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[Shane] We're running
out of time.
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This is just another problem
that we don't need.
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[narrator]
On this Gold Rush...
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This ain't going on there.
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[bleep] Now I'm pissed off.
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...Parker Schnabel's dream
of a record season
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grinds to a halt.
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[Tyson] Holy [bleep].
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Overall, there is gold here,
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and it's just a matter of
figuring out where.
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[narrator] Rick Ness
takes to the skies
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in a search for new ground.
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[Rick] Looking for new ground
this late in the season.
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It's not ideal.
It's a little crazy.
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I don't wanna just
eke out a living,
I wanna hit it big.
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I wanna be a huge success.
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[Fred] We're gonna
keep pushing
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until something tells me
we can't run anymore.
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[narrator] And Fred Lewis
faces the toughest test
of his season.
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This thing is a hunk of junk.
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And if it breaks down
one more time,
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I think we should just
go ahead on and call it quits.
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Let's put it to a vote.
Kendell for the tiebreaker.
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Everybody here has put in
a hell of a long season,
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but we've got good gold prices
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and we need gold
coming out of the ground.
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[narrator]
After the latest-ever
start to the season,
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Parker Schnabel is now just
600 ounces short
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of his all-time best gold haul
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of 7,400 ounces.
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Now is the time to get
some money in the bank
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and make us more confident
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in finding more
and better ground.
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[narrator] Last season,
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Parker started searching
for new ground in the Yukon...
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Ground is getting scarce
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and what's left is not pretty.
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[bleep] damn it.
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...but drew a blank.
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Hopefully, we'll find
some ground somewhere.
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[narrator] So this season,
he headed home to Alaska.
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We've got a really
good opportunity
on a piece of ground.
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The guy that owns it
wants $3 million for it.
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Going to Alaska, I think
it's gonna take a lot
of exploration.
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It's gonna cost
a lot of money.
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Hopefully, we can, you know,
build reserves
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and keep the...
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Keep the mine operational
as long as we can.
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[narrator] Last week,
in his bid to amass
a war chest of gold,
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Parker extended his
Airstrip Cut by 600 feet.
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It's looking good, like,
there's a lot of ground
in there
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that hopefully
we can get it all out.
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You know, the plants...
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They've been through
a couple battles this summer,
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and they're-- [laughs]
Everything on 'em's tired,
you know?
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So hopefully we can just
limp everything through
to the finish line
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and get them in
the healing yard
for the winter.
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[narrator] To get
the extension sluiced
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before the winter
shuts them down,
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Parker's keeping
both his wash plants
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Big Red and Sluicifer
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running pay dirt
through the night.
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[wash plants rumbling]
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[man] [bleep] Shut it down!
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[narrator] Parker's most
productive wash plant,
Sluicifer,
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has ground to a halt.
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Yeah, I went in the cook shack
for breakfast,
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and I heard the radio call.
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Something about
the feeder belt had broke
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and the hopper was full.
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It's not a good way
to wake up in the morning.
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Oh, I imagine Sluicifer
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will be down for
the majority of today.
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[narrator] Wash plant boss
Tyson Lee is first on scene.
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First order of business is,
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get as much dirt out of
the hopper as possible.
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And then start tearing
the hopper feeder apart,
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and get a new belt on.
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Yeah, there aren't many days
left in the season and,
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you know,
with this[bleep] happening,
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it definitely doesn't
make our lives any easier.
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Did you tear
right through it, Alec?
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Um, I mean, judging by
how it's hanging,
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I'd imagine it is.
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Oh, yeah.
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You tore out the belt right
in half by the looks of it.
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[Alec] It looks like
it happened right along, uh,
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the vulcanized edge there.
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And then the rest
of it just gave way
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when there was
nothing in the middle.
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[Shane] It's never good
when you have a belt break.
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We're running
out of time all right.
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This is just another problem
that we don't need.
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Yeah, like,
that's probably good.
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[narrator] To get to the belt,
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they have to remove
the 10-ton hopper.
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[creaking]
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[bleep] That's heavy.
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Can you go up?
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[motor whirring]
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[Brennan] Come on, baby.
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You're good.
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-[Parker] This looks like fun.
-Oh, yeah.
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I'm glad we had the new belt.
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Get that thing on here.
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[narrator] Shane brings in
a spare 37-foot belt from
the yard,
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meaning Sluicifer should be
up and running by
the end of the day.
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[Parker] Oh, this kind of
stuff doesn't bother me
at all, really.
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You know, the conveyors
save us a huge amount of,
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like, trucking costs
and other costs
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and this is the price you pay,
and I'm fine with that.
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All right. You ready for this?
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I feel like we could get
the front over there
with the mini hoe.
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Yeah.
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[narrator] Parker's plan,
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raise the conveyor
and use a mini excavator
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to place the belt
onto the head roller,
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and a second excavator
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to pull the opposite end
of the belt
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until it can slide
onto the tail roller.
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Let's get it to the right
sweet spot
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and then it'll usually go on.
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Good.
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[Shane] Parker's helping us.
Look the hell out.
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He's gonna grab the belt here
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with the hoe and just
suck it back that way.
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You got lots of room.
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Does this look
a bit short to you?
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Looks really short. Uh...
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[Shane] Yeah,
this belt is short.
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-What?
-This belt is short.
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-[Parker] I thought that
this one said on it "37 feet."
-[Shane] Yeah.
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So I'm just trying to
figure out--
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'cause 18 and 18 is 36.
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Thirty seven
should fit on there.
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-It should.
-But this isn't 37, then?
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No.
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Somebody probably cut it 37
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and then spliced it.
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[Parker]
Which takes up two feet.
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-This ain't going on there.
-[Shane] No.
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[bleep]
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Now I'm pissed off!
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I can see the end is near,
but, you know, we're not.
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We're just not quite
at our 1,000-ounce goal yet.
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[narrator] At Duncan Creek,
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Rick Ness started mining
six weeks late
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due to the pandemic
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and now is trying to hit
a 1,000-ounce goal
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in the shortest season ever.
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[Rick] Now is not
the time to pull out.
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Now is the time to just
buckle down and hit it hard.
And...
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We're not walking out
of here without hitting
our goal this year.
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[narrator] Rick is still
175 ounces short,
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and winter could
shut him down any day.
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[Minnie] Nice little plant.
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[bleep]
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Hey, Rick. Uh, you expecting
company today?
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Out here? No.
What are you talking about?
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I think Tony and Minnie Beets
just showed up.
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Huh. What?
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All right, I'll come down.
I'll check it out.
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[Minnie] It's, uh,
slow but efficient.
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I wish we could do it
this way.
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[Rick] How you doing?
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Good to see you, Tony.
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-Hi, Rick.
-Hi, Minnie.
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-Long time no see.
-Yeah.
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So, what brings
you guys out today?
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[Rick] Yeah.
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Well, that's awesome.
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Well, we're running 24/7.
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Yeah.
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I think, uh, operators in
the field, I make seven.
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I've been out here
pretty much every day
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operating myself, and, uh...
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Yeah. It's just, uh--
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Yeah.
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Yeah, well,
you really should I think.
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Well, what do you say?
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You wanna run back up
to my cook shack,
get a cup of coffee?
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-Sounds awesome.
-Find out why you're
really here.
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[Rick laughs]
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[Rick] I appreciate you guys
coming to visit,
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but I know how busy
you guys are, too.
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And I've never heard
of you just going around
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visiting people. [laughs]
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[Tony speaking]
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Yeah.
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Dude, I'll be honest.
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I mean, there's-- there's
appealing things about that.
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I cut my teeth on that
ground with Parker,
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and, you know, I...
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I think I've got
a pretty good handle on
how to make money there.
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But, let me, uh,
let me grab a map.
I'll show you something.
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You know, things have
actually, uh,
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things have actually improved
quite a bit this year.
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Yeah.
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-[Minnie] I'm happy
to hear that.
-Yeah.
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Some shallow ground
that's paid off
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better than anything
I did last year.
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And there's some
real deep cuts here,
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and I actually have access
to 99 claims.
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-That's a lot of ground.
-But, uh...
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This is still a scary--
kind of a scary area.
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Yeah. Yep.
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Yep. If you're not
smart about it,
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you can spend a lot
of money for nothing.
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Yeah.
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That's definitely something
to think about, you know?
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Like, going back
to the Indian, like...
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-Yeah, your welcome. Any time.
-[Minnie] We appreciate it.
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Any time at all.
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Next time, you'll have to
come for dinner.
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[Tony speaking]
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[Minnie groans]
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[Rick] It actually means
a lot to me
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that Tony would come
all the way out here
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and offer me ground
on the Indian River.
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[narrator] Before Rick makes
a decision on Tony's offer,
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he has work to do.
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Right now, I've got to come up
with a solid plan, you know?
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A, for how to end this season,
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um, but more importantly, for
how to start the next season,
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if I'm gonna have a future.
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So I need to get out.
I need to do some scouting.
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And I need to see, uh--
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I need to find out
where I'm going.
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[horn honks]
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[narrator]
While his team pushes
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to hit their 1,000-ounce goal,
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Rick Ness is looking
to the future.
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Offered the option of
returning to the Indian River,
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mining Tony's ground,
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he wants to find out
if Duncan Creek
has more to offer.
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[Rick] There's one thing
I'm learning about
Duncan Creek right now
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is that it's very hard
to read the ground.
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Overall, there is gold here.
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Um, and it's just a matter
of figuring out where.
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So, if I'm gonna be
successful here,
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I better figure it out quick.
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So I'm gonna go up
in a helicopter today
and see if I can,
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maybe from a different view,
figure out what's going on.
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So this is actually
where my claim starts.
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-Okay.
-Right here.
246
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-Oh, yeah.
-And all the way
down this valley.
247
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We could just
work our way up here.
248
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[narrator]
Rick's landowner, Troy Taylor,
249
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has given him access
250
00:13:19,517 --> 00:13:22,447
to more than 9 miles
of virgin ground
251
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along Duncan Creek,
252
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notorious for
gold-rich hot spots
253
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and dead zones.
254
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[Rick] Yeah, I'm looking for
new ground this late
in the season.
255
00:13:34,551 --> 00:13:36,241
It's not ideal.
It's a little crazy.
256
00:13:36,275 --> 00:13:39,335
But if I can find something,
get into it, improve it,
257
00:13:39,379 --> 00:13:42,689
um, then I can come up
with a really strong plan
for next year.
258
00:13:45,793 --> 00:13:48,973
[Kruse] There's different
methods of trying to find
gold-rich ground.
259
00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:52,720
I'm not 100% certain that
flying over in a helicopter
is one of them, but...
260
00:13:53,689 --> 00:13:55,029
What the hell do I know?
261
00:13:56,379 --> 00:13:58,379
[Rick] There's a really
sparse spot right there.
262
00:13:58,413 --> 00:14:00,103
-I wonder if that's...
-Yeah.
263
00:14:00,137 --> 00:14:02,377
Kind of where
the thick trees start.
264
00:14:02,413 --> 00:14:04,283
[pilot] Yeah, I think
that's the spot right there.
265
00:14:04,310 --> 00:14:06,410
That's a lazy inside
corner of the creek.
266
00:14:06,448 --> 00:14:08,098
It's definitely
never been touched.
267
00:14:09,551 --> 00:14:12,101
[narrator] On the inside
bend of a creek,
268
00:14:12,137 --> 00:14:16,167
the water flows slower
and should deposit more gold.
269
00:14:16,206 --> 00:14:19,656
Last week, Rick found a one
and a half ounce nugget
270
00:14:19,689 --> 00:14:22,069
on a lazy bend just like this.
271
00:14:23,241 --> 00:14:24,931
[Rick] Looks like
I should be able to get
272
00:14:24,965 --> 00:14:26,995
my 480 in there no problem.
273
00:14:27,034 --> 00:14:28,974
A little bit of work--
but the trucks
to get in there,
274
00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:30,410
I think we could...
275
00:14:30,448 --> 00:14:32,478
We could blast a hole
in there, get the some pay
out of there,
276
00:14:32,517 --> 00:14:34,717
and hopefully prove that
ground up for next year.
277
00:14:37,379 --> 00:14:38,479
Yeah, this isn't
gonna be easy,
278
00:14:38,517 --> 00:14:40,137
but this is what I'm gonna
have to do this year
279
00:14:40,172 --> 00:14:41,382
if I'm gonna have
a future here.
280
00:14:56,965 --> 00:14:58,995
[Fred] This season hasn't
panned out like we
wanted it to.
281
00:14:59,034 --> 00:15:01,144
And the ground's
just not been as good as
282
00:15:01,172 --> 00:15:02,832
we needed it to be
to pay the bills.
283
00:15:04,965 --> 00:15:07,445
[narrator] In Oregon's
Elkhorn Mountains,
284
00:15:07,482 --> 00:15:11,972
Fred Lewis has poured his
life savings into a gold mine
285
00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:15,480
and he's now burning
through 5 grand a week
286
00:15:15,517 --> 00:15:18,307
of his investor's money.
287
00:15:18,344 --> 00:15:20,554
[Fred] Financially,
this has been
an absolute disaster.
288
00:15:20,586 --> 00:15:22,446
My biggest concern is the debt
289
00:15:22,482 --> 00:15:24,622
and being able to pay--
pay back Karl
290
00:15:24,655 --> 00:15:26,755
because he's not gonna
like it very much.
291
00:15:28,689 --> 00:15:31,169
[narrator] Fred's just
opened up new ground.
292
00:15:31,206 --> 00:15:32,476
The Mayor's Cut,
293
00:15:32,517 --> 00:15:35,687
which delivered his
best cleanup so far.
294
00:15:35,724 --> 00:15:38,004
And everyone's
working flat out
295
00:15:38,034 --> 00:15:40,764
in the hope they can
turn their fortunes around.
296
00:15:42,310 --> 00:15:44,280
If we don't get on
some good gold real fast,
297
00:15:44,310 --> 00:15:46,100
this could be the end
of my gold mining career.
298
00:15:50,655 --> 00:15:51,855
All right, let's go.
299
00:15:51,896 --> 00:15:53,276
[engine starts]
300
00:15:54,724 --> 00:15:58,144
[narrator] Fred's foreman,
Senior Airman Kendell Madden,
301
00:15:58,172 --> 00:16:01,242
is tasked with keeping
the aging wash plant running.
302
00:16:05,724 --> 00:16:09,284
[Kendell] At this point,
we're limping along
so [bleep] hard.
303
00:16:09,310 --> 00:16:11,860
You know,
we'll just keep going.
304
00:16:11,896 --> 00:16:14,476
Just keep doing it,
see how much
we can actually get.
305
00:16:14,517 --> 00:16:16,307
We'll see.
306
00:16:16,344 --> 00:16:17,524
It's not looking good, though.
307
00:16:20,172 --> 00:16:22,972
[narrator] After five months
seeing precious little gold,
308
00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:25,590
the crew is losing faith.
309
00:16:27,931 --> 00:16:30,791
Infantry Scout Sniper
Stuart McKenzie
310
00:16:30,827 --> 00:16:34,407
has left his young family
at home in Washington State
311
00:16:34,448 --> 00:16:36,618
in the hope of
striking it rich.
312
00:16:38,413 --> 00:16:39,973
[Stuart] We've ripped
this place apart
313
00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:42,970
and the gold's just not here.
314
00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:45,210
Morale is actually
pretty low right now.
315
00:16:45,241 --> 00:16:47,791
I'm thinking that
if we actually had
316
00:16:47,827 --> 00:16:50,407
decent equipment
and a decent mine site
317
00:16:50,448 --> 00:16:53,378
that we would be kicking
this season's ass.
318
00:16:53,413 --> 00:16:55,693
And, you know,
unfortunately for the fact,
319
00:16:55,724 --> 00:16:57,104
it's not that case, you know.
320
00:16:57,137 --> 00:16:59,377
We, uh, inherited
a rig pile of [bleep],
321
00:16:59,413 --> 00:17:01,003
and we're trying to polish it.
322
00:17:08,034 --> 00:17:10,104
Hey, Alex.
How's it looking up there?
323
00:17:10,137 --> 00:17:11,377
Looking good so far.
324
00:17:19,241 --> 00:17:21,831
[Stuart over radio]
We're at 2.5.
We're at 2.5 PSI.
325
00:17:21,862 --> 00:17:23,522
It just started dying.
326
00:17:23,551 --> 00:17:26,281
[narrator] The old pumps
supplying water to
the wash plant
327
00:17:26,310 --> 00:17:30,170
has lost half
its working pressure.
328
00:17:30,206 --> 00:17:33,136
Hey, try to shake the [bleep]
out of that thing.
329
00:17:33,172 --> 00:17:35,212
See if it'll clear it
or something.
330
00:17:37,379 --> 00:17:38,449
All right.
331
00:17:41,413 --> 00:17:44,973
[Kendell] You know, we've been
relying on this old pump for
forever here,
332
00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:48,170
and it keeps giving us
more and more problems.
333
00:17:48,206 --> 00:17:50,616
So, you know, if we have--
334
00:17:50,655 --> 00:17:52,235
If we see things like this,
335
00:17:52,275 --> 00:17:54,275
we got to work on them
as fast as we can
336
00:17:54,310 --> 00:17:56,410
to get up and running
and try to run some more
pay here.
337
00:17:57,448 --> 00:17:58,928
Still 2.5, man.
338
00:17:58,965 --> 00:18:00,165
[bleep]
339
00:18:00,206 --> 00:18:01,616
But with this PSI,
340
00:18:01,655 --> 00:18:03,335
all we're doing is
clogging up the sluice.
341
00:18:03,379 --> 00:18:05,999
So, you know, we're just
washing gold away.
342
00:18:13,586 --> 00:18:15,066
Oh, come on!
343
00:18:15,103 --> 00:18:17,243
It just dropped again.
344
00:18:17,275 --> 00:18:18,715
[narrator]
The pressure's too low
345
00:18:18,758 --> 00:18:20,688
to wash the pay dirt
down the sluices.
346
00:18:21,931 --> 00:18:23,621
[Kendell] All right,
let's shut it off!
347
00:18:23,655 --> 00:18:25,065
[bleep] this thing.
348
00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:28,380
[engine stops]
349
00:18:35,034 --> 00:18:37,554
All right, man.
What I think is...
350
00:18:37,586 --> 00:18:39,306
losing suction on here, dude.
351
00:18:39,344 --> 00:18:42,344
-Yeah.
-I mean, it's obviously
leaking like [bleep].
352
00:18:42,379 --> 00:18:45,789
And if we start firing
this thing up and it starts--
It's sucking air, dude.
353
00:18:46,586 --> 00:18:48,166
What the [bleep], guys?
354
00:18:48,206 --> 00:18:50,276
Why aren't we running now?
355
00:18:50,310 --> 00:18:52,070
[Kendell] Fred, the pressure
just keeps dropping.
356
00:18:52,103 --> 00:18:54,453
You know, it'll bounce up
for a couple of minutes,
357
00:18:54,482 --> 00:18:56,312
and then it just
completely drops out.
358
00:18:56,344 --> 00:18:59,524
This thing is a hunk of junk.
359
00:18:59,551 --> 00:19:01,971
Well, if we have to limp
through the finish line
with this
360
00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:04,590
and flex-seal it to make
our season get to the end...
361
00:19:05,965 --> 00:19:07,585
I'll get you some more
Flex Seal, bro.
362
00:19:08,137 --> 00:19:09,407
Okay.
363
00:19:09,448 --> 00:19:11,518
Let's just keep pushing
until it falls apart.
364
00:19:13,724 --> 00:19:15,694
-Well, do what you can.
-Okay.
365
00:19:20,068 --> 00:19:22,068
[narrator]
Stuart's only option,
366
00:19:22,103 --> 00:19:26,143
a down and dirty bush fix
using silicone sealant.
367
00:19:27,586 --> 00:19:29,716
[Fred] All right, guys,
let's get it fired up.
Let's get it moving.
368
00:19:30,724 --> 00:19:33,074
-[engine starts]
-Let's get the gold!
369
00:19:38,758 --> 00:19:39,688
Water's coming.
370
00:19:46,413 --> 00:19:48,623
Four-zero.
You're at 4.0 PSI.
371
00:19:52,344 --> 00:19:53,864
Keep a close eye on that PSI,
372
00:19:53,896 --> 00:19:55,206
let me know
if anything changes,
373
00:19:55,241 --> 00:19:57,031
and just try and push it
to the limit, buddy.
374
00:19:57,758 --> 00:19:58,588
I do every day.
375
00:20:00,275 --> 00:20:03,895
That water pump
has been a pain in our ass
over and over again.
376
00:20:06,551 --> 00:20:08,901
[narrator] Master Sergeant
Stefan Generally
377
00:20:08,931 --> 00:20:13,101
gave up his job
as a security guard
to become a gold miner.
378
00:20:14,172 --> 00:20:15,902
And honestly,
at this point in the game,
379
00:20:15,931 --> 00:20:17,381
if it breaks down
one more time,
380
00:20:17,413 --> 00:20:19,593
I think we should just
go ahead on and call it quits.
381
00:20:21,827 --> 00:20:23,857
[Fred] Well, I know
the guys' concerns
on the pump,
382
00:20:23,896 --> 00:20:25,616
but we're gonna run.
383
00:20:25,655 --> 00:20:26,655
We're gonna
get this thing going.
384
00:20:26,689 --> 00:20:27,829
We're gonna
get the Colonel fed.
385
00:20:27,862 --> 00:20:29,622
We're gonna get pay dirt
down the sluices.
386
00:20:29,655 --> 00:20:31,655
So we're going to keep pushing
387
00:20:31,689 --> 00:20:33,859
until something tells me
we can't run anymore.
388
00:20:45,931 --> 00:20:48,901
[narrator] 1,500 miles north
in the Klondike...
389
00:20:49,965 --> 00:20:52,025
When, you know, we go
to put a belt on
390
00:20:52,068 --> 00:20:55,518
that we have, set spare,
and it's the wrong size,
like, that rattles me
391
00:20:55,551 --> 00:21:00,521
because there's really no room
for those kind of screw ups
in this business.
392
00:21:00,551 --> 00:21:03,971
So I'm just gonna head down
and talk to Brennan about
maybe changing things up.
393
00:21:05,517 --> 00:21:08,237
[narrator] Parker Schnabel's
wash plant, Sluicifer,
394
00:21:08,275 --> 00:21:11,655
has been down for over
24 hours with a torn belt.
395
00:21:13,068 --> 00:21:14,068
[Parker] Hey, Brennan!
396
00:21:19,034 --> 00:21:21,904
What I think we're going to do
is pull the feeder
397
00:21:21,931 --> 00:21:23,971
and the radial stacker
out of Big Red...
398
00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:25,030
Okay.
399
00:21:25,068 --> 00:21:26,898
-And we'll put that
on Sluicifer.
-Okay.
400
00:21:26,931 --> 00:21:30,381
And we'll pull
that hoe--
feeder in this plant
401
00:21:30,413 --> 00:21:34,003
and just push the pay
out to a hoe and load it
straight into the plant.
402
00:21:37,379 --> 00:21:40,449
[narrator] To get Sluicifer
back running as soon
as possible,
403
00:21:40,482 --> 00:21:46,522
Parker plans to move
the nearby super conveyor
to feed Big Red.
404
00:21:46,551 --> 00:21:51,411
At the same time,
truck Big Red's
working hopper and conveyor
405
00:21:51,448 --> 00:21:54,898
three hundred yards
around the cut to Sluicifer.
406
00:21:57,896 --> 00:21:59,406
[Brennan] Well, Parker said
that he needs the, uh,
407
00:21:59,448 --> 00:22:01,618
feeder from Big Red over there
at Sluicifer
408
00:22:01,655 --> 00:22:03,275
'cause the belt tore in half.
409
00:22:03,310 --> 00:22:06,070
We have no other option,
so I'm just coming over here
to shut the plant off.
410
00:22:06,103 --> 00:22:09,143
I mean, that's [bleep] that
Big Red has to go down
because of that
411
00:22:09,172 --> 00:22:10,692
but that's just the way it is.
412
00:22:11,206 --> 00:22:11,996
[motor powers down]
413
00:22:17,448 --> 00:22:20,518
This big [bleep]
has to get down there.
414
00:22:20,551 --> 00:22:23,451
[narrator] Parker's
super conveyor weighs 100 tons
415
00:22:23,482 --> 00:22:27,072
and is mounted on the back
of a 700 excavator.
416
00:22:27,655 --> 00:22:28,515
[Shane] We got it.
417
00:22:29,275 --> 00:22:30,025
[engine rumbling]
418
00:22:31,586 --> 00:22:33,136
Well, now we're sluicing.
419
00:22:35,379 --> 00:22:39,759
[narrator] Over at Sluicifer,
Tyson's removing
the broken feed conveyor.
420
00:22:44,793 --> 00:22:45,623
[engine hisses]
421
00:22:45,655 --> 00:22:46,445
[Tyson] Holy [bleep].
422
00:22:48,586 --> 00:22:50,376
Piece of [bleep]. I'm stuck.
423
00:22:57,724 --> 00:22:58,694
[engine hisses]
424
00:22:58,724 --> 00:22:59,554
[Tyson] Holy [bleep].
425
00:23:01,758 --> 00:23:03,168
[bleep] piece of [bleep].
426
00:23:04,689 --> 00:23:05,619
I'm stuck.
427
00:23:07,172 --> 00:23:08,832
[narrator] At Indian River,
428
00:23:08,862 --> 00:23:13,102
plans to get
Parker's wash plants
back up and running
429
00:23:13,137 --> 00:23:14,377
have bottomed out.
430
00:23:17,655 --> 00:23:19,825
Yeah, we just can't catch
a break today, you know,
431
00:23:19,862 --> 00:23:21,622
but...
432
00:23:21,655 --> 00:23:23,515
Water lines and [bleep]
running under here,
433
00:23:23,551 --> 00:23:25,971
that's why I didn't want to
[bleep] gouge a [bleep]
hole in the road,
434
00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:28,900
'cause then we'd go through
Sluicifer's water line, so...
435
00:23:36,241 --> 00:23:37,141
Come ahead a bit.
436
00:23:38,965 --> 00:23:39,825
Yeah.
437
00:23:45,551 --> 00:23:46,341
Let's go.
438
00:23:55,862 --> 00:23:57,312
This isn't working.
439
00:23:57,344 --> 00:24:01,074
Hey, Tyson, we're probably
better to disconnect it.
440
00:24:01,103 --> 00:24:07,383
[narrator] Plan B, disconnect
the truck and use the 460
to haul the trailer out.
441
00:24:07,413 --> 00:24:10,073
Wait, let the slack off,
we'll disconnect and
we'll drag her out.
442
00:24:17,931 --> 00:24:18,901
-Come up here.
-[Alec] You wanna go
up there?
443
00:24:18,931 --> 00:24:19,721
Yeah.
444
00:24:25,758 --> 00:24:26,548
Whoa.
445
00:24:37,034 --> 00:24:37,834
Let's go.
446
00:24:42,482 --> 00:24:43,722
[Alec] Ya up in the air, bud?
447
00:24:44,965 --> 00:24:46,025
Should I go forward?
448
00:24:47,586 --> 00:24:49,686
-Just keep walking with her.
-Okay.
449
00:24:53,206 --> 00:24:54,026
[Tyson] Easy.
450
00:24:56,310 --> 00:24:58,480
Remember, there's a culvert
in that road.
451
00:25:00,965 --> 00:25:01,755
[Alec] Yeehaw.
452
00:25:03,379 --> 00:25:04,309
[Tyson] Wait, wait.
453
00:25:06,620 --> 00:25:10,000
[Alec] Let's get another
chain on it, so we're not
flexing the frame.
454
00:25:24,137 --> 00:25:26,857
[narrator] Tyson lifts the
stacker clear of the dirt.
455
00:25:31,241 --> 00:25:32,241
[Tyson] That's more like it.
456
00:25:40,862 --> 00:25:42,312
Should be good there, eh?
457
00:25:43,206 --> 00:25:44,096
[Alec] Yeah.
458
00:25:50,482 --> 00:25:53,342
[narrator] After nearly
40 hours downtime,
459
00:25:53,379 --> 00:25:57,999
the replacement feed conveyor
can be connected
onto Sluicifer.
460
00:26:01,103 --> 00:26:02,033
Whoa.
461
00:26:03,344 --> 00:26:05,664
Belts are on.
Fire up the plant.
462
00:26:08,275 --> 00:26:10,305
That's the longest
this plant's been down,
463
00:26:10,344 --> 00:26:12,384
other than for
a wash plant move.
464
00:26:12,413 --> 00:26:15,003
So it's definitely hurting us.
465
00:26:15,034 --> 00:26:17,384
[narrator] What should have
been a simple fix
466
00:26:17,413 --> 00:26:20,863
has shut down Parker's
operation for two days
467
00:26:20,896 --> 00:26:25,066
and cost well over $100,000
in lost gold.
468
00:26:26,724 --> 00:26:29,284
Whoo! We're back
to sluicing here!
469
00:26:32,689 --> 00:26:34,279
Thank you guys
for the last 24 hours.
470
00:26:34,310 --> 00:26:36,340
I know it's been
an absolute [bleep] show.
471
00:26:36,379 --> 00:26:37,689
I really do appreciate it.
472
00:26:37,724 --> 00:26:39,724
This would have
been a disaster
if you guys weren't here.
473
00:26:39,758 --> 00:26:41,068
Doctor Dre!
474
00:26:41,103 --> 00:26:42,763
Thanks a lot for
all the help today, buddy.
475
00:26:42,793 --> 00:26:44,693
-Appreciate it.
-No worries.
476
00:26:44,724 --> 00:26:47,764
[Parker] Oh, yeah. You know,
that's one nice thing about
the guys that are here is
477
00:26:47,793 --> 00:26:50,073
if something can get done,
they'll get it done.
478
00:26:56,137 --> 00:26:56,927
[engines running]
479
00:26:59,965 --> 00:27:00,895
[motor running]
480
00:27:04,103 --> 00:27:07,313
We're at 2.5. 2.5.
481
00:27:07,344 --> 00:27:09,764
[narrator] In Oregon's
Elkhorn Mountains,
482
00:27:09,793 --> 00:27:12,763
Fred Lewis is spending
5 grand a week
483
00:27:12,793 --> 00:27:15,763
in the hope his new cut
will produce enough
484
00:27:15,793 --> 00:27:19,553
to break even and send
his guys home with gold.
485
00:27:21,758 --> 00:27:25,378
Right now, what we're doing
is we're limping through it
but we're moving.
486
00:27:25,413 --> 00:27:28,313
We're pushing that pump
to the limit right now,
487
00:27:28,344 --> 00:27:30,214
but we're getting pay dirt
through the plant,
488
00:27:30,241 --> 00:27:31,691
and everything's
going as planned.
489
00:27:31,724 --> 00:27:33,554
We're gonna
keep pushing the limits,
490
00:27:33,586 --> 00:27:35,586
keep putting that gold
through the plant.
491
00:27:39,517 --> 00:27:40,997
We're at 2.0, man.
492
00:27:41,034 --> 00:27:43,144
We're just throwing mud
across the sluice now.
493
00:27:44,517 --> 00:27:47,237
Worthless. Shut that
piece of [bleep] down.
494
00:27:51,482 --> 00:27:53,242
Hey, uh,
it's came back just now.
495
00:27:53,275 --> 00:27:55,135
It's just going back--
It's fluctuating up and down.
496
00:27:55,172 --> 00:27:56,972
Twenty to forty,
twenty to forty.
497
00:28:02,172 --> 00:28:04,692
[Kyle] You know,
all the issues that we've
had so far this season,
498
00:28:04,724 --> 00:28:06,214
I'm just surprised we haven't
called it quits yet.
499
00:28:09,517 --> 00:28:11,337
[Stefan] We're getting
to the point where
we need to...
500
00:28:12,551 --> 00:28:14,031
I can't say
quit while we're ahead,
501
00:28:14,068 --> 00:28:16,208
but quit before we get
further behind.
502
00:28:17,137 --> 00:28:19,097
Fred is...
He's too stubborn to do that.
503
00:28:19,137 --> 00:28:20,547
So we're gonna keep running.
504
00:28:21,137 --> 00:28:23,587
And hopefully, you know...
505
00:28:23,620 --> 00:28:26,900
Hopefully we could
find that, uh...
506
00:28:27,965 --> 00:28:30,475
big-ass nugget. [chuckles]
507
00:28:30,517 --> 00:28:31,377
[engine spluttering]
508
00:28:35,413 --> 00:28:36,693
Holy [bleep], guys,
509
00:28:36,724 --> 00:28:38,764
what the hell is going on with
the [bleep] generator, man?
510
00:28:40,206 --> 00:28:42,236
Yo, yo, yo!
We got a fire, dude!
511
00:28:49,827 --> 00:28:51,857
Yo, yo, yo!
We got a fire, dude!
512
00:28:53,344 --> 00:28:54,524
Oh, [bleep]!
513
00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:55,970
[motor powers down]
514
00:28:58,551 --> 00:28:59,551
[engine powers down]
515
00:29:00,379 --> 00:29:04,449
[coughing] Oh, [bleep].
516
00:29:04,482 --> 00:29:08,762
[narrator] In Oregon,
Fred Lewis' dreams
of saving his season
517
00:29:08,793 --> 00:29:11,283
may have just
gone up in smoke.
518
00:29:11,310 --> 00:29:12,410
[bleep]
519
00:29:12,448 --> 00:29:14,758
[Kendell] We got some kind
of a major oil leak.
520
00:29:15,827 --> 00:29:17,997
That looks like
fresh oil to me, yeah.
521
00:29:18,034 --> 00:29:20,174
I am no mechanic.
I don't know what that means.
522
00:29:22,275 --> 00:29:24,305
Could be a bad filter.
523
00:29:24,344 --> 00:29:26,764
Could be a popped head gasket.
524
00:29:26,793 --> 00:29:28,343
Could be all kinds
of different things.
525
00:29:28,379 --> 00:29:29,589
Well, what do you think
we got to do
526
00:29:29,620 --> 00:29:31,240
to get this bad boy fixed
and up and running again, man?
527
00:29:31,275 --> 00:29:33,165
This isn't something that
is just gonna, like,
528
00:29:33,206 --> 00:29:34,856
fix itself this afternoon,
Fred.
529
00:29:38,724 --> 00:29:40,214
I'm not stopping for this.
530
00:29:40,241 --> 00:29:42,451
Um, you guys just go ahead
and get back to work,
531
00:29:42,482 --> 00:29:44,482
and I'll figure this [bleep]
piece of [bleep] out.
532
00:29:44,517 --> 00:29:46,517
-We'll get it going.
-Yeah, let him do it.
533
00:29:46,551 --> 00:29:47,901
Let him figure it out.
534
00:29:49,379 --> 00:29:51,339
You honestly want to keep
dumping money into this?
535
00:29:51,379 --> 00:29:53,829
I want to try and fix
this thing and get
as much dirt as we can.
536
00:29:53,862 --> 00:29:56,212
-Yeah. I don't want to quit.
-You're the mind, boss.
537
00:29:56,241 --> 00:29:57,411
If you want us
to keep digging,
538
00:29:57,448 --> 00:29:59,448
then I'll keep digging.
I'm with you.
539
00:29:59,482 --> 00:30:03,032
And I love persistence.
It gets you where
you need to be in life.
540
00:30:03,068 --> 00:30:05,828
But there's persistence
and there's stubbornness.
541
00:30:05,862 --> 00:30:09,002
Everything is [bleep]
breaking down on this mine.
542
00:30:09,034 --> 00:30:11,414
You're dumping--
You're hemorrhaging
money right now.
543
00:30:12,655 --> 00:30:14,025
[sighs]
544
00:30:14,068 --> 00:30:16,898
I mean, like, I just
want you to know
that's how I'm feeling.
545
00:30:17,965 --> 00:30:18,855
I want to keep digging.
546
00:30:18,896 --> 00:30:20,276
All right.
That's where I'm going.
547
00:30:20,310 --> 00:30:21,310
-Thanks, brother.
-It's all right.
548
00:30:21,344 --> 00:30:22,864
I'll get it.
I'll figure it out.
549
00:30:26,793 --> 00:30:28,903
He's always been stubborn,
even since, uh,
550
00:30:28,931 --> 00:30:32,101
while we were
in the army together,
he was stubborn as hell.
551
00:30:32,137 --> 00:30:35,167
Either way, he said
to keep digging until
we get that word,
552
00:30:35,206 --> 00:30:39,656
so I'll burn his diesel,
I'ma go diggin' my hole.
553
00:30:43,586 --> 00:30:44,996
I feel like all of us have
been telling you
554
00:30:45,034 --> 00:30:46,594
for about a week now.
555
00:30:46,620 --> 00:30:48,690
We're spending more money
trying to get gold
556
00:30:48,724 --> 00:30:50,974
than we're gonna
get in gold back
to pay for the operation.
557
00:30:51,896 --> 00:30:54,276
It's getting ready
to sleet tomorrow,
558
00:30:54,310 --> 00:30:56,410
that freezing rain stuff
is coming.
559
00:30:56,448 --> 00:30:58,788
I think we'd be better off
spending the rest of today
560
00:30:58,827 --> 00:31:00,477
getting things prepared
for winter.
561
00:31:01,793 --> 00:31:03,313
Everybody came here for gold.
562
00:31:03,344 --> 00:31:07,594
If we stop right now,
everyone, literally everyone,
gets nothing.
563
00:31:07,620 --> 00:31:09,690
I know it sucks
and it doesn't mean defeat,
564
00:31:09,724 --> 00:31:10,764
and it doesn't mean failure,
565
00:31:10,793 --> 00:31:13,213
it just means
that's it for this season.
566
00:31:13,241 --> 00:31:14,411
We get ready for next season.
567
00:31:14,448 --> 00:31:15,278
Come back stronger.
568
00:31:17,103 --> 00:31:18,313
-I hate it.
-I know.
569
00:31:20,620 --> 00:31:22,930
Well, let's get-- At least
get all the guys over here
and put it to a vote.
570
00:31:22,965 --> 00:31:25,205
-I want everybody
to have a say in it.
-I agree.
571
00:31:25,241 --> 00:31:26,211
All right.
572
00:31:26,965 --> 00:31:28,475
Hey, Misfits.
573
00:31:28,517 --> 00:31:31,857
Can I get everybody
to meet over here by
the generator, please?
574
00:31:37,137 --> 00:31:40,377
So, Khara and I have
been talking for
a little bit here.
575
00:31:40,413 --> 00:31:43,933
And Khara thinks
it's time to stop.
But I want to point out,
576
00:31:43,965 --> 00:31:46,995
if we stop
right here, right now,
everybody gets nothing.
577
00:31:48,793 --> 00:31:50,663
Zero.
578
00:31:50,689 --> 00:31:53,379
I say we cut and run,
quit while we're ahead.
579
00:31:55,068 --> 00:31:58,518
Yeah, I'm out. I'm ready
to get this over with.
580
00:31:58,551 --> 00:32:03,071
-Stu?
-Uh, yeah. I don't want to,
but, yeah, it's time to leave.
581
00:32:03,103 --> 00:32:05,103
-Alex?
-It's time.
582
00:32:06,379 --> 00:32:08,099
Kendell for the tiebreaker.
583
00:32:09,827 --> 00:32:11,407
Let's stop the bleeding, man.
584
00:32:12,689 --> 00:32:14,619
Well, I mean,
it's tough for me to take.
585
00:32:14,655 --> 00:32:17,165
I'm sure it's equally as tough
for you guys to take, too.
586
00:32:17,206 --> 00:32:21,546
It feels a lot like failure,
but let's not look
at the gold total.
587
00:32:21,586 --> 00:32:22,656
Let's not look at all that.
588
00:32:22,689 --> 00:32:24,069
Let's look at what
we've done as a team
589
00:32:24,103 --> 00:32:27,453
and how awesome it is
to be able to be in
this environment
590
00:32:27,482 --> 00:32:29,862
and to work with people
we consider brothers.
591
00:32:29,896 --> 00:32:31,516
We've created that
for ourselves.
592
00:32:31,551 --> 00:32:34,141
We just have to find
better ground and
get on better gold.
593
00:32:34,172 --> 00:32:38,102
And if we can do that,
sky's the friggin' limit.
594
00:32:38,137 --> 00:32:42,067
So I say we pack up,
get the [bleep] out of Dodge
and go drink some whiskey.
595
00:32:42,103 --> 00:32:43,243
You guys good with that?
596
00:32:43,275 --> 00:32:44,755
-I'm down.
-How do you like that?
597
00:32:44,793 --> 00:32:46,283
-Cool.
-Let's get at 'em, guys.
598
00:32:53,241 --> 00:32:54,931
Sometimes, you gotta
know when to hold 'em,
599
00:32:54,965 --> 00:32:56,755
you gotta
know when to fold 'em,
600
00:32:56,793 --> 00:32:57,973
gotta know when to walk away,
601
00:32:58,000 --> 00:32:59,030
and you gotta
know when to run.
602
00:32:59,068 --> 00:33:02,688
So... we're gonna
get the [bleep] out of here.
603
00:33:17,413 --> 00:33:21,933
[Rick] We're going to try
to get into one of the spots
I spied from the helicopter.
604
00:33:21,965 --> 00:33:23,375
[narrator] In the Yukon,
605
00:33:23,413 --> 00:33:28,213
Rick Ness is faced
with a choice that could
define his future.
606
00:33:28,241 --> 00:33:32,591
Head back to Tony's steady
ground on the Indian River
607
00:33:32,620 --> 00:33:37,210
or gamble on nugget-rich
pay dirt here on Duncan Creek.
608
00:33:39,137 --> 00:33:42,447
Rick must decide
before the season ends,
609
00:33:42,482 --> 00:33:46,382
so he'll bulk test
a patch of ground
he spotted from the air.
610
00:33:49,310 --> 00:33:50,790
[Rick] A little steeper than
it looks.
611
00:33:51,620 --> 00:33:52,620
[bleep]
612
00:33:58,827 --> 00:34:00,617
Whoa! Whoa!
613
00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:03,380
Oh, that's what
I was afraid of.
614
00:34:04,655 --> 00:34:05,615
That's all permafrost. [bleep]
615
00:34:08,137 --> 00:34:09,757
Just about took off.
616
00:34:09,793 --> 00:34:13,103
[narrator] The steel tracks
of the 54-ton excavator
617
00:34:13,137 --> 00:34:16,027
are fighting for traction
on the frozen bank.
618
00:34:16,655 --> 00:34:17,715
All right.
619
00:34:20,344 --> 00:34:22,074
Seatbelt's going on, I guess.
620
00:34:32,068 --> 00:34:33,658
[exhales] [bleep]
621
00:34:57,724 --> 00:34:59,904
Easy. Easy.
622
00:35:13,172 --> 00:35:14,622
[laughs]
623
00:35:18,068 --> 00:35:20,858
Yeah, buddy.
Wash my tracks out real nice.
624
00:35:22,275 --> 00:35:25,715
Oh, yeah.
Not so bad at all.
625
00:35:27,586 --> 00:35:29,996
Rick's investigating
a piece of ground
626
00:35:30,034 --> 00:35:34,074
two miles from
his current creek cut.
627
00:35:34,103 --> 00:35:39,453
On a lazy bend, the slower
water flow on the inner edge
deposits gold.
628
00:35:41,586 --> 00:35:44,656
Rick believes,
over thousands of years,
629
00:35:44,689 --> 00:35:47,859
this should have formed
a rich layer of pay dirt.
630
00:35:50,103 --> 00:35:51,833
[Rick] Hoping for
a quick smash-and-grab,
you know.
631
00:35:51,862 --> 00:35:55,142
Dig a little pick,
get Kruse in here, test it.
632
00:35:55,172 --> 00:35:59,002
And, uh,
hopefully find my future.
633
00:35:59,034 --> 00:36:04,974
[narrator] If Rick hits his
1,000-ounce goal and wants
to return to Duncan Creek,
634
00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:08,240
he'll need thawed ground
with guaranteed gold.
635
00:36:10,068 --> 00:36:11,828
All right, so far, so good.
636
00:36:11,862 --> 00:36:14,662
Nice and thawed.
Already, starting to see
637
00:36:14,689 --> 00:36:18,029
a little bit of gravel
in there, but we're looking
for the big old boulders.
638
00:36:20,103 --> 00:36:21,933
[bleep] me. It's going deeper
than I thought.
639
00:36:23,068 --> 00:36:24,278
[bleep] you, gravel.
Where are you?
640
00:36:26,896 --> 00:36:31,966
Um, I'm starting to see
the tops of boulders
right down here.
641
00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:34,930
It's a little bit deeper
than I thought it would be.
642
00:36:34,965 --> 00:36:38,785
But, uh, that's definitely
the stuff we're looking for.
643
00:36:38,827 --> 00:36:41,407
Uh, Kruse,
I found the stuff
we're looking for.
644
00:36:41,448 --> 00:36:42,968
Why don't you get
that rock truck back here,
645
00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:45,000
and let's get some of this
stuff trucked to the plant.
646
00:36:47,103 --> 00:36:49,903
[narrator] To avoid
Rick's steep descent,
647
00:36:49,931 --> 00:36:52,381
Kruse takes a longer route
along the creek.
648
00:36:55,310 --> 00:36:57,860
Did Marlon send you out here
looking for a moose den?
649
00:36:57,896 --> 00:36:59,336
[laughs]
650
00:36:59,379 --> 00:37:01,789
I'm out here exploring, buddy.
Don't you want
to explore with me?
651
00:37:01,827 --> 00:37:03,787
We're trying to find ground
for next year.
652
00:37:03,827 --> 00:37:06,207
Oh, uh, you're
Dora the Explorer today?
653
00:37:06,827 --> 00:37:08,717
Yes, exactly.
Exactly.
654
00:37:19,241 --> 00:37:21,341
Oh, yeah.
That's some
good-looking pay.
655
00:37:21,379 --> 00:37:23,029
Oh, man.
656
00:37:23,068 --> 00:37:25,408
[narrator] Rick's found
thawed ground,
657
00:37:25,448 --> 00:37:28,898
but he won't know
if he's got a future
at Duncan Creek
658
00:37:28,931 --> 00:37:31,551
until he runs it
through the wash plant.
659
00:37:31,586 --> 00:37:33,336
Well, why don't you get that
on up to the plant?
660
00:37:33,379 --> 00:37:35,449
I'll be waiting here for you.
Good luck.
661
00:37:38,793 --> 00:37:45,033
We get about ten truckloads
up to the plant and run it,
test it, figure it out.
662
00:37:53,827 --> 00:37:58,307
We've sluiced
an ungodly amount of material.
663
00:37:58,344 --> 00:38:01,594
[narrator] After working
together for seven years,
664
00:38:01,620 --> 00:38:05,450
Parker and Chris Doumitt
reflect on their
toughest season yet.
665
00:38:06,344 --> 00:38:09,004
I think we're at close
to 800,000 yards.
666
00:38:09,034 --> 00:38:11,694
Did you ever think
you'd move this much dirt?
667
00:38:11,724 --> 00:38:13,104
[belches] No.
668
00:38:13,137 --> 00:38:16,167
The problem is
you get all this gold
like this
669
00:38:16,206 --> 00:38:21,856
and there's your fuel
and wages and royalties
and everything else.
670
00:38:21,896 --> 00:38:23,066
But we need this part,
671
00:38:24,103 --> 00:38:25,833
so we can go hunting
for some new ground.
672
00:38:25,862 --> 00:38:28,762
Yeah. No kidding.
We're working on it.
673
00:38:28,793 --> 00:38:33,003
You just need to go fetch
some more dirt, young man.
674
00:38:50,689 --> 00:38:51,859
[Khara] Hey, babe.
675
00:38:51,896 --> 00:38:53,406
Whoa, look at that.
Fire's started and everything.
676
00:38:53,448 --> 00:38:55,928
-We've got a little bowl.
-Yeah.
677
00:38:55,965 --> 00:38:59,065
Things changed pretty quickly.
678
00:38:59,103 --> 00:39:03,173
[narrator] As the snow reaches
Oregon's Elkhorn Mountains,
679
00:39:03,206 --> 00:39:05,716
Fred Lewis and his crew
assemble
680
00:39:05,758 --> 00:39:08,168
for their final gold weigh
of the season.
681
00:39:10,310 --> 00:39:12,830
You know, guys,
I kind of felt like I had to
push a lot this week.
682
00:39:12,862 --> 00:39:16,862
And I know you guys
probably thought I was
kind of dumb for pushing.
683
00:39:16,896 --> 00:39:21,166
I appreciate you guys
having my back and
following my stubbornness.
684
00:39:21,206 --> 00:39:22,546
But we got a little more gold,
685
00:39:23,793 --> 00:39:25,283
so thank you.
686
00:39:25,931 --> 00:39:27,241
And sorry.
687
00:39:27,275 --> 00:39:29,475
All right, guys,
final gold weigh.
688
00:39:29,517 --> 00:39:30,447
You want to see
what you got?
689
00:39:31,172 --> 00:39:32,142
[all] Yeah.
690
00:39:32,172 --> 00:39:33,032
We do.
691
00:39:37,344 --> 00:39:38,664
[Fred] Here we go, that's it.
692
00:39:38,689 --> 00:39:40,449
Point six-six of an ounce.
693
00:39:41,965 --> 00:39:44,585
All right, so that brings
our season total of 4.22.
694
00:39:45,896 --> 00:39:49,096
[narrator]
Worth just over $8,000.
695
00:39:50,413 --> 00:39:53,343
All right, guys,
4 ounces is really
a [bleep] season.
696
00:39:54,172 --> 00:39:55,552
Wow.
697
00:39:55,586 --> 00:39:57,546
But we're investing
in this team,
698
00:39:57,586 --> 00:40:00,546
and I think we have to
look at that long-term.
699
00:40:00,586 --> 00:40:02,166
We just got to move forward
and take it
700
00:40:02,206 --> 00:40:05,236
as a lesson learned
and not let it happen again.
701
00:40:06,068 --> 00:40:07,208
'Cause we're better than this.
702
00:40:07,241 --> 00:40:09,001
[Kendell] That's-- 4 ounces
703
00:40:09,034 --> 00:40:12,314
does not show
how much effort
we've put in here.
704
00:40:12,344 --> 00:40:15,004
-No.
-That's for damn sure.
705
00:40:15,034 --> 00:40:16,384
It feels like
we should be millionaires
706
00:40:16,413 --> 00:40:17,863
with the amount of stuff
that we went through.
707
00:40:17,896 --> 00:40:20,406
-You're not lying.
-It really does.
708
00:40:20,448 --> 00:40:21,478
You're not lying.
709
00:40:22,482 --> 00:40:23,692
[all chuckle]
710
00:40:25,034 --> 00:40:26,974
You know, even though
we fell short of our goal,
711
00:40:27,620 --> 00:40:29,170
I'm, uh, you know,
712
00:40:29,206 --> 00:40:31,896
I put another skill set
in my tool bag.
713
00:40:31,931 --> 00:40:35,381
Um, I got to spend, you know,
714
00:40:35,413 --> 00:40:39,033
all this time with, you know,
a bunch of my brothers.
715
00:40:39,068 --> 00:40:42,028
That is one thing I'll never
be disappointed in,
716
00:40:42,068 --> 00:40:43,208
and I'll never
regret doing it.
717
00:40:45,379 --> 00:40:48,169
[Khara] What really sucks
is everybody's going to
go home broke.
718
00:40:48,206 --> 00:40:49,996
It's not a good feeling
to send these guys
719
00:40:50,034 --> 00:40:52,454
home with nothing
in their pockets, like...
720
00:40:52,482 --> 00:40:54,692
I wish that there was some way
I had some extra reserves.
721
00:40:54,724 --> 00:40:56,074
I could pay 'em
out of my pocket.
722
00:40:56,103 --> 00:40:57,453
I would if I could.
723
00:40:58,758 --> 00:41:01,758
[Fred] 4 ounces for the season
is a complete embarrassment.
724
00:41:02,896 --> 00:41:04,786
I'll tell you one thing,
I am not looking forward
725
00:41:04,827 --> 00:41:07,237
to having that conversation
with Karl
726
00:41:07,275 --> 00:41:09,785
when he asks
what our goal total is.
727
00:41:15,034 --> 00:41:16,624
-Well...
-[Khara] What is it?
728
00:41:16,655 --> 00:41:18,895
Karl. He left me a voice mail.
729
00:41:18,931 --> 00:41:20,071
[on voice message]
Hey, Fred. It's Karl.
730
00:41:20,103 --> 00:41:23,243
We haven't caught up
in a few weeks,
731
00:41:23,275 --> 00:41:26,205
and I'm definitely
very interested
to find out more
732
00:41:26,241 --> 00:41:29,281
about the shutdown.
I plan on coming out
in a few days.
733
00:41:29,310 --> 00:41:30,860
So, see ya.
734
00:41:30,896 --> 00:41:32,586
[Fred] That [bleep] sucks.
735
00:41:32,620 --> 00:41:34,620
So, Karl's heading our way.
736
00:41:34,655 --> 00:41:37,615
How would you feel
if you had to tell
a freaking brother
737
00:41:37,655 --> 00:41:38,825
you just lost all his money.
738
00:41:39,931 --> 00:41:41,761
I understand that.
Nobody wants to have
739
00:41:41,793 --> 00:41:44,143
those difficult conversations,
but they still have to
take place.
740
00:41:46,620 --> 00:41:49,520
It's really frustrating
to know that there's
a pile of pay
741
00:41:49,551 --> 00:41:51,241
sitting up there
that we couldn't finish
742
00:41:51,275 --> 00:41:54,515
and a bunch of pay dirt
in the ground
that we couldn't pull out.
743
00:41:55,103 --> 00:41:56,723
[sighs] I don't know, babe.
744
00:41:58,172 --> 00:42:00,312
I'm wondering if maybe
we called it too early.
745
00:42:12,862 --> 00:42:15,662
[narrator] In the Yukon,
with an offer on the table
746
00:42:15,689 --> 00:42:19,029
of returning
to the reliable gold
of Tony Beets'
747
00:42:19,068 --> 00:42:20,928
Indian River ground,
748
00:42:20,965 --> 00:42:25,095
Rick Ness has gone
out to see if he can do
better on new ground
749
00:42:25,137 --> 00:42:26,277
at Duncan Creek.
750
00:42:26,310 --> 00:42:27,830
[Rick] Oh, yeah.
751
00:42:27,862 --> 00:42:28,722
Well, here we go.
752
00:42:30,379 --> 00:42:31,339
-[Karla Ann] What?
-What is that?
753
00:42:31,379 --> 00:42:33,479
That's, uh, what we got
out of the test.
754
00:42:33,517 --> 00:42:35,307
That's a lot of gold,
actually for...
755
00:42:35,344 --> 00:42:36,834
-Ten truckloads?
-Ten truckloads.
756
00:42:36,862 --> 00:42:38,522
-Yeah, it's 200 yards.
-200 yards, yeah.
757
00:42:38,551 --> 00:42:40,281
So, you know,
two hours of running.
758
00:42:41,965 --> 00:42:45,305
I'm just trying to find
good ground for us to go
in the future, right?
759
00:42:45,344 --> 00:42:48,664
-[man] Yeah.
-And, uh, if this test
turns out right,
760
00:42:48,689 --> 00:42:50,549
I think that's
pretty good indication.
761
00:42:50,586 --> 00:42:51,546
Oh, yeah, there's that, too.
762
00:42:51,586 --> 00:42:53,206
But we'll get to that.
763
00:42:53,241 --> 00:42:55,171
-[Kruse] I knew there was--
-Honestly, this is more
important right now.
764
00:42:55,206 --> 00:42:57,026
[narrator] Ground
on the Indian River
765
00:42:57,068 --> 00:43:00,788
typically pays one ounce
per 100 yards.
766
00:43:00,827 --> 00:43:05,097
If his 200-yard bulk test
is better than that,
767
00:43:05,137 --> 00:43:07,587
Rick's future
lies at Duncan Creek.
768
00:43:08,206 --> 00:43:09,206
[Rick] Here we go.
769
00:43:09,241 --> 00:43:10,281
What did we get?
770
00:43:10,827 --> 00:43:13,407
Two, three, holy [bleep].
771
00:43:13,448 --> 00:43:15,378
4.14.
772
00:43:15,413 --> 00:43:16,213
Nice.
773
00:43:17,793 --> 00:43:18,763
That's-- Yeah, I see your--
774
00:43:18,793 --> 00:43:19,863
I see your head working,
Kruse.
775
00:43:19,896 --> 00:43:22,206
-Yeah.
-That's over 2 ounces
per 100 yards.
776
00:43:22,241 --> 00:43:23,761
Yeah.
777
00:43:23,793 --> 00:43:25,663
-That's awesome.
Those are good numbers.
-Yeah, that's it right there.
778
00:43:25,689 --> 00:43:26,899
Those are good
[bleep] numbers.
779
00:43:26,931 --> 00:43:29,451
Honestly, that's...
We can make
serious money.
780
00:43:29,482 --> 00:43:31,412
An ounce per 100 is--
You're happy.
781
00:43:31,448 --> 00:43:34,138
Like, you could make money
at that. 2 ounces per 100,
782
00:43:34,827 --> 00:43:36,337
now you're just laughing.
783
00:43:36,379 --> 00:43:38,069
So this is great news
for our future,
784
00:43:38,103 --> 00:43:39,453
but we also have to
think about now.
785
00:43:39,482 --> 00:43:42,792
So why don't we add
the rest of what
we got this week to it.
786
00:43:42,827 --> 00:43:44,857
[narrator]
To return to Duncan Creek,
787
00:43:44,896 --> 00:43:48,786
Rick still needs
170 ounces of gold
788
00:43:48,827 --> 00:43:51,447
to hit his 1,000-ounce goal.
789
00:43:51,482 --> 00:43:54,592
But his average
so far has been 60.
790
00:43:56,379 --> 00:44:01,029
[Rick] Oh, yeah, this is
going to be a good one.
50, 60, 70...
791
00:44:02,482 --> 00:44:04,072
Oh, are we going over 80?
792
00:44:07,241 --> 00:44:09,661
80.66.
793
00:44:09,689 --> 00:44:12,379
-[all whooping]
-80.66.
794
00:44:12,413 --> 00:44:13,523
-There it is.
-That's awesome.
795
00:44:13,551 --> 00:44:14,551
Just keep going up.
796
00:44:14,586 --> 00:44:15,476
Yeah.
797
00:44:15,517 --> 00:44:19,687
[narrator] Worth $153,000.
798
00:44:19,724 --> 00:44:21,004
[Rick] No, this is awesome.
799
00:44:21,034 --> 00:44:23,834
Our gold weighs keep going
up and up. But we still can't,
800
00:44:23,862 --> 00:44:26,972
you know, sit on our hands.
If we're gonna hit
our 1,000-ounce goal,
801
00:44:27,000 --> 00:44:29,790
we still have just about
100 ounces to go
to get there.
802
00:44:29,827 --> 00:44:31,657
And not a whole lot
of time, so...
803
00:44:31,689 --> 00:44:33,619
-[Karla Ann]
That's a lot of work.
-[Kruse] We'll get there, bud.
804
00:44:44,172 --> 00:44:45,142
Good morning.
805
00:44:45,689 --> 00:44:46,659
How are you guys doing?
806
00:44:47,517 --> 00:44:49,787
-Good, good, you?
-Good. How's it going?
807
00:44:49,827 --> 00:44:51,517
[narrator] At Scribner Creek,
808
00:44:51,551 --> 00:44:54,791
Parker's crew assembles
for their weekly gold weigh.
809
00:44:56,689 --> 00:44:59,339
Well, Shane,
with all the tools
you have on that truck,
810
00:44:59,379 --> 00:45:01,829
I'm surprised you don't have
a belt stretcher.
811
00:45:01,862 --> 00:45:03,312
[all chuckling]
812
00:45:04,862 --> 00:45:06,722
[Shane] How did the gold look
after this week of
813
00:45:06,758 --> 00:45:09,478
[bleep] ups and breakdowns?
814
00:45:09,517 --> 00:45:11,237
Not as impressive
as last week,
815
00:45:11,275 --> 00:45:12,335
let's put it that way.
816
00:45:12,379 --> 00:45:14,899
Or the week before,
or the week before,
817
00:45:14,931 --> 00:45:16,931
or the week before
and before.
818
00:45:16,965 --> 00:45:18,545
But, I can show you
the results.
819
00:45:18,586 --> 00:45:19,826
We can weigh 'em up.
820
00:45:19,862 --> 00:45:22,932
-This is Red,
you want to count it up?
-[man] Yes, sir.
821
00:45:22,965 --> 00:45:24,655
[narrator] So far this season,
822
00:45:24,689 --> 00:45:28,619
Big Red's averaged
over 200 ounces per week.
823
00:45:29,689 --> 00:45:35,589
10, 20, 30, 50, 90...
824
00:45:38,689 --> 00:45:39,689
You want to finish it off?
825
00:45:39,724 --> 00:45:40,664
'Cause that's embarrassing.
826
00:45:42,103 --> 00:45:44,413
103.70.
827
00:45:44,448 --> 00:45:47,898
[narrator] Worth $197,000.
828
00:45:49,379 --> 00:45:51,449
-[Doumitt] Well,
this is Sluicifer.
-[Alec] All right.
829
00:45:51,482 --> 00:45:52,412
Let's see what we got.
830
00:45:53,620 --> 00:45:55,900
[Doumitt]
I'll try to make it slow,
so it sounds like a lot.
831
00:45:55,931 --> 00:45:58,591
...30, 50...
832
00:45:58,620 --> 00:46:02,280
65.75.
833
00:46:03,275 --> 00:46:05,655
[narrator] Way below
Sluicifer's average
834
00:46:05,689 --> 00:46:08,719
of 225 ounces.
835
00:46:08,758 --> 00:46:10,898
-[Doumitt] 65.7...
-[men chattering]
836
00:46:11,655 --> 00:46:15,445
This is by far
our worst week...
837
00:46:15,482 --> 00:46:16,592
[man] I'll say.
838
00:46:16,620 --> 00:46:19,970
-For a total of
169,000 ounces.
-[bleep]
839
00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:23,480
[narrator] This week's haul
takes Parker's season total
840
00:46:23,517 --> 00:46:27,307
to just under $13 million,
841
00:46:27,344 --> 00:46:33,524
but still 430 ounces short
of his best-ever season total.
842
00:46:34,620 --> 00:46:36,380
If we want
to have a good season,
843
00:46:36,413 --> 00:46:38,933
we-- you got to keep
those plants running.
844
00:46:38,965 --> 00:46:41,065
-[man] Yeah.
-[Parker] Unfortunately.
845
00:46:41,758 --> 00:46:43,658
[chuckling]
846
00:46:43,689 --> 00:46:45,589
If there was--
if there was a better way,
847
00:46:45,620 --> 00:46:48,720
we would be doing it.
But, Alec and Shane,
848
00:46:48,758 --> 00:46:50,898
I just really want
to thank you guys.
849
00:46:50,931 --> 00:46:52,311
[Shane] Oh, no problem.
We're just here...
850
00:46:52,344 --> 00:46:53,624
-Thanks, Parker.
-...helping out.
851
00:46:53,655 --> 00:46:55,475
[Parker] I know. And that's
what's great about it,
852
00:46:55,517 --> 00:46:57,827
is you guys don't have
the attitude of,
853
00:46:57,862 --> 00:46:59,932
you know, saving the day,
854
00:46:59,965 --> 00:47:03,825
but you guys do continue to,
non-stop.
And I appreciate it.
855
00:47:03,862 --> 00:47:05,452
Cheers to you guys.
856
00:47:05,482 --> 00:47:07,342
-[man] Yeah.
-[man 2] To our mechanics,
right?
857
00:47:07,379 --> 00:47:08,549
Thanks, guys.
858
00:47:08,586 --> 00:47:09,446
[Shane] No problem.
859
00:47:09,482 --> 00:47:10,412
I'll drink to that.
860
00:47:11,103 --> 00:47:13,073
Cheers.
861
00:47:13,103 --> 00:47:17,383
[narrator] Next time
on theGold Rush
season finale...
862
00:47:17,413 --> 00:47:18,213
[Tony speaking]
863
00:47:20,241 --> 00:47:22,901
[narrator] The tide
turns on Tony Beets.
864
00:47:25,551 --> 00:47:28,481
[Fred]
After losing all his money,
I've got to convince Karl
865
00:47:28,517 --> 00:47:30,587
that we're good enough
to invest in
in another season.
866
00:47:30,620 --> 00:47:32,030
If not, we're done.
867
00:47:32,068 --> 00:47:36,138
[narrator]
Fred Lewis' mining future
hangs in the balance.
868
00:47:36,172 --> 00:47:37,972
Fred, what would you say to me
if you were in my shoes?
869
00:47:39,241 --> 00:47:40,621
[man] I don't know
if I can hold it.
870
00:47:40,655 --> 00:47:43,855
[narrator]
Rick Ness changes
the course of his season.
871
00:47:43,896 --> 00:47:45,966
I was hoping
we'd find some chunky gold.
872
00:47:46,000 --> 00:47:48,450
And here it is.
873
00:47:48,482 --> 00:47:50,482
-What the hell's going on?
-[bleep]
874
00:47:50,517 --> 00:47:55,097
[narrator] And Parker
closes in on his best
season ever.
875
00:47:55,137 --> 00:47:56,207
It'll work, Tyson.
876
00:47:56,241 --> 00:47:57,721
It's gonna wash them rocks.
877
00:47:57,758 --> 00:48:02,998
Our record is 7,400,
and for this season,
we have...