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Right now, I'm just coming
to see a friend of mine,
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just talk to him about
my water license issues,
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and see if he's got any advice.
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Rick ness is facing an uncertain future.
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He's on the brink of buying out
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his claim at dominion creek.
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But with his water license
expiring at the end of this season,
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he may not be able to mine it next year.
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What's up, Rick?
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- Good to see you. Nice spot.
- Good to see you, too.
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How are things in keno?
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Yeah, I've got a good crew.
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I've got good equipment.
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But my water license is up after this year,
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and they're saying that it won't be ready
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by April of next year.
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It's not unique to you.
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A lot of people are
having these problems.
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I will fully admit, I am not super
knowledgeable about it, you know?
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I mean, like, I'm still learning
that side of things, and...
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But, like...
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- The whole business depends on it, right?
- Yeah, I know.
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You just have to decide what you can do,
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- and what you want to do...
- Yeah.
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And how to start to lean
into your shortcomings,
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- instead of... hide away from them, right?
- Yeah.
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I'm a grown man. I've
made a lot of bad decisions,
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a lot of great, good decisions.
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I've made a lot of
decisions I'm not proud of,
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but I made them.
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- I'm cannot run from them.
- Yeah.
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Last year. I spent all
year just being grateful
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that I had another chance.
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You know, ironically, my
last payment is this year, right?
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I'm sure not ready to...
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And pack it in...
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Right after I make the
final payment on the place...
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- Right.
- Just 'cause there's no water license.
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If it happened to me,
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I would be doing everything I could
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to have a huge season this year.
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So that definitely puts a lot of pressure
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- on this season, right?
- Yep.
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Nobody is as invested in it as you,
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and that's the sad truth.
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But at the end of the day...
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- That's the way it is.
- You're right. Yep.
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I know that it feels like a
massive mountain to hurdle,
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but you're a survivor, Rick.
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- I told you that, like, five years ago.
- -I know.
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I know.
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All right. I have to go to this meeting.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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- It's really good to see you.
- You, too.
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I just had a chat with Parker
about the water license.
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Yeah, he is right. It is
my livelihood on the line,
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and, no one's gonna
fight harder for it than me.
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You know, I've got a lot of gold to get.
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Right now, my future is not guaranteed.
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And if this year turns
out to be our last chance
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to get as much gold as
we can out of Duncan creek,
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then that's what we're
gonna have to do, you know,
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we need to get at least 1,500 ounces,
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hopefully a hell of a lot more.
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No matter what, at the
end of the day, though,
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for this year, I'm all in.
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Hey, man, we're almost
down with that rally valley dirt.
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So you know how good it's been.
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Make sure you get every last bit.
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Out.
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Back at Duncan creek,
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Rick is on the brink of a massive payday,
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sluicing the last piles of pay dirt
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to come out of the
richest pit he's ever mined,
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rally valley.
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In just two weeks,
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it's already delivered
nearly 500 ounces of gold,
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worth $1.25 million.
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In northern rally valley, you know,
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I mean, that's been the
stuff I've been looking for
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since I came to this ground.
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That was jackpot.
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Unfortunately, it's coming to an end.
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Yeah, we've got, you know,
about a week's worth of pay left.
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Now is time to do something else
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that, Rick's got in mind,
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as long as we can do it quick,
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because monster red chews
through dirt pretty quick.
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So, this pile will be
gone before you know it.
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After Rick taps out rally valley,
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he needs a new spot to
keep the gold coming in.
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And the plan is to move
over, back over to the bench,
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which we started last year.
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Buzz is heading up there right now.
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Rick's master plan
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to smash through his season goal,
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head half a mile north of rally valley,
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across the creek,
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to the bench cut with
it's easy-to-access gold.
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Last season, in just five weeks,
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he hauled 450 ounces of gold
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out of the seven-acre cut.
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Now, he wants to start digging the pay
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out of a five-acre extension
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they stripped last year.
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Foreman buzz legault
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needs to stockpile bench cut pay
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next to Rick's second wash plant, rocky,
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ready to run
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as soon as rally valley's pay pile ends.
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Me.
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We stripped this last year.
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How is this still frozen?
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Over winter, the bench cut was exposed
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to sub-zero temperatures.
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The ground is frozen solid.
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Rick has massively miscalculated
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how long it would take to thaw.
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This is a disaster. I mean, I
don't have a second option.
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I have to come up with something.
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And, right now, I have no clue what it is.
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We've dived into this property...
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Just headfirst, and in a massive way
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and are spending, you know,
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way more money than we ever have,
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with the least amount of income.
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Eight weeks into the season,
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Parker schnabel is
hemorrhaging millions of dollars
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on two huge cuts at dominion creek,
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but so far, with little reward,
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just 576 ounces... Of
his 10,000-ounce goal.
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But right now, the sleuthing we're doing
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is not even covering our costs.
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So... the sinkhole continues to grow.
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Parker is now at the point
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where he needs at
least 100 ounces a week
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just to keep going.
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I mean, as grim as things are right now,
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I don't feel like we've
totally lost the season.
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Not yet.
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Despite the troubles that we're having,
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it is exciting.
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And we'll just take it one day at a time,
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and... try to not forget...
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The big picture.
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We just got to focus on that
right now. One step at a time.
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Parker's throwing everything he's got
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at mining two enormous cuts
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on his 7,500-acre dominion claim.
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In the 20-acre long cut,
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wash plant, Roxanne, is churning
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through 250 yards of pay an hour.
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Two miles away, big
red is sluicing top gravels
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in the 114-acre bridge cut.
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Ten miles southwest,
at Ken and Stuart's,
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Parker's skeleton crew is
three quarters of the way through
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stripping an eight-acre cut.
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We have Mitch in the long
cut, Tyson and the bridge cut,
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Damien down at Ken and Stuart's.
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It's a really good group.
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If we just move as much
dirt as cheap as possible
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as we can every day, then...
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Things will be okay
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I think.
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Parker's saying, "keep sluicing."
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And each day that is
getting tougher and tougher.
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We were really hoping,
by this time in the season,
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that the long cut would be all thawed out.
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We've been fighting it from day one here.
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This is the middle of summer,
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and we're just still
fighting frozen pay dirt.
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All the permafrost in this cut,
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there's so much ice in it.
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As it's melting,
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well, obviously, it turns to water,
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and then, you know, it
just saturates the dirt.
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I hate...
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Cream mushroom soup.
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But it's the soup we're
feeding to the plant right now.
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Hate it more.
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In the long cut,
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21-year-old loader operator, Evan Kurtz,
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is struggling to feed
wash plant, Roxanne,
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with wet, sloppy material.
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We do not like...
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This soup.
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It just... Stacks on top of the grizzlies,
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and makes your life a living hell.
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It just doesn't want to go through, man.
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Ha, ha, ha!
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Hey, Mitch? You got a copy, Mitch?
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Yeah, go ahead.
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We got, up on the belt.
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You've got to be kidding me.
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Yeah, just shut it down. Shut it down.
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Evan's got an issue
with the plant right now!
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So we just wanna get it shut down!
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Man!
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That is not good.
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Roxanne's feeder conveyor is jammed.
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And Mitch has also
found a tear in the belt.
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This will act just like a zipper.
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If this gets caught on anything,
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it'll just rip the belt right open.
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We're gonna need to get Alec down here,
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get Liam down here, everybody we can,
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and get this thing fixed
up as fast as possible.
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Every hour the plant's not running,
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pushes Parker further into the red.
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We've got to figure out what caused this,
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so we don't have any more problems.
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You can see it right here!
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There's our problem!
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There's rocks stuck in
the tail pulley here, so it's...
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Protruding out of the belt.
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Yeah, buddy, that'll do it.
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We've got a bunch of
material built up down here
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around our tail wheel,
and when that happens,
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it creates a bunch of
resistance against the belt.
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And also having all that
rock and debris down there,
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certainly is probably what
caused our tear in the belt.
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How bad is it in there?
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It's right chock-full...
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Of just super-fine sand,
which means it was soupy
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at one point when it went through.
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How deep is it?
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It's like...
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There. It's like 18 inches.
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That is... It's like just
cemented to the belt.
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Yeah, even the tail
pulley is chock-full. Like.
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I'm gonna hop in the mini hoe.
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- Sounds good. I'll keep shoveling.
- Okay.
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We need dry dirt going up our belts.
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And you can see this material here,
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a lot of water in it.
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This is really soupy stuff.
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When you put this on your belts,
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it makes a lot of material
that sticks to the belt.
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You know, there's not a lot we can
do other than shut down Roxanne.
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And, well, we know
Parker isn't down for that.
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You know, we can't afford any downtime.
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And right now, that's, what we've got.
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This needs to be shoveled, absolutely,
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before we fire it back up.
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We'll be shoveling here for a while.
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At Parker's long cut,
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sloppy pay has set like concrete
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and jammed the feeder conveyor,
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shutting down the wash plant, Roxanne.
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This here, it's costing us downtime.
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Downtime is a bad time.
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Bud, I'm done in here.
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It's looking better.
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Conveyer drum cleared,
Alec and Liam move on
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to fixing the tear in the belt.
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Two or three hours to get
this re-seamed and running.
257
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Put that on your wall.
258
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Time to reassemble.
259
00:15:11,700 --> 00:15:13,330
We're off our way now.
260
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That was the last one. They all look like
261
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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