"Gold Rush" Three Plant Blitz
ID | 13214730 |
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Movie Name | "Gold Rush" Three Plant Blitz |
Release Name | Gold.Rush.S15E09.Parker's.Three.Plant.Blitz.480p.x264-mSD |
Year | 2025 |
Kind | tv |
Language | English |
IMDB ID | 35295436 |
Format | srt |
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We're about a month behind where we'd wanted to be.
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We thought we'd already be sluicing by now,
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but delays, delays, breakdowns, breakdowns.
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So the faster we can get this pay out,
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the faster we can set the plant up and get running.
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First-year mine boss Kevin Beets
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is falling way behind schedule.
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Nine weeks into his first season,
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he hasn't mined an ounce of gold.
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But that is about to change.
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The crew down in the cut has hit pay finally,
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so that's a big plus.
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But is frozen,
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so all the pay has gotta come out to get that.
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By the time it's all out, though,
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he's gonna have a mountain.
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Eager to get gold coming in,
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Kevin wants to dig out all the frozen pay
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from 3 acres of the Lynx Cut by the end of the week, stockpile it,
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then let the sun thaw it before sluicing.
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There's just one problem.
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To dig out the frozen pay quickly
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requires a big dozer to rip the ground.
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And Kevin's D10 is still out of action
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after blowing its transmission a month ago.
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breakdowns kill us every single time.
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And it's very frustrating.
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'Cause I don't know the--
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I'm gonna push out, you guys,
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and you guys can head back to the back. Uh...
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For sakes.
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With no dozer, Foreman Brennan Ruault
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is forced to break up the frozen pay
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with an excavator's smaller, less powerful ripper blade.
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It just balls to the wall the whole time here
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because we're already a month behind on everything.
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Definitely not been a smooth spring,
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that's for sure.
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Operator Matt Kiefer
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loads the ripped pay dirt into rock trucks to haul to the stockpile,
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but progress is slow.
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I mean,
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the original plan was to have the cut completely stripped by now,
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so I'm definitely a little stressed about it.
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We're doing as much as we can,
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but it's just... Making deadlines is tough
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with a small crew and old equipment.
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-And--
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off, you .
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If someone comes on the radio again, I'm done for the day.
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I swear to .
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There's definitely a lot on my shoulders right now.
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There's all these million things to think about, you know,
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and that's where I put a lot of pressure on myself.
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-There's all that huge--
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How the off you .
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You wanna get that radio?
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Brennan's a little stressed.
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He really wants us to hit our target and our gold total.
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We spent over a million bucks, so we're starting to feel the pressure.
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Kevin, do you copy? Kevin?
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Go for Kevin.
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Hey, Tony and Minnie are here.
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I will be right there.
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Tony and Minnie have arrived.
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I don't even wanna imagine what they want.
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Kevin leases the ground on Scribner Creek from Dad, Tony,
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owing Tony 10% of all the gold he mines,
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and he's late with his first payment.
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We were just kind of figuring how you guys were doing.
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Yeah, been better.
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We're spending a lot of money day and day.
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Our piggy bank is dwindling, so to speak.
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Hopefully we get some gold coming in pretty quick.
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Still got some permafrost.
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With the D10 down, we're really in desperate need of a dozer,
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something we can rip with.
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I think so, if you don't mind, yeah.
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Very much so.
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Yeah, so...
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We really need to get sluicing.
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You're gonna give him the 11?
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Tony's $4 million, 115-ton D11
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is one of the biggest, most powerful dozers in the Klondike,
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and will supercharge Kevin's battle to stockpile pay dirt.
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But you have to make sure it's only Brennan on it
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because I don't want anyone else on it.
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No, it's only him.
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Really appreciate it, thank you.
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-Yeah. -Never-ending.
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- All right, we'll see you guys. - Okay.
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That went pretty good.
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Yeah, that was a very nice visit.
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I'm really happy that Tony is lending us the D11.
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That is gonna make such a world of difference for us.
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Oh, yeah, that's nice.
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We hope so.
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-Yeah.
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I'll polish the scales.
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No, I wouldn't do that to my own kid.
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No, I wouldn't.
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Well, that's why I'm in charge of that part.
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Whoo!
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Oh, this thing is sick.
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Yeah, what a game changer.
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Time to destroy some ground around here.
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You compensating for something with that thing?
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Well, guys, with this dozer here,
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I think we'll get this cut opened up,
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so this is a huge win.
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Unlike his son, Kevin,
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Tony Beets is ahead of schedule.
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At Paradise Hill, his youngest son, Mike,
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has finally fired up the trommel.
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And on Indian River, Tony's nephew, Cousin Mike,
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is sluicing with the Shaker Deck and Sluice-A-Lot.
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Together, they've banked 2,131 ounces,
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but Tony is hungry for more.
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To haul in 369 ounces by the end of the week
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and hit half his 5,000-ounce season goal,
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Tony needs both Mikes on their A game.
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Running two plants, it comes with two times the trouble,
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but I see it as a challenge
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so I could see myself being a miner like Tony.
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I work good under pressure.
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I'm hoping this plant holds up.
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It's older than I am, unfortunately,
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but with that comes complications.
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Feeding the 30-year-old Shaker Deck,
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new loader operator Jacob Moore.
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It's been a little frustrating,
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and the plant keeps having issues.
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We're getting some rock drilled up on the grizzlies now.
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You got a copy?
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Go ahead.
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You wanna open the grizzlies?
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Yeah, I'll open them up.
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Anything happening, Jacob?
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Are the grizzlies opening up?
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Not that I reckon.
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Oh, .
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Hydraulics aren't working.
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Pump is .
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Hey, Jacob. I'm gonna shut it down.
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We don't have time for that .
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So, yeah, we're gonna have to order a new pump.
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That will probably take a couple of weeks.
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We can't wait for that, so we'll take that thing out of the way
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and feed directly onto the conveyor belt.
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It's not ideal,
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you risk putting in big rocks that can jam up,
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but we can't wait for parts and all that bull .
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The Shaker Deck has two conveyor belts.
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The first has grizzly bars that stop large rocks
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entering the wash plant and causing damage.
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But the hydraulic pump that lifts these bars to clear the rocks has failed,
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shutting the plant down.
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To get it running again, Mike will raise the grizzlies' conveyor out of the way
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and use an excavator to feed rocky pay
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directly onto the wash plant's second conveyor.
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It's a bit of a high risk, high reward plan.
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It has been sitting here for long enough now,
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may as well get it going any way we can.
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I'm gonna lift it as high as I can
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and out of the way of the excavator.
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There we go.
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So firing this plant up, see what she does with this setup.
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Hopefully, it's good because it's a simple way,
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and, yeah, at least we're running.
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There's multiple things that I have to watch for.
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Honestly, I have all these windows
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and doors open right now
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because I really need
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to be able to hear everything.
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To carefully feed the pay dirt directly onto the conveyor,
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Cousin Mike's called in veteran operator Ruby Mahoney.
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So we are taking a huge risk right now,
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just bare feeding it on to the belt.
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We're in the Indian River, the bedrock and the rocks are really thin,
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but they're really big and really sharp,
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and they're just belt eaters, man.
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The hydraulic pump is .
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We're feeding with an excavator
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directly onto the conveyor belt.
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- Oh, no. - It's in the belt...
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The belt, the belt.
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Now we might be .
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At Indian River, the Beets' Shaker Deck is shut down
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after Cousin Mike's plan to feed the conveyor directly backfired.
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Because we don't use the feeder right now,
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rocks fall off to the side onto the bottom
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and then jam back in there.
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The jam has ripped the conveyor's belt,
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putting the shaker out of action
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until the grizzly bars and the belt can be repaired.
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No, it's pretty now.
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We're behind on a lot of fronts,
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both just ground on pay and gold in the box.
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I have no interest in running out of money or anything like that,
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and so we need to get more gold coming in.
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29-year-old Parker Schnabel is struggling.
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Nine weeks into the season,
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Parker has spent $2.5 million chasing Dominion Creek gold,
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but so far, he's only brought in just over a million dollars' worth.
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Roxanne's been on ground that's not that good
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in the Long Cut.
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Big Red's been just running top gravel in the Bridge Cut.
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But Damien's got in the Indian River,
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down at Ken and Stuart's, very close,
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and he's just about ready to sluice now,
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so we need to get Bob down there and fired up.
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It should be around 900 ounces in three weeks.
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To dig himself out of his Dominion Creek hole,
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Parker's going to do something he's never done before:
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Run three wash plants simultaneously.
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He's sending a third wash plant and additional crew
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to raid the piggy bank at Ken and Stuart's on Indian River,
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hoping to score $2.5 million in just three weeks.
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So, you know, when we have three wash plants running,
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that's what it's gonna be all about.
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You got all that
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gold weigh at the end of the week
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and we should have, you know, a good result
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from each one of those wash plants.
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It's gonna be a hell of a lot of gold.
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It's gonna put a lot of stress on everybody,
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but it's the only hope I see for getting anywhere close to 10,000 ounces this season,
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that's for damn sure.
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At Dominion Creek,
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Parker already has wash plant Roxanne
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running pay dirt from the Long Cut.
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A mile and a half away,
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Big Red is churning through the top gravels in the Bridge Cut.
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Now Parker plans to fire up the 45-ton shaker deck called Bob.
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From his Dominion Yard, his crew will haul it 12 miles
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down narrow, winding dirt tracks
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through a 25-foot-wide creek,
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to its new home, at Damien's Cut on Ken and Stuart's ground.
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- Hey, Tup! -Yo!
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So today we're gonna move Bob down to Ken's.
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There's a lot of moving pieces,
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a lot of parts, a lot can go wrong.
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Let's just get the heart of the beast loaded up and get her chained down.
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Copy that.
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To help transport Bob,
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Tyson Lee has brought in his mentor and haulage expert, Mike Tupper...
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Yeah, let her rip, Tys.
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...who's previously trucked a similar plant to Ken and Stuart's.
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Up a bit, Tys.
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Hopefully, it doesn't fall off.
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If it falls off, we've got problems.
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Lift.
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Come in a bit and lift.
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Done.
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Now for the hard part, we gotta try and spin it.
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Okay, watch out, guys.
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All right, pull it. We don't have much to play with here.
259
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Yep, stop it there. Go to the front, pull that corner, we're done.
260
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That's it. Disconnect.
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Tupper can now haul out...
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We're on the road.
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...with Tyson scouting ahead in a pilot truck.
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We're ready to roll. Get in.
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Are you ready, Tup? Let's do this.
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Let's get down there in one piece.
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Copy that. Here we go, liftoff.
268
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No! We're trimming trees. Oh...
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Oops.
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So right now we're coming up to the creek crossing.
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That looks deep.
272
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Hey, Tupper, just try and get through this.
273
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We have no equipment around to pull us out.
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If we get stuck, we're on our own.
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All righty, Tupper, here we go.
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These creek crossings are so unpredictable.
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All righty, I'm through. You're next.
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It was a little soft there and a little rough, so just slow and steady.
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All right.
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Yeah!
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Well, here we are, Tupper. Ken and Stuart's.
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Here's Damien.
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-' Sup, fellas! - We got you a wash plant.
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If you wouldn't mind rattling your excavator up there
285
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so we can get Bob unloaded, get it put together before the day's out.
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Yeah, man.
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There it goes.
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Yeah, send it!
289
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That looks like about as good as she's gonna get.
290
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Everything's looking good.
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Once we hit this button, there should be nothing stopping us.
292
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How are you feeling to start feeding, Brendan?
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Yeah, absolutely.
294
00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:54,260
And it's such a nice feeling, firing it up now.
295
00:21:54,260 --> 00:21:55,630
Should it all go well,
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00:21:55,630 --> 00:21:58,800
we shouldn't have to shut it down again until the first clean up.
297
00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:03,560
So now that we have three wash plants going,
298
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that means we're gonna have a fighting chance
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of getting 10,000 ounces this year.
300
00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:29,330
Somebody make a deal with the devil for that thing?
301
00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:32,330
Stole it from Parker when he was sleeping, actually.
302
00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:34,660
Just don't break this one, too, buddy.
303
00:22:34,660 --> 00:22:37,100
I mean, you've been hard on dozers this year.
304
00:22:38,100 --> 00:22:41,600
Kevin Beets' crew is finally on a roll.
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Tony's loaned Kevin a D11 Dozer
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while he fixes their busted D10,
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turbocharging his mission to stockpile and thaw out the Lynx Cut's frozen pay.
308
00:22:56,060 --> 00:22:57,760
That was awesome of Tony to do,
309
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to help us out fixing the dozer
310
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and giving us one of the biggest machines we could get out here.
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This bad boy came in and cleaned house immediately for us,
312
00:23:07,460 --> 00:23:11,730
so I honestly feel like we are back on track now because of the 11.
313
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With the clock ticking
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before the D11 needs to be returned at the end of the week,
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00:23:19,860 --> 00:23:25,330
Brennan rips and piles pay dirt for Matt to load into trucks
316
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operated by Chase Dreger and Hunter Canning.
317
00:23:31,700 --> 00:23:36,630
We're hauling pay right now, so that is lovely to be doing.
318
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We got a stockpile over in the corner over there
319
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we're just hauling to.
320
00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:45,000
It's pretty small, so we need to get to work.
321
00:23:56,800 --> 00:24:00,460
Hey, Chase, you might wanna check something.
322
00:24:00,460 --> 00:24:05,330
There's like a big puddle on the driver's side where you were sitting.
323
00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:07,130
Okay, I'll hop out and have a look here.
324
00:24:12,260 --> 00:24:14,560
Yeah, something's definitely pissing out, that's for sure.
325
00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:18,090
Shut her off and walk over and let Kevin know.
326
00:24:18,100 --> 00:24:19,600
Yeah, copy that.
327
00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:25,800
sakes. What a pile of .
328
00:24:27,260 --> 00:24:32,430
Kevin already has two rock trucks in for repair.
329
00:24:32,500 --> 00:24:36,100
Now he's getting down to his last working truck.
330
00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:39,360
Having just me on the rock trucks,
331
00:24:39,360 --> 00:24:43,090
I'm having to rush around 'cause I'm the only one
332
00:24:43,100 --> 00:24:45,360
and Matt's there waiting for me
333
00:24:45,360 --> 00:24:47,100
with the bucket up in the air.
334
00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:00,560
Well, that's great.
335
00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:04,360
Only having one rock truck going is almost not worth it.
336
00:25:04,360 --> 00:25:06,900
The only reason it's still going is that I hope I can get this fixed.
337
00:25:08,260 --> 00:25:09,960
I'm gonna get you to fire this up.
338
00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:11,430
Okay, copy that.
339
00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:20,600
Okay, shut it off.
340
00:25:22,700 --> 00:25:24,800
We have a blown hydraulic line.
341
00:25:25,500 --> 00:25:27,760
Basically, you turn the truck on,
342
00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:30,230
and with the hose being broken, it goes...
343
00:25:30,300 --> 00:25:32,030
You can't really operate like that.
344
00:25:33,500 --> 00:25:36,560
The hydraulic line carries pressurized oil
345
00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:39,760
to activate the truck's brakes.
346
00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:45,100
But the line on Chase's truck has ripped open, risking a brake failure.
347
00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:52,230
To fix it, Kevin must replace the hose and refill the line.
348
00:25:52,300 --> 00:25:55,030
Yeah, see, that's pretty . Okay.
349
00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:03,700
I feel the clock ticking way too much, you know, and it's...
350
00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:06,230
Ugh.
351
00:26:06,230 --> 00:26:08,960
Hopefully Kevin can get that thing fixed up right away here
352
00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:11,360
so we can get that stockpile of pay finished.
353
00:26:20,260 --> 00:26:22,130
One end is successfully attached.
354
00:26:23,460 --> 00:26:24,700
Thank you.
355
00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:30,630
Don't be like that, come on.
356
00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:36,300
There you go.
357
00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:39,800
Now I'm gonna put in the wet brake oil.
358
00:26:42,360 --> 00:26:46,360
This is very much a job I wish somebody else would be able to do.
359
00:26:46,360 --> 00:26:48,700
I, for some reason, didn't hire any other mechanics.
360
00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:55,930
Quickly fire it up. I gotta make sure that nothing is leaking
361
00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,760
and if this doesn't work out, then we're .
362
00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:06,000
Interesting.
363
00:27:16,060 --> 00:27:18,160
I'm guessing no one's seeing oil spurt everywhere,
364
00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:19,260
so it must be good.
365
00:27:19,260 --> 00:27:21,500
Successful job.
366
00:27:22,660 --> 00:27:25,130
Kev did a wicked job on this truck,
367
00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:26,700
so it's all fixed up and ready to go.
368
00:27:29,100 --> 00:27:30,530
We've got them running again.
369
00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:32,760
So now that we keep stockpiling,
370
00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:36,260
if the crew hits it hard, I think we can do it.
371
00:27:36,260 --> 00:27:40,060
It's just a race to get this little bit of the cut finished up
372
00:27:40,060 --> 00:27:41,800
and off to the races we go.
373
00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:32,760
To hit 2,500 ounces, half his season target,
374
00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:39,000
King of the Klondike Tony Beets is chasing a 369-ounce week.
375
00:28:39,860 --> 00:28:42,460
But the Shaker Deck is down
376
00:28:42,460 --> 00:28:46,000
after a botched quick fix by Cousin Mike.
377
00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:02,000
Now the pressure is on Sluice-A-lot at Indian River,
378
00:29:03,700 --> 00:29:09,400
and the Paradise Hill trommel, run by Son Mike to make up the shortfall.
379
00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:11,330
My cousin, he's not a dummy.
380
00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:12,430
He's just gotta learn how to think
381
00:29:12,430 --> 00:29:13,960
of what you're trying to do with the equipment,
382
00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:15,160
and that comes with experience.
383
00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:17,260
So like I said, give him enough time,
384
00:29:17,260 --> 00:29:19,090
he'll be just like my dad.
385
00:29:19,100 --> 00:29:20,360
And just like I'll be just like my dad,
386
00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:22,730
and just like my brother will be just like my dad.
387
00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:25,000
You know, master of all, or was it...
388
00:29:27,660 --> 00:29:30,660
Jack of all, master of none. That's the saying.
389
00:29:30,660 --> 00:29:32,130
Fire this up.
390
00:29:33,300 --> 00:29:34,800
Okay, firing it up!
391
00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:44,330
That looks pretty good.
392
00:29:52,860 --> 00:29:54,230
I have to go check.
393
00:29:59,860 --> 00:30:01,260
I like working for Mike.
394
00:30:01,260 --> 00:30:04,030
He's doing an extremely good job.
395
00:30:04,100 --> 00:30:06,700
And I'm happy to be a part of his team.
396
00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:09,990
Loader operator Clinton McHarg
397
00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:13,430
clears tailings from the rear of the trommel.
398
00:30:13,500 --> 00:30:16,160
So far, we've been able to keep Mike happy
399
00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:18,330
and the plant running.
400
00:30:33,500 --> 00:30:35,630
Oh, no. .
401
00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:37,430
Shut it off!
402
00:30:42,160 --> 00:30:46,030
Why the is it all of sudden doing this?
403
00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:50,100
I have not a clue.
404
00:30:59,660 --> 00:31:02,260
I'm just having them think here.
405
00:31:02,260 --> 00:31:05,860
At Paradise Hill, Mike has shut down the trommel
406
00:31:05,860 --> 00:31:10,830
after water and gold-rich pay began splashing out of the prewash.
407
00:31:11,500 --> 00:31:13,360
I need that leak fixed
408
00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:16,560
because right now, not only does it create a giant mess throughout my entire yard,
409
00:31:16,560 --> 00:31:18,700
but it's gonna wash away my gold,
410
00:31:19,260 --> 00:31:20,800
which is a bigger problem.
411
00:31:24,060 --> 00:31:25,600
Oh, I see why.
412
00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:32,360
I have a rubber to prevent splashback inside the trommel here,
413
00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:33,960
and it fell off.
414
00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:36,530
Get that welder over here, weld that on
415
00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:38,460
so you can put the rubber back on.
416
00:31:38,460 --> 00:31:40,700
Take it off, weld it flat.
417
00:31:41,860 --> 00:31:44,460
Paydirt enters the trommel in the prewash,
418
00:31:44,460 --> 00:31:48,930
where it mixes with water before traveling down the drum.
419
00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:52,360
A rubber mat should stop it from splashing out,
420
00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:55,530
but the mat has detached due to a broken bolt,
421
00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:59,300
allowing water and gold-rich pay to spill to the ground.
422
00:32:00,300 --> 00:32:04,630
To fix it, Mike wants steel bars welded to the prewash
423
00:32:04,700 --> 00:32:08,300
and the mat reattached with a row of bolts.
424
00:32:26,860 --> 00:32:28,200
It's all good to go.
425
00:32:32,700 --> 00:32:35,530
Do the water. The water.
426
00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:50,800
That's better, I can live with this.
427
00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:53,330
I don't care about a little water,
428
00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:55,660
I don't care about a little bit of mud.
429
00:32:55,660 --> 00:32:59,330
So long as it's not bucketfuls, this is fine.
430
00:33:01,860 --> 00:33:04,460
After a series of unfortunate events,
431
00:33:04,460 --> 00:33:06,330
I have it finally back and going again.
432
00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:24,930
In a desperate bid for more gold,
433
00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:29,560
Parker is running three wash plants for the first time ever.
434
00:33:29,560 --> 00:33:34,360
At Dominion, Mitch is overseeing Roxanne in the Long Cut.
435
00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:36,060
You know, we've been struggling all week here,
436
00:33:36,060 --> 00:33:37,360
just trying to keep up with Roxanne.
437
00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:39,730
It's a very hungry wash plant.
438
00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:44,130
And Tyson is looking after Big Red in the Bridge Cut.
439
00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:46,860
We just got a lot of work to do this year, still.
440
00:33:46,860 --> 00:33:50,900
Just gotta try and do our best to get as much gold as we can.
441
00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:55,760
Ten miles southwest at Ken and Stuart's,
442
00:33:55,760 --> 00:34:00,100
Damien and his small crew are sluicing with wash plant Bob,
443
00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:04,330
aiming to deliver Parker 300 ounces by the end of the week.
444
00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:08,530
Parker's expectations are pretty high right now.
445
00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:10,460
The wash plant is up and running,
446
00:34:10,460 --> 00:34:12,260
and for the next couple of weeks,
447
00:34:12,260 --> 00:34:14,630
the people here and the equipment here
448
00:34:14,700 --> 00:34:16,530
is not going to get much of a break.
449
00:34:27,900 --> 00:34:30,560
Hey, Damien, we've got a rip in the belt.
450
00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:33,260
Oh man, there's a big rip in the belt.
451
00:34:33,260 --> 00:34:35,500
What the is going on here?
452
00:34:40,100 --> 00:34:41,700
piece of .
453
00:34:44,660 --> 00:34:46,930
We gotta get help down here.
454
00:34:51,900 --> 00:34:54,130
Look at the plant, see what we've got.
455
00:34:55,100 --> 00:35:01,400
Oh, man. That is a sizable rip.
456
00:35:02,060 --> 00:35:04,860
How far does this... Oh... Oh!
457
00:35:04,860 --> 00:35:08,230
Oh, it spread a lot more than... .
458
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
459
00:35:18,260 --> 00:35:21,860
and got caught on one of the scrapers or whatever,
460
00:35:21,860 --> 00:35:24,330
and just peeled the strip right out of our belt.
461
00:35:30,100 --> 00:35:31,760
Small rips in a belt
462
00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:35,560
are patched up with metal fasteners called Flexcos.
463
00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:38,990
But a fastener fixed to this belt has come loose
464
00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:41,060
and caught on the end of the conveyor,
465
00:35:41,060 --> 00:35:43,660
tearing out a long, thin strip.
466
00:35:43,660 --> 00:35:48,930
The ripped section must be replaced before Bob can run again.
467
00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:52,900
We've got Bill looking for a 48-inch belt right now.
468
00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:55,260
See if we even have any.
469
00:35:55,260 --> 00:35:58,800
-If we don't, then... - We're screwed.
470
00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:09,230
I mean, we haven't even been running down here at Ken's for a week.
471
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.
472
00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:17,100
That's the last thing we need right now.
473
00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:23,760
Mechanics Liam Pukila and Justin Driessen
474
00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:28,200
head back to Dominion to see if they can scavenge a replacement belt.
475
00:36:32,300 --> 00:36:34,230
Yeah, that looks like a 48.
476
00:36:35,900 --> 00:36:38,960
Looking like it's in well and good enough shape for what we gotta do.
477
00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:40,600
It's better than what we got.
478
00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:44,990
To get the belt free from the conveyor,
479
00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:48,700
the crew must cut the belt and remove a metal guard.
480
00:36:49,700 --> 00:36:52,130
We're gonna just take that guard off real quick,
481
00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:53,460
hook it up in the back of the truck
482
00:36:53,460 --> 00:36:54,900
and we'll head out to the Indian.
483
00:37:00,060 --> 00:37:01,700
This is gonna be on Bob tonight.
484
00:37:06,760 --> 00:37:08,230
Okay, let's cut her.
485
00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:10,830
Watch your head.
486
00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:13,360
To repair Bob's belt,
487
00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:16,260
the crew first remove the ripped section,
488
00:37:16,260 --> 00:37:20,230
then replace it with a new section from the scavenged belt.
489
00:37:21,560 --> 00:37:25,500
Forty-and-a-half plus 276.
490
00:37:28,860 --> 00:37:30,090
If we get this up in place
491
00:37:30,100 --> 00:37:32,500
'cause we'll be able to hold it here with the come-alongs.
492
00:37:35,100 --> 00:37:38,660
Holes are drilled. Just lining it up,
493
00:37:38,660 --> 00:37:43,000
and this girl will be spinning in T-minus no time here.
494
00:37:47,660 --> 00:37:50,100
There we go. Okay.
495
00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:53,230
Good job, guys.
496
00:37:53,230 --> 00:37:54,660
Now is the moment of truth.
497
00:37:54,660 --> 00:38:00,900
See if it all fires back up and start getting some rocks washed.
498
00:38:07,060 --> 00:38:11,000
Now we have the conveyor fixed and Bob is back up and running.
499
00:38:12,260 --> 00:38:14,560
Bill, Liam, and Justin managed to get it done.
500
00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:19,230
I don't know how they managed to swing it, but they pulled it off.
501
00:38:19,300 --> 00:38:21,260
With three wash plants running,
502
00:38:21,260 --> 00:38:24,160
this could be the week Parker's fortunes
503
00:38:24,160 --> 00:38:27,230
finally take a turn for the better.
504
00:38:27,300 --> 00:38:30,930
It's just try and keep it running for 24 hours
505
00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:34,100
and keep gold coming in the box.
506
00:38:44,460 --> 00:38:49,260
I'm taking the D11 back to Tony's right now.
507
00:38:49,260 --> 00:38:52,130
It's super sad to see this monster leave.
508
00:38:53,360 --> 00:38:54,990
It's the end of the week
509
00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:59,530
and time for Brennan to give back the D11 Dozer...
510
00:38:59,600 --> 00:39:02,160
Why are you taking my baby from me?
511
00:39:02,160 --> 00:39:05,460
I brought you another one.
512
00:39:05,460 --> 00:39:08,760
...in exchange for the repaired D10.
513
00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:11,700
Oh, I'm gonna miss it. It sure helped us out a lot.
514
00:39:12,660 --> 00:39:15,060
It was a blessing to have. Appreciate it.
515
00:39:15,060 --> 00:39:16,930
-All right. -You treat it good.
516
00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:18,360
I will, I promise.
517
00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:19,830
Thanks, Ruby, have a good day.
518
00:39:19,900 --> 00:39:21,400
-See you. -See ya.
519
00:39:23,160 --> 00:39:25,760
I feel like I jumped into a freaking car
520
00:39:25,760 --> 00:39:29,060
after getting out of that D11, when I ride this.
521
00:39:29,060 --> 00:39:34,230
But, again, super thankful that Tony's able to help us out this much.
522
00:39:49,760 --> 00:39:53,100
This is the last little sliver of the Lynx Cut.
523
00:39:54,600 --> 00:39:58,230
Hasn't come easy, that's for sure.
524
00:39:58,300 --> 00:40:02,930
Kevin's crew have been digging out and stockpiling frozen pay
525
00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:06,130
so they can get it thawed and start sluicing.
526
00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:19,560
-Howdy. - What's going on, buddy?
527
00:40:19,560 --> 00:40:22,460
Did we make you a big enough piggy bank to get started?
528
00:40:22,460 --> 00:40:24,430
I hope so, holy .
529
00:40:24,500 --> 00:40:26,260
I know. I hope there's gold in it.
530
00:40:26,260 --> 00:40:27,530
Me, too.
531
00:40:29,300 --> 00:40:32,300
It's hard to not get excited because of that pile.
532
00:40:36,460 --> 00:40:40,760
Brennan just showed me his giant pile of pay, which is pretty nice.
533
00:40:40,760 --> 00:40:42,860
It is one of our first big wins this season,
534
00:40:42,860 --> 00:40:45,160
which is again really nice.
535
00:40:45,160 --> 00:40:49,030
But we are still quite a ways behind, and we got a long way to go.
536
00:40:49,100 --> 00:40:51,860
So our next step, move the plant in place
537
00:40:51,860 --> 00:40:53,430
and we can get sluicing.
538
00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:05,300
Hi, guys. Hello.
539
00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:10,060
-So how's everybody doing? - Peachy.
540
00:41:10,060 --> 00:41:12,800
Indian River, how is the Indian River doing?
541
00:41:16,900 --> 00:41:18,830
Considering that Tony isn't there,
542
00:41:18,900 --> 00:41:21,090
things run pretty smoothly on the hill.
543
00:41:21,100 --> 00:41:22,130
It's probably quieter.
544
00:41:22,130 --> 00:41:25,130
He called, like, 20 times in, like, three hours.
545
00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:26,560
I know, I get the radio on the other side.
546
00:41:26,560 --> 00:41:28,360
"Call Minnie, call Minnie."
547
00:41:28,360 --> 00:41:30,630
Or, Ma, it's 'cause he misses you.
548
00:41:36,660 --> 00:41:41,660
This week, Tony is hoping to sail past 2,500 ounces,
549
00:41:41,660 --> 00:41:44,160
half his season goal.
550
00:41:44,160 --> 00:41:49,460
To do it, he needs his wash plants to deliver 369 ounces.
551
00:41:49,460 --> 00:41:54,930
First up, the Shaker Deck, which ran for just half a day.
552
00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:56,960
-I'm ready. - Better go slow.
553
00:41:56,960 --> 00:41:58,130
Yeah.
554
00:41:58,300 --> 00:41:59,700
One, two...
555
00:42:00,660 --> 00:42:02,930
10, 20,
556
00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:05,260
20.15.
557
00:42:05,260 --> 00:42:08,830
Worth just over $50,000.
558
00:42:08,900 --> 00:42:10,660
- That's it? Not more in there?
559
00:42:10,660 --> 00:42:12,430
That's not that great.
560
00:42:19,460 --> 00:42:20,490
Next up...
561
00:42:20,500 --> 00:42:22,730
All right, trommel, let's give it a go.
562
00:42:22,800 --> 00:42:25,560
Mike's trommel at Paradise Hill.
563
00:42:25,560 --> 00:42:27,630
-Ready, Mike? - Yes.
564
00:42:28,800 --> 00:42:32,860
20, 40, 100, 140,
565
00:42:32,860 --> 00:42:37,260
180, 190, 200, 220,
566
00:42:37,260 --> 00:42:39,600
230...
567
00:42:39,860 --> 00:42:41,830
233.9.
568
00:42:42,300 --> 00:42:46,130
Worth $580,000.
569
00:42:48,460 --> 00:42:49,730
Oh, yeah.
570
00:42:49,730 --> 00:42:52,960
Last up is the Indian River's Sluice-A-Lot,
571
00:42:52,960 --> 00:42:55,400
also run by Cousin Mike.
572
00:42:56,700 --> 00:42:58,530
-Are you ready? -Let's go.
573
00:42:59,560 --> 00:43:05,530
10, 20, 60, 100, 140,
574
00:43:05,600 --> 00:43:10,460
150, 180, 190,
575
00:43:10,460 --> 00:43:15,360
200... 203.20.
576
00:43:15,360 --> 00:43:19,360
Worth just over $500,000.
577
00:43:19,360 --> 00:43:20,690
Sluice-A-Lot sluice a lot or what?
578
00:43:20,700 --> 00:43:24,630
It's nice to see that considering that the Shaker Deck was down.
579
00:43:24,700 --> 00:43:29,860
Bringing the season total to 2,588 ounces,
580
00:43:29,860 --> 00:43:34,300
over half Tony's season goal in just 10 weeks.
581
00:43:35,160 --> 00:43:36,160
That's pretty nice.
582
00:43:37,860 --> 00:43:40,860
It bodes well for us meeting our season total.
583
00:43:47,460 --> 00:43:49,430
And you spend a lot of money, too.
584
00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:54,230
No, that's not how that works. I like a piggy bank.
585
00:44:00,660 --> 00:44:02,000
Silly man.
586
00:44:10,400 --> 00:44:12,860
Well, now we got three wash plants running.
587
00:44:12,860 --> 00:44:14,460
That's not the only thing running.
588
00:44:14,460 --> 00:44:18,060
I'm spending more time in that truck and in sluice boxes
589
00:44:18,060 --> 00:44:20,160
than I am down here.
590
00:44:20,160 --> 00:44:22,360
Nice to be back down on Ken's ground, though.
591
00:44:22,360 --> 00:44:24,730
-Definitely nice to have options. - Yeah.
592
00:44:24,800 --> 00:44:27,030
So you had an exciting week, huh, Damien?
593
00:44:27,100 --> 00:44:30,130
Your setup down there is probably one of the best ones I've seen.
594
00:44:30,200 --> 00:44:31,290
Thank, Mr. Tyson for that.
595
00:44:31,300 --> 00:44:33,860
Yeah, but it's hard for me to pay Tyson a compliment.
596
00:44:33,860 --> 00:44:36,330
-I understand, yeah.
597
00:44:36,400 --> 00:44:39,930
-I take the abuse well around here. -Yeah.
598
00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:42,460
But we do have three thermoses, so that's good.
599
00:44:42,460 --> 00:44:43,560
That's all that matters.
600
00:44:43,560 --> 00:44:46,360
Tyson, you ready for Big Red?
601
00:44:46,360 --> 00:44:49,730
-I spelled it out for you, Big Red, okay? -Nice.
602
00:44:49,800 --> 00:44:52,360
Big Red's still just running gravel, so.
603
00:44:52,360 --> 00:44:54,930
If we mined it the way everybody else has mined that ground,
604
00:44:55,000 --> 00:44:56,660
they would have thrown that away.
605
00:44:56,660 --> 00:44:58,700
As long as we're not losing money.
606
00:44:59,800 --> 00:45:05,960
Here we go. 10, 20, 45,
607
00:45:05,960 --> 00:45:10,460
50, 58.85.
608
00:45:10,460 --> 00:45:15,260
Worth $147,000.
609
00:45:15,260 --> 00:45:16,930
Well, that's not good.
610
00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:19,430
This is making me think,
611
00:45:19,500 --> 00:45:22,230
"Oh, you know, the Indian River wasn't so bad."
612
00:45:23,400 --> 00:45:26,260
All right, Let's see what we got, Roxanne for the week.
613
00:45:26,260 --> 00:45:27,400
All right.
614
00:45:28,860 --> 00:45:32,230
Oh, there we go. I'm liking that.
615
00:45:32,300 --> 00:45:34,700
Unless you really are getting good at fooling us here.
616
00:45:40,060 --> 00:45:43,860
20, 40, 50, 60,
617
00:45:43,860 --> 00:45:47,760
80, 90, 110, 120,
618
00:45:47,760 --> 00:45:49,900
150, 160,
619
00:45:52,500 --> 00:45:55,300
185.65.
620
00:45:56,000 --> 00:46:00,260
Worth $464,000.
621
00:46:00,260 --> 00:46:02,060
- There we go. - Not bad at all.
622
00:46:02,060 --> 00:46:03,730
I'll tell you what, you keep that up,
623
00:46:03,800 --> 00:46:05,500
and that's gonna be a tremendous boost.
624
00:46:06,460 --> 00:46:09,090
New guy, so this is Bob.
625
00:46:09,100 --> 00:46:12,090
Ken's ground's always kind of come through in a pinch in the past.
626
00:46:12,100 --> 00:46:14,160
And this year, with the gold coming in a little slow
627
00:46:14,160 --> 00:46:16,660
and things at the Bridge Cut being frosty...
628
00:46:16,660 --> 00:46:18,530
That might give us hope.
629
00:46:18,600 --> 00:46:21,660
Brought in to get Parker's season back on track,
630
00:46:21,660 --> 00:46:27,360
wash plant Bob is expected to bring in around 300 ounces per week,
631
00:46:27,360 --> 00:46:29,830
but it only ran for two days.
632
00:46:30,660 --> 00:46:32,000
You wanna read it out?
633
00:46:35,360 --> 00:46:39,260
5, 10, 30, 40,
634
00:46:39,260 --> 00:46:43,600
45, 50, 50...
635
00:46:44,800 --> 00:46:47,630
58.45.
636
00:46:47,700 --> 00:46:52,230
Worth $146,000,
637
00:46:52,300 --> 00:46:57,400
bringing the season total to 1,107 ounces.
638
00:46:58,400 --> 00:47:00,200
That's embarrassing.
639
00:47:01,760 --> 00:47:04,760
That is a lot of work for 300 ounces, though.
640
00:47:04,760 --> 00:47:08,400
Yeah, we would have done that with one plant last year in the money pit.
641
00:47:08,860 --> 00:47:10,230
This is bad.
642
00:47:11,260 --> 00:47:15,630
Yeah, we're in trouble if we don't change something.
643
00:47:15,700 --> 00:47:17,530
We've got a long row to hoe.
644
00:47:19,300 --> 00:47:20,560
Well, we got three wash plants.
645
00:47:20,560 --> 00:47:22,160
But we got three wash plants, yeah.
646
00:47:22,160 --> 00:47:25,160
Like, three big wash plants rolling away.
647
00:47:25,160 --> 00:47:28,900
And they're finding less gold than one plant was finding last year.
648
00:47:30,700 --> 00:47:32,530
Insult to injury, right?
649
00:47:32,600 --> 00:47:35,760
Sorry to be the Debbie Downer.
650
00:47:35,760 --> 00:47:40,500
I never wanna be in a position where, like, a bad season, puts us under.
651
00:47:43,460 --> 00:47:46,830
Right now, Dominion seems like a bad decision,
652
00:47:46,900 --> 00:47:50,430
but I do feel like long-term, it's gonna work.
653
00:47:51,700 --> 00:47:56,260
But, it's a long road ahead of us, still.
653
00:47:57,305 --> 00:48:57,604
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