1 00:00:02,870 --> 00:00:04,081 The higher price gold should go. 2 00:00:04,105 --> 00:00:05,971 On this "gold rush"... 3 00:00:06,073 --> 00:00:07,751 Come on, big guy. You at least ought to be able. 4 00:00:07,775 --> 00:00:08,935 To do the work of two people. 5 00:00:10,044 --> 00:00:13,045 On a mission to build a massive war chest. 6 00:00:13,147 --> 00:00:17,116 Of gold, parker schnabel expands his crew... 7 00:00:17,218 --> 00:00:19,551 We don't have enough people. We need some more bodies. 8 00:00:19,653 --> 00:00:22,955 It's a bit nerve-racking. 9 00:00:31,265 --> 00:00:33,432 To make up for lost time, 10 00:00:33,534 --> 00:00:36,835 Tony beets resurrect an old beast... 11 00:00:42,376 --> 00:00:45,444 I don't have that hundred ounces, my season's. 12 00:00:45,546 --> 00:00:48,080 And rick ness hedges his bets... 13 00:00:48,182 --> 00:00:50,449 If we can get this thing up to a hundred yards an hour, 14 00:00:50,551 --> 00:00:52,317 That's a quarter million dollars a month. 15 00:00:52,420 --> 00:00:56,655 In a bid to max out his wash plant. 16 00:00:58,692 --> 00:00:59,992 Holy what was that? 17 00:01:00,094 --> 00:01:03,062 Captions by vitac... www.Vitac.Com 18 00:01:03,164 --> 00:01:06,065 Captions paid for by discovery communications. 19 00:01:21,315 --> 00:01:23,148 The king of the klondike, 20 00:01:23,250 --> 00:01:26,585 Tony beets, is battling to make a comeback. 21 00:01:26,687 --> 00:01:31,223 After failing to hit his target two years in a row. 22 00:01:41,202 --> 00:01:44,403 To cash in on high gold prices, 23 00:01:44,505 --> 00:01:49,341 This season, tony's pushing for at least 3,000 ounces. 24 00:01:59,553 --> 00:02:02,955 To hit their gold, daughter monica is feeding. 25 00:02:03,057 --> 00:02:05,557 Gold-rich pay from the mega cut. 26 00:02:05,659 --> 00:02:08,894 Into the family's only working plant. 27 00:02:08,996 --> 00:02:13,565 This pandemic has been affecting a lot of things. 28 00:02:13,667 --> 00:02:17,769 It's hard getting parts, and everything takes longer, 29 00:02:17,872 --> 00:02:19,138 And that's saying something. 30 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:23,942 Because things already take forever here in the yukon. 31 00:02:24,044 --> 00:02:26,645 At the end of the tunnel, 32 00:02:26,747 --> 00:02:31,083 Ruby mahoney clears worthless tailings in the loader. 33 00:02:31,185 --> 00:02:34,119 My season's been going quite well. 34 00:02:34,221 --> 00:02:35,854 With gold prices being so high, 35 00:02:35,956 --> 00:02:40,025 Tony has been going after every piece of land. 36 00:02:40,127 --> 00:02:41,627 That has gold in it. 37 00:02:48,769 --> 00:02:51,170 No. No. No. No. No. 38 00:02:54,208 --> 00:02:55,340 Kevin, you copy, kevin? 39 00:02:55,442 --> 00:02:56,453 Copy, kevin. Go for kevin. 40 00:02:56,477 --> 00:03:00,646 Yeah, man. The last loader's down. 41 00:03:03,117 --> 00:03:05,284 To stop tailings backing up. 42 00:03:05,386 --> 00:03:08,887 And hitting the plant, ruby shuts it down. 43 00:03:14,662 --> 00:03:17,229 She's talking. 44 00:03:17,331 --> 00:03:19,631 David will start it, I'll press that button again. 45 00:03:41,589 --> 00:03:44,022 The engine blew up. Boom. 46 00:03:44,124 --> 00:03:45,457 Now, we only had one loader going. 47 00:03:45,559 --> 00:03:47,159 Because we just had a string of bad luck. 48 00:03:47,194 --> 00:03:50,162 Pretty much every 988 we try it has gone kaboom, kablooey, 49 00:03:50,264 --> 00:03:51,597 Or ka. 50 00:03:51,699 --> 00:03:53,865 It's not a day project. 51 00:03:53,968 --> 00:03:58,870 It can take weeks because we need parts. 52 00:03:58,973 --> 00:04:02,841 It's the fourth loader that's died in the last week. 53 00:04:02,943 --> 00:04:08,714 Now, the entire fleet is down. 54 00:04:20,661 --> 00:04:25,931 The bigger our operation gets, the more behind the game I feel. 55 00:04:26,033 --> 00:04:29,401 Doesn't really sustainable long-term. 56 00:04:29,503 --> 00:04:31,203 This year for us, 57 00:04:31,305 --> 00:04:35,040 It's really about trying to build a good war chest. 58 00:04:35,142 --> 00:04:39,378 In order to buy new ground and fund exploration. 59 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:41,647 In some ways a bad economy is good for us. 60 00:04:41,749 --> 00:04:43,682 In that fuel prices are low, 61 00:04:43,784 --> 00:04:45,651 And the more up the world gets, 62 00:04:45,753 --> 00:04:48,654 The higher price of gold should go. 63 00:04:48,756 --> 00:04:51,056 Parker has most of his crew. 64 00:04:51,158 --> 00:04:55,193 Working at the promised land, helping tyson lee. 65 00:04:55,296 --> 00:04:59,264 Prepare sluicifer for a move. 66 00:04:59,366 --> 00:05:01,133 Moving the wash plant. 67 00:05:01,235 --> 00:05:05,270 No one really enjoys because it's a stressful time. 68 00:05:05,372 --> 00:05:09,341 Over at the last cut, parker's top miners, 69 00:05:09,443 --> 00:05:11,376 Co-foreman mitch blaschke. 70 00:05:11,478 --> 00:05:13,078 And brennan ruault fight. 71 00:05:13,180 --> 00:05:17,149 To keep big red running with a skeleton crew. 72 00:05:17,251 --> 00:05:19,985 Brennan rips ground in the dozer. 73 00:05:20,087 --> 00:05:23,655 While mitch digs and stockpiles gold-rich pay. 74 00:05:23,757 --> 00:05:27,059 To keep the wash plant fed. 75 00:05:27,161 --> 00:05:28,493 We got to do something here, man, 76 00:05:28,595 --> 00:05:30,206 Because I'm getting this dirt dug up faster. 77 00:05:30,230 --> 00:05:31,241 Than what you're opening it. 78 00:05:31,265 --> 00:05:32,397 Well, I hear you buddy. 79 00:05:32,499 --> 00:05:33,710 I just don't know if we can keep going. 80 00:05:33,734 --> 00:05:35,033 At this pace. 81 00:05:37,504 --> 00:05:38,648 Well, buddy, I think that's probably. 82 00:05:38,672 --> 00:05:40,105 All we're going to get for now. 83 00:05:40,207 --> 00:05:41,707 Without a full crew... 84 00:05:41,809 --> 00:05:43,809 Probably our last scoop for the day, man. 85 00:05:43,911 --> 00:05:49,348 They can't dig enough dirt to keep the wash plant fed... 86 00:05:49,450 --> 00:05:54,019 And they have no choice but to shut it down. 87 00:05:54,121 --> 00:05:56,388 You know, it's frustrating right now. 88 00:05:56,490 --> 00:05:58,130 You know, this is the prime of the season. 89 00:05:58,225 --> 00:06:00,003 This is when you should be sluicing, having these plants. 90 00:06:00,027 --> 00:06:02,894 Run 24 hours a day. 91 00:06:02,996 --> 00:06:04,107 We got to shut this thing down. 92 00:06:04,131 --> 00:06:05,897 It's frustrating, but it is what it is. 93 00:06:05,999 --> 00:06:07,766 We got to get some more help. 94 00:06:07,868 --> 00:06:09,735 Everybody's just spread too thin right now. 95 00:06:19,780 --> 00:06:20,924 Let's go have a chat with the boss. 96 00:06:20,948 --> 00:06:22,814 And see if we can figure this out. 97 00:06:25,119 --> 00:06:27,719 Hey, man, we just had to shut down big red. 98 00:06:27,821 --> 00:06:29,699 Because we ran out of pay, and we don't have enough people. 99 00:06:29,723 --> 00:06:31,289 We need some more bodies. 100 00:06:31,392 --> 00:06:33,636 And I mean right now, you know, with everybody having to go. 101 00:06:33,660 --> 00:06:36,039 Through quarantine and all that, it's going to make it tough, 102 00:06:36,063 --> 00:06:38,663 But the sooner we can get somebody up here, the better. 103 00:06:38,766 --> 00:06:42,334 Yeah the big problem here is somebody with no experience. 104 00:06:42,436 --> 00:06:44,403 Is almost worse than nobody. 105 00:06:44,505 --> 00:06:46,838 Man, I don't care if they have lots of experience, 106 00:06:46,940 --> 00:06:49,007 No experience, we can train them. 107 00:06:49,109 --> 00:06:50,520 Whatever you can find us. Okay. I'll do it. 108 00:06:50,544 --> 00:06:52,844 I'll do what I can as quick as I can. 109 00:06:55,115 --> 00:06:58,183 We're trying to do more and more every year with, you know, 110 00:06:58,285 --> 00:07:02,087 Less time, less people, and, well, there comes a point. 111 00:07:02,189 --> 00:07:04,956 Where that just doesn't work anymore. 112 00:07:14,635 --> 00:07:16,515 We're still suffering a bit from the late start, 113 00:07:16,603 --> 00:07:18,270 But we are on good ground. 114 00:07:18,338 --> 00:07:19,771 This year, 115 00:07:19,873 --> 00:07:22,441 Rick ness is future as a gold miner. 116 00:07:22,543 --> 00:07:24,409 Hangs in the balance. 117 00:07:24,511 --> 00:07:26,378 I just want to make sure that we're doing. 118 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:28,580 Absolutely everything to maximize, you know? 119 00:07:28,682 --> 00:07:30,527 I want to make sure we're not leaving anything on the table. 120 00:07:30,551 --> 00:07:33,318 As far as what we're doing. 121 00:07:33,420 --> 00:07:36,121 After two years barely breaking even, 122 00:07:36,223 --> 00:07:40,826 He needs a 1,000-down season, or he'll have to pack it in. 123 00:07:40,928 --> 00:07:45,464 To hit his goal, he needs almost 70 ounces a week, 124 00:07:45,566 --> 00:07:48,767 But so far, he's averaged less than 40. 125 00:08:01,648 --> 00:08:04,149 We're around a bucket every minute 126 00:08:04,251 --> 00:08:06,885 Rick set up a time trial for the crew. 127 00:08:06,987 --> 00:08:10,956 To try and up his average. 128 00:08:11,058 --> 00:08:12,958 We're losing too much time. 129 00:08:13,060 --> 00:08:15,794 New operator mark doverspike. 130 00:08:15,896 --> 00:08:18,563 Feeds the plant with the excavator. 131 00:08:20,634 --> 00:08:23,034 I've been running his numbers, 132 00:08:23,136 --> 00:08:25,337 And we're really only doing about 80 yards an hour. 133 00:08:25,439 --> 00:08:28,740 Through this thing, and I think it could do more than that. 134 00:08:30,911 --> 00:08:34,112 There's a fine line between too much and not enough. 135 00:08:34,214 --> 00:08:36,081 Now, you don't just dump it, you know? 136 00:08:36,149 --> 00:08:38,316 You just kind of feather it in. 137 00:08:38,418 --> 00:08:41,219 Not enough dirt, and the sluice runs too fast, 138 00:08:41,321 --> 00:08:42,888 And the gold goes out the end. 139 00:08:42,990 --> 00:08:44,823 Too much dirt, the riffles will plug, 140 00:08:44,925 --> 00:08:46,558 And the gold will go out the end. 141 00:08:46,660 --> 00:08:52,531 It demands your full attention all day. 142 00:08:52,633 --> 00:08:55,267 Rick's hometown buddy chris kruse. 143 00:08:55,369 --> 00:08:58,603 Has also spotted the bottleneck. 144 00:08:58,705 --> 00:09:01,306 Yeah, I think you can have probably the best hoe operator. 145 00:09:01,408 --> 00:09:03,909 In the world feeding dirt into this plant. 146 00:09:04,011 --> 00:09:08,580 There's really no way to keep it consistent. 147 00:09:08,682 --> 00:09:12,417 But rick has a plan to speed things up. 148 00:09:14,454 --> 00:09:16,821 It's a well-built, simple plant. 149 00:09:16,924 --> 00:09:20,792 It's made for this ground. It does a great job. 150 00:09:20,894 --> 00:09:23,028 But I know that a hopper feeder right now. 151 00:09:23,130 --> 00:09:26,565 Would just maximize the potential. I know it would. 152 00:09:26,667 --> 00:09:32,437 A hopper feeder can process larger loads of pay dirt. 153 00:09:32,539 --> 00:09:36,942 Bars known as grizzlies filter out big rocks. 154 00:09:37,044 --> 00:09:39,411 Conveyors then take the pay dirt. 155 00:09:39,513 --> 00:09:42,547 And feed it evenly into the wash plant. 156 00:09:46,219 --> 00:09:49,421 With a constant feed, the wash plant rick leased. 157 00:09:49,523 --> 00:09:54,559 From claim owner troy could catch 25% more gold. 158 00:09:58,498 --> 00:10:01,833 If we can get this thing up to 100 yards an hour, 159 00:10:01,935 --> 00:10:04,102 And with current prices, 160 00:10:04,204 --> 00:10:05,804 That's a quarter million dollars a month, 161 00:10:05,906 --> 00:10:09,107 But hopper feeders don't come cheap. 162 00:10:11,778 --> 00:10:14,412 I definitely wasn't planning on making any big purchases. 163 00:10:14,514 --> 00:10:15,892 I don't have it in the budget at all. 164 00:10:15,916 --> 00:10:17,196 You know, I owe troy 100 ounces. 165 00:10:17,250 --> 00:10:18,917 By the end of this week. 166 00:10:23,790 --> 00:10:25,090 Hey, rick. 167 00:10:25,192 --> 00:10:28,093 When rick arrived in the yukon, 168 00:10:28,195 --> 00:10:31,129 Claim owner troy taylor needed a guarantee. 169 00:10:31,231 --> 00:10:35,166 The late start would not affect his royalty payments. 170 00:10:37,971 --> 00:10:41,439 Hoping you can pull out 100 ounces in a month or so. 171 00:10:41,541 --> 00:10:42,852 And then I'll feel more comfortable. 172 00:10:42,876 --> 00:10:45,977 That we're we're going to be okay. 173 00:10:48,849 --> 00:10:51,716 I think we can manage it. 174 00:10:51,818 --> 00:10:55,386 Rick's banked 107 ounces this season. 175 00:10:55,455 --> 00:10:58,423 Now the royalty's due in six days. 176 00:10:58,525 --> 00:11:01,793 If he can't pay it, he'll lose the lease. 177 00:11:01,895 --> 00:11:04,863 That's the only thing I'm struggling with. 178 00:11:04,965 --> 00:11:07,165 It's a lot of money to pay off by the end of the week, 179 00:11:07,267 --> 00:11:11,736 But I don't see how I can't do it. 180 00:11:11,805 --> 00:11:15,373 Instead of saving his gold to pay troy, 181 00:11:15,475 --> 00:11:18,143 Rick is putting it all on the line. 182 00:11:18,245 --> 00:11:22,080 To upgrade his wash plant. 183 00:11:22,182 --> 00:11:24,616 So, I heard there's a nice hopper feeder for sale. 184 00:11:24,718 --> 00:11:25,862 It's just a couple hours away. 185 00:11:25,886 --> 00:11:28,253 It's at this guy, porter's, yard. 186 00:11:28,355 --> 00:11:29,587 I'm gonna go see him. 187 00:11:29,690 --> 00:11:31,601 It's a bit of a gamble, but I got to do something. 188 00:11:31,625 --> 00:11:35,694 We're definitely not maximizing what we can do right now. 189 00:11:35,796 --> 00:11:37,996 Got to go look at it. Hopefully it's the one. 190 00:11:38,098 --> 00:11:39,631 Up ahead... 191 00:11:39,733 --> 00:11:41,266 I'm hearing some metal breaking. 192 00:11:43,770 --> 00:11:47,405 Rick ness takes a massive gamble that mill make. 193 00:11:47,507 --> 00:11:50,508 Or break his season. 194 00:11:50,610 --> 00:11:52,143 Holy what was that? 195 00:12:06,426 --> 00:12:08,126 Hey, dog. 196 00:12:09,996 --> 00:12:11,541 Is he friendly? How you doing? I'm rick. 197 00:12:11,565 --> 00:12:13,198 He's good. Nice to meet you. I'm porter. 198 00:12:13,300 --> 00:12:14,733 Right on, man. This is the feeder? 199 00:12:14,835 --> 00:12:16,868 You betcha. 200 00:12:16,970 --> 00:12:18,636 She's a beauty. 201 00:12:18,739 --> 00:12:20,205 Yeah, it's pretty nice unit. 202 00:12:20,307 --> 00:12:23,708 Yeah. Well, you mind if I poke around, take a look at it? 203 00:12:23,810 --> 00:12:26,211 Yeah, give her. Alright. 204 00:12:26,313 --> 00:12:28,346 Yeah. Hydraulic grizzly bars. 205 00:12:28,448 --> 00:12:30,281 Perfect. 206 00:12:30,383 --> 00:12:32,717 What kind of yardage is it rated for? 207 00:12:32,819 --> 00:12:35,286 Probably like 220. 220 yards an hour? 208 00:12:35,388 --> 00:12:37,088 Well, that will get the job done. 209 00:12:42,262 --> 00:12:44,696 This thing's in actually really nice shape. 210 00:12:51,605 --> 00:12:53,505 I'm good. 211 00:12:53,607 --> 00:12:55,752 I don't think that this thing seen much yardage through it. 212 00:12:55,776 --> 00:12:58,309 I mean, the paint still on the rollers, for sake. 213 00:12:58,411 --> 00:12:59,922 I think this thing would be pretty much perfect. 214 00:12:59,946 --> 00:13:01,646 For what I need. 215 00:13:05,118 --> 00:13:08,987 Well, you what are you looking to get for it? 216 00:13:09,089 --> 00:13:11,289 Like to get $90,000 for it. 217 00:13:11,391 --> 00:13:19,297 $90,000 is 51 ounces, almost half of rick's gold. 218 00:13:19,399 --> 00:13:23,802 $90,000? At least, yeah. 219 00:13:23,904 --> 00:13:27,739 I mean, I'd like to see it somewhere around $70,000. 220 00:13:27,841 --> 00:13:30,074 Oof. 221 00:13:30,177 --> 00:13:32,443 I don't know, man. It's in really good shape. 222 00:13:32,546 --> 00:13:36,714 I'm thinking like... Maybe $80,000, $85,000. 223 00:13:42,222 --> 00:13:44,289 $75,000 is going to be the most I can go. 224 00:13:48,495 --> 00:13:50,028 You get it out of here today, 225 00:13:50,130 --> 00:13:52,397 You can have it for $75,000 and be gone, yeah. 226 00:13:52,499 --> 00:13:58,369 $75,000 is almost 43 ounces of gold. 227 00:13:58,471 --> 00:14:00,538 I think we got a deal. 228 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:01,906 Alright, man. Right on. 229 00:14:02,008 --> 00:14:03,386 You got some paperwork for me? I'll write you a check. 230 00:14:03,410 --> 00:14:04,809 Sure. Sounds good. 231 00:14:04,911 --> 00:14:08,279 But rick is now 36 ounces short. 232 00:14:08,348 --> 00:14:11,282 Of his royalty payment to troy. 233 00:14:11,384 --> 00:14:12,829 Well, that's good news. We got a hopper feeder. 234 00:14:12,853 --> 00:14:15,153 That's really gonna help out my operation. 235 00:14:15,255 --> 00:14:17,555 The bad news is I can't give troy his 100 ounces. 236 00:14:17,657 --> 00:14:20,024 And pay for this, so we're going to have to bust ass, 237 00:14:20,126 --> 00:14:21,526 Get more gold out of the ground. 238 00:14:30,704 --> 00:14:33,271 Tony beets' entire fleet of loaders. 239 00:14:33,373 --> 00:14:36,441 Is down waiting for parts. 240 00:14:36,543 --> 00:14:39,811 His operation is at a standstill, and he's losing. 241 00:14:39,913 --> 00:14:44,082 Almost $60,000 a day in gold. 242 00:14:49,823 --> 00:14:54,058 But the king of the klondike has a back-up plan. 243 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:56,861 On the other side of paradise hill, 244 00:14:56,963 --> 00:14:59,097 He's left a loader with a seized engine. 245 00:14:59,199 --> 00:15:02,400 That he wants to bring back to life. 246 00:15:28,261 --> 00:15:30,261 But there's a problem. 247 00:15:30,363 --> 00:15:33,064 The loader is on a narrow access road. 248 00:15:33,166 --> 00:15:38,403 On one side, a sheer drop, and on the other, a dirt wall. 249 00:15:38,505 --> 00:15:42,140 There's no easy way to get it onto a truck. 250 00:15:58,491 --> 00:16:01,559 Tony has a radical plan. 251 00:16:04,164 --> 00:16:06,965 Instead of hauling the loader back to the mine, 252 00:16:07,100 --> 00:16:10,201 He harvests an engine from the boneyard. 253 00:16:11,972 --> 00:16:13,438 And plans on dropping it. 254 00:16:13,540 --> 00:16:14,906 Into the dead loader... 255 00:16:15,008 --> 00:16:17,575 Then driving it back. 256 00:16:36,129 --> 00:16:39,063 A side boom is designed. 257 00:16:39,165 --> 00:16:42,233 To lay heavy pipes in rocky or uneven terrain, 258 00:16:42,335 --> 00:16:45,436 The perfect machine to swap out an engine. 259 00:16:45,538 --> 00:16:49,574 Where there's no room to move. 260 00:16:49,676 --> 00:16:52,910 Yeah, I'm free over here. 261 00:16:53,013 --> 00:16:55,847 This is a really handy machine to have. 262 00:16:58,385 --> 00:17:02,420 This is going relatively smooth. 263 00:17:04,791 --> 00:17:09,494 The old engine removed monica lifts the new one into position. 264 00:17:13,099 --> 00:17:14,766 The most important thing is. 265 00:17:14,868 --> 00:17:18,569 You always want to watch people directing you. 266 00:17:18,671 --> 00:17:20,038 Because you can't see. 267 00:17:20,140 --> 00:17:22,940 You don't know where those people's fingers are. 268 00:17:23,043 --> 00:17:24,776 I'm clear on this side. 269 00:17:24,878 --> 00:17:26,010 I believe are you good? 270 00:17:26,112 --> 00:17:29,347 I'm good on my side right now as of right now. 271 00:17:29,449 --> 00:17:32,383 As long as we keep her straight. 272 00:17:32,485 --> 00:17:36,421 Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. 273 00:17:36,523 --> 00:17:40,792 We're singing, buddy. 274 00:17:40,894 --> 00:17:43,061 Golden. 275 00:17:58,311 --> 00:18:00,678 It's been five years since this engine. 276 00:18:00,780 --> 00:18:03,147 Was last turned over. 277 00:18:25,205 --> 00:18:29,974 The king of the klondike is back in business. 278 00:19:13,853 --> 00:19:17,655 Tony is failure to resurrect the dead dozer. 279 00:19:17,757 --> 00:19:21,492 Has left his mining operation shut down. 280 00:19:51,424 --> 00:19:55,026 This year, you know, I left mitch and brennan in charge. 281 00:19:55,128 --> 00:20:01,966 At big red, and everybody here is working their asses off. 282 00:20:02,068 --> 00:20:06,237 Parker schnabel's gunning for a record-breaking season. 283 00:20:06,339 --> 00:20:09,273 To get back to running a full operation, 284 00:20:09,375 --> 00:20:14,045 He's brought onto new miners. 285 00:20:14,147 --> 00:20:15,558 Trying to find people this time of year. 286 00:20:15,582 --> 00:20:19,083 Is really difficult because good people are working, you know? 287 00:20:19,185 --> 00:20:23,454 We have two new people. 288 00:20:23,556 --> 00:20:26,958 But no promises on where we end up. 289 00:20:34,434 --> 00:20:38,603 In the last cut, big red is up and running again. 290 00:20:38,705 --> 00:20:43,241 Seasoned operator monique stone stock piles gold-rich dirt. 291 00:20:45,712 --> 00:20:48,746 I'm totally up for any challenge. 292 00:20:48,848 --> 00:20:50,648 I love this work. 293 00:20:53,319 --> 00:20:56,754 Portuguese rookie miner tatiana costa. 294 00:20:56,856 --> 00:20:58,990 Has been hired to drive a loader, 295 00:20:59,092 --> 00:21:03,828 But this is the first time she's ever fed a wash plant. 296 00:21:06,666 --> 00:21:09,967 Parker has got us some help here for running big red. 297 00:21:10,069 --> 00:21:14,272 But, you know, nobody's come with a résumé, 298 00:21:14,374 --> 00:21:16,707 So it's going to make things real tough. 299 00:21:16,809 --> 00:21:19,777 You know this year, with being behind schedule, 300 00:21:19,879 --> 00:21:21,279 And trying to make up for lost time, 301 00:21:21,314 --> 00:21:22,791 We're certainly want to run everything just as fast. 302 00:21:22,815 --> 00:21:24,815 As we can, and, well, 303 00:21:24,917 --> 00:21:26,877 That definitely makes it tougher on new operators, 304 00:21:26,919 --> 00:21:29,787 But we'll just give them a chance here. 305 00:21:29,889 --> 00:21:30,889 And see what they got. 306 00:21:30,923 --> 00:21:32,356 You know, I really hope that, 307 00:21:32,458 --> 00:21:33,569 You know, parker's decisions here, 308 00:21:33,593 --> 00:21:35,559 How we're doing things, you know, 309 00:21:35,662 --> 00:21:37,895 Don't just bring this whole operation to a shutdown. 310 00:21:50,109 --> 00:21:52,209 At lower duncan creek, 311 00:21:52,312 --> 00:21:58,382 Rick ness is taking delivery of his new $75,000 hopper feeder... 312 00:21:58,484 --> 00:22:03,754 That he hopes will increase his gold haul by 25%. 313 00:22:03,856 --> 00:22:06,457 Looks good, buddy. Excellent. 314 00:22:06,559 --> 00:22:09,593 In the laydown yard, mechanic carl rosk. 315 00:22:09,696 --> 00:22:12,963 Prepares it to run... 316 00:22:13,066 --> 00:22:18,069 And at the wash plant, kruse builds a pad for the new hopper. 317 00:22:20,340 --> 00:22:22,707 Yeah, I know we've got a deadline with troy. 318 00:22:22,809 --> 00:22:25,343 Spending this extra money right now, 319 00:22:25,445 --> 00:22:27,445 It's a little bit scary. 320 00:22:27,547 --> 00:22:28,924 This hopper feeder is going to make it. 321 00:22:28,948 --> 00:22:31,515 So we can feed a consistent amount of dirt. 322 00:22:31,617 --> 00:22:34,185 And figure out how rich this ground really is. 323 00:22:36,489 --> 00:22:39,690 How's this thing looking, besides the obvious that is? 324 00:22:39,792 --> 00:22:42,593 Yeah, it's in good shape, but it's it needs some love, right? 325 00:22:42,695 --> 00:22:46,197 Yeah. Well, I really wanted to have this thing perfect. 326 00:22:46,299 --> 00:22:47,431 Before we put it in service. 327 00:22:47,533 --> 00:22:48,899 Yeah, me, too. 328 00:22:49,001 --> 00:22:52,002 But it's just not going to happen that way. 329 00:22:52,105 --> 00:22:53,825 Yeah, I got troy coming at the end the week. 330 00:22:53,906 --> 00:22:55,439 For his money, and guess what... 331 00:22:55,541 --> 00:22:58,409 I gave his money... To the guy for this. 332 00:22:58,511 --> 00:22:59,810 Okay, buddy. 333 00:22:59,912 --> 00:23:01,278 Alright, that being said, 334 00:23:01,381 --> 00:23:03,347 What's your plan getting this thing down here? 335 00:23:03,449 --> 00:23:04,882 We got a ways to go with it yet. 336 00:23:04,984 --> 00:23:06,695 I'll build a jig for the inside the bucket there. 337 00:23:06,719 --> 00:23:08,753 Okay. It'll have to be pretty strong 338 00:23:08,855 --> 00:23:10,955 'cause we got to go through a creek. 339 00:23:13,593 --> 00:23:16,494 Rick needs to get the hopper feeder to the wash plant. 340 00:23:16,596 --> 00:23:20,364 On the other side of duncan creek, 341 00:23:20,466 --> 00:23:24,468 But it's too wide to use the bridge. 342 00:23:24,570 --> 00:23:26,604 Rick and carl have no choice. 343 00:23:26,706 --> 00:23:31,642 But to drag it through the fast-flowing water. 344 00:23:31,744 --> 00:23:33,611 Well, hopefully, we don't have an issue. 345 00:23:33,713 --> 00:23:35,023 Getting this thing to the plant, right? 346 00:23:35,047 --> 00:23:36,625 We got to go through that creek crossing, 347 00:23:36,649 --> 00:23:38,883 Which is going to be pretty gnarly, right? 348 00:23:38,985 --> 00:23:40,362 Got an idea what we're going to do here? 349 00:23:40,386 --> 00:23:42,653 The only vehicle on the claim. 350 00:23:42,755 --> 00:23:46,991 That can haul the 13-ton hopper is the 220 loader, 351 00:23:47,093 --> 00:23:52,430 But, first, carl must fix a towing hitch to the bucket. 352 00:23:52,532 --> 00:23:54,064 Got the hitch on here. 353 00:23:54,167 --> 00:23:55,511 We're going to drag this thing down there, 354 00:23:55,535 --> 00:23:58,669 And hopefully have this thing in and running by lunch, right? 355 00:23:58,771 --> 00:24:00,004 Feel pretty good about it? 356 00:24:00,106 --> 00:24:01,872 Yeah. You'll be fine. 357 00:24:01,974 --> 00:24:05,009 I'm going real slow. Should be good, buddy. 358 00:24:05,111 --> 00:24:07,055 I need to get this feeder in as quick as possible. 359 00:24:07,079 --> 00:24:09,313 I would troy 100 ounces by the end of the week, 360 00:24:09,415 --> 00:24:10,775 And I just spent it on this feeder. 361 00:24:10,817 --> 00:24:13,017 So, the only way to make it back is to get it working. 362 00:24:22,462 --> 00:24:25,262 All 13 tons of the hopper feeder. 363 00:24:25,364 --> 00:24:31,435 Now rests on carl's down and dirty tow hitch. 364 00:24:31,537 --> 00:24:33,137 Like I said, the creek crossing's. 365 00:24:33,239 --> 00:24:36,607 Going to be the big thing for it. 366 00:24:36,709 --> 00:24:44,709 Hasn't broke off yet. 367 00:24:45,818 --> 00:24:47,852 This is, basically, a nasty little spot. 368 00:24:47,954 --> 00:24:49,487 It's real steep, right? 369 00:24:49,589 --> 00:24:53,858 - I'm going blind. - I can't see. 370 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:55,759 He's doing a good job right now. 371 00:24:55,862 --> 00:24:58,095 Just don't want to pop it off, right? 372 00:24:58,197 --> 00:25:02,199 If carl's hitch fails now, 373 00:25:02,301 --> 00:25:08,873 Rick $75,000 machine could end up in the creek. 374 00:25:08,975 --> 00:25:11,542 Just a little nerve-racking. That's alright. 375 00:25:11,644 --> 00:25:13,744 Nice and easy. 376 00:25:13,846 --> 00:25:19,283 It's a little scary here, but this is nice and easy. 377 00:25:23,089 --> 00:25:24,889 I'm hearing some metal breaking. 378 00:25:24,991 --> 00:25:29,326 Hope it's not that thing coming off here. 379 00:25:31,564 --> 00:25:34,865 Holy. 380 00:25:40,072 --> 00:25:42,106 Thing's heavy, man. 381 00:25:42,208 --> 00:25:45,643 Way heavier than I thought it was. 382 00:25:47,780 --> 00:25:50,314 We're finding out how tough our welds are right now. 383 00:25:50,416 --> 00:25:52,550 Still holding! 384 00:25:52,652 --> 00:25:54,985 At lower duncan creek, 385 00:25:55,087 --> 00:25:58,556 Rick's moving a $75,000 hopper feeder. 386 00:25:58,658 --> 00:26:02,593 Through a fast flowing creek. 387 00:26:02,695 --> 00:26:04,695 Just keep straightening it out. 388 00:26:04,797 --> 00:26:06,397 Let's turn it a bit just like that. 389 00:26:06,499 --> 00:26:08,666 Just keep going. Straighten out. 390 00:26:12,171 --> 00:26:15,806 That's working, buddy. Its working. 391 00:26:18,711 --> 00:26:21,378 This is great. 392 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:23,125 Think to myself that I probably should have done. 393 00:26:23,149 --> 00:26:25,382 One more pass on that now, but it's hasn't broken, 394 00:26:25,484 --> 00:26:28,085 So maybe going to redeem myself here. 395 00:26:28,187 --> 00:26:33,057 For all my jobs, right? 396 00:26:33,159 --> 00:26:37,027 Once rick gets the new hopper into position... 397 00:26:40,833 --> 00:26:42,700 Good stuff, boys. 398 00:26:42,802 --> 00:26:44,034 Fire it up! 399 00:26:44,136 --> 00:26:47,871 It's finally ready to run, but he only has two days. 400 00:26:47,974 --> 00:26:51,241 To haul in at least 36 ounces of gold. 401 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:56,113 Yeah, this is perfect. 402 00:26:56,215 --> 00:26:57,748 Exactly what I was looking for... 403 00:26:57,850 --> 00:27:00,451 Running about 100 yards an hour right now. 404 00:27:00,553 --> 00:27:01,913 This is definitely worth the money. 405 00:27:01,954 --> 00:27:03,432 Now we just got to get enough dirt through it. 406 00:27:03,456 --> 00:27:05,189 To get troy's 100 ounces. 407 00:27:20,873 --> 00:27:23,307 Tony's whole operation is down. 408 00:27:23,409 --> 00:27:27,411 Until he can get a working loader. 409 00:27:27,513 --> 00:27:32,082 He's in the boneyard with welder cody hunter. 410 00:27:39,058 --> 00:27:45,162 After swapping out the engine on a 988 loader, it seized up. 411 00:27:45,264 --> 00:27:50,734 Now tony wants to get it back to camp to try one last fix. 412 00:27:52,905 --> 00:27:55,839 Yeah, I got some stuff over there, tony. 413 00:28:10,322 --> 00:28:13,357 Tony's plan is for cody to fabricate. 414 00:28:13,459 --> 00:28:15,859 A steel toe ball. 415 00:28:15,961 --> 00:28:18,295 He'll hitch it to the only piece of machinery. 416 00:28:18,397 --> 00:28:22,933 Big enough to haul the loader off flat creek... 417 00:28:23,035 --> 00:28:30,741 The 63-ton 520-horsepower d-10 dozer. 418 00:28:30,843 --> 00:28:32,543 Well, we're going to pull the blade off. 419 00:28:32,645 --> 00:28:34,156 Because we don't get much benefit having it on. 420 00:28:34,180 --> 00:28:35,180 For what we want to do. 421 00:28:35,281 --> 00:28:38,048 We're not actually pushing any dirt. 422 00:28:38,150 --> 00:28:41,652 We're just using tracks to pull it along. 423 00:28:41,754 --> 00:28:45,522 Just makes it a lot simpler for everybody down the line. 424 00:28:53,199 --> 00:28:54,832 Alright. 425 00:29:20,192 --> 00:29:22,526 Tony brings in his son. 426 00:29:22,628 --> 00:29:25,329 Heavy-load specialist mike beets. 427 00:29:35,608 --> 00:29:39,076 While mike hauls the dozer around paradise hill, 428 00:29:39,178 --> 00:29:43,013 Tony fits the tow bar to the loader's bucket. 429 00:30:06,505 --> 00:30:10,841 It needs to hold all 48 tons of loader. 430 00:30:35,768 --> 00:30:37,968 You get a d-10 in front of that thing, 431 00:30:38,070 --> 00:30:42,239 Not many things are going to argue the point with it. 432 00:30:44,310 --> 00:30:46,343 It takes four hours for mike. 433 00:30:46,445 --> 00:30:50,214 To get the loader six miles back to the yard. 434 00:30:59,058 --> 00:31:01,091 Yeah. It pushed slightly going downhill, 435 00:31:01,193 --> 00:31:03,493 And it grunts slightly going uphill, 436 00:31:03,596 --> 00:31:05,462 But other than that, barely anything. 437 00:31:05,564 --> 00:31:06,930 Skeeters! 438 00:31:23,349 --> 00:31:27,818 This loader has been kind of a. 439 00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:32,656 Next morning, kevin's found the problem. 440 00:31:32,758 --> 00:31:36,393 I think... It should go now. 441 00:31:36,495 --> 00:31:39,296 What was happening is that a couple of the valves. 442 00:31:39,398 --> 00:31:42,266 Were a little stuck. Had to pull some of them, 443 00:31:42,368 --> 00:31:45,269 And they were a real pain to get out. 444 00:31:45,371 --> 00:31:47,604 This should mean that the transmission. 445 00:31:47,706 --> 00:31:49,773 Is now free to move, which should allow. 446 00:31:49,875 --> 00:31:51,152 The engine to move, which would allow. 447 00:31:51,176 --> 00:31:52,676 The whole thing, you know, to run. 448 00:31:52,778 --> 00:31:55,312 Yeah, she should be good to go at this point. 449 00:32:04,290 --> 00:32:09,927 After four days of downtime, the beets crew has a working loader. 450 00:32:12,164 --> 00:32:15,699 They can finally get back to mining. 451 00:32:15,801 --> 00:32:17,501 Thank god that we got the loader. 452 00:32:17,603 --> 00:32:21,071 We could finally have a steady run time, 453 00:32:21,173 --> 00:32:23,440 Get back to sluicing, and maybe succeed. 454 00:32:23,542 --> 00:32:26,510 In tony's 3,000 ounce goal. 455 00:32:38,223 --> 00:32:40,958 The season is so short... Every minute, every second, 456 00:32:41,060 --> 00:32:42,225 Every hour counts. 457 00:32:42,328 --> 00:32:47,631 So, there's not much room here for mistakes. 458 00:32:47,733 --> 00:32:50,367 At the last cut, rookie tatiana. 459 00:32:50,469 --> 00:32:54,071 Is finally up to speed feeding the wash plant. 460 00:32:56,041 --> 00:33:00,944 Mitch and brandon are working on the next spot. 461 00:33:01,046 --> 00:33:04,514 Where the plant will be moved, so we got to keep up. 462 00:33:06,819 --> 00:33:09,019 Well, it's so nice to finally be able to kind of start. 463 00:33:09,121 --> 00:33:11,588 Catching up on things. 464 00:33:11,690 --> 00:33:15,225 My first student, I think, is doing pretty well. 465 00:33:15,327 --> 00:33:16,693 I think in the offseason. 466 00:33:16,795 --> 00:33:18,195 I might have to open up a school, 467 00:33:18,297 --> 00:33:23,100 You know, ol' mitch's mining or mayhem management. 468 00:33:23,202 --> 00:33:27,704 I don't know. That's definitely up for grabs. 469 00:33:42,121 --> 00:33:45,789 After a difficult week at paradise hill, 470 00:33:45,891 --> 00:33:49,393 The beets family gathers for the gold weigh. 471 00:33:52,564 --> 00:33:55,632 Yeah. Loader, loader, loader problems. 472 00:33:55,701 --> 00:33:57,234 Truck drivers are doing less, 473 00:33:57,336 --> 00:33:59,002 Planes aren't hauling 474 00:33:59,104 --> 00:34:00,404 I don't think they do less, 475 00:34:00,506 --> 00:34:02,406 I just think they have a hard time keeping up. 476 00:34:04,410 --> 00:34:05,776 That other loader was nice. 477 00:34:11,083 --> 00:34:13,116 From what I hear, it was a show. 478 00:34:24,696 --> 00:34:26,096 You can read? 479 00:34:29,168 --> 00:34:32,469 To hit his 3,000 ounce goal, 480 00:34:32,571 --> 00:34:36,907 Tony needs a weekly average of 177 ounces. 481 00:34:55,227 --> 00:34:57,360 128 ounces. 482 00:34:57,463 --> 00:35:00,397 Is worth almost a quarter of a million dollars, 483 00:35:00,499 --> 00:35:02,799 But it's not enough to hit tony's goal. 484 00:35:02,901 --> 00:35:06,002 With the shortened season. 485 00:35:15,114 --> 00:35:18,014 Could have been a lot worse. 486 00:35:24,089 --> 00:35:25,856 We'd still be down waiting for parts. 487 00:35:34,967 --> 00:35:36,700 We gotta go back to work, don't we? 488 00:35:48,747 --> 00:35:50,547 Get off my lawn! 489 00:35:50,649 --> 00:35:52,249 - What's up, man? - What's up, guys? 490 00:35:52,351 --> 00:35:56,019 At lower duncan creek, it's time for rick ness. 491 00:35:56,121 --> 00:35:58,855 To find out if he's mined enough gold. 492 00:35:58,957 --> 00:36:04,094 To pay his claim owner 100 ounces in royalties. 493 00:36:04,196 --> 00:36:05,595 How are you? 494 00:36:05,697 --> 00:36:09,232 Well, I'm a bit nervous. 495 00:36:09,334 --> 00:36:12,636 I told you guys that troy wants their minimum royalty up front, 496 00:36:12,738 --> 00:36:16,139 And, yeah, he's coming for it today. 497 00:36:16,241 --> 00:36:18,375 We'll see where we're at. 498 00:36:18,477 --> 00:36:20,377 So, far this season, 499 00:36:20,479 --> 00:36:24,447 Rick has averaged less than 10 ounces a day. 500 00:36:24,550 --> 00:36:28,552 Now, just two days after fitting his new hopper feeder, 501 00:36:28,654 --> 00:36:31,621 He needs 36 ounces to pay his royalties. 502 00:36:31,723 --> 00:36:34,424 And stay on the claim. 503 00:36:34,526 --> 00:36:38,161 Alright, here we go. 504 00:36:38,263 --> 00:36:40,163 It's going to be close, I think. 505 00:36:40,265 --> 00:36:42,532 19.20. 506 00:36:42,634 --> 00:36:47,170 30... 40... 50... 507 00:36:47,272 --> 00:36:48,571 Man! 508 00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:53,109 Yeah, dude, 55.32. 509 00:36:53,212 --> 00:36:56,012 Worth $96,000. 510 00:36:56,114 --> 00:37:00,884 And giving rick enough to pay his royalty. 511 00:37:00,986 --> 00:37:02,626 That's a good-looking number there, buddy. 512 00:37:02,688 --> 00:37:03,688 Just made it. 513 00:37:03,789 --> 00:37:06,556 That's a good clean up, man. 514 00:37:06,658 --> 00:37:09,526 The hopper feeder has paid for itself. 515 00:37:09,628 --> 00:37:15,265 And helped get rick to a season total of 163 ounces. 516 00:37:17,970 --> 00:37:19,603 While we live to fight another day, 517 00:37:19,705 --> 00:37:21,104 We got the minimum royalties. 518 00:37:21,206 --> 00:37:23,006 And a good part of that, too, 519 00:37:23,108 --> 00:37:25,742 Is they're paid off royalty wise. 520 00:37:25,844 --> 00:37:27,155 Now the rest of this gold is ours. 521 00:37:27,179 --> 00:37:29,346 That's awesome. That's fantastic, man. 522 00:37:29,448 --> 00:37:30,547 Feels so good. 523 00:37:30,649 --> 00:37:33,717 For once, it's like we're rolling. 524 00:37:33,819 --> 00:37:35,952 I want to thank you guys for busting ass. 525 00:37:36,054 --> 00:37:37,821 And getting that thing in as quick as we did. 526 00:37:37,923 --> 00:37:39,689 Because that was going to be key, right? 527 00:37:39,791 --> 00:37:41,391 Like, it was a lot of money up front. 528 00:37:41,493 --> 00:37:43,226 He's good, buddy. 529 00:37:43,328 --> 00:37:45,595 Man, the hopper feeder is. 530 00:37:45,697 --> 00:37:47,197 It works awesome. He spent the money. 531 00:37:47,299 --> 00:37:49,232 Things are completely different than last year. 532 00:37:49,334 --> 00:37:50,378 I can't say nothing bad about it. 533 00:37:50,402 --> 00:37:52,335 I'm just excited we're on the gold. 534 00:37:52,437 --> 00:37:57,507 Let's do some more sluicing, get some more gold. 535 00:37:57,609 --> 00:37:58,775 Well, there it is, troy. 536 00:37:58,877 --> 00:38:00,076 Wow. Look at that. 537 00:38:00,178 --> 00:38:01,578 Your 100 ounces. Nice. 538 00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:03,825 Well, I got to say that I'm happy that I'm able to do it, 539 00:38:03,849 --> 00:38:05,415 But it's never easy handing somebody 540 00:38:05,517 --> 00:38:06,850 100 ounces of gold. 541 00:38:06,952 --> 00:38:08,852 It's nice looking stuff. That settles us up. 542 00:38:08,954 --> 00:38:10,987 For the minimum royalty. 543 00:38:11,089 --> 00:38:12,700 So, it's out of the way, and as long as you're happy, 544 00:38:12,724 --> 00:38:15,125 We're going to keep on rolling like we are. 545 00:38:15,227 --> 00:38:16,437 And hopefully going to have a lot more jars of that. 546 00:38:16,461 --> 00:38:17,794 Right on. Good for you. 547 00:38:17,896 --> 00:38:20,363 Alright, troy. I'll see you again. 548 00:38:20,465 --> 00:38:21,765 Okay? 549 00:38:21,867 --> 00:38:25,335 Gamble paid off... Troy's paid off, 550 00:38:25,437 --> 00:38:27,504 The royalties are paid off, now every ounce we get. 551 00:38:27,606 --> 00:38:29,706 Is going right into our pockets. 552 00:38:37,282 --> 00:38:38,815 At scribner creek, 553 00:38:38,917 --> 00:38:41,951 Parker's crew gathers to see how much gold. 554 00:38:42,054 --> 00:38:46,489 The new crew members helped bring in. 555 00:38:46,591 --> 00:38:48,792 - Sup?! - Hey, mitch. 556 00:38:48,894 --> 00:38:51,428 So, how'd your week go, junior? 557 00:38:51,530 --> 00:38:53,107 Yeah, it's been a challenge finding people 558 00:38:53,131 --> 00:38:55,565 I can get into the klondike, right? 559 00:38:55,667 --> 00:38:57,387 'Cause it's just, like, quite a few borders. 560 00:38:57,469 --> 00:39:01,237 To get through, and the yukon has its own set of restrictions. 561 00:39:01,340 --> 00:39:03,473 Are they at least letting crane operators in? 562 00:39:03,575 --> 00:39:06,076 They're pretty green. They're both alright. 563 00:39:06,178 --> 00:39:08,712 Give him some time, see if they can work their way in, 564 00:39:08,814 --> 00:39:10,547 Get accustomed to it. 565 00:39:10,649 --> 00:39:13,416 Well, how do we end up doing with the little bit of downtime? 566 00:39:13,518 --> 00:39:15,485 Well tell you what, junior, 567 00:39:15,587 --> 00:39:17,220 Even though you guys lost a shift, 568 00:39:17,322 --> 00:39:19,322 Big red did really well this week. 569 00:39:19,424 --> 00:39:21,024 It did, did it? Yeah. 570 00:39:21,126 --> 00:39:22,292 Holy. Yeah. 571 00:39:22,394 --> 00:39:23,493 Got the big jar. 572 00:39:23,595 --> 00:39:25,061 I got the big jar. Ready? 573 00:39:25,163 --> 00:39:26,963 You betcha. 574 00:39:27,065 --> 00:39:30,400 So far this season, big red has averaged 575 00:39:30,502 --> 00:39:34,037 200 ounces a week. 576 00:39:34,139 --> 00:39:35,338 60... 577 00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:38,775 100, 130, 220... 578 00:39:38,877 --> 00:39:40,877 270, 280... 579 00:39:40,979 --> 00:39:44,681 Keep going. 300.340. 580 00:39:44,750 --> 00:39:46,182 You're joking right? 581 00:39:46,284 --> 00:39:47,717 Nope. That's it. Right there. 582 00:39:47,819 --> 00:39:50,153 356.65. 583 00:39:50,255 --> 00:39:53,223 Wow! Well done. 584 00:39:53,325 --> 00:39:54,435 - That's unreal. - Good job, parker. 585 00:39:54,459 --> 00:39:56,459 Half-a-million-dollar week. 586 00:39:56,561 --> 00:39:58,795 Yeah, that's pretty good. 587 00:39:58,897 --> 00:40:00,830 Big red's just crunching it. 588 00:40:00,932 --> 00:40:02,432 That last cut you guys are in just... 589 00:40:02,534 --> 00:40:05,235 We must be hit a hot spot or something. 590 00:40:05,337 --> 00:40:07,203 That's a lot. Yeah. 591 00:40:07,305 --> 00:40:10,607 Well, actually, sluicifer did really well, too. 592 00:40:10,709 --> 00:40:13,576 20, 40, 80... 593 00:40:13,678 --> 00:40:18,114 160... 220... 594 00:40:18,216 --> 00:40:20,683 272.95. 595 00:40:20,786 --> 00:40:21,851 Finally, we beat them. 596 00:40:21,953 --> 00:40:23,887 Yeah, that's awesome. 597 00:40:23,989 --> 00:40:28,491 So, for the week, it's 629 and a half ounces. 598 00:40:28,593 --> 00:40:32,529 And our season total is 2,303 ounces. 599 00:40:32,631 --> 00:40:34,030 Not bad. Holy smokes. 600 00:40:34,132 --> 00:40:36,733 That's one of the bigger cleanups big red had. 601 00:40:36,835 --> 00:40:39,102 You know, that's a heck of a good week, parker. 602 00:40:39,204 --> 00:40:40,970 Really good. 603 00:40:41,072 --> 00:40:46,743 629 ounces is worth $1.1 million. 604 00:40:46,845 --> 00:40:50,547 Parker is well on his way to a record-breaking season. 605 00:40:50,649 --> 00:40:56,986 And building the war chest he needs to buy new ground. 606 00:40:57,088 --> 00:40:59,823 Sweet. That's not a bad place to be right now. 607 00:40:59,925 --> 00:41:03,526 On the next "gold rush"... 608 00:41:03,628 --> 00:41:07,330 It's load a free dirt. All we got to do is pick it up. 609 00:41:07,432 --> 00:41:08,965 You see that wooden thing there? 610 00:41:09,067 --> 00:41:10,700 That is the sluice box. 611 00:41:10,769 --> 00:41:14,304 They did that 80 years ago, so I think it'd be one adventure. 612 00:41:15,974 --> 00:41:18,475 Whoo! That just about scared the out of me. 613 00:41:18,577 --> 00:41:19,676 Shut it down! 614 00:41:22,547 --> 00:41:24,781 - Watch your fingers. - Trying to do all this. 615 00:41:24,883 --> 00:41:27,283 With two people, it's pretty ridiculous. 616 00:41:27,385 --> 00:41:30,220 - Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! - -Holy. 617 00:41:30,322 --> 00:41:32,322 It should be the usual. 618 00:41:32,424 --> 00:41:35,024 Whoa! Hold it! Hold it! Hold it!