All language subtitles for Gold Rush - S15E08 - Flood of Emotions WEBDL-1080p.mkv

Well,
I really thought that
we'd have a thousand ounces

at this point in the season
and we're, like,

I think a fifth of that
or something.

Gold production
has just been basically zero.

10,000 ounces is not looking
very good right now,

not gonna lie.

Parker Schnabel
is in uncharted territory.

He's off to his worst start
to a season in 10 years.

Seven weeks in,

he has just 364 ounces

of his 10,000 ounce gold.

There's just
a mountain of problems

and zero revenue

and money going out
the door like crazy.

I really don't know
how to un [bleep] this.

Parker is chasing a potential

$200 million in gold
at Dominion.

But decoding
the 7,500-acre claim

is proving tougher
than expected.

Right now,
we're dealing

with a whole bunch
of teething issues.

And basically,

Dominion has been
sort of kicking our ass.

We need to figure out
the ground.

Parker is throwing

a quarter
of a million dollars a week

into finding
Dominion's best gold

and needs to bring in
100 ounces a week

just to keep the lights on.

The one cut he's sluicing,
the long cut,

is paying out poorly,

so he's feverishly
stripping two more cuts.

The bridge pit
is nearly ready.

And Ken and Stuart's
is nowhere near ready.

Two to three weeks
most likely.

With only
one option available,

Parker plans to sluice
the Bridge Cut next,

which he's praying
will deliver better gold.

I am gonna go
straight to Tyson and Mitch.

They're the ones that are
the best at getting plants

up and rolling and, you know,
get them fired up

and keep them fired up

and
get some gold coming in.

Parker's want to hit
that 10,000 ounces.

A lot's gotta happen here

in a very short
period of time.

Foreman Mitch Blaschke

is running pay
from the long cut

through wash plant Roxanne.

The long cut
has been very difficult

when you look
at the sluicing sampling of it

because it's so narrow
and so long.

It's definitely not the way
we like to do cuts.

You know, it was great when
we were stripping the ground

but, you know, not so much now
that we've gotta sluice it.

We have
a mountain of work to do.

- Time to make some money.
- Yeah.

- You're telling me.
- Yeah.

That's part of the reason

why I wanna come talk to you.

So Big Red needs to fire up.

But, like,
there's good material

coming out of the ditches
and the Bridge Cut,

and that all needs
to go to Big Red.

The Bridge Cut now needs

a spot for a plant pad
figured out.

And I really think
the best thing is

for one of you two

- to spin out of here...
- Yeah.

and build the plant pad
and the Bridge Cut.

- Do you have a preference?
- I don't care what I do.

I mean, Tyson really likes
setting up the plant, so.

It should be Tyson then, right?

Yeah.

4,000 feet away
from the 20-acre long cut

sits Parker's
114-acre Bridge Cut.

Parker wants to truck
ditch dirt

from the Bridge Cut
to Big Red's current location

one mile away
and sluice immediately.

At the same time,

Tyson will build
a new 60-foot high pad

for Big Red
nearer to the Bridge Cut pay.

Once the pad's completed,
Tyson must drag Big Red

from its old pad
to its new location

and be sluicing
by the end of the week.

I mean,
it's crunch time right now.

Parker wants to get sluicing
and have some money coming in

that's not just
from the long cut.

So we're out here truckin'

ditch material
all the way to Big Red.

Earlier in the season,

Parker ran long cut
ditch dirt for a week.

They delivered
a pathetic 30 ounces.

Now, he's praying
for a better result

from the Bridge Cut.

In previous years,

we have sent a lot more
ditch material out of the cut

just because it didn't have
enough gold in it

to make it worth runnin'.

But since the high gold
prices this year,

might as well take a chance
at some ditch material

that we don't know
what's in it

and hope for the best.

Do I remember
how to start this?

Yes, that's on.

In charge of firing up

and feeding Big Red,
the ditch pay, Tatiana Costa.

Ready to fire up?

Let's do it. Okay.

So let's fire it up.

So here we are at Bridge Cut.

I'm just about to throw
the first bucket of Big Red.

We are now sluicing
two plants.

Big Red has to be moved
to the Bridge Cut.

If we don't finish
this pay pile

before Tyson's ready for us,

it's just gonna be left here
and it'll be a waste of pay,

and we can't really
afford that.

there's something really...

Something really wrong
with the plant.

Hey, Alec,
you got a copy, Alec?

The plant's making
a really weird noise.

I need you
to come here right now.

We have no time
to be stopping right now.

Okay.
Let's take a look at this.

What the hell?
The spring broke.

We need to have this deck
shaking evenly

across all four corners.

And if we've got
a dead spring on one side,

we effectively got
a dead corner,

and then one side of the deck
sitting down,

the other deck springs
break in turn

and sort of a chain reaction.

Big Red's shaker
deck sits on eight springs.

One has broken,
triggering an imbalance,

putting Big Red at risk
of shaking itself apart.

We got a new spring here

that I'm just fitting in
to the shaker,

then we'll be back online
once this is installed.

Okay.

Gotten this new spring in.

Get out of here.

Come on.

There we go. Boom.

New springs installed.

Let's take the jack out here.

Like that.

Woo-hoo. And firing back up.

All right, Tatiana.

Everything looks good,
back online.

Awesome, Alec.
Thank you very much.

Get the shaker spinnin'.

We're back on the sluice.

Back on the gold.

After just
two hours of downtime,

Big Red is back,
washing ditch dirt.

We're ready to finish
this pay pile.

While Tyson works
on the Bridge Cut's new pad.

We just gotta get
Big Red moved up here

onto this pad,
get pay stockpiled.

So the fire is officially lit
under my ass right now.

Rally Valley has been
fighting us tooth and nail,

but we finally got dirt
out of it, you know,

Monster Red's up
and [bleep] running.

We just did, you know,
over a 300-ounce cleanup

by the first run
which is amazing.

And, you know, this is what
we've been waiting for.

Just always gotta keep it
running, keep it going,

get [bleep] gold coming in.

Rick Ness is racing
to mine out Rally Valley,

which holds the richest pay
of his career.

Three days of sluicing

has paid out
318 ounces of gold,

a fifth
of his 1,500-ounce target.

I knew the dirt
was good but, you know,

until you see it,
there's always that feeling

of, you know,
"Is it there? Is it not?"

It took us a while to get here

but everybody's
fought hard for it,

everybody's worked hard,

and that's where we're at now.

Now we just start watching
the fruits of our labor

add up in the jar.

But Rick
needs more big paydays

as water license problems

mean it could be
his last season

at Duncan Creek.

To make matters worse,

the clock is ticking

on Rally Valley's gold,

as groundwater gradually
seeps into the cut,

threatening to flood it out.

We've been busy
slamming the dirt

through this plant.

Really nice getting
some gold in the box for Rick.

Everyone's happy.

Rick's got a smile
on his face again,

so we're all glad to see that.

I know our goal
of 1,500 ounces

is definitely achievable
if this ground

is as rich
as Rick thinks it is.

Chasing a big
reward comes with a big risk.

Rick's crew is 160 feet down,

deeper than they've ever
been before.

So, like,
when I'm digging into it,

you know, I'm not gonna dig
the harder material there,

just take away
the fluffier stuff from it.

I don't want to undermine
the bank here

and then have a cave in,
so it's just, you know,

take what's slid in
and that's it.

Now we're holing out
of this corner

where there's been
a lot of slides right now,

so it's important
we get it out

because we need to get
the gold that's underneath it

but it's also one hell
of a sketchy area.

Yeah, go for Rick.

What are you
talking about?

All right.

Stay safe,
get the [bleep] out of there.

I'll be right over.

this is not good.

Holy [bleep] man.
That is a lot of water.

At his Duncan Creek claim,

Rick Ness is battling a flood

in his gold-rich
Rally Valley.

Hey, guys. You got a copy?

Let's shut down
Monster Red right away.

Yup. On it.

Uh, Rick wants
to shut the plant down,

so we better shut down

and figure out
what the problem is.

So yeah,
we got a major problem.

All of our sluice water
is backing up

and seeping right back
into Rally Valley.

Oh.

And it's
flooding fast.

And if it just keeps
filling up like that,

we're gonna lose the rest of
the pay down in Rally Valley.

Yeah.

I've got to get that water
directed to a safe spot.

- Yeah.
- And we've got to get
our pump down there

because it's filling up fast.

And we've got to get
that [bleep] drained out.

- All right. Cool.
- We'll see.

Thanks guys.

Wash plant Monster Red

sits above the east side
of Rally Valley,

300 feet away from the edge
of the pit's wall.

Sluice water from the plant
has traveled down the valley,

seeped into the wall,

collapsing it,
and flooding the cut.

Rick's plan?

Move his only working pump,

currently feeding
sluice water to Monster Red

1,000 feet to Rally Valley.

Drain the cut
of all the water

down to the remaining
10 feet of pay,

then haul out and stockpile
all the remaining pay

down the bedrock

before he's able
to start sluicing again.

Let's go.

Yeah. I mean,
we're trying to cut a step.

We didn't wanna take
the suction line off.

So yeah, there's some weight
and stress on that bar.

Sure it'll be
a little nerve-wracking

on the way down as it is

the only pump
we actually have right now.

Watch your heads.

Look at that.

Pump her up, buddy.

The 8-inch pump

drains 3,000
gallons of water a minute.

Within 24 hours,

Rick should be back
on his best ever goal.

Well, we got the pump
going, which is good.

We got to get the rest of
the pay out of Rally Valley,

but I'm feeling
the stress right now.

I mean, we need that pay.

We got to get it out
before it's unsafe.

And we just got to get
a [bleep] move on.

We got to go.

Our goal
is you get 1,000 ounces.

We are making progress there.

We're just nowhere near
where I would like to be.

We still have
a lot of ground to open up.

We still gotta get
the plant over.

We still have to get
the equipment

so it will run consistently.

Like, there's a lot of

we've got to deal with
right now.

Even after his dad, Tony,

set him up with leased ground
and free equipment,

rookie mine boss,
Kevin Beets,

is still not on the gold

and quickly burning
through his life savings.

It's always stressful
when you're spending money

after, you know,
nothing coming in

and you know there's a lot
of big bills coming up.

But I can't let that
get to me.

Otherwise,
I'll spend more time worrying

than dealing with it.

The goal this week
is we wanna get down to a pay.

That is where we wanna be
end of the week.

Kevin wanted to be
washing pay two weeks ago,

but has been battling delays.

In his Lynx cut,

it has taken six weeks
of ripping and stripping

to remove only 20 feet
of overburden

in just 3 acres of the cut.

Kevin's crew still has 2 feet
to clear before they hit pay,

and he wants it done
by the end of the week

so they can finally
start sluicing.

What's been
keeping me up lately

is the struggle to try
and reach 1,000-ounce goal

on the first season

with a small crew
and old equipment.

And it is gonna be
a feat to get there,

so I had Matt
and Ashley get on.

I worked with them
last year up here.

We were mining
at another mine site.

I've just shown up

and I'm excited to go
move some dirt

and get us closer
to getting some gold.

So it's gonna be a good day.

To get on the gold faster,

Foreman Brennan Ruault

has enlisted
Matt Kiefer's fiancee,

experienced operator,
Ash Phillips.

I can't wait
until we get that first gold

out of the ground.

Like, you've put in
all the hard work

and then you see that gold
for the first time.

It's like,
"Okay. It was worth it."

This is my first year
with Kevin, obviously,

but this is my fifth year
in the Yukon.

Brennan called me.

He needed a set of hands

to help out Kevin and Faith

and I figured
it was a good time

to get on the road

and come see
my fiance, Matthew,

who's been up here
for quite a while.

Fancy seeing you up here.

Do you come up here often?

Like to see you more often.

Gold mining,
I find, isn't for anyone,

but if you take the good
with the bad...

It's one
of the greatest careers

you could ever have.

I'm, like,
trying to get better

at not letting stress
eat me alive

because that's not good
for anybody.

It is pretty intense at times

especially when you got
breakdown after breakdown

and on top of all that
and a small crew.

The sun is thawing stuff out

and making a sloppy mess

that we're having
a hard time getting through.

20-year-old
operator Hunter Canning

has been trucking overburden
out of the Lynx cut

for the last four weeks.

This truck
is really not in good shape.

It's struggling.

Hopefully we just get
dry weather

and it stays like that,
so it's not so brutal.

Matt and I got hired
out to get the dirt moved

and the sooner
we get sluicing,

the happier we'll all be.

I have to watch out
for the other operators.

The main thing here
is not beating the iron up,

so we can keep running it.

of the gears.

We really gotta be
gentle with them.

That really
pissed me off.

What's up?

So do you know
why you're having
such a hard time?

- Where?
- Do you...
Do you know?

I'm asking you.

Oh, it is [bleep] like

they're waiting
for

No, but I asked you

and you didn't know
the answer.

I'm trying to help you here
and you're talking over me.

- as adults...
- Yeah.

I'm gonna get irritated, okay?

Literally disrespectful as hell.

It's not fun to work with
whatsoever.

What the
is going on?

over the radio
and nobody getting along?

Seriously, let me speak.

When is she
gonna get reprimanded

for her bull [bleep]?

You're gonna
get reprimanded
for your [bleep]...

I haven't done anything.

yelling and screaming
to other people.

I was nothing but polite.
Honestly, Brennan,

I was talking to her exactly

like I'm talking to you
right now.

And I was just
like, "Hey sister,

I'm trying to help you."

You don't even understand.

Like honestly,
to paint that out to be like

I was being a
absolutely just untrue.

I'm the one that has to
figure this out,

deal with it because...

I think you have
enough on your plate.

And so, I just really
feel bad for you.

I appreciate that,

but I need to deal with this,
nobody else.

Okay? I've had people
feel unwanted,

then their work quality
turns [bleep].

I've seen it all,
I've been there,

I've done that, and I don't
want to deal with it.

I want this [bleep] squashed
right [bleep] now.

Every season,
I go through
a little phase of panic.

It's always kind of
the same circumstance

where you have
a whole bunch of projects

that are kind of halfway done.

And we're just coming
into panic season for me.

It's a big machine
that needs a lot of fuel.

Fuel being money.

On Dominion,

Parker's battling
to rescue his season.

Roxanne is running pay dirt
from the long cut,

desperate for some income

and with gold prices
at an all-time high,

Parker's sluicing
low-grade ditch pay

from the Bridge Cut
trucked to Big Red.

You know,
we just finished off

your wash plant pad
and so we got to move Big Red.

Tyson can finally move Big Red
to the Bridge Cut.

So right now, we're gonna have
to shut the plant down,

but this is the blast scoop
here at Big Red.

No time like the present, eh?

We need to get
the sluice box cleaned up,

emptied out
so Tyson can move it,

get it down to the new site,

so we can put it
back together again.

So everybody's in a bit
of a hustle right now.

At the Bridge Cut,
Tyson spent two days

building Big Red's
new plant pad.

All right, Tyson.
You're all set, buddy.

- All righty.
- Get her done, young man.

Thanks.

This is gonna be damn near

one of the fastest plant moves
we've ever done.

If we can get it done.

You know, we have a lot to do.
Moving Big Red.

It's not moving
a short distance.

Everything's got to line up
perfectly today

or we're not
gonna be sluicing.

So Tyson called me
and basically said,

"Get up here. We're moving
Big Red and we're in a panic

and we're short guys."

So here I am and him and I
work well together.

So we got today to move it.

To help,
Tyson's called in

his old boss and mentor,
Mike Tupper.

Tyson had a dream
of going gold mining

and here he is
and now, I guess he's the boss

and I'm his little kid.

So just swing
straight this way.

Lift up.

And now, we're just lifting
the sluice runs away
from Big Red.

Once the Kenworth can back
under them, drop them down.

We'll chain it down.

Then Tupper will go,

hook up to the plant.

He'll drag the plant.

Once we get the plant in,

the sluice runs in,

we'll come back
for the feeder.

And then we'll play
reassembly up there.

Big Red needs
to be moved in three pieces,

one mile across
the Bridge Cut

to the top
of its new plant pad.

Then assembled and fired up
by the end of the day.

Don't break it.

All right. Here we go.

To save time,

Tyson sends the sluice runs
on a lowboy to the pad,

while Tupper drags Big Red
in the 750.

Right now
we have Big Red on the move.

Turn to your right now,
Tupper, hard right.

All right.
I'm through the cut

and I'm just coming up
upon the ramp.

This ramp's really narrow.

I got to stay right
in the center.

Oh, [bleep].

Here we go. Here we go.

That was close.

I thought I was going over
for sure.

- See you when.
- Hey.

Tyson's just checking
right now

to see if this plant is level.

Done?
Bingo, first shot, love it.

The wash plant's level,

now we got the sluice
runs in place.

So we're gonna go work
on the feeder.

The last piece
to be hauled in,

the hopper feeder
on a lowboy.

So right now we're
trying to get the hopper out

and it's pretty stuck.

Roll excavators
are way too far away

and we gotta get this
thing moved and running.

The hopper's 80-ton lowboy

is stuck in the soft mud.

To free it and get it moving,

Tyson attaches a chain
to his loader to tow it out.

One, two, three.

piece of junk.

Just broke one chain.

I got a plan here.

Two half-inch chains
both sides.

So right now, I really don't
have time for this [bleep].

We need to be up
at the wash plant,

not trying to get
a [bleep] feeder unstuck.

- Are you ready, Tupp?
- Go for it.

One, two, three.

There we go.

Slow, looking good,
keep going.

Go, go, go.

That's good.
Right there, right there.

Feeder free,

Tupper speeds
to Big Red's new plant pad

in the Bridge Cut.

Start cutting.

Okay. Whoa, whoa, whoa.

That's good.

All right.
Thanks for your help, Tupp.

Couldn't have done it
without you.

All right. Good, man.

Well, you know, we just got

pretty much
everything done here.

Tyson fires up Big Red.

This is nice, eh?

And Parker's crew

are now sluicing pay
from two cuts.

[bleep] yeah.

Yeah, guys,
just do what you got to do

to get out of there
as quick as possible.

Get the rest of that pay,
stay away from that wall,

and just get the hell out
of there as quick as you can.

At Rally Valley,

Rick's crew are in a rush

to dig down to bedrock

and stockpile
all of its gold-rich pay

before the cut floods again.

Finally got
the water down again

starting to hold pay
at the Rally Valley.

We're trying to get
as fast as we can

and get all this pay out.

It's probably
one of the hardest cuts

that I've ever done.

You know, this thing just
keeps throwing curveballs.

It's definitely getting
a little bit unsafe every day

more and more we're down here.

We've got a small crew

but the small crew
that we have,

they bust their ass.

But yeah, today it's
everybody's hands on board.

I manage Rick's mine.

I do everything
from paying the bills,

the payroll, fuel, logistics,

every aspect
of the mining operation

except for digging
the actual pay.

With Rick's best pay at risk

of another landslide
or flood,

he's brought in logistics
manager Jason Folster

to drive one
of his three rock trucks

and get to the pay faster.

The mining lifestyle,

it was just something
that fit.

For me, doing this work

doesn't even feel like a job.

It's just... It's just
a way of life for me.

Oh, [bleep] my gosh.

Oh, [bleep].

[bleep] my gosh.

Damn it.

Ryan, we got a tire
blown here.

I'm gonna need a help.

At Rally Valley,

Rick is down a rock truck

in the race to haul out
gold-rich pay.

Park it right there.

It's a costly loss.

Should've stayed
in the office.

Yeah. So right now, we've got
a flat tire and a rock truck

terrible timing
because we're trying to get

all the pay
out of Rally Valley.

The walls are coming down.

If we don't get it all
out of there

before it comes really unsafe,

then we're not gonna get it
and we can't have that happen.

Let's get it up.

I don't wanna have
to take the wheel off.

- So if we can get it up...
- Yeah, that's what you

Let's just pop
this [bleep] out.

Basically that tire,
it's gonna come off.

Yeah.

Slide the new one on,

lube the [bleep] out of it
with WD-40,

- anything you can get.
- Yeah.

Boss, you wanna bring
the 700 over

so we can yank it off?

The 700 excavator

has a pull force of 350 tons.

Where's that beauty?

I believe we could get this
tire changed in about an hour,

but that's still gonna hurt.

Do we have any of that
tire lube?

No, but I would prefer
dish soap.

That [bleep] slick
as [bleep] with water.

- I'm gonna put some on there.
- Yup.

That ought to be good.

Ryan, Jason, and Kyle

push the half ton
new tire on.

- Keep going. Keep going.
- [indistinct] get it.

She's on.

We're back. All of our rock
trucks running, which is good.

We still got a lot of pay
to get out of Rally Valley,

so we can't relax just yet.

We've had a lot of delays

and, uh,
we really can't afford

too many more at this point.

Eventually that piggybank
does run dry.

I'd like to see gold come in
before that happens.

All these things
are just delays.

We really need
to get sluicing

as soon as [bleep] possible.

Kevin Beets
is fixing up his wash plant

in preparation to run pay,

but his crew
are at each other's throats.

I got ringed out my ass for...

From what I know
nothing I'd done.

She comes to me
to try to somehow help me

when I didn't
really need help.

I'm hoping it gets better

because I'm at the point
right now

where it's a hostile
environment.

I don't know why
I'm being painted out

to be like a
because believe me,

if I didn't have a cool head
that day,

the world would have known
about it.

It's very frustrating
for me to deal with

because I have so many
million things on my mind.

I want everybody
to be professional,

not work against one another,
you know?

That's what kills the morale
in a crew immediately

is when people start working
against each other.

She just stopped and then
on her phone again or what?

You wanna get off that phone

and get that truck and gear,
Hunter?

Kevin has heard enough

and calls in Brennan.

Kevin's operation

has ground to a halt
yet again.

The game will be over
if this keeps happening.

I don't give a [bleep].

I have to send everybody home
or just one person

but I'm not [bleep] putting up

with this stupid
anymore.

So what's the side of
the story that I need to hear

because I've just had it.

I've had it too.
I was not on my phone.

I did this
and I was picking my nails

and he said he's seen me
with a phone.

They're nitpicking
everything I do,

trying to get me in trouble.

We're not in high school.

I want a well-oiled team.

We're gonna solve this.
We're gonna go down

and we're gonna
talk it out right now.

We aren't gonna get to 1,000
without everyone here.

So I've had a chance
to let all you guys vent,

listen to every side
of the story.

So if we can apologize
to each other

and try to say that
we're gonna [bleep] move on.

The other day
when I pulled you over,

like I got to ask you, like,
was I actually a

because I thought
I was very sweet.

- Yeah. You were very rude.
- Well...

it does get
a little frustrating

when you do talk over me

because my intentions
were good

and with all due respect,
Hunter--

Yeah,
'cause everybody's seen that,

you going off on me
right out, right?

I didn't go off.

Please, I asked

to not get fired up, right?

It's out in the air
what's pissed everybody off.

- Am I right?
- Yup.

'Cause I don't want
this [bleep] thing

to continue.

We're gonna start this over

as if it's a [bleep] new day
right now.

Like I wanna
squashed now.

If we need to talk and
there's a problem, come to me.

I will deal with it.

All I'm asking is
if we can become a team again.

Can we just apologize?

My intentions were good

and I apologize
if I came off wrong.

Hunter, I'm sorry.

And I'm never meant
to be a [bleep].

I'm not trying to attack you,

but I'm trying to help you.

And I know it didn't come
across that way.

Well, I'm sorry for saying
stop being a [bleep].

- Yeah.
- You good?

Oh.

I thank you guys
for apologizing to each other.

Okay. Let's go
kick some ass.

Hopefully, we'll get the gold.

yeah.

What's the word?
Get everyone sorted?

Yeah, I let everybody vent.
We come down and said,

"I want everybody
to [bleep] apologize

and become a team again."

I said, "If there's
any problems, you talk to me.

You don't take it
upon yourselves

- to bull this bull [bleep]."
- Perfect. Perfect.

And they said
they all agreed to it.

I feel that
they got the point,

but we'll just have
to wait and see.

I think you handled that
correctly.

That's the whole point
of having you there.

Oh, yeah.
But it's just irritating.

Anyways, I got lots to do.
Have a good day.

- You as well.
- See you.

Thank you, Brennan.

You betcha.

It's a [bleep] thing
that Brennan had to go down

and deal with that.

Yeah, and I didn't wanna
go do it myself,

because, well, I don't wanna
jump on his toes,

so I figured
that's the best way.

But yeah, it's like,
chain of command,

should be Brennan first
before it comes to us.

I know exactly how it is
to be the [bleep] foreman

and then have the boss come in
and [bleep] up for you.

Tony would have
called everyone

a dumb so-and-so, so-and-so

over the [bleep] radio,

and they'll fire somebody
right off the [bleep] bat.

I hope they can all be adults
about it.

I agree.

It's like my office in here.

Obviously, you know, sweep it
out and take my boots off.

You know, you want it
nice and cozy.

I don't like dirty cabs,

so, you know, might as well
keep a new machine

clean and nice.

On the Ness claim,

Bailey Carten
is still smitten

with Rick's latest addition,

the 750 excavator.

Well, Bailey, should
we have Rick order

a second one of those?

I mean, how you feeling
in that thing?

Oh, man. I'm loving
this machine right now.

It looks like a [bleep] beast.

Oh, it's definitely
a lot smoother,

a lot quicker than that 700.

Yeah, I heard if you lick
the joysticks,

then you own the machine.

If I lick the joysticks,

well, I guess
I better do that quick

before Rick
gets back down here.

Oh, [bleep].

But it's looking like we got
some really nice pay gravel.

Coffee there, Kev?

Go for Kevin.
Go for Kevin.

Bring your gold pan
down here, buddy.

I think we're on
the pay streak here.

I'll be right down,

- bring Faith with me.
- Awesome.

After a difficult week

dealing with crew fallouts,

Foreman Brennan
is finally down to pay.

Got the yellow [bleep],
Brennan?

I don't know.
That's why I brought you down.

I don't know how to pan
very well.

But look at this, Kev.

Like, look at the quartz
in here.

Yeah.

I really hope
there is actual gold in it.

Well, I sure hope
we find a few flakes.

I think that'll bring
the morale up for everybody.

The suspense
is killing me, Kevin.

Is there any gold?

There is a few garnets
in there.

Yeah.
You know what's even better?

There is some yellow
in here.

There's a yellow
right there.

Look at that bad [bleep].

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

What's wrong
with you?

Let me see that
nice little chunky in there.

- That's [bleep] awesome.
- Oh, yeah.

- Now,
I'm super pumped now.
- Oh, yeah.

That's nice to have some
confirmation, ain't it?

- Oh, [bleep].
- Oh, yeah.

To know that
we're on the right path

is [bleep] awesome.

High five, guys.

- yeah.
- Woo.

- Super pumped.
- Yeah.

Hey, everybody.
Hey, everybody,

if you wanna come to the deck,

we got something
to show you guys.

You wanna see
some yellow [bleep]?

Guys, stop it.

It's a nice big piece.
- Oh, my [bleep].

- Holy smokes.
- Oh, sweet.

We actually got something.

There's actually
in the ground, right?

Wow.

This is awesome.
This is the first time

I've ever actually seen
gold up here.

There's nothing like
your first time, right?

I know, right?

Well, as long as we stick
together and work as a team,

there's gonna be a hell
of a lot more to that

to see the rest
of the season, so...

- Absolutely.
- Yeah.

There it is,
finally done Rally Valley.

Hey, Rick,
you got a copy, man?

Yeah, go for Rick.

That's the final load, man.

We're right down to bedrock,

so we're all done
Rally Valley.

Nice [bleep] job, bud.

After battling
rock slides and floods,

Rick Ness is closing the book
on his greatest cut ever.

It's a hell
of an accomplishment.

We started that hole
four years ago.

It's nice to finish
something like that.

But at the same time,

we just had a huge gold
weigh out of it.

I hate to see that dirt go.

But the good news is
we still got some on the pad.

We still got something to run.

There's still a lot of gold
to get out of it.

But Rally Valley,
that chapter's closed.

Onto the next.

Boys.

- Fellas.
- Hey, guys.

- It's summertime.
- Yeah, I know.

I don't know why
I got a sweater on.

Rick is on the richest pay

of his life.

His crew gather
in anticipation

of what Monster Red sluices
have caught this week.

Jason, you scared me when
you drove by and blew a tire.

I'd be lying
if I said I didn't scare
the [bleep] myself.

That was like
a cannon going off.

- What's up, dudes?
- What's up?

- And lady.
- I'll answer to any gender.

Rally Valley this whole time
is all [bleep] water
going in there, right?

Luckily, we got out of there
unscathed.

I think we're all happy
to finally be

at the bottom of it,
but we're all sad

that now you need
to find a next spot.

Unfortunately,
we have to move on,

but we know that there's
more ground like that.

We're coming off
a record gold weigh last week,

but we only had, you know,
a couple of good,

solid days
of running this week,

but I see
a pile of gold there.

Should we weigh this up?

So far, Rick's mined 316

of his 1,500-ounce gold

after just five days
of sluicing.

This week, Monster Red
only ran for two days

before he had to move
the pump.

I'll tell you right now,

that's on it, 100 ounces gold.

- Beautiful stuff.
- Gorgeous.

Right here, yet to be seen.

So, who's gonna count
this for me?

- Jason.
- Jason.

All right,
out of Monster Red.

We got 100 ounces in the jar,

and we've got this
to add to it.

5, 10,

18, 28,

36, 50,

69,

81.87.

All right, 181.87 ounces.

- Woo!
- right.

Worth $454,000.

We're damn near 500
ounces in two cleanups

on the season already.

That's a third of the way
to our 1,500-ounce goal.

Pretty impressive.

We got 500 ounces
on the table already.

We got a full week next week
of running Rally Valley dirt.

I can't wait to see the total.

- What's up, Chris?
- Hey, hey.

What's happening, guys?

You've been
a little busier, I hope.

Yeah, real busy.

Two wash plants
running finally?

Yeah.
It feels kind of good, really.

Finally sluicing
in the Bridge Cut?

Thanks for getting
that plant set up.

No worries, man.

After a week of sluicing

long cut pay through Roxanne

and finally getting
his second plant,

Big Red operational,

Parker's crew
are ready to see some gold.

How did your plant move go?

It was a good one,
got it done,

but not without any issues,
of course.

Hopefully,
it produces some gold there.

Do you wanna see
what your sluice produced?

Sure.
Let's check it out.

When Parker ran ditch dirt

from the long cut
earlier in the season,

it delivered 30 ounces
in a week.

Big Red ran for two days
in the Bridge Cut.

- Here we go.
- All righty. Here we go.

5, 10,

17,

20,

27, 29,

30.45.

Worth $76,000.

It's not bad.

I mean, 30 ounces
of gold prices right now?

I thought it would be worse
than that, to be honest.

Oh, good.

My expectations
are plummeting.

The great reset.

Aim low and avoid
disappointment, right?

Mitch,
Roxanne did well this week.

Last week,
Roxanne in the long cut

ran for two days
producing 76 ounces of gold.

Parker needs to see
an improvement

and needs 100 ounces a week
just to cover costs.

Well, let's see what we got.

Let her rip.

20,

40,

60, 70,

100,

150,

181.55.

- Better.
- We're getting
there, right?

Is that the best
cleanup of the season so far?

- Must be.
- Yeah.

- It's over 100.
- It's like...

But it also gives us
576 and a half ounces

- for the season.
- 9,500 more to go.

Don't say that.
We'll see where things end up.

We'll see if we can
get the Bridge Cut

rocking and rolling.

Nice clean work
as always, Chris.

Oh, thanks, young man.

We're getting back at it.

More sluicing.

- Yeah.
- See you, Doumitt.

Yup.

Not much to say about that

other than we need
a lot more gold.

Fingers crossed,

the Bridge Cut
picks up for us.

With two wash
plants sluicing

and the gold improving,

Parker may finally
have turned a corner

in his quest to decode
Dominion's ground.

It's good to have
Big Red running again.

Who knows,
maybe we'll get surprised.