07:38,260 --> 00:07:43,360 He's already mined one 1105 ounces of gold. 145 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:47,930 From Indian River worth $2.7 million dollars. 146 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:51,130 [Tony speaking] 147 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:03,360 [narrator] To hit his seasoned target, 148 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:07,960 Tony has divided his family across his mining empire 149 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:10,600 to open up as much ground as possible. 150 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:14,030 [in English] 151 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:29,730 [bleep] 152 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:32,760 [narrator] At Paradise Hill, 153 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:36,490 Tony's youngest son, Mike, and daughter, Monica 154 00:08:36,500 --> 00:08:40,460 are extending the 18-acre super pit by seven acres. 155 00:08:40,460 --> 00:08:43,430 And building a stockpile ready to sluice. 156 00:08:47,260 --> 00:08:48,660 [Tony speaking] 157 00:08:57,860 --> 00:09:01,660 [narrator] Tony's nephew and new protege cousin Mike, 158 00:09:01,660 --> 00:09:03,560 is foreman at Indian River, 159 00:09:03,560 --> 00:09:05,960 where he oversees Sluicealot. 160 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:09,400 Currently, Tony only running wash plants. 161 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:16,900 [Tony speaking] 162 00:09:20,260 --> 00:09:21,230 [bleep] 163 00:09:32,860 --> 00:09:33,830 [bleep] 164 00:09:42,860 --> 00:09:44,400 Well, that cut looks done. 165 00:09:44,660 --> 00:09:46,090 [Tony speaking] 166 00:09:46,100 --> 00:09:47,460 [cousin Mike] All right. Yeah. 167 00:09:47,460 --> 00:09:48,800 [Tony speaking] 168 00:09:51,300 --> 00:09:52,860 Yeah. That's the plan. 169 00:09:52,860 --> 00:09:54,160 [Tony speaking] 170 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:55,160 [bleep] 171 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:56,860 -[cousin Mike] See you later. -[Tony speaking] 172 00:10:08,260 --> 00:10:12,290 [narrator] Cousin Mike has only been Foreman for five weeks 173 00:10:12,300 --> 00:10:14,160 but has already mined out half 174 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:16,830 of Tony's 10-acre comeback cut. 175 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:23,360 Now he's being tasked with moving Sluicealot 176 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:25,160 to the other end of the cut 177 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:28,200 closer to the last five acres of pay. 178 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:30,360 [cousin Mike] Tony doesn't like to admit it, 179 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:31,860 but everybody is getting older, 180 00:10:31,860 --> 00:10:34,060 running up and down between two mines. 181 00:10:34,060 --> 00:10:35,960 That's very hard. 182 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:37,860 And so it's good for Tony 183 00:10:37,860 --> 00:10:41,660 to have someone he can trust and rely on 184 00:10:41,660 --> 00:10:43,800 to look after things when he's not there. 185 00:10:46,860 --> 00:10:48,090 [Ruby] What are we doing? 186 00:10:48,100 --> 00:10:51,960 So we made a new path close to the dreads on the airstrip. 187 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:55,260 And, yeah, I'll hook up the dozer and drag it over, 188 00:10:55,260 --> 00:10:56,790 so we're going straight through the cut. 189 00:10:56,800 --> 00:10:59,090 -Perfect. -We build a ramp on the end of the cut. 190 00:10:59,100 --> 00:11:00,660 -[Ruby] Yup. -It's a little steep. 191 00:11:00,660 --> 00:11:02,890 Let's just [bleep] hook this thing up and get it over there. 192 00:11:02,900 --> 00:11:04,500 -Yeah, let's do it. -Okay 193 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:07,560 [narrator] Cousin Mike's taking a risk 194 00:11:07,560 --> 00:11:10,690 only Tony himself would take. 195 00:11:10,700 --> 00:11:13,890 Rather than use the mile long service road, 196 00:11:13,900 --> 00:11:17,990 he will drag Tony's $800,000 wash plant 197 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:20,790 down a shorter 2000 foot route. 198 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:22,600 Across the comeback cut. 199 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:28,560 This dicey off road move should save time 200 00:11:28,560 --> 00:11:31,160 but requires careful navigation 201 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:33,090 through difficult terrain. 202 00:11:33,100 --> 00:11:37,590 Then, up an access ramp, with a 20 degree gradient 203 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:41,030 until the plant reaches its final spot. 204 00:11:42,060 --> 00:11:43,900 [thunderclap] 205 00:11:44,460 --> 00:11:46,430 [Ruby] There's rain and hail 206 00:11:47,660 --> 00:11:49,900 and it's a [bleep] disaster outside. 207 00:11:53,860 --> 00:11:55,860 [narrator] The crew attach a winch cable 208 00:11:55,860 --> 00:11:58,090 from the 45-ton wash plant 209 00:11:58,100 --> 00:12:02,430 to Cousin Mike's 500 hp D10 dozer. 210 00:12:05,460 --> 00:12:07,700 [Ruby] We can have a track and follow him. 211 00:12:20,500 --> 00:12:22,000 [cousin Mike speaking] 212 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:31,660 [Ruby] Your truck better get [bleep] out of the way 213 00:12:31,660 --> 00:12:33,630 unless it wants to get swiped. 214 00:12:34,560 --> 00:12:36,430 Get out of the way! Get out of the way now! 215 00:12:38,500 --> 00:12:39,660 [bleep] 216 00:12:39,660 --> 00:12:40,800 You guys. 217 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:46,030 [cousin Mike over radio] 218 00:12:51,060 --> 00:12:52,590 [Ruby] Hopefully, with this rain, 219 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:55,460 it doesn't create like the ground 220 00:12:55,460 --> 00:12:56,800 to be compromised and too soft. 221 00:12:59,060 --> 00:13:00,800 [cousin Mike over radio] 222 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:06,760 [Ruby] Come gold mining, they said. 223 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:08,300 It'll be fun, they said. 224 00:13:09,060 --> 00:13:10,500 [cousin Mike speaking] 225 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:53,230 That hill is definitely soft. 226 00:13:54,100 --> 00:13:55,700 [cousin Mike speaking] 227 00:14:12,660 --> 00:14:14,990 [Ruby] He's getting really close to the edge. 228 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:17,130 Once he hits that edge, there's a big [bleep] drop. 229 00:14:18,660 --> 00:14:20,290 [engine revving] 230 00:14:20,300 --> 00:14:21,900 [cousin Mike speaking] 231 00:14:39,100 --> 00:14:40,530 [Ruby] He's getting really close to the edge. 232 00:14:41,460 --> 00:14:43,000 [cousin Mike speaking] 233 00:14:57,860 --> 00:14:59,390 [narrator] At Indian River, 234 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:02,160 cousin Mike is battling torrential rain 235 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:04,990 and muddy conditions in the comeback cut 236 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:09,400 to drag Tony's only operational wash plant, to its new pad. 237 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:13,900 [cousin Mike speaking] 238 00:15:24,860 --> 00:15:26,230 [metal clanging] 239 00:15:26,660 --> 00:15:28,090 [rain patters] 240 00:15:28,100 --> 00:15:29,800 [thunderclap] 241 00:15:33,700 --> 00:15:35,660 There's a bit of thunder, there's a bit of rain. 242 00:15:35,660 --> 00:15:36,690 There's a bit of hail. 243 00:15:36,700 --> 00:15:38,600 We've got some lightning happening over there. 244 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:40,730 [rumbling] 245 00:15:42,500 --> 00:15:44,330 [engine whirring] 246 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:46,990 A good storm will lead to a rainbow, 247 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:49,300 and hopefully the rainbow will lead to lots of gold. 248 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:51,900 [engine revs] 249 00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:03,230 [Ruby] Sluicealot is good to go. 250 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:09,430 [Tony speaking] 251 00:16:12,260 --> 00:16:13,500 [cousin Mike] There's your baby. 252 00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:15,400 [Tony speaking] 253 00:16:16,660 --> 00:16:18,100 -Yeah, we're working on it. -[chuckles] 254 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:19,800 [Tony speaking] 255 00:16:21,900 --> 00:16:24,900 Yeah, we'll get her level, hook up the water. 256 00:16:25,260 --> 00:16:26,300 [Tony speaking] 257 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:33,130 [cousin Mike] We're all good. 258 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:34,660 Fire it up. 259 00:16:34,660 --> 00:16:36,500 [engine starts] 260 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:47,500 [Tony speaking] 261 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:12,490 [Kevin] Tony's always wanted the kids to take over 262 00:17:12,500 --> 00:17:13,790 the business down the line. 263 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:17,760 Unfortunately, every time he's tried to do something like that 264 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:19,790 and take a step back, 265 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:24,000 he really hasn't and that has killed a lot of motivation. 266 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:30,000 But I do like the mining 267 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:32,590 kind of enjoy a bit of the chaos, 268 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:34,800 a bit of the rush, you know, the "Let's [bleep] do it." 269 00:17:36,100 --> 00:17:37,230 Just not at Tony's place. 270 00:17:37,230 --> 00:17:40,900 And well, now I'm putting my money where my mouth is. 271 00:17:42,860 --> 00:17:45,760 [narrator] To step out from his father Tony's shadow. 272 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:49,000 Kevin Beets has struck out on his own. 273 00:17:50,260 --> 00:17:52,760 But even with a helping hand from Tony, 274 00:17:52,760 --> 00:17:57,300 he's had to pour most of his life savings into the new operation. 275 00:17:59,660 --> 00:18:01,890 [Kevin] Flew further behind than I would have liked. 276 00:18:01,900 --> 00:18:04,890 But just going to keep on plugging away, 277 00:18:04,900 --> 00:18:06,560 and hopefully we'll [bleep] get it. 278 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:08,430 Well, not hopefully, we're gonna [bleep] get it. 279 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:12,690 By the end of the week, I'm really hoping to get pay. 280 00:18:12,700 --> 00:18:15,260 [narrator] Kevin's been besieged by equipment failures 281 00:18:15,260 --> 00:18:18,860 and groundwater flooding his links cut. 282 00:18:18,860 --> 00:18:24,100 Now five weeks in, he still hasn't seen an ounce of gold 283 00:18:25,100 --> 00:18:29,060 and is determined to get down to pay by the end of the week. 284 00:18:29,060 --> 00:18:32,600 So he can hit his 1000 ounce season goal. 285 00:18:35,100 --> 00:18:37,260 [Kevin] I don't know if I want to say that being a first year mine boss 286 00:18:37,260 --> 00:18:39,060 was more work than I expected. 287 00:18:39,060 --> 00:18:41,560 I think it's different than I expected. 288 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:43,160 I had really hoped I'd be able to spend 289 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:45,990 more time in the office being able to plan ahead. 290 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:47,560 But Tony's lack of regular maintenance 291 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:49,700 is kind of biting me in the ass right now. 292 00:18:51,060 --> 00:18:53,790 We don't have enough spare iron and equipment 293 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:56,530 for situations when something happens, 294 00:19:00,060 --> 00:19:02,230 Just down in the cut here, stripping some ground. 295 00:19:03,100 --> 00:19:05,960 Hopefully, Kevin kind of finds his footing here 296 00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:09,230 and gets into that mine boss role a little bit more. 297 00:19:11,060 --> 00:19:14,460 [narrator] Three miles from Tony's Indian River mine 298 00:19:14,460 --> 00:19:18,500 sits Kevin's 44-acre claim at Scribner Creek, 299 00:19:19,460 --> 00:19:23,260 where he's identified the 11-acre Lynx cut 300 00:19:23,260 --> 00:19:26,500 as the most likely to yield the best gold. 301 00:19:27,700 --> 00:19:33,060 So far, Brennan's crew have ripped open just three acres of the cut. 302 00:19:33,060 --> 00:19:36,660 But still need to clear the overburden in that first section, 303 00:19:36,660 --> 00:19:40,600 down to pay to hit Kevin's end of the week deadline. 304 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:47,460 I wouldn't say his morale's low, 305 00:19:47,460 --> 00:19:50,230 but I mean, you can definitely tell, like... 306 00:19:51,460 --> 00:19:52,790 Kevin and Brennan 307 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:55,890 well, they're definitely you know, a little stressed about things. 308 00:19:55,900 --> 00:19:57,830 [engine whirring] 309 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:05,800 What [bleep] something's not feeling right. 310 00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:09,090 [metal clanging] 311 00:20:09,100 --> 00:20:10,130 That's strange. 312 00:20:13,360 --> 00:20:14,460 What's next? 313 00:20:14,460 --> 00:20:15,500 Sick of this [bleep] 314 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:23,300 [exhales] 315 00:20:24,700 --> 00:20:25,660 What is this? 316 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:29,760 [bleep] Bolts obviously fell off the inside. 317 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:32,300 Can't keep this old [bleep] running for more than days. 318 00:20:34,100 --> 00:20:35,430 You're on there, Kev? 319 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:37,560 Go for Kevin. 320 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:40,360 [Brennan] Hey man, the D10 finally degraded. 321 00:20:40,360 --> 00:20:43,590 Found a bunch of bolts have broken off on the ground here, so. 322 00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:47,460 Uh, [sighs] all right, I'll see what we can do to tackle that. 323 00:20:47,460 --> 00:20:49,090 Okay, buddy. I'll see you shortly. 324 00:20:49,100 --> 00:20:50,260 [bleep] 325 00:20:50,260 --> 00:20:51,660 Now this is the worst [bleep] time. 326 00:20:51,660 --> 00:20:54,600 We need this dozer out there ripping and producing 327 00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:59,360 What we tried is to keep everything rolling. 328 00:20:59,360 --> 00:21:00,990 'Cause we need to get some ground open up. 329 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:02,460 It's like every time we get one step ahead, 330 00:21:02,460 --> 00:21:04,060 we're getting 10 steps back. 331 00:21:04,060 --> 00:21:06,500 and we barely even started the season this year. 332 00:21:07,860 --> 00:21:12,590 [narrator] The 30-year-old D10 is Kevin's only dozer. 333 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:15,460 Without it, his plan to get the links 334 00:21:15,460 --> 00:21:18,700 cut down to pay grinds to a halt. 335 00:21:23,460 --> 00:21:27,500 [Kevin] So [sighs] yeah, this ain't [bleep] great. 336 00:21:28,360 --> 00:21:30,130 We've got a bit of an oil leak, 337 00:21:31,060 --> 00:21:32,400 [in English] 338 00:21:36,360 --> 00:21:38,360 I need to take out the engine 339 00:21:38,360 --> 00:21:40,260 so I can get to the transmission, 340 00:21:40,260 --> 00:21:44,560 so it's essentially looking like it's going to be down for a [bleep] while, 341 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:46,300 and it's pretty [bleep] frustrating. 342 00:21:47,900 --> 00:21:51,390 I think D10 is pretty much dead in the water right now. 343 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:55,460 [narrator] Kevin doesn't have the equipment to remove the engine, 344 00:21:55,460 --> 00:21:59,500 and a full transmission fix would cost $60,000. 345 00:21:59,860 --> 00:22:02,330 Money he doesn't have 346 00:22:04,900 --> 00:22:06,700 [Kevin] I don't have another dozer 347 00:22:07,260 --> 00:22:08,990 I can just go grab and walk over, 348 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:11,300 so I'm definitely going to be talking to Tony. 349 00:22:22,100 --> 00:22:23,690 Today is a good day. 350 00:22:23,700 --> 00:22:25,500 Monster Red's running perfect. 351 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:28,500 [narrator] For the first time this season, 352 00:22:29,260 --> 00:22:31,800 Rick's washing Rally Valley pay dirt 353 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:34,930 through Monster Red. 354 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:38,560 We've got 1500 ounces trying to get this season. 355 00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:40,690 But as long as we stay steady from here on out, 356 00:22:40,700 --> 00:22:42,230 we're-- we're gonna be looking real good. 357 00:22:43,260 --> 00:22:44,230 [Bailey] At the end of the day, 358 00:22:44,230 --> 00:22:46,960 we're going to get as much pay as we can out 359 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:49,860 and, you know, not leave anything behind. 360 00:22:49,860 --> 00:22:51,890 Obviously all this water in this hole 361 00:22:51,900 --> 00:22:53,590 is not going to get pumped out. 362 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:55,000 [narrator] Rick's only pump 363 00:22:56,700 --> 00:22:59,730 is being used to supply Monster Red with water, 364 00:23:02,700 --> 00:23:05,460 Meanwhile, operator Bailey Carten 365 00:23:05,460 --> 00:23:08,760 is 200 feet down in Rally Valley 366 00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:12,900 racing to dig out pay before it floods with groundwater. 367 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:15,860 That's a lot of water. 368 00:23:16,660 --> 00:23:18,800 -The water is not going to stop. -[Ryan] No. 369 00:23:22,460 --> 00:23:24,990 [Bailey] All the stuff that I'm digging out of this hole right now. 370 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:27,860 It slightly looks like bedrock a little bit. 371 00:23:27,860 --> 00:23:32,230 Rick did say there should be at least another 20 feet down. 372 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:36,500 It's hard to tell when there ten feet of water. 373 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:38,730 Rick, can you hear me? 374 00:23:39,360 --> 00:23:41,360 Yeah, I'm right down the rare bottom 375 00:23:41,360 --> 00:23:44,760 of Rally Valley right now and right near the Sun Pole. 376 00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:47,490 And it looks like it's all bedrock now. 377 00:23:47,500 --> 00:23:51,300 Can you come take a look and figure out what to do next here? 378 00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:56,500 [narrator] Rick's been digging at Rally Valley for three years. 379 00:23:57,300 --> 00:23:59,790 If Bailey finally hit bedrock, 380 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:02,330 he could be on the richest pay yet. 381 00:24:04,660 --> 00:24:05,900 [Rick] No, that's bedrock rim. 382 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:07,530 It's gotta be. 383 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:10,230 I'm gonna get out and talk to these guys about it. 384 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:14,230 Oh, Boy. 385 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:19,330 Look at all that fine gravel. 386 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:21,560 We're definitely onto something here. 387 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:22,500 We found our rim. 388 00:24:24,100 --> 00:24:26,190 I'm very excited. What I see right there. 389 00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:27,560 I've been waiting to see bedrock in this hole. 390 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:29,260 We've got it right here. 391 00:24:29,260 --> 00:24:31,360 Um, you know, this is where the good stuff is. 392 00:24:31,360 --> 00:24:33,860 We're either on the best gold in this hole 393 00:24:33,860 --> 00:24:35,130 or we're very close to it. 394 00:24:36,060 --> 00:24:36,960 So that's exciting. 395 00:24:39,860 --> 00:24:41,260 We've got a lot planned for this season. 396 00:24:41,260 --> 00:24:43,990 But the number one priority above all else, 397 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:45,300 was getting to the bottom of rally. 398 00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:46,990 We're just about there. 399 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:48,600 We're finally finding the rim. 400 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:52,960 [narrator] Now that they've hit bedrock, 401 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:54,890 they need to chase this layer 402 00:24:54,900 --> 00:24:56,690 along the rest of the cut, 403 00:24:56,700 --> 00:24:58,260 pulling out what could be 404 00:24:58,260 --> 00:25:00,930 the richest pay dirt they've ever mined. 405 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:05,660 We've just got to now follow that bedrock, 406 00:25:05,660 --> 00:25:07,730 and it should show us the path to the best gold. 407 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:10,300 [Ryan speaking] 408 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:13,800 Now. That is pretty cool, though. 409 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:16,960 [narrator] There's still days of digging left 410 00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:18,460 to get all the payout, 411 00:25:18,460 --> 00:25:21,400 and the water keeps pouring in. 412 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:24,430 [engine whirring] 413 00:25:25,700 --> 00:25:28,090 [Bailey] Yeah, it's definitely stressful down here a little bit. 414 00:25:28,100 --> 00:25:29,760 You know, we got to deal with all this water, 415 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:33,060 but I'm obviously really excited to see 416 00:25:33,060 --> 00:25:35,390 you know, when we finally clean out Monster Red 417 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:38,490 and see what-- What the hell is in those mats? 418 00:25:38,500 --> 00:25:39,900 You know, I feel like it's-- 419 00:25:40,660 --> 00:25:42,030 It's gonna look really good. 420 00:25:45,300 --> 00:25:47,260 [Rick] Boss says it's going pretty good. 421 00:25:47,260 --> 00:25:49,160 So I'm just gonna go check it out 422 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:50,060 and see what it looks like. 423 00:25:52,060 --> 00:25:54,260 What do you say, guys? Want shut it down? 424 00:25:54,260 --> 00:25:56,000 [engine powers down] 425 00:25:59,100 --> 00:26:03,160 [narrator] Rick makes a quick spot check of the sluice runs 426 00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:07,430 to see if the pay has started to deliver big gold. 427 00:26:08,900 --> 00:26:11,090 I know that there's good gold down there, 428 00:26:11,100 --> 00:26:12,160 but, you know, until you see it in the box, 429 00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:13,790 it's always-- it's always you're always tentative. 430 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:15,490 You're always nervous. 431 00:26:15,500 --> 00:26:17,660 I'm expecting to see good things. 432 00:26:17,660 --> 00:26:19,290 But really right now. I just want to get my eyes on. 433 00:26:19,300 --> 00:26:20,800 It's gonna take a lot of pressure off. 434 00:26:23,260 --> 00:26:24,130 [Ryan] Find anything yet? 435 00:26:24,130 --> 00:26:25,800 [Rick] Not yet. I just walked up here. 436 00:26:26,260 --> 00:26:27,900 [intense music playing] 437 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:32,500 Look, here's one guys. 438 00:26:33,360 --> 00:26:35,700 Look at that. [bleep] That's a beauty. 439 00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:38,260 Here's another big one. 440 00:26:38,260 --> 00:26:40,460 -[man] Yeah -[Rick] Holy, [bleep] that's a thick one. 441 00:26:40,460 --> 00:26:43,230 These are easily some of the biggest ones we found. 442 00:26:46,460 --> 00:26:47,630 That's the biggest one yet. 443 00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:50,790 [Ryan] Well, that's neat. 444 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:52,200 That is just neat. 445 00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:53,630 [Rick] I don't know about you guys, 446 00:26:53,630 --> 00:26:55,760 but it took this long to get running. 447 00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:57,160 I knew-- I know that the gold is in there, 448 00:26:57,160 --> 00:27:00,100 but until you see it, it solves a lot of problems. 449 00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:02,860 Catch up real quick on the season. 450 00:27:02,860 --> 00:27:05,290 -Good job. Good job. -[Ryan] Good job, boys. 451 00:27:05,300 --> 00:27:06,300 Good job. 452 00:27:07,460 --> 00:27:08,630 [in English] 453 00:27:14,360 --> 00:27:16,730 [engine starts] 454 00:27:20,100 --> 00:27:22,530 [narrator] Rick has hit the jackpot. 455 00:27:25,360 --> 00:27:28,960 Now he is in a race to get all the gold out of the ground 456 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:31,800 before Rallye Valley floods with water. 457 00:27:32,700 --> 00:27:33,830 That's a hell of a thing to find. 458 00:27:33,830 --> 00:27:35,860 That's amazing, you know, that just goes to show you. 459 00:27:35,860 --> 00:27:37,390 We're definitely in the [bleep] Rally Valley. 460 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:38,700 All we gotta do is run the rest of it. 461 00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:53,860 [cousin Mike] I'm happy with the wash plant move. 462 00:27:53,860 --> 00:27:56,030 Plus plant is in one piece, good to wash. 463 00:27:56,900 --> 00:27:58,760 We do want to keep sluicing because right now 464 00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:01,600 there's only one plan going out of three. 465 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:07,890 [narrator] At the comeback cousin Mike has successfully moved 466 00:28:07,900 --> 00:28:11,460 and fired up Tony's only functioning wash plant 467 00:28:11,460 --> 00:28:15,030 sluicealot and is back on the gold. 468 00:28:18,860 --> 00:28:21,030 I like working for Tony. 469 00:28:21,460 --> 00:28:22,460 You know what you get? 470 00:28:22,460 --> 00:28:26,060 You know what you have and those last 40 years. 471 00:28:26,060 --> 00:28:28,290 He did a lot of hard work, 472 00:28:28,300 --> 00:28:30,760 and he built up this whole mine from nothing. 473 00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:32,700 So, yeah, that's pretty impressive. 474 00:28:33,660 --> 00:28:35,360 [Ruby] There's lots of advantages to moving. 475 00:28:35,360 --> 00:28:39,860 sluicealot you know, it's a shorter distance for the rock tracks, 476 00:28:39,860 --> 00:28:44,160 where just trying to be as efficient as possible. 477 00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:46,390 I'm sitting in the back here with an excavator 478 00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:50,930 trying to feed the plants and hopefully she's nice and rich for us. 479 00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:54,100 [crashing] 480 00:28:55,100 --> 00:28:57,160 [cousin Mike] This thing sounds like [bleep] 481 00:28:57,160 --> 00:28:58,890 Oh, what the [bleep] Uh-oh, uh-oh. 482 00:28:58,900 --> 00:29:00,160 Why the Michael running? 483 00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:01,360 [cousin Mike] Shut it up. 484 00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:02,990 [engine powers down] 485 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:04,560 The screen made a terrible noise. 486 00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:07,400 You can't run it like this. or it will destroy itself. 487 00:29:11,300 --> 00:29:12,330 [man] So? 488 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:14,300 [bleep] 489 00:29:16,660 --> 00:29:18,560 We got a big piece of metal here 490 00:29:18,560 --> 00:29:20,490 that's supposed to be in here. 491 00:29:20,500 --> 00:29:22,430 Now we've got a huge gap instead. 492 00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:27,660 So it looks like it started wearing here in the middle. 493 00:29:27,660 --> 00:29:29,160 And then because of the vibration, 494 00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:30,400 it just broke the whole impact plate. 495 00:29:32,700 --> 00:29:34,360 We can't run without it. 496 00:29:34,360 --> 00:29:36,990 'Cause, uh, it's gonna just destroy the bottom deck. 497 00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:38,890 You can see there, actually, 498 00:29:38,900 --> 00:29:42,500 there's huge rocks on the bottom screens. 499 00:29:43,900 --> 00:29:46,760 And those bottom screens are only made for the rocks 500 00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:48,660 that fit through these little holes 501 00:29:48,660 --> 00:29:50,390 that are, what, two by two inch. 502 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:53,600 Now, there's a big rock like this on those bottom screens. 503 00:29:54,100 --> 00:29:56,900 So, it's not good. 504 00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:05,090 [narrator] A large rock has smashed the impact plate on the first screen deck. 505 00:30:05,100 --> 00:30:07,860 Cousin Mike needs to replace it quickly 506 00:30:07,860 --> 00:30:09,800 to get up and running again. 507 00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:26,000 [Tony speaking] 508 00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:28,800 [horn honking] 509 00:30:30,460 --> 00:30:31,530 [Tony speaking] 510 00:30:37,360 --> 00:30:38,130 [Cousin Mike] Those big rocks, 511 00:30:38,130 --> 00:30:40,500 they, uh, did some, uh, damage. 512 00:30:41,060 --> 00:30:43,260 Broke the whole impact blade. 513 00:30:43,260 --> 00:30:45,730 And there is big rocks on those bottom screens. 514 00:30:46,460 --> 00:30:49,030 [Tony speaking] 515 00:31:12,100 --> 00:31:14,700 [Tony speaking] 516 00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:18,660 [Cousin Mike] Figure something out 517 00:31:18,660 --> 00:31:20,400 and get it going as soon as we can. 518 00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:23,990 [narrator] At Indian River, 519 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:28,000 a rock has broken Sluice-A-Lot's screen deck impact plate... 520 00:31:29,300 --> 00:31:32,300 shutting down Tony's only working wash plant. 521 00:31:32,860 --> 00:31:35,560 [Tony speaking] 522 00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:36,530 [Cousin Mike] All right. 523 00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:40,460 [Tony speaking] 524 00:31:40,460 --> 00:31:41,660 [groans] 525 00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:11,860 So, we just gotta take the whole thing out, 526 00:32:11,860 --> 00:32:14,790 just build a new one a little bit stronger. 527 00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:17,030 Put that back in, and then be back to sluicing. 528 00:32:20,860 --> 00:32:22,990 [welding gun hissing] 529 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:27,000 [narrator] The screen deck's old, busted impact plate is removed. 530 00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:33,490 Mike then welds two pieces of inch-thick steel together 531 00:32:33,500 --> 00:32:35,660 to create a new, stronger plate 532 00:32:35,660 --> 00:32:38,300 that can cope with the large rocks. 533 00:32:40,060 --> 00:32:41,090 [Cousin Mike] This year is big for me. 534 00:32:41,100 --> 00:32:44,690 This is the first year I'm in this position. 535 00:32:44,700 --> 00:32:46,460 And I always like to do a good job. 536 00:32:46,460 --> 00:32:47,490 But especially now, 537 00:32:47,500 --> 00:32:50,100 because I wanna show Tony that I can do the job. 538 00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:05,960 [narrator] After just two hours' downtime, 539 00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:09,000 Sluice-A-Lot is fired back up again. 540 00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:36,360 [Cousin Mike] So, if Tony's happy, I'm happy, 541 00:33:36,360 --> 00:33:38,730 and, uh, let's get some gold... 542 00:33:39,660 --> 00:33:41,700 and make it to our 5,000-ounce gold. 543 00:33:50,100 --> 00:33:52,360 [Kevin] I gotta go and talk to Tony about that D10, 544 00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:53,260 see if we can swap it 545 00:33:53,260 --> 00:33:55,230 or if there's anything else we can use. 546 00:33:57,100 --> 00:34:00,390 It's super frustrating that even when I'm away 547 00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:03,860 from working for Tony, I still have to deal 548 00:34:03,860 --> 00:34:06,130 with his poorly-maintained equipment. 549 00:34:08,660 --> 00:34:11,660 [narrator] Three miles away, at Scribner Creek, 550 00:34:11,660 --> 00:34:15,300 Kevin Beets' season is falling apart. 551 00:34:16,460 --> 00:34:18,790 The dozer he borrowed from dad, Tony, 552 00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:21,260 to rip ground is down. 553 00:34:21,260 --> 00:34:26,130 And he needs to replace it to hit his target of getting to pay this week. 554 00:34:29,860 --> 00:34:30,990 Hey, Tony. 555 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:32,560 [Tony speaking] 556 00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:35,290 [Kevin] Ugh. Well, I need to talk about that D10. 557 00:34:35,300 --> 00:34:36,460 [Tony] Uh-huh. 558 00:34:36,460 --> 00:34:39,300 She kind of, uh, grenaded. 559 00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:44,030 Uh, something in the transmission. 560 00:34:44,030 --> 00:34:46,330 -[groans] -[Kevin] Pretty much dead in the water. 561 00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:57,900 I need to have a spare from you. 562 00:35:00,260 --> 00:35:01,800 [Tony speaking] 563 00:35:24,900 --> 00:35:26,990 [narrator] Back at the Lynx cut... 564 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:29,890 The dozers are the most important lifeline out here. 565 00:35:29,900 --> 00:35:31,560 I mean, we're in frozen ground, 566 00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:34,160 and if you're gonna try and mine gold in the Yukon, 567 00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:35,260 you need a big dozer 568 00:35:35,260 --> 00:35:37,800 to get through this permafrost as quick as possible. 569 00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:41,000 Oh! 570 00:35:42,100 --> 00:35:46,960 [narrator] No dozer leaves Brennan no choice but to try to strip and remove 571 00:35:46,960 --> 00:35:50,200 overburden down to pay with an excavator. 572 00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:52,990 I'm gonna end up having to come up 573 00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:55,290 with some sort of idea to get through this. 574 00:35:55,300 --> 00:35:56,960 Whatever we gotta do to get by 575 00:35:56,960 --> 00:35:58,990 is what we gotta do to get by this year. 576 00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:00,530 And that's, uh... 577 00:36:01,100 --> 00:36:03,900 [slight chuckle] I'm feeling the pressure, let me tell you. 578 00:36:05,460 --> 00:36:08,030 -[thuds] -[Brennan] That's brutal. 579 00:36:09,160 --> 00:36:10,230 [groans] 580 00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:12,190 [sighs] 581 00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:14,100 This is not gonna work out. 582 00:36:15,500 --> 00:36:16,860 [bleep]. 583 00:36:16,860 --> 00:36:18,700 I'm gonna have to come up with a plan. 584 00:36:21,660 --> 00:36:25,760 We are gonna just try to help out with this, 585 00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:27,360 so we can keep production in full swing, 586 00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:30,390 'cause otherwise, we're not gonna get that 1,000 ounce. 587 00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:33,730 [narrator] Brennan fits a Devil's Finger to his 460. 588 00:36:34,760 --> 00:36:35,890 A ripper attachment 589 00:36:35,900 --> 00:36:38,600 designed for digging drainage ditches. 590 00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:43,160 The excavator will need to do the work of a dozer 591 00:36:43,160 --> 00:36:45,690 if Kevin's crew is to have any hope 592 00:36:45,700 --> 00:36:47,900 of getting to pay this week. 593 00:36:50,800 --> 00:36:52,890 [Brennan] There it is. 594 00:36:52,900 --> 00:36:56,990 [Matt over radio] Hey, uh, Brennan, I think I got an electrical fire over here. 595 00:36:57,000 --> 00:36:58,890 Got an emergency over there? What's going on? 596 00:36:58,900 --> 00:37:02,460 [Matt] Hot electrical smells and, uh, some smoke. 597 00:37:02,460 --> 00:37:03,600 [Brennan] Are you kidding me? 598 00:37:04,860 --> 00:37:06,290 [Matt] Nobody, buddy. 599 00:37:06,300 --> 00:37:07,960 [Brennan] Okay, I'm on my way. 600 00:37:07,960 --> 00:37:09,430 Holy [bleep]. 601 00:37:11,060 --> 00:37:13,660 [narrator] Matt Kiefer is operating Kevin's 602 00:37:13,660 --> 00:37:18,630 biggest dirt mover on-site, the 700 excavator. 603 00:37:19,900 --> 00:37:21,390 [Matt] Smelled some hot wires 604 00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:24,090 and saw some smoke coming out of this back corner here. 605 00:37:24,100 --> 00:37:25,290 [Brennan] Right on. 606 00:37:25,300 --> 00:37:27,590 [Matt] So, I reached over and shut the master switch off, 607 00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:30,560 and it quit making noises and quit smoking, so... 608 00:37:30,560 --> 00:37:33,530 -So hard not to even laugh at this anymore. -[Matt] Oh. 609 00:37:34,460 --> 00:37:36,730 [Kevin] Let's go have a gander. 610 00:37:38,460 --> 00:37:40,460 Oh, yeah. There we go. 611 00:37:40,460 --> 00:37:42,800 [Matt] The bottom of this solenoid caught fire. 612 00:37:43,260 --> 00:37:44,860 [Kevin] Hiya. 613 00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:49,160 Yeah, that's interesting. Must have shorted a hole in the [bleep] 614 00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:50,660 plastic housing there. 615 00:37:50,660 --> 00:37:53,360 And then spot she was on fire was right here, 616 00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:54,490 where you can see that the housing has been 617 00:37:54,500 --> 00:37:56,530 a little bit burnt and/or cracked. 618 00:37:57,760 --> 00:38:00,290 [narrator] The 700's starter motor solenoid, 619 00:38:00,300 --> 00:38:03,290 which provides the initial spark 620 00:38:03,300 --> 00:38:06,090 for firing up the engine, has blown. 621 00:38:06,100 --> 00:38:09,400 Without it, the machine won't start. 622 00:38:10,760 --> 00:38:14,960 Kevin's biggest excavator is now also down. 623 00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:20,090 He has no dozer and no chance of hitting pay. 624 00:38:20,100 --> 00:38:23,360 [Kevin] Ugh! Sadness, sadness, cry, cry, cry. 625 00:38:23,360 --> 00:38:24,330 Ugh! 626 00:38:24,900 --> 00:38:25,900 [groans] 627 00:38:27,060 --> 00:38:29,100 Yeah, that's a new one. 628 00:38:30,860 --> 00:38:33,530 Let's see if we got a spare solenoid. 629 00:38:35,500 --> 00:38:37,660 This is frustrating. 630 00:38:37,660 --> 00:38:41,400 Because, well, this is just more fuel for the fire. 631 00:38:49,760 --> 00:38:51,460 [Cousin Mike] We're making money right now. 632 00:38:51,460 --> 00:38:53,760 I think Tony will be happy. 633 00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:56,600 [narrator] With Cousin Mike running Indian River... 634 00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:58,460 [Tony speaking] 635 00:38:59,960 --> 00:39:03,730 [narrator] ...Tony has more time to appreciate life. 636 00:39:05,560 --> 00:39:07,330 [Tony speaking] 637 00:39:50,900 --> 00:39:52,390 I've been worried about that 700, though. 638 00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:55,500 This is definitely an unexpected problem. 639 00:39:56,660 --> 00:40:00,790 [narrator] Kevin Beets is struggling to get down to pay, 640 00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:03,890 and needs to get his 700 fixed 641 00:40:03,900 --> 00:40:07,230 after an electrical fire knocked it out of action. 642 00:40:09,460 --> 00:40:13,490 Oh, it's been pretty nonstop, "Oh, fix this thing so we can run, 643 00:40:13,500 --> 00:40:14,960 fix that thing so we can run, 644 00:40:14,960 --> 00:40:16,430 fix this thing so we can run." 645 00:40:17,460 --> 00:40:18,590 [car door opens] 646 00:40:18,600 --> 00:40:19,700 [Kevin groans] 647 00:40:22,600 --> 00:40:24,090 Starter and solenoid. 648 00:40:24,100 --> 00:40:25,660 [narrator] Replacement found, 649 00:40:25,660 --> 00:40:28,890 Kevin gets to installing the new solenoid. 650 00:40:28,900 --> 00:40:30,300 And back down we go. 651 00:40:36,960 --> 00:40:38,930 Every time we get ahead a little bit... 652 00:40:41,500 --> 00:40:44,660 something happens, and we gotta [bleep] redo, redo, redo, 653 00:40:44,660 --> 00:40:45,960 replan, replan, replan. 654 00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:50,500 This is the, uh, replacement solenoid. 655 00:40:51,960 --> 00:40:53,230 Huzzzah. 656 00:40:54,260 --> 00:40:56,100 That locked in. 657 00:40:57,560 --> 00:40:59,260 Okay, man. 658 00:40:59,260 --> 00:41:01,600 And I'm just re-hooking up everything. 659 00:41:03,100 --> 00:41:04,900 Turn the key and see what sparks. 660 00:41:05,860 --> 00:41:07,360 [engine starts] 661 00:41:07,360 --> 00:41:10,000 [Kevin] I mean, there's no smoke yet, so that's a good start. 662 00:41:10,700 --> 00:41:12,490 [engine revving] 663 00:41:12,500 --> 00:41:13,890 [Kevin] Thank [bleep]. 664 00:41:13,900 --> 00:41:15,690 We're good. Huh! 665 00:41:15,700 --> 00:41:17,400 All right, much [bleep] better. 666 00:41:19,160 --> 00:41:21,160 Definitely did not need that kind of extra stress 667 00:41:21,160 --> 00:41:22,460 in our life right now. 668 00:41:22,460 --> 00:41:26,900 So, one heart attack down, let's see how many more I get today. 669 00:41:29,460 --> 00:41:31,400 Back throwing dirt with the big girl here. 670 00:41:32,200 --> 00:41:35,260 The, uh, the original plan is not gonna happen. 671 00:41:35,260 --> 00:41:38,260 It's... We're not even close. 672 00:41:38,260 --> 00:41:40,360 [Brennan] I think we're gonna end up missing our deadline 673 00:41:40,360 --> 00:41:42,660 to get through that cut's pay. 674 00:41:42,660 --> 00:41:46,060 So, yeah, a little bummed out about that. 675 00:41:46,060 --> 00:41:48,360 [narrator] Kevin has spent the week working 676 00:41:48,360 --> 00:41:51,190 more as a mechanic than a mine boss, 677 00:41:51,200 --> 00:41:54,460 and his mission to hit pay by the end of the week 678 00:41:54,460 --> 00:41:56,500 has ended in failure. 679 00:41:58,260 --> 00:42:00,260 [Kevin] That 1,000-ounce gold is pretty important for me. 680 00:42:00,260 --> 00:42:02,760 That is kind of where we're gonna break even. 681 00:42:02,760 --> 00:42:06,260 So, we really do want to hit that this year. 682 00:42:06,260 --> 00:42:08,860 And it's really been hard 683 00:42:08,860 --> 00:42:10,990 with all the breakdowns we've had. 684 00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:12,560 It sucks 'cause as a mine boss, 685 00:42:12,560 --> 00:42:14,490 there are certain things you just can't control. 686 00:42:14,500 --> 00:42:16,530 And it makes it a lot harder than it has to be. 687 00:42:27,260 --> 00:42:28,330 [Minnie] Hey, guys, how are ya? 688 00:42:28,960 --> 00:42:30,130 -Whoa! -[Tony speaking] 689 00:42:31,960 --> 00:42:33,360 [narrator] At Indian River, 690 00:42:33,360 --> 00:42:35,790 the Beets family gather to weigh up 691 00:42:35,800 --> 00:42:38,360 their only working wash plant's gold. 692 00:42:38,360 --> 00:42:39,790 I'll go sit over by my mummy. 693 00:42:39,800 --> 00:42:41,200 [Tony speaking] 694 00:42:43,600 --> 00:42:45,560 Yeah, it just... 695 00:42:45,560 --> 00:42:48,130 I got it all lined up, just putting things in place. 696 00:42:50,060 --> 00:42:51,330 [Monica] No. He wants 697 00:42:51,330 --> 00:42:52,360 -his favorite cousin. -[Cousin Mike] Or your favorite cousin? 698 00:42:52,360 --> 00:42:53,560 Yeah. [laughs] 699 00:42:53,560 --> 00:42:56,060 [Mike] He's... he's just as skillful and a lot more quiet. 700 00:42:56,060 --> 00:42:57,190 [laughs] 701 00:42:57,200 --> 00:42:59,460 How are you guys doing in the Indian? 702 00:42:59,460 --> 00:43:00,330 -Well, we're sluicing. -[Ruby] I don't-- 703 00:43:00,330 --> 00:43:02,090 -[Tony speaking] -[Cousin Mike] Yeah. 704 00:43:02,100 --> 00:43:03,490 We're the only ones making the money. [chuckles] 705 00:43:03,500 --> 00:43:05,090 [Tony speaking] 706 00:43:05,100 --> 00:43:08,260 I think we should see how much Sluice-A-Lot did this time. 707 00:43:08,260 --> 00:43:09,490 -Um-- -[Mike] How much did Sluice-A-Lot sluice? 708 00:43:09,500 --> 00:43:11,500 -I'm not counting. -[Tony laughs] 709 00:43:13,460 --> 00:43:15,190 -[Ruby] Oh, well-- -Yeah! 710 00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:18,260 -[Tony speaking] -[all laugh] 711 00:43:18,260 --> 00:43:20,490 [Cousin Mike] Okay. All right. 712 00:43:20,500 --> 00:43:22,090 -[Monica] Ruby is gonna pour. -[Minnie] Uh, Ruby is pouring. 713 00:43:22,100 --> 00:43:23,560 Are you ready? 714 00:43:23,560 --> 00:43:25,230 -I am ready. -[Ruby] Okay. 715 00:43:26,860 --> 00:43:29,660 [narrator] Tony needs over 200 ounces a week 716 00:43:29,660 --> 00:43:33,930 to keep on track for his 5,000-ounce season target. 717 00:43:34,760 --> 00:43:37,500 15, 20, 40... 718 00:43:38,960 --> 00:43:41,130 60, 100... 719 00:43:42,100 --> 00:43:44,700 110, 120, 130... 720 00:43:45,160 --> 00:43:48,100 146.10. 721 00:43:49,660 --> 00:43:54,130 [narrator] Worth over $365,000. 722 00:43:58,100 --> 00:44:00,160 That's not too bad with the plant being down. 723 00:44:01,260 --> 00:44:03,400 That wasn't a bad goal today, Tony. 724 00:44:03,760 --> 00:44:05,500 [Tony speaking] 725 00:44:09,460 --> 00:44:14,860 [narrator] Tony's season total is now 1,250 ounces, 726 00:44:14,860 --> 00:44:19,130 banking him $3.1 million. 727 00:44:21,300 --> 00:44:22,400 [Tony speaking] 728 00:44:25,100 --> 00:44:26,590 So, get the hell out. 729 00:44:26,600 --> 00:44:28,660 -See you later. -[Tony speaking] 730 00:44:28,660 --> 00:44:30,230 -[Monica] Bye. -Yeah. 731 00:44:31,660 --> 00:44:34,860 [Minnie] ♪♪ Four little ducks are in a room ♪ 732 00:44:34,860 --> 00:44:36,700 [Tony speaking] 733 00:44:48,160 --> 00:44:51,460 -[Ryan] What's up? -Jason, Heather. 734 00:44:51,460 --> 00:44:53,260 [narrator] Rick's brought his whole crew together 735 00:44:53,260 --> 00:44:55,790 for the first gold weigh of the season, 736 00:44:55,800 --> 00:44:58,560 including husband and wife duo, 737 00:44:58,560 --> 00:45:02,260 mine manager, Jason, and gold recovery specialist, 738 00:45:02,260 --> 00:45:03,830 Heather Folster. 739 00:45:04,900 --> 00:45:06,730 Fellas. [chuckles] 740 00:45:07,260 --> 00:45:08,700 [Bailey] What's going on, sir? 741 00:45:09,560 --> 00:45:13,860 [narrator] Last season, Rick pulled out 251 ounces 742 00:45:13,860 --> 00:45:17,000 from Rally Valley in his final gold weigh. 743 00:45:17,860 --> 00:45:22,100 Now, he hopes the bedrock pay is even richer. 744 00:45:25,100 --> 00:45:26,360 Well, should we weigh up some gold? 745 00:45:26,360 --> 00:45:27,490 -All right. -[Rick] I'm excited. 746 00:45:27,500 --> 00:45:28,900 I'm gonna go get it. 747 00:45:31,000 --> 00:45:33,090 Got the old trusty scale. 748 00:45:33,100 --> 00:45:35,230 She's been through a war. She's been through a war. 749 00:45:36,660 --> 00:45:38,160 Bailey, you gonna count it? 750 00:45:38,160 --> 00:45:39,360 -Yeah. -Get up there, buddy. 751 00:45:39,360 --> 00:45:41,160 -Get it, Bailey. -[Bailey] Mmm. 752 00:45:41,160 --> 00:45:42,790 -[Rick] Ready? -I'm ready. 753 00:45:42,800 --> 00:45:43,900 Here we go. 754 00:45:47,760 --> 00:45:49,900 10, 20... 755 00:45:50,860 --> 00:45:54,460 60, 70, 80, 90, 756 00:45:54,460 --> 00:46:00,200 110, 113, 114, 115. 757 00:46:00,360 --> 00:46:02,700 115.71. 758 00:46:03,360 --> 00:46:04,930 -[Heather] Yeah. -It's good for one jar. 759 00:46:06,000 --> 00:46:07,460 There's for sure more. 760 00:46:07,460 --> 00:46:08,790 [Rick] I don't even know what you're talking about. 761 00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:10,090 [Bailey] 'Cause there was nuggets. 762 00:46:10,100 --> 00:46:11,030 There's more. 763 00:46:11,030 --> 00:46:12,660 [Rick] You know, I like to sandbag you guys. 764 00:46:12,660 --> 00:46:15,130 I do have more. [laughs] 765 00:46:16,560 --> 00:46:18,590 So, I actually already weighed this up. 766 00:46:18,600 --> 00:46:19,800 [Bailey] Ooh. 767 00:46:23,400 --> 00:46:25,100 [Rick] It's beautiful. You ready? 768 00:46:32,560 --> 00:46:35,460 And it just keeps going. 769 00:46:35,460 --> 00:46:36,790 Get up, Buzz. Go look! 770 00:46:36,800 --> 00:46:37,690 You haven't even seen it. 771 00:46:37,700 --> 00:46:39,400 [Buzz] Now, that's a pour. 772 00:46:40,660 --> 00:46:44,230 That right there brings us to 315.71 ounces. 773 00:46:45,660 --> 00:46:50,190 [narrator] Worth over three-quarters of a million dollars. 774 00:46:50,200 --> 00:46:53,860 Rick and his crew have smashed it out of the park 775 00:46:53,860 --> 00:46:56,500 with one of their best gold hauls ever. 776 00:46:57,060 --> 00:46:58,260 [Ryan] I'll take that all day. 777 00:46:58,260 --> 00:47:01,360 That's [bleep] huge. That's huge. 778 00:47:01,360 --> 00:47:03,090 That's the biggest we've ever done. 779 00:47:03,100 --> 00:47:05,660 Can you imagine this sending through one of the bank teller boxes and... 780 00:47:05,660 --> 00:47:07,260 [swooshes] 781 00:47:07,260 --> 00:47:08,790 Deposit that in my checking account. 782 00:47:08,800 --> 00:47:10,300 Thank you, good sir. 783 00:47:11,360 --> 00:47:12,930 [Rick] That's just a start, 784 00:47:12,930 --> 00:47:15,290 you know what I mean? That's the first [bleep] gold weigh out of Rally Valley, 785 00:47:15,300 --> 00:47:17,260 and, uh, we know there's more down there. 786 00:47:17,260 --> 00:47:20,000 And, uh, I've never put that much gold on the table at once. 787 00:47:21,360 --> 00:47:23,890 And if we can keep 'em like this, 788 00:47:23,900 --> 00:47:27,260 then 1,500 ounces is gonna happen [bleep] quick. 789 00:47:27,260 --> 00:47:28,660 -[Ryan] Cheers! -[Rick] Yeah, right on. 790 00:47:28,660 --> 00:47:31,560 [Jason] Cheers. Cheers. 791 00:47:31,560 --> 00:47:33,660 This is the biggest gold... gold weigh I've ever seen, 792 00:47:33,660 --> 00:47:35,260 so that makes one excited, 793 00:47:35,260 --> 00:47:37,590 and, uh, [bleep] hopefully, there's a lot more 794 00:47:37,600 --> 00:47:39,460 to come out of Rally Valley. 795 00:47:39,460 --> 00:47:42,390 This is seven people working their balls off 796 00:47:42,400 --> 00:47:43,860 and, uh, and believing that, 797 00:47:43,860 --> 00:47:44,790 you know, things were gonna turn around, 798 00:47:44,800 --> 00:47:46,660 'cause we had a tough start to the season. 799 00:47:46,660 --> 00:47:48,090 There's no doubt about that. 800 00:47:48,100 --> 00:47:50,090 But right here, I'm holding on to almost three-quarters 801 00:47:50,100 --> 00:47:51,390 of a million dollars' worth of gold. 802 00:47:51,400 --> 00:47:53,260 It's the blood, sweat and tears of all these guys, 803 00:47:53,260 --> 00:47:54,700 and it's the start to our season. 803 00:47:55,305 --> 00:48:55,944 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm