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That's washpit dirt.
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2.4 ounces per 100.
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Todd's final gamble
proved a success.
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That's pretty nice gold
right there.
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But with
238 ounces to go...
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We're gonna need
a monster week.
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...and temperatures
rapidly dropping...
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The pay dirt's
actually starting to freeze up
in the morning.
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...the Hoffmans
need to mine
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as much Lost Cut pay
as possible.
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Mining about
240 yards an hour right now
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so that's pretty hot.
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Can Todd and
the crew burn through dirt...
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That's the biggest nugget
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we've found since
we've been at this mine.
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Or will they
get stuck in the mud?
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Cub, is your...
is your truck starting?
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Well, what the ?
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Did you hear that?
It just shut off.
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-Well, .
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Something's really,
really wrong.
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The trommel's
not spinning.
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Looks like
my luck's run out on this.
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So, we're running out
of time.
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It's getting cold.
Frost is here.
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And, uh, how's that pay
coming out of there, Tater?
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Frozen.
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Scratched everything
we could find.
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Okay.
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Both plants are running
the Lost Cut.
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But it's got
a lot of water in it,
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so the pay dirt's
actually starting
to freeze up in the mornings.
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Once the pay dirt freezes,
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there won't be much
we can do about it.
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It gets hard like concrete.
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We're gonna have to work
through the night,
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and we're already tired,
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stretched thin, but...
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gonna run the last pay we got.
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Yeah.
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And it might be
closing out our season.
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Let's be honest.
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We just gotta keep
digging dirt,
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keep pushing the plants
as hard as we can
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until everything freezes up,
then we're done.
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All right, guys.
Good job, man.
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Everybody hang in there.
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We're coming down
the home stretch.
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This is
the hardest part, right?
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-Yeah.
-All right, let's get to work.
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You get her?
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-Yeah.
-Okay.
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I got Ron out here
with me today
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helping me look over
the Black Pearl.
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-Okay?
-Yeah.
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-Okay?
-Yeah.
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Trying to give it
a good bill of health,
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because I'm gonna try
to run it
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for 12 hours today,
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of the Lost Cut pay.
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Everything looks fine.
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We're not seeing any leaks.
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We're not smelling anything
burning up.
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Oh, look at that belt.
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Oh, one slipped over,
I see.
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Ooh.
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That'll be a quick fix.
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It'll take two seconds.
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Luckily it's
a quick fix, but this is why,
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you know, I'm taking
a little bit of extra time
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to look everything over.
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Cub, hang tight.
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We're gonna fix a belt
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so just stay...
stay put for a second.
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Okay.
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Just take it right off.
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The way this plant works is
you have the motor,
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which has several rubber belts
on it that go to a tensioner,
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which turn the big sprocket,
which turns the chain,
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which turns the drum.
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So even a little thing
like this
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can cause a bigger issue,
and I'm glad
that we caught it.
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All right.
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Just sneak around there
without smearing it.
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Yeah.
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You wanna try roll her?
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-Yeah. You ready?
-Yeah.
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-Oh, you're going that way?
-Yeah, on the gutter.
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-Yeah.
-There you go.
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- Okay?
-Yeah, yeah.
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All right,
I'm gonna suck her up.
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Okay.
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Right now we still need
238 more ounces.
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The Lost Cut, it's paying
about 2.4 ounces per 100
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which is really good.
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So before it freezes up,
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I'm gonna just run this plant
till there's no more pay left.
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I'm gonna flip this guy on.
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Go ahead and bring the water
all the way out.
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Full speed on the pump.
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I never thought
I would say this,
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but we still have a chance
of beating the Holy Roller.
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But at the end of the day
we're all on the same team.
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All the gold
goes into the same pot.
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I think every single person
on this team
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deserves the win.
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The old-timers
say that
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once the sandhill cranes
go by,
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you got 10 days
till you're snowed out.
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That's about right.
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Last year, once we saw
the sandhill cranes,
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10 days later
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we had two inches of snow
on the ground.
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Weather at that point
starts dropping dramatically.
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It doesn't
look like it outside,
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but at night
it's getting real cold.
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And we've been punching in
about 17-hour days
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for six days a week,
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and as the weeks go on,
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you forget the little things
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that you're supposed
to do every day.
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Everybody has to stay focused.
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Nobody can be off their game.
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Everything has
to stay running.
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The weather is approaching us,
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the snow is in the mountains.
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We need to hit that goal
and get out of here.
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This town's
about to freeze over.
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We're both getting gold,
really good pay dirt.
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Ran probably 6,000 yards
between the two of us.
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And it's one of those days
where you just think,
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"Man, this day couldn't be
any more perfect."
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Hey, guys, so far,
things are running smooth.
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Oh, yeah.
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I grew up
doing night shift.
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But, I mean,
it's not for everybody.
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It's hard to see.
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But we gotta stay focused
on the 1,000-ounce goal.
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So we're chugging along.
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We all have a common goal,
it's to get 1,000 ounces.
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So we just wanna speed that up
as much as possible.
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Let's go.
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So, our pay dirt's starting
to freeze up.
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We got a little bit left.
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We're just gonna
keep grinding.
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We're gonna run it
till the end
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and where we can't run
any more.
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I wanna get my dad
so much gold
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on that table
that he can barely handle it.
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I'm ready to go.
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Uh-oh.
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My machine
is not starting.
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Bunch of things
flashed on the computer.
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It's definitely
something wrong.
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Ron, Ron, Ron,
you got a copy?
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Yeah, go ahead.
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Hey, can you come
down here? Uh...
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I need you to check out
this excavator.
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I've never seen it do this.
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Yeah, I'll come check it out.
Give me a minute.
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My problem is,
I can't afford to have
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even one machine down.
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I have just enough machines.
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So if one goes down,
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then we're gonna
lose production.
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Did you just hear that?
It just shut off.
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-What's going on, Todd?
-I don't know.
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It's not...
it's not something normal.
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-All right.
-'Cause it's got
a bunch of errors.
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It's got something...
something drastically wrong.
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Okay, I'm gonna go ahead
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and just pull up some codes
real quick here
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before we get in too deep.
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Well, .
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Hey, guys,
are you guys...
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Anybody else
having any issues?
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Cub, you got a copy.
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Yeah, go ahead.
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Cub, is your, uh...
is your truck starting?
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Well, what the ?
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No, it's...
it's not.
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Okay, guys.
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Something... something's
really, really wrong.
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Just don't touch anything.
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I want you guys
to just kill it
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before something happens
to it.
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We got other machines, Ron.
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We got an issue.
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I need to go look at
the site glasses...
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-Do it.
-...on the filter,
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and just see what's in there.
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This is not normal.
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Please.
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Todd?
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This thing's full of water.
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Oh, my gosh.
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The moisture going
through these is not good.
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It can take out
the injection pumps.
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It can take the end
off the injectors.
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It can blow the tops
off the pistons.
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Even if they do survive,
we may end up
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running into faults
for the next several weeks.
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-So...
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...we need to get on this
right away.
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-I will.
-Get a hold of the guys.
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Tell them
to stop running anything
that's actually running.
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Guys, everybody kill
your machines.
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I want every single machine
off now.
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Why?
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Are you kidding me?
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Guys,
we're shutting down the mine.
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Both plants
need to shut off now.
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me.
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Hit the bypass,
hit the bypass.
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Roger that.
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This is
the absolute worst time
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that this could be happening.
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Time down is just us
not getting gold.
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And, uh, we're in a race
against the elements
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and against the cold.
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So we really can't afford
any of this right now.
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Shut the trommel down.
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I'll kill the trommel
and run down and get the pump.
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Generator's off,
trommel's down.
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When the problem sets in,
you realize, "Oh, my gosh,
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I'm literally losing
my investment."
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Welcome to gold mining.
228
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One step forward,
sometimes two steps back.
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Today was two steps back.
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As of right now,
we're not getting any gold.
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The fueling system has
really tight tolerances.
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It doesn't take water,
it doesn't take dirt.
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The moisture going through
these is not good.
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The Hoffmans'
entire mine is shut down
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after discovering the fuel
powering both plants
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and all their heavy machinery
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is contaminated with water.
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Water, when it gets into
the machine when it's hot,
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take the end
right off the injectors,
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it goes through the fuel pump,
takes up the fuel pump.
241
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Tell me what I can do.
242
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I'm gonna need help
to drain all these tanks off.
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How long's it gonna take?
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You're gonna lose
24 to 48 hours.
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I can't lose 48 hours.
246
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There's no... You can't.
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-It's not an option.
-I can't even lose 24.
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It has to be done.
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Aw, dang it.
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This is huge.
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How much more room
you got in there?
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Not a lot.
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Okay.
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We had about 5,000 gallons
of contaminated fuel.
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And at $6 a gallon,
you're looking at $30,000.
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Plus a whole day's running,
257
00:12:43,103 --> 00:12:45,551
and when you only have
so many days left,
258
00:12:45,586 --> 00:12:47,724
that's a big deal.
259
00:12:47,758 --> 00:12:49,931
I'm calling in a favor
down in Nome.
260
00:12:49,965 --> 00:12:51,344
We gotta get
good fuel out here
261
00:12:51,379 --> 00:12:53,379
and get our operation
rolling again.
262
00:13:06,931 --> 00:13:08,620
It's almost done.
263
00:13:08,655 --> 00:13:10,827
Bryce is just
on the other end,
264
00:13:10,862 --> 00:13:13,689
making sure that
we're getting every last drop.
265
00:13:13,724 --> 00:13:15,827
So we just wanna get
everything we can.
266
00:13:15,862 --> 00:13:18,482
And then Dakota's gonna
come through
267
00:13:18,517 --> 00:13:22,275
and drain the last little bit
out with a bucket.
268
00:13:23,172 --> 00:13:25,310
Hey, well, we got what we can.
269
00:13:28,517 --> 00:13:30,551
The stream is getting less.
270
00:13:33,137 --> 00:13:35,448
That's obviously
really cloudy.
271
00:13:35,482 --> 00:13:37,172
Not supposed to be like that.
272
00:13:40,655 --> 00:13:43,310
Nearly 30 hours
into the shutdown,
273
00:13:43,344 --> 00:13:46,241
the gas Todd called in
has arrived.
274
00:13:49,137 --> 00:13:50,793
Got a bunch of the equipment
drained out.
275
00:13:50,827 --> 00:13:53,827
And it's on to
filling them back up.
276
00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:56,344
There we go.
277
00:13:56,379 --> 00:13:57,793
That'll work.
278
00:13:58,931 --> 00:14:00,862
So, I'm heading over
to see if Ron,
279
00:14:00,896 --> 00:14:03,793
he could actually fire up
the very first machine,
280
00:14:03,827 --> 00:14:05,586
and we're gonna see
if we're good to go.
281
00:14:06,965 --> 00:14:09,000
Let's, uh... let's get it
all up and running.
282
00:14:09,034 --> 00:14:10,689
We'll know right away
if there's any problems,
283
00:14:10,724 --> 00:14:12,344
and if there is
we'll just get it addressed.
284
00:14:12,379 --> 00:14:13,413
Okay, we'll fire it up
285
00:14:13,448 --> 00:14:14,620
and we'll see
what happens here.
286
00:14:14,655 --> 00:14:16,551
Okay. This one
should go. It's, uh...
287
00:14:16,586 --> 00:14:18,931
I just finished bleeding it.
We'll see if it goes
right away or not.
288
00:14:18,965 --> 00:14:20,965
-Come on.
289
00:14:26,448 --> 00:14:29,172
-Does it sound good?
-It's alive!
290
00:14:30,034 --> 00:14:31,758
Next!
291
00:14:31,793 --> 00:14:33,103
How many we got left?
292
00:14:33,137 --> 00:14:36,413
Got one, two... five left.
293
00:14:36,448 --> 00:14:38,413
-Keep it up, man.
-We'll get her.
294
00:14:38,448 --> 00:14:40,137
Let me know
what you need from me.
295
00:14:40,172 --> 00:14:41,793
Patience.
296
00:14:41,827 --> 00:14:43,724
-Okay. All right.
-It just takes time
to do it right, okay?
297
00:14:43,758 --> 00:14:45,310
-Thanks, Ron.
-Yeah.
298
00:14:45,344 --> 00:14:48,172
Ron's got
about five more machines,
299
00:14:48,206 --> 00:14:49,724
but this one just fired up.
300
00:14:49,758 --> 00:14:51,172
You guys heard it,
it's perfect.
301
00:14:51,206 --> 00:14:53,103
That's a beautiful sound.
302
00:14:53,137 --> 00:14:54,793
Once he gets these going,
303
00:14:54,827 --> 00:14:56,586
hopefully if
everything's running,
304
00:14:56,620 --> 00:14:58,172
we're back in business.
305
00:14:58,206 --> 00:15:02,172
And hopefully we can catch up
on what we just lost today.
306
00:15:02,206 --> 00:15:04,517
It takes
an additional three hours
307
00:15:04,551 --> 00:15:06,068
to refuel
the rest of the equipment.
308
00:15:06,931 --> 00:15:08,896
We got fresh fuel,
ready to go.
309
00:15:13,620 --> 00:15:15,000
There we go.
310
00:15:17,172 --> 00:15:19,620
Clear the trommel. Clear.
311
00:15:22,793 --> 00:15:25,206
I lost $30,000 in fuel,
312
00:15:25,241 --> 00:15:27,724
and I've been down
at least a day now,
313
00:15:27,758 --> 00:15:31,482
which is probably
another $20,000, $30,000.
314
00:15:31,517 --> 00:15:33,379
We are running out of time.
315
00:15:33,413 --> 00:15:36,517
If we do not get these
machines back up and running,
316
00:15:36,551 --> 00:15:38,586
we could miss this goal.
317
00:15:38,620 --> 00:15:40,275
Clear!
318
00:15:41,517 --> 00:15:43,344
Bar in the block, bro.
Everybody clear.
319
00:15:52,689 --> 00:15:53,827
me.
320
00:16:00,793 --> 00:16:02,275
We're back in business.
321
00:16:22,931 --> 00:16:25,344
With all the time
that we just lost
322
00:16:25,379 --> 00:16:27,000
changing out bad fuel,
323
00:16:27,034 --> 00:16:29,689
Hunter and I need to run
as much pay dirt
324
00:16:29,724 --> 00:16:31,275
out of this Lost Cut
as we can.
325
00:16:36,551 --> 00:16:38,689
Luckily...
326
00:16:38,724 --> 00:16:40,172
we got
all the machines running.
327
00:16:40,206 --> 00:16:42,482
Because, uh,
that could have been
328
00:16:42,517 --> 00:16:44,413
really, really, really bad.
329
00:16:45,413 --> 00:16:48,586
We actually dodged
a very, very big bullet
330
00:16:48,620 --> 00:16:50,172
on that one. All the machines,
331
00:16:50,206 --> 00:16:51,931
we didn't hurt anything.
332
00:16:59,379 --> 00:17:01,655
You know, these machines
are on lease.
333
00:17:01,689 --> 00:17:03,379
It's not like I own
these machines.
334
00:17:03,413 --> 00:17:05,310
I can't afford that.
335
00:17:05,344 --> 00:17:07,619
That could have
really, really been bad.
336
00:17:07,655 --> 00:17:10,344
Very thankful that, uh,
337
00:17:10,378 --> 00:17:14,103
we're able to come out
of that alive.
338
00:17:14,137 --> 00:17:16,792
And away we go,
off to a thousand.
339
00:17:20,758 --> 00:17:22,482
Look at that stuff.
340
00:17:22,517 --> 00:17:23,723
Look at that.
341
00:17:37,068 --> 00:17:38,758
Nice! I like it.
342
00:17:44,517 --> 00:17:45,931
Right now,
the only pay source
343
00:17:45,965 --> 00:17:47,620
that we have left
is the Lost Cut.
344
00:17:47,655 --> 00:17:49,862
So we gotta get back on it
before it freezes up.
345
00:17:56,655 --> 00:17:58,275
Hopefully we can
make it
346
00:17:58,310 --> 00:17:59,965
with the dirt
that we have left
347
00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:01,965
till the freeze pushes us out.
348
00:18:02,827 --> 00:18:04,482
Otherwise I don't know
what we'll do.
349
00:18:05,931 --> 00:18:08,620
The ground down deep
is always frozen.
350
00:18:08,655 --> 00:18:10,965
And soon as you start
losing daylight,
351
00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:12,620
the ground's gonna quit
thawing out.
352
00:18:12,655 --> 00:18:14,655
So you've got to keep digging
353
00:18:14,689 --> 00:18:16,241
and you've gotta keep
de-watering things.
354
00:18:16,275 --> 00:18:18,896
Once it stops thawing,
you're done.
355
00:18:18,931 --> 00:18:20,586
You have no more dirt to run.
356
00:18:25,758 --> 00:18:27,344
At some point
we're gonna run out of time.
357
00:18:31,896 --> 00:18:33,379
God, I love
this wash plant.
358
00:18:33,413 --> 00:18:35,137
I wanna take it home.
359
00:18:35,172 --> 00:18:37,793
I'm running about 240 yards
an hour right now,
360
00:18:37,827 --> 00:18:39,965
so that's pretty hot.
361
00:18:40,965 --> 00:18:42,931
This is
absolutely, like,
362
00:18:42,965 --> 00:18:44,551
frickin' the Goblin King,
dude.
363
00:18:44,586 --> 00:18:46,275
Gold Goblin King.
364
00:18:46,310 --> 00:18:48,448
What it's all about,
right here.
365
00:18:49,413 --> 00:18:51,000
The Black Pearl's
been doing good.
366
00:18:51,034 --> 00:18:53,275
It's contributing
a lot of gold to the team.
367
00:18:53,310 --> 00:18:55,724
So I wanna see how much more
we can get out of her.
368
00:18:57,586 --> 00:18:59,344
As long as
the rock's getting washed
369
00:18:59,379 --> 00:19:00,965
and the sluice boxes
are working,
370
00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:02,517
we gotta keep going faster.
371
00:19:07,827 --> 00:19:09,344
Time is of the essence.
It's getting colder.
372
00:19:09,379 --> 00:19:11,655
We're getting down
to the end of the season.
373
00:19:11,689 --> 00:19:13,379
And I don't think
the Black Pearl could be,
374
00:19:13,413 --> 00:19:16,000
I think that it is going to be
the saving grace this year.
375
00:19:16,034 --> 00:19:18,586
This thing was built specially
376
00:19:18,620 --> 00:19:20,034
for this weather
where we're at.
377
00:19:20,068 --> 00:19:21,517
The Holy Roller's
been having a lot of issues.
378
00:19:21,551 --> 00:19:22,827
Like, I see
there's a reason why
379
00:19:22,862 --> 00:19:24,413
this wash plant's been around
for so long.
380
00:19:24,448 --> 00:19:26,620
So there's a reason why
this plant's had
381
00:19:26,655 --> 00:19:28,172
so many yards ran through it,
382
00:19:28,206 --> 00:19:29,655
I guess 'cause it works
pretty good.
383
00:19:29,689 --> 00:19:32,413
So being able to get
a couple hundred ounces extra
384
00:19:32,448 --> 00:19:35,206
that you wouldn't have gotten
is tremendous.
385
00:19:41,379 --> 00:19:43,034
Oh, .
386
00:19:45,379 --> 00:19:46,931
What the ?
387
00:19:56,896 --> 00:19:58,965
The trommel's not spinning.
388
00:20:14,517 --> 00:20:16,655
The trommel's
not spinning.
389
00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:31,000
Idle down the pump.
Filled with water.
390
00:20:37,586 --> 00:20:39,241
I don't know exactly
what's going on.
391
00:20:39,275 --> 00:20:41,655
The drum just stopped spinning
but the motor's still running,
392
00:20:41,689 --> 00:20:42,758
so that's not good.
393
00:20:44,310 --> 00:20:47,137
I'm smelling,
it smells like the clutch.
394
00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:50,103
I think the clutch burned out.
395
00:20:50,137 --> 00:20:54,689
This, this engages the clutch
which actually drives
the motor.
396
00:20:57,344 --> 00:20:58,379
And you can see right here...
397
00:21:01,862 --> 00:21:03,551
...it wants to go,
but it's not biting.
398
00:21:03,586 --> 00:21:04,827
-Hey, Ron?
399
00:21:14,517 --> 00:21:15,413
Okay. Thank you.
400
00:21:19,586 --> 00:21:22,517
-Hey, Cub.
We just, we're broke down.
401
00:21:22,551 --> 00:21:24,172
-Can you come down here?
- Yeah.
402
00:21:28,586 --> 00:21:30,862
-What's up?
-I don't think
this one's good.
403
00:21:30,896 --> 00:21:31,689
No? What's it doing?
404
00:21:31,724 --> 00:21:32,620
The whole drum stopped.
405
00:21:32,655 --> 00:21:33,689
The engine was still running,
406
00:21:33,724 --> 00:21:35,068
-this was still engaged.
- Okay.
407
00:21:35,103 --> 00:21:37,034
So I tried to re-engage it.
408
00:21:37,068 --> 00:21:38,689
Okay, let's see
what's coming apart in there.
409
00:21:39,896 --> 00:21:40,827
Quick peek here.
410
00:21:43,413 --> 00:21:46,000
-So there's
a twin disc clutch...
-Yeah.
411
00:21:46,034 --> 00:21:48,620
...that when we
pull on this lever,
if you look in here...
412
00:21:48,655 --> 00:21:50,689
-...see this release bearing?
- Yep, yep, yep.
413
00:21:50,724 --> 00:21:54,379
It comes over and basically
locks the shaft...
414
00:21:54,413 --> 00:21:55,586
- Yeah.
-...to the gears.
415
00:21:55,620 --> 00:21:57,758
And there's
a ceramic clutch disc in there
416
00:21:57,793 --> 00:21:59,689
that is splined
to the flywheel.
417
00:21:59,724 --> 00:22:00,931
So when you push this,
418
00:22:00,965 --> 00:22:01,862
two plates come together
419
00:22:01,896 --> 00:22:03,620
and they grab on
to that ceramic disc,
420
00:22:03,655 --> 00:22:05,827
and that connects the engine
to the belt.
421
00:22:05,862 --> 00:22:08,413
-So fire it up again.
We're gonna have a quick look.
-Okay.
422
00:22:08,448 --> 00:22:10,965
- Go ahead.
423
00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:14,068
-You see the ceramic disc
is the odd color in there?
-Yeah, yeah, yeah.
424
00:22:15,655 --> 00:22:17,000
It should keep moving
right now.
425
00:22:17,034 --> 00:22:19,413
It should be connected
to the flywheel.
426
00:22:19,448 --> 00:22:22,068
Flywheel's moving separate
from it right now.
Shut it off.
427
00:22:23,689 --> 00:22:25,000
So it's not transferring
the load.
428
00:22:27,103 --> 00:22:29,896
All right, I got to open it up
and see what's coming apart
in there.
429
00:22:29,931 --> 00:22:32,068
I'll be right back.
Give me a second.
430
00:22:32,103 --> 00:22:34,965
There's issues
running new equipment
that you've never tested,
431
00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:36,827
but there's also issues
running old equipment.
432
00:22:36,862 --> 00:22:38,655
This thing's got
a lot of hours on it,
433
00:22:38,689 --> 00:22:40,551
and me and Cub have been
pushing the plant really hard,
434
00:22:40,586 --> 00:22:43,517
and this might be God's way
of keeping me humble.
435
00:22:43,551 --> 00:22:46,206
Was feeling confident,
maybe too confident,
in the Black Pearl
436
00:22:46,241 --> 00:22:47,137
and we were doing good.
437
00:22:47,172 --> 00:22:48,689
And we were just
picking up the pace,
438
00:22:48,724 --> 00:22:49,896
and our momentum was building,
439
00:22:49,931 --> 00:22:52,482
and I was ready
to run the Lost Cut pay.
440
00:22:52,517 --> 00:22:54,448
Now I have a real breakdown.
441
00:22:54,482 --> 00:22:55,896
This is the last thing
I needed,
442
00:22:55,931 --> 00:22:57,344
but I'm gonna see
what I can do.
443
00:22:57,379 --> 00:22:59,758
I got Ron on it.
That guy is the best
in the business.
444
00:23:01,068 --> 00:23:03,931
Knock on wood,
but looks like my luck's
run out on this.
445
00:23:07,379 --> 00:23:09,965
While Ron takes the lead
in fixing the Black Pearl,
446
00:23:11,586 --> 00:23:13,931
Randy steps up
to keep the Holy Roller
447
00:23:13,965 --> 00:23:16,000
chugging through
Lost Cut paydirt.
448
00:23:20,862 --> 00:23:25,034
Well, I noticed
is that it shut down.
That's about it.
449
00:23:25,068 --> 00:23:28,482
So far, the Pearl's been down
for the last hour-and-a-half.
450
00:23:28,517 --> 00:23:30,413
You know, we were two plants
451
00:23:30,448 --> 00:23:31,551
running this morning.
452
00:23:31,586 --> 00:23:33,482
We were all excited,
453
00:23:33,517 --> 00:23:36,586
everything was looking great,
and then kaput.
454
00:23:38,620 --> 00:23:42,000
I hope that it's a quick fix
because we need
that plant running.
455
00:23:44,551 --> 00:23:47,034
It's crucial to our goal.
456
00:23:47,068 --> 00:23:49,172
Uh, not only that,
but, you know,
457
00:23:49,206 --> 00:23:50,689
they got a lot
of hard work into it.
458
00:24:08,655 --> 00:24:12,034
Holy Roller is running
like a fine Swiss watch today.
459
00:24:13,206 --> 00:24:14,620
There's no issues.
460
00:24:14,655 --> 00:24:17,517
The only issues so far
is the guy feeding the plant.
461
00:24:17,551 --> 00:24:20,862
His brain is about
to roll out of his ears.
462
00:24:23,724 --> 00:24:25,862
All right, well,
that's all looking good.
463
00:24:29,206 --> 00:24:32,310
Looking forward
to being done.
464
00:24:32,344 --> 00:24:35,517
I've been in here
for a little over 9 hours,
465
00:24:35,551 --> 00:24:39,275
and, uh, eventually
I'm gonna have to go
to the bathroom.
466
00:24:39,310 --> 00:24:40,068
Eventually.
467
00:24:41,413 --> 00:24:43,655
Let Randy take a break
for a minute.
468
00:24:53,206 --> 00:24:55,275
-Thank you.
-Yep.
469
00:24:55,310 --> 00:24:57,793
-My eyes
have got to be yellow.
470
00:25:11,827 --> 00:25:14,689
Okay, we'll get this thing
safed out first.
471
00:25:14,724 --> 00:25:16,965
-You want to open up
that belt guard, please?
-Got it.
472
00:25:17,827 --> 00:25:19,103
Okay. There.
473
00:25:19,137 --> 00:25:20,620
Get this thing loosened up.
474
00:25:20,655 --> 00:25:23,103
-Can you hold the wrench?
Okay. Got it?
-Yeah.
475
00:25:25,448 --> 00:25:26,482
This actually sucks.
476
00:25:26,517 --> 00:25:28,482
I'm losing money.
Everybody's losing money.
477
00:25:28,517 --> 00:25:30,275
The Black Pearl's
not getting any gold.
478
00:25:30,310 --> 00:25:32,206
You know,
break downs are inevitable,
479
00:25:32,241 --> 00:25:36,068
but I'm hoping that
when we peel this thing open
it's not what we think it is.
480
00:25:36,103 --> 00:25:36,896
- Got her?
-Yeah.
481
00:25:37,793 --> 00:25:39,068
Hopefully in a hour or two
482
00:25:39,103 --> 00:25:40,931
we're gonna be up and running
and sluicing some more dirt.
483
00:25:42,310 --> 00:25:44,586
Whatever it is,
I'm sure we can
find something for it.
484
00:25:44,620 --> 00:25:46,482
I hope so.
It's just the time
is the issue.
485
00:25:46,517 --> 00:25:47,379
Yeah.
486
00:25:47,413 --> 00:25:48,448
Let's see
if it's something simple.
487
00:25:48,482 --> 00:25:49,517
Maybe we'll get lucky here.
488
00:25:54,931 --> 00:25:58,241
Grab onto this shaft
on this side,
and I'll grab this one...
489
00:25:58,275 --> 00:26:00,068
-Okay.
-...and we're gonna pull it
straight up.
490
00:26:00,103 --> 00:26:02,448
Oh, oh, it's moving. Okay.
491
00:26:02,482 --> 00:26:04,172
All right,
coming straight over my way.
492
00:26:05,517 --> 00:26:07,310
Oh, yeah.
493
00:26:07,344 --> 00:26:09,137
- There goes the discs.
-Where are we putting this?
494
00:26:09,172 --> 00:26:10,172
Okay, set this right here.
495
00:26:11,689 --> 00:26:12,862
Ah, just like that.
That's great.
496
00:26:14,137 --> 00:26:15,103
Oh.
497
00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:20,344
The splines
have torn right off
the ceramic friction.
498
00:26:21,068 --> 00:26:23,827
-Yeah, it's bad.
-Yeah.
499
00:26:23,862 --> 00:26:26,655
Any lead
we were gaining on
the Holy Roller is gone now.
500
00:26:33,310 --> 00:26:34,379
Oh.
501
00:26:36,241 --> 00:26:39,586
The splines
have torn right off
the ceramic friction.
502
00:26:41,068 --> 00:26:43,517
It's eaten into the teeth
in the flywheel,
503
00:26:43,551 --> 00:26:45,482
and it looks like it was
sitting uneven in here.
504
00:26:45,517 --> 00:26:47,448
The wear is uneven
on the flywheel.
505
00:26:47,482 --> 00:26:51,379
238oz short
of their 1,000oz goal,
506
00:26:51,413 --> 00:26:54,965
the Black Pearl sits idle
with a broken clutch to blame.
507
00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,034
What does the end
of that shaft look like?
508
00:26:57,068 --> 00:26:58,344
I mean,
that got hot, cracked.
509
00:26:58,379 --> 00:26:59,620
Pressure plate's
cracked.
510
00:26:59,655 --> 00:27:01,172
Yeah, you see this here?
511
00:27:01,206 --> 00:27:02,862
The pilot bearing
rides on here
512
00:27:02,896 --> 00:27:04,482
and it supports
the end of the shaft,
513
00:27:04,517 --> 00:27:06,482
and because it's so loose
514
00:27:06,517 --> 00:27:08,103
the shaft is likely
not sitting straight
515
00:27:08,137 --> 00:27:10,206
and squaring the flywheel.
516
00:27:10,241 --> 00:27:11,448
-Oh.
-There's a good chance
517
00:27:11,482 --> 00:27:14,344
these teeth were overloaded
on one side over the other...
518
00:27:14,379 --> 00:27:16,413
- Turn it back up.
-...judging by the wear
in the flywheel.
519
00:27:17,482 --> 00:27:20,379
So this is just a matter
of high hours and old age.
520
00:27:20,413 --> 00:27:22,793
-Just wore out.
-That's not good.
521
00:27:22,827 --> 00:27:25,310
We have the information
off that tag on the plate.
522
00:27:25,344 --> 00:27:27,172
Let's get on the horn
and see what we can find
for parts.
523
00:27:27,206 --> 00:27:30,000
-Does anybody still make this?
-Oh, yeah.
524
00:27:30,034 --> 00:27:31,448
- They do?
-Yeah, this will be current.
525
00:27:31,482 --> 00:27:33,862
There's lots
of these around,
just not here right now.
526
00:27:33,896 --> 00:27:36,551
-You think
there's a lot in Nome?
-No.
527
00:27:36,586 --> 00:27:38,517
So there's no way to...
528
00:27:38,551 --> 00:27:41,793
Could we bush fix it,
and bypass the clutch,
and just have it?
529
00:27:42,793 --> 00:27:43,758
We can do anything.
530
00:27:43,793 --> 00:27:45,896
We would make it
permanently engaged.
531
00:27:45,931 --> 00:27:47,655
-The problem is, is it safe?
- Yeah.
532
00:27:49,758 --> 00:27:51,586
Because we can't
disengage the drive
533
00:27:51,620 --> 00:27:53,413
-when we need to
if there is an emergency...
-Yeah.
534
00:27:53,448 --> 00:27:55,931
...and what further damage
will it do
535
00:27:55,965 --> 00:27:58,275
when it does fail again?
536
00:27:58,310 --> 00:28:02,103
We bush fix this thing
and permanently mount that
to the flywheel, basically.
537
00:28:02,137 --> 00:28:04,862
We lose
all our flex and the give
that we have there.
538
00:28:04,896 --> 00:28:06,931
-Yeah.
-We could ruin the engine.
539
00:28:06,965 --> 00:28:08,241
Then you don't have
anything at all.
540
00:28:08,275 --> 00:28:10,724
I have a real problem
with that.
541
00:28:10,758 --> 00:28:13,689
So I'm sure that
that will come up
as an option, but...
542
00:28:14,448 --> 00:28:15,862
What's the best case scenario?
543
00:28:17,275 --> 00:28:19,103
We get the parts quickly
out of Nome
544
00:28:19,137 --> 00:28:22,931
and maybe here within
a couple of days.
545
00:28:22,965 --> 00:28:25,103
There's only a few hours
for me to get the pieces
thrown into it
546
00:28:25,137 --> 00:28:26,413
and back together.
547
00:28:26,448 --> 00:28:27,758
-Just got to get
the pieces here.
- Yeah.
548
00:28:27,793 --> 00:28:29,275
So you think there's
no way around it?
549
00:28:29,310 --> 00:28:30,413
We're down
for a couple of days?
550
00:28:30,448 --> 00:28:31,965
Couple of days. I need parts.
551
00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:33,655
I don't have a couple of days.
552
00:28:35,068 --> 00:28:36,068
This completely screws us.
553
00:28:39,586 --> 00:28:40,586
I should let my dad know.
554
00:28:43,586 --> 00:28:46,655
-Did you hear
what happened on the radio?
-Uh-uh. What happened?
555
00:28:46,689 --> 00:28:49,206
Basically, my clutch
went out on the motor
on the Black Pearl.
556
00:28:52,275 --> 00:28:53,275
Jeez.
557
00:28:54,310 --> 00:28:55,724
Me and Ron pulled it open.
558
00:28:55,758 --> 00:28:58,793
The clutch plate,
the pieces that grab the disc,
559
00:28:58,827 --> 00:28:59,896
they got hot,
they were cracked.
560
00:28:59,931 --> 00:29:01,689
Everything's sheared off.
561
00:29:01,724 --> 00:29:03,724
What did Ron think?
Can we make something?
562
00:29:05,931 --> 00:29:07,344
No.
563
00:29:07,379 --> 00:29:11,724
He thinks
there's no way for us
to do a bush fix on it
564
00:29:11,758 --> 00:29:13,275
without compromising
the whole motor.
565
00:29:13,310 --> 00:29:15,758
-Jeez.
-Pretty much, the whole thing
needs rebuilt...
566
00:29:15,793 --> 00:29:17,965
-...so...
-Pretty catastrophic
is what I'm hearing.
567
00:29:19,344 --> 00:29:20,862
Having watched
all the hard work
568
00:29:20,896 --> 00:29:23,931
that Hunter has put
into this plant,
I'm proud of him.
569
00:29:23,965 --> 00:29:27,344
I want this plant
to actually be successful.
570
00:29:27,379 --> 00:29:30,275
To have
this kind of issue right now,
right at the goal line,
571
00:29:30,310 --> 00:29:32,172
is actually
pretty disheartening.
572
00:29:32,206 --> 00:29:35,482
Hopefully
they can turn it around
and turn it around real quick.
573
00:29:35,517 --> 00:29:37,413
It's just a unique part.
574
00:29:37,448 --> 00:29:41,275
There's not a lot of things
that use that particular
direct drive clutch in town.
575
00:29:41,310 --> 00:29:43,448
I've already been
calling around everywhere.
576
00:29:43,482 --> 00:29:45,275
They don't have
anything like that here.
577
00:29:45,310 --> 00:29:48,482
Everything that
I'm hearing about in town
is all too big.
578
00:29:48,517 --> 00:29:49,551
It's, like, a 13 inch.
579
00:29:49,586 --> 00:29:52,241
We have a 10 inch
fiberglass disc in there,
580
00:29:52,275 --> 00:29:56,000
and it's, like,
a really unique piece,
and they don't have that size.
581
00:29:56,034 --> 00:29:57,137
-And that piece...
-What's this thing,
582
00:29:57,172 --> 00:29:58,206
what's this, like,
583
00:29:58,241 --> 00:30:01,448
it can't be worth more than
a few hundred bucks.
584
00:30:01,482 --> 00:30:03,000
What if we order it?
What are we looking at?
585
00:30:04,034 --> 00:30:05,241
I'm waiting to hear back.
586
00:30:05,275 --> 00:30:08,034
It has to come from
the manufacturer
587
00:30:08,068 --> 00:30:10,206
which is in, like, Wisconsin
or something like that.
588
00:30:10,241 --> 00:30:11,551
-And so...
-Wow.
589
00:30:12,689 --> 00:30:13,896
-I don't...
-Dude, I am so sorry.
590
00:30:13,931 --> 00:30:15,206
I'm sorry for everybody
591
00:30:15,241 --> 00:30:16,931
because that thing's
cranking out gold.
592
00:30:18,137 --> 00:30:20,413
-We're both cranking out gold.
-This week is... Yeah.
593
00:30:20,448 --> 00:30:21,724
-Yeah.
-Mmm-hmm.
594
00:30:21,758 --> 00:30:24,379
This is the most gold
we've been getting with it.
595
00:30:24,413 --> 00:30:28,310
We're losing 30, $40,000 a day
on a $300 part.
596
00:30:31,517 --> 00:30:33,137
We only have
so much time left.
597
00:30:33,172 --> 00:30:34,379
I want to keep trying.
598
00:30:35,931 --> 00:30:37,206
I just, I don't know.
599
00:30:38,241 --> 00:30:39,827
You need to get that part.
600
00:30:39,862 --> 00:30:41,551
Fly it in,
whatever you got to do.
601
00:30:41,586 --> 00:30:43,517
You get that plant
running quick,
602
00:30:43,551 --> 00:30:46,551
or we're not gonna
hit 1,000oz,
I'll guarantee you that,
603
00:30:46,586 --> 00:30:47,931
now that you guys are cooking.
604
00:30:49,068 --> 00:30:49,724
Got it.
605
00:30:51,862 --> 00:30:53,724
The cool part
about having two plants,
606
00:30:53,758 --> 00:30:58,172
I'm at least still heading
towards a goal,
607
00:30:58,206 --> 00:31:00,344
but I don't know
if we're gonna reach it
without his plant.
608
00:31:01,689 --> 00:31:02,758
He's got
to figure something out.
609
00:31:04,103 --> 00:31:05,172
All right, let me know
what I can do.
610
00:31:16,517 --> 00:31:18,827
What happened
to the Black Pearl?
611
00:31:31,275 --> 00:31:32,827
We're pretty, uh, down bad.
612
00:31:34,241 --> 00:31:36,482
Well, let's pull the box.
613
00:31:36,517 --> 00:31:38,482
We had two good days on it.
614
00:31:38,517 --> 00:31:40,275
I ran 400 yards this morning,
615
00:31:40,310 --> 00:31:42,517
so either way
it should be good.
616
00:31:43,379 --> 00:31:44,206
Well, let's do it.
617
00:31:46,068 --> 00:31:47,689
We were just starting
to pick up speed.
618
00:31:47,724 --> 00:31:49,551
We've been getting
the best gold...
619
00:31:50,689 --> 00:31:53,137
...that we've got
from the Lost Cut.
620
00:31:53,172 --> 00:31:56,206
And I was pushing
for 100oz this week.
621
00:31:56,241 --> 00:31:58,862
We've got to take
this loss on the chin.
622
00:31:58,896 --> 00:32:00,517
Do you notice the difference
between this
623
00:32:00,551 --> 00:32:02,241
and the stuff
we were running before?
624
00:32:02,275 --> 00:32:03,862
Yeah, this is more porous.
625
00:32:03,896 --> 00:32:06,448
Today would have been
another maybe 20oz
626
00:32:06,482 --> 00:32:08,655
which is almost $35,000.
627
00:32:08,689 --> 00:32:10,413
It's hard to take this loss,
you know?
628
00:32:10,448 --> 00:32:11,827
We'll get this thing
all cleaned up
629
00:32:11,862 --> 00:32:17,413
and get the plant ready
for when we're able
to run it again.
630
00:32:17,448 --> 00:32:19,724
-Are you gonna pull this out
with me, Sparky?
-Yeah.
631
00:32:19,758 --> 00:32:21,517
-We'll pull.
-You find one?
632
00:32:21,551 --> 00:32:23,379
Yeah, I just found me
another nugget.
633
00:32:26,482 --> 00:32:28,000
Yeah, there's
more nuggets down here.
634
00:32:28,551 --> 00:32:29,482
Hunter, look at this.
635
00:32:31,965 --> 00:32:32,758
Sick.
636
00:32:32,793 --> 00:32:34,172
Look at that.
637
00:32:34,206 --> 00:32:36,758
-Are you kidding me?
-What? What did he
just find?
638
00:32:39,206 --> 00:32:41,241
-Little nugget.
-Look at that one.
639
00:32:43,551 --> 00:32:48,000
See, that's
the biggest nugget we've found
since we've been at this mine.
640
00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:51,000
That's insane.
641
00:32:51,034 --> 00:32:54,551
That's the stuff
the Holy Roller can't catch
because these are too small.
642
00:32:56,137 --> 00:32:57,586
-You just found that
right in there?
643
00:32:57,620 --> 00:33:00,413
-Yeah. It was, like,
right here, yeah.
-Right at the top?
644
00:33:04,275 --> 00:33:06,344
A bigger wash plant,
bigger gold, baby.
645
00:33:07,827 --> 00:33:10,000
Well, it's a little sign
we need to...
646
00:33:11,551 --> 00:33:12,862
- Keep going.
-...we need
to keep going, man.
647
00:33:12,896 --> 00:33:13,827
Yeah.
648
00:33:13,862 --> 00:33:16,344
There's positives
and there's negatives,
649
00:33:16,379 --> 00:33:18,000
and this isn't
our first breakdown,
650
00:33:18,034 --> 00:33:19,448
and it's not gonna
be our last, so...
651
00:33:20,931 --> 00:33:22,103
...we'll just
keep moving forward.
652
00:33:27,344 --> 00:33:29,000
- You made it.
- Hello.
653
00:33:35,137 --> 00:33:35,965
A little extra.
654
00:33:36,931 --> 00:33:37,965
Yeah.
655
00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:39,448
My grandpa loves gold
more than anybody,
656
00:33:39,482 --> 00:33:42,448
so first person I thought of
to show this nugget to is him.
657
00:33:42,482 --> 00:33:45,241
Let's see
what it looks like, huh?
658
00:33:45,275 --> 00:33:46,517
We're gonna have to see
what he thinks about it.
659
00:33:47,551 --> 00:33:49,172
I'll take a bunch of those.
660
00:33:49,206 --> 00:33:50,413
-Yeah.
-Whoo.
661
00:33:50,448 --> 00:33:54,103
My grandpa's
kind of the reason
why I'm up here mining.
662
00:33:54,137 --> 00:33:55,965
His love of gold mining
is magic.
663
00:33:57,275 --> 00:33:58,724
These are all nice.
664
00:33:58,758 --> 00:33:59,724
I just love the guy.
665
00:34:01,655 --> 00:34:02,310
Look at that.
666
00:34:04,034 --> 00:34:07,758
Wow.
That's the biggest nugget
we've seen.
667
00:34:07,793 --> 00:34:09,137
I'm liking what I'm seeing.
668
00:34:09,172 --> 00:34:12,310
We've found the biggest nugget
that we've found all season.
669
00:34:12,344 --> 00:34:14,516
-You know what it looks like?
-Mmm.
670
00:34:14,551 --> 00:34:17,793
Looks like
a guy sitting there,
panning gold.
671
00:34:17,827 --> 00:34:19,482
- Yeah, yeah.
-Huh?
672
00:34:19,516 --> 00:34:22,585
-That's pretty cool.
-Yeah, huge, man.
673
00:34:22,620 --> 00:34:23,757
That's pretty cool.
674
00:34:24,896 --> 00:34:26,034
We'll see
what the cleanup looks like.
675
00:34:33,206 --> 00:34:34,275
Hi!
676
00:34:34,310 --> 00:34:35,137
-How's it going?
677
00:34:37,344 --> 00:34:38,862
She's six months old today.
678
00:34:38,896 --> 00:34:41,896
- God dang.
679
00:34:41,931 --> 00:34:44,034
I knew it was gonna be hard,
680
00:34:44,068 --> 00:34:47,827
but one of the main things
is me missing out
on my family.
681
00:34:55,551 --> 00:34:56,379
She wants it?
682
00:34:58,172 --> 00:34:59,551
I just don't know
if it's worth it...
683
00:35:00,758 --> 00:35:03,896
...to be up here
and miss my family,
684
00:35:03,931 --> 00:35:05,413
and I come back
and my baby's twice as old.
685
00:35:07,172 --> 00:35:08,586
I've never seen her
eat food before.
686
00:35:10,758 --> 00:35:14,034
I'm kind of at the point
where I just want to finish
the season.
687
00:35:14,068 --> 00:35:16,448
All right, Kenzie, bye.
Love you.
688
00:35:17,344 --> 00:35:18,275
Love you too.
689
00:35:19,655 --> 00:35:20,379
-Bye!
- Bye.
690
00:35:37,379 --> 00:35:40,000
Make that your last bucket
right there, all right?
691
00:35:40,689 --> 00:35:42,172
-10-4.
692
00:35:42,862 --> 00:35:43,827
She's all in.
693
00:35:58,896 --> 00:36:00,413
There's a picker right here
in the box.
694
00:36:02,586 --> 00:36:03,551
What do you think?
695
00:36:03,586 --> 00:36:05,137
A lot
of chunky stuff.
696
00:36:05,172 --> 00:36:07,517
-Nice.
-A lot of chunky stuff.
697
00:36:07,551 --> 00:36:09,482
So we got a little over
a couple of 100oz
698
00:36:09,517 --> 00:36:12,137
to get to 1,000,
and the season's winding down,
699
00:36:12,172 --> 00:36:16,413
but we're gonna pull this box
and, uh, hopefully
should be good.
700
00:36:16,448 --> 00:36:19,827
We got a few days on it now,
and, um, getting close.
701
00:36:19,862 --> 00:36:21,862
- Looks pretty good.
-Yeah, it does.
702
00:36:23,172 --> 00:36:24,172
It's down the riffles.
703
00:36:24,206 --> 00:36:25,586
We've only got
a little bit left to go
704
00:36:25,620 --> 00:36:26,965
and then
we can get out of here.
705
00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:28,000
I'm ready for it.
706
00:36:29,517 --> 00:36:33,517
We know time is short
before weather
and the winter kicks in,
707
00:36:33,551 --> 00:36:37,241
and this all freezes up,
and it tells us to go home,
708
00:36:37,275 --> 00:36:40,103
but we want to hit that 1,000
before that happens.
709
00:36:40,137 --> 00:36:41,551
We want to go home
with our pockets full.
710
00:36:43,206 --> 00:36:45,448
Hoping that
it's a hot cleanup.
711
00:36:49,413 --> 00:36:55,103
As time runs short,
the team will need at least
119oz of gold this week
712
00:36:55,137 --> 00:36:57,896
to keep their 1,000oz goal
within reach.
713
00:36:59,931 --> 00:37:01,931
Guys, I want to thank you
for switching over
714
00:37:01,965 --> 00:37:03,068
to the Lost Cut.
715
00:37:03,103 --> 00:37:04,517
It's a big gamble.
716
00:37:04,551 --> 00:37:06,275
We needed to do something
717
00:37:06,310 --> 00:37:07,965
to make sure that we got
to 1,000oz.
718
00:37:08,517 --> 00:37:10,482
Hopefully it pays off.
719
00:37:10,517 --> 00:37:14,827
We've ran as much Lost Cut
as we could with both plants.
720
00:37:14,862 --> 00:37:18,827
At 2.4oz per 100,
it's pretty rich stuff.
721
00:37:18,862 --> 00:37:22,241
I'm pretty excited
to actually see
what this cleanup's gonna do.
722
00:37:22,275 --> 00:37:24,172
We're gonna need
a monster week
723
00:37:24,206 --> 00:37:27,931
-to actually take us
over the hump.
-Yeah.
724
00:37:27,965 --> 00:37:30,482
It was starting to look better
before we broke down.
725
00:37:30,517 --> 00:37:32,965
It was the best
that I've seen.
726
00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:36,551
The box looked really good
for how many yards
we put through.
727
00:37:36,586 --> 00:37:37,724
So I don't really want
to think about...
728
00:37:39,448 --> 00:37:41,241
...how much gold
we could have got this week,
729
00:37:41,275 --> 00:37:45,068
but hopefully, you know,
your guys' cleanup
makes up for it.
730
00:37:45,965 --> 00:37:48,068
Good. Well,
we'll find out here.
731
00:37:52,655 --> 00:37:54,241
- Holding it
with two fingers.
-Welcome, gentlemen.
732
00:37:54,275 --> 00:37:56,517
-I'm just gonna do this
for you guys, all right?
-All right.
733
00:37:56,551 --> 00:37:58,689
-Just so you can
figure this out.
-Oh, come on,
734
00:37:58,724 --> 00:38:00,068
have some confidence.
735
00:38:00,103 --> 00:38:03,206
-No.
-Uh, not much
for this week, buddy.
736
00:38:03,241 --> 00:38:05,551
I'll take the little pan
this week.
737
00:38:05,586 --> 00:38:07,827
You know,
I'm proud of you guys.
738
00:38:07,862 --> 00:38:13,793
Without your effort,
we had zero chance
of ever making it to 1,000.
739
00:38:14,344 --> 00:38:15,310
You're great guys.
740
00:38:16,965 --> 00:38:20,275
And I'm proud
to be with you guys.
741
00:38:21,379 --> 00:38:24,413
-Stop.
742
00:38:25,379 --> 00:38:26,827
Okay, Dad.
743
00:38:26,862 --> 00:38:31,551
All right, I'm going to let
the Black Pearl go first.
744
00:38:31,586 --> 00:38:33,103
Thurber, give us the pour.
745
00:38:33,655 --> 00:38:34,482
Thank you, Jack.
746
00:38:42,758 --> 00:38:44,068
Five.
747
00:38:46,344 --> 00:38:47,344
10.
748
00:38:49,275 --> 00:38:52,793
13, 15, 16.
749
00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:56,551
18, 19.
750
00:38:58,827 --> 00:39:01,068
20.
751
00:39:01,103 --> 00:39:03,965
I mean, obviously I don't want
to think about how good
it would have been,
752
00:39:04,931 --> 00:39:06,344
but either way,
that's over 30 grand...
753
00:39:06,379 --> 00:39:07,448
-...you know?
-Pretty good.
754
00:39:07,482 --> 00:39:09,551
Three kids and a wash plant
755
00:39:09,586 --> 00:39:12,862
-that's been sitting
on the coast for seven years.
-I like it.
756
00:39:12,896 --> 00:39:14,413
- That's not bad.
- So...
757
00:39:14,448 --> 00:39:15,275
I love it.
758
00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:16,724
All right.
759
00:39:19,448 --> 00:39:20,103
Well...
760
00:39:21,586 --> 00:39:22,931
Call it out.
761
00:39:22,965 --> 00:39:24,448
All right. Come on, now.
762
00:39:27,310 --> 00:39:29,448
Five, 10, 15.
763
00:39:31,448 --> 00:39:33,241
20, 25.
764
00:39:34,448 --> 00:39:35,103
40.
765
00:39:36,206 --> 00:39:37,034
50.
766
00:39:38,620 --> 00:39:39,413
60.
767
00:39:40,965 --> 00:39:44,103
Uh, I want 70. 70.
768
00:39:44,724 --> 00:39:46,586
One, two.
769
00:39:47,793 --> 00:39:48,551
Got. 80.
770
00:39:49,103 --> 00:39:52,448
80.40.
771
00:39:52,482 --> 00:39:53,655
- Whoo!
- Yeah.
772
00:39:53,689 --> 00:39:55,172
- Awesome.
773
00:39:55,206 --> 00:39:58,965
Dude, we got it.
That's almost 140 grand, guys.
774
00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:01,517
- Nice.
- Awesome, man.
Good work, everybody.
775
00:40:01,551 --> 00:40:04,413
We had, what,
a 170, $175,000 week.
776
00:40:04,448 --> 00:40:05,689
Yep.
777
00:40:05,724 --> 00:40:06,620
Where we at, Thurb?
778
00:40:06,655 --> 00:40:10,482
Well, last week
we were at 762.
779
00:40:10,517 --> 00:40:14,344
We needed average,
between the two plants,
119.
780
00:40:15,448 --> 00:40:19,344
We got a total of 100
for an 862.
781
00:40:19,379 --> 00:40:22,172
-862.
-862.
782
00:40:22,206 --> 00:40:25,724
The Holy Roller
weighs in with 80oz of gold,
783
00:40:25,758 --> 00:40:28,068
while the Black Pearl
brings in only 20,
784
00:40:28,103 --> 00:40:30,448
for a combined total of 100oz.
785
00:40:31,172 --> 00:40:32,068
After this week,
786
00:40:32,103 --> 00:40:35,655
the Hoffmans have a total
of 862oz,
787
00:40:35,689 --> 00:40:40,344
leaving them 138oz short
of their 1,000oz season goal.
788
00:40:41,344 --> 00:40:43,275
That's within
striking distance,
789
00:40:43,310 --> 00:40:47,241
but, guys, you got to get
that Black Pearl running.
790
00:40:47,275 --> 00:40:49,517
You know, my worst nightmare
is now our reality.
791
00:40:49,551 --> 00:40:51,379
We lost the Black Pearl
792
00:40:51,413 --> 00:40:55,896
and probably
what would be our best week
of the whole season.
793
00:40:55,931 --> 00:40:57,517
So I'm gonna do what I can.
794
00:40:57,551 --> 00:41:00,137
I'm gonna call around,
and try to get her fired up
next week,
795
00:41:00,172 --> 00:41:01,551
and just keep going.
796
00:41:01,586 --> 00:41:05,896
Both those plants
have got to run
six strong days,
797
00:41:05,931 --> 00:41:09,413
and I mean 12, 13, 14 hours
each one.
798
00:41:09,448 --> 00:41:11,758
There's no guarantees
on this weather.
799
00:41:11,793 --> 00:41:13,448
We've just got
to stay focused.
800
00:41:13,482 --> 00:41:16,241
If Hunter can't get
the Black Pearl running again
801
00:41:16,275 --> 00:41:20,413
there's a very good chance
that we are gonna fall short
of the 1,000.
802
00:41:20,448 --> 00:41:21,655
He's got
to figure something out.
803
00:41:23,586 --> 00:41:25,137
-Let's see what happens.
- All right.
804
00:41:25,172 --> 00:41:26,275
All right, good job, guys.
805
00:41:26,310 --> 00:41:27,275
Let's kill it.
59695
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