"Gold Rush" Expansion Mode

1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,074 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org 2 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:26,800 Do you reckon he's awake yet? 3 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:31,860 He's probably awake, but he's probably not super enthusiastic 4 00:00:31,860 --> 00:00:35,360 to see us this early, but he's probably awake. 5 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:38,660 -All we can do is ring the doorbell and... - See what happens. 6 00:00:38,660 --> 00:00:40,890 -Yeah. Okay. - Here we go. 7 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:50,030 Good morning. 8 00:00:50,030 --> 00:00:52,160 I just wanted to try the doorbell. 9 00:00:52,160 --> 00:00:53,400 Good morning. 10 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:56,800 -Come on in. - Thanks very much. 11 00:00:57,860 --> 00:00:59,330 After you. 12 00:01:00,060 --> 00:01:02,590 On this Gold Rush, 13 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:07,760 Parker Schnabel tests out a next level piece of new equipment... 14 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:10,190 I just spent $5,40,000. 15 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:14,590 ...decides whether to make a game-changing business deal... 16 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:19,160 500 ounces of gold, that's a million dollars. 17 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:22,690 ...and hunts for new gold rich land. 18 00:01:22,700 --> 00:01:26,360 Really, we're looking for old shafts or piles of tailings. 19 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:28,960 'Cause there was no machinery mining up here. 20 00:01:28,960 --> 00:01:29,890 Be ready. 21 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:48,230 It's 9:00 a.m. 22 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:53,000 Parker's crew has been working for two hours... 23 00:01:54,100 --> 00:01:56,600 But he...is just waking up. 24 00:01:57,500 --> 00:01:59,230 I'm not really a morning person. 25 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:02,030 I take after my mom. 26 00:02:02,900 --> 00:02:05,300 She's a night owl, as am I. 27 00:02:06,900 --> 00:02:10,530 Usually I just, um, you know... 28 00:02:12,060 --> 00:02:15,230 peruse the equipment auctions for a little bit in the morning. 29 00:02:16,260 --> 00:02:17,900 Anything good on the auction? 30 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:19,500 No. 31 00:02:21,500 --> 00:02:23,960 I putter a little bit in the morning, 32 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:27,230 and look at equipment and look at gold prices. 33 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:33,090 Any gold price movement is directly on to our bottom line. 34 00:02:33,100 --> 00:02:38,230 We try to... We breathe into the crystal ball what's going to happen. 35 00:02:38,860 --> 00:02:40,390 I'm not very good at it. 36 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:44,990 So you know, with a project this size, 37 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:49,900 it's like, every $100 swing in the gold price is millions of dollars. 38 00:02:52,530 --> 00:02:58,300 I am horrifically bad at and selling gold at good prices. 39 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:04,790 I sold like... a 1,000 ounces 40 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:08,400 the day Hamas attacked Israel... 41 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:11,290 The morning, 42 00:03:11,300 --> 00:03:13,330 before anybody knew what had happened. 43 00:03:17,100 --> 00:03:20,830 And gold prices went a lot, up a lot in the next, like 10 days. 44 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:28,160 In 2024, gold prices hit an all-time high 45 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:32,560 at over $2,500 an ounce. 46 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:35,290 We'll probably go down to the office, have a coffee. 47 00:03:35,300 --> 00:03:36,930 Let's do it. 48 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:47,460 Parker's Dominion crew is spread out over 7500 acres, 49 00:03:47,460 --> 00:03:49,960 stretching six miles long. 50 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:54,300 It can take half an hour to travel from one end of the claim to the other. 51 00:04:03,260 --> 00:04:07,800 My day is probably going to be fairly busy, but I never really start... 52 00:04:09,260 --> 00:04:11,590 ...the day, running. 53 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:14,260 I'm gonna go to the office first. 54 00:04:14,260 --> 00:04:15,860 Drink some coffee. 55 00:04:15,860 --> 00:04:20,490 What else? We have a fun new piece of equipment showing up today. 56 00:04:20,500 --> 00:04:22,860 I have a business meeting lined up 57 00:04:22,860 --> 00:04:27,030 and I usually do the rounds of the mine site at some point... 58 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:29,200 ...just to see what's going on. 59 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:30,790 Um... 60 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:35,260 And Liam's around, so I'll probably go look 61 00:04:35,260 --> 00:04:37,530 at a piece of ground that I was thinking about drilling. 62 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:40,330 Um... 63 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:45,130 If I'm doing some exploration on with him, that would be good. 64 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:58,400 Coffee? We have a big coffee budget. 65 00:05:00,100 --> 00:05:01,890 Only the best. 66 00:05:01,900 --> 00:05:05,600 -This is like maple pecan. -Ooh. 67 00:05:06,700 --> 00:05:09,300 Good morning. 68 00:05:11,730 --> 00:05:15,630 So we go from sitting on a couch to sitting on a desk. 69 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:20,900 And I'm a very fidgety person, so... 70 00:05:24,500 --> 00:05:26,430 A deck of cards is my... 71 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:31,090 fidgety...tool of choice. 72 00:05:31,100 --> 00:05:32,490 Can you show us a trick? 73 00:05:32,500 --> 00:05:33,900 I don't have any tricks. 74 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:40,660 I think one of the most difficult things that I find 75 00:05:40,660 --> 00:05:45,190 is like, running a good business with 76 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:47,430 the film crews on site. 77 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:52,600 You know, that's a very weird dynamic, and... 78 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:58,360 nobody's used to... 79 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:01,890 that kind of a atmosphere at a... 80 00:06:01,900 --> 00:06:04,160 At a place they work, right? 81 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:07,260 Since the Gold Rush began in 2010... 82 00:06:07,260 --> 00:06:09,090 Come on, get out of the way. 83 00:06:09,100 --> 00:06:14,560 ...over 200 different camera crew have filmed Parker's every move... 84 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:15,860 Oh, Parker. 85 00:06:15,860 --> 00:06:17,160 Would you like some coffee? 86 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:18,300 Eggy toast? 87 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:21,360 There's a camera in my face every day! 88 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:23,100 ...capturing the highs... 89 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:25,260 Oh, yeah! 90 00:06:25,260 --> 00:06:26,760 Nothing wrong with a 400 ounce a week. 91 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:28,160 . ..and lows... 92 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:30,690 -Parker! -Get out of my way. 93 00:06:30,700 --> 00:06:34,100 . ..in over 60,000 hours of footage. 94 00:06:37,300 --> 00:06:39,460 For the most part, we're pretty full access, 95 00:06:39,460 --> 00:06:42,860 but there still is things where it's like, okay, this is like... 96 00:06:42,860 --> 00:06:44,990 a very big issue on the mine site. 97 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:48,600 The risk of messing up and your boss getting mad at you... 98 00:06:49,500 --> 00:06:52,560 ...it is one thing, the risk of messing up your bag, 99 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:54,360 your boss getting mad at you 100 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:57,590 and it all getting broadcast worldwide on TV, 101 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:00,490 is a super weird thing 102 00:07:00,500 --> 00:07:03,290 that...is arguably not very healthy. 103 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:06,500 Oh. 104 00:07:07,660 --> 00:07:10,560 Um, speaking of things that need to happen off camera, 105 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:12,400 uh, I need you guys to leave... 106 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:14,000 while I take this. 107 00:07:20,900 --> 00:07:22,690 Next to Parker's office... 108 00:07:22,700 --> 00:07:24,190 Nona. Hi. 109 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:26,400 . ..mine manager, Nona Loveless, drives Parker's operation. 110 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:30,560 Parker, uh, kicked us out. 111 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:33,260 So we thought we'd come and check in with you. 112 00:07:33,260 --> 00:07:37,260 I am, well, busy trying to move buildings 113 00:07:37,260 --> 00:07:42,360 and keep people going, and we've got to go into town, 114 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:44,090 and do some books. 115 00:07:44,100 --> 00:07:45,360 That's a typical day. 116 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:47,600 Oh, my days are never two the same. 117 00:07:48,660 --> 00:07:50,660 A veteran Klondike miner, 118 00:07:50,660 --> 00:07:55,660 Nona joined Parker's crew six-years-ago in 2018. 119 00:07:55,660 --> 00:08:00,190 Yeah, the last couple of years have been... really crazy with expansion. 120 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:04,260 Um... It's been good, but it's also a lot of work 121 00:08:04,260 --> 00:08:09,660 and a lot of organizing, and, yeah, trying to keep, I guess, the equipment. 122 00:08:09,660 --> 00:08:11,060 We're getting more equipment. 123 00:08:11,060 --> 00:08:12,860 We're getting more ground. 124 00:08:12,860 --> 00:08:14,660 We're getting more people. 125 00:08:14,660 --> 00:08:16,460 We need more housing. 126 00:08:16,460 --> 00:08:19,000 It just keeps going and going and going. 127 00:08:22,460 --> 00:08:27,090 Nona helps Parker run one of the biggest mine sites in the Klondike, 128 00:08:27,100 --> 00:08:32,130 managing over 40 crew and a fleet of big iron. 129 00:08:36,100 --> 00:08:41,590 The board behind you, there, that has not even all of our equipment now. 130 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:46,490 Um, we're going to be having three of these in the near future 131 00:08:46,500 --> 00:08:50,090 because we are growing exponentially very fast, 132 00:08:50,100 --> 00:08:53,090 and it just tells the service date. 133 00:08:53,100 --> 00:08:55,960 What needs to be serviced the hours on the machine. 134 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:59,760 Mechanics are really good at keeping it filled in. Um... 135 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:02,460 We-- We're just growing, growing, growing, growing. 136 00:09:02,460 --> 00:09:05,060 As the theme is growing around here. 137 00:09:05,060 --> 00:09:06,860 Are they bothering you? 138 00:09:06,860 --> 00:09:08,960 Well, no, I'm trying to get some work done, but no, 139 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:11,260 that's not what they're doing at all. 140 00:09:11,260 --> 00:09:14,660 We were just-- We were just in there talking about the company, 141 00:09:14,660 --> 00:09:17,260 and how far we've come, 142 00:09:17,260 --> 00:09:19,490 and thinking about that stuff makes, 143 00:09:19,500 --> 00:09:21,760 it brings a lot of memories back. 144 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:26,490 It does, for sure. Like, it's just crazy hell... we've gone-- 145 00:09:26,500 --> 00:09:28,360 Every time I think about that stuff, 146 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:29,760 it makes me incredibly thankful 147 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:32,300 that you came here and have stayed here. 148 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:34,460 -Honestly. -Well, I love being here. 149 00:09:34,460 --> 00:09:36,360 It's been good. It's been a good journey. 150 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:38,230 Okay, I'm gonna go. 151 00:09:38,460 --> 00:09:39,930 Bye. 152 00:09:43,260 --> 00:09:46,090 So now we're just gonna head over to the stripping crew. 153 00:09:46,100 --> 00:09:49,260 For the most part, they're just like, dealing with things 154 00:09:49,260 --> 00:09:51,330 that nobody else has time to deal with. 155 00:09:51,860 --> 00:09:54,930 And, um, see what happens. 156 00:10:12,660 --> 00:10:14,090 So this is the stripping crew. 157 00:10:14,100 --> 00:10:18,160 They pretty much operate, like totally autonomously 158 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:19,790 from the rest of the mine site. 159 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:23,490 Three or four of them usually, but it's my favorite part of the whole operation. 160 00:10:23,500 --> 00:10:25,390 Maybe other than the gold room, 161 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:29,390 so I usually like to check in with them fairly regularly. 162 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:35,390 Parker's crew is gunning for a record $25,000,000 season. 163 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:37,260 -How's it going? -Good. How are you? 164 00:10:37,260 --> 00:10:40,290 Good. This weather's not doing us any favors, is it? 165 00:10:40,300 --> 00:10:41,430 Definitely not. 166 00:10:42,100 --> 00:10:43,990 After today, pretty much the whole cut, 167 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:47,290 other than the center of it up there, will be on frost. 168 00:10:47,300 --> 00:10:49,760 Wash plant boss, Tyson Lee, 169 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:52,600 has worked with Parker for nine years. 170 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:54,960 -Yeah. Let's do it. -All right. 171 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:56,260 Thanks, man. 172 00:10:56,260 --> 00:10:57,560 You guys are good, Tyson? 173 00:10:57,560 --> 00:10:58,900 -Yeah. -Okay. 174 00:11:02,660 --> 00:11:04,260 You know, what you see of Parker, 175 00:11:04,260 --> 00:11:06,500 that's the real him. That's the real deal. 176 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:09,590 You know, I definitely see Parker as a friend. 177 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:13,060 But there's that, you know, level of respect that's there, too, 178 00:11:13,060 --> 00:11:15,390 'cause he is my boss, and you know, 179 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:17,860 he does have hard decisions to make, and... 180 00:11:17,860 --> 00:11:20,560 You know, I respect those hard decisions. 181 00:11:20,560 --> 00:11:23,760 You know, he's definitely stepped down to the seat 182 00:11:23,760 --> 00:11:27,160 and kind of stepped into the office a little more nowadays, 183 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:31,330 which is needed 'cause... there's a lot of bills to pay, and... 184 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:34,460 a lot of ground to find, and you know, 185 00:11:34,460 --> 00:11:36,730 he's always looking for the next best thing. 186 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:40,060 I try and put myself in his shoes a lot. 187 00:11:40,060 --> 00:11:45,560 'Cause, you know, we're six, seven months apart in age-wise. 188 00:11:45,560 --> 00:11:50,790 You know, most guys my age, they worry about do I have enough money to make my, 189 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:55,590 you know, $400, $800 vehicle payments and my $1000 rent 190 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:56,790 at the end of the month. 191 00:11:56,800 --> 00:11:59,360 Parker, he's got, you know, millions of dollars of debt, 192 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:02,300 and you know, he holds it very well. 193 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:15,160 Looking to diversify his business, 194 00:12:15,160 --> 00:12:17,030 Parker heads to a meeting. 195 00:12:20,060 --> 00:12:25,860 A good friend of mine, Bruce Schindler, who is a... 196 00:12:25,860 --> 00:12:27,490 I mean, it's kind of a jack-of-all-trades 197 00:12:27,500 --> 00:12:30,690 when it comes to like artistry and jewelry making. 198 00:12:30,700 --> 00:12:34,660 Um, he does a lot of things with mammoth tusks, 199 00:12:34,660 --> 00:12:39,090 and now he's working with gold. 200 00:12:39,100 --> 00:12:42,990 And we started working together years ago on some personal stuff for me, 201 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:46,090 like he made a gold ashtray for Chris Doumitt. 202 00:12:46,100 --> 00:12:49,490 Like a five-ounce gold ash, cigar ashtray. 203 00:12:49,500 --> 00:12:50,860 Um... 204 00:12:50,860 --> 00:12:54,090 And so that kind of set off a chain of events 205 00:12:54,100 --> 00:12:59,330 that have led to him taking a bunch of gold from us, um... 206 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:02,090 last year or the year before that, 207 00:13:02,100 --> 00:13:04,690 and he just started making stuff with it. 208 00:13:04,700 --> 00:13:09,260 And he just showed up to give me an update about what's going on, and... 209 00:13:09,260 --> 00:13:13,590 talk about, um... Talk about where that's at. 210 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:18,690 We normally sell our gold just basically wholesale to buyers, 211 00:13:18,700 --> 00:13:20,260 and we get charged 1%. 212 00:13:20,260 --> 00:13:23,090 So if we find 5,000 ounces of gold, 213 00:13:23,100 --> 00:13:25,660 like, we lose 50 ounces to the buyers. 214 00:13:25,660 --> 00:13:29,190 So, you know, when you start to do big volumes of gold, 215 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:34,260 it does start to become a pretty big expense, and... 216 00:13:34,260 --> 00:13:37,400 Basically, you want to sell your product for as much as you can, right? 217 00:13:41,500 --> 00:13:43,660 In the gold room with Bruce 218 00:13:43,660 --> 00:13:46,400 gold cleaning expert, Chris Doumitt... 219 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:49,190 -Hey, youngster. -Gentlemen. 220 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:50,090 Bruce. 221 00:13:50,100 --> 00:13:52,560 Glad to be here again. Thank you. 222 00:13:52,560 --> 00:13:57,260 Parker has given Bruce a 100 ounces of his Dominion gold 223 00:13:57,260 --> 00:13:59,700 to make a sample batch of jewelry. 224 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:02,890 I've made some pretty fun stuff. 225 00:14:02,900 --> 00:14:04,690 -I'd like to show you some of it. -Yeah, that would be great. 226 00:14:04,700 --> 00:14:06,160 Hold your hand out. 227 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:07,330 And feel this. 228 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:10,430 That is so cool. 229 00:14:10,430 --> 00:14:12,660 - It's silky, isn't it? -Yeah 230 00:14:12,660 --> 00:14:15,990 So, you gave me a 100 ounces of gold. 231 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:19,660 Those are cool. So you got earrings, rings, chains. 232 00:14:19,660 --> 00:14:22,360 And I've made a bunch of pieces for you and your friends. 233 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:25,760 I've made some wedding rings for a few people, which has been kind of sweet. 234 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:28,030 I made Doumitt's cigar ashtray. 235 00:14:28,460 --> 00:14:30,660 Hey, man. Happy birthday. 236 00:14:30,660 --> 00:14:32,500 Oh, my gosh. For me? Thanks. 237 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:36,260 It's an ashtray. 238 00:14:36,260 --> 00:14:38,560 -Is it real gold? -It's our gold. 239 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:40,160 Are you kidding me? 240 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:42,600 -No. - Holy cow. 241 00:14:43,260 --> 00:14:44,800 Where's your ashtray? 242 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:46,660 Oh. It's at home. 243 00:14:46,660 --> 00:14:47,990 - It's at home. -Yeah. 244 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:49,960 Yeah. It doesn't come back here. 245 00:14:49,960 --> 00:14:51,390 I never put a cigar out in it. 246 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:52,690 I put the ashes in it. 247 00:14:52,700 --> 00:14:54,760 Dump the ashes out and clean it. 248 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:55,930 Put the ashes in it. 249 00:14:57,400 --> 00:14:59,060 There you go. 250 00:14:59,860 --> 00:15:04,660 I can see that being on a baseball player at the World Series. 251 00:15:04,660 --> 00:15:05,890 -How do I look? - And he's up to bat. 252 00:15:05,900 --> 00:15:09,090 I'm, like, too skinny of a white boy to have gold jewelry, 253 00:15:09,100 --> 00:15:12,090 -I think. - No, that looks good on you, Parker. 254 00:15:12,100 --> 00:15:15,160 And the fun thing about it is it's not just that it's worth a bunch of money, 255 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:18,760 but it's, it's unlike anything else, any other element on earth. 256 00:15:18,760 --> 00:15:20,460 It is so malleable. 257 00:15:20,460 --> 00:15:22,790 It is so creamy and high karat. 258 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:24,600 And it wants to be manipulated. 259 00:15:25,900 --> 00:15:31,460 Pure gold or 24-karat gold is naturally soft. 260 00:15:31,460 --> 00:15:35,360 To toughen it up, jewelers often mix it with other metals 261 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:38,530 to create a nine or 18 karat alloy. 262 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:44,930 But Bruce has another method to strengthen Parker's gold. 263 00:15:47,260 --> 00:15:49,690 Do you want to see how this stuff works, a little bit? 264 00:15:49,700 --> 00:15:50,890 Yes, I'd love to. 265 00:15:50,900 --> 00:15:52,560 So what we're gonna do, we're gonna do two things. 266 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:54,990 One, it's a little bit square, we want to make it round. 267 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:58,090 And two, we're gonna make it longer. We're gonna squeeze it down. 268 00:15:58,100 --> 00:15:59,660 So let's pull this. 269 00:15:59,660 --> 00:16:01,260 Is this how you make spaghetti? 270 00:16:01,260 --> 00:16:03,560 Wouldn't that be cool? 271 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:05,660 A plate of gold spaghetti. 272 00:16:05,660 --> 00:16:07,060 -Oh, damn, buddy. -Ooh. 273 00:16:07,060 --> 00:16:08,690 You're much too rich for my blood. 274 00:16:08,700 --> 00:16:10,660 -Ooh! 275 00:16:10,660 --> 00:16:12,260 So this is four. This is a drop plate. 276 00:16:12,260 --> 00:16:15,760 And the idea is you pull the gold through a hole. 277 00:16:15,760 --> 00:16:17,690 And then you take it to the next hole, it's a little bit smaller. 278 00:16:17,700 --> 00:16:20,600 And what that does is it squeezes it down, make it longer. 279 00:16:21,300 --> 00:16:22,790 Here. Let me hold this. 280 00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:24,790 This should be interesting. 281 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:26,090 That's it. That's it. That's it. 282 00:16:26,100 --> 00:16:27,860 Yeah, that worked. 283 00:16:27,860 --> 00:16:29,060 Holy cow. 284 00:16:29,060 --> 00:16:31,360 We just compressed it... 285 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:32,560 two-tenths of a millimeter. 286 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:33,660 We made it a little bit longer-- 287 00:16:33,660 --> 00:16:35,760 It's firmer than it was before. 288 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:37,660 So as you're working this 289 00:16:37,660 --> 00:16:40,460 because you're putting all this pressure on it, 290 00:16:40,460 --> 00:16:41,660 it's making it harder. 291 00:16:41,660 --> 00:16:42,990 It's getting it harder. 292 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:44,560 So, uh, I need my glasses. 293 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:46,260 I need my glasses. 294 00:16:46,260 --> 00:16:48,090 I want to be just like Chris. 295 00:16:48,100 --> 00:16:49,360 Look, they even look the same. 296 00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:51,090 - Yeah -Oh, my ! 297 00:16:51,100 --> 00:16:52,300 We're twins. 298 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:54,660 I'll work on that. 299 00:16:54,660 --> 00:16:56,660 Give me a few more years. 300 00:16:56,660 --> 00:16:58,160 Watch this. 301 00:17:03,400 --> 00:17:06,260 Like that it's spooling itself. Isn't it? 302 00:17:06,260 --> 00:17:10,500 So now we have the first stage of making a chain links. 303 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:16,090 And so now we got to do is we just take, take a cut... 304 00:17:16,100 --> 00:17:18,760 On top of this, they all fall apart into individual links. 305 00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:22,260 So now we have... these jump rings-- 306 00:17:22,260 --> 00:17:23,560 But they're all the exact same size. 307 00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:24,790 They're all the exact same size. 308 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:27,560 So someday I'm gonna come back to you and say, 309 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:30,790 "Hey, I need a machine." I can't do this by myself. 310 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:34,230 So I need about $1,50,000 to buy a chain making machine. 311 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:39,900 It actually kind of makes me want to start making stuff. 312 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:46,090 Can we take 50 ounces and make stuff and sell it? 313 00:17:46,100 --> 00:17:48,460 -I like, when we're making it for ourselves. - Right. 314 00:17:48,460 --> 00:17:49,660 Yeah. We should. 315 00:17:49,660 --> 00:17:51,560 We should be trying to sell it. 316 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:53,700 I'll give you all the gold you can sell. 317 00:17:54,700 --> 00:17:56,360 Uh... 318 00:17:56,360 --> 00:17:58,090 -That sounds amazing. -Yeah. 319 00:17:58,100 --> 00:18:00,960 But then once I can move that 50 ounces of gold, 320 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:02,330 I'm gonna need another 50 ounces. 321 00:18:02,860 --> 00:18:05,890 So are you willing to give me, 322 00:18:05,900 --> 00:18:08,000 say 100 ounces at a time in the future? 323 00:18:14,500 --> 00:18:16,700 I'll give you 500 if you can take it. 324 00:18:18,360 --> 00:18:19,560 I mean, 500 ounces, 325 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:20,960 that's a million dollars worth of gold. 326 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:24,260 -Yeah. -And you would give that to me to work? 327 00:18:24,260 --> 00:18:28,090 Yeah. I mean, you're not going to run off with it, are you? 328 00:18:28,100 --> 00:18:30,090 -I don't know where I'd go. 329 00:18:30,100 --> 00:18:31,990 But that is a lot, 330 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:35,600 and that makes me feel excited and a little anxious. 331 00:18:36,060 --> 00:18:37,790 500 ounces. 332 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:41,260 And what that's gonna mean is I gotta up my marketing. 333 00:18:41,260 --> 00:18:42,790 I gotta up my website. 334 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:45,060 I'm gonna need help with my books 335 00:18:45,060 --> 00:18:46,460 'cause I'm not so great on books. 336 00:18:46,460 --> 00:18:48,160 -Join the club. Me neither. -Oh, ! 337 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:50,360 Can I... Can I borrow Nona? 338 00:18:50,360 --> 00:18:52,660 - No! No! -Please. She's amazing. 339 00:18:52,660 --> 00:18:53,990 She has five jobs as it is. 340 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:55,790 But, you know, I, I've got stuff to ramp up. 341 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:57,130 We can scale this up. 342 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:00,090 I've got to run. I'm sorry. 343 00:19:00,100 --> 00:19:01,790 And you're... You're welcome here anytime. 344 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:03,090 - Thank you. -Yeah. No worries. 345 00:19:03,100 --> 00:19:04,360 -All right. - See you, Parker. 346 00:19:04,360 --> 00:19:05,590 -You're good? - Good. 347 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:07,390 -Are you good? - Good. 348 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:09,060 Okay,. 349 00:19:09,060 --> 00:19:10,160 That was awesome. 350 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:14,990 That was beyond what I thought could possibly happen. 351 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:17,260 And I'm a little stunned. 352 00:19:17,260 --> 00:19:19,160 In fact, I'm a little intimidated. 353 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:20,290 I asked for 50 ounces. 354 00:19:20,300 --> 00:19:23,260 He's gonna give me 500 ounces of gold. 355 00:19:23,260 --> 00:19:24,900 That's a million dollars! 356 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:30,860 So now we're just gonna head over to the wash plant yard, 357 00:19:30,860 --> 00:19:33,800 um, check out our new toy. 358 00:19:36,360 --> 00:19:38,630 A very integral part of the mine site. 359 00:19:52,700 --> 00:19:55,100 Right now we're going to look at my new toys. 360 00:19:55,460 --> 00:19:56,430 I just spent... 361 00:19:56,860 --> 00:19:59,030 one, two, three... 362 00:20:02,060 --> 00:20:04,400 $5,40,000. 363 00:20:09,660 --> 00:20:11,860 I just spent $5,40,000. 364 00:20:11,860 --> 00:20:14,430 These were $1,80,000 apiece. 365 00:20:20,100 --> 00:20:21,300 New water pumps. 366 00:20:26,660 --> 00:20:27,930 Just this morning... 367 00:20:30,100 --> 00:20:31,530 Straight off the rack? 368 00:20:32,460 --> 00:20:33,530 Brand new. 369 00:20:45,460 --> 00:20:46,600 Nice. 370 00:20:47,300 --> 00:20:48,830 Parker's new pumps 371 00:20:48,830 --> 00:20:54,130 will push up to 7600 gallon of water per minute through his wash plants. 372 00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:58,760 So we live and die by the water pump, right? 373 00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:00,360 Wash plants don't run. 374 00:21:00,360 --> 00:21:01,830 Cuts don't get dewatered. 375 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:04,030 Um... 376 00:21:04,660 --> 00:21:07,960 It's, uh...very... 377 00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:10,800 bad when you start having water pump problems. 378 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:14,330 I love a good water pump. 379 00:21:15,300 --> 00:21:17,090 Zero hours on 'em. 380 00:21:17,100 --> 00:21:20,700 And, um, they're gonna be the cat's ass. 381 00:21:22,300 --> 00:21:24,530 I wonder if they put a used turbo on it. 382 00:21:26,460 --> 00:21:28,200 Did they give us a full tank of fuel? 383 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:31,160 Bone dry. 384 00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:32,660 Thanks, guys. 385 00:21:32,660 --> 00:21:37,360 I spend half a million, you know, they siphoned out-- 386 00:21:37,360 --> 00:21:39,660 They siphoned out the fuel tank. 387 00:21:39,660 --> 00:21:41,990 You know, don't look too closely at the things you buy. 388 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:43,760 You know, it's just not my problem. 389 00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:45,430 It's okay. We're leaving. 390 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:49,790 Parker's latest purchases will join a roster 391 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:53,160 of 22 water pumps. 392 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:57,760 But pumps are just a small part of the equipment Parker needs 393 00:21:57,760 --> 00:22:01,000 to keep the enormous operation on the gold. 394 00:22:01,900 --> 00:22:03,430 Over the years, 395 00:22:03,430 --> 00:22:08,930 Parker has built up an army of monster machines and a fleet of plants. 396 00:22:18,260 --> 00:22:22,090 Prepping Sluicifer for another hard season's mining, 397 00:22:22,100 --> 00:22:24,100 mechanic, Alec Kelly. 398 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:27,500 Did you see our new pumps? - Yeah! 399 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:34,900 - They look really nice. -Yeah. 400 00:22:37,360 --> 00:22:38,560 What is that? 401 00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:40,290 That's our new lawn mower. 402 00:22:40,300 --> 00:22:42,230 - Oh, it's a magnet! - Oh yeah. 403 00:22:43,660 --> 00:22:45,190 What... 404 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:46,860 Where did this come from? 405 00:22:46,860 --> 00:22:48,090 Ordered it. 406 00:22:48,100 --> 00:22:49,860 I figured we do all this metal work, 407 00:22:49,860 --> 00:22:53,060 we might as well have a quick way of cleaning it up. 408 00:22:53,060 --> 00:22:54,460 We can just hang it over the garbage can 409 00:22:54,460 --> 00:22:57,560 and pull up on that little ...far there. 410 00:22:57,560 --> 00:22:58,900 This one? 411 00:23:02,300 --> 00:23:03,900 -That's pretty cool. - Isn't it? 412 00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:08,030 I like that. 413 00:23:16,460 --> 00:23:18,060 Alec has come so far, 414 00:23:18,060 --> 00:23:21,160 and it's just an absolute pleasure to work around. 415 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:22,990 And everything he does is like super clean 416 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:24,260 and really tidy and organized. 417 00:23:24,260 --> 00:23:27,290 And he has, you know, all his orders in place. 418 00:23:27,300 --> 00:23:31,660 We're pretty aggressive, like we stock a lot of parts, 419 00:23:31,660 --> 00:23:33,960 probably more than necessary. 420 00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:37,990 But um... you know, run time is so important. 421 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:40,360 You know, if there's a five percent chance 422 00:23:40,360 --> 00:23:41,860 that something is gonna break 423 00:23:41,860 --> 00:23:43,490 and cause six weeks of downtime, 424 00:23:43,500 --> 00:23:45,260 it's like you know, 425 00:23:45,260 --> 00:23:47,130 several million dollars up. 426 00:23:56,660 --> 00:23:59,900 Parker checks in with foreman Mitch Blaschke. 427 00:24:00,900 --> 00:24:02,960 - How's it going? - All good. 428 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:04,490 I was just talking to Tyson 429 00:24:04,500 --> 00:24:05,730 about what's going on, 430 00:24:05,730 --> 00:24:09,090 having everything on frost and trying desperately to sluice. 431 00:24:09,100 --> 00:24:11,490 What... What are our options? 432 00:24:11,500 --> 00:24:14,390 Well, I think the way the company has always been the most profitable 433 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:16,360 is when we can get ahead of the cut a bit. 434 00:24:16,360 --> 00:24:18,490 You know, getting the mud off and getting some of the gravel 435 00:24:18,500 --> 00:24:21,430 so we can get ahead of ourselves a bit. 436 00:24:22,260 --> 00:24:23,760 Well, at the rate we're going right now, 437 00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:26,660 we're gonna be fighting it out for our ways here. 438 00:24:26,660 --> 00:24:27,630 It's very different ground, 439 00:24:27,630 --> 00:24:29,760 and I hope that you guys aren't too frustrated. 440 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:30,790 - No, not at all. - No. 441 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:32,460 Okay. Well, that all sounds good to me. 442 00:24:32,460 --> 00:24:34,900 Um... I'll leave you guys to it. 443 00:24:39,900 --> 00:24:41,160 You know, so I've worked for Parker 444 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:43,360 for 11 seasons now. 445 00:24:43,360 --> 00:24:45,290 And... man, yeah, definitely 446 00:24:45,300 --> 00:24:47,700 a lot has changed in that amount of time. 447 00:24:49,660 --> 00:24:50,990 You know, for somebody to come up here 448 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:52,760 that was as young as Parker was 449 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:54,260 when he started and turned this 450 00:24:54,260 --> 00:24:56,600 into one of the biggest in the Yukon here. 451 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:58,400 It's very impressive. 452 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:01,960 You know, one of the things Parker has always told us, 453 00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:05,160 if one of you guys can swarm the drone out of the air 454 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:06,390 with the excavator, 455 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:08,660 he's like, "I got a thousand bucks for you in the office". 456 00:25:08,660 --> 00:25:11,460 So just be aware when you're flying that drone, 457 00:25:11,460 --> 00:25:13,900 that there's definitely a bounty on it. 458 00:25:16,660 --> 00:25:18,760 So one of the things that probably 459 00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:20,760 nobody knows about Parker 460 00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:24,730 and it's something that I think a lot of the crew probably does on purpose 461 00:25:25,360 --> 00:25:27,990 is he is very particular on how things 462 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:30,260 are stacked in the dishwasher. 463 00:25:30,260 --> 00:25:32,090 If people don't stack their dishes 464 00:25:32,100 --> 00:25:35,460 in the dishwasher properly and they're not spaced right 465 00:25:35,460 --> 00:25:37,560 and if they're too close together, 466 00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:41,190 he will absolutely come uncorked. 467 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:42,990 So everybody is, you know pretty good 468 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:44,490 about putting their dishes away. 469 00:25:44,500 --> 00:25:46,360 But I think every once in a while 470 00:25:46,360 --> 00:25:47,690 you'll see somebody just go in there 471 00:25:47,700 --> 00:25:50,090 and just like, throw it in sideways. 472 00:25:50,100 --> 00:25:53,600 And you can just see the smoke coming out of his ears. 473 00:25:59,500 --> 00:26:01,760 I'm headed to visit a few cuts. 474 00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:04,360 You can't drive, so we're gonna take the Sherp. 475 00:26:04,360 --> 00:26:08,790 And then going over to Sulfur Creek with Liam. 476 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:13,130 So we will go see what... 477 00:26:14,360 --> 00:26:15,700 we can find. 478 00:26:33,860 --> 00:26:35,560 So I'm just on my way to visit a few cuts. 479 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:37,400 But I'm gonna stop by camp first. 480 00:26:39,300 --> 00:26:41,560 I'm just gonna pop into the kitchen and grab my lunch. 481 00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:42,990 You don't need to come. 482 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:45,260 - I'm gonna. -You don't need to. 483 00:26:45,260 --> 00:26:47,900 -No, no, but I'm coming. -I would rather you not. 484 00:26:52,660 --> 00:26:54,230 It's flower season. 485 00:26:58,100 --> 00:27:00,600 Are you the same lunch every day kind of guy? 486 00:27:01,460 --> 00:27:03,060 No. 487 00:27:03,060 --> 00:27:04,800 What do you got today? 488 00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:07,400 Breakfast, pork wrap. 489 00:27:09,660 --> 00:27:12,360 - Can I ask you to do one annoying thing for me? - No. 490 00:27:12,360 --> 00:27:13,290 - Yes. - It's time to go. 491 00:27:13,300 --> 00:27:14,890 No, we have to do one annoying thing. 492 00:27:14,900 --> 00:27:16,860 No. I wanna... I'm going. 493 00:27:16,860 --> 00:27:18,460 - Look... -Get in, losers! 494 00:27:19,660 --> 00:27:22,500 You guys make things so complicated. 495 00:27:23,700 --> 00:27:25,890 Holy 496 00:27:25,900 --> 00:27:28,500 It's just so difficult all the time. 497 00:27:29,500 --> 00:27:32,460 Over 14 years of filming, 498 00:27:32,460 --> 00:27:35,360 Parker and Gold Rush TV producers 499 00:27:35,360 --> 00:27:39,130 have built up a unique working relationship. 500 00:27:41,460 --> 00:27:45,400 It's very weird 'cause I've spent my whole adult life 501 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:49,530 plus some non-adult life on camera, right? 502 00:27:51,860 --> 00:27:53,660 It's a bit of a love-hate relationship 503 00:27:53,660 --> 00:27:57,130 with, like filming and film crew, you know. 504 00:27:59,360 --> 00:28:01,360 And when I first started the show, it was just like 505 00:28:01,360 --> 00:28:05,860 this amazing, crazy, super cool, super fun, 506 00:28:05,860 --> 00:28:09,260 really interesting process, making a TV show 507 00:28:09,260 --> 00:28:11,160 and having film crew on a mine site 508 00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:12,500 that I grew up on. 509 00:28:13,500 --> 00:28:16,260 You know, being from a tiny little town in Alaska, 510 00:28:16,260 --> 00:28:20,130 it was like a group of people that I would have never 511 00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:23,360 I spent time around people like that. 512 00:28:23,360 --> 00:28:25,460 Honestly, it was like, it was amazing. 513 00:28:25,460 --> 00:28:28,260 I was super happy, felt super lucky 514 00:28:28,260 --> 00:28:31,600 and like was scared to death of it ending. 515 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:36,000 And now I'm scared to death of it never ending. 516 00:28:45,100 --> 00:28:49,860 Having bought 7500 acres of ground at Dominion, 517 00:28:49,860 --> 00:28:54,190 Parker needs to explore every inch for gold. 518 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:57,700 You don't need to work very hard to find a reason to use the Sherp, you know? 519 00:29:00,100 --> 00:29:02,060 To get him where he needs to go 520 00:29:02,060 --> 00:29:04,730 Parker is hopping in a brand new toy... 521 00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:07,790 The Sherp. 522 00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:10,460 A Ukrainian built four wheel drive, 523 00:29:10,460 --> 00:29:13,860 55 horse power amphibious beast, 524 00:29:13,860 --> 00:29:17,000 should be able to explore all his ground. 525 00:29:21,300 --> 00:29:22,830 -Come on in. - All right. 526 00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:33,860 So this pit, 527 00:29:33,860 --> 00:29:35,600 this one here, 528 00:29:36,100 --> 00:29:37,690 it's not very big, 529 00:29:37,700 --> 00:29:39,090 but we took all the brush 530 00:29:39,100 --> 00:29:40,460 and whatnot off of it last year 531 00:29:40,460 --> 00:29:42,860 just to let the sun start thawing things out. 532 00:29:42,860 --> 00:29:45,190 It looks like it's like draining really well. 533 00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:48,160 You know, we might get six to eight feet of fog 534 00:29:48,160 --> 00:29:51,160 off of it and not do any ripping. 535 00:29:51,160 --> 00:29:53,490 And so it'll be a really cheap cut to strip. 536 00:29:53,500 --> 00:29:55,590 But the time line will be really long. 537 00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:57,860 It will take years to get down to the pay, 538 00:29:57,860 --> 00:30:00,130 but we won't spend any money doing it. 539 00:30:05,060 --> 00:30:08,390 So supposedly it's amphibious. 540 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:09,990 How deep is the pond that we're looking at? 541 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:11,430 This one is very deep. 542 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:14,400 Like it's probably 30 feet. 543 00:30:16,460 --> 00:30:18,360 With a very soft bank. 544 00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:23,030 Parker hasn't put the Sherp to the test on water yet. 545 00:30:25,300 --> 00:30:26,900 Here we go! 546 00:30:31,160 --> 00:30:32,930 Now I know why we're in the show. 547 00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:35,860 Nice! 548 00:30:35,860 --> 00:30:37,160 So we know it floats 549 00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:39,330 but now we don't know for how long. 550 00:30:42,160 --> 00:30:46,460 With massive 63-inch adjustable pressure tires, 551 00:30:46,460 --> 00:30:49,300 the Sherp powers across the pond. 552 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:53,530 It doesn't go very fast, does it? 553 00:30:54,460 --> 00:30:56,360 I mean, I don't see any water coming. 554 00:30:56,360 --> 00:30:58,200 Oh no, I don't. 555 00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:01,990 I don't see any water coming in, 556 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:03,400 so that's a good sign. 557 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:15,060 So we might actually have a hard time 558 00:31:15,060 --> 00:31:16,460 getting out of the water. 559 00:31:16,460 --> 00:31:20,190 - Okay. - 'Cause that bank looks really soft over there. 560 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:23,460 All right. We're close to the moment of truth here. 561 00:31:23,460 --> 00:31:26,760 - Okay, what's... - I'm just gonna keep her pinned. 562 00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:28,760 We just gotta hit the beach and stay moving. 563 00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:29,860 Right. 564 00:31:29,860 --> 00:31:31,400 We've got contact. 565 00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:34,800 We're getting stuck. 566 00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:38,860 Keep it going. Keep it going. 567 00:31:38,860 --> 00:31:40,000 Push her. 568 00:31:40,860 --> 00:31:42,400 -Oh no! - We're not lifting. 569 00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:46,500 We might be 570 00:31:51,860 --> 00:31:54,030 Do you want the good news or the bad news? 571 00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:55,660 Bad news. 572 00:31:55,660 --> 00:31:57,460 We might be stuck in the pond. 573 00:31:57,460 --> 00:31:58,690 What is the good news? 574 00:31:58,700 --> 00:31:59,660 We have a case of beer. 575 00:31:59,660 --> 00:32:01,490 Nice! 576 00:32:01,500 --> 00:32:04,800 A few yards down, the bank firm's up. 577 00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:08,960 -Come on, baby! 578 00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:10,530 Yeah! 579 00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:16,560 Okay. We only have to do that one more time. 580 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:20,730 I thought we might just stay in the pond for a while. 581 00:32:32,100 --> 00:32:35,230 -Should we hit the water in fifth gear? -Yeah . 582 00:32:36,260 --> 00:32:37,630 Are you ready? 583 00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:47,460 You got this alright? 584 00:32:47,460 --> 00:32:48,590 I think we're okay. 585 00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:50,060 Do you have water in the back? 586 00:32:50,060 --> 00:32:51,190 No, we're good. 587 00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:53,060 I think that went underwater. 588 00:32:53,060 --> 00:32:54,260 Oh, the camera's wet. 589 00:32:54,260 --> 00:32:55,930 So we went that far underwater. 590 00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:04,990 -Beaver Dam. -Yeah. 591 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:06,260 For real? 592 00:33:06,260 --> 00:33:07,930 Yeah. 593 00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:19,260 So the last thing on the list for today 594 00:33:19,260 --> 00:33:22,690 is going over to Sulfur Creek. 595 00:33:22,700 --> 00:33:25,990 And I want to go have a little walk around 596 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:30,760 it with Liam who does all our exploration. 597 00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:35,630 So we will go see if we can get eaten by a bear. 598 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:50,060 This is Episode one of Parker's mine site 599 00:33:50,060 --> 00:33:52,560 Nature Documentary mini-series. 600 00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:53,990 -Ravens are very smart, 601 00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:55,190 if you have food in your truck 602 00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:56,760 and you leave your window open, 603 00:33:56,760 --> 00:33:57,790 right in they go. 604 00:33:57,800 --> 00:34:00,460 And they in your truck. 605 00:34:00,460 --> 00:34:03,000 Not cool. Not the part of nature that I enjoy. 606 00:34:05,500 --> 00:34:08,390 As you can see behind us, we have a nice Swallow Hill. 607 00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:10,360 One of my favorite birds. 608 00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:12,160 It's kind of interesting, actually. 609 00:34:12,160 --> 00:34:14,460 There's quite a bit of strategy into 610 00:34:14,460 --> 00:34:16,090 where you put your home. 611 00:34:16,100 --> 00:34:17,860 Because if we sit here long enough, 612 00:34:17,860 --> 00:34:20,360 the ravens will show up. 613 00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:22,860 And the ravens will sit on top of the bank 614 00:34:22,860 --> 00:34:24,460 and they'll kick their way down 615 00:34:24,460 --> 00:34:25,760 so that they can reach down 616 00:34:25,760 --> 00:34:29,860 and like, open up the holes in the top houses 617 00:34:29,860 --> 00:34:32,160 and steal the eggs out of them. 618 00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:34,560 It's actually pretty interesting. 619 00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:36,760 It would be great for me if you stayed here 620 00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:38,160 and filmed the birds, 621 00:34:38,160 --> 00:34:40,830 and I'll go do my thing without you. 622 00:34:51,760 --> 00:34:53,660 Today, Parker's crew 623 00:34:53,660 --> 00:34:57,030 is sluicing two cuts on his Dominion Creek claim. 624 00:35:01,300 --> 00:35:03,860 While they catch gold, Parker heads up 625 00:35:03,860 --> 00:35:06,060 to scout other pieces of ground 626 00:35:06,060 --> 00:35:08,600 and determine where to move next. 627 00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:15,630 So I'm gonna go find Liam, who should be by his truck. 628 00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:18,390 Oh yeah, there he is. 629 00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:21,390 To help him find the best gold rich ground 630 00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:24,760 there's just one man for the job... 631 00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:28,090 -You want to go take a cruise down Sulfur? - Let's do it. 632 00:35:28,100 --> 00:35:30,500 Drill expert Liam Ferguson. 633 00:35:31,060 --> 00:35:32,830 All right. 634 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:36,990 Looks like you've already been washing rocks? 635 00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:39,390 Yeah, we got a few done. 636 00:35:39,400 --> 00:35:44,060 Over the years, Liam and his million dollar sonic drill 637 00:35:44,060 --> 00:35:46,160 have prospected ground for Parker 638 00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:49,000 across Alaska and the Yukon. 639 00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:51,690 Dude, you hit a nug! 640 00:35:51,700 --> 00:35:53,290 And last season... 641 00:35:53,300 --> 00:35:55,500 Green is good. Red is bad. 642 00:35:56,160 --> 00:35:57,990 . ..he helped to identify 643 00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:00,060 a potential 80,000 ounce 644 00:36:00,060 --> 00:36:03,700 $200,000,000 price at Dominion Creek. 645 00:36:04,660 --> 00:36:06,000 That's a lot. 646 00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:07,700 Yeah. 647 00:36:08,560 --> 00:36:10,560 But Parker's vast claim 648 00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:14,430 has several remote tributaries yet to be explored. 649 00:36:19,660 --> 00:36:21,400 Parker, where are we going? 650 00:36:22,260 --> 00:36:26,060 We're going to some little creek 651 00:36:26,060 --> 00:36:27,990 that's about 20 minutes away. 652 00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:30,190 The creek that the old timers hammered 653 00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:33,290 and nobody's ever touched it in 100 years 654 00:36:33,300 --> 00:36:34,800 that classic story. 655 00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:38,990 When prospecting, modern gold miners 656 00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:41,360 look for signs that the old timers 657 00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:44,990 from the 1890s mined in a location. 658 00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:50,000 An indication there could mean good gold is still present. 659 00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:53,160 So you don't know much about this creek at all? 660 00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:55,260 No. 661 00:36:55,260 --> 00:36:58,600 Parker and Liam first check out Sulfur Creek. 662 00:37:01,260 --> 00:37:03,100 There's some sign of activity. 663 00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:09,560 What's that joint called? 664 00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:10,930 Who's a woodworker here? 665 00:37:14,860 --> 00:37:16,400 That's pretty old. 666 00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:19,200 Well, that's too narrow to be a shaft. 667 00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:23,130 It could have been a small person sluice box. 668 00:37:26,060 --> 00:37:29,260 My guess would be like a boom gate for hydraulicing 669 00:37:29,260 --> 00:37:31,060 all the material out. 670 00:37:32,360 --> 00:37:37,900 Prospectors first found gold at Dominion Creek back in 1896. 671 00:37:38,660 --> 00:37:42,490 Over 130 years, miners have pulled out 672 00:37:42,500 --> 00:37:45,800 an enormous 2.7 million ounces. 673 00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:49,360 At today's gold price, 674 00:37:49,360 --> 00:37:53,600 worth a staggering $6.2 billion. 675 00:37:54,660 --> 00:37:57,060 But the old timer's primitive equipment 676 00:37:57,060 --> 00:37:59,190 didn't catch all the gold, 677 00:37:59,200 --> 00:38:02,060 leaving behind lost treasure in the tailings 678 00:38:02,060 --> 00:38:04,900 or down abandoned mine shafts. 679 00:38:07,600 --> 00:38:09,430 Let's go out there and have a look. 680 00:38:12,100 --> 00:38:14,000 But see, it's super flat in here. 681 00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:17,760 Here's a piece of pipe. 682 00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:19,590 Really we're looking for old shafts 683 00:38:19,600 --> 00:38:21,560 or piles of tailings. 684 00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:23,490 Because there was no machinery mining up here 685 00:38:23,500 --> 00:38:24,730 other than where I parked. 686 00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:28,690 So find a pile of rocks, tell me. 687 00:38:28,700 --> 00:38:30,460 Or like slumps. 688 00:38:30,460 --> 00:38:31,560 Yeah. 689 00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:33,660 Shafts look like just holes. 690 00:38:33,660 --> 00:38:35,190 You hear someone go, "Ahh" 691 00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:36,960 and then you can't find them. 692 00:38:36,960 --> 00:38:38,490 That's what we want. 693 00:38:38,500 --> 00:38:40,130 That's what we're looking for. 694 00:38:44,360 --> 00:38:45,490 There we go! 695 00:38:45,500 --> 00:38:47,460 -We're just gonna stop for one second. - Why? 696 00:38:47,460 --> 00:38:50,090 So that everyone can catch up to you for one second. 697 00:38:50,100 --> 00:38:51,260 Everyone's here. 698 00:38:51,260 --> 00:38:53,390 -Liam has to go. - I know. 699 00:38:54,860 --> 00:38:56,230 There he goes. 700 00:38:58,000 --> 00:38:59,760 I mean, if we'd have found some shafts 701 00:38:59,760 --> 00:39:01,290 or some tailings pile or something, 702 00:39:01,300 --> 00:39:03,560 I would have gotten more excited, but... 703 00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:05,360 Carter, maybe you should give him a ride home 704 00:39:05,360 --> 00:39:07,160 and I'll do a few pans. 705 00:39:07,160 --> 00:39:08,660 Okay. 706 00:39:08,660 --> 00:39:11,490 With no shafts or tailings found, 707 00:39:11,500 --> 00:39:14,400 Parker checks the riverbank for gold. 708 00:39:16,360 --> 00:39:17,660 The job of a gold miner to mine 709 00:39:17,660 --> 00:39:19,260 the best ground they can possibly find. 710 00:39:19,260 --> 00:39:21,690 And so if you're not looking for better ground, 711 00:39:21,700 --> 00:39:23,730 then you're not really doing your job. 712 00:39:26,160 --> 00:39:28,990 Ideally, you would do a pan on bedrock. 713 00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:31,900 Because I don't know how high off bedrock we are here. 714 00:39:33,100 --> 00:39:34,960 And it could be really good ground 715 00:39:34,960 --> 00:39:38,230 but not find anything in a face like this, you know? 716 00:39:41,960 --> 00:39:42,990 I think one of the most interesting 717 00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:46,760 parts of exploration that I enjoy 718 00:39:46,760 --> 00:39:49,960 is there's been basically thousands of people 719 00:39:49,960 --> 00:39:52,560 that have looked at every single one of these creeks 720 00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:55,700 in every single area that we're looking at still now 721 00:39:56,160 --> 00:40:01,230 in the last 125 years. 722 00:40:04,100 --> 00:40:06,860 One, two bigger pieces. 723 00:40:06,860 --> 00:40:09,530 One, two, three tiny pieces. 724 00:40:10,160 --> 00:40:12,090 Five colors, and it would take, 725 00:40:12,100 --> 00:40:14,930 like a thousand yards to make an ounce of gold of this . 726 00:40:17,260 --> 00:40:19,500 I wouldn't quite say the creeks had died, but... 727 00:40:21,660 --> 00:40:23,360 darn close. 728 00:40:23,360 --> 00:40:25,890 With so little gold found, 729 00:40:25,900 --> 00:40:28,500 Parker won't move his operation here. 730 00:40:29,660 --> 00:40:30,900 A true failure. 731 00:40:31,600 --> 00:40:33,630 Someday I'll find out what that's like. 732 00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:36,100 I'm sure it's coming. 733 00:40:47,460 --> 00:40:48,390 I actually had fun today. 734 00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:49,500 It was nice. 735 00:40:51,260 --> 00:40:54,360 You know, spent some quality time 736 00:40:54,360 --> 00:40:56,360 talking about life and work 737 00:40:56,360 --> 00:40:59,330 and went and looked at some ground. 738 00:41:00,760 --> 00:41:02,360 It's probably a little less productive 739 00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:03,830 than a typical day, 740 00:41:04,460 --> 00:41:05,690 but I have you to drag around, 741 00:41:05,700 --> 00:41:07,600 so it's kind of expected. 742 00:41:09,160 --> 00:41:10,930 Well, this is me. 743 00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:16,360 Good night. 744 00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:18,230 - Good night, Parker. - Good night. 745 00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:25,760 Are you just filming my super wet ass right now? 745 00:41:26,305 --> 00:42:26,592