"Gold Rush" Gold Rush: It's Good to be King

1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,074 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm 2 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:31,830 [laughs] 3 00:00:40,500 --> 00:00:42,290 [narrator] On this Gold Rush... 4 00:00:42,300 --> 00:00:44,500 [Tony speaking] 5 00:00:46,860 --> 00:00:48,360 [narrator] ...the King of the Klondike, 6 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:51,390 Tony Beets, takes on his longest day... 7 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:52,760 [Tony speaking] 8 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:58,160 [narrator] ...as he battles to run two operations... 9 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:00,160 [Tony speaking] 10 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:02,700 [narrator] ...gets tough with new recruits... 11 00:01:05,460 --> 00:01:09,290 [narrator] ...and fights to save a key piece of equipment... 12 00:01:09,300 --> 00:01:10,500 [Tony speaking] 13 00:01:18,260 --> 00:01:21,300 [narrator] ...all in pursuit of big gold. 14 00:01:23,660 --> 00:01:25,400 [opening theme music playing] 15 00:01:38,960 --> 00:01:40,490 [Tony speaking] 16 00:01:40,500 --> 00:01:42,000 -[Minnie] Yeah. -[Tony speaking] 17 00:01:43,460 --> 00:01:45,060 [narrator] On Paradise Hill, 18 00:01:45,060 --> 00:01:49,160 Tony Beets enjoys the creature comforts of home. 19 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:51,500 [Minnie] This house, it really, really feels good. 20 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:00,190 Well, the way that you look, I have to look at it, 21 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:02,090 you're here six, seven months out of the year, right? 22 00:02:02,100 --> 00:02:03,900 So at least, you should be comfortable. 23 00:02:05,100 --> 00:02:06,660 [narrator] The King of the Klondike 24 00:02:06,660 --> 00:02:08,990 is running two mining operations, 25 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:10,760 forcing him to split his time 26 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:14,660 between an Indian River crash pad 40 miles away 27 00:02:14,660 --> 00:02:17,460 and his home at Paradise with wife, Minnie. 28 00:02:17,460 --> 00:02:19,130 -Hey. -[Minnie chuckles] 29 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:23,490 [Tony speaking] 30 00:02:23,500 --> 00:02:25,900 [Minnie] That'd be nice to pull some gold out of the hill. 31 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:37,390 [narrator] Tony's day begins at the 35-year-old, 350-yard-an-hour 32 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:39,090 Paradise Hill trommel... 33 00:02:39,100 --> 00:02:40,560 [Mike] Shut it off! 34 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:42,900 [narrator] ...run by youngest son, Mike. 35 00:02:44,460 --> 00:02:46,390 [trommel stops] 36 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:48,290 [narrator] At the end of the night shift, 37 00:02:48,300 --> 00:02:49,990 Tony checks the sluices 38 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:52,500 to determine if it's time for a cleanup. 39 00:02:53,260 --> 00:02:54,430 [Mike] Looking pretty good. 40 00:02:57,300 --> 00:02:58,500 It's yellow. 41 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:03,900 [Tony speaking] 42 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:18,700 -[Mike] Yeah? -[Tony speaking] 43 00:03:36,460 --> 00:03:37,430 [Mike] Oh, yeah. 44 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:38,960 [Tony speaking] 45 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:41,460 It's not gonna do a [bleep], uh, two rows the whole way. 46 00:03:41,460 --> 00:03:42,800 [Tony speaking] 47 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:47,030 [Mike] Yeah. 48 00:03:50,300 --> 00:03:51,500 That's a nice one. 49 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:54,800 [Tony speaking] 50 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:03,890 [Mike] Yeah, I get cranky if I don't eat. 51 00:04:03,900 --> 00:04:07,300 [narrator] While the crew gets to work cleaning out the trommel... 52 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,430 Tony and Mike head to breakfast. 53 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:13,400 [Tony speaking] 54 00:04:31,860 --> 00:04:33,530 [Mike] Uh, probably in a minute. 55 00:04:34,260 --> 00:04:35,990 [radio static] 56 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:37,600 [Mike] Monica, do you copy, Monica? 57 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:39,990 [Monica speaking over radio] 58 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:41,760 Do you wanna come to the kitchen? 59 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:43,130 [Monica speaking] 60 00:04:48,100 --> 00:04:48,930 [Mike] Good. 61 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:51,960 I've been having them haul every day, 62 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:54,660 got nice big paintballs, as you saw as you drive in. 63 00:04:54,660 --> 00:04:56,860 [Tony speaking] 64 00:04:56,860 --> 00:04:57,590 Yes. 65 00:04:57,600 --> 00:04:59,230 -[Monica] Morning. -[Tony] Hey. 66 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:00,860 [Minnie] Good morning. 67 00:05:00,860 --> 00:05:02,090 -Morning. -[Monica] Fine. 68 00:05:02,100 --> 00:05:03,360 -How are you? -[Minnie] I like your hair. 69 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:04,430 Thanks. 70 00:05:06,900 --> 00:05:08,390 Got up early this morning? 71 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:10,560 No. I put it in at night. 72 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:12,800 [Minnie] Oh. It looks nice. 73 00:05:14,300 --> 00:05:16,390 It lets you plan on your day good. 74 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:17,430 Hmm. 75 00:05:20,860 --> 00:05:22,060 Yeah. [chuckles] 76 00:05:22,060 --> 00:05:24,260 -No "we" that statement. -[Tony speaking] 77 00:05:24,260 --> 00:05:25,290 [Monica] Unless you're talking about you 78 00:05:25,300 --> 00:05:27,830 -and your multiple personalities. -[Tony] Hmm. 79 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:31,660 [Minnie] Are you gonna head out pretty soon? 80 00:05:31,660 --> 00:05:32,530 [Tony speaking] 81 00:05:34,660 --> 00:05:36,460 [Minnie] Has anyone heard from Kevin? 82 00:05:36,460 --> 00:05:38,530 [Tony speaking] 83 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:41,760 -No. -[Tony speaking] 84 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:43,290 -[Monica] You know what you gotta do? -[Tony speaking] 85 00:05:43,300 --> 00:05:45,590 [Monica] Just rent a helicopter. [bleep]. 86 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:46,990 -[laughs] Instead of-- -[Mike] Oh, I see. [bleep]. 87 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:49,860 -Like, we just sit there above him and say... -[laughs] 88 00:05:49,860 --> 00:05:51,660 [Tony speaking] 89 00:05:51,660 --> 00:05:52,690 [narrator] This season, 90 00:05:52,700 --> 00:05:56,190 eldest son, Kevin, is running his own operation 91 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:57,490 near the Indian River. 92 00:05:57,500 --> 00:05:58,890 [Tony speaking] 93 00:05:58,900 --> 00:05:59,890 [Mike] This is [bleep] great! 94 00:05:59,900 --> 00:06:01,200 [laughs] 95 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:14,990 Oy! 96 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:16,600 [Tony speaking] 97 00:06:19,100 --> 00:06:20,230 [Monica] Mm-hmm. 98 00:06:24,060 --> 00:06:26,700 -[Tony speaking] -[Monica speaking] 99 00:06:33,060 --> 00:06:34,560 [groans] 100 00:06:42,860 --> 00:06:47,060 [narrator] With nearly 3,000 acres of gold-rich claims... 101 00:06:47,060 --> 00:06:51,600 the best way for Tony to monitor his empire is from the sky. 102 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:53,460 [Tony speaking] 103 00:07:03,460 --> 00:07:05,060 [Mike] Yeah, I'm just looking at all the ground over here 104 00:07:05,060 --> 00:07:06,330 that I stripped. 105 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:09,200 [Tony speaking] 106 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:15,260 [narrator] From the 1,300 acres at Paradise Hill 107 00:07:15,260 --> 00:07:16,800 managed by Mike... 108 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:19,860 it's a 40-mile flight south 109 00:07:19,860 --> 00:07:23,800 to the 44 acres Kevin has leased from Tony... 110 00:07:25,460 --> 00:07:28,060 where he's working a 3-acre section 111 00:07:28,060 --> 00:07:29,600 of the Lynx Cut. 112 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:47,130 Yeah? 113 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:52,800 [Tony laughs] 114 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:03,930 [laughs] 115 00:08:05,260 --> 00:08:07,860 [Tony and Minnie laughing] 116 00:08:07,860 --> 00:08:10,560 I can, uh, I can already see the glare from here. 117 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:13,160 -[Tony laughs] -He actually looks kind of mad. 118 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:14,530 [Tony chuckles] 119 00:08:17,260 --> 00:08:19,400 [Mike] Looks like someone made a little cut down here. 120 00:08:19,860 --> 00:08:22,600 [Tony speaking] 121 00:08:26,700 --> 00:08:29,600 [narrator] Next door to Kevin's claim on Scribner... 122 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:34,860 is Tony's 1,200-acre Indian River claim... 123 00:08:34,860 --> 00:08:39,430 where this season, he's running two wash plants, a fleet of iron... 124 00:08:40,460 --> 00:08:44,260 and a 50-strong workforce who've been on their own 125 00:08:44,260 --> 00:08:47,900 since Tony left for Paradise Hill two days ago. 126 00:08:50,660 --> 00:08:53,000 [Tony speaking] 127 00:09:03,300 --> 00:09:04,600 [mouthing] No. 128 00:09:05,660 --> 00:09:07,500 I just got slapped and told, "No." 129 00:09:08,100 --> 00:09:09,260 [Tony speaking] 130 00:09:09,260 --> 00:09:10,230 [laughs] 131 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:14,060 I think both of them are done. 132 00:09:14,060 --> 00:09:15,360 [Tony speaking] 133 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:17,090 [Mike] I don't know why, I'm having a blast. 134 00:09:17,100 --> 00:09:18,860 It's kind of cool seeing everything from up here. 135 00:09:18,860 --> 00:09:21,500 [Tony speaking] 136 00:09:44,700 --> 00:09:45,700 Oh! 137 00:10:08,300 --> 00:10:10,460 [narrator] Back on his Indian River claims 138 00:10:10,460 --> 00:10:12,600 after 48 hours away... 139 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:16,960 [narrator] ...Tony must make sure progress 140 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:20,830 stripping a new section of the comeback cut is on track... 141 00:10:22,560 --> 00:10:25,430 [narrator] ...overseen by foreman, Cousin Mike. 142 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:28,700 -[Cousin Mike] What's that? -[Tony speaking] 143 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:32,230 No, but we wanted to drag it over here. 144 00:10:34,460 --> 00:10:35,430 Yeah. 145 00:10:36,760 --> 00:10:38,830 [Cousin Mike] ...yeah. 146 00:10:40,660 --> 00:10:41,730 [horn honks] 147 00:10:57,400 --> 00:11:00,090 I like working for, uh, Tony. 148 00:11:00,100 --> 00:11:02,530 You know what you get, you know what you have. 149 00:11:03,560 --> 00:11:05,660 Tony is still not slowing down, 150 00:11:05,660 --> 00:11:08,460 but running up and down between two mines, 151 00:11:08,460 --> 00:11:10,160 that's, uh, very hard. 152 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:11,990 The goal this year is big for Tony, 153 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:12,960 but it's also big for me. 154 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:16,590 This is the first year I'm in this position. 155 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:18,360 And I always like to do a good job, 156 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:21,400 but especially now because it's a... a big thing. 157 00:11:25,100 --> 00:11:26,660 [Tony speaking] 158 00:11:26,660 --> 00:11:27,700 Huh? 159 00:11:47,660 --> 00:11:49,230 [Tony speaking] 160 00:11:54,700 --> 00:11:57,790 [narrator] After 48 hours at Paradise Hill, 161 00:11:57,800 --> 00:12:01,790 Tony Beets has returned to his Indian River claim. 162 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:02,900 [Tony speaking] 163 00:12:21,060 --> 00:12:22,590 [narrator] In the Comeback Cut, 164 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:26,260 a rookie driver has tipped a rock truck on the waste pile 165 00:12:26,260 --> 00:12:29,400 and becomes stuck, slowing down production. 166 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:32,130 [Tony speaking] 167 00:13:04,100 --> 00:13:05,760 Oh, yeah, when I was going up to the dump, 168 00:13:05,760 --> 00:13:07,360 but, uh, it just started feeling 169 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:08,660 like I was sinking in, you know? 170 00:13:08,660 --> 00:13:10,390 So, I... I gave it a little more gas, 171 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:11,460 but I got stuck, 172 00:13:11,460 --> 00:13:13,660 and then I was trying to empty the box to go out, 173 00:13:13,660 --> 00:13:16,660 but then I just-- It just flipped, like, randomly, 174 00:13:16,660 --> 00:13:18,000 right, by itself. 175 00:13:19,100 --> 00:13:21,590 [narrator] To right the 34-ton rock truck 176 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:24,260 and get production back on track, 177 00:13:24,260 --> 00:13:28,060 Tony takes control of the 750 excavator. 178 00:13:28,060 --> 00:13:29,500 [engine starts] 179 00:13:40,100 --> 00:13:41,830 [Tony speaking] 180 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:52,460 [narrator] The rock truck is dangerously close to the edge of the pile, 181 00:13:52,460 --> 00:13:54,560 where the dirt is less compacted 182 00:13:54,560 --> 00:13:57,200 and could collapse at any moment. 183 00:14:06,060 --> 00:14:07,630 [clanking] 184 00:14:11,100 --> 00:14:13,000 [Tony speaking] 185 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:24,630 [clanking] 186 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:32,300 [engine revs] 187 00:14:40,500 --> 00:14:42,300 [engine revs] 188 00:15:38,860 --> 00:15:40,660 [narrator] The universal joint, 189 00:15:40,660 --> 00:15:43,660 essential for handling the uneven terrain, 190 00:15:43,660 --> 00:15:45,760 is broken... 191 00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:48,930 taking the truck out of action until it can be replaced. 192 00:15:51,300 --> 00:15:52,760 [Tony speaking] 193 00:15:59,460 --> 00:16:01,390 [Darien] Tony was pretty pissed off about the whole ordeal, 194 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:04,760 but, um, I'm going back to working. 195 00:16:04,760 --> 00:16:07,090 Uh, he said that things like that happen, you know? 196 00:16:07,100 --> 00:16:09,260 So, I just gotta do what I gotta do 197 00:16:09,260 --> 00:16:10,630 and keep on going. 198 00:16:15,900 --> 00:16:17,600 [Tony speaking] 199 00:17:09,500 --> 00:17:10,500 [snickers] 200 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:15,500 [laughs] 201 00:17:22,360 --> 00:17:23,500 [chuckles] 202 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:29,390 [exclaims] 203 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:30,890 [horn honking] 204 00:17:30,900 --> 00:17:32,100 [Tony speaking] 205 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:33,460 [horns honking] 206 00:17:33,460 --> 00:17:35,000 [laughs] 207 00:17:47,260 --> 00:17:50,760 [narrator] After spying on Kevin's operation from the sky, 208 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:54,500 now Tony is heading to Scribner for a closer look. 209 00:18:11,860 --> 00:18:12,790 Hey, Tony. 210 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:13,760 How you going, Ton'? 211 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:15,090 [Tony speaking] 212 00:18:15,100 --> 00:18:16,660 [Kevin] Hey, I'd say this is a surprise, 213 00:18:16,660 --> 00:18:19,030 but yeah, I'm not surprised. 214 00:18:20,300 --> 00:18:21,390 [narrator] As landlord, 215 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:23,990 Tony receives a 10% royalty 216 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:26,090 on everything Kevin mines. 217 00:18:26,100 --> 00:18:28,860 Already working the Lynx Cut, 218 00:18:28,860 --> 00:18:31,890 now Kevin is looking for his next spot. 219 00:18:31,900 --> 00:18:33,360 [Tony speaking] 220 00:18:33,360 --> 00:18:34,860 -[Brennan] Gold. -[Kevin] Uh, answers, mostly. 221 00:18:34,860 --> 00:18:37,090 [Tony speaking] 222 00:18:37,100 --> 00:18:38,330 -Very helpful. -[Brennan laughs] 223 00:18:38,330 --> 00:18:40,990 We just wanna know what next bit of ground we should test. 224 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:42,930 [Tony speaking] 225 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:53,600 -[Kevin] I know. -[Tony speaking] 226 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:58,400 -[Kevin] Okay. -[Tony speaking] 227 00:19:02,660 --> 00:19:03,860 [Brennan] So, 30 years ago, 228 00:19:03,860 --> 00:19:06,460 was it still pretty much dozer-mining back then? 229 00:19:06,460 --> 00:19:08,000 [Tony speaking] 230 00:19:09,900 --> 00:19:11,290 [Brennan] How much did they miss back then 231 00:19:11,300 --> 00:19:13,630 doing just dozering off the floor, like all the pay? 232 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:19,930 [Brennan] Yeah. [laughing] Is that right? [continues laughing] 233 00:19:25,100 --> 00:19:26,400 -[Brennan] Yeah. -[Tony speaking] 234 00:19:27,360 --> 00:19:28,860 [Brennan] Yeah. 235 00:19:28,860 --> 00:19:30,260 I've been eyeing that up the whole time. 236 00:19:30,260 --> 00:19:31,830 [Tony speaking] 237 00:19:33,060 --> 00:19:34,260 Perfect. 238 00:19:34,260 --> 00:19:36,700 You don't happen to know where that test plant out here? 239 00:19:38,500 --> 00:19:39,330 [Kevin] All right. 240 00:19:42,100 --> 00:19:43,490 [Kevin] Go look for it. No, no, no. 241 00:19:43,500 --> 00:19:44,860 Just the test plant. 242 00:19:44,860 --> 00:19:46,330 [Tony speaking] 243 00:19:47,260 --> 00:19:48,800 -Pickup truck, perfect. -[Tony speaking] 244 00:19:50,360 --> 00:19:51,360 [Brennan] Okay, thanks, Tony. 245 00:19:51,360 --> 00:19:54,100 -[Tony speaking] -[Kevin] Oh, no. 246 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:58,100 -[Brennan laughing] What? -[Kevin groans] 247 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:02,030 -[Tony speaking] -[Brennan] See ya. 248 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:10,700 [laughs] 249 00:20:17,860 --> 00:20:20,890 [bleeps and laughs] 250 00:20:20,900 --> 00:20:22,290 He's just a big [bleep] kid, eh? 251 00:20:22,300 --> 00:20:25,760 Oh, yeah, this is probably the highlight of his [bleep] day, honestly. 252 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:28,190 But that... that does answer a few questions. 253 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:29,260 [Brennan] Oh, yeah, for sure. 254 00:20:29,260 --> 00:20:32,260 And we can mine that far piece over to our border 255 00:20:32,260 --> 00:20:34,990 -as we're sluicing. -Walking in, yeah. 256 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:36,660 He almost certainly left some stuff, 257 00:20:36,660 --> 00:20:38,400 so I'll see about getting that test plant over. 258 00:20:39,700 --> 00:20:43,230 [Tony speaking] 259 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:09,690 [narrator] Coming up... 260 00:21:09,700 --> 00:21:11,930 [Tony speaking] 261 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:36,130 [narrator] After checking in on the cuts, Tony heads to his office. 262 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:32,860 [narrator] Stretched thin, Tony Beets is hiring new crew, 263 00:22:32,860 --> 00:22:34,960 but you need more than a good resume 264 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:37,190 to impress the King of the Klondike. 265 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:39,930 [Tony speaking] 266 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:16,360 [narrator] No matter how strong their handshake, 267 00:23:16,360 --> 00:23:20,490 for Tony to reach his goal of running two plants, twenty-four-seven, 268 00:23:20,500 --> 00:23:24,700 he needs to make sure the new recruits are holding their own. 269 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:29,830 [Tony speaking] 270 00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:39,760 [Tony groans] 271 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:41,260 [narrator] Earlier in the season, 272 00:23:41,260 --> 00:23:45,390 the Greenhorn strip 20 feet of worthless overburden 273 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:50,660 to reach the gold-rich gravel layer, which was processed through the plant. 274 00:23:50,660 --> 00:23:54,460 But Tony believes some of the gravels were left behind, 275 00:23:54,460 --> 00:23:57,990 potentially worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. 276 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:00,400 [Tony speaking] 277 00:24:28,100 --> 00:24:29,360 [Geoff] And that was just right on the top. 278 00:24:29,360 --> 00:24:30,900 [Tony speaking] 279 00:24:34,760 --> 00:24:37,260 [narrator] Tony's suspicion confirmed, 280 00:24:37,260 --> 00:24:41,530 it's down to rookie miner, DJ, to take out the remaining pay. 281 00:24:45,360 --> 00:24:48,300 [Tony speaking] 282 00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:00,860 [DJ] Yeah. 283 00:25:00,860 --> 00:25:03,090 [Tony speaking] 284 00:25:03,100 --> 00:25:05,630 [Tony and DJ speaking in other language] 285 00:25:09,660 --> 00:25:11,490 [Tony speaking in English] 286 00:25:11,500 --> 00:25:13,030 [both laugh] 287 00:25:14,360 --> 00:25:17,700 -[Tony speaking] -[DJ] I know. 288 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:25,430 [Tony speaking] 289 00:25:55,460 --> 00:25:58,760 I'm Dickjan Postema. 290 00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:01,560 Uh, saying in my own language for now. 291 00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:03,960 But most other guys, they call me DJ 292 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:07,000 because it's easier to pronounce 293 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:10,890 and, yeah, I'm coming from Holland. 294 00:26:10,900 --> 00:26:15,930 I'm almost at the same place as where Tony came from, from Friesland. 295 00:26:17,360 --> 00:26:21,560 Yeah, it's pretty difficult because the, yeah, the conditioning, 296 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:25,890 and you see the water and, uh, the different colors in the dirt 297 00:26:25,900 --> 00:26:28,860 and the the gravel and that kind of stuff, so. 298 00:26:28,860 --> 00:26:30,600 I'm getting used to it now. 299 00:26:32,700 --> 00:26:35,390 I personally have quite a hard time telling the difference 300 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:37,860 between, like pay and hard rock 301 00:26:37,860 --> 00:26:40,060 or just overburden and stuff like that. 302 00:26:40,060 --> 00:26:42,660 There's such high expectations, 303 00:26:42,660 --> 00:26:45,990 um, and such a specific way that Tony likes things done. 304 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:47,730 It's an intimidating atmosphere. 305 00:26:50,500 --> 00:26:53,600 There's still frozen dirt here underneath my pocket here. 306 00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:55,730 Maybe you can take it out for me. 307 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:01,230 [Tony speaking] 308 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:09,460 No, I'm just asking you for a favor. [chuckles] 309 00:27:09,460 --> 00:27:11,700 [Tony speaking] 310 00:27:22,860 --> 00:27:24,630 [DJ speaking on radio] 311 00:27:27,860 --> 00:27:32,560 [narrator] Now that Tony's happy DJ is getting all the remaining pay, 312 00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:36,600 the trucks roll in and start hauling it to the plant. 313 00:27:37,060 --> 00:27:39,400 [Tony speaking] 314 00:27:53,100 --> 00:27:56,490 [DJ] Tony is a pretty good person to talk with, 315 00:27:56,500 --> 00:27:59,460 and especially when I'm talking in my own language. 316 00:27:59,460 --> 00:28:02,030 I'm... I'm learning a lot from Tony, yeah. 317 00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:04,000 [man 1 on radio] 318 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:06,760 [Tony speaking] 319 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:09,330 [man 1 on radio] 320 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:14,900 [Tony speaking] 321 00:29:25,460 --> 00:29:30,960 [narrator] At Indian River, mine boss Tony Beets is having a day. 322 00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:34,660 He's been driving his claim since 6:30 a.m. 323 00:29:34,660 --> 00:29:39,990 And now the road connecting camp to the rest of the mine has collapsed, 324 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:43,930 leaving an old bridge as the only access point. 325 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:56,500 [Tony speaking] 326 00:30:03,100 --> 00:30:06,190 [narrator] The bridge is unsuitable for the heavy equipment, 327 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:08,990 so Tony must rebuild the road 328 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:13,100 or risk his biggest iron becoming stranded in the cut. 329 00:30:14,260 --> 00:30:16,500 [Tony speaking] 330 00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:40,330 [narrator] All that's left is for Tony to test his work. 331 00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:50,600 [Tony speaking] 332 00:33:17,500 --> 00:33:19,530 [Tony speaking] 333 00:33:24,300 --> 00:33:27,690 [narrator] Still on the clock, Tony grabs a quick dinner, 334 00:33:27,700 --> 00:33:29,690 before heading to the gold room... 335 00:33:29,700 --> 00:33:31,600 [Tony speaking] 336 00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:36,700 [narrator] ...and he knows exactly what he wants. 337 00:33:37,460 --> 00:33:39,630 [Tony speaking] 338 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:42,300 That's the new combo. 339 00:33:44,460 --> 00:33:46,600 [Tony speaking] 340 00:34:38,660 --> 00:34:40,930 [Tony speaking] 341 00:34:45,700 --> 00:34:51,260 [narrator] In 2016, Tony paid one million dollars for a second dredge, 342 00:34:51,260 --> 00:34:54,500 originally built in 1946. 343 00:34:55,160 --> 00:34:57,900 [Tony speaking] 344 00:35:00,900 --> 00:35:04,660 [narrator] After two years, he sunk another million dollars 345 00:35:04,660 --> 00:35:08,990 in moving and rebuilding it, but never finished the job. 346 00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:11,800 And it's been derelict since 2018. 347 00:35:12,300 --> 00:35:15,100 [Tony speaking] 348 00:35:47,360 --> 00:35:49,500 [Tony speaking] 349 00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:09,600 -[producer] Why is that? -[Tony speaking] 350 00:36:21,260 --> 00:36:22,760 [Monica] Oh, not too much. You? 351 00:36:22,760 --> 00:36:26,260 -[Tony speaking] -[Monica] Never-ending. 352 00:36:26,260 --> 00:36:29,090 [narrator] Tony Beets has been run ragged 353 00:36:29,100 --> 00:36:32,760 but still needs to make his last check of the day. 354 00:36:32,760 --> 00:36:37,330 The gold room and the latest news on his Indian River gold count. 355 00:36:38,860 --> 00:36:40,590 Well, it's slow and steady, you know. 356 00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:42,630 [Tony speaking] 357 00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:48,130 -Well, you don't really want everybody in here, either. -[Tony speaking] 358 00:36:57,100 --> 00:36:58,400 You sure about it? 359 00:37:02,060 --> 00:37:04,230 [Tony speaking] 360 00:37:06,260 --> 00:37:10,360 [narrator] To separate the gold from the fine, worthless dirt, 361 00:37:10,360 --> 00:37:12,760 Monica runs it through a gold table 362 00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:17,260 where water and vibrations sort the heavier gold into the grooves 363 00:37:17,260 --> 00:37:20,160 and deposit it in a bucket below. 364 00:37:20,160 --> 00:37:23,000 It's then dried out, ready to be weighed. 365 00:37:24,300 --> 00:37:27,000 -[Tony speaking] -[Monica] All right. 366 00:37:43,300 --> 00:37:44,730 [Tony speaking] 367 00:37:54,100 --> 00:37:56,230 -Take it and run! -[Tony speaking] 368 00:38:02,600 --> 00:38:04,160 Put it in a jar? 369 00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:06,700 -[Tony speaking] -Save it for a rainy day? 370 00:38:07,100 --> 00:38:10,530 [Tony speaking] 371 00:38:14,500 --> 00:38:16,660 Don't go away mad, as they say. 372 00:38:16,660 --> 00:38:18,430 [Tony speaking] 373 00:38:20,960 --> 00:38:22,700 -[Monica] Yeah. -[Tony speaking] 374 00:38:23,900 --> 00:38:28,490 With Tony, every part of my life he has been, 375 00:38:28,500 --> 00:38:30,660 you know, my father, my boss and everything else 376 00:38:30,660 --> 00:38:35,060 for the last, well, almost 20 years of my life, 377 00:38:35,060 --> 00:38:37,800 um, and so... 378 00:38:38,760 --> 00:38:43,060 there is no one part of him separate from the other. 379 00:38:43,060 --> 00:38:47,860 Now, he's an old man, he can be a little bit more relaxed. 380 00:38:47,860 --> 00:38:50,400 Anytime my kids are around this guy is like... 381 00:38:51,460 --> 00:38:53,430 [bleep] melted butter in our hands. 382 00:38:59,260 --> 00:39:02,160 [narrator] After a long day on the mine site, 383 00:39:02,160 --> 00:39:05,730 Tony heads to his Indian River crash pad. 384 00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:10,300 [Tony speaking] 385 00:41:04,760 --> 00:41:08,430 But I don't even think I'm gonna paint them and just leave him as is, so. 386 00:41:12,260 --> 00:41:14,690 End of the day, I'm gonna crawl in the hot tub, 387 00:41:14,700 --> 00:41:17,700 so I'm gonna get naked. So I think that's it. 388 00:41:18,100 --> 00:41:21,000 [all laughing] 389 00:41:22,300 --> 00:41:24,860 [Tony] Ladies and gentlemen, I got [bleep] to do. 389 00:41:25,305 --> 00:42:25,161