1 00:00:18,750 --> 00:00:20,950 (Transcrito por TurboScribe.ai. Atualize para Ilimitado para remover esta mensagem.) Well, Tony beats me over the moment. 2 00:00:21,670 --> 00:00:23,650 Things are actually going really well. 3 00:00:24,450 --> 00:00:25,950 I bought a new washing machine. 4 00:00:26,110 --> 00:00:27,950 You know, them **** things are pretty slick. 5 00:00:29,030 --> 00:00:30,570 It washes and it dries. 6 00:00:31,130 --> 00:00:32,730 So that means you come home at night, 7 00:00:33,090 --> 00:00:35,170 you throw your **** in the washing machine, 8 00:00:35,550 --> 00:00:38,270 next morning you wake up, bingo, there it is, 9 00:00:38,430 --> 00:00:40,270 super clean, nice and dry. 10 00:00:40,610 --> 00:00:41,410 **** awesome. 11 00:00:42,670 --> 00:00:45,690 See, a poor guy like me only got one set of **** pants. 12 00:00:45,690 --> 00:00:47,090 Well, you may not believe that, 13 00:00:47,170 --> 00:00:49,270 but I only have one **** set of pants here. 14 00:00:49,470 --> 00:00:51,250 One of these days I have to buy new pants 15 00:00:51,250 --> 00:00:53,330 because I'm going to run around without. 16 00:00:53,870 --> 00:00:56,770 So let's get some gold out of the ground 17 00:00:56,770 --> 00:00:58,770 so Tony Beats can buy a new set of pants. 18 00:00:59,350 --> 00:01:03,709 King of the Klondike, Tony Beats is riding high. 19 00:01:04,910 --> 00:01:06,130 Fourteen weeks in, 20 00:01:06,530 --> 00:01:10,750 he's pulled in over $17 million in gold, 21 00:01:11,310 --> 00:01:13,910 enough to buy a lot of pants. 22 00:01:14,770 --> 00:01:16,250 My goal this season, 23 00:01:16,410 --> 00:01:18,870 I'll be going for about six and a half thousand ounces. 24 00:01:19,830 --> 00:01:21,150 The Indians are running 24-7, 25 00:01:21,830 --> 00:01:23,650 banging away every **** day. 26 00:01:24,690 --> 00:01:27,290 There's no nicer site than to have a couple of sluice plants 27 00:01:27,290 --> 00:01:28,990 that's banging away, washing gravel. 28 00:01:32,010 --> 00:01:36,030 All of Tony's gold is coming from his two wash plants 29 00:01:36,030 --> 00:01:39,490 running 24-7 on his Indian River claim. 30 00:01:40,390 --> 00:01:42,410 But at his Paradise Hill operation, 31 00:01:42,410 --> 00:01:45,210 the trommel, his big money maker, 32 00:01:45,710 --> 00:01:46,930 is at a standstill. 33 00:01:48,210 --> 00:01:50,390 I still got to get this whole thing set up. 34 00:01:51,370 --> 00:01:52,870 And youngest son, Mike, 35 00:01:53,070 --> 00:01:56,430 hasn't run a yard through it all season. 36 00:01:56,910 --> 00:01:59,150 If I could, I'd be in a sluice two months ago. 37 00:01:59,550 --> 00:02:01,030 But my dad takes away a lot of my time 38 00:02:01,030 --> 00:02:02,010 doing a lot of other ****. 39 00:02:03,470 --> 00:02:04,250 Mike's whining. 40 00:02:05,310 --> 00:02:06,650 He's been one step forward, 41 00:02:06,790 --> 00:02:08,710 two steps back for some reason lately. 42 00:02:08,710 --> 00:02:12,250 So that's certainly like the voice of my opinions, 43 00:02:12,370 --> 00:02:12,830 so to speak. 44 00:02:14,230 --> 00:02:16,250 I have to go down there for a couple days, 45 00:02:16,330 --> 00:02:17,710 give him a hand to get going. 46 00:02:30,310 --> 00:02:31,510 Hey, young lady, how are you? 47 00:02:31,930 --> 00:02:33,150 I'm good. What are you doing here? 48 00:02:34,690 --> 00:02:35,810 Check on the trommel. 49 00:02:36,870 --> 00:02:38,370 See why it ain't **** turning. 50 00:02:39,110 --> 00:02:39,690 Yeah, I know. 51 00:02:39,750 --> 00:02:41,250 He's working on it and just let him be 52 00:02:41,250 --> 00:02:42,930 and just let him figure it out himself. 53 00:02:42,990 --> 00:02:45,230 I was kind of wondering, things are moving along here. 54 00:02:45,630 --> 00:02:47,470 Can't keep supporting it, so to speak. 55 00:02:48,970 --> 00:02:50,350 Got to **** go, right? 56 00:02:52,190 --> 00:02:54,150 If you leave Mike to it, he will get it done. 57 00:02:55,170 --> 00:02:56,290 Just let him be for now. 58 00:02:58,170 --> 00:02:59,670 He has to learn somehow. 59 00:03:00,170 --> 00:03:02,630 So then if I can't bother him, who else am I going to bother 60 00:03:02,630 --> 00:03:03,310 around here, you? 61 00:03:03,790 --> 00:03:04,390 Not me. 62 00:03:05,130 --> 00:03:06,030 I'm busy, man. 63 00:03:08,870 --> 00:03:09,310 Okay. 64 00:03:11,250 --> 00:03:12,650 I'll go back to the Indian. 65 00:03:13,090 --> 00:03:14,510 Okay, drive carefully. 66 00:03:14,550 --> 00:03:16,530 Give me a shout when it starts rolling around. 67 00:03:17,110 --> 00:03:17,950 Oh, I will. 68 00:03:18,330 --> 00:03:18,890 Perfect. Good. 69 00:03:19,090 --> 00:03:19,310 Okay. 70 00:03:19,430 --> 00:03:19,930 Later, lady. 71 00:03:20,090 --> 00:03:20,450 Bye. 72 00:03:24,790 --> 00:03:27,570 Sometimes Mike makes a decision and Antonio rolls in 73 00:03:27,570 --> 00:03:30,610 and he changes it, and that's really hard. 74 00:03:31,030 --> 00:03:33,110 I mean, it would piss me off to tell you the truth. 75 00:03:35,110 --> 00:03:37,490 I would like Mike to be his own boss, 76 00:03:38,030 --> 00:03:39,930 have his own claims, have his own equipment, 77 00:03:40,090 --> 00:03:40,910 have his own people. 78 00:03:42,110 --> 00:03:44,070 That's what I would love to see, just like Kevin. 79 00:03:46,530 --> 00:03:48,770 Mike really wants to impress his father, 80 00:03:49,210 --> 00:03:52,250 and that's sometimes a little hard. 81 00:03:54,830 --> 00:03:56,530 If everything were to go my way, 82 00:03:56,630 --> 00:03:58,290 I actually will be sluicing in three days. 83 00:03:59,490 --> 00:04:03,370 Mike has been battling all season to get the trommel going 84 00:04:03,370 --> 00:04:05,210 with a skeleton crew. 85 00:04:07,330 --> 00:04:09,290 With the maintenance completed, 86 00:04:09,610 --> 00:04:12,410 he just needs to put all the parts together 87 00:04:12,410 --> 00:04:14,030 and fire it up. 88 00:04:18,420 --> 00:04:20,000 About time we get this conveyor in, eh? 89 00:04:20,339 --> 00:04:22,660 We'll lift it over there with the pipe layer, 90 00:04:23,060 --> 00:04:25,440 and we'll see if we can get that thing sitting flat and straight. 91 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:27,420 Because then once we get that in place, 92 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:29,620 all we have to do is get something to hold that hopper in, 93 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:31,920 and then this whole section is done. 94 00:04:32,700 --> 00:04:34,280 To get the trommel running, 95 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:38,160 Mike first needs to install a 100-foot conveyor, 96 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:41,840 using a pipe layer to lift it into position 97 00:04:41,840 --> 00:04:43,680 at the trommel's prewash. 98 00:04:44,740 --> 00:04:47,780 Then, using a pair of dozers, 99 00:04:48,340 --> 00:04:52,360 he'll lift and push the 30-ton hopper feeder into position, 100 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:55,320 perfectly aligning it with the conveyor. 101 00:04:56,760 --> 00:04:59,420 Next, he'll connect the water pipeline, 102 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:02,180 and finally, fire up. 103 00:05:06,500 --> 00:05:08,480 Up. Watch your fingers. 104 00:05:13,710 --> 00:05:14,270 Spin. 105 00:05:17,370 --> 00:05:17,930 Stop. 106 00:05:18,650 --> 00:05:20,990 The cable just slipped along the f***ing top ring. 107 00:05:22,010 --> 00:05:23,230 Walk forward a bit. 108 00:05:26,470 --> 00:05:27,490 Put it down. 109 00:05:29,270 --> 00:05:29,830 Okay. 110 00:05:30,610 --> 00:05:31,650 How's it look on your end? 111 00:05:32,030 --> 00:05:33,730 Oh, yeah, it's good. Yeah, it's lined up. 112 00:05:35,810 --> 00:05:37,750 Guys, be careful. She's coming down. 113 00:05:38,930 --> 00:05:39,470 Perfect. 114 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:45,640 Now we just got to drag the hopper in. 115 00:05:55,390 --> 00:05:56,730 Okay, start lifting. 116 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:07,000 Excellent. Now start walking. 117 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:15,380 A little bit to your left. 118 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:21,600 Straighten out a bit. 119 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:22,100 Watch. 120 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:27,320 Stop, stop. 121 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:30,220 Now the thing's dragging in the ground. 122 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:31,860 Oh, f***. 123 00:06:33,220 --> 00:06:34,900 Zach, you're going to have to lift it up a bit. 124 00:06:39,020 --> 00:06:40,040 Slowly forward. 125 00:06:43,780 --> 00:06:45,560 You just don't have enough height. 126 00:06:46,260 --> 00:06:47,420 I got to force the issue. 127 00:06:48,780 --> 00:06:51,140 Len, do you copy? Len, run up that 980. 128 00:06:51,340 --> 00:06:52,260 Try to pick it up some more. 129 00:07:04,140 --> 00:07:04,540 Excellent. 130 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:08,520 Now start turning to your left. 131 00:07:12,980 --> 00:07:13,520 That's good. 132 00:07:14,220 --> 00:07:15,600 It looks pretty f***ing straight. 133 00:07:27,590 --> 00:07:28,370 Dead on. 134 00:07:29,450 --> 00:07:31,230 It's nice when I can do it my way. 135 00:07:31,750 --> 00:07:33,150 Celebrate your small victories, 136 00:07:33,250 --> 00:07:34,810 because they're f***ing few and far in between. 137 00:07:44,580 --> 00:07:45,100 Hey, Ma. 138 00:07:45,500 --> 00:07:45,880 Hey. 139 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:49,200 That's a sight for sore eyes. 140 00:07:49,860 --> 00:07:52,880 Yes. Went in real smooth, 141 00:07:52,980 --> 00:07:54,800 both the conveyor and the f***ing hopper. 142 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:56,860 Nice. Nice, nice, nice. 143 00:07:57,120 --> 00:07:58,400 This looks good. Yeah. 144 00:07:58,860 --> 00:08:00,560 So when do you think you're going to sluice? 145 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:03,060 If it goes the way I planned, 3 days. 146 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:04,800 Hopper, conveyor are done. 147 00:08:05,080 --> 00:08:07,860 I just got to finish off the suction, and we're done. 148 00:08:22,140 --> 00:08:23,600 We're not quite getting where we need to be. 149 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:25,720 It's not going to be popular with everybody, 150 00:08:25,900 --> 00:08:27,060 but I'm just thinking we're going to have to start 151 00:08:27,060 --> 00:08:27,940 putting in some longer shifts. 152 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:30,000 That's the only way we're going to get to 5 weeks of sluicing, 153 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:31,440 and that's about what we're going to need. 154 00:08:31,679 --> 00:08:34,280 I wish I had better news, but I know you can make it happen, 155 00:08:34,380 --> 00:08:35,320 so let's f***ing do it, right? 156 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:38,940 Yep, yep, we'll try our best, and f***, we'll go from there. 157 00:08:39,059 --> 00:08:40,120 You'll get it done. All right, brother. 158 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:40,919 Thanks, man. Yep. 159 00:08:42,900 --> 00:08:53,600 You guys got a copy? Go ahead. 160 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:55,020 Yeah, I just spoke to Rick. 161 00:08:55,220 --> 00:08:57,660 We're going to have to do about 1,800 loads a week, 162 00:08:57,740 --> 00:08:59,740 because that's about 100 loads each for you boys. 163 00:09:00,020 --> 00:09:00,800 Oh, f***. 164 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:05,060 At this point in the season, we've got 500 ounces of gold. 165 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:07,920 That's nowhere near our 1,800 ounces, 166 00:09:08,100 --> 00:09:09,440 so we've got a long way to go, 167 00:09:09,540 --> 00:09:11,060 and I'm feeling the pressure right now. 168 00:09:11,160 --> 00:09:12,500 I mean, we're running out of time. 169 00:09:12,500 --> 00:09:16,720 Rick Ness is trying to dig himself out of a hole 170 00:09:17,250 --> 00:09:19,960 by digging the biggest hole of his life. 171 00:09:21,580 --> 00:09:23,940 Three-and-a-half months into the season, 172 00:09:24,380 --> 00:09:27,600 he's mined a quarter of his 1,800-ounce gold 173 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:30,840 and still has no gold coming in. 174 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:33,280 You've got a hell of a lot of dirt to move out here 175 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:34,140 when we're going that deep, 176 00:09:34,260 --> 00:09:35,980 and not a whole lot of time to do it. 177 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:38,320 To get the gold flowing, 178 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:41,580 Rick and his crew are on an epic mission 179 00:09:41,580 --> 00:09:44,020 to dig down 120 feet 180 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:49,220 to hit pay at the bottom of his enormous new cut, Valhalla. 181 00:09:50,140 --> 00:09:53,580 And they need to do it in less than a month. 182 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:56,420 As far as I'm concerned, this is our best shot. 183 00:09:56,660 --> 00:09:58,640 We just need to get everybody on the same page, 184 00:09:58,700 --> 00:10:00,280 everybody moving smooth, and that's what we'll get. 185 00:10:00,680 --> 00:10:02,400 We need about 1,800 trucks per week, 186 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:03,880 which is, with three trucks, 187 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:05,120 it's about 100 loads a day per truck. 188 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:08,300 At the top of Valhalla, 189 00:10:08,940 --> 00:10:12,080 Rick has one excavator loading three rock trucks 190 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:13,740 with worthless overburden. 191 00:10:15,020 --> 00:10:18,960 The trucks must then climb a steep 30-degree incline 192 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:21,420 to the top of the valley's ridge, 193 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:25,300 then journey a mile along a rough dirt road 194 00:10:25,300 --> 00:10:28,740 past their camp and old Raleigh Valley cut 195 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:33,700 to dump the dirt off a 200-foot-high cliff 196 00:10:33,700 --> 00:10:35,140 into a waste pile 197 00:10:35,740 --> 00:10:40,060 before looping back to Valhalla to do it all over again. 198 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:45,780 Now, Rick is tasked each truck driver 199 00:10:45,780 --> 00:10:50,140 to make the eight-minute trip 100 times a day. 200 00:10:50,680 --> 00:10:52,840 Well, load one of, like, a f***ing thousand. 201 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:54,880 It's gonna be a long day. 202 00:10:55,140 --> 00:10:56,480 F*** my life. 203 00:10:58,640 --> 00:10:59,360 Yee-haw! 204 00:11:16,870 --> 00:11:18,710 It's definitely gonna be hard on everyone. 205 00:11:19,310 --> 00:11:21,170 You know, no one's gonna want to sit in a truck, 206 00:11:21,450 --> 00:11:22,670 you know, all day long. 207 00:11:23,090 --> 00:11:25,470 Rick is worried that we're gonna run out of time 208 00:11:25,470 --> 00:11:26,430 to meet our goal, 209 00:11:26,630 --> 00:11:29,030 but I'm more worried people are gonna fatigue out. 210 00:11:29,910 --> 00:11:33,210 Well, I'll just have to suck it up and push through it. 211 00:11:33,430 --> 00:11:36,690 This really f***ing sucks, but what are we gonna do? 212 00:11:37,170 --> 00:11:40,130 I want to get the gold, so if that's how we get there, 213 00:11:40,130 --> 00:11:41,570 then that's how we f***ing get there. 214 00:11:57,120 --> 00:12:00,280 Guy is typically the fastest one out of all of us. 215 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:04,560 He's just being a little too impatient for the process. 216 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:08,700 We're trying to speed up the process here, 217 00:12:08,860 --> 00:12:10,040 and, you know, if we don't speed up 218 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:12,940 and keep the overburden coming out as fast as we can, 219 00:12:13,020 --> 00:12:14,560 you know, we're never gonna get f***ing through it. 220 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:17,060 Obviously, I'm not the new guy anymore, 221 00:12:17,220 --> 00:12:19,700 so hopefully Chris can keep up with the pace. 222 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:22,740 I'm a slow old man, 223 00:12:22,840 --> 00:12:24,480 because I don't like to beat the hell out of my body. 224 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:25,920 I could be a bit faster, 225 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:28,880 but I'm not gonna be rushing around 226 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:30,580 like a chicken with my head cut off. 227 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:32,660 It's just starting to get annoying. 228 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:37,100 Steady is smooth, and smooth is fast. 229 00:12:39,780 --> 00:12:41,120 My driving's not an issue. 230 00:12:41,560 --> 00:12:43,120 There's a reason I'm lapping people. 231 00:12:48,620 --> 00:12:50,000 This is f***ing stupid. 232 00:12:59,180 --> 00:13:00,360 Come on, Chris. 233 00:13:01,700 --> 00:13:03,560 Guy is annoying as f***. 234 00:13:03,820 --> 00:13:05,460 He thinks he knows what he's doing, but whatever. 235 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:10,280 Normally, I'd be going in for a shower right now. 236 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:14,400 I'm full of dust and sweat. 237 00:13:15,680 --> 00:13:17,500 Really wishing we weren't working right now. 238 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:20,680 Come on, Chris. F***er, you're taking forever. 239 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:23,440 Boo! 240 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:30,380 The f*** do you think you're doing, for f***'s sakes? 241 00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:39,440 The f*** do you think you're doing, for f***'s sakes? 242 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:43,480 We got 100 loads to do. You're slowing me down. 243 00:13:43,780 --> 00:13:45,340 We still gotta do it f***ing safely. 244 00:13:45,560 --> 00:13:46,780 You can't just cut corners. 245 00:13:47,180 --> 00:13:48,340 You're gonna get someone killed. 246 00:13:49,620 --> 00:13:51,580 What the f*** are these guys doing? 247 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:54,900 I get that we're all tired, but you can't just sneak in behind someone. 248 00:13:55,260 --> 00:13:56,340 Hurry up! 249 00:13:56,600 --> 00:13:58,160 Hey, what's going on? 250 00:13:58,460 --> 00:14:01,680 This f***ing idiot whips in behind me while I'm trying to back up to the dump. 251 00:14:02,100 --> 00:14:03,840 I don't want to kill the f***ing kid. 252 00:14:04,220 --> 00:14:05,340 He's just slowing me down. 253 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:06,500 All right, all right, enough. 254 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:09,020 Chris, you take a little break. Clear your head. 255 00:14:09,340 --> 00:14:10,220 I'll drive your truck for a while. 256 00:14:10,500 --> 00:14:11,360 F***ing kid, man. 257 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:11,980 Yeah, whatever. 258 00:14:13,020 --> 00:14:14,240 Dumb as f***. 259 00:14:18,990 --> 00:14:19,950 F***ing kids, man. 260 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:31,520 Chris and Kai almost got into it. 261 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:32,520 They had a bit of a meltdown. 262 00:14:32,660 --> 00:14:33,360 I get it, man. 263 00:14:33,700 --> 00:14:34,960 Everybody's just pushed to their limits. 264 00:14:35,620 --> 00:14:36,480 It means that they give a s***. 265 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:41,040 They're all working, you know, extra hours to make this happen, 266 00:14:41,160 --> 00:14:44,000 and having a truck down one day can erase all of that work, 267 00:14:44,100 --> 00:14:45,900 so I'll get in here and do it. 268 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:46,220 You know what I mean? 269 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:47,440 It ain't my favorite thing to do anymore, 270 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:49,040 but it's something that's gotta be done. 271 00:14:51,540 --> 00:14:55,000 With a small crew, we definitely all have to get along. 272 00:14:55,140 --> 00:14:58,100 We can't, you know, be down each other's throats all the time. 273 00:14:59,500 --> 00:15:02,220 Hopefully Chris and Kai can, you know, get over their little thing 274 00:15:02,220 --> 00:15:04,660 and move on from it and keep doing their jobs. 275 00:15:06,620 --> 00:15:08,580 It's nice to see someone else in a truck. 276 00:15:09,140 --> 00:15:10,580 You're never too good for a truck out here. 277 00:15:10,700 --> 00:15:12,180 I've learned that a long time ago. 278 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:19,540 I'm stalled out on this hill. 279 00:15:19,540 --> 00:15:20,640 Oh, f***, he loaded me up good. 280 00:15:24,100 --> 00:15:24,420 F***. 281 00:15:29,220 --> 00:15:31,100 I'm trying to run out of f***ing fuel on this hill. 282 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:31,940 I'm right in the way. 283 00:15:33,340 --> 00:15:34,340 Um, what the? 284 00:15:34,700 --> 00:15:35,280 What the f***? 285 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:39,260 Do you think maybe dump that load there, Rick, and I'll spread it out? 286 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:41,720 All right, I'll offload it, 287 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:43,800 and hopefully I can get to the fuel tank before this thing runs out. 288 00:15:45,980 --> 00:15:48,280 Dude, it's been over a decade and I can't read a fuel gauge? 289 00:15:53,330 --> 00:15:55,330 Got Rick just to dump his load here. 290 00:15:56,290 --> 00:15:57,710 Kind of when the trucks are coming out, 291 00:15:57,730 --> 00:16:00,990 they're having a little difficult time coming up out of this slope. 292 00:16:05,190 --> 00:16:08,510 I feel pretty dumb running out of fuel right away like that, 293 00:16:08,770 --> 00:16:09,490 trying to help out. 294 00:16:09,590 --> 00:16:10,650 I'm f***ing stalling things. 295 00:16:11,670 --> 00:16:13,270 I can't get this f***ing fuel cap on. 296 00:16:16,390 --> 00:16:16,830 F***. 297 00:16:18,230 --> 00:16:19,050 Great start. 298 00:16:20,970 --> 00:16:24,050 Fueled up, Rick gets back hauling dirt, 299 00:16:24,810 --> 00:16:27,710 chasing his 100-load-a-day target. 300 00:16:30,250 --> 00:16:32,010 Mistakes like that are killing me, 301 00:16:32,070 --> 00:16:33,870 and I tend to make them when I'm stressed out. 302 00:16:34,430 --> 00:16:36,010 It almost seems like an impossible task, 303 00:16:36,050 --> 00:16:37,450 but they've done it before, we'll do it again. 304 00:16:38,290 --> 00:16:40,310 Seems like a long ways, but I know we'll get there. 305 00:17:00,290 --> 00:17:02,070 Uh-oh, f***, static. 306 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:08,079 Nothing like holding your new baby girl in your arms. 307 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:11,200 Kind of heart-wrenching, leaving home, come back up here. 308 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:15,800 After eight weeks away for the birth of his daughter, 309 00:17:16,380 --> 00:17:19,400 Buzz Lago is returning to Kevin Beat's claim. 310 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:23,200 It'll be interesting to see how far along Kevin and Faith go. 311 00:17:23,380 --> 00:17:25,500 I'm not sure what I'm coming back into. 312 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:27,960 You know, they're going to get this new family, you know. 313 00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:32,500 But a 2,000-ounce goal is more important than ever. 314 00:17:32,500 --> 00:17:35,260 I'm looking forward to making a paycheck again. 315 00:17:35,700 --> 00:17:40,220 Here we are, back at camp, look at that. 316 00:17:40,460 --> 00:17:43,380 Kevin and Faith, haven't seen them in a freaking couple months. 317 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:46,600 Hey, guys. How the hell's it going? 318 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:49,480 We finally made it. 319 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:52,980 Fill us in, how was the baby? 320 00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:55,160 No. 321 00:17:55,840 --> 00:17:57,720 Aw, this is a cute little baby. 322 00:17:57,900 --> 00:18:00,500 That's her favourite spot, Iolona. 323 00:18:00,500 --> 00:18:02,040 That's a pretty name. 324 00:18:02,420 --> 00:18:03,160 It was tough leaving. 325 00:18:04,540 --> 00:18:06,220 But I'm going to support that little girl. 326 00:18:06,860 --> 00:18:09,740 Even more reason why we're going to hit that 2,000-ounce goal. 327 00:18:10,340 --> 00:18:10,960 I agree. 328 00:18:11,500 --> 00:18:14,260 Let's go for a little drive, I can show you what we've done, 329 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:16,140 what needs doing, and get you to work. 330 00:18:16,820 --> 00:18:17,840 Oh, ****. 331 00:18:23,740 --> 00:18:26,620 We finished up the Pyramid Cut, moved upstream, 332 00:18:27,360 --> 00:18:28,620 what we're calling the Sphinx Cut. 333 00:18:30,260 --> 00:18:33,380 Keeping that cat and Egyptian theme kind of going. 334 00:18:38,220 --> 00:18:38,700 Ah. 335 00:18:40,740 --> 00:18:42,080 So how's this plant been running? 336 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:45,120 So right now we don't really have enough pay going to the plant 337 00:18:45,120 --> 00:18:46,420 to keep it running 24-7. 338 00:18:47,460 --> 00:18:49,640 We don't have enough pay exposed. 339 00:18:50,700 --> 00:18:52,280 So right now we're down on days. 340 00:18:53,320 --> 00:18:54,600 That definitely sucks. 341 00:18:57,300 --> 00:18:57,780 Yeah. 342 00:18:59,060 --> 00:19:02,920 So we really got to get the plant back up and running 24-7 343 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:05,120 so that we can hit it. 344 00:19:05,220 --> 00:19:05,540 Yeah, yeah. 345 00:19:06,140 --> 00:19:06,480 Yeah. 346 00:19:07,620 --> 00:19:08,160 Yeah. 347 00:19:08,700 --> 00:19:10,380 I mean, over halfway through the season, 348 00:19:10,460 --> 00:19:12,100 and not halfway through the goal total yet. 349 00:19:12,700 --> 00:19:14,040 A little stressful. 350 00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:15,180 Yeah, it kind of sucks. 351 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:20,000 I guess we should stop standing around. 352 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:22,140 Get everyone on stripping. 353 00:19:22,780 --> 00:19:26,940 That way we can get a pay mountain again and go 24 hours again. 354 00:19:27,620 --> 00:19:28,780 Let's make this **** happen. 355 00:19:29,900 --> 00:19:34,160 Second-year mine boss Kevin Beetz is playing catch-up. 356 00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:39,000 He's 1,500 ounces short of his goal, 357 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:43,360 and his small crew don't have the manpower to dig enough pay 358 00:19:43,360 --> 00:19:48,220 in the gold-rich Sphinx Cut to run the plant 24-7. 359 00:19:50,020 --> 00:19:51,920 Now Buzz is back. 360 00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:56,080 Kevin's tasked him with building a massive pay pile 361 00:19:56,080 --> 00:19:59,320 and getting back to sluicing around the clock 362 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:02,840 in the hope of a big gold haul this week. 363 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:06,260 It didn't matter. Let's get the **** out of here. 364 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:08,700 Great time for Buzz to get back. 365 00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:10,680 Having him in the 480 is really going to help. 366 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:12,520 It's good to have the team back together. 367 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:17,740 The plant isn't running because they got no pay. 368 00:20:18,520 --> 00:20:21,020 What the **** have they been doing the whole time it was gone? 369 00:20:22,320 --> 00:20:27,160 I definitely thought we'd be a lot further on in this cut. 370 00:20:27,900 --> 00:20:32,740 I've seen Tony do cuts twice the size of this in a quarter of the time. 371 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:36,840 You can definitely tell that Kevin's not his father. 372 00:20:41,030 --> 00:20:42,410 Tony is a man of action. 373 00:20:43,790 --> 00:20:47,130 This is definitely a whole different game working with Kevin. 374 00:20:48,250 --> 00:20:50,390 I don't think there's enough happening here. 375 00:20:51,130 --> 00:20:54,750 The only **** thing that should be urgent on a ****** mine site 376 00:20:54,750 --> 00:20:57,350 is that that plant does not stop **** around there. 377 00:20:57,610 --> 00:21:00,470 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 378 00:21:00,570 --> 00:21:02,990 and **** the entire **** mining season. 379 00:21:03,350 --> 00:21:05,810 It's the only way we're going to hit our 2,000-ounce goal. 380 00:21:12,130 --> 00:21:14,510 Man, this **** sucks. 381 00:21:14,510 --> 00:21:17,790 I just got out of the frozen. 382 00:21:18,550 --> 00:21:19,510 This is guilt. 383 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:28,940 This is guilt. 384 00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:34,640 At Scribner Creek, Buzz is trying to build a massive pay pile 385 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:36,980 to get Kevin running 24-7. 386 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:42,480 But he's hit frozen pay, stopping him cold. 387 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:42,920 ****. 388 00:21:45,780 --> 00:21:47,480 It was a **** show right from the start. 389 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:51,340 This clean-up bucket isn't penetrating worth a ****. 390 00:21:52,900 --> 00:21:55,280 I need a digging bucket. This is not going to work. 391 00:21:55,860 --> 00:21:56,700 I need teeth. 392 00:21:58,100 --> 00:22:00,960 The clean-up bucket's straight cutting edge 393 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:04,400 is built for scraping thawed pay from bedrock. 394 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:09,860 To dig up the frozen ground, Buzz needs a bucket with bite. 395 00:22:20,790 --> 00:22:21,990 **** fakes. 396 00:22:27,490 --> 00:22:29,030 Well, there's the bucket I need. 397 00:22:29,250 --> 00:22:31,790 It's the one with the teeth on it, so... 398 00:22:31,790 --> 00:22:33,090 **** toothless wonder. 399 00:22:33,910 --> 00:22:34,910 It was a little work. 400 00:22:37,290 --> 00:22:37,990 Check this out. 401 00:22:38,170 --> 00:22:38,630 ****. 402 00:22:41,350 --> 00:22:42,410 That's some ****. 403 00:22:44,090 --> 00:22:48,090 This bucket just cracked here, cracked over here. 404 00:22:48,790 --> 00:22:49,750 **** me. 405 00:22:52,030 --> 00:22:54,270 Crack's in a **** pretty important place. 406 00:22:54,650 --> 00:22:58,830 All these years, I just hold the bucket onto the machine, so... 407 00:23:02,120 --> 00:23:03,420 I pulled it back together, 408 00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:06,420 so it was a **** good half day's worth of work, at least. 409 00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:07,480 There's not more. 410 00:23:08,140 --> 00:23:09,360 Kevin, you got a copy on me, Kevin? 411 00:23:11,460 --> 00:23:12,240 Go for Kevin. 412 00:23:13,080 --> 00:23:14,980 I was just looking over this bucket here. 413 00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:16,700 It's cracked on both sides. 414 00:23:17,360 --> 00:23:19,060 It wouldn't have something we could use, eh? 415 00:23:20,340 --> 00:23:23,800 I think our best bet is to weld it up as quick as possible. 416 00:23:24,780 --> 00:23:26,860 If you can blow through this by the end of the day, preferably. 417 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:30,160 **** fakes. 418 00:23:53,500 --> 00:23:53,940 Done. 419 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:57,100 Put in a whole bunch of welding right there. 420 00:23:57,540 --> 00:23:58,780 Same on this side here. 421 00:24:08,120 --> 00:24:10,780 Now that's all swapped out, it's time to move some pay. 422 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:13,960 Let's get this **** show on the go. 423 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:20,700 Time to get some pay up to the plant, get that **** running. 424 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:26,160 Oh, yeah. That's what we need right there. 425 00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:27,600 Hell, yeah. 426 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:29,120 Perfect. 427 00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:33,140 Isn't that always pretty nice, having this big old bucket here? 428 00:24:34,020 --> 00:24:36,900 It's definitely making a dent in this material. 429 00:24:37,180 --> 00:24:38,680 It's ripping through pretty nicely. 430 00:24:39,180 --> 00:24:40,920 After half a day of welding, 431 00:24:41,620 --> 00:24:44,420 Buzz can finally get to digging the frozen pay, 432 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:48,180 loading trucks, and building up the pay pile. 433 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:52,360 We might be able to get that plant up and running here before we know it, 434 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:54,260 hit that 2,000 ounce goal. 435 00:25:04,230 --> 00:25:04,790 Perfect. 436 00:25:10,280 --> 00:25:11,080 **** yeah. 437 00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:20,480 Go for Kevin. 438 00:25:22,420 --> 00:25:23,760 Pay pile's looking great. 439 00:25:24,860 --> 00:25:27,800 I think we should fire up this plant and start putting some gold in the box. 440 00:25:29,060 --> 00:25:29,800 That's great news. 441 00:25:30,340 --> 00:25:32,160 Let's fire it up and get back to her. 442 00:25:32,380 --> 00:25:33,140 **** yeah. 443 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:37,500 Got a bit of a stockpile going again, 444 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:41,820 so hopefully we can sluice 24 hours a day and keep running. 445 00:25:42,520 --> 00:26:02,030 Just one day after returning, 446 00:26:03,070 --> 00:26:08,030 Buzz has Kevin's operation back sluicing around the clock. 447 00:26:11,030 --> 00:26:15,010 Hey, Buzz. 448 00:26:15,710 --> 00:26:17,190 It looks like you got it **** going. 449 00:26:17,790 --> 00:26:18,110 Yeah. 450 00:26:18,930 --> 00:26:20,410 Well done, Buzz. Glad you're back. 451 00:26:21,150 --> 00:26:22,110 Glad to be back. 452 00:26:29,790 --> 00:26:31,610 Forty miles away, 453 00:26:39,350 --> 00:26:40,710 Kevin's brother, Mike, 454 00:26:41,090 --> 00:26:44,770 is also pushing hard to make up for lost time. 455 00:26:54,210 --> 00:26:55,910 Mike, we got water up here. 456 00:26:56,150 --> 00:26:57,370 Excellent, excellent. 457 00:26:58,230 --> 00:27:00,330 Got water. Let's go see if he can sluice. 458 00:27:03,730 --> 00:27:06,190 To prove himself to his dad 459 00:27:06,190 --> 00:27:09,350 and have a chance of running his own claim, 460 00:27:09,350 --> 00:27:12,830 Mike must first get his trommel on the gold. 461 00:27:14,110 --> 00:27:15,310 It might actually happen today. 462 00:27:22,590 --> 00:27:23,650 It's over in paradise. 463 00:27:23,830 --> 00:27:25,350 It's time to get our **** together 464 00:27:25,350 --> 00:27:27,350 and get the **** going today. 465 00:27:28,750 --> 00:27:31,450 Nearly four months into the season, 466 00:27:31,870 --> 00:27:33,910 Mike's finally ready to fire up, 467 00:27:34,590 --> 00:27:38,270 and he's called in his family to mark the big occasion. 468 00:27:40,370 --> 00:27:41,230 Thank you. 469 00:27:42,250 --> 00:27:43,010 It's D-Day. 470 00:27:43,790 --> 00:27:46,430 Yeah, finally get to see this old **** go. 471 00:27:46,890 --> 00:27:48,150 Mike, you're about to sluice. 472 00:27:48,790 --> 00:27:49,130 Yes. 473 00:27:49,490 --> 00:27:49,850 Whoo! 474 00:27:51,570 --> 00:27:52,050 Okay. 475 00:27:52,210 --> 00:27:52,750 Ready to roll? 476 00:27:53,010 --> 00:27:53,210 Yeah. 477 00:27:53,550 --> 00:27:55,030 Fire the **** thing up. Let's go. 478 00:27:56,610 --> 00:27:59,450 It'll be good to see this thing start rolling. 479 00:27:59,590 --> 00:28:01,130 I'd love to see it. 480 00:28:01,150 --> 00:28:01,710 That'll be good. 481 00:28:02,830 --> 00:28:03,310 Okay. 482 00:28:12,370 --> 00:28:13,650 Get the **** on him. 483 00:28:20,430 --> 00:28:20,910 Ow! 484 00:28:22,630 --> 00:28:31,680 Please, water, please. 485 00:28:54,180 --> 00:28:55,760 That's where all that **** came from. 486 00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:57,380 That is more **** good. 487 00:29:06,510 --> 00:29:07,050 Ow! 488 00:29:07,690 --> 00:29:08,550 Dumb ****. 489 00:29:27,990 --> 00:29:28,630 Ow! 490 00:29:31,970 --> 00:29:33,490 Are you **** kidding me? 491 00:29:34,270 --> 00:29:35,310 What's **** going on? 492 00:29:36,130 --> 00:29:37,710 At Paradise Hill, 493 00:29:38,250 --> 00:29:42,170 seconds after firing up for the first time this season, 494 00:29:43,030 --> 00:29:45,410 Mike has shut down his trommel. 495 00:29:45,730 --> 00:29:46,470 Not enough water? 496 00:29:46,950 --> 00:29:47,470 Ain't none. 497 00:29:47,770 --> 00:29:48,210 None? 498 00:29:49,270 --> 00:29:50,130 What happened? 499 00:29:50,710 --> 00:29:51,990 No water in the chute. 500 00:29:53,170 --> 00:29:55,670 No water is reaching the pre-wash, 501 00:29:55,950 --> 00:29:58,790 causing dry dirt to pile up in the trommel.