"Gold Rush" Parker's Bombshell

1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:02,930 [theme music playing] 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:10,074 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm 3 00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:20,600 [Parker] This season has been a big learning curve. 4 00:00:21,700 --> 00:00:28,100 We're well behind and fighting to try to stay in the green. 5 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:32,390 Dominion, it's a difficult property. 6 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:34,260 Some of it's been very rich like last year, 7 00:00:34,260 --> 00:00:38,090 but there's also a lot of very lean ground. 8 00:00:38,100 --> 00:00:41,090 [narrator] Over halfway through the season, 9 00:00:41,100 --> 00:00:44,460 Parker Schnabel's finally decoding the ground 10 00:00:44,460 --> 00:00:46,400 on his Dominion Creek claim. 11 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:50,800 And his Indian River land is paying out. 12 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:56,660 Together, they banked 650 ounces last week. 13 00:00:56,660 --> 00:01:01,460 But while turning a corner, he's still only a fifth 14 00:01:01,460 --> 00:01:05,260 of the way to his 10,000 ounce goal. 15 00:01:05,260 --> 00:01:06,460 We're walking a bit of a tightrope. 16 00:01:06,460 --> 00:01:08,090 I think there's still a lot of ground 17 00:01:08,100 --> 00:01:09,060 that we're going to get through. 18 00:01:09,060 --> 00:01:11,660 And that puts a lot of pressure on guys like 19 00:01:11,660 --> 00:01:14,490 Mitch and Tyson. The number one mandate 20 00:01:14,500 --> 00:01:17,990 is to always be mining the best ground you can find. 21 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:20,960 That separates the successful operators 22 00:01:20,960 --> 00:01:23,760 from unsuccessful operators. 23 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:28,300 To that end, I'm just meeting with Mitch and Chris and Tyson. 24 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:30,000 Give them an update. 25 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:34,860 -Hi, guys. -What's happening? 26 00:01:34,860 --> 00:01:36,230 What's going on, man? 27 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:38,700 I just wanted to have a chat with you guys. 28 00:01:40,460 --> 00:01:43,700 Like, this year's been an absolute just [bleep] fight, right? 29 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:48,360 We're fighting the ground, and we've got our hands full 30 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:49,430 on Dominion right now. 31 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:52,160 But we have a neighbor. 32 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:54,260 He approached me a few weeks ago 33 00:01:54,260 --> 00:01:56,730 and wanted to sell his property. 34 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:02,500 And I've been in discussions with him about buying him out. 35 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:07,800 And I just signed the deal today. 36 00:02:09,260 --> 00:02:10,300 Seriously? 37 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:12,400 Yeah. 38 00:02:15,860 --> 00:02:17,230 You bought Gold Run? 39 00:02:19,500 --> 00:02:24,160 Three miles of Gold Run that butts up to our property 40 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:27,130 and a mile of ground on Sulphur. 41 00:02:31,860 --> 00:02:33,630 Is there anything left up there, man? 42 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:38,360 It's been hammered. 43 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:41,460 But they've done a lot of 10-ounce-an-hour runs there. 44 00:02:41,460 --> 00:02:42,860 -Holy [bleep]. -Jeez. 45 00:02:42,860 --> 00:02:44,500 -That's a lot of gold. -Yeah. 46 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:46,890 It's extremely rich. 47 00:02:46,900 --> 00:02:49,790 Did you buy just the dirt or, like, buy the whole thing out? 48 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:53,360 The whole company. Purchase price, $2.5 million. 49 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:55,860 From a cash basis, it does put the screws 50 00:02:55,860 --> 00:02:58,760 to us a bit, but I've embraced the debt. 51 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:01,960 -You can always go bankrupt. -I know, Mitch. 52 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:04,990 I mean, that's a lot of money, but with our production, 53 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:08,190 I think that it's gonna pay for itself. 54 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:11,930 Do we have the manpower to pick up all this extra stuff? 55 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:15,500 -Um... -We're stretched pretty thin as it is. 56 00:03:16,860 --> 00:03:20,960 Yeah, we are stretched thin, but they have a pit 57 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:24,300 stripped on Sulphur that's ready to go. 58 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:28,290 Gonna run out of ground on the Indian River, right? 59 00:03:28,300 --> 00:03:31,960 And so that crew that's down there, they can bounce Bob 60 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:34,690 over there and sluice these pits out. 61 00:03:34,700 --> 00:03:36,660 It would have been nice to have Damien and his crew 62 00:03:36,660 --> 00:03:38,860 back here to help out with everything at the long cut 63 00:03:38,860 --> 00:03:40,330 and the bridge cut and all that. 64 00:03:41,260 --> 00:03:43,160 Right now, it seems kind of high risk, 65 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:46,860 but I do feel like a year from now, we'd be like, oh, yeah, 66 00:03:46,860 --> 00:03:48,590 of course we'll do that, right? 67 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:51,390 How much gold do you think we need to get off the property? 68 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:53,790 I would really hope to see 1,000 ounces 69 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:55,790 between the two properties. 70 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:57,690 Like, we have to produce this year. 71 00:03:57,700 --> 00:03:59,660 We have to put some serious gold away. 72 00:03:59,660 --> 00:04:01,760 I wouldn't suggest this if I didn't think that 73 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:03,330 we could solve the money problem. 74 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:09,990 I really don't like having, like, neighbors 75 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,660 You could have just built a fence probably for a lot cheaper. 76 00:04:12,660 --> 00:04:15,260 [all laughing] 77 00:04:15,260 --> 00:04:18,760 Well, that's not what I was expecting to hear, but congratulations. 78 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:20,760 -Yeah. -Hey, we got some more sluicing to do. 79 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:21,990 Yeah. 80 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,460 Yeah, we'll see if it's a congratulations 81 00:04:24,460 --> 00:04:25,860 or condolences. 82 00:04:25,860 --> 00:04:28,160 -All right, gentlemen. -To sluicing. 83 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:29,700 [all laughing] 84 00:04:30,900 --> 00:04:31,700 [groans] 85 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:36,490 So that was kind of a bittersweet. 86 00:04:36,500 --> 00:04:39,160 Bitter part is I think I have to take that boy's checkbook 87 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:40,060 away from him. 88 00:04:40,060 --> 00:04:43,860 He is spending money that we don't have. 89 00:04:43,860 --> 00:04:47,560 The sweet part is he bought Gold Run. 90 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:50,400 That's like saying I just signed with the Yankees. 91 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:55,400 [Tyson] Parker's played Klondike Monopoly here. 92 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,760 We have three wash plants running now and to top it off 93 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:03,260 we have Gold Run and Sulphur. 94 00:05:03,260 --> 00:05:06,460 It's just a lot of work to do and we're spread out again, 95 00:05:06,460 --> 00:05:09,290 but we got to make it work. 96 00:05:09,300 --> 00:05:12,760 [narrator] With his latest addition, Parker now has 97 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:14,600 an almighty empire. 98 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:20,490 At Indian River, Parker's crew is almost done mining eight acres 99 00:05:20,500 --> 00:05:24,000 of ground leased from Ken Tatlow and Stuart Schmidt. 100 00:05:25,660 --> 00:05:29,560 Over on Parker's Dominion claim, they're mining 20 acres 101 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:34,430 at the Long Cut and another 114 at the Bridge Cut. 102 00:05:35,460 --> 00:05:40,360 Now, next door is Parker's new 1,100-acre property 103 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:41,730 at Gold Run. 104 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:49,160 And 10 miles away at Sulphur sits another 950 acres 105 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:52,730 with one cut stripped and ready to be sluiced. 106 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:59,360 Parker's kingdom now spans a colossal 9,550 acres 107 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:03,700 with hundreds of millions of dollars of gold in the ground. 108 00:06:06,100 --> 00:06:08,560 I know Parker wants to hit that 10,000 ounce goal 109 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:10,160 no matter what it takes. 110 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:12,790 But if we look at the amount of ground we have opened up, 111 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:15,290 you got to be really careful that you don't end up 112 00:06:15,300 --> 00:06:17,560 getting a little too ambitious. 113 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:19,990 Normally he's pretty lucky. 114 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:22,500 Hopefully this year he doesn't run out of luck. 115 00:06:24,060 --> 00:06:25,260 [Parker] We don't have the money right now, 116 00:06:25,260 --> 00:06:27,160 but that's never stopped us before. 117 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:31,300 Debt's expensive, but relative to gold price, it's not. 118 00:06:32,260 --> 00:06:36,090 Sulphur, it's on pay, ready to go. 119 00:06:36,100 --> 00:06:38,560 Probably the biggest risk is that it spreads us 120 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:41,090 more thin than we already are 121 00:06:41,100 --> 00:06:44,260 and takes a bunch of cash out of the business at a time 122 00:06:44,260 --> 00:06:47,360 when cash is somewhat hard to find. 123 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:48,530 Um... 124 00:06:49,860 --> 00:06:52,230 I've blown up the season plans yet again. 125 00:07:08,700 --> 00:07:10,500 [Tony speaking] 126 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:24,790 [narrator] Tony Beets has been collecting wins all season, 127 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:29,890 but now he's taking a big loss on his Indian River claim 128 00:07:29,900 --> 00:07:32,290 as he waits for the ground to thaw, 129 00:07:32,300 --> 00:07:35,600 leaving him with just Paradise Hill. 130 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:57,960 To keep the family's gold flowing on the hill, 131 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:01,200 Tony's looking to youngest son, Mike. 132 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,790 [Mike] I'm starting to get in charge of more things, right? 133 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:08,190 More responsibility, more authority. 134 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:10,360 My dad, he might not always agree with what I do, 135 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:13,330 but at the end of the day, I get the results he wants. 136 00:08:15,060 --> 00:08:17,500 And like normal, Paradise will be bringing in the gold. 137 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:43,060 We're pretty much halfway through the season, 138 00:08:43,060 --> 00:08:45,860 and whatever we can do to keep sluicing 139 00:08:45,860 --> 00:08:48,130 is the main goal right now. 140 00:08:49,100 --> 00:08:51,290 [narrator] In his second season with the Beats, 141 00:08:51,300 --> 00:08:54,590 excavator operator Braden Miller feeds 142 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:59,860 the trommel 350 yards an hour of super pit pay. 143 00:08:59,860 --> 00:09:04,190 This is pretty much Mike's operation, but when Tony's here, 144 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:08,160 he pretty much takes over, and it becomes his operation, 145 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:09,290 essentially. 146 00:09:09,300 --> 00:09:11,930 At the end of the day, this is still his claim, right? 147 00:09:15,460 --> 00:09:16,700 Oh, [bleep]. 148 00:09:17,260 --> 00:09:19,560 Hey, Mike, copy Mike. 149 00:09:19,560 --> 00:09:21,930 There's a bunch of water coming out of this gravel here. 150 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:24,900 [bleeping] 151 00:09:38,060 --> 00:09:39,660 [bleep] 152 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:47,260 Water leak is a big issue, because it creates a [bleep] of a mess. 153 00:09:47,260 --> 00:09:49,460 And you thought my bank behind my sluice box 154 00:09:49,460 --> 00:09:52,360 is gonna wash away the whole thing underneath it. 155 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:55,790 If I leave that water to go, it's going to eventually stop 156 00:09:55,800 --> 00:09:57,690 my sluice box from being able to shake. 157 00:09:57,700 --> 00:09:59,900 So it's got to get fixed now. 158 00:10:10,300 --> 00:10:12,360 [Tony speaking] 159 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:13,600 [Mike] I know. 160 00:10:23,660 --> 00:10:25,860 [Tony speaking] 161 00:10:25,860 --> 00:10:27,260 [Mike] I have. 162 00:10:27,260 --> 00:10:29,400 Can I explain before you get all pissy at me? 163 00:10:55,560 --> 00:10:57,760 -[narrator] Three weeks ago. -[Mike] Why are they doing this? 164 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:00,700 Mike faced the same problem. 165 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:05,690 Oh, I see why. I have a rubber to prevent splash back, 166 00:11:05,700 --> 00:11:07,460 To stop the flow of water. 167 00:11:07,460 --> 00:11:10,260 Get that welder over here. Weld that on. 168 00:11:10,260 --> 00:11:12,900 Mike quickly installed a rubber mat. 169 00:11:15,900 --> 00:11:17,960 That's better. I can live with this. 170 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:20,160 This is fine. 171 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:24,230 [narrator] But Tony doesn't think Mike has solved the problem. 172 00:11:26,460 --> 00:11:28,530 I actually don't think it's the baffles. 173 00:11:38,100 --> 00:11:39,060 Okay. 174 00:11:46,100 --> 00:11:48,460 They're cutting off the last of the baffles. 175 00:11:48,460 --> 00:11:51,200 Hopefully that fixes it. I doubt that, but you know. 176 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:57,260 [narrator] Tony's 35-year-old trommel has baffles inside that 177 00:11:57,260 --> 00:12:00,800 are angled to pick up pay dirt and throw it forward. 178 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:04,760 But some are poorly positioned, 179 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:08,230 sending pay dirt and water back the wrong way, 180 00:12:10,100 --> 00:12:12,460 spilling out towards the sluice runs, 181 00:12:12,460 --> 00:12:15,090 undermining their foundation. 182 00:12:15,100 --> 00:12:18,890 Tony's solution, remove the misaligned baffles, 183 00:12:18,900 --> 00:12:21,860 allowing the material to move down the trammel 184 00:12:21,860 --> 00:12:23,600 in the correct direction. 185 00:12:37,560 --> 00:12:40,200 Let's not put blame where it's not deserved. 186 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:00,060 We got all the baffles out. 187 00:13:24,460 --> 00:13:25,900 All right. 188 00:13:31,760 --> 00:13:34,330 Well, it didn't work, and it got worse. 189 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:36,600 I [bleep] told them. 190 00:13:45,460 --> 00:13:48,400 [Tony speaking] 191 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:56,360 [narrator] At Paradise Hill, the Beats' only gold-producing plant 192 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:58,260 is shut down. 193 00:13:58,260 --> 00:14:03,260 Tony's baffle fix has failed, and he's back to square one. 194 00:14:03,260 --> 00:14:06,460 Well, what I'm going to do is I'm going to put a pipe down there. 195 00:14:06,460 --> 00:14:09,930 All these fines, all this [bleep] goes down to that chute. 196 00:14:33,460 --> 00:14:35,360 [narrator] Tony's new plan? 197 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:39,090 Place two sheets of steel at the entrance of the trommel 198 00:14:39,100 --> 00:14:43,260 so that any water splashing out is redirected away 199 00:14:43,260 --> 00:14:44,600 from the sluice box. 200 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:51,200 No, I got a plasma. 201 00:14:57,960 --> 00:15:00,060 I don't see the point. We're basically doing the exact same thing. 202 00:15:00,060 --> 00:15:01,630 It's just going to be going the other direction. 203 00:15:04,860 --> 00:15:05,900 Same thing. 204 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:07,800 I'll be sluicing now. 205 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:09,900 Same thing. 206 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:24,960 We might as well not do anything. 207 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:27,400 This is the same [bleep] Mickey Mouse. 208 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:30,260 Just switching the sides for the problem. 209 00:15:30,260 --> 00:15:32,030 So now I'm going to have two sides of the mess. 210 00:16:04,660 --> 00:16:05,700 Okay. 211 00:16:06,700 --> 00:16:07,700 Okay. 212 00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:21,400 [Tony speaking] 213 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:33,230 [narrator] It's time to see if Tony's water diversion is a success. 214 00:16:34,060 --> 00:16:35,800 [Tony speaking] 215 00:17:04,500 --> 00:17:08,430 Well, the plan for today is to [bleep] sluice. 216 00:17:11,660 --> 00:17:13,930 -You ready, spaghetti? -[woman] I'm ready, spaghetti. 217 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:17,260 Everyone's clear? 218 00:17:17,260 --> 00:17:18,700 Yeah? Okay. 219 00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:24,200 Conveyors are going. 220 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:28,630 One, two, three, four, five. 221 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:35,990 [narrator] 40 miles south, Tony's eldest son and new mine boss, 222 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:39,760 Kevin Beets, is finally sluicing on his claim, 223 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:41,430 leased from his parents. 224 00:17:42,660 --> 00:17:46,190 This is a very huge milestone. There is no denying that. 225 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:50,090 All the work leading up to this was a lot of stress. 226 00:17:50,100 --> 00:17:53,660 I'm mostly feeling a sense of [bleep] relief at this point. 227 00:17:53,660 --> 00:17:56,890 But this is the first time that it's all my [bleep]. 228 00:17:56,900 --> 00:17:58,960 my ground, and at the end of the day, 229 00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:00,860 it's going to be my and Faith's gold. 230 00:18:00,860 --> 00:18:03,600 I'm hoping that this week, if we can get 100 ounces, 231 00:18:04,260 --> 00:18:05,860 it's still just the beginning. 232 00:18:05,860 --> 00:18:08,230 We still have 1,000 ounces to get out of the ground. 233 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:11,090 [narrator] Kevin and his partner, Faith, 234 00:18:11,100 --> 00:18:14,790 have invested nearly $2 million so far, 235 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:18,490 but still have zero gold and have paid Tony 236 00:18:18,500 --> 00:18:19,900 zero royalties. 237 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:23,890 So it feels real good to actually have it run 238 00:18:23,900 --> 00:18:25,960 and look like it's going good. 239 00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:29,160 -About [bleep] time. -I know. 240 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:31,300 It's [bleep] nice. 241 00:18:33,860 --> 00:18:36,190 We are getting some decent sized rocks though. 242 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:37,660 Mmm. 243 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:42,990 One thing I've been looking forward to more than anything 244 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:44,860 is seeing that first gold come in. 245 00:18:44,860 --> 00:18:46,230 It's super [bleep] exciting. 246 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:50,360 [Hunter] It's go, go, go. 247 00:18:50,360 --> 00:18:54,600 We only have limited time now until things freeze over. 248 00:18:56,100 --> 00:19:01,990 [narrator] Operator Hunter Canning feeds Kevin $700,000 washblend, 249 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:04,800 150 yards of pay an hour. 250 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:07,560 We ended up getting a couple of new guys. 251 00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:10,890 I think Kayden has a little bit of mechanic background, 252 00:19:10,900 --> 00:19:14,160 which is great. I'm not quite sure about John. 253 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:17,760 Hopefully they stay. We need people. 254 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:21,160 [narrator] Kevin trains up new recruit, Kayden Foote, 255 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:23,700 to clear the plant's waste tailings. 256 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:27,960 [Kevin] On tailings here, there's no benefit 257 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:32,160 to being fancy and clean, because there's not really 258 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:33,360 any time saving. 259 00:19:33,360 --> 00:19:35,890 You'll end up losing that time in fuel burnt. 260 00:19:35,900 --> 00:19:37,460 -Do you know what I'm saying? -Yeah, yeah. 261 00:19:37,460 --> 00:19:38,760 You're the boss. 262 00:19:40,300 --> 00:19:43,090 [John] This is my first time being a gold miner, 263 00:19:43,100 --> 00:19:46,560 and so this is quite a new experience for me. 264 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:50,360 Honestly this is a little bit of a dream come true. 265 00:19:50,360 --> 00:19:54,500 [narrator] New hire John Bell trucks the tailings to a waste site. 266 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:57,560 I have a background in landscaping 267 00:19:57,560 --> 00:20:01,700 so I had quite a bit of experience with smaller equipment. 268 00:20:02,500 --> 00:20:05,690 I'm here to get myself off of the treadmill 269 00:20:05,700 --> 00:20:09,060 because that's what, you know, 9 to 5, 40 hours a week 270 00:20:09,060 --> 00:20:10,130 their jobs are. 271 00:20:10,130 --> 00:20:12,130 It feels like you're handcuffed to a treadmill. 272 00:20:18,300 --> 00:20:21,900 That is freaking massive. 273 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:34,900 No, no, no. Get in the water. Get in the water. 274 00:20:36,660 --> 00:20:37,960 [bleep] 275 00:20:44,860 --> 00:20:48,100 No, no, no. Get in the water. Get in the water. 276 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:56,560 Hey, Hunter, that big rock is kind of stuck in there. 277 00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:58,730 I'm going to need you to shut off the heater, please. 278 00:20:59,300 --> 00:21:00,730 [Hunter] All right. 279 00:21:01,860 --> 00:21:04,690 [narrator] At Scribner Creek, Kevin Beets' pre-wash 280 00:21:04,700 --> 00:21:08,800 is blocked by a rock shutting down his plant. 281 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:16,290 [Kevin] I got to politely encourage this rock the [bleep] out of my way. 282 00:21:16,300 --> 00:21:18,260 AKA, I'm going to beat the [bleep] out of it 283 00:21:18,260 --> 00:21:19,700 with a sledgehammer till it moves. 284 00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:24,760 Watch your eyes. 285 00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:25,730 Oops. 286 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:28,130 [Faith] Oh. 287 00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:36,560 Is there any way that we could push it back through 288 00:21:36,560 --> 00:21:39,290 and angle it a different way to get through that? 289 00:21:39,300 --> 00:21:41,160 Possibly. 290 00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:43,160 May want to send John up here to try to give it a lift, 291 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:44,430 because he's a little [bleep] heavy. 292 00:21:48,260 --> 00:21:49,490 [John] What can I do for you, brother? 293 00:21:49,500 --> 00:21:52,090 Oh, we need someone with better leverage than what we got. 294 00:21:52,100 --> 00:21:54,900 -All right. -I think we can lift the bottom of this rock. 295 00:21:57,560 --> 00:21:59,690 -[John] You can pull it back now. -[Hunter] Yeah, pull it back. 296 00:21:59,700 --> 00:22:00,590 [John] Here. 297 00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:03,630 -[John grunts] -[Hunter] Hulk smash! 298 00:22:05,900 --> 00:22:07,560 Okay, this is going to go. 299 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:08,990 [John] I can just throw it off the edge, brother. 300 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:09,960 You think you can do it? 301 00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:11,660 -Absolutely. -Holy [bleep]. 302 00:22:11,660 --> 00:22:13,960 If you're thinking you're that [bleep] froggy, 303 00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:15,660 Okay, he's going to try and hit it. 304 00:22:15,660 --> 00:22:17,500 Everyone on this side, see if he'll flip. 305 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:21,430 Perfect. 306 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:24,090 -Okay, you got that? -Yep. 307 00:22:24,100 --> 00:22:26,630 -[grunts] -[Hunter] Think light as a feather. 308 00:22:27,500 --> 00:22:28,990 -Ready? -[Kevin] Yep. 309 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:30,330 [grunting] 310 00:22:32,860 --> 00:22:33,560 Beautiful. 311 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:36,660 -[Hunter] Yay! -There you go. 312 00:22:36,660 --> 00:22:38,760 -Muscles. -[Hunter] Yeah, buddy. 313 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:43,300 -You saved the day. -You're going to make me blush. 314 00:22:44,460 --> 00:22:45,690 Yeah, man. 315 00:22:45,700 --> 00:22:49,630 [narrator] The 300-pound rock hulked out of the pre-wash. 316 00:22:50,300 --> 00:22:51,530 There we go. 317 00:22:51,530 --> 00:22:55,560 [narrator] Kevin and his crew can get back on the gold. 318 00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:57,790 [Kevin] Well, I didn't know he was that big when we hired him. 319 00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:00,660 Good thing, because that rock was a little heavy for me. 320 00:23:00,660 --> 00:23:02,560 Now it's time to get back into the equipment, 321 00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:04,890 'cause it is a long way to 100 ounces for the week. 322 00:23:04,900 --> 00:23:06,600 So back to it. 323 00:23:17,060 --> 00:23:20,360 When we bought Gold Run, it came with some property on Sulphur. 324 00:23:20,360 --> 00:23:24,290 And a lot of gold came out of that creek. 325 00:23:24,300 --> 00:23:26,990 Like, it's been mined top to bottom for a very long time. 326 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:31,360 [narrator] Parker's new claims on Gold Run and Sulphur Creek 327 00:23:31,360 --> 00:23:34,130 are some of the richest in Klondike history. 328 00:23:35,500 --> 00:23:40,260 First mined in the 1896 gold rush by hand 329 00:23:40,260 --> 00:23:43,760 and then with dredges, the two creeks combined 330 00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:48,060 have yielded more than $1.5 billion in gold. 331 00:23:48,060 --> 00:23:52,460 And ground along their banks is still sought after 332 00:23:52,460 --> 00:23:54,300 by modern-day prospectors. 333 00:23:56,800 --> 00:23:59,560 [Parker] I knew down the road I would kick myself for not doing it, 334 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:02,590 even though we're having some short-term money issues. 335 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:06,960 There is a stripped cut over there. 336 00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:09,660 Actually, there's a pay pile ready for a wash plant, 337 00:24:09,660 --> 00:24:13,660 so Tyson has a lot of work to do to get Bob moved 338 00:24:13,660 --> 00:24:15,160 and get them sorted out. 339 00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:17,030 Nailing that transition is a... 340 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:19,230 really important thing. 341 00:24:22,660 --> 00:24:25,560 [Tatiana] This is our last cleanup on Kennan-Stewards. 342 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:28,760 We've done Indian River for the season. 343 00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:31,660 [narrator] With the ground that Kennan-Stewards mined out 344 00:24:31,660 --> 00:24:35,960 for the season and the Sulphur Creek ground ready to go, 345 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:39,490 Parker wants wash plant Bob moved and sluicing 346 00:24:39,500 --> 00:24:41,100 within 10 hours. 347 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:45,560 My job's done here. 348 00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:48,090 It's now up to Tyson and the rest of the crew 349 00:24:48,100 --> 00:24:51,500 to move everything and get it all started at Sulphur. 350 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:56,260 You guys ready? 351 00:24:56,260 --> 00:24:57,300 [man] Hell yeah, buddy. 352 00:24:57,660 --> 00:24:59,600 Move that wash plant. 353 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:03,460 Parker wants this wash plant moved from Cairns 354 00:25:03,460 --> 00:25:05,990 over to Sulphur by the end of the day and up and running, 355 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:09,490 so we're gonna do our best to make that happen for him here. 356 00:25:09,500 --> 00:25:11,930 Hopefully the gold's worth it over at Sulphur. 357 00:25:15,860 --> 00:25:17,360 [Jordan] Quite frankly, I just think we're doing too much. 358 00:25:17,360 --> 00:25:18,360 It all sounds good. 359 00:25:18,360 --> 00:25:21,760 "Oh, we only need to do a little bit over here." 360 00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:25,760 Well, then you go [bleep] do it 12 hours a day every [bleep] day. 361 00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:29,800 [narrator] Pitching in with the plant move, mechanic Jordan Sands. 362 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:34,160 A plant move doesn't consist of from [bleep] there over to there now. 363 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:37,060 It's [bleep] 40k one way. What does that consist of? 364 00:25:37,060 --> 00:25:39,860 All these trucks, all these people, a whole [bleep] day. 365 00:25:39,860 --> 00:25:41,960 It's not a couple hours. 366 00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:46,490 What gets done? [bleep] all. If the dirt doesn't produce money, we're [bleep]. 367 00:25:46,500 --> 00:25:47,800 That's it. 368 00:25:49,300 --> 00:25:51,930 Money stops coming, so do I. I'll tell you that. 369 00:25:54,660 --> 00:25:56,400 Got the plant tore apart. 370 00:25:56,900 --> 00:25:58,930 Got all the pieces on trailers. 371 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:02,230 Let's start this convoy. 372 00:26:08,860 --> 00:26:11,290 Try and make it there in one piece. 373 00:26:11,300 --> 00:26:13,130 [Parker on radio] Just focus on you, okay? 374 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:24,900 Whoo! Let's go! 375 00:26:31,100 --> 00:26:36,360 [narrator] The 25 miles to Sulphur Creek is Parker's longest ever 376 00:26:36,360 --> 00:26:37,900 plant move. 377 00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:42,160 [Tyson] We don't have any replacements for any of this stuff. 378 00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:44,990 If we damaged one part of this wash plant, 379 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:47,160 the whole day was a bust. 380 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:51,330 Sulphur is a bust. The whole plan is done. 381 00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:56,000 We're in the dust and the heat. 382 00:26:56,560 --> 00:26:58,230 Trying to make some money. 383 00:26:59,500 --> 00:27:01,600 Or go broke trying, right? 384 00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:16,060 Well, we're officially on Sulphur here. 385 00:27:16,060 --> 00:27:18,690 See the wash plant still on the truck. 386 00:27:18,700 --> 00:27:20,090 Take that as a win. 387 00:27:20,100 --> 00:27:24,060 Parker wants this wash plant set up as quick as possible, 388 00:27:24,060 --> 00:27:27,760 'cause right now we're not getting any gold out of Bob, 389 00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:29,400 and we definitely need to be. 390 00:27:30,360 --> 00:27:32,600 It's time to go put a wash plant together. 391 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:43,530 That's good there, guys. 392 00:27:44,260 --> 00:27:45,490 Give me a hand with this feeder. 393 00:27:45,500 --> 00:27:48,090 You need to be in my eyes while I lift it up, back her in. 394 00:27:48,100 --> 00:27:49,360 [man] Let's do it. 395 00:27:50,460 --> 00:27:52,090 [Alec] We're getting a lot closer to sluicing. 396 00:27:52,100 --> 00:27:54,360 We might have her going for night shift. 397 00:27:54,360 --> 00:27:56,500 I think we do have a night shift lined up. 398 00:27:58,860 --> 00:28:00,760 Let me just hop up in the plant and see 399 00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:03,000 where we're lined up to our feed bin. 400 00:28:05,360 --> 00:28:06,530 Oh, no. 401 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:08,500 Oh [bleep]. 402 00:28:11,260 --> 00:28:12,960 That's really bad. 403 00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:16,500 This bar, it's shattered. 404 00:28:17,360 --> 00:28:19,160 It's the front lip of the plant. 405 00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:20,730 Keeps the dirt on the shaker. 406 00:28:21,660 --> 00:28:24,290 If we were running this, the crack would continue. 407 00:28:24,300 --> 00:28:25,990 This whole chute would be blown out 408 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:28,060 of the plant, and we'd have a pileup. 409 00:28:28,060 --> 00:28:32,590 That's quite a big job to get something proper in there. 410 00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:34,600 Might not be sluicing tonight after all. 411 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:39,790 Our plant's down. This is the last thing we need. 412 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:43,300 We need Bob up and running, and it's down because of a [bleep] feed lip. 413 00:29:07,500 --> 00:29:08,790 How are you? 414 00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:11,590 I was just coming to see if you need an operator 415 00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:13,130 tonight for night shift. 416 00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:21,460 So Bob has some issues. The feed lip's broken. 417 00:29:21,460 --> 00:29:24,300 We got to get this fixed before we can fire Bob up. 418 00:29:26,560 --> 00:29:28,500 [bleep]. That's not good. 419 00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:32,230 You'll get this thing going tomorrow. 420 00:29:34,900 --> 00:29:36,630 It cost us a shift. 421 00:29:39,060 --> 00:29:42,160 I was hoping to fire up tonight and try to make up 422 00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:43,790 for some of those ounces on Dominion, 423 00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:46,500 but looks like that's probably not gonna happen. 424 00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:09,090 Bob is priority one for the whole sluice crew right now. 425 00:30:09,100 --> 00:30:12,390 We got a lot of pay and a lot of investment on that property. 426 00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:15,460 [narrator] At Parker's new claim on Sulphur Creek, 427 00:30:15,460 --> 00:30:18,990 mechanics Alec Kelly and Liam Pukila 428 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:23,630 are racing to fix a broken feed lip on wash plant Bob. 429 00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:26,790 [Alec] We're gonna reinforce it. 430 00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:30,960 The whole chute is held quite strongly on the sides, 431 00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:33,160 and there's no support here. 432 00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:35,090 And the whole time the shaker's running, 433 00:30:35,100 --> 00:30:38,790 this oscillates a little bit to the point where it shatters 434 00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:42,990 and disassembles itself violently from the wash plant. 435 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:46,700 The success of this day is now solely dependent on us. 436 00:30:48,700 --> 00:30:51,690 [Tyson] Sulphur, there's pay, it's ready to go. 437 00:30:51,700 --> 00:30:53,860 He'll be a lot happier once gold's coming in 438 00:30:53,860 --> 00:30:56,300 and get to see what Sulphur is really all about. 439 00:30:57,360 --> 00:31:00,860 I actually thought we would have been sluicing 440 00:31:00,860 --> 00:31:02,060 easily by now. 441 00:31:02,060 --> 00:31:05,590 [narrator] While the mechanics reinforce Bob's feedlet, 442 00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:08,990 Tyson and Damien Brown stockpile more pay 443 00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:11,990 from Sulphur's pre-stripped cut. 444 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:15,360 We're already stretched so bloody thin right now. 445 00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:18,590 What Parker's idea was going to buy another 446 00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:21,800 piece of property, I really don't know. 447 00:31:23,860 --> 00:31:27,830 We got the new chute all welded up. 448 00:31:29,060 --> 00:31:31,360 Now the real fun begins to see how 449 00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:35,030 we're actually gonna get the new one in and how it's even gonna fit. 450 00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:37,930 I'm clear. 451 00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:45,000 Bitchin'. 452 00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:49,830 This makes it easy. 453 00:31:50,900 --> 00:31:53,330 Yeah, now we're just unbolting. 454 00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:55,630 [man] Lifting up. 455 00:31:56,160 --> 00:31:58,260 Crane's taking weight off the chute right now 456 00:31:58,260 --> 00:32:00,300 while they're taking out the last bolts. 457 00:32:00,860 --> 00:32:02,130 Coming down. 458 00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:04,130 Whoa. 459 00:32:05,500 --> 00:32:06,930 Yeah, keep it coming. 460 00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:09,930 Whoa. 461 00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:15,630 Right now, we're getting ready to mock it into place 462 00:32:16,660 --> 00:32:19,130 and see if any modifications need to be made. 463 00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:22,430 Good, Alec. 464 00:32:28,460 --> 00:32:29,230 Whoa. 465 00:32:31,100 --> 00:32:33,160 This is looking pretty good here. 466 00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:35,260 So we got our chute up in place, 467 00:32:35,260 --> 00:32:38,560 line up our holes, throw some bolts in, 468 00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:39,700 and we're out of here. 469 00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:45,800 Perfect. 470 00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:49,060 Well, nice work, guys. Got her back together. 471 00:32:49,060 --> 00:32:51,360 We'll be ready to fire up. I'll go let Damien know. 472 00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:53,260 -Sounds good. -You want to grab the pump, Alec? 473 00:32:53,260 --> 00:32:54,960 -I'll do it. -Thanks. 474 00:32:54,960 --> 00:32:59,830 [narrator] Just two days after Parker's sudden purchase of Sulphur. 475 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:01,860 Here we go. 476 00:33:01,860 --> 00:33:05,090 Wash plant Bob fires up for the first time 477 00:33:05,100 --> 00:33:06,700 on his new ground. 478 00:33:09,760 --> 00:33:11,200 [Tyson] First bucket of pay. 479 00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:16,090 You know, if you asked me at the beginning of the season 480 00:33:16,100 --> 00:33:20,460 if we'd be here on Sulphur sluicing, I'd say you're crazy, 481 00:33:20,460 --> 00:33:23,260 but it's just the cards we've been dealt. 482 00:33:23,260 --> 00:33:26,230 Hopefully there's a big pile of gold at the end of the week for us here. 483 00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:47,760 I'm in the nice AC. 484 00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:51,490 I'm loading the hopper. Things are running. 485 00:33:51,500 --> 00:33:54,960 Kevin Beets crew are playing catch-up, 486 00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:59,860 chasing a 1,000-ounce goal for the freshman year mine boss. 487 00:33:59,860 --> 00:34:02,460 It's so nice to finally get going. 488 00:34:02,460 --> 00:34:04,090 We started with nothing. 489 00:34:04,100 --> 00:34:08,360 And to see an actual plant set up, it's finally coming along. 490 00:34:08,360 --> 00:34:11,160 I got a new hire. His name's Kayden. 491 00:34:11,160 --> 00:34:14,090 He makes me feel really old because he looks like 492 00:34:14,100 --> 00:34:16,490 he should be still in high school. 493 00:34:16,500 --> 00:34:20,360 [Kayden] I've been gold mining for about five years. 494 00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:24,990 When I was a teenager my family had a gold mine 495 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:29,160 and ever since that I've just sort of felt like 496 00:34:29,160 --> 00:34:30,960 it was a bit of a calling. 497 00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:35,460 [narrator] 22-year-old new recruit Kayden has been clearing tailings 498 00:34:35,460 --> 00:34:37,500 since he started two days ago. 499 00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:43,260 It's stressful and I just hope that I please Kevin and Faith 500 00:34:43,260 --> 00:34:45,300 enough to bring me back next season. 501 00:34:49,100 --> 00:34:51,130 Oh, [bleep]. That doesn't look good. 502 00:34:53,560 --> 00:34:55,500 I'm shutting her down, shutting her down. 503 00:35:07,460 --> 00:35:09,890 Hey, Kev, hey, Kev, you need to get down here. 504 00:35:09,900 --> 00:35:13,160 [bleep] I'll be down in a sec to have a look. 505 00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:16,990 [narrator] Kevin needs two ounces of gold an hour to have 506 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:19,760 any chance of hitting his seasoned target. 507 00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:21,160 [man] Holy [bleep]. 508 00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:24,300 One's there, there, there, there, there, there, there. 509 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:26,930 Oh, yeah. [bleep] broken off. 510 00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:32,890 [Kevin] I was up in the yard doing some work, and Kayden gave us a call. 511 00:35:32,900 --> 00:35:34,460 He saw water spraying everywhere, 512 00:35:34,460 --> 00:35:38,160 came up and checked, and found one of these busted, 513 00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:38,990 another one. 514 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:41,160 This whole bar is dead at this point. 515 00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:45,190 [narrator] The broken spray bars won't wash pay dirt properly, 516 00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:47,760 losing gold in the tailings. 517 00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:49,860 I figure this happens from rocks. 518 00:35:49,860 --> 00:35:53,560 They come down off a conveyor. You can see exactly where they hit. 519 00:35:53,560 --> 00:35:55,160 That's center of platen right there. 520 00:35:55,160 --> 00:35:57,160 Bounce, bounce. 521 00:35:57,160 --> 00:35:59,800 And if they hit the deck when it's on an upward swing, 522 00:36:00,700 --> 00:36:05,360 they fly up, they go whack, and these get [bleep]. 523 00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:09,190 So to make sure we get a decent spread on our spray, 524 00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:10,990 we're just gonna quickly replace these ones. 525 00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:13,260 We'll probably go a little shallower. 526 00:36:13,260 --> 00:36:17,100 Because clearly these are, they're in the danger zone. They're too long. 527 00:36:22,900 --> 00:36:24,230 Oh, I see, I see. 528 00:36:25,300 --> 00:36:28,390 I'm going to make more of these from these. 529 00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:30,290 They're going to be a lot shorter because they don't 530 00:36:30,300 --> 00:36:31,800 really need to be this long. 531 00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:38,530 I'm just hoping that it doesn't take too long 532 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:41,990 and we can get the show back on the road 533 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:45,700 because I just want to be sluicing right now. 534 00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:53,330 [Kevin] That's all done. 535 00:36:55,600 --> 00:36:58,500 I have to pop out the old ones and pop in the new ones. 536 00:37:01,360 --> 00:37:02,330 Okay. 537 00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:05,860 So we have the ones I made up. 538 00:37:05,860 --> 00:37:09,560 Much shorter, so they shouldn't be able 539 00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:10,660 to be hit by rocks. 540 00:37:10,660 --> 00:37:12,900 And if they are, they should be much harder to break. 541 00:37:14,760 --> 00:37:15,700 Bada bing. 542 00:37:16,460 --> 00:37:17,430 Quick fix. 543 00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:23,490 Spray bar should be good. 544 00:37:23,500 --> 00:37:25,260 And we're going to fire back up. 545 00:37:25,260 --> 00:37:26,600 Off you [bleep] go. 546 00:37:39,760 --> 00:37:40,960 Nozzles are in. 547 00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:43,090 They're moving the material in an easter, which is perfect. 548 00:37:43,100 --> 00:37:45,290 That means we can get back to sluicing. 549 00:37:45,300 --> 00:37:47,500 Still a long way to 1,000 ounces. 550 00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:54,560 [narrator] Kevin is back on track for his first gold weigh of the season. 551 00:37:54,560 --> 00:37:56,160 [Kevin] I'm excited about the first gold weigh 552 00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:58,460 and actually having money coming in because 553 00:37:58,460 --> 00:38:00,600 the piggy bank's getting [bleep] low. 554 00:38:09,060 --> 00:38:12,700 [Hunter] I've been here for months and we're only just starting to sluice. 555 00:38:13,460 --> 00:38:16,560 I'll point them up here to find the gold 556 00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:21,400 and take it home to my family so we can have a better life. 557 00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:27,160 Being a mom up here is an eye opener and it sucks. 558 00:38:27,160 --> 00:38:31,460 I haven't seen my 10 year old girl in months now. 559 00:38:31,460 --> 00:38:34,500 And I know when I go back, she's gonna be a foot taller. 560 00:38:35,160 --> 00:38:38,090 I've been there every single day, 561 00:38:38,100 --> 00:38:40,660 every step of the way for her. 562 00:38:40,660 --> 00:38:44,160 And now her mommy's gone up north. 563 00:38:44,160 --> 00:38:48,360 Everybody makes sacrifices. This is mine. 564 00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:52,560 I'm showing my little girl that it's possible for women 565 00:38:52,560 --> 00:38:57,030 to come up here and do badass stuff. 566 00:39:11,360 --> 00:39:13,660 [Tony speaking] 567 00:39:13,660 --> 00:39:15,600 Well, at least we get gold. 568 00:39:17,260 --> 00:39:20,090 After a week of Mike and Tony arguing, 569 00:39:20,100 --> 00:39:24,300 the family gathers to see what Paradise Hill brought in. 570 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:32,290 There's a reason we say he's a Ton-ado. 571 00:39:32,300 --> 00:39:34,560 I'm not gonna lie, you do get things done, 572 00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:36,030 but sometimes not the way I like them. 573 00:39:36,760 --> 00:39:39,930 [Tony speaking] 574 00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:48,060 Well, I will admit, sometimes it's a bit annoying 575 00:39:48,060 --> 00:39:49,700 when you're micromanaging me. 576 00:39:56,800 --> 00:39:58,630 All that did was redirect water. 577 00:40:03,460 --> 00:40:05,560 Yeah, but when all you can think of is run, run, run, 578 00:40:05,560 --> 00:40:07,990 run, you sometimes can't look past that. 579 00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:09,030 You tunnel vision. 580 00:40:16,500 --> 00:40:19,490 [narrator] To get to his 5,000-ounce goal, 581 00:40:19,500 --> 00:40:23,800 Tony needs over 160 ounces a week. 582 00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:30,260 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 583 00:40:30,260 --> 00:40:33,700 80, 90, 100, 110, 120... 584 00:40:36,360 --> 00:40:38,560 127.7. 585 00:40:38,560 --> 00:40:42,700 [narrator] Worth almost $320,000. 586 00:40:49,260 --> 00:40:51,200 Who would that guy be? You? 587 00:40:54,100 --> 00:40:56,230 You guys should go back to work. 588 00:40:58,560 --> 00:41:00,500 -We'll see you guys later. -Yeah. 589 00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:04,460 [Mike] My dad wasn't giving me a solution. 590 00:41:04,460 --> 00:41:07,360 He was giving me a quick fix that doesn't do nothing. 591 00:41:07,360 --> 00:41:09,560 And I'm willing to take the time and be patient 592 00:41:09,560 --> 00:41:11,060 to get something done right. 593 00:41:11,060 --> 00:41:14,460 If he's in a bad mood, he doesn't care. Get it going. 594 00:41:14,460 --> 00:41:17,460 He's been having a very hard year this year. 595 00:41:17,460 --> 00:41:20,360 He's stressed, frankly. He's stressed. 596 00:41:20,360 --> 00:41:23,660 Things are not going the way he wants out in the Indian. 597 00:41:23,660 --> 00:41:26,260 So now he feels he has to do everything himself. 598 00:41:26,260 --> 00:41:28,990 First, it shows a massive disrespect towards me, 599 00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:31,400 because you're not [bleep] taking my word serious. 600 00:41:31,860 --> 00:41:33,130 That pisses me off. 601 00:41:44,360 --> 00:41:45,790 -Hey, guys. -Hey, guys. 602 00:41:45,800 --> 00:41:48,060 -Hey. -Hola. 603 00:41:48,060 --> 00:41:50,460 [narrator] Three and a half months into the season, 604 00:41:50,460 --> 00:41:55,460 and Kevin Beets is finally weighing his first gold. 605 00:41:55,460 --> 00:41:58,590 -So, how's things been going? -Oh, we're finally sluicing. 606 00:41:58,600 --> 00:42:01,500 That is good to finally get that going. 607 00:42:04,060 --> 00:42:07,760 Yeah, things kept getting pushed back, breakdowns and people. 608 00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:09,890 [man] The big thing was setting the plant up. 609 00:42:09,900 --> 00:42:12,700 Definitely a couple of little teething things going on. 610 00:42:13,660 --> 00:42:16,590 [Tony speaking] 611 00:42:16,600 --> 00:42:19,300 I think we're very fortunate to have you guys help us out. 612 00:42:20,100 --> 00:42:21,890 Yeah. You're still my kids. 613 00:42:21,900 --> 00:42:23,700 It'll never change. 614 00:42:24,900 --> 00:42:27,290 It's a big thing to do 1,000 your first year. 615 00:42:27,300 --> 00:42:28,430 I know the growing pains. 616 00:42:28,430 --> 00:42:31,000 So I'm going to see these two succeed as well, right? 617 00:42:35,400 --> 00:42:36,560 Oh, trust me, I know. 618 00:42:36,560 --> 00:42:38,660 I think we put two million so far. 619 00:42:38,660 --> 00:42:40,990 It's getting scary at one point as well. 620 00:42:41,000 --> 00:42:44,160 It was just watching the bills come in and I was like, okay, 621 00:42:44,160 --> 00:42:46,290 where do I get the money now? [laughs] 622 00:42:46,300 --> 00:42:49,260 So, I see you have some gold. 623 00:42:49,260 --> 00:42:50,760 We do. 624 00:42:50,760 --> 00:42:52,700 Are we ready, folks? 625 00:42:53,460 --> 00:42:56,360 [narrator] To achieve his 1000 ounce goal, 626 00:42:56,360 --> 00:43:00,500 Kevin must average roughly 100 ounces a week. 627 00:43:03,760 --> 00:43:07,860 One, two, three, five, 628 00:43:07,860 --> 00:43:13,900 10, 15, 20, 25, 30. 629 00:43:15,960 --> 00:43:19,290 -Damn, 33 ounces. -Nice. 630 00:43:19,300 --> 00:43:24,430 -Right on the dot. -Worth $82,500. 631 00:43:27,300 --> 00:43:29,400 We do get the royalties, right? 632 00:43:35,800 --> 00:43:38,260 Well, get running, keep running. That's the biggest thing. 633 00:43:38,260 --> 00:43:39,860 Yeah. 634 00:43:39,860 --> 00:43:42,390 Next, I hope it'll be a little bit more gold. 635 00:43:42,400 --> 00:43:43,860 -Yeah, we do. -[Faith] I hope so, too. 636 00:43:43,860 --> 00:43:44,900 Me as well. 637 00:43:48,100 --> 00:43:49,090 Good to see you guys. 638 00:43:49,100 --> 00:43:51,260 -Bye. -See ya. 639 00:43:51,260 --> 00:43:53,930 [Faith] We could have done better. I always want more. 640 00:43:54,860 --> 00:43:57,360 It doesn't seem like we have much time left. 641 00:43:57,360 --> 00:43:59,300 Do you think we're gonna hit our 1,000 ounce? 642 00:44:00,160 --> 00:44:01,830 Honestly, I don't know yet. 643 00:44:18,800 --> 00:44:20,300 -Hi, Chris. -Hey, Parker. 644 00:44:22,060 --> 00:44:23,290 Beer me. 645 00:44:23,300 --> 00:44:26,500 I think we have to have a talk about your spending practices. 646 00:44:27,360 --> 00:44:29,890 Oh, I know. 647 00:44:29,900 --> 00:44:33,130 How much have you spent on property the last two years, right? 648 00:44:34,360 --> 00:44:37,030 Yeah, too much. I don't want to think about it. 649 00:44:38,100 --> 00:44:39,790 Well, hopefully it'll pay off. 650 00:44:39,800 --> 00:44:44,560 [narrator] Parker has gold coming from four spots this week. 651 00:44:44,560 --> 00:44:46,090 [Chris] That's a busy week for you, Dumit. 652 00:44:46,100 --> 00:44:48,090 Roxanne keeps chugging along. 653 00:44:48,100 --> 00:44:51,760 We were plugging away while everything else was happening. 654 00:44:51,760 --> 00:44:55,360 [narrator] First up is the gold from the long cut on Dominion, 655 00:44:55,360 --> 00:44:58,730 which has been averaging 150 ounces a week. 656 00:44:59,160 --> 00:45:00,760 This is a long cut. 657 00:45:00,760 --> 00:45:07,560 20, 30, 70, 140, 200, 658 00:45:07,560 --> 00:45:13,060 210, 217.7. 659 00:45:13,060 --> 00:45:15,360 Nice. That's solid. 660 00:45:15,360 --> 00:45:16,360 [man] Not bad. 661 00:45:16,360 --> 00:45:17,390 Okay. 662 00:45:17,400 --> 00:45:18,860 There's big red. 663 00:45:18,860 --> 00:45:24,790 [narrator] So far, the bridge cut is yet to hit 100 ounces in a week. 664 00:45:24,800 --> 00:45:27,930 [Chris] Here we go. Big red bridge cut. 665 00:45:29,000 --> 00:45:32,760 Five, 10, 25, 666 00:45:32,760 --> 00:45:37,530 55, 60, 70, 667 00:45:39,160 --> 00:45:41,130 77.1. 668 00:45:42,200 --> 00:45:43,800 Consistently poor. 669 00:45:45,100 --> 00:45:48,460 [Chris] Last cleanup down at Ken's, five. 670 00:45:48,460 --> 00:45:52,760 [narrator] Kenan Stewart's has been their best performing cut this season, 671 00:45:52,760 --> 00:45:55,290 delivering two ounces of gold an hour. 672 00:45:55,300 --> 00:46:02,260 30, 65, 70, 98.8. 673 00:46:02,260 --> 00:46:08,690 [narrator] Over 2.5 ounces an hour on its last run of the season. 674 00:46:08,700 --> 00:46:11,260 But for the hours it ran, I think it did well. 675 00:46:11,260 --> 00:46:13,090 Well, it's a good thing you got Sulphur, 676 00:46:13,100 --> 00:46:15,530 because without that, where would have Bob gone? 677 00:46:16,360 --> 00:46:18,700 What do you think? You liking your new purchase? 678 00:46:20,960 --> 00:46:23,660 I don't know, Chris. Do we like our new purchase? 679 00:46:23,660 --> 00:46:26,790 [narrator] For Sulphur to pick up the slack, Parker's looking 680 00:46:26,800 --> 00:46:30,660 for it to deliver at least 100 ounces in just 681 00:46:30,660 --> 00:46:32,130 two days of running. 682 00:46:33,400 --> 00:46:35,560 -Bob's Sulphur. -All righty, let's see 683 00:46:35,560 --> 00:46:38,000 how Parker's new purchase panned out. 684 00:46:39,000 --> 00:46:40,160 How did it go? 685 00:46:40,160 --> 00:46:45,290 Here we go. 20, 40, 60, 686 00:46:45,300 --> 00:46:47,600 80, 100, 687 00:46:48,160 --> 00:46:53,500 110, 120, 130, 688 00:46:56,700 --> 00:47:00,060 141.65. 689 00:47:00,060 --> 00:47:04,260 [narrator] Sulphur has made nearly double the gold the bridge cut 690 00:47:04,260 --> 00:47:05,890 has all week. 691 00:47:05,900 --> 00:47:09,060 So far so good. It's a good week for Bob 692 00:47:09,060 --> 00:47:10,260 with a move in the middle. 693 00:47:10,260 --> 00:47:12,400 [Parker] Well, at least there's some gold over at Sulphur. 694 00:47:13,360 --> 00:47:14,900 And you guys keep doubting me. 695 00:47:16,500 --> 00:47:18,400 Halfway through some gold down there. 696 00:47:19,100 --> 00:47:21,790 Got them all up. That's a pretty good week. 697 00:47:21,800 --> 00:47:26,190 So for the week, we have 535.2 ounces. 698 00:47:26,200 --> 00:47:30,460 [narrator] Worth $1.3 million, more than half 699 00:47:30,460 --> 00:47:33,160 the purchase price of his new ground. 700 00:47:33,160 --> 00:47:35,400 -Better than a kick in the ass. -Yeah. 701 00:47:36,360 --> 00:47:37,560 We broke 500. 702 00:47:37,560 --> 00:47:41,900 It gives us a season total of 2880.5. 703 00:47:42,400 --> 00:47:43,460 Keep that going. 704 00:47:43,460 --> 00:47:44,930 -Yeah. -Be all right. 705 00:47:45,900 --> 00:47:48,360 We're getting there. The numbers are jumping much quicker 706 00:47:48,360 --> 00:47:50,230 than they have the last few weeks, so. 707 00:47:51,200 --> 00:47:53,130 On that note. All right, gentlemen. 708 00:47:53,760 --> 00:47:54,860 All right, thanks, Chris. 708 00:47:55,305 --> 00:48:55,944