1 00:00:02,931 --> 00:00:04,458 Yeah, let's go to work. 2 00:00:04,482 --> 00:00:06,734 We got two plants running head-to-head, 3 00:00:06,758 --> 00:00:09,251 but we are behind now. 4 00:00:09,275 --> 00:00:11,596 Two months into Alaska's gold mining season... 5 00:00:11,620 --> 00:00:13,320 This might be kind of fun this week. 6 00:00:13,344 --> 00:00:14,458 Let's do this. 7 00:00:14,482 --> 00:00:15,655 A series of breakdowns... 8 00:00:16,379 --> 00:00:17,413 Something's not right. 9 00:00:18,931 --> 00:00:20,562 Have slowed the Hoffman's march 10 00:00:20,586 --> 00:00:22,596 toward their 1,000-ounce gold. 11 00:00:22,620 --> 00:00:25,493 We beat you guys, but it's still a bad week. 12 00:00:25,517 --> 00:00:26,941 You're still both losers. 13 00:00:26,965 --> 00:00:29,458 Now, with only a few weeks remaining, 14 00:00:29,482 --> 00:00:30,907 fatigue sets in... 15 00:00:30,931 --> 00:00:33,148 Try 105 hours a week. 16 00:00:33,172 --> 00:00:34,596 I'm tired. 17 00:00:34,620 --> 00:00:36,562 Leading to costly human errors. 18 00:00:36,586 --> 00:00:38,286 - Damn it. - Shut it off. 19 00:00:38,310 --> 00:00:39,838 As tensions rise... 20 00:00:39,862 --> 00:00:41,424 - Why don't you listen for a change? - I do listen. 21 00:00:41,448 --> 00:00:42,941 And tempers flare. 22 00:00:42,965 --> 00:00:43,976 Come on, Randy. 23 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:45,838 Can Todd rally his troops... 24 00:00:45,862 --> 00:00:47,458 We are supposed to be a team. 25 00:00:47,482 --> 00:00:48,976 Or will Hunter again 26 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:51,286 have to step up and rise to the occasion? 27 00:00:51,310 --> 00:00:53,586 This place is ran by idiots. 28 00:01:13,103 --> 00:01:15,596 After the Holy Roller breakdown, 29 00:01:15,620 --> 00:01:18,000 and a costly reclamation last week 30 00:01:19,068 --> 00:01:21,803 the Hoffman crew is pushing to play catchup 31 00:01:21,827 --> 00:01:23,793 on their 1,000-ounce season gold. 32 00:01:28,379 --> 00:01:30,872 This might be kind of fun this week. 33 00:01:30,896 --> 00:01:32,769 But I don't know, this is gold mining. 34 00:01:32,793 --> 00:01:34,724 So you never really know. 35 00:01:36,206 --> 00:01:37,700 We're in the middle of the season, 36 00:01:37,724 --> 00:01:40,103 and problems are showing up at the mine. 37 00:01:41,758 --> 00:01:43,182 It's just a hard time. 38 00:01:43,206 --> 00:01:45,517 We need to just keep grinding, keep pushing forward. 39 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:50,527 Every ounce we get 40 00:01:50,551 --> 00:01:53,448 is just one step closer to meeting the goal. 41 00:01:56,034 --> 00:01:58,482 Today, Todd's got me loading pay dirt. 42 00:01:59,758 --> 00:02:02,217 You know, we keep talking about how we need a win. 43 00:02:02,241 --> 00:02:03,758 And I'm there, I need a win. 44 00:02:05,448 --> 00:02:08,355 You know, back at home, we worked 40 hours a week 45 00:02:08,379 --> 00:02:10,734 and we think we're exhausted at the end of the week. 46 00:02:10,758 --> 00:02:13,389 Try 105 a week. 47 00:02:13,413 --> 00:02:14,413 I'm there. 48 00:02:21,448 --> 00:02:23,517 Damn it. Damn it. Damn it. 49 00:02:27,068 --> 00:02:28,068 Damn it. 50 00:02:28,827 --> 00:02:30,310 Dakota, did you see that? 51 00:02:31,517 --> 00:02:32,793 I knocked the spray bar off. 52 00:02:47,413 --> 00:02:48,413 Roger. 53 00:02:51,724 --> 00:02:53,700 Hey, Todd, the Holy Roller's down. 54 00:02:53,724 --> 00:02:55,803 I broke a nozzle off the trommel 55 00:02:55,827 --> 00:02:57,665 - on accident. - What the... Guys, come on. 56 00:02:57,689 --> 00:02:59,493 Are you kidding me? 57 00:02:59,517 --> 00:03:02,655 Get it fixed. Now. Tater's on his way. 58 00:03:04,724 --> 00:03:06,803 So, this is the mid-season slump. 59 00:03:06,827 --> 00:03:08,044 This is where guys 60 00:03:08,068 --> 00:03:09,838 get in a lull, they're missing their families, 61 00:03:09,862 --> 00:03:11,079 they start making mistakes. 62 00:03:11,103 --> 00:03:13,424 Hopefully, we can get this thing fixed, 63 00:03:13,448 --> 00:03:15,724 and get it up and running as soon as possible. 64 00:03:25,620 --> 00:03:26,872 My fault. 65 00:03:26,896 --> 00:03:29,079 I hate doing stuff like that. 66 00:03:29,103 --> 00:03:30,896 I'm tired. I'm worn out. 67 00:03:32,344 --> 00:03:34,631 That's a very expensive mistake. 68 00:03:34,655 --> 00:03:35,907 Man! 69 00:03:35,931 --> 00:03:38,051 All right, let's fire it back up and see what happens. 70 00:03:38,413 --> 00:03:39,596 That's 1,000 bucks. 71 00:03:39,620 --> 00:03:42,020 Then you add up all these guys that are standing around here. 72 00:03:43,034 --> 00:03:44,079 Had to weld this. 73 00:03:44,103 --> 00:03:45,183 It's more than 1,000 bucks. 74 00:03:57,482 --> 00:03:59,217 Two hours into the fix, 75 00:03:59,241 --> 00:04:01,320 Randy can get back to work. 76 00:04:01,344 --> 00:04:03,148 Thank you, Tater. 77 00:04:03,172 --> 00:04:04,172 Okay, no problem. 78 00:04:17,655 --> 00:04:19,700 Mining in Alaska is brutal, 79 00:04:19,724 --> 00:04:21,355 especially when you're not getting the gold 80 00:04:21,379 --> 00:04:24,424 that you think you should be getting about this time of the year. 81 00:04:24,448 --> 00:04:26,976 Guys start making mistakes, they start checking out. 82 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,182 They're tired, so I'm gonna go ahead 83 00:04:29,206 --> 00:04:30,596 and bring in a fresh body. 84 00:04:30,620 --> 00:04:32,148 Hopefully, that'll help out. 85 00:04:32,172 --> 00:04:35,251 My name is Bryce Carmony from Sandy, Oregon, just like the Hoffmans. 86 00:04:35,275 --> 00:04:38,148 Small town there. 87 00:04:38,172 --> 00:04:40,493 Known Hunter for a long time. 88 00:04:40,517 --> 00:04:43,527 I'm bring in a kid, Bryce, he's pretty green, 89 00:04:43,551 --> 00:04:46,700 but he's got a good, work ethic, and hopefully, 90 00:04:46,724 --> 00:04:47,976 he can dig right in, 91 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,286 'cause we really need the help right now. 92 00:04:50,310 --> 00:04:52,355 Todd gave me a call. 93 00:04:52,379 --> 00:04:53,976 He said he needed some extra manpower. 94 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:56,148 So I'm here, running rock trucks, 95 00:04:56,172 --> 00:04:58,217 doing whatever I can to help him out. 96 00:04:58,241 --> 00:04:59,838 We need all the hands we can get. 97 00:04:59,862 --> 00:05:01,586 That's why I brought Bryce up. 98 00:05:04,241 --> 00:05:05,241 Roger that. I'm coming. 99 00:05:06,241 --> 00:05:08,068 With an extra set on hands on the mine... 100 00:05:17,103 --> 00:05:18,631 Copy. That'll work. 101 00:05:18,655 --> 00:05:20,872 The team attempts to shake off the dust 102 00:05:20,896 --> 00:05:21,896 and get back to work. 103 00:05:25,586 --> 00:05:27,355 Yes, sir. I'm ready whenever you are. 104 00:05:27,379 --> 00:05:28,699 Okay. Start bringing the water up. 105 00:05:36,103 --> 00:05:37,143 All right. I'm ripping it. 106 00:05:54,689 --> 00:05:56,527 Trommel is spinning 107 00:05:56,551 --> 00:05:57,931 and the sluice is dripping. 108 00:05:59,448 --> 00:06:02,148 Right now, we have to take advantage of this window of opportunity, 109 00:06:02,172 --> 00:06:04,527 and, we have to get to 112 ounces, 110 00:06:04,551 --> 00:06:06,631 otherwise, we're not gonna get to 1,000, 111 00:06:06,655 --> 00:06:08,355 so it's crunch time. 112 00:06:08,379 --> 00:06:12,010 So far, today, the Black Pearl's doing good. 113 00:06:12,034 --> 00:06:13,838 You know, right now, I don't have any complaints. 114 00:06:13,862 --> 00:06:15,769 You know, I'm just gonna run consistently. 115 00:06:15,793 --> 00:06:18,827 Try to find a good pace here, I mean, that will get the plant 116 00:06:19,689 --> 00:06:21,010 um, at a good speed. 117 00:06:21,034 --> 00:06:22,562 And running some this North Fork pay, 118 00:06:22,586 --> 00:06:24,044 and we're gonna run it all day, 119 00:06:24,068 --> 00:06:25,551 and kinda see what we could do. 120 00:06:36,310 --> 00:06:38,493 We got weather closing in on us. 121 00:06:38,517 --> 00:06:39,872 We're running out of time. 122 00:06:39,896 --> 00:06:42,251 So we're both gonna go ahead and run into the night. 123 00:06:42,275 --> 00:06:44,424 Run as many yards as we can. 124 00:06:44,448 --> 00:06:48,355 At this point in the game, I don't know if we have any other choice. 125 00:06:48,379 --> 00:06:51,769 It's harder to see what's going on, obviously, when it's dark. 126 00:06:51,793 --> 00:06:55,389 But by the morning, we should have an extra 20 ounces on the box. 127 00:06:55,413 --> 00:06:57,665 We don't know how many days we have left to run, 128 00:06:57,689 --> 00:06:58,793 so It all adds up. 129 00:07:06,793 --> 00:07:08,182 Even though everybody's tired 130 00:07:08,206 --> 00:07:09,700 and we just pulled an all-nighter, 131 00:07:09,724 --> 00:07:13,079 we really don't know how much time we have left 132 00:07:13,103 --> 00:07:15,217 before the ground freezes solid. 133 00:07:15,241 --> 00:07:18,724 So everybody's up early this morning, and going after it. 134 00:07:26,344 --> 00:07:27,482 Yep. 135 00:07:43,862 --> 00:07:45,724 Dakota, go ahead and bring it on up. 136 00:07:47,172 --> 00:07:48,172 Okay. 137 00:08:10,965 --> 00:08:12,976 What do you need, Hunter? What's going on? 138 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:15,448 All these manifolds are leaking around all the outsides. 139 00:08:34,724 --> 00:08:35,724 10-4. 140 00:08:44,172 --> 00:08:46,907 You know, I've been having some issues with my crew. 141 00:08:46,931 --> 00:08:50,044 Little things have been slipping through the cracks. 142 00:08:50,068 --> 00:08:52,596 And now it's actually starting to hurt us. 143 00:08:52,620 --> 00:08:53,631 And you know what, 144 00:08:53,655 --> 00:08:56,838 this is an avoidable problem. 145 00:08:56,862 --> 00:08:58,976 The water needed to run the Holy Roller 146 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:01,665 is fed to the plant via a Barco pump 147 00:09:01,689 --> 00:09:04,976 that transports it to the plant's distribution box. 148 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:08,493 From the box, water is then directed to other parts of the plant, 149 00:09:08,517 --> 00:09:10,941 hopper, trommel and the sluice box, 150 00:09:10,965 --> 00:09:12,941 by opening a series of valves. 151 00:09:12,965 --> 00:09:16,010 If these valves aren't opened before the pump is turned on, 152 00:09:16,034 --> 00:09:19,148 the water inside the distribution box has nowhere to go, 153 00:09:19,172 --> 00:09:22,079 and built up pressure will cause it to blow. 154 00:09:22,103 --> 00:09:24,320 Nobody fully explained to Bryce 155 00:09:24,344 --> 00:09:26,700 the process of which you're supposed to set up the water. 156 00:09:26,724 --> 00:09:30,596 This issue was actually caused by pure laziness. 157 00:09:30,620 --> 00:09:32,458 They put the newest guy on, 158 00:09:32,482 --> 00:09:34,872 you know, one of the most crucial pieces of the startup. 159 00:09:34,896 --> 00:09:37,034 So now everybody is gonna pay the consequence for it. 160 00:09:42,068 --> 00:09:43,527 Andy, you need me? 161 00:09:43,551 --> 00:09:45,113 - I can come over. - No. 162 00:09:45,137 --> 00:09:47,217 I'll try to figure out what the heck's going on here. 163 00:09:49,965 --> 00:09:50,965 So what happened? 164 00:09:51,689 --> 00:09:54,458 During the fire up, the bypass got closed 165 00:09:54,482 --> 00:09:56,320 before two of the other valves got opened, 166 00:09:56,344 --> 00:09:58,286 blew all this silicone out. 167 00:09:58,310 --> 00:10:00,769 Started leaking between the box valves really bad. 168 00:10:00,793 --> 00:10:02,562 Who was doing this? 169 00:10:02,586 --> 00:10:03,586 Bryce. 170 00:10:04,655 --> 00:10:06,068 So how much time did that cost us? 171 00:10:07,103 --> 00:10:08,103 Well... 172 00:10:10,586 --> 00:10:13,251 So an easy 20 grand, maybe? 173 00:10:13,275 --> 00:10:14,183 Yeah. 174 00:10:14,207 --> 00:10:16,700 Guys are tired, working 16 hours a days. 175 00:10:16,724 --> 00:10:18,424 But we can't afford to a break. 176 00:10:18,448 --> 00:10:20,648 They need to be thinking about what it is they're doing. 177 00:10:21,034 --> 00:10:22,527 So, why is Bryce opening things up 178 00:10:22,551 --> 00:10:23,991 that he doesn't know what he's doing? 179 00:10:27,586 --> 00:10:28,734 Didn't train him. 180 00:10:28,758 --> 00:10:31,251 You're here in that plant, you knew he was down here, 181 00:10:31,275 --> 00:10:34,872 you should know you should have the communication with him. 182 00:10:34,896 --> 00:10:37,113 What's going on? 183 00:10:37,137 --> 00:10:40,241 You know, I don't need to rip a guy a new one, but 184 00:10:41,620 --> 00:10:42,769 this is stupid. 185 00:10:42,793 --> 00:10:44,976 I mean, it costs a lot of money. 186 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:46,448 We got enough problems with 187 00:10:47,517 --> 00:10:48,872 without doing dumb things ourselves. 188 00:10:48,896 --> 00:10:52,458 We gotta quit shooting our self in our own foot. 189 00:10:52,482 --> 00:10:54,113 We can't do this anymore. We don't have the time. 190 00:10:54,137 --> 00:10:55,424 Look at the weather. 191 00:10:55,448 --> 00:10:56,631 Yeah, it should've never happened. 192 00:10:56,655 --> 00:10:59,493 And I'll take responsibility that I didn't train him. 193 00:10:59,517 --> 00:11:01,044 - And I needed, too, 'cause I know best... - You know what, 194 00:11:01,068 --> 00:11:03,044 it's not just your responsibility. 195 00:11:03,068 --> 00:11:04,872 - It's everybody's responsibility. - Yep. 196 00:11:04,896 --> 00:11:06,103 Myself, included. 197 00:11:08,586 --> 00:11:10,631 Fix whatever we need to fix and get it hooked back up. 198 00:11:10,655 --> 00:11:11,527 We're running this sucker. 199 00:11:11,551 --> 00:11:12,551 I don't care. 200 00:11:26,413 --> 00:11:27,356 This morning, we went to fire up, 201 00:11:27,380 --> 00:11:29,803 we had an inexperienced individual 202 00:11:29,827 --> 00:11:31,907 doing the water on here. 203 00:11:31,931 --> 00:11:34,907 And blew all the silicone out of our distribution box. 204 00:11:34,931 --> 00:11:37,251 We had all of our bypass valves shut. 205 00:11:37,275 --> 00:11:39,872 There was no water going to, box, 206 00:11:39,896 --> 00:11:41,976 or to the spray bars in the trommel. 207 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:46,355 So all that pressure and all that volume of water got stuck in one spot. 208 00:11:46,379 --> 00:11:47,872 When you pressurize it, 209 00:11:47,896 --> 00:11:49,700 it's gotta go somewhere. 210 00:11:49,724 --> 00:11:51,769 Our box is stretched, 211 00:11:51,793 --> 00:11:54,172 and all the water went between the bolts. 212 00:11:56,620 --> 00:11:58,275 And this thing looked like a sprinkler. 213 00:12:02,448 --> 00:12:04,286 The guys are tired, I'm tired. 214 00:12:04,310 --> 00:12:06,769 That's when stuff like this happens. 215 00:12:06,793 --> 00:12:08,433 It's gonna set us back another day or two. 216 00:12:11,689 --> 00:12:12,976 Just get a... I'll hold it right here. 217 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:13,839 - You got her? - Yeah. 218 00:12:13,863 --> 00:12:15,620 - You wanna grab those? - Yeah. Clear. 219 00:12:16,275 --> 00:12:17,286 Go. 220 00:12:17,310 --> 00:12:18,390 I don't wanna wait all day. 221 00:12:22,379 --> 00:12:23,596 So we gotta take apart 222 00:12:23,620 --> 00:12:25,769 our distribution boxes resealing 'em 223 00:12:25,793 --> 00:12:27,493 before we can run. 224 00:12:27,517 --> 00:12:29,000 So once again, we're losing time. 225 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:32,113 To fix the distribution box, 226 00:12:32,137 --> 00:12:35,907 the team plans to reinforce the seams using a silicone sealant 227 00:12:35,931 --> 00:12:39,172 designed to fill in any gaps in the bent metal. 228 00:12:41,724 --> 00:12:42,724 Go. 229 00:12:44,206 --> 00:12:46,010 It's gonna cost us a few hours. 230 00:12:46,034 --> 00:12:48,793 Probably six, seven ounces of gold in the time. 231 00:12:50,448 --> 00:12:53,251 Once the distribution box is reassembled, 232 00:12:53,275 --> 00:12:55,976 the guys must wait for the silicone to dry 233 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:58,034 before they start the Holy Roller back up. 234 00:13:07,103 --> 00:13:08,320 Looks good. Looks real good. 235 00:13:08,344 --> 00:13:09,584 - You're happy with that? - Yep. 236 00:13:12,689 --> 00:13:13,872 It's like a punishment. 237 00:13:13,896 --> 00:13:16,355 We have to sit and watch it dry. 238 00:13:16,379 --> 00:13:18,251 We just don't have that down time. 239 00:13:18,275 --> 00:13:19,517 We need to stay running. 240 00:13:36,448 --> 00:13:39,113 - I was kinda down. - You know, I was like, "I up." 241 00:13:39,137 --> 00:13:43,493 But I have not been trained on, any of the stuff to do with the plant. 242 00:13:43,517 --> 00:13:45,597 Like, I'm the new guy. I need to learn all the ropes. 243 00:13:46,482 --> 00:13:47,872 Bryce is a good kid. 244 00:13:47,896 --> 00:13:51,217 He picked the wrong time to make an impression like this, 245 00:13:51,241 --> 00:13:52,631 but it's really not his fault. 246 00:13:52,655 --> 00:13:54,655 There was guys here that knew better. 247 00:13:57,482 --> 00:14:00,838 Lesson learned here is I need people 248 00:14:00,862 --> 00:14:04,562 to train me up on stuff that I do not know. 249 00:14:04,586 --> 00:14:06,907 You know, I need to learn it before I just hop out there and do it. 250 00:14:06,931 --> 00:14:11,769 It should've been Tater or Randy on that box, but they got sloppy. 251 00:14:11,793 --> 00:14:13,758 And now the whole mine's paying for it. 252 00:14:22,137 --> 00:14:23,137 Sparky, you got a copy? 253 00:14:25,137 --> 00:14:26,011 Yeah, go ahead. 254 00:14:26,035 --> 00:14:27,355 When you get a second, 255 00:14:27,379 --> 00:14:31,044 could you come up here and just give the plant once-over? 256 00:14:31,068 --> 00:14:32,631 Got you, brother. Man, I got you. 257 00:14:32,655 --> 00:14:33,758 10-4. Thanks, buddy. 258 00:14:35,379 --> 00:14:39,838 I'm really confused why the most inexperienced, newest guy 259 00:14:39,862 --> 00:14:42,527 was tasked with 260 00:14:42,551 --> 00:14:45,700 kind of the most important part of the morning fire up. 261 00:14:45,724 --> 00:14:49,596 This may just be my opinion, but the reason I think 262 00:14:49,620 --> 00:14:51,941 that this happened this morning is because the weather 263 00:14:51,965 --> 00:14:53,631 was bad, it was wet, it was rainy. 264 00:14:53,655 --> 00:14:54,907 Everybody's tired. We're worn out. 265 00:14:54,931 --> 00:14:56,251 We've been out here for months. 266 00:14:56,275 --> 00:14:59,562 And, you know, guys wanted to be in the machines, 267 00:14:59,586 --> 00:15:00,941 you know, where it's dry. 268 00:15:00,965 --> 00:15:03,665 I'm not... You know, I'm not gonna lie, myself, included. 269 00:15:03,689 --> 00:15:05,275 That is a... That's an issue. 270 00:15:06,413 --> 00:15:07,907 So I don't know, man. 271 00:15:07,931 --> 00:15:09,596 The Black Pearl's running. The Black Peral's getting gold. 272 00:15:09,620 --> 00:15:12,251 My plant is, it's putting some points on the board. 273 00:15:12,275 --> 00:15:13,896 And that's beneficial for everybody. 274 00:15:22,206 --> 00:15:24,355 A little heat in that metal and it'll help it set up. 275 00:15:24,379 --> 00:15:25,379 Come on, you. 276 00:15:26,482 --> 00:15:28,458 After a three-hour shutdown, 277 00:15:28,482 --> 00:15:32,655 they perform the final step to fix the Holy Roller's distribution box. 278 00:15:36,379 --> 00:15:38,413 That'll be good. We should be back in business. 279 00:15:40,482 --> 00:15:43,907 We got the distribution boxes all resealed with silicone. 280 00:15:43,931 --> 00:15:46,320 I've got, Bryce down on the pump. 281 00:15:46,344 --> 00:15:48,010 He's got his checklist. 282 00:15:48,034 --> 00:15:50,320 We're about ready to start the plant back up. 283 00:15:50,344 --> 00:15:52,734 There's jut no more time left. 284 00:15:52,758 --> 00:15:54,769 Stupid mistakes cost us today. 285 00:15:54,793 --> 00:15:56,896 So now we have to pay the price. 286 00:16:02,206 --> 00:16:03,206 Yeah. Go ahead. 287 00:16:08,034 --> 00:16:11,700 Okay. Just... We don't need to do it if it's not ready. 288 00:16:11,724 --> 00:16:14,631 I mean, give it plenty of time. I got no problem waiting. 289 00:16:14,655 --> 00:16:16,562 I told these guys to make sure 290 00:16:16,586 --> 00:16:18,493 let that distribution box set up right. 291 00:16:18,517 --> 00:16:20,458 You know, I know everybody's tired right now, 292 00:16:20,482 --> 00:16:21,976 but we've gotta do things the right way. 293 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:23,665 Don't be in a hurry. 294 00:16:23,689 --> 00:16:25,458 All that's gonna do is take more down time 295 00:16:25,482 --> 00:16:27,113 if that thing doesn't work right. 296 00:16:27,137 --> 00:16:28,665 Right now, I just need things done right, 297 00:16:28,689 --> 00:16:30,320 so we don't make the same mistake twice. 298 00:16:30,344 --> 00:16:32,827 Everybody, clear on the trommel. Clear on the trommel. 299 00:16:44,103 --> 00:16:45,172 Are you on the pump? 300 00:16:49,413 --> 00:16:50,218 Okay. 301 00:16:50,242 --> 00:16:52,320 Our goal's 1,000 ounces. 302 00:16:52,344 --> 00:16:53,389 If it's down, 303 00:16:53,413 --> 00:16:55,458 we're not gonna be able to achieve that. 304 00:16:55,482 --> 00:16:58,596 So it's vitally important that it stays running at all cost. 305 00:16:58,620 --> 00:17:00,286 So where are we at now? 306 00:17:00,310 --> 00:17:02,700 - This one's open? - Yeah. That one's open. 307 00:17:02,724 --> 00:17:03,724 This is open. 308 00:17:04,827 --> 00:17:07,551 You can go ahead and idle up if you have pressure, Bryce. 309 00:17:17,758 --> 00:17:19,275 Should get water here in a second. 310 00:17:27,793 --> 00:17:28,862 That's still leaking! 311 00:17:32,827 --> 00:17:34,527 Randy, we got leaks. 312 00:17:34,551 --> 00:17:36,034 We got leaks. 313 00:17:37,172 --> 00:17:38,241 Stop. 314 00:17:40,310 --> 00:17:41,482 Idle it down, idle it down. 315 00:17:45,586 --> 00:17:47,182 The flanges are just too bent up. 316 00:17:47,206 --> 00:17:49,182 Tried to free them out best we could. 317 00:17:49,206 --> 00:17:50,389 Let's see what he'll wanna do. 318 00:17:50,413 --> 00:17:52,458 Andy's coming down, it's his call. 319 00:17:52,482 --> 00:17:54,527 After shutting down for five hours 320 00:17:54,551 --> 00:17:57,838 to repair the Holy Roller's blown distribution box, 321 00:17:57,862 --> 00:18:00,044 the team restarts the plant correctly 322 00:18:00,068 --> 00:18:02,907 only to discover that their fix has failed. 323 00:18:02,931 --> 00:18:05,137 And they're no closer to running dirt. 324 00:18:06,206 --> 00:18:07,769 The flanges are so bent up. 325 00:18:07,793 --> 00:18:09,793 They're only sealing in this area. 326 00:18:11,034 --> 00:18:13,941 They've gotta be flat to marry them together, 327 00:18:13,965 --> 00:18:17,217 'cause you can't seal pressure with just one area. 328 00:18:17,241 --> 00:18:19,458 You gotta seal pressure with the whole area. 329 00:18:19,482 --> 00:18:21,941 They have to be perfectly flat. 330 00:18:21,965 --> 00:18:24,845 But how do we get them perfectly flat now that they've been bent so much? 331 00:18:25,413 --> 00:18:26,769 Weld it together. 332 00:18:26,793 --> 00:18:29,320 Randy's plan to fix the distribution box 333 00:18:29,344 --> 00:18:31,803 is to weld the outer metal rims flush, 334 00:18:31,827 --> 00:18:35,310 leaving no space for built up pressure, or water to escape. 335 00:18:37,034 --> 00:18:37,907 We got an idea. 336 00:18:37,931 --> 00:18:38,931 Solution. 337 00:18:40,310 --> 00:18:41,734 We just need your approval. 338 00:18:41,758 --> 00:18:42,666 Okay. 339 00:18:42,690 --> 00:18:44,290 We're gonna weld the two halves together. 340 00:18:46,965 --> 00:18:48,631 You can't weld the two sides together. 341 00:18:48,655 --> 00:18:50,103 - Why not? - Yes, we can. 342 00:18:51,689 --> 00:18:53,320 Not bolt hole. On the outside. 343 00:18:53,344 --> 00:18:55,251 - What good does that do? - It's gonna seal it. 344 00:18:55,275 --> 00:18:56,769 The bolt holes will leak. 345 00:18:56,793 --> 00:18:58,079 Bolt holes aren't leaking. 346 00:18:58,103 --> 00:18:59,769 The bolt holes will leak. 347 00:18:59,793 --> 00:19:01,217 - I'm telling you, the bolt holes... - Look! 348 00:19:01,241 --> 00:19:03,251 - Are not leaking. - This is a hole here. 349 00:19:03,275 --> 00:19:04,218 He's saying it will leak. 350 00:19:04,242 --> 00:19:07,320 It will leak and then you cannot fix them. 351 00:19:07,344 --> 00:19:08,803 If this was a solid piece... 352 00:19:08,827 --> 00:19:10,217 You know what, I bed to differ, 353 00:19:10,241 --> 00:19:13,493 because if you had a fender washer, it would work just fine. 354 00:19:13,517 --> 00:19:15,079 - If the silicone were dry... - Why don't you listen 355 00:19:15,103 --> 00:19:16,080 for a change? 356 00:19:16,104 --> 00:19:17,941 - I do listen. I... - Hey! Tone it down. 357 00:19:17,965 --> 00:19:19,562 - Tone this down. Now. - Randy 358 00:19:19,586 --> 00:19:22,182 I already did this once and it worked for how long? 359 00:19:22,206 --> 00:19:23,872 I've already had it done and done. 360 00:19:23,896 --> 00:19:25,527 It lasted for how long? How many... 361 00:19:25,551 --> 00:19:26,965 How many thousands did we put in? 362 00:19:27,827 --> 00:19:28,827 Come on, Randy. 363 00:19:35,758 --> 00:19:37,251 The bolt holes will leak. 364 00:19:37,275 --> 00:19:38,596 Bolt holes aren't leaking. 365 00:19:38,620 --> 00:19:41,044 It will leak and then you cannot fix them. 366 00:19:41,068 --> 00:19:43,355 If you had a fender washer, it would work just fine. 367 00:19:43,379 --> 00:19:45,148 I've already had it done and done. 368 00:19:45,172 --> 00:19:46,803 It lasted for how long? How many... 369 00:19:46,827 --> 00:19:48,310 How many thousands did we put in? 370 00:19:49,137 --> 00:19:50,137 Come on, Randy. 371 00:19:51,137 --> 00:19:52,941 The problem with the holes, 372 00:19:52,965 --> 00:19:55,148 we already had this conversation. 373 00:19:55,172 --> 00:19:56,596 There's no way to reseal 'em 374 00:19:56,620 --> 00:19:58,700 if they leak, if you weld the whole thing. 375 00:19:58,724 --> 00:20:00,838 If we weld the flange on the box, 376 00:20:00,862 --> 00:20:01,839 it will seal the first time. 377 00:20:01,863 --> 00:20:03,700 But if we close it bypass again, 378 00:20:03,724 --> 00:20:05,734 it'll just blow the water right out of the holes 379 00:20:05,758 --> 00:20:07,493 and then we have no recourse to fix, 380 00:20:07,517 --> 00:20:08,734 and we can't get it back apart. 381 00:20:08,758 --> 00:20:10,355 The Holy Roller will be done for the season. 382 00:20:10,379 --> 00:20:11,907 - Okay. - There's no way. 383 00:20:11,931 --> 00:20:15,251 We can make something work. We can make a gasket out of the conveyor belt, 384 00:20:15,275 --> 00:20:16,700 which, I think, would probably work. 385 00:20:16,724 --> 00:20:19,010 - Gasket would be better than welding it. - Yeah. 386 00:20:19,034 --> 00:20:20,241 Out of the two options... 387 00:20:20,965 --> 00:20:21,965 Yeah. 388 00:20:23,103 --> 00:20:24,562 I'm a little fired up right now. 389 00:20:24,586 --> 00:20:26,631 I don't like being shut down like that. 390 00:20:26,655 --> 00:20:29,424 Apparently, Rob's got a better plan than I do. 391 00:20:29,448 --> 00:20:32,689 If you need a question, go ask the professionals. They're right back there. 392 00:20:33,862 --> 00:20:34,803 You have to gasket 393 00:20:34,827 --> 00:20:35,701 - the whole thing. - The whole thing. 394 00:20:35,725 --> 00:20:37,217 - We're gonna make a bend... - Yeah. 395 00:20:37,241 --> 00:20:39,286 - We're gonna make a bend for the whole thing. - Yeah, you could do that. 396 00:20:39,310 --> 00:20:40,631 The new proposal 397 00:20:40,655 --> 00:20:43,148 for fixing the Holy Roller's distribution box 398 00:20:43,172 --> 00:20:45,182 is to fortify the metal rims, 399 00:20:45,206 --> 00:20:46,424 not with welds, 400 00:20:46,448 --> 00:20:48,458 but with a makeshift rubber gasket 401 00:20:48,482 --> 00:20:49,976 designed to prevent leaks 402 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:52,596 without sealing the bins permanently. 403 00:20:52,620 --> 00:20:54,355 I think it's a good plan. 404 00:20:54,379 --> 00:20:55,389 - Yeah. - That's what we gotta do. 405 00:20:55,413 --> 00:20:57,182 Okay? I mean, we don't have a lot of options. 406 00:20:57,206 --> 00:20:58,183 Yeah. 407 00:20:58,207 --> 00:21:00,482 I'll keep loading them, keep them going. 408 00:21:01,344 --> 00:21:02,344 All right. 409 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:04,000 Okay. 410 00:21:05,275 --> 00:21:07,320 I've been busting my ass out here. 411 00:21:07,344 --> 00:21:08,493 I'm tired. 412 00:21:08,517 --> 00:21:09,390 I... 413 00:21:09,414 --> 00:21:11,148 We're all tired, but I'm not gonna take 414 00:21:11,172 --> 00:21:12,838 someone talking to me like that. 415 00:21:12,862 --> 00:21:16,113 I've got a lot more experience under my belt than he does. 416 00:21:16,137 --> 00:21:18,551 Personally, I think he just needs to keep his mouth quiet. 417 00:21:21,413 --> 00:21:22,424 So, we got guys 418 00:21:22,448 --> 00:21:23,838 getting into it with each other. 419 00:21:23,862 --> 00:21:25,217 I don't think everybody understands 420 00:21:25,241 --> 00:21:27,320 that this is actually make or break time, 421 00:21:27,344 --> 00:21:28,941 right here. 422 00:21:28,965 --> 00:21:30,665 We got two options right now. 423 00:21:30,689 --> 00:21:32,458 We're either going to implode... 424 00:21:32,482 --> 00:21:34,803 - How many thousands did we put in? - Then fix it. 425 00:21:34,827 --> 00:21:36,941 Or we're actually gonna come together 426 00:21:36,965 --> 00:21:38,493 and try to hit this goal. 427 00:21:38,517 --> 00:21:40,596 Being tired and missing your family, 428 00:21:40,620 --> 00:21:42,734 being grumpy, whatever it is, 429 00:21:42,758 --> 00:21:44,631 we really don't have any excuse. 430 00:21:44,655 --> 00:21:47,251 You gotta put that aside, you gotta dig deep. 431 00:21:47,275 --> 00:21:48,862 This is go time, right here. 432 00:21:51,862 --> 00:21:54,148 You got about 40 feet. 433 00:21:54,172 --> 00:21:55,976 We're pulling the box for a second time. 434 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:58,217 The fix we did earlier didn't work. 435 00:21:58,241 --> 00:21:59,803 Now we're gonna do it a little differently. 436 00:21:59,827 --> 00:22:01,631 We're gonna go to plan C. 437 00:22:01,655 --> 00:22:03,493 There's no guarantees. 438 00:22:03,517 --> 00:22:05,551 He wants to drill holes. 439 00:22:06,413 --> 00:22:07,803 He's got 'em all marked out. 440 00:22:07,827 --> 00:22:10,424 Tater enlists Dakota and Bryce 441 00:22:10,448 --> 00:22:12,217 to fortify the box further 442 00:22:12,241 --> 00:22:14,217 by drilling additional bolt holes 443 00:22:14,241 --> 00:22:16,010 for its outer rim. 444 00:22:16,034 --> 00:22:19,389 It will alleviate the box bowing in between the bolts, 445 00:22:19,413 --> 00:22:22,448 and, hopefully, help seal that for the last time. 446 00:22:25,275 --> 00:22:27,517 Get it as close as you can, Dakota. 447 00:22:28,827 --> 00:22:30,562 We're planning to work until we're done. 448 00:22:30,586 --> 00:22:32,310 It's gonna be a late night. 449 00:22:33,310 --> 00:22:35,217 This needs to run tomorrow. 450 00:22:35,241 --> 00:22:37,079 Right now, everybody's shot and burned out, 451 00:22:37,103 --> 00:22:38,596 but fixing this box is the only thing 452 00:22:38,620 --> 00:22:40,251 that's gonna save our season, 453 00:22:40,275 --> 00:22:42,976 so we have to get it done, and done now. 454 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:44,275 Failure's not an option. 455 00:22:55,965 --> 00:22:58,000 Hey, guys, meeting out here real quick. 456 00:23:00,448 --> 00:23:01,976 After working into the night 457 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:04,389 to fix the Holy Roller's distribution box, 458 00:23:04,413 --> 00:23:06,586 the plant is ready to fire up. 459 00:23:08,206 --> 00:23:10,182 But before testing their fix, 460 00:23:10,206 --> 00:23:12,803 Todd assembles the team to clear the air. 461 00:23:12,827 --> 00:23:13,804 Listen, guys, 462 00:23:13,828 --> 00:23:15,700 I know everyone's starting to get tired. 463 00:23:15,724 --> 00:23:17,631 We've been working our tails off, 464 00:23:17,655 --> 00:23:19,458 I know it's not easy. 465 00:23:19,482 --> 00:23:20,769 We're so close, 466 00:23:20,793 --> 00:23:22,734 a month from now, we'll be done. 467 00:23:22,758 --> 00:23:25,700 But right now, I need us all thinking 468 00:23:25,724 --> 00:23:27,803 - one week at a time. - Yeah. 469 00:23:27,827 --> 00:23:30,182 This week, we need 112 ounces 470 00:23:30,206 --> 00:23:33,044 in order to hit 1,000 ounces at the end. 471 00:23:33,068 --> 00:23:35,665 We can't do that with one plant running, okay? 472 00:23:35,689 --> 00:23:37,941 It ain't gonna work. 473 00:23:37,965 --> 00:23:40,907 These guy's gotta get it together right now. 474 00:23:40,931 --> 00:23:43,044 It's 1,000 ounces or bust. 475 00:23:43,068 --> 00:23:44,976 Things like this happen, 476 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:46,907 and we'll get over it, 477 00:23:46,931 --> 00:23:49,182 but it can't happen again. 478 00:23:49,206 --> 00:23:50,631 We don't have time. 479 00:23:50,655 --> 00:23:53,182 We really cannot be complacent. 480 00:23:53,206 --> 00:23:54,596 And another thing is, 481 00:23:54,620 --> 00:23:57,217 no more, Randy, Rob, 482 00:23:57,241 --> 00:23:59,596 we are supposed to be a team. 483 00:23:59,620 --> 00:24:01,448 We don't hate on each other. 484 00:24:02,689 --> 00:24:03,563 Okay? 485 00:24:03,587 --> 00:24:05,493 So, get it out on the table right now. 486 00:24:05,517 --> 00:24:07,286 You two, get it out on the table, 487 00:24:07,310 --> 00:24:08,838 and we're gonna fix this right now, 488 00:24:08,862 --> 00:24:11,148 'cause I'm not putting up with it anymore. 489 00:24:11,172 --> 00:24:12,172 Okay? 490 00:24:12,793 --> 00:24:16,389 Yeah. Randy, I was out of line. 491 00:24:16,413 --> 00:24:18,493 I came across the wrong way and I apologize. 492 00:24:18,517 --> 00:24:19,665 - So was I. - I'm sorry. 493 00:24:19,689 --> 00:24:21,355 You know, pride and workmanship. 494 00:24:21,379 --> 00:24:24,424 - Yeah. - Both of us are very, very prideful. 495 00:24:24,448 --> 00:24:26,389 Yeah. So, I'm sorry. 496 00:24:26,413 --> 00:24:28,286 - Truly sorry. - Me, too. 497 00:24:28,310 --> 00:24:30,493 Keep the goal at the top, man. 498 00:24:30,517 --> 00:24:32,148 We cannot screw this up. 499 00:24:32,172 --> 00:24:34,044 Me and Andy have been at this point. 500 00:24:34,068 --> 00:24:36,355 And this is where you up, right now. 501 00:24:36,379 --> 00:24:38,665 The Black Pearl carried us yesterday, 502 00:24:38,689 --> 00:24:39,597 it carry the whole mine. 503 00:24:39,621 --> 00:24:41,113 - Okay? - Yep. 504 00:24:41,137 --> 00:24:43,596 There has been tension between us all. 505 00:24:43,620 --> 00:24:45,217 And it's literally, right now, 506 00:24:45,241 --> 00:24:46,493 is where we make it or break it. 507 00:24:46,517 --> 00:24:48,010 And it's with attitude 508 00:24:48,034 --> 00:24:49,872 and it's with us helping each other. 509 00:24:49,896 --> 00:24:51,458 I've seen this happen so many times, 510 00:24:51,482 --> 00:24:55,182 where guys get frustrated and they start lashing out at each other. 511 00:24:55,206 --> 00:24:57,458 I don't really care about their feelings and stuff right now. 512 00:24:57,482 --> 00:24:59,596 I need fighting the fight together, 513 00:24:59,620 --> 00:25:00,838 not fighting each other. 514 00:25:00,862 --> 00:25:03,458 So put egos an attitudes aside, 515 00:25:03,482 --> 00:25:04,872 and let's just work. 516 00:25:04,896 --> 00:25:07,424 We need to start coming together as a team. 517 00:25:07,448 --> 00:25:08,838 So, here's the deal. 518 00:25:08,862 --> 00:25:10,527 Let's do a slow fire up, 519 00:25:10,551 --> 00:25:11,700 let's get it running, 520 00:25:11,724 --> 00:25:13,113 Black Pearl get running. 521 00:25:13,137 --> 00:25:15,389 We need both plants running all day 522 00:25:15,413 --> 00:25:16,527 if we can do it. 523 00:25:16,551 --> 00:25:18,700 - All right, let's get to work. - Let's do it. 524 00:25:18,724 --> 00:25:21,286 Hopefully, my team doesn't implode right now. 525 00:25:21,310 --> 00:25:22,734 We only got a few weeks left. 526 00:25:22,758 --> 00:25:25,803 We're about 450 ounces short. 527 00:25:25,827 --> 00:25:29,355 So, hopefully, this distribution box holds together, 528 00:25:29,379 --> 00:25:32,275 and the Holy Roller could just keep grinding it out. 529 00:25:38,206 --> 00:25:41,044 While these guys work their butts off making that gasket... 530 00:25:41,068 --> 00:25:42,045 Holy cow! 531 00:25:42,069 --> 00:25:43,389 Bolted it the... 532 00:25:43,413 --> 00:25:44,596 - That crap on 'em. - Crap out of them. 533 00:25:44,620 --> 00:25:46,182 You even staggered 'em a little? 534 00:25:46,206 --> 00:25:47,320 Yeah, we did that on purpose. Yeah. 535 00:25:47,344 --> 00:25:48,182 Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. 536 00:25:48,206 --> 00:25:49,206 Sweet. 537 00:25:50,137 --> 00:25:51,080 We're gonna test it, 538 00:25:51,104 --> 00:25:52,769 make sure all of our fixes hold. 539 00:25:52,793 --> 00:25:53,597 You just remember, 540 00:25:53,621 --> 00:25:55,700 if you don't know, ask. 541 00:25:55,724 --> 00:25:56,724 Yes. 542 00:25:57,758 --> 00:25:58,838 Everybody, got that? 543 00:25:58,862 --> 00:26:00,424 - Bryce, you got it? - I got it. 544 00:26:00,448 --> 00:26:01,493 All right. 545 00:26:01,517 --> 00:26:02,976 You wanna go man the pump? 546 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:04,010 Or do you wanna run the box? 547 00:26:04,034 --> 00:26:06,551 No, I wanna see our work work. 548 00:26:08,758 --> 00:26:10,941 Okay, let's cross our fingers. 549 00:26:10,965 --> 00:26:12,665 Before we even worry about the trommel, 550 00:26:12,689 --> 00:26:13,803 we'll test the water. 551 00:26:13,827 --> 00:26:16,758 If this one leaks, I've got way bigger problems. 552 00:26:17,620 --> 00:26:19,079 This is gotta be done right. 553 00:26:19,103 --> 00:26:21,493 This pressure in this water's gonna go somewhere. 554 00:26:21,517 --> 00:26:22,907 Yeah, go ahead. 555 00:26:22,931 --> 00:26:24,217 We're ready whenever you are, buddy. 556 00:26:24,241 --> 00:26:26,551 Hey, Randy, go ahead and hit the bump. 557 00:26:29,862 --> 00:26:30,931 Okay, here we go. 558 00:26:37,689 --> 00:26:38,907 All right, we got water. 559 00:26:38,931 --> 00:26:41,068 - Open that up. - Open it. 560 00:26:45,034 --> 00:26:47,389 We've got both of 'em open, the trommel 561 00:26:47,413 --> 00:26:50,493 and the hopper. Now we'll close the bypass. 562 00:26:50,517 --> 00:26:52,562 This will put the pressure on the system. 563 00:26:52,586 --> 00:26:53,965 We'll see if it's gonna hold. 564 00:27:01,379 --> 00:27:03,793 Randy, go ahead and run it up to 1,430, please. 565 00:27:15,758 --> 00:27:16,758 Yeah. 566 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:19,000 Boxes are working. 567 00:27:22,586 --> 00:27:23,586 Yay! 568 00:27:24,275 --> 00:27:25,424 The box is fixed, 569 00:27:25,448 --> 00:27:27,907 and this is our come to Jesus moment. 570 00:27:27,931 --> 00:27:30,527 Hopefully, we can make up ground right now. 571 00:27:30,551 --> 00:27:32,448 We got a lot of pay dirt to run. 572 00:27:34,620 --> 00:27:36,044 It's time to man up 573 00:27:36,068 --> 00:27:38,320 and put all this disagreement aside, 574 00:27:38,344 --> 00:27:41,838 and start putting gold on our brains. 575 00:27:41,862 --> 00:27:43,079 There it goes. 576 00:27:43,103 --> 00:27:45,424 I guarantee you if we could do that, 577 00:27:45,448 --> 00:27:49,079 a 1,000 ounces is still within our reach this season. 578 00:27:49,103 --> 00:27:50,655 We're back in business. 579 00:27:51,827 --> 00:27:53,872 This box is gonna be loaded. 580 00:27:53,896 --> 00:27:55,379 Black Pearl, baby. 581 00:27:57,482 --> 00:27:58,803 We're probably a day and a half 582 00:27:58,827 --> 00:28:00,551 behind the Black Pearl, 583 00:28:02,344 --> 00:28:06,941 and they're actually carrying the ball right now, 584 00:28:06,965 --> 00:28:08,286 which is, you know what, 585 00:28:08,310 --> 00:28:10,803 actually a really good thing. 586 00:28:10,827 --> 00:28:14,424 So basically, we're both racing against time. 587 00:28:14,448 --> 00:28:16,631 We gotta get the amount of gold that we need 588 00:28:16,655 --> 00:28:18,310 in a short amount of time. 589 00:28:37,827 --> 00:28:39,458 After two crucial days 590 00:28:39,482 --> 00:28:41,734 with the Holy Roller out of commission, 591 00:28:41,758 --> 00:28:45,182 Todd Hoffman aims his guns at keeping the plant fed 592 00:28:45,206 --> 00:28:46,758 to make up for lost time. 593 00:28:48,931 --> 00:28:52,838 If we both keep having pretty good clean ups from here on out, 594 00:28:52,862 --> 00:28:56,310 hopefully, we start hitting some of our gold here. 595 00:28:59,620 --> 00:29:00,931 Just checking our gauges. 596 00:29:06,448 --> 00:29:08,241 What the is going on? 597 00:29:09,448 --> 00:29:11,517 Dakota, Dakota, you got a copy? 598 00:29:13,379 --> 00:29:14,379 I got. 599 00:29:18,241 --> 00:29:21,862 Yes, right after we, started it up. 600 00:29:24,448 --> 00:29:28,148 Todd, have you checked these hydraulic riffles today? 601 00:29:28,172 --> 00:29:29,596 Why? Did it change? 602 00:29:29,620 --> 00:29:31,286 Yeah. Has anybody touched the water? 603 00:29:31,310 --> 00:29:32,527 No. Why? 604 00:29:32,551 --> 00:29:35,631 'Cause that one over there was at 12, 605 00:29:35,655 --> 00:29:38,044 this one over here was at nine. 606 00:29:38,068 --> 00:29:39,907 - Why? - I don't know. 607 00:29:39,931 --> 00:29:42,251 I've never had a jump like that. 608 00:29:42,275 --> 00:29:46,734 Anything over five pounds, we're blowing gold out of it. 609 00:29:46,758 --> 00:29:49,068 I have no idea how long it ran like that. 610 00:29:51,310 --> 00:29:54,251 Hydraulic riffles, or hydraulic nugget traps, 611 00:29:54,275 --> 00:29:57,803 are designed to inject a steady five pounds of water pressure, 612 00:29:57,827 --> 00:30:00,562 which prevents clay build-up and losing gold 613 00:30:00,586 --> 00:30:02,172 off the end of the sluice box. 614 00:30:04,206 --> 00:30:07,320 This hydraulic on one side was 12 pounds, 615 00:30:07,344 --> 00:30:09,079 the other side was nine. 616 00:30:09,103 --> 00:30:10,448 Yeah, I know. 617 00:30:11,586 --> 00:30:13,000 I quit doing those stuff. 618 00:30:13,586 --> 00:30:15,148 This really pisses me off. 619 00:30:15,172 --> 00:30:16,596 I don't know if we had an air bubble, 620 00:30:16,620 --> 00:30:18,424 something happened. 621 00:30:18,448 --> 00:30:21,310 We've already had a couple crucial errors, 622 00:30:22,206 --> 00:30:23,344 but this is a big one. 623 00:30:24,206 --> 00:30:25,562 Okay, let's shut it down. 624 00:30:25,586 --> 00:30:27,976 Everybody, shut it down. 625 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:30,458 With the risk of losing gold too high, 626 00:30:30,482 --> 00:30:33,448 Todd decides to shutdown the Holy Roller. 627 00:30:34,724 --> 00:30:36,907 The first time they fired the plant up, 628 00:30:36,931 --> 00:30:40,251 and that'll blow up my distribution box. 629 00:30:40,275 --> 00:30:43,079 And now nobody's checking, the freaking pressure's there, 630 00:30:43,103 --> 00:30:44,182 I'm feeding the plant. 631 00:30:44,206 --> 00:30:45,793 I can't do everything. 632 00:30:46,655 --> 00:30:48,389 It's all for nothing 633 00:30:48,413 --> 00:30:50,689 if you forget the little things. 634 00:31:02,344 --> 00:31:04,631 This morning, there's a concern about the, 635 00:31:04,655 --> 00:31:06,734 gauges that monitor the riffle pressure 636 00:31:06,758 --> 00:31:07,838 not being accurate. 637 00:31:07,862 --> 00:31:10,251 So, the discussion amongst the team 638 00:31:10,275 --> 00:31:13,251 was that we think that there might be some sediment 639 00:31:13,275 --> 00:31:15,389 or material building up in the gauges, 640 00:31:15,413 --> 00:31:18,113 and we just wanna pop them off real quick 641 00:31:18,137 --> 00:31:19,700 while the unit's down, 642 00:31:19,724 --> 00:31:22,734 and clean them out and see if there's anything suspect. 643 00:31:22,758 --> 00:31:24,665 Maybe a piece of dirt blocking the hole, 644 00:31:24,689 --> 00:31:26,000 or anything, so... 645 00:31:32,379 --> 00:31:33,424 Yeah. 646 00:31:33,448 --> 00:31:35,907 The gauge is still reading just over half a pound 647 00:31:35,931 --> 00:31:37,734 or a pound of pressure, 648 00:31:37,758 --> 00:31:38,872 and there's nothing on it. 649 00:31:38,896 --> 00:31:40,665 The gauge might be stretched. 650 00:31:40,689 --> 00:31:42,596 So, I'm gonna go pull the other gauge 651 00:31:42,620 --> 00:31:44,655 and see what it looks like. 652 00:31:47,862 --> 00:31:50,286 This unit had a big over pressurization 653 00:31:50,310 --> 00:31:51,734 a few days ago. 654 00:31:51,758 --> 00:31:53,803 These are hooked into that circuit. 655 00:31:53,827 --> 00:31:55,148 And as a result, 656 00:31:55,172 --> 00:31:58,907 with these gauges only being good to 15 PSI, 657 00:31:58,931 --> 00:32:01,389 we suspect it got up to around 60 658 00:32:01,413 --> 00:32:02,734 and stretched these gauges out. 659 00:32:02,758 --> 00:32:04,355 So now, with the pressure off it, 660 00:32:04,379 --> 00:32:06,665 it's not returning back to zero. 661 00:32:06,689 --> 00:32:08,734 The gauge itself internally is stretched. 662 00:32:08,758 --> 00:32:11,631 These really haven't settled out very well. 663 00:32:11,655 --> 00:32:14,424 I got just under half a pound on this one, 664 00:32:14,448 --> 00:32:16,217 and this one's just over half a pound. 665 00:32:16,241 --> 00:32:18,000 So, we're just gonna have to get new gauges. 666 00:32:27,551 --> 00:32:28,700 The Holy Roller, 667 00:32:28,724 --> 00:32:31,286 you know, up until recently was running really good. 668 00:32:31,310 --> 00:32:35,044 You know, it's possible that they're just kinda getting a little bit complacent, 669 00:32:35,068 --> 00:32:37,458 and it's kinda biting 'em in the ass. 670 00:32:37,482 --> 00:32:40,551 At the end of the day, it's like, you can't let your guard down. 671 00:32:41,517 --> 00:32:43,044 I mean, in my opinion, 672 00:32:43,068 --> 00:32:44,217 when it comes to mining, 673 00:32:44,241 --> 00:32:46,803 it's better to just keep it simple, you know. 674 00:32:46,827 --> 00:32:48,010 The less moving parts, 675 00:32:48,034 --> 00:32:50,148 the less things you have that can breakdown. 676 00:32:50,172 --> 00:32:52,044 And, when it comes down to the end of the season, 677 00:32:52,068 --> 00:32:53,493 you can't afford to have breakdowns, 678 00:32:53,517 --> 00:32:55,355 so that's why right now, 679 00:32:55,379 --> 00:32:59,527 maintenance, and being really perceptive and keeping a close eye 680 00:32:59,551 --> 00:33:01,700 on all of our equipment, the plant, the bearings, 681 00:33:01,724 --> 00:33:03,286 everything, making sure everything is greased 682 00:33:03,310 --> 00:33:04,493 at the end of the day, 683 00:33:04,517 --> 00:33:06,044 everything's shut down properly 684 00:33:06,068 --> 00:33:07,517 is extremely important. 685 00:33:10,344 --> 00:33:12,596 But, sometimes things get overlooked, 686 00:33:12,620 --> 00:33:13,941 because people think 687 00:33:13,965 --> 00:33:16,689 that the next guy is checking in on that. 688 00:33:17,896 --> 00:33:19,217 The Black Pearl's a little different. 689 00:33:19,241 --> 00:33:20,769 I know this thing inside and out. 690 00:33:20,793 --> 00:33:22,734 I've never felt attached 691 00:33:22,758 --> 00:33:25,000 to a piece of machinery before, but 692 00:33:25,620 --> 00:33:26,896 this is our baby. 693 00:33:31,172 --> 00:33:32,976 Our gauges came in. 694 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:34,872 What do you think, Ron, is this gonna work? 695 00:33:34,896 --> 00:33:36,941 This is gonna work. We got her, so... 696 00:33:36,965 --> 00:33:38,458 So, when we blew the box up, 697 00:33:38,482 --> 00:33:40,079 what we think happened was, 698 00:33:40,103 --> 00:33:43,079 what they call "stretching the meter." 699 00:33:43,103 --> 00:33:46,044 And we think we, ruined some internal parts, 700 00:33:46,068 --> 00:33:49,493 and now, Ron's installing these. 701 00:33:49,517 --> 00:33:53,320 And we've had three kinda huge, mental errors here, 702 00:33:53,344 --> 00:33:55,838 and, it's important that we don't have anymore 703 00:33:55,862 --> 00:33:57,700 because we really don't have any more time. 704 00:33:57,724 --> 00:34:00,251 This is the last big push, 705 00:34:00,275 --> 00:34:03,424 and we got hundreds of ounces to get 706 00:34:03,448 --> 00:34:05,562 to get to our goal. 707 00:34:05,586 --> 00:34:07,182 So, we're gonna fire her up, 708 00:34:07,206 --> 00:34:09,448 Ron's gonna dial 'em in and away we go. 709 00:34:11,068 --> 00:34:12,458 Ron, clear the trommel. 710 00:34:12,482 --> 00:34:13,976 Everybody, clear the trommel. 711 00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:15,689 Yeah, I'm ready when you are. 712 00:34:24,344 --> 00:34:26,665 Two, three, 713 00:34:26,689 --> 00:34:27,827 four, five. 714 00:34:28,689 --> 00:34:29,803 It's good there. 715 00:34:29,827 --> 00:34:31,000 I'm gonna do the other side. 716 00:34:39,068 --> 00:34:40,068 Almost. 717 00:34:55,620 --> 00:34:56,620 Good to go. 718 00:34:59,896 --> 00:35:01,596 Hey, Todd, you're all set. 719 00:35:01,620 --> 00:35:02,700 I'm gonna move on, 720 00:35:02,724 --> 00:35:03,976 I'll check on them together in half an hour. 721 00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:04,839 Perfect. 722 00:35:04,863 --> 00:35:06,527 This was the toughest week ever 723 00:35:06,551 --> 00:35:07,803 for the Holy Roller. 724 00:35:07,827 --> 00:35:09,872 My guys are tired, they're exhausted, 725 00:35:09,896 --> 00:35:12,010 and it's now cost us. 726 00:35:12,034 --> 00:35:13,941 Thank heavens Hunter's plant, 727 00:35:13,965 --> 00:35:15,976 the Black Pearl is running. 728 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:19,010 It's keeping our 1,000-ounce goal alive. 729 00:35:19,034 --> 00:35:20,310 I'm proud of it. 730 00:35:32,206 --> 00:35:33,976 - Sparky. - What's up? 731 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:35,840 I've gotta put something on here. This is dope. 732 00:35:38,310 --> 00:35:41,907 The Black Pearl is starting to, 733 00:35:41,931 --> 00:35:43,286 be a force to reckon with. 734 00:35:43,310 --> 00:35:45,562 The hard work we put in is finally paying off. 735 00:35:45,586 --> 00:35:47,320 We earned every bit of it. 736 00:35:47,344 --> 00:35:49,148 I'm putting mine up top. 737 00:35:49,172 --> 00:35:50,458 Called it already. 738 00:35:50,482 --> 00:35:52,700 You know, it's starting to actually be fun. 739 00:35:52,724 --> 00:35:54,551 Can you write it any smaller, dude? 740 00:35:56,517 --> 00:35:57,517 This is dope. 741 00:36:01,965 --> 00:36:03,010 I didn't know that. 742 00:36:03,034 --> 00:36:05,482 Just his name. Just his name. 743 00:36:24,827 --> 00:36:27,389 Okay, Thur. Let's do this. 744 00:36:27,413 --> 00:36:29,044 I'm coming, boys. 745 00:36:29,068 --> 00:36:30,527 We ran through the night 746 00:36:30,551 --> 00:36:32,286 because we were short some hours 747 00:36:32,310 --> 00:36:34,596 on that distribution box issue. 748 00:36:34,620 --> 00:36:37,113 Hopefully, we're out of this slump that we're in, 749 00:36:37,137 --> 00:36:39,044 and we're rolling to get more gold. 750 00:36:39,068 --> 00:36:41,458 We got a lot of catching up to do. 751 00:36:41,482 --> 00:36:43,424 There's a bunch of gold right there. 752 00:36:43,448 --> 00:36:46,286 The anticipation of what we really do have, 753 00:36:46,310 --> 00:36:48,079 it's kinda hard to go to sleep, 754 00:36:48,103 --> 00:36:49,383 but we'll find out here shortly. 755 00:36:57,275 --> 00:37:00,286 Okay, crazy clean up this week. 756 00:37:00,310 --> 00:37:04,286 We'd have had 20 or 30 more ounces easily this week 757 00:37:04,310 --> 00:37:07,148 if we hadn't, blown up a plant. 758 00:37:07,172 --> 00:37:09,562 I don't think our clean up's gonna be great, 759 00:37:09,586 --> 00:37:10,494 I really don't. 760 00:37:10,518 --> 00:37:12,458 Last week, the Black Pearl 761 00:37:12,482 --> 00:37:15,838 and Holy Roller combined for 67 ounces, 762 00:37:15,862 --> 00:37:18,596 coming up far short of their weekly target. 763 00:37:18,620 --> 00:37:21,665 Despite another costly mistake with the Holy Roller, 764 00:37:21,689 --> 00:37:23,769 can the Black Pearl pick up the slack 765 00:37:23,793 --> 00:37:27,182 in order to hit their 112-ounce goal this week? 766 00:37:27,206 --> 00:37:29,355 How about you guys, how are you guys running? 767 00:37:29,379 --> 00:37:30,941 Pretty good. 768 00:37:30,965 --> 00:37:32,079 No hiccups. 769 00:37:32,103 --> 00:37:33,562 We're maintaining the plant, 770 00:37:33,586 --> 00:37:34,872 we're greasing everything, 771 00:37:34,896 --> 00:37:36,424 everything's getting started up properly. 772 00:37:36,448 --> 00:37:37,907 We're not overlooking anything 773 00:37:37,931 --> 00:37:40,182 because I don't wanna be running into breakdowns 774 00:37:40,206 --> 00:37:41,344 at the end of the season. 775 00:37:42,275 --> 00:37:43,320 - So... - But this one, man, 776 00:37:43,344 --> 00:37:45,068 this one could've been avoided. 777 00:37:46,034 --> 00:37:47,034 Absolutely. 778 00:37:52,482 --> 00:37:53,482 Yeah. 779 00:37:54,275 --> 00:37:56,655 We need the big tray, right? What, guys? 780 00:37:57,275 --> 00:37:58,734 - No. - Nah. 781 00:37:58,758 --> 00:38:00,275 I think we'll be all right. 782 00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:03,620 What is it, "Winners go first?" 783 00:38:04,586 --> 00:38:06,320 We won last week. We barely. 784 00:38:06,344 --> 00:38:07,620 Yeah, all right. 785 00:38:08,620 --> 00:38:10,113 Okay. Dad, pour it. 786 00:38:10,137 --> 00:38:12,000 All right, here we go. 787 00:38:21,206 --> 00:38:22,355 What do we got there? 788 00:38:22,379 --> 00:38:23,700 Yeah, here 789 00:38:23,724 --> 00:38:24,976 - 20? - Thirty. 790 00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:28,137 Thirty. 30, 34, 35. 791 00:38:29,344 --> 00:38:31,148 It'd better have more than that in there. 792 00:38:31,172 --> 00:38:32,344 Forty. 793 00:38:33,551 --> 00:38:34,724 Forty-two. 794 00:38:35,758 --> 00:38:38,803 Almost 43.42. You sure it's empty? 795 00:38:38,827 --> 00:38:39,770 Come on. 796 00:38:39,794 --> 00:38:41,448 Is there not another ten ounces in there? 797 00:38:44,655 --> 00:38:47,010 I hope you guys are at 60 or 70 798 00:38:47,034 --> 00:38:48,527 'cause we ain't gonna make it. 799 00:38:48,551 --> 00:38:50,344 Well, it's not more than that. 800 00:38:51,827 --> 00:38:52,965 I don't know. 801 00:38:54,379 --> 00:38:55,596 See what we got. 802 00:38:55,620 --> 00:38:56,976 Now let's... 803 00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:58,931 Okay, run the countdown, Spark. 804 00:39:05,793 --> 00:39:06,793 Ten. 805 00:39:07,413 --> 00:39:08,413 Twenty. 806 00:39:10,034 --> 00:39:11,103 Thirty. 807 00:39:13,551 --> 00:39:15,251 Thirty-five. 808 00:39:15,275 --> 00:39:17,000 - Forty. - You know, we're gonna lose. 809 00:39:18,517 --> 00:39:19,941 Forty-four. 810 00:39:19,965 --> 00:39:21,803 - Forty-three. - We lost by two ounces. 811 00:39:21,827 --> 00:39:25,034 - Two ounces? You guys just get whopped. - How's that, guys? 812 00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:26,873 That's not really a loss, 813 00:39:26,897 --> 00:39:28,424 that's more like a tie. 814 00:39:28,448 --> 00:39:29,872 Despite their breakdown, 815 00:39:29,896 --> 00:39:32,251 the Holy Roller crew still managed to mine 816 00:39:32,275 --> 00:39:34,010 almost 43 ounces, 817 00:39:34,034 --> 00:39:37,113 just shy of the Black Pearl's 44-ounce haul, 818 00:39:37,137 --> 00:39:39,355 adding up to a weekly combined total 819 00:39:39,379 --> 00:39:41,034 of 87 ounces. 820 00:39:42,413 --> 00:39:44,562 With just a few weeks left in the season, 821 00:39:44,586 --> 00:39:47,286 the Hoffman's 636-ounce total 822 00:39:47,310 --> 00:39:49,631 remains below their desired goal. 823 00:39:49,655 --> 00:39:52,941 They'll need almost 364 more ounces 824 00:39:52,965 --> 00:39:55,206 to reach their 1,000-ounce target. 825 00:39:56,517 --> 00:39:58,079 We got 87 ounces, 826 00:39:58,103 --> 00:40:00,251 our second best clean up of the season. 827 00:40:00,275 --> 00:40:01,941 We were down part of the week, 828 00:40:01,965 --> 00:40:04,769 so, like, I'm actually feeling pretty optimistic 829 00:40:04,793 --> 00:40:06,355 even though we didn't hit our goal. 830 00:40:06,379 --> 00:40:08,079 I am a little concerned, though, 831 00:40:08,103 --> 00:40:10,562 because Hunter got a really solid run 832 00:40:10,586 --> 00:40:13,424 and he barely got more gold than we got. 833 00:40:13,448 --> 00:40:14,665 What that tells me 834 00:40:14,689 --> 00:40:17,769 is that the North Fork pay isn't as good as we thought. 835 00:40:17,793 --> 00:40:19,527 We might need to change something up 836 00:40:19,551 --> 00:40:21,286 to get ourselves out of that hole 837 00:40:21,310 --> 00:40:22,689 and hit that 1,000. 838 00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:26,182 Let's turn it all up. 839 00:40:26,206 --> 00:40:27,941 Turn it up to 11, 840 00:40:27,965 --> 00:40:30,217 and freaking rock'n'roll. 841 00:40:30,241 --> 00:40:32,458 Let's take it from, like, 180 yards an hour, 842 00:40:32,482 --> 00:40:34,424 let's take it to 250, 843 00:40:34,448 --> 00:40:35,700 and we wear stuff out, 844 00:40:35,724 --> 00:40:37,275 we'll fight the battle on that end. 845 00:40:38,137 --> 00:40:39,700 Big question, Thurber, 846 00:40:39,724 --> 00:40:42,458 now, what do we have to get per week? 847 00:40:42,482 --> 00:40:43,724 Well 848 00:40:44,689 --> 00:40:47,527 364 ounces to get our goal. 849 00:40:47,551 --> 00:40:52,068 We have to go up to 121 ounces per week. 850 00:40:53,620 --> 00:40:56,044 We got a really big number to hit next week, 851 00:40:56,068 --> 00:40:58,803 but I feel good, I feel like everything's 852 00:40:58,827 --> 00:41:00,493 kinda hitting on all cylinders. 853 00:41:00,517 --> 00:41:02,137 I think we got a shot at this. 854 00:41:03,379 --> 00:41:05,896 Who knows what the future's gonna hold, but 855 00:41:06,379 --> 00:41:08,010 we're now 636, 856 00:41:08,034 --> 00:41:09,665 we're heading to 700. 857 00:41:09,689 --> 00:41:11,700 Hopefully, 800. 858 00:41:11,724 --> 00:41:16,286 And I don't know if 1,000 is within reach anymore. 859 00:41:16,310 --> 00:41:18,182 - We're gonna get 1,000. - 121, you think? 860 00:41:18,206 --> 00:41:19,458 And that means everybody gets to go home 861 00:41:19,482 --> 00:41:20,872 with some gold, so 862 00:41:20,896 --> 00:41:22,665 I like your attitude. Thank you. 863 00:41:22,689 --> 00:41:23,597 I need that, man. 864 00:41:23,621 --> 00:41:25,493 I need that from you guys, too. Right? 865 00:41:25,517 --> 00:41:26,517 - Yeah. - All right. 866 00:41:27,275 --> 00:41:28,275 Let's go.