1 00:00:01,793 --> 00:00:03,073 Roll it! 2 00:00:03,103 --> 00:00:04,723 [narrator] On this Gold Rush... 3 00:00:04,758 --> 00:00:08,378 Whoa, shut down the plant. Fred, shut it down, bud! 4 00:00:08,413 --> 00:00:11,033 With the season more than half way over... 5 00:00:11,068 --> 00:00:13,448 Babe, we have a huge problem. 6 00:00:13,482 --> 00:00:16,592 The Lewis crew morale takes a nose dive. 7 00:00:16,620 --> 00:00:18,900 John, shut the [bleep] up! 8 00:00:18,931 --> 00:00:21,241 Just face it and shut your fat mouth. 9 00:00:23,862 --> 00:00:27,722 Tony Beets reaches the end of his honey hole. 10 00:00:27,758 --> 00:00:28,998 This is crunch hour. 11 00:00:32,206 --> 00:00:35,786 I'm always nervous leaving. It just seems like that's when we have problems. 12 00:00:35,827 --> 00:00:39,337 And Rick Ness puts his crew in charge. 13 00:00:39,379 --> 00:00:41,759 Karl, we got a big hole in the conveyor here. 14 00:00:42,172 --> 00:00:44,902 Stop. Stop! Whoa! 15 00:00:52,689 --> 00:00:55,139 Hurry up back there. Let's go! 16 00:00:55,172 --> 00:00:59,452 At Elkhorn Creek, rookie miner Fred Lewis is fighting 17 00:00:59,482 --> 00:01:02,142 to get his mining season back on track. 18 00:01:02,172 --> 00:01:04,832 The goal is to get as much paydirt through the plant 19 00:01:04,862 --> 00:01:07,142 and pull all that gold out of the ground. 20 00:01:07,172 --> 00:01:10,282 The crew is running pay dirt from the Liberation cut, 21 00:01:10,310 --> 00:01:13,450 with best gold he's had so far. 22 00:01:13,482 --> 00:01:16,282 It's all coming together finally. 23 00:01:16,310 --> 00:01:18,550 Got to keep working hard at this Liberation cut. 24 00:01:18,586 --> 00:01:20,446 Make sure we could find as much pay as possible. 25 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:26,310 Fred sunk his last $20,000 into the Elkhorn claim 26 00:01:26,344 --> 00:01:29,144 with the hopes of paying his team in gold. 27 00:01:31,034 --> 00:01:33,214 [Khara] Babe, we have a huge problem. 28 00:01:33,241 --> 00:01:35,071 We're almost broke again. 29 00:01:35,103 --> 00:01:37,343 But more than halfway through the season, 30 00:01:37,379 --> 00:01:41,139 he's banked just 1.1 ounces of gold, 31 00:01:41,172 --> 00:01:44,142 worth only $2,100. 32 00:01:44,172 --> 00:01:46,792 And he's running up debts fast. 33 00:01:46,827 --> 00:01:49,617 We need more gold or we need more money. 34 00:01:49,655 --> 00:01:52,305 If we had the money, we can get more gold. 35 00:01:52,344 --> 00:01:54,834 We have a laundry list of debts to pay right now 36 00:01:54,862 --> 00:01:56,972 and we we don't have enough 37 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:59,070 in the account to cover the balance due. 38 00:02:00,862 --> 00:02:03,142 Actually, I think the only way we'll be able to do this 39 00:02:03,172 --> 00:02:05,312 is with an outside investor. 40 00:02:05,344 --> 00:02:07,764 But we need to show gold to get an investor 41 00:02:07,793 --> 00:02:09,553 Or somebody I know that trust me. 42 00:02:10,655 --> 00:02:12,275 Got a buddy, Karl. 43 00:02:12,310 --> 00:02:14,410 If we can give him a good enough deal, 44 00:02:14,448 --> 00:02:15,448 might be worth it. 45 00:02:17,448 --> 00:02:19,788 Karl and I, along with Stefan, have been through 46 00:02:19,827 --> 00:02:22,237 one of the toughest times in the military I've been through. 47 00:02:22,275 --> 00:02:25,825 A firefight in Afghanistan, lasted almost 48 hours. 48 00:02:25,862 --> 00:02:28,342 Since he got out, he's been investing a lot in military drones. 49 00:02:28,379 --> 00:02:31,239 That did really well, so I know he's good with money. 50 00:02:31,275 --> 00:02:33,445 I'm kind of hoping this could be his next investment. 51 00:02:36,413 --> 00:02:39,033 -Karl. -Hey, what's up? 52 00:02:39,068 --> 00:02:41,688 I know you're busy. I know you got a lot of stuff going on, 53 00:02:41,724 --> 00:02:44,664 but I want to know if you would maybe be interested 54 00:02:44,689 --> 00:02:48,169 in investing in my gold mine in Oregon. 55 00:02:48,206 --> 00:02:52,686 Wow. Do you do that? That's a big ask right there. 56 00:02:52,724 --> 00:02:54,974 Dude, I think really the only way I'm gonna be able 57 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:57,170 to actually show you is to get you out here. 58 00:02:57,206 --> 00:02:58,786 Yeah, I could make it out there. 59 00:02:58,827 --> 00:03:00,857 I definitely want to see what you got going on. 60 00:03:00,896 --> 00:03:02,656 Sweet. Glad you're interested. 61 00:03:02,689 --> 00:03:04,899 I'll send you over the information of where to travel. 62 00:03:04,931 --> 00:03:06,451 And then let's go from there, bro. 63 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:07,930 That sounds great, man. 64 00:03:09,172 --> 00:03:11,242 Well, Karl's agreed to come out to the claim, 65 00:03:11,275 --> 00:03:12,515 which is fantastic. 66 00:03:12,551 --> 00:03:14,141 But if he doesn't like what he sees 67 00:03:14,172 --> 00:03:17,032 and doesn't agree to invest, could be the end of the Elkhorn. 68 00:03:21,206 --> 00:03:23,446 [narrator] In the Liberation cut, 69 00:03:23,482 --> 00:03:29,102 Special Forces Master Sergeant Stefan Generally digs paydirt with the 400 excavator. 70 00:03:29,137 --> 00:03:30,787 And I know Karl. Known him for years. 71 00:03:30,827 --> 00:03:32,447 We were on the same A-team together. 72 00:03:32,482 --> 00:03:34,452 And I can tell you, he's going to want to see 73 00:03:34,482 --> 00:03:39,412 a cohesive, well-oiled machine of a team before he agrees to invest. 74 00:03:39,448 --> 00:03:41,688 I can't blame him. 75 00:03:41,724 --> 00:03:46,284 [narrator] In the 225, Sergeant Stuart McKenzie feeds the plant. 76 00:03:46,310 --> 00:03:47,900 The amount of problems that we've had, 77 00:03:47,931 --> 00:03:49,381 it is astronomical. 78 00:03:49,413 --> 00:03:52,793 Fred has just talked to an investor, which, at this point in time, 79 00:03:52,827 --> 00:03:54,377 in dire need. 80 00:03:54,413 --> 00:03:56,343 We need more money up here, and we need it quick. 81 00:04:06,793 --> 00:04:09,033 [man over radio] Hey, looks like there's something wrong. 82 00:04:10,586 --> 00:04:13,136 Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hey, guys, shut down the plant. 83 00:04:13,172 --> 00:04:14,692 Fred, shut it down, bud! 84 00:04:15,172 --> 00:04:15,972 Screen deck is out. 85 00:04:28,655 --> 00:04:31,025 Holy [bleep]. 86 00:04:31,068 --> 00:04:35,478 We lost one, two, three, four, five of these bolts. 87 00:04:39,482 --> 00:04:43,762 [narrator] The lower screen deck is secured by 16 carriage bolts 88 00:04:43,793 --> 00:04:48,173 held in place by half-moon washers and nuts. 89 00:04:48,206 --> 00:04:51,966 The vibration of the deck has rattled the bolts loose. 90 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:55,310 Without them, the ancient wash plant could shake itself apart. 91 00:04:58,724 --> 00:05:00,104 These vibrations are so violent 92 00:05:00,137 --> 00:05:02,137 it's loosing itself, and the bolts 93 00:05:02,172 --> 00:05:05,722 and half-moon washers are falling down into the sluice 94 00:05:05,758 --> 00:05:09,208 and going over into our tailings, so they're lost forever. 95 00:05:09,241 --> 00:05:12,551 I clearly see the problem here, but what's our fix? 96 00:05:12,586 --> 00:05:15,856 Our fix is to get the correct carriage bolts, 97 00:05:15,896 --> 00:05:18,686 -nuts and washers. -You're talking all of them that are gone? 98 00:05:18,724 --> 00:05:20,484 Yes, every single one of them. 99 00:05:20,517 --> 00:05:23,067 These washers were fabricated by Freddie and Juan. 100 00:05:23,103 --> 00:05:24,313 We need to order them in. 101 00:05:24,344 --> 00:05:26,034 It means more down time. 102 00:05:26,068 --> 00:05:28,138 But we'll be able to run longer in the long term. 103 00:05:28,172 --> 00:05:30,242 Ordering all those parts gonna take two days. 104 00:05:30,275 --> 00:05:32,785 It's getting to a point now where if we don't run now, 105 00:05:32,827 --> 00:05:34,757 there's no chance of this season being salvaged. 106 00:05:34,793 --> 00:05:36,723 This thing is bouncing rocks all day. 107 00:05:36,758 --> 00:05:38,858 We've got to fix it long-term. 108 00:05:38,896 --> 00:05:42,476 No, I get it. But, you know, the plant's never been 100%. 109 00:05:42,517 --> 00:05:44,237 I feel like we should be running. 110 00:05:44,275 --> 00:05:46,065 Right now, we go for that long-term fix. 111 00:05:46,103 --> 00:05:48,523 I love your enthusiasm, but I just want to make sure 112 00:05:48,551 --> 00:05:51,861 that we're doing things as solid as we can. 113 00:05:51,896 --> 00:05:52,996 Okay. 114 00:05:54,310 --> 00:05:56,310 What I find so amazing 115 00:05:56,344 --> 00:06:00,384 is somebody so keen and happy to shut down all the [bleep] time. 116 00:06:00,413 --> 00:06:04,243 That's the stupidest [bleep] thing in the world not to run for it. 117 00:06:05,896 --> 00:06:06,896 Hey, Fred. 118 00:06:07,413 --> 00:06:08,793 Kendall doesn't care. 119 00:06:08,827 --> 00:06:10,827 It doesn't feel like he cares if you fail or not. 120 00:06:10,862 --> 00:06:13,342 Or if you pay back your debt. I do [bleep] care. 121 00:06:13,379 --> 00:06:16,589 There's plenty of other broken-down pieces of equipment around here. 122 00:06:16,620 --> 00:06:18,070 We'll go find them. 123 00:06:18,103 --> 00:06:21,313 -Maybe at least come look. -I'll look at them. 124 00:06:21,344 --> 00:06:25,174 [narrator] If Stuart can salvage the right washers from the bone yard, 125 00:06:25,206 --> 00:06:28,756 they can get the plant back up and running. 126 00:06:28,793 --> 00:06:31,593 We got these ones right here and then on the other side, 127 00:06:31,620 --> 00:06:32,970 I saw some, too. 128 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:34,760 Just take a stack of those. 129 00:06:34,793 --> 00:06:36,243 Maybe even go look over around here. 130 00:06:36,275 --> 00:06:38,235 But there is [bleep] here that we can use. 131 00:06:40,034 --> 00:06:41,384 -I like this. -Okay. 132 00:06:41,413 --> 00:06:43,623 Worth a shot while we're sitting around. 133 00:06:43,655 --> 00:06:45,205 I know. That's exactly what I'm saying. 134 00:06:45,241 --> 00:06:46,411 I like your way of thinking. 135 00:06:46,448 --> 00:06:48,448 Right now, we're few washers short. 136 00:06:48,482 --> 00:06:51,552 The easy solution is to call somebody to have him make them, 137 00:06:51,586 --> 00:06:53,616 and wait two days to have it be made. 138 00:06:53,655 --> 00:06:56,095 Stuart was right, we don't have time for that [bleep] 139 00:06:56,137 --> 00:06:58,517 If we're going to try to prove ourselves to an investor, 140 00:06:58,551 --> 00:06:59,901 we really have to be running. 141 00:06:59,931 --> 00:07:03,381 I'm gonna put these washers on and try and bend it into place. 142 00:07:03,413 --> 00:07:05,073 [grunting] 143 00:07:05,103 --> 00:07:06,173 Push. 144 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:12,790 Just a kind of brute strength and turn it into a shape we need. 145 00:07:12,827 --> 00:07:17,447 [narrator] Stewart bends the salvaged flat washers into a half moon. 146 00:07:17,482 --> 00:07:20,212 We needed a half moon, so made a half moon. 147 00:07:20,241 --> 00:07:23,341 -You bet those washer is in there? -Yeah 148 00:07:23,379 --> 00:07:26,659 We still get all fired up, to solve problems, so right now, 149 00:07:26,689 --> 00:07:28,379 it's looking like he may have done it. 150 00:07:28,413 --> 00:07:31,483 We have so many down days, and so many days where something breaks. 151 00:07:31,517 --> 00:07:34,827 If we have water, we have a capability of a running plant. 152 00:07:34,862 --> 00:07:37,832 We have gas in the excavator, we should be running. 153 00:07:37,862 --> 00:07:40,482 All right, so we're ready to test this bad boy out? 154 00:07:40,517 --> 00:07:42,027 Johnny, you ready? 155 00:07:42,068 --> 00:07:45,858 [narrator] Now to find out if Stewart's bush fix has worked. 156 00:07:48,241 --> 00:07:49,481 All right, Fire it up. 157 00:07:57,034 --> 00:07:57,934 It's fantastic. 158 00:08:00,896 --> 00:08:04,336 It's gone on [bleep] okay, basically taking the bolt. 159 00:08:04,379 --> 00:08:06,239 You know, when it comes down to the part 160 00:08:06,275 --> 00:08:09,375 if no one else wants to do it, then I guess I got to fix it my [bleep] self. 161 00:08:09,413 --> 00:08:11,283 I don't think that's a permanent fix. 162 00:08:11,896 --> 00:08:14,826 I don't, but it's working. 163 00:08:14,862 --> 00:08:18,692 It's working well right now, so I'm not gonna want to [bleep] with it. 164 00:08:18,724 --> 00:08:20,664 Now, I let Kendell as the one to make decisions, 165 00:08:20,689 --> 00:08:23,449 but if somebody comes to me with a better one, 166 00:08:23,482 --> 00:08:25,412 we're going to go with that. Good call by Stewart. 167 00:08:39,068 --> 00:08:41,168 I'm pretty happy with the way things are going right now. 168 00:08:41,206 --> 00:08:44,756 The plant is styled in, everything's running nice and smooth. 169 00:08:44,793 --> 00:08:46,833 Unfortunately, just like every other season, though, 170 00:08:46,862 --> 00:08:49,102 there's been some major [bleep] bumps along the way. 171 00:08:49,137 --> 00:08:52,757 And that's caused a gaping hole in my pocket right now. 172 00:08:52,793 --> 00:08:54,763 [narrator] More than halfway through the season, 173 00:08:54,793 --> 00:08:58,143 Rick Ness has banked over 500 ounces. 174 00:08:58,172 --> 00:09:03,552 He needs around 70 ounces a week to hit his $1,000 season goal, 175 00:09:03,586 --> 00:09:08,476 but now he needs to pay an overdue fuel bill to carry on mining. 176 00:09:08,517 --> 00:09:11,377 I gotta go and sell some gold so I could pay these bills. 177 00:09:11,413 --> 00:09:12,793 I'm always nervous leaving. 178 00:09:12,827 --> 00:09:14,447 It seems like that's when we have problems. 179 00:09:19,310 --> 00:09:20,830 There he is. 180 00:09:20,862 --> 00:09:23,452 -Ricky. -Well, uh, I just want you guys to know 181 00:09:23,482 --> 00:09:25,932 that I got to go sell some gold to keep fuel truck coming in. 182 00:09:25,965 --> 00:09:28,895 So it's gonna be up to Karl to keep things moving while I'm away. 183 00:09:28,931 --> 00:09:30,281 Yeah, you better, yeah. 184 00:09:30,310 --> 00:09:32,520 Like when he's asking you to do a certain thing, 185 00:09:32,551 --> 00:09:34,411 he has that authority, you listen to Karl. 186 00:09:34,448 --> 00:09:36,448 -Perfect. -And that being said, 187 00:09:36,482 --> 00:09:37,972 we're over 1,800 bucks an ounce. 188 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:41,100 Where that's really going to add up is when you guys get bonus, right? 189 00:09:41,137 --> 00:09:43,717 The more gold we get, the more gold you guys get. 190 00:09:43,758 --> 00:09:46,788 Hopefully I can get back before any real [bleep] happen. 191 00:09:46,827 --> 00:09:47,787 -Okay. -Yeah? 192 00:09:47,827 --> 00:09:49,137 -I'll get up there. -Let's do this. 193 00:09:49,172 --> 00:09:50,692 -Okay, man. -You good? 194 00:09:50,724 --> 00:09:52,934 All right. Yeah. 195 00:09:52,965 --> 00:09:55,405 I'm always a little apprehensive of leaving the mine. 196 00:09:55,448 --> 00:09:56,548 I don't really have a choice. 197 00:09:56,586 --> 00:09:59,206 I've got a lot of big bills right now. 198 00:09:59,241 --> 00:10:00,761 Pretty sure Karl's got it handled. 199 00:10:04,551 --> 00:10:08,411 [narrator] While Rick's away, it's mechanic Karl Rosk's job 200 00:10:08,448 --> 00:10:14,098 to keep wash plant rocky running a hundred yards of creek cut every hour. 201 00:10:14,137 --> 00:10:16,137 I take care of things for Rick when he's not around, 202 00:10:16,172 --> 00:10:17,142 and he trusts me, right? 203 00:10:17,172 --> 00:10:18,862 So I try to do the best job as I can. 204 00:10:18,896 --> 00:10:20,476 We want to see lots of gold in the box. 205 00:10:20,517 --> 00:10:24,687 So just keeping everybody keeping their eye on the prize, right? 206 00:10:24,724 --> 00:10:29,384 [narrator] With less than two months before the Yukon winter shuts them down, 207 00:10:29,413 --> 00:10:31,413 every yard counts. 208 00:10:31,448 --> 00:10:34,378 Trees are changing. We never even got summertime. 209 00:10:34,413 --> 00:10:38,903 Every day that goes by is one day closer to get frozen. 210 00:10:38,931 --> 00:10:41,621 Karl is actually the perfect guy to leave in charge here 211 00:10:41,655 --> 00:10:44,445 when Rick's not around. He really, really gets it. 212 00:10:45,724 --> 00:10:49,244 I think he is a natural boss. [laughing] 213 00:10:49,275 --> 00:10:50,785 I mean, he's kind of bossy. 214 00:10:50,827 --> 00:10:52,447 He certainly has a temper, 215 00:10:52,482 --> 00:10:54,692 but he's got the most experience. 216 00:10:56,620 --> 00:10:57,930 [narrator] Karl met Rick... 217 00:10:57,965 --> 00:11:02,715 When he joined Parker's crew in 2015. 218 00:11:02,758 --> 00:11:06,968 He started mining with his late grandfather when he was 12 years old. 219 00:11:08,241 --> 00:11:10,381 [Mark] Karl's got big shoes to fill here. 220 00:11:10,413 --> 00:11:13,483 Let's face it. No one's got a work ethic like him. 221 00:11:13,517 --> 00:11:15,617 I got to work every day for 90 days straight, 222 00:11:15,655 --> 00:11:17,515 and not bat an eyelash. 223 00:11:17,551 --> 00:11:21,451 [narrator] Karl's high school buddy, Mark Doverspike feeds the plant. 224 00:11:21,482 --> 00:11:23,412 Basically, we're just trying to keep this working. 225 00:11:23,448 --> 00:11:27,138 We've had some long days, but that's called life. 226 00:11:27,172 --> 00:11:29,592 Ultimately, if Rick succeeds, we all succeed with him. 227 00:11:35,172 --> 00:11:36,172 Yeah. 228 00:11:42,862 --> 00:11:44,172 [bleep] 229 00:11:47,413 --> 00:11:48,483 Karl doesn't like it. 230 00:11:49,862 --> 00:11:51,832 Hey, Karl. Can I get a copy, bud? 231 00:11:51,862 --> 00:11:54,452 -[Karl on radio] Go ahead. -This hopper feeder's plugged. 232 00:11:54,482 --> 00:11:56,242 All right, buddy. I'll be right down. 233 00:12:02,965 --> 00:12:05,095 -What happened? -It's plugged. 234 00:12:05,137 --> 00:12:08,997 This first couple loads were more or less mud, 235 00:12:09,034 --> 00:12:11,624 and the upper feeder's now jam-packed with clay. 236 00:12:11,655 --> 00:12:14,925 [narrator] Clay is a gold miner's worst nightmare. 237 00:12:14,965 --> 00:12:17,065 -[bleep] man. -Never ends. 238 00:12:19,448 --> 00:12:21,828 I think it's plugged solid, man. 239 00:12:21,862 --> 00:12:23,832 I have never seen a hopper this bad in years. 240 00:12:24,931 --> 00:12:26,481 You got clay and rock together? 241 00:12:26,517 --> 00:12:29,237 Yeah, the rock is like the support, and the lay binds it. 242 00:12:30,103 --> 00:12:31,833 It's like building materials. 243 00:12:31,862 --> 00:12:33,722 It's kind of a pain in the butt. 244 00:12:33,758 --> 00:12:35,898 You know, Rick's been gone for not even half a day. 245 00:12:35,931 --> 00:12:37,101 And we already miss him. 246 00:12:37,137 --> 00:12:39,337 [narrator] Every hour the plant is down, 247 00:12:39,379 --> 00:12:44,279 makes it harder for Karl to hit Rick's 70 ounce weekly target. 248 00:12:44,310 --> 00:12:46,930 You want to try to hit the bucket in there and I'll be your eyes? 249 00:12:46,965 --> 00:12:47,965 That would help, I hate. 250 00:12:49,275 --> 00:12:51,545 [narrator] Faced with hours of digging, 251 00:12:51,586 --> 00:12:53,896 Karl comes up with a risky solution. 252 00:12:53,931 --> 00:12:57,101 So we're just going to try to get the bucket in here, the bucket is bigger. 253 00:12:57,137 --> 00:12:59,067 But we're gonna try to move this dirt around just like that 254 00:12:59,103 --> 00:13:00,663 because it's hard as a rock in here. 255 00:13:00,689 --> 00:13:03,589 Try to do it the easy way, but with all racking. 256 00:13:03,620 --> 00:13:05,340 It's kind of dangerous later. 257 00:13:05,379 --> 00:13:06,999 Huh. What do you do? 258 00:13:09,344 --> 00:13:14,724 Karl's gambling on the 11-foot three-ton loader bucket fitting in to the hopper. 259 00:13:19,517 --> 00:13:21,587 There. Slow down, slow down, slow down, slow down. 260 00:13:22,413 --> 00:13:23,793 Okay, you're getting close. 261 00:13:26,310 --> 00:13:28,480 Nice and easy, buddy. Nice and easy. 262 00:13:34,275 --> 00:13:36,655 Keep going. Keep going. Keep going. 263 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:45,590 Yeah, that's about it. Now, give it a curl up. 264 00:13:49,137 --> 00:13:50,067 Stop. 265 00:13:50,758 --> 00:13:51,858 Woah! 266 00:14:00,103 --> 00:14:01,553 Stop. 267 00:14:01,586 --> 00:14:03,446 Woah! [bleep] 268 00:14:04,655 --> 00:14:05,755 You all right? 269 00:14:07,034 --> 00:14:09,004 I wasn't ready for that. I was like... [grunting] 270 00:14:10,413 --> 00:14:12,103 Just a little nerve-racking up there. 271 00:14:13,137 --> 00:14:14,337 Three. 272 00:14:14,379 --> 00:14:16,279 We got a hole. 273 00:14:16,310 --> 00:14:22,070 [narrator] At Dunkin Creek, Karl Rosk is running Rick's operation while he's gone. 274 00:14:22,103 --> 00:14:26,173 But a clogged hopper feeder has shut the plant down. 275 00:14:26,206 --> 00:14:28,206 We cut that hole in the top now. 276 00:14:28,241 --> 00:14:31,031 Hopefully, we can get it to sloughing on itself. 277 00:14:31,068 --> 00:14:33,308 Just using the lid there. There's a little bit of weight on it, 278 00:14:33,344 --> 00:14:34,524 trying to get it shaked up. 279 00:14:34,551 --> 00:14:35,721 The hopper is clean, right? 280 00:14:45,344 --> 00:14:46,764 Coming out of it, eh? 281 00:14:47,827 --> 00:14:48,967 Little by little. 282 00:14:53,379 --> 00:14:55,549 -Nasty [bleep] -[Karl] Look at that. 283 00:14:57,931 --> 00:14:59,451 We're moving now, buddy. 284 00:15:04,655 --> 00:15:06,305 Rick would definitely be fuming right now 285 00:15:06,344 --> 00:15:07,904 because the plant's been off for a while, eh. 286 00:15:09,862 --> 00:15:11,342 It's been an expensive morning. 287 00:15:11,379 --> 00:15:14,409 [narrator] The shutdown has cost two hours of down time, 288 00:15:14,448 --> 00:15:17,548 and nearly $4,000 in lost gold. 289 00:15:17,586 --> 00:15:18,896 We gotta get this thing fired up, 290 00:15:18,931 --> 00:15:20,311 get thrown in the air, get some loosing. 291 00:15:22,862 --> 00:15:25,312 Hold it, keep this running for the rest of the day. 292 00:15:29,310 --> 00:15:31,240 I got the power running right, 293 00:15:31,275 --> 00:15:34,445 but we lost some gold but hopefully the rest of my day is easy. 294 00:15:53,379 --> 00:15:55,589 [narrator] With record-high gold prices, 295 00:15:55,620 --> 00:15:57,760 king of the Klondike, Tony Beets, 296 00:15:57,793 --> 00:16:01,243 is all in for a 3,000-ounce season goal. 297 00:16:06,931 --> 00:16:07,971 [narrator] Mike's trommel 298 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:11,240 is chowing through the 18-acre mega cut, 299 00:16:11,275 --> 00:16:14,095 and the shaker is running 50,000 yards 300 00:16:14,137 --> 00:16:15,547 of old-timer tailings, 301 00:16:15,586 --> 00:16:18,856 which have already produced 200 ounces of gold 302 00:16:18,896 --> 00:16:22,166 worth over $360,000. 303 00:16:40,137 --> 00:16:43,717 This is the cheapest way of gold mining I have ever seen. 304 00:16:43,758 --> 00:16:46,928 It's just me and Terrence out here running the whole show. 305 00:16:46,965 --> 00:16:49,095 [narrator] Three weeks into the tailings, 306 00:16:49,137 --> 00:16:50,517 the two-man operation 307 00:16:50,551 --> 00:16:53,861 is down to the last 12,000 yards. 308 00:16:53,896 --> 00:16:56,166 Ruby Mahoney feeds the plant 309 00:16:56,206 --> 00:16:58,276 while mechanic and rookie operator, 310 00:16:58,310 --> 00:17:01,000 Terrence Swanson, runs the loader. 311 00:17:01,034 --> 00:17:02,034 Hey, Terrence. 312 00:17:02,068 --> 00:17:03,478 Hey, you know what? Hey, you can show me 313 00:17:03,517 --> 00:17:04,827 how to be a mechanic. 314 00:17:04,862 --> 00:17:06,832 I work better alone with God. 315 00:17:06,862 --> 00:17:08,212 [chuckles] 316 00:17:08,241 --> 00:17:11,761 [Ruby] Today is a little bit more interesting than others. 317 00:17:11,793 --> 00:17:13,623 I have a different loader operator. 318 00:17:13,655 --> 00:17:16,305 So right now we have Terrence. 319 00:17:16,344 --> 00:17:17,554 And that's my boyfriend. 320 00:17:17,586 --> 00:17:19,826 So right now, I just get to sit up here 321 00:17:19,862 --> 00:17:21,692 and judge all of his operating skills. 322 00:17:22,379 --> 00:17:23,759 [laughs] 323 00:17:24,413 --> 00:17:25,663 I'm gonna hop down 324 00:17:25,689 --> 00:17:27,789 and just show you a little trick with the edge, okay? 325 00:17:27,827 --> 00:17:28,967 [Terrence] Okay. 326 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:31,590 [narrator] It's boyfriend Terrence's first day 327 00:17:31,620 --> 00:17:32,590 in a loader. 328 00:17:34,206 --> 00:17:36,966 So you're making quite a burn for yourself. 329 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:41,380 A really good thing to do is, every time you go and dump, 330 00:17:41,413 --> 00:17:43,343 when your bucket is tilted like this, 331 00:17:43,379 --> 00:17:44,339 you can put it down 332 00:17:44,379 --> 00:17:46,279 -and scrape this part back. -All right. 333 00:17:46,310 --> 00:17:48,210 So that you're killing two jobs at once. 334 00:17:48,241 --> 00:17:49,211 Okay. 335 00:17:49,241 --> 00:17:50,481 Sounds good. 336 00:17:50,517 --> 00:17:52,167 -Thank you. -Good luck. 337 00:17:53,448 --> 00:17:55,928 [Ruby] We've been given very different roles here. 338 00:17:55,965 --> 00:17:56,995 He's not an operator. 339 00:17:57,034 --> 00:17:58,484 He's a heavy-duty mechanic. 340 00:17:58,517 --> 00:17:59,897 I run the machines. 341 00:17:59,931 --> 00:18:01,591 He fixes them when I break them. 342 00:18:01,620 --> 00:18:05,000 So the fact that he can even run them a little bit, like, 343 00:18:05,034 --> 00:18:06,284 if roles were reversed, 344 00:18:06,310 --> 00:18:08,620 I'd be like, I don't know, I know how to put in oil. 345 00:18:08,655 --> 00:18:09,855 [laughs] Like... 346 00:18:09,896 --> 00:18:11,786 Yeah, it's been great working with Ruby. 347 00:18:11,827 --> 00:18:13,857 She's taught me a lot already. 348 00:18:13,896 --> 00:18:16,656 I didn't realize there was so much to operating. 349 00:18:16,689 --> 00:18:18,619 There's a bunch of things you'd never think of, 350 00:18:18,655 --> 00:18:20,855 just to be a little bit more efficient. 351 00:18:20,896 --> 00:18:22,926 Whoo! You guys are really making me work here, 352 00:18:22,965 --> 00:18:25,755 talking and operating at the same time, jeez. 353 00:18:26,241 --> 00:18:27,691 I love you. 354 00:18:38,172 --> 00:18:39,622 What the [bleep]! 355 00:18:39,655 --> 00:18:41,515 [rumbling] 356 00:18:47,965 --> 00:18:50,275 [rumbling continues] 357 00:18:53,482 --> 00:18:55,102 -[sighs] Holy! -[Terrence] What happened? 358 00:18:56,241 --> 00:18:58,281 I don't know. I think the plant is jammed. 359 00:18:58,310 --> 00:19:01,280 Kevin, we have a major problem here at the shaker deck. 360 00:19:06,724 --> 00:19:08,524 -[Tony speaking] -Yeah. 361 00:19:08,551 --> 00:19:10,381 [Tony speaking] 362 00:19:29,517 --> 00:19:32,207 [narrator] Welder and wash plant specialist, 363 00:19:32,241 --> 00:19:34,281 Cody Hunter, steps in. 364 00:19:34,310 --> 00:19:36,340 When a belt has been loose, and not gripping, 365 00:19:36,379 --> 00:19:38,519 the pulley spins inside the belt 366 00:19:38,551 --> 00:19:40,101 instead of gripping to the pulley. 367 00:19:40,137 --> 00:19:43,477 So that makes the inside of the pulley shiny, almost. 368 00:19:43,517 --> 00:19:45,137 When that happens, it's called a glazed belt. 369 00:19:45,172 --> 00:19:47,142 So you're losing traction, basically. 370 00:19:47,172 --> 00:19:49,792 So what is happening when you lose traction 371 00:19:49,827 --> 00:19:51,997 is this shaker is not shaking. 372 00:19:52,034 --> 00:19:53,794 So it's not separating all the material 373 00:19:53,827 --> 00:19:54,967 the way that it should. 374 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:56,520 So we're gonna change this pulley 375 00:19:56,551 --> 00:19:57,481 and put a new belt on. 376 00:19:57,517 --> 00:19:58,997 Ten, 15 minutes, we'll be rolling. 377 00:20:00,758 --> 00:20:02,168 Oh, wait a minute, need the bigger one. 378 00:20:02,206 --> 00:20:04,206 Uh, Terrence just brought the new pulley. 379 00:20:04,241 --> 00:20:06,101 So all we gotta do now is just slide it on. 380 00:20:06,137 --> 00:20:06,927 Beautiful. 381 00:20:07,344 --> 00:20:09,284 [whirring] 382 00:20:10,827 --> 00:20:12,027 Oh. 383 00:20:12,827 --> 00:20:15,377 [bleep] 384 00:20:15,413 --> 00:20:17,833 So we're trying to change this pulley here, 385 00:20:17,862 --> 00:20:19,832 and the way that these go together, 386 00:20:19,862 --> 00:20:21,762 it's just a shaft coming out of the motor. 387 00:20:21,793 --> 00:20:24,173 And then there's a taper lock that holds 388 00:20:24,206 --> 00:20:27,136 this pulley on to the shaft. 389 00:20:27,172 --> 00:20:29,342 And the taper lock has now come apart in pieces. 390 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:31,930 So it's, uh... 391 00:20:31,965 --> 00:20:35,135 They're usually quite simple, but, uh, this taper lock 392 00:20:35,172 --> 00:20:36,762 has seen better days. 393 00:20:36,793 --> 00:20:38,763 [narrator] On Tony's shaker deck, 394 00:20:38,793 --> 00:20:42,623 a taper lock secures the pulley to the shaft. 395 00:20:42,655 --> 00:20:45,275 Kevin has removed the grub screws, 396 00:20:45,310 --> 00:20:50,410 but the taper has cracked and jammed inside the pulley. 397 00:20:50,448 --> 00:20:52,238 If [bleep] wasn't broke, 398 00:20:52,275 --> 00:20:54,515 we'd have that [bleep] pulley off already. 399 00:20:54,551 --> 00:20:56,691 However, the taper lock that's in there, 400 00:20:56,724 --> 00:20:58,664 well, it's in pieces. 401 00:20:58,689 --> 00:21:02,069 This thing is gonna be miserable [bleep]... 402 00:21:02,103 --> 00:21:03,623 -The whole [bleep] way. -Yeah. 403 00:21:08,655 --> 00:21:11,655 It's kind of a shame how it's just one thing after another with this [bleep]. 404 00:21:19,586 --> 00:21:20,996 [both] She's out. 405 00:21:21,896 --> 00:21:23,926 This is what it's supposed to be in there. 406 00:21:23,965 --> 00:21:26,205 This is what holds the pulley tight to the shaft. 407 00:21:26,241 --> 00:21:27,621 So when you go to take this apart, 408 00:21:27,655 --> 00:21:29,515 you use the bolts that are in it 409 00:21:29,551 --> 00:21:31,971 to push this lock away from the pulley. 410 00:21:32,586 --> 00:21:35,206 This is what was in that one. 411 00:21:35,241 --> 00:21:38,451 When it broke in half, all the bits and pieces come out 412 00:21:38,482 --> 00:21:41,212 and we had no threads for the bolts to push it away. 413 00:21:41,241 --> 00:21:43,831 So it just required some tender love. 414 00:21:43,862 --> 00:21:46,032 [Kevin] Yeah, and now we gotta put it all back together. 415 00:21:52,448 --> 00:21:53,858 [machine whirring] 416 00:22:03,931 --> 00:22:05,721 [Kevin] Okay. 417 00:22:05,758 --> 00:22:07,448 Got a new belt on, new pulley on. 418 00:22:07,896 --> 00:22:08,996 Hopefully it works. 419 00:22:09,862 --> 00:22:11,482 [Tony speaking] 420 00:22:11,517 --> 00:22:13,447 Everything's together, about to fire her up. 421 00:22:21,448 --> 00:22:22,338 [Tony speaking] 422 00:22:33,827 --> 00:22:37,587 [narrator] The Beets are back on the gold. 423 00:22:37,620 --> 00:22:42,000 I'm just hoping that it was just a hiccup, 'cause this is crunch hour. 424 00:22:42,034 --> 00:22:45,244 We need to get through this material as fast as we possibly can. 425 00:23:07,655 --> 00:23:10,235 [narrator] Rick Ness is in Dawson City 426 00:23:10,275 --> 00:23:12,755 selling gold to pay his fuel bill 427 00:23:12,793 --> 00:23:14,413 and keep his operation running. 428 00:23:15,724 --> 00:23:16,974 -Hey, Rick. -Darren. 429 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:19,380 -How's it going? Good to see you, man. -[Rick] You too. 430 00:23:19,413 --> 00:23:20,863 [Darren] All right, let's see what you got. 431 00:23:21,586 --> 00:23:22,756 All right. 432 00:23:28,241 --> 00:23:30,591 Not bad for a cleanup. That's pretty good. 433 00:23:30,620 --> 00:23:32,240 So what is the gold price at today? 434 00:23:32,275 --> 00:23:36,305 -Uh, we're just at just over $1,900. -Right on. 435 00:23:36,344 --> 00:23:38,284 So, you're at Duncan Creek, right? 436 00:23:38,310 --> 00:23:41,310 Yeah. Duncan Creek, obviously well known for its silver. 437 00:23:41,344 --> 00:23:44,244 Yeah. So you're gonna have other medals in the gold there. 438 00:23:44,275 --> 00:23:46,515 And silver made a huge jump this year. 439 00:23:46,551 --> 00:23:47,661 Yeah, that all helps, right? 440 00:23:47,689 --> 00:23:50,759 -Prices are up across the board. -Yeah, I know. 441 00:23:50,793 --> 00:23:52,243 Price of silver's up. Price of gold's up. 442 00:23:52,275 --> 00:23:54,965 -It's a good year! -It's a good year to be in the business. 443 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:57,170 -Doesn't make it easier to find it though, does it? -No, it does not. 444 00:23:57,206 --> 00:23:58,616 -[Aaron laughing] Thanks very much. -Yeah. 445 00:23:58,655 --> 00:23:59,965 [Aaron] I'll pop it in the safe. 446 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:03,100 We'll, uh, send it down and give you some money tomorrow. 447 00:24:03,137 --> 00:24:04,967 -[Rick] Awesome. -Good luck for the rest of the season. 448 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:06,140 -We'll see you soon. -Yeah, thanks man. 449 00:24:06,172 --> 00:24:07,072 [Aaron] All right. 450 00:24:10,862 --> 00:24:13,762 Having a small crew's awesome, but sure makes 451 00:24:13,793 --> 00:24:15,283 for a lot more work for everybody, right? 452 00:24:15,310 --> 00:24:18,900 [Narrator] Back at Duncan Creek, mechanic Carl runs the operation. 453 00:24:18,931 --> 00:24:21,661 After losing half a day to a clogged topper, 454 00:24:21,689 --> 00:24:26,449 Carl is doubling up his mechanic and loader operator to keep the plant on pay. 455 00:24:26,482 --> 00:24:28,482 If there's no [bleep] leadership or direction, we'd be [bleep]. 456 00:24:29,517 --> 00:24:31,237 I try to do even better when Rick's gone. 457 00:24:31,275 --> 00:24:33,685 You can't ride anybody else if you're gonna be lazy. 458 00:24:33,724 --> 00:24:35,524 So, I'm moving the fines right now. 459 00:24:35,551 --> 00:24:36,551 Get him away from the plant. 460 00:24:37,206 --> 00:24:38,166 We... we have to deal with it. 461 00:24:39,206 --> 00:24:41,996 So I'd work my ass off, right? 462 00:24:42,034 --> 00:24:46,314 [Narrator] In the creek cut, rock truck driver Chris Kruse is hauling pay. 463 00:24:46,344 --> 00:24:48,934 [Chris] The good thing is, Rick's got people here you can trust. 464 00:24:48,965 --> 00:24:51,135 Carl stepped up. He's taking the reins here 465 00:24:51,172 --> 00:24:52,792 in Rick's absence. 466 00:24:52,827 --> 00:24:55,617 I think the last thing that Carl wants to do is let him down. I know that. 467 00:24:58,241 --> 00:24:59,901 This material that we're digging in here 468 00:24:59,931 --> 00:25:02,791 is super saturated, so if you don't dig it correctly 469 00:25:02,827 --> 00:25:06,137 and put it in a machine properly, that [bleep] shut down the plant 470 00:25:06,172 --> 00:25:10,692 -for the day. -[Narrator] Newest crew member Ben Bellai feeds the plant. 471 00:25:10,724 --> 00:25:13,034 There's no room for [bleep] ups around here. 472 00:25:13,068 --> 00:25:14,968 If you [bleep] up anything, all the gold goes off, 473 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:16,790 so there's no point in being here if that happens. 474 00:25:16,827 --> 00:25:18,717 So Carl runs a very, very tight ship. 475 00:25:43,275 --> 00:25:44,065 Oh, no. 476 00:25:48,689 --> 00:25:49,479 [tense music] 477 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:51,790 [grunting] 478 00:25:56,448 --> 00:25:57,238 Hello, Carl? 479 00:25:58,758 --> 00:26:00,718 Yeah, buddy, you better get down here. 480 00:26:00,758 --> 00:26:02,898 Ahhh, we got a big hole in the conveyor here. 481 00:26:06,482 --> 00:26:09,862 Not [bleep] good. 482 00:26:09,896 --> 00:26:11,516 Yeah, dude that's huge. 483 00:26:11,551 --> 00:26:13,031 You could fit your head through there. 484 00:26:13,068 --> 00:26:15,478 [Carl] [bleep] me, man. What I need is a new belt. 485 00:26:15,517 --> 00:26:16,787 [Ben] Well, is there any possibility to get a belt right now? 486 00:26:16,827 --> 00:26:18,787 [Carl] With the time frame we got, I won't get a belt 487 00:26:18,827 --> 00:26:20,307 'til the season's over, right? 488 00:26:20,344 --> 00:26:23,004 [Narrator] Every hour the wash plant is not running, 489 00:26:23,034 --> 00:26:26,344 Carl is losing Rick two thousand dollars. 490 00:26:26,379 --> 00:26:28,549 -[Ben] What we'll do... right. -[Chris] We're gonna cut this out. 491 00:26:28,586 --> 00:26:31,336 [Narrator] Running the belt yesterday while the hopper was jammed 492 00:26:31,379 --> 00:26:33,659 with rocks, has worn a hole. 493 00:26:33,689 --> 00:26:37,789 We're gonna cut that [bleep] up section out. Put a new section in. Found me a piece 494 00:26:37,827 --> 00:26:40,787 of rubber. There's not the same thickness so it's a little scabby. But it's 495 00:26:40,827 --> 00:26:44,587 all we got, right? So, I'm gonna roll the punches here and get her up and running 496 00:26:44,620 --> 00:26:45,660 and get back sluicing. 497 00:26:45,689 --> 00:26:47,409 What, send it over the crane? 498 00:26:47,448 --> 00:26:48,968 Hey, when you got time, I... I'm ready. 499 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:51,380 Carl] Yeah, I know. This [bleep] crane is slow as [bleep]. 500 00:26:52,206 --> 00:26:53,516 [dramatic music] Almost over top! 501 00:26:55,344 --> 00:26:56,174 Yup! She's good to go. Bring her up! 502 00:26:59,206 --> 00:27:01,616 Right now, we're putting some wood crosses to brace it. 503 00:27:01,655 --> 00:27:02,995 So we have a nice flat surface to work on. 504 00:27:04,482 --> 00:27:05,792 -There you go. -This is nice. 505 00:27:05,827 --> 00:27:07,097 Just like we know what we're doing. 506 00:27:07,586 --> 00:27:08,476 Almost. 507 00:27:09,724 --> 00:27:11,144 Um, I'm gonna cut that section out. 508 00:27:11,172 --> 00:27:12,452 I'm gonna put it on here. Trace it out, 509 00:27:12,482 --> 00:27:13,792 put it back in there, 510 00:27:14,344 --> 00:27:15,384 and Bob's your uncle. 511 00:27:16,344 --> 00:27:18,104 [bleep] yeah, it's gonna be scabby as [bleep] 512 00:27:19,586 --> 00:27:22,376 and I don't want my name beside it but it is what it is. 513 00:27:22,413 --> 00:27:23,723 It's what you gotta do in the Yukon, man. 514 00:27:25,172 --> 00:27:25,972 [heavy drumbeats] 515 00:27:38,620 --> 00:27:40,620 [bleep] Oh my God. 516 00:27:40,655 --> 00:27:43,825 No, I'm gonna do one, two, one, two. And then we can put this in here. 517 00:27:47,275 --> 00:27:48,515 [Carl] Since I've been with Rick, I've been his right hand man. 518 00:27:48,551 --> 00:27:51,931 You know, I just try to fill his boots as best I can, right, 519 00:27:51,965 --> 00:27:55,065 when he's not around. Try to do an even better job 520 00:27:55,103 --> 00:27:56,833 when they're away, right? Just as a peace of mind for Rick. 521 00:27:56,862 --> 00:27:58,932 Might not be the best mechanic out there 522 00:27:58,965 --> 00:28:00,445 but I'm definitely a hardworking one. 523 00:28:02,793 --> 00:28:05,763 We've been down all of the day. We've lost twenty thousand dollars, easily. 524 00:28:08,034 --> 00:28:09,104 In the big picture, 525 00:28:09,137 --> 00:28:09,997 that's a lot of money, right? 526 00:28:16,379 --> 00:28:17,589 Back to minin'! 527 00:28:17,620 --> 00:28:19,380 Good job, buddy. 528 00:28:19,413 --> 00:28:24,523 [Narrator] Carl's lost the best part of a day, but he's got them back on the gold. 529 00:28:24,551 --> 00:28:25,451 [victorious music] Good job, yeah! 530 00:28:29,827 --> 00:28:32,967 We're back sluicin' now, so hopefully this thing'll hold together. 531 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:35,100 [Carl] We need to get gold in those runs if we want to get to our goal. 532 00:28:44,724 --> 00:28:47,074 Really, our point right now is to get our "A" game on and to operate as smoothly 533 00:28:47,103 --> 00:28:51,663 as we can so we can prove to the investor we're worth investing in. 534 00:28:51,689 --> 00:28:55,449 [Narrator] Fifteen hundred miles south, in Oregon, 535 00:28:55,482 --> 00:28:58,902 rookie mine boss Fred Lewis is out of cash 536 00:28:58,931 --> 00:29:02,031 and needs investment to keep his operation running. 537 00:29:02,068 --> 00:29:04,758 We're kind of point where we need to bring somebody on board 538 00:29:04,793 --> 00:29:07,313 to help pay the bills if we're gonna make this a success, 539 00:29:07,344 --> 00:29:09,624 and I think Karl's the perfect person to do that. 540 00:29:11,896 --> 00:29:14,786 Make sure that valve by your knee is open. 541 00:29:14,827 --> 00:29:16,307 Yeah, that one. 542 00:29:16,344 --> 00:29:17,484 Just make sure it's open. 543 00:29:19,344 --> 00:29:23,864 [Narrator] Fred's foreman, Kendell Madden, is the only member of the team 544 00:29:23,896 --> 00:29:28,926 -with mining experience. -[Kendell] Teaching these guys... something 545 00:29:28,965 --> 00:29:32,715 I take a lot of pride in. And with Fred's friend talking about investing, 546 00:29:32,758 --> 00:29:35,238 I hope what he sees is enough to keep him interested so we could keep going. 547 00:29:37,206 --> 00:29:39,206 I don't have to worry about what another guy's doing. 548 00:29:39,241 --> 00:29:41,791 I've got to worry about this machine and that machine. 549 00:29:41,827 --> 00:29:47,337 [Narrator] Marine Staff Sergeant Johnny Stanz is in charge of 550 00:29:47,379 --> 00:29:51,099 -getting water to the plant. -When we're all new to mining, We're really trying to 551 00:29:51,137 --> 00:29:53,237 figure it out. Instead of just showing us what we should be doing, 552 00:29:53,275 --> 00:29:55,895 Kendell still tries to give orders. 553 00:29:55,931 --> 00:29:58,691 [Kendell] Johnny's job is to be working our water. 554 00:29:58,724 --> 00:30:02,524 He's working two pumps and a couple hundred feet of hose, 555 00:30:02,551 --> 00:30:07,621 and I kinda gotta make sure that he's doing everything step by step. 556 00:30:07,655 --> 00:30:10,545 You can tell Johnny's strugglin'. Don't wanna have to baby him, 557 00:30:10,586 --> 00:30:14,966 but there's quite a few tasks where you gotta hold his hand 558 00:30:28,931 --> 00:30:30,661 -[Johnny] Hey Kendell. -[Kendell] Go ahead. 559 00:30:30,689 --> 00:30:32,589 [Johnny] We got a hole that sprang an awful lot. 560 00:30:32,620 --> 00:30:34,590 So, can you come down here and check it out? 561 00:30:34,620 --> 00:30:35,520 [Kendell] Yeah, I'll come down there and check it out. 562 00:30:36,413 --> 00:30:37,483 Shut it down. 563 00:30:43,103 --> 00:30:47,033 Looks like your topside dam is having a whole bunch of issues, too. 564 00:30:49,137 --> 00:30:53,787 -[Kendell] It's just gushin' straight through. -A freaking damn road, 565 00:30:53,827 --> 00:30:55,377 gosh dang it. I gotta see what the heck's wrong with that. 566 00:30:55,413 --> 00:30:59,213 [Narrator] Silty water from the sluices is flooding into the feeder pond. 567 00:30:59,241 --> 00:31:03,451 The screen broke on the... on the upper dam 568 00:31:03,482 --> 00:31:06,692 and there's a hole in the hose down there, so now we gotta fix 'em both. 569 00:31:12,241 --> 00:31:13,281 Yeah. 570 00:31:13,310 --> 00:31:16,690 So, Johnny, dam is workin' down there perfect. 571 00:31:20,655 --> 00:31:21,515 What? 572 00:31:23,827 --> 00:31:25,377 What the [bleep]? 573 00:31:25,413 --> 00:31:27,143 Thought we had enough people. 574 00:31:27,172 --> 00:31:29,832 Enough people? This is your job! 575 00:31:29,862 --> 00:31:31,902 Could we just tape it like that one? 576 00:31:31,931 --> 00:31:33,831 You like half assing your job? 577 00:31:33,862 --> 00:31:36,212 [Johnny] Are you kidding me? I'm up there fixing the filter. 578 00:31:36,241 --> 00:31:38,101 -Okay. -Fix the friggin' thing. 579 00:31:38,137 --> 00:31:42,687 John, shut the [bleep] up. Are you gonna [bleep] do anything right? 580 00:31:42,724 --> 00:31:44,904 Or is everyone gonna have to fix your [bleep] for you 581 00:31:44,931 --> 00:31:47,411 all the [bleep] damn time, huh? 582 00:31:47,448 --> 00:31:50,068 Just fix the holes, you [bleep].idiot. 583 00:31:50,724 --> 00:31:51,904 Then give me the wrench. 584 00:31:55,172 --> 00:31:56,972 I'm sorry. Who is in charge of who here? 585 00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:58,760 Fred's in charge of me. You ain't the boss. 586 00:31:58,793 --> 00:32:00,343 Oh, I'm not the [bleep] foreman! 587 00:32:00,379 --> 00:32:02,409 How much [bleep] experience do you have 588 00:32:02,448 --> 00:32:04,658 in a [bleep] mine, huh? 589 00:32:04,689 --> 00:32:07,689 None. What do you think you're the [bleep] water boy? 590 00:32:07,724 --> 00:32:09,974 Just fix it and shut your fat mouth! 591 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:12,590 You're not doing anything here anyway. 592 00:32:12,620 --> 00:32:14,760 Go [bleep] sit on your ass like you normally do. 593 00:32:14,793 --> 00:32:17,283 No paid pension. Like normal. 594 00:32:19,137 --> 00:32:22,477 Just getting of everyone else doing his[bleep] job for him. 595 00:32:23,344 --> 00:32:25,144 When two problems come up at once, 596 00:32:25,172 --> 00:32:26,722 we got to call another person. 597 00:32:26,758 --> 00:32:29,068 Who's the one guy who's always not doing something? 598 00:32:29,103 --> 00:32:30,383 Freaking Canyon. 599 00:32:30,413 --> 00:32:32,073 Ge ain't the box. He's the freaking 600 00:32:32,103 --> 00:32:33,973 sit in the seats by six douchebags. 601 00:32:35,620 --> 00:32:37,030 [bleep] Johnny. 602 00:32:43,620 --> 00:32:47,070 I'm doing Johnny's job like every other [bleep] time 603 00:32:47,103 --> 00:32:49,903 that something goes wrong with his thing. It's a constant thing. 604 00:32:49,931 --> 00:32:53,341 It be one thing if it was like a [bleep] learn from your mistake. 605 00:32:53,379 --> 00:32:55,549 But this stupid bastard just keeps [bleep] up. 606 00:32:55,586 --> 00:32:58,926 [narrator] At Elkhorn Creek, rookie mine boss Fred Lewis 607 00:32:58,965 --> 00:33:02,925 is out of cash. And his crew is at a breaking point. 608 00:33:02,965 --> 00:33:05,755 [man] There's an urgency to the things that we're trying to do here. 609 00:33:07,689 --> 00:33:09,829 -Fred. Fred. -What's up? 610 00:33:10,413 --> 00:33:11,863 Freaking idiot. 611 00:33:12,482 --> 00:33:14,382 -What? Kendall? -Yes. 612 00:33:14,413 --> 00:33:17,833 So you just missed "John, what the friggin' heck..." 613 00:33:17,862 --> 00:33:20,142 I'm like, "Freaking idiot, there's two of us. 614 00:33:20,172 --> 00:33:23,212 There's two of us. There's two problems. One person per problem, right? 615 00:33:23,241 --> 00:33:25,481 All right, so let's deal with this as a group 616 00:33:25,517 --> 00:33:27,717 'cause some things he does, they're robbing other people 617 00:33:27,758 --> 00:33:30,238 wrong, too. Let's do it like we do in the military. 618 00:33:30,275 --> 00:33:32,965 Let's have an after action review. I know you're pissed off. 619 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:34,720 He's probably got his story, too. 620 00:33:34,758 --> 00:33:38,408 We'll hash it out, and if he has a problem with everybody's opinion, 621 00:33:38,448 --> 00:33:39,898 he's gonna have to make some adjustments. 622 00:33:39,931 --> 00:33:41,001 I'll address it. 623 00:33:42,793 --> 00:33:44,903 You know, with my investor car coming in, 624 00:33:44,931 --> 00:33:46,971 I really want to nip all these problems in the bud, 625 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:49,450 so I'm gonna go ahead and do an after action review. 626 00:33:49,482 --> 00:33:51,722 Someone wise once told me it's not how 627 00:33:51,758 --> 00:33:54,068 you handle conflict, it's how you resolve it. 628 00:33:54,103 --> 00:33:55,833 Can I get everybody to shut vehicles down 629 00:33:55,862 --> 00:33:57,102 and come to the colonel, please? 630 00:34:00,517 --> 00:34:01,547 [vehicle engine powering down] 631 00:34:03,931 --> 00:34:05,761 I kind of wanted to gather everybody together 632 00:34:05,793 --> 00:34:07,973 and do like a little after action review. 633 00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:10,550 We're all getting tired, and annoyed that we don't have gold yet. 634 00:34:11,310 --> 00:34:12,690 It's wearing on us all. 635 00:34:12,724 --> 00:34:14,694 But we've got to come together as a team. 636 00:34:14,724 --> 00:34:16,694 If we're not a team, what this is for? 637 00:34:16,724 --> 00:34:19,314 I want us all to respect each other 638 00:34:19,344 --> 00:34:20,794 better than we're doing right now. 639 00:34:20,827 --> 00:34:22,717 On lines of respect, you guys have to understand 640 00:34:22,758 --> 00:34:25,278 that Kendall's been doing this a lot longer than all of us. 641 00:34:25,310 --> 00:34:26,860 So his opinions are valid. 642 00:34:26,896 --> 00:34:30,136 I was just upset about how you presented the... 643 00:34:30,172 --> 00:34:32,172 'Cause we had two problems going on, two of us. 644 00:34:32,206 --> 00:34:34,336 I hopped on you a little rough. 645 00:34:34,379 --> 00:34:36,029 I... I agree. 646 00:34:36,068 --> 00:34:37,618 And I'm sorry I did. 647 00:34:37,655 --> 00:34:40,585 But, Kendall, the problem is, everybody feels a little bit too managed. 648 00:34:42,206 --> 00:34:45,206 The path that you're taking is a little off. 649 00:34:45,241 --> 00:34:46,341 Oh, I can't agree with that. 650 00:34:46,379 --> 00:34:49,619 I think does... Is everyone else... 651 00:34:49,655 --> 00:34:50,655 [Fred] That's why I'm here. 652 00:34:50,689 --> 00:34:52,829 That's why I want everybody else... Stuart. 653 00:34:52,862 --> 00:34:55,342 I don't know. I just feel that somebody does something, 654 00:34:55,379 --> 00:34:56,829 makes a call and it doesn't work out. 655 00:34:56,862 --> 00:34:59,282 Sometimes you get a little bit hotheaded. 656 00:34:59,310 --> 00:35:01,720 Agreed. Agreed. I'm a little high head. 657 00:35:01,758 --> 00:35:05,898 I guess that's why I keep trying to jump in is because I know 658 00:35:05,931 --> 00:35:07,621 when things were gonna fail 659 00:35:07,655 --> 00:35:10,515 and I can see it from a mile away. 660 00:35:10,551 --> 00:35:12,551 But there's only a few of us on this mine site, 661 00:35:12,586 --> 00:35:14,406 so we have to stay as a team. 662 00:35:14,448 --> 00:35:16,658 And if that means I got to swallow my pride 663 00:35:16,689 --> 00:35:18,619 a little bit, I'm gonna have to do it. 664 00:35:18,655 --> 00:35:19,785 [Kendall] Johnny, get over here. 665 00:35:19,827 --> 00:35:22,027 Exactly. Let's get a group hug. 666 00:35:22,068 --> 00:35:24,238 -[Johnny] I'm sorry. -[man] It's all water under the bridge. 667 00:35:24,275 --> 00:35:25,475 [man 2] Let's get some work done. 668 00:35:25,517 --> 00:35:27,097 [Johnny] Me and Kendall definitely had our scuffle. 669 00:35:27,137 --> 00:35:28,307 But you've got to get over it. 670 00:35:28,344 --> 00:35:29,724 You got to accomplish the mission. 671 00:35:29,758 --> 00:35:31,688 We've apologized, we're friends again. 672 00:35:33,689 --> 00:35:34,719 [engine revving] 673 00:35:36,620 --> 00:35:37,620 [man] RPMs are good. 674 00:35:39,896 --> 00:35:40,686 Roll in. 675 00:35:42,137 --> 00:35:43,277 [Fred] Everything's looking good. 676 00:35:45,931 --> 00:35:47,721 [Fred] So I think the ARA did its purpose, 677 00:35:47,758 --> 00:35:49,408 a lot of the tension that we're having 678 00:35:49,448 --> 00:35:51,518 is because we aren't pulling any gold. 679 00:35:51,551 --> 00:35:53,241 Right now we need to move forward as a team 680 00:35:53,275 --> 00:35:55,205 so we can prove to the investor we're worth investing in. 681 00:36:05,586 --> 00:36:07,966 [woman] I'm very curious to see what the mines 682 00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:11,140 are gonna look like after all of these old timer 683 00:36:11,172 --> 00:36:13,172 tailings have been sluiced. 684 00:36:13,206 --> 00:36:14,476 [narrator] At the shaker deck, 685 00:36:14,517 --> 00:36:17,517 Operator Ruby Mahoney is feeding the plant 686 00:36:17,551 --> 00:36:20,381 with the last of the old timer tailing. 687 00:36:20,413 --> 00:36:23,243 One of Tony's biggest gambles of the season. 688 00:36:24,172 --> 00:36:26,212 This year, with gold prices being so high, 689 00:36:26,241 --> 00:36:30,411 we were able to take risks that I don't think Tony would have taken before. 690 00:36:30,448 --> 00:36:33,068 But fuel prices being so low, Tony is going to get 691 00:36:33,103 --> 00:36:35,863 a good payout for a very minimal investment. 692 00:36:39,448 --> 00:36:41,478 This is the last scoop going in. 693 00:36:44,068 --> 00:36:46,788 We can hold mats, do its clean up. 694 00:36:46,827 --> 00:36:51,027 And we will see what these old timers have left behind for us. 695 00:36:58,137 --> 00:37:01,407 And just like that, we're done. Good job. 696 00:37:05,448 --> 00:37:09,478 No, no. No operation of reruns completely smooth. 697 00:37:09,517 --> 00:37:11,927 And I'm just really hoping that all of the downtime 698 00:37:11,965 --> 00:37:13,715 and headache that these old timer tailings 699 00:37:13,758 --> 00:37:16,998 put me and this plant through are worth it. 700 00:37:17,034 --> 00:37:19,174 I guess we'll just have to wait and see what's in here. 701 00:37:20,586 --> 00:37:22,586 [narrator] The rest of the Beets family 702 00:37:22,620 --> 00:37:24,660 joins Ruby for the final cleanup. 703 00:37:26,448 --> 00:37:28,858 We had a bit of issues with the plant, 704 00:37:28,896 --> 00:37:30,786 but while I intend to set up a plant again, 705 00:37:30,827 --> 00:37:32,137 there's always seething issues. 706 00:37:33,862 --> 00:37:35,832 Hopefully, this time we get another good payout. 707 00:37:35,862 --> 00:37:39,212 And we get that much close to the 2,000oz goal. 708 00:37:39,241 --> 00:37:42,521 It's free money. So excited to see what we got. 709 00:38:02,379 --> 00:38:03,999 [man] That's the last of the old timers tailings. 710 00:38:04,034 --> 00:38:07,414 Shame there wasn't more, but it was free, so let's see what we get. 711 00:38:18,275 --> 00:38:21,405 [narrator] At Dunkin Creek, after a week of shifting dirt, 712 00:38:21,448 --> 00:38:25,588 gold room operator Carla finds a way to keep cool. 713 00:38:25,620 --> 00:38:28,240 [Carla] I've been eyeballing Duncan Creek in months, 714 00:38:28,275 --> 00:38:29,335 so I'm gonna give it a try. 715 00:38:36,068 --> 00:38:37,138 [laughing] 716 00:38:44,034 --> 00:38:45,594 Whoo! It's rushing. 717 00:38:56,931 --> 00:38:58,211 That was awesome. 718 00:38:58,758 --> 00:39:00,068 I would do that all day. 719 00:39:00,103 --> 00:39:02,173 It's the only reason I work hard is to play hard. 720 00:39:03,655 --> 00:39:04,825 I'm gonna do it again. 721 00:39:18,517 --> 00:39:21,717 I've invested every penny I have into this, and I don't have a lot left. 722 00:39:21,758 --> 00:39:26,588 [narrator] At Elkhorn Creek, rookie miner Fred Lewis needs a cash injection 723 00:39:26,620 --> 00:39:30,070 fast to save him from shutting down the mine. 724 00:39:30,103 --> 00:39:35,243 So he's called on his military buddy, Carl Smith, to see if he wants to invest. 725 00:39:35,275 --> 00:39:37,965 Carl is a really good friend, but he's such a good friend 726 00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:40,030 I know he's going to be honest, and that's a little nerve-wracking. 727 00:39:42,310 --> 00:39:45,450 What's up, man? It's good to see you, brother. 728 00:39:45,482 --> 00:39:47,832 -How you been? -What you got for me up here, man? 729 00:39:47,862 --> 00:39:50,662 This looks pretty awesome. Beautiful area. A little slice of America. 730 00:39:50,689 --> 00:39:52,619 [Fred Lewis] Ready to check it out? [Carl Smith] Yeah. 731 00:39:52,655 --> 00:39:55,275 All right, dude. Pretty much right here. 732 00:39:55,310 --> 00:39:56,480 You could see the whole thing. 733 00:39:56,517 --> 00:39:59,657 -That's all we got, okay? -So what's the gold like? 734 00:39:59,689 --> 00:40:01,409 You know, I'm not going to lie. 735 00:40:01,448 --> 00:40:04,168 The gold coming out of the ground is a lot harder than I thought it was going to. 736 00:40:04,206 --> 00:40:05,826 I know the guys are new. 737 00:40:05,862 --> 00:40:09,002 It's not that. Eighty percent of the time we're down is because of equipment, 738 00:40:09,034 --> 00:40:11,384 and it's just costing me more money than I thought. 739 00:40:11,413 --> 00:40:13,663 If we could just invest a little bit more, 740 00:40:14,965 --> 00:40:16,965 we got a really good shot here. 741 00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:19,450 -All right. -You want to go see what my staff is up to? 742 00:40:19,482 --> 00:40:22,552 -Hell, yeah. - Stefan, I got somebody here wants to talk to you. 743 00:40:22,586 --> 00:40:24,206 You got a minute? 744 00:40:24,241 --> 00:40:26,451 [Carl] What's it been, like, eight years since I seen Stefan? 745 00:40:26,482 --> 00:40:28,102 [Fred] Yeah. 746 00:40:28,137 --> 00:40:31,307 [narrator] Carl spent three years in the military with Fred and Stefan 747 00:40:31,344 --> 00:40:36,384 serving on the same Special Forces team in northern Africa and Afghanistan. 748 00:40:36,413 --> 00:40:40,033 Oh, [bleep]... What's up, man? 749 00:40:40,068 --> 00:40:41,758 Not much, man. It's great to see you. 750 00:40:41,793 --> 00:40:43,003 [Stefan] What do you think? 751 00:40:43,034 --> 00:40:45,104 It's a lot. I'm impressed. 752 00:40:45,137 --> 00:40:46,547 Let you get back in the hole, man. 753 00:40:46,586 --> 00:40:47,996 This is Candle and Stuart. 754 00:40:48,931 --> 00:40:50,661 First impressions always mean a lot. 755 00:40:50,689 --> 00:40:52,999 And the first impression, the team is real good. 756 00:40:53,034 --> 00:40:54,904 You know, you want to see a good operation, 757 00:40:54,931 --> 00:40:56,691 but, you know, from the business side, 758 00:40:56,724 --> 00:40:59,454 we've got to sit down and talk some numbers, so this is nowhere near a done deal yet. 759 00:41:02,655 --> 00:41:03,995 So what do you think, dude? 760 00:41:04,034 --> 00:41:06,524 It looks good. I like the guys absolutely. I mean, obviously 761 00:41:06,551 --> 00:41:09,341 with Stefan being out here, that really adds to it. 762 00:41:09,379 --> 00:41:10,969 So what's your estimate right now, 763 00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:15,210 what this claim can give you? Will give us, right? 764 00:41:15,241 --> 00:41:17,761 -Yeah, you're right. - We're gonna partner on this. 765 00:41:17,793 --> 00:41:19,313 You're right. I think there's a possibility 766 00:41:19,344 --> 00:41:22,974 to pull fifty ounces of gold out of this one acre. 767 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:25,970 And that's pretty ambitious, obviously, because you're starting out. 768 00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:28,590 What are the numbers here to get you through this season? 769 00:41:28,620 --> 00:41:31,620 We have about eight to ten weeks left, depending on the weather. 770 00:41:31,655 --> 00:41:35,135 We have lease costs, fuel costs, and maintenance costs. 771 00:41:35,172 --> 00:41:37,862 On average, you could run the mine for about five grand a week. 772 00:41:37,896 --> 00:41:40,686 And I'm confident that if we had that capital, 773 00:41:40,724 --> 00:41:43,554 we could mine till the end of the season, no problem. 774 00:41:43,586 --> 00:41:46,166 Compared to my other investments, there's a lot of risk here, Fred. 775 00:41:46,206 --> 00:41:49,306 Yeah, and I'm telling you right now, Carl, it's a gamble. 776 00:41:49,344 --> 00:41:51,174 But I feel like the biggest investment 777 00:41:51,206 --> 00:41:53,716 you could make is not in the gold that we're going to get this year. 778 00:41:53,758 --> 00:41:55,518 but in the team. We're going to pull 779 00:41:55,551 --> 00:41:58,451 -every ounce of paydirt out of this claim that we can. -Yep. 780 00:41:58,482 --> 00:42:01,792 And if the gold's there that's supposed to be there, we're going to do really well. 781 00:42:01,827 --> 00:42:03,717 But that's the risk you take in gold mining. 782 00:42:03,758 --> 00:42:05,138 From us being teammates, man, 783 00:42:05,172 --> 00:42:08,482 I know that you can solve most any problem put in front of you. 784 00:42:08,517 --> 00:42:10,757 I like the guys. They're vets, you know, That gives me 785 00:42:10,793 --> 00:42:14,283 a higher degree of confidence that you guys could make this happen. 786 00:42:14,310 --> 00:42:17,070 Putting myself out there quite a bit for you, 787 00:42:17,103 --> 00:42:20,283 but that says a lot about my faith in you. 788 00:42:20,310 --> 00:42:25,790 But for that, I need 10 percent and the repayment of the loan, 789 00:42:25,827 --> 00:42:28,207 - Okay. -and I'll cover your expenses to get you through this season 790 00:42:31,482 --> 00:42:33,282 You know, 10 percent's quite a bit. 791 00:42:33,310 --> 00:42:35,480 I've still got to get the claim owners 15. 792 00:42:35,517 --> 00:42:39,717 The guys still have to get a cut, but you need to have some skin in this. 793 00:42:39,758 --> 00:42:42,408 I think that... I think ten percent's pretty good. 794 00:42:42,448 --> 00:42:44,518 All right, we got a deal. Let's do it. 795 00:42:44,551 --> 00:42:48,411 [narrator] With a deal secured and investment until the end of the season, 796 00:42:48,448 --> 00:42:52,138 the team's hopes of striking it rich are still alive. 797 00:42:52,172 --> 00:42:55,482 Hey, everybody, Carl is officially on board. 798 00:42:55,517 --> 00:42:57,067 We have an investor. 799 00:42:57,103 --> 00:42:59,213 Let's get that gold. 800 00:42:59,241 --> 00:43:02,691 -Back in business. -[bleep] Yeah, man. 801 00:43:02,724 --> 00:43:05,004 Getting Carl on board, getting that investor, that's [bleep] awesome. 802 00:43:05,034 --> 00:43:06,484 That's exactly what we needed. 803 00:43:06,517 --> 00:43:09,167 That means we can keep going the rest of the season 804 00:43:09,206 --> 00:43:11,686 and hopefully can find all that gold. 805 00:43:11,724 --> 00:43:13,764 [Carl] Fred's done a phenomenal job selling me on the vision. 806 00:43:13,793 --> 00:43:15,723 But at the end of the day, this is business. 807 00:43:15,758 --> 00:43:19,518 and I'm investing my money and I expect to get the full return. 808 00:43:19,551 --> 00:43:21,791 [Fred] It's not just my money now, it's one of my best friend's money. 809 00:43:21,827 --> 00:43:25,207 So from here on, it's gonna be a lot more focus on what we're doing 810 00:43:25,241 --> 00:43:27,901 and where we're spending money and why. 811 00:43:27,931 --> 00:43:31,241 But it gives us the financial freedom to keep mining and to keep that dream alive. 812 00:43:40,551 --> 00:43:42,411 -Hi, guys. -Hi, Mike. 813 00:43:42,448 --> 00:43:44,448 [narrator] At Paradise Hill, 814 00:43:44,482 --> 00:43:47,522 the Beets family assemble for their weekly gold weigh. 815 00:43:47,551 --> 00:43:50,481 -How did your trowel go, Mike? -Slow, consistent. 816 00:43:50,517 --> 00:43:54,307 But I would like them trommels so much more than [bleep] screen decks any day. 817 00:43:54,344 --> 00:43:56,764 [Minnie Beets] So how was the shaker deck? 818 00:43:56,793 --> 00:44:00,863 So we cleaned up that last bit of tailings, eh? 819 00:44:03,896 --> 00:44:06,996 So should we weigh some up, then? 820 00:44:07,034 --> 00:44:10,484 [Minnie] Yeah, we should. We should do the shaker deck first. 821 00:44:10,517 --> 00:44:12,137 [man] Let's do this. 822 00:44:12,172 --> 00:44:16,452 [narrator] The old timer tailings have averaged 66 ounces a week. 823 00:44:16,482 --> 00:44:22,832 [Minnie] Twenty 30, 40, 51.48. 824 00:44:22,862 --> 00:44:24,722 - Not bad. -Yeah, right? 825 00:44:24,758 --> 00:44:28,098 [narrator] Worth close to $100,000. 826 00:44:28,137 --> 00:44:31,617 Total for screen decks, 250.52. 827 00:44:31,655 --> 00:44:34,545 [narrator] Tony's gamble on the old timer tailings 828 00:44:34,586 --> 00:44:36,996 has delivered half a million dollars. 829 00:44:40,172 --> 00:44:43,142 -Yes. -[narrator reading] Mike's trommel has been running 830 00:44:43,172 --> 00:44:45,792 - mega cut pay. -[Minnie] That's a nice jar. 831 00:44:49,068 --> 00:44:50,998 [narrator] To hit their 3,000-ounce season goal, 832 00:44:51,034 --> 00:44:55,284 the Beets need to average 205 ounces a week, 833 00:44:55,310 --> 00:45:00,240 so Mike's trommel needs to deliver at least 154 ounces. 834 00:45:00,275 --> 00:45:07,405 [Mike] 180, 190, 200, 209.8. 835 00:45:07,448 --> 00:45:10,378 [narrator] Worth $400,000. 836 00:45:10,413 --> 00:45:13,553 So that's an ounce and a half an hour? 837 00:45:18,448 --> 00:45:20,068 So what's our season total? 838 00:45:20,103 --> 00:45:24,523 Our season total is 1,827.76. 839 00:45:24,551 --> 00:45:27,481 [narrator] Worth $3.3 million. 840 00:45:32,793 --> 00:45:34,553 You guys should go on to do some more. 841 00:45:37,000 --> 00:45:38,480 Nice seeing you all. 842 00:45:40,310 --> 00:45:41,480 I think you sure done well. 843 00:45:56,931 --> 00:45:59,071 How you doing, man? What's up, guys? 844 00:45:59,103 --> 00:46:01,663 [narrator reading] Rick Ness is back at Dunkin Creek 845 00:46:01,689 --> 00:46:04,719 to find out how well mechanic Carl 846 00:46:04,758 --> 00:46:06,928 ran the mine while he was away. 847 00:46:06,965 --> 00:46:08,925 [Rick] That always does give me anxiety. 848 00:46:08,965 --> 00:46:10,335 It just never seems like a good time. 849 00:46:10,379 --> 00:46:13,339 Right? It's like leaving a bunch of teenagers 850 00:46:13,379 --> 00:46:14,519 at the house for the weekend, right? 851 00:46:14,551 --> 00:46:15,761 [woman] Yee-haw. 852 00:46:17,241 --> 00:46:18,791 Thanks for stepping up, Carl. 853 00:46:18,827 --> 00:46:21,277 -I appreciate it. -Pretty big boots to fill, my friend. 854 00:46:21,310 --> 00:46:23,660 -I don't know about that. -You know, we had a struggle, 855 00:46:23,689 --> 00:46:25,449 but, we still did some sluicing, at least. 856 00:46:25,482 --> 00:46:26,862 [Rick] You guys did what was right. 857 00:46:26,896 --> 00:46:28,616 You know, you solved the problem and you got her going. 858 00:46:29,586 --> 00:46:31,476 Well, should we weigh up what we got? 859 00:46:31,517 --> 00:46:33,477 Let's see, man. 860 00:46:33,517 --> 00:46:36,927 [narrator] To his his season-long goal of 1,000 ounces 861 00:46:36,965 --> 00:46:38,925 [Rick] All right, here we go. 862 00:46:38,965 --> 00:46:42,165 [narrator] Rick needs to hit seventy a week. 863 00:46:42,206 --> 00:46:46,516 [Rick] Forty, 50, 60, so over 70. 864 00:46:47,586 --> 00:46:49,136 [man] That is impressive. 865 00:46:49,172 --> 00:46:54,762 -[Rick] 73.46. -[narrator] Worth over $130,000. 866 00:46:54,793 --> 00:46:58,413 Amen to that, guys. That is... That's the real deal there. 867 00:46:58,448 --> 00:47:02,238 [narrator] And pushing his total to 597 ounces, 868 00:47:02,275 --> 00:47:05,205 more than he got in the whole of last season. 869 00:47:05,241 --> 00:47:07,031 -Better than last year. -[Rick] Better than last year. 870 00:47:07,068 --> 00:47:10,138 Awesome, awesome. 871 00:47:10,793 --> 00:47:12,003 Let's just put it this way. 872 00:47:12,034 --> 00:47:13,904 I think we're at about a quarter of the cost. 873 00:47:13,931 --> 00:47:16,761 Gold price is way up A third of the time, 874 00:47:16,793 --> 00:47:18,763 We're ahead of where we were last season. 875 00:47:18,793 --> 00:47:20,033 That's worth [bleep] cheers, right? 876 00:47:20,068 --> 00:47:21,028 [man] Yeah, man. 877 00:47:21,068 --> 00:47:21,998 -Cheers, guys. -Cheers. 878 00:47:23,000 --> 00:47:23,900 Yeah. 879 00:47:26,310 --> 00:47:28,380 [narrator] On the nextGold Rush . 880 00:47:30,586 --> 00:47:32,376 Come on, Doyle. 881 00:47:32,413 --> 00:47:35,003 [narrator] A new generation joins the crew. 882 00:47:38,000 --> 00:47:41,070 They're sluicing out of a mud hole, an actual mudhole. 883 00:47:41,103 --> 00:47:42,723 [narrator] Fred needs a hero 884 00:47:42,758 --> 00:47:45,028 [Fred] Let's see if we can winter down. [narrator] to save his season. 885 00:47:45,068 --> 00:47:46,718 This is our best shot right now. 886 00:47:46,758 --> 00:47:47,928 Kendall, Kendall, whoa. 887 00:47:49,000 --> 00:47:50,410 That's the last scoop. 888 00:47:50,448 --> 00:47:53,308 -Yeah. -[narrator] And it's the end of an era. 889 00:47:53,344 --> 00:47:57,344 What a nice feeling. [narrator] for Parker and his crew. 890 00:47:57,379 --> 00:47:59,449 We got some pretty good numbers of gold out of this thing. 891 00:47:59,482 --> 00:48:00,902 That's never enough.