"Gold Rush" Dredge, Baby, Dredge!

1 00:00:07,900 --> 00:00:11,260 [captivating music playing] 2 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:19,074 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm 3 00:00:29,260 --> 00:00:32,700 [Tony speaking] 4 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:47,690 [radio chattering] 5 00:00:47,700 --> 00:00:50,090 [man on radio] Gold is sitting at a new all-time high, 6 00:00:50,100 --> 00:00:52,400 over $2,600 an ounce. 7 00:00:53,860 --> 00:00:57,560 The recent price is showing no signs of slowing down. 8 00:00:57,560 --> 00:01:00,660 -Silver is doing very well. - laughs] 9 00:01:00,660 --> 00:01:04,460 [Tony speaking] 10 00:01:04,460 --> 00:01:08,390 [narrator] Gold prices have been soaring all summer long, 11 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:11,560 and Tony Beets is determined to cash in 12 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:14,860 and smash his 5,000-ounce gold. 13 00:01:14,860 --> 00:01:16,260 [Tony speaking] 14 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:32,360 [narrator] After an explosive three-plant start to the season, 15 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:35,360 Tony is now down to just one, 16 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:38,290 and he is 840 ounces short 17 00:01:38,300 --> 00:01:40,000 of his 5,000-ounce target, 18 00:01:42,460 --> 00:01:44,000 [Tony speaking] 19 00:01:55,660 --> 00:02:00,190 [Tony speaking] With his only thawed pay at Indian River underwater, 20 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:05,590 Tony's turning to his 85-year-old dredge to bank more gold. 21 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:08,460 Digging pay with 72 buckets, 22 00:02:08,460 --> 00:02:10,760 its low-cost two-man crew 23 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:13,260 sluice using an onboard trommel 24 00:02:13,260 --> 00:02:16,860 that can deliver 80 ounces of gold a week. 25 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:20,660 [Tony speaking] 26 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:30,090 I was hoping you wouldn't find me. 27 00:02:30,100 --> 00:02:31,400 [Tony speaking] 28 00:02:32,460 --> 00:02:33,760 [Greg] Doctor, coming on. 29 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:37,760 [narrator] Last season, Tony called good friend, Greg Mason, 30 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:42,090 to get his prized behemoth up and running for the first time 31 00:02:42,100 --> 00:02:43,660 in five years. 32 00:02:44,660 --> 00:02:48,060 I'm so excited, I could just piss my pants. 33 00:02:48,060 --> 00:02:49,060 [laughs] 34 00:02:49,060 --> 00:02:51,460 [narrator] When Greg had to leave early... 35 00:02:51,460 --> 00:02:52,630 [Tony speaking] 36 00:02:52,630 --> 00:02:54,990 [narrator]... Tony called upon the only other person 37 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:57,690 he trusts to operate the dredge. 38 00:02:57,700 --> 00:02:59,360 [Kevin] Tony has never run the dredge. 39 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:01,460 I don't think he could, honestly, 40 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:04,790 [narrator] With Kevin running his own claim 41 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:07,360 and Greg unavailable until now, 42 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:10,500 the dredge has sat idle for nearly a year. 43 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:13,600 [Tony speaking] 44 00:03:19,660 --> 00:03:23,560 [Greg] Hopefully, we can turn that dinosaur into a gold-making machine. 45 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:28,090 Oh, my God! 46 00:03:28,100 --> 00:03:30,000 [Tony speaking and laughing] 47 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:33,560 [narrator] To get the dredge running, 48 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:35,990 Greg first needs to move it into position, 49 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,560 using two winches on the deck 50 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:41,200 that are anchored to dozers on the shore. 51 00:03:44,860 --> 00:03:47,760 [Tony speaking on radio] 52 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:49,090 -Yes, yes. -[Tony laughs] 53 00:03:49,100 --> 00:03:51,800 [Tony speaking on radio] 54 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:54,800 [huffing] 55 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:02,900 [Greg] Coming up on my winch lines. 56 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:08,000 [Tony speaking] 57 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:10,560 Mike coming your way at all, Tony? 58 00:04:11,100 --> 00:04:12,560 [Tony speaking] 59 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:18,260 [Greg] It seems to be working. 60 00:04:18,260 --> 00:04:20,160 [Tony speaking] 61 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:25,460 Okay. I'm gonna come up on the port. 62 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:36,560 [Greg] It's coming. 63 00:04:37,460 --> 00:04:38,560 [Tony speaking on radio] 64 00:04:50,500 --> 00:04:52,590 [Greg on radio] I'm stuck on something, Tony. 65 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:56,160 [Tony speaking] 66 00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:57,960 [Greg] Water's not deep enough. 67 00:04:57,960 --> 00:04:59,560 [Tony speaking] 68 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:07,360 [Tony on radio] 69 00:05:12,660 --> 00:05:15,360 [narrator] Tony and Greg are trying to maneuver 70 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:19,090 the 350-ton dredge 300ft closer 71 00:05:19,100 --> 00:05:21,490 to the south edge of its pond, 72 00:05:21,500 --> 00:05:25,300 where his only thawed pay sits underwater. 73 00:05:26,860 --> 00:05:29,390 But it's beached on raised bedrock, 74 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:31,890 and the onboard winch motors 75 00:05:31,900 --> 00:05:34,100 are not powerful enough to pull it free. 76 00:05:35,100 --> 00:05:39,460 Now Tony will use the two D7 anchored dozers 77 00:05:39,460 --> 00:05:41,890 attached to the dredge's cables 78 00:05:41,900 --> 00:05:43,560 to pull it over the bedrock 79 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:45,560 and then guide it into position 80 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:47,000 where the gold is. 81 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:52,160 [Tony speaking on radio] 82 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:54,660 Everybody seems to be clear, yes. 83 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:04,000 [engine whirring] 84 00:06:08,300 --> 00:06:09,760 [engine revving] 85 00:06:14,700 --> 00:06:16,000 [Tony speaking] 86 00:06:19,260 --> 00:06:21,260 [Tony speaking on radio] 87 00:06:29,700 --> 00:06:31,060 [Greg] Yeah. I realize that. 88 00:06:31,060 --> 00:06:32,760 There ain't a [bleep] thing I can do. 89 00:06:33,900 --> 00:06:35,690 I'm stuck. 90 00:06:35,700 --> 00:06:37,160 [Tony speaking] 91 00:06:38,660 --> 00:06:39,900 [Tony on radio] 92 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:46,160 [engine groaning] 93 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:50,160 [Greg] Tony is tugging us along right now. 94 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:52,360 Mike is pulling from the other side. 95 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:55,860 But Tony's doing most of the work. 96 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:00,900 Yeah, man, that's working. 97 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:05,160 [metal groaning and clanging] 98 00:07:05,860 --> 00:07:06,760 It's coming. 99 00:07:13,460 --> 00:07:15,460 [Greg] Yeah. We're whistling now, Tony. 100 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:21,200 Coming on with the trommel. 101 00:07:23,660 --> 00:07:25,960 [engine whirring] 102 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:27,760 -[Greg] I tried to buck the ladder. -[Tony speaking] 103 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:31,860 [Tony speaking] 104 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:36,760 She's dredging. 105 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:40,790 [narrator] Tony is sluicing at Indian River 106 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:43,560 for the first time in six weeks. 107 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:49,360 [Greg] Okay. All right. Will do. 108 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:53,460 [Greg] It's good to have it back up and running. 109 00:07:53,460 --> 00:07:56,260 So excited I could just piss my pants, you know? 110 00:07:57,560 --> 00:07:58,500 [Tony speaking] 111 00:08:09,460 --> 00:08:11,560 [intense music playing] 112 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:19,890 We're coming down to the end here. 113 00:08:19,900 --> 00:08:22,890 We don't have much time, but we're gonna just hit it with everything we got. 114 00:08:22,900 --> 00:08:25,060 The weather's changing, it's getting cold. 115 00:08:25,060 --> 00:08:26,690 It's time we get sluicing. 116 00:08:26,700 --> 00:08:28,090 [narrator] One hundred miles east, 117 00:08:28,100 --> 00:08:30,890 Rick Ness is only days away 118 00:08:30,900 --> 00:08:36,560 from seeing if his biggest gamble ever will pay off. 119 00:08:36,560 --> 00:08:40,490 Rick's crew have spent five weeks and a million dollars 120 00:08:40,500 --> 00:08:44,500 chasing a pay streak from Rally Valley to Vegas Valley. 121 00:08:45,560 --> 00:08:47,090 [Greg] After weeks of stripping, 122 00:08:47,100 --> 00:08:48,160 we're finally done with overburden. 123 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:50,660 You know, well, over 100ft of that [bleep] 124 00:08:50,660 --> 00:08:52,860 finally on the pay, and it feels really good. 125 00:08:54,100 --> 00:08:55,460 [narrator] For the huge stock pile 126 00:08:55,460 --> 00:08:58,660 of Vegas Valley pay ready to go, 127 00:08:58,660 --> 00:09:03,460 Rick just needs to move his Monster Red plant to the new cut 128 00:09:03,460 --> 00:09:06,160 and start washing dirt by the end of the week 129 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:08,990 to see if he's hit the jackpot. 130 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:11,160 I haven't moved Monster Red in four years. 131 00:09:11,160 --> 00:09:12,990 Some of the guys on my team have never moved a wash plant. 132 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:15,060 To make it safer and easier on us, 133 00:09:15,060 --> 00:09:16,500 we're gonna completely disassemble this thing. 134 00:09:20,100 --> 00:09:21,060 Well [bleep]. 135 00:09:22,260 --> 00:09:23,400 [tools whirring] 136 00:09:24,500 --> 00:09:27,160 [narrator] Rick has tasked foreman Buzz Legault 137 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:29,760 with taking apart Monster Red. 138 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:32,060 [Buzz speaking] 139 00:09:37,060 --> 00:09:38,190 [narrator] While the rest of the crew 140 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:41,560 prepares the road into Vegas Valley. 141 00:09:41,560 --> 00:09:43,590 Hey, Kyle, you think this [bleep] gonna pack in decent? 142 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:45,460 [Kyle on radio] Yeah, I think it'll be fine. 143 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:51,190 [Kyle] We spent quite a bit of time in that cut, not sluicing at all. 144 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:53,200 So we only have a few weeks left. 145 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:55,290 if we don't produce anything, 146 00:09:55,300 --> 00:09:58,090 yeah, that gold bonus might be out the window. 147 00:09:58,100 --> 00:09:59,890 That's why we named this Vegas Valley. 148 00:09:59,900 --> 00:10:01,760 Everything's a big gamble over here. 149 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:02,960 [honks] 150 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:04,990 [Ryan] You know, this should be the last piece that we need 151 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:08,090 to make this road to the pad. 152 00:10:08,100 --> 00:10:09,690 That's all I'm hoping for. 153 00:10:09,700 --> 00:10:14,160 Watch that big red [bleep] beast come down that hill. 154 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:15,160 Let's put it to work. 155 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:22,060 [Rick] You guys ready? 156 00:10:22,060 --> 00:10:23,460 [Ryan] Today's we're moving the plant. 157 00:10:23,460 --> 00:10:24,390 I'm excited. 158 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:25,990 It means we're that much closer to the gold. 159 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:27,490 So what do you want to do? The tower? 160 00:10:27,500 --> 00:10:28,990 Get the shaker deck unhooked, 161 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:31,060 set it on the trailer, strap it down, get her out. 162 00:10:31,060 --> 00:10:33,190 Yeah. You guys got the pad ready to go, so [bleep] why not? 163 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:34,700 -Yeah. -Let's get [bleep] moved. 164 00:10:36,660 --> 00:10:38,660 [Rick] There's a fair amount of work to do here, 165 00:10:38,660 --> 00:10:41,760 But we really don't have a lot of experience moving it, so it's exciting. 166 00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:43,360 -[machine groaning] -Oh. Don't fall. 167 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:45,090 Easy. 168 00:10:45,100 --> 00:10:46,290 [Rick] At the same time, it's a little scary. 169 00:10:46,300 --> 00:10:48,160 We can't afford to break anything on it. 170 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:50,360 [Ryan] Strap her down. 171 00:10:51,260 --> 00:10:53,860 [Rick] All the money is in that shaker box when we pull it off. 172 00:10:53,860 --> 00:10:55,560 So we drop that or damage that, 173 00:10:55,560 --> 00:10:57,100 we're pretty much [bleep]. 174 00:10:58,300 --> 00:11:01,990 [narrator] Using his most powerful excavator, the 750, 175 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:05,890 Rick needs to move the heart of his wash plant, 176 00:11:05,900 --> 00:11:09,590 the ten-ton shaker deck. 177 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:12,060 [Rick] Now we're gonna pull the shaker deck off the frame of the plant. 178 00:11:13,100 --> 00:11:14,160 That's the heaviest point of it, 179 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:15,190 and it's all the way at the top. 180 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:16,860 This plant's 26ft tall. 181 00:11:16,860 --> 00:11:19,560 When we try to move it, it's very top-heavy. 182 00:11:19,560 --> 00:11:21,100 This is gonna be a heavy lift. 183 00:11:22,460 --> 00:11:23,360 Straight up. 184 00:11:25,660 --> 00:11:26,700 Easy, easy. 185 00:11:27,860 --> 00:11:29,160 [Rick] I'm just gonna lift it straight up 186 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:31,390 -and swing it over the side. -[machine groaning] 187 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:34,260 Hopefully, it'll land on the trailer in one piece. 188 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:38,260 [bleep] 189 00:11:41,460 --> 00:11:42,360 -[thuds] -[bleep] 190 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:48,000 [Ryan] Kind of go in towards you. 191 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:51,190 There you go. 192 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:52,590 [machine groans] 193 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:54,090 [Rick] Why is it lifting straight? 194 00:11:54,100 --> 00:11:56,560 Is there anything catching? 195 00:11:56,560 --> 00:11:58,000 [Ryan] No, it doesn't look like it. 196 00:11:59,100 --> 00:12:00,160 [thuds] 197 00:12:00,660 --> 00:12:01,960 What the [bleep]? 198 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:05,290 [Ryan] We're gonna bend that bar. 199 00:12:05,300 --> 00:12:08,000 -[Rick] Whoa! -[thuds] 200 00:12:13,100 --> 00:12:13,960 [intense music playing] 201 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:18,660 [Rick] Why is it lifting straight? 202 00:12:18,660 --> 00:12:20,560 Is there anything catching? 203 00:12:20,560 --> 00:12:22,460 [Ryan] No, it doesn't look like it. 204 00:12:22,460 --> 00:12:23,930 [Rick] Pretty important piece here. 205 00:12:23,930 --> 00:12:27,360 It would completely put an end to our season if I [bleep] this thing up. 206 00:12:29,300 --> 00:12:30,600 What the [bleep]? 207 00:12:31,260 --> 00:12:32,900 [exclaims] Whoa! 208 00:12:33,560 --> 00:12:34,460 [thuds] 209 00:12:36,500 --> 00:12:37,930 [bleep] sake! 210 00:12:37,930 --> 00:12:41,990 [narrator] Rick Ness is struggling to move wash plant Monster Red 211 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:43,360 to Vegas Valley 212 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:46,100 and get sluicing by the end of the week. 213 00:12:47,660 --> 00:12:49,060 [Rick] I'm maxed out. 214 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:50,660 She's a heavy beast. 215 00:12:51,300 --> 00:12:53,160 It's gonna be fine. 216 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:55,290 Positive energy, keep positive energy. 217 00:12:55,300 --> 00:12:56,200 That's right. 218 00:12:57,760 --> 00:12:59,360 Let's get this [bleep] plant moving. 219 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:02,960 [Ryan] You're back a little bit still. 220 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:04,000 Forward? 221 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:05,260 [machine groans] 222 00:13:08,560 --> 00:13:10,560 Come on! 223 00:13:10,560 --> 00:13:13,330 -[Ryan] Almost out. -[Kyle] There you go. 224 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:17,500 -Just swing it. -Yeah. 225 00:13:18,660 --> 00:13:20,460 [Ryan] She's flying perfect now. 226 00:13:20,460 --> 00:13:23,200 And that is what the bottom of the shaker deck looks like. 227 00:13:27,260 --> 00:13:29,200 I think we're good. Let's let's creep her down. 228 00:13:31,100 --> 00:13:32,800 She's down. Yeah! 229 00:13:34,060 --> 00:13:37,560 That was a little stressful, but it's on the trailer now. 230 00:13:37,560 --> 00:13:40,490 [chuckles] We definitely got that trailer maxed out. 231 00:13:40,500 --> 00:13:42,900 Hopefully, this gets down the road to where it's got to go. 232 00:13:45,060 --> 00:13:47,360 Well, Kyle, if you want to run that loader behind him. 233 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:50,160 Just ride with him, and if it gets away from him, just slow him down. 234 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:52,560 Um, and then we'll just get it down there and get it unloaded. 235 00:13:53,260 --> 00:13:54,460 -Sound good? -Great. 236 00:13:58,200 --> 00:13:59,060 Let's [bleep] go. 237 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:06,090 [narrator] To keep costs down, 238 00:14:06,100 --> 00:14:08,760 Rick's crew are using their trucks and trailers 239 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:11,300 to convoy the plant and its parts. 240 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:16,860 Buzz uses his pickup to pull the ten-ton shaker deck 241 00:14:16,860 --> 00:14:18,190 from Rally Valley, 242 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:23,390 a mile-and-a-half, along a treacherous and winding mine road. 243 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:28,090 Their biggest challenge will be a 300-foot mud track descent. 244 00:14:28,100 --> 00:14:30,660 down a 35-degree gradient, 245 00:14:30,660 --> 00:14:32,660 where the overloaded trailer 246 00:14:32,660 --> 00:14:35,690 could be easily careen out of control, 247 00:14:35,700 --> 00:14:37,160 ending Rick's season. 248 00:14:39,500 --> 00:14:42,690 To steady the $500,000 cargo... 249 00:14:42,700 --> 00:14:44,660 Better to be safe than sorry. 250 00:14:44,660 --> 00:14:47,160 ...Kyle will be in a loader behind, 251 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:48,990 cabled to the trailer, 252 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:54,100 acting as a safety brake, for the final decline into Vegas Valley. 253 00:14:57,660 --> 00:14:59,160 [Rick speaking] 254 00:15:09,700 --> 00:15:10,960 [Buzz on radio] 255 00:15:12,460 --> 00:15:14,160 Kyle Just control his speed, would ya? 256 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:15,800 Yep. Will do. 257 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:21,560 [Rick] He's halfway down the downhill part. 258 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:22,560 Seems to be going good. 259 00:15:22,560 --> 00:15:23,930 He's holding back. 260 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:28,530 The brakes are handling it no problem, so that's a good sign. 261 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:32,900 Yeah, I got good touch here on him, so... 262 00:15:33,660 --> 00:15:35,400 Perfect. Thank you, Kyle. 263 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:39,300 [Kyle on radio] Yeah, I think we're good. 264 00:15:41,260 --> 00:15:42,860 [Rick on radio] Nice job, guys. 265 00:15:42,860 --> 00:15:44,200 Nice and smooth. 266 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:49,060 [Rick] We're here. 267 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:51,160 -That went good. -Yeah. 268 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:52,760 Easy. Everything held up real well. 269 00:15:52,760 --> 00:15:54,790 Not a [bleep] problem. 270 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:58,160 [Buzz] Great. Good job, guys. Yeah! No problem. 271 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:00,560 [Rick] Most expensive part of the plant made it here in one piece. 272 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:01,560 Very excited about that. 273 00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:02,990 We're gonna go get the rest of it. 274 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:04,760 We just gotta get it back together without wrecking anything, 275 00:16:04,760 --> 00:16:05,700 and we're in business. 276 00:16:09,500 --> 00:16:11,300 [intense music playing] 277 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:23,090 Hey, Brennan. Brennan. 278 00:16:23,100 --> 00:16:25,990 I'm about ready to fire up the plant. 279 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:28,360 [Brennan on radio] Okay, perfect. Sounds good. 280 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:30,660 Let's get stuff fired up and ready to [bleep] roll. 281 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:36,460 [narrator] Rookie mine boss Kevin Beets 282 00:16:36,460 --> 00:16:41,460 has spent five months getting 470 ounces of gold. 283 00:16:41,460 --> 00:16:44,460 Now, with only four weeks left, 284 00:16:44,460 --> 00:16:46,090 he needs to double it 285 00:16:46,100 --> 00:16:49,000 to have any chance of another season. 286 00:16:50,660 --> 00:16:53,960 It's just been a nightmare with downtime this year. 287 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:55,190 What we need next 288 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:58,860 is some really, really good gold to catch back up. 289 00:17:00,260 --> 00:17:02,560 [narrator] Bring in as much gold as possible, 290 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:08,090 Kevin's tasked foreman Brennan Ruault with digging out pay dirt, 291 00:17:08,100 --> 00:17:11,900 while the rest of the crew feeds the plant 24/7 292 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:14,860 [Brennan] Kev did a pan for us, 293 00:17:14,860 --> 00:17:16,160 and it looked really good, actually. 294 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:18,290 So I'm just working my ass off here 295 00:17:18,300 --> 00:17:21,560 to try and keep that stockpile as big as we can down at the plant, 296 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:23,800 so night shift can run smoothly. 297 00:17:26,260 --> 00:17:28,360 [Kevin] And here's night shift. 298 00:17:28,360 --> 00:17:31,760 [narrator] To make sure the wash plant runs non-stop, 299 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:34,090 Kevin's bringing in a hired gun 300 00:17:34,100 --> 00:17:36,460 to help operator Hunter Canning. 301 00:17:41,260 --> 00:17:42,660 [both laugh] 302 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:46,790 [narrator] Rick Johnson arrives 303 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:49,960 with more than a dozen years' mining experience. 304 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:52,390 -[Kevin] How's it going? -All right. 305 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:55,060 -[Kevin] Ready for your first night on. night, Rick? -Yeah. Yeah. 306 00:17:55,060 --> 00:17:56,560 -You ready, buddy? -No problem. 307 00:17:56,560 --> 00:17:57,560 I'm sure you guys got it figured, 308 00:17:57,560 --> 00:17:59,490 but, yeah, just keep it running. 309 00:17:59,500 --> 00:18:01,760 Well, don't shut down, 'cause if we're gonna hit 1,000 ounces, 310 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:04,360 we gotta really run pretty much non-stop. 311 00:18:04,360 --> 00:18:06,990 -[Rick J] You got it. -Okay, So, have a good night. 312 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:08,160 -[Hunter] Yeah. -I'll see you in the morning. 313 00:18:08,160 --> 00:18:09,990 -I'll keep you on your toes. -Right on. 314 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:11,730 [chuckles] 315 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:17,490 [Kevin] It's going to be a little bit frantic with how our tailings are. 316 00:18:17,500 --> 00:18:21,200 We really do need a second operator to take the tailings away. 317 00:18:22,460 --> 00:18:25,260 One of the things that I have definitely gotten from Tony 318 00:18:25,260 --> 00:18:28,860 is we really don't let almost anything [bleep] stop us. 319 00:18:28,860 --> 00:18:30,960 Just got to keep [bleep] running the dirt through. 320 00:18:32,100 --> 00:18:34,060 [Brennan] It looks like we've got a pretty healthy pay pile 321 00:18:34,060 --> 00:18:35,760 stocked up down there for night shift, 322 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:37,760 So I'm just gonna finish up 323 00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:39,860 and hit camp for some dinner and go to bed. 324 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:43,860 [intense music playing] 325 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:55,260 No sleep for the wicked until the gold gets sluiced. 326 00:18:55,260 --> 00:19:00,490 [narrator] Hunter keeps the plant fed with 24 loads of pay an hour. 327 00:19:00,500 --> 00:19:04,660 While Rick operates a second loader to clear tailings. 328 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:07,660 So far, so good. 329 00:19:07,660 --> 00:19:12,360 [Hunter] I definitely know the importance of not shutting down. 330 00:19:12,360 --> 00:19:14,560 Kevin put me on nights 'cause he trusts me, 331 00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:16,760 and I just want to prove to him 332 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:18,500 that I can keep the plant running. 333 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:22,860 [Rick J] We got to make sure we get it all through the wash plant. 334 00:19:23,500 --> 00:19:25,190 In the belly of it, 335 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:28,560 is the gold that pays all the bills around here. 336 00:19:28,560 --> 00:19:29,400 [engine whirring] 337 00:19:37,860 --> 00:19:38,700 [bleep] 338 00:19:42,360 --> 00:19:43,700 Are you kidding me? 339 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:47,060 [engine revving] 340 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:49,360 [Rick J] I got both sides spinning. 341 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:54,590 Hunter, copy, Hunter. 342 00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:55,860 [Hunter on radio] Yeah. What's up? 343 00:19:55,860 --> 00:19:57,000 Yeah, I'm stuck. 344 00:19:58,460 --> 00:20:00,860 Basically, both side wheels are spinning. 345 00:20:00,860 --> 00:20:05,190 Uh, where are you stuck, by the tailings or where you're dumping? 346 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:07,000 [Rick J] I'm stuck in the fines right now. 347 00:20:07,660 --> 00:20:09,360 All right. Give me one second. 348 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:11,500 [on radio] It might be a tow job. 349 00:20:17,360 --> 00:20:18,360 [groans] 350 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:33,760 Oh, boy! That's not something I wanted to happen tonight. 351 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:37,160 If I can't get him out quick enough, 352 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:39,590 I'm just gonna have to leave him there and try to come back again. 353 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:42,260 'Cause I can't let this hopper go dry, 354 00:20:42,260 --> 00:20:44,560 and if I end up whitewashing, 355 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:48,060 then we can potentially lose a lot of gold. 356 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:49,860 [Hunter speaking] 357 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:56,560 [narrator] Hunter stocks the hopper with enough pay dirt 358 00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:59,660 to feed Kevin's plant for eight minutes. 359 00:20:59,660 --> 00:21:03,160 If it runs out while she saves Rick's loader, 360 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:05,990 water pressure in the sluices will increase 361 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:09,760 blasting gold out of the box. 362 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:12,060 Right on, Hunter. We got a cable in the crew truck. 363 00:21:12,060 --> 00:21:14,060 -I'm gonna bring it over. -[Hunter on radio] All right. 364 00:21:14,860 --> 00:21:16,660 It's definitely a race against time. 365 00:21:17,360 --> 00:21:18,660 Rick's sinking in quicksand, 366 00:21:18,660 --> 00:21:20,990 and I have to get his hopper filled, 367 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:22,660 so I can go help him and tug him out. 368 00:21:26,660 --> 00:21:28,800 All right, man. I'm on my way. Get ready. 369 00:21:31,260 --> 00:21:32,160 Back, back. 370 00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:34,230 Stop. 371 00:21:35,860 --> 00:21:37,060 [Hunter on radio] You got it all sorted out? 372 00:21:37,060 --> 00:21:38,760 You need help? We gotta hurry. 373 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:40,660 [Rick J speaking] 374 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:44,460 We'll let you put tension on. 375 00:21:46,660 --> 00:21:48,000 [engine revving] 376 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:51,690 [Hunter on radio] All right. She's tight. 377 00:21:51,700 --> 00:21:53,260 [Rick J on radio] Okay, Hunter, let her rip. 378 00:21:53,700 --> 00:21:55,260 [engine revving] 379 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:00,100 [bleep] 380 00:22:05,460 --> 00:22:06,460 [Hunter] Whoa! 381 00:22:07,660 --> 00:22:08,900 It's [bleep] stuck. 382 00:22:15,460 --> 00:22:16,360 [intense music playing] 383 00:22:21,460 --> 00:22:24,860 I tried getting him out, but his tires just kept spinning. 384 00:22:24,860 --> 00:22:29,460 [narrator] The loader operated by Kevin Beets' new hire, Rick Johnson, 385 00:22:29,460 --> 00:22:31,390 is stuck in the fine tailings. 386 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:33,360 [Hunter on radio] Hey, Rick, ready to go again? 387 00:22:33,360 --> 00:22:35,560 I gotta go back to the hopper. 388 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:38,060 [Rick J on radio] I think we have like one minute here. 389 00:22:38,060 --> 00:22:40,460 [narrator] Hunter is racing to pull him free 390 00:22:40,460 --> 00:22:42,890 before the plant runs out of pay 391 00:22:42,900 --> 00:22:46,490 and blasts gold out of the sluice box. 392 00:22:46,500 --> 00:22:48,500 [Rick J on radio] Yeah. Hopefully, we get it out this time. 393 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:51,900 All right. She's good. Start backing up. 394 00:22:52,360 --> 00:22:53,160 [engine revving] 395 00:22:55,500 --> 00:22:56,660 [on radio] Slowly, slowly. 396 00:23:02,460 --> 00:23:03,560 [Rick J] Keep it going. Keep it going. 397 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:06,060 Okay. Let her rip. 398 00:23:11,700 --> 00:23:13,000 Are you out? 399 00:23:14,260 --> 00:23:15,630 [Rick J on radio] Hell, yeah. 400 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:20,760 [Hunter] I gotta take this off and get back to the hopper now. 401 00:23:21,460 --> 00:23:22,960 If this won't [bleep] come off. 402 00:23:24,360 --> 00:23:25,660 [Rick J] I'll take care of all that. 403 00:23:25,660 --> 00:23:26,890 Get back and feed that hopper. 404 00:23:26,900 --> 00:23:28,960 -Don't get stuck again, man. -Yeah. 405 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:31,990 [Hunter] We didn't have to shut down. 406 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:35,200 We didn't whitewash. We got it under control. 407 00:23:37,660 --> 00:23:39,060 [serene music playing] 408 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:51,460 It's finally almost the end of our shift. 409 00:23:51,460 --> 00:23:52,860 [on radio] How is everything over there, Rick? 410 00:23:52,860 --> 00:23:55,200 I'm just making sure everything's cool for day shift. 411 00:23:57,660 --> 00:24:00,360 Now it's time to go home and have a drink. 412 00:24:00,360 --> 00:24:01,360 [Rick J on radio] I hear you. 413 00:24:06,900 --> 00:24:09,360 [Kevin] Hey, guys. How'd it go? 414 00:24:09,360 --> 00:24:10,960 -[Hunter] Oh! -Hey, Kev. 415 00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:14,760 [Hunter] You know, just another day at the office. [chuckles] 416 00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:16,760 [Rick J] I got a little buried started spinnin', 417 00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:18,860 she was able to come over, we got back-- 418 00:24:18,860 --> 00:24:21,460 -I came to the rescue. -Exactly. 419 00:24:21,460 --> 00:24:23,060 Didn't have to shut down at all then? 420 00:24:23,060 --> 00:24:25,090 [Hunter] No, we didn't have to shut down. 421 00:24:25,100 --> 00:24:26,260 [Kevin] Oh! Looks like we do. 422 00:24:26,460 --> 00:24:27,460 [bleep] 423 00:24:27,460 --> 00:24:28,360 [dramatic music playing] 424 00:24:31,360 --> 00:24:32,260 [thudding] 425 00:24:32,660 --> 00:24:33,560 [Hunter yells] 426 00:24:34,100 --> 00:24:34,960 [bleeping] 427 00:24:37,260 --> 00:24:38,100 [engine winds down] 428 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:47,390 [narrator] Rocks have clogged up the pre-wash... 429 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:49,590 -[Hunter] How you doing? -[sighs] Okay, thank you. 430 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:55,530 ...forcing Kevin to shut down the plant while Hunter digs it out. 431 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:00,860 Not great at the end of the shift, that's for sure. But... 432 00:25:02,360 --> 00:25:03,860 whatever needs to be done. 433 00:25:05,260 --> 00:25:06,100 [sighs wearily] 434 00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:08,760 [Hunter] I got this cleaned out. 435 00:25:10,460 --> 00:25:11,400 [man] Let's fire up. 436 00:25:12,700 --> 00:25:13,560 [machine whirring] 437 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:23,260 Sounds like Rick and Hunter had an eventful night. 438 00:25:23,260 --> 00:25:24,990 Though, it is good that they were able 439 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:27,060 to deal with it on their own. 440 00:25:27,060 --> 00:25:29,590 So, yeah, I think a good first night. 441 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:32,000 And here's to many more, I hope. 442 00:25:33,500 --> 00:25:34,360 [intense music playing] 443 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:52,960 [narrator] Klondike legend, Tony Beets, 444 00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:55,260 is at Paradise Hill, 445 00:25:55,260 --> 00:25:57,660 making sure youngest son Mike 446 00:25:57,660 --> 00:26:01,060 doesn't leave any gold behind in The Super Pit. 447 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:05,360 [Tony speaking] 448 00:26:23,860 --> 00:26:25,660 [Greg] Time for another day of dredging. 449 00:26:25,660 --> 00:26:28,760 It'll be nice to see what she produces. 450 00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:30,460 [narrator] Forty miles south, 451 00:26:30,460 --> 00:26:34,160 Tony's dredge should also be on the gold. 452 00:26:35,100 --> 00:26:38,000 Something's wrong here. 453 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:40,760 Why is it leaning so much? 454 00:26:46,060 --> 00:26:47,400 Oh, crap. 455 00:26:49,700 --> 00:26:51,960 Oh, jeez! She's sunk. 456 00:26:56,760 --> 00:26:59,660 Tony ain't gonna be happy, let's put it that way. 457 00:26:59,660 --> 00:27:04,690 It has to be one of the pontoons leaking or something. 458 00:27:04,700 --> 00:27:07,700 It was banging on some bedrock when we pulled it. 459 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:10,560 [bleeping] 460 00:27:15,360 --> 00:27:19,760 [narrator] Overnight, one of the dredge's pontoons has filled with water, 461 00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:22,300 causing it to sink on one side. 462 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:27,760 [Greg] So water and electricity don't mix. 463 00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:31,460 The other side goes under, there's a lot more stuff that could be damaged. 464 00:27:31,460 --> 00:27:35,090 The generator, other pumps, stuff like that. 465 00:27:35,100 --> 00:27:38,460 I'm looking to see if it's gotten to this side yet. 466 00:27:38,460 --> 00:27:40,360 It hasn't so far. 467 00:27:41,460 --> 00:27:43,960 [narrator] If the dredge takes on more water, 468 00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:45,990 it will fry the generator, 469 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:50,560 and put Tony's only running Indian River plant out of action 470 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:52,300 for the rest of the season. 471 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:55,060 Michael, do you copy? 472 00:27:55,060 --> 00:27:57,060 [Mike on radio] Go ahead, Greg. 473 00:27:57,060 --> 00:27:58,590 I think you need to come down here. 474 00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:00,560 The dredge is sinking. 475 00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:02,860 Oh [bleep]. Okay, I'll be over there quick. 476 00:28:04,360 --> 00:28:05,260 [intense music playing] 477 00:28:09,260 --> 00:28:10,500 [Mike] Holy [bleep]! 478 00:28:11,660 --> 00:28:12,890 She sunk. 479 00:28:12,900 --> 00:28:14,290 -I came to work today... -Yeah. 480 00:28:14,300 --> 00:28:16,990 [blows raspberry] ...found it on its side. 481 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:18,660 -[Mike] That is not good. -[Greg] No. 482 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:21,590 This is not good at all. 483 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:24,090 I see it's still dropping. It's still sinking. 484 00:28:24,100 --> 00:28:26,360 We got to handle real quick right now. 485 00:28:26,360 --> 00:28:30,100 I'm gonna need some tools, some equipment and bombs. 486 00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:34,560 [narrator] The 350-ton dredge 487 00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:38,860 floats on two separate 70-foot-long pontoons. 488 00:28:40,700 --> 00:28:43,260 A leak somewhere in the right pontoon 489 00:28:43,260 --> 00:28:45,490 has allowed water to flood in, 490 00:28:45,500 --> 00:28:47,960 listing the dredge to one side. 491 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:49,100 [dredge groans] 492 00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:50,660 To right it, 493 00:28:50,660 --> 00:28:54,090 Greg and Mike will install two pumps on the bank 494 00:28:54,100 --> 00:28:56,260 to remove water from the dredge pond, 495 00:28:56,260 --> 00:29:00,990 allowing access to the pontoon's deck thatch. 496 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:06,590 Then use a smaller pump internally to drain it of water. 497 00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:11,660 Once the pontoon is empty, locate and repair the damage. 498 00:29:11,660 --> 00:29:16,390 Then pump water back into the pond and refloat the dredge 499 00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:19,460 to get back on Indian River gold. 500 00:29:21,260 --> 00:29:22,860 [Mike] You can drop that one. 501 00:29:22,860 --> 00:29:25,360 This is the biggest pump we have. 502 00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:28,860 It's big and ugly, but it'll move a lot of water. 503 00:29:28,860 --> 00:29:32,560 If it sinks any more, then we're really [bleep]. 504 00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:34,260 Ruby, do you copy? Ruby? 505 00:29:34,260 --> 00:29:35,560 [Ruby on radio] Yeah. Go ahead. 506 00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:36,760 [Mike] Jump in the loader for me 507 00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:39,000 and move this pump to the dredge, please. 508 00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:44,260 [Ruby] It's so late in our season right now, 509 00:29:44,260 --> 00:29:46,160 we just don't have time to waste. 510 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:47,000 [dramatic music playing] 511 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:53,060 [Mike on radio] That is perfect. 512 00:29:54,460 --> 00:29:56,360 We've got the pump in the place. 513 00:29:56,360 --> 00:29:58,100 Now we just got to hook up the suction hose. 514 00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:01,560 [Mike] Yeah. You're good there. 515 00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:04,700 [intense music playing] 516 00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:08,790 [Mike] We got this pump here. 517 00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:10,260 We use it to feed the plants, 518 00:30:10,260 --> 00:30:13,000 but since the plants are down, we gotta steal it. 519 00:30:15,460 --> 00:30:17,690 Right now, the dredge was our only moneymaker. 520 00:30:17,700 --> 00:30:20,160 So getting an extra pump in will make a difference 521 00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:23,060 between being down for a day or being down for three days. 522 00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:27,360 Should we just try bringing it in with this thing? 523 00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:29,060 -I think so. -Yeah. Okay. 524 00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:34,700 [engine starts] 525 00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:39,060 [Mike speaking] 526 00:30:50,560 --> 00:30:53,500 Since Tony's not here, I got to give him a phone call. 527 00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:57,960 He might not be happy with the news, 528 00:30:57,960 --> 00:30:59,900 but we'll do our best to save this thing. 529 00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:01,800 [intense music playing] 530 00:31:12,260 --> 00:31:14,290 -Hey, Tony. -[Tony speaking on phone] 531 00:31:14,300 --> 00:31:16,790 Hey, we got a problem with the dredge. 532 00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:18,960 -It's sinking. -[Tony speaking on phone] 533 00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:20,260 One side is under water. 534 00:31:20,260 --> 00:31:21,690 [Tony speaking on phone] 535 00:31:21,700 --> 00:31:22,760 [bleep] 536 00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:30,360 [dramatic music playing] 537 00:31:34,260 --> 00:31:35,800 [Tony speaking] 538 00:31:40,660 --> 00:31:45,860 [narrator] Tony Beets' dredge has been dead in the water for 24 hours. 539 00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:50,500 [Greg] We got the pumps going left and run all night. 540 00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:53,590 The water's down low enough, 541 00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:56,800 so we can start pumping out the pontoons. 542 00:31:57,700 --> 00:31:59,860 [narrator] Dredge master Greg Mason 543 00:31:59,860 --> 00:32:02,660 is battling to get it back on the gold. 544 00:32:04,660 --> 00:32:07,000 It's just going to be a little bit of cleaning up. 545 00:32:07,900 --> 00:32:09,090 So this was the problem. 546 00:32:09,100 --> 00:32:10,360 Pontoon, the leak in. 547 00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:12,990 She's got to be pumped out. 548 00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:15,160 Get this thing floating again. 549 00:32:17,260 --> 00:32:19,000 [water gurgling] 550 00:32:20,660 --> 00:32:22,390 Looking good. 551 00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:24,900 [narrator] The pontoon is drained. 552 00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:30,760 [Tony speaking] 553 00:32:37,860 --> 00:32:40,160 -Hey. -[Tony speaking] 554 00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:41,990 Got a leak. It's... 555 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:44,260 I think you kinda pulled it on some bedrock. 556 00:32:44,260 --> 00:32:45,560 [Tony speaking] 557 00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:47,990 -[Greg] That's it. -[Tony speaking] 558 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:49,260 It would be nice. 559 00:33:18,500 --> 00:33:22,360 [narrator] When Tony pulled the dredge off the raised bedrock, 560 00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:24,690 it pulled apart one of the rivets, 561 00:33:24,700 --> 00:33:27,060 locking the metal walls together. 562 00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:48,660 -[Greg] You're coming out? -Yeah. 563 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:54,300 [Tony speaking] 564 00:33:56,460 --> 00:33:58,690 Now that we know about it, we can keep an eye on it. 565 00:33:58,700 --> 00:34:00,660 [Tony speaking] 566 00:34:00,660 --> 00:34:03,360 [narrator] After two days of lost production, 567 00:34:03,360 --> 00:34:07,360 Greg refloats the dredge and fires back up. 568 00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:12,160 [Tony speaking] 569 00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:22,560 -[Tony laughs] -[Greg] You're a funny guy. 570 00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:23,600 [Tony speaking] 571 00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:26,760 [Greg] Yeah. Yeah. Looks good. 572 00:34:27,260 --> 00:34:29,160 [Tony speaking] 573 00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:38,260 [intense music playing] 574 00:34:44,460 --> 00:34:46,360 [Bailey] Slow and steady right now. 575 00:34:46,360 --> 00:34:48,000 Definitely a little tight right here. 576 00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:49,990 [narrator] At Duncan Creek, 577 00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:55,060 the Ness Crew are moving the last parts of wash plant, Monster Red, 578 00:34:55,060 --> 00:34:58,960 from Rally Valley to their new cut at Vegas Valley. 579 00:35:00,260 --> 00:35:01,600 [Ryan] They made it in one piece. 580 00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:05,160 If we continue to have nothing to come in, 581 00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:08,790 we all just spent our [bleep] gold bonus on diesel fuel 582 00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:10,360 that went right out the exhaust. 583 00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:12,760 [Buzz speaking] 584 00:35:18,360 --> 00:35:20,560 [narrator] Rick has tasked Buzz 585 00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:22,790 with getting the frame into position 586 00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:25,000 so they can rebuild the plant. 587 00:35:27,460 --> 00:35:29,460 [Rick] Just cutting in here to... 588 00:35:29,460 --> 00:35:30,760 make sure everything's going smooth. 589 00:35:31,260 --> 00:35:32,760 [groans] 590 00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:36,900 I already got the spot I told 'em I was supposed to be into [bleep]. 591 00:35:48,100 --> 00:35:48,960 [intense music playing] 592 00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:55,500 Yeah, it ain't gonna work. 593 00:35:56,560 --> 00:35:57,900 Buddy, you didn't go far enough. 594 00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:01,160 [Rick] Look at where those sluice boxes are gonna come out. 595 00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:05,330 Look where that berm is. Like we have got a new spot for the course. 596 00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:09,900 It's got to go that way in under 15, 20ft. 597 00:36:14,260 --> 00:36:18,560 [narrator] Buzz has put Monster Red in the wrong place. 598 00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:21,060 Rick doesn't think there's enough room 599 00:36:21,060 --> 00:36:24,460 for the coarse tailings to pile up. 600 00:36:24,460 --> 00:36:27,130 [Rick] I told him to the edge of that right there, 601 00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:31,100 [narrator] Two weeks ago... 602 00:36:35,600 --> 00:36:41,360 ...Rick and his foreman's relationship hit rock bottom. 603 00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:44,560 Why the does he not know that he can't sleep on the job? 604 00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:45,760 [Rick yells on radio] Hey, Buzz! 605 00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:48,290 You're not the senior operator, 606 00:36:48,300 --> 00:36:49,760 you're a [bleep] guy on this crew. 607 00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:52,200 You're gonna jump in where the [bleep] you fit in or you're gonna go home. 608 00:36:54,460 --> 00:36:56,160 Do it now before it gets too far. 609 00:36:56,160 --> 00:36:59,690 [narrator] And tensions between the two remain. 610 00:36:59,700 --> 00:37:01,590 We've got to unhook this water line. 611 00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:04,560 Rick wants the plant moved back about 20-40ft, 612 00:37:04,560 --> 00:37:08,360 so, right now, it's time for us to get to work. 613 00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:09,460 [tools whirring] 614 00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:12,100 [Buzz speaking] 615 00:37:16,300 --> 00:37:17,560 It's frustrating because I did say, 616 00:37:17,560 --> 00:37:18,860 I did make it clear what I wanted. 617 00:37:18,860 --> 00:37:20,260 It's not where it ended up. 618 00:37:20,260 --> 00:37:21,860 [Ryan groan] Boss. 619 00:37:27,060 --> 00:37:28,530 [metal creaking] 620 00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:32,290 [Rick] I shouldn't have to say things twice. 621 00:37:32,300 --> 00:37:34,190 You know, we gotta stay sharp for the end of the season here. 622 00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:36,160 There's not much time left. We got a lot of gold to get. 623 00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:39,260 [narrator] Frame finally in place, 624 00:37:39,260 --> 00:37:41,960 Rick and his crew can reassemble the plant. 625 00:37:43,300 --> 00:37:45,960 We struggled getting the box out of the plant when we moved it, 626 00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:48,060 so we're gonna use two machines to lift it up there. 627 00:37:48,060 --> 00:37:49,990 750 and the 701 on each side. 628 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:52,000 And that way we get in there nice and straight. 629 00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:54,890 [Bailey] Running the most expensive machine 630 00:37:54,900 --> 00:37:56,260 and about to lift up 631 00:37:56,260 --> 00:37:58,300 the most expensive part of this mine. 632 00:38:02,360 --> 00:38:03,860 [metal creaks] 633 00:38:09,660 --> 00:38:11,290 -We ready to go in? -[Bailey] Yep. 634 00:38:11,300 --> 00:38:12,360 [Ryan] You're close. 635 00:38:13,960 --> 00:38:15,460 Looks good. 636 00:38:15,460 --> 00:38:17,700 We have touchdown, Buzz. She's done. 637 00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:25,660 It looks really good. 638 00:38:26,860 --> 00:38:28,090 Really, really good. 639 00:38:28,100 --> 00:38:30,960 [narrator] After two months without gold... 640 00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:33,090 [Rick] This is what you guys put your bonuses on the line for. 641 00:38:33,100 --> 00:38:34,530 Time to see some gold again. 642 00:38:34,530 --> 00:38:39,990 ...Rick will soon find out if his Vegas Valley gamble will pay off. 643 00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:41,960 We got overburden, we got a whole pile of pay there. 644 00:38:41,960 --> 00:38:43,060 You ready to do it? 645 00:38:43,060 --> 00:38:45,260 [Bailey] Generator's in. Pump's in. 646 00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:47,760 It's time to fire. 647 00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:49,890 Put some dirt in the [bleep] box. 648 00:38:49,900 --> 00:38:51,660 [Rick] Well, [bleep] good energy. Let's do it. 649 00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:53,300 [grunts] Fire up. 650 00:38:54,900 --> 00:38:55,760 [Ryan] It's fired. 651 00:38:57,660 --> 00:38:58,630 [Rick cheering] Yeah! 652 00:39:00,100 --> 00:39:02,460 [bleep] Yeah. Vegas Valley. Here we go. 653 00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:06,160 [Ryan] It's a hell of a view to see Monster Red 654 00:39:06,160 --> 00:39:07,860 finally getting pay fed through her. 655 00:39:07,860 --> 00:39:10,160 I mean, this Vegas Valley cut's been one hell of a cut, 656 00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:11,560 and it's been a battle the whole way. 657 00:39:13,660 --> 00:39:15,390 [Rick] This has been a long time coming, 658 00:39:15,400 --> 00:39:16,560 but we finally got there. 659 00:39:17,060 --> 00:39:18,260 Things are looking up. 660 00:39:18,260 --> 00:39:20,560 Now we just gotta hope we got enough weather, enough time 661 00:39:20,560 --> 00:39:22,800 to run the dirt and get the gold. 662 00:39:30,060 --> 00:39:30,860 [pleasant music playing] 663 00:39:32,960 --> 00:39:34,560 [Tony speaking] 664 00:40:20,360 --> 00:40:21,260 [intense music playing] 665 00:40:28,560 --> 00:40:30,190 [Kyle] We've got quite a bit of gold in here. 666 00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:32,090 -I got some in here. -[Bailey] Some good pockets. 667 00:40:32,100 --> 00:40:33,260 Looks pretty good. 668 00:40:33,260 --> 00:40:34,760 Big pile of it there. 669 00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:38,560 [narrator] After two days of running pay dirt, 670 00:40:38,560 --> 00:40:42,290 the Ness Crew check Monster Red sluices. 671 00:40:42,300 --> 00:40:46,860 A first look to see if their million-dollar gamble will pay out. 672 00:40:47,460 --> 00:40:49,100 [Rick] Oh! Hell, yeah! 673 00:40:49,960 --> 00:40:52,460 Look at all that gold right there. 674 00:40:52,460 --> 00:40:54,900 It's just [bleep] piles of it, that nugget's loose. 675 00:40:56,260 --> 00:40:57,700 You got some more down there. 676 00:40:59,100 --> 00:41:01,000 It's lit up like it's Christmas. 677 00:41:02,460 --> 00:41:03,400 Guys. Nice job. 678 00:41:04,360 --> 00:41:05,700 [Bailey] Lots of gold in that, 679 00:41:06,660 --> 00:41:08,260 and it's definitely well worth, 680 00:41:08,260 --> 00:41:09,690 you know, the month and a half 681 00:41:09,700 --> 00:41:13,960 of hauling [bleep] just to get to pay. 682 00:41:16,100 --> 00:41:17,660 [Heather] Yeah! Mat to wash! 683 00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:21,790 Getting this first clean-up from Vegas Valley done. 684 00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:24,200 Exciting to see what kind of gold we get out of it. 685 00:41:25,660 --> 00:41:27,360 See mats like that, it's pretty promising. 686 00:41:28,360 --> 00:41:29,700 It's a pretty decent picker. 687 00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:34,560 [Rick] Everybody put up their gold bonuses for this. 688 00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:36,160 I mean, there it is. It's right there in the box. 689 00:41:37,560 --> 00:41:38,460 We got a long ways to go. 690 00:41:38,460 --> 00:41:39,890 We just started sluicing this stuff. 691 00:41:39,900 --> 00:41:41,460 I mean, everything's gonna be against us. 692 00:41:41,460 --> 00:41:43,190 But that's what we're looking for right there. 693 00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:44,560 And all we got to do is get that dirt 694 00:41:44,560 --> 00:41:47,000 through the [bleep] plant, and we're gonna have the gold. 695 00:41:47,960 --> 00:41:48,860 And that's all that matters. 696 00:41:53,660 --> 00:41:54,500 [intense music playing] 697 00:42:02,560 --> 00:42:04,390 -[Brennan] Good morning. -Mornin'. 698 00:42:04,400 --> 00:42:05,990 -[Brennan] How's it going? -It's going. 699 00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:07,660 -How are you? -I'm not bad. 700 00:42:08,500 --> 00:42:09,960 Hi, everybody. 701 00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:11,060 [Brennan] How's it going? 702 00:42:11,060 --> 00:42:13,760 [narrator] It's the end of a grueling week 703 00:42:13,760 --> 00:42:17,890 of day and night shifts for Kevin and his crew. 704 00:42:17,900 --> 00:42:20,090 [Kevin] We've been able to keep going 24s, 705 00:42:20,100 --> 00:42:22,260 and like if we really want to hit 1,000 ounces, 706 00:42:22,260 --> 00:42:24,360 that is what we're gonna have to keep doing 707 00:42:24,360 --> 00:42:25,990 pretty much till the end of the season. 708 00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:27,990 You still got the Beets blood in you, don't ya? [chuckles] 709 00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:31,460 I make it work some [bleep] how. 710 00:42:31,460 --> 00:42:35,760 [narrator] Kevin and Faith spent $2,000,000 on startup costs, 711 00:42:35,760 --> 00:42:40,160 and still need nearly a million dollars in gold to break even. 712 00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:44,660 We've been running the links... extension bay, 713 00:42:44,660 --> 00:42:47,560 Even with the little excitement Hunter and Rick had 714 00:42:47,560 --> 00:42:48,760 with the load we've been able to suck, 715 00:42:48,760 --> 00:42:51,360 they managed to keep the plant going, so... 716 00:42:51,360 --> 00:42:53,990 [Brennan] Look at that jar's full to the brim, so... 717 00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:55,760 So obviously, like, we've hit something good. 718 00:42:55,760 --> 00:42:58,190 Hopefully, that's bumped us up. 719 00:42:58,200 --> 00:43:00,700 -Way up somebody's [bleep]. -[Faith] Let's go. 720 00:43:01,760 --> 00:43:04,790 [narrator] To hit their 1,000-ounce goal, 721 00:43:04,800 --> 00:43:07,960 they must hit 133 ounces every week. 722 00:43:08,460 --> 00:43:12,890 Fifty, 60, 100, 130, 723 00:43:12,900 --> 00:43:17,360 150, 180, 190... 724 00:43:18,460 --> 00:43:20,460 205.58. 725 00:43:22,300 --> 00:43:23,990 [Brennan] That's awesome. 726 00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:26,660 That's your biggest one yet this year. 727 00:43:26,660 --> 00:43:28,360 It's not quite double, but it does look like 728 00:43:28,360 --> 00:43:30,090 the extension has been paying out. 729 00:43:30,100 --> 00:43:32,590 It's a lot better than what we've been getting previous. 730 00:43:32,600 --> 00:43:34,990 But wait, there's more. 731 00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:36,000 [Kevin] There's more? 732 00:43:37,960 --> 00:43:39,860 -[Brennan] Ooh! What are those? -Nuggets? 733 00:43:39,860 --> 00:43:40,790 [Brennan] Oh, the nuggies! 734 00:43:40,800 --> 00:43:42,990 [Kevin] Holy [bleep] 735 00:43:43,000 --> 00:43:45,260 [Faith] You wanna just pour it out, Brennan? 736 00:43:45,260 --> 00:43:46,200 -[gold clinking] -Ooh! 737 00:43:48,700 --> 00:43:51,090 At 4.14 ounces. 738 00:43:51,100 --> 00:43:57,360 [narrator] The nuggets tipped their weekly haul to 209.72 ounces, 739 00:43:57,360 --> 00:44:00,690 worth over half a million dollars. 740 00:44:00,700 --> 00:44:05,560 Bringing their season total to 680 ounces. 741 00:44:05,560 --> 00:44:07,360 -[Brennan bleeps] Yeah. -Yeah. 742 00:44:07,360 --> 00:44:09,790 -[Brennan] Beautiful. I love that. -That's not bad at all. 743 00:44:09,800 --> 00:44:12,660 Doesn't feel too bad to actually hit 1,000 now. 744 00:44:12,660 --> 00:44:14,990 That's what, just over 300 ounces? 745 00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:16,690 We're not out of the woods yet. 746 00:44:16,700 --> 00:44:19,690 We really need to push for these last few weeks. 747 00:44:19,700 --> 00:44:22,260 All right. I wanna find that next couple 100 ounces we need. 748 00:44:22,260 --> 00:44:23,560 -[Faith] Thank you. -[Brennan] You bet. 749 00:44:23,560 --> 00:44:25,090 Will talk to you guys later. 750 00:44:25,100 --> 00:44:26,990 [Kevin] That's our biggest clean-up yet. 751 00:44:27,000 --> 00:44:30,860 It was nice to see that we were able to pull it out of the link's extension. 752 00:44:30,860 --> 00:44:32,490 Yeah, the nuggies were a nice little addition, 753 00:44:32,500 --> 00:44:34,860 so we're well on our [bleep] way, but... 754 00:44:34,860 --> 00:44:37,560 can't rest now. We still got a long way to 1,000 ounces. 755 00:44:41,500 --> 00:44:42,360 [intense music playing] 756 00:44:50,360 --> 00:44:52,500 -[woman] Hi, guys. -Hi. 757 00:44:53,860 --> 00:44:54,860 [Minnie] Nice to see you, Greg. 758 00:44:54,860 --> 00:44:56,090 [Greg] Yeah. Good to see you. 759 00:44:56,100 --> 00:44:57,390 Where you been? 760 00:44:57,400 --> 00:45:00,300 -[Minnie] On the hill with Mike. -Oh. 761 00:45:02,760 --> 00:45:04,160 Sure. We'll go with that. 762 00:45:06,100 --> 00:45:07,760 [Minnie] Well, that's a little debatable. [laughs] 763 00:45:07,760 --> 00:45:09,260 -[all exclaiming] -[Tony speaking] 764 00:45:10,800 --> 00:45:14,160 [narrator] For the first time in seven weeks, 765 00:45:14,160 --> 00:45:19,990 the Beets family finally has gold coming in at their Indian River claim. 766 00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:21,660 [Greg] How's things on the hill, Mike? 767 00:45:21,660 --> 00:45:22,990 Good. Running every day. 768 00:45:23,000 --> 00:45:24,560 How about you, Greg? 769 00:45:24,560 --> 00:45:28,400 Well, dredge is up, running and working just fine. 770 00:45:31,600 --> 00:45:32,930 Well, we had a little hiccup. 771 00:45:34,500 --> 00:45:37,560 -[Greg] Just had a little list. -Like, pit at 2:00 a.m., or... 772 00:45:37,560 --> 00:45:40,660 Half the boat was under water and half was floating. 773 00:45:40,660 --> 00:45:41,660 How's that? 774 00:45:45,160 --> 00:45:46,000 Yeah. 775 00:45:47,400 --> 00:45:49,060 [Greg] That's right. 776 00:45:49,060 --> 00:45:52,160 [narrator] To hit their 5,000-ounce target, 777 00:45:52,160 --> 00:45:55,100 the Beets still need nearly 1,000 ounces. 778 00:46:00,360 --> 00:46:02,690 Yeah. It'd be nice. Uh-huh. 779 00:46:02,700 --> 00:46:08,100 [narrator] The dredge ran for three days and should deliver 35 ounces. 780 00:46:08,900 --> 00:46:09,860 [Greg] Let's do it. 781 00:46:11,600 --> 00:46:12,600 Five. 782 00:46:13,400 --> 00:46:14,460 Ten. 783 00:46:15,960 --> 00:46:17,260 Twenty. 784 00:46:17,960 --> 00:46:18,900 Thirty. 785 00:46:20,560 --> 00:46:25,400 31.75. That's what she comes out to be. 786 00:46:26,460 --> 00:46:29,730 [narrator] Putting $83,000 in the bank. 787 00:46:32,200 --> 00:46:34,160 Yeah. Right. 788 00:46:34,160 --> 00:46:35,260 -You ready, Mike? -Yeah. 789 00:46:37,700 --> 00:46:39,560 -[narrator] Next up... - Greg] Ten... 790 00:46:39,560 --> 00:46:41,560 ...Mike's Paradise Hill trommel, 791 00:46:41,560 --> 00:46:45,360 which has been averaging 200 ounces a week. 792 00:46:45,360 --> 00:46:48,600 100, 120... 793 00:46:50,000 --> 00:46:54,300 130... 160... 794 00:46:55,100 --> 00:46:57,260 172.15. 795 00:46:58,800 --> 00:47:02,890 [narrator] Worth nearly half a million dollars, 796 00:47:02,900 --> 00:47:08,360 taking the Beets' season total to 4,363 ounces. 797 00:47:09,100 --> 00:47:10,860 -[Minnie] Good job, Michael. -Yeah. 798 00:47:10,860 --> 00:47:13,760 Seven 12-hour shifts, it generally does add up. 799 00:47:23,860 --> 00:47:26,360 [Greg] I'm not making any money sitting here, guys. 800 00:47:26,360 --> 00:47:28,160 -[Tony speaking] -[Minnie] Later, guys. 801 00:47:29,360 --> 00:47:32,360 [Minnie] So it's nice to see something out of the dredge. 802 00:47:32,900 --> 00:47:35,760 [Tony speaking] 803 00:47:35,760 --> 00:47:39,890 Anyway, we'll do our best to get these other two plants rolling. 804 00:47:39,900 --> 00:47:41,990 You are here with a lot of people, 805 00:47:42,000 --> 00:47:44,090 and there's not a lot coming out here. 806 00:47:44,100 --> 00:47:45,760 It doesn't spoil, so at some point-- 807 00:47:45,760 --> 00:47:46,760 That's not the point. 808 00:47:46,760 --> 00:47:49,160 Right now, we're spending a lot of money here. 809 00:47:49,160 --> 00:47:51,190 Time's getting a little shorter, too. 810 00:47:51,200 --> 00:47:52,260 We need to get some revenue. 811 00:47:52,260 --> 00:47:55,160 Okay, okay. I get it. I get it. 812 00:47:55,160 --> 00:47:56,360 Later, missy. 813 00:47:56,360 --> 00:47:57,460 Later, boy. 813 00:47:58,305 --> 00:48:58,482 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm