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There are a lot
of wildfires right now.
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They've all been lit quite
recently by lightning.
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There's one that's maybe
like three or four miles
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from our camp...
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which is...
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a problem.
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30-year-old Parker Schnabel
is on a path to a record
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$35 million season.
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But intense wildfires could
shut him down at any moment.
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Holy [bleep]!
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Oh, wow.
Big fire.
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Dude, that is a rager, huh?
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So right now, the film crew
safety is telling us
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that we have to get out
of the truck.
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You can feel the heat?
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Really?
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How come?
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I just don't think
this is a good idea to be
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in this situation.
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Obviously, you have
a job to do, but the fact
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that we can see it means
it's not moving fast towards us.
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If it was moving
fast towards us,
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this would be all black smoke
where we're standing.
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I'm just going to Sulphur.
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Just gonna go check in
with the boys.
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Like, when you can't see it
and all you can see is smoke is
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when it's really sketchy.
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Let's go!
Come on.
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Over the last week,
the Yukon has ignited
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into an inferno.
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Ninety three wildfires
are raging...
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...covering an area
of over 250,000 acres.
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With a strong wind,
they can travel
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over 150 miles in a day.
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There's one just two miles
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from Parker's Dominion
Creek operation
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and another just one mile
from his Sulphur Creek claim.
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Right now, we have
three plants running.
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Dominion's going good,
and things at Sulphur,
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Mitch and Brennan
are doing really well.
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I really thought they were
gonna be done at Sulphur sooner,
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but, you know, one of those
situations where I'm glad
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it's lasted longer
because the gold's been good.
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You know,
they've put away some
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pretty good ounces for the size
of pit that they've done.
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We're on a mission right now
trying to get to this 10,000
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ounce target, and it seems
like things might heat up
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a little bit on us here.
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We got some fires burning
just down the creek.
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They're heading this way,
but hopefully we can keep
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everything motoring along here.
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Mitch has been racing
to pull out all of the pay
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before the water license
runs out in two weeks.
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Any delays caused
by an evacuation
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could mean gold is left behind.
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- How's it going?
- Good, how are you?
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Not too bad.
A little smoky.
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Did you see
the fire on the road?
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It is raging.
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And you could see,
like, the line of fire.
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It's pretty impressive.
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I don't think it jumps
the creek, though,
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so I think you're fine.
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Like, the worst thing
that can happen is, like,
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you know, the road's
engulfed in flames.
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Yeah...
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'Kay.
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I mean, as long as
we got a way out.
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Yeah.
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I mean, as long as
those fires don't get too close
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and cause us any grief,
we should be sluiced
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and moved out of here
by the end of the week.
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Let's just talk
to Nona real quick.
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If that fire, like...
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I don't think it'll make it
across Sulphur.
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I-- It's very close.
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Do you think it'll make it
across the valley?
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Yeah, there's
a lot of trees around it.
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But will this stuff burn?
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Oh, yeah, with the heat
like that, anything will burn.
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The wind right now is giving it
that direction, and it's burned
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a lot since this morning.
- So we should see if...
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we can get a helicopter
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if the road's engulfed
in flames.
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The helicopters are gonna be
busy with the fires.
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I don't know if you're gonna
get like a helicopter
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that's going to come in
every day and do that.
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It'd be nice
if there was some rain.
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Yeah,
we could use that for sure.
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This is such a bad time
for me to leave.
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I'll be gone for,
like, five days.
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OK.
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I mean, you guys have a good
handle on these things.
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Like...
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you'll probably be moved
out of here by then.
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But we've got all the pay
that's at the plant right now,
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so it's just a matter
of getting that sluiced.
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Brennan can head down to Ken's
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and start getting things
sorted out there.
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We'll get this finished
and pack it up
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and roll it down.
- OK, sweet.
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Mitch and his crew need
to finish sluicing
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all the stockpiled pay
before the fires reach Sulphur
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and then move
washplant Roxanne
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25 miles to Ken and Stuart's
at Indian River
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and get running before
Parker's return in five days.
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What we're seeing
right now is--
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it's not just one fire
we got burning.
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Everywhere you look here,
when the smoke does clear up,
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there's fires all around us.
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All it takes is the wind
to change direction,
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so not ideal
by any means.
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I'm hoping that
by the time I'm back,
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they'll have the plant down
at Ken and Stuart's
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and hope the place hasn't
burned to the ground...
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which not too often
do I mean that literally.
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Despite the fires two miles
away, King of the Klondike,
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Tony Beets, is working
relentlessly to cash in
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on red-hot gold prices
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and has already banked
over $9.5 million in gold,
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nearly half his season gold.
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Tony's built a massive
stockpile of paydirt
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beside his only moneymaker
at Indian River...
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Sluice-A-Lot.
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Operator Eric Morel
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feeds 250 yards
of stockpiled pay an hour
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through Sluice-A-Lot.
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If you look in this box,
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some of the wiring
is burnt right up.
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But as soon as you take
the cover off, you can smell it,
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and it just smelt like it was
trying to light on fire.
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Well, yeah, it makes sense.
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Like, that motor's always
vibrating all day.
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So, one of the main wires
is burnt.
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Like, the motor's out.
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Yeah.
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Sluice-A-Lot
shaker decks vibrate
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to separate waste dirt
from the gold.
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A single 40-horsepower
drive motor turns
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the plant's pulley system
that shakes the decks,
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but its electrical wiring has
worn through and caused a fire.
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Conor and Jacob need to remove
the old 600-pound motor
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and replace it with a new one,
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then start the plant up
and get back on the gold.
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Every hour Sluice-A-Lot is down
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is costing Tony $8,000.
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So pulley's on,
ready to [bleep] get
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this thing up and landed.
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Good, just getting
the guard on there
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and fire it up.
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After five hours, Sluice-A-Lot
is ready to fire up again.
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What's that?
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Yeah, I know.
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Tony's only Indian River
moneymaker, Sluice-A-Lot,
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has been fitted
with a new shaker deck motor,
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but the plant has mysteriously
ground to a halt.
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Oh, this is starting
to go too far
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into electrician [bleep] space.
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Tony has lost
$40,000 and counting
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in gold production.
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I put a ton of money
into this ground down
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at Lightning Creek,
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and I've got to get
that money back out of it.
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In the mountains above
Keno City, far from the fires,
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Rick Ness has
a big decision to make.
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For six weeks,
he's been working
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his new Lightning Creek claim,
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but the gold
has been hard to find,
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banking him only 29 ounces.
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Days ago, he got access
to his Vegas Valley claim
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on Duncan Creek.
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At the beginning
of the season,
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we didn't have a water license
on Vegas Valley,
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but now we've got
an extension on that, too.
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But I can't just abandon
Lightning Creek.
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That's a lot of money wrapped up
in that, and I know there's
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gold there, and I got to figure
out how to get it out.
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Rick wants to try
to make this profitable.
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He bought the land,
but at the end of the day,
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you know, we should all be
at Vegas Valley.
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There's good gold there,
and so far here,
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it's not turning out the best.
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Rick's crew can't comprehend
why he doesn't just leave
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Lightning Creek and move back
to Vegas Valley, where there's
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a pile of paydirt with upwards
of 400 ounces in it,
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and a cut full
of gold-rich pay.
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We need to get down there
to Vegas Valley,
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get that better gold,
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because this is not
having it at the moment.
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You know, this is...
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record-setting gold prices
right now.
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At this point, we're gonna be
setting record gold lows
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on the Ness crew.
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The fact
of the matter is that...
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I still owe Troy
100 ounces of gold
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to buy Lightning Creek.
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To get the gold he needs,
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Rick's decided
to split his crew.
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We've got, you know,
several things that need
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to happen before we can
even get going here.
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You know, we've got to get
a pump into Vegas Valley,
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get that dewatering first hand,
not to mention we've got
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a bunch of fixes to do
on Monster Red yet.
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There's a fair amount to be
done, but we just gotta buckle
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down and get it done.
We need the 700 to work.
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It's the only way
we're gonna be able to keep
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both things going.
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The 700 excavator is Rick's
only free piece of equipment,
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and getting it ready
is critical to his plan.
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Rick wants me to do
a little look over on this,
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make sure it's greased up.
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We can see that the tracks
never got shoveled at the end
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of last year, so that's fun.
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But yeah, we'll jump up,
check fluids, get it fired up.
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You know, I've got a lack
of people, a lack of machines
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to do it, but I'm gonna have
to figure something out
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because I think
this year is the year
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to go for broke, you know.
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Hey, any chance you can
come over to 700?
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Got a...
Got a pretty big issue.
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What are we dealing with?
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So we've got a problem.
This should be coolant.
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This should be all you see.
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And right now, I've got
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a mixture of oil and coolant,
and that's a big problem.
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Basically, if there's a crack
in that head gasket,
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the 700's dead.
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The 700's 460-horsepower
engine won't fire up.
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Ryan suspects the head gasket
that provides an airtight seal
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between the cylinder head
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and the engine block
has broken,
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allowing oil and coolant
to mix together,
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causing the engine
to stop working.
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With potential damage
to the cylinders,
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the whole engine
needs a total rebuild.
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Yeah, that mess right there
tells me everything.
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I mean, I've been worried
about getting fuel
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and food up here
because of these wildfires.
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I mean, how are we gonna get
an engine or anything?
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Yeah.
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Ah, yeah.
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I might as well take
this out of the picture.
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- I think so.
- Completely, right?
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Rick's plans to slowly prep
Vegas Valley
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are already in ruins.
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If he takes any more equipment
from Lightning Creek,
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he won't be able
to continue mining.
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So it kind of puts you
in a predicament.
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- Yeah.
- I know you're bringing gold in,
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but that's not going to hit
1,800 ounces.
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Dude, we've seen just the tip
of what's in Vegas Valley.
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We know what's there.
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1,800 ounces isn't going
to come from Lightning Creek.
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It's going to come from Vegas.
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And I think we got
to get over there
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and get the [bleep] going.
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I mean, there's a lot of [bleep]
that needs to be done.
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And if we got all hands
on deck down here,
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that's not going to get done.
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Well, I mean, yeah, I get it.
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I get where you're coming from.
I see it.
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But I'm not willing to just
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abandon Lightning Creek
or getting gold.
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I don't like being that guy
that's like, "Hey, you need
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to do your business like this,"
because you're obviously,
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you know what the [bleep]
you're doing.
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You've made it this long.
You've done it this far.
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But it's like...
At some point,
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I've got to think about
[bleep] at home, too,
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where it's like-- you know,
we come up here and it's...
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If we don't do good here,
I fail at home.
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Yeah.
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So everything rides on kind
of your shoulders, honestly.
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Dude, we got to make the move.
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I...
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I'm not just going to shut down
Lightning Creek.
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I want to sluice there a bit
longer, just a couple more days,
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and I just want to see
what's going on there.
- Yeah.
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I want to see if it's going
to pay out.
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Then we can move
to Vegas Valley.
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OK.
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By sluicing, for a couple more
days at Lightning Creek,
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Rick will discover how good
the gold is and maybe score
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enough to pay
for the ground outright.
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You know, you look at
the weather today and the rain
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coming down, it's really
helped us out.
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00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:15,080
After a night
and day of rainfall,
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the wildfires are out.
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00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:22,480
It looks like we've got about
two more scoops of material here
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at Sulphur to go
through Roxanne.
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We're gonna get this washplant
shut down, cleaned up,
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packed up, and on the road
down to Ken's, and hopefully
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we've got her fired back up here
before Parker shows up.
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00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:40,039
Now, Mitch is racing
to finish sluicing Sulphur,
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reclaim the land,
then move washplant Roxanne
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to Ken and Stuart's
at Indian River.
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All right, Mitch, that's it.
Last scoop here at Roxanne.
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Yeah, sounds good, boss.
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00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:08,080
Mitch's crew work quickly
to clean out the sluices.
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So here at Sulphur,
the last cleanup, we've had
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a lot of gold coming out
of this ground, so it's been
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a huge success.
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Next,
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they pack down Roxanne and get
her ready to travel 25 miles
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00:21:25,960 --> 00:21:27,200
down to Ken and Stuart's.
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- You ready
for this, buddy?
- Yeah, man.
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It's been a while since
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you moved to washplant.
- [bleep] yeah.
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00:21:35,360 --> 00:21:38,400
Well, this one's pretty good as
far as moving the shaker deck,
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but the biggest problem here
is the sluice runs.
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They're so wide.
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So right now,
I'm going to send
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Jack with the shaker
deck first.
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We'll grab the sluice runs,
and get them down there.
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00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:54,040
- OK.
- Then we can put
everything together.
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Roxanne is transported
in two loads.
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The shaker deck goes first
on the back of a lowboy.
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Mitch hauls the oversized
sluice runs in a second truck,
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and Brennan goes ahead
in the pilot car.
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00:22:13,120 --> 00:22:14,920
All right, here we go!
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00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:17,839
They're going to see us rolling
with this one, that's for sure.
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00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:29,040
You can see just
how narrow this is.
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00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:31,919
We're already rubbing the trees
here with the sluice runs.
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00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:36,920
So, this is the million dollar
question here is if those
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sluice runs are
gonna clear that bridge
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without having
to jack them way up.
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00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:44,240
I was wondering about that.
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00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:49,759
So, the bridge is going to be
one of our big pinch points.
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00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:52,160
I think it's going
to be tight now.
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00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:53,400
We measured it up.
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00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:55,199
Looks like we should have
a half inch of clearance,
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00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:57,680
but we won't know until we get
there, but we're going
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00:22:57,800 --> 00:22:59,040
to find out here real soon.
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00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:02,879
The 27 foot wide sluice boxes
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00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:05,279
need to pass across a bridge
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00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:09,440
with a width restriction
of just 21 feet.
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00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:11,080
To get the load across,
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00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:13,520
the outside edges
of the sluice runs
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00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:16,200
need to be above
the bridge structure.
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00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:20,800
I'm going to keep creeping it
ahead, but you're going to need
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00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:23,919
to be down here eyeballing it
and tell me when to stop
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00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:25,799
if it's going to get
[bleep], right?
- Yeah.
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00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:27,759
I mean, the worst case
scenario here, dude,
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00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:29,400
is we give this thing a try
and we get out here
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00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:31,000
in the middle
and we get stuck.
346
00:23:31,120 --> 00:23:32,880
There's no working
on it from here.
347
00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:34,279
Yeah, exactly.
348
00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:36,199
OK, I'm gonna do this.
349
00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:38,000
OK, you guys are gonna have
to get way back.
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00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:42,480
The sluice runs have
a clearance of just
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00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:44,959
half an inch above
the bridge railings.
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00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:54,560
Keep coming, buddy!
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00:23:58,040 --> 00:23:59,880
Oh man, it's almost dragging.
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00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:09,479
Oh-ho!
355
00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:12,320
Come on, come on, come on,
come on, don't snag!
356
00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:17,879
Whoa!
357
00:24:22,360 --> 00:24:24,999
Dude, that couldn't have been
any closer.
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00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:27,799
You couldn't have put your
fingers between where we had,
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00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:29,719
you know, the top of that
bridge and the bottom
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00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:30,840
of these sluice runs here.
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00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:36,199
There it is!
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00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:41,400
We've made it into the cut!
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00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:45,839
Whoo!
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00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:48,760
There it is!
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00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:53,320
Over the past eight years,
Parker's leased ground
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00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:54,960
at Ken and Stuart's
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00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:58,559
has delivered nearly
7,000 ounces of gold.
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00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:02,560
This season, he wants at least
another 2,000 ounces
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00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:03,920
from the claims.
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00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:14,679
Ken and Stuart's ground,
you know, it's, like,
371
00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:17,879
not the greatest grade,
and we're paying royalties,
372
00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:20,479
but it's a massive block
of ground that I don't want
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00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:24,520
to lose, and, you know,
it's very hard to lease ground,
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00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:26,520
particularly not when the price
of gold's really good.
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00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:32,319
So I'm just heading
to see Mitch and Brennan
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00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:34,120
and see what
they've got going on.
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00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:41,200
Oh, they have
a washplant running.
378
00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:44,200
They literally just fired up.
379
00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:45,400
Nice.
380
00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:50,680
Thanks for getting
this thing going.
381
00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:53,440
- I appreciate it.
- She's sluicing!
382
00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:56,239
You guys make this look easy.
383
00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:58,479
At least from my standpoint,
it looked easy.
384
00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:00,680
I left and you were sluicing
in one spot, and I came back
385
00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:02,320
and you're sluicing in another.
386
00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:05,000
And yeah, Mitch,
you're getting a big gold star.
387
00:26:05,120 --> 00:26:08,319
I actually should have
Chris pour a big gold star.
388
00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:09,559
I might just do that.
389
00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:23,000
Well, it's really nice
we had Roxanne fired up
390
00:26:23,120 --> 00:26:24,840
before Parker got back.
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00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:26,880
So our next step here is just
to try and get this sluiced
392
00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:28,319
as fast as we can.
393
00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:29,680
And we're gonna try
and turn all that dirt
394
00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:30,960
into a big pile of gold.
395
00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:54,879
On Indian River, Tony's main
moneymaker, Sluice-A-Lot,
396
00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:57,080
has been down for four days
397
00:26:57,200 --> 00:27:00,239
after the shaker
deck motor burnt out
398
00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:02,240
and its replacement failed.
399
00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:07,120
Yeah, Tony can call me once
every two years or 12 times
400
00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:08,719
in the same month.
401
00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:11,720
It just depends on what they're
wrecking that day.
402
00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:16,600
Electrician James MacKrell has
worked with mining machinery
403
00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:18,120
for over 30 years.
404
00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:22,000
So we fired
the new motor on,
405
00:27:22,120 --> 00:27:24,799
just like spin slowly
and then it's like, "No."
406
00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:26,239
Then it goes
into overload fault?
407
00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:27,599
Yeah,
22 overload fault.
408
00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:29,879
Yeah, which is, I think
the problem is the soft start.
409
00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:31,640
What we're gonna do is,
we're gonna hard start it.
410
00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:32,879
We're gonna bypass it.
411
00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:34,200
- OK, cool.
- We're gonna hard start it.
412
00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:39,920
Sluice-A-Lot's generator
has a soft start system that
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00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:44,319
gradually increases power to
the shaker deck's drive motor
414
00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:47,320
to prevent it from being
damaged by an electrical
415
00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:48,720
overload when it starts.
416
00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:55,359
James believes the generator's
soft start safeguard is faulty
417
00:27:55,360 --> 00:27:59,400
and is not supplying enough
electricity, so wants to bypass
418
00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:03,600
it to deliver the power needed
for the motor to fire up.
419
00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:10,040
This option is,
shall we say, the bush fix,
420
00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:11,879
and I'll get them
up and running again,
421
00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:14,560
and then Tony can decide
if he wants to replace
422
00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:17,960
that soft start
or keep running this way.
423
00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:20,000
Now let's give her the full
deal and see what happens.
424
00:28:20,120 --> 00:28:21,120
All right.
425
00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,079
I bet you that
just went into overload.
426
00:28:36,080 --> 00:28:39,040
The hard start fix fails.
427
00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:43,679
So far, downtime has cost Tony
an estimated three quarters
428
00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:46,960
of a million dollars
in lost production.
429
00:28:47,080 --> 00:28:51,160
Quite a few days without it
making money, so it's not good.
430
00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:53,559
All right, let's look
for better ways to do this.
431
00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:54,560
Yeah.
432
00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:07,719
The generator's just undersized
to hard start this unit
433
00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:10,160
without the soft start in.
You know what?
434
00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:15,200
Probably the simplest solution,
bring over a bigger generator.
435
00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:19,439
It's four days since
Tony Beets's main moneymaker,
436
00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:21,839
Sluice-A-Lot,
shut down.
437
00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:26,040
Electrician James has
bypassed its soft startup,
438
00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:30,240
but still failed to fire up
the shaker deck's drive motor.
439
00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:33,319
Oh, if that engine was
just slightly bigger,
440
00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:34,520
you'd get away with this.
441
00:29:34,640 --> 00:29:36,679
With hard starting it, yeah.
442
00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:44,800
Does that thing have
a soft start?
443
00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:46,759
I don't think it does.
444
00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:47,800
We'll find out.
445
00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:56,639
Sluice-A-Lot's
current generator
446
00:29:56,640 --> 00:29:59,999
has a maximum power
of 100 kilowatts.
447
00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:12,920
Tony's CAT 3406 replacement
448
00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:16,559
kicks out four times
more power.
449
00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:32,079
To prep
the five-ton generator,
450
00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:33,680
Tony plans to weld it
451
00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:37,040
to the front of his
50-year-old pipe layer
452
00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:42,519
and drive the hybrid monster
one mile to Sluice-A-Lot.
453
00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:05,399
We've been down for four days,
454
00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:07,039
so that's a lot of ounces
we're missing,
455
00:31:07,040 --> 00:31:09,280
and with the gold
prize these days,
456
00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:10,880
that's a lot of money.
457
00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:28,880
Everything's all connected,
waiting on a generator.
458
00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:31,960
And then we'll make power.
459
00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:35,600
All we have to do when it gets
here is just connect that cable
460
00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:36,800
into the generator.
461
00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:38,199
Is he driving that thing down?
462
00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:40,639
I don't know, if he's the one
driving it, it probably won't
463
00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:42,239
take too long, so...
464
00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:48,280
After just 30 minutes,
465
00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:50,719
Tony's mobilized
monster generator
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00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:52,360
arrives at Sluice-A-Lot.
467
00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:07,839
All hooked up
and ready to roll.
468
00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:23,760
Ready?
469
00:32:35,840 --> 00:32:37,560
After four days shut down...
470
00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:42,400
Tony is back on the gold.
471
00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:49,040
If Tony's washing rocks,
and he's happy, yeah.
472
00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:50,239
He puts gold in the box,
473
00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:52,119
and then he can
give it to me, so.
474
00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:17,200
- Rick for Bailey?
- Yeah, go ahead, man.
475
00:33:17,320 --> 00:33:18,399
Shut down Lightning Creek.
476
00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:19,999
We'll move it back
to Vegas Valley.
477
00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:21,080
Sounds good to me, man.
478
00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:25,440
Yeah, we're just about to send
the last load of pay
479
00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:27,320
over to Rocky.
480
00:33:27,440 --> 00:33:29,720
Rick made a call saying that
we're all going to be done here
481
00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:31,879
and we're going to head down
to Vegas Valley,
482
00:33:31,880 --> 00:33:33,800
and start hitting it hard
down there.
483
00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:37,960
Well, here it is.
484
00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:41,840
We've got the final bucket
of dirt from Lightning Creek.
485
00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:44,399
And we are...
486
00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:46,599
officially finished here.
487
00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:48,280
Off to Vegas Valley we go.
488
00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:52,640
Rick Ness is changing gears.
489
00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:55,320
After running a final
couple of days pay,
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00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:58,479
he's shutting down
his Lightning Creek claim
491
00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:00,880
and going all in
on Vegas Valley.
492
00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:08,560
All right, we've got
the 460 down here now.
493
00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:12,800
Game plan is we'll be getting
the water pump in Vegas Valley.
494
00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:14,600
We'll go through it,
make sure it's good to go.
495
00:34:14,720 --> 00:34:16,839
Then we'll get
our discharge line ran.
496
00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:18,560
So we've got
quite a bit of work to do.
497
00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:22,280
Rick's plan?
498
00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:26,239
Set up a pump to drain the 30
feet of water from the cut
499
00:34:26,240 --> 00:34:29,639
while the rest of the team
moves equipment and preps
500
00:34:29,640 --> 00:34:33,120
washplant Monster Red
to run a stockpile of paydirt.
501
00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:43,760
Well, we've got a long ways
to go, but we should be spending
502
00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:45,120
the rest of the summer here.
503
00:34:45,240 --> 00:34:47,159
So pump's just about ready.
504
00:34:47,160 --> 00:34:49,399
I think the first step is just
getting it in where it fits in.
505
00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:50,600
Get that water getting
the [bleep] out of there.
506
00:34:50,720 --> 00:34:51,759
We'll get on it.
507
00:34:51,760 --> 00:34:53,240
- I like it, thanks.
- All right, m an.
508
00:34:59,160 --> 00:35:00,400
What's he doing?
We ready?
509
00:35:07,520 --> 00:35:09,280
We got our 12-inch pump
ready to go.
510
00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:10,400
She's a monster.
511
00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:14,960
Just got to get down here
around the corner.
512
00:35:15,080 --> 00:35:17,000
I'll get the lines hooked up,
and we can start dewatering
513
00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:18,760
Vegas Valley.
It's a big step.
514
00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:20,160
It gives us one step closer
to the gold
515
00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:21,639
that's in Vegas Valley,
516
00:35:21,640 --> 00:35:23,800
and we know
that gold's good, so...
517
00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:25,240
We're going to get this
done and get it done
518
00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:26,760
in a [bleep] hurry.
519
00:35:30,760 --> 00:35:31,999
That's all shallow.
520
00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:34,279
You're going to have to try
to get it in that corner.
521
00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:35,879
Where?
Like all the way out?
522
00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:37,320
I think we just
try to go all the way
523
00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:38,920
and see how tough it is.
524
00:35:43,720 --> 00:35:45,759
We've got sections here,
in here that are way deeper
525
00:35:45,760 --> 00:35:47,119
than what you think.
526
00:35:47,120 --> 00:35:49,519
Right here, it's probably going
to be 30 foot higher than what
527
00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:52,120
we have in that corner right
there from ending last season,
528
00:35:52,240 --> 00:35:54,999
if not more.
So we've got to be careful.
529
00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:59,960
The $100,000 pump can move
5,000 gallons a minute and will
530
00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:04,480
drain Vegas Valley down
to gold-rich pay in three days.
531
00:36:04,600 --> 00:36:06,999
Yeah, we can come
forward a little bit.
532
00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:08,320
We're good right there.
533
00:36:15,720 --> 00:36:16,919
So, we got the pump into place.
534
00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:18,719
Now we're just bringing
the intake line down there.
535
00:36:18,720 --> 00:36:20,880
We're going to attach
that to the pump.
536
00:36:24,120 --> 00:36:25,920
Throw the suction end
into the water.
537
00:36:26,040 --> 00:36:28,560
Then we'll come back
and get the discharge line.
538
00:36:28,680 --> 00:36:29,840
Set that in there.
539
00:36:29,960 --> 00:36:32,000
And after that, we just turn it
on and let the water get
540
00:36:32,120 --> 00:36:33,720
the [bleep] out of our hole.
541
00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:41,840
It's at a [bleep] up angle.
542
00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:43,119
And we're in a spot
543
00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:45,640
where we're easily going
to [bleep] bend this thing.
544
00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:47,919
And it's like-- I can't throw
that end out there first.
545
00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:49,319
I don't know where the [bleep]
it's going to end.
546
00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:50,719
Yeah.
547
00:36:50,720 --> 00:36:53,359
Here, I think if you bring it
in and lower it,
548
00:36:53,360 --> 00:36:54,919
the two of us
can be lifting up.
549
00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:56,200
Kyle can be sticking
the bolt in.
550
00:36:56,320 --> 00:36:58,119
You got a pinch bar
or anything to get it?
551
00:36:58,120 --> 00:36:59,200
No, but I've got
some long bolts.
552
00:36:59,320 --> 00:37:00,320
- We'll make it work.
- OK.
553
00:37:04,560 --> 00:37:08,559
To attach the suction hose
to the pump, Rick needs to move
554
00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:13,040
his 460 excavator dangerously
close to the water's edge.
555
00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:17,120
I don't know
what's underneath me.
556
00:37:17,240 --> 00:37:18,520
Is that thing a little
heavy for that?
557
00:37:22,960 --> 00:37:24,600
OK, all right,
right there.
558
00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:29,320
Now, if he goes down...
559
00:37:34,520 --> 00:37:35,840
Hey, hold on.
560
00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:48,600
Got it.
561
00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:00,320
- All right.
- All right.
562
00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:03,520
Pump connected,
563
00:38:03,640 --> 00:38:06,399
Rick is one step closer
564
00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:09,799
to getting gold
from Vegas Valley.
565
00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:11,159
All right, you want to fire
this thing up?
566
00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:12,239
OK.
567
00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:20,000
Oh, there she goes.
568
00:38:22,080 --> 00:38:23,080
Whoa!
569
00:38:28,040 --> 00:38:29,959
We are pumping water, boys!
570
00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:33,679
All this water's coming out
of Vegas Valley.
571
00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:35,160
Gets us that much closer
to the gold down there.
572
00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:36,760
[bleep] ready to see some.
573
00:38:39,280 --> 00:38:40,999
I'm nervous
about Lightning Creek.
574
00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:42,320
Hopefully it's got gold
in it for Troy.
575
00:38:43,560 --> 00:38:45,160
I'm relieved that
we're moving back here.
576
00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:46,759
We've got one last chance here
at Vegas Valley.
577
00:38:46,760 --> 00:38:48,159
We've got to treat it
like the last chance again.
578
00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:50,280
You know, we've got till
November on our extension,
579
00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:53,079
and we're going
to [bleep] scrape it clean,
580
00:38:53,080 --> 00:38:54,679
get everything we can
out of it.
581
00:38:54,680 --> 00:38:55,720
All the gold.
582
00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:08,799
What's going on?
583
00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:10,800
All eyes are
on Heather Folster to see
584
00:39:10,920 --> 00:39:13,080
if Lightning Creek's
last gold weigh
585
00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:15,719
will hit the 100 ounces
Rick needs
586
00:39:15,720 --> 00:39:17,279
to pay Troy Taylor.
587
00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:18,679
You want to give that a swirl?
588
00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:21,079
- That's the first to the first.
- That's a lot of gold.
589
00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:23,359
That's a lot better
than it was.
590
00:39:23,360 --> 00:39:26,560
It's another drop in the bucket
towards 1,800 ounces.
591
00:39:26,680 --> 00:39:28,319
It might get us to
where I can pay Troy.
592
00:39:28,320 --> 00:39:29,320
Eh oh!
593
00:39:44,520 --> 00:39:46,439
Well, Heather got done
cleaning up the gold
594
00:39:46,440 --> 00:39:49,080
from the last run
at Lightning Creek.
595
00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:52,200
We said, "It actually
looks pretty good."
596
00:39:52,320 --> 00:39:54,799
I can definitely tell...
597
00:39:54,800 --> 00:39:56,839
It was enough to justify
staying there for another run,
598
00:39:56,840 --> 00:40:00,240
so that's I'm happy about that.
599
00:40:00,360 --> 00:40:04,520
Rick Ness has hit pause
on his Lightning Creek claim
600
00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:08,399
to pursue Vegas Valley,
but he still needs to see it
601
00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:12,600
deliver good gold to prove
it's a viable spot.
602
00:40:12,720 --> 00:40:14,200
Based on the runtime,
603
00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:17,799
he's hoping for at least
50 ounces this week.
604
00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:19,240
Did the ground
looked any better?
605
00:40:19,360 --> 00:40:20,559
Lightning Creek
on this last run?
606
00:40:20,560 --> 00:40:22,479
Yeah, it definitely seemed
like a little bit better
607
00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:23,679
than like the normal stuff,
608
00:40:23,680 --> 00:40:26,000
like less bedrock,
more [bleep] pay, so.
609
00:40:26,120 --> 00:40:27,479
The boulders are getting
a little bigger.
610
00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:29,039
Yeah, yeah.
611
00:40:29,040 --> 00:40:31,439
So I take it the 700's dead?
612
00:40:31,440 --> 00:40:34,039
The 700, we thought
we pinpointed the problem.
613
00:40:34,040 --> 00:40:37,080
We saw it failed,
so I think we're in deeper.
614
00:40:37,200 --> 00:40:39,880
We're going to be
into a head or worse, so...
615
00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:44,200
that leaves basically
just the 750.
616
00:40:53,960 --> 00:40:55,039
Hey, Rick!
617
00:40:55,040 --> 00:40:56,840
- Hello.
- What's going on?
618
00:40:56,960 --> 00:40:58,600
Ah, you know,
all the best stuff.
619
00:41:00,520 --> 00:41:01,520
Got a bottle of gold, though.
620
00:41:03,840 --> 00:41:05,360
- Let's see
what we got, man.
- Yep.
621
00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:11,079
Last week, the Boulder Cut
only delivered 22 ounces.
622
00:41:11,080 --> 00:41:12,679
Here we go.
623
00:41:15,120 --> 00:41:16,720
One...
624
00:41:16,840 --> 00:41:17,880
5...
625
00:41:19,200 --> 00:41:22,559
12...
20...
626
00:41:22,560 --> 00:41:23,720
30...
627
00:41:25,360 --> 00:41:28,400
50...
628
00:41:28,520 --> 00:41:29,599
50.4.
629
00:41:29,600 --> 00:41:31,199
[bleep] yeah.
That's not bad.
630
00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:34,279
[bleep] yeah, that's way better
than the last two combined.
631
00:41:34,280 --> 00:41:35,880
- [bleep] right.
- You're moving
the right way.
632
00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:37,120
Yeah.
633
00:41:37,240 --> 00:41:39,840
It's Rick's best gold
weigh of the season
634
00:41:39,960 --> 00:41:42,759
and pushes his total
to 80 ounces,
635
00:41:42,760 --> 00:41:45,320
but leaves him 20 ounces short
636
00:41:45,440 --> 00:41:47,160
of what he owes Troy Taylor.
637
00:41:48,280 --> 00:41:51,760
I mean, at the end of the day,
that's damn near 150 grand.
638
00:41:52,880 --> 00:41:54,199
So, happy we stayed there,
639
00:41:54,200 --> 00:41:56,000
but we're going to be leaving
Lightning Creek.
640
00:41:56,120 --> 00:41:57,400
You know, we're leaving it
behind for the season.
641
00:41:57,520 --> 00:41:58,640
It's just going to have
to happen, right?
642
00:41:58,760 --> 00:41:59,960
Like, for
the foreseeable future.
643
00:42:00,080 --> 00:42:01,800
I mean, at least
the gold's there, though.
644
00:42:01,920 --> 00:42:03,079
Yeah, you're leaving it
on a high note.
645
00:42:03,080 --> 00:42:04,080
Exactly.
646
00:42:04,200 --> 00:42:05,680
We're leaving it
with a positive, and you know,
647
00:42:05,800 --> 00:42:07,879
we put some gold towards
our total, and we still have
648
00:42:07,880 --> 00:42:08,880
a long ways to go, but...
649
00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:11,239
You only need a little bit
more to pay off Troy.
650
00:42:11,240 --> 00:42:12,319
Yeah.
651
00:42:12,320 --> 00:42:14,080
But it's in the pile
at Vegas Valley.
652
00:42:14,200 --> 00:42:15,759
- We know that.
- [bleep] yeah, man.
653
00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:16,880
- Let's [bleep] do it.
- Awesome.
654
00:42:20,440 --> 00:42:22,559
Well, you know, we got
50 ounces of gold this week.
655
00:42:22,560 --> 00:42:24,719
It's a small dent in the total
we're trying to get,
656
00:42:24,720 --> 00:42:26,159
1,800 ounces, but that's why
657
00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:27,200
we're doing what we're going
to do, right?
658
00:42:27,320 --> 00:42:28,640
We're putting all of our--
659
00:42:28,760 --> 00:42:30,200
all of our resources
into Vegas Valley,
660
00:42:30,320 --> 00:42:32,600
because that's where
we know the gold is, you know.
661
00:42:32,720 --> 00:42:34,199
It sucks to leave
Lightning Creek.
662
00:42:34,200 --> 00:42:37,239
We're just getting to learn it,
and we got 50 ounces of gold
663
00:42:37,240 --> 00:42:38,200
out of it.
664
00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:39,679
But that's the name
of the game.
665
00:42:39,680 --> 00:42:41,040
You know where the gold is,
666
00:42:41,160 --> 00:42:43,240
and the gold's
in Vegas Valley this year.
667
00:42:52,080 --> 00:42:53,279
Hi, guys.
668
00:42:53,280 --> 00:42:54,360
- Hola.
- Hello.
669
00:43:01,800 --> 00:43:03,239
Well, she's still sluicing.
670
00:43:03,240 --> 00:43:04,600
How's it going
with the trommel?
671
00:43:04,720 --> 00:43:06,839
Slowly, because every time I
seem to take one step forward,
672
00:43:06,840 --> 00:43:08,040
I find three other things
I have to fix,
673
00:43:08,160 --> 00:43:09,480
so that's three
steps back.
674
00:43:11,200 --> 00:43:13,480
- Yeah.
- So how
are things here?
675
00:43:13,600 --> 00:43:16,720
We sluiced a bit, but not
as much as we like to.
676
00:43:16,840 --> 00:43:18,280
We had some electrical issues,
677
00:43:18,400 --> 00:43:19,680
so we had
to get an electrician.
678
00:43:19,800 --> 00:43:21,079
We had to wait for that.
679
00:43:21,080 --> 00:43:22,920
We can fix things,
but electricity is not
680
00:43:23,040 --> 00:43:24,119
our thing, so...
681
00:43:24,120 --> 00:43:26,320
How many days
did you really sluice?
682
00:43:26,440 --> 00:43:28,519
So we sluiced two days
and two nights.
683
00:43:28,520 --> 00:43:30,600
Still not
too bad, though.
684
00:43:33,040 --> 00:43:34,480
- Nope.
- Can we weigh it up?
685
00:43:35,920 --> 00:43:40,800
So far, Tony has averaged
330 ounces of gold per week
686
00:43:40,920 --> 00:43:43,000
from the Indian River.
687
00:43:44,400 --> 00:43:48,639
OK, it's 10, 20, 30, 40...
688
00:43:48,640 --> 00:43:52,680
50, 60, 70, 80, 90...
689
00:43:52,800 --> 00:43:56,560
100, 110, 120...
690
00:43:58,280 --> 00:44:01,279
121.10.
691
00:44:01,280 --> 00:44:04,719
Worth $420,000,
692
00:44:04,720 --> 00:44:07,999
but much less
than he could have gotten
693
00:44:08,000 --> 00:44:10,520
if they'd run all week.
694
00:44:14,120 --> 00:44:15,359
Ready to count, Mike?
695
00:44:15,360 --> 00:44:18,879
Mike's been sluicing old-timer
tailings at the hills,
696
00:44:18,880 --> 00:44:21,839
and it should deliver
50 ounces a week.
697
00:44:21,840 --> 00:44:23,319
Ten...
698
00:44:23,320 --> 00:44:25,239
20...
699
00:44:25,240 --> 00:44:26,600
36.88.
700
00:44:29,280 --> 00:44:30,480
Probably ran
about five days.
701
00:44:34,080 --> 00:44:35,160
No.
702
00:44:36,920 --> 00:44:42,359
Even though Mike's gold is
worth over $100,000, Tony wants
703
00:44:42,360 --> 00:44:47,199
a record-breaking season,
and that means Paradise Hill
704
00:44:47,200 --> 00:44:49,999
needs to deliver
much bigger hauls.
705
00:44:55,080 --> 00:44:56,880
That's--
Yeah, I agree.
706
00:44:57,000 --> 00:44:59,679
Then maybe you can start
bringing in some real gold.
707
00:44:59,680 --> 00:45:00,919
Ouch.
708
00:45:02,880 --> 00:45:06,360
No, it does, yeah.
Like, not rerun tailings.
709
00:45:11,920 --> 00:45:13,160
Sounds like a plan, dude.
710
00:45:15,680 --> 00:45:16,759
- Goodbye.
- OK.
711
00:45:16,760 --> 00:45:17,760
Bye.
712
00:45:23,200 --> 00:45:24,479
Those fires were impressive.
713
00:45:24,480 --> 00:45:26,480
Yeah, that was crazy.
It came out of nowhere.
714
00:45:26,600 --> 00:45:27,680
And all of a sudden,
it's like, "man,
715
00:45:27,800 --> 00:45:29,680
"it's really cloudy
this morning.
716
00:45:29,800 --> 00:45:31,520
Uh, that's not clouds,
that's smoke."
717
00:45:31,640 --> 00:45:33,040
It's smoky enough
around here, I'd skip
718
00:45:33,160 --> 00:45:34,639
my breakfast cigar.
719
00:45:37,000 --> 00:45:39,920
But yeah, and then we had,
even with all the fires giving
720
00:45:40,040 --> 00:45:43,000
us grief, we did manage to get
the last of it sluiced.
721
00:45:43,120 --> 00:45:45,119
You wanna see how you guys
finished up?
722
00:45:45,120 --> 00:45:46,320
Let's do it.
723
00:45:46,440 --> 00:45:50,159
Despite battling wildfires,
Mitch still managed to wash
724
00:45:50,160 --> 00:45:53,839
the last of the gold-rich
Sulphur pay, which last week
725
00:45:53,840 --> 00:45:56,280
delivered 302 ounces.
726
00:45:56,400 --> 00:45:58,279
That's the last of Sulphur?
727
00:45:58,280 --> 00:45:59,480
- Yes.
- Let's do it.
728
00:46:01,920 --> 00:46:04,839
All right, we got 50...
729
00:46:04,840 --> 00:46:06,360
100...
730
00:46:08,040 --> 00:46:09,680
150...
731
00:46:10,800 --> 00:46:12,480
200...
732
00:46:14,920 --> 00:46:17,959
221.2.
733
00:46:17,960 --> 00:46:20,520
Nice.
That's a solid, solid end.
734
00:46:20,640 --> 00:46:21,800
Yeah.
735
00:46:21,920 --> 00:46:24,400
Sulphur produced
over 1,300 ounces.
736
00:46:24,520 --> 00:46:25,559
- Nice.
- Quite impressive.
737
00:46:25,560 --> 00:46:26,639
Yeah.
738
00:46:26,640 --> 00:46:29,799
Next up, Parker's
Dominion Creek Gold.
739
00:46:29,800 --> 00:46:32,399
First, the Golden Mile Cut,
740
00:46:32,400 --> 00:46:34,840
which has averaged
200 ounces a week.
741
00:46:34,960 --> 00:46:37,279
20, 40...
742
00:46:37,280 --> 00:46:40,239
120, 140, 160...
743
00:46:40,240 --> 00:46:44,919
200, 230, 250...
744
00:46:44,920 --> 00:46:48,119
273.15.
745
00:46:48,120 --> 00:46:49,760
- Wow!
- Amazing, wow!
746
00:46:49,880 --> 00:46:51,959
- Sick.
- That was a good week.
747
00:46:51,960 --> 00:46:54,520
And then Bob has just been
chugging away.
748
00:46:54,640 --> 00:46:57,039
- Yeah.
- Old faithful.
749
00:46:57,040 --> 00:46:58,560
Bob in the Bridge Cut
750
00:46:58,680 --> 00:47:01,680
has averaged
160 ounces a week.
751
00:47:03,200 --> 00:47:06,039
20, 40, 80...
752
00:47:06,040 --> 00:47:08,040
100, 120...
753
00:47:08,160 --> 00:47:12,879
140, 160, 200, 212...
754
00:47:12,880 --> 00:47:16,280
216.15.
755
00:47:16,400 --> 00:47:18,919
- That's a good week.
- Super good.
756
00:47:18,920 --> 00:47:22,959
This week we have 710.5.
757
00:47:22,960 --> 00:47:25,920
We broke 700 ounces
in one week.
758
00:47:26,040 --> 00:47:30,239
Worth $2.5 million.
759
00:47:30,240 --> 00:47:34,920
The total for the season
is 4,251.7 ounces.
760
00:47:36,440 --> 00:47:38,879
We're definitely on track
for our 10,000.
761
00:47:38,880 --> 00:47:40,839
We're in good shape, you guys.
762
00:47:40,840 --> 00:47:42,239
- Keep it that way.
- Yeah.
763
00:47:42,240 --> 00:47:43,720
Hopefully
we'll make some more.
764
00:47:43,840 --> 00:47:45,319
- Let's do it.
- Thank you, guys.
765
00:47:45,320 --> 00:47:46,440
You bet.
766
00:47:46,560 --> 00:47:48,519
- You're good, Chris?
- Yep, I'm good.
767
00:47:48,520 --> 00:47:49,600
See you, dude.
768
00:47:50,760 --> 00:47:53,079
Well, it was so cool
to get Sulphur done.
769
00:47:53,080 --> 00:47:55,599
Great project there.
Produced a lot of gold.
770
00:47:55,600 --> 00:47:58,599
It was definitely a tricky move
there, but Roxanne is down
771
00:47:58,600 --> 00:48:00,520
on a whole bunch
of ground at Ken's.
772
00:48:00,640 --> 00:48:02,400
Excited to see
what it has to produce.
56989
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