"Gold Rush" Three Plant Blitz

1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,074 Do you want subtitles for any video? -=[ ai.OpenSubtitles.com ]=- 2 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:33,560 [Kevin] We're about a month behind where we'd wanted to be. 3 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:35,360 We thought we'd already be sluicing by now, 4 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:37,860 but delays, delays, breakdowns, breakdowns. 5 00:00:37,860 --> 00:00:41,130 So the faster we can get this pay out, 6 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:43,030 the faster we can set the plant up and get running. 7 00:00:46,260 --> 00:00:49,260 [narrator] First-year mine boss Kevin Beets 8 00:00:49,260 --> 00:00:51,800 is falling way behind schedule. 9 00:00:54,500 --> 00:00:57,030 Nine weeks into his first season, 10 00:00:57,100 --> 00:01:00,060 he hasn't mined an ounce of gold. 11 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:05,030 But that is about to change. 12 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:10,030 [Kevin] The crew down in the cut has hit pay finally, 13 00:01:10,100 --> 00:01:11,930 so that's a big [bleep] plus. 14 00:01:12,460 --> 00:01:13,860 But [bleep] is frozen, 15 00:01:13,860 --> 00:01:17,460 so all the pay has gotta come out to get that. 16 00:01:17,460 --> 00:01:18,460 By the time it's all out, though, 17 00:01:18,460 --> 00:01:19,930 he's gonna have a [bleep] mountain. 18 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:23,860 [narrator] Eager to get gold coming in, 19 00:01:23,860 --> 00:01:26,560 Kevin wants to dig out all the frozen pay 20 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:31,530 from 3 acres of the Lynx Cut by the end of the week, stockpile it, 21 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:34,600 then let the sun thaw it before sluicing. 22 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:38,430 There's just one problem. 23 00:01:38,500 --> 00:01:41,260 To dig out the frozen pay quickly 24 00:01:41,260 --> 00:01:44,200 requires a big dozer to rip the ground. 25 00:01:45,260 --> 00:01:49,090 And Kevin's D10 is still out of action 26 00:01:49,100 --> 00:01:52,200 after blowing its transmission a month ago. 27 00:01:53,460 --> 00:01:57,400 [bleep] breakdowns kill us every single [bleep] time. 28 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:00,630 And it's very frustrating. 29 00:02:01,460 --> 00:02:02,530 'Cause I don't know the-- 30 00:02:02,530 --> 00:02:03,690 [voice on radio] I'm gonna push out, you guys, 31 00:02:03,700 --> 00:02:06,760 and you guys can head back to the back. Uh... 32 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:08,100 For [bleep] sakes. 33 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:12,930 [narrator] With no dozer, Foreman Brennan Ruault 34 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:15,090 is forced to break up the frozen pay 35 00:02:15,100 --> 00:02:20,130 with an excavator's smaller, less powerful ripper blade. 36 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:22,830 [Brennan] It just balls to the wall the whole time here 37 00:02:22,900 --> 00:02:25,700 because we're already a month behind on everything. 38 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:30,530 Definitely not been a smooth spring, 39 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:31,700 that's for sure. 40 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:34,730 [narrator] Operator Matt Kiefer 41 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:39,560 loads the ripped pay dirt into rock trucks to haul to the stockpile, 42 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:41,760 but progress is slow. 43 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:43,130 [Matt] I mean, 44 00:02:43,130 --> 00:02:47,090 the original plan was to have the cut completely stripped by now, 45 00:02:47,100 --> 00:02:50,800 so I'm definitely a little stressed about it. 46 00:02:54,700 --> 00:02:57,460 [Brennan] We're doing as much as we can, 47 00:02:57,460 --> 00:02:59,060 but it's just... Making deadlines is tough 48 00:02:59,060 --> 00:03:01,090 with a small crew and old equipment. 49 00:03:01,100 --> 00:03:02,990 -And-- -[voice speaking over radio] 50 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:06,260 [bleep] off, you [bleep]. 51 00:03:06,260 --> 00:03:08,860 If someone comes on the radio again, I'm done for the [bleep] day. 52 00:03:08,860 --> 00:03:10,230 I swear to [bleep]. 53 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:13,730 There's definitely a lot on my shoulders right now. 54 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:16,330 There's all these million things to think about, you know, 55 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:18,990 and that's where I put a lot of pressure on myself. 56 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:20,930 -There's all that huge-- -[voice speaking over radio] 57 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:24,400 How the [bleep] off you [bleep]. 58 00:03:26,260 --> 00:03:29,130 [bleep] 59 00:03:29,660 --> 00:03:31,000 You wanna get that radio? 60 00:03:31,500 --> 00:03:32,690 Brennan's a little stressed. 61 00:03:32,700 --> 00:03:36,230 He really wants us to hit our target and our gold total. 62 00:03:36,300 --> 00:03:39,800 We spent over a million bucks, so we're starting to feel the pressure. 63 00:03:43,460 --> 00:03:45,500 Kevin, do you copy? Kevin? 64 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:49,260 Go for Kevin. 65 00:03:49,260 --> 00:03:51,460 Hey, Tony and Minnie are here. 66 00:03:51,460 --> 00:03:52,930 [Kevin] I will be right there. 67 00:03:53,860 --> 00:03:55,930 Tony and Minnie have arrived. 68 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:57,800 I don't even wanna imagine what they want. 69 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:04,060 [narrator] Kevin leases the ground on Scribner Creek from Dad, Tony, 70 00:04:04,060 --> 00:04:08,090 owing Tony 10% of all the gold he mines, 71 00:04:08,100 --> 00:04:11,000 and he's late with his first payment. 72 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:13,600 [Tony speaking] 73 00:04:30,460 --> 00:04:33,000 [Minnie] We were just kind of figuring how you guys were doing. 74 00:04:33,460 --> 00:04:34,530 [Kevin] Yeah, been better. 75 00:04:34,530 --> 00:04:37,360 [Faith] We're spending a lot of money day and day. 76 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:40,360 Our piggy bank is dwindling, so to speak. 77 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:42,900 [Kevin] Hopefully we get some gold coming in pretty quick. 78 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:51,090 [Kevin] Still got some permafrost. 79 00:04:51,100 --> 00:04:55,930 With the D10 down, we're really in desperate need of a dozer, 80 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:58,230 something we can rip with. 81 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:07,030 I think so, if you don't mind, yeah. 82 00:05:07,100 --> 00:05:09,300 [Tony speaking] 83 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:14,230 [Kevin] Very much so. 84 00:05:20,860 --> 00:05:21,860 [Kevin] Yeah, so... 85 00:05:25,660 --> 00:05:27,730 [Kevin] We really need to get [bleep] sluicing. 86 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:38,900 [Minnie] You're gonna give him the 11? 87 00:05:39,500 --> 00:05:42,530 [Tony speaking] 88 00:05:44,460 --> 00:05:49,460 [narrator] Tony's $4 million, 115-ton D11 89 00:05:49,460 --> 00:05:53,360 is one of the biggest, most powerful dozers in the Klondike, 90 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:57,830 and will supercharge Kevin's battle to stockpile pay dirt. 91 00:05:59,460 --> 00:06:01,660 But you have to make sure it's only Brennan on it 92 00:06:01,660 --> 00:06:04,830 because I don't want anyone else on it. 93 00:06:04,900 --> 00:06:06,060 [Faith] No, it's only him. 94 00:06:06,660 --> 00:06:09,400 [Kevin] Really appreciate it, thank you. 95 00:06:13,660 --> 00:06:15,600 -Yeah. -Never-ending. 96 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:18,860 [Tony speaking] 97 00:06:18,860 --> 00:06:21,500 -[Minnie] All right, we'll see you guys. -[Faith] Okay. 98 00:06:23,660 --> 00:06:24,660 That went pretty good. 99 00:06:24,660 --> 00:06:26,760 Yeah, that was a very nice visit. 100 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:29,360 [Kevin] I'm really happy that Tony is lending us the D11. 101 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:31,960 That is gonna make such a world of difference for us. 102 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:33,600 Oh, yeah, that's nice. 103 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:38,460 We hope so. 104 00:06:38,460 --> 00:06:40,130 -[Tony speaking] -Yeah. 105 00:06:40,860 --> 00:06:42,700 I'll polish the scales. 106 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:51,300 No, I wouldn't do that to my own kid. 107 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:53,160 No, I wouldn't. 108 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:55,700 Well, that's why I'm in charge of that part. 109 00:07:05,900 --> 00:07:08,500 [Brennan] Whoo! 110 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:11,800 Oh, this thing is sick. 111 00:07:12,500 --> 00:07:14,460 Yeah, what a game changer. 112 00:07:14,460 --> 00:07:17,600 [Brennan] Time to destroy some ground around here. 113 00:07:18,100 --> 00:07:19,600 [Brennan laughs] 114 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:27,030 You compensating for something with that thing? 115 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:33,160 Well, guys, with this dozer here, 116 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:34,760 I think we'll get this cut opened up, 117 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:37,230 so this is a huge win. 118 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:51,600 [Tony speaking] 119 00:07:57,700 --> 00:07:59,860 [narrator] Unlike his son, Kevin, 120 00:07:59,860 --> 00:08:03,530 Tony Beets is ahead of schedule. 121 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:06,460 At Paradise Hill, his youngest son, Mike, 122 00:08:06,460 --> 00:08:08,900 has finally fired up the trommel. 123 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:14,060 And on Indian River, Tony's nephew, Cousin Mike, 124 00:08:14,060 --> 00:08:19,130 is sluicing with the Shaker Deck and Sluice-A-Lot. 125 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:24,260 Together, they've banked 2,131 ounces, 126 00:08:24,260 --> 00:08:26,800 but Tony is hungry for more. 127 00:08:27,460 --> 00:08:30,500 [Tony speaking] 128 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:40,560 [narrator] To haul in 369 ounces by the end of the week 129 00:08:40,560 --> 00:08:44,360 and hit half his 5,000-ounce season goal, 130 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:47,630 Tony needs both Mikes on their A game. 131 00:08:51,900 --> 00:08:54,600 [Tony speaking] 132 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:19,090 [Michael] Running two plants, it comes with two times the trouble, 133 00:09:19,100 --> 00:09:22,030 but I see it as a challenge 134 00:09:22,100 --> 00:09:26,330 so I could see myself being a miner like Tony. 135 00:09:27,560 --> 00:09:30,600 I work good under pressure. 136 00:09:41,560 --> 00:09:43,090 [Jacob] I'm hoping this plant holds up. 137 00:09:43,100 --> 00:09:45,090 It's older than I am, unfortunately, 138 00:09:45,100 --> 00:09:46,900 but with that comes complications. 139 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:50,360 [narrator] Feeding the 30-year-old Shaker Deck, 140 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:53,300 new loader operator Jacob Moore. 141 00:09:55,100 --> 00:09:56,560 [Jacob] It's been a little frustrating, 142 00:09:56,560 --> 00:09:58,500 and the plant keeps having issues. 143 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:03,300 We're getting some rock drilled up on the grizzlies now. 144 00:10:04,460 --> 00:10:05,600 You got a copy? 145 00:10:06,560 --> 00:10:07,390 [Michael] Go ahead. 146 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:08,900 [Jacob] You wanna open the grizzlies? 147 00:10:09,560 --> 00:10:11,300 Yeah, I'll open them up. 148 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:17,760 Anything happening, Jacob? 149 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:19,730 Are the grizzlies opening up? 150 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:21,330 [Jacob] Not that I reckon. 151 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:22,300 [Michael] Oh, [bleep]. 152 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:25,430 Hydraulics aren't working. 153 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:27,800 Pump is [bleep]. 154 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:31,130 [Michael] Hey, Jacob. I'm gonna shut it down. 155 00:10:36,300 --> 00:10:38,030 We don't have time for that [bleep]. 156 00:10:41,300 --> 00:10:43,930 So, yeah, we're gonna have to order a new pump. 157 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:45,630 That will probably take a couple of weeks. 158 00:10:45,700 --> 00:10:49,730 We can't wait for that, so we'll take that thing out of the way 159 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:52,030 and feed directly onto the conveyor belt. 160 00:10:53,500 --> 00:10:54,660 It's not ideal, 161 00:10:54,660 --> 00:10:57,160 you risk putting in big rocks that can jam [bleep] up, 162 00:10:57,160 --> 00:11:00,630 but we can't wait for parts and all that bull [bleep]. 163 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:05,130 [narrator] The Shaker Deck has two conveyor belts. 164 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:08,760 The first has grizzly bars that stop large rocks 165 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:11,860 entering the wash plant and causing damage. 166 00:11:11,860 --> 00:11:17,560 But the hydraulic pump that lifts these bars to clear the rocks has failed, 167 00:11:17,560 --> 00:11:19,560 shutting the plant down. 168 00:11:19,560 --> 00:11:24,830 To get it running again, Mike will raise the grizzlies' conveyor out of the way 169 00:11:24,900 --> 00:11:28,090 and use an excavator to feed rocky pay 170 00:11:28,100 --> 00:11:31,300 directly onto the wash plant's second conveyor. 171 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:35,860 [Michael] It's a bit of a high risk, high reward plan. 172 00:11:35,860 --> 00:11:38,360 It has been sitting here for long enough now, 173 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:41,800 may as well get it going any way we can. 174 00:11:42,460 --> 00:11:44,060 I'm gonna lift it as high as I can 175 00:11:44,060 --> 00:11:47,700 and out of the way of the excavator. 176 00:11:48,460 --> 00:11:49,600 There we go. 177 00:11:56,560 --> 00:11:58,230 [plant starting] 178 00:12:06,560 --> 00:12:10,160 So firing this plant up, see what she does with this setup. 179 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:13,160 Hopefully, it's good because it's a simple way, 180 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:15,930 and, yeah, at least we're running. 181 00:12:17,100 --> 00:12:19,430 [Ruby] There's multiple things that I have to watch for. 182 00:12:19,500 --> 00:12:21,560 Honestly, I have all these windows 183 00:12:21,560 --> 00:12:23,430 and doors open right now 184 00:12:23,500 --> 00:12:24,360 because I really need 185 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:26,360 to be able to hear everything. 186 00:12:26,360 --> 00:12:30,430 [narrator] To carefully feed the pay dirt directly onto the conveyor, 187 00:12:30,500 --> 00:12:34,200 Cousin Mike's called in veteran operator Ruby Mahoney. 188 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:37,360 [Ruby] So we are taking a huge risk right now, 189 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:40,330 just bare feeding it on to the belt. 190 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:44,160 We're in the Indian River, the bedrock and the rocks are really thin, 191 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:46,130 but they're really big and really sharp, 192 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:48,930 and they're just belt eaters, man. 193 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:54,090 [Tony speaking] 194 00:12:54,100 --> 00:12:56,460 The hydraulic pump is [bleep]. 195 00:12:56,460 --> 00:12:57,930 We're feeding with an excavator 196 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:00,230 directly onto the conveyor belt. 197 00:13:01,100 --> 00:13:02,330 [Tony speaking] 198 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:17,630 -[Ruby] Oh, no. -[Michael] It's in the belt... 199 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:22,300 The belt, the belt. 200 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:24,300 [Tony speaking] 201 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:29,500 Now we might be [bleep]. 202 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:43,260 [Tony speaking] 203 00:13:43,260 --> 00:13:47,430 [narrator] At Indian River, the Beets' Shaker Deck is shut down 204 00:13:47,500 --> 00:13:52,700 after Cousin Mike's plan to feed the conveyor directly backfired. 205 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:58,130 [Michael] Because we don't use the feeder right now, 206 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:00,730 rocks fall off to the side onto the bottom 207 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:02,560 and then jam back in there. 208 00:14:02,560 --> 00:14:05,660 [narrator] The jam has ripped the conveyor's belt, 209 00:14:05,660 --> 00:14:07,460 putting the shaker out of action 210 00:14:07,460 --> 00:14:11,500 until the grizzly bars and the belt can be repaired. 211 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:15,760 [Tony speaking] 212 00:14:15,760 --> 00:14:17,900 [Michael] No, it's pretty [bleep] now. 213 00:14:18,560 --> 00:14:22,400 [Tony speaking] 214 00:14:41,860 --> 00:14:46,230 [Parker] We're behind on a lot of fronts, 215 00:14:46,300 --> 00:14:51,630 both just ground on pay and gold in the box. 216 00:14:51,700 --> 00:14:55,330 I have no interest in running out of money or anything like that, 217 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:59,100 and so we need to get more gold coming in. 218 00:15:01,460 --> 00:15:05,530 [narrator] 29-year-old Parker Schnabel is struggling. 219 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:08,560 Nine weeks into the season, 220 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:13,260 Parker has spent $2.5 million chasing Dominion Creek gold, 221 00:15:13,260 --> 00:15:18,600 but so far, he's only brought in just over a million dollars' worth. 222 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:21,230 [Parker] Roxanne's been on ground that's not that good 223 00:15:21,300 --> 00:15:22,490 in the Long Cut. 224 00:15:22,500 --> 00:15:25,800 Big Red's been just running top gravel in the Bridge Cut. 225 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:28,990 But Damien's got in the Indian River, 226 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:30,860 down at Ken and Stuart's, very close, 227 00:15:30,860 --> 00:15:32,990 and he's just about ready to sluice now, 228 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:38,960 so we need to get Bob down there and fired up. 229 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:42,900 It should be around 900 ounces in three weeks. 230 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:49,330 [narrator] To dig himself out of his Dominion Creek hole, 231 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:53,230 Parker's going to do something he's never done before: 232 00:15:53,300 --> 00:15:57,660 Run three wash plants simultaneously. 233 00:15:57,660 --> 00:16:01,230 He's sending a third wash plant and additional crew 234 00:16:01,300 --> 00:16:05,660 to raid the piggy bank at Ken and Stuart's on Indian River, 235 00:16:05,660 --> 00:16:10,500 hoping to score $2.5 million in just three weeks. 236 00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:15,160 [Mitch] So, you know, when we have three wash plants running, 237 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:17,260 that's what it's gonna be all about. 238 00:16:17,260 --> 00:16:18,460 You got all that 239 00:16:18,460 --> 00:16:20,260 gold weigh at the end of the week 240 00:16:20,260 --> 00:16:22,860 and we should have, you know, a good result 241 00:16:22,860 --> 00:16:24,160 from each one of those wash plants. 242 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:26,660 It's gonna be a hell of a lot of gold. 243 00:16:26,660 --> 00:16:30,260 It's gonna put a lot of stress on everybody, 244 00:16:30,260 --> 00:16:34,860 but it's the only hope I see for getting anywhere close to 10,000 ounces this season, 245 00:16:34,860 --> 00:16:36,130 that's for damn sure. 246 00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:38,660 [narrator] At Dominion Creek, 247 00:16:38,660 --> 00:16:41,560 Parker already has wash plant Roxanne 248 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:43,900 running pay dirt from the Long Cut. 249 00:16:44,460 --> 00:16:46,260 A mile and a half away, 250 00:16:46,260 --> 00:16:51,160 Big Red is churning through the top gravels in the Bridge Cut. 251 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:57,830 Now Parker plans to fire up the 45-ton shaker deck called Bob. 252 00:16:57,900 --> 00:17:01,960 From his Dominion Yard, his crew will haul it 12 miles 253 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:04,760 down narrow, winding dirt tracks 254 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:07,260 through a 25-foot-wide creek, 255 00:17:07,260 --> 00:17:12,330 to its new home, at Damien's Cut on Ken and Stuart's ground. 256 00:17:20,260 --> 00:17:22,730 -[Tyson] Hey, Tup! -Yo! 257 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:24,460 So today we're gonna move Bob down to Ken's. 258 00:17:24,460 --> 00:17:25,660 There's a lot of moving pieces, 259 00:17:25,660 --> 00:17:27,360 a lot of parts, a lot can go wrong. 260 00:17:27,360 --> 00:17:31,160 Let's just get the heart of the beast loaded up and get her chained down. 261 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:32,430 Copy that. 262 00:17:33,700 --> 00:17:36,030 [narrator] To help transport Bob, 263 00:17:36,100 --> 00:17:40,630 Tyson Lee has brought in his mentor and haulage expert, Mike Tupper... 264 00:17:40,700 --> 00:17:42,630 Yeah, let her rip, Tys. 265 00:17:42,700 --> 00:17:46,560 [narrator] ...who's previously trucked a similar plant to Ken and Stuart's. 266 00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:48,500 [Tupper] Up a bit, Tys. 267 00:17:51,360 --> 00:17:53,460 Hopefully, it doesn't fall off. 268 00:17:53,460 --> 00:17:56,330 If it falls off, we've got problems. 269 00:17:57,560 --> 00:17:58,600 Lift. 270 00:17:59,360 --> 00:18:01,330 Come in a bit and lift. 271 00:18:03,100 --> 00:18:04,660 Done. 272 00:18:04,660 --> 00:18:07,400 Now for the hard part, we gotta try and spin it. 273 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:10,360 Okay, watch out, guys. 274 00:18:10,360 --> 00:18:14,300 All right, pull it. We don't have much to play with here. 275 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:22,100 Yep, stop it there. Go to the front, pull that corner, we're done. 276 00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:28,760 That's it. Disconnect. 277 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:31,360 [narrator] Tupper can now haul out... 278 00:18:31,360 --> 00:18:32,930 We're on the road. 279 00:18:34,660 --> 00:18:38,300 [narrator] ...with Tyson scouting ahead in a pilot truck. 280 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:41,830 We're ready to roll. Get in. 281 00:18:41,900 --> 00:18:43,090 Are you ready, Tup? Let's do this. 282 00:18:43,100 --> 00:18:45,100 Let's get down there in one piece. 283 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,800 Copy that. Here we go, liftoff. 284 00:19:00,300 --> 00:19:02,430 No! We're trimming trees. Oh... 285 00:19:03,660 --> 00:19:04,800 [bleep] 286 00:19:06,500 --> 00:19:07,560 Oops. 287 00:19:13,360 --> 00:19:16,200 So right now we're coming up to the creek crossing. 288 00:19:22,360 --> 00:19:24,560 That looks [bleep] deep. 289 00:19:24,560 --> 00:19:27,560 Hey, Tupper, just try and get through this. 290 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:29,960 We have no equipment around to pull us out. 291 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:32,300 If we get stuck, we're on our own. 292 00:19:33,660 --> 00:19:35,600 All righty, Tupper, here we go. 293 00:19:37,100 --> 00:19:39,730 [Tupper] These creek crossings are so unpredictable. 294 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:50,030 All righty, I'm through. You're next. 295 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:55,700 It was a little soft there and a little rough, so just slow and steady. 296 00:20:12,900 --> 00:20:14,130 [Tupper] All right. 297 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:16,730 [Tyson] Yeah! [honks horn] 298 00:20:20,500 --> 00:20:23,230 Well, here we are, Tupper. Ken and Stuart's. 299 00:20:30,900 --> 00:20:32,130 Here's Damien. 300 00:20:32,130 --> 00:20:34,560 -[Damien]' Sup, fellas! -[Tyson] We got you a wash plant. 301 00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:36,560 If you wouldn't mind rattling your excavator up there 302 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:40,160 so we can get Bob unloaded, get it put together before the day's out. 303 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:41,230 [Damien] Yeah, man. 304 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:49,330 There it goes. 305 00:20:50,100 --> 00:20:52,530 Yeah, send it! 306 00:21:06,360 --> 00:21:08,900 That looks like about as good as she's gonna get. 307 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:21,730 [Damien] Everything's looking good. 308 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:24,600 Once we hit this button, there should be nothing stopping us. 309 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:32,160 How are you feeling to start feeding, Brendan? 310 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:33,630 Yeah, absolutely. 311 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:54,260 [Damien] And it's such a nice feeling, firing it up now. 312 00:21:54,260 --> 00:21:55,630 Should it all go well, 313 00:21:55,630 --> 00:21:58,800 we shouldn't have to shut it down again until the first clean up. 314 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:03,560 [Tyson] So now that we have three wash plants going, 315 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:05,860 that means we're gonna have a fighting chance 316 00:22:05,860 --> 00:22:08,030 of getting 10,000 ounces this year. 317 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:29,330 Somebody make a deal with the devil for that thing? 318 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:32,330 Stole it from Parker when he was sleeping, actually. 319 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:34,660 [Matt] Just don't break this one, too, buddy. 320 00:22:34,660 --> 00:22:37,100 I mean, you've been hard on dozers this year. 321 00:22:38,100 --> 00:22:41,600 [narrator] Kevin Beets' crew is finally on a roll. 322 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:46,330 Tony's loaned Kevin a D11 Dozer 323 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:48,860 while he fixes their busted D10, 324 00:22:48,860 --> 00:22:55,300 turbocharging his mission to stockpile and thaw out the Lynx Cut's frozen pay. 325 00:22:56,060 --> 00:22:57,760 [Brennan] That was awesome of Tony to do, 326 00:22:57,760 --> 00:22:59,660 to help us out fixing the dozer 327 00:22:59,660 --> 00:23:03,730 and giving us one of the biggest machines we could get out here. 328 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:07,460 This bad boy came in and cleaned house immediately for us, 329 00:23:07,460 --> 00:23:11,730 so I honestly feel like we are back on track now because of the 11. 330 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:15,060 [narrator] With the clock ticking 331 00:23:15,060 --> 00:23:19,860 before the D11 needs to be returned at the end of the week, 332 00:23:19,860 --> 00:23:25,330 Brennan rips and piles pay dirt for Matt to load into trucks 333 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:28,900 operated by Chase Dreger and Hunter Canning. 334 00:23:31,700 --> 00:23:36,630 [Hunter] We're hauling pay right now, so that is lovely to be doing. 335 00:23:37,860 --> 00:23:39,990 We got a stockpile over in the corner over there 336 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:40,960 we're just hauling to. 337 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:45,000 It's pretty small, so we need to get to work. 338 00:23:56,800 --> 00:24:00,460 Hey, Chase, you might wanna check something. 339 00:24:00,460 --> 00:24:05,330 There's like a big puddle on the driver's side where you were sitting. 340 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:07,130 Okay, I'll hop out and have a look here. 341 00:24:12,260 --> 00:24:14,560 Yeah, something's definitely pissing out, that's for sure. 342 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:18,090 Shut her off and walk over and let Kevin know. 343 00:24:18,100 --> 00:24:19,600 [Chase] Yeah, copy that. 344 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:25,800 [bleep] sakes. What a pile of [bleep]. 345 00:24:27,260 --> 00:24:32,430 [narrator] Kevin already has two rock trucks in for repair. 346 00:24:32,500 --> 00:24:36,100 Now he's getting down to his last working truck. 347 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:39,360 [Hunter] Having just me on the rock trucks, 348 00:24:39,360 --> 00:24:43,090 I'm having to rush around 'cause I'm the only one 349 00:24:43,100 --> 00:24:45,360 and Matt's there waiting for me 350 00:24:45,360 --> 00:24:47,100 with the bucket up in the air. 351 00:24:57,100 --> 00:24:58,730 [bleep] 352 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:00,560 [Kevin sighs] Well, that's great. 353 00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:04,360 Only having one rock truck going is almost not worth it. 354 00:25:04,360 --> 00:25:06,900 The only reason it's still going is that I hope I can get this fixed. 355 00:25:08,260 --> 00:25:09,960 I'm gonna get you to fire this up. 356 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:11,430 Okay, copy that. 357 00:25:14,360 --> 00:25:16,000 [bleep] 358 00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:20,600 Okay, shut it off. 359 00:25:22,700 --> 00:25:24,800 We have a blown hydraulic line. 360 00:25:25,500 --> 00:25:27,760 Basically, you turn the truck on, 361 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:30,230 and with the hose being broken, it goes... [mimics hose blowing up] 362 00:25:30,300 --> 00:25:32,030 You can't really operate like that. 363 00:25:33,500 --> 00:25:36,560 [narrator] The hydraulic line carries pressurized oil 364 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:39,760 to activate the truck's brakes. 365 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:45,100 But the line on Chase's truck has ripped open, risking a brake failure. 366 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:52,230 To fix it, Kevin must replace the hose and refill the line. 367 00:25:52,300 --> 00:25:55,030 Yeah, see, that's pretty [bleep]. Okay. 368 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:03,700 I feel the clock ticking way too much, you know, and it's... 369 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:06,230 Ugh. 370 00:26:06,230 --> 00:26:08,960 Hopefully Kevin can get that thing fixed up right away here 371 00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:11,360 so we can get that stockpile of pay finished. 372 00:26:11,360 --> 00:26:12,130 [grunts] 373 00:26:20,260 --> 00:26:22,130 One end is successfully attached. 374 00:26:23,460 --> 00:26:24,700 Thank you. 375 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:30,630 Don't be like that, come on. 376 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:36,300 [grunts] There you go. 377 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:39,800 Now I'm gonna put in the wet brake oil. 378 00:26:42,360 --> 00:26:46,360 This is very much a job I wish somebody else would be able to do. 379 00:26:46,360 --> 00:26:48,700 I, for some reason, didn't hire any other mechanics. 380 00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:55,930 Quickly fire it up. I gotta make sure that nothing is leaking 381 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,760 and if this doesn't work out, then we're [bleep]. 382 00:26:58,760 --> 00:27:01,760 [engine cranking] 383 00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:04,930 [truck console beeping loudly] 384 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:06,000 Interesting. 385 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:10,100 [engine cranking] 386 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:12,430 [engine starts] 387 00:27:16,060 --> 00:27:18,160 I'm guessing no one's seeing oil spurt everywhere, 388 00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:19,260 so it must be good. 389 00:27:19,260 --> 00:27:21,500 Successful job. 390 00:27:22,660 --> 00:27:25,130 [Chase] Kev did a wicked job on this truck, 391 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:26,700 so it's all fixed up and ready to go. 392 00:27:29,100 --> 00:27:30,530 We've got them running again. 393 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:32,760 So now that we keep stockpiling, 394 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:36,260 if the crew hits it hard, I think we can do it. 395 00:27:36,260 --> 00:27:40,060 It's just a race to get this little bit of the cut finished up 396 00:27:40,060 --> 00:27:41,800 and off to the races we go. 397 00:27:57,860 --> 00:28:00,300 [honks horn] 398 00:28:01,860 --> 00:28:03,430 [man speaking] 399 00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:32,760 [narrator] To hit 2,500 ounces, half his season target, 400 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:39,000 King of the Klondike Tony Beets is chasing a 369-ounce week. 401 00:28:39,860 --> 00:28:42,460 But the Shaker Deck is down 402 00:28:42,460 --> 00:28:46,000 after a botched quick fix by Cousin Mike. 403 00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:50,900 [Tony speaking] 404 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:02,000 [narrator] Now the pressure is on Sluice-A-lot at Indian River, 405 00:29:03,700 --> 00:29:09,400 and the Paradise Hill trommel, run by Son Mike to make up the shortfall. 406 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:11,330 [Mike] My cousin, he's not a dummy. 407 00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:12,430 He's just gotta learn how to think 408 00:29:12,430 --> 00:29:13,960 of what you're trying to do with the equipment, 409 00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:15,160 and that comes with experience. 410 00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:17,260 So like I said, give him enough time, 411 00:29:17,260 --> 00:29:19,090 he'll be [bleep] just like my dad. 412 00:29:19,100 --> 00:29:20,360 And just like I'll be just like my dad, 413 00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:22,730 and just like my brother will be just like my dad. 414 00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:25,000 You know, master of all, or was it... 415 00:29:27,660 --> 00:29:30,660 Jack of all, master of none. That's the saying. 416 00:29:30,660 --> 00:29:32,130 Fire this up. 417 00:29:33,300 --> 00:29:34,800 Okay, firing it up! 418 00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:44,330 That looks pretty good. 419 00:29:52,860 --> 00:29:54,230 I have to go check. 420 00:29:59,860 --> 00:30:01,260 [Clinton] I like working for Mike. 421 00:30:01,260 --> 00:30:04,030 He's doing an extremely good job. 422 00:30:04,100 --> 00:30:06,700 And I'm happy to be a part of his team. 423 00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:09,990 [narrator] Loader operator Clinton McHarg 424 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:13,430 clears tailings from the rear of the trommel. 425 00:30:13,500 --> 00:30:16,160 [Clinton] So far, we've been able to keep Mike happy 426 00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:18,330 and the plant running. 427 00:30:33,500 --> 00:30:35,630 [Mike] Oh, no. [bleep]. 428 00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:37,430 Shut it off! 429 00:30:42,160 --> 00:30:46,030 [bleep] Why the [bleep] is it all of sudden doing this? 430 00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:50,100 [Clinton] I have not a [bleep] clue. 431 00:30:59,660 --> 00:31:02,260 [Mike] I'm just having them think here. 432 00:31:02,260 --> 00:31:05,860 [narrator] At Paradise Hill, Mike has shut down the trommel 433 00:31:05,860 --> 00:31:10,830 after water and gold-rich pay began splashing out of the prewash. 434 00:31:11,500 --> 00:31:13,360 [Mike] I need that leak fixed 435 00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:16,560 because right now, not only does it create a giant mess throughout my entire yard, 436 00:31:16,560 --> 00:31:18,700 but it's gonna wash away my gold, 437 00:31:19,260 --> 00:31:20,800 which is a bigger problem. 438 00:31:24,060 --> 00:31:25,600 Oh, I see why. 439 00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:32,360 I have a rubber to prevent splashback inside the trommel here, 440 00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:33,960 and it fell off. 441 00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:36,530 Get that welder over here, weld that on 442 00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:38,460 so you can put the rubber back on. 443 00:31:38,460 --> 00:31:40,700 Take it off, weld it flat. 444 00:31:41,860 --> 00:31:44,460 [narrator] Paydirt enters the trommel in the prewash, 445 00:31:44,460 --> 00:31:48,930 where it mixes with water before traveling down the drum. 446 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:52,360 A rubber mat should stop it from splashing out, 447 00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:55,530 but the mat has detached due to a broken bolt, 448 00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:59,300 allowing water and gold-rich pay to spill to the ground. 449 00:32:00,300 --> 00:32:04,630 To fix it, Mike wants steel bars welded to the prewash 450 00:32:04,700 --> 00:32:08,300 and the mat reattached with a row of bolts. 451 00:32:26,860 --> 00:32:28,200 [Mike] It's all good to go. 452 00:32:32,700 --> 00:32:35,530 Do the water. The water. 453 00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:50,800 That's better, I can live with this. 454 00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:53,330 I don't care about a little water, 455 00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:55,660 I don't care about a little bit of mud. 456 00:32:55,660 --> 00:32:59,330 So long as it's not bucketfuls, this is fine. 457 00:33:01,860 --> 00:33:04,460 After a series of [bleep] unfortunate events, 458 00:33:04,460 --> 00:33:06,330 I have it finally back and going again. 459 00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:24,930 [narrator] In a desperate bid for more gold, 460 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:29,560 Parker is running three wash plants for the first time ever. 461 00:33:29,560 --> 00:33:34,360 At Dominion, Mitch is overseeing Roxanne in the Long Cut. 462 00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:36,060 You know, we've been struggling all week here, 463 00:33:36,060 --> 00:33:37,360 just trying to keep up with Roxanne. 464 00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:39,730 It's a very hungry wash plant. 465 00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:44,130 [narrator] And Tyson is looking after Big Red in the Bridge Cut. 466 00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:46,860 [Tyson] We just got a lot of work to do this year, still. 467 00:33:46,860 --> 00:33:50,900 Just gotta try and do our best to get as much gold as we can. 468 00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:55,760 [narrator] Ten miles southwest at Ken and Stuart's, 469 00:33:55,760 --> 00:34:00,100 Damien and his small crew are sluicing with wash plant Bob, 470 00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:04,330 aiming to deliver Parker 300 ounces by the end of the week. 471 00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:08,530 [Damien] Parker's expectations are pretty high right now. 472 00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:10,460 The wash plant is up and running, 473 00:34:10,460 --> 00:34:12,260 and for the next couple of weeks, 474 00:34:12,260 --> 00:34:14,630 the people here and the equipment here 475 00:34:14,700 --> 00:34:16,530 is not going to get much of a break. 476 00:34:26,300 --> 00:34:27,830 [grinding noises] 477 00:34:27,900 --> 00:34:30,560 [bleep] Hey, Damien, we've got a rip in the belt. 478 00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:33,260 Oh man, there's a big [bleep] rip in the belt. 479 00:34:33,260 --> 00:34:35,500 What the [bleep] is going on here? 480 00:34:40,100 --> 00:34:41,700 [bleep] piece of [bleep]. 481 00:34:44,660 --> 00:34:46,930 We gotta get help down here. 482 00:34:51,900 --> 00:34:54,130 Look at the plant, see what we've got. 483 00:34:55,100 --> 00:35:01,400 Oh, man. That is a sizable [bleep] rip. 484 00:35:02,060 --> 00:35:04,860 How far does this... Oh... Oh! 485 00:35:04,860 --> 00:35:08,230 Oh, it spread a lot more than... [bleep]. 486 00:35:11,860 --> 00:35:17,400 So one of those Flexcos that was holding the patch in place seems to have let go 487 00:35:18,260 --> 00:35:21,860 and got caught on one of the scrapers or whatever, 488 00:35:21,860 --> 00:35:24,330 and just peeled the strip right out of our belt. 489 00:35:30,100 --> 00:35:31,760 [narrator] Small rips in a belt 490 00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:35,560 are patched up with metal fasteners called Flexcos. 491 00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:38,990 But a fastener fixed to this belt has come loose 492 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:41,060 and caught on the end of the conveyor, 493 00:35:41,060 --> 00:35:43,660 tearing out a long, thin strip. 494 00:35:43,660 --> 00:35:48,930 The ripped section must be replaced before Bob can run again. 495 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:52,900 We've got Bill looking for a 48-inch belt right now. 496 00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:55,260 See if we even have any. 497 00:35:55,260 --> 00:35:58,800 -If we don't, then... -[Damien] We're screwed. 498 00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:09,230 I mean, we haven't even been running down here at Ken's for a week. 499 00:36:09,300 --> 00:36:14,030 So, I mean, we've just got to get this up and running as fast as we can. 500 00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:17,100 That's the last thing we need right now. 501 00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:23,760 [narrator] Mechanics Liam Pukila and Justin Driessen 502 00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:28,200 head back to Dominion to see if they can scavenge a replacement belt. 503 00:36:32,300 --> 00:36:34,230 [Justin] Yeah, that looks like a 48. 504 00:36:35,900 --> 00:36:38,960 Looking like it's in well and good enough shape for what we gotta do. 505 00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:40,600 It's better than what we got. 506 00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:44,990 [narrator] To get the belt free from the conveyor, 507 00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:48,700 the crew must cut the belt and remove a metal guard. 508 00:36:49,700 --> 00:36:52,130 [Liam] We're gonna just take that guard off real quick, 509 00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:53,460 hook it up in the back of the truck 510 00:36:53,460 --> 00:36:54,900 and we'll head out to the Indian. 511 00:37:00,060 --> 00:37:01,700 This is gonna be on Bob tonight. 512 00:37:06,760 --> 00:37:08,230 Okay, let's cut her. 513 00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:10,830 Watch your head. 514 00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:13,360 [narrator] To repair Bob's belt, 515 00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:16,260 the crew first remove the ripped section, 516 00:37:16,260 --> 00:37:20,230 then replace it with a new section from the scavenged belt. 517 00:37:21,560 --> 00:37:25,500 Forty-and-a-half plus 276. 518 00:37:28,860 --> 00:37:30,090 If we get this up in place 519 00:37:30,100 --> 00:37:32,500 'cause we'll be able to hold it here with the come-alongs. 520 00:37:35,100 --> 00:37:38,660 Holes are drilled. Just lining it up, 521 00:37:38,660 --> 00:37:43,000 and this girl will be spinning in T-minus no time here. 522 00:37:47,660 --> 00:37:50,100 There we go. Okay. 523 00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:53,230 Good job, guys. 524 00:37:53,230 --> 00:37:54,660 [Damien] Now is the moment of truth. 525 00:37:54,660 --> 00:38:00,900 See if it all fires back up and start getting some rocks washed. 526 00:38:07,060 --> 00:38:11,000 Now we have the conveyor fixed and Bob is back up and running. 527 00:38:12,260 --> 00:38:14,560 Bill, Liam, and Justin managed to get it done. 528 00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:19,230 I don't know how they managed to swing it, but they pulled it off. 529 00:38:19,300 --> 00:38:21,260 [narrator] With three wash plants running, 530 00:38:21,260 --> 00:38:24,160 this could be the week Parker's fortunes 531 00:38:24,160 --> 00:38:27,230 finally take a turn for the better. 532 00:38:27,300 --> 00:38:30,930 It's just try and keep it running for 24 hours 533 00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:34,100 and keep gold coming in the box. 534 00:38:44,460 --> 00:38:49,260 [sighs] I'm taking the D11 back to Tony's right now. 535 00:38:49,260 --> 00:38:52,130 It's super sad to see this monster leave. 536 00:38:53,360 --> 00:38:54,990 [narrator] It's the end of the week 537 00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:59,530 and time for Brennan to give back the D11 Dozer... 538 00:38:59,600 --> 00:39:02,160 Why are you taking my baby from me? 539 00:39:02,160 --> 00:39:05,460 [Ruby laughs] I brought you another one. 540 00:39:05,460 --> 00:39:08,760 [narrator] ...in exchange for the repaired D10. 541 00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:11,700 Oh, I'm gonna miss it. It sure helped us out a lot. 542 00:39:12,660 --> 00:39:15,060 It was a blessing to have. Appreciate it. 543 00:39:15,060 --> 00:39:16,930 -All right. -You treat it good. 544 00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:18,360 I will, I promise. 545 00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:19,830 Thanks, Ruby, have a good day. 546 00:39:19,900 --> 00:39:21,400 -See you. -See ya. 547 00:39:23,160 --> 00:39:25,760 I feel like I jumped into a freaking car 548 00:39:25,760 --> 00:39:29,060 after getting out of that D11, when I ride this. 549 00:39:29,060 --> 00:39:34,230 But, again, super thankful that Tony's able to help us out this much. 550 00:39:49,760 --> 00:39:53,100 [Matt] This is the last little sliver of the Lynx Cut. 551 00:39:54,600 --> 00:39:58,230 Hasn't come easy, that's for sure. 552 00:39:58,300 --> 00:40:02,930 [narrator] Kevin's crew have been digging out and stockpiling frozen pay 553 00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:06,130 so they can get it thawed and start sluicing. 554 00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:19,560 -Howdy. -[Brennan] What's going on, buddy? 555 00:40:19,560 --> 00:40:22,460 Did we make you a big enough piggy bank to get started? 556 00:40:22,460 --> 00:40:24,430 [Kevin] I hope so, holy [bleep]. 557 00:40:24,500 --> 00:40:26,260 I know. I hope there's gold in it. 558 00:40:26,260 --> 00:40:27,530 [bleep] Me, too. 559 00:40:29,300 --> 00:40:32,300 [Brennan] It's hard to not get excited because of that pile. 560 00:40:36,460 --> 00:40:40,760 Brennan just showed me his giant pile of pay, which is pretty [bleep] nice. 561 00:40:40,760 --> 00:40:42,860 It is one of our first big wins this season, 562 00:40:42,860 --> 00:40:45,160 which is again really [bleep] nice. 563 00:40:45,160 --> 00:40:49,030 But we are still quite a ways behind, and we got a long way to go. 564 00:40:49,100 --> 00:40:51,860 So our next step, move the plant in place 565 00:40:51,860 --> 00:40:53,430 and we can get [bleep] sluicing. 566 00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:05,300 Hi, guys. Hello. 567 00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:10,060 -So how's everybody doing? -[Monica] Peachy. 568 00:41:10,060 --> 00:41:12,800 [Minnie] Indian River, how is the Indian River doing? 569 00:41:16,900 --> 00:41:18,830 Considering that Tony isn't there, 570 00:41:18,900 --> 00:41:21,090 things run pretty smoothly on the hill. 571 00:41:21,100 --> 00:41:22,130 [Ruby] It's probably quieter. 572 00:41:22,130 --> 00:41:25,130 He called, like, 20 times in, like, three hours. 573 00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:26,560 I know, I get the radio on the other side. 574 00:41:26,560 --> 00:41:28,360 "Call Minnie, call Minnie." 575 00:41:28,360 --> 00:41:30,630 Or, Ma, it's 'cause he misses you. 576 00:41:31,300 --> 00:41:32,960 [Tony speaking] 577 00:41:36,660 --> 00:41:41,660 [narrator] This week, Tony is hoping to sail past 2,500 ounces, 578 00:41:41,660 --> 00:41:44,160 half his season goal. 579 00:41:44,160 --> 00:41:49,460 To do it, he needs his wash plants to deliver 369 ounces. 580 00:41:49,460 --> 00:41:54,930 First up, the Shaker Deck, which ran for just half a day. 581 00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:56,960 -I'm ready. -[Monica] Better go slow. 582 00:41:56,960 --> 00:41:58,130 Yeah. 583 00:41:58,300 --> 00:41:59,700 One, two... 584 00:42:00,660 --> 00:42:02,930 10, 20, 585 00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:05,260 20.15. 586 00:42:05,260 --> 00:42:08,830 [narrator] Worth just over $50,000. 587 00:42:08,900 --> 00:42:10,660 -[Tony speaking] -[Mike] That's it? Not more in there? 588 00:42:10,660 --> 00:42:12,430 [Minnie] That's not that great. 589 00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:14,600 [Tony speaking] 590 00:42:19,460 --> 00:42:20,490 [narrator] Next up... 591 00:42:20,500 --> 00:42:22,730 [Monica] All right, trommel, let's give it a go. 592 00:42:22,800 --> 00:42:25,560 [narrator] Mike's trommel at Paradise Hill. 593 00:42:25,560 --> 00:42:27,630 -Ready, Mike? -[Mike] Yes. 594 00:42:28,800 --> 00:42:32,860 20, 40, 100, 140, 595 00:42:32,860 --> 00:42:37,260 180, 190, 200, 220, 596 00:42:37,260 --> 00:42:39,600 230... 597 00:42:39,860 --> 00:42:41,830 233.9. 598 00:42:42,300 --> 00:42:46,130 [narrator] Worth $580,000. 599 00:42:48,460 --> 00:42:49,730 [Mike] Oh, yeah. 600 00:42:49,730 --> 00:42:52,960 [narrator] Last up is the Indian River's Sluice-A-Lot, 601 00:42:52,960 --> 00:42:55,400 also run by Cousin Mike. 602 00:42:56,700 --> 00:42:58,530 -Are you ready? -Let's go. 603 00:42:59,560 --> 00:43:05,530 10, 20, 60, 100, 140, 604 00:43:05,600 --> 00:43:10,460 150, 180, 190, 605 00:43:10,460 --> 00:43:15,360 200... 203.20. 606 00:43:15,360 --> 00:43:19,360 [narrator] Worth just over $500,000. 607 00:43:19,360 --> 00:43:20,690 [Ruby] Sluice-A-Lot sluice a lot or what? 608 00:43:20,700 --> 00:43:24,630 It's nice to see that considering that the Shaker Deck was down. 609 00:43:24,700 --> 00:43:29,860 [narrator] Bringing the season total to 2,588 ounces, 610 00:43:29,860 --> 00:43:34,300 over half Tony's season goal in just 10 weeks. 611 00:43:35,160 --> 00:43:36,160 [Minnie] That's pretty nice. 612 00:43:36,160 --> 00:43:37,860 [Tony speaking] 613 00:43:37,860 --> 00:43:40,860 It bodes well for us meeting our season total. 614 00:43:40,860 --> 00:43:43,830 [Tony speaking] 615 00:43:47,460 --> 00:43:49,430 And you spend a lot of money, too. 616 00:43:49,500 --> 00:43:51,990 [Tony speaking] 617 00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:54,230 No, that's not how that works. I like a piggy bank. 618 00:44:00,660 --> 00:44:02,000 Silly man. 619 00:44:10,400 --> 00:44:12,860 [Mitch] Well, now we got three wash plants running. 620 00:44:12,860 --> 00:44:14,460 [Chris] That's not the only thing running. 621 00:44:14,460 --> 00:44:18,060 I'm spending more time in that truck and in sluice boxes 622 00:44:18,060 --> 00:44:20,160 than I am down here. 623 00:44:20,160 --> 00:44:22,360 [Mitch] Nice to be back down on Ken's ground, though. 624 00:44:22,360 --> 00:44:24,730 -Definitely nice to have options. -[Parker] Yeah. 625 00:44:24,800 --> 00:44:27,030 [Chris] So you had an exciting week, huh, Damien? 626 00:44:27,100 --> 00:44:30,130 Your setup down there is probably one of the best ones I've seen. 627 00:44:30,200 --> 00:44:31,290 Thank, Mr. Tyson for that. 628 00:44:31,300 --> 00:44:33,860 Yeah, but it's hard for me to pay Tyson a compliment. 629 00:44:33,860 --> 00:44:36,330 -[people laughing] -I understand, yeah. 630 00:44:36,400 --> 00:44:39,930 -I take the abuse well around here. -Yeah. 631 00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:42,460 But we do have three thermoses, so that's good. 632 00:44:42,460 --> 00:44:43,560 That's all that matters. 633 00:44:43,560 --> 00:44:46,360 Tyson, you ready for Big Red? 634 00:44:46,360 --> 00:44:49,730 -I spelled it out for you, Big Red, okay? -Nice. 635 00:44:49,800 --> 00:44:52,360 [Parker] Big Red's still just running gravel, so. 636 00:44:52,360 --> 00:44:54,930 If we mined it the way everybody else has mined that ground, 637 00:44:55,000 --> 00:44:56,660 they would have thrown that away. 638 00:44:56,660 --> 00:44:58,700 [Chris] As long as we're not losing money. 639 00:44:59,800 --> 00:45:05,960 [Tyson] Here we go. 10, 20, 45, 640 00:45:05,960 --> 00:45:10,460 50, 58.85. 641 00:45:10,460 --> 00:45:15,260 [narrator] Worth $147,000. 642 00:45:15,260 --> 00:45:16,930 [Parker] Well, that's not good. 643 00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:19,430 This is making me think, 644 00:45:19,500 --> 00:45:22,230 "Oh, you know, the Indian River wasn't so bad." 645 00:45:23,400 --> 00:45:26,260 [Mitch] All right, Let's see what we got, Roxanne for the week. 646 00:45:26,260 --> 00:45:27,400 All right. 647 00:45:28,860 --> 00:45:32,230 [Mitch] Oh, there we go. I'm liking that. 648 00:45:32,300 --> 00:45:34,700 Unless you really are getting good at fooling us here. 649 00:45:40,060 --> 00:45:43,860 20, 40, 50, 60, 650 00:45:43,860 --> 00:45:47,760 80, 90, 110, 120, 651 00:45:47,760 --> 00:45:49,900 150, 160, 652 00:45:52,500 --> 00:45:55,300 185.65. 653 00:45:56,000 --> 00:46:00,260 [narrator] Worth $464,000. 654 00:46:00,260 --> 00:46:02,060 -[Mitch] There we go. -[Chris] Not bad at all. 655 00:46:02,060 --> 00:46:03,730 I'll tell you what, you keep that up, 656 00:46:03,800 --> 00:46:05,500 and that's gonna be a tremendous boost. 657 00:46:06,460 --> 00:46:09,090 New guy, so this is Bob. 658 00:46:09,100 --> 00:46:12,090 [Mitch] Ken's ground's always kind of come through in a pinch in the past. 659 00:46:12,100 --> 00:46:14,160 And this year, with the gold coming in a little slow 660 00:46:14,160 --> 00:46:16,660 and things at the Bridge Cut being frosty... 661 00:46:16,660 --> 00:46:18,530 That might give us hope. 662 00:46:18,600 --> 00:46:21,660 [narrator] Brought in to get Parker's season back on track, 663 00:46:21,660 --> 00:46:27,360 wash plant Bob is expected to bring in around 300 ounces per week, 664 00:46:27,360 --> 00:46:29,830 but it only ran for two days. 665 00:46:30,660 --> 00:46:32,000 You wanna read it out? 666 00:46:35,360 --> 00:46:39,260 5, 10, 30, 40, 667 00:46:39,260 --> 00:46:43,600 45, 50, 50... 668 00:46:44,800 --> 00:46:47,630 58.45. 669 00:46:47,700 --> 00:46:52,230 [narrator] Worth $146,000, 670 00:46:52,300 --> 00:46:57,400 bringing the season total to 1,107 ounces. 671 00:46:58,400 --> 00:47:00,200 That's [bleep] embarrassing. 672 00:47:01,760 --> 00:47:04,760 That is a lot of work for 300 ounces, though. 673 00:47:04,760 --> 00:47:08,400 Yeah, we would have done that with one plant last year in the money pit. 674 00:47:08,860 --> 00:47:10,230 This is bad. 675 00:47:11,260 --> 00:47:15,630 Yeah, we're in trouble if we don't change something. 676 00:47:15,700 --> 00:47:17,530 We've got a long row to hoe. 677 00:47:19,300 --> 00:47:20,560 [Mitch] Well, we got three wash plants. 678 00:47:20,560 --> 00:47:22,160 But we got three wash plants, yeah. 679 00:47:22,160 --> 00:47:25,160 Like, three big wash plants rolling away. 680 00:47:25,160 --> 00:47:28,900 And they're finding less gold than one plant was finding last year. 681 00:47:30,700 --> 00:47:32,530 Insult to injury, right? 682 00:47:32,600 --> 00:47:35,760 Sorry to be the Debbie Downer. 683 00:47:35,760 --> 00:47:40,500 I never wanna be in a position where, like, a bad season, puts us under. 684 00:47:43,460 --> 00:47:46,830 Right now, Dominion seems like a bad decision, 685 00:47:46,900 --> 00:47:50,430 but I do feel like long-term, it's gonna work. 686 00:47:51,700 --> 00:47:56,260 But, [exhales] it's a long road ahead of us, still. 686 00:47:57,305 --> 00:48:57,604 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm