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Todd Hoffman is back.
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It's been
years,since we've even put
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one bucket of dirt
through a trommel.
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This is a mess.
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And he's
bankedhis future
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on getting Jason
Otteson's troubled mine
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to the $1 million mark.
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You get me to a million
dollars worth of gold this season,
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you have a lease.
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Whoa! Stop!
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But Jasonand his
crew are onlyhalf way there.
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That's what they had done
in the last four, five months.
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We got seven weeks to
do the same amount of gold.
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I don't
know what to do.
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Now, they mustaverage 43 ounces each week
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to meet their seasonal
goal of 600 ounces.
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With Alaska's unforgiving
winter approaching...
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Old Man Winter is gonna
slam the door shut pretty quick.
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...and
shoddyequipment...
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Plant's not running,
not making money.
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...will Todd'sreturn be short lived?
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I wannarun this property.
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I think I can do a better jo
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Mark, you've
gotta get that thing done.
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So we've been
workinfor several days here
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to get this plant running.
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You can't get any gold, if
none of your plants are running.
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If we can't get the
Z-plant running,
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we might as well, just pack
up and go home right now.
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Fixed the
riffles,put new springs,
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put new spray bars.
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That looks good.
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Things are looking
good in these ...
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- Andy, get ready to fire it up!
- Okay.
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Z-plantis
finally ready to go...
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when Todd's plan
hits another snag...
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a broken down fuel truck.
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Without a way to
transport fuel to the Z-plant,
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there's no way of
getting it running.
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They informed me
that the fuel truck
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blew the engine, so... we
do not have a fuel truck.
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Remember the
real issue,a lot of these machines,
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you can't drive them
up to the fuel tank,
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you have to take
the fuel to them,
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so this is an actual big issue.
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The engine is blowing on it,
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so we're gonna hook
it up to this loader
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and tow it up and out of the way
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so that Randy can fix it.
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Maybe come my
way just a little bit.
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Yeah.
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Probably another
two, three feet.
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You know,if don't
get this fueltruck running,
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we can't fuel
any of the pumps,
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we can't fuel the
generator for the plant,
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we can't fuel the
equipment, and...
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then we'll be screwed.
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This fuel truckis really important.
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It's a six-wheel
drive fuel truck.
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You can drive
anywhere on the mine
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and not get stuck, so it...
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fuels all the plants,
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all the excavators out
in the cuts and stuff.
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It's just another
obstacle on this mine.
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It's hard to win here.
It's just hard to win.
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A blown
engineon an old truck
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is a challenging prospect
in the Alaskan wild.
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Luckily, this
truck has a twin.
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This is our
othermilitary fuel truck.
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It hasn't been
started in four years.
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Uh, we've been
scavenging parts off of it.
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I don't even know if it runs,
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but, uh, we gotta
get this running
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now because we do
not have a fuel truck.
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-So what happened? Black and blue?
-Well...
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She's no
good. She's done, Todd.
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Do you think you can
get that one running?
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I think so.
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Okay, how long?
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We gotta fuel all these
things up. What do you got?
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Well, I'm hoping by
the end of the night.
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- Wow, all right, Todd. Good luck.
- All right.
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Appreciate it, thanks.
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But gettingit
running is easier said,
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given that over the years
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many vital parts
have been scavenged
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for the now broken down truc
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We got a lot of work
to do ahead of us here.
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It is missing a couple
of items, like the pump,
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PTO shaft.
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We gotta get the
fire extinguisher
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over on this side.
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We gotta put it
all back together.
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In order to getthe
abandoned fuel truckfully functional,
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Randy must transfer parts
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from the broken
down fuel truck.
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To have a Vietnam
military fuel truck...
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almost impossible.
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You're not gonna find
any one of those in Nome.
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To have two of them
with identical parts,
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literally, unheard of.
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Just like butter.
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Whoo!
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We don't throw anything
away up here in Alaska
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'cause you never know
when you're gonna need it.
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Parts are parts.
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We'll take 'em, we don't
care where they come from.
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Because it's the
exact same setup,
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I can go ahead and just swap
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over the fuel line
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to this truck.
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One more step
closer to being done,
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'cause we gotta
have a fuel truck.
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Bada-bing!
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Now I need to get some
drag shaft for the fuel pump
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This shaft is snapped in half,
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so we took that
shaft off of that truck
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and put it on this truck.
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Well, now, we gotta
undo all that.
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All of these could've
been avoided
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if they had just
checked the oil.
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Backat the Z-plant,
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Todd knows he
needs this victory.
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If we're not
getting this thing running,
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we're dead in the water,
we're not making any gold.
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Nope.
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Come on, baby. Come on.
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Let's see if she turns
or... if she breaks.
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Hate to all this
work for nothing.
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There.
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There.
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Come on, baby.
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Holy crap!
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And we have another
fuel truck again.
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That's awesome.
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Yahtzee!
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With the fuel
truckfinally running,
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the Hoffman crew
has a glimmer of hope.
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Whoo! Beautiful.
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Finally, the fuel truck's here.
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We got the Calvary here.
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-Try to get us some fuel.
-Roll it up!
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Fuel up the generator.
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After daysof
working in the Z-plant,
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the Hoffmans are ready
for the moment of truth.
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Get ready to run. Okay?
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Fire up the generator!
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Fire it up!
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Clear!
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Watch it close. Andy,
you'll wanna see what's going on!
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Hit the water!
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Let's give it a
little trickle neck...
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-Looking good! This plant's running!
-Yeah.
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I mean, look at the tails, they're
coming out perfectly clean.
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Yeah.
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The Hoffman's hardwork has finally paid off.
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And the Z-plant is
fully operational again.
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How're you doing,
guys? I'm happy.
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Finally, they canrun dirt and get some gold.
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Good job.
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We know we're waybehind where we need to be.
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We gotta start
running richer pay dirt.
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Before we get too far,
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and run too much dirt, we're
gonna go ahead and keep testing.
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Keep usingthis clean-up room
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as our secret weapon.
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With only oneworking wash plant,
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running the richest paydirt
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is critical to their success
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Well, the best we've ever
done is an ounce a hundred.
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I think we've gotta
have at least...
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-two ounces a hundred.
-Double.
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Yeah.
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I think it's the only way that
we have any hope whatsoever.
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Jack and Jim haverun a 150 yard test wash
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from the current
dig site, North Fork.
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And the results are in.
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What's up?
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Thought I better call you. I
don't know what's going on.
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We have a problem.
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You weighing a 150 yards.
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-Yeah.
-It only got 2.5,
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so that's only 1.6
ounces per 100.
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That's not good.
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We can't keep running that dirt.
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Maybe we should move.
I don't know what to do.
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You know, typically,
in this situation
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we just start a new cut
and find a better paydirt.
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A new cutis the process
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of removing the
organic top layer,
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exposing the soil underneat
to the heat of the sun
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allowing it to thaw,
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making it possible to
then cut into the earth
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until bedrock has reached.
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From there, they can
identify and harvest paydirt
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where gold is settled.
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Opening a new cut is
a labor intensive task.
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It generally happens
in early spring
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when there's time for
the paydirt layer to tha
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It's just too
latein the season
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and the weather's not
gonna have the ground thaw,
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so we really don't have a
choice, but to just stick with it.
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Maybe we should
give up, move on.
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Move around.
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That number won't do it.
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If we make one false step,
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we're not gonna meet our goal.
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And you know what?
It's already getting cold
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and we're running out of time.
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Sorry, Andy, throwing
away your hard work.
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We need paydirt,we need thawed paydirt
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and we need it right away.
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Nick, how's the box looking?
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The box looks perfect.
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All is good...
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...for now.
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My dad and Andy
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are out looking
for new ground,
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so right now, I'm
just trying to run
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as much through
Z-plant as I possibly can.
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We're in a race
against time and...
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And some gold is
better than no gold.
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You know, I can already
feel the weather changing.
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It's getting colder
every single day.
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It's getting darker
earlier every night.
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And we need every
single yard we can get.
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Oh, the boss is here.
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All right, everybody, shake 'em
up. The mine boss is driving through.
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Copy.
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Todd has made
mineowner, Jason Otteson,
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aware of this
problematic gold yields.
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Now, Jason is here to
work with the Hoffmans
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and protect his investment.
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This project is the
result of million of dollars.
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My money, investors' money
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coming together to gamble.
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I trust the Hoffmans becaus
we have a long friendship,
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but I'm motivated to
make su that they don't fail.
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They might perceive it as
micro-managing at times
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or that I wanna be too involved,
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but we need the gold
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and the time is ticking.
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I'm a
friendof Jason's.
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I am,
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but he doesn't run gold mine
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He's had to go
hands-on on this thing,
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but at this point,
if you're smart,
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you'll let us
handle it right now.
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We're
further behindthan expected
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and the current dig site
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is producing less
gold than expected.
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To me, that means we
have to open a new cut
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where we know
there's better gold.
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Early inthe
season, Jason performed
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geological drill testing
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that showed extremely
promising results,
257
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especially, in an area
known as Quartz Creek.
258
00:11:09,603 --> 00:11:12,103
These tests are done
by auguring deep holes.
259
00:11:12,105 --> 00:11:14,806
and pulling up
paydirt samples.
260
00:11:14,808 --> 00:11:16,641
Gold extracted
from the paydirt
261
00:11:16,743 --> 00:11:18,109
allows geologists to provid
262
00:11:18,111 --> 00:11:20,812
an ounces per
100 yard estimate.
263
00:11:20,814 --> 00:11:24,049
With estimates at over
300 ounces per 100 yard
264
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in Quartz Creek.
265
00:11:25,451 --> 00:11:28,319
Starting a new cut here
is hard for Jason to resist
266
00:11:32,325 --> 00:11:34,659
Guys, we needto open up a new cut.
267
00:11:34,761 --> 00:11:37,062
So this is how we're
gonna do this thing.
268
00:11:38,432 --> 00:11:39,798
I want all the organics
269
00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:41,499
rolled to the top of this cut,
270
00:11:41,501 --> 00:11:44,936
so that we can start
moving the frozen muck.
271
00:11:45,038 --> 00:11:46,938
You don't think that's risky?
272
00:11:47,040 --> 00:11:49,207
No. We have to do the whole cut
273
00:11:49,209 --> 00:11:50,642
and get it to the plant.
274
00:11:50,711 --> 00:11:52,110
If you take all
275
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of the organics
off the top of that
276
00:11:54,414 --> 00:11:56,848
that material is
60% frozen water.
277
00:11:56,950 --> 00:11:58,516
This late in the season,
278
00:11:58,518 --> 00:12:01,619
there's no way that ground is
gonna thaw good enough to mine it.
279
00:12:01,621 --> 00:12:04,422
The only time that you
can take the whole cut off
280
00:12:04,424 --> 00:12:07,025
is if we were here
in April or May.
281
00:12:07,027 --> 00:12:08,827
- That's when you take...
- We don't have the time
282
00:12:08,829 --> 00:12:10,428
to wait on this gold
to get it to the plant.
283
00:12:10,430 --> 00:12:12,163
Our cash flow
needs that gold now.
284
00:12:12,265 --> 00:12:14,833
That's the only place that
we ever drilled resource
285
00:12:14,934 --> 00:12:16,234
right now that's ready to go.
286
00:12:16,236 --> 00:12:20,004
This ground
will not thaw in time
287
00:12:20,006 --> 00:12:22,440
with the weather that's
happening right now.
288
00:12:22,542 --> 00:12:25,110
I promise you,
this late in the year,
289
00:12:25,112 --> 00:12:27,245
that cut will turn into crap.
290
00:12:27,347 --> 00:12:29,047
We shouldn't even be
doing a cut right now.
291
00:12:29,049 --> 00:12:30,815
This is not the
right time to do this.
292
00:12:30,817 --> 00:12:33,017
Dude, we cannot fight.
293
00:12:33,019 --> 00:12:34,753
It's too late in the season.
294
00:12:34,854 --> 00:12:36,955
I know we're paying the
bills, but I'm telling you
295
00:12:37,023 --> 00:12:38,423
I trust this guy.
296
00:12:38,425 --> 00:12:40,225
He's done good cuts.
297
00:12:40,227 --> 00:12:41,960
We've got a lot of gold.
298
00:12:42,061 --> 00:12:44,763
I respect you. I get
where you're coming from,
299
00:12:44,831 --> 00:12:47,532
but I can't do something
wrong when I know it's wrong.
300
00:12:50,137 --> 00:12:51,302
Here's the deal...
301
00:12:51,304 --> 00:12:53,037
I asked you to come help.
302
00:12:53,139 --> 00:12:54,706
I'm not a professional miner.
303
00:12:54,708 --> 00:12:58,109
I've made this thing work
year after year barely.
304
00:12:58,945 --> 00:13:00,145
But I gotta pay the bills.
305
00:13:02,249 --> 00:13:03,915
So if we don't have
the gold to the plant
306
00:13:03,917 --> 00:13:05,817
washing as soon as possible,
307
00:13:05,819 --> 00:13:07,318
we're in a bad situation.
308
00:13:10,323 --> 00:13:13,758
What I can guarantee you
is that I will get that cut done.
309
00:13:13,827 --> 00:13:15,727
What mother nature allows us
310
00:13:15,729 --> 00:13:17,729
and thawing...
that I can't control.
311
00:13:22,536 --> 00:13:24,035
We'll do it your way.
312
00:13:25,605 --> 00:13:26,704
Let's get started.
313
00:13:28,942 --> 00:13:30,041
All right, we're ready?
314
00:13:30,110 --> 00:13:31,743
- Ready.
- Do it right Andy.
315
00:13:31,845 --> 00:13:33,244
Let's go.
316
00:13:33,947 --> 00:13:36,114
You know, I don't
really believe in this ground.
317
00:13:36,116 --> 00:13:37,282
It's too late this season.
318
00:13:37,284 --> 00:13:39,184
This ground's not gonna thaw
319
00:13:39,186 --> 00:13:42,453
But Todd right now, you know he is not
supposed to tell that to Jason right now.
320
00:13:45,425 --> 00:13:48,059
So, I'm just gonna put my game
face on, and I'm just gonna go to work.
321
00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:03,041
These are our
very first cut in four years.
322
00:14:06,413 --> 00:14:07,344
I love it.
323
00:14:08,748 --> 00:14:11,649
You know what?
It feels like mining.
324
00:14:11,751 --> 00:14:14,652
It's starting to spare for
the and starts to get real.
325
00:14:16,523 --> 00:14:17,622
Hey, got to copy.
326
00:14:18,592 --> 00:14:20,325
Yeah, go ahead.
327
00:14:20,327 --> 00:14:23,161
How do you feel
man? You still got it?
328
00:14:23,230 --> 00:14:25,063
Like riding a bike.
329
00:14:28,802 --> 00:14:32,503
Not a lot of people have felt
ice that's thousands of years old.
330
00:14:33,907 --> 00:14:37,041
What are you thinking, Andy?
You think this will thaw out?
331
00:14:37,110 --> 00:14:40,612
I don't know, we're late. I
don't know, if it will thaw or not.
332
00:14:40,614 --> 00:14:42,847
Kind of doubtful, but
we'll give it a try for Jason.
333
00:14:46,319 --> 00:14:50,922
My concern and Andy's
concern is, will this ground thaw?
334
00:14:50,924 --> 00:14:52,657
Did we miss the window?
335
00:14:52,726 --> 00:14:55,126
We dealt with permafrost
in the Klondike,
336
00:14:55,128 --> 00:14:58,730
and we've learned the hard way
that you can't underestimate ice.
337
00:14:58,732 --> 00:15:01,099
We're the only idiots in
the Klondike right now,
338
00:15:01,101 --> 00:15:04,035
trying to thaw-repeat
it out with the bonfire.
339
00:15:04,104 --> 00:15:07,605
So, Jason knows what's under
the ground, with all of his testing.
340
00:15:07,607 --> 00:15:09,607
But it doesn't make
any difference,
341
00:15:09,609 --> 00:15:12,810
if the ground is frozen
and he can't get it out.
342
00:15:14,614 --> 00:15:18,650
You know, I hope the ground
thaws. But if not, we just wasted
343
00:15:18,751 --> 00:15:20,051
a whole bunch of
time and money.
344
00:15:21,755 --> 00:15:24,722
It takes a special kind
of guy who wanna do this.
345
00:15:24,724 --> 00:15:27,926
It takes patience,
ability, skill, balls...
346
00:15:28,929 --> 00:15:29,761
...can you say that?
347
00:15:33,366 --> 00:15:34,699
We got a long way to go.
348
00:15:45,312 --> 00:15:47,545
At Z-plant,Andy's son, Dakota,
349
00:15:47,614 --> 00:15:50,114
loads gold-bearing
dirt into the wash plant.
350
00:15:55,922 --> 00:15:59,557
Z-plant can run up to
80 yards of dirt per hour.
351
00:15:59,626 --> 00:16:03,561
When running lower quality pay
dirt, quantity becomes more important.
352
00:16:04,731 --> 00:16:06,064
Dirt's
pretty wet and heavy.
353
00:16:20,814 --> 00:16:22,814
Nick,
go ahead and shutthe shaker down,
354
00:16:22,816 --> 00:16:24,415
it just shut-off again.
355
00:16:27,921 --> 00:16:29,387
What's going on?
356
00:16:29,389 --> 00:16:31,622
It just shut-off. I
think that material is too heavy.
357
00:16:31,624 --> 00:16:34,425
Holler, Randy, we'll get him down
here and then, we'll see what's going on.
358
00:16:35,528 --> 00:16:37,128
Hey! Randy, Randy.
359
00:16:37,130 --> 00:16:39,630
We're just though this
belt on the plant here.
360
00:16:39,632 --> 00:16:40,865
We need you down here.
361
00:16:40,933 --> 00:16:42,934
There's no-go beyond
through this sludge right now.
362
00:16:42,936 --> 00:16:46,004
So, every second that we're
down is just time wasted.
363
00:16:49,743 --> 00:16:52,310
You're not gonna be happy
to hear this. What's going on?
364
00:16:52,312 --> 00:16:53,778
You've
through on that belt, just--
365
00:16:53,813 --> 00:16:56,514
I think the weight of the
material's a little bit overloading it.
366
00:16:56,516 --> 00:16:57,648
All right. Well,
will check it out.
367
00:16:57,717 --> 00:17:00,451
Plant's not
running, Not making money.
368
00:17:02,222 --> 00:17:04,122
All right, boys. Let me
do... Let me get in here.
369
00:17:07,227 --> 00:17:11,763
It's out of the line. We
need to pull it back on this, on...
370
00:17:11,831 --> 00:17:14,065
-Lock this side, pull this side back.
-Yeah.
371
00:17:16,536 --> 00:17:20,104
The alignment's out. The
belt scratches over time.
372
00:17:20,106 --> 00:17:23,708
We're just gonna try to get as
much time as we can out of this belt
373
00:17:23,710 --> 00:17:26,811
before we have to replace
it, because they're not cheap.
374
00:17:26,813 --> 00:17:29,547
If this doesn't work, and if
belt does get thrown off again,
375
00:17:29,649 --> 00:17:32,750
that means that the belt is stretched,
and we're gonna have to replace it.
376
00:17:32,852 --> 00:17:35,486
And we only have six
weeks left in the season.
377
00:17:35,488 --> 00:17:38,523
Currently, we're just gonna try to get
the plant back up and running again.
378
00:17:39,826 --> 00:17:40,825
Hopefully.
379
00:17:43,196 --> 00:17:44,729
Oh! It didn't move.
380
00:17:46,132 --> 00:17:48,099
- Wait, that's still way off.
- Yeah.
381
00:17:51,004 --> 00:17:54,005
Oh! I don't like those
noises. No, I don't either.
382
00:17:58,044 --> 00:17:59,811
She's way off.
383
00:17:59,813 --> 00:18:01,212
Damn it!
384
00:18:02,816 --> 00:18:06,050
Plant's down. I'm trying
to find out what's going on.
385
00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:07,652
Ah, That sucks!
386
00:18:09,756 --> 00:18:15,126
This is not the time we want
to be sitting here... fixing things.
387
00:18:15,128 --> 00:18:17,428
Oh! You
have any water issues?
388
00:18:17,430 --> 00:18:20,898
'Cause normally when you get a
clump like that, it's a little less water.
389
00:18:20,900 --> 00:18:22,733
It's just like,
solid clay today.
390
00:18:22,802 --> 00:18:25,303
- Oh, you're gonna have to run it slower.
- Yeah.
391
00:18:25,305 --> 00:18:26,670
Hey, Randy. What's going on?
392
00:18:29,409 --> 00:18:32,810
They've run in a lot of clay.
So, its loading up the motor.
393
00:18:32,812 --> 00:18:35,213
The motor is
slightly out of the line.
394
00:18:35,215 --> 00:18:38,049
-And I think, the belt's stretched a little bit.
-Hmm.
395
00:18:38,051 --> 00:18:42,854
But I think they're gonna have to run
slower today, because of this clay material.
396
00:18:42,955 --> 00:18:45,923
It's just sitting in one spot,
up there. It's not even clearing up.
397
00:18:47,227 --> 00:18:48,926
All right.
And I don't like it.
398
00:18:50,063 --> 00:18:52,330
Randy is thinking
like a mechanic right now.
399
00:18:52,332 --> 00:18:54,832
I'm thinking like someone who
has a personal stake in the mine.
400
00:18:54,934 --> 00:18:57,101
We can't afford to slow down.
401
00:18:57,103 --> 00:19:00,004
My goal right now is to make
sure this plant is never down.
402
00:19:00,006 --> 00:19:01,105
And here it is, it's down.
403
00:19:13,186 --> 00:19:15,253
-Wait, that's still way off.
-Yeah.
404
00:19:16,723 --> 00:19:19,857
-Oh! I don't like those noises.
-No, I don't either.
405
00:19:19,926 --> 00:19:21,859
Ah, that sucks!
406
00:19:21,928 --> 00:19:23,461
Damn it!
407
00:19:23,463 --> 00:19:25,396
My goal right now is to
make sure this plant is never down.
408
00:19:25,398 --> 00:19:27,298
And here it is, it's down.
409
00:19:27,300 --> 00:19:30,101
Tighten that corner off,
Mike. Or, away. I'm sorry!
410
00:19:32,639 --> 00:19:34,805
-Did that move, Mike?
-Yes, sir.
411
00:19:34,807 --> 00:19:39,443
We're trying to take this
motor. We're gonna anchor this side...
412
00:19:39,545 --> 00:19:45,650
and swing the motor around to
other bolts, parallel on the same line.
413
00:19:45,685 --> 00:19:50,054
If they're not parallel,
it'll keep throwing the belt.
414
00:19:50,089 --> 00:19:52,957
When plants are down, it's bad. And
this time of the year it's even worse.
415
00:19:52,959 --> 00:19:57,228
So, we're not making money, it affects
everybody here, including me and my family.
416
00:19:57,230 --> 00:19:59,130
You know,
Jason. You know how he is.
417
00:19:59,132 --> 00:20:00,364
You haven't done yet?
418
00:20:01,501 --> 00:20:04,001
This didn't come forward.
We need this to come forward.
419
00:20:04,003 --> 00:20:06,204
I'm gonna get out of here
and get a check on other stuff.
420
00:20:06,206 --> 00:20:07,838
It's hard for me
to see this down.
421
00:20:10,210 --> 00:20:11,342
She's loose.
422
00:20:11,444 --> 00:20:12,710
Come on! Come on!
423
00:20:14,614 --> 00:20:16,113
Tighten it up.
424
00:20:16,115 --> 00:20:18,216
It should bring the motor
around and take in the belt.
425
00:20:21,621 --> 00:20:22,720
All right, Rando!
426
00:20:23,623 --> 00:20:25,323
Okay. It looks
like we're good to go.
427
00:20:25,325 --> 00:20:27,325
So, we'll let these
guys get back to work.
428
00:20:29,028 --> 00:20:31,963
We want to run close to eighty
to a hundred yards per hour.
429
00:20:32,031 --> 00:20:35,499
And they, probably have to be
around 70 to 60 yards an hour,
430
00:20:35,501 --> 00:20:37,201
just to keep the plant together.
431
00:20:37,203 --> 00:20:40,605
Not where we want to be, but at
least we're gonna continue to run.
432
00:20:40,607 --> 00:20:42,740
We can fire up the plant,
get things working again.
433
00:20:46,412 --> 00:20:49,046
You know, you should never
run your equipment into the ground.
434
00:20:49,115 --> 00:20:52,250
- Jason, he wants more?
- -He wants even more.
435
00:21:15,608 --> 00:21:17,408
I think it's a wrong
time to be doing the cut.
436
00:21:18,444 --> 00:21:20,211
It's too late.
437
00:21:20,213 --> 00:21:22,113
I don't think
it's gonna thaw right.
438
00:21:22,115 --> 00:21:26,117
Three chilly days afteremoving
the organic layerfrom Jason's new cut,
439
00:21:26,119 --> 00:21:29,053
Todd and Andy assessed
the state of the pay.
440
00:21:29,055 --> 00:21:30,721
I mean, it wants to thaw.
441
00:21:30,723 --> 00:21:33,257
You can see the crack and the
water is running out of it, but...
442
00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:35,259
That's just rainwater
running off the surface.
443
00:21:37,030 --> 00:21:38,429
We just don't have any heat.
444
00:21:38,431 --> 00:21:39,563
We need heat.
445
00:21:39,665 --> 00:21:41,899
If I understand
why he wants this ground,
446
00:21:41,901 --> 00:21:44,402
it's three and a half
ounces a hundred yards.
447
00:21:44,404 --> 00:21:45,436
That's rich!
448
00:21:45,538 --> 00:21:47,305
It's just a wrong time.
449
00:21:47,307 --> 00:21:49,307
We've done this the wrong way.
450
00:21:49,309 --> 00:21:51,742
I knew it was the wrong
way, when we started this.
451
00:21:51,811 --> 00:21:54,845
-Yeah.
-And how we just wasted precious time.
452
00:21:54,914 --> 00:21:55,879
Yeah.
453
00:21:55,881 --> 00:21:58,749
He brought us
here for our expertise.
454
00:21:58,851 --> 00:22:01,552
He's gotta start listening
to us at some point.
455
00:22:01,654 --> 00:22:03,854
We can't just keep doing
things that we know are wrong.
456
00:22:04,691 --> 00:22:07,124
We better think up a plan-B.
457
00:22:07,126 --> 00:22:08,859
We have to
findsome more dirt.
458
00:22:08,895 --> 00:22:11,329
Something that's thawed
this late in the year.
459
00:22:11,331 --> 00:22:12,563
That's got gold in it.
460
00:22:12,565 --> 00:22:15,399
There's got to be some other
thawed ground around here.
461
00:22:15,401 --> 00:22:19,303
Now, we gotta do it our way, I
guess. We have no other choice.
462
00:22:19,305 --> 00:22:21,105
We gonna have to go
search for some pay.
463
00:22:22,241 --> 00:22:23,707
Let's go.
464
00:22:34,020 --> 00:22:38,055
The cut that Jason wanto pursue won't thaw in time
465
00:22:38,124 --> 00:22:41,425
Todd and Andy spend the
following day, seeking thawed ground.
466
00:22:45,131 --> 00:22:46,130
That's what we need.
467
00:22:47,233 --> 00:22:48,699
I've come up to
the end of the creek,
468
00:22:48,701 --> 00:22:52,203
in that south-facing
slope to the sun's hitting...
469
00:22:52,205 --> 00:22:54,739
peel back the vegetation,
and look what I found.
470
00:22:55,608 --> 00:22:58,042
All thawed gravel.
471
00:22:58,044 --> 00:23:01,145
The cut that failedto thaw,
is on a sectionof Quartz Creek
472
00:23:01,214 --> 00:23:03,247
that runs north to south.
473
00:23:03,349 --> 00:23:07,518
Andy has spotted an area neighboring
Dahl Creek, with a broad slope
474
00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:11,956
that faces much more sun over
the course of a long Alaska day,
475
00:23:12,024 --> 00:23:15,626
allowing a ground of thaw and
make for easier access to pay dirt.
476
00:23:15,628 --> 00:23:18,028
Everywhere that I
poked on this hill, is thawed.
477
00:23:18,030 --> 00:23:19,563
There's a mile of it.
478
00:23:19,632 --> 00:23:22,099
We just gotta make
sure it's got gold in it.
479
00:23:22,101 --> 00:23:24,702
- Look right there. Got a small tailing.
- Yeah.
480
00:23:24,704 --> 00:23:27,104
Tailings are
there. Tailings there.
481
00:23:27,106 --> 00:23:29,306
Tailings down there.
482
00:23:29,308 --> 00:23:34,111
Tailings are the refusmaterial of
rock and gravelthat is been washed for gold
483
00:23:34,113 --> 00:23:38,048
It indicates, the past miner
believe there was gold in this spot.
484
00:23:38,150 --> 00:23:40,618
The old-timers ran here.
They knew it was here.
485
00:23:40,620 --> 00:23:42,653
- They didn't have any equipment.
- No.
486
00:23:42,722 --> 00:23:44,822
They had to
stick with the thawed stuff.
487
00:23:44,824 --> 00:23:47,558
-Yep.
-Where's all the tailings?
488
00:23:47,626 --> 00:23:49,193
It's outside.
489
00:23:49,195 --> 00:23:52,229
If they moved all this by hand
but no equipment, it had to be rich.
490
00:23:52,231 --> 00:23:53,898
-I'd say, we run it.
-Run it!
491
00:23:53,900 --> 00:23:55,933
I'll get trucks up here, get
the excavator and we'll load it,
492
00:23:56,035 --> 00:23:57,935
and get that cleaned
up to Jack and Thurber.
493
00:23:58,037 --> 00:23:59,136
one day.
494
00:23:59,238 --> 00:24:00,604
- One day...
- Just one day.
495
00:24:00,606 --> 00:24:03,207
-Okay.
-You're a genius.
496
00:24:03,209 --> 00:24:05,443
You might have just
saved the day, Andy.
497
00:24:05,544 --> 00:24:08,045
-I hope so. Saved all our bacon.
-No kidding!
498
00:24:08,114 --> 00:24:12,516
We have to getthe gold, the
best way we cafastest way we can.
499
00:24:12,518 --> 00:24:18,522
So, I'm not gonna tell Jason just yet, that
we're pursuing a cut on the southern slope.
500
00:24:18,524 --> 00:24:22,359
If that looks like it's gonna pay off,
then we'll go ahead and let Jason know.
501
00:24:22,461 --> 00:24:24,728
But, you know, it's... It's for
the betterment of the mind.
502
00:24:26,332 --> 00:24:29,500
Andy quickly getsthe
team workingon the southern slope.
503
00:24:29,502 --> 00:24:33,604
They have to act fast before mine
owner, Jason Otteson realizes that
504
00:24:33,606 --> 00:24:35,572
Todd has changed the plan.
505
00:24:35,574 --> 00:24:40,311
Todd has given them one day to excavate
and run at leas 200 cubic yards of dirt
506
00:24:40,313 --> 00:24:43,314
and get it to Jack
and Jim for testing.
507
00:24:43,316 --> 00:24:45,649
This pay dirt we
got, supposed to pour it there,
508
00:24:45,718 --> 00:24:47,318
we could take to
the plant right now.
509
00:24:48,054 --> 00:24:49,520
Southern slope.
510
00:24:51,324 --> 00:24:52,789
You going to go.
511
00:24:54,827 --> 00:24:57,528
The thing about this is though,
there's no drill holes in here.
512
00:24:57,530 --> 00:25:01,632
So we have no idea if it goes, three
ounces of hundred or it goes to nothing.
513
00:25:02,702 --> 00:25:04,602
Only way we know is if
we get it through the plant.
514
00:25:06,906 --> 00:25:09,807
Andy's sent in us
some pay from the southern slope.
515
00:25:09,809 --> 00:25:12,309
I'm hoping, we shut
down at the end of the day
516
00:25:12,311 --> 00:25:13,410
with a box full of gold.
517
00:25:15,715 --> 00:25:17,515
We know,there's gold in it.
518
00:25:17,517 --> 00:25:19,517
Not the best way to gold-mine.
519
00:25:19,519 --> 00:25:22,152
But our options, we don't
have very many of them.
520
00:25:41,307 --> 00:25:44,508
The Hoffmans haveembarked
on a new strategyto mine-pay
521
00:25:44,510 --> 00:25:47,411
from the southern
slope of Doll Creek.
522
00:25:47,413 --> 00:25:49,813
And are gathering
dirt to test for its value.
523
00:25:52,218 --> 00:25:56,720
Meanwhile, bush mechanic, Randy Hubler
is dealing with a backlog of repairs,
524
00:25:56,722 --> 00:25:58,322
but is soon interrupted.
525
00:26:02,428 --> 00:26:04,328
Shaker deck
is... is 'Off' again.
526
00:26:05,464 --> 00:26:07,131
We have a shredded belt.
527
00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:09,934
Okay, I'll bring a belt down.
528
00:26:11,604 --> 00:26:12,503
Broken belt.
529
00:26:16,509 --> 00:26:18,008
Well, let's see if these fit.
530
00:26:19,745 --> 00:26:21,312
This is it, the whole day.
531
00:26:21,314 --> 00:26:24,415
Chasing your tail,
breaking , all day.
532
00:26:24,417 --> 00:26:26,817
Yeah, we lost a belt
on the plant, the Z-plant.
533
00:26:28,220 --> 00:26:31,055
Uh, we've had that... belt
issues today with that plant.
534
00:26:31,057 --> 00:26:33,123
Uh, here we go again.
535
00:26:33,125 --> 00:26:35,159
It's
an all-day event.
536
00:26:35,260 --> 00:26:37,261
It can't finish one thing today,
537
00:26:37,330 --> 00:26:43,400
because there is always something
else breaking, while it's happening.
538
00:26:43,402 --> 00:26:48,706
The equipment here, the reason why it's
in such bad shape is, you know, Jason...
539
00:26:48,708 --> 00:26:52,710
the repairs that were done,
were done very cheaply.
540
00:26:52,712 --> 00:26:56,246
And when you compromise
your equipment for money...
541
00:26:56,348 --> 00:27:00,050
in your pocket, or gold in your
pocket, you're really cutting your throat.
542
00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:04,421
And you have nothing. And that's
literally what he has, he has nothing
543
00:27:04,423 --> 00:27:06,323
that runs like it's supposed to.
544
00:27:07,493 --> 00:27:08,959
He's tearing for you.
545
00:27:18,904 --> 00:27:20,738
Belt pieces, everywhere.
546
00:27:21,607 --> 00:27:23,507
Ah, let's see if I
can get this on.
547
00:27:26,312 --> 00:27:28,812
He overloaded the hopper...
548
00:27:32,051 --> 00:27:34,051
And it just shredded the belt.
549
00:27:38,324 --> 00:27:42,359
That'll get 'em going for now.
550
00:27:42,428 --> 00:27:48,198
- Hey, you guys, you got any shovels?
- Uh, down here, I think so.
551
00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:52,236
'Cause that big, old
clump of materials sitting up there...
552
00:27:52,304 --> 00:27:54,605
- That's never going to go away.
- Uh-huh. Yeah.
553
00:27:54,607 --> 00:27:57,307
So, we might
need to shovel it...
554
00:27:57,309 --> 00:27:58,542
spread it out a little bit.
555
00:27:58,611 --> 00:27:59,543
All right.
556
00:28:06,519 --> 00:28:08,886
Go ahead and turn the water on.
557
00:28:08,888 --> 00:28:10,754
I'll turn the shaker deck on.
558
00:28:19,632 --> 00:28:23,534
Everything looking all
right there, uh, Nick?
559
00:28:23,635 --> 00:28:25,703
All look good.
560
00:28:25,705 --> 00:28:29,106
Okay.
561
00:28:29,108 --> 00:28:34,545
The plant is back up,now, Randy
has to reportback to mine owner Jason.
562
00:28:34,613 --> 00:28:35,846
That was fast, Randy
563
00:28:35,948 --> 00:28:39,650
They had, the screens were
completely plugged with dirt.
564
00:28:39,719 --> 00:28:41,852
And all the way
up to the hopper.
565
00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:44,054
Gonna have
to run slower today.
566
00:28:44,123 --> 00:28:46,957
Unfortunately, that's
just the way it is.
567
00:28:48,861 --> 00:28:50,961
I like Randy,he's good at what he does,
568
00:28:51,030 --> 00:28:52,896
but our priorities
are not the same.
569
00:28:52,898 --> 00:28:56,300
We have a seasonwe
have to finish,we've a lot against us.
570
00:28:56,302 --> 00:28:59,403
When we have time, we can do the
maintenance that needs to be done.
571
00:28:59,405 --> 00:29:00,804
Next year, we'll have
different equipment,
572
00:29:00,806 --> 00:29:03,006
we'll have a
time to do it right.
573
00:29:03,008 --> 00:29:06,043
And, maybe it'll be fixed
and won't have any problems.
574
00:29:06,045 --> 00:29:08,112
- We got it.
- Right.
575
00:29:08,114 --> 00:29:10,514
- I'm gonna pray about that.
- -All right.
576
00:29:12,318 --> 00:29:14,384
If you keepband aiding things
577
00:29:14,386 --> 00:29:16,220
and skipping your
proper maintenance,
578
00:29:16,222 --> 00:29:19,957
uh, eventually the Band-aid's
are gonna start falling off.
579
00:29:20,025 --> 00:29:24,561
You can't just pray over
it and make it work again.
580
00:29:24,663 --> 00:29:29,800
Jason's deferred maintenance has caught
up with him, and now he's paying the price.
581
00:29:38,711 --> 00:29:41,712
I wanna see what
that weighs.
582
00:29:41,714 --> 00:29:44,915
Jason wants to run
Quartz Creek dirt,
583
00:29:44,917 --> 00:29:47,417
we've made a
pivot, where actually
584
00:29:47,419 --> 00:29:50,020
we're running a test
on the southern slope,
585
00:29:50,022 --> 00:29:52,422
before we actually
change direction,
586
00:29:52,424 --> 00:29:54,792
we wanna make sure
we got the right gold per
587
00:29:54,794 --> 00:29:57,127
hundred yards of dirt, so
588
00:29:57,129 --> 00:30:00,130
the golden guys are
actually our secret weapon.
589
00:30:00,132 --> 00:30:02,599
Looks pretty
good, you wanna see what it is?
590
00:30:02,601 --> 00:30:05,636
Hopefully, it's at least
two ounces per hundred.
591
00:30:05,737 --> 00:30:08,105
and, uh, we can make the switch.
592
00:30:08,107 --> 00:30:11,942
Southern slope, Dahl
Creek, two hundred yards.
593
00:30:12,044 --> 00:30:13,010
What have we got?
594
00:30:13,012 --> 00:30:16,814
-Three, four...
-4.9.
595
00:30:16,816 --> 00:30:19,416
4.9, that's
over two ounces a hundred!
596
00:30:19,418 --> 00:30:22,419
-2.4 ounces a hundred, boys.
-That's good.
597
00:30:22,421 --> 00:30:23,987
- That's really good!
- That's phenomenal!
598
00:30:23,989 --> 00:30:25,722
It's the best ground
we've ever been on.
599
00:30:25,724 --> 00:30:29,526
I am totally
hyped on this stuff.
600
00:30:29,528 --> 00:30:32,095
This is the kind of gold
that we saw when we
601
00:30:32,097 --> 00:30:34,064
first assessed the mine.
602
00:30:34,166 --> 00:30:35,799
- Look at the ripples!
- -Hot!
603
00:30:35,801 --> 00:30:37,534
Full of gold.
604
00:30:37,536 --> 00:30:40,637
We knew this ground wrich
and getting theseresults right now,
605
00:30:40,706 --> 00:30:42,739
it makes this whole
gamble worth it.
606
00:30:42,841 --> 00:30:44,408
You know
what? The resources
607
00:30:44,410 --> 00:30:45,709
drilled at Quartz Creek,
608
00:30:45,711 --> 00:30:48,212
I know Jason wants to be there,
609
00:30:48,214 --> 00:30:49,913
it's the wrong time of the year.
610
00:30:49,915 --> 00:30:51,315
This is thawed paydirt,
611
00:30:51,317 --> 00:30:52,516
and it's 2.45,
612
00:30:52,518 --> 00:30:54,017
that's pretty sweet.
613
00:30:54,019 --> 00:30:55,619
Best ground we've ever mined.
614
00:30:55,621 --> 00:30:56,687
Yeah, it is.
615
00:30:56,689 --> 00:30:58,121
-We're on the right track.
-Yeah, okay.
616
00:30:58,123 --> 00:30:59,223
- Okay.
- Thanks, guys.
617
00:30:59,225 --> 00:31:00,524
A gamble paid off,
618
00:31:00,526 --> 00:31:02,125
we found thawed paydirt,
619
00:31:02,127 --> 00:31:03,527
and it just so happens,
620
00:31:03,529 --> 00:31:05,362
to be the best paydirt
621
00:31:05,431 --> 00:31:09,099
that we've ever seen at
2.4 ounces per hundred.
622
00:31:09,101 --> 00:31:11,802
Now, I just gotta go tell
Jason that I went rogue.
623
00:31:20,846 --> 00:31:22,546
How you doing?
624
00:31:22,648 --> 00:31:24,248
I'm good, you?
625
00:31:24,349 --> 00:31:27,117
-Good.
-So, how's the cut at Quartz Creek doing?
626
00:31:27,119 --> 00:31:28,619
It's what I wanted
to talk to you about.
627
00:31:28,621 --> 00:31:30,254
We're not going to get Quartz.
628
00:31:32,258 --> 00:31:35,926
This ground will
not thaw in time,
629
00:31:35,928 --> 00:31:38,161
with the weather that's
happening right now,
630
00:31:38,263 --> 00:31:40,831
I need you on board,
we have to pivot quick.
631
00:31:40,833 --> 00:31:42,332
Todd.
632
00:31:44,103 --> 00:31:45,636
I don't think that's
a smart move,
633
00:31:45,704 --> 00:31:47,638
I mean, everything
else is speculative.
634
00:31:47,739 --> 00:31:50,741
That's the only place that we
have a drilled resource right now
635
00:31:50,809 --> 00:31:52,075
that's ready to go.
636
00:31:52,077 --> 00:31:55,212
Let me just cut to the chase,
I've already bailed on it.
637
00:31:55,214 --> 00:31:57,414
- God.
- I'm working on Dahl Creek right now.
638
00:31:58,651 --> 00:32:01,718
- What part?
- Southern slope.
639
00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:04,021
Are they tests on that? I
mean are we just going to go...
640
00:32:04,023 --> 00:32:05,923
chase unicorns and rainbows now?
641
00:32:05,925 --> 00:32:09,159
2.4 ounces a hundred,
we just did a test.
642
00:32:09,228 --> 00:32:10,928
- It's thawed.
- How deep?
643
00:32:11,664 --> 00:32:12,963
It's not very deep.
644
00:32:15,334 --> 00:32:17,701
I'm already stacking it up.
645
00:32:17,703 --> 00:32:20,604
I don't like you going
rogue on this stuff.
646
00:32:20,606 --> 00:32:22,472
Jason brought
me in for a reason,
647
00:32:22,474 --> 00:32:24,141
he couldn't do it on his own.
648
00:32:24,209 --> 00:32:27,844
We've tried Jason's
cut and it didn't work.
649
00:32:27,913 --> 00:32:31,148
So, basically, if he doesn'
start doing things our way,
650
00:32:31,249 --> 00:32:32,516
we're not gonna make it.
651
00:32:32,518 --> 00:32:34,017
We're not gonna get the gold.
652
00:32:34,019 --> 00:32:36,853
You brought me in, I'm
going to help you do this.
653
00:32:36,955 --> 00:32:39,356
But, I need you to
get on board on this.
654
00:32:40,726 --> 00:32:43,927
You get gold in a box,
probably in the next 72 hours.
655
00:32:46,832 --> 00:32:48,632
We'll know soon
enough if you're right.
656
00:32:49,435 --> 00:32:50,433
But I'm not happy about this.
657
00:32:50,435 --> 00:32:52,002
I know you're
not happy about it.
658
00:32:53,205 --> 00:32:54,805
You're
gonna thank me for it.
659
00:33:06,819 --> 00:33:08,752
Could you run up to that Z-plant
660
00:33:08,854 --> 00:33:11,722
and grab that core part
and few chains for me?
661
00:33:12,725 --> 00:33:13,824
Hey, there, buddy.
662
00:33:13,826 --> 00:33:14,858
Where's your shirt?
663
00:33:19,064 --> 00:33:20,630
I know, but
let's get you dressed.
664
00:33:20,632 --> 00:33:23,033
Let's get you
MSHA-approved, man.
665
00:33:23,135 --> 00:33:25,635
I love seeing
guyslike Sparky,
666
00:33:25,704 --> 00:33:29,006
you know couple of years ago,
he was putting up bouncy houses.
667
00:33:29,008 --> 00:33:31,141
Why does Mike
not have a shirt on?
668
00:33:31,243 --> 00:33:32,909
I have no idea.
669
00:33:32,911 --> 00:33:35,512
He says it's really warm today.
670
00:33:35,514 --> 00:33:39,016
I love seeing guys
that have the world beat 'em up.
671
00:33:39,018 --> 00:33:40,550
And, they come mine with us,
672
00:33:40,619 --> 00:33:42,219
and it's the best
time of their life.
673
00:33:42,221 --> 00:33:44,154
Doesn't feel warm to
me.1 -No.
674
00:33:44,923 --> 00:33:46,356
All right.
675
00:33:46,425 --> 00:33:48,759
At the end of the
daythese guys encourage me.
676
00:33:48,860 --> 00:33:50,627
I think I'm encouraging the
677
00:33:50,762 --> 00:33:53,130
but they encourage me.
678
00:33:54,199 --> 00:33:56,099
He thinks it's 90
degrees outside.
679
00:34:05,511 --> 00:34:06,943
So, Matt and I are headed
680
00:34:06,945 --> 00:34:09,046
up to the Z-plant to change
the carpets really quick.
681
00:34:11,517 --> 00:34:13,216
I'm hopingto see lots of gold.
682
00:34:13,218 --> 00:34:16,853
I think it's gonna give
us all a spark, you know?
683
00:34:27,332 --> 00:34:30,300
All right, getting
all the material off out of the corners.
684
00:34:30,302 --> 00:34:31,701
Make sure we're not
685
00:34:31,770 --> 00:34:33,537
dropping anything, 'cause we
want this all to go to the wash.
686
00:34:34,706 --> 00:34:36,106
So, we ran this plant,
687
00:34:36,108 --> 00:34:38,442
for a little over a
thousand yards.
688
00:34:38,510 --> 00:34:41,211
Thousand cubic
yards of material.
689
00:34:41,213 --> 00:34:44,648
This is what we have left and we're
gonna run through the wash plant,
690
00:34:44,749 --> 00:34:47,350
to separate what's
left here from the gold.
691
00:34:54,226 --> 00:34:57,461
A sluice box works
by using rushing water,
692
00:34:57,562 --> 00:34:59,763
and several layers
to collect gold.
693
00:34:59,831 --> 00:35:01,498
Starting with the riffles,
694
00:35:01,500 --> 00:35:06,036
a series of metal barriers that
separate rock and dirt from gold.
695
00:35:06,105 --> 00:35:08,705
But also direct the
heavier material downward,
696
00:35:08,707 --> 00:35:10,540
into the Miner's Moss.
697
00:35:10,642 --> 00:35:14,144
Mesh carpets, made
of woven vinyl fibers.
698
00:35:14,246 --> 00:35:18,014
These mats trap gold nuggets
gold flakes and fine gold particles,
699
00:35:18,016 --> 00:35:21,118
and prevent those materials
from flowing out of the box
700
00:35:22,454 --> 00:35:24,821
Let's get
these pulled out of here.
701
00:35:24,823 --> 00:35:26,556
This is the good stuff.
702
00:35:26,658 --> 00:35:28,959
Right through here,
see, that's a band of gold.
703
00:35:28,961 --> 00:35:31,595
It-- It still has some dirt on it
so it's hard to see sometimes.
704
00:35:31,597 --> 00:35:34,431
This gold always wants
to sit at the bottom.
705
00:35:34,433 --> 00:35:36,700
All right, here, let's get this
wrapped up so we don't drop it.
706
00:35:46,712 --> 00:35:48,211
So...
707
00:35:48,213 --> 00:35:49,813
Actually, I've never
washed carpets before,
708
00:35:49,815 --> 00:35:51,948
but I've seen Matt
do it many times.
709
00:35:53,385 --> 00:35:56,019
Once mats arepulled,
they must bethoroughly washed
710
00:35:56,021 --> 00:35:57,654
to remove all the gold.
711
00:35:57,756 --> 00:36:00,023
And every bit of mud
and dirt remaining
712
00:36:00,025 --> 00:36:02,025
is scooped into buckets
and into a trough.
713
00:36:06,165 --> 00:36:08,999
It operates
on a real level of trust.
714
00:36:09,001 --> 00:36:12,202
'Cause just a little bit, something
that could easily fit in your pocket,
715
00:36:12,204 --> 00:36:16,106
could be worth five,
10, even $20,000.
716
00:36:16,108 --> 00:36:17,908
You know, in the
state of Alaska,
717
00:36:17,910 --> 00:36:20,043
it's actually legal, if
you catch somebody
718
00:36:20,145 --> 00:36:23,513
poking around in your sluice
box, it's legal to shoot 'em.
719
00:36:23,515 --> 00:36:25,882
That's why I gotta
keep an eye out on Matt.
720
00:36:29,821 --> 00:36:32,422
All right, so just in
that one, tiny little scoop I took,
721
00:36:33,759 --> 00:36:35,125
you see the gold in here,
722
00:36:35,127 --> 00:36:36,526
and there's probably
more in here,
723
00:36:36,528 --> 00:36:38,061
'cause I didn't get it
washed out completely,
724
00:36:38,129 --> 00:36:39,429
but a tiny little scoop
725
00:36:39,431 --> 00:36:41,898
that I put in here had
that much gold in it.
726
00:36:41,900 --> 00:36:43,800
We'll send it to
Jack and Thurber.
727
00:36:43,802 --> 00:36:45,335
Let them sort it out.
728
00:36:53,312 --> 00:36:55,545
It better have some gold in it.
729
00:36:55,647 --> 00:36:56,679
Let's go.
730
00:36:58,917 --> 00:37:01,251
This is Jackand Jim's first wash
731
00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:03,954
since the Hoffmans took
ove mining operations,
732
00:37:04,055 --> 00:37:07,324
and a critical test of productivity
to see if they're on track
733
00:37:07,326 --> 00:37:08,925
for their 300 ounce gold.
734
00:37:08,927 --> 00:37:10,727
Money.
735
00:37:10,729 --> 00:37:11,962
Okay.
736
00:37:11,964 --> 00:37:14,030
- What do you think, man? Start it up?
- Let's go.
737
00:37:16,301 --> 00:37:18,101
One and a
half turns on the jig,
738
00:37:19,404 --> 00:37:21,204
it takes time going up here.
739
00:37:25,344 --> 00:37:27,677
First shovel.
740
00:37:27,713 --> 00:37:29,613
Great.
741
00:37:29,615 --> 00:37:31,548
Spent four years
742
00:37:31,583 --> 00:37:34,417
for some people, it doesn't
seem like a long time,
743
00:37:34,419 --> 00:37:37,354
but to me
it's been an eternity.
744
00:37:37,455 --> 00:37:40,123
I did not think
745
00:37:40,125 --> 00:37:43,627
I was going to get to
mine again in my lifetime.
746
00:37:43,629 --> 00:37:47,397
And, I don't think
they min in Heaven,
747
00:37:47,399 --> 00:37:49,733
so I'm going to do my best.
748
00:37:50,802 --> 00:37:52,535
- Okay.
- -Look at that.
749
00:37:52,637 --> 00:37:53,703
There we go.
750
00:37:53,705 --> 00:37:56,506
It's not easy at
all, gold mining.
751
00:37:56,508 --> 00:37:58,341
-Those are huge.
-Ooh, all right.
752
00:37:58,410 --> 00:38:02,345
But it's more fun when you're
seeing the amount of gold.
753
00:38:02,414 --> 00:38:05,615
-Hmm. Those might break the gems.
-Look at this one.
754
00:38:05,617 --> 00:38:07,017
Yeah.
755
00:38:07,019 --> 00:38:08,652
That's why we're here.
756
00:38:20,799 --> 00:38:24,534
Several hours laterthe
gold washis nearly complete.
757
00:38:24,603 --> 00:38:28,238
Soon, they'll have a full picture of
the gold they've pulled from the grou
758
00:38:28,307 --> 00:38:30,740
in their first full
week of mining.
759
00:38:30,842 --> 00:38:34,044
Todd and the others
await Ja and Jim's results.
760
00:38:34,046 --> 00:38:36,746
Dude, Z-plant, Nick, Decoder...
761
00:38:36,815 --> 00:38:39,916
It's running a little rough, but it's running.
We're having some troubles with the belt.
762
00:38:39,918 --> 00:38:42,552
Um, little troubles with
the shaker deck, but,
763
00:38:42,621 --> 00:38:43,820
everything is
getting worked out.
764
00:38:43,822 --> 00:38:45,655
It's just that
plant's worn so thin,
765
00:38:45,757 --> 00:38:47,824
that it's collapsing on
itself, so every time,
766
00:38:47,826 --> 00:38:51,061
these guys have to put the screens
in, it's harder. It's getting more narrow.
767
00:38:51,129 --> 00:38:53,663
- It's not square is it, anymore?
- No.
768
00:38:53,765 --> 00:38:57,033
I mean, it's pretty much just
welding on top of welding at this point.
769
00:38:57,135 --> 00:38:58,835
It's a ticking time-bomb.
770
00:38:58,904 --> 00:39:02,639
Hopefully, Sparky can
keep that thing running,
771
00:39:02,741 --> 00:39:05,408
as long as we can,
gotta get the yardage.
772
00:39:05,410 --> 00:39:07,811
You know, what do
we need, 43 a week?
773
00:39:07,813 --> 00:39:10,814
If we can hold that,
we're good. All right?
774
00:39:10,816 --> 00:39:14,250
So, the math is pretty
simple, we need 43 ounces
775
00:39:14,352 --> 00:39:17,420
per week to hit
that 300 ounce goal.
776
00:39:18,724 --> 00:39:21,124
This is a big test for
us, you know we moved
777
00:39:21,126 --> 00:39:23,660
our whole operation to the
southern slope of Dahl Creek,
778
00:39:23,729 --> 00:39:25,528
and then we're going
to run the first pay,
779
00:39:25,530 --> 00:39:28,264
do a test on it.
Ihope it's good.
780
00:39:29,701 --> 00:39:32,135
Here it is. First cleanup.
781
00:39:32,237 --> 00:39:35,038
This is the first
of the southern slope dirt.
782
00:39:35,040 --> 00:39:36,106
It's been a long time.
783
00:39:36,108 --> 00:39:38,641
Yeah, it has, a real long time.
784
00:39:38,777 --> 00:39:41,044
Pour it out, Thurber,
let's see what we got.
785
00:39:44,116 --> 00:39:48,118
There's five, 10, 12, 15,
786
00:39:48,120 --> 00:39:52,021
16, 17, 18, 19...
787
00:39:52,023 --> 00:39:56,326
24, 25, 26, 27, 28,
788
00:39:56,328 --> 00:40:00,430
29, 30.3.
789
00:40:04,503 --> 00:40:06,035
Little short.
790
00:40:06,137 --> 00:40:07,904
But not a bad start.
791
00:40:07,906 --> 00:40:10,640
Falling 13 ouncesshort of the weekly goal,
792
00:40:10,709 --> 00:40:13,810
puts Todd and his team
furth under the gun.
793
00:40:13,812 --> 00:40:16,212
To make their benchmark
of one million dollars,
794
00:40:16,214 --> 00:40:21,618
they'll now have to average 45 ounces
per week over the six remaining weeks.
795
00:40:21,620 --> 00:40:24,721
If Alaska's deep
freeze waits that long.
796
00:40:24,723 --> 00:40:28,057
We need 43, but 30 ain't bad.
797
00:40:28,059 --> 00:40:32,662
The good news is that the
southern slope looks really promising.
798
00:40:32,731 --> 00:40:35,799
What are we at, Thurber,
per hundred yards?
799
00:40:35,801 --> 00:40:40,503
-2.4.
-Dude, 2.4 ounces per hundred yard,
800
00:40:40,505 --> 00:40:42,539
we've never even seen that.
801
00:40:42,607 --> 00:40:45,041
The bad news
is that we're behind,
802
00:40:45,110 --> 00:40:47,043
and the equipment is a disaster,
803
00:40:47,045 --> 00:40:49,712
and we just cannot
get the yardage through.
804
00:40:49,714 --> 00:40:51,414
We're not running enough dirt.
805
00:40:51,416 --> 00:40:53,716
That's probably the
biggest frustration that we have.
806
00:40:53,718 --> 00:40:55,518
Best ground we've ever been on,
807
00:40:55,520 --> 00:40:57,520
and we're struggling to
get dirt from the plants.
808
00:40:57,522 --> 00:40:59,322
That's what I'm
worried about right now.
809
00:40:59,324 --> 00:41:01,958
Even hearing how good
the gold is a hundred,
810
00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:03,626
kinda hurts.
811
00:41:03,628 --> 00:41:07,397
-Big trommel.
-Yeah, we got to get the big trommel going.
812
00:41:07,399 --> 00:41:10,200
Basically, if we don't get
that big trommel running,
813
00:41:10,202 --> 00:41:14,137
we're not going to hit the
gold. We got to run more paydirt.
814
00:41:14,206 --> 00:41:16,606
It's a yardage game, boys.
815
00:41:16,608 --> 00:41:19,943
You know, I know that these
guys have been working hard.
816
00:41:19,945 --> 00:41:22,645
We're kinda like
a savior to 'em.
817
00:41:22,747 --> 00:41:25,648
You know, we're
gonna help 'em out.
818
00:41:25,717 --> 00:41:27,317
And be successful.
66838
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