"Gold Rush" Parker Heats Up

1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,074 Do you want subtitles for any video? -=[ ai.OpenSubtitles.com ]=- 2 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:15,350 Yo. 3 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:16,350 - What up? - What's up? 4 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:18,790 - What's going on? - Well, I got some news. 5 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:20,880 Um, I gotta leave for a few days. 6 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:23,070 Um, I've gotta go meet the agent 7 00:00:23,080 --> 00:00:25,110 that's been working on this water license. 8 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:27,040 Um, and I gotta go meet him down in Vancouver. 9 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:31,350 The timing's terrible, but I pushed it off all year. 10 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:33,950 And if I don't get this done right now, then, you know, 11 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:35,560 is just not gonna move at all. 12 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:39,870 Timing kind of sucks, but that's pretty important. 13 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:41,310 There's only two things to focus on right now, 14 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:42,670 it's getting pay out of the cut 15 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:44,030 to the plant and getting that pay 16 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:45,110 through the plant, and that's it. 17 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:46,710 - Sounds good. - Appreciate it, guys. 18 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:47,560 All right. 19 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:53,990 On the edge of what I just told all those guys, 20 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:55,870 I mean, just with the way things have been going, 21 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:57,110 just kinda just keep your eyes on everything, 22 00:00:57,120 --> 00:00:58,030 you know what I mean? 23 00:00:58,040 --> 00:00:59,470 No problem. I'll keep it light 24 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:01,230 and keep everyone fed. 25 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:03,470 And if not, a swift kick in the ass will solve it. 26 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:05,670 - I can yell, too. - Thanks, buddy. 27 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:06,520 Yeah. 28 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:13,910 Everything's still up in the air. 29 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:14,950 You know, with this water license, 30 00:01:14,960 --> 00:01:16,200 our future here is unknown. 31 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:17,830 And I could be stuck 32 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:19,680 holding something that's not worth anything. 33 00:01:21,320 --> 00:01:23,030 I'm not saying I'm gonna come back with an answer, 34 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:24,870 but by going down there and having some talks, 35 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:26,350 I might be able to make this happen. 36 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:29,230 Rick Ness's mining career 37 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:31,470 is on shaky ground. 38 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:36,630 After going all in to buy his own claim early this season, 39 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:40,070 he needs to secure a new water license, 40 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:44,870 or this could be his last chance to mine Duncan Creek gold. 41 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:47,270 We gotta make sure we get every ounce of gold out of the ground here 42 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:50,160 before the winter freezes us out of here. 43 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:52,000 It's coming soon. 44 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:55,710 The guys here, they've worked so hard this year, 45 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:57,150 and, you know, they even risked 46 00:01:57,160 --> 00:01:59,520 their gold bonus and everything that we've got on... on Vegas Valley. 47 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:04,590 Rick has risked $1 million 48 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:08,790 to mine the 180-foot-deep Vegas Valley. 49 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:12,230 But his gamble is starting to pay out, 50 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:17,910 delivering over $670,000 in gold last week. 51 00:02:17,920 --> 00:02:23,110 Now, he's aiming to smash his original 1,500-ounce goal 52 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:26,440 and get as much gold as possible for his crew. 53 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:38,510 Rick's struggles have put the crew on edge 54 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:42,000 and frayed their relationship with foreman Buzz Legault. 55 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:45,030 So, while he's away, 56 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:48,720 Rick's put best friend, Zee Zaremba, in charge. 57 00:03:02,640 --> 00:03:03,870 Whatever I can do to help 58 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:06,840 keep everyone on the same page while Rick's gone. 59 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:11,960 Rick was saying keep, uh, pay at the plant, and keep the plant... 60 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:13,870 um, running. 61 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:16,360 So, that's our main objective at this point, so... 62 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:21,710 If you don't take any risks, you may not get reward. 63 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:25,470 Mechanic Ryan Kent clears tailings. 64 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:27,110 Our gold bonus went into that cut, 65 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:29,110 and pretty excited to actually see 66 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:31,000 what this ground can give all of us. 67 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:33,910 It's the final push here, 68 00:03:33,920 --> 00:03:37,550 and the main focus is to keep that plant running. 69 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:41,270 And I'm pushing to the limit to try to keep it fed. 70 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:42,750 In the cut, 71 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:45,590 Bailey Carten digs pay. 72 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:48,230 Well, I promised Rick that, uh, you know, that plant 73 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:50,830 won't stop till, uh, till it freezes. 74 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:52,830 Hopefully, you know, he gets-- comes back 75 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:54,070 with some good news, 76 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:56,670 or, you know, or at least has an idea 77 00:03:56,680 --> 00:03:58,680 of what the heck our future is gonna be. 78 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:09,510 Oh, . 79 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:11,040 Looks like the water is rising. 80 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:13,990 It's a challenge every day right now, 81 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,430 how much groundwater is coming in here. 82 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:18,670 It's just a pain in the ass. 83 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:21,960 We'll have to go back to hauling the slop to keep the cut dry. 84 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:24,920 Hey, Buzz, can you hear me? 85 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:28,750 I've gotta get this crap out of this hole. 86 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:30,840 Go back down and move this pump again. 87 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:35,470 180 feet deep in Vegas Valley, 88 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:38,950 Bailey has dug below the water table... 89 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:43,270 causing the cut to flood and a mud slide to wash in, 90 00:04:43,280 --> 00:04:46,160 covering the pay in worthless sludge. 91 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:51,230 To fix the problem, Buzz will dig a deeper pit 92 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:53,470 for the pump to drain the water, 93 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:57,030 while Bailey removes the slop on top of the pay 94 00:04:57,040 --> 00:05:00,070 and trucks it to a waste pile. 95 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:04,280 Until that's done, no pay can be sent to the plant. 96 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:22,990 We are dealing with the slop right now, 97 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:24,630 throwing sloppy loads, 98 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:26,760 sloshing back and forth in the rock trucks. 99 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:29,440 Hey, Bailey, you got a copy? 100 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:32,870 Yeah, go ahead, Zee. 101 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:34,350 Hey, man. How you doing down there? 102 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:36,000 This pay pile is getting pretty low. 103 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:40,750 No more fresh pay is going up to the pile. 104 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:42,110 Not getting much accomplished, 105 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:44,710 only can do two scoops at a time loading the trucks. 106 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:46,390 So that's, uh, where a lot of the time is, 107 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:48,600 you know, disappearing here. 108 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:51,070 Running out of pay and stopping 109 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:52,920 the plant is not an option. 110 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:56,030 Buzz lowers the pump 111 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:58,480 into the deepened drainage pit. 112 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:14,720 Hey, Bailey, you got a copy? 113 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:18,760 Bailey, do you got a copy? 114 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:26,350 I said, "Bailey, do you have a copy?" 115 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:27,520 Give me a second. 116 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:33,070 This pay pile is just getting really low. 117 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:35,040 We're, like, down to the nitty-gritty up here. 118 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:36,990 Yeah, man, 119 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:39,230 this is gonna take a little bit longer than expected. 120 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:42,070 It's gonna take a day or two, uh, for us to do this, 121 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:43,520 just to get the stuff down. 122 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:46,710 Yeah, if you're gonna be a day, 123 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:49,190 I definitely don't have enough, um... 124 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:51,400 Well, I don't know what you wanna do. 125 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:55,030 Um, as much as I hate to shut down the plant, 126 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:57,600 um I actually think we're gonna have to. 127 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:09,520 I know, Rick said... 128 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:12,950 ...you know, keep pay coming to the plant 129 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:14,070 and keep the plant moving. 130 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:15,070 That's the only things he wanted. 131 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:23,550 Who knows how long it's gonna take Bailey 132 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:24,630 to get back on the pay, 133 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:27,400 so this is our only option right now. 134 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:42,080 Nobody wants a company to die. 135 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:45,350 We're at the point where it's just a monster, 136 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:47,310 we just need to shove handfuls of gold 137 00:07:47,320 --> 00:07:48,270 down its throat in order 138 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:50,710 to not lose our ass. 139 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:53,510 As winter descends on the Yukon, 140 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:58,590 Parker Schnabel finds himself in an unfamiliar position. 141 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:01,190 The season's starting to wind down to a close. 142 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:02,310 It's been difficult. 143 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:04,680 We're well behind this season right now. 144 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:06,790 It's a struggle. 145 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:09,550 And it's only gonna get worse. 146 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:11,920 Parker started the year with high hopes... 147 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:15,470 aiming to pull $25 million 148 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:18,560 from his recently purchased Dominion Creek claim. 149 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:23,790 But decoding the ground has proved difficult, 150 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:26,880 and he's only banked $14 million. 151 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:29,110 To right the ship, 152 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:33,030 he wants to bring in another 2,500 ounces 153 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:35,430 before the big freeze. 154 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:38,230 Man, it's been a rough one with where we're at for gold, 155 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:41,750 and we're just coming into panic season for me. 156 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:44,590 Right now, he's sluicing the Elbow Cut, 157 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:48,280 which netted him 280 ounces last week. 158 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:51,510 And his wash plant, Big Red, 159 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:55,270 is working through the top pay layer in the Bridge Cut. 160 00:08:55,280 --> 00:08:57,760 But the gold payouts have been meager. 161 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:00,910 Big Red's just about done 162 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:02,750 plowing away on top gravels. 163 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:05,990 The Bridge Cut, I don't know how to un- this 164 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:07,880 as far as gold goes. 165 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:17,990 The numbers in the Bridge Cut haven't been over the top. 166 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:20,590 We're just fighting and scrounging 167 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:22,390 for the little bit of gold we can get. 168 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:23,830 In the Bridge Cut, 169 00:09:23,840 --> 00:09:26,550 plant boss Tyson Lee loads trucks 170 00:09:26,560 --> 00:09:29,670 with the last red gravels for Big Red. 171 00:09:29,680 --> 00:09:31,190 We got the red layer sluice 172 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:33,070 through Big Red in this section, 173 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:35,440 and that's it for sluicing in the Bridge Cut. 174 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:53,230 - Hey, man, how's it going? - Do you wanna go look at this 175 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:54,720 - with me real quick, Tyson? - Yep. 176 00:09:58,480 --> 00:09:59,840 This is, like... 177 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:04,990 a little bit thawed. 178 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:08,120 So, I think with gold prices where they are... 179 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:11,880 - Yeah? - ...we should try to get some ounces out of here. 180 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:16,350 The only thing is, we were leaving it for next year, 181 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:18,830 which kinda... You know, that was the whole name of the game, 182 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:21,400 stepping away from the Bridge Cut was we had lots of... 183 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:24,470 lots of ground on pay for next year. 184 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:26,110 Regardless, we need the ounces. 185 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:28,030 We have a lot of bills to pay. 186 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:29,430 - Right on. - Right? 187 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:31,710 What we could try doing is just doing, like, 188 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:33,950 a perimeter lap around the whole thing 189 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:36,110 and see-- see how that goes. 190 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:38,510 Okay, that's fine with me. 191 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:39,710 You guys have your work cut out for you, then. 192 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:40,720 Yeah, definitely. 193 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:42,440 All right. 194 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:48,430 In the 114-acre Bridge Cut, 195 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:50,750 Big Red is almost done sluicing 196 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:54,190 a 15-foot-thick layer of red gravels 197 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:58,710 that's averaged just half an ounce per 100 yards. 198 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:02,590 Beneath the red gravel is the real moneymaker. 199 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:06,630 Fourteen feet of frozen rich White Channel pay, 200 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:10,550 which Parker believes could be four times richer. 201 00:11:10,560 --> 00:11:14,310 To bank it this season, Tyson will pull the thawed pay 202 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:17,280 from the perimeter and run it through Big Red. 203 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:22,110 We just need to keep gold coming in. 204 00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:26,390 So, we're gonna pull strips around the outside edge of the Bridge Cut, 205 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:29,790 and hopefully, it has a lot of gold in it. 206 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:33,430 While the stripping crew get to work at the perimeter... 207 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:36,360 the sluice crew load the last of the red gravel. 208 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:40,750 Gold prices are up, 209 00:11:40,760 --> 00:11:43,870 every speck of gold counts. 210 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:45,990 And hopefully, we'll see a lot better results 211 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:47,000 out of Bridge Cut. 212 00:11:57,680 --> 00:11:58,600 Hey, Tyson. 213 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:03,270 Parker wants the perimeter of the cut sluicing by tonight. 214 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:04,830 We gotta pound through this 215 00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:06,080 and then get back to sluicing. 216 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:17,270 What the is that? 217 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:22,480 What the... 218 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:27,560 Hey! Cut it out! 219 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:32,760 ! Clamp bars are gone. 220 00:12:33,680 --> 00:12:34,750 ! 221 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:36,200 This is not good. 222 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:49,190 What the happened? 223 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:51,510 What the actual , Big Red? 224 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:54,030 We got a side tension bar laying down here, man. 225 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:55,230 Yeah, and we probably got two, 226 00:12:55,240 --> 00:12:58,030 and nuts and bolts. 227 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:01,200 me. I just absolutely can't. 228 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:04,470 I can't fix this. 229 00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:08,390 At Dominion Creek, Parker Schnabel's wash plant, 230 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:12,150 Big Red, has shaken itself apart. 231 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:15,160 How did our side tension bar on on us? 232 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:18,990 The structural integrity of Big Red here is so weak, 233 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:21,910 just had enough to spin off those nuts 234 00:13:21,920 --> 00:13:24,310 one last time or shear the bolts. 235 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:26,870 Five months of relentless sluicing 236 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:28,870 has destroyed the hardware 237 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:32,070 securing Big Red's side tension bars, 238 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:34,310 which hold the screens in place. 239 00:13:34,320 --> 00:13:36,750 Is there any chance you can patch it back together? 240 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:39,910 Take a look at how this thing is, man. 241 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:42,760 We can't weld to nothing. It's paper-thin there. 242 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:45,150 This is not a Band-Aid fix. 243 00:13:45,160 --> 00:13:48,270 This is a complete rebuild. 244 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:49,960 For sakes. 245 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:52,480 This is not good. 246 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:56,070 Big Red's dead, man. 247 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:57,430 She's finally calling it quits. 248 00:13:59,880 --> 00:14:01,350 Without a wash plant, 249 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:04,270 the crew can't run the White Channel pay 250 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:06,350 that could save the season. 251 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:08,400 We've gotta go come up with a plan 'cause... 252 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:12,160 we gotta keep a wash plant going here in the Bridge Cut. 253 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:40,070 King of the Klondike, Tony Beets, 254 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:42,920 is gunning for a record-breaking season. 255 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:53,070 The King's only 180 ounces away 256 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:56,590 from hitting his 5,000-ounce target 257 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:59,360 and wants to smash through it this week. 258 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:13,870 Tony already has two plants 259 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:14,760 producing gold... 260 00:15:15,680 --> 00:15:17,910 the Trommel at Paradise Hill 261 00:15:17,920 --> 00:15:20,840 and Sluice-A-Lot at Indian River. 262 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:24,590 Now, with time on the season running out, 263 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:27,870 he wants to fire up a third plant, 264 00:15:27,880 --> 00:15:30,630 and it's on daughter, Monica, to make it happen. 265 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:44,910 Seven weeks ago... 266 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:47,070 This cut was gonna be mine. 267 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:49,270 ...Monica attempted to kickstart 268 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:51,070 the two-acre Hester Cut, 269 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:54,830 prime virgin ground left behind by the dredges 270 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:59,710 that Tony believes could deliver a quick monster payday. 271 00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:01,440 I'm really excited to see... 272 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:04,070 what kind of gold we get out of here. 273 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:06,320 But a series of setbacks... 274 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:14,430 ...left Tony's hopes 275 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:18,280 for a third sluicing operation dead in the water. 276 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:22,470 Now, he has a pump draining the cut 277 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:24,390 and is ready to sluice. 278 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:39,390 It's full of water. 279 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:40,840 The pump can't keep up. 280 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:49,880 Me, too. 281 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:52,830 Should we poke around, 282 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:54,080 see what it looks like down there? 283 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:00,910 To dig out the pay dirt, 284 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:02,390 the cut needs to be dry enough 285 00:17:02,400 --> 00:17:05,550 to support the weight of the machines. 286 00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:16,440 It's pretty squishy. 287 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:22,030 You're slowly sinking. 288 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:29,880 Yeah. 289 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:46,990 The waterlogged mud 290 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:51,270 means getting equipment into the cut is impossible. 291 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:52,670 I mean, that's not dirt, 292 00:17:52,680 --> 00:17:53,720 that's pudding. 293 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:07,960 Talk about a waste of time. 294 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:32,800 I have an idea. 295 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:35,070 What do you think 296 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:37,190 if we got what gold was left 297 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:39,070 in some of these old-timer tailings? 298 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:40,910 I mean, it's not virgin ground, 299 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:43,190 but there's gold in it still. 300 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:46,230 1,000 feet from the Hester Cut 301 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:50,160 lies a pile of tailings left behind by the old-timers. 302 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:53,830 Four years ago, Tony sluiced them 303 00:18:53,840 --> 00:18:58,200 for five weeks, banking 330 ounces. 304 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:13,070 Really glad T. Beets likes the idea. 305 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:15,760 I think it's brilliant, but that's 'cause I had it. 306 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:21,950 Tony, you want the tailings on the other side? 307 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:24,950 Monica stockpiles the tailings, 308 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:28,030 ready to sluice through the Moose Creek trommel, 309 00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:31,110 and Tony's hopes for a triple-plant blitz 310 00:19:31,120 --> 00:19:33,110 are back from the dead. 311 00:19:54,120 --> 00:19:56,710 Big Red is pretty well dead for the season. 312 00:19:56,720 --> 00:19:59,630 Like, it has taken an ass-kicking, 313 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:00,950 and there's definitely no time 314 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:02,910 or manpower to fix it this year. 315 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:04,350 At Dominion Creek, 316 00:20:04,360 --> 00:20:08,030 Parker's scramble to haul in enough gold 317 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:14,190 to hit his 8,000-ounce, $20 million target, has been derailed 318 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:17,310 by the death of his wash plant, Big Red. 319 00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:18,270 We need a new plan 320 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:20,550 to run more ground in the Bridge Cut. 321 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:22,950 Bob is our highest yardage plant. 322 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:24,270 So, we're gonna go get 323 00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:26,990 the biggest production wash plant we have. 324 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:28,750 I'm really hoping that the Bridge Cut 325 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:31,400 can go, you know, a couple ounces an hour. 326 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:33,920 But we'll see. 327 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:38,750 25 miles away at Sulfur Creek... 328 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:42,600 wash plant, Bob, has sat idle for nearly three weeks. 329 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:46,230 Now he wants it moved to Dominion 330 00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:48,080 and fired up by the end of the day. 331 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:51,630 We just need to get Bob out of Sulfur, 332 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:54,840 over to Dominion, and we're running out of time. 333 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:57,120 pull on it. 334 00:20:59,120 --> 00:21:00,310 There you go. 335 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:02,350 Honestly, like, I'm surprised we're even moving this plant. 336 00:21:02,360 --> 00:21:04,030 I don't even listen when he comes up 337 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:05,630 with an idea anymore. 338 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:07,430 It's kind of a pain in the ass. 339 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:10,480 , we probably moved a plant 100 times. 340 00:21:11,120 --> 00:21:12,950 Everyone's run ragged. 341 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:15,990 To move the plant, Tyson must use 342 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:21,870 Jordan's 50-year-old Pacific P-16 heavy-duty hauler 343 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:24,710 that he's never driven before. 344 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:27,710 Do you want me to pilot you back and help unload-- 345 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:29,600 no, you take it yourself. 346 00:21:30,320 --> 00:21:31,520 I'm not sitting with you. 347 00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:34,110 Do you want more time to around, 348 00:21:34,120 --> 00:21:35,400 or do you wanna just haul the plant? 349 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:39,550 - No, I'll haul it-- - Okay, there you go. 350 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:41,550 Take your corners wide, like you always would. 351 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:43,390 But don't it up is the goal. 352 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:45,550 - Um, yeah. - Sounds good, man. 353 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:46,790 - You'll be fine. - All righty. 354 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:48,200 Okay, see ya. 355 00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:51,680 Here goes nothing. 356 00:21:53,360 --> 00:21:54,360 She's rough. 357 00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:59,470 First time hauling anything in this Pacific. 358 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:01,960 Last thing I wanna do is this wash plant up. 359 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:12,710 Doing my best, man. 360 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:17,190 Built in the 1960s for use in the logging trade, 361 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:22,990 the P-16 is a six-by-six-wheel-drive monster... 362 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:26,830 packing a V12 twin-turbo diesel engine 363 00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:31,080 that can produce up to 525 horsepower. 364 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:37,350 Weighing in at 25 tons, 365 00:22:37,360 --> 00:22:39,590 with no power steering, 366 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:41,510 driving the steep mountain roads 367 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:44,320 to Dominion is no easy task. 368 00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:47,080 If you take it slow and steady... 369 00:22:48,720 --> 00:22:49,880 we'll get there in one piece. 370 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:09,870 Hey, Jordy, I'm just pulling into the Dominion. 371 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:11,160 10-4. 372 00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:15,390 So here we go. We're at the Bridge Cut here. 373 00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:17,320 Bob's new home. 374 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:24,920 Nice and gentle. 375 00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:37,710 Sluice runs are on. 376 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:39,600 Just gotta get this up on the hill and sluice it tonight. 377 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:49,550 Tight section. Tyson, we're coming across the cross stitch now 378 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:50,640 with the pipe. 379 00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:53,400 No. Hey. 380 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:01,030 We really don't want to damage these sluice runs 381 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:03,590 'cause they're the only ones we got. 382 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:05,910 Just take it easy. Thread the needle, baby. 383 00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:07,240 Yeah, nice and slow. 384 00:24:12,120 --> 00:24:13,600 All right. Coming through the worst of it. 385 00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:16,840 Looking good. 386 00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:28,160 Okay. Prewash is in line right now with the SuperStacker. 387 00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:31,640 Really close. Forward. Yep. 388 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:33,550 Yep, right there. 389 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:35,840 Nice work, guys. Nice work, Tyson. 390 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:46,270 You guys have made quick work of this move. 391 00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:47,830 - We're trying. - I appreciate that. 392 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:48,950 No worries, man. 393 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:52,510 Just eight hours after leaving Sulphur, 394 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:57,230 Bob is set and ready to sluice premium white channel pay 395 00:24:57,240 --> 00:24:59,400 that could save Parker's season. 396 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:01,000 Here we go. 397 00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:03,960 See what the Bridge Cut has to offer. 398 00:25:07,360 --> 00:25:08,360 Fire her up. 399 00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:19,950 - Thanks, guys. See you. - Take care. 400 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:22,670 This part of the Bridge Cut isn't quite ready to go, 401 00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:25,710 but it's partially ready. 402 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:28,800 And at this point in time, we'll accept partially ready. 403 00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:32,600 Desperate times, right? 404 00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:52,200 Until all this muck is gone, you know, we're gonna have more and more fun. 405 00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:56,470 It just never ends in this cut. 406 00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:59,270 Rick Ness is away dealing with red tape 407 00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:03,310 over the water license to mine his ground, 408 00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:06,910 leaving his crew in charge of bringing in the gold. 409 00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:12,350 But sluicing is at a dead stop while they truck out the worthless mud 410 00:26:12,360 --> 00:26:14,600 drowning their Vegas Valley pay. 411 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:19,230 It's nasty , but it is what it is. 412 00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:20,880 We're gonna have to deal with it. 413 00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:36,150 Foreman Buzz has checked out, 414 00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:40,230 meaning it's on Rick's friend Zee to come up with a plan. 415 00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:44,430 Rick's pretty stressed out, obviously, with the whole water license thing, 416 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:47,760 and instead of hauling muck, we should be hauling pay. 417 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:50,240 Hey, Bailey, you got a copy? 418 00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:53,000 Go ahead. 419 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:56,270 I'm contemplating going over that overspill 420 00:26:56,280 --> 00:26:59,510 where Monster Red used to be over by Rally Valley 421 00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:03,350 and maybe just hauling some of that over here to keep the plant going. 422 00:27:03,360 --> 00:27:04,590 Yeah, that sounds good to me, man. 423 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:06,560 Might as well scrape up whatever's laying around. 424 00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:08,640 Copy that. 425 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:12,750 Get this plant moving. 426 00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:17,200 Two weeks ago, Rick pulled Monster Red from Rally Valley. 427 00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:18,800 There she goes. 428 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:22,230 Where it sat for four years, 429 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:25,190 sluicing the richest dirt of his mining career. 430 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:26,160 That's huge. 431 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:34,230 Zee believes its old pad is covered in over spilled gold-rich pay 432 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:39,200 that could bank them a fast buck while they clear the slop in Vegas Valley. 433 00:27:41,360 --> 00:27:42,750 We're gonna grab a loader and a truck 434 00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:46,120 and go to get that overspill and start the plant back up. 435 00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:49,430 This should buy us a little bit of time. 436 00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:51,040 We know there's gold in it. 437 00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:56,000 Oh, this is it. 438 00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:58,920 Yeah. 439 00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:01,510 Throw as much at the wall. 440 00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:03,200 Something will stick eventually, right? 441 00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:17,630 Honestly, the first couple of scoops, they look good. 442 00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:18,880 I got your truck full. 443 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:23,270 Buzz delivers the first truck load 444 00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:26,350 ready to run through Monster Red. 445 00:28:26,360 --> 00:28:29,960 You improvise. You pivot with what you got. This is what we got. 446 00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:36,800 What the ! 447 00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:47,640 Buzz, you got a copy. There's something wrong with the loader. 448 00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:52,190 I got no power. 449 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:54,190 Won't even lift up a scoop. 450 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:56,080 Honestly, right now, we don't have time for this. 451 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:11,670 This is bad. I mean, we've only got one loader. This is not good. 452 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:15,870 While hauling emergency pay from an old wash plant, 453 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:20,560 Rick Ness crew member, Zee, has lost power in his loader. 454 00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:23,470 Hey, Ryan, you got a copy? 455 00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:26,640 The loader is shooting a code, and it ain't even moving. 456 00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:32,320 We'll plug it in and we'll see what's not reading. 457 00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:38,680 It looks like we have a sensor problem, and... 458 00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:41,160 ...that's a problem. 459 00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:48,590 This is our intake right here. 460 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:50,390 It's reading your pressure into the engine. 461 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:52,800 So a pretty vital... 462 00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:55,720 ...component for something that small. 463 00:29:57,280 --> 00:29:59,880 There she is. Man, that thing is sooted up. 464 00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:03,880 What is it? 465 00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:06,190 It's not getting a voltage reading. 466 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:09,190 I know for a fact we don't have that sensor. 467 00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:11,030 So I'm gonna go look at a few things. 468 00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:14,360 But until then, it's kind of dead where it sits. 469 00:30:24,160 --> 00:30:27,360 Yeah, and that's my problem is this is only a three prong in mine. 470 00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:30,230 It's got to at least be a four. 471 00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:38,710 Basically, everything we've got here doesn't have the sensor we need on it. 472 00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:41,630 Um, a lot of the here is a lot older. 473 00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:43,800 It kind of puts us into a little bit of a predicament. 474 00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:46,120 I should've had another one ordered. 475 00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:51,920 I gotta figure this out. 476 00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:55,430 If it's down down, I mean, we're . 477 00:30:55,440 --> 00:30:56,800 It's the worst possible time. 478 00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:05,720 Uh, I believe I found what we need in Rick's side-by-side. 479 00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:08,870 There she is. 480 00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:11,270 The chance of us getting this going is gonna be pretty slim. 481 00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:14,440 But I'm hoping it'll work. Let's put her in. 482 00:31:18,560 --> 00:31:19,950 Easy fix. Easy swap. 483 00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:21,600 Keep our fingers crossed it works. 484 00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:30,800 Dude, what the ? 485 00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:33,830 No code. Code's off. 486 00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:35,030 - All right. - Lift it. 487 00:31:35,040 --> 00:31:36,640 See what you got and see if you got power. 488 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:43,590 Phew. Way better. 489 00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:51,430 Miraculously, the side-by-side parts might actually, uh, make it through the season. 490 00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:52,950 Hey, Buzz, you got a copy? 491 00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:54,670 Ryan got this thing fixed. 492 00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:57,720 You want to swing back down, we'll get the rest of this over to the plant. 493 00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:03,590 We're gonna go ahead and run it through the plant. 494 00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:08,160 Um, hopefully, it buys us enough time to when Bailey can start hauling pay again. 495 00:32:12,040 --> 00:32:13,990 With Monster Red running, 496 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:18,960 Rick's mission to blow past 1,500 ounces is back on. 497 00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:22,000 Now we're back up and running. 498 00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:23,960 Thank God. 499 00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:48,070 Tony Beets and his daughter, Monica, 500 00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:52,920 are trying to tap into a last ditch source of gold on the Hester Cut. 501 00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:13,040 Yes, I do. 502 00:33:36,280 --> 00:33:37,520 It's a gorgeous machine. 503 00:33:44,920 --> 00:33:46,430 Well, I appreciate it. 504 00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:51,510 Tony's surprise, a new half-million dollar wash plant. 505 00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:01,840 I still get a birthday present, though, right? 506 00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:12,550 The new plant is unlike any in Tony's arsenal. 507 00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:16,920 Known as a super sluice, it's designed to handle big boulders. 508 00:34:17,920 --> 00:34:20,230 Pay dirt is fed into the hopper. 509 00:34:20,240 --> 00:34:23,110 Water washes the gold from the rocks. 510 00:34:23,120 --> 00:34:26,320 Hydraulic steel fingers push the waste away... 511 00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:31,120 ...while the heavier gold falls to the sluices below. 512 00:34:37,280 --> 00:34:40,750 To set up the new plant as fast as possible, 513 00:34:40,760 --> 00:34:43,950 Tony brings in the A Team. 514 00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:48,870 First, Monica and Glen must lift up the 17-ton plant 515 00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:53,030 while cousin Mike drags the skids into position. 516 00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:57,910 Then Mike Beets will use a dozer to pull it onto its pad. 517 00:34:57,920 --> 00:34:59,510 Oh, goodness. 518 00:34:59,520 --> 00:35:01,190 He's got his radio out. 519 00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:03,360 Which means he's getting ready to yell at me. 520 00:35:21,240 --> 00:35:22,910 Holy . 521 00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:07,950 Skids installed, 522 00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:11,880 Mike drags the plant into position next to the old timer tailings. 523 00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:27,760 We're going to use the 700 to push it the rest of the way into place. 524 00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:40,400 That was pretty smooth. 525 00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:52,790 The new plant's in place, 526 00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:56,750 but before Tony can cash in on the old timer tailings, 527 00:36:56,760 --> 00:36:58,670 there's still work to do. 528 00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:17,910 There's a lot of work that will have to be done on Big Red. 529 00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:21,520 It hasn't been our biggest producer, but it's got gold in it. 530 00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:24,990 Big Red's tired. It's been working all year, 531 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:26,790 a year longer than it should have. 532 00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:31,720 It's the final clean up at Parker's oldest wash plant, Big Red, 533 00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:34,910 which has shaken itself to death. 534 00:37:34,920 --> 00:37:36,990 We'll have to figure out what we feel like doing. 535 00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:41,150 Whether we reconstruct, rebuild or walk away. 536 00:37:41,160 --> 00:37:44,630 The tailing shoot is real thin. 537 00:37:44,640 --> 00:37:46,670 I can almost stick my finger through the hole. 538 00:37:46,680 --> 00:37:48,790 Across 12 seasons, 539 00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:54,910 Big Red has hauled in a staggering 34,300 ounces, 540 00:37:54,920 --> 00:37:59,960 banking Parker over $53,000,000 in gold. 541 00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:02,950 It's like a battled warrior. 542 00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:05,350 Grandma's had the teeth knocked out of her. 543 00:38:05,360 --> 00:38:06,630 But we still love the thing. 544 00:38:06,640 --> 00:38:08,080 Yeah. 545 00:38:18,040 --> 00:38:20,830 It's going great today, you know, sending pay to the wash plant 546 00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:23,390 and doing what we're supposed to be doing here. 547 00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:25,390 After a tough week, 548 00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:28,710 Rick Ness's crew are back on track. 549 00:38:28,720 --> 00:38:30,510 This is awesome. Got through the muck 550 00:38:30,520 --> 00:38:31,710 and now we're hauling pay again 551 00:38:31,720 --> 00:38:33,920 so that Kyle can keep feeding the plant. 552 00:38:34,640 --> 00:38:35,880 It worked out pretty good. 553 00:38:38,600 --> 00:38:40,270 - Hello. - Hello. 554 00:38:40,280 --> 00:38:41,840 - This looks cozy. - Welcome back. 555 00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:44,710 At the end of the shift, 556 00:38:44,720 --> 00:38:48,790 Rick is back from his water license meeting in Vancouver, 557 00:38:48,800 --> 00:38:53,800 in time to find out how much gold his crew delivered without him. 558 00:38:58,840 --> 00:38:59,840 Frustrating. 559 00:39:01,640 --> 00:39:03,470 The least that could have happened was I could have came back with answers, 560 00:39:03,480 --> 00:39:05,830 but I don't have any. 561 00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:08,270 I really thought that maybe that by going down there 562 00:39:08,280 --> 00:39:10,310 and having some talks, that it might be able to... 563 00:39:10,320 --> 00:39:12,430 it would have done some good, but really, yeah, it's nothing. 564 00:39:12,440 --> 00:39:15,190 I got nothing to report back, so I apologize for that. 565 00:39:15,200 --> 00:39:17,750 - You know, one way or another would be great, right? - Yep. 566 00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:18,910 Because then you can plan on it. 567 00:39:18,920 --> 00:39:21,200 But when you don't know at all, it's, uh, 568 00:39:22,280 --> 00:39:23,390 it's a thing. 569 00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:25,950 If Rick's license is not renewed, 570 00:39:25,960 --> 00:39:29,550 he won't be able to mine his ground next season. 571 00:39:29,560 --> 00:39:32,510 I was paying, you know, paying everything into this place 572 00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:35,670 to never have to leave it again, and now that it's paid for, 573 00:39:35,680 --> 00:39:37,270 I sure as hell don't want to leave it. 574 00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:38,720 But it's one of those things where we're... 575 00:39:39,960 --> 00:39:40,960 ...gonna have to wait and see. 576 00:39:42,240 --> 00:39:43,590 You kept things going here. 577 00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:46,080 - How did this week really go, you know? - Zee broke a loader. 578 00:39:48,080 --> 00:39:51,910 You're side-by-side provided what I needed. 579 00:39:51,920 --> 00:39:53,110 I give you points for creativity there. 580 00:39:53,120 --> 00:39:54,430 That's impressive. 581 00:39:54,440 --> 00:39:55,710 We all know our jobs. 582 00:39:55,720 --> 00:39:57,110 We all know the that needs to be done. 583 00:39:57,120 --> 00:39:59,350 And we all know what we got invested. 584 00:39:59,360 --> 00:40:01,030 That being said, should we weigh up some gold? 585 00:40:01,040 --> 00:40:02,630 - Let's do it. - Let's see what you guys got. 586 00:40:02,640 --> 00:40:09,190 Last week, Vegas Valley delivered a massive 256 ounces of gold. 587 00:40:09,200 --> 00:40:10,310 All right, here we go. 588 00:40:10,320 --> 00:40:13,270 If they hit 300 this week, 589 00:40:13,280 --> 00:40:17,670 Rick will smash his original 1,500-ounce gold. 590 00:40:17,680 --> 00:40:21,960 But downtime at the plant cost them two days of sluicing. 591 00:40:22,680 --> 00:40:23,680 Let's do this. 592 00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:27,360 Twenty, 30, 40, 60, 593 00:40:28,080 --> 00:40:31,520 80, 100, 110. 594 00:40:32,440 --> 00:40:36,390 122.82. 595 00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:40,790 Worth over $320,000, 596 00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:43,880 but less than half of what he was hoping for. 597 00:40:46,240 --> 00:40:48,880 - Not as good as last time. - Still quarter of a million dollars. 598 00:40:52,400 --> 00:40:54,550 We did run some of that stuff from Monster Red spill. 599 00:40:54,560 --> 00:40:57,710 So, like, obviously there wasn't going to be a lot of gold in that. 600 00:40:57,720 --> 00:41:00,430 And that brings us what, over 1,300 ounces on the season. 601 00:41:00,440 --> 00:41:02,590 We aren't quite there yet. You know, we got 602 00:41:02,600 --> 00:41:04,750 a little less than 200 ounces to get, and this is going to be 603 00:41:04,760 --> 00:41:06,630 the hardest 200 ounces we get all season. 604 00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:07,720 It's not gonna be easy. 605 00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:11,790 - We still got a lot of fight left in us. - Yeah. 606 00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:13,910 We just keep rolling the way we're rolling. 607 00:41:13,920 --> 00:41:16,110 I really think that that gamble is gonna pay off. 608 00:41:16,120 --> 00:41:17,680 I can see that you're ready to go. 609 00:41:18,680 --> 00:41:19,680 I'm ready to do it. 610 00:41:20,520 --> 00:41:21,830 - Shall we get after it? - Yep. 611 00:41:21,840 --> 00:41:23,560 - Let's go. - Let's make it happen, guys. 612 00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:28,590 The Gold Way was good, but not as good as we wanted. 613 00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:33,510 So a little bit of uncertainty if we're gonna hit... hit our final goal. 614 00:41:33,520 --> 00:41:36,550 I came back with no answer on the water license which is frustrating. 615 00:41:36,560 --> 00:41:38,310 We got to move forward from that. 616 00:41:38,320 --> 00:41:41,350 We didn't get as much gold, but, you know, we're still on our way to our season goal. 617 00:41:41,360 --> 00:41:44,200 And, you know, we just got to keep pushing hard till the end. 618 00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:56,110 Hi, guys. How are you guys? 619 00:41:56,120 --> 00:41:59,310 Well, I got coffee and gold, so I'm fine. 620 00:41:59,320 --> 00:42:01,270 At Paradise Hill, 621 00:42:01,280 --> 00:42:05,510 the Beets family gather to find out if they've caught enough gold 622 00:42:05,520 --> 00:42:09,230 to beat their 5,000-ounce season goal. 623 00:42:09,240 --> 00:42:12,160 - We had another good week. - Oh, yeah. 624 00:42:12,960 --> 00:42:13,960 Good for you. 625 00:42:16,880 --> 00:42:18,240 Are you jealous? 626 00:42:23,440 --> 00:42:25,630 I'll count Sluice-A-Lot. You count the hill. 627 00:42:27,160 --> 00:42:33,110 Tony needs just 180 ounces to hit his 5,000-ounce goal. 628 00:42:33,120 --> 00:42:34,750 Okay, ready? 629 00:42:34,760 --> 00:42:39,360 First up, the Comeback Cut extension. at Indian River. 630 00:42:40,040 --> 00:42:41,590 So this is Sluice-A-Lot. 631 00:42:41,600 --> 00:42:43,310 Yeah, we'll start with the Indian. 632 00:42:47,080 --> 00:42:51,390 Ten, 20, 30, 60, 90, 100, 633 00:42:51,400 --> 00:42:53,830 110, 160, 634 00:42:53,840 --> 00:42:57,640 205.80. 635 00:43:00,440 --> 00:43:01,830 That's a nice little haul, yeah. 636 00:43:03,560 --> 00:43:06,870 Worth $543,000. 637 00:43:06,880 --> 00:43:10,190 That gets us past 5,000. 638 00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:17,320 So the rest is our bonus, right? 639 00:43:24,040 --> 00:43:27,030 All right, Mike-Mike, we're gonna do your gold now. 640 00:43:27,040 --> 00:43:28,120 Ready? 641 00:43:29,720 --> 00:43:33,600 Next up, Mike's trommel at Paradise Hill. 642 00:43:36,760 --> 00:43:38,560 Ten, 20, 30, 60. 643 00:43:39,200 --> 00:43:43,510 100, 110, 160, 70, 80, 90, 644 00:43:43,520 --> 00:43:48,910 200, 220, 230, 260. 645 00:43:48,920 --> 00:43:52,390 264.76. 646 00:43:52,400 --> 00:43:57,480 Taking their season total to 5,290 ounces. 647 00:43:58,160 --> 00:44:02,000 Almost $14,000,000 in gold. 648 00:44:05,720 --> 00:44:08,070 It's almost 5,300. 649 00:44:08,080 --> 00:44:11,270 And we're only a couple of ounces short of our ever best season. 650 00:44:11,280 --> 00:44:12,910 There you go. 651 00:44:12,920 --> 00:44:14,670 We might even top ourselves this year. 652 00:44:19,480 --> 00:44:21,800 - Bye, guys. - Bye-bye. 653 00:44:23,000 --> 00:44:24,160 That's all, folks. 654 00:44:46,920 --> 00:44:49,670 - What's happening, Chris? - Hey, Mitchell. 655 00:44:49,680 --> 00:44:51,310 - How's it treating you? - Washing gold, man. 656 00:44:51,320 --> 00:44:52,880 - Washing gold? - That's good. 657 00:44:53,840 --> 00:44:55,510 Well, Big Red's dead, man. 658 00:44:55,520 --> 00:44:58,150 That thing's put in some hours. 659 00:44:58,160 --> 00:45:01,070 It looked rough three months ago. 660 00:45:02,960 --> 00:45:06,390 Yeah, the red gravel did a number on her this year, that's for sure. 661 00:45:06,400 --> 00:45:10,070 What a stroke of luck that you were able to find thawed ground, 662 00:45:10,080 --> 00:45:12,750 since we've been battling frost all season. 663 00:45:12,760 --> 00:45:16,070 Even if it's thawed on the edges, man, run it. 664 00:45:16,080 --> 00:45:19,910 We get to figure out what the Bridge Cut is really all about now. 665 00:45:19,920 --> 00:45:21,990 We've spent a lot of money in there. 666 00:45:22,000 --> 00:45:23,990 Well, you are a gambling man. 667 00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:27,510 - So this is one of the bigger gambles, hey? - Yeah. 668 00:45:27,520 --> 00:45:30,110 Oh, I'm tired. 669 00:45:30,120 --> 00:45:32,640 Well, we might be able to brighten your day up with a little bit of gold. 670 00:45:33,320 --> 00:45:35,430 Let's weigh some gold. 671 00:45:35,440 --> 00:45:41,590 Parker needs 2,500 ounces to hit his season goal. 672 00:45:41,600 --> 00:45:45,840 First up, the last of the red top gravels from the Bridge Cut. 673 00:45:46,440 --> 00:45:48,030 Come on, T. 674 00:45:48,040 --> 00:45:50,720 Big Red, last run of the season. 675 00:45:52,560 --> 00:45:55,110 Ten, 20. 676 00:45:55,120 --> 00:45:58,920 60, 85, 90. 677 00:45:59,560 --> 00:46:01,520 96.2. 678 00:46:03,160 --> 00:46:04,550 Consistent right to the end. 679 00:46:04,560 --> 00:46:08,080 Worth $250,000. 680 00:46:09,320 --> 00:46:10,670 But that's the red gravel. 681 00:46:10,680 --> 00:46:12,430 When you got Bob going. 682 00:46:12,440 --> 00:46:14,640 - and you got in the good pay dirt... - Yep. 683 00:46:15,680 --> 00:46:17,670 ...this is what we ended up with. 684 00:46:17,680 --> 00:46:20,040 - That one's looking like it's got some weight to it. - Yeah. 685 00:46:20,640 --> 00:46:22,030 Next up, 686 00:46:22,040 --> 00:46:26,990 just four days of running the deeper, richer white channel pay. 687 00:46:27,000 --> 00:46:28,670 - This is Bob. - The cream of the crop. 688 00:46:28,680 --> 00:46:30,110 The cream of the crop. Here we go. 689 00:46:30,120 --> 00:46:31,600 Let's see what it's all about. 690 00:46:33,440 --> 00:46:34,440 One-twenty, 691 00:46:35,280 --> 00:46:37,590 140, 200, 692 00:46:37,600 --> 00:46:39,000 230, 693 00:46:39,800 --> 00:46:41,960 270. Are we going to break 300? 694 00:46:43,240 --> 00:46:45,190 290.5. 695 00:46:45,200 --> 00:46:49,120 Worth $766,000. 696 00:46:49,800 --> 00:46:51,510 That is very nice. 697 00:46:51,520 --> 00:46:53,710 That's super relieving. - Yeah. 698 00:46:53,720 --> 00:46:56,120 'Cause I've been quite nervous about that all year. 699 00:46:56,840 --> 00:46:57,880 That was pretty impressive. 700 00:46:58,760 --> 00:47:00,710 Last up, Roxanne, 701 00:47:00,720 --> 00:47:04,910 which last week delivered 282 ounces. 702 00:47:04,920 --> 00:47:06,430 This is the Elbow Cut right here. 703 00:47:06,440 --> 00:47:08,310 Fighting some frost down there, 704 00:47:08,320 --> 00:47:10,230 but we're getting it chewed up and through there. 705 00:47:10,240 --> 00:47:11,320 Okay, here we go. 706 00:47:11,920 --> 00:47:13,790 Twenty, 70, 707 00:47:13,800 --> 00:47:17,080 90, 130, 170, 708 00:47:18,200 --> 00:47:20,040 200, 230... 709 00:47:22,520 --> 00:47:24,760 ...276.1. 710 00:47:25,320 --> 00:47:26,710 Nice. 711 00:47:26,720 --> 00:47:33,790 We're on a roll now, so it brings the season total to 6,088.2 ounces. 712 00:47:33,800 --> 00:47:37,510 Worth at today's record-high gold price, 713 00:47:37,520 --> 00:47:42,800 an incredible $16,070,000. 714 00:47:44,120 --> 00:47:45,430 - Nice. - Yeah. 715 00:47:45,440 --> 00:47:48,230 - Good week. - Oh, yeah, yep. 716 00:47:48,240 --> 00:47:52,070 But Parker still needs almost 2,000 ounces 717 00:47:52,080 --> 00:47:54,390 to hit his season goal. 718 00:47:54,400 --> 00:47:57,630 If you guys can keep wash plants running, try to keep them running. 719 00:47:57,640 --> 00:47:58,680 We shall. 720 00:47:59,240 --> 00:48:00,550 No promises, though. 721 00:48:00,560 --> 00:48:01,870 Have a good one. 722 00:48:01,880 --> 00:48:03,110 Thanks, Mitch. 723 00:48:03,120 --> 00:48:04,200 - All righty. - Okay. 723 00:48:05,305 --> 00:49:05,707 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm