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On this Gold Rush...
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Tony Beets makes
a dramatic discovery...
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Oh, I'll be damned.
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...on his hunt for gold.
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There's something
hiding over there.
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Holy
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Rick Ness
hits the jackpot.
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People search their whole life
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for this type of material.
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If anybody wants to go home,
they can go home.
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And Parker Schnabel
throws his team
into a tailspin.
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and leave right now,
I don't give a
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I'm pissed.
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This time last year,
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Klondike legend Tony Beets
was already shutdown
by the Yukon winter.
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But after a late start
due to the pandemic,
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he's still
over 400 ounces short
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of his 3,000 ounce
season goal,
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and he's not giving up now.
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Gents, keep it going in.
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The trommel's muddy water
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runs into ponds
to let the silt settle,
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by law this sediment must have
dropped out of the water
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before it's discharged
into the creek.
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But the ponds have silted up,
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and dirty water is now flowing
out of the discharge pipe.
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Go ahead, Tony. Go ahead.
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Righty. I'm on my way.
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Feeding dirty water
into the creek is a violation
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that could see
Tony's operation shutdown,
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and hit with a fine
of up to $100,000.
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Yes, I do. Yes, I do.
Yes, I do.
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Why? What's happened?
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Great. On it.
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To increase
the pond's capacity,
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so the silt
has space to settle,
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Tony plans to raise the whole
mile and a half of dikes
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by a massive seven feet.
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It'll take over 2.3 million
cubic feet of dirt,
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enough to fill
the Capitol Rotunda,
twice over.
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What's up? What do
you need, chickie?
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Hey, I'm gonna be
backing these trucks in
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you know,
it is the end of the season.
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Damn near, anyways, so,
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the faster we get this done,
the better.
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'Cause it's just costing
nothing but money.
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Sounds good. Just give me
a holler when you want
the D10 to barrel down,
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-and I'll make it happen.
Aces.
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If you let dirty water
into the stream, you can be
shutdown for good.
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So, dike building it is.
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Gotta build 'em up,
build 'em up, build 'em up,
build 'em up.
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We, uh, now have
pretty much everybody
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on the dikes, making
this project "happening."
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Until this is done,
we cannot sluice,
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so, all hands on deck,
all hands on deck.
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Tony loads
rock trucks with old tailings.
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Keep coming,
keep coming.
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Hard left.
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Monica directs the trucks
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to dump at
one end of the dike,
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then Kevin pushes
the piles flat
and packs them down
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with the weight
of the D10 dozer.
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Do one quick push. Boom.
And then we get
out of the way.
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Repeat.
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Overall, it's been
a pretty good season.
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you know,
it's been tough for sure,
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but we're finding good gold
and we're making money
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and that's the important part.
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Twenty-six-year-old
Parker Schnabel,
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is on track
to break records this year
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and expand
his gold mining empire.
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We've got a lot of options
on other grounds
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both here in the Klondike
and in Alaska.
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You know, the biggest factor
for making a decision on those
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is where we're at money-wise
at the end pf the season.
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With only weeks
left in the season,
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he's going all out
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with both his wash plants
running 24/7
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in the 26 acre airstrip cut.
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This season
we're just going through
area like crazy.
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Gold prices are good.
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The best way to
maximize this season
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is to open up an extension
on the airstrip cut that
we're doing right now.
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I don't know how happy
the guys are gonna be
about this
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but we're on a roll
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and we should try to
keep that going.
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-How's it going?
-Good, you?
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Not too bad.
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Yeah, so...
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I know it's a little late
in the season,
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but, we could get
another piece opened up
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and extend the cut
further downstream
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another five, 600 feet.
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We've got good gold prices
and we need gold
coming out of the ground.
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That's gonna add a couple more
weeks of work, man,
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like, I don't know if
we'll be able to beat
the weather doing this.
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My only concern is that
snow's probably gonna be
coming in pretty soon.
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You should be able to get
something opened up.
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To open this ground up
is a big challenge for me.
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I know it's gonna not be fun
this time of year, but,
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it's gotta get done.
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Parker wants to
mine another 600 foot cut,
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Half as much again
as they've mined so far
on the airstrip.
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It will take 500 truckloads
of worthless overburden
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to get down to gold rich pay.
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This late in the season,
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that's a huge extra workload
for co-foreman Brennan Ruault
in the 700,
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and operator JM in the 460.
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This is a lot of
extra pressure
on my shoulders
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but, uh, you know,
I'm not the boss here,
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and he's the one
calling the shots on that
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and we're just gonna
have to get it done.
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At the end of the day,
I have one job to do,
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to just find as much gold
as we possibly can.
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The plans keep
changing around here,
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so it's...
Like, I can't keep up.
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I'm getting tired.
We gotta open
a lot of ground.
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but all I can do is my best.
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While Brennan
and JM strip overburden
on the new extension,
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Parker checks the section
of the airstrip cut
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they've already mined.
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What the [bleep]?
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Parker's discovered
a rookie error.
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They've left gold bearing
river rock behind.
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Howdy.
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I shouldn't have to
walk your floor.
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What's that, buddy?
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I though everybody
knew how to dig pay
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but three are
round rock everywhere.
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Like I shouldn't have to walk
the floor and find like,
yards of rock
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I've hardly dug any of this.
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I don't care.
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You're in charge
or are you not in charge?
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Well, Mitch was in charge.
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Mitch ain't here.
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Yeah, well...
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There's quite a bit missed.
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Whoever took the last strip
in the back.
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I don't give
a who it is,
and neither should you,
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but it needs to
get cleaned up.
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I understand that,
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but I haven't even dug
half this pay here,
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I've been in the back
doing overburden.
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I don't know if guys are in
a rush to go home or whatever
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but if anybody
wants to go home,
they can go home.
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Right now. Like, that's not
a reason to rush
through any cuts or...
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or do anything sloppy,
or whatever is going on,
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we've done this racket
for eight years now,
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I shouldn't have to
walk our floors.
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But there's no need
to come here
and be a about it.
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I'm so over
this bull man.
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Go pack my
and leave right now,
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I don't give a
about any of this
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I am pissed.
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I'm gonna pack
my and leave
right now.
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At Indian River,
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Co-foreman Brennan Ruault
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is reaching a breaking point,
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after his boss Parker Schnabel
called him out
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for leaving pay dirt behind
in the cut.
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I'm over
this horse
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I'm trying to do a million
things and keep
my head in check,
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blood is boiling, man.
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Whoo!
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When Brennan joined
the crew five years ago
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he'd never mined gold before.
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Can't wait to see
the little yellow flakes
on the sluice box.
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Through his hard work,
he gained Parker's trust.
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That's awesome.
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And worked his way up to
the rank of co-foreman.
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What I'd really like to do
is for your guys
to share the role.
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I'll definitely step up.
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But now,
the pressure of the end.
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of their most grueling
season ever,
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has pushed him to the brink.
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One little
thing
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and then I'm the one that
has to take the heat for it.
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Hey, junior.
Come here, boy.
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I'm just sick of
being treated like that.
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Like, it's just a nightmare.
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-I mean, when is enough
enough around here?
Yeah.
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In the ten years
that I've been here,
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I've noticed that he pushes
a little bit more...
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at this point,
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and sometimes it creates
more damage than good.
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He forgets that
a lot of us are 3,000 miles
away from home,
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that's the tough part.
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It's really hard on everyone
to maintain a good morale.
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Yeah, we put in
a lot of work this year,
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being up here late,
getting tired.
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Just consider the crew,
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we've got a good crew,
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No, we got a good team, man,
a really good team.
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-We say it all year long.
Yeah.
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Everybody knows
their stuff and gets done.
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So, no matter
how hard it gets,
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come hell or high water,
push through.
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Yeah, all right.
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Why don't we finish
on a good note, happy,
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then come here and go
full tilt in the spring.
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What can you say?
It happens every year.
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-All right, pops.
Thanks a lot, appreciate it.
-Okay, junior.
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-Yeah, you hang in there.
-Yeah, you too.
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Technically,
I shouldn't even
be here right now.
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Normally, we're gone
this time of year.
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But thankfully we haven't been
frozen out yet,
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because, uh, still got
a couple hundred
ounces to yet,
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and I'm more determined
this season than ever,
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to make sure
that we get there.
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Rick Ness,
is mining on borrowed time.
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What'd the boss want?
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Meetings are never good.
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And still only
three-quarters of the way
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to hitting his 1,000 ounce
season goal.
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I just wanted to address
the gigantic elephant
in the room,
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and that is if we don't hit
1,000 ounces this year,
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we're not coming back.
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It jus is what it is,
we're hitting 1,000 ounces,
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-right?
-Yeah.
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With his
mining career on the line,
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Rick knows he needs to
make a big move
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to hit his target.
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The creek cut has been
really reliable for us
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but I just don't know if
that's gonna get us there.
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What if the weather
closes on us like a trap
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and we're not across
the finish line yet?
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Like, I can't handle that
for another year.
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We've gotta do something.
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I've got a bit of hunch.
I really think that
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you know, some of out best
gold could be around that lazy
bend in that river there.
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You're gonna look into
that lazy bend?
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We're not gonna keep doing
the creek cut?
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I know the creek cut's
been reliable,
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but is it good enough
to get there?
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It's time to swing away, man.
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Like we gotta go after
something bigger.
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Water flows slower
around the inside
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or lazy bend of a river.
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The slower water allows
more gold to settle,
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and over thousands of years,
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creates a richer deposit than
anywhere else on the creek.
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We came up here for...
for redemption, right?
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We're so close.
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00:14:40,068 --> 00:14:40,998
go after it. man.
245
00:14:41,034 --> 00:14:42,974
I'm done playing it safe.
246
00:14:47,137 --> 00:14:49,477
You're the expert here.
I'll follow your lead, buddy.
247
00:14:49,517 --> 00:14:51,137
-I'm game.
-I'm game.
248
00:14:51,172 --> 00:14:54,002
Let's go, uh, deal with
this weather and get after it.
249
00:14:54,034 --> 00:14:55,344
-We'll hurt the dirt.
-Let's do it.
250
00:14:55,379 --> 00:14:56,209
Hurt the dirt!
251
00:15:00,862 --> 00:15:04,832
Hopefully, I can get
the machine in here
without burying it.
252
00:15:04,862 --> 00:15:06,972
Rick opens up
the spot he believes
253
00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:10,480
was once the inside bend
in the course of the creek.
254
00:15:10,517 --> 00:15:12,687
I've run the numbers
and there's just no way
255
00:15:12,724 --> 00:15:14,344
we're gonna get to
a thousand ounces
256
00:15:14,379 --> 00:15:15,719
at the pace we're going.
257
00:15:16,827 --> 00:15:18,967
We need the bang
for our buck right now.
258
00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:21,620
So, we gotta go after
the best of the best.
259
00:15:24,689 --> 00:15:27,969
I hope this pays off.
It just makes me nervous.
260
00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:30,030
When you're taking
a chance like that
261
00:15:30,068 --> 00:15:33,448
run the risk of maybe we
don't even hit our goals.
262
00:15:33,482 --> 00:15:35,002
Hopefully, his hunch is right.
263
00:15:36,931 --> 00:15:37,971
Yeah,
it's Rick's call.
264
00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:39,690
But I think
there's a time and place
265
00:15:39,724 --> 00:15:42,454
to go fast and take chances,
and it's not this year.
266
00:15:42,482 --> 00:15:44,212
It's just not
the season for that.
267
00:15:46,586 --> 00:15:47,476
All right. So far so good.
268
00:15:50,724 --> 00:15:52,764
Kruse and Karla and probably
everybody here
269
00:15:52,793 --> 00:15:54,763
is not too sure
about my hunch here.
270
00:15:54,793 --> 00:15:57,343
But in the case,
they're gonna be wrong.
271
00:15:57,379 --> 00:15:59,309
I'm gonna prove 'em
wrong this year.
272
00:15:59,344 --> 00:16:01,074
you, gravel.
Where are you?
273
00:16:01,689 --> 00:16:02,829
Don't have all day.
274
00:16:04,137 --> 00:16:04,997
Come on.
275
00:16:08,344 --> 00:16:09,934
Yeah.
276
00:16:10,655 --> 00:16:11,755
Yeah, look at that.
277
00:16:11,793 --> 00:16:13,793
Five hours in,
278
00:16:13,827 --> 00:16:15,997
Rick hits
the first pay gravels.
279
00:16:18,103 --> 00:16:19,593
Oh, that's good stuff.
280
00:16:19,620 --> 00:16:21,070
It's good stuff.
281
00:16:21,103 --> 00:16:23,003
Rick, do you copy? Rick?
282
00:16:23,034 --> 00:16:24,004
Yeah,
just stay right there, Kruse.
Let me get some more.
283
00:16:24,034 --> 00:16:26,144
If I get ten trucks
out of here,
284
00:16:26,172 --> 00:16:27,792
that's 200 yards.
285
00:16:27,827 --> 00:16:29,617
That's all I really need.
286
00:16:29,655 --> 00:16:32,135
About two hours to run that
through the wash plant.
287
00:16:32,172 --> 00:16:34,792
That should give me
a pretty good test
to see what I got in here.
288
00:16:34,827 --> 00:16:37,687
Rick will run
a 200 yard test
289
00:16:37,724 --> 00:16:39,034
to find out
if this pay is rich enough
290
00:16:39,068 --> 00:16:42,208
to save his season.
291
00:16:42,241 --> 00:16:42,551
You're all loaded
up there, buddy.
292
00:16:44,827 --> 00:16:48,067
All right, here we go.
First load of pay dirt.
293
00:16:48,103 --> 00:16:49,453
There it goes.
294
00:16:50,172 --> 00:16:51,932
It's, uh, go time.
295
00:16:53,689 --> 00:16:55,169
Here we go, first load.
296
00:17:01,517 --> 00:17:02,447
Jammin', killin' it.
297
00:17:06,655 --> 00:17:08,755
Historically,
the lazy bend in a river
298
00:17:08,793 --> 00:17:10,833
should be where
all the gold is.
299
00:17:10,862 --> 00:17:12,592
Kinda putting all my eggs
in this basket.
300
00:17:12,620 --> 00:17:14,410
But I really think
it's gonna pay off.
301
00:17:15,482 --> 00:17:17,932
After running
for two hours...
302
00:17:17,965 --> 00:17:19,335
Just shut her down.
303
00:17:19,379 --> 00:17:20,759
...the crew
shuts down
to check the sluices.
304
00:17:28,034 --> 00:17:29,104
What do you think?
305
00:17:29,137 --> 00:17:29,517
It looks really good.
306
00:17:31,137 --> 00:17:33,827
It looks better
than our last cleanup.
307
00:17:33,862 --> 00:17:35,552
Yeah, that looks good.
I'll take that.
308
00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:39,520
Oh, my
309
00:17:39,551 --> 00:17:41,031
Look at this,
just sitting in the sluice.
310
00:17:42,241 --> 00:17:43,551
Holy
311
00:17:43,586 --> 00:17:47,446
I can't believe that.
Wow, look it.
312
00:17:47,482 --> 00:17:50,002
That's the heaviest nugget
I've ever felt.
313
00:17:50,034 --> 00:17:53,724
People search their whole life
for this type of material.
314
00:17:53,758 --> 00:17:55,068
Pretty big smile
on your face.
315
00:17:55,103 --> 00:17:56,553
No,
you don't even know.
You don't even...
316
00:17:56,586 --> 00:17:57,476
This is like...
It's what dreams are made of.
317
00:17:59,379 --> 00:18:00,449
-What?
-I know.
318
00:18:00,482 --> 00:18:03,522
Holy
Yeah.
319
00:18:04,793 --> 00:18:05,933
Christmas came early.
320
00:18:05,965 --> 00:18:08,065
That's like
an ounce right there.
321
00:18:08,103 --> 00:18:10,623
That's a beauty.
Like, that's worth
some serious money.
322
00:18:10,655 --> 00:18:12,855
That's an ounce.
323
00:18:14,827 --> 00:18:15,447
That'd be four grand
right there.
324
00:18:18,034 --> 00:18:19,314
As far as I know,
that's bigger than anything
325
00:18:19,344 --> 00:18:21,764
Parker or Tony's
pulled out of the ground.
326
00:18:21,793 --> 00:18:24,313
Rick's move
to Keno last season
327
00:18:24,344 --> 00:18:27,904
was all in the hope
of finding giant nuggets.
328
00:18:27,931 --> 00:18:31,141
Two years of hard work
and determination
329
00:18:31,172 --> 00:18:33,972
have finally paid off.
330
00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:36,340
And if the lazy bend
continues to deliver,
331
00:18:36,379 --> 00:18:39,309
his season goal
could be in reach.
332
00:18:39,344 --> 00:18:41,834
Wow. I'm really hoping
this is gonna be
333
00:18:41,862 --> 00:18:43,552
the biggest cleanup
of the year
334
00:18:43,586 --> 00:18:46,756
and if that guy
has anything to say about,
I think it might be.
335
00:19:06,827 --> 00:19:11,237
The sooner we get this done,
the sooner we can
get back to sluicing.
336
00:19:11,275 --> 00:19:12,855
At Paradise Hill,
337
00:19:12,896 --> 00:19:17,306
Tony Beets has stopped
all sluicing
of upper cut pay dirt.
338
00:19:17,344 --> 00:19:20,034
We've got water going out
of our settling pond.
339
00:19:20,068 --> 00:19:22,068
It was too dirty.
340
00:19:22,103 --> 00:19:24,483
Which, of course, means
we got to build up the dikes.
341
00:19:24,517 --> 00:19:27,827
Muddy water running
from the settling ponds
342
00:19:27,862 --> 00:19:31,212
into the creek has forced
a total shutdown
343
00:19:31,241 --> 00:19:34,761
until Kevin and the crew
raise the dikes.
344
00:19:34,793 --> 00:19:37,973
I am running the D10
and pushing down
345
00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:41,340
the piles that Monica
is directing on the dike.
346
00:19:46,172 --> 00:19:50,722
They still need
around 500 trucks of material
to finish the job.
347
00:20:41,137 --> 00:20:42,927
Go for Kevin. Go for Kevin.
348
00:20:46,620 --> 00:20:48,480
Can do.
I'm actually just on my way.
349
00:20:59,724 --> 00:21:02,524
And what did we find?
350
00:21:02,551 --> 00:21:04,071
There's something
hiding over there.
351
00:21:05,862 --> 00:21:08,032
I'll be down.
352
00:21:08,068 --> 00:21:09,968
I believe
what we're looking at...
353
00:21:10,620 --> 00:21:12,720
I'm guessing a steamer.
354
00:21:12,758 --> 00:21:14,278
Like, from a dredge.
It's clearly from
a dredge.
355
00:21:26,586 --> 00:21:30,476
From the early
1900s up to 1966,
356
00:21:30,517 --> 00:21:34,307
dredges mined the prime
pay dirt on Hunker Creek.
357
00:21:34,344 --> 00:21:36,904
The ground was so rich,
that on a good day,
358
00:21:36,931 --> 00:21:39,031
they pulled out
today's equivalent
359
00:21:39,068 --> 00:21:42,968
of over a million dollars
worth of gold.
360
00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:45,830
For Tony to unearth
the remnants of the dredge
361
00:21:45,862 --> 00:21:48,932
is an incredible
chance discovery.
362
00:21:48,965 --> 00:21:51,585
yeah.
363
00:22:02,103 --> 00:22:03,453
-Yeah.
364
00:22:09,413 --> 00:22:11,283
Not till
right about now, honestly.
365
00:22:11,310 --> 00:22:14,310
Old timers
sluicing on the hill
366
00:22:14,344 --> 00:22:16,794
washed down waste material.
367
00:22:17,793 --> 00:22:19,553
Tony's theory,
368
00:22:19,586 --> 00:22:21,656
the dredge that mined
along the valley
369
00:22:21,689 --> 00:22:23,969
went round these tailings.
370
00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:26,520
When the dredge
was finally abandoned,
371
00:22:26,551 --> 00:22:29,281
the remnants lay
on top of ground,
372
00:22:29,310 --> 00:22:31,380
that could still
be rich in gold.
373
00:22:35,275 --> 00:22:36,825
If Tony's right,
374
00:22:36,862 --> 00:22:39,862
he could be heading
for a mammoth pay day.
375
00:23:04,068 --> 00:23:07,788
So, the question is,
where did the dredge come in?
376
00:23:07,827 --> 00:23:10,207
Where did they say
"it, too much"?
377
00:23:10,241 --> 00:23:11,901
We won't know till we dig.
378
00:23:11,931 --> 00:23:14,281
But I'm very curious to see
what we get out of here.
379
00:23:36,862 --> 00:23:40,032
While the rest
of the crew races
to finish the dikes...
380
00:23:41,931 --> 00:23:45,281
...Tony calls in
drilling expert
Liam Ferguson.
381
00:23:45,310 --> 00:23:47,720
All right, Tony. Um, we talked
about putting four holes in.
382
00:23:47,758 --> 00:23:49,408
Whereabouts do you think
is a good spot for them?
383
00:23:52,068 --> 00:23:53,308
-Yep.
384
00:23:58,517 --> 00:24:00,827
Sounds good. We'll come
find you when we're done.
385
00:24:01,241 --> 00:24:02,831
No problem.
386
00:24:02,862 --> 00:24:03,972
All right.
387
00:24:15,034 --> 00:24:17,694
Using a vibrating sonic drill
388
00:24:17,724 --> 00:24:20,214
that can reach
depths of 1,000 feet,
389
00:24:20,241 --> 00:24:22,451
Liam will take
a series of core samples
390
00:24:22,482 --> 00:24:26,382
of the layers of material
beneath the surface
391
00:24:26,413 --> 00:24:28,483
to discover
if the ground beneath
392
00:24:28,517 --> 00:24:30,787
is virgin and rich in gold.
393
00:24:31,724 --> 00:24:33,594
There's a lot
of potential here
394
00:24:33,620 --> 00:24:36,030
for Tony to find some
really good ground.
395
00:24:36,068 --> 00:24:39,448
We'll know pretty quick,
as soon as we pull
the core out,
396
00:24:39,482 --> 00:24:41,312
if it's real virgin
ground or not.
397
00:24:47,931 --> 00:24:50,381
All right, so that's
our bedrock there.
That looks pretty good.
398
00:24:50,413 --> 00:24:53,723
On top of the bedrock,
we got, like, nine foot
399
00:24:53,758 --> 00:24:56,688
of, like, a silty
river gravel.
400
00:24:57,482 --> 00:25:00,312
That looks like
virgin ground to me.
401
00:25:00,344 --> 00:25:01,694
So, based on
everything we've seen,
402
00:25:01,724 --> 00:25:04,484
it definitely looks like
it could be virgin ground.
403
00:25:04,517 --> 00:25:08,547
Looks to me like the theory
of the dredge going around.
404
00:25:08,586 --> 00:25:11,686
the tailings, pile,
it all seems to add up.
405
00:25:11,724 --> 00:25:15,034
Now, the next thing to do
is just to wash it, find out
how much gold in there.
406
00:25:34,241 --> 00:25:36,621
There's still lot of work
to do here,
407
00:25:36,655 --> 00:25:38,545
so we got to just
put the hammer down
to get it done.
408
00:25:38,586 --> 00:25:43,166
Parker has put
co-foreman Brennan Ruault
under the gun
409
00:25:43,206 --> 00:25:48,026
to strip a 600-foot extension
to the Airstrip Cut.
410
00:25:48,068 --> 00:25:51,028
After three days,
he's still not down
to pay dirt.
411
00:25:51,068 --> 00:25:54,238
Parker's got some big
pressure on all of us out here
412
00:25:54,275 --> 00:25:55,235
to get this ground ready.
413
00:25:55,275 --> 00:25:56,895
Is he angry still?
414
00:25:56,931 --> 00:25:59,241
It isn't the first time
he's been
miserable like that.
415
00:25:59,275 --> 00:26:01,965
There's no need for it,
and that's what
I'm getting tired of.
416
00:26:02,724 --> 00:26:04,554
JM, you on here?
417
00:26:05,620 --> 00:26:07,310
Yeah, copy.
418
00:26:07,344 --> 00:26:10,104
Hey, buddy.
We're gonna have to take
a smooth bucket and truck
419
00:26:10,137 --> 00:26:11,307
and go pick rock out of there,
wherever it's missed.
420
00:26:12,896 --> 00:26:14,026
Right on.
421
00:26:14,068 --> 00:26:15,378
Sounds like a plan, man.
422
00:26:15,413 --> 00:26:17,973
Brennan has tasked JM
423
00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:20,830
with cleaning up the section
of the Airstrip Cut,
424
00:26:20,862 --> 00:26:23,692
where Parker found
gold left behind.
425
00:26:23,724 --> 00:26:26,144
I mean,
I don't mind.
I'm here to work.
426
00:26:26,172 --> 00:26:29,282
But it seems like everyday
I kinda found
some new problem,
427
00:26:29,310 --> 00:26:31,070
a new challenge to deal with.
428
00:26:31,103 --> 00:26:33,863
The two wash plants
Sluicifer and Big Red
429
00:26:33,896 --> 00:26:40,826
are running a combined
420 yards of Airstrip Cut
pay dirt and hour.
430
00:26:41,275 --> 00:26:43,475
Brennan in the D10
431
00:26:43,517 --> 00:26:46,787
strips overburden to open up
the new extension.
432
00:26:46,827 --> 00:26:49,997
Now we're in a bit of
a bad panic to get
as far back as we can.
433
00:27:02,413 --> 00:27:03,903
Howdy.
-How are you doing?
434
00:27:03,931 --> 00:27:04,591
Good, you?
435
00:27:04,620 --> 00:27:05,340
I'm all right. Um...
436
00:27:09,379 --> 00:27:14,479
I wanted to explain
a little more
my little blow up in the cut.
437
00:27:16,206 --> 00:27:19,856
I apologize.
Because I shouldn't
do it that way
438
00:27:21,827 --> 00:27:24,027
Brennan, since you've
shown up here,
439
00:27:24,068 --> 00:27:27,168
like, you've come so far,
and you've been
doing a great job.
440
00:27:27,206 --> 00:27:28,376
Honestly, you have.
441
00:27:29,103 --> 00:27:30,173
Right.
442
00:27:30,206 --> 00:27:32,066
I know you've got
a lot on your plate,
443
00:27:32,103 --> 00:27:34,413
but we still have to make sure
444
00:27:34,448 --> 00:27:36,068
that we are following
the basics.
445
00:27:36,103 --> 00:27:39,103
And that's where
I'm coming from.
446
00:27:39,137 --> 00:27:41,027
-Okay, yeah.
-Does that make sense?
447
00:27:41,068 --> 00:27:42,238
Yeah. Very.
448
00:27:42,275 --> 00:27:43,855
Thank you. Appreciate it.
449
00:27:43,896 --> 00:27:45,276
-No sweat. Thanks, Brennan.
-Yeah, no worries.
450
00:27:45,310 --> 00:27:47,070
Appreciate it. Thanks a lot.
451
00:27:47,103 --> 00:27:49,553
I definitely
just take it back
a little bit with Parker.
452
00:27:49,586 --> 00:27:52,136
I do really respect him
coming to apologize
453
00:27:52,172 --> 00:27:54,552
in a sincere way, you know,
so I... I'm happy.
454
00:28:02,034 --> 00:28:04,554
I want to get this ground
opened up and sluiced.
455
00:28:04,586 --> 00:28:06,826
I wanna try and conquer
this season for Parker
456
00:28:06,862 --> 00:28:11,412
and, hopefully, also put
some money in the bank
for some new ground for us.
457
00:28:16,103 --> 00:28:17,243
We're trying
to hurry everything
458
00:28:17,275 --> 00:28:19,785
so we're not behind
schedule for once.
459
00:28:29,103 --> 00:28:30,343
no.
460
00:28:36,413 --> 00:28:39,453
Brennan has hit permafrost.
461
00:28:39,482 --> 00:28:44,722
Dirt and gravel frozen solid
since the last ice age.
462
00:28:44,758 --> 00:28:47,208
That's the last thing I need,
is to break a ripper
shaking out.
463
00:28:47,241 --> 00:28:49,971
Explain that one to Parker.
464
00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:52,520
This sand is like
granite trying
to get through it.
465
00:28:53,482 --> 00:28:55,172
I mean, look at how hard
this stuff is.
466
00:28:55,206 --> 00:28:56,276
This slows the Cat right down.
467
00:28:58,137 --> 00:28:59,687
Lifting my tracks
right off the ground.
468
00:29:01,241 --> 00:29:02,341
Yeah, we on here, JM.
469
00:29:02,379 --> 00:29:04,859
Yeah, go ahead.
470
00:29:04,896 --> 00:29:07,656
Man, this nothing
but a fight
out here in the ten.
471
00:29:07,689 --> 00:29:09,929
I'm trying to rip
this frozen gravel.
472
00:29:09,965 --> 00:29:11,475
I don't know how I'm gonna
get through this in time.
473
00:29:12,517 --> 00:29:14,207
That's not
good news man.
474
00:29:14,241 --> 00:29:15,341
I mean,
475
00:29:19,758 --> 00:29:21,208
sake, man.
476
00:29:21,241 --> 00:29:23,621
This is gonna takeforever going at this pace.
477
00:29:41,310 --> 00:29:43,070
This is what
slows us down.
478
00:29:45,379 --> 00:29:46,519
This is brutal.
479
00:29:46,551 --> 00:29:48,621
At Indian River,
480
00:29:48,655 --> 00:29:50,895
Brennan is tasked
with extending the cut.
481
00:29:50,931 --> 00:29:53,931
But permafrost
is slowing him down so much,
482
00:29:53,965 --> 00:29:56,925
he may never
get down to pay dirt
483
00:29:56,965 --> 00:29:59,065
before the end of this season.
484
00:30:01,172 --> 00:30:03,522
It's like ripping
ground in here.
485
00:30:03,551 --> 00:30:05,831
I just heard a loud
snap.
486
00:30:05,862 --> 00:30:08,102
I thought it broke the tooth
right off the ripper.
487
00:30:09,275 --> 00:30:10,135
that frost.
488
00:30:11,551 --> 00:30:13,171
This pisses me off.
489
00:30:15,724 --> 00:30:17,934
Brennan hit
permafrost, man.
490
00:30:17,965 --> 00:30:19,405
That's gonna slow him down.
491
00:30:20,827 --> 00:30:24,857
This gravel's just brutal
on this poor Cat.
492
00:30:24,896 --> 00:30:27,756
I didn't expect to run into
this much of this.
493
00:30:27,793 --> 00:30:30,283
I mean, I have to put
50 rips in it
to get down to pay.
494
00:30:30,793 --> 00:30:33,103
It's not gonna be good.
495
00:30:47,172 --> 00:30:49,452
This thing sounds
wicked.
496
00:30:49,482 --> 00:30:50,622
Like a kid
with a new toy.
497
00:30:50,655 --> 00:30:52,615
Oh, yeah.
498
00:30:52,655 --> 00:30:53,825
I never thought
we'd have one of these.
499
00:30:53,862 --> 00:30:56,282
But over at the yard,
500
00:30:56,310 --> 00:30:59,170
Parker has
a surprise in store.
501
00:30:59,206 --> 00:31:01,276
sick.
502
00:31:01,310 --> 00:31:05,690
A monster D11 dozer
ordered for next season
503
00:31:05,724 --> 00:31:07,934
has arrived ahead of time.
504
00:31:07,965 --> 00:31:10,445
And we bought it
off craigslist basically,
which is pretty funny.
505
00:31:10,482 --> 00:31:12,662
It's got all the goods.
506
00:31:12,689 --> 00:31:14,759
I think this is about
a 50 yard blade.
507
00:31:14,793 --> 00:31:18,243
Like, this is
chromium carbide overlay.
508
00:31:18,275 --> 00:31:21,095
So it's like, really strong,
armored blade.
509
00:31:21,137 --> 00:31:24,587
Where the tens would rip,
like, a three-foot rip,
this thing will do six.
510
00:31:24,620 --> 00:31:27,520
I don't know much
about engines,
but it's a big engine.
511
00:31:31,758 --> 00:31:35,718
The D11
is the biggest machine
Parker's ever owned.
512
00:31:42,793 --> 00:31:45,553
-Hi, Brennan.
Look at that
big thing!
513
00:31:45,586 --> 00:31:49,966
Right?
514
00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:51,000
-Yeah.
-Nice work.
515
00:31:51,034 --> 00:31:54,214
With 850 horse power,
516
00:31:54,241 --> 00:31:58,411
it's 60% more powerful
than Brennan's D10.
517
00:31:58,448 --> 00:32:03,098
At 250,000 pounds,
it's almost twice the weight.
518
00:32:03,137 --> 00:32:05,067
And the blade
can move double the dirt.
519
00:32:05,103 --> 00:32:08,313
-This thing's
huge, man.
-Yeah.
520
00:32:08,344 --> 00:32:10,284
Unreal.
I get to ride it?
-Oh, yeah.
521
00:32:10,310 --> 00:32:13,620
-Sweet.
-I figured you could
use the help down here.
522
00:32:13,655 --> 00:32:16,965
When you're ripping this,
the extra weight really makes
a huge difference.
523
00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:19,590
-Yeah, wicked.
Thanks, buddy.
-Have fun with her.
524
00:32:19,620 --> 00:32:21,760
You bet.
This is an immense relief.
525
00:32:21,793 --> 00:32:26,283
If this isn't gonna
move mountains quickly,
I don't know what will.
526
00:32:26,310 --> 00:32:28,380
This is the next level.
I mean, I'm excited.
527
00:32:28,413 --> 00:32:31,283
I've got to run 11
one time in my life,
528
00:32:31,310 --> 00:32:33,380
and this is time number two
where we need it the most,
529
00:32:33,413 --> 00:32:35,723
so I can't wait to get in
and fire it up.
530
00:32:39,068 --> 00:32:39,238
Ah!
531
00:32:48,068 --> 00:32:49,068
Oh, yeah.
532
00:32:50,689 --> 00:32:51,719
That's the ticket.
533
00:32:51,758 --> 00:32:54,308
is this thing sweet.
534
00:32:56,137 --> 00:32:59,967
I mean, look at the chunks
I'm blowing out of there
compared to the ten.
535
00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:02,140
I can't believe the
pieces it's pulling
apart here.
536
00:33:04,413 --> 00:33:06,863
JM, you're on here, JM.
537
00:33:06,896 --> 00:33:11,026
Buddy, I think we just found
the ticket to getting through
this frozen ground.
538
00:33:11,068 --> 00:33:14,518
Oh, yeah,
I can see it. Look at the size
of that dozer, man.
539
00:33:16,482 --> 00:33:18,102
Half the time, half the rips,
540
00:33:18,137 --> 00:33:20,407
means more efficiency
and more gold in the box.
541
00:33:20,448 --> 00:33:21,828
A hell of lot faster.
542
00:33:22,724 --> 00:33:24,174
Absolutely beautiful.
543
00:33:38,482 --> 00:33:40,902
We're still quite a ways away
from our 1,000 ounce goal.
544
00:33:40,931 --> 00:33:44,341
Um, the gold's been steady,
but we've gonna have to make
every day count.
545
00:33:44,379 --> 00:33:48,859
At Duncan Creek,
Rick and his crew
start a new shift.
546
00:33:48,896 --> 00:33:51,096
Sluicing the lazy bend
pay dirt,
547
00:33:51,137 --> 00:33:55,377
that has already produced
a 1.5 ounce nugget.
548
00:33:56,482 --> 00:33:58,792
Yeah, this stuff's
far too big.
549
00:33:58,827 --> 00:34:01,137
There's obviously a problem
going on here. Far too big.
550
00:34:01,172 --> 00:34:02,792
But at the wash plant,
551
00:34:02,827 --> 00:34:07,137
operator Mark Doverspike
has discovered a problem.
552
00:34:07,172 --> 00:34:09,592
We can't have
rocks go down there,
'cause it'll just destroy it.
553
00:34:09,620 --> 00:34:12,070
The sluice runs
are full of rocks.
554
00:34:12,931 --> 00:34:14,311
So this is
the kind of material
555
00:34:14,344 --> 00:34:17,004
we've had come down through
our shaker deck now.
556
00:34:17,034 --> 00:34:19,384
That's far too big to be going
through our riffle,
557
00:34:19,413 --> 00:34:21,243
so they're gonna be destroyed
if we keep that up.
558
00:34:21,275 --> 00:34:25,095
We've got holes
in the screen now.
The screen deck.
559
00:34:25,137 --> 00:34:27,617
Oh, buddy.
This thing is
560
00:34:28,655 --> 00:34:30,755
This is bad.
561
00:34:30,793 --> 00:34:31,933
There's a big hole
in the punch plate.
562
00:34:31,965 --> 00:34:35,825
That one spot
took all the wear.
563
00:34:35,862 --> 00:34:39,762
The hole
in the plate is letting
big rocks fall through
564
00:34:39,793 --> 00:34:43,483
that could destroy the riffles
in the sluice box below.
565
00:34:43,517 --> 00:34:44,967
It's not the same as just
blowing out a screen,
566
00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:47,830
I mean, this plant
doesn't run screens,
567
00:34:47,862 --> 00:34:49,592
it runs one solid piece
of punch plate,
568
00:34:49,620 --> 00:34:51,690
so if we just pop
that piece out
and replace it...
569
00:34:51,724 --> 00:34:54,174
Only thing we can do
is try and cover it up.
570
00:34:54,206 --> 00:34:58,966
Rick's wash plant
uses a sheet of perforated
half inch thick steel
571
00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:01,210
to screen out rocks.
572
00:35:01,241 --> 00:35:04,381
With no time
to get a new plate fabricated,
573
00:35:04,413 --> 00:35:07,343
the only option
is to patch up the hole,
574
00:35:07,379 --> 00:35:10,719
and try to limp the plant
to the end of the season.
575
00:35:11,689 --> 00:35:13,859
Yeah, it's not
good news this morning.
576
00:35:13,896 --> 00:35:15,376
There's a big old hole
in the top deck of our plant,
577
00:35:15,413 --> 00:35:18,553
and it's not the time
of the year for that
578
00:35:18,586 --> 00:35:19,996
Gotta get the thing
welded up quick,
579
00:35:20,034 --> 00:35:22,074
and hopefully
get back in action.
580
00:35:22,103 --> 00:35:25,793
Potentially this could mean,
you know, inwards of 20 ounces
that we lose today.
581
00:35:25,827 --> 00:35:28,997
We're in a race
to meet our goal, right?
582
00:35:29,034 --> 00:35:31,074
We gonna make this happen.
We gonna make this quick.
583
00:35:33,862 --> 00:35:37,312
With mechanic
Carl Rosk home
584
00:35:37,344 --> 00:35:39,414
recovering from back surgery,
585
00:35:39,448 --> 00:35:42,208
it's up to Ben Bellai
to fix the plant.
586
00:35:43,206 --> 00:35:45,276
We got a big hole
up on the top screen,
587
00:35:45,310 --> 00:35:48,000
so I gotta find
a chunk of steel here
588
00:35:48,034 --> 00:35:51,244
that I don't have to
cut, that I can use...
589
00:35:52,413 --> 00:35:54,243
to get this up and running
here right away.
590
00:35:57,724 --> 00:35:59,314
That will actually do.
591
00:35:59,344 --> 00:36:01,284
Not too much work to it,
so we can get using.
592
00:36:03,517 --> 00:36:05,617
Just gonna get this done here
right away,
593
00:36:05,655 --> 00:36:07,405
so I get this plant
up and running.
594
00:36:09,137 --> 00:36:10,337
Could be a quick fix.
595
00:36:12,034 --> 00:36:13,344
But it's
at the end of the season,
596
00:36:13,379 --> 00:36:15,279
so we're just gonna
patch it off for now.
597
00:36:16,241 --> 00:36:18,381
He's gonna do it
quick and... quick and dirty,
598
00:36:18,413 --> 00:36:20,103
so hopefully
it won't take very long.
599
00:36:24,655 --> 00:36:27,135
See how this is...
We have a big hole here.
600
00:36:27,172 --> 00:36:28,762
Hopefully, this patch job
will hold.
601
00:36:28,793 --> 00:36:30,453
I can't guarantee it,
because everything's
all worn thin here.
602
00:36:30,482 --> 00:36:34,382
We'll see if this bush fix
is gonna work,
hopefully it will.
603
00:36:38,068 --> 00:36:40,718
We'll lose
a little capacity of our deck,
604
00:36:40,758 --> 00:36:44,208
'cause we're gonna have
to cover up that first foot
of the screen deck,
605
00:36:44,241 --> 00:36:46,101
but at this point
it's better than sitting there
and doing nothing.
606
00:36:53,068 --> 00:36:56,168
The parts are fixed
it doesn't look pretty
in any way.
607
00:36:56,206 --> 00:36:58,616
It's not a thing of beauty,
but we'll make it work.
608
00:36:58,655 --> 00:37:00,785
Let's fire this
back up and get going.
609
00:37:04,482 --> 00:37:06,412
-Pretty much ready to fire up.
-Yeah, that was quick.
610
00:37:06,448 --> 00:37:07,588
And... if you want it running,
611
00:37:07,620 --> 00:37:10,000
-then just kinda watch--
-Yeah.
612
00:37:10,034 --> 00:37:11,664
...the punch plate,
maybe see if it--
613
00:37:11,689 --> 00:37:14,029
-Yeah. Yeah, for sure.
-All right.
I'll get everything rolling.
614
00:37:14,068 --> 00:37:16,788
Sweet. You get this thing
fired up now.
615
00:37:18,620 --> 00:37:20,240
It's a quick, dirty fix
on that,
616
00:37:20,275 --> 00:37:22,855
but that's probably
the best that we can hope for
at this point,
617
00:37:22,896 --> 00:37:26,066
so we're so close
to the end of the season,
so close to our goal.
618
00:37:28,344 --> 00:37:31,724
With only
two hours of sluicing lost,
619
00:37:31,758 --> 00:37:33,308
the Ness crew
is back in business.
620
00:37:33,344 --> 00:37:35,694
So far, so good.
621
00:37:52,862 --> 00:37:57,972
At Paradise Hill,
Tony waits for the drill
results to find out
622
00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:02,380
if he's discovered
a chunk of prime virgin
Hunker Creek pay dirt.
623
00:38:02,413 --> 00:38:04,383
Well, we got 'em back
at the core set.
624
00:38:04,413 --> 00:38:06,313
Time to wash 'em
and see what's in them.
625
00:38:06,344 --> 00:38:09,664
Drilling specialist
Liam Ferguson gets to work,
626
00:38:09,689 --> 00:38:11,969
analyzing the core samples.
627
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:15,340
It looks like here you can see
the gravels that were
washed down.
628
00:38:15,379 --> 00:38:18,379
Little bit of white channel
and then right here
629
00:38:18,413 --> 00:38:21,073
is right where we start
to get back into mud again.
630
00:38:22,448 --> 00:38:25,238
That's pretty good indication
of virgin ground.
631
00:38:26,206 --> 00:38:27,896
There's a good change
there's gold here,
632
00:38:27,931 --> 00:38:29,001
but is there enough?
633
00:38:39,793 --> 00:38:41,343
Keep coming.
You'll see me in a second.
634
00:38:41,379 --> 00:38:46,099
We're down, at this point
about a week or so,
that's long enough.
635
00:38:46,137 --> 00:38:50,897
At Paradise Hill,
after moving
40,000 tons of dirt,
636
00:38:50,931 --> 00:38:53,661
the Beets crew
is in the final push
637
00:38:53,689 --> 00:38:56,969
to raise the level
of their settling ponds.
638
00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:59,340
Just doing
the last couple of pushes
for the dike now.
639
00:39:00,034 --> 00:39:01,834
Soon as we get
this finished up,
640
00:39:01,862 --> 00:39:03,972
we can fire up the pump,
fire up the plant.
641
00:39:06,724 --> 00:39:06,934
Off we go.
642
00:39:09,793 --> 00:39:10,973
Park it.
643
00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:25,030
Kevin. Go for Kevin.
644
00:39:31,517 --> 00:39:31,717
Everybody clear.
645
00:39:43,931 --> 00:39:45,551
After losing
a week of sluicing,
646
00:39:45,586 --> 00:39:48,686
the Beets
are back on the gold.
647
00:39:56,896 --> 00:39:58,996
Tony heads
to get the drill results
648
00:39:59,034 --> 00:40:03,344
to find out
if he's discovered a new strip
of Hunker Creek pay dirt
649
00:40:03,379 --> 00:40:04,999
that's never been mined.
650
00:40:09,379 --> 00:40:11,899
-Tony, good to see you again.
651
00:40:14,551 --> 00:40:18,901
Well, no, this one
was also pretty interesting.
652
00:40:18,931 --> 00:40:21,241
Right, so these are
the four holes we got here.
653
00:40:29,965 --> 00:40:31,025
-For sure.
-Right?
654
00:40:32,379 --> 00:40:35,929
Looking at what we got there,
that's the first hole
we drilled.
655
00:40:35,965 --> 00:40:39,755
The one closest to the center
of the valley looks like
it's gonna be the best one.
656
00:40:39,793 --> 00:40:40,833
We found you some money.
657
00:40:46,724 --> 00:40:50,864
Yeah, around about
an ounce per 100
I think this one will do.
658
00:40:54,137 --> 00:40:57,237
The drill results
prove Tony's theory.
659
00:40:57,275 --> 00:41:01,895
Under the remnants
of the dredge is a strip
of prime virgin ground.
660
00:41:01,931 --> 00:41:04,551
At an ounce of gold
per 100 yards of dirt,
661
00:41:04,586 --> 00:41:09,686
it could bank Tony
$160,000 a day.
662
00:41:35,655 --> 00:41:42,375
Rick Ness is ready
to find out if his gamble
on the lazy bend in the river
663
00:41:42,413 --> 00:41:44,173
has paid off.
664
00:41:44,206 --> 00:41:47,786
This week... I mean,
that hole in that top deck,
665
00:41:47,827 --> 00:41:50,207
potentially can be
way worse than it was.
666
00:41:50,241 --> 00:41:52,031
We lost a little capacity
in the plant,
667
00:41:52,068 --> 00:41:53,518
-but overall, we got
moving again, right?
-Yeah.
668
00:41:53,551 --> 00:41:56,411
-Thanks. Thanks, man.
-Well done.
669
00:41:56,448 --> 00:41:59,898
I know you guys weren't all
super excited about that
lazy corner of that river,
670
00:41:59,931 --> 00:42:02,141
but just so you guys know,
it wasn't for nothing.
671
00:42:03,931 --> 00:42:05,481
Holy [bleep]!
672
00:42:05,517 --> 00:42:07,827
Can you believe that?
How much
does that weigh?
673
00:42:08,551 --> 00:42:11,591
That one is 1.54 ounces.
674
00:42:11,620 --> 00:42:14,000
Oh, my [bleep]! Wow!
675
00:42:14,034 --> 00:42:15,554
As a collectible nugget,
676
00:42:15,586 --> 00:42:18,756
it could be worth
more than twice its weight.
677
00:42:18,793 --> 00:42:20,863
-Holy crap, man.
-No way!
678
00:42:20,896 --> 00:42:25,206
I've never seen anything
like this before in my life.
This is, uh--
679
00:42:25,241 --> 00:42:29,451
-Neither have we, really.
None of us have seen--
-Yeah.
680
00:42:29,482 --> 00:42:31,622
That nugget's cool,
but there is more.
681
00:42:31,655 --> 00:42:36,275
-Oh, yeah. That's what
I'm talking about, buddy.
-That's actually cool.
682
00:42:36,310 --> 00:42:39,760
To make the move
to the lazy bend worthwhile,
683
00:42:39,793 --> 00:42:44,763
Rick needs to beat the average
from the creek cut
of 60 ounces a week.
684
00:42:45,586 --> 00:42:47,276
Let's see
what we've got here.
685
00:42:49,517 --> 00:42:53,617
We got ten, 20, 30...
686
00:42:55,068 --> 00:42:57,618
40, 50, 60...
687
00:42:58,862 --> 00:43:01,662
And we're going over 70...
Yes, we are.
688
00:43:01,689 --> 00:43:02,969
Hand it over there, big guy.
689
00:43:04,068 --> 00:43:05,168
Kerplunk.
690
00:43:05,206 --> 00:43:09,376
What we got here?
71.64 ounces.
691
00:43:09,413 --> 00:43:11,173
-Yes.
-Yeah, buddy.
692
00:43:11,206 --> 00:43:12,686
Uh-huh.
693
00:43:13,724 --> 00:43:17,694
Worth around $136,000,
694
00:43:17,724 --> 00:43:20,524
Rick's gamble has paid off.
695
00:43:20,551 --> 00:43:22,101
-It's good week.
-It's not bad.
696
00:43:22,137 --> 00:43:23,587
It's pretty great
a week, boys.
697
00:43:23,620 --> 00:43:28,240
And takes his season total
to 825 ounces.
698
00:43:28,275 --> 00:43:33,785
Just 175 ounces short
of his 1,000 ounce gold.
699
00:43:33,827 --> 00:43:37,477
Overall, another
really good week.
These are cool,
700
00:43:37,517 --> 00:43:40,757
but that right there is what
pays the bills and we're
on that fine gold, right?
701
00:43:40,793 --> 00:43:44,033
-Oh, yeah.
We're on the gold,
let's just keep it up.
702
00:43:44,068 --> 00:43:44,588
Yeah.
703
00:43:44,620 --> 00:43:46,070
Yeah, thanks, guy.
704
00:43:47,310 --> 00:43:48,380
Thank you.
705
00:43:50,827 --> 00:43:53,857
-Well, I'm learning
to trust my gut out here,
706
00:43:53,896 --> 00:43:58,896
and, uh, you know,
with that lazy bend
in the river cleaned it out,
707
00:43:58,931 --> 00:44:01,791
and got good gold
and on top of that,
708
00:44:02,689 --> 00:44:04,309
got that bad boy
to show for it.
709
00:44:17,241 --> 00:44:18,861
At the end
of a tense week,
710
00:44:18,896 --> 00:44:22,896
the Schnabel crew gather
to weigh up the gold.
711
00:44:22,931 --> 00:44:25,031
-So you made it to the frost?
-Mmm-hmm. Yep.
712
00:44:25,068 --> 00:44:28,408
-Parker came down with the D11
to help that situation out.
Ooh.
713
00:44:28,448 --> 00:44:31,168
-Makes things a lot easier.
Good.
714
00:44:31,206 --> 00:44:33,826
Both plants did really well
this week.
715
00:44:33,862 --> 00:44:36,482
You guys did a good job
keeping them things running.
716
00:44:36,517 --> 00:44:37,927
Why don't you show us
some gold then,
see what we got?
717
00:44:37,965 --> 00:44:39,275
Wanna throw
some gold on the scale?
718
00:44:39,310 --> 00:44:42,140
We've moved a lot of dirt
to see it.
719
00:44:42,172 --> 00:44:45,862
Last week at Big Red,
Brennan fell short,
720
00:44:45,896 --> 00:44:52,166
getting less than half
rival plant boss Tyson's
209 ounce gold haul.
721
00:44:52,206 --> 00:44:53,136
Incoming.
722
00:44:53,172 --> 00:44:56,002
-Ooh, that's a big pan.
Yeah.
723
00:44:56,034 --> 00:44:59,414
-We're staring
to use big pans now.
Holy [bleep]!
724
00:44:59,448 --> 00:45:02,238
This time,
Brennan's determined
to beat him.
725
00:45:02,275 --> 00:45:03,685
-Ready?
-Yeah.
726
00:45:07,827 --> 00:45:13,027
Sixty. 100. 130, 160.
727
00:45:13,379 --> 00:45:15,719
One-eighty, 220.
728
00:45:17,689 --> 00:45:20,449
-222.15.
Nice.
729
00:45:20,482 --> 00:45:22,692
Holy [bleep]! yeah!
730
00:45:22,724 --> 00:45:26,794
Worth over $420,000.
731
00:45:26,827 --> 00:45:29,517
-Good boy. Good boy.
-Yeah.
732
00:45:32,586 --> 00:45:34,756
That's a nice week.
Yeah. No kidding.
733
00:45:34,793 --> 00:45:36,453
-You wanna see
what Slucifer's doing?
-Sweet.
734
00:45:36,482 --> 00:45:38,102
Let's see it.
735
00:45:38,137 --> 00:45:42,617
With Slucifer,
Tyson has been averaging
171 ounces.
736
00:45:44,344 --> 00:45:46,414
Brennan might
have to help you count.
737
00:45:47,448 --> 00:45:50,278
Forty, 80.
738
00:45:50,517 --> 00:45:53,207
100, 110.
739
00:45:54,551 --> 00:45:55,661
190.
740
00:45:57,379 --> 00:45:59,279
195.85.
741
00:46:00,758 --> 00:46:01,858
Oh, yeah.
742
00:46:01,896 --> 00:46:05,786
Worth more
than $370,000.
743
00:46:06,620 --> 00:46:08,760
-I gotta see you out there.
-Loser.
744
00:46:10,724 --> 00:46:13,974
Well done.
Well done.
400 ounce week.
745
00:46:14,000 --> 00:46:15,970
-Yeah.
-Nothing wrong
with a 400 ounce week.
746
00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:17,550
Four hundred
and eighteen ounces.
747
00:46:18,448 --> 00:46:23,478
A combined total
of $790,000.
748
00:46:23,517 --> 00:46:25,517
Holy [bleep]!
749
00:46:25,551 --> 00:46:30,931
And bringing
their season total
to over 6,800 ounces.
750
00:46:30,965 --> 00:46:34,095
Last year was 7,223.
751
00:46:34,137 --> 00:46:37,997
Just 400 ounces short
of last year's total.
752
00:46:39,034 --> 00:46:41,344
Parker is on track
to bank a war chest
753
00:46:41,379 --> 00:46:44,899
to finance new ground
for next season.
754
00:46:45,724 --> 00:46:47,664
You know,
if you can keep 'em running...
755
00:46:49,689 --> 00:46:51,859
we will have
a really good year.
756
00:46:51,896 --> 00:46:55,236
Well, Chris, we hate
to, um, weigh and run, but...
757
00:46:55,275 --> 00:46:57,445
Weigh and run. Okay.
-We've all got stuff to do.
758
00:46:57,482 --> 00:46:58,522
-Thank you.
-You bet.
759
00:46:58,551 --> 00:47:01,481
Thanks, guys.
Good work out there.
760
00:47:01,517 --> 00:47:02,587
Outstanding, keep it up.
761
00:47:02,620 --> 00:47:04,340
-See you, Doumitt.
-Make us rich.
762
00:47:04,379 --> 00:47:06,659
-Oh, yeah.
-All right.
763
00:47:06,689 --> 00:47:08,549
-Are you proud?
Yeah.
764
00:47:08,586 --> 00:47:09,756
-Have fun cleaning that up.
-Yep.
765
00:47:11,068 --> 00:47:13,688
I'm happy.
766
00:47:13,724 --> 00:47:15,624
Everything's starting
to come together here towards
the end of the season.
767
00:47:15,655 --> 00:47:17,025
As long as
the gold keeps coming in
768
00:47:17,068 --> 00:47:18,928
and we're
conquering our ground,
that's all that matters.
769
00:47:22,862 --> 00:47:24,862
I wanna hit it big,
I wanna be a huge success.
770
00:47:24,896 --> 00:47:26,616
On the next
Gold Rush...
771
00:47:26,655 --> 00:47:29,925
Looking for new ground
this late in the season
it's not ideal.
772
00:47:29,965 --> 00:47:31,135
It's a little crazy.
773
00:47:31,172 --> 00:47:32,412
Rick Ness
aims for the sky.
774
00:47:32,448 --> 00:47:34,338
That's the spot right there.
775
00:47:34,379 --> 00:47:35,929
It's definitely
never been touched.
776
00:47:37,137 --> 00:47:38,477
This is just another problem
that we don't need.
777
00:47:38,517 --> 00:47:40,587
-This ain't going on there?
-No.
778
00:47:40,620 --> 00:47:42,660
now I'm pissed off.
779
00:47:42,689 --> 00:47:46,169
Parker Schnabel's
final push grinds to a halt.
780
00:47:46,206 --> 00:47:48,756
piece of
781
00:47:50,310 --> 00:47:53,520
We're gonna keep pushing
until something tells me
we can't run anymore.
782
00:47:53,551 --> 00:47:56,761
And Fred Lewis'
dream could be over.
783
00:47:56,793 --> 00:47:59,623
This thing is a hunk of junk.
784
00:47:59,655 --> 00:48:01,095
If it breaks down
one more time,
785
00:48:01,137 --> 00:48:02,927
I think we should go ahead
and call it quits.