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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:35,879 There are a lot of wildfires right now. 2 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:39,799 They've all been lit quite recently by lightning. 3 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:41,719 There's one that's maybe like three or four miles 4 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:42,760 from our camp... 5 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:47,040 which is... 6 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:49,800 a problem. 7 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:55,600 30-year-old Parker Schnabel is on a path to a record 8 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:58,679 $35 million season. 9 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:03,280 But intense wildfires could shut him down at any moment. 10 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:08,280 Holy [bleep]! 11 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:10,720 Oh, wow. Big fire. 12 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:13,560 Dude, that is a rager, huh? 13 00:01:19,960 --> 00:01:21,560 So right now, the film crew safety is telling us 14 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:23,040 that we have to get out of the truck. 15 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:29,599 You can feel the heat? 16 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:30,880 Really? 17 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:34,280 How come? 18 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:39,759 I just don't think this is a good idea to be 19 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:41,079 in this situation. 20 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:43,079 Obviously, you have a job to do, but the fact 21 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:45,120 that we can see it means it's not moving fast towards us. 22 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:46,360 If it was moving fast towards us, 23 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:48,120 this would be all black smoke where we're standing. 24 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:53,200 I'm just going to Sulphur. 25 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:54,800 Just gonna go check in with the boys. 26 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:58,000 Like, when you can't see it and all you can see is smoke is 27 00:01:58,120 --> 00:01:59,600 when it's really sketchy. 28 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:04,200 Let's go! Come on. 29 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:09,079 Over the last week, the Yukon has ignited 30 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:10,879 into an inferno. 31 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:13,359 Ninety three wildfires are raging... 32 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:19,480 ...covering an area of over 250,000 acres. 33 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:23,359 With a strong wind, they can travel 34 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:25,760 over 150 miles in a day. 35 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:28,799 There's one just two miles 36 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:31,880 from Parker's Dominion Creek operation 37 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:36,000 and another just one mile from his Sulphur Creek claim. 38 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:41,120 Right now, we have three plants running. 39 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:44,719 Dominion's going good, and things at Sulphur, 40 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:46,320 Mitch and Brennan are doing really well. 41 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:49,280 I really thought they were gonna be done at Sulphur sooner, 42 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:52,199 but, you know, one of those situations where I'm glad 43 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:54,600 it's lasted longer because the gold's been good. 44 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:55,919 You know, they've put away some 45 00:02:55,920 --> 00:02:58,839 pretty good ounces for the size of pit that they've done. 46 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:05,080 We're on a mission right now trying to get to this 10,000 47 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:07,999 ounce target, and it seems like things might heat up 48 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:09,799 a little bit on us here. 49 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:12,120 We got some fires burning just down the creek. 50 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:15,119 They're heading this way, but hopefully we can keep 51 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:16,400 everything motoring along here. 52 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:21,120 Mitch has been racing to pull out all of the pay 53 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:24,240 before the water license runs out in two weeks. 54 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:28,159 Any delays caused by an evacuation 55 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:32,360 could mean gold is left behind. 56 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:34,639 - How's it going? - Good, how are you? 57 00:03:34,640 --> 00:03:35,999 Not too bad. A little smoky. 58 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:37,680 Did you see the fire on the road? 59 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:38,999 It is raging. 60 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:41,040 And you could see, like, the line of fire. 61 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:42,479 It's pretty impressive. 62 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:43,839 I don't think it jumps the creek, though, 63 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:45,439 so I think you're fine. 64 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:47,320 Like, the worst thing that can happen is, like, 65 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:48,719 you know, the road's engulfed in flames. 66 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:50,760 Yeah... 67 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:51,919 'Kay. 68 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:54,560 I mean, as long as we got a way out. 69 00:03:56,920 --> 00:03:58,000 Yeah. 70 00:03:58,120 --> 00:03:59,959 I mean, as long as those fires don't get too close 71 00:03:59,960 --> 00:04:02,359 and cause us any grief, we should be sluiced 72 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:05,399 and moved out of here by the end of the week. 73 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:07,439 Let's just talk to Nona real quick. 74 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:09,239 If that fire, like... 75 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:11,439 I don't think it'll make it across Sulphur. 76 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:13,679 I-- It's very close. 77 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:15,400 Do you think it'll make it across the valley? 78 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:17,080 Yeah, there's a lot of trees around it. 79 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:18,600 But will this stuff burn? 80 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:23,079 Oh, yeah, with the heat like that, anything will burn. 81 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:31,919 The wind right now is giving it that direction, and it's burned 82 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:35,880 a lot since this morning. - So we should see if... 83 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:38,359 we can get a helicopter 84 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:40,599 if the road's engulfed in flames. 85 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:42,800 The helicopters are gonna be busy with the fires. 86 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:45,999 I don't know if you're gonna get like a helicopter 87 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:47,480 that's going to come in every day and do that. 88 00:04:52,280 --> 00:04:53,520 It'd be nice if there was some rain. 89 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:56,040 Yeah, we could use that for sure. 90 00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:57,960 This is such a bad time for me to leave. 91 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:05,199 I'll be gone for, like, five days. 92 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:06,399 OK. 93 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:07,919 I mean, you guys have a good handle on these things. 94 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:09,399 Like... 95 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:11,399 you'll probably be moved out of here by then. 96 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:14,159 But we've got all the pay that's at the plant right now, 97 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:16,199 so it's just a matter of getting that sluiced. 98 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:18,199 Brennan can head down to Ken's 99 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:19,599 and start getting things sorted out there. 100 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:21,040 We'll get this finished and pack it up 101 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:23,439 and roll it down. - OK, sweet. 102 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:25,720 Mitch and his crew need to finish sluicing 103 00:05:25,840 --> 00:05:30,159 all the stockpiled pay before the fires reach Sulphur 104 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:32,760 and then move washplant Roxanne 105 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:37,319 25 miles to Ken and Stuart's at Indian River 106 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:41,720 and get running before Parker's return in five days. 107 00:05:41,840 --> 00:05:43,000 What we're seeing right now is-- 108 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:44,559 it's not just one fire we got burning. 109 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:47,160 Everywhere you look here, when the smoke does clear up, 110 00:05:47,280 --> 00:05:48,960 there's fires all around us. 111 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:51,079 All it takes is the wind to change direction, 112 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:53,800 so not ideal by any means. 113 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:56,599 I'm hoping that by the time I'm back, 114 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:59,080 they'll have the plant down at Ken and Stuart's 115 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:01,760 and hope the place hasn't burned to the ground... 116 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:05,240 which not too often do I mean that literally. 117 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:08,080 Despite the fires two miles away, King of the Klondike, 118 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:11,920 Tony Beets, is working relentlessly to cash in 119 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:14,520 on red-hot gold prices 120 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:20,159 and has already banked over $9.5 million in gold, 121 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:22,080 nearly half his season gold. 122 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:10,080 Tony's built a massive stockpile of paydirt 123 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:13,919 beside his only moneymaker at Indian River... 124 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:15,639 Sluice-A-Lot. 125 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:33,199 Operator Eric Morel 126 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:37,239 feeds 250 yards of stockpiled pay an hour 127 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:38,400 through Sluice-A-Lot. 128 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:26,719 If you look in this box, 129 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:30,119 some of the wiring is burnt right up. 130 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:32,359 But as soon as you take the cover off, you can smell it, 131 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:34,919 and it just smelt like it was trying to light on fire. 132 00:09:34,920 --> 00:09:35,959 Well, yeah, it makes sense. 133 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:37,120 Like, that motor's always vibrating all day. 134 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:45,400 So, one of the main wires is burnt. 135 00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:48,400 Like, the motor's out. 136 00:09:51,680 --> 00:09:52,839 Yeah. 137 00:09:57,600 --> 00:09:59,960 Sluice-A-Lot shaker decks vibrate 138 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:03,279 to separate waste dirt from the gold. 139 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:06,600 A single 40-horsepower drive motor turns 140 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:09,959 the plant's pulley system that shakes the decks, 141 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:15,000 but its electrical wiring has worn through and caused a fire. 142 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:19,399 Conor and Jacob need to remove the old 600-pound motor 143 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:21,239 and replace it with a new one, 144 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:25,040 then start the plant up and get back on the gold. 145 00:10:28,680 --> 00:10:31,679 Every hour Sluice-A-Lot is down 146 00:10:31,680 --> 00:10:35,160 is costing Tony $8,000. 147 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:05,360 So pulley's on, ready to [bleep] get 148 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:07,479 this thing up and landed. 149 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:22,560 Good, just getting the guard on there 150 00:11:22,680 --> 00:11:23,799 and fire it up. 151 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:30,840 After five hours, Sluice-A-Lot is ready to fire up again. 152 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:18,120 What's that? 153 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:21,120 Yeah, I know. 154 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:28,600 Tony's only Indian River moneymaker, Sluice-A-Lot, 155 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:31,720 has been fitted with a new shaker deck motor, 156 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:35,199 but the plant has mysteriously ground to a halt. 157 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:38,559 Oh, this is starting to go too far 158 00:12:38,560 --> 00:12:40,400 into electrician [bleep] space. 159 00:12:53,960 --> 00:12:57,560 Tony has lost $40,000 and counting 160 00:12:57,680 --> 00:12:59,080 in gold production. 161 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:42,960 I put a ton of money into this ground down 162 00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:44,400 at Lightning Creek, 163 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:46,640 and I've got to get that money back out of it. 164 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:52,480 In the mountains above Keno City, far from the fires, 165 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:56,039 Rick Ness has a big decision to make. 166 00:13:56,040 --> 00:13:58,039 For six weeks, he's been working 167 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:00,520 his new Lightning Creek claim, 168 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:02,880 but the gold has been hard to find, 169 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:05,160 banking him only 29 ounces. 170 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:10,799 Days ago, he got access to his Vegas Valley claim 171 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:12,000 on Duncan Creek. 172 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:14,400 At the beginning of the season, 173 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:16,599 we didn't have a water license on Vegas Valley, 174 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:19,159 but now we've got an extension on that, too. 175 00:14:19,160 --> 00:14:21,280 But I can't just abandon Lightning Creek. 176 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:24,239 That's a lot of money wrapped up in that, and I know there's 177 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:26,800 gold there, and I got to figure out how to get it out. 178 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:30,639 Rick wants to try to make this profitable. 179 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:34,520 He bought the land, but at the end of the day, 180 00:14:34,640 --> 00:14:36,559 you know, we should all be at Vegas Valley. 181 00:14:36,560 --> 00:14:39,080 There's good gold there, and so far here, 182 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:41,360 it's not turning out the best. 183 00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:46,400 Rick's crew can't comprehend why he doesn't just leave 184 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:50,439 Lightning Creek and move back to Vegas Valley, where there's 185 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:54,799 a pile of paydirt with upwards of 400 ounces in it, 186 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:57,480 and a cut full of gold-rich pay. 187 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:01,039 We need to get down there to Vegas Valley, 188 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:02,119 get that better gold, 189 00:15:02,120 --> 00:15:04,040 because this is not having it at the moment. 190 00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:07,480 You know, this is... 191 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:10,559 record-setting gold prices right now. 192 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:14,920 At this point, we're gonna be setting record gold lows 193 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:16,999 on the Ness crew. 194 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:18,280 The fact of the matter is that... 195 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:21,240 I still owe Troy 100 ounces of gold 196 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:22,760 to buy Lightning Creek. 197 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:28,640 To get the gold he needs, 198 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:31,679 Rick's decided to split his crew. 199 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:33,399 We've got, you know, several things that need 200 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:34,839 to happen before we can even get going here. 201 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:36,920 You know, we've got to get a pump into Vegas Valley, 202 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:39,320 get that dewatering first hand, not to mention we've got 203 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:41,320 a bunch of fixes to do on Monster Red yet. 204 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:44,719 There's a fair amount to be done, but we just gotta buckle 205 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:47,520 down and get it done. We need the 700 to work. 206 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:49,159 It's the only way we're gonna be able to keep 207 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:50,560 both things going. 208 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:55,160 The 700 excavator is Rick's only free piece of equipment, 209 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:57,960 and getting it ready is critical to his plan. 210 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:01,040 Rick wants me to do a little look over on this, 211 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:02,399 make sure it's greased up. 212 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:04,079 We can see that the tracks never got shoveled at the end 213 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:05,800 of last year, so that's fun. 214 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:09,840 But yeah, we'll jump up, check fluids, get it fired up. 215 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:15,320 You know, I've got a lack of people, a lack of machines 216 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:17,480 to do it, but I'm gonna have to figure something out 217 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:20,360 because I think this year is the year 218 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:21,480 to go for broke, you know. 219 00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:30,160 Hey, any chance you can come over to 700? 220 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:34,679 Got a... Got a pretty big issue. 221 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:47,280 What are we dealing with? 222 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:51,519 So we've got a problem. This should be coolant. 223 00:16:51,520 --> 00:16:52,759 This should be all you see. 224 00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:53,999 And right now, I've got 225 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:57,360 a mixture of oil and coolant, and that's a big problem. 226 00:16:57,480 --> 00:16:59,160 Basically, if there's a crack in that head gasket, 227 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:01,040 the 700's dead. 228 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:07,480 The 700's 460-horsepower engine won't fire up. 229 00:17:08,760 --> 00:17:13,079 Ryan suspects the head gasket that provides an airtight seal 230 00:17:13,080 --> 00:17:14,639 between the cylinder head 231 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:16,360 and the engine block has broken, 232 00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:20,480 allowing oil and coolant to mix together, 233 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:23,400 causing the engine to stop working. 234 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:27,199 With potential damage to the cylinders, 235 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:30,160 the whole engine needs a total rebuild. 236 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:35,800 Yeah, that mess right there tells me everything. 237 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:41,599 I mean, I've been worried about getting fuel 238 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:43,000 and food up here because of these wildfires. 239 00:17:43,120 --> 00:17:44,999 I mean, how are we gonna get an engine or anything? 240 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:46,040 Yeah. 241 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:52,920 Ah, yeah. 242 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:54,560 I might as well take this out of the picture. 243 00:17:54,680 --> 00:17:56,080 - I think so. - Completely, right? 244 00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:58,919 Rick's plans to slowly prep Vegas Valley 245 00:17:58,920 --> 00:18:00,920 are already in ruins. 246 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:04,360 If he takes any more equipment from Lightning Creek, 247 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:06,480 he won't be able to continue mining. 248 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:10,799 So it kind of puts you in a predicament. 249 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:12,399 - Yeah. - I know you're bringing gold in, 250 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:14,559 but that's not going to hit 1,800 ounces. 251 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:17,399 Dude, we've seen just the tip of what's in Vegas Valley. 252 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:18,880 We know what's there. 253 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:20,840 1,800 ounces isn't going to come from Lightning Creek. 254 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:22,040 It's going to come from Vegas. 255 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:23,519 And I think we got to get over there 256 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:24,880 and get the [bleep] going. 257 00:18:28,560 --> 00:18:30,519 I mean, there's a lot of [bleep] that needs to be done. 258 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:32,960 And if we got all hands on deck down here, 259 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:34,519 that's not going to get done. 260 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:36,200 Well, I mean, yeah, I get it. 261 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:38,200 I get where you're coming from. I see it. 262 00:18:38,320 --> 00:18:39,399 But I'm not willing to just 263 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:41,240 abandon Lightning Creek or getting gold. 264 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:44,559 I don't like being that guy that's like, "Hey, you need 265 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:46,440 to do your business like this," because you're obviously, 266 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:47,640 you know what the [bleep] you're doing. 267 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:49,639 You've made it this long. You've done it this far. 268 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:51,440 But it's like... At some point, 269 00:18:51,560 --> 00:18:53,279 I've got to think about [bleep] at home, too, 270 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:56,079 where it's like-- you know, we come up here and it's... 271 00:18:56,080 --> 00:18:57,919 If we don't do good here, I fail at home. 272 00:18:57,920 --> 00:18:59,040 Yeah. 273 00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:02,200 So everything rides on kind of your shoulders, honestly. 274 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:05,400 Dude, we got to make the move. 275 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:08,000 I... 276 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:11,200 I'm not just going to shut down Lightning Creek. 277 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:13,559 I want to sluice there a bit longer, just a couple more days, 278 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:15,160 and I just want to see what's going on there. - Yeah. 279 00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:16,600 I want to see if it's going to pay out. 280 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:18,159 Then we can move to Vegas Valley. 281 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:20,399 OK. 282 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:24,080 By sluicing, for a couple more days at Lightning Creek, 283 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:28,039 Rick will discover how good the gold is and maybe score 284 00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:30,560 enough to pay for the ground outright. 285 00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:09,360 You know, you look at the weather today and the rain 286 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:11,320 coming down, it's really helped us out. 287 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:15,080 After a night and day of rainfall, 288 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:17,520 the wildfires are out. 289 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:22,480 It looks like we've got about two more scoops of material here 290 00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:24,680 at Sulphur to go through Roxanne. 291 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:27,720 We're gonna get this washplant shut down, cleaned up, 292 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:31,320 packed up, and on the road down to Ken's, and hopefully 293 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:33,960 we've got her fired back up here before Parker shows up. 294 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:40,039 Now, Mitch is racing to finish sluicing Sulphur, 295 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:43,640 reclaim the land, then move washplant Roxanne 296 00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:46,160 to Ken and Stuart's at Indian River. 297 00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:54,239 All right, Mitch, that's it. Last scoop here at Roxanne. 298 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:58,759 Yeah, sounds good, boss. 299 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:08,080 Mitch's crew work quickly to clean out the sluices. 300 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:13,959 So here at Sulphur, the last cleanup, we've had 301 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:16,839 a lot of gold coming out of this ground, so it's been 302 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:18,520 a huge success. 303 00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:21,000 Next, 304 00:21:21,120 --> 00:21:25,840 they pack down Roxanne and get her ready to travel 25 miles 305 00:21:25,960 --> 00:21:27,200 down to Ken and Stuart's. 306 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:32,319 - You ready for this, buddy? - Yeah, man. 307 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:33,319 It's been a while since 308 00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:35,359 you moved to washplant. - [bleep] yeah. 309 00:21:35,360 --> 00:21:38,400 Well, this one's pretty good as far as moving the shaker deck, 310 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:40,719 but the biggest problem here is the sluice runs. 311 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:41,720 They're so wide. 312 00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:45,360 So right now, I'm going to send 313 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:47,120 Jack with the shaker deck first. 314 00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:52,839 We'll grab the sluice runs, and get them down there. 315 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:54,040 - OK. - Then we can put everything together. 316 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:58,519 Roxanne is transported in two loads. 317 00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:01,640 The shaker deck goes first on the back of a lowboy. 318 00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:07,759 Mitch hauls the oversized sluice runs in a second truck, 319 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:10,600 and Brennan goes ahead in the pilot car. 320 00:22:13,120 --> 00:22:14,920 All right, here we go! 321 00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:17,839 They're going to see us rolling with this one, that's for sure. 322 00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:29,040 You can see just how narrow this is. 323 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:31,919 We're already rubbing the trees here with the sluice runs. 324 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:36,920 So, this is the million dollar question here is if those 325 00:22:37,040 --> 00:22:39,960 sluice runs are gonna clear that bridge 326 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:41,640 without having to jack them way up. 327 00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:44,240 I was wondering about that. 328 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:49,759 So, the bridge is going to be one of our big pinch points. 329 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:52,160 I think it's going to be tight now. 330 00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:53,400 We measured it up. 331 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:55,199 Looks like we should have a half inch of clearance, 332 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:57,680 but we won't know until we get there, but we're going 333 00:22:57,800 --> 00:22:59,040 to find out here real soon. 334 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:02,879 The 27 foot wide sluice boxes 335 00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:05,279 need to pass across a bridge 336 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:09,440 with a width restriction of just 21 feet. 337 00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:11,080 To get the load across, 338 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:13,520 the outside edges of the sluice runs 339 00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:16,200 need to be above the bridge structure. 340 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:20,800 I'm going to keep creeping it ahead, but you're going to need 341 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:23,919 to be down here eyeballing it and tell me when to stop 342 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:25,799 if it's going to get [bleep], right? - Yeah. 343 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:27,759 I mean, the worst case scenario here, dude, 344 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:29,400 is we give this thing a try and we get out here 345 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. 350 00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:42,480 The sluice runs have a clearance of just 351 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:44,959 half an inch above the bridge railings. 352 00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:54,560 Keep coming, buddy! 353 00:23:58,040 --> 00:23:59,880 Oh man, it's almost dragging. 354 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. 358 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:27,799 You couldn't have put your fingers between where we had, 359 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:29,719 you know, the top of that bridge and the bottom 360 00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:30,840 of these sluice runs here. 361 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:36,199 There it is! 362 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:41,400 We've made it into the cut! 363 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:45,839 Whoo! 364 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:48,760 There it is! 365 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:53,320 Over the past eight years, Parker's leased ground 366 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:54,960 at Ken and Stuart's 367 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:58,559 has delivered nearly 7,000 ounces of gold. 368 00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:02,560 This season, he wants at least another 2,000 ounces 369 00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:03,920 from the claims. 370 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 373 00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:24,520 to lose, and, you know, it's very hard to lease ground, 374 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:26,520 particularly not when the price of gold's really good. 375 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:32,319 So I'm just heading to see Mitch and Brennan 376 00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:34,120 and see what they've got going on. 377 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. 391 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 413 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 466 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, 490 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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