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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:06,336 Right now, I'm just coming to see a friend of mine, 2 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:08,636 just talk to him about my water license issues, 3 00:00:08,660 --> 00:00:11,176 and see if he's got any advice. 4 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:15,000 Rick ness is facing an uncertain future. 5 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:17,936 He's on the brink of buying out 6 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:20,976 his claim at dominion creek. 7 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:25,136 But with his water license expiring at the end of this season, 8 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:28,400 he may not be able to mine it next year. 9 00:00:30,260 --> 00:00:31,736 What's up, Rick? 10 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:33,840 - Good to see you. Nice spot. - Good to see you, too. 11 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:36,436 How are things in keno? 12 00:00:36,460 --> 00:00:37,736 Yeah, I've got a good crew. 13 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:39,900 I've got good equipment. 14 00:00:41,260 --> 00:00:43,636 But my water license is up after this year, 15 00:00:43,660 --> 00:00:44,976 and they're saying that it won't be ready 16 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:46,176 by April of next year. 17 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:47,736 It's not unique to you. 18 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:49,676 A lot of people are having these problems. 19 00:00:49,700 --> 00:00:52,776 I will fully admit, I am not super knowledgeable about it, you know? 20 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:55,436 I mean, like, I'm still learning that side of things, and... 21 00:00:55,460 --> 00:00:57,176 But, like... 22 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:00,276 - The whole business depends on it, right? - Yeah, I know. 23 00:01:00,300 --> 00:01:03,236 You just have to decide what you can do, 24 00:01:03,260 --> 00:01:04,336 - and what you want to do... - Yeah. 25 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:08,036 And how to start to lean into your shortcomings, 26 00:01:08,060 --> 00:01:10,836 - instead of... hide away from them, right? - Yeah. 27 00:01:10,860 --> 00:01:12,876 I'm a grown man. I've made a lot of bad decisions, 28 00:01:12,900 --> 00:01:14,836 a lot of great, good decisions. 29 00:01:14,860 --> 00:01:16,276 I've made a lot of decisions I'm not proud of, 30 00:01:16,300 --> 00:01:17,336 but I made them. 31 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:19,300 - I'm cannot run from them. - Yeah. 32 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:24,136 Last year. I spent all year just being grateful 33 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:25,376 that I had another chance. 34 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:29,000 You know, ironically, my last payment is this year, right? 35 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:32,000 I'm sure not ready to... 36 00:01:32,660 --> 00:01:33,776 And pack it in... 37 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:36,336 Right after I make the final payment on the place... 38 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:38,400 - Right. - Just 'cause there's no water license. 39 00:01:39,460 --> 00:01:41,076 If it happened to me, 40 00:01:41,100 --> 00:01:42,636 I would be doing everything I could 41 00:01:42,660 --> 00:01:44,476 to have a huge season this year. 42 00:01:44,500 --> 00:01:46,236 So that definitely puts a lot of pressure 43 00:01:46,260 --> 00:01:48,030 - on this season, right? - Yep. 44 00:01:48,700 --> 00:01:51,436 Nobody is as invested in it as you, 45 00:01:51,460 --> 00:01:53,436 and that's the sad truth. 46 00:01:53,460 --> 00:01:54,476 But at the end of the day... 47 00:01:54,500 --> 00:01:56,736 - That's the way it is. - You're right. Yep. 48 00:01:56,760 --> 00:02:00,076 I know that it feels like a massive mountain to hurdle, 49 00:02:00,100 --> 00:02:02,136 but you're a survivor, Rick. 50 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:04,730 - I told you that, like, five years ago. - -I know. 51 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:08,100 I know. 52 00:02:09,860 --> 00:02:11,436 All right. I have to go to this meeting. 53 00:02:11,460 --> 00:02:13,236 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 54 00:02:13,260 --> 00:02:15,000 - It's really good to see you. - You, too. 55 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:20,636 I just had a chat with Parker about the water license. 56 00:02:20,660 --> 00:02:22,836 Yeah, he is right. It is my livelihood on the line, 57 00:02:22,860 --> 00:02:25,936 and, no one's gonna fight harder for it than me. 58 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:27,536 You know, I've got a lot of gold to get. 59 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:29,976 Right now, my future is not guaranteed. 60 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:32,176 And if this year turns out to be our last chance 61 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:34,336 to get as much gold as we can out of Duncan creek, 62 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:35,976 then that's what we're gonna have to do, you know, 63 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:37,336 we need to get at least 1,500 ounces, 64 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:39,376 hopefully a hell of a lot more. 65 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:40,636 No matter what, at the end of the day, though, 66 00:02:40,660 --> 00:02:42,100 for this year, I'm all in. 67 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:58,676 Hey, man, we're almost down with that rally valley dirt. 68 00:02:58,700 --> 00:03:00,436 So you know how good it's been. 69 00:03:00,460 --> 00:03:01,930 Make sure you get every last bit. 70 00:03:02,260 --> 00:03:03,576 Out. 71 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:05,576 Back at Duncan creek, 72 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:09,336 Rick is on the brink of a massive payday, 73 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:11,836 sluicing the last piles of pay dirt 74 00:03:11,860 --> 00:03:15,330 to come out of the richest pit he's ever mined, 75 00:03:15,660 --> 00:03:17,200 rally valley. 76 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:19,136 In just two weeks, 77 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:23,130 it's already delivered nearly 500 ounces of gold, 78 00:03:23,500 --> 00:03:27,736 worth $1.25 million. 79 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:29,076 In northern rally valley, you know, 80 00:03:29,100 --> 00:03:31,136 I mean, that's been the stuff I've been looking for 81 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:32,376 since I came to this ground. 82 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:33,630 That was jackpot. 83 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:37,736 Unfortunately, it's coming to an end. 84 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:41,300 Yeah, we've got, you know, about a week's worth of pay left. 85 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:45,576 Now is time to do something else 86 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:47,576 that, Rick's got in mind, 87 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:49,136 as long as we can do it quick, 88 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:53,036 because monster red chews through dirt pretty quick. 89 00:03:53,060 --> 00:03:55,600 So, this pile will be gone before you know it. 90 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:01,876 After Rick taps out rally valley, 91 00:04:01,900 --> 00:04:06,476 he needs a new spot to keep the gold coming in. 92 00:04:06,500 --> 00:04:08,236 And the plan is to move over, back over to the bench, 93 00:04:08,260 --> 00:04:09,776 which we started last year. 94 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:12,476 Buzz is heading up there right now. 95 00:04:12,500 --> 00:04:13,976 Rick's master plan 96 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,976 to smash through his season goal, 97 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,800 head half a mile north of rally valley, 98 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:22,000 across the creek, 99 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:26,100 to the bench cut with it's easy-to-access gold. 100 00:04:26,860 --> 00:04:30,036 Last season, in just five weeks, 101 00:04:30,060 --> 00:04:32,976 he hauled 450 ounces of gold 102 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:35,136 out of the seven-acre cut. 103 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:38,136 Now, he wants to start digging the pay 104 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:40,176 out of a five-acre extension 105 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:41,930 they stripped last year. 106 00:05:01,100 --> 00:05:02,636 Foreman buzz legault 107 00:05:02,660 --> 00:05:05,136 needs to stockpile bench cut pay 108 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:08,076 next to Rick's second wash plant, rocky, 109 00:05:08,100 --> 00:05:09,336 ready to run 110 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:12,600 as soon as rally valley's pay pile ends. 111 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:50,230 Me. 112 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:53,600 We stripped this last year. 113 00:06:54,100 --> 00:06:55,500 How is this still frozen? 114 00:07:00,100 --> 00:07:03,036 Over winter, the bench cut was exposed 115 00:07:03,060 --> 00:07:05,176 to sub-zero temperatures. 116 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:08,076 The ground is frozen solid. 117 00:07:08,100 --> 00:07:10,676 Rick has massively miscalculated 118 00:07:10,700 --> 00:07:12,900 how long it would take to thaw. 119 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:22,136 This is a disaster. I mean, I don't have a second option. 120 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:23,236 I have to come up with something. 121 00:07:23,260 --> 00:07:26,500 And, right now, I have no clue what it is. 122 00:07:38,700 --> 00:07:41,076 We've dived into this property... 123 00:07:41,100 --> 00:07:43,636 Just headfirst, and in a massive way 124 00:07:43,660 --> 00:07:45,436 and are spending, you know, 125 00:07:45,460 --> 00:07:47,900 way more money than we ever have, 126 00:07:48,660 --> 00:07:50,600 with the least amount of income. 127 00:07:52,660 --> 00:07:54,836 Eight weeks into the season, 128 00:07:54,860 --> 00:07:58,536 Parker schnabel is hemorrhaging millions of dollars 129 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:01,976 on two huge cuts at dominion creek, 130 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:05,030 but so far, with little reward, 131 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:11,130 just 576 ounces... Of his 10,000-ounce goal. 132 00:08:15,500 --> 00:08:17,236 But right now, the sleuthing we're doing 133 00:08:17,260 --> 00:08:18,636 is not even covering our costs. 134 00:08:18,660 --> 00:08:22,700 So... the sinkhole continues to grow. 135 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:25,736 Parker is now at the point 136 00:08:25,760 --> 00:08:28,636 where he needs at least 100 ounces a week 137 00:08:28,660 --> 00:08:30,330 just to keep going. 138 00:08:33,100 --> 00:08:35,536 I mean, as grim as things are right now, 139 00:08:35,560 --> 00:08:38,576 I don't feel like we've totally lost the season. 140 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:39,736 Not yet. 141 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:42,336 Despite the troubles that we're having, 142 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:43,576 it is exciting. 143 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:47,036 And we'll just take it one day at a time, 144 00:08:47,060 --> 00:08:49,630 and... try to not forget... 145 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:52,976 The big picture. 146 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:56,130 We just got to focus on that right now. One step at a time. 147 00:08:57,300 --> 00:08:59,636 Parker's throwing everything he's got 148 00:08:59,660 --> 00:09:02,076 at mining two enormous cuts 149 00:09:02,100 --> 00:09:05,300 on his 7,500-acre dominion claim. 150 00:09:06,460 --> 00:09:08,336 In the 20-acre long cut, 151 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:10,376 wash plant, Roxanne, is churning 152 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:13,800 through 250 yards of pay an hour. 153 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:20,476 Two miles away, big red is sluicing top gravels 154 00:09:20,500 --> 00:09:23,300 in the 114-acre bridge cut. 155 00:09:25,460 --> 00:09:29,076 Ten miles southwest, at Ken and Stuart's, 156 00:09:29,100 --> 00:09:32,336 Parker's skeleton crew is three quarters of the way through 157 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:34,730 stripping an eight-acre cut. 158 00:09:37,860 --> 00:09:40,136 We have Mitch in the long cut, Tyson and the bridge cut, 159 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:42,036 Damien down at Ken and Stuart's. 160 00:09:42,060 --> 00:09:43,376 It's a really good group. 161 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:47,276 If we just move as much dirt as cheap as possible 162 00:09:47,300 --> 00:09:50,300 as we can every day, then... 163 00:09:50,660 --> 00:09:52,600 Things will be okay 164 00:09:52,860 --> 00:09:53,960 I think. 165 00:09:57,560 --> 00:09:59,876 Parker's saying, "keep sluicing." 166 00:09:59,900 --> 00:10:03,300 And each day that is getting tougher and tougher. 167 00:10:04,300 --> 00:10:06,436 We were really hoping, by this time in the season, 168 00:10:06,460 --> 00:10:08,476 that the long cut would be all thawed out. 169 00:10:08,500 --> 00:10:10,876 We've been fighting it from day one here. 170 00:10:10,900 --> 00:10:12,736 This is the middle of summer, 171 00:10:12,760 --> 00:10:15,000 and we're just still fighting frozen pay dirt. 172 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:19,136 All the permafrost in this cut, 173 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:20,600 there's so much ice in it. 174 00:10:21,100 --> 00:10:22,336 As it's melting, 175 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:24,536 well, obviously, it turns to water, 176 00:10:24,560 --> 00:10:27,230 and then, you know, it just saturates the dirt. 177 00:10:30,460 --> 00:10:32,500 I hate... 178 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:35,136 Cream mushroom soup. 179 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:38,030 But it's the soup we're feeding to the plant right now. 180 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:40,900 Hate it more. 181 00:10:43,100 --> 00:10:44,636 In the long cut, 182 00:10:44,660 --> 00:10:47,636 21-year-old loader operator, Evan Kurtz, 183 00:10:47,660 --> 00:10:50,676 is struggling to feed wash plant, Roxanne, 184 00:10:50,700 --> 00:10:52,830 with wet, sloppy material. 185 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:56,130 We do not like... 186 00:10:56,560 --> 00:10:57,600 This soup. 187 00:10:58,260 --> 00:11:02,236 It just... Stacks on top of the grizzlies, 188 00:11:02,260 --> 00:11:05,136 and makes your life a living hell. 189 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:07,300 It just doesn't want to go through, man. 190 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:18,800 Ha, ha, ha! 191 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:24,776 Hey, Mitch? You got a copy, Mitch? 192 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:26,036 Yeah, go ahead. 193 00:11:26,060 --> 00:11:28,436 We got, up on the belt. 194 00:11:28,460 --> 00:11:30,300 You've got to be kidding me. 195 00:11:31,700 --> 00:11:33,800 Yeah, just shut it down. Shut it down. 196 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:38,236 Evan's got an issue with the plant right now! 197 00:11:38,260 --> 00:11:40,230 So we just wanna get it shut down! 198 00:11:47,500 --> 00:11:48,800 Man! 199 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:52,236 That is not good. 200 00:11:52,260 --> 00:11:55,876 Roxanne's feeder conveyor is jammed. 201 00:11:55,900 --> 00:11:59,130 And Mitch has also found a tear in the belt. 202 00:12:00,060 --> 00:12:01,436 This will act just like a zipper. 203 00:12:01,460 --> 00:12:02,736 If this gets caught on anything, 204 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:04,500 it'll just rip the belt right open. 205 00:12:05,460 --> 00:12:07,136 We're gonna need to get Alec down here, 206 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:08,776 get Liam down here, everybody we can, 207 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:11,536 and get this thing fixed up as fast as possible. 208 00:12:11,560 --> 00:12:13,876 Every hour the plant's not running, 209 00:12:13,900 --> 00:12:17,376 pushes Parker further into the red. 210 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:19,200 We've got to figure out what caused this, 211 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:21,336 so we don't have any more problems. 212 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:23,200 You can see it right here! 213 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:26,436 There's our problem! 214 00:12:26,460 --> 00:12:29,700 There's rocks stuck in the tail pulley here, so it's... 215 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:32,536 Protruding out of the belt. 216 00:12:32,560 --> 00:12:34,530 Yeah, buddy, that'll do it. 217 00:12:35,460 --> 00:12:37,676 We've got a bunch of material built up down here 218 00:12:37,700 --> 00:12:40,736 around our tail wheel, and when that happens, 219 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:43,136 it creates a bunch of resistance against the belt. 220 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:46,176 And also having all that rock and debris down there, 221 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:49,630 certainly is probably what caused our tear in the belt. 222 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:53,536 How bad is it in there? 223 00:12:53,560 --> 00:12:55,500 It's right chock-full... 224 00:12:56,200 --> 00:13:00,976 Of just super-fine sand, which means it was soupy 225 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:03,100 at one point when it went through. 226 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:04,700 How deep is it? 227 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:06,300 It's like... 228 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:09,176 There. It's like 18 inches. 229 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:14,436 That is... It's like just cemented to the belt. 230 00:13:14,460 --> 00:13:17,430 Yeah, even the tail pulley is chock-full. Like. 231 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:19,636 I'm gonna hop in the mini hoe. 232 00:13:19,660 --> 00:13:21,900 - Sounds good. I'll keep shoveling. - Okay. 233 00:13:23,100 --> 00:13:25,036 We need dry dirt going up our belts. 234 00:13:25,060 --> 00:13:27,136 And you can see this material here, 235 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:29,436 a lot of water in it. 236 00:13:29,460 --> 00:13:30,836 This is really soupy stuff. 237 00:13:30,860 --> 00:13:32,536 When you put this on your belts, 238 00:13:32,560 --> 00:13:36,076 it makes a lot of material that sticks to the belt. 239 00:13:36,100 --> 00:13:39,436 You know, there's not a lot we can do other than shut down Roxanne. 240 00:13:39,460 --> 00:13:42,836 And, well, we know Parker isn't down for that. 241 00:13:42,860 --> 00:13:44,376 You know, we can't afford any downtime. 242 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:46,630 And right now, that's, what we've got. 243 00:13:55,560 --> 00:13:57,336 This needs to be shoveled, absolutely, 244 00:13:57,360 --> 00:13:59,536 before we fire it back up. 245 00:13:59,560 --> 00:14:01,600 We'll be shoveling here for a while. 246 00:14:02,560 --> 00:14:04,476 At Parker's long cut, 247 00:14:04,500 --> 00:14:07,436 sloppy pay has set like concrete 248 00:14:07,460 --> 00:14:09,676 and jammed the feeder conveyor, 249 00:14:09,700 --> 00:14:12,800 shutting down the wash plant, Roxanne. 250 00:14:13,460 --> 00:14:16,800 This here, it's costing us downtime. 251 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:19,100 Downtime is a bad time. 252 00:14:32,100 --> 00:14:33,500 Bud, I'm done in here. 253 00:14:34,500 --> 00:14:35,830 It's looking better. 254 00:14:38,860 --> 00:14:42,576 Conveyer drum cleared, Alec and Liam move on 255 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:44,800 to fixing the tear in the belt. 256 00:14:47,260 --> 00:14:50,200 Two or three hours to get this re-seamed and running. 257 00:14:56,660 --> 00:14:57,900 Put that on your wall. 258 00:15:01,060 --> 00:15:02,430 Time to reassemble. 259 00:15:11,700 --> 00:15:13,330 We're off our way now. 260 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:22,976 That was the last one. They all look like 261 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:24,576 they're sitting nice and happy. 262 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:27,576 Nothing but the best for our old wash plant friend. 263 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:28,776 Absolutely. 264 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:30,976 This is the most exciting part. 265 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:32,630 Running the thing? 266 00:15:34,260 --> 00:15:36,236 We've been down for three and a half hours here, 267 00:15:36,260 --> 00:15:39,100 but we're ready to fire it back up and get sluicing. 268 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:44,236 We've got water back at the plant! 269 00:15:44,260 --> 00:15:45,576 Let's get this thing shaking! 270 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:47,576 And to fire up! 271 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:49,836 All right, Evan, we're all ready to go up here, buddy. 272 00:15:49,860 --> 00:15:51,400 Send us some dirt, buddy! 273 00:15:55,460 --> 00:15:57,636 We were down for a few hours, but thankfully, 274 00:15:57,660 --> 00:15:58,836 now we're back running again, 275 00:15:58,860 --> 00:16:00,600 and that's what matters the most. 276 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:22,436 King of the klondike, Tony beets, 277 00:16:22,460 --> 00:16:23,836 is moving mountains 278 00:16:23,860 --> 00:16:27,230 to reach his 5,000-ounce season goal. 279 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:41,736 The beets dynasty, 280 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:46,636 has already banked 1,607 ounces of gold 281 00:16:46,660 --> 00:16:51,130 from the Indian river, worth over $4 million. 282 00:16:59,860 --> 00:17:03,976 Tony's operation is stretched across two claims. 283 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:05,536 On the Indian river, 284 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:08,236 cousin, Mike, is on the up and up... 285 00:17:08,260 --> 00:17:09,976 Sluicing comeback cut pay 286 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:12,576 with wash plants, sluice-a-lot, 287 00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:13,930 and the shaker deck. 288 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:17,500 It's running good, getting some gold. 289 00:17:18,300 --> 00:17:21,076 Forty miles away in paradise hill, 290 00:17:21,100 --> 00:17:23,036 Tony's youngest son, Mike, 291 00:17:23,060 --> 00:17:25,536 has built up a mega pile of pay 292 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:28,676 from the super pit, a gold-rich cut 293 00:17:28,700 --> 00:17:30,600 they opened up last season. 294 00:17:33,300 --> 00:17:35,476 But Tony's biggest moneymaker, 295 00:17:35,500 --> 00:17:38,136 his 35-year-old trommel, 296 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:42,400 still hasn't sluiced a bucket of dirt this season. 297 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:03,836 This is one of the major pieces on the puzzle 298 00:18:03,860 --> 00:18:06,136 of, getting sluicing. 299 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:08,736 After weeks of prepping the trommel, 300 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:10,636 Mike is struggling to fire up 301 00:18:10,660 --> 00:18:12,436 the troublesome old pump 302 00:18:12,460 --> 00:18:15,136 that sends water to the plant. 303 00:18:15,160 --> 00:18:18,776 So Tony sends in beets veteran, len hoekstra, 304 00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:20,436 to get it running. 305 00:18:20,460 --> 00:18:21,500 Fire in the hole! 306 00:18:26,860 --> 00:18:28,336 If we can't get this one running, 307 00:18:28,360 --> 00:18:30,076 we don't have water, so we can't sluice. 308 00:18:30,100 --> 00:18:31,536 So this is a big... 309 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:33,630 A big part of the whole operation. 310 00:18:38,260 --> 00:18:41,530 Argh! I really hope I don't have to bleed this 311 00:18:43,700 --> 00:18:45,776 the frustrating part right now is that 312 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:47,176 I can't fix nothing 'cause I don't know 313 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:48,730 what the hell is all wrong with it. 314 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:52,876 If my brother was here, I could send him and have him do this, 315 00:18:52,900 --> 00:18:54,736 'cause he knows how the pump sets up. 316 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:56,130 He knows the mechanic things. 317 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:57,876 However, he's not here. 318 00:18:57,900 --> 00:18:59,236 Whoop-de-doo. Gotta get over it. 319 00:18:59,260 --> 00:19:00,830 So now I'm gonna learn it. 320 00:19:01,360 --> 00:19:02,700 Fire in the hole! 321 00:19:08,860 --> 00:19:11,200 She's being really stubborn to start. 322 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:16,200 Maybe it doesn't have fuel in all the injectors. 323 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:19,576 One's bleeding out... fuel. 324 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:21,236 Make sure my fuel lines 325 00:19:21,260 --> 00:19:23,830 - are getting fuel to the engine. - Yeah. 326 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:27,136 Ho-ho! 327 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:28,900 I had the preheat on. 328 00:19:29,460 --> 00:19:30,776 When I turn the preheat on, 329 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:33,636 it puts energy towards the glow plugs. 330 00:19:33,660 --> 00:19:35,536 So, what happens when you touch steel 331 00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:37,800 to... Active current lines? 332 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:39,000 Sparks? 333 00:19:39,700 --> 00:19:41,176 I'll do the same on the other side. 334 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:42,700 Okay. 335 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:46,976 I think, Mike, we have to start it while I'm, doing... 336 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:49,076 Climbing it. Yeah, I figured that, too. 337 00:19:49,100 --> 00:19:51,160 - Ready, len? - -Yeah, whenever you're ready. 338 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:56,430 I'm picking up fuel pressure! 339 00:19:57,100 --> 00:19:58,300 I feel it. 340 00:20:00,360 --> 00:20:01,436 Why are you being so stubborn? 341 00:20:01,460 --> 00:20:02,730 You've got fuel now. 342 00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:04,930 I'm just gonna... 343 00:20:06,460 --> 00:20:08,136 But something is going on. 344 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:10,836 We've got, fuel on the cylinders? 345 00:20:10,860 --> 00:20:14,176 And look at this, Mike.! You're right. 346 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:15,436 Excuse me. 347 00:20:15,460 --> 00:20:16,976 You're right. I completely forgot about that 348 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:18,276 like a idiot. 349 00:20:18,300 --> 00:20:20,336 Mike's forgotten to disengage 350 00:20:20,360 --> 00:20:22,876 the pump's Murphy safety switch 351 00:20:22,900 --> 00:20:24,736 that cuts off fuel to the engine, 352 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:27,000 protecting it from overheating. 353 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:31,336 Look at it! 354 00:20:31,360 --> 00:20:32,830 We're getting somewhere. 355 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:48,800 Monica, do you copy? Monica? 356 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:50,630 I copy. 357 00:20:51,700 --> 00:20:53,836 Are you ready by the water? 358 00:20:53,860 --> 00:20:55,800 I'll be there in two minutes. 359 00:21:00,860 --> 00:21:02,800 Yeah, Mike, there's water. 360 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:05,036 That's the pump going. 361 00:21:05,060 --> 00:21:05,937 Now I just gotta go up 362 00:21:05,961 --> 00:21:08,230 and start the plan and we'll be sluicing. 363 00:21:14,700 --> 00:21:16,160 Starting off the plant. 364 00:21:20,460 --> 00:21:22,400 Time to make some money! 365 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:29,136 The sluice box is shaking. 366 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:30,536 It's nice to see! 367 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:33,030 Yeah! It's about time! 368 00:21:43,900 --> 00:21:44,900 Hey, dad. 369 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:46,760 Good. 370 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:56,376 What you're saying is we don't have to deal with you 371 00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:57,900 if we do our own good job? 372 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:03,060 Yeah! 373 00:22:17,860 --> 00:22:19,836 I like having responsibility, 374 00:22:19,860 --> 00:22:21,636 and make my dad's life a little bit easier 375 00:22:21,660 --> 00:22:24,600 'cause now he doesn't feel like he has to micromanage everything. 376 00:22:25,360 --> 00:22:27,136 I wanna get sluicing, I wanna do clean up. 377 00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:29,336 I wanna get some gold in the box. 378 00:22:29,360 --> 00:22:31,330 I wanna get some gold on the table. 379 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:40,576 Hopefully, if we do really well, you know, 380 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:42,336 Rick did say he'd probably give us all 381 00:22:42,360 --> 00:22:44,136 a good gold bonus this year. 382 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:47,976 At Duncan creek, Rick's crew are nearing the end 383 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,030 of the rally valley pay pile. 384 00:22:51,460 --> 00:22:53,536 Pay, right now, is looking pretty slim. 385 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:55,800 And just a handful of buckets left. 386 00:22:56,860 --> 00:22:59,076 And the pressure is on Rick 387 00:22:59,100 --> 00:23:01,930 to find a new hotspot to mine. 388 00:23:03,100 --> 00:23:03,977 You know, the season's got to go on. 389 00:23:04,001 --> 00:23:06,336 We do have to hit our season goal, so... 390 00:23:06,360 --> 00:23:08,500 We need ground and we need it fast. 391 00:23:14,260 --> 00:23:15,336 Hey, man. 392 00:23:15,360 --> 00:23:16,736 So, I've been doing some thinking, 393 00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:18,236 and I've been doing some looking. 394 00:23:18,260 --> 00:23:21,836 With no guarantee of a water license next year, 395 00:23:21,860 --> 00:23:23,976 Rick is now focused on bringing in 396 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:26,830 as much gold as possible this season. 397 00:23:28,260 --> 00:23:30,236 There's just a lot of things in the air right now, 398 00:23:30,260 --> 00:23:32,220 especially with this water license the way it is. 399 00:23:32,860 --> 00:23:38,636 So... This is all frozen here on the bench. 400 00:23:38,660 --> 00:23:41,076 Right through the middle here, 401 00:23:41,100 --> 00:23:44,276 there's a spot where we strip the top off of it 402 00:23:44,300 --> 00:23:45,876 and then we mined up to it. 403 00:23:45,900 --> 00:23:49,736 And it wasn't that great... 404 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:52,636 But we're pretty desperate for ground right now, 405 00:23:52,660 --> 00:23:54,776 so, I think that 406 00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:56,430 maybe we go over there and look at that. 407 00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:01,330 Yeah. 408 00:24:12,260 --> 00:24:17,036 From the bench cut, buzz travels 500 yards north 409 00:24:17,060 --> 00:24:20,236 to a five-and-a-half acre stretch of open ground 410 00:24:20,260 --> 00:24:22,376 next to the old creek cut, 411 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:26,800 which Rick thinks should have an easy to access pay layer. 412 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:42,276 This looks like a good spot to pull a sample from. 413 00:25:42,300 --> 00:25:45,276 After buzz opens a section of the pay layer, 414 00:25:45,300 --> 00:25:47,400 Rick comes out to test it. 415 00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:52,760 You want to, just give me one bucket out here? 416 00:25:57,060 --> 00:25:58,736 If we can pull some gold out of this 417 00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:00,836 and run it to the plant that means we can keep going right now. 418 00:26:00,860 --> 00:26:02,336 So, that's all that matters. 419 00:26:02,360 --> 00:26:04,130 We just need some dirt with gold in it. 420 00:26:07,660 --> 00:26:09,460 I really hope there's some gold in this dirt. 421 00:26:22,100 --> 00:26:24,336 It's there. You see that? 422 00:26:24,360 --> 00:26:25,976 There's probably, there might be 423 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:27,500 fifteen, 20 colors in there. 424 00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:30,660 Yep, right on there. Right on there. 425 00:26:34,260 --> 00:26:35,736 It's very, very fine. 426 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:37,976 But we can catch that fine gold. 427 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:40,076 It's there, I, it's worth running. 428 00:26:40,100 --> 00:26:41,736 I, I'd say let's, 429 00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:43,276 as soon as you get a little bit more of that stripped off, 430 00:26:43,300 --> 00:26:45,936 we'll get the truck over here and start on this? 431 00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:47,500 Nice job, buzz. 432 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:50,176 A little bit better result than I expected. 433 00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:51,436 I'm not gonna lie. 434 00:26:51,460 --> 00:26:54,576 I think it may just more than pay the bills, you never know. 435 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:55,960 We're still in the game. 436 00:27:02,360 --> 00:27:05,636 Four hours later, back at monster red... 437 00:27:05,660 --> 00:27:07,230 Well, that is good, buddy. 438 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:11,800 Here it is, massive bucket of rally valley. 439 00:27:12,260 --> 00:27:13,730 Drop her in, bud. 440 00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:16,430 It's all downhill from here, boys. 441 00:27:20,500 --> 00:27:23,476 Rick's crew has finally finished running 442 00:27:23,500 --> 00:27:26,900 the last of the rally valley stockpile. 443 00:27:32,900 --> 00:27:34,000 Well, that's that. 444 00:27:34,860 --> 00:27:37,176 As a once famous person said, 445 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:39,130 "that's the way the cookie crumbles." 446 00:27:40,460 --> 00:27:42,036 We've spent three years digging at rally valley. 447 00:27:42,060 --> 00:27:43,336 We finally get to the bottom of it. 448 00:27:43,360 --> 00:27:44,876 I mean, it's been paying off big time. 449 00:27:44,900 --> 00:27:46,736 It's great to get the last gold out of there, 450 00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:49,136 but I don't know, it's kinda bittersweet, I guess. 451 00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:51,176 The amount of gold that we've gotten out of this, 452 00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:53,976 I mean, I can only hope we see something like that again. 453 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:56,436 But, it's done, and we're gonna be moving on. 454 00:27:56,460 --> 00:27:59,500 So, shut her down. 455 00:28:12,460 --> 00:28:13,800 Go ahead. 456 00:28:17,860 --> 00:28:20,476 Tony beets is on a roll. 457 00:28:20,500 --> 00:28:24,236 Both of his wash plants are running at Indian river, 458 00:28:24,260 --> 00:28:26,976 sluice-a-lot and the shaker deck. 459 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:29,376 And son Mike is finally sluicing 460 00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:31,900 with the trommel at paradise hill. 461 00:28:33,900 --> 00:28:36,136 It's nice to be finally be sluicing again. 462 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:38,836 I hope it keeps on until the end of September. 463 00:28:38,860 --> 00:28:40,930 I wanna sluice until most of my cuts are done. 464 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:52,000 Yeah, go ahead. 465 00:28:55,660 --> 00:28:56,900 Me. 466 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:03,500 Go to the water, please. 467 00:29:11,900 --> 00:29:14,000 If you wanna know, get in and get in fast. 468 00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:19,276 Get in or get out. 469 00:29:19,300 --> 00:29:21,000 - But don't, I have to go. - -Okay. 470 00:29:39,860 --> 00:29:42,776 My pump has got a bit of motion in it. 471 00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:44,936 So, it's starting to grind against itself, 472 00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:47,376 so it's starting to shave itself. 473 00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:49,636 Which means if I keep trying to use this one, 474 00:29:49,660 --> 00:29:52,736 eventually if it grinds thin enough, it'll snap, 475 00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:55,030 and it can cause tons of more damage. 476 00:29:55,860 --> 00:29:58,130 So, yet again, I am down from sluicing. 477 00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:09,000 I'm just annoyed. 478 00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:11,576 Because I'm hoping to get this done 479 00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:13,236 so I can actually get sluicing, 480 00:30:13,260 --> 00:30:15,276 but like with everything, 481 00:30:15,300 --> 00:30:17,400 one more problem, one more problem 482 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:19,900 with no easy solutions. 483 00:30:21,500 --> 00:30:23,076 At paradise hill, 484 00:30:23,100 --> 00:30:26,400 Mike is shut down with a broken water pump. 485 00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:30,100 Let's see how it looks. 486 00:30:37,060 --> 00:30:38,600 Just like that. 487 00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:41,300 Three whacks of the mallet. 488 00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:45,536 All right, what do you see, Clint? 489 00:30:45,560 --> 00:30:46,876 Little bit of wear here. 490 00:30:46,900 --> 00:30:51,900 I don't see, like, bad chunks coming off of it. 491 00:30:52,760 --> 00:30:54,076 And now we can see where it is, 492 00:30:54,100 --> 00:30:57,076 we've got shaving over here a little bit. 493 00:30:57,100 --> 00:31:02,536 But probably it's not the, the brass that's cause it. 494 00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:05,030 But it's this bearing over here. 495 00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:06,607 Look at that. 496 00:31:06,631 --> 00:31:10,000 Yeah... this probably thing is. 497 00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:12,576 How's it looking, len? 498 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:13,636 Look at this. 499 00:31:13,660 --> 00:31:15,130 We got a play over here. 500 00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:18,136 And because we got a play over here, 501 00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:20,436 it's ran over there, in my opinion. 502 00:31:20,460 --> 00:31:22,204 So, what you think is we need a new bearing. 503 00:31:22,228 --> 00:31:22,536 Yeah. 504 00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:25,836 If we take this one off, put a new bearing in, 505 00:31:25,860 --> 00:31:28,636 everything runs free and Bob's your uncle. 506 00:31:28,660 --> 00:31:31,076 - Sounds good, if you think you can fix it. - -Yeah. 507 00:31:31,100 --> 00:31:32,436 Check upstairs, go in that container, 508 00:31:32,460 --> 00:31:34,736 then yeah, grab a new one. 509 00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:37,276 It's nice having len around. 510 00:31:37,300 --> 00:31:38,700 He's very smart. 511 00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:40,107 He may not act like it, 512 00:31:40,131 --> 00:31:42,600 but he's actually a very intelligent person. 513 00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:46,300 He tries to fool ya. He's smart like that. 514 00:31:48,100 --> 00:31:49,236 This is a new bearing. 515 00:31:49,260 --> 00:31:51,330 We already put some, grease in it. 516 00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:53,530 It looks pretty good. 517 00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:56,700 Look at that? 518 00:32:00,700 --> 00:32:02,400 So far so good. 519 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:08,400 We're almost there, hopefully. 520 00:32:10,360 --> 00:32:13,316 All right, Mike, I put a new bearing in it. 521 00:32:13,340 --> 00:32:13,936 I see. 522 00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:17,000 Hopefully, it doesn't come apart when you start it up, Mike. 523 00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:23,736 I don't hear a lot of strange noises, 524 00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:26,276 - so it should be good. - Yeah. 525 00:32:26,300 --> 00:32:27,900 Good work, len. 526 00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:30,700 Finally good to be getting going. 527 00:32:40,660 --> 00:32:42,376 And it's good to be back sluicing. 528 00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:45,300 So, overall, it's pretty good. 529 00:32:55,860 --> 00:32:59,436 Roxanne is very good at making dirt disappear. 530 00:32:59,460 --> 00:33:01,736 So, we're definitely got our hands full here, 531 00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:04,776 just trying to keep the plant running. 532 00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:07,600 And right now, I could use about three of me. 533 00:33:10,060 --> 00:33:12,836 In Parker's 20-acre long cut, 534 00:33:12,860 --> 00:33:14,976 foreman Mitch blaschke is battling 535 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:18,600 to keep wash plant Roxanne fed with pay dirt. 536 00:33:19,860 --> 00:33:21,776 We have just a lack of resources, 537 00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:23,476 a lack of resources and machines, 538 00:33:23,500 --> 00:33:25,600 a lack of resources and operators. 539 00:33:26,360 --> 00:33:28,500 Parker's got us all over the place. 540 00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:31,976 We also have acquired a lot of new operators. 541 00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:34,436 You know, when you're out here trying to achieve 542 00:33:34,460 --> 00:33:37,076 the maximum you can each day, 543 00:33:37,100 --> 00:33:38,836 and then you take people that are new to it 544 00:33:38,860 --> 00:33:39,777 and put that in the mix, 545 00:33:39,801 --> 00:33:42,936 it's just another, you know, layer in the, 546 00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:46,200 in the tough factor here of, of getting all this done. 547 00:33:52,100 --> 00:33:54,736 So, this is my first week working for Parker, 548 00:33:54,760 --> 00:33:56,336 and so far it's been really good. 549 00:33:56,360 --> 00:33:59,236 Everybody's super nice and welcoming. 550 00:33:59,260 --> 00:34:02,036 I'm happy that I got this opportunity 551 00:34:02,060 --> 00:34:03,576 to come up to the Yukon 552 00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:06,130 and find out what's gold mining all about. 553 00:34:08,200 --> 00:34:11,836 New hire, 20-year-old tayvin Peterson 554 00:34:11,860 --> 00:34:15,276 is hauling overburden and building a new road 555 00:34:15,300 --> 00:34:18,636 along the east bank of the long cut. 556 00:34:18,660 --> 00:34:21,076 I am from assiniboia, saskatchewan, 557 00:34:21,100 --> 00:34:26,930 and it's always been my dream to get out of assiniboia. 558 00:34:31,160 --> 00:34:32,800 I just like being happy 559 00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:35,136 and having fun. 560 00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:36,976 And right now, I'm happy and having fun. 561 00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:38,000 It's awesome. 562 00:34:57,760 --> 00:34:59,930 We're near off the edge. 563 00:35:06,060 --> 00:35:07,430 Damn near went over the bank. 564 00:35:10,900 --> 00:35:12,700 Mitch, you got a copy? 565 00:35:13,260 --> 00:35:14,876 Yeah, man. What's up? 566 00:35:14,900 --> 00:35:16,576 Yeah, I'm stuck up here. 567 00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:18,436 I'm gonna need a little hand with the dozer. 568 00:35:18,460 --> 00:35:21,076 Maybe pull out the front. 569 00:35:21,100 --> 00:35:23,500 All right. Yeah, I'll head that way. 570 00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:26,976 You know, this isn't great. 571 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:29,676 We're about out of pay here with Roxanne. 572 00:35:29,700 --> 00:35:31,200 So, we gotta make this quick. 573 00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:38,336 I was trying to get into this gap here to fill it 574 00:35:38,360 --> 00:35:39,400 widen up the road, 575 00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:43,676 but we're dealing with some slough material and 576 00:35:43,700 --> 00:35:47,336 I felt the truck cab shift. 577 00:35:47,360 --> 00:35:48,800 Damn near went over the bank. 578 00:35:51,860 --> 00:35:53,600 I am frustrated right now. 579 00:35:54,260 --> 00:35:55,576 You really want to be moving dirt, 580 00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:58,176 not, trying to save rock trucks 581 00:35:58,200 --> 00:35:59,800 from flipping off a ledge here. 582 00:36:06,860 --> 00:36:10,030 Man. Damn. 583 00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:13,536 All right, 584 00:36:13,560 --> 00:36:15,676 I'll come up here and see if we can cut some of this material 585 00:36:15,700 --> 00:36:17,336 - that's behind ya. - Yeah. 586 00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:18,177 And if we can do that, 587 00:36:18,201 --> 00:36:19,636 we might be able to back you up a bit. 588 00:36:19,660 --> 00:36:20,776 But I'm just worried 589 00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:21,973 this thing's gonna wanna try and roll here. 590 00:36:21,997 --> 00:36:22,236 Me too. 591 00:36:22,260 --> 00:36:24,536 - So... - Yeah. 592 00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:26,836 We got the other trucks running, bringing material up. 593 00:36:26,860 --> 00:36:28,076 I'll have 'em dump some right here 594 00:36:28,100 --> 00:36:30,236 and I'll try and push a little off this side 595 00:36:30,260 --> 00:36:31,506 so we got a little bit more here 596 00:36:31,530 --> 00:36:34,300 - to try and help hold the bank up. - Yeah. Sounds good. 597 00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:42,436 He's gonna put some material on this outside edge here, 598 00:36:42,460 --> 00:36:43,277 beside the tires, 599 00:36:43,301 --> 00:36:45,330 so then it's less chance of sloughing. 600 00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:47,936 Yeah, Luke, you're looking good. 601 00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:48,707 Just straight on back there, 602 00:36:48,731 --> 00:36:50,011 right in the center of the road. 603 00:36:54,560 --> 00:36:56,336 You know, these kind of things are gonna happen, 604 00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:58,576 especially when you got new drivers. 605 00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:00,036 You gotta be very careful 606 00:37:00,060 --> 00:37:03,130 when you're up here, you know, on something like this. 607 00:37:06,560 --> 00:37:07,700 No, not you. 608 00:37:10,260 --> 00:37:11,800 Back up, back up. 609 00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:13,900 Come on, baby. 610 00:37:14,660 --> 00:37:16,600 Holy, that was close. 611 00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:18,200 Easy. 612 00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:21,136 As soon as I get over there, 613 00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:25,236 you definitely tell, this dozer wants to do the exact same thing, 614 00:37:25,260 --> 00:37:27,100 going off that edge there. 615 00:37:28,660 --> 00:37:30,530 This is not a good first impression. 616 00:37:31,460 --> 00:37:33,430 Look at the mess I caused. 617 00:37:40,460 --> 00:37:41,730 All righty. 618 00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:48,536 All right, man. Let's give that a try. 619 00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:50,176 Beautiful work. 620 00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:51,476 Sorry that it had to be done. 621 00:37:51,500 --> 00:37:53,030 No worries. 622 00:38:01,500 --> 00:38:03,376 You know, when you're out here doing a job like this, 623 00:38:03,400 --> 00:38:05,076 there's a lot of things where, you know, 624 00:38:05,100 --> 00:38:06,136 stuff could go wrong. 625 00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:08,276 The last thing you wanna see is somebody get hurt. 626 00:38:08,300 --> 00:38:09,436 You did the best thing, 627 00:38:09,460 --> 00:38:11,576 which is stop, ask for some help. 628 00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:12,776 We were able to grab the ten, 629 00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:15,476 we just carried a little bit of material around the truck, 630 00:38:15,500 --> 00:38:18,030 and as you can see, he was able to back right up. 631 00:38:19,700 --> 00:38:21,076 - Thank you so much, Mitch. - Yeah. 632 00:38:21,100 --> 00:38:21,737 Hey, no worries. 633 00:38:21,761 --> 00:38:23,236 - Nice job, man. - Handshake? 634 00:38:23,260 --> 00:38:24,436 Sure, here we go. 635 00:38:24,460 --> 00:38:26,076 - Can I give you a hug too? - Sure. 636 00:38:26,100 --> 00:38:28,476 - I'm not a hugger. No hugging. - No hug? Okay. 637 00:38:28,500 --> 00:38:30,476 - Well, let's get back to moving some dirt. - -Yeah. 638 00:38:30,500 --> 00:38:31,830 - Thank you. - Yeah. 639 00:38:37,960 --> 00:38:41,136 The last cleanup from rally valley was phenomenal. 640 00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:43,600 Like, best I've ever done I think. 641 00:38:44,360 --> 00:38:46,936 At Rick's gold room, 642 00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:49,036 heather folston cleans the gold 643 00:38:49,060 --> 00:38:51,630 from rally valley's final cleanup. 644 00:38:53,160 --> 00:38:57,200 So, so far, yeah, this cleanup is looking still good. 645 00:38:58,960 --> 00:39:01,376 Yeah, I don't wanna make guesses on what this will be yet, 646 00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:04,230 because I don't wanna jinx it in any way. 647 00:39:05,060 --> 00:39:07,076 But if this could be another record setter, 648 00:39:07,100 --> 00:39:10,536 it would they help us a lot with getting to that goal. 649 00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:12,600 I have faith. Let's go, little flakes. 650 00:39:20,060 --> 00:39:21,636 - Hey, guys. - Hola. 651 00:39:21,660 --> 00:39:22,876 How are you guys? 652 00:39:22,900 --> 00:39:24,300 Busy. 653 00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:27,300 Always. 654 00:39:31,300 --> 00:39:34,436 After struggling to fire up the trommel, 655 00:39:34,460 --> 00:39:38,076 the beets' family have three wash plants running 656 00:39:38,100 --> 00:39:40,736 for the first time this season. 657 00:39:40,760 --> 00:39:45,536 Mike's run paradise hills' super pit pay for three days. 658 00:39:45,560 --> 00:39:47,636 It's nice to finally have that trommel working. 659 00:39:47,660 --> 00:39:50,276 So, once I got the pump fixed, it, it was going good. 660 00:39:50,300 --> 00:39:52,436 It's... I, I haven't had any issues since. 661 00:39:52,460 --> 00:39:53,636 I'm sluicing every day. 662 00:39:53,660 --> 00:39:56,636 I'm finally getting through all that pay dirt. 663 00:39:56,660 --> 00:39:57,976 I guess, it's been a fight to get her going, 664 00:39:58,000 --> 00:39:59,336 but she's going. 665 00:39:59,360 --> 00:40:00,560 We should do the hill first? 666 00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:07,036 To hit Tony's 5000-ounce goal, 667 00:40:07,060 --> 00:40:10,736 they need to mine 230 ounces a week. 668 00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:13,000 Seventy, 75, 80. 669 00:40:15,660 --> 00:40:17,276 85.7. 670 00:40:17,300 --> 00:40:19,136 Not too bad, Michael. 671 00:40:19,160 --> 00:40:22,730 Three ounces an hour give or take? 672 00:40:25,560 --> 00:40:28,736 - Yeah. - So, sir, ma'am. 673 00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:30,200 - Sluice-a-lot. - Sluice-a-lot. 674 00:40:36,160 --> 00:40:43,276 One, two, five, six, 10, 15, 20, 30. 675 00:40:43,300 --> 00:40:45,500 That it? 676 00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:52,400 Fifty, 60, 80, 90, 100, 677 00:40:53,460 --> 00:40:56,000 fifteen hundred, 1600, 1700, 1800, 2000. 678 00:40:57,500 --> 00:40:58,800 Two hundred thirty. 679 00:40:59,460 --> 00:41:02,300 236.05. 680 00:41:05,100 --> 00:41:07,000 - Yeah. - So, we'll do screen deck. 681 00:41:09,460 --> 00:41:11,136 All right. 682 00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:13,476 There, you got 10, you got 30, 50, 683 00:41:13,500 --> 00:41:16,136 eighty, 90, 100, 684 00:41:16,160 --> 00:41:21,476 hundred and twenty, 140, 150, 180. 685 00:41:21,500 --> 00:41:24,000 Are you gonna make the two, 200? 686 00:41:25,660 --> 00:41:27,600 202.1. 687 00:41:28,360 --> 00:41:30,776 Tony's three wash plant blitz 688 00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:38,800 has brought in 523.85 ounces worth $1.3 million, 689 00:41:38,900 --> 00:41:40,800 a record this season. 690 00:41:43,560 --> 00:41:45,660 He says he's gonna take it, but he's not getting it. 691 00:41:56,700 --> 00:41:58,376 - What's happening? - Hey, hey. 692 00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:03,336 Parker is chasing a record breaking 10,000 ounce season, 693 00:42:03,360 --> 00:42:08,936 but so far, only has 576 ounces. 694 00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:10,936 I hear you had an exciting week. 695 00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:12,006 It's always exciting. 696 00:42:12,030 --> 00:42:14,436 But yeah, this time a little bit more than normal. 697 00:42:14,460 --> 00:42:15,407 Yeah. 698 00:42:15,431 --> 00:42:17,376 It's just one thing after the next. 699 00:42:17,400 --> 00:42:20,076 The long cut is not giving up the gold very easily. 700 00:42:20,100 --> 00:42:22,336 Well, at least big red did some sluicing this week. 701 00:42:22,360 --> 00:42:24,736 Yeah, man, yeah, it seems to be chugging along good. 702 00:42:24,760 --> 00:42:26,136 It's a nice setup up there. 703 00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:27,206 Big red 704 00:42:27,230 --> 00:42:30,676 has been sluicing top gravels in the bridge cut. 705 00:42:30,700 --> 00:42:34,200 Last week, it produced just 30 ounces. 706 00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:35,400 Let's see it. 707 00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:38,800 - You ready? - Here we go. 708 00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:40,100 Big red. 709 00:42:41,000 --> 00:42:46,800 Two, 30, 40. 710 00:42:47,300 --> 00:42:52,676 Forty five, 50, 55.8 711 00:42:52,700 --> 00:42:54,930 , that's way better than I thought it would be. 712 00:42:55,760 --> 00:42:58,430 Almost $140,000. 713 00:43:00,100 --> 00:43:02,076 This season, big red is, like, 714 00:43:02,100 --> 00:43:05,636 on some sort of weird exercise program 715 00:43:05,660 --> 00:43:10,036 of just not finding any gold, just working out a lot. 716 00:43:10,060 --> 00:43:12,236 Yeah. Yeah. 717 00:43:12,260 --> 00:43:14,076 Let's see if this would work on 30-ounce scale. 718 00:43:14,100 --> 00:43:15,436 - Are you ready, Mitch? - Let's do it. 719 00:43:15,460 --> 00:43:16,676 Roxanne. 720 00:43:16,700 --> 00:43:18,076 - You ready? - Yeah, it was a tough week, 721 00:43:18,100 --> 00:43:19,600 but she made some gold looks like. 722 00:43:20,700 --> 00:43:25,876 All right, 20, 40, 50, 80, 90. 723 00:43:25,900 --> 00:43:32,400 Gonna break 100, 130, 145, 150, 170. 724 00:43:33,860 --> 00:43:36,436 171.95. 725 00:43:36,460 --> 00:43:41,436 Worth just under $430,000. 726 00:43:41,460 --> 00:43:46,076 For the week, you guys, we wound up with 227 and three-quarter ounces. 727 00:43:46,100 --> 00:43:50,776 And it brings a season total of, 804.25. 728 00:43:50,800 --> 00:43:53,136 Only $9200, that's a short. 729 00:43:53,160 --> 00:43:54,107 All right. 730 00:43:54,131 --> 00:43:56,336 The way the numbers have been going, 731 00:43:56,360 --> 00:43:58,676 fire up three plants, four plants, I don't care. 732 00:43:58,700 --> 00:44:01,484 We need to get some gold rolling through here. 733 00:44:01,508 --> 00:44:01,976 Yeah. 734 00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:04,636 Eventually, big red will get down there to some good dirt 735 00:44:04,660 --> 00:44:08,636 and Roxanne's gonna keep chowing through the material at the long cut 736 00:44:08,660 --> 00:44:10,076 as long as it thaws out. 737 00:44:10,100 --> 00:44:12,736 Just keep washing dirt and rock. We'll, we'll get it. 738 00:44:12,760 --> 00:44:14,700 - All right. Thanks, Chris. - All righty. 739 00:44:15,160 --> 00:44:16,336 - See you, doumitt. - Yep. 740 00:44:16,360 --> 00:44:18,130 - You all good? - All good. 741 00:44:19,900 --> 00:44:21,530 We've gotta get these numbers up. 742 00:44:21,760 --> 00:44:23,436 They just... 743 00:44:23,460 --> 00:44:26,130 Every week, we're falling further and further behind 744 00:44:27,060 --> 00:44:29,500 and something's gotta give. 745 00:44:32,660 --> 00:44:37,200 We just got on this ground last year. 746 00:44:37,460 --> 00:44:39,976 And that scares me. 747 00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:42,636 It's like, you know, we don't know it at all, 748 00:44:42,660 --> 00:44:46,076 and it's very tough to make good decisions. 749 00:44:46,100 --> 00:44:51,176 Any company that makes a big pivot or change, 750 00:44:51,200 --> 00:44:53,330 you know, a lot of them don't survive that. 751 00:45:04,000 --> 00:45:04,977 Danny! 752 00:45:05,001 --> 00:45:06,400 - Danny. - What's up, guys? 753 00:45:07,160 --> 00:45:08,436 - Hey, we got beer for me? - Yeah. 754 00:45:08,460 --> 00:45:12,536 Rick's crew gathered to weigh the last ever gold 755 00:45:12,560 --> 00:45:13,936 from rally valley. 756 00:45:13,960 --> 00:45:15,530 It's been three years in the making, 757 00:45:16,560 --> 00:45:20,336 and we've had two amazing clean ups out of it this year. 758 00:45:20,360 --> 00:45:22,436 Over three seasons mining, 759 00:45:22,460 --> 00:45:23,936 rally valley has delivered 760 00:45:23,960 --> 00:45:27,700 more than $4.5 million worth of gold. 761 00:45:28,300 --> 00:45:29,436 Ryan, you gonna help me count? 762 00:45:29,460 --> 00:45:30,560 Yeah. 763 00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:33,076 We'll start with what we know. 764 00:45:33,100 --> 00:45:34,930 - Okay? - We got 100 ounces right here. 765 00:45:36,760 --> 00:45:39,560 We got another 200 ounces right here. 766 00:45:41,200 --> 00:45:43,136 So, that's 300 to start with. 767 00:45:43,160 --> 00:45:44,576 Well, that's, that's a good start. 768 00:45:44,600 --> 00:45:46,036 That's a good start. 769 00:45:46,060 --> 00:45:47,740 And then we've got whatever's in this guy. 770 00:45:49,000 --> 00:45:52,376 A record of all time is 350 ounces. 771 00:45:52,400 --> 00:45:53,736 I hope there's more. You ready? 772 00:45:53,760 --> 00:45:55,430 - Yep. - Let's do this. 773 00:45:59,460 --> 00:46:04,436 Two, four, five, eight, nine, 10, 12, 15, 25, 30, 774 00:46:04,460 --> 00:46:08,400 forty, 50, 60, 70, 775 00:46:08,760 --> 00:46:11,700 eighty, 90. 776 00:46:13,660 --> 00:46:16,600 92.13. 777 00:46:16,860 --> 00:46:18,976 392.13. 778 00:46:19,000 --> 00:46:20,660 - Whoo! Nice. - Yeah. 779 00:46:23,300 --> 00:46:26,136 You know what's funny though, is that, that's not even it. 780 00:46:26,160 --> 00:46:27,936 - What do you mean? - But wait, there's more... 781 00:46:27,960 --> 00:46:30,400 You guys could all just come up here and take a look at this. 782 00:46:33,860 --> 00:46:36,960 You ready for this? Check this out. 783 00:46:39,600 --> 00:46:42,836 , that's another 40.04. 784 00:46:42,860 --> 00:46:45,000 432.17 ounces. 785 00:46:45,760 --> 00:46:47,036 Geez Louise, man. 786 00:46:47,060 --> 00:46:50,176 Worth just over $1 million, 787 00:46:50,200 --> 00:46:52,976 Rick's biggest ever gold weigh, 788 00:46:53,000 --> 00:46:56,976 making his grand total out of rally valley this season 789 00:46:57,000 --> 00:47:04,736 929.75 ounces, over $2.3 million. 790 00:47:04,760 --> 00:47:07,036 That, that's the highlight for me of 13 years of mining. 791 00:47:07,060 --> 00:47:10,676 And the fact that we did it with just seven of us, 792 00:47:10,700 --> 00:47:13,076 like, it's, that's honest to god, like, 793 00:47:13,100 --> 00:47:14,106 I can't thank you guys enough. 794 00:47:14,130 --> 00:47:16,236 Like, this, this is the reason we come up here. 795 00:47:16,260 --> 00:47:17,536 And when we put up numbers like this, 796 00:47:17,560 --> 00:47:20,136 - we all go home real happy. - -Yeah. 797 00:47:20,160 --> 00:47:21,736 I feel very thankful for you guys. 798 00:47:21,760 --> 00:47:24,336 The last two years have really been a game changer for me. 799 00:47:24,360 --> 00:47:25,776 You know, 800 00:47:25,800 --> 00:47:28,036 three years ago, I might as well have been out of this business. 801 00:47:28,060 --> 00:47:29,200 I really was. 802 00:47:29,760 --> 00:47:30,976 And, to come back 803 00:47:31,000 --> 00:47:34,236 and to come back with the right people has been important. 804 00:47:34,260 --> 00:47:36,676 - We love you too. - Thanks, man, we love you too. 805 00:47:36,700 --> 00:47:38,736 After seeing what rally valley had to offer, 806 00:47:38,760 --> 00:47:40,276 I mean, you can see it, it's right there in the pan. 807 00:47:40,300 --> 00:47:41,876 There ain't no lying about that. 808 00:47:41,900 --> 00:47:45,436 And knowing that that channel goes on for, you know, 809 00:47:45,460 --> 00:47:47,900 miles on this ground, I think that's our future. 810 00:47:49,060 --> 00:47:51,736 If we have a future here water license wise, 811 00:47:51,760 --> 00:47:53,336 and we're gonna face some perils. 812 00:47:53,360 --> 00:47:54,576 I mean, I'm telling you right now. 813 00:47:54,600 --> 00:47:56,376 But as long as we're willing to go after it 814 00:47:56,400 --> 00:47:58,100 and you got it, it's there. 60700

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