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I told you to stop waking me up without your pants on. Yeah, well, I don't need

pants to wake your ass up. Yeah,

you have to put your pants on. Dude, listen, I wear pants all day.

This is my only time I don't have to wear them.

Why is your button?

Because I was sleeping.

Too early for this.

On this gold rush, Rick and his crew push their equipment to the

limit in Vegas Valley.

I love my tailgate.

Hit an unexpected pot of gold.

Look at that.

Great. Best Peter I've ever seen.

And an old -timer's tail.

You had gold all over the place. All different sizes.

Could be a boomer year for you.

Sends Rick on a midnight mission to stake gold -rich ground.

Dude, what the?

Someone else is here.

So you just better be ready to fight.

You can grab food and then sit.

Morning, kid.

Morning, kid.

Morning. Do I get one?

No. I was talking from Jason.

Well, then maybe.

Good morning.

And put some pants on.

Thanks for wearing your Sunday best, Ryan.

Yeah. Morning, Rick. Morning.

What are we eating?

Sausage? Yeah.

I did not make that much sausage because this is not usually a sausage party.

That's why I got two of them.

One is never enough.

Rick's crew are fueling up for another big day stripping overburden in the

Valley Extension.

I thought you were off. Yeah, you said you were off. No, look, I'm doing a

little. Oh, yeah.

Yeah, that's a little, man, yeah.

I'll judge how he eats breakfast.

Ooh,

eating light.

I think we're covering all of our bases, but we've got a lot of dirt to move.

Ready for a hard day, Adder?

You guys.

Get out there and start cleaning some dirt. We've got a lot of overburden to

move, so.

All right, let's get it started.

Perfect. Thank you.

Ryan, you've got to put some pants on.

On it.

I've got to be out there all day, so a little trick I've been doing for years.

Meet the bag.

Bag it up.

Put it in your pocket.

Call it pocket meat.

Best lunch there is.

Thanks, Heather.

You're welcome.

There's no gold coming in right now for us this part of the season, and really

we're just hauling a ton of overburn right now, and that's costing a lot of

money. The money's flying out the door, and there's no gold coming in.

My job today is to get ahead of things.

I'm going to build a road.

The crew and I are going to go stake a claim.

Today's going to be a big one.

This season has been a rough one. We haven't really got much gold.

We're going to be hauling over for quite a while. We've been spending a lot of

money.

The dump site has been a little far, but still making good progress.

Rick is gambling everything he has on a big payday.

After spending $700 ,000 buying Lightning Creek, Rick's been granted a

-month extension.

on their Duncan Creek water license.

So Rick has pivoted back to the gold -rich ground.

To get down to pay dirt, they have to strip Overburden around the clock at a

cost of $10 ,000 a day.

It's a key part of mining, having decent roads.

The worse the roads are, the worse speeding the truck's going to take, and

body takes the same one.

Road conditions, it's a rough road.

A rock truck's not that terrible if the roads are smooth, but some of these

bigger bumps, you kick the shit out of your body after a day of driving on this

stuff.

I lose my tailgate.

Oh, my tailgate is starting to fall off.

Oh, Rick's going to be so mad at me.

Without a tailgate, the rock trucks can only carry two -thirds of their 40 -ton

load, costing them valuable stripping time.

Now, most of Rick's team has to drop what they're doing.

to help with a quick fix.

When these trucks are empty, the tailgates are banging up and down, and

just blowing the bearings out.

You do the best you can on your maintenance. You change everything you

sometimes there's hidden things that you can't see.

I'm just hoping the rest of the season that these trucks we have remaining are

going to be able to make it.

It's going to be good to go.

It's a big, big problem.

We're going to have to come up with plan B.

We've been having a lot of rock truck breakdowns, but we've got to get past

that. I think I've got a way to make things go a little faster.

To make his operation more efficient, Rick wants to resurface the road to keep

his rock trucks rolling and his crew in the game to hit their 1 ,800 -ounce

season goal.

This is the kind of thing I look out for.

We're moving a bunch of overburden. It's looking like really good gravel, and I

was thinking of a purpose for it. You know, there's no gold in it. We've got

move it. How do we make it paint?

So instead of dumping that gravel in the overburden pile, I think I'm going to

have these guys start, you know, dumping it. Hey,

guys, quit dumping that overburden gravel in the waste pile. I'm going to

you a different spot we can put it.

No problem.

We're moving dirt intelligently, which is kind of the name of the game. I was

proud early on that. Moving dirt once is expensive, and moving it twice is

unforgivable.

We've got Rick working on roads, so that should speed things right up and should

be able to get down to pay a lot sooner.

Definitely taking the time to do it right so that it laughs.

You know, it actually helps us speed it up, too, because right now we would be

dumping this overburden in our waste pile. It's actually farther than if we

picking this road with it.

There's always a point in the season where I'm nervous about everything, and

that's because we've spent a lot of money and we still have a lot of gold to

to recoup that money.

If anything happens between now and the end of the season and it doesn't work

out, then I lost all my money and, you know, likely lost my business. So that's

definitely something to be nervous about.

There's a lot of pressure of trying to reach 1800.

A lot of work and a lot of pressure on him.

We don't really fully know if this area is going to be a really good goal or

not. For us, it would be one step ahead at all times, making sure we have a

good, solid plan of every step that we're doing here and have everything

to go once we hit bed.

I shouldn't try a lot of other things other than mining.

You know, I spent a lot of my life playing music. I mean, I made my living

playing music.

And I've got to be honest with you, I haven't really picked up my instrument

probably 14 years.

When I think about it, that's that. You know, that was a big part of my life.

It's a sacrifice.

Rick toured the world as a musician, but gave up his rock and roll lifestyle

after a chance encounter with a young gold miner.

For 13 years, Rick has been chasing his gold mining dreams in the remote

Yukon wilderness.

I've gone up here a lot, and I don't see people a lot, and that's the hope is

that, you know, when I get this done, I get all that time back.

That's the whole reason I'm doing it.

I'll be able to get back to music. I can do a little more racing.

I can spend a little more time with my friends and my family that I'm missing

out on right now.

Well, this road's pretty much roughed in. Now we've got straight access, and

that should help us a lot.

Coming up... Three, two, one, go!

Rick and his crew celebrate the resurrection of Monster Red.

And find an unexpected gold hole.

Best painter I've ever seen.

Well, now I'm heading down to Montserrat.

We're rebuilding the pre -wash, working on the top deck.

Basically just making sure that our wash plant is ready to go when you need it.

Rick's crew are battling to get down to gold in Vegas Valley.

And once they hit pay, we'll need his 300 -yard -per -hour wash plant, Monster

Red, firing on old cylinders.

Oh, I'm just going to lift the pre -wash off the plant here because it's got

some damage.

We don't do it now. Something will end up happening while we're trying to run

the end of the season. We don't have time for that.

Rick has spent $18 ,000 on parts to reline

the pre -wash and replace Monster Red's screen deck.

Right now, I am going to replace all these screen decks on the shaker. They

taken serious abuse, and I'm not one that likes to just sit around.

So this is a perfect opportunity for me to get over here and start knocking out

all these screen decks.

and try to stay ahead of the game.

Monster Red is fed pay dirt into its pre -wash, where it then filters through

two screen decks before the gold -rich slurry travels into the sluice box where

the precious metal is caught.

Over time, large rocks have smashed through the top deck.

Ryan is replacing all of Monster Red's damaged screen panels in preparation for

Vegas Valley Gold.

And this whole deck will actually be brand new for one.

With the top deck replaced, Ryan gets to work swapping out the rubber impact

panels in the pre -wash.

I want to remove a couple sections here.

See how damaged the floor of our pre -wash is before we put our new pads back

in.

What in the is in there?

Oh, look right here.

Check this out.

All the gold is layered, and you can see the black sand in here. That's going to

be your heavies.

And I bet you this whole place right here is just jam -packed full of this

It's pretty wild.

It's just years of buildup and abuse. Gold is always going to find the lowest

point. and this was the lowest point underneath these mats.

Oh, you're being extra careful. I got a tarp.

It actually looks pretty good, man. There's quite a bit of gold I can see in

this. Really? Oh, yeah. I mean, I don't know how long it's been in there, but

it's pretty damn good.

That rubber's never been out of that pre -wash, so it's as old as the plan. It's

probably 10 years old.

No, that's like a little bonus here. I mean, it's pretty wild to see this much.

Substantial? I honestly think it would be cool to pan some and kind of see what

you think.

Whenever there's dirt trapped in a plant, you never just dump it out.

If you think about it, that's a low point right there, and it's been

for 10 years.

Yeah, well, I'm going to put some water in it and see what I can get out of it

right now.

Look at that.

Look at all through here.

All these places in here. Look at that.

Look at that.

That's great.

That's wild.

That whole five -gallon bucket's full, and I just started filling the second

one.

Dude,

we've got to disassemble this plant more often.

Best painter I've ever seen.

Going to add up.

Dude, we'll probably get more gold out of this pre -wash than we did out of

Lightning Creek.

I think this is a good shot at paying that for that top deck. That'd be pretty

cool. What does it need to be, about six ounces?

Eighteen. Oh, yeah.

Eighteen grand? Yeah, six ounces.

That'd be amazing.

Dude, this looks great. Do you want to grab those two pads?

Oh, yeah. I'll run the bolts through, and if you can zip them down.

Dude, it's crazy how well these things take abuse compared to steel, huh? I'm

impressed.

Let's just go ahead and put the next one in real quick. Yeah, let's do it.

There's a gun.

Let me get on it.

Yep. All right. Yep.

Okay, other one. All right. Yep.

Good. That's the pre -walk done, eh? Yeah.

That's way better, man. This thing was looking to fall apart at any minute, and

now it's good to go to war.

All right, let's hook it.

I've learned that the right crew means everything, and it's taken me eight

to put the right crew together.

Try to go over some more.

Am I going to clear if I just turn?

Keep turning.

I like the distance now.

When you go to fix one thing, there's always going to be other things you find

while you're up there. Ryan will not rest until every single thing is fixed.

there's less of a chance of things failing in the future when he's

like that. It keeps downtime to a minimum, which keeps the gold at a

A little bit more.

Farther over?

Yep.

Oh, there it is.

We're really hoping that all the gold we found in this pre -wash is going to pay

for this top deck. It actually might turn out to be a pretty sweet day.

Come check out your screen deck.

Oh, it's a brand new plant.

Yeah, this looks amazing.

Yeah, this deck, as beautiful as it is, costs $18 ,000.

But this thing looks great.

You guys did a great job.

Should be ready for the rest of the season and beyond.

Okay, let's go.

This pre -wash was pretty much ready to fall apart, and by fixing it while it's

not running, right, if we would have waited until it broke, you know, that

have cost us downtime.

So doing it this way is just part of looking ahead and being a good mind

Well, it's what we did this morning. Now I can pull enough gold out of here to

pay for that top deck in the plant. I mean, that's what makes for a hell of a

day.

Rick heads to the gold room.

with a surprise stash of concentrate from the pre -wash.

He's hoping the two five -gallon buckets hold enough gold to pay for Monster

Red's $18 ,000 repair.

Two buckets worth of concentrate to run, so... Buckets are really heavy, too.

Lots of gold in them, I can tell.

I'm going to get water going here.

All right, let's go.

I just hit it with water and it'll wash all the dirt to the screen and just

leave the rocks on top.

To be a successful mine boss out here, you've got to be able to, you've got to

know how to do all the jobs for sure.

And the only way you can do that really is just by doing it.

It's really better off starting at the bottom, not knowing anything and

your way through the ranks.

So much what I did over at Parker's.

A new appreciation for you standing out here doing this.

I hate guessing just as much as you do on cleanups, but I think there's going

be a lot of gold in it. So kind of hoping that it pays for the top deck

on the wash plan. So maybe like $20 ,000. All right. Well, I will get

And I feel like Ryan could probably use some help.

Yeah, he definitely could. Probably be more useful elsewhere. And you could

probably do a lot better job at this.

Okay. You can go do the heavy lifting.

All right.

Thanks, Heather.

Rick is a helpful boss.

At least he screens some of it for me.

Being a good mind boss is knowing how to do every job and knowing how to tell

the right person to do that job.

I'm out of here.

I have no clue.

When I'm going to finally be able to haul payout. Trying to get most of this

overburden off.

But who knows when we're going to have payout.

To maximize stripping time, Rick's crew are working 14 -hour shifts.

These boys, they're moving along pretty good right now, especially with these

long days.

Pushing for these very long days right now.

Hard on everyone, but...

We all want to pull through and get down to pay as quickly as we can and have as

much losing time as we can get.

Just trying to come up with an easy handheld meal so the guys can keep

through supper.

I'll try and make it easier on all of us with some easy -to -eat -while -driving

little chicken wraps.

Those ones got a little darker than the rookies can have the burnt ones.

I usually try and go a little fancier, but I don't want them making messes in

the rock truck.

Oh, it's sunny.

I have yours and Bailey's, so you have to feed Bailey.

Throw that over.

They're the ones that have to drive in circles all day, so I feel sorry for

them.

I got like 20 seconds to eat in between loading.

Yeah, half their meal is going to be on the floor while I'm enjoying mine nice

and peacefully here.

Got a beautiful view.

It's actually a good day.

Last load.

I can't wait to get out of this rock truck.

Finally, last load of the day.

What a day.

I can't wait to get my shower yee -haw.

Hey, guys. What are you doing?

I'm eating by the plant.

All right, sounds good. The crew's 14 -hour shift is over, but they still...

have one last job to do.

We just put a brand new top deck in the screen deck. Not often we do that. We

might as well test it.

With no pater to run, Rick has a one -of -a -kind way to test his rebuilt wash

plant.

And we're actually going to have a race to see whose rock gets from the feeder

all the way through the plant and out the other end first.

A round rock is going to go through the screen deck real fast, but it's not

going to get up the conveyor belt. It's going to sit there and spin.

So a flat rock is better for the belt, but slower on the screen.

You get the idea. You got to kind of come up with something in between.

Rock. We're going to have a race.

Now, Bailey, if you want to load them in. Yep. Right. You see who comes out to

hopper first.

Commentate us all the way up the belt. Oh, I got a microphone. There you go.

Bingo. We're going to find out what scoots through the plant the fastest.

I think we got a good mix here. Should we get some rocks in this plant, see who

wins? Do it.

Maybe a little science in there. Maybe we'll learn something.

This is the moment everybody's been waiting for.

The first annual Rick Rock Race.

Let's get this action started.

Three, two, one, go!

There we go, and that's the signal.

Yeah, our lead operator getting ready to drop in our special cargo.

There we go!

And the race begins!

Come on, Heather Rock.

To test his $18 ,000 refurbishment, Rick and his crew are sending rocks through

Monster Red to see whose will come out first.

Here we go.

Oh, Kyle out to an early lead, but he's rolling.

And he's just rolling backwards.

It's not going to work.

There goes Jason. Oh, Jason's off to a clear lead.

Here goes Rick. Rick's rolling.

Oh, Jason.

Kyle's catching up.

So is Rick.

Why is mine way in the back?

Look at that. That's hilarious.

Uh -oh, Heather's coming up.

High stakes, high stakes.

Oh, there goes Kyle.

Bailey, Kyle, Kai, Rick.

Everybody's winning except for Ryan.

This is terrible.

Kyle finds that movement. Kyle's going backward.

Everybody's going backward.

Who's that in the front?

Or is that Heather?

I think it might be Heather.

Shoot!

Heather won!

Yes! It's me!

I'm in second place!

Oh!

What is going on here?

All right, good move.

Congratulations, Heather. Congratulations.

Yes!

Well, Heather's won.

What was it about your rock that made it stand out?

It goes, like, to the right amount of square and round.

Thank you!

Yes!

Oh, come on in. You're here to see why I'm up? That's work -related.

After a day of building roads and repairing Monster Red, Rick turns his

attention to expanding his gold -mining empire.

I've been watching this plane basically all season.

It's actually a little wedge that's between some ground that I have.

Well, this spot that we're going for, that's what that looks like. I know

this area because of an OG, real old -timer.

Mel Zeiler was a cool guy.

It's a pretty important piece of ground to me. It has gold on it, and we're

going to go get it.

I know this little creek here, it's just shocking how much gold lay in there.

Over 40 years, with limited equipment, Mel Zeiler mined thousands of ounces

of gold from Duncan Creek.

Before he passed away, Mel told Rick about a secret gold -rich hot spot.

You just want to have it. It pays to pay attention to it. That's a good point.

What I know about the lower part, there was something going on with that.

This little spot just got me excited.

I did go up there one time when there were some guys mining on the lower part.

And they set up a little hand machine. They're impressed by the little amount

gold they get with a hand shovel.

I don't think that they understood the creek.

They don't realize how much gold was in there. They couldn't get it out. I don't

think they had big enough equipment to really do justice on it, you know. I

should try and see if I can find where the gold is. That's right, yeah. I'm

trying to give you helpful hints.

Well, I really appreciate all the information.

Hope to see you again. Thanks again, Mel. You're welcome.

Since his last encounter with Mel Zeiler, Rick has waited six years for

chance to secure the claim.

Rick mined the ground beside it, and he's convinced it holds millions of

worth of gold.

This stuff is definitely something to keep an eye on. I knew that this was

to expire, and that's why I've been watching it. When it is becoming

it changes status, and I know that status changes. When it happens, it's

it's a score.

And now that ground is no longer mineral rhizome. It's basically open to

anybody. We've got a substantial amount of ground here.

A couple of jackasses have said, oh, you're trying to be the king of Keno.

I'm not doing it to rule the people or impress anybody.

I am trying to get every piece of ground that I can. I am trying to build it as

big as I can. We're doing this the way that the old -timers did at the

beginning. We're going to go pound states and claim this ground.

The worst -case scenario, some other crazy are out there trying to beat us to

it. It's happened. It happens all the time. I mean, it especially happened

in the day.

In the 1800s, Gold prospecting exploded across North America.

To minimize violent frontier disputes, the Canadian government devised a system

for claiming ground by placing wooden boundary markers to register ownership.

This process of staking claims was used during the Yukon Gold Rush of 1896.

And Rick learned how it worked over a century later with Parker.

Oh, beautiful.

You know, if anyone else is looking for it, we've got to beat them.

This place, at the height of summer, it doesn't get dark 24 -7 daylight.

We won't be pounding around in the dark in the woods like a bunch of idiots.

I kind of know the area.

There's a lot of wildlife. There's bears and wolves, tons of that. I think we'll

be safe, but you never know. I guess we just better be ready to fight.

Time's away, son. It's time to grab the boys and let's take this claim.

It's midnight, and a gold -rich claim has just become available.

Rick takes his crew to the edge of his operation.

to access the unclaimed ground.

We actually did really pretty well in the center here five years ago.

Right over there is where we found the biggest nugget to date, an ounce and a

half.

And then stopped here because that was the end.

The guy that I know, his name was Mel Zyler. He's a crazy bastard, man.

Spent a lot of time with him in his cabin talking about this ground.

How do we figure out where to put the stakes and where to put the posts and

to do? The first quarter is easy. I mean, I know the end of our property is

right there.

So, you know, we'll grab a post and hammer that one and we'll know about the

rest of them. The rest of them we're going to have to figure out.

I pull up the maps and I know the latitude and longitude of where that is,

we'll just use the GPS to find that.

And then as far as the ground, we just have to go to the four quarters.

We've got to make sure the posts face each other, they're numbered, and that's

about it.

This new claim.

is at the north end of his lower Duncan Creek claim.

To secure the 60 acres, Rick's crew need to place four stakes using GPS

to mark and record the corners of the claim's boundary.

Load up.

Let's go this way.

Yeah, we're really close. This first one's going to be easy.

Push back in.

I think it's right over here, guys.

Yeah, this is it right here. Is that it?

This will do.

Post one, it's got to be facing north, and I'll put the latitude and longitude

on it. We'll just wire it to this tree facing the right direction. That's

much it.

Well, I guess it's better.

Wire that up.

And we've got to orange tape it there? The orange tape's just for us so that we

can find it again, right?

Easy peasy.

After we do this, the mining recorder actually gets the plates made with all

this information on it, and then we come in and nail them in.

That's it for this one.

In 1898, the Gustafsson family were the first to discover gold on what's now

called Duncan Creek.

Instead of staking a claim, they tried to keep the find quiet, hoping no one

would catch on.

But in 1901, prospector Duncan Patterson uncovered their secret, staking the

Gustafsson's ground and dozens of other claims along the creek.

Years later, The creek was named in Duncan Patterson's honor.

The second one, I don't know if it's going to be as easy as this one. I think

we're going to drive around to it. Good, because this body ain't made for

walking.

You still know where we're going?

Yeah, it's right up here.

I just haven't been this way, I don't think, all year.

To get access to the three remaining corners of the claim, Rick and his crew

drive over two miles, searching for an abandoned road once used by fur

Is that the trail?

Hey, Kyle, you got a copy?

Copy. See right to the right of me. Why don't you go first and see how far you

can punch in?

Okay, sounds good.

Yeah, that way.

Let's take the chance.

you said this was a road that is definitely not the road right there

oh there's uh

there's uh bones over there what some dead animal don't copy that

well it's got legs but it's thick that's wild

maybe a lake say It's either a lynx or a coyote. It's too small for a wolf.

Probably a wolf ain't it.

Animal attacks on people are rare in the Yukon. But in 2017, a

man participating in an Arctic ultra race was stalked by a pack of wolves.

And in 2018, a family of fur trappers were attacked by a grizzly bear,

killing two of them.

I think I'm going to throw it back.

Rest in peace.

All right.

Let's go find these guys.

Let's see how far we make it.

There you go. You got her.

Keep going.

No. Wait.

Is it bad?

We can keep going. Yeah.

But should we?

Go left.

You're good.

Yeah, you're clear.

It's getting really tight.

That looks pretty tight.

I think it's probably time to stop pressing it a lot.

The GPS says we're almost there.

Ready?

Let's do this.

Watch yourselves.

That mask is soft.

Oh, boy.

Oh, this is tight.

Right up here, guys.

Can we just pay somebody to do this?

Actually, you can't. Trust me, I looked into it. You have to stake it yourself

instead of the laws. Plus, you kind of want to know where it's at anyway.

This is stake number two, so it's going to be based on stake number one.

Right here.

Bingo.

You ever had to fight any bears?

Yeah, the first thing I did when I got to the Yukon is I found the biggest bear

there was.

I smoked him right in the jaw.

And he told all the other bears to just lay off. I wonder why we haven't seen

him yet. Yeah, it's the prison rules out here. Nice, man.

Got it done.

That's two down.

Let's go.

Oh, man, I was born for this. Yeah.

Let's go for number three. GPS says that we're going that way.

What the?

Holy man.

Where's it say we got to go?

It's right there.

Straight across?

Yeah, that's some swamp there.

Falls.

You hear the chainsaw over there?

Here's something.

Someone's over there, man, for sure.

Dude, what the... Someone else is here.

Someone might be trying to claim it.

Holy... Coming up, Rick finds out if his claim

is successful and if his surprise gold hole...

is enough to pay for the $18 ,000 Monster Red rebuild.

Someone else is here.

We gotta move.

Halfway through their midnight staking mission, Rick and his crew are not

If the competition submits their claim first, Rick will lose out on the gold

-rich ground.

There's no use for all of us going through this swamp. Yeah.

I'll go across.

All right, Kyle.

That's where it needs to go. Make sure it's pointing in that direction.

Wire her up. You know the drill.

Godspeed.

Kyle,

you're going to have to hurry, man.

All right, I'm on it.

I think that's the worst spot that he got there.

He knows what to do. Hopefully it'll just be a few minutes and he'll be done.

He made it.

Hey.

Thank God I didn't have to walk through there.

You're my hero for that, dude.

It's a good thing we only have one more post to go. I think Kyle can take much

more of this.

You ready, Kyle? Yeah.

Hopefully it don't get any worse.

Oh, it's still a ways to go.

Oh! Watch out. That tree's coming down.

Oh, boy.

This started off really easy. What happened?

Ow!

This is going to be it, guys.

We're just about there.

This is the end of our staking career for the day.

This is post number four.

What an adventure tonight.

This is the last post going in. Post four.

I think this is going to be our ground, boys.

As long as we did it right.

All right. What did you say?

I think we got it, guys. That's good.

That's it. Nice.

Boom. Great.

Yeah. All right, let's go.

Let's do it.

Made it.

Yeah. I think I'm done walking. I'm done walking enough for the next year.

That's all.

Staking complete.

Rick still needs to submit the information and wait to find out if his

successful.

Thanks for that, man.

Yep, that was good.

That was a lot of walking.

I'm just going to input this information for the claims. Yeah, I'm going to bed.

All right. See you in the morning. You got it.

Morning. The next day, Rick is in the cook shack to find out if the gold from

the pre -wash is enough to pay for the $18 ,000 Monster Red rebuild.

What was that, Heather?

Oh,

that's it. The gold from your pre -wash.

Is it heavy?

Pretty good for a few buckets of dirt. Did you weigh it?

I did. It's just under five ounces there.

It started off as a repair. It was going to be something that cost us money.

It turned into 15 grand.

I don't pay for the screen decks, but... Dude, it's cold.

Dude, I wish every repair was like that.

Wow. So you spent how much time scraping? Like two, three hours?

Yeah, I'd say two or three hours. So five grand an hour, you made, right?

Yeah!

Here's a juice box.

Yeah!

That was great. If everything paid off like that, see if, uh...

Oh, dude, look at that.

Did you get it?

Done deal. We got it. Nice.

Oh, perfect.

Well, that was worth staking then. Good little midnight pegging. Absolutely.

An email confirming Rick's claim on the ground has been successful means he now

has over 3 ,600 acres of ground, making him the biggest landowner in

Keno. We take the claim, found 50 grand of gold.

Built a road.

Yeah, a lot of surprises there. Yeah, well, I got one more surprise.

My daughter B made something for you.

Now, we can officially name you the King of Keno. Woo!

Yeah, King of Keno.

No kidding.

That's amazing.

I'm not going to get away from this damn King of Keno thing.

How come I feel like a princess?

That's awesome.

Look at that. She got everyone.

Make sure you thank her for me and tell her I'll keep it forever. It isn't going

to go in my office.

This is everything I could ask for.

Well, you make it very easy.

I honestly don't think you get the credit you deserve around here from

not just... I mean, I think us as a crew, we are all on the same page. I

need a pat on the ass. I just need this to continue to work out for everybody,

and I just want the right people around me to do the right thing and make

something out of it.

I'm with you on that.

It's going to be pushing us to hit our season total of 1 ,800 ounces.

We'll get to the bottom of this, and we'll get all that gold.

Let's do this. Come in.