"Gold Rush" Another Man's Treasure

1 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:07,600 [Parker] You know, this season has been complicated and expensive. 2 00:00:08,460 --> 00:00:10,200 Dominion's been quite a learning curve. 3 00:00:11,060 --> 00:00:14,460 A lot of very, very bad ground. 4 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:17,290 We can talk about how great it will be in the future, 5 00:00:17,300 --> 00:00:21,100 but it doesn't, uh, doesn't help us pay any bills right now. 6 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:27,690 The fact that I'm actually needing to come up with money 7 00:00:27,700 --> 00:00:30,500 and like selling things kills me. 8 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:38,074 9 00:00:43,460 --> 00:00:45,760 -Are you buying this thing? -We're hoping. 10 00:00:46,660 --> 00:00:48,460 I guess it all depends, hey? 11 00:00:48,460 --> 00:00:53,460 We're just trying to get some emergency gear at the right price. 12 00:00:53,460 --> 00:00:56,160 This is the nicest one that I can do. 13 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:58,260 It is a fairly tight tractor. 14 00:00:59,660 --> 00:01:02,000 -[Brian] Where are you at? -[Parker] Where am I at? 15 00:01:03,100 --> 00:01:04,160 Um... 16 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:08,760 Two hundred grand. 17 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:14,400 I was thinking we'd come in closer to the buck and a half mark. 18 00:01:24,860 --> 00:01:28,100 Oh, 150. 19 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:31,790 Um... 20 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:33,590 Yeah. I mean, the truth is I need the money. 21 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:38,900 So how about, uh, we just settle on your side of the middle at, like, 165 ? 22 00:01:40,860 --> 00:01:42,000 One sixty two. 23 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:47,260 [Parker] Fine. 24 00:01:47,860 --> 00:01:49,000 [chuckles] 25 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:51,000 [Brian] Sounds good. 26 00:01:51,900 --> 00:01:53,000 [Parker] Bosco. 27 00:01:54,060 --> 00:01:55,100 Load up. 28 00:02:02,060 --> 00:02:04,760 [Brian] Um, I'm not sure why Parker gave me such a good deal. 29 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:07,760 Maybe he's a little tight on gold this year. He's getting desperate. 30 00:02:08,660 --> 00:02:09,860 [Parker] We're a mining company. 31 00:02:09,860 --> 00:02:13,000 We should be making money gold mining. 32 00:02:13,860 --> 00:02:15,400 Embarrassing is what it is. 33 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:42,260 Right now, we've got multiple wash plants running. 34 00:02:42,260 --> 00:02:47,160 Well, this week should be the last of sluicing in the Long Cut. 35 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:51,890 There's definitely a serious concern that Roxanne might spend a large portion 36 00:02:51,900 --> 00:02:54,460 of the tail end of this season shut down. 37 00:02:54,460 --> 00:02:58,060 [narrator] At the start of the season, Parker Schnabel 38 00:02:58,060 --> 00:03:01,560 made the call to mine out the Long Cut. 39 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:05,360 And it's been an expensive slog for foreman Mitch Blaschke. 40 00:03:06,660 --> 00:03:10,590 After five months, the cut's almost out of pay, 41 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:13,800 and Parker now needs to find new ground. 42 00:03:15,260 --> 00:03:18,660 [Mitch] Parker's been looking all over every property we have 43 00:03:18,660 --> 00:03:20,390 trying to find more dirt we can sluice. 44 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:23,460 But it's all about finding that thawed material. 45 00:03:23,460 --> 00:03:25,990 You know, it wouldn't be the first time we've bit off 46 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:27,960 a little bit more than we could chew. 47 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:34,490 [narrator] With over 9,500 acres of ground, 48 00:03:34,500 --> 00:03:38,100 Parker is claim-rich but pay-dirt poor. 49 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:40,490 This late in the season, 50 00:03:40,500 --> 00:03:44,660 any stripped ground is frozen and not ready to run. 51 00:03:46,060 --> 00:03:48,860 Roxanne is just about done in the Long Cut, 52 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:51,490 and we're still quite short on gold. 53 00:03:51,500 --> 00:03:53,260 And so Mitch and I are just trying to figure out 54 00:03:53,260 --> 00:03:56,690 where Roxanne should spend the rest of it here. 55 00:03:56,700 --> 00:03:59,460 And I feel like I'm walking through a minefield. 56 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:03,360 [narrator] To make matters worse, 57 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:06,090 Parker has just weeks left in the season 58 00:04:06,100 --> 00:04:12,800 to mine over 3,000 ounces and hit his 8,000-ounce goal. 59 00:04:15,260 --> 00:04:17,760 [Mitch] So what have we got over here? 60 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:21,760 -[Parker] So camp is just over that hill, right? -[Mitch] Yeah. 61 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:23,760 And these are all tailings 62 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:29,360 from mining in the 80s to early 90s. 63 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:33,690 And they're all done with an old push box, but they're thawed. 64 00:04:33,700 --> 00:04:37,560 So we need to decide whether we gamble 65 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:41,330 that these tailings are mineable, right? 66 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:47,590 And I mean, I don't know, somebody else has already been in here, man. 67 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:48,990 This is their leftovers. 68 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:51,260 [Parker] I think the best thing to try to do 69 00:04:51,260 --> 00:04:54,160 is to try to know where Roxanne's gonna go. 70 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:58,260 We can, like, bring a mini hoe over with a little test trommel. 71 00:04:58,260 --> 00:05:01,290 The whole question is, how much of the gold do they get? 72 00:05:01,300 --> 00:05:03,790 -And, uh... -[Parker] Which is a good reason 73 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:06,060 to come in with a smaller plant and do a test. 74 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:10,700 [Mitch] Okay. 75 00:05:11,860 --> 00:05:17,060 [narrator] In the early 1980s, miners sluiced the perimeter of Parker's camp, 76 00:05:17,060 --> 00:05:19,660 leaving piles of tailings. 77 00:05:19,660 --> 00:05:22,590 They used a primitive push box wash plant, 78 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:26,600 and a dozer to feed pay directly into the sluice box. 79 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:33,200 Parker hopes this inefficient method left lots of gold behind. 80 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:40,460 Now covered in trees, Parker must remove the top layer of vegetation 81 00:05:40,460 --> 00:05:43,560 to get to the thawed tailings. 82 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:47,360 [Parker] I'm just exploring a little bit trying to figure out how to identify 83 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:50,200 what I think is the good stuff versus the waste. 84 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:55,290 These tailings are one of the best options if there's gold in them. 85 00:05:55,300 --> 00:05:59,090 And we, you know, pretty desperately need to keep the plant running 86 00:05:59,100 --> 00:06:02,560 and hopefully on something that has some decent gold in it. 87 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:06,490 So Tyson's gonna come down with our little test trommel, 88 00:06:06,500 --> 00:06:09,860 and we're gonna do some testing and see if there's any gold in there. 89 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:13,360 -Come on. -[barks] 90 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:29,000 Right now, we're just trying to run a yard of different materials. 91 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:33,360 And then we'll do a cleanup and we'll see what's in it. 92 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:43,130 [Tyson] Oh, yeah. 93 00:06:45,460 --> 00:06:49,160 [narrator] Before Parker commits to mining the tailings, 94 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:51,060 he's running a three-yard test. 95 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:54,900 We are getting there one shovelful at a time. 96 00:06:56,800 --> 00:07:01,200 [narrator] To be viable, he needs one gram of gold minimum. 97 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:05,660 [Tyson] This is our final bucket. 98 00:07:05,660 --> 00:07:07,200 [Parker] This is the last one? 99 00:07:12,300 --> 00:07:15,400 Maybe we'll get the confidence that we need. Maybe not. I don't know. 100 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:19,260 We'll pan it and lay it and see what we find. 101 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:26,160 The problems that we have this year with, like, wash plants 102 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:28,260 and schedules, um... 103 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:33,060 ...was a pretty big screw up on my part. 104 00:07:33,060 --> 00:07:35,190 Now, it's just a matter of getting enough money 105 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:39,260 to pay the payments that we have for the property and debt payments. 106 00:07:39,260 --> 00:07:42,560 So we're in a bit of a precarious position at the moment. 107 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:47,700 And we need plants running till the end of the season. 108 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:53,730 All right. 109 00:07:55,460 --> 00:07:58,100 It doesn't look too bad for a dirt that's been washed before. 110 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:02,160 [Parker] It looks like more than it is, but I don't know. 111 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:04,500 I need to weigh it. I have a scale at my house. 112 00:08:18,300 --> 00:08:21,160 We really want to be done with overburden this week 113 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:23,860 and get down to pay as quick as we can. 114 00:08:23,860 --> 00:08:25,760 Just probably about another eight feet. 115 00:08:25,760 --> 00:08:28,260 [narrator] A month into their next big treasure hunt, 116 00:08:28,260 --> 00:08:32,260 Rick Ness's crew has moved a mountain 117 00:08:32,260 --> 00:08:36,560 and are finally on the verge of hitting Vegas Valley pay. 118 00:08:36,560 --> 00:08:40,560 We're almost right to the end here, and every day counts for us. 119 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:47,160 Bailey's done a great job with this cut, managing it. 120 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:48,460 Got into a good spot. 121 00:08:48,460 --> 00:08:50,960 But we still got a way to go. 122 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:55,090 We've got a lot more gold to get and not a whole lot of time to do it. 123 00:08:55,100 --> 00:08:58,690 [narrator] Rick has spent nearly a million dollars of his profits 124 00:08:58,700 --> 00:09:03,760 to dig down over 150 feet in Vegas Valley. 125 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:09,860 With no gold coming in and no guarantee he can mine the property next year, 126 00:09:09,860 --> 00:09:15,190 Rick is praying his gamble will pay out big. 127 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:17,560 [Rick] This water license, you know, that's hanging over my head, 128 00:09:17,560 --> 00:09:19,560 and we don't know what's gonna happen here. 129 00:09:19,560 --> 00:09:21,890 We gotta just push it even harder. 130 00:09:21,900 --> 00:09:26,890 [narrator] Facing an uncertain future for him and his crew, 131 00:09:26,900 --> 00:09:33,200 Rick's hoping to double his investment and hit a $2 million jackpot. 132 00:09:35,460 --> 00:09:36,630 Well... 133 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:40,490 ...you guys have done a hell of a lot of stripping, 134 00:09:40,500 --> 00:09:42,890 and it looks like we're getting close to pay, right? 135 00:09:42,900 --> 00:09:46,560 We've only got seven or eight foot overburdened gravel sitting on the pay. 136 00:09:46,560 --> 00:09:49,390 And, uh, the future is kind of unknown. 137 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:51,060 We don't know if we're coming back next year, 138 00:09:51,060 --> 00:09:54,090 and I want to make sure that we get as much gold 139 00:09:54,100 --> 00:09:56,660 as we can, uh, by the end of this year. 140 00:09:56,660 --> 00:10:00,700 I want to just keep going a little bit farther um, upstream, extend the cut. 141 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:12,360 It's a gamble. It's going to take some time. 142 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:15,560 We just don't have time to be messing around stripping more overburden. 143 00:10:15,560 --> 00:10:18,260 I think we've got the time. I really do. 144 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:22,890 Wouldn't it be smarter just to take out what we got? 145 00:10:22,900 --> 00:10:26,060 I mean, there's pay right there. 146 00:10:26,060 --> 00:10:28,490 [Rick] You know, if this is gonna be our last year here in Duncan Creek, 147 00:10:28,500 --> 00:10:29,830 I just want to maximize it, you know? 148 00:10:29,830 --> 00:10:32,530 I want to get down and get the biggest spot and get all the gold. 149 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:37,860 -I think it's not worth it anymore. -I agree. 150 00:10:40,100 --> 00:10:41,490 I think it's worth a shot. 151 00:10:41,500 --> 00:10:42,600 Buzz? 152 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:48,160 This whole [bleep] cut's been a risk. 153 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:49,990 The way I look at it, is we go down any farther after the pay, 154 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:52,160 then we're not gonna be able to spend it right. 155 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:55,360 If that's what you want. 156 00:10:56,960 --> 00:10:58,460 Let's expand it right now. 157 00:10:58,460 --> 00:10:59,730 Take that [bleep] chance. 158 00:11:02,260 --> 00:11:04,860 [narrator] Over the last four weeks... 159 00:11:04,860 --> 00:11:10,660 ...Rick's crew has removed nearly a million yards of worthless overburden, 160 00:11:10,660 --> 00:11:16,260 stepping their way down 150 feet to open up a half-acre cut 161 00:11:16,260 --> 00:11:21,000 that is now just eight feet away from a 50-foot pay layer. 162 00:11:22,460 --> 00:11:26,290 But with just over a month left in the season, 163 00:11:26,300 --> 00:11:33,090 Rick wants to spend two weeks extending the cut by a further 60 feet. 164 00:11:33,100 --> 00:11:36,390 Then, remove the last eight feet of overburden 165 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:39,360 from the hole cut down to pay 166 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:42,860 to maximize the area of gold he can get. 167 00:11:47,900 --> 00:11:51,260 This extension has been quite a [bleep] mess so far. 168 00:11:51,260 --> 00:11:53,260 There's water on this bank here, 169 00:11:53,260 --> 00:11:55,830 and I just found some clay. 170 00:11:58,300 --> 00:11:59,760 [narrator] Extending the cut, 171 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:02,560 Bailey's hit a layer of sloppy clay. 172 00:12:03,660 --> 00:12:07,260 Kind of, uh, kind of concerned for us 173 00:12:07,260 --> 00:12:11,330 because the water is not going to let up here at all by the look of it, 174 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:15,790 [Ryan] And Rick's decided he wants to poke into that corner 175 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:19,090 where there's quite a bit of slop right now to expose some more pay. 176 00:12:19,100 --> 00:12:20,560 I just think it's not worth the risk. 177 00:12:20,560 --> 00:12:22,000 The roads are going to [bleep]. 178 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:27,800 We're definitely working these trucks right to the max. 179 00:12:28,560 --> 00:12:30,060 Clay, it's heavy, it's wet. 180 00:12:30,060 --> 00:12:31,460 The sooner we get through it, the better. 181 00:12:31,460 --> 00:12:34,000 But for now, we just keep pushing. 182 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:41,460 Oh, sinking. 183 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:43,900 [bleep] 184 00:12:49,860 --> 00:12:52,400 [bleep] Just buried. 185 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:02,160 Hey, Ryan, you got a copy? 186 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:05,660 [Ryan] Yeah. What's up? 187 00:13:05,660 --> 00:13:08,060 I'm, uh, pretty [bleep] stuck over here. 188 00:13:08,060 --> 00:13:11,060 It's pretty bad. Um, I can't move at all. 189 00:13:11,060 --> 00:13:12,900 You have to get over here. 190 00:13:14,460 --> 00:13:15,700 [narrator] At Duncan Creek, 191 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:18,860 operator Kyle's rock truck 192 00:13:18,860 --> 00:13:21,590 has sunk into the swampy mess 193 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:23,760 while extending the Vegas Valley cut. 194 00:13:27,300 --> 00:13:28,760 What the [bleep]? 195 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:32,360 We got to stop [bleep] with this corner. 196 00:13:41,700 --> 00:13:43,460 I'll clear that back out a little bit. 197 00:13:43,460 --> 00:13:46,360 -Yeah. -Pull the stuff out. We'll hook that on. 198 00:13:48,560 --> 00:13:51,360 Yeah, right now we just work around this rock truck, 199 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:53,760 try to pull it out with a good cable. 200 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:56,260 It's definitely throwing a little bit of challenges here. 201 00:13:56,260 --> 00:13:57,600 It's pretty soft. 202 00:13:59,500 --> 00:14:03,260 Bailey was loading me in there, and, uh, it's all that clay. 203 00:14:03,260 --> 00:14:05,290 So I ended up getting stuck. 204 00:14:05,300 --> 00:14:08,160 But, uh, it's a pain in the ass. 205 00:14:10,360 --> 00:14:12,460 [Bailey] Right now, Kyle's gonna hook it up 206 00:14:12,460 --> 00:14:14,200 and we're gonna pull this truck out. 207 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:38,860 And, uh, get some air back in that tire. 208 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:56,360 Uh, the tires [bleep]. We don't have any other tires. 209 00:14:57,100 --> 00:14:58,100 It blew. 210 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:00,860 Yep. 211 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:02,560 Oh, truck floor's done. 212 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:05,400 -Yeah, you might as well drive it and go park it. -Yep. 213 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:13,560 This place, [bleep], a pain in the ass. 214 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:30,660 We've been eating through pay. 215 00:15:30,660 --> 00:15:33,360 It's been unbelievable. 216 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:38,160 We've kind of got to get a move on, uh, with getting pay 217 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:42,160 into a nice little stockpile 'cause we need to get our goal 218 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:44,160 and if there's nothing stockpiled, 219 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:45,830 I don't know how we're going to reach it. 220 00:15:48,260 --> 00:15:51,490 [narrator] First-year mine boss Kevin Beets, 221 00:15:51,500 --> 00:15:55,200 is trying to step out from his father Tony's shadow. 222 00:15:56,060 --> 00:15:58,890 He's banked just over 300 ounces. 223 00:15:58,900 --> 00:16:05,500 And he's ramped up sluicing 24-7 to try and hit his ambitious 1000-ounce goal. 224 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:10,860 [Kevin] Now that we're running 24, we've been chewing up the cut pretty good. 225 00:16:10,860 --> 00:16:14,460 So, we really got to keep our eyes ahead 226 00:16:14,460 --> 00:16:16,360 so that we do not fall [bleep] behind. 227 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:18,630 And, yeah, and push hard for 1,000 ounces. 228 00:16:21,100 --> 00:16:23,060 We're gonna be running outta pay real quick. 229 00:16:23,060 --> 00:16:26,860 So if we want to keep going, we have to keep on [bleep] trucking. 230 00:16:26,860 --> 00:16:30,760 [narrator] With no resources to increase stripping production, 231 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:35,460 Kevin is now almost out of stockpiled pay. 232 00:16:35,460 --> 00:16:38,160 [Kevin] We gotta keep that stockpile built up 233 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:42,460 so we can keep [bleep] running and get pay from the link's extension. 234 00:16:43,100 --> 00:16:44,760 But it's still a far way off. 235 00:16:46,060 --> 00:16:47,990 [narrator] To add to Kevin's problems, 236 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:54,660 his trusty workhorse, the 480 excavator, is down for repairs. 237 00:16:54,660 --> 00:16:56,560 [Kevin] The problem with the 480 that we're having 238 00:16:56,560 --> 00:16:59,590 is that there is a power issue with one of the injectors. 239 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:00,660 It's not getting juiced. 240 00:17:00,660 --> 00:17:03,000 So now we gotta figure out where she'd [bleep]. 241 00:17:05,460 --> 00:17:07,160 [narrator] So far this season, 242 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:11,690 Kevin has mined out three acres of the links cut. 243 00:17:11,700 --> 00:17:17,200 His crew has since opened up a two-acre extension next to the tailings pond. 244 00:17:18,260 --> 00:17:20,660 And 300 feet north, 245 00:17:20,660 --> 00:17:23,190 they're now racing to finish off stripping 246 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:29,060 a further three acres to supply pay for the rest of the year. 247 00:17:31,500 --> 00:17:34,600 [Brennan] Well, right now we're opening up this cut a little bit more. 248 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:37,490 We're a little short on people, 249 00:17:37,500 --> 00:17:40,700 but we just got to try and push on and make everything happen. 250 00:17:42,500 --> 00:17:46,190 [narrator] In the D10 dozer, foreman Brennan Ruault 251 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:50,760 pushes overburden to their only working excavator, the 700, 252 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:54,260 to load into rock trucks to haul to a waste site. 253 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:59,090 [Brennan] So we just left Chase in charge of the loading trucks. 254 00:17:59,100 --> 00:18:02,290 He's been doing good so far, but this will be a trial date, 255 00:18:02,300 --> 00:18:04,660 and let's see how he does. 256 00:18:06,500 --> 00:18:08,760 [Chase] This is my first time. I've never really done it before. 257 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:12,090 It's been good. I've been getting some more seat time in the excavator. 258 00:18:12,100 --> 00:18:13,500 Spending my days in here. 259 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:17,860 [narrator] Former gravel pit worker, Chase Dreger 260 00:18:17,860 --> 00:18:21,060 has run truck for Kevin all season 261 00:18:21,060 --> 00:18:24,690 and only recently stepped up to excavator. 262 00:18:24,700 --> 00:18:26,760 [Chase] Quite a few things can go wrong here. 263 00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:28,560 So, yeah, I'm feeling the pressure. 264 00:18:38,460 --> 00:18:40,160 I smell something burning. 265 00:18:41,700 --> 00:18:43,500 Holy [bleep]. 266 00:18:47,500 --> 00:18:48,860 Brennan, you got a copy? Brennan? 267 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:50,990 [Brennan] Hello. 268 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:53,660 [Chase] This thing is smoking out the back right now. 269 00:18:53,660 --> 00:18:54,860 [Brennan] Did you shut the key off? 270 00:18:54,860 --> 00:18:56,660 It looks like it's getting way worse. 271 00:18:56,660 --> 00:18:58,090 I'm just gonna pop open the engine compartment 272 00:18:58,100 --> 00:19:01,160 and see if I see any flames or anything, but it's just smoking. 273 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:03,960 [Brennan] Just have to go right now. 274 00:19:05,360 --> 00:19:07,390 [Chase] Oh, yeah, something's definitely on fire. 275 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:08,600 [bleep] 276 00:19:13,360 --> 00:19:15,860 [grunts] [bleep] 277 00:19:26,460 --> 00:19:28,790 [Brennan speaking] 278 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:30,660 [Chase] I have no idea what happened. 279 00:19:30,660 --> 00:19:32,800 I really have no idea. 280 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:37,500 [Brennan speaking] 281 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:43,060 We need this excavator, and we don't have a spare machine. 282 00:19:43,060 --> 00:19:46,000 Forty steps back to every one step forward here. 283 00:19:50,860 --> 00:19:53,900 [Chase] There was some flames I had to hit there. I'll show you. 284 00:20:01,160 --> 00:20:02,160 Let me see here. 285 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:05,290 I don't know. 286 00:20:05,300 --> 00:20:08,100 -So what did you find out there, Kev? -[bleep] 287 00:20:09,360 --> 00:20:11,260 Look at the starter, and you can see 288 00:20:11,260 --> 00:20:13,890 -it's got a drip of solid steel. -Really? 289 00:20:13,900 --> 00:20:16,190 So something shorted inside there, 290 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:19,960 made a molten ball of metal and lit everything on fire. 291 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:22,260 -From the starter? -Yeah. 292 00:20:22,260 --> 00:20:24,860 Was it the same thing that happened to Matt, basically on his? 293 00:20:24,860 --> 00:20:26,690 Remember when the starter did that? 294 00:20:26,700 --> 00:20:29,660 Uh... yeah. 295 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:35,100 Could be us hooking the same thing up wrong. 296 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:40,390 [Matt] I smelled some hot wires 297 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:43,460 and saw some smoke coming out of this back corner here. 298 00:20:43,460 --> 00:20:45,360 [narrator] Earlier this season, 299 00:20:45,360 --> 00:20:48,990 the 700 went down with the same issue. 300 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:51,260 On the bottom of this caught fire. 301 00:20:51,260 --> 00:20:52,660 Yeah, that's interesting. 302 00:20:52,660 --> 00:20:56,660 Unless they've shorted a hole and the [bleep] plastic hosing there. 303 00:20:56,660 --> 00:21:00,100 [narrator] To fix it, Kevin replaced the entire starter motor. 304 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:04,860 So, we're good. 305 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:12,390 [narrator] But it seems he didn't fit it correctly. 306 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:14,260 This thing is definitely down for a little bit. 307 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:16,490 Yeah, [bleep] sakes. 308 00:21:16,500 --> 00:21:18,160 [sighs] 309 00:21:24,300 --> 00:21:26,190 Well, this really sucks. 310 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:31,000 There was another spark off the starter earlier this year. 311 00:21:32,100 --> 00:21:34,560 There was a fire in there. 312 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:36,160 [narrator] In the links cut extension, 313 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:40,060 Kevin's plans to hit pay are at a standstill, 314 00:21:40,060 --> 00:21:44,390 after his only working excavator went up in smoke. 315 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:48,200 [Kevin] Faith's got the part, and I'm hoping it's going to be a fairly easy fix. 316 00:21:49,660 --> 00:21:51,860 Let's see. What can I hit my head on today? 317 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:54,560 You [bleep]. 318 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:00,760 Right now, we have no excavators or load truck 319 00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:02,390 to haul any pay, so... 320 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:06,260 Our 1,000-ounce goal is looking less and less likely. 321 00:22:06,260 --> 00:22:08,100 We are really running out of time. 322 00:22:16,100 --> 00:22:17,160 There we go. 323 00:22:17,700 --> 00:22:20,600 So, as you can see, 324 00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:25,560 something got, uh, made contact on the inside. 325 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:28,660 Got the system so [bleep] hot, this outer frame melted. 326 00:22:30,260 --> 00:22:32,260 And you can see where the drop of molten steel 327 00:22:32,260 --> 00:22:34,300 was, like, beated up here and then went [makes sound]. 328 00:22:35,100 --> 00:22:36,360 And fell off. 329 00:22:39,860 --> 00:22:42,260 One of the things I wanted to do differently, 330 00:22:42,260 --> 00:22:44,560 I'm gonna pull the main power cable off. 331 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:48,560 Regoo the [bleep] out of that a bit, 332 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:50,990 provide a bit more additional protection. 333 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:54,260 It was not sparking from where we hooked up the same power cables. 334 00:22:54,260 --> 00:22:57,100 The negative and the positive, we did do those wrong. 335 00:22:57,960 --> 00:23:00,200 I think I've got that part sorted. 336 00:23:01,100 --> 00:23:03,960 Uh, we really do need the 700 running. 337 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:05,690 Bare minimum. 338 00:23:05,700 --> 00:23:07,790 I still have not got the 480 fixed. 339 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:09,900 I've had not enough time to get to it. 340 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:15,200 Okay. Starter is in. 341 00:23:16,900 --> 00:23:19,590 Everything is hooked up, connected 342 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:22,500 I'm really hoping this thing fires up without too many issues. 343 00:23:24,100 --> 00:23:27,990 Okay. One for the money. Two for the show. Three to get ready. 344 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:31,700 [engine starting and stopping] 345 00:23:33,260 --> 00:23:35,160 No. 346 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:37,860 A bit of a turn over. Let's try that again. 347 00:23:37,860 --> 00:23:40,860 [engine stuttering] 348 00:23:40,860 --> 00:23:41,960 Come on. 349 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:43,500 [engine starting] 350 00:23:46,660 --> 00:23:47,860 How's it going, boss? 351 00:23:47,860 --> 00:23:50,390 If you can hear she's running. She's all yours. 352 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:51,800 [Brennan] Nice. 353 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:55,060 That's good. We've got the 700 back up and running. 354 00:23:55,060 --> 00:23:57,730 One down, and so many more to go. 355 00:24:00,260 --> 00:24:02,560 [Brennan] Well, the 700's up and running here. 356 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:04,990 We just need to keep motoring on. 357 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:07,390 [narrator] After just four hours of downtime, 358 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:14,260 Brennan is back in the race to hit extension pay before the stockpile runs out. 359 00:24:14,260 --> 00:24:16,790 [Brennan] And this year has been a fight from start to finish. 360 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:19,060 But, you know, got to stay positive 361 00:24:19,060 --> 00:24:20,460 for the last few weeks of the season 362 00:24:20,460 --> 00:24:23,360 and hopefully we'll crush that 1,000-ounce target. 363 00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:40,990 [Damien] And it has been a hell of a week here. 364 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:43,060 It's a little bit surreal right now. 365 00:24:43,060 --> 00:24:45,790 The pay pile is finished, the last few buckets here, 366 00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:47,860 and I'm finishing up sluicing. 367 00:24:47,860 --> 00:24:52,890 [narrator] Five weeks ago, while struggling to find gold, at Dominion, 368 00:24:52,900 --> 00:24:57,560 Parker spent $2.5 million on two new claims. 369 00:24:57,560 --> 00:25:00,360 Gold Run and Sulfur. 370 00:25:00,360 --> 00:25:03,260 [Damien] Sulfur was the gamble because we don't know 371 00:25:03,260 --> 00:25:05,300 what the people prior left behind. 372 00:25:07,460 --> 00:25:11,160 With all the issues there happening at Dominion, this was critical. 373 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:16,790 And, my [bleep], when you think about costs that Parker had this season 374 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:17,990 with all the purchases he done, 375 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:22,060 and the expectation was for Sulfur to perform this year. 376 00:25:22,060 --> 00:25:26,590 We had hit it hard, but it definitely paid off for us. 377 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:28,360 [narrator] In just three weeks of running, 378 00:25:28,360 --> 00:25:34,690 it's already delivered over 570 ounces of its 1,000-ounce target. 379 00:25:34,700 --> 00:25:38,090 But has now run out of thawed pay 380 00:25:38,100 --> 00:25:40,260 and has to be shut down for the season. 381 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:46,190 [Damien] It's kind of hard to believe it, but it feels bloody good. 382 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:50,560 Bob didn't give very much trouble at all, which was awesome. 383 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:53,390 It's hard to believe, like, this is all sluiced out, 384 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:55,790 and the gold was pretty damn good in there. 385 00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:58,060 But it's time to look for the greener pasture. 386 00:25:59,860 --> 00:26:02,460 You've done us proud, Bob. You've done us proud. 387 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:10,960 [narrator] Twenty five miles away at Dominion, 388 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:14,900 foreman Mitch is also running the Long Cut's final pay. 389 00:26:16,460 --> 00:26:18,290 [Mitch] So much work has gone into the Long Cut. 390 00:26:18,300 --> 00:26:21,460 You know, we've been in here all season, sluicing it. 391 00:26:21,460 --> 00:26:24,060 And finally getting to that point 392 00:26:24,060 --> 00:26:27,360 where we can say the Long Cut is no longer. 393 00:26:28,460 --> 00:26:31,060 Right here is the last scoop of paydirt. 394 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:36,790 [narrator] Mitch has spent 19 weeks battling breakdowns, 395 00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:40,090 frozen pay and inconsistent gold. 396 00:26:40,100 --> 00:26:44,100 But finally he's mined out the 20-acre cut. 397 00:26:47,360 --> 00:26:49,000 That is a damn good feeling. 398 00:26:51,100 --> 00:26:52,560 Pretty crazy when you sit here 399 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:54,660 and look at this hole in the ground that we've made. 400 00:26:54,660 --> 00:26:58,490 The amount of hours that have gone into making this all happen. 401 00:26:58,500 --> 00:27:02,260 Parker said, "I don't care what it takes to get it done." 402 00:27:02,260 --> 00:27:06,460 And he's really just kind of, you know, let me have at it out here. 403 00:27:06,460 --> 00:27:10,000 The season isn't over yet, but the Long Cut is completed. 404 00:27:21,260 --> 00:27:24,760 The big question is, where do we take Roxanne from here? 405 00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:28,360 We may end up with some serious downtime. 406 00:27:28,360 --> 00:27:32,960 [narrator] With Roxanne finished in the Long Cut and Bob done at Sulfur, 407 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:37,060 Parker is now down to just one wash plant 408 00:27:37,060 --> 00:27:41,690 in his last piece of opened ground, the Bridge Cut. 409 00:27:41,700 --> 00:27:45,590 To have any hope of finishing the season strong, 410 00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:50,100 everything now rests on the results of Parker's tailings test. 411 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:54,590 Knock, knock. What's the scoop? 412 00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:57,500 A little mini gold weigh for a mini wash plant, hey? 413 00:28:03,460 --> 00:28:06,660 I don't have, uh, all of the things I need, 414 00:28:06,660 --> 00:28:09,760 so plastic shot glasses are my measuring device. 415 00:28:10,860 --> 00:28:12,690 [narrator] For the tailings to be profitable, 416 00:28:12,700 --> 00:28:18,560 Parker is looking for the three-yard test to deliver one gram of gold. 417 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:27,300 [Parker] Oh, boy,.76 grams. 418 00:28:30,100 --> 00:28:31,360 That sucks. 419 00:28:31,360 --> 00:28:33,590 Did we break even on our costs? 420 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:36,160 Fifty bucks. We didn't make money. 421 00:28:46,460 --> 00:28:48,000 We could just stop sluicing... 422 00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:52,360 ...but I don't... I think that's a dumb thing to do right now. 423 00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:54,560 But what are we supposed to do? 424 00:29:12,460 --> 00:29:14,830 Dealing with this clay has been a headache 425 00:29:14,830 --> 00:29:16,260 since we first started hitting it. 426 00:29:16,260 --> 00:29:17,760 It's, uh, nonstop. 427 00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:20,090 The trucks are getting stuck in it. 428 00:29:20,100 --> 00:29:26,090 [narrator] The Ness crew have been battling to expand the Vegas Valley cut all week, 429 00:29:26,100 --> 00:29:31,160 but the layer of sloppy clay has slowed progress to a crawl. 430 00:29:33,560 --> 00:29:36,460 [Buzz speaking] 431 00:30:03,260 --> 00:30:04,590 [Ryan] What's up? 432 00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:07,200 [Buzz speaking] 433 00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:36,830 It looks like a cesspool of [bleep] chocolate milk. 434 00:30:37,460 --> 00:30:38,830 I wanna talk to Rick. 435 00:30:41,300 --> 00:30:42,490 [Bailey] We've got to get out of this clay. 436 00:30:42,500 --> 00:30:43,930 It's just holding us back, 437 00:30:43,930 --> 00:30:45,760 putting a lot of wear and tear on the trucks 438 00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:49,260 and, you know, putting us farther behind to be able to get this pay. 439 00:30:50,560 --> 00:30:52,360 We gotta come up with a better idea. 440 00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:10,030 What's up, guys? 441 00:31:11,860 --> 00:31:13,060 What's up with you? 442 00:31:14,100 --> 00:31:16,460 I don't know. I'm a little nervous now. [chuckles] 443 00:31:22,730 --> 00:31:25,160 Right now, we haven't sluiced for a month. 444 00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:27,860 Yeah. 445 00:31:27,860 --> 00:31:29,360 Um... 446 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:35,260 This extension part of the cut is slowing us down too much right now. 447 00:31:35,260 --> 00:31:36,830 The season's ending. 448 00:31:36,830 --> 00:31:40,190 We're getting stuck in all the slop and clay. 449 00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:42,860 Yeah, I just buried my truck in a bunch of slop. 450 00:31:42,860 --> 00:31:45,290 We're getting two buckets of water and [bleep] mud 451 00:31:45,300 --> 00:31:47,860 out of there at a time, and it's just [bleep] way too slow. 452 00:31:54,500 --> 00:31:56,860 [Ryan] And there's just way too much muck right now, 453 00:31:56,860 --> 00:31:59,060 and there's not enough time. 454 00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:02,830 [groans] 455 00:32:06,830 --> 00:32:09,490 [Rick] I can tell everybody's pretty disgusted with this clay and water [bleep]. 456 00:32:09,500 --> 00:32:12,060 and if it's becoming that much of a problem, you're probably right. 457 00:32:12,060 --> 00:32:13,360 We should just move on. 458 00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:17,560 You're not gonna beat the [bleep] slop. 459 00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:21,660 Well, so then where do we cut it off, then? 460 00:32:21,660 --> 00:32:23,560 Pretty much right where Kyle got stuck. 461 00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:27,030 We'll just [bleep] put a berm to hold the rest of the slop back 462 00:32:27,030 --> 00:32:28,860 and dig down, I guess. 463 00:32:28,860 --> 00:32:30,560 [Rick] Yeah. 464 00:32:30,560 --> 00:32:33,160 Do you think that leaves us enough for this year? 465 00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:34,560 [Bailey] Yeah. It ain't gonna be big, 466 00:32:34,560 --> 00:32:37,160 but, you know, it's definitely with this time frame that we're in now, 467 00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:39,090 might as well just take what we can get. 468 00:32:39,100 --> 00:32:40,760 That'll probably get us running sooner, but... 469 00:32:42,500 --> 00:32:44,490 ...just kind of limits us on the size of our cut. 470 00:32:44,500 --> 00:32:46,160 So, um... 471 00:32:46,160 --> 00:32:48,460 [Ryan] I would rather not take any chances. 472 00:32:48,460 --> 00:32:50,730 -We've got to put a lot more gold in the box. -Yeah. 473 00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:53,360 [Buzz speaking] 474 00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:02,260 All right. We've only got seven or eight foot overburdened gravel 475 00:33:02,260 --> 00:33:03,830 sitting on the pay, hey? 476 00:33:03,830 --> 00:33:05,660 So just get that overburdened grab off. 477 00:33:05,660 --> 00:33:07,060 Sounds good. 478 00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:10,990 [Rick] Well, the crew has definitely voiced their opinions 479 00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:14,860 about extending the cut, and I'm just gonna have to go with them on this one. 480 00:33:14,860 --> 00:33:18,090 In light of all the struggles we're having, we'll just cut it short. 481 00:33:18,100 --> 00:33:19,360 We just won't go after that extension. 482 00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:20,860 We have to move on. 483 00:33:20,860 --> 00:33:23,090 We've got 1,500 ounces to get. 484 00:33:23,100 --> 00:33:24,600 I mean, we don't have a choice. 485 00:33:27,060 --> 00:33:29,730 At the end of the day, it was a necessary thing for us 486 00:33:29,730 --> 00:33:33,460 just to, uh, take a halt and not go any further in this corner. 487 00:33:33,460 --> 00:33:35,590 And we really need to contain this clay right now. 488 00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:38,360 So, we're just gonna put a berm up. 489 00:33:38,360 --> 00:33:41,060 Just let's take what we can get and get out of here. 490 00:33:43,500 --> 00:33:47,460 [Buzz speaking] 491 00:33:52,260 --> 00:33:58,290 I'm happy we're opting for pay immediately instead of keeping stripping. 492 00:33:58,300 --> 00:34:01,960 We need to get sluicing again and getting more gold. 493 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:15,930 I'm scraping scraps and it's kind of like a graveyard. 494 00:34:17,100 --> 00:34:20,160 And I'm running out of pay. 495 00:34:20,160 --> 00:34:24,330 [narrator] Kevin's crew are down to their final loads of stockpiled pay dirt. 496 00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:31,960 And Brennan still hasn't hit pay in the links cut extension. 497 00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:36,190 Well, the 700's up and running here with the links cut extension. 498 00:34:36,200 --> 00:34:38,860 And I'm just trying my hardest to get down to pay. 499 00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:40,930 And keep the plant running. 500 00:34:40,930 --> 00:34:44,390 You know, that's the most important tool on the job site right now, 501 00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:46,460 'cause that's the only thing bringing in the money. 502 00:34:46,460 --> 00:34:49,200 You need it running. Every minute counts right now. 503 00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:54,960 [bleep] 504 00:34:56,730 --> 00:34:58,060 This looks gorgeous. 505 00:34:58,060 --> 00:35:01,360 Like, I'm seeing [bleep] pay. Like, look at the boulders in here. 506 00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:02,730 That's just unreal. 507 00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:06,560 Hey, Kev, you copy, Kevin? 508 00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:10,830 [Kevin] Go for Kevin. Go for Kevin. 509 00:35:10,830 --> 00:35:12,760 [Brennan] Kev, you gotta get down here with the gold pan, man. 510 00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:15,930 [Kevin] I'll be right down. 511 00:35:27,830 --> 00:35:30,660 Man, this [bleep] pay is unreal, Kev. 512 00:35:30,660 --> 00:35:31,960 Let's have a look. 513 00:35:35,860 --> 00:35:38,100 Find a puddle and let's see what this looks like. 514 00:35:48,100 --> 00:35:50,600 Tell me there's a [bleep] bunch of gold in there. 515 00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:56,160 We got a nice little pile here. 516 00:35:56,160 --> 00:35:57,730 But there's some decent-sized flakes. 517 00:35:58,660 --> 00:36:00,860 Oh, my [bleep]. 518 00:36:00,860 --> 00:36:03,090 Well, I'm [bleep] pumped. I'm gonna get back digging here. 519 00:36:03,100 --> 00:36:05,930 -I gotta start hauling that up to the [bleep] wash plant. -Agreed. 520 00:36:05,930 --> 00:36:09,390 -That is really gonna help us get to 1,000 ounces. -[bleep] We really need that. 521 00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:10,860 [bleep] yeah. 522 00:36:15,730 --> 00:36:18,730 So it'll be real nice to get a bit of pay and the links cut extension 523 00:36:18,730 --> 00:36:23,100 and have that pay pile stocked up for Hunter running the plant over there. 524 00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:27,100 So we just need to keep motoring on. 525 00:36:38,160 --> 00:36:39,860 [Mitch] Oh. Oh. 526 00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:42,190 No forward gears. 527 00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:45,830 Looks like our transmission has left the chat. 528 00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:48,660 What's going on? 529 00:36:48,660 --> 00:36:50,660 The tranny gave out before we got there. 530 00:36:50,660 --> 00:36:52,130 Oh, sucks. 531 00:36:52,130 --> 00:36:53,730 Looking for a tow. 532 00:36:53,730 --> 00:36:55,130 [Mitch] Tow strap would be great, yeah. 533 00:36:55,130 --> 00:36:56,460 We'll just pull her the rest of the way in. 534 00:36:57,500 --> 00:36:59,160 -Let's roll. -Ready? 535 00:36:59,160 --> 00:37:01,860 -Yeah, man, let's do it. -Okay. Here we go. 536 00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:06,860 Well, right now we're taking this truck back to the park's graveyard. 537 00:37:06,860 --> 00:37:08,590 It's the end of the year. 538 00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:12,260 These trucks have pounded down these roads for a long time, 539 00:37:12,260 --> 00:37:14,490 and they're getting tired just like everybody else. 540 00:37:14,500 --> 00:37:19,260 And you look up here, there's a lot of vehicles that need a lot of attention. 541 00:37:19,260 --> 00:37:21,560 This one, we're adding to it. 542 00:37:24,360 --> 00:37:25,330 Perfect. 543 00:37:25,330 --> 00:37:27,730 All right, buddy. Well, thanks for the tow. 544 00:37:27,730 --> 00:37:29,160 It was good while it lasted. 545 00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:49,760 [Bailey] I'm happy that I'm finally out of the clay pool [bleep]. 546 00:37:49,760 --> 00:37:52,760 There's definitely a little bit of rush 547 00:37:52,760 --> 00:37:57,060 to be able to get down to the pay and start hauling out here. 548 00:37:57,060 --> 00:38:00,760 [narrator] After abandoning the Vegas Valley Extension, 549 00:38:00,760 --> 00:38:02,830 Rick's crew have spent two days 550 00:38:02,830 --> 00:38:08,260 removing the remaining eight feet of overburden in the half-acre cut. 551 00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:15,730 Yeah, this stuff looks like pay to me. 552 00:38:17,030 --> 00:38:18,460 You know, Rick's pretty much said 553 00:38:18,460 --> 00:38:21,160 once you start hitting those bigger boulders and actually scraping it, 554 00:38:21,160 --> 00:38:24,200 that's when you're gonna know that you're, you know, have the pay. 555 00:38:26,660 --> 00:38:29,360 Hey, Rick, you want to come down to Vegas Valley here? 556 00:38:29,360 --> 00:38:30,860 I think I might have hit pay. 557 00:38:45,830 --> 00:38:48,030 [narrator] Rick has spent six weeks 558 00:38:48,030 --> 00:38:50,830 and a million dollars of his profits, 559 00:38:50,830 --> 00:38:54,660 removing over a million tons of overburden 560 00:38:54,660 --> 00:38:57,360 in the hopes of a big score. 561 00:38:59,130 --> 00:39:01,130 Oh, yeah, that's my spot. 562 00:39:01,130 --> 00:39:03,300 [narrator] But if the crew have missed the pay streak 563 00:39:04,360 --> 00:39:06,000 it could all be for nothing. 564 00:39:20,860 --> 00:39:22,130 [Rick] Get a load of that. 565 00:39:24,030 --> 00:39:25,860 That is nice-looking gold for a pan. 566 00:39:26,600 --> 00:39:28,260 That's some [bleep] chunky gold. 567 00:39:28,260 --> 00:39:29,860 [laughs] 568 00:39:32,660 --> 00:39:34,130 That's unreal. 569 00:39:35,160 --> 00:39:39,030 The gold is usually not that coarse in a pan. That's really good. 570 00:39:44,760 --> 00:39:46,230 Bailey, you got a copy? 571 00:39:46,930 --> 00:39:48,230 [Bailey] Go ahead, Rick. 572 00:39:48,230 --> 00:39:49,390 [Rick] That's definitely pay dirt. 573 00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:51,660 How does it feel to come down that far and hit it? 574 00:39:51,660 --> 00:39:55,360 [Bailey] It's been a long time from the top to the bottom here. 575 00:39:56,160 --> 00:39:59,130 Did a good job. Did a really good job, 576 00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:07,260 [narrator] Rick's crew are now in a race to build a stockpile of pay, 577 00:40:07,260 --> 00:40:11,390 move Monster Red to Vegas Valley and sluice it all 578 00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:13,600 before winter shuts them down. 579 00:40:16,060 --> 00:40:17,130 Guess what, guys? 580 00:40:17,130 --> 00:40:20,030 That's the first load of pay out of Vegas Valley. 581 00:40:20,030 --> 00:40:21,360 [bleep] yeah. 582 00:40:21,360 --> 00:40:24,000 Finally on pay. Amazing. 583 00:40:24,730 --> 00:40:27,300 [Buzz speaking] 584 00:40:28,660 --> 00:40:30,630 It's about [bleep] time. 585 00:40:33,100 --> 00:40:34,530 [Rick] It's definitely been a long time coming. 586 00:40:34,530 --> 00:40:37,160 We've been pushing machines to the limits and the crew, for that matter. 587 00:40:37,160 --> 00:40:39,830 But now we got to focus on getting Monster Red moved down here. 588 00:40:39,830 --> 00:40:43,360 I can't wait to see the kind of gold we're gonna pull from Vegas Valley. 589 00:40:55,260 --> 00:40:56,300 Hey, bud. 590 00:40:59,130 --> 00:41:00,230 Hey, everybody. 591 00:41:00,230 --> 00:41:01,600 Kev, how's it going, buddy? 592 00:41:02,830 --> 00:41:04,560 Well, that was a tough week... 593 00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:06,960 -Oh. -...with all the machines constantly going down. 594 00:41:06,960 --> 00:41:08,260 They just about cried. 595 00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:10,490 And you're the one that fixes it. 596 00:41:10,500 --> 00:41:12,160 Like, the 700 being on fire. 597 00:41:13,030 --> 00:41:14,290 That was a fun one. 598 00:41:14,300 --> 00:41:17,090 Before the 700 went down, we had a bit of a stockpile going. 599 00:41:17,100 --> 00:41:19,560 -Well, yeah. -And now I'm struggling to keep ahead. 600 00:41:19,560 --> 00:41:24,090 -At least you got the 700 up and going real quick there. -[Kevin] Yeah. 601 00:41:24,100 --> 00:41:25,760 As quick as we could all things considered. 602 00:41:25,760 --> 00:41:27,090 We have persevered, 603 00:41:27,100 --> 00:41:29,830 and we at least have some of the yellow [bleep] to show for it. 604 00:41:29,830 --> 00:41:32,390 -Yeah. -The last little bit of the links cut. 605 00:41:32,400 --> 00:41:35,030 Okay, who's doing the counting? 606 00:41:35,030 --> 00:41:36,560 I have to... I have to pour, so... 607 00:41:36,560 --> 00:41:38,130 Okay, I'll count. 608 00:41:38,130 --> 00:41:43,990 [narrator] Kevin is still nearly 700 ounces short of his 1,000-ounce goal. 609 00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:46,560 To have any hopes of hitting it, 610 00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:49,760 he needs 140 ounces every week. 611 00:41:50,260 --> 00:41:51,360 Ooh. 612 00:41:52,660 --> 00:41:53,730 [Brennan] Ten. 613 00:41:54,400 --> 00:41:57,390 Twenty, 30, 40. 614 00:41:57,400 --> 00:41:59,260 Sixty. 615 00:41:59,260 --> 00:42:01,360 Eighty. Ninety-nine. 616 00:42:01,360 --> 00:42:02,830 One twenty. 617 00:42:04,060 --> 00:42:05,300 Forty, 50. 618 00:42:06,130 --> 00:42:08,600 159.05. 619 00:42:09,160 --> 00:42:10,760 That's not a bad week, hey? 620 00:42:10,760 --> 00:42:12,130 That's okay. 621 00:42:12,130 --> 00:42:15,760 [narrator] Worth almost $400,000. 622 00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:19,760 So it's 471.05 right now, our gold total. 623 00:42:19,760 --> 00:42:22,090 Just under halfway. 624 00:42:22,100 --> 00:42:25,260 So we need another 528.95. 625 00:42:29,600 --> 00:42:31,660 Running out of time. 626 00:42:31,660 --> 00:42:35,560 We do have to hustle up here. That's a lot more gold to [bleep] find. 627 00:42:35,560 --> 00:42:36,790 Holy [bleep]. 628 00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:40,160 The, uh, pans from the links extension looked really nice, 629 00:42:40,160 --> 00:42:42,960 so I think it's optimistic to hope for double. 630 00:42:42,960 --> 00:42:45,730 But it would be nice if we can get double next week. 631 00:42:45,730 --> 00:42:47,360 I should get my ass back out there. 632 00:42:47,360 --> 00:42:51,930 -and [bleep] make sure everybody's... -Moving in the dirt. 633 00:42:51,930 --> 00:42:54,830 Okay, we'll talk to you in a bit. Thanks. 634 00:42:54,830 --> 00:42:57,560 Well, it was nice to see that we had another really good week 635 00:42:57,560 --> 00:43:00,160 on the cleanup with all the downtime that we had. 636 00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:04,260 But holy [bleep], I mean, we still have over half the season total 637 00:43:04,260 --> 00:43:06,090 to find here. 638 00:43:06,100 --> 00:43:07,760 It kind of makes me a little bit nervous right now. 639 00:43:07,760 --> 00:43:08,860 The pressure is on. 640 00:43:14,460 --> 00:43:16,660 The links extension is finally ready to start hauling out. 641 00:43:16,660 --> 00:43:20,860 -So, push hard. -[Faith] Yeah, and like from that test pan, 642 00:43:20,860 --> 00:43:22,990 I really hope it's as rich as we hoped it to be. 643 00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:25,960 -Same. Same. -Yeah. 644 00:43:25,960 --> 00:43:28,260 And we really need to hit that 1,000-ounce goal. 645 00:43:45,230 --> 00:43:47,060 What's going on? 646 00:43:47,060 --> 00:43:48,130 Buddy, how you doing? 647 00:43:50,130 --> 00:43:52,760 It sounds like the tailings, that was a bust. 648 00:43:52,760 --> 00:43:55,660 -Um... -We did some character building. 649 00:43:55,660 --> 00:43:58,230 [laughing] 650 00:43:58,230 --> 00:43:59,960 We tried a bunch of different stuff. 651 00:43:59,960 --> 00:44:03,130 It wouldn't be anything special, you know. 652 00:44:03,130 --> 00:44:06,090 -Like... -[Tyson] Hey, we did make 50 bucks. 653 00:44:06,100 --> 00:44:09,460 Yeah, Tyson... That's all the gold we found was $50 worth. 654 00:44:09,460 --> 00:44:12,460 Well, I hear you've finished the Long Cut there, hey? 655 00:44:12,460 --> 00:44:14,360 [Mitch] Dude, the Long Cut is over. 656 00:44:14,360 --> 00:44:16,090 -Yeah. -[Tyson] Congratulations. 657 00:44:16,100 --> 00:44:19,060 -That was... Thanks. -[laughing] 658 00:44:19,560 --> 00:44:21,160 That was a long time. 659 00:44:21,160 --> 00:44:23,260 -Hmm. -Sulfur is all done. 660 00:44:23,260 --> 00:44:25,260 The Sulfur is all packed up. 661 00:44:25,260 --> 00:44:28,360 Yeah, and Damien's old wash plant tour of the Yukon 662 00:44:28,360 --> 00:44:29,960 -is over -For the season. 663 00:44:29,960 --> 00:44:32,230 If there's any further cuts away, 664 00:44:32,230 --> 00:44:35,030 -that's where I'd be. -[all laughing] 665 00:44:35,030 --> 00:44:37,730 -I'm getting paid by the mile, right? -[chuckles] 666 00:44:37,730 --> 00:44:39,260 You'd think so. Jeez. 667 00:44:39,260 --> 00:44:41,030 Well, not worth driving around. 668 00:44:41,030 --> 00:44:44,490 Well, shall we throw some gold on the scale and see what we've got? 669 00:44:44,500 --> 00:44:47,230 [Parker] Yeah. Start with old Big Red. Old trusty. 670 00:44:47,230 --> 00:44:49,760 -Yeah. -Is she gonna keep up her triple digits? 671 00:44:51,060 --> 00:44:54,860 [narrator] After Sulfur and the Long Cut shut down, 672 00:44:54,860 --> 00:45:00,560 Big Red in the bridge cut is now Parker's only moneymaker. 673 00:45:00,560 --> 00:45:04,560 But so far, it's averaging under 100 ounces a week. 674 00:45:06,600 --> 00:45:07,660 [Tyson] Five. 675 00:45:08,460 --> 00:45:09,860 Fifteen, 30. 676 00:45:10,860 --> 00:45:12,660 Forty-five, 60. 677 00:45:12,660 --> 00:45:15,400 We break 100 again. There's 100. 678 00:45:15,960 --> 00:45:17,160 105. 679 00:45:19,160 --> 00:45:21,060 111. 680 00:45:21,060 --> 00:45:24,730 -Pretty consistent, really. -[Parker] Consistently poor. 681 00:45:25,830 --> 00:45:27,030 We've got Big Bob here. 682 00:45:27,760 --> 00:45:29,860 [narrator] When Parker bought Sulfur, 683 00:45:29,860 --> 00:45:33,160 he wanted to pull in a quick 1,000 ounces. 684 00:45:33,160 --> 00:45:35,930 But it's delivered just over half of that. 685 00:45:39,660 --> 00:45:42,490 [Damien] Five, 10, 20, 30, 686 00:45:42,500 --> 00:45:44,230 60, 70, 80, 687 00:45:44,230 --> 00:45:46,260 100, 120, 688 00:45:46,260 --> 00:45:48,260 150, 160, 689 00:45:48,260 --> 00:45:51,560 182.2. 690 00:45:53,560 --> 00:45:56,090 A total of about 750 ounces. 691 00:45:56,100 --> 00:45:58,760 Well, you originally were saying you wanted 1,000. 692 00:45:58,760 --> 00:46:00,060 So that's pretty close. 693 00:46:00,060 --> 00:46:01,960 -I mean, not too far off. -Um... 694 00:46:01,960 --> 00:46:03,730 You got to be happy with that purchase. 695 00:46:04,230 --> 00:46:05,460 -No. -No? 696 00:46:05,460 --> 00:46:06,560 Okay. 697 00:46:07,830 --> 00:46:09,460 I really appreciate what you've done over there, 698 00:46:09,460 --> 00:46:11,860 but it's been a battle. 699 00:46:11,860 --> 00:46:16,230 Well, you want to see how your cut finished up, Mitch? 700 00:46:16,230 --> 00:46:17,760 -Let's see what the last... -[Parker] Yeah, the Long Cut. 701 00:46:17,760 --> 00:46:19,130 Yeah, the Long Cut. 702 00:46:19,130 --> 00:46:20,560 The last of the Long Cut. 703 00:46:20,560 --> 00:46:24,360 -So we got Roxanne and the Long Cut. -Yeah. 704 00:46:25,730 --> 00:46:27,760 [narrator] At the start of the season, 705 00:46:27,760 --> 00:46:32,100 Parker expected the Long Cut to deliver 3,000 ounces, 706 00:46:32,960 --> 00:46:35,930 but is still 700 ounces short. 707 00:46:39,300 --> 00:46:42,760 Ten, 20, 30, 708 00:46:42,760 --> 00:46:46,260 45, 50, 80, 709 00:46:46,260 --> 00:46:47,460 90, 100. 710 00:46:47,460 --> 00:46:49,600 130, 140. 711 00:46:50,260 --> 00:46:53,260 -155.9. -[Parker] Oh. 712 00:46:53,260 --> 00:46:56,760 Well, I'm glad that cut's over because it was like a pain in the ass. 713 00:46:56,760 --> 00:46:59,230 You got her done. Good job. 714 00:46:59,230 --> 00:47:04,760 [narrator] Parker's three wash plants have delivered 449 ounces 715 00:47:04,760 --> 00:47:09,990 worth over $1.1 million. 716 00:47:10,000 --> 00:47:12,860 So we broke 5000, which is good. 717 00:47:12,860 --> 00:47:16,590 You know, it's too bad we couldn't keep three plants going. 718 00:47:16,600 --> 00:47:19,860 [narrator] With only one wash plant producing gold, 719 00:47:19,860 --> 00:47:25,100 Parker has just over a month to hit his 8,000-ounce target. 720 00:47:26,360 --> 00:47:27,760 Yeah, a lot of ounces missing. 721 00:47:27,760 --> 00:47:31,730 Here we are at the end of the season, sluicing waste gravel. 722 00:47:31,730 --> 00:47:34,260 Doesn't feel very good, but we're learning. 723 00:47:35,100 --> 00:47:36,260 Try again next week. 724 00:47:37,760 --> 00:47:38,860 All right. 725 00:47:39,460 --> 00:47:40,860 Well, Sulfur is finished up. 726 00:47:40,860 --> 00:47:43,230 The Long Cut is finally over. 727 00:47:43,230 --> 00:47:45,860 And hopefully we've got more ground here for Roxanne 728 00:47:45,860 --> 00:47:47,660 so we can keep sluicing. 729 00:47:47,660 --> 00:47:51,160 [Parker] Well, we need to run something 'cause we still need to get more gold. 730 00:47:51,160 --> 00:47:52,930 So we will keep looking for ground. 731 00:47:52,930 --> 00:47:57,030 It's just such a difficult thing to try to figure out. 731 00:47:58,305 --> 00:48:58,482 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm