Gold Rush

1 00:00:04,170 --> 00:00:06,370 Right now, I'm just coming to see a friend of mine, 2 00:00:06,370 --> 00:00:08,680 just talk to him about my water license issues, 3 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:11,200 and see if he's got any advice. 4 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:15,000 Rick Ness is facing an uncertain future. 5 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:17,990 He's on the brink of buying out 6 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:20,990 his claim at Dominion Creek. 7 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:25,170 But with his water license expiring at the end of this season, 8 00:00:25,170 --> 00:00:28,410 he may not be able to mine it next year. 9 00:00:30,270 --> 00:00:31,790 What's up, Rick? 10 00:00:31,790 --> 00:00:33,820 - Good to see you. Nice spot. - Good to see you, too. 11 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:36,480 How are things in Keno? 12 00:00:36,480 --> 00:00:37,790 Yeah, I've got a good crew. 13 00:00:37,790 --> 00:00:39,930 I've got good equipment. 14 00:00:41,270 --> 00:00:43,680 But my water license is up after this year, 15 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:44,990 and they're saying that it won't be ready 16 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:46,200 by April of next year. 17 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:47,790 It's not unique to you. 18 00:00:47,790 --> 00:00:49,720 A lot of people are having these problems. 19 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:52,820 I will fully admit, I am not super knowledgeable about it, you know? 20 00:00:52,820 --> 00:00:55,480 I mean, like, I'm still learning that side of things, and... 21 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:57,200 But, like... 22 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:00,300 - the whole business depends on it, right? - Yeah, I know. 23 00:01:00,310 --> 00:01:03,270 You just have to decide what you can do, 24 00:01:03,270 --> 00:01:04,440 - and what you want to do... - Yeah. 25 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:08,060 ...and how to start to lean into your shortcomings, 26 00:01:08,060 --> 00:01:10,890 - instead of... hide away from them, right? - Yeah. 27 00:01:10,890 --> 00:01:12,930 I'm a grown man. I've made a lot of bad decisions, 28 00:01:12,930 --> 00:01:14,890 a lot of great, good decisions. 29 00:01:14,890 --> 00:01:16,300 I've made a lot of decisions I'm not proud of, 30 00:01:16,310 --> 00:01:17,370 but I [bleep] made them. 31 00:01:17,370 --> 00:01:19,310 - I'm cannot run from them. - Yeah. 32 00:01:21,370 --> 00:01:24,170 Last year. I spent all year just being grateful 33 00:01:24,170 --> 00:01:25,510 that I had another chance. 34 00:01:25,510 --> 00:01:29,000 You know, ironically, my last payment is this year, right? 35 00:01:30,410 --> 00:01:32,000 I'm sure not ready to... 36 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:33,930 and pack it in... 37 00:01:33,930 --> 00:01:36,370 right after I make the final payment on the place... 38 00:01:36,370 --> 00:01:38,100 - Right. - ...just 'cause there's no water license. 39 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:41,100 If it happened to me, 40 00:01:41,100 --> 00:01:42,680 I would be doing everything I could 41 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:44,510 to have a huge season this year. 42 00:01:44,510 --> 00:01:46,270 So that definitely puts a lot of pressure 43 00:01:46,270 --> 00:01:48,030 - on this season, right? - Yep. 44 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:51,480 Nobody is as invested in it as you, 45 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:53,480 and that's the sad truth. 46 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:54,610 But at the end of the day... 47 00:01:54,620 --> 00:01:56,790 - That's the way it is. - You're right. Yep. 48 00:01:56,790 --> 00:02:00,100 I know that it feels like a massive mountain to hurdle, 49 00:02:00,100 --> 00:02:02,170 but you're a survivor, Rick. 50 00:02:02,170 --> 00:02:04,750 - I told you that, like, five [bleep] years ago. - I know. 51 00:02:06,790 --> 00:02:08,100 I know. 52 00:02:09,890 --> 00:02:11,480 All right. I have to go to this meeting. 53 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:13,270 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 54 00:02:13,270 --> 00:02:15,000 - It's really good to see you. - You, too. 55 00:02:18,170 --> 00:02:20,680 I just had a chat with Parker about the water license. 56 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:22,890 Yeah, he is right. It is my livelihood on the line, 57 00:02:22,890 --> 00:02:25,990 and, uh, no one's gonna fight harder for it than me. 58 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:27,580 You know, I've got a lot of gold to get. 59 00:02:27,580 --> 00:02:29,990 Right now, my future is not guaranteed. 60 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:32,200 And if this year turns out to be our last chance 61 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:34,370 to get as much gold as we can out of Duncan Creek, 62 00:02:34,370 --> 00:02:35,990 then that's what we're gonna have to do, you know, 63 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:37,370 we need to get at least 1,500 ounces, 64 00:02:37,370 --> 00:02:39,410 hopefully a hell of a lot more. 65 00:02:39,410 --> 00:02:40,680 No matter what, at the end of the day, though, 66 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:42,100 for this year, I'm all in. 67 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:50,074 68 00:02:56,410 --> 00:02:58,720 Hey, man, we're almost down with that Rally Valley dirt. 69 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:00,480 So you know how good it's been. 70 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:01,960 Make sure you get every last bit. 71 00:03:02,270 --> 00:03:03,610 Out. 72 00:03:03,620 --> 00:03:05,610 Back at Duncan Creek, 73 00:03:05,620 --> 00:03:09,370 Rick is on the brink of a massive payday, 74 00:03:09,370 --> 00:03:11,890 sluicing the last piles of pay dirt 75 00:03:11,890 --> 00:03:15,340 to come out of the richest pit he's ever mined, 76 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:17,200 Rally Valley. 77 00:03:17,790 --> 00:03:19,170 In just two weeks, 78 00:03:19,170 --> 00:03:23,130 it's already delivered nearly 500 ounces of gold, 79 00:03:23,510 --> 00:03:27,790 worth $1.25 million. 80 00:03:27,790 --> 00:03:29,100 In northern Rally Valley, you know, 81 00:03:29,100 --> 00:03:31,170 I mean, that's been the stuff I've been looking for 82 00:03:31,170 --> 00:03:32,410 since I came to this ground. 83 00:03:32,410 --> 00:03:33,650 That was jackpot. 84 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:37,790 Unfortunately, it's coming to an end. 85 00:03:37,790 --> 00:03:41,310 Yeah, we've got, you know, about a week's worth of pay left. 86 00:03:43,620 --> 00:03:45,610 Now is time to do something else 87 00:03:45,620 --> 00:03:47,610 that, uh, Rick's got in mind, 88 00:03:47,620 --> 00:03:49,170 as long as we can do it quick, 89 00:03:49,170 --> 00:03:53,060 because Monster Red chews through dirt pretty [bleep] quick. 90 00:03:53,060 --> 00:03:55,620 So, uh, this pile will be gone before you know it. 91 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:01,930 After Rick taps out Rally Valley, 92 00:04:01,930 --> 00:04:03,820 he needs a new spot 93 00:04:03,820 --> 00:04:06,510 to keep the gold coming in. 94 00:04:06,510 --> 00:04:08,270 And the plan is to move over, back over to the Bench, 95 00:04:08,270 --> 00:04:09,820 which we started last year. 96 00:04:09,820 --> 00:04:12,510 Uh, Buzz is heading up there right now. 97 00:04:12,510 --> 00:04:13,990 Rick's master plan 98 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,990 to smash through his season goal, 99 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,820 head half a mile north of Rally Valley, 100 00:04:20,580 --> 00:04:22,000 across the creek, 101 00:04:22,370 --> 00:04:23,720 to the Bench Cut 102 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:26,100 with it's easy-to-access gold. 103 00:04:26,890 --> 00:04:28,100 Last season, 104 00:04:28,100 --> 00:04:30,060 in just five weeks, 105 00:04:30,060 --> 00:04:32,990 he hauled 450 ounces of gold 106 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:35,170 out of the seven-acre cut. 107 00:04:35,170 --> 00:04:38,170 Now, he wants to start digging the pay 108 00:04:38,170 --> 00:04:40,200 out of a five-acre extension 109 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:41,960 they stripped last year. 110 00:05:01,100 --> 00:05:02,680 Foreman Buzz Legault 111 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:05,170 needs to stockpile Bench Cut pay 112 00:05:05,170 --> 00:05:08,100 next to Rick's second wash plant, Rocky, 113 00:05:08,100 --> 00:05:09,370 ready to run 114 00:05:09,370 --> 00:05:12,620 as soon as Rally Valley's pay pile ends. 115 00:06:48,820 --> 00:06:50,240 me. 116 00:06:52,370 --> 00:06:53,620 We stripped this last year. 117 00:06:54,100 --> 00:06:55,510 How is this still frozen? 118 00:07:00,100 --> 00:07:03,060 Over winter, the Bench Cut was exposed 119 00:07:03,060 --> 00:07:05,200 to sub-zero temperatures. 120 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:08,100 The ground is frozen solid. 121 00:07:08,100 --> 00:07:10,720 Rick has massively miscalculated 122 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:12,930 how long it would take to thaw. 123 00:07:19,580 --> 00:07:22,170 This is a disaster. I mean, I don't have a second option. 124 00:07:22,170 --> 00:07:23,270 I have to come up with something. 125 00:07:23,270 --> 00:07:24,790 And, uh, right now, 126 00:07:24,790 --> 00:07:26,510 I have no [bleep] clue what it is. 127 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:41,100 We've dived into this property... 128 00:07:41,100 --> 00:07:43,680 just headfirst, and in a massive way 129 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:45,480 and are spending, you know, 130 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:47,930 way more money than we ever have, 131 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:50,620 with the least amount of income. 132 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:54,890 Eight weeks into the season, 133 00:07:54,890 --> 00:07:58,580 Parker Schnabel is hemorrhaging millions of dollars 134 00:07:58,580 --> 00:08:01,990 on two huge cuts at Dominion Creek, 135 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:05,030 but so far, with little reward, 136 00:08:05,410 --> 00:08:08,370 just 576 ounces... 137 00:08:08,370 --> 00:08:11,130 of his 10,000-ounce goal. 138 00:08:15,510 --> 00:08:17,270 But right now, the sleuthing we're doing 139 00:08:17,270 --> 00:08:18,680 is not even covering our costs. 140 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:22,720 So... the sinkhole continues to grow. 141 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:25,790 Parker is now at the point 142 00:08:25,790 --> 00:08:28,680 where he needs at least 100 ounces a week 143 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:30,340 just to keep going. 144 00:08:33,100 --> 00:08:35,580 I mean, as grim as things are right now, 145 00:08:35,580 --> 00:08:38,610 I don't feel like we've totally lost the season. 146 00:08:38,620 --> 00:08:39,790 Not yet. 147 00:08:39,790 --> 00:08:42,370 Despite the troubles that we're having, 148 00:08:42,370 --> 00:08:43,610 it is exciting. 149 00:08:43,620 --> 00:08:45,680 And we'll just take it 150 00:08:45,680 --> 00:08:47,060 one day at a time, 151 00:08:47,060 --> 00:08:49,650 and... try to not forget... 152 00:08:50,790 --> 00:08:52,990 the big picture. 153 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:56,130 We just got to focus on that right now. One step at a time. 154 00:08:57,310 --> 00:08:59,680 Parker's throwing everything he's got 155 00:08:59,680 --> 00:09:02,100 at mining two enormous cuts 156 00:09:02,100 --> 00:09:05,310 on his 7,500-acre Dominion claim. 157 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:08,370 In the 20-acre Long Cut, 158 00:09:08,370 --> 00:09:10,410 wash plant, Roxanne, is churning 159 00:09:10,410 --> 00:09:13,820 through 250 yards of pay an hour. 160 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:18,100 Two miles away, 161 00:09:18,100 --> 00:09:20,510 Big Red is sluicing top gravels 162 00:09:20,510 --> 00:09:23,310 in the 114-acre Bridge Cut. 163 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:27,370 Ten miles southwest, 164 00:09:27,370 --> 00:09:29,100 at Ken and Stuart's, 165 00:09:29,100 --> 00:09:32,370 Parker's skeleton crew is three quarters of the way through 166 00:09:32,370 --> 00:09:34,750 stripping an eight-acre cut. 167 00:09:37,890 --> 00:09:40,170 We have Mitch in the Long Cut, Tyson and the Bridge Cut, 168 00:09:40,170 --> 00:09:42,060 Damien down at Ken and Stuart's. 169 00:09:42,060 --> 00:09:43,410 It's a really good group. 170 00:09:43,410 --> 00:09:45,680 If we just move as much dirt 171 00:09:45,680 --> 00:09:47,300 as cheap as possible 172 00:09:47,310 --> 00:09:48,930 as we can every day, 173 00:09:48,930 --> 00:09:50,310 then, um... 174 00:09:50,680 --> 00:09:52,620 things will be okay... 175 00:09:52,890 --> 00:09:54,000 I think. 176 00:09:57,580 --> 00:09:59,930 Parker's saying, "Keep sluicing." 177 00:09:59,930 --> 00:10:03,310 And each day that is getting tougher and tougher. 178 00:10:04,310 --> 00:10:06,480 We were really hoping, by this time in the season, 179 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:08,510 that the Long Cut would be all thawed out. 180 00:10:08,510 --> 00:10:10,930 We've been fighting it from day one here. 181 00:10:10,930 --> 00:10:12,790 This is the middle of summer, 182 00:10:12,790 --> 00:10:15,000 and we're just still fighting frozen paydirt. 183 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:19,170 All the permafrost in this cut, 184 00:10:19,170 --> 00:10:20,620 there's so much ice in it. 185 00:10:21,100 --> 00:10:22,370 As it's melting, 186 00:10:22,370 --> 00:10:24,580 well, obviously, it turns to water, 187 00:10:24,580 --> 00:10:27,240 and then, you know, it just saturates the dirt. 188 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:32,510 I [bleep] hate... 189 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:35,170 cream mushroom soup. 190 00:10:35,170 --> 00:10:38,030 But it's the soup we're feeding to the plant right now. 191 00:10:39,370 --> 00:10:40,930 hate it more. 192 00:10:43,100 --> 00:10:44,680 In the Long Cut, 193 00:10:44,680 --> 00:10:47,680 21-year-old loader operator, Evan Kurtz, 194 00:10:47,680 --> 00:10:50,720 is struggling to feed wash plant, Roxanne, 195 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:52,860 with wet, sloppy material. 196 00:10:54,170 --> 00:10:56,130 We do not like... 197 00:10:56,580 --> 00:10:57,620 this soup. 198 00:10:58,270 --> 00:10:59,610 It just... 199 00:10:59,620 --> 00:11:02,270 stacks on top of the grizzlies, 200 00:11:02,270 --> 00:11:05,170 and makes your life a living hell. 201 00:11:05,170 --> 00:11:07,310 It just doesn't want to go through, man. 202 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:18,820 Ha, ha, ha! 203 00:11:21,620 --> 00:11:24,820 Hey, uh, Mitch? You got a copy, Mitch? 204 00:11:24,820 --> 00:11:26,060 Yeah, go ahead. 205 00:11:26,060 --> 00:11:28,480 We got, uh, [bleep] up on the belt. 206 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:30,310 You've got to be kidding me. 207 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:33,820 Yeah, just shut it down. Shut it down. 208 00:11:35,370 --> 00:11:38,270 Evan's got an issue with the plant right now! 209 00:11:38,270 --> 00:11:40,240 So we just wanna get it shut down! 210 00:11:47,510 --> 00:11:48,820 Oh, man! 211 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:52,270 That is not good. 212 00:11:52,270 --> 00:11:55,930 Roxanne's feeder conveyor is jammed. 213 00:11:55,930 --> 00:11:59,130 And Mitch has also found a tear in the belt. 214 00:12:00,060 --> 00:12:01,480 This will act just like a zipper. 215 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:02,790 If this gets caught on anything, 216 00:12:02,790 --> 00:12:04,510 it'll just rip the belt right open. 217 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:07,170 We're gonna need to get Alec down here, 218 00:12:07,170 --> 00:12:08,820 get Liam down here, everybody we can, 219 00:12:08,820 --> 00:12:11,580 and get this thing fixed up as fast as possible. 220 00:12:11,580 --> 00:12:13,930 Every hour the plant's not running, 221 00:12:13,930 --> 00:12:17,410 pushes Parker further into the red. 222 00:12:17,410 --> 00:12:19,200 We've got to figure out what caused this, 223 00:12:19,790 --> 00:12:21,370 so we don't have any more problems. 224 00:12:21,370 --> 00:12:23,200 You can see it right here! 225 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:26,480 Oh! There's our problem! 226 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:29,720 There's rocks stuck in the tail pulley here, so it's... 227 00:12:30,370 --> 00:12:32,580 protruding out of the belt. 228 00:12:32,580 --> 00:12:34,550 Oh, yeah, buddy, that'll do it. 229 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:37,720 We've got a bunch of material built up down here 230 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:39,100 around our tail wheel, 231 00:12:39,100 --> 00:12:40,790 and when that happens, 232 00:12:40,790 --> 00:12:43,170 it creates a bunch of resistance against the belt. 233 00:12:43,170 --> 00:12:46,200 And also having all that rock and debris down there, 234 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:49,650 uh, certainly is probably what caused our tear in the belt. 235 00:12:51,790 --> 00:12:53,580 How bad is it in there? 236 00:12:53,580 --> 00:12:55,510 It's right chock-full... 237 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:58,680 of just super-fine sand, 238 00:12:58,680 --> 00:13:00,990 which means it was soupy 239 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:03,100 at one point when it went through. 240 00:13:03,370 --> 00:13:04,720 How deep is it? 241 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:06,310 It's like... 242 00:13:06,790 --> 00:13:09,200 there. It's like 18 inches. 243 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:11,100 - Uh... - Oh [bleep]. That is... 244 00:13:11,100 --> 00:13:13,300 It's like just cemented 245 00:13:13,310 --> 00:13:14,610 to the belt. 246 00:13:14,620 --> 00:13:17,440 Yeah, even the tail pulley is chock-full. Like... 247 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:19,680 I'm gonna hop in the mini hoe. 248 00:13:19,680 --> 00:13:21,930 - Sounds good. I'll keep shoveling. - Okay. 249 00:13:23,100 --> 00:13:25,060 We need dry dirt going up our belts. 250 00:13:25,060 --> 00:13:27,170 And you can see this material here, 251 00:13:27,170 --> 00:13:29,480 a lot of water in it. 252 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:30,890 This is really soupy stuff. 253 00:13:30,890 --> 00:13:32,580 When you put this on your belts, 254 00:13:32,580 --> 00:13:36,100 it makes a lot of material that sticks to the belt. 255 00:13:36,100 --> 00:13:39,480 You know, there's not a lot we can do other than shut down Roxanne. 256 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:42,890 And, uh, well, we know Parker isn't down for that. 257 00:13:42,890 --> 00:13:44,410 You know, we can't afford any downtime. 258 00:13:44,410 --> 00:13:46,650 And right now, that's, uh, what we've got. 259 00:13:57,370 --> 00:13:59,200 This needs to be shoveled, absolutely, 260 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:01,370 before we fire it back up. 261 00:14:01,370 --> 00:14:03,410 We'll be shoveling here for a while. 262 00:14:04,370 --> 00:14:06,370 At Parker's Long Cut, 263 00:14:06,370 --> 00:14:09,300 sloppy pay has set like concrete 264 00:14:09,310 --> 00:14:11,580 and jammed the feeder conveyor, 265 00:14:11,580 --> 00:14:14,650 shutting down the wash plant, Roxanne. 266 00:14:15,310 --> 00:14:18,620 This here, it's costing us downtime. 267 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:20,930 Downtime is a bad time. 268 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:35,310 Bud, I'm done in here. 269 00:14:36,370 --> 00:14:37,720 It's looking better. 270 00:14:40,750 --> 00:14:42,580 Conveyer drum cleared, 271 00:14:42,580 --> 00:14:44,480 Alec and Liam move on 272 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:46,650 to fixing the tear in the belt. 273 00:14:49,100 --> 00:14:52,000 Two or three hours to get this re-seamed and running. 274 00:14:58,480 --> 00:14:59,720 Put that on your wall. 275 00:15:02,890 --> 00:15:04,310 Time to reassemble. 276 00:15:13,580 --> 00:15:15,200 We're off our way now. 277 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:24,860 That was the last one. They all look like 278 00:15:24,860 --> 00:15:26,480 they're sitting nice and happy. 279 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:29,480 Nothing but the best for our old wash plant friend. 280 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:30,680 Absolutely. 281 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:32,860 This is the most exciting part. 282 00:15:32,860 --> 00:15:34,510 Running the thing, eh? 283 00:15:36,100 --> 00:15:38,100 We've been down for three and a half hours here, 284 00:15:38,100 --> 00:15:40,930 but we're ready to fire it back up and get sluicing. 285 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:46,100 We've got water back at the plant! 286 00:15:46,100 --> 00:15:47,480 Let's get this thing shaking! 287 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:49,480 And to fire up! 288 00:15:49,480 --> 00:15:51,680 All right, Evan, we're all ready to go up here, buddy. 289 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:53,240 Send us some dirt, buddy! 290 00:15:57,270 --> 00:15:59,510 We were down for a few hours, but thankfully, 291 00:15:59,510 --> 00:16:00,750 now we're back running again, 292 00:16:00,750 --> 00:16:02,440 and that's what matters the most. 293 00:16:21,790 --> 00:16:24,300 King of the Klondike, Tony Beets, 294 00:16:24,310 --> 00:16:25,750 is moving mountains 295 00:16:25,750 --> 00:16:29,060 to reach his 5,000-ounce season goal. 296 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:43,580 The Beets Dynasty, 297 00:16:43,580 --> 00:16:48,510 has already banked 1,607 ounces of gold 298 00:16:48,510 --> 00:16:49,990 from the Indian River, 299 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:53,000 worth over $4 million. 300 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:04,060 Tony's operation is stretched 301 00:17:04,060 --> 00:17:05,890 across two claims. 302 00:17:05,890 --> 00:17:07,370 On the Indian River, 303 00:17:07,370 --> 00:17:10,100 cousin, Mike, is on the up and up... 304 00:17:10,100 --> 00:17:11,860 sluicing comeback cut pay 305 00:17:11,860 --> 00:17:14,480 with wash plants, Sluice-a-lot, 306 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:15,820 and the Shaker Deck. 307 00:17:17,060 --> 00:17:19,340 It's running good, getting some gold. 308 00:17:20,170 --> 00:17:22,990 Forty miles away in Paradise Hill, 309 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:24,890 Tony's youngest son, Mike, 310 00:17:24,890 --> 00:17:27,370 has built up a mega pile of pay 311 00:17:27,370 --> 00:17:28,890 from the Super Pit, 312 00:17:28,890 --> 00:17:30,580 a gold-rich cut 313 00:17:30,580 --> 00:17:32,440 they opened up last season. 314 00:17:35,170 --> 00:17:37,370 But Tony's biggest moneymaker, 315 00:17:37,370 --> 00:17:39,990 his 35-year-old trommel, 316 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:44,240 still hasn't sluiced a bucket of dirt this season. 317 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:05,680 This is one of the major pieces on the puzzle 318 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:07,990 of, uh, getting sluicing. 319 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:10,580 After weeks of prepping the trommel, 320 00:18:10,580 --> 00:18:12,480 Mike is struggling to fire up 321 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:14,270 the troublesome old pump 322 00:18:14,270 --> 00:18:16,990 that sends water to the plant. 323 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:20,680 So Tony sends in Beets veteran, Len Hoekstra, 324 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:22,300 to get it running. 325 00:18:22,310 --> 00:18:23,340 Fire in the hole! 326 00:18:28,750 --> 00:18:30,170 If we can't get this one running, 327 00:18:30,170 --> 00:18:31,990 we don't have water, so we can't sluice. 328 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:33,370 So this is a big... 329 00:18:33,370 --> 00:18:35,510 a big part of the whole operation. 330 00:18:40,100 --> 00:18:43,410 Argh! I really hope I don't have to bleed this 331 00:18:45,580 --> 00:18:47,680 The frustrating part right now is that... 332 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:49,060 I can't fix nothing 'cause I don't know 333 00:18:49,060 --> 00:18:50,620 what the hell is all wrong with it. 334 00:18:51,860 --> 00:18:54,790 If my brother was here, I could send him and have him do this, 335 00:18:54,790 --> 00:18:56,610 'Cause he knows how the pump sets up. 336 00:18:56,620 --> 00:18:58,000 He knows the mechanic things. 337 00:18:58,370 --> 00:18:59,790 However, he's not here. 338 00:18:59,790 --> 00:19:01,100 Whoop-de-doo. Gotta get over it. 339 00:19:01,100 --> 00:19:02,720 So now I'm gonna learn it. 340 00:19:03,170 --> 00:19:04,580 Fire in the hole! 341 00:19:10,860 --> 00:19:13,000 She's being really stubborn to start. 342 00:19:15,060 --> 00:19:18,000 Maybe it doesn't have fuel in all the injectors. 343 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:21,480 One's bleeding out... fuel. 344 00:19:21,480 --> 00:19:23,100 Make sure my fuel lines 345 00:19:23,100 --> 00:19:25,720 - are getting fuel to the engine. - Yeah. 346 00:19:27,370 --> 00:19:28,990 Oh! Ho-ho! 347 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:30,720 I had the preheat on. 348 00:19:31,270 --> 00:19:32,680 When I turn the preheat on, 349 00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:35,510 it puts energy towards the glow plugs. 350 00:19:35,510 --> 00:19:37,410 So, uh, what happens when you touch steel 351 00:19:37,410 --> 00:19:39,620 to, uh... active current lines? 352 00:19:39,890 --> 00:19:40,720 Sparks? 353 00:19:41,580 --> 00:19:43,060 I'll do the same on the other side. 354 00:19:43,060 --> 00:19:44,580 Okay. 355 00:19:45,860 --> 00:19:48,890 I think, Mike, we have to start it while I'm, uh, doing... 356 00:19:48,890 --> 00:19:50,960 Climbing it. Yeah, I figured that, too. 357 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:52,990 - Ready, Len? - Yeah, whenever you're ready. 358 00:19:56,370 --> 00:19:58,310 Oh, I'm picking up fuel pressure! 359 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:00,130 I feel it. 360 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:03,270 Why are you being so stubborn? 361 00:20:03,270 --> 00:20:04,620 You've got fuel now. 362 00:20:05,620 --> 00:20:06,820 I'm just gonna... 363 00:20:08,310 --> 00:20:09,990 But something is going on. 364 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:12,750 We've got, uh, fuel on the cylinders? 365 00:20:12,750 --> 00:20:16,060 - And look at this, Mike. - Oh [bleep]! You're right. 366 00:20:16,060 --> 00:20:17,200 Oh, excuse me. 367 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:18,890 You're right. I completely forgot about that 368 00:20:18,890 --> 00:20:20,170 like a [bleep] idiot. 369 00:20:20,170 --> 00:20:22,170 Mike's forgotten to disengage 370 00:20:22,170 --> 00:20:24,790 the pump's Murphy safety switch 371 00:20:24,790 --> 00:20:26,610 that cuts off fuel to the engine, 372 00:20:26,620 --> 00:20:28,890 protecting it from overheating. 373 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:33,170 Look at it! 374 00:20:33,170 --> 00:20:34,720 We're getting somewhere. 375 00:20:48,860 --> 00:20:50,620 Monica, do you copy? Monica? 376 00:20:51,270 --> 00:20:52,510 I copy. 377 00:20:53,580 --> 00:20:55,680 Are you ready by the water? 378 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:57,650 I'll be there in two minutes. 379 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:04,650 Yeah, Mike, there's water. 380 00:21:05,270 --> 00:21:06,890 That's the pump going. 381 00:21:06,890 --> 00:21:07,990 Now I just gotta go up 382 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,100 and start the plan and we'll be sluicing. 383 00:21:16,580 --> 00:21:17,990 Starting off the plant. 384 00:21:22,270 --> 00:21:24,240 Time to make some money! 385 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:30,990 The sluice box is shaking. 386 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:32,410 It's nice to see! 387 00:21:32,410 --> 00:21:34,930 Oh, yeah! It's about [bleep] time! 388 00:21:45,790 --> 00:21:46,720 Hey, Dad. 389 00:21:47,580 --> 00:21:48,480 Good. 390 00:21:56,370 --> 00:21:58,270 What you're saying is we don't have to deal with you 391 00:21:58,270 --> 00:21:59,750 if we do our own good job? 392 00:22:03,790 --> 00:22:04,790 Yeah! 393 00:22:19,750 --> 00:22:21,680 I like having responsibility, 394 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:23,510 and make my dad's life a little bit easier 395 00:22:23,510 --> 00:22:26,410 'cause now he doesn't feel like he has to micromanage everything. 396 00:22:27,170 --> 00:22:28,990 I wanna get sluicing, I wanna do clean up. 397 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,170 I wanna get some gold in the box. 398 00:22:31,170 --> 00:22:33,200 I wanna get some gold on the table. 399 00:22:42,650 --> 00:22:44,270 Hopefully, if we do really well, you know, 400 00:22:44,270 --> 00:22:46,060 Rick did say he'd probably give us all 401 00:22:46,060 --> 00:22:47,860 a good gold bonus this year. 402 00:22:47,860 --> 00:22:49,370 At Duncan Creek, 403 00:22:49,370 --> 00:22:51,680 Rick's crew are nearing the end 404 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:53,720 of the Rally Valley pay pile. 405 00:22:55,170 --> 00:22:57,240 Pay, right now, is looking pretty slim. 406 00:22:57,240 --> 00:22:59,480 And just a handful of buckets left. 407 00:23:00,580 --> 00:23:02,790 And the pressure is on Rick 408 00:23:02,790 --> 00:23:05,620 to find a new hotspot to mine. 409 00:23:06,790 --> 00:23:07,790 You know, the season's got to go on. 410 00:23:07,790 --> 00:23:10,030 We do have to hit our season goal, so... 411 00:23:10,030 --> 00:23:12,200 We need ground and we need it fast. 412 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:19,060 Hey, man. 413 00:23:19,060 --> 00:23:20,480 So, I've been doing some thinking, 414 00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:21,960 and I've been doing some looking. 415 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:25,550 With no guarantee of a water license next year, 416 00:23:25,550 --> 00:23:27,680 Rick is now focused on bringing in 417 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:30,510 as much gold as possible this season. 418 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:33,960 There's just a lot of things in the [bleep] air right now, 419 00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:35,410 especially with this water license the way it is. 420 00:23:36,550 --> 00:23:39,790 So... 421 00:23:39,790 --> 00:23:42,340 This is all frozen here on the Bench. 422 00:23:42,340 --> 00:23:44,790 Right through the middle here, 423 00:23:44,790 --> 00:23:47,990 there's a spot where we strip the top off of it 424 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:49,580 and then we mined up to it. 425 00:23:49,580 --> 00:23:53,480 Um, and it wasn't that great, um... 426 00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:56,340 But we're pretty desperate for ground right now, 427 00:23:56,340 --> 00:23:58,480 - Mmm-hmm. - So, I think that 428 00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:00,200 maybe we go over there and look at that. 429 00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:04,960 Yeah. 430 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:20,750 From the bench cut, Buzz travels 500 yards north 431 00:24:20,750 --> 00:24:23,960 to a five-and-a-half acre stretch of open ground 432 00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:26,100 next to the old creek cut, 433 00:24:26,100 --> 00:24:30,480 which Rick thinks should have an easy to access pay layer. 434 00:25:43,890 --> 00:25:45,990 This looks like a good spot to pull a sample from. 435 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:48,990 After Buzz opens a section of the pay layer, 436 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:51,060 Rick comes out to test it. 437 00:25:52,650 --> 00:25:56,440 You want to, uh, just give me one [bleep] bucket out here? 438 00:26:00,750 --> 00:26:02,440 If we can pull some gold out of this 439 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:04,580 and run it to the plant that means we can keep going right now. 440 00:26:04,580 --> 00:26:06,060 So, that's all that matters. 441 00:26:06,060 --> 00:26:07,820 We just need some dirt with gold in it. 442 00:26:11,340 --> 00:26:12,820 I really hope there's some gold in this dirt. 443 00:26:25,790 --> 00:26:28,030 it's there. You see that? 444 00:26:28,030 --> 00:26:29,680 There's probably, there might be 445 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:31,170 fifteen, 20 colors in there. 446 00:26:32,440 --> 00:26:34,340 Yep, right on there. Right on there. 447 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:39,480 It's very, very fine. 448 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:41,680 But we can catch that fine gold. 449 00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:43,790 It's there, I, it's worth running. 450 00:26:43,790 --> 00:26:45,440 I, I'd say let's, uh, 451 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:46,990 as soon as you get a little bit more of that stripped off, 452 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:47,960 we'll get the truck over here 453 00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:49,650 and start on this [bleep], eh? 454 00:26:49,650 --> 00:26:51,170 Nice job, Buzz. 455 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:53,890 A little bit better result than I expected. 456 00:26:53,890 --> 00:26:55,200 I'm not gonna lie. 457 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:58,270 I think it may just more than pay the bills, you never know. 458 00:26:58,270 --> 00:26:59,650 We're still in the game. 459 00:27:06,060 --> 00:27:09,340 Four hours later, back at Monster Red... 460 00:27:09,340 --> 00:27:10,930 Well, that is good, buddy. 461 00:27:11,890 --> 00:27:15,510 Here it is, massive [bleep] bucket of Rally Valley. 462 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:17,410 Drop her in, bud. 463 00:27:18,270 --> 00:27:20,130 It's all downhill from here, boys. 464 00:27:24,170 --> 00:27:27,170 ...Rick's crew has finally finished running 465 00:27:27,170 --> 00:27:30,580 the last of the Rally Valley stockpile. 466 00:27:36,580 --> 00:27:37,680 Well, that's that. 467 00:27:38,550 --> 00:27:40,890 As a once famous person said, 468 00:27:40,890 --> 00:27:42,820 "That's the way the cookie crumbles." 469 00:27:44,130 --> 00:27:45,750 We've spent three years digging at Rally Valley. 470 00:27:45,750 --> 00:27:47,030 We finally get to the bottom of it. 471 00:27:47,030 --> 00:27:48,580 I mean, it's been paying off big time. 472 00:27:48,580 --> 00:27:50,440 It's great to get the last gold out of there, 473 00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:52,860 but I don't know, it's kinda bittersweet, I guess. 474 00:27:52,860 --> 00:27:54,890 The amount of gold that we've gotten out of this, 475 00:27:54,890 --> 00:27:57,680 I mean, I can only hope we see something like that again. 476 00:27:57,680 --> 00:28:00,170 But, uh, it's done, and we're gonna be moving on. 477 00:28:00,170 --> 00:28:03,170 So, shut her down. 478 00:28:16,130 --> 00:28:17,510 Go ahead. 479 00:28:21,550 --> 00:28:24,170 Tony Beets is on a roll. 480 00:28:24,170 --> 00:28:27,960 Both of his wash plants are running at Indian River, 481 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:30,680 Sluice-a-lot and the Shaker Deck. 482 00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:33,100 And son Mike is finally sluicing 483 00:28:33,100 --> 00:28:35,580 with the trommel at Paradise Hill. 484 00:28:37,580 --> 00:28:39,890 It's nice to be finally be sluicing again. 485 00:28:39,890 --> 00:28:42,580 I hope it keeps on until the end of September. 486 00:28:42,580 --> 00:28:44,620 I wanna sluice until most of my cuts are done. 487 00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:55,650 Yeah, go ahead. 488 00:28:59,340 --> 00:29:00,620 [bleep] me. 489 00:29:05,270 --> 00:29:07,170 Go to the water, please. 490 00:29:15,580 --> 00:29:17,680 If you wanna know, get in and get in fast. 491 00:29:21,890 --> 00:29:23,130 Get in or get out. 492 00:29:23,130 --> 00:29:24,720 - But don't [bleep], I have to go. - Okay. 493 00:29:43,580 --> 00:29:46,480 My pump has got a bit of motion in it. 494 00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:48,650 So, it's starting to grind against itself, 495 00:29:48,650 --> 00:29:51,100 so it's starting to shave itself. 496 00:29:51,100 --> 00:29:53,370 Which means if I keep trying to use this one, 497 00:29:53,370 --> 00:29:55,130 eventually if it grinds thin enough, 498 00:29:55,130 --> 00:29:56,440 it'll [bleep] snap, 499 00:29:56,440 --> 00:29:58,720 and it can cause [bleep] tons of more damage. 500 00:29:59,550 --> 00:30:01,820 So, yet again, I am down from sluicing. 501 00:30:13,340 --> 00:30:14,510 I'm just annoyed. 502 00:30:15,130 --> 00:30:17,130 Because I'm hoping to get this done 503 00:30:17,130 --> 00:30:18,790 so I can actually get [bleep] sluicing, 504 00:30:18,790 --> 00:30:20,860 but like with everything, 505 00:30:20,860 --> 00:30:22,930 one more problem, one more problem 506 00:30:23,550 --> 00:30:25,410 with no easy solutions. 507 00:30:27,030 --> 00:30:28,580 At Paradise Hill, 508 00:30:28,580 --> 00:30:31,930 Mike is shut down with a broken water pump. 509 00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:35,580 Let's see how it looks. 510 00:30:42,580 --> 00:30:44,100 Oh, just like that. 511 00:30:45,130 --> 00:30:46,820 Three whacks of the mallet. 512 00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:51,060 All right, what do you see, Clint? 513 00:30:51,060 --> 00:30:52,440 Little bit of wear here. 514 00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:57,410 I don't see, like, bad chunks coming off of it. 515 00:30:58,270 --> 00:30:59,580 And now we can see where it is, 516 00:30:59,580 --> 00:31:02,580 we've got shaving over here a little bit. 517 00:31:02,580 --> 00:31:08,060 But probably it's not the, the brass that's cause it. 518 00:31:08,060 --> 00:31:10,580 But it's this bearing over here. 519 00:31:11,270 --> 00:31:12,240 Look at that. 520 00:31:12,240 --> 00:31:15,510 Yeah-- this probably thing is [bleep]. 521 00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:18,130 How's it looking, Len? 522 00:31:18,130 --> 00:31:19,170 Look at this. 523 00:31:19,170 --> 00:31:20,680 We got a play over here. 524 00:31:21,270 --> 00:31:23,680 And because we got a play over here, 525 00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:25,990 it's ran over there, in my opinion. 526 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:28,100 - So, what you think is we need a new bearing. - Yeah. 527 00:31:28,100 --> 00:31:31,370 If we take this one off, put a new bearing in, 528 00:31:31,370 --> 00:31:34,170 everything runs free and Bob's your uncle. 529 00:31:34,170 --> 00:31:36,580 - Sounds good, if you think you can fix it. - Yeah. 530 00:31:36,580 --> 00:31:37,990 Check upstairs, go in that container, 531 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:40,270 then yeah, grab a new one. 532 00:31:40,270 --> 00:31:42,860 It's nice having Len around. 533 00:31:42,860 --> 00:31:44,240 He's very smart. 534 00:31:44,680 --> 00:31:45,750 He may not act like it, 535 00:31:45,750 --> 00:31:48,130 but he's actually a very intelligent person. 536 00:31:48,890 --> 00:31:51,820 He tries to fool ya. He's smart like that. 537 00:31:53,650 --> 00:31:54,790 This is a new bearing. 538 00:31:54,790 --> 00:31:56,890 We already put some, uh, grease in it. 539 00:31:57,340 --> 00:31:59,060 It looks pretty good. 540 00:32:00,890 --> 00:32:02,240 Look at that, eh? 541 00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:07,930 So far so good. 542 00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:13,930 We're almost there, hopefully. 543 00:32:15,890 --> 00:32:19,480 - All right, Mike, I put a new bearing in it. - I see. 544 00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:22,480 Hopefully, it doesn't come apart when you start it up, Mike. 545 00:32:27,270 --> 00:32:29,270 I don't hear a lot of strange noises, 546 00:32:29,270 --> 00:32:31,860 - so it should be good. - Yeah. 547 00:32:31,860 --> 00:32:33,410 Good work, Len. 548 00:32:34,340 --> 00:32:36,200 Finally good to be getting going. 549 00:32:46,170 --> 00:32:47,960 And it's good to be back sluicing. 550 00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:50,820 So, overall, it's pretty [bleep] good. 551 00:33:01,370 --> 00:33:04,990 Roxanne is very good at making dirt disappear. 552 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:07,270 So, we're definitely got our hands full here, 553 00:33:07,270 --> 00:33:10,340 just trying to keep the plant running. 554 00:33:10,340 --> 00:33:13,100 And right now, I could use about three of me. 555 00:33:15,580 --> 00:33:18,370 In Parker's 20-acre Long Cut, 556 00:33:18,370 --> 00:33:20,550 foreman Mitch Blaschke is battling 557 00:33:20,550 --> 00:33:24,130 to keep wash plant Roxanne fed with pay dirt. 558 00:33:25,370 --> 00:33:27,340 We have just a lack of resources, 559 00:33:27,340 --> 00:33:29,030 a lack of resources and machines, 560 00:33:29,030 --> 00:33:31,100 a lack of resources and operators. 561 00:33:31,890 --> 00:33:34,000 Parker's got us all over the place. 562 00:33:34,890 --> 00:33:37,550 We also have acquired a lot of new operators. 563 00:33:37,550 --> 00:33:39,990 You know, when you're out here trying to achieve 564 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:42,650 the maximum you can each day, 565 00:33:42,650 --> 00:33:44,370 and then you take people that are new to it 566 00:33:44,370 --> 00:33:45,410 and put that in the mix, 567 00:33:45,410 --> 00:33:48,480 it's just another, you know, layer in the, 568 00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:51,720 in the tough factor here of, of getting all this done. 569 00:33:57,580 --> 00:34:00,270 So, this is my first week working for Parker, 570 00:34:00,270 --> 00:34:01,890 and so far it's been really good. 571 00:34:01,890 --> 00:34:04,790 Everybody's super nice and welcoming. 572 00:34:04,790 --> 00:34:07,580 I'm happy that I got this opportunity 573 00:34:07,580 --> 00:34:09,130 to come up to the Yukon 574 00:34:09,130 --> 00:34:11,620 and find out what's gold mining all about. 575 00:34:13,750 --> 00:34:17,370 New hire, 20-year-old Tayvin Peterson 576 00:34:17,370 --> 00:34:19,240 is hauling overburden 577 00:34:19,240 --> 00:34:20,860 and building a new road 578 00:34:20,860 --> 00:34:24,170 along the east bank of the Long Cut. 579 00:34:24,170 --> 00:34:26,580 I am from Assiniboia, Saskatchewan, 580 00:34:26,580 --> 00:34:32,480 and it's always been my dream to get out of Assiniboia. 581 00:34:36,680 --> 00:34:38,310 I just like being happy 582 00:34:39,270 --> 00:34:40,680 and having fun. 583 00:34:40,680 --> 00:34:42,550 And right now, I'm happy and having fun. 584 00:34:42,550 --> 00:34:43,510 It's awesome. 585 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:53,000 Uh-oh. 586 00:34:59,750 --> 00:35:01,060 Oh, [bleep]. 587 00:35:03,270 --> 00:35:05,480 We're near off the edge. 588 00:35:11,580 --> 00:35:13,000 Damn near went over the bank. 589 00:35:16,510 --> 00:35:18,240 Mitch, you got a copy? 590 00:35:18,790 --> 00:35:20,440 Yeah, man. What's up? 591 00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:22,130 Yeah, I'm stuck up here. 592 00:35:22,130 --> 00:35:23,990 I'm gonna need a little hand with the dozer. 593 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:26,580 Maybe pull out the front. 594 00:35:26,580 --> 00:35:29,000 All right. Yeah, I'll head that way. 595 00:35:31,270 --> 00:35:32,480 You know, this isn't great. 596 00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:35,240 We're about out of pay here with Roxanne. 597 00:35:35,240 --> 00:35:36,720 So, we gotta make this quick. 598 00:35:40,750 --> 00:35:43,890 I was trying to get into this gap here to fill it-- 599 00:35:43,890 --> 00:35:45,030 widen up the road, 600 00:35:46,270 --> 00:35:49,240 but we're dealing with some slough material and 601 00:35:49,240 --> 00:35:52,890 I felt the truck cab shift. 602 00:35:52,890 --> 00:35:54,310 Damn near went over the bank. 603 00:35:57,370 --> 00:35:59,130 I am frustrated right now. 604 00:35:59,790 --> 00:36:01,130 You really want to be moving dirt, 605 00:36:01,130 --> 00:36:03,750 not, uh, trying to save rock trucks 606 00:36:03,750 --> 00:36:05,310 from flipping off a ledge here. 607 00:36:12,370 --> 00:36:15,580 Oh, man. Damn. 608 00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:19,100 All right, um, 609 00:36:19,100 --> 00:36:21,240 I'll come up here and see if we can cut some of this material 610 00:36:21,240 --> 00:36:22,890 - that's behind ya. - Yeah. 611 00:36:22,890 --> 00:36:23,790 And if we can do that, 612 00:36:23,790 --> 00:36:25,170 we might be able to back you up a bit. 613 00:36:25,170 --> 00:36:26,410 But I'm just worried 614 00:36:26,410 --> 00:36:27,790 - this thing's gonna wanna try and roll here. - Me too. 615 00:36:27,790 --> 00:36:30,060 - So, um... - Yeah. 616 00:36:30,060 --> 00:36:32,370 We got the other trucks running, bringing material up. 617 00:36:32,370 --> 00:36:33,580 I'll have 'em dump some right here 618 00:36:33,580 --> 00:36:35,790 and I'll try and push a little off this side 619 00:36:35,790 --> 00:36:37,200 so we got a little bit more here 620 00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:39,820 - to try and help hold the bank up. - Yeah. Sounds good. 621 00:36:44,340 --> 00:36:47,990 He's gonna put some material on this outside edge here, 622 00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:48,890 beside the tires, 623 00:36:48,890 --> 00:36:50,890 so then it's less chance of sloughing. 624 00:36:52,340 --> 00:36:53,480 Yeah, Luke, you're looking good. 625 00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:54,340 Just straight on back there, 626 00:36:54,340 --> 00:36:55,550 right in the center of the road. 627 00:37:00,100 --> 00:37:01,890 You know, these kind of things are gonna happen, 628 00:37:01,890 --> 00:37:04,130 especially when you got new drivers. 629 00:37:04,130 --> 00:37:05,580 Uh, you gotta be very careful 630 00:37:05,580 --> 00:37:08,620 when you're up here, you know, on something like this. 631 00:37:12,100 --> 00:37:13,240 No, not you. 632 00:37:15,790 --> 00:37:17,310 Back up, back up. 633 00:37:18,340 --> 00:37:19,410 Come on, baby. 634 00:37:20,170 --> 00:37:22,100 Holy [bleep], that was close. 635 00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:23,720 Easy. 636 00:37:25,130 --> 00:37:26,610 As soon as I get over there, 637 00:37:26,620 --> 00:37:30,790 you definitely tell, this dozer wants to do the exact same thing, 638 00:37:30,790 --> 00:37:32,620 going off that edge there. 639 00:37:34,170 --> 00:37:36,060 This is not a good first impression. 640 00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:39,000 Look at the mess I caused. 641 00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:47,270 All righty. 642 00:37:51,960 --> 00:37:54,100 All right, man. Let's give that a try. 643 00:37:54,100 --> 00:37:55,750 Beautiful work. 644 00:37:55,750 --> 00:37:57,030 Sorry that it had to be done. 645 00:37:57,030 --> 00:37:58,580 Oh, no worries. 646 00:38:07,030 --> 00:38:08,960 You know, when you're out here doing a job like this, 647 00:38:08,960 --> 00:38:10,650 there's a lot of things where, you know, 648 00:38:10,650 --> 00:38:11,820 stuff could go wrong. 649 00:38:11,820 --> 00:38:13,860 The last thing you wanna see is somebody get hurt. 650 00:38:13,860 --> 00:38:14,990 You did the best thing, 651 00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:17,130 which is stop, ask for some help. 652 00:38:17,130 --> 00:38:18,440 We were able to grab the ten, 653 00:38:18,440 --> 00:38:21,030 we just carried a little bit of material around the truck, 654 00:38:21,030 --> 00:38:23,580 and as you can see, he was able to back right up. 655 00:38:25,240 --> 00:38:26,580 - Thank you so much, Mitch. - Yeah. 656 00:38:26,580 --> 00:38:27,480 Hey, no worries. 657 00:38:27,480 --> 00:38:28,790 - Nice job, man. - Handshake? 658 00:38:28,790 --> 00:38:29,990 Oh, sure, here we go. 659 00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:31,580 - Can I give you a hug too? - Sure. 660 00:38:31,580 --> 00:38:34,030 - I'm not a hugger. No hugging. - No hug? [chuckles] Okay. 661 00:38:34,030 --> 00:38:36,030 - Well, let's get back to moving some dirt. - Yeah. 662 00:38:36,030 --> 00:38:37,370 - Thank you. - Yeah. 663 00:38:45,270 --> 00:38:48,550 The last cleanup from Rally Valley was phenomenal. 664 00:38:48,550 --> 00:38:51,000 Like, best I've ever done I think. 665 00:38:51,680 --> 00:38:54,270 At Rick's gold room, 666 00:38:54,270 --> 00:38:56,370 Heather Folston cleans the gold 667 00:38:56,370 --> 00:38:59,000 from Rally Valley's final cleanup. 668 00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:04,510 So, so far, yeah, this cleanup is looking still good. 669 00:39:06,270 --> 00:39:08,790 Yeah, I don't wanna make guesses on what this will be yet, 670 00:39:08,790 --> 00:39:11,620 because I don't wanna jinx it in any way. 671 00:39:12,370 --> 00:39:14,480 But if this could be another record setter, 672 00:39:14,480 --> 00:39:17,960 it would they help us a lot with getting to that goal. 673 00:39:17,960 --> 00:39:19,930 I have faith. Let's go, little flakes. 674 00:39:29,240 --> 00:39:30,860 - Hey, guys. - Hola. 675 00:39:30,860 --> 00:39:32,100 How are you guys? 676 00:39:32,100 --> 00:39:33,510 Oh, busy. 677 00:39:34,170 --> 00:39:36,480 Always. 678 00:39:40,510 --> 00:39:43,680 After struggling to fire up the trommel, 679 00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:47,270 the Beets' family have three wash plants running 680 00:39:47,270 --> 00:39:49,960 for the first time this season. 681 00:39:49,960 --> 00:39:54,790 Mike's run Paradise Hills' super pit pay for three days. 682 00:39:54,790 --> 00:39:56,890 It's nice to finally have that trommel working. 683 00:39:56,890 --> 00:39:59,510 So, once I got the pump fixed, it, it was going good. 684 00:39:59,510 --> 00:40:01,680 It's-- I, I haven't had any issues since. 685 00:40:01,680 --> 00:40:03,030 I'm sluicing every day. 686 00:40:03,030 --> 00:40:05,860 Uh, I'm finally getting through all that pay dirt. 687 00:40:05,860 --> 00:40:07,200 I guess, it's been a fight to get her going, 688 00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:08,550 but she's going. 689 00:40:08,550 --> 00:40:09,750 We should do the Hill first? 690 00:40:13,130 --> 00:40:16,240 To hit Tony's 5000-ounce goal, 691 00:40:16,240 --> 00:40:19,990 they need to mine 230 ounces a week. 692 00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:22,200 Seventy, 75, 80. 693 00:40:24,860 --> 00:40:26,510 85.7. 694 00:40:26,510 --> 00:40:28,340 Not too bad, Michael. 695 00:40:28,340 --> 00:40:31,960 Three ounces an hour give or take? 696 00:40:34,790 --> 00:40:37,960 - Yeah. - So, sir, ma'am. 697 00:40:37,960 --> 00:40:39,410 - Sluice-a-lot. - Sluice-a-lot. 698 00:40:45,340 --> 00:40:52,510 One, two, five, six, 10, 15, 20, 30. 699 00:40:52,510 --> 00:40:54,720 That it? 700 00:40:58,170 --> 00:41:01,620 Fifty, 60, 80, 90, 100, 701 00:41:02,680 --> 00:41:05,200 fifteen hundred, 1600, 1700, 1800, 2000. 702 00:41:06,720 --> 00:41:08,000 Two hundred thirty. 703 00:41:08,650 --> 00:41:11,510 236.05. 704 00:41:14,310 --> 00:41:16,170 - Yeah. - So, we'll do screen deck. 705 00:41:18,650 --> 00:41:20,340 All right. 706 00:41:20,340 --> 00:41:22,720 There, you got 10, you got 30, 50, 707 00:41:22,720 --> 00:41:25,340 eighty, 90, 100, 708 00:41:25,340 --> 00:41:30,720 hundred and twenty, 140, 150, 180. 709 00:41:30,720 --> 00:41:33,170 Are you gonna make the two, 200? 710 00:41:34,890 --> 00:41:36,820 202.1. 711 00:41:37,550 --> 00:41:39,990 Tony's three wash plant blitz 712 00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:44,550 has brought in 523.85 ounces 713 00:41:44,550 --> 00:41:48,100 worth $1.3 million, 714 00:41:48,100 --> 00:41:49,990 a record this season. 715 00:41:52,790 --> 00:41:54,860 He says he's gonna take it, but he's not getting it. 716 00:42:05,890 --> 00:42:07,610 - What's happening? - Hey, hey. 717 00:42:07,620 --> 00:42:12,550 Parker is chasing a record breaking 10,000 ounce season, 718 00:42:12,550 --> 00:42:18,130 but so far, only has 576 ounces. 719 00:42:18,130 --> 00:42:20,130 I hear you had an exciting week. 720 00:42:20,130 --> 00:42:21,300 It's always exciting. 721 00:42:21,310 --> 00:42:23,680 But yeah, this time a little bit more than normal. 722 00:42:23,680 --> 00:42:24,720 Yeah. 723 00:42:24,720 --> 00:42:26,610 It's just one thing after the next. 724 00:42:26,620 --> 00:42:29,270 The Long Cut is not giving up the gold very easily. 725 00:42:29,270 --> 00:42:31,550 Well, at least Big Red did some sluicing this week. 726 00:42:31,550 --> 00:42:33,960 Yeah, man, yeah, it seems to be chugging along good. 727 00:42:33,960 --> 00:42:35,370 It's a nice setup up there. 728 00:42:35,370 --> 00:42:36,580 Big Red 729 00:42:36,580 --> 00:42:39,890 has been sluicing top gravels in the Bridge Cut. 730 00:42:39,890 --> 00:42:43,370 Last week, it produced just 30 ounces. 731 00:42:43,620 --> 00:42:44,620 Let's see it. 732 00:42:46,170 --> 00:42:48,000 - You ready? - Here we go. 733 00:42:48,170 --> 00:42:49,270 Big Red. 734 00:42:50,200 --> 00:42:56,000 Two, 30, 40. 735 00:42:56,510 --> 00:43:01,890 Forty five, 50, 55.8 736 00:43:01,890 --> 00:43:04,130 , that's way better than I thought it would be. 737 00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:07,650 Almost $140,000. 738 00:43:09,270 --> 00:43:11,270 This season, Big Red is, like, 739 00:43:11,270 --> 00:43:14,890 on some sort of weird exercise program 740 00:43:14,890 --> 00:43:19,240 of just not finding any gold, just working out a lot. 741 00:43:19,240 --> 00:43:21,440 Yeah. Yeah. 742 00:43:21,440 --> 00:43:23,300 Let's see if this would work on 30-ounce scale. 743 00:43:23,310 --> 00:43:24,680 - Are you ready, Mitch? - Let's do it. 744 00:43:24,680 --> 00:43:25,890 Roxanne. 745 00:43:25,890 --> 00:43:27,300 - You ready? - Yeah, it was a tough week, 746 00:43:27,310 --> 00:43:28,790 but she made some gold looks like. 747 00:43:29,890 --> 00:43:35,100 All right, 20, 40, 50, 80, 90. 748 00:43:35,100 --> 00:43:41,580 Gonna break 100, 130, 145, 150, 170. 749 00:43:43,030 --> 00:43:45,680 171.95. 750 00:43:45,680 --> 00:43:50,650 Worth just under $430,000. 751 00:43:50,650 --> 00:43:55,300 For the week, you guys, we wound up with 227 and three-quarter ounces. 752 00:43:55,310 --> 00:44:00,060 And it brings a season total of, uh, 804.25. 753 00:44:00,060 --> 00:44:02,370 Only $9200, that's a short. 754 00:44:02,370 --> 00:44:03,410 All right. 755 00:44:03,410 --> 00:44:05,580 The way the numbers have been going, 756 00:44:05,580 --> 00:44:07,890 fire up three plants, four plants, I don't care. 757 00:44:07,890 --> 00:44:11,170 - We need to get some gold rolling through here. - Yeah. 758 00:44:11,170 --> 00:44:13,890 Eventually, Big Red will get down there to some good dirt 759 00:44:13,890 --> 00:44:17,860 and Roxanne's gonna keep chowing through the material at the Long Cut 760 00:44:17,860 --> 00:44:19,270 as long as it thaws out. 761 00:44:19,270 --> 00:44:21,990 Just keep washing dirt and rock. We'll, we'll get it. 762 00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:23,890 - All right. Thanks, Chris. - All righty. 763 00:44:24,340 --> 00:44:25,550 - See you, Doumitt. - Yep. 764 00:44:25,550 --> 00:44:27,310 - You all good? - All good. 765 00:44:29,100 --> 00:44:30,750 We've gotta get these numbers up. 766 00:44:30,960 --> 00:44:32,650 They just... 767 00:44:32,650 --> 00:44:35,340 Every week, we're falling further and further behind 768 00:44:36,240 --> 00:44:38,720 and something's gotta give. 769 00:44:41,890 --> 00:44:46,370 We just got on this ground last year. 770 00:44:46,680 --> 00:44:49,170 And that scares me. 771 00:44:49,170 --> 00:44:51,890 It's like, you know, we don't know it at all, 772 00:44:51,890 --> 00:44:55,270 and it's very tough to make good decisions. 773 00:44:55,270 --> 00:45:00,410 Any company that makes a big pivot or change, 774 00:45:00,410 --> 00:45:02,550 you know, a lot of them don't survive that. 775 00:45:13,200 --> 00:45:14,060 Danny! 776 00:45:14,060 --> 00:45:15,580 - Danny. - What's up, guys? 777 00:45:16,340 --> 00:45:17,790 - Hey, we got beer for me? - Yeah. 778 00:45:17,790 --> 00:45:21,750 Rick's crew gathered to weigh the last ever gold 779 00:45:21,750 --> 00:45:23,130 from Rally Valley. 780 00:45:23,130 --> 00:45:24,750 It's been three years in the making, 781 00:45:25,790 --> 00:45:29,550 and we've had two amazing clean ups out of it this year. 782 00:45:29,550 --> 00:45:31,680 Over three seasons mining, 783 00:45:31,680 --> 00:45:33,130 Rally Valley has delivered 784 00:45:33,130 --> 00:45:36,890 more than $4.5 million worth of gold. 785 00:45:37,510 --> 00:45:38,650 Ryan, you gonna help me count? 786 00:45:38,650 --> 00:45:39,750 Yeah. 787 00:45:41,200 --> 00:45:42,270 We'll start with what we know. 788 00:45:42,270 --> 00:45:44,130 - Okay? - We got 100 ounces right here. 789 00:45:46,000 --> 00:45:48,790 Um, we got another 200 ounces right here. 790 00:45:50,410 --> 00:45:52,340 So, that's 300 to start with. 791 00:45:52,340 --> 00:45:53,820 Well, that's, that's a good start. 792 00:45:53,820 --> 00:45:55,240 That's a good start. 793 00:45:55,240 --> 00:45:56,890 And then we've got whatever's in this guy. 794 00:45:58,200 --> 00:46:01,610 A record of all time is 350 ounces. 795 00:46:01,620 --> 00:46:02,990 I hope there's more. You ready? 796 00:46:03,000 --> 00:46:04,650 - Yep. - Let's do this. 797 00:46:08,650 --> 00:46:13,650 Two, four, five, eight, nine, 10, 12, 15, 25, 30, 798 00:46:13,650 --> 00:46:17,580 forty, 50, 60, 70, 799 00:46:17,960 --> 00:46:20,890 eighty, 90. 800 00:46:22,860 --> 00:46:25,820 92.13. 801 00:46:26,030 --> 00:46:28,170 392.13. 802 00:46:28,170 --> 00:46:29,890 - Whoo! Nice. - Oh, [bleep], yeah. 803 00:46:32,510 --> 00:46:35,370 You know what's funny though, is that, that's not even it. 804 00:46:35,370 --> 00:46:37,130 - What do you mean? - But wait, there's more... 805 00:46:37,130 --> 00:46:38,720 You guys could all just come up here and take a look at this. 806 00:46:43,030 --> 00:46:46,130 You ready for this? Check this out. 807 00:46:48,820 --> 00:46:52,030 , that's another 40.04. 808 00:46:52,030 --> 00:46:54,200 432.17 ounces. 809 00:46:55,000 --> 00:46:56,240 Geez Louise, man. 810 00:46:56,240 --> 00:46:59,410 Worth just over $1 million, 811 00:46:59,410 --> 00:47:02,170 Rick's biggest ever gold weigh, 812 00:47:02,170 --> 00:47:06,200 making his grand total out of Rally Valley this season 813 00:47:06,200 --> 00:47:10,200 929.75 ounces, 814 00:47:10,200 --> 00:47:13,990 over $2.3 million. 815 00:47:14,000 --> 00:47:16,240 That, that's the highlight for me of 13 years of mining. 816 00:47:16,240 --> 00:47:19,890 And the fact that we did it with just [bleep] seven of us, 817 00:47:19,890 --> 00:47:22,270 like, it's, that's honest to God, like, 818 00:47:22,270 --> 00:47:23,410 I can't thank you guys enough. 819 00:47:23,410 --> 00:47:25,440 Like, this, this is the reason we come up here. 820 00:47:25,440 --> 00:47:26,750 And when we put up numbers like this, 821 00:47:26,750 --> 00:47:29,370 - we all go home real [bleep] happy. - Yeah. 822 00:47:29,370 --> 00:47:30,960 I feel very thankful for you guys. 823 00:47:30,960 --> 00:47:33,550 The last two years have really been a game changer for me. 824 00:47:33,550 --> 00:47:35,130 You know, um, 825 00:47:35,130 --> 00:47:37,240 three years ago, I might as well have been out of this [bleep] business. 826 00:47:37,240 --> 00:47:38,370 I really was. 827 00:47:39,000 --> 00:47:40,300 And, um, to come back 828 00:47:40,310 --> 00:47:43,480 and to come back with the right people has been important. 829 00:47:43,480 --> 00:47:45,890 - Oh, we love you too. - Thanks, man, we love you too. 830 00:47:45,890 --> 00:47:47,960 After seeing what Rally Valley had to offer, 831 00:47:47,960 --> 00:47:49,510 I mean, you can see it, it's right there in the pan. 832 00:47:49,510 --> 00:47:51,100 There ain't no lying about that. 833 00:47:51,100 --> 00:47:54,680 And knowing that that channel goes on for, you know, 834 00:47:54,680 --> 00:47:57,100 miles on this ground, I think that's our future. 835 00:47:58,240 --> 00:48:00,960 If we have a future here water license wise, 836 00:48:00,960 --> 00:48:02,580 And we're gonna face some [bleep] perils. 837 00:48:02,580 --> 00:48:03,820 I mean, I'm telling you right now. 838 00:48:03,820 --> 00:48:05,610 But as long as we're willing to go after it 839 00:48:05,620 --> 00:48:07,270 and you got it, it's there. 839 00:48:08,305 --> 00:49:08,914 Do you want subtitles for any video? -=[ ai.OpenSubtitles.com ]=-