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One hundred miles
south of the arctic circle
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and 80 miles north of nome, Alaska,
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lies one of the world's great gold fields
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rich with small flaky placer gold.
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But working this land is near impossible.
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With the gold found deep
beneath the tundra's permafrost,
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it's here that three
generations of Hoffmans
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set out to reap 3000 ounces of gold
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from the notoriously rich ground
of the mammoth valley mine,
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where many have tried,
but most have failed.
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Guys, we're back in Alaska.
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We wanna hit crazy gold.
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We've not hit that yet.
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It's still gonna be tough.
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But this is going to be
the biggest season yet.
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God, dang, there's a lot of gold in that.
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We're headed for
some big stuff this year.
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On a groundbreaking season
of Hoffman family gold...
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- Okay.
- Let's go.
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The Hoffman's are back,
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united to beat their all-time record.
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- 130.2.
- Whoo!
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And they're on the mother lode.
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- Look at that one.
- Dang, boy.
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, yeah.
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But at the mammoth valley mine...
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- Easy.
- -We're in the trenches, literally.
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Fortunes aren't given.
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That's not real good.
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They're earned.
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I don't know what I'm gonna do.
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And the promised
land promises one thing.
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Everybody that's come
to this place has failed.
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Everybody.
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It will be a battle...
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Do not open any more of that cut.
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Until the bitter end.
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I've never made a
mistake like this before.
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And I don't have an answer.
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We're all back again.
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We have not accomplished our dream.
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We've not hit the gold
that we've always wanted.
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But this is it.
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Maybe this is our year.
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You know, everything is
coming down to this one cut.
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The lost cut.
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Phenomenal gold in it.
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We know there's something special in it.
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So, we gotta jump on the season.
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Andy, tater and Dakota
came up here three months ago
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to start prepping the lost cut.
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Awesome. Beautiful.
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To gain an advantage of the
onset of the mining season...
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There goes our ride, boys.
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Todd sent his trusted
foreman, Andy spinks,
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and miners tater and Dakota,
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to spearhead the critical task of
stripping more ground within the lost cut.
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We got a lot of work to do, but,
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let's just start at day one.
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In placer mining,
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miners must allow ample
time for their pay dirt to thaw
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before they can efficiently
process it through their wash plant
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and ensure proper gold recovery.
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Now, armed with their
early season advantage...
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We got some gravel.
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The crew is ready to stack
and run pay from the lost cut.
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This is it.
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This is our year.
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There could be 8000 ounces in there.
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- Right.
- Who knows?
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We don't know.
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The gold's there. It is rich.
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We just gotta start hauling pay
out of it to see if it's gonna be good.
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So, this mine has proven
that it's got the gold.
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First year, 600 ounces.
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Last year we hit the goal of a 1000.
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That's about $1.7, $1.8 million.
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This year, we're ready
to go. Plant's set up.
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We got all this equipment in.
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We're in a better place.
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So, here's our goal.
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3033 would be three ounces
higher than we've ever gotten.
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This mine, this could do it.
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We should be able
to go in there and kill it.
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Every single person here is
gonna take some gold home.
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Hunter, I want you to get
the black Pearl operational.
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Each year is kind of a stepping stone
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and we're building
towards a legendary season.
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Will it be this summer? I don't know.
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I think my dad's goal of 3033 ounces,
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I don't think that's impossible at all.
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Plant, framer, what do
you got to do on that thing?
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I gotta put spray bars in the hopper.
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I gotta put the distribution box in
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and we gotta redo the splitter box.
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Todd set a pretty high goal this year,
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fairly unrealistic.
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But I think we're gonna
have a great year though.
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Ever since Todd and his crew came here,
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it's like the stakes
have been getting higher
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and higher and higher.
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I wouldn't doubt that this year we're
gonna hit a massive goal for all time.
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Dad, thurber, you guys
get the clean-up room going.
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Pull the table out, get her set
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- and ready to run some gold.
- You bet.
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You know, I am 77.
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And I am so ready to go it's not funny,
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as much as a guy that age can be.
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You wanna see what it looks like?
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I'm excited about this year.
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It's here.
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We're back, brother.
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You feeling good,
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and then you feel
like, "crap, here we go."
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It was a long winter waiting to get here.
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It's, great to be back.
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Comin' through a threshold,
watch your feet, don't trip.
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We got ground open.
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It's the first time we're
gonna hit the ground running.
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It's gonna be great.
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You guys killed it, thank you.
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Thank you.
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Andy, get that stuff prepped out there,
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get us a little bit of pay dirt ready to run
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and get that dozer
stripping the rest of the cut.
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Sure.
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Sounds good?
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- Yeah, we're good.
- Yeah.
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- We're good.
- Yes.
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I want us all to look back at this summer
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as being the summer
that changed our life.
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It could be.
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Hey, dad, will you bless us real quick on,
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- on a little prayer?
- You bet, you bet.
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Lord, we, thank you for
the opportunity to be here.
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We ask for your grace upon us
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and lord, give us strength to do this work.
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Bless us richly with this gold.
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In your name, amen.
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Amen.
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I love you guys, I really do.
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And I'm thankful to be
working with you guys.
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Let's go kick some ass?
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Hey, let's do this, man.
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Let's just make a pact right
now that you're gonna get along
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- and let's get a whole bunch of gold.
- -Yeah.
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This is just bigger than, like,
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just the gold and gold mining.
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I'm glad that we can all be here together.
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Let's put some memories
down, let's get a ton of gold.
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- Yeah.
- Good memories.
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I think if these two can get along,
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now that I'm here
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I think we have a good shot at 3000.
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Cub, well, we need you
here, man. You're the glue.
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It's great having my family together.
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You know, my dad always reminds us
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why we're doing this in the first place.
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To be honest,
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I don't think my kids would be
here mining if it wasn't for my dad.
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I think if we can keep a
good atmosphere here
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and stay, you know,
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in faith that we can do it,
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I can we actually can, so.
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- Okay.
- Let's go.
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- Okay.
- Let's do it.
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- I get it.
- Love you.
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- Love you too.
- Okay.
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Let's go.
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- Let's do it.
- Do it.
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Ooh, this looks pretty good.
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Right now, I'm working
the last hole I'm cutting
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to fit this water bar and
then start welding her up.
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So, we're taking the time
to prep the holy roller now,
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and it's gonna take a couple weeks.
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Last year, people were hitting spray bars.
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Damn it.
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Bam, and all you see
is it pissing off the side.
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And so, we're not
gonna have that this year.
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To protect the holy roller's spray nozzles
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from getting hit by the excavator,
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sparky's plan is to mount a bar
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that will feed water through the nozzles.
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Then, he'll weld a layer of bullet-proof
steel over the nozzle assembly.
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This upgrade ensures the
nozzles remain in position
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while the bullet-proof
steel safe guards them
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against knocks in the future.
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We're gonna make it bullet-proof.
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There's this thing called 7 p's.
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It's, "prior proper practice
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prevents piss poor performance."
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So, we're gonna do
this right the first time
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and we don't have to piss with it later on.
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It should fit.
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But this is gonna prevent
anything happening in the future
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while it's getting down
to, like, in the negatives.
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You... I don't wanna be working and
welding out in negative ten, brother.
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I wanna be a nice warm
cat, drinking some coffee.
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We're in, boys.
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That fit dead nuts.
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Perfect.
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Got a good smile on my face.
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Got a lot of energy right
now, so we're gonna kill it.
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Okay.
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- I think we're ready.
- Yeah.
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- Let's try this baby out...
- All right.
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Get some water running.
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I don't have water coming in.
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Yeah, it takes a while.
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All right, here she
comes, here she comes.
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Yeah, see if that vibrates.
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Yeah.
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Once we're set up,
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we're the key to this whole place.
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You know, there's no
3000 ounces without us.
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You don't hear me scream or yell
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or anything like that very often.
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But when 3000 comes
across, you're gonna hear me.
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I'm gonna be so excited about it,
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because it means that the
guys get to take more gold home.
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And that's, that's my joy.
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This year, man.
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It's a hard day in day out job.
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Jack and I wish we
were 40 years younger,
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but this is home,
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this is what Jack and I love to do.
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You know, we're out here
in the middle of nowhere.
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My family's hundreds of miles away.
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That's tough.
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But, you know, I get to
do this every year with Jack
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and he's my family.
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Seeing gold going across the pay hole,
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that never gets old.
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Headed down to the lost cut.
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I'm gonna go check on it
and see if it's thought out
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and ready to haul out of the cut.
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So, we came up early
to open up the lost cut.
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We're gonna see where we stand
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and we're gonna start
stacking some pay dirt.
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Holy crap.
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This isn't good.
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I mean, this is just a mess.
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This ground has a
tremendous amount of ice in it.
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So, as soon as you
expose that, it's just water.
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And it's like a bathtub of water.
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Everything.
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There's water coming
in in every direction.
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Alaska is predominantly
tundra or frozen ground.
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Once miners remove the over burden,
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ice is exposed to the nearly 24-hour sun.
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As the ice thaws,
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it poses challenges
with water management.
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And if the gold rich pay
isn't removed soon enough,
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it threatens to dilute it.
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This cut,
256
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I envisioned it all winter long in my brain.
257
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And this is not how I
envisioned it to look.
258
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So, this place is challenging.
259
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It does not wanna give it up easy.
260
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Usually, once you get the overburden off,
261
00:12:24,060 --> 00:12:25,276
it's super easy.
262
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There's so much ice in this ground,
263
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that it just bites you all the way.
264
00:12:31,860 --> 00:12:33,976
But right now, take
the excavators in there,
265
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we'll see if, it'll go through that mud.
266
00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:39,460
Sterling, you copy?
267
00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:42,136
Yeah, go ahead.
268
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Bring me an excavator to the cut.
269
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Copy.
270
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Before we can do anything,
271
00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:48,776
I need to get the excavators into the cut
272
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and see if we can even
get through this mud.
273
00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:53,776
That's gonna help me
Gauge just how bad it is.
274
00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:55,976
So, this might be a complete show today,
275
00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:57,630
but let's see what happens.
276
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As the season kicks in to high gear,
277
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the Hoffman crew charges
ahead with their two-week deadline.
278
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For getting the mine operational.
279
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For me, this is really exciting, you know?
280
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Because we're back at it.
281
00:13:14,900 --> 00:13:18,736
I love the lifestyle of gold mining.
282
00:13:18,760 --> 00:13:23,876
And I love the capabilities
that we have of doing it.
283
00:13:23,900 --> 00:13:27,736
And, it's gonna be a good season.
284
00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:29,430
I've got that feeling.
285
00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:39,906
You ready?
286
00:13:39,930 --> 00:13:42,236
Yeah, you might wanna
get a little closer to that.
287
00:13:42,260 --> 00:13:44,676
Okay. Let's go ahead and rig that thing.
288
00:13:44,700 --> 00:13:46,060
Let me hook you up.
289
00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:49,876
So, this is our new water manifold.
290
00:13:49,900 --> 00:13:52,630
We blew the last one up at least twice.
291
00:13:57,660 --> 00:13:59,136
All these manifolds are leaking
292
00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:00,200
around all the outsides.
293
00:14:01,060 --> 00:14:03,136
Hopefully, we've built this strong enough.
294
00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:06,076
But you know what,
it's kind of a crapshoot.
295
00:14:06,100 --> 00:14:07,976
The holy roller's water manifold
296
00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:11,736
distributes water to every key
component of the wash plant.
297
00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:14,730
The hopper, the trommel,
and the sluice box.
298
00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:16,636
This intricate network
299
00:14:16,660 --> 00:14:20,836
ensures each part
receives the necessary flow.
300
00:14:20,860 --> 00:14:24,476
Without it, the plant cannot run.
301
00:14:24,500 --> 00:14:26,380
All right, Todd, let's
get the part outta here.
302
00:14:28,860 --> 00:14:30,976
The theory is that this
one, since it's round,
303
00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:33,376
it's gonna have less
of a chance to expand.
304
00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:37,176
I mean, theoretically, no
chance to expand and, and break.
305
00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:38,376
The cylindrical design
306
00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:40,676
of the holy roller's new water manifold
307
00:14:40,700 --> 00:14:44,776
greatly minimizes the risk
of any catastrophic failures.
308
00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:46,836
The circular geometry of the pipe
309
00:14:46,860 --> 00:14:49,736
ensures the uniform
distribution of pressure,
310
00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:51,976
significantly reducing the likelihood
311
00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:54,530
of pressure buildup
and potential bursting.
312
00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:57,336
That would just give us more time
313
00:14:57,360 --> 00:15:01,136
to mine and get gold
and have no breakdowns.
314
00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:02,376
Problems are guaranteed to happen,
315
00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:04,636
especially gold mining.
316
00:15:04,660 --> 00:15:05,676
Okay, come on down.
317
00:15:05,700 --> 00:15:07,236
So, that's why we're taking our time
318
00:15:07,260 --> 00:15:08,930
and trying to do it right.
319
00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:10,606
Should be good to go.
320
00:15:10,630 --> 00:15:13,276
It's just one small step
of getting back to running.
321
00:15:13,300 --> 00:15:14,330
Looks pretty good.
322
00:15:15,260 --> 00:15:16,276
All right, what's going on?
323
00:15:16,300 --> 00:15:18,336
That went a little too easy.
324
00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:19,976
That's how this whole
season is gonna go.
325
00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:21,260
Better get used to it.
326
00:15:22,660 --> 00:15:24,336
Yeah, I hope you're right.
327
00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:25,400
But I know you're not.
328
00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:29,336
Usually, something goes
wrong right about now,
329
00:15:29,360 --> 00:15:30,730
but hey, we're,
330
00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:32,836
getting lucky here.
331
00:15:32,860 --> 00:15:34,530
Let's see what happens.
332
00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:41,236
Back at the lost cut,
333
00:15:41,260 --> 00:15:43,636
Andy commandeers two excavators
334
00:15:43,660 --> 00:15:47,430
in hopes of resolving
his growing mud problem.
335
00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:50,236
You're good, buddy.
336
00:15:50,260 --> 00:15:53,036
- The cut is a complete mess.
- We got mud everywhere.
337
00:15:53,060 --> 00:15:54,936
So, I'm gonna send in
a couple of excavators,
338
00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:56,360
we're gonna see just how bad it is.
339
00:15:59,260 --> 00:16:01,136
If we can't get in there and stack pay,
340
00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:03,030
we're gonna have to
figure out something else.
341
00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:07,076
Just dig it up to the side.
342
00:16:07,100 --> 00:16:08,100
All right.
343
00:16:10,060 --> 00:16:11,330
Sterling. Sterling.
344
00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:21,660
10-4.
345
00:16:35,100 --> 00:16:38,336
Sterling, put your teeth
out there and pull yourself.
346
00:16:38,360 --> 00:16:39,530
Don't track, pull.
347
00:16:45,460 --> 00:16:47,076
Stick it out in front of you again.
348
00:16:47,100 --> 00:16:49,060
Get the boom out there farther.
349
00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:00,430
Good job, sterling, good job.
350
00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:02,230
There you go.
351
00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:06,736
These guys are driving
through three foot of muck
352
00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:08,460
and it just keeps getting deeper.
353
00:17:09,260 --> 00:17:10,876
Thankfully, we got komatsus.
354
00:17:10,900 --> 00:17:12,860
They're getting through
it, but this isn't good.
355
00:17:16,360 --> 00:17:18,830
Todd, Todd, you got a copy, Todd?
356
00:17:20,460 --> 00:17:21,437
Yeah, I got a copy.
357
00:17:21,461 --> 00:17:23,076
Can you come down to this cut?
358
00:17:23,100 --> 00:17:24,780
We need to look at
something, make a plan.
359
00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:27,736
Okay.
360
00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:29,930
I'm gonna go and see what's going on.
361
00:17:52,060 --> 00:17:53,560
Holy cow.
362
00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:06,630
Major goo and mud.
363
00:18:07,360 --> 00:18:08,836
What it is, is you got ice,
364
00:18:08,860 --> 00:18:10,536
is you got ice lands, is up on the
365
00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:12,160
that's a big chunk of ice.
366
00:18:15,900 --> 00:18:18,060
Easy, easy.
367
00:18:20,460 --> 00:18:21,930
Easy, Dakota.
368
00:18:23,660 --> 00:18:25,260
You can crawl out of there.
369
00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:33,176
You're clear.
370
00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:36,530
If you fall into that, it
may not get you out.
371
00:18:39,660 --> 00:18:41,336
We've waited months to get in here
372
00:18:41,360 --> 00:18:43,836
to start stacking the lost cut pay.
373
00:18:43,860 --> 00:18:46,636
This is a serious kick
in the you-know-what's.
374
00:18:46,660 --> 00:18:47,976
I'm not sure what we're gonna do.
375
00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:49,930
Hopefully, Andy has a plan.
376
00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:00,236
Easy, easy.
377
00:19:00,260 --> 00:19:01,430
Okay Princess.
378
00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:06,730
Load up if you want to.
379
00:19:17,260 --> 00:19:18,660
Holy cow.
380
00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:22,736
- A little bit of a mess.
- Yeah.
381
00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:24,430
Let's go look at this, man.
382
00:19:31,060 --> 00:19:33,676
The problem is, is
we're sitting in a bathtub
383
00:19:33,700 --> 00:19:35,830
- of solid ice all the way around.
- -Yeah.
384
00:19:39,260 --> 00:19:41,776
The lost cut's rich is 2.4 ounces,
385
00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:44,336
maybe even better per 100 yards.
386
00:19:44,360 --> 00:19:45,436
But when you start adding in
387
00:19:45,460 --> 00:19:47,336
the mud and the water and everything,
388
00:19:47,360 --> 00:19:48,976
it's gonna get diluted.
389
00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:51,360
And who knows what it's gonna pay out.
390
00:19:52,660 --> 00:19:53,960
We're in deep trouble.
391
00:19:55,060 --> 00:19:56,476
It's just a mess.
392
00:19:56,500 --> 00:19:58,476
And it's just gonna keep getting worse.
393
00:19:58,500 --> 00:20:02,060
Every minute, that pay
dirt is getting diluted.
394
00:20:04,860 --> 00:20:05,936
What do you wanna do?
395
00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:07,636
Well, basically what I'm gonna do is,
396
00:20:07,660 --> 00:20:11,136
is I'm gonna put a road
right down the gut of our cut.
397
00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:12,500
We don't have any other choices.
398
00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:16,236
In order to access the strip pay dirt,
399
00:20:16,260 --> 00:20:18,176
Andy must build a gravel road
400
00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:20,336
through the center of the lost cut.
401
00:20:20,360 --> 00:20:23,036
This will allow their
excavators and rock trucks
402
00:20:23,060 --> 00:20:25,060
to efficiently access the pay.
403
00:20:26,100 --> 00:20:28,130
And the only way you
get gravel is by mining.
404
00:20:28,500 --> 00:20:29,806
Yeah.
405
00:20:29,830 --> 00:20:32,776
I know you told those guys they
got three weeks to work on the plant.
406
00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:34,076
Yeah?
407
00:20:34,100 --> 00:20:36,836
The only way you're gonna
get gravel is to fire the plant up.
408
00:20:36,860 --> 00:20:40,076
So, you have to mine
to actually get the gravel.
409
00:20:40,100 --> 00:20:42,776
When we run pay dirt to the wash plant,
410
00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:45,336
we're separating the gold from the gravel
411
00:20:45,360 --> 00:20:47,376
using high water pressure.
412
00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:51,136
Clean gravel and rock
what we call the tailings,
413
00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:53,636
is what's discarded at
the end of the trommel.
414
00:20:53,660 --> 00:20:55,876
And that's what we
need to build this road.
415
00:20:55,900 --> 00:20:57,436
Can you buy me a couple days?
416
00:20:57,460 --> 00:20:59,076
Yeah. Yeah.
417
00:20:59,100 --> 00:21:01,336
Everything was moving smoothly.
418
00:21:01,360 --> 00:21:07,036
Now I have to move the timeline from
two weeks to two days on these guys.
419
00:21:07,060 --> 00:21:08,536
It's a big feat.
420
00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:10,060
I don't know if we can do it.
421
00:21:12,060 --> 00:21:13,037
All right.
422
00:21:13,061 --> 00:21:16,160
But I'm gonna have to
have tater get in the dozer.
423
00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:19,730
Hey, tater, meet me
down here at the dozer.
424
00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:22,630
Copy.
425
00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,276
So, I gotta go to the cut.
426
00:21:27,300 --> 00:21:28,576
This is money in the making, brother.
427
00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:29,876
- All right, thank you, sparky.
- Thank you.
428
00:21:29,900 --> 00:21:30,900
Yeah, man.
429
00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:36,076
For the Hoffman strategy to work,
430
00:21:36,100 --> 00:21:37,536
they must rely on tater
431
00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:39,936
to continue stripping the lost cut
432
00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:41,736
so they won't fall behind
433
00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:44,736
while Andy sources accessible pay dirt
434
00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:46,460
from another location.
435
00:21:49,700 --> 00:21:52,330
Wow. Really, really wet.
436
00:21:53,900 --> 00:21:55,676
We got a big mission for you.
437
00:21:55,700 --> 00:21:58,060
- Okay?
- I need to put you in the dozer.
438
00:21:58,360 --> 00:21:59,576
Okay?
439
00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:03,136
I know that's not your place
where you necessarily wanna be...
440
00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:04,276
- Yeah?
- But it's kinda
441
00:22:04,300 --> 00:22:06,136
you and I are the only ones
that really can run the dozer.
442
00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:09,436
You guys both know most
of my dozer experience in that
443
00:22:09,460 --> 00:22:11,336
was last year for about what, two hours?
444
00:22:11,360 --> 00:22:13,400
That's more than anybody
else, so you're qualified.
445
00:22:14,460 --> 00:22:15,736
Right now's probably a bad time
446
00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:17,076
to pull me off of what I was doing,
447
00:22:17,100 --> 00:22:18,436
working on the holy roller.
448
00:22:18,460 --> 00:22:20,336
There's, there's a lot of work to do,
449
00:22:20,360 --> 00:22:22,836
and without me there,
that's just one less person.
450
00:22:22,860 --> 00:22:25,136
I understand we need somebody
to run the dozer at this point,
451
00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:27,736
but I don't totally agree.
452
00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:28,906
I'm gonna go over here
453
00:22:28,930 --> 00:22:31,119
and chase framer and
get the plant running.
454
00:22:31,143 --> 00:22:31,536
Okay.
455
00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:33,636
And then, we're gonna
try to get enough gravel
456
00:22:33,660 --> 00:22:35,976
to get a road across this mess.
457
00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:37,036
Let's go attack it.
458
00:22:37,060 --> 00:22:38,540
- Okay. Do it.
- All right, let's go.
459
00:22:40,100 --> 00:22:41,936
Sometimes, you gotta adjust your plan
460
00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:44,476
to try to fix something
that you don't see coming.
461
00:22:44,500 --> 00:22:46,160
And we didn't see this one coming.
462
00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:51,476
Facing a major setback
463
00:22:51,500 --> 00:22:53,636
due to heavy mud in the lost cut,
464
00:22:53,660 --> 00:22:55,636
Todd must break the news to his crew
465
00:22:55,660 --> 00:22:57,930
about the expedited timeline.
466
00:22:59,260 --> 00:23:00,976
We go from kicking ass
467
00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:04,036
to getting our ass kicked real quick.
468
00:23:04,060 --> 00:23:07,076
This is something I don't really
wanna let the team to know.
469
00:23:07,100 --> 00:23:11,930
Kind of a hard situation
and I'm feeling anxious.
470
00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:16,637
Framer.
471
00:23:16,661 --> 00:23:19,230
- Yeah.
- Okay. Here's the deal.
472
00:23:19,860 --> 00:23:22,276
And I hate to tell you guys this.
473
00:23:22,300 --> 00:23:24,976
We need you to be running in two days.
474
00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:26,830
- What? Man.
- Two days?
475
00:23:28,260 --> 00:23:30,336
If everything's diluted, you know,
476
00:23:30,360 --> 00:23:31,976
and it could get down
to one ounce per 100,
477
00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,836
we're gonna have to run over
two times the amount of dirt
478
00:23:34,860 --> 00:23:37,436
that we'd normally would wanna run.
479
00:23:37,460 --> 00:23:41,636
There's mud that's oozing
all the way across of that cut.
480
00:23:41,660 --> 00:23:45,476
So, we need to build a road,
which means we need rock.
481
00:23:45,500 --> 00:23:48,736
The only way we get
rock is to run the plant.
482
00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:51,436
He needs rock now.
483
00:23:51,460 --> 00:23:53,776
Two weeks to two days, it's like,
484
00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:56,676
you're asking to build a rocket
in two days and go to the moon.
485
00:23:56,700 --> 00:23:58,136
It's asking for a lot.
486
00:23:58,160 --> 00:23:59,260
What do we gotta do?
487
00:24:01,260 --> 00:24:03,176
I mean, we still gotta work on that splitter
488
00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:06,036
forget the splitter. We'll fix it later.
489
00:24:06,060 --> 00:24:08,301
I mean, sparky's got
one of the water bars built.
490
00:24:08,325 --> 00:24:08,636
Yeah.
491
00:24:08,660 --> 00:24:10,076
He's still got two more to go.
492
00:24:10,100 --> 00:24:12,536
- I got to set the distribution box...
- Hurry.
493
00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:14,436
I gotta build all the hoses.
494
00:24:14,460 --> 00:24:16,736
I'll help you with the distribution box.
495
00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:18,936
Let's get these water bars done.
496
00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:20,136
I need some guys, dude.
497
00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:23,136
'Cause we gotta pull a rabbit
outta the hat to get this done.
498
00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:25,236
We get behind radio.
499
00:24:25,260 --> 00:24:26,436
We'll all come and help.
500
00:24:26,460 --> 00:24:28,376
Each one of these little things take time,
501
00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:30,376
and we don't have time to mess around.
502
00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:32,876
I'm only one guy. I need another guy.
503
00:24:32,900 --> 00:24:34,736
I guarantee you right now,
504
00:24:34,760 --> 00:24:38,236
if we don't get that
rock and build that road,
505
00:24:38,260 --> 00:24:40,976
we're not gonna get
anywhere near 3,000.
506
00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:43,630
- That's just the way it is. Okay?
- Okay.
507
00:24:44,100 --> 00:24:45,430
All right, guys.
508
00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:51,536
Hey, hunter, I need you to swing up here.
509
00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:54,076
I need to chat with you real quick.
510
00:24:54,100 --> 00:24:57,136
10-4. Me and cub are heading up there.
511
00:24:57,160 --> 00:24:59,536
I'm just worried that we're
gonna miss something.
512
00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:04,036
And once you get in a
hurry... Bad stuff happens.
513
00:25:04,060 --> 00:25:05,436
That's just the way it is.
514
00:25:05,460 --> 00:25:07,736
Now... do we have a good team?
515
00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:09,476
Yeah. Can they pull it off?
516
00:25:09,500 --> 00:25:10,730
I've seen them do it before.
517
00:25:19,700 --> 00:25:21,076
Hey, listen up, guys.
518
00:25:21,100 --> 00:25:23,536
We've got a serious situation here.
519
00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:26,036
We've got water building up in the cut.
520
00:25:26,060 --> 00:25:27,836
It's gonna dilute our pay dirt down
521
00:25:27,860 --> 00:25:29,336
from, like, probably three ounces a 100
522
00:25:29,360 --> 00:25:31,030
or maybe one ounce per 100.
523
00:25:32,060 --> 00:25:34,636
We've got to build the
road across that cut.
524
00:25:34,660 --> 00:25:37,176
We've got to start making rock.
525
00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:39,230
I got to be running in two days.
526
00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:42,836
There's always gonna be things
527
00:25:42,860 --> 00:25:45,636
that are unpredictable and
unexpected that are gonna happen.
528
00:25:45,660 --> 00:25:48,536
We've got to just make sure
that, you know, we're making
529
00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:51,936
the most calculated
decisions as possible.
530
00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:53,276
And at the end of the day, you know,
531
00:25:53,300 --> 00:25:54,976
my dad's in charge and this is his mine.
532
00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:58,376
And so, I just want to do
whatever I can to be an asset.
533
00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:00,636
I need your help too, whatever you can.
534
00:26:00,660 --> 00:26:02,476
Yeah, whatever we gotta do.
535
00:26:02,500 --> 00:26:05,276
All hands on deck on holy roller.
536
00:26:05,300 --> 00:26:07,376
Get it running. Get rock.
537
00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:09,836
We're not even actually
trying to go for gold.
538
00:26:09,860 --> 00:26:11,536
Just trying to get the rock.
539
00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:12,477
- Okay.
- Got it.
540
00:26:12,501 --> 00:26:14,936
- All right. Thanks, guys. I love you.
- Yeah.
541
00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:17,576
They're all saying the right
things to get the job done,
542
00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:19,576
but I can see on their faces that,
543
00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:21,576
you know, there's some disappointment.
544
00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:24,036
- But you know what?
- We've been thrown a curve ball
545
00:26:24,060 --> 00:26:27,276
and we just gotta adjust
to it and do the right things.
546
00:26:27,300 --> 00:26:29,160
And that's just where we're at right now.
547
00:26:35,700 --> 00:26:36,736
I'll do the measuring.
548
00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:38,576
Cool. Can you measure
all the way from there?
549
00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:40,076
Go on the other side?
550
00:26:40,100 --> 00:26:43,336
Right now, I'm lining out
these, pieces of angle iron.
551
00:26:43,360 --> 00:26:45,436
I'm cutting them at six inches a pop.
552
00:26:45,460 --> 00:26:46,636
And now I got cubs,
553
00:26:46,660 --> 00:26:48,330
so we're gonna slap this together.
554
00:26:49,460 --> 00:26:50,630
Sixty-nine.
555
00:26:51,260 --> 00:26:52,476
That's cute.
556
00:26:52,500 --> 00:26:53,836
We're gonna make some brackets.
557
00:26:53,860 --> 00:26:56,536
They're gonna hold these water bars.
558
00:26:56,560 --> 00:26:59,160
This should be
bullet-proofing the water bar.
559
00:27:03,360 --> 00:27:07,236
We got a fat deadline
and it's coming quick.
560
00:27:07,260 --> 00:27:10,236
The job that I do,
grinding, cutting, welding...
561
00:27:10,260 --> 00:27:12,736
If I do as fast as I can,
562
00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:14,376
then I'll end up cutting off my fingers.
563
00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:16,836
So there's precautions, safety issues.
564
00:27:16,860 --> 00:27:21,230
So you go as fast as you
can, safely as possible.
565
00:27:22,260 --> 00:27:25,230
So they're gonna have to
deal with the speed we're going.
566
00:27:29,060 --> 00:27:30,436
We're going to work
around the clock today
567
00:27:30,460 --> 00:27:32,460
and hopefully by
tomorrow night, we can...
568
00:27:33,100 --> 00:27:34,476
We can have it finished.
569
00:27:34,500 --> 00:27:36,976
To be honest, I don't know if
I can even come close to that,
570
00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:38,976
- but we're going to try.
- Hey, framer,
571
00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:40,636
you got a copy? Where are you?
572
00:27:40,660 --> 00:27:45,536
I am coming up from the lay
down yard up to the river way.
573
00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:46,225
Hurry up.
574
00:27:46,249 --> 00:27:50,130
I wanna turn on the plant and
test the new distribution box.
575
00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:54,636
I got to test fire this junction box here
576
00:27:54,660 --> 00:27:56,776
just to see if everything's working.
577
00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:59,336
We may be running way more
pay dirt than what we think.
578
00:27:59,360 --> 00:28:01,676
And we've got to make
sure everything's ready to go.
579
00:28:01,700 --> 00:28:04,776
Hurry up, framer...
580
00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:09,236
Let's go! Framer, why don't you
be down here in the manifold?
581
00:28:09,260 --> 00:28:11,060
- Okay.
- -Put Dakota, on the pump.
582
00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:14,836
Manifold is looking pretty good.
583
00:28:14,860 --> 00:28:16,936
All the hoses look good.
584
00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:18,530
Fire it up. Let's get going.
585
00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:22,030
Okay, Dakota... Go ahead and fire it up.
586
00:28:25,260 --> 00:28:26,137
10-4?
587
00:28:26,161 --> 00:28:27,836
Are we firing water?
588
00:28:27,860 --> 00:28:29,330
- Yeah.
- Okay.
589
00:28:41,260 --> 00:28:43,260
There we go. We got water.
590
00:28:45,100 --> 00:28:46,836
I feel like it's a little low.
591
00:28:46,860 --> 00:28:48,930
What's that at, Dakota?
592
00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:52,960
Yep, you have 1,000.1-0-0-0.
593
00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:56,836
- Okay.
- Give me another 200, Todd.
594
00:28:56,860 --> 00:28:58,876
Bring me up 200.
595
00:28:58,900 --> 00:29:00,430
10-4 coming up.
596
00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:17,030
- We got a leak.
- We got a leak.
597
00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:19,830
Hey, Todd, we got a leak up here.
598
00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:22,236
Small or big?
599
00:29:22,260 --> 00:29:24,730
It's, it's not small.
600
00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:27,160
We're gonna have to shut down.
601
00:29:29,560 --> 00:29:32,160
Just idle it all the way
down and then shut it off.
602
00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:35,076
Nice and easy, sparks.
603
00:29:35,100 --> 00:29:36,630
It might have water in it still.
604
00:29:37,260 --> 00:29:39,276
I don't see a crack in it.
605
00:29:39,300 --> 00:29:41,536
Right here. The leak is
coming out of this cam.
606
00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:43,236
Let's pull that cam out of there.
607
00:29:43,260 --> 00:29:44,760
We'll put a brand new one in there.
608
00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:47,836
This is exactly what I was talking about.
609
00:29:47,860 --> 00:29:49,176
This is why I didn't want to rush it.
610
00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:51,976
I don't want it to be like that last season.
611
00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:54,336
I want everything fixed,
and I want it fixed right.
612
00:29:54,360 --> 00:29:55,530
No more messing around.
613
00:29:56,660 --> 00:29:58,530
Get that thing out. Let's go!
614
00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:04,236
Does he see how much time
this is costing us right now?
615
00:30:04,260 --> 00:30:05,976
Well, I don't really care
if the guys are pissed.
616
00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:07,336
I had to test fire this thing.
617
00:30:07,360 --> 00:30:09,976
If we don't start running dirt pretty quick
618
00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:12,160
we might as well all just go home.
619
00:30:12,860 --> 00:30:14,776
The longer the pay dirt sits there,
620
00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:16,636
the more water and mud gets in it.
621
00:30:16,660 --> 00:30:18,830
We might as well not even run it.
622
00:30:19,860 --> 00:30:21,876
You know, it's a good
thing that we fired it up
623
00:30:21,900 --> 00:30:23,236
because there was a leak.
624
00:30:23,260 --> 00:30:26,236
So I'm gonna go ahead and
leave these guys to get on it.
625
00:30:26,260 --> 00:30:27,536
Hopefully, they can fix it.
626
00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:28,776
- Move?
- Nope.
627
00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:30,330
But it might take all night.
628
00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:34,160
I don't know if I'm getting this off.
629
00:30:55,860 --> 00:30:57,236
With an expedited deadline
630
00:30:57,260 --> 00:30:59,376
to get the holy roller up and running,
631
00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:00,836
Todd assembles the crew
632
00:31:00,860 --> 00:31:03,430
to assess the current
status of their progress.
633
00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:07,236
Hey, guys, I know you're disappointed.
634
00:31:07,260 --> 00:31:10,136
But if we don't get this road built fast,
635
00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:11,576
we're screwed.
636
00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:14,536
On the timeline, framer,
how are we doing?
637
00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:16,360
We're, we're a little bit behind.
638
00:31:16,860 --> 00:31:17,876
We're doing what we can.
639
00:31:17,900 --> 00:31:18,737
We can't go any faster.
640
00:31:18,761 --> 00:31:20,436
We... we speed this up anymore,
641
00:31:20,460 --> 00:31:22,436
we're... we're just gonna
be costing ourselves time.
642
00:31:22,460 --> 00:31:23,460
We're gonna break down.
643
00:31:25,060 --> 00:31:27,376
I don't think what you're
asking is reasonable.
644
00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:30,936
The amount of work, just in
the welding that sparky has to do,
645
00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:34,136
there's hours and hours,
and we have one welder.
646
00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:35,476
I don't think it's gonna happen.
647
00:31:35,500 --> 00:31:38,976
Not in a manner that we're gonna
be able to run that plant all season.
648
00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:43,576
Yeah, it's an unrealistic
timeline that we have to hit.
649
00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:45,360
This is our season, guys.
650
00:31:45,900 --> 00:31:47,530
We've got to get it done.
651
00:31:48,460 --> 00:31:49,836
They're doing everything they can.
652
00:31:49,860 --> 00:31:52,176
I mean, it's one way or another.
653
00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:54,560
I mean, it's just... It is what it is.
654
00:31:55,300 --> 00:31:57,976
Guys, every minute that we wait,
655
00:31:58,000 --> 00:31:59,676
the cut's getting worse.
656
00:31:59,700 --> 00:32:03,736
That mud is moving in
and it's diluting the pay dirt.
657
00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:06,636
This is called the lost cut for a reason.
658
00:32:06,660 --> 00:32:08,136
But guess what? If we don't hurry up,
659
00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:10,536
we're really gonna lose this cut,
660
00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:11,860
and we're gonna lose our season.
661
00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:13,630
We've got to get it done.
662
00:32:14,100 --> 00:32:15,536
It's the bottom line.
663
00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:17,976
Do you wanna be like the last... 40 guys
664
00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:19,276
that have come here and failed?
665
00:32:19,300 --> 00:32:22,176
Because everybody that's come
to this place has failed. Everybody.
666
00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:24,536
And it's not because
the ground's not rich.
667
00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:26,336
It's because they don't know how to do it.
668
00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:27,360
We know how to do it.
669
00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:30,760
We'll do what we can.
670
00:32:33,260 --> 00:32:34,660
There's 24 hours in a day.
671
00:32:36,260 --> 00:32:37,536
Today, framer.
672
00:32:37,560 --> 00:32:39,176
We understand what you're saying.
673
00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:40,636
Dakota, myself, sparky...
674
00:32:40,660 --> 00:32:42,376
- Today, framer.
- We understand. The only problem is...
675
00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:42,785
Hey. Today.
676
00:32:42,809 --> 00:32:44,476
Is we want this done, so
that we're not broke down.
677
00:32:44,500 --> 00:32:45,960
Today, framer!
678
00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:53,736
You know, I got to step in here because
679
00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:58,236
I know you're pushing these
guys and you're pushing them hard.
680
00:32:58,260 --> 00:33:01,136
But, you know, you guys
have stepped up to the plate.
681
00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:04,430
You've hit home runs
lots of times, you know.
682
00:33:05,460 --> 00:33:08,076
I've seen framer work
on pumps and stuff
683
00:33:08,100 --> 00:33:12,136
and get things done that
normally wouldn't get done.
684
00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:16,260
I've seen tater fix stuff that
I didn't think could be fixed.
685
00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:21,430
I've watched my grandkids
grow up on the mine.
686
00:33:24,060 --> 00:33:25,260
You guys can do it.
687
00:33:26,860 --> 00:33:29,460
So, you know, I'm gonna ask you guys...
688
00:33:30,160 --> 00:33:31,830
Not so much for Todd...
689
00:33:33,100 --> 00:33:36,936
But I'd appreciate it if
you'd just do it for me
690
00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:39,460
because,
691
00:33:42,560 --> 00:33:44,530
this is my last season,
692
00:33:50,660 --> 00:33:52,430
This is my last season.
693
00:33:55,860 --> 00:33:59,376
After this season, if I make it to the end,
694
00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:01,030
I'm not coming back.
695
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:07,036
There's one guy that's been
with me for the whole time.
696
00:34:07,060 --> 00:34:08,636
It's old thurber here.
697
00:34:08,660 --> 00:34:11,836
And I'm going to...
698
00:34:11,860 --> 00:34:14,230
Kind of, turn everything over to him.
699
00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:19,460
I'm not getting any younger
700
00:34:20,300 --> 00:34:22,976
you know. I'm 77 now.
701
00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:25,630
I'll be 78. You know, you get old.
702
00:34:26,860 --> 00:34:28,936
This didn't just spring up.
703
00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:31,576
You know, it's been
coming for a long time,
704
00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:35,536
so, physically
705
00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:38,836
I'm not in the position that I was
706
00:34:38,860 --> 00:34:40,636
just 10 years ago.
707
00:34:40,660 --> 00:34:43,136
I've got to slow down.
708
00:34:43,160 --> 00:34:46,760
You know? So, I, gotta let this thing go.
709
00:34:55,360 --> 00:34:57,060
I didn't see this coming.
710
00:34:57,460 --> 00:34:58,860
It's a shock to me.
711
00:35:03,360 --> 00:35:04,830
We appreciate you.
712
00:35:07,160 --> 00:35:10,530
Thankful for your
example, you know. Really.
713
00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:14,660
It's is the way... The way you look at life.
714
00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:18,276
My... my grandfather wasn't good...
715
00:35:18,300 --> 00:35:20,960
Good to my... my dad.
716
00:35:25,500 --> 00:35:26,976
But you were good to me
717
00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:29,830
and you're good to
everybody around you.
718
00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:33,000
You know.
719
00:35:33,260 --> 00:35:34,960
Yeah.
720
00:35:37,660 --> 00:35:39,430
Thank you.
721
00:35:41,260 --> 00:35:43,060
I want to go out a winner.
722
00:35:44,860 --> 00:35:47,676
There's no other place that I've been
723
00:35:47,700 --> 00:35:51,636
that's better than
where we're at right now.
724
00:35:51,660 --> 00:35:52,930
It's up to you guys.
725
00:35:55,260 --> 00:35:57,030
I'm trusting in you.
726
00:35:58,900 --> 00:36:01,030
This is why we started it.
727
00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:04,430
Because of Jack's dream...
728
00:36:05,760 --> 00:36:06,960
Why we're all here.
729
00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:12,360
So let's finish it.
730
00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:20,876
We've done impossible things before,
731
00:36:20,900 --> 00:36:22,976
and right now, I don't
think we have a choice,
732
00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:24,930
but to get this plant running in two days.
733
00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:27,736
Let's get to work.
734
00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:29,430
We're gonna do it for Jack.
735
00:36:30,760 --> 00:36:32,236
All right.
736
00:36:32,260 --> 00:36:34,976
All of us will just dig deep and let's do it.
737
00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:38,576
Jack not being a part of this anymore,
738
00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:40,276
it should pretty much
be the only motivation
739
00:36:40,300 --> 00:36:41,576
that we need for us to hear that.
740
00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:44,376
And hopefully, that sunk into everybody.
741
00:36:44,400 --> 00:36:46,776
And you talk about it in a generalization
742
00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:49,636
- that's like "let's do it for Jack.
- Let's all do it for Jack,"
743
00:36:49,660 --> 00:36:51,636
because you always
think you have tomorrow.
744
00:36:51,660 --> 00:36:55,430
And... We don't know
what tomorrow brings.
745
00:36:56,060 --> 00:36:57,636
We know what today brings.
746
00:36:57,660 --> 00:36:59,260
Today brings that we...
747
00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:03,336
We go bust ass, we get it done.
748
00:37:03,360 --> 00:37:05,060
And we get the dirt out of the ground.
749
00:37:06,300 --> 00:37:07,730
And put it through the plant.
750
00:37:13,500 --> 00:37:15,436
I'm honestly, really surprised
751
00:37:15,460 --> 00:37:17,736
by what my grandpa said in there.
752
00:37:17,760 --> 00:37:21,976
It's honestly, really sad for
me and I know everybody else.
753
00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:23,836
The only thing left to do now is for us
754
00:37:23,860 --> 00:37:26,160
to make Jack's last season a huge win.
755
00:37:26,660 --> 00:37:28,706
Looks good, whatever we have to do,
756
00:37:28,730 --> 00:37:31,676
get it done as fast as we
can today and wrap all this up.
757
00:37:31,700 --> 00:37:32,677
All right, let's go.
758
00:37:32,701 --> 00:37:36,336
I've known Jack since I
was probably 10 years old.
759
00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:39,436
And it's tough hearing that that he's
not gonna be coming up here again.
760
00:37:39,460 --> 00:37:42,430
It makes you push harder to
have a good season for sure.
761
00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:45,676
I'm already a motivated guy,
762
00:37:45,700 --> 00:37:47,976
and I bust my ass every single day.
763
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:50,036
But just hearing that Jack's gonna retire,
764
00:37:50,060 --> 00:37:53,236
it just sparks a flame in me
that, we've got to get this gold.
765
00:37:53,260 --> 00:37:55,076
And we've got to keep moving forward.
766
00:37:55,100 --> 00:37:56,436
And he's not just their grandpa.
767
00:37:56,460 --> 00:37:58,236
He's my grandpa, too.
768
00:37:58,260 --> 00:38:00,130
All right. That's it. Let's fire it up!
769
00:38:02,660 --> 00:38:06,836
Some way, we've wound
up with all these guys
770
00:38:06,860 --> 00:38:09,776
involved in my dream, you know.
771
00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:13,836
And it's become their dream also.
772
00:38:13,860 --> 00:38:16,760
So I want them to, carry on.
773
00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:20,660
No guts, no glory.
774
00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:39,400
Keep coming.
775
00:38:46,100 --> 00:38:50,130
With scrap pay dirt from last
season stacked and ready to run...
776
00:38:51,060 --> 00:38:53,736
The crew prepares to
fire up the holy roller,
777
00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:56,136
officially kicking off their mining season,
778
00:38:56,160 --> 00:39:00,036
even if the primary goal is
to harvest the gravel tailings.
779
00:39:00,060 --> 00:39:02,060
Throw that on there
and we'll fire this thing up.
780
00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:04,376
Yeah. Good deal.
781
00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:05,836
Okay, we're good.
782
00:39:05,860 --> 00:39:08,236
Right now this is about the gravel
783
00:39:08,260 --> 00:39:09,436
more than the gold.
784
00:39:09,460 --> 00:39:12,176
We've got to get a road out there
785
00:39:12,200 --> 00:39:15,060
and around all of that mud.
786
00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:18,836
Sparky. Sparky, you got a copy?
787
00:39:18,860 --> 00:39:20,136
Yeah, I mean, go ahead.
788
00:39:20,160 --> 00:39:21,876
How are we looking up there?
789
00:39:21,900 --> 00:39:24,736
Pretty good. These spray
bars are dummy-proof, so...
790
00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:26,476
We shouldn't have any downtime.
791
00:39:26,500 --> 00:39:29,536
Let's not use the word
dummy on our gold mine, okay?
792
00:39:29,560 --> 00:39:31,336
Sorry they're Todd-proof.
793
00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:34,330
Damn!
794
00:39:37,860 --> 00:39:39,776
Thurber, you guys feel good about it?
795
00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:41,636
Yeah. We're 100 percent ready to go.
796
00:39:41,660 --> 00:39:43,336
Framer, are you good up there?
797
00:39:43,360 --> 00:39:44,636
All these spray bars are in,
798
00:39:44,660 --> 00:39:47,276
- guards are on. Ready to run.
- Okay.
799
00:39:47,300 --> 00:39:49,060
Hunter, let me know when you're ready.
800
00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:51,236
I'm heading down to the pump right now.
801
00:39:51,260 --> 00:39:52,976
I got hunter down there on the pump.
802
00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:55,336
I'm gonna actually slowly ramp it up.
803
00:39:55,360 --> 00:39:57,136
We're pushing a lot of water.
804
00:39:57,160 --> 00:39:59,336
We're putting a lot of
pressure on the manifold,
805
00:39:59,360 --> 00:40:00,976
a lot of pressure on these hoses.
806
00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:02,560
A lot of things can go wrong.
807
00:40:03,100 --> 00:40:04,476
Okay. I'm on the pump.
808
00:40:04,500 --> 00:40:06,236
We're gonna see what's
gonna happen here.
809
00:40:06,260 --> 00:40:09,276
Hopefully, the fix that we
did is actually gonna work.
810
00:40:09,300 --> 00:40:11,236
Are you guys clear on the water?
811
00:40:11,260 --> 00:40:11,535
Clear!
812
00:40:11,559 --> 00:40:13,276
Everybody is clear.
Go ahead and fire it up.
813
00:40:13,300 --> 00:40:15,236
Okay, let's fire up some water.
814
00:40:15,260 --> 00:40:16,636
Bring it up slow.
815
00:40:16,660 --> 00:40:17,960
Okay, pump's coming on.
816
00:40:24,100 --> 00:40:25,730
Pump is on, pump is on.
817
00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:33,136
- Still good?
- Yep, yep, yep.
818
00:40:33,160 --> 00:40:35,460
Okay, bring it up to 1,400.
819
00:40:35,760 --> 00:40:36,760
Okay, 10-4.
820
00:40:44,500 --> 00:40:45,676
You think it's good?
821
00:40:45,700 --> 00:40:47,060
I hope so.
822
00:40:55,960 --> 00:40:59,336
Over 50 years ago, Jack
Hoffman followed his dream
823
00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:01,736
to find a rich, untapped gold mine
824
00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:03,976
and set his family up for life.
825
00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:07,136
Everything you see right here, is ours.
826
00:41:07,160 --> 00:41:09,076
Since then, the Hoffman's search
827
00:41:09,100 --> 00:41:11,436
has led them across
multiple continents...
828
00:41:11,460 --> 00:41:14,076
We're going to have to
get back to the basics.
829
00:41:14,100 --> 00:41:16,336
Where they battled unforgiving terrain...
830
00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:18,836
The ground is harder than
anything I've ever mined.
831
00:41:18,860 --> 00:41:20,460
Often with mixed results.
832
00:41:24,360 --> 00:41:26,376
But their sacrifice paid off.
833
00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:30,076
Three thousand ounces is within reach.
834
00:41:30,100 --> 00:41:35,230
There's no other place that's
better than where we're at right now.
835
00:41:36,860 --> 00:41:39,830
Will this be Jack's best season yet?
836
00:41:43,830 --> 00:41:44,936
You think it's good.
837
00:41:44,960 --> 00:41:46,000
I hope so.
838
00:41:48,500 --> 00:41:49,730
How are we looking up there?
839
00:41:50,260 --> 00:41:51,536
Looking good over here.
840
00:41:51,560 --> 00:41:52,860
No leaks.
841
00:41:55,560 --> 00:41:59,836
Really wanna... Really
blast that water in that hopper.
842
00:41:59,860 --> 00:42:01,936
With our new water bars
843
00:42:01,960 --> 00:42:03,836
I think it's gonna be awesome.
844
00:42:03,860 --> 00:42:05,936
We're about ready to find out, though.
845
00:42:05,960 --> 00:42:08,806
- What's going on?
- -Man, it looks perfect, Todd.
846
00:42:08,830 --> 00:42:12,206
We got way more water up
here than we did last year.
847
00:42:12,230 --> 00:42:15,830
Man. You're turning me on.
848
00:42:17,260 --> 00:42:20,660
- Okay, pump's sitting at 1,400.
- You can head up.
849
00:42:25,600 --> 00:42:27,736
It looks good, to me,
I'd throw some dirt in it.
850
00:42:27,760 --> 00:42:30,336
Everybody, clear the ground.
851
00:42:30,360 --> 00:42:32,000
Let's see if this thing turns.
852
00:42:39,260 --> 00:42:41,706
- There it goes.
- There we go.
853
00:42:41,730 --> 00:42:43,030
Look at that.
854
00:42:43,460 --> 00:42:44,460
There we go.
855
00:42:46,360 --> 00:42:47,476
All right. Keep turning.
856
00:42:47,500 --> 00:42:48,560
Yeah, baby.
857
00:42:49,260 --> 00:42:51,160
It looks really, really good.
858
00:42:58,460 --> 00:43:00,530
Here we go! First bucket!
859
00:43:01,130 --> 00:43:02,730
First bucket! Here we go!
860
00:43:06,600 --> 00:43:07,900
Dirt's going in.
861
00:43:13,130 --> 00:43:15,406
First bucket of rock.
862
00:43:15,430 --> 00:43:16,736
Everything's working right.
863
00:43:16,760 --> 00:43:18,436
I just need that gravel pile
864
00:43:18,460 --> 00:43:22,406
about 10 times that
size, so I can build a road.
865
00:43:22,430 --> 00:43:24,976
It looks like everything is
running pretty good right now.
866
00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:26,636
We've got those water bars set in.
867
00:43:26,660 --> 00:43:30,406
And it looks like we're flowing
water way more than last year.
868
00:43:30,430 --> 00:43:32,076
It's cleaning the rock really good.
869
00:43:32,100 --> 00:43:33,236
It's like fine China.
870
00:43:33,260 --> 00:43:36,330
So... I think we're doing really
freaking good this season.
871
00:43:39,860 --> 00:43:41,836
Last year, it seemed like
every day was a curse,
872
00:43:41,860 --> 00:43:43,636
and now this season
seems like every day,
873
00:43:43,660 --> 00:43:45,530
it's just a blessing to be here.
874
00:43:47,060 --> 00:43:49,836
I just have a really weird feeling that...
875
00:43:49,860 --> 00:43:52,736
This season is gonna be everything
that we want it to be and more.
876
00:43:52,760 --> 00:43:54,936
And I think that my
grandpa is going to be able
877
00:43:54,960 --> 00:43:57,236
to, kind of, you know,
hang his hat on this season
878
00:43:57,260 --> 00:44:00,106
and just know that we
finally got to the place
879
00:44:00,130 --> 00:44:01,560
that we wanted to get to.
880
00:44:03,160 --> 00:44:05,836
We're gonna probably have
the best season we've ever had.
881
00:44:05,860 --> 00:44:08,136
And I think that everybody
is gonna go home really,
882
00:44:08,160 --> 00:44:09,930
really fulfilled at the end of this.
883
00:44:21,230 --> 00:44:24,630
Hey, everybody, come
on down to the sluice box.
884
00:44:25,130 --> 00:44:26,436
Okay.
885
00:44:26,460 --> 00:44:27,476
What we got in here?
886
00:44:27,500 --> 00:44:29,230
Flip that first one up.
887
00:44:30,460 --> 00:44:32,806
So this is the... The first clean-up.
888
00:44:32,830 --> 00:44:34,406
It's up for doll.
889
00:44:34,430 --> 00:44:37,006
We're really not concerned
too much about the gold.
890
00:44:37,030 --> 00:44:38,806
We're actually concerned about the rock.
891
00:44:38,830 --> 00:44:43,236
We need that rock out in
the cut to build some roads.
892
00:44:43,260 --> 00:44:44,976
Some flakies over here, dude.
893
00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:46,636
You think she's pretty packed?
894
00:44:46,660 --> 00:44:49,036
But hopefully, there's good gold.
895
00:44:49,060 --> 00:44:52,206
We weren't planning on running
early, but we'll see what happens.
896
00:44:52,230 --> 00:44:53,576
Hopefully, it's good.
897
00:44:53,600 --> 00:44:55,836
Okay, hammer those off.
898
00:44:55,860 --> 00:45:01,036
We've spent a lot of time, a lot of
pain, suffering to get to this point.
899
00:45:01,060 --> 00:45:02,136
Roll that up.
900
00:45:02,160 --> 00:45:04,476
I don't want to jinx it, but
I'm telling you right now,
901
00:45:04,500 --> 00:45:06,836
I think we're headed for
some big stuff this year.
902
00:45:06,860 --> 00:45:08,406
Roll them up, roll them up!
903
00:45:08,430 --> 00:45:10,806
My dad's last season, it's huge.
904
00:45:10,830 --> 00:45:13,106
And I want him to,
like, have so much gold
905
00:45:13,130 --> 00:45:15,106
running across his table.
906
00:45:15,130 --> 00:45:19,236
Him and thurber up there filling
up jars of gold, left and right.
907
00:45:19,260 --> 00:45:20,806
If he got to see that much gold,
908
00:45:20,830 --> 00:45:23,436
that would be... Freaking... a win.
909
00:45:23,460 --> 00:45:25,036
This is the best washing machine
910
00:45:25,060 --> 00:45:27,236
you've ever seen...
You literally can make.
911
00:45:27,260 --> 00:45:29,100
It's hundreds of thousands of dollars.
912
00:45:29,760 --> 00:45:31,936
Depending on how good your rinse.
913
00:45:31,960 --> 00:45:33,536
Let's go, thurb.
914
00:45:33,560 --> 00:45:36,136
Yeah, we're killing it right now
and I'm excited to see the numbers.
915
00:45:36,160 --> 00:45:37,476
I'm really excited to see the numbers
916
00:45:37,500 --> 00:45:38,830
this box is gonna pull out.
917
00:45:52,760 --> 00:45:55,136
Hey, guys, I want to thank everybody.
918
00:45:55,160 --> 00:45:57,136
I gave you guys two
weeks on the holy roller.
919
00:45:57,160 --> 00:45:58,306
Everybody pitched in.
920
00:45:58,330 --> 00:46:00,036
We got it done in just a couple of days.
921
00:46:00,060 --> 00:46:00,837
Good job.
922
00:46:00,861 --> 00:46:02,036
You got it, buddy.
923
00:46:02,060 --> 00:46:03,206
You got it.
924
00:46:03,230 --> 00:46:05,836
Obviously, there's going to
be some more things to do on it.
925
00:46:05,860 --> 00:46:07,836
But you guys got it going.
926
00:46:07,860 --> 00:46:09,436
We ran that gravel.
927
00:46:09,460 --> 00:46:11,536
Andy, how did that go?
928
00:46:11,560 --> 00:46:13,076
It actually went pretty good.
929
00:46:13,100 --> 00:46:14,336
We need the gravel bad.
930
00:46:14,360 --> 00:46:16,476
We need it almost as
bad as we need the gold.
931
00:46:16,500 --> 00:46:18,736
So, everybody came
together, worked hard.
932
00:46:18,760 --> 00:46:20,306
We got out of there nice and easy
933
00:46:20,330 --> 00:46:22,736
and no problems and got it sluiced.
934
00:46:22,760 --> 00:46:25,836
This is what it's gonna
take to get to 3,033.
935
00:46:25,860 --> 00:46:27,976
It's this kind of teamwork.
936
00:46:28,000 --> 00:46:30,636
And we're trying to go for it for you, dad.
937
00:46:30,660 --> 00:46:34,036
We would love to see you go out
with, like, the biggest win we ever had.
938
00:46:34,060 --> 00:46:35,436
Don't do it for me.
939
00:46:35,460 --> 00:46:36,836
We're gonna bring it home for you, man.
940
00:46:36,860 --> 00:46:38,306
Do it.
941
00:46:38,330 --> 00:46:40,336
So we actually needed the gravel.
942
00:46:40,360 --> 00:46:43,536
This gold right here is
actually just kind of a bonus,
943
00:46:43,560 --> 00:46:47,236
so it's pretty cool that we're
actually getting any gold.
944
00:46:47,260 --> 00:46:48,536
Dad, you wanna pour this thing?
945
00:46:48,560 --> 00:46:49,836
Let's see... See what we've got.
946
00:46:49,860 --> 00:46:51,300
All right, here we go.
947
00:46:52,500 --> 00:46:53,660
Okay...
948
00:46:54,360 --> 00:46:55,736
Count it out.
949
00:46:55,760 --> 00:46:57,560
- All right.
- -Everyone can see it, I think.
950
00:47:00,560 --> 00:47:08,560
12... 20, 30, 40, 54... 55.4.
951
00:47:11,660 --> 00:47:15,576
- I like it. I'm happy with this, man.
- Yeah, I... I like it.
952
00:47:15,600 --> 00:47:16,836
- Yeah.
- Not bad.
953
00:47:16,860 --> 00:47:18,306
Few nuggets in there?
954
00:47:18,330 --> 00:47:20,060
And we got rock out of it, so.
955
00:47:21,130 --> 00:47:22,836
I think it's a good start.
956
00:47:22,860 --> 00:47:25,706
While running the holy
roller primarily for gravel,
957
00:47:25,730 --> 00:47:30,706
- the Hoffman still managed to haul in 55.
- 4 ounces of gold,
958
00:47:30,730 --> 00:47:32,836
worth $105,000.
959
00:47:32,860 --> 00:47:37,836
That's a good jump start to
their season goal of 3,033 ounces.
960
00:47:37,860 --> 00:47:39,836
But they're just getting started.
961
00:47:39,860 --> 00:47:43,536
Okay, you know, it's all
hands on deck on the lost cut.
962
00:47:43,560 --> 00:47:45,136
Start hauling some real pay.
963
00:47:45,160 --> 00:47:46,137
It's about time.
964
00:47:46,161 --> 00:47:48,130
All right, guys, let's get back to work.
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