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S16 E1 – Gold Rush (2010) ⛏️💰
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00:00:30It has all the makings of a good season, Parker.
00:00:33Gold price.
00:00:34Yeah.
00:00:35I don't even like to talk about it or look at it.
00:00:37Me neither, because it should be illegal.
00:00:38That's how high it is, isn't it?
00:00:40Well, then it goes down $300, and I'm like, what's happening?
00:00:43And it's like, oh, it's still up $1,000.
00:00:44Yes.
00:00:45If you want to beef up your piggy bank, well, that'll be the year.
00:00:48Whether I want to say the number or not, because I keep saying it and not hitting it,
00:00:52but no, we're going to have to start doing $10,000 a year for a while now.
00:00:57That's a lot of bucks.
00:00:58You better get with it.
00:00:59Bring it on.
00:01:01You're going big.
00:01:02Why do you need to do?
00:01:04Six, six and a half.
00:01:05If we do more, we do more.
00:01:06Yeah.
00:01:07Anyway, that's all the makings of a good year, as long as the price stays there.
00:01:11Yeah.
00:01:12No, it's good to see you.
00:01:13I'm glad you're doing well.
00:01:14Same to you.
00:01:16Hopefully the wars are behind us.
00:01:18Right.
00:01:23Bye.
00:01:23Bye.
00:01:24Bye.
00:01:24Tony and I have known each other for, you know, 14 years.
00:01:30That's wild.
00:01:32Like 99% of the time, it's great.
00:01:36That 1% absolutely sucks, and he's like one of the biggest on the planet.
00:01:39But 99% of the time, it's just wonderful.
00:01:43Maybe 95%.
00:01:4616 years ago.
00:01:51Three-fifths of an ounce, which is about $800.
00:01:54A global financial crash caused gold prices to rock.
00:01:59It's just gold fever.
00:02:01To $1,000 an ounce.
00:02:04I'm going to dig you in it.
00:02:05Sparking.
00:02:06Let's find it up.
00:02:07A modern-day gold rush.
00:02:08It's alive.
00:02:09I washed the rocks, baby.
00:02:11But striking it rich proved harder than imagined.
00:02:14That's it.
00:02:15We're done.
00:02:16Now.
00:02:17Breaking news on Wall Street with stocks tumbling.
00:02:20Gold and safe havens, they are surging.
00:02:23Gold prices have more than tripled.
00:02:25To an all-time high, $3,500 per ounce.
00:02:31We're going gold mining, boys.
00:02:33Hang on!
00:02:35With just six months to cash in.
00:02:39Whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:02:41Are we here for a shootout?
00:02:43Top dogs.
00:02:44I don't ask questions.
00:02:45I give orders.
00:02:46Are you going to behave?
00:02:48And underdogs.
00:02:49I'm just a delivery boy.
00:02:50I don't really give a s***.
00:02:51I just want to get paid.
00:02:52Collide.
00:02:53I got a job offer from Parker.
00:02:56Look out!
00:02:57And played dirty.
00:02:59Can I trust you on this?
00:03:00Uh, yeah.
00:03:02To hit the jackpot.
00:03:04Holy smokes.
00:03:06That's a hell of a pant.
00:03:07We joke about it being an addiction, but it literally is.
00:03:10Some.
00:03:11You made a f***ing mess.
00:03:12Will not survive.
00:03:14Pick me out.
00:03:14Somebody to fire.
00:03:15You got f***ing rid of it.
00:03:16It sucks, man.
00:03:17It really sucks.
00:03:18Others.
00:03:21Soar to new heights.
00:03:23You guys are f***ing killing it.
00:03:27There's nothing like making money off your kids, is there?
00:03:29And set records.
00:03:31I was not expecting that.
00:03:33They'd be amazing.
00:03:34F***.
00:03:34Yeah.
00:03:362,043 and a half ounces.
00:03:40That's wild.
00:03:40You get a pan.
00:03:41You get a pan.
00:03:42You get a pan.
00:03:43Genuinely, that's insane.
00:03:45The Yukon.
00:04:02North America's last frontier.
00:04:05For over a century, prospectors have scoured these valleys and creeks for life-changing gold.
00:04:15With just a few summer months to make their fortunes.
00:04:19The stars are aligned for us.
00:04:23Gold price is crazy.
00:04:24We've got a ton of ground prepped on Dominion.
00:04:27And we're going to be able to stretch our legs and really run and see what it's made out of.
00:04:32This is the year that we'll find out.
00:04:3430-year-old Parker Schnabel is on the precipice of a career-defining season.
00:04:43The gold mining prodigy, who started out with a crew of two, is now a mining mogul with 60 machines and a 40-person crew.
00:04:53We've got amazing people.
00:04:55And then we have, like, this crazy gold price.
00:04:58And we're dangerously close to things being really good.
00:05:02I just want to go to work.
00:05:04I just want to wash rocks and, you know, get sluicy-goosey for the tiny-shiny.
00:05:10That's all I want to do.
00:05:13I did not, I have not told you how to do your job one time this whole year.
00:05:17Just 16 years old, when he first became a mine boss.
00:05:21I'm pretty young, and it's tough to, you know, I never know if I'm doing the right thing or not.
00:05:27Parker struggled.
00:05:28I'm spending the money here, and I make the calls.
00:05:30To manage his crew.
00:05:32If you can't handle it, then maybe this isn't the place for you.
00:05:36You are making an enemy out of me.
00:05:38But as the young miner grew.
00:05:40In gold mining, you're only as good as the people you have.
00:05:43He evolved.
00:05:47Oh, yeah.
00:05:47Look at that.
00:05:49Our season starts now.
00:05:50I'll stand behind him any day of the week.
00:05:52With a vision that spawned a gold mining empire.
00:05:56Wow.
00:05:56That's the biggest clean-out we've ever had.
00:05:58And delivered more than $115 million in gold.
00:06:04This is not a stop here.
00:06:08I'm losing faith in you guys.
00:06:11But last season.
00:06:13It's been one fight after the next.
00:06:15We're not making money when we're doing it like this.
00:06:18It's frustrating.
00:06:19I know what we were doing was wrong.
00:06:20Archer crashed and burned.
00:06:24Worst clean-up ever.
00:06:28I don't like this feeling.
00:06:30I don't like being a loser.
00:06:31We came up short and it's not going to happen again.
00:06:37This winter, I have spent all the money I can get my hands on.
00:06:40Buying equipment and hiring people.
00:06:43It's a challenge.
00:06:45This is kind of uncharted territory for me.
00:06:47So much going on.
00:06:48We just have to hammer down, focus on washing rocks, filling jars, and everybody's going to have to step up.
00:06:5840 miles southeast of Dawson City lies Parker's Kingdom, an area nearly the size of Manhattan.
00:07:08His main operation is Dominion Creek, land he's bought where he'll run three wash plants to deliver the bulk of his gold.
00:07:1625 miles northwest, he'll send a satellite crew to Sulphur Creek to hunt for pockets of gold left behind by the old-timers.
00:07:27Running the enormous operation will cost Parker $100,000 each day.
00:07:34But if he's successful, he could bring in more than $35 million in gold this year.
00:07:42What's happening, man?
00:07:44How are you guys?
00:07:45Yo, yo.
00:07:46Doing good.
00:07:46How are you?
00:07:47Oh, too bad.
00:07:49Welcome to my mat room.
00:07:50Very nice.
00:07:52Swear it all happens, eh?
00:07:54How was your winter?
00:07:55It was good.
00:07:57I was a bum for the most part.
00:08:01To execute his master plan, Parker's counting on his trusted lieutenants, Mitch Blaschke and Tyson Lee.
00:08:09We're going to do 10,000 ounces this year.
00:08:10Like, we keep talking about it, but we actually have to just do it.
00:08:19So, we're going to run four plants this year.
00:08:22Wow.
00:08:22Trying to run four wash plants, it's just like, we were all over the place last year trying to cover our bases, and like, we're going to be spread out.
00:08:31You know how it is when that happens.
00:08:32Yeah.
00:08:32I know, I know that there's going to be a lot of challenges.
00:08:35I'm not, I don't disagree with you.
00:08:39Tyson.
00:08:40I need you on Dominion, running a whole operation.
00:08:42All right.
00:08:46So, good luck.
00:08:47Thanks.
00:08:48I'll need it.
00:08:50I don't know what's going to come out of sulfur, and it's going to be a difficult project, so I need you to go over there, Mitch, and get that sorted out first.
00:08:58We only have a partial season on the water license, so we need to get it done in a hurry.
00:09:03All right.
00:09:03Parker's sulfur water license, a permit to pull water from creeks to wash gold, expires in just 10 weeks.
00:09:11After that, he can't mind the claim.
00:09:15So, what kind of crew do we have to get this done?
00:09:17We've hired a bunch of new people.
00:09:20Okay.
00:09:21One big thing is people who can't do their job, we need to fire.
00:09:25We want to have the best of the best, but you guys are the ones that are going to be able to make this happen or not.
00:09:31It's brutal, right?
00:09:33It's going to be a stressful year for you two.
00:09:40Yeah.
00:09:42I know it's a bit of a daunting task, but, like, I'm excited.
00:09:44It's going to be exhausting.
00:09:45Yeah.
00:09:46No days off.
00:09:47You just had six months off.
00:09:50Yeah.
00:09:53Thanks for coming back.
00:09:54Yeah.
00:09:54I appreciate having you guys here.
00:09:55I'm looking forward to this season.
00:09:56Yeah, for sure.
00:09:57Thanks, man.
00:09:58All right, let's do it.
00:10:02There's a lot of work to do.
00:10:03There's a lot of gold to find.
00:10:05Now it's up to Mitch and Tyson to get the job done.
00:10:09Hopefully.
00:10:12The job will get done.
00:10:13Hopefully it's the two of them that does it, is what I mean.
00:10:20Things are already starting off a little bit different here.
00:10:22Parker made it very clear that, you know, everybody's got to pull their weight and then some.
00:10:27We got no room for air.
00:10:30Last year, Mitch was in charge.
00:10:32This year, it's going to be on my shoulders.
00:10:34Last year, I was managing one wash plant.
00:10:36This year, I'm going to be managing three.
00:10:39So, no f*** ups.
00:10:41We've got to find a f*** ton of gold.
00:10:45Tyson's first mission is to start pulling in gold on Dominion's bridge cut.
00:10:50The crew has spent two years mining this spot with mixed results.
00:10:57Now, Parker's season rides on it, delivering big.
00:11:02But there's a problem.
00:11:03Over winter, water flooded the cut.
00:11:06And the gold-bearing paydirt is buried under three feet of solid ice.
00:11:28I'm in the 250.
00:11:31Got Michael in the 390.
00:11:33Coming to work for Parker, it's kind of a dream come true.
00:11:39I like the way he runs his outfit.
00:11:40His gear is really nice.
00:11:45We got Amy here.
00:11:47First truckload ice heading out of the cut.
00:11:49First of many.
00:11:51This is my first time driving a rock truck.
00:11:55Before they can get to paydirt, Tyson's crew needs to shift over 25,000 tons of ice.
00:12:03I think, realistically, how the hell are we going to do all this in a week?
00:12:17Right now, I'd like to be setting up the wash plant and firing it up today.
00:12:21But we're a long ways away from that.
00:12:31How are things going?
00:12:32Well, man, the ice is a lot thicker than we thought, eh?
00:12:35Yeah, there's a lot of ice in here.
00:12:38And it's really rotten.
00:12:39Mm-hmm.
00:12:39So what's your plan?
00:12:41Just keep building piles, trucking off this ice.
00:12:45Right.
00:12:45Okay.
00:12:47We have extra trucks in the yard, no?
00:12:50You got any more people?
00:12:52Any more iron you can give us?
00:12:59I don't know.
00:13:01Okay.
00:13:04Thanks, dude.
00:13:05No worries.
00:13:06See ya.
00:13:06See ya.
00:13:06See ya.
00:13:07See ya.
00:13:08If by the end of the week, I don't have the ice out of this cut and the wash plant going,
00:13:19I will have failed my first task first week of the season.
00:13:23Parker just wants the ice out and the wash plant going, the long and short of it.
00:13:27I don't really want to spend money trucking ice, but we really don't have much of an alternative,
00:13:37so we're just going to have to suck it up.
00:13:41We need to get sleucing.
00:13:43That's going to be what makes or breaks the season.
00:13:45Yeah, here we go.
00:14:08I can't believe we're sleucing as early as we are.
00:14:11We started the season early, but we want to keep that up.
00:14:15Everybody's in the rut.
00:14:17Ten miles south at Indian River, King of the Klondon, Tony Beetz, is already two weeks ahead of his rivals.
00:14:25We're giving a s**t, and the gold price is in our favor.
00:14:28We were sleucing days for two weeks.
00:14:31We got the early bird cut.
00:14:32It was all taught ground, so that was awesome.
00:14:35Tony's hoping for a quick score from the 13-acre early bird cut.
00:14:39If the gold price stays where it is, and we lose most of the summer like we did last year,
00:14:46darn thing, f**k me, you're going to make enough money to set up three generations.
00:14:52When there's opportunities there, grab it.
00:14:54Forty years ago, Tony and wife Minnie left the Netherlands to seek their fortune in the Yukon.
00:15:00All we had was 300 bucks.
00:15:03I worked 14 hours a day, every f**king day.
00:15:05From nothing, Tony grew a $60 million mining dynasty.
00:15:11I'm trying to build a future for my kids.
00:15:13They've got to take over.
00:15:14They're going to have to run the circus all by themselves.
00:15:16F**k, piece of f**k.
00:15:23I've never, ever, never, ever had that much f**k here before.
00:15:27Until two years ago.
00:15:29There's six, seven million in the hole.
00:15:31When the business descended into chaos.
00:15:34If I've ever seen a f**k up, then I'm looking at it.
00:15:36His family fractured.
00:15:38He's running it into the f**k ground.
00:15:41He told me this cat was going to be mine.
00:15:43Oh, really?
00:15:44Yeah.
00:15:44Feeling a little shafted.
00:15:47I shut down the plant.
00:15:50You just quit.
00:15:51You've got to be f**king kidding me.
00:15:52Every f**king time.
00:15:56I'll tell you what, they won't give up that easy.
00:16:00But the Klondike King pulled his family together.
00:16:04Our kids are really stepping up this year.
00:16:06Keeping son Mike and daughter Monica working for him.
00:16:09I appreciate everything you're doing to help me.
00:16:11Anything for family, Monica.
00:16:12But giving eldest son Kevin the chance to set up his own operation.
00:16:17How's that sound to you?
00:16:18That sounds very, very nice.
00:16:20By the end of last season.
00:16:22The more you make, the better we like you make.
00:16:24The Beats had reeled in a record 5,777 ounces.
00:16:30Worth $14.4 million.
00:16:33That sure is a hell of a lot other than last year.
00:16:39It is not a time to sit back and enjoy.
00:16:41It is a time to get your s**t together and get out there in the morning and make things happen.
00:16:46You owe that to the next generation.
00:16:49People can have money.
00:16:50People can have a lot of things.
00:16:51But kids and grandkids, there's something that if you don't have, you don't have very much.
00:16:57Tony believes his claims could deliver a jaw-dropping 6,500 ounces this season.
00:17:07Worth more than $22 million.
00:17:11Hey guys.
00:17:12Hello, sir.
00:17:12How's it looking?
00:17:14Well, it's yellow.
00:17:15Got yellow stuff.
00:17:17Good thing we started early, Mike, huh?
00:17:19Yeah.
00:17:19When the sun is shining, you're ready to make some hay.
00:17:22Yeah.
00:17:22Right?
00:17:22Especially at this price.
00:17:24There you go.
00:17:24Not only is Tony already sluicing, he's the first to weigh out his gold.
00:17:30I can always get more gold.
00:17:32I cannot always get this price.
00:17:35So let's wait and have a look at it.
00:17:38All right.
00:17:39Ready, set, go.
00:17:45Let's wait and have a look at it.
00:17:46At Indian River, Tony Beetz is gambling on an early season score to cash in on record high
00:17:53gold prices.
00:17:55Hey, ready, set.
00:17:56Let's go.
00:17:57He's already sluiced nearly half of the early bird cut.
00:18:0150, 60, 70.
00:18:03Which he's counting on to deliver at least 300 ounces.
00:18:06Well, 90, 260, 290, 300.
00:18:13Wow.
00:18:14360, 390, 417 and 56.
00:18:21Ain't that a beaut?
00:18:22That's pretty amazing.
00:18:24In just two weeks, the Beetz have pulled in one and a half million dollars.
00:18:30I'd say it's a record for us.
00:18:31Not just the price as to what the f*** we're doing.
00:18:33That's a lot of money right there.
00:18:35If we can keep this up, here we go.
00:18:39So, how have you planned out this summer?
00:18:43Mike, you're going to be on the hill as usual.
00:18:45Monica, it would be nice if you could oversee in the gold room cleaning the gold.
00:18:50Sounds good to me.
00:18:51But I was thinking, you gave Kevin a bunch of help getting him going.
00:18:56So is there anything you're going to help us with?
00:19:00There's some opportunities out there.
00:19:02Let's get these two places here going first and then we'll talk.
00:19:06Not making any promises until I have that in place, right?
00:19:11I'm okay with that.
00:19:12You?
00:19:13There you go.
00:19:15So all hands on deck.
00:19:16We gotta go.
00:19:16I'm very interested to see what Tony was talking about in terms of other opportunities.
00:19:24I think it's really cool that Kevin has gone out on his own, but Michael's been out here since he was 12.
00:19:33Mike's really chomping the bit to do more things.
00:19:35Big picture goals, I would like my own mind, but right now it's not a priority.
00:19:40I have a bunch of other s*** I have to get done.
00:19:42We'll see.
00:19:44Mike and Monica, they'll be acting about getting started for themselves.
00:19:48But right now we're busy other places, so they're just going to have to hang in there for a little bit.
00:19:53Anyway, I never had that much gold that early.
00:19:56A great start to the season.
00:19:58One hundred miles away, in Keno, Rick Ness...
00:20:18Yeah, that's a big pile of dirt.
00:20:20...is sitting on a pile of gold at his Duncan Creek claim.
00:20:24I would say there's probably pretty damn close to 400 ounces sitting there, and right now that's worth over a million dollars.
00:20:31And it's ready to go.
00:20:32Our plant's sitting right there.
00:20:35The bad news is we still don't have a water license, and we can't touch this.
00:20:39It blows my mind.
00:20:41Rick's water license, essential to mining, still hasn't come through.
00:20:46Until he gets it, he can't mine Duncan Creek.
00:20:51I almost don't even know if I should do this.
00:20:54I'm thinking it would make me...
00:20:55I'm thinking it would satisfy me.
00:20:56I'm thinking it would probably just make me more mad.
00:21:06Oh, f***.
00:21:07That's outrageous amount of gold in one pan.
00:21:10I don't even know what the emotion is right now.
00:21:12Normally I see a pan like that, and I hit the f***ing roof.
00:21:15This is, uh...
00:21:17That's unbelievable.
00:21:20And we can't touch it.
00:21:24Hit the butt patch!
00:21:30Rick Ness...
00:21:31I don't expect the growing pains, but this is f***ing outrageous.
00:21:34...is a fighter.
00:21:35Booyah!
00:21:36With a small crew of buddies...
00:21:38Paying them out each season from his haul.
00:21:43Here's one of those for each of you guys.
00:21:44You guys earned it.
00:21:45A miner for 13 years.
00:21:47What?
00:21:48He's had highs.
00:21:49That's like an ounce right there.
00:21:50F*** them.
00:21:51F*** everybody.
00:21:52F*** yourselves.
00:21:53And lows.
00:21:54No, no, no, no.
00:21:56I don't know what else to do right now.
00:21:58It's getting out of control.
00:21:59Always on the brink of losing it all.
00:22:02That's one last farewell kick in the balls.
00:22:05But last season...
00:22:06This is it.
00:22:07Now this is all mine.
00:22:08He bought his own ground.
00:22:11Let's go.
00:22:12Vegas Valley, here we go.
00:22:14Woo!
00:22:14Yeah!
00:22:15Hit the jackpot and reeled in $4.5 million in gold.
00:22:20That's it.
00:22:21I did it.
00:22:22I've got some bad news.
00:22:23Only to be gut punched.
00:22:26We've got a big problem with the water license being approved.
00:22:29And I can't guarantee you'll have the license next year.
00:22:33Without the water license, you can't mind.
00:22:35Now, Rick must find a way to pull a rabbit out of the hat again.
00:22:48What's up, dudes?
00:22:49How about you?
00:22:50Nice crushes.
00:22:51Yeah, you like those, eh?
00:22:52Good start.
00:22:53With nowhere to mind, only half Rick's crew has made it back for now.
00:23:00Well, you guys have seen it all.
00:23:02You've seen the good.
00:23:03You've seen the bad.
00:23:03You've seen the opportunity.
00:23:05You've seen the setbacks.
00:23:07It's a mess right now.
00:23:09It's not just us.
00:23:10I mean, there's a lot of people getting screwed.
00:23:13There's no one shutting the door right now saying that, you know, your water license is never coming in.
00:23:16It's just tied up.
00:23:19So what are we doing here with no water license?
00:23:22It's not the only pile of gold out here, and that's why you're here.
00:23:25We just have to find another one.
00:23:27But it's not going to be on this ground.
00:23:28And you know what?
00:23:33Gold prices are $1,000 more an ounce than when we left here last year.
00:23:36I mean, that's insanity.
00:23:38This is not the year to quit.
00:23:39No.
00:23:40And we need 1,800 ounces this year.
00:23:42Yeah, I know that things seem down, but you know what?
00:23:47We are here, and I am going to find us a spot.
00:23:50At the end of the day, that's what we're going to do.
00:23:52But if this water license comes through at any point this summer, you bet your ass I want to move us back here.
00:23:56I mean, you haven't let us down yet.
00:23:59All right.
00:24:00All right.
00:24:03Hopefully Rick understands what he's doing here, and hopefully wherever we're going, it's going to be good.
00:24:08I want to start moving some dirt.
00:24:09These guys have stuck with me through a lot, and glad to see they're sticking with me through this.
00:24:13We will find a place to mine, and we're going to make it work.
00:24:26Okay.
00:24:28Chelsea, you ready?
00:24:29Ready.
00:24:31Gaden, you ready?
00:24:32Yep, ready.
00:24:34All right, then, folks.
00:24:35Screen Jack is turning on first time for the season.
00:24:37Let's go.
00:24:46First scoop of pay going in for the season.
00:24:52Get it.
00:24:52At Scribner Creek, just like his father, Tony, second-year mine boss, Kevin Beetz, is ahead of the pack.
00:25:05Feels really good to sluice this early, especially after last year.
00:25:09It's nice to see it running.
00:25:14So you want to look at some iron, do you?
00:25:17Can we have this one?
00:25:18Last season, with a little help from Dad.
00:25:21Three, two, one.
00:25:22Oh!
00:25:24Woo!
00:25:25Yeah!
00:25:26Kevin plunged his life savings into his own operation.
00:25:29This is a big gamble, so me and Faith have to make this work.
00:25:33That's looking really nice, Kev.
00:25:35So excited, bud.
00:25:36Overall, I think it's a pretty good day.
00:25:38But almost from the get-go...
00:25:40I'm trying to help you here, and you're talking over me.
00:25:43Tempers flared.
00:25:44You can tell me an a**hole.
00:25:46It's not fun to work with.
00:25:48Until foreman Brennan Ruo took control of the crew.
00:25:52You don't want to f***ing hear it.
00:25:54Oh, this is the piece squash.
00:25:55I just f***ing help.
00:25:56And the cuts.
00:25:59Yes, finally!
00:26:01That's f***ing better.
00:26:02So nice work.
00:26:03Keep it going.
00:26:05Helping them score.
00:26:06That's a big old.
00:26:08That's f***ing beautiful.
00:26:09A big payday.
00:26:11Yay, money!
00:26:12It's nice to be in the upswing, honestly.
00:26:16We made the right call of getting away from Tony's.
00:26:20I'm feeling really good about this year.
00:26:21I think we're off to a strong start.
00:26:24Which is good, because we have a big goal this year.
00:26:262,000 ounces.
00:26:28I figure may as well go double what we did last year.
00:26:30Aim big.
00:26:31And with gold prices being as high as they are,
00:26:32if there's any time to have a good, big year for gold totals,
00:26:36it is this f***ing year.
00:26:38Kevin's mission this year is to double his gold target
00:26:41and cement his place as a mine boss in his own right.
00:26:46So our mining plan, we left ourselves a P-bank last year.
00:26:49That way we have money coming in from day one.
00:26:55So day one's losing.
00:26:57This is going to hopefully continue on well.
00:27:01Last year, I was pretty frustrated out here
00:27:04with how much we're shutting down.
00:27:06But Brennan, he knows what he's doing.
00:27:10It's nice having Tayden back.
00:27:12It's always good to have returners who know how things run
00:27:15and, you know, you can rely on them.
00:27:17Yep, Brennan should be showing up soon.
00:27:22Oh, it feels good to be back in the Yukon.
00:27:25This feels like my second home.
00:27:26Howdy, stranger.
00:27:36How's it going, guys?
00:27:37Not too f***ing, man.
00:27:38Right on.
00:27:39We're wondering where the f*** you're at.
00:27:40Nice to see you, pal.
00:27:44So, what's up?
00:27:45We're starting to wonder.
00:27:45We haven't heard from you in a bit.
00:27:47Yeah.
00:27:53I ended up getting a phone call there
00:27:55that I wasn't expecting to get
00:27:58of another job offer.
00:28:01And it was a pretty good job offer,
00:28:08so I've leaned towards taking that position.
00:28:19Who offered you the job?
00:28:21Well, Parker ended up calling me there,
00:28:23which I was completely not expecting.
00:28:25Same.
00:28:29Yeah.
00:28:31Really?
00:28:32Back with Parker?
00:28:34It was not, you know,
00:28:35there's just a few things in the offer
00:28:37that really align to what my future,
00:28:39where I kind of see myself being in some goals
00:28:41to have set, you know what I mean?
00:28:42No.
00:28:46I wish he had at least told us earlier
00:28:47so that we can plan.
00:28:50If I had have known a lot sooner,
00:28:52I would have said it a lot sooner, right?
00:28:55There's not really much we can offer you
00:28:58to get you back here this year,
00:28:59I guess, eh?
00:28:59I've kind of already agreed to it.
00:29:07Well, thank you for stopping by
00:29:09and telling us some...
00:29:09Okay, guys.
00:29:11You guys have a wicked season.
00:29:12We'll see you.
00:29:13See you.
00:29:18Well, then.
00:29:202,000 ounces without the foreman
00:29:22is going to be a bit more of a project,
00:29:25then, isn't it?
00:29:26It is kind of hard to find someone
00:29:27with Brennan's experience
00:29:28that you can rely on.
00:29:29If they're good, they've got a job.
00:29:32Maybe we should go poaching, too.
00:29:36Hmm.
00:29:36We're down to the last bit of ice here
00:29:52in the bridge,
00:29:53and once we get that out of here,
00:29:56that means I can start getting Bob ready to sluice.
00:30:00Three days into his ice-moving marathon,
00:30:03Tyson's under the gun.
00:30:05Parker's given me,
00:30:08and I've taken on more
00:30:09than I've ever taken on working here before.
00:30:12Can I do it?
00:30:13I don't know.
00:30:14But am I willing to find out?
00:30:16Yeah, it could have cost me my job 100%.
00:30:19But I hope it doesn't.
00:30:23If it does, I'll be flipping burgers.
00:30:25Come visit me at the drive-thru.
00:30:26And yes, I will be spitting in them.
00:30:33A 25-mile drive northwest.
00:30:36I'm down here at Sulpur,
00:30:37just trying to get this cut opened up.
00:30:40This cut's 2,000 feet long.
00:30:43It's probably big enough
00:30:44to land a small airplane on.
00:30:45For a lot of miners,
00:30:51this would be their whole season
00:30:52with multiple people working on it.
00:30:54And right now,
00:30:54I'm down here jumping from the dozer
00:30:56to the excavator,
00:30:57back and forth, ripping.
00:30:59Mitch has a 2-acre strip
00:31:01to mine out
00:31:01in just 10 weeks
00:31:03before Parker's water license runs out.
00:31:06If he fails,
00:31:08he'll be forced
00:31:08to leave gold behind.
00:31:10The time frame down here
00:31:11is definitely my biggest concern.
00:31:13This water license
00:31:14is getting closer
00:31:15to expire by the minute.
00:31:17And yet,
00:31:18I'm the only one down here.
00:31:27Who do we got here?
00:31:35Oh, hey, man.
00:31:36What's up?
00:31:37Not much, my friend.
00:31:39How are you?
00:31:39Oh, busy.
00:31:41Good to see you, pal.
00:31:43Come on.
00:31:43I'll give you one.
00:31:47Just don't let nobody
00:31:48tell anybody that.
00:31:48Yeah, keep that
00:31:49off the radio.
00:31:52What's your plans?
00:31:54Well, Parker poached me.
00:31:55He sent me up here
00:31:56to come to work with you.
00:31:58No way, man.
00:31:59Yeah, buddy.
00:32:01All right.
00:32:02He said to me specifically,
00:32:03you and Mitch
00:32:04work so good together,
00:32:05I want to get that band
00:32:06back together.
00:32:06That's the exact words
00:32:07out of his mouth.
00:32:08Dude, that's awesome.
00:32:09Yeah.
00:32:09I can't believe
00:32:10you didn't tell me.
00:32:14Brennan and Mitch
00:32:15were mining buddies
00:32:18on Parker's
00:32:19Scribner Creek claim.
00:32:21Yeah, buddy.
00:32:22Yeah.
00:32:23Nice work.
00:32:23Yeah, you too, man.
00:32:25They became co-foreman.
00:32:26That is perfect.
00:32:27And a bromance blossomed.
00:32:29Are we good?
00:32:30What a nice feeling.
00:32:32Brennan, hurry up.
00:32:33You've had five days
00:32:34to get this done.
00:32:36F***ing sakes.
00:32:37You in charge
00:32:38or are you not in charge?
00:32:39Until five years ago
00:32:40when Brennan quit
00:32:42after falling out
00:32:43with Parker.
00:32:45So f***ing over this
00:32:46full of s***, man.
00:32:48Dude, we've moved a lot
00:32:49of dirt in this year.
00:32:50Let me tell you what.
00:32:50We got more than ever.
00:32:52I could certainly
00:32:53use some help.
00:32:54That's what I'm here for.
00:32:55You can jump in the dozer.
00:32:56We just got to rip this edge.
00:32:57I'm going to start
00:32:58throwing everything back.
00:32:59Okay.
00:32:59Well, I'm excited, buddy.
00:33:07It's time to move some dirt.
00:33:08Dude, it's unreal
00:33:14to have you back here.
00:33:15Christmas came early.
00:33:18In all the years
00:33:18I've been gone,
00:33:19I've missed working
00:33:20with you every f***ing day
00:33:21of it, buddy.
00:33:22Oh, you're probably back
00:33:23because you heard
00:33:23we got taco Tuesday.
00:33:26You didn't mention
00:33:26you guys got a really good cook,
00:33:28so that was a big plus for me.
00:33:36Oh, that looks like Parker.
00:33:38How's it going?
00:33:46Hey, welcome back.
00:33:47Thanks, pal.
00:33:49Okay.
00:33:50The whole sulfur project
00:33:51is kind of an interesting one
00:33:52because it's really hard
00:33:53to see what is pay
00:33:55and what is waste.
00:33:57What you're really looking
00:33:57for is virgin banks
00:33:59or like virgin sections.
00:34:04This, to me,
00:34:04looks like virgin still, right?
00:34:06So you're forced
00:34:09to pan your way through it
00:34:11and see what's going on.
00:34:13This is a totally
00:34:14different type of mine
00:34:15than this, eh?
00:34:16Three quarters of a century ago,
00:34:20old-timers used a dredge
00:34:22to mine Sulphur Creek,
00:34:24pulling out more than
00:34:25$1.2 billion in gold.
00:34:28But in its wake,
00:34:30it left a mystery.
00:34:32Floating in a self-made pond,
00:34:34the dredge traveled its way
00:34:36down the valley,
00:34:36sluicing from one side
00:34:38to the other.
00:34:39But above the waterline,
00:34:41the high banks
00:34:42were out of reach,
00:34:44so gold was left untouched.
00:34:46And where the dredge turned,
00:34:49it covered up pockets
00:34:50of gold-rich virgin ground
00:34:52with worthless tailings,
00:34:54making Sulphur
00:34:55a potential treasure trove
00:34:57of hidden gold.
00:34:58If they can find it...
00:35:02It's just going to take
00:35:03some time to figure out.
00:35:05Like, I would be
00:35:05panning pretty constantly.
00:35:08Perfect.
00:35:09Sounds good to me.
00:35:10Okay.
00:35:16We got so much water
00:35:17coming through here.
00:35:18We got all this material.
00:35:19We need to start moving it over.
00:35:20We need it dry.
00:35:21If we start just working this,
00:35:23it's just going to get wetter
00:35:24and wetter.
00:35:25We're not dredging.
00:35:26So I want to just focus
00:35:28on the ditch here.
00:35:30Yeah, okay.
00:35:31I mean, I agree with you,
00:35:32but I just...
00:35:33What about Parker, you know?
00:35:34Yeah, but, I mean,
00:35:36if we just start digging in here,
00:35:37we're going to be working underwater.
00:35:39Despite Parker's rush
00:35:40to find the gold,
00:35:42Mitch ignores his orders to pan
00:35:44and decides to dig a ditch
00:35:46to drain the water.
00:35:47The first thing we got to do
00:35:48and we're going to do
00:35:49is get rid of this water.
00:35:50All right.
00:35:56It's going really good.
00:36:00I've got the ditch, you know,
00:36:01all the way to the top end
00:36:02of this cut,
00:36:03which was 2,000 feet long,
00:36:05and the cut's starting to drain out.
00:36:08At Sulphur Creek,
00:36:10Mitch has defied Parker's orders
00:36:12to hunt for virgin hot spots
00:36:14and is ditching instead.
00:36:17Parker's planning on coming down today
00:36:18and doing some panning here,
00:36:20but we got a lot of material
00:36:22that's still got to be moved here
00:36:23before it's ready to have Parker
00:36:24have a look at this
00:36:25and see what he wants to do.
00:36:35Just hoping to have
00:36:36all this ready by now.
00:36:40What the are you doing?
00:36:43Well, this is not good.
00:36:46What's happening?
00:36:47I thought you might need some panning,
00:36:51but I take it not right now.
00:36:54Yeah.
00:36:56Most important thing,
00:36:57just trying to get rid of the water here
00:36:58so we can actually move the dirt.
00:37:00We've got a pretty good system down.
00:37:02We're just trying to get that corner cleaned out
00:37:03and then we'll be ready for it.
00:37:08There's a lot of work to do here.
00:37:11I mean, I just got Brandon yesterday, so...
00:37:17There are two options.
00:37:21Find some virgin ground
00:37:22or else you can leave.
00:37:29Okay, that's a waste of time.
00:37:31You know, gold can buy a lot of things,
00:37:47but it can't buy patience,
00:37:48and the higher the prices go,
00:37:50you know, the less of it
00:37:51there seems to be around here.
00:37:53Parker wants things done
00:37:54in a certain way and order,
00:37:55and I get that.
00:37:56It's his business.
00:37:56It's his company.
00:37:57You know, I've moved a lot of dirt up here,
00:38:00and, you know,
00:38:00I'm confident in what I'm doing.
00:38:02Got the ditches down.
00:38:04We got the cut grain in,
00:38:06and, you know,
00:38:07in my opinion,
00:38:07that's the right move.
00:38:09I just wasted two hours.
00:38:13We just need to get panning.
00:38:18It's my first week back on the job.
00:38:20Haven't worked for Parker
00:38:21for over five years now,
00:38:22and, you know,
00:38:23he's already pissed off.
00:38:24This is the type of
00:38:25that made me leave the last time.
00:38:27A hundred miles east.
00:38:40We're going to have to pull
00:38:41the trigger on something,
00:38:42otherwise we're going to
00:38:42miss this whole season.
00:38:43Still waiting for his water license
00:38:45and desperate for somewhere to mine,
00:38:48Rick's on his way to prospect
00:38:49new ground at a nearby claim,
00:38:52Lightning Creek.
00:38:53You can go to any mine out here
00:38:55and listen to the guy tell you
00:38:55how much gold's on the property,
00:38:56but which one's telling the truth?
00:38:58Not a single one of them,
00:38:59so if we're going to get
00:39:00any answers up there,
00:39:01it's going to be our own.
00:39:02Rick's mining in the Keno Mountains
00:39:04has been boom or bust.
00:39:07The unpredictable ground
00:39:08almost bankrupted him
00:39:10six years ago
00:39:11until he hit the honey hole
00:39:13at Duncan Creek.
00:39:14We do our own testing
00:39:15and see what we find,
00:39:16and we know we can trust that.
00:39:19Rick's found gold
00:39:20on his Duncan Creek claim
00:39:22in two spots.
00:39:23Now, he's hoping
00:39:25the pay streak extends
00:39:26to the Lightning Creek claim
00:39:28eight miles upstream
00:39:30near the gold motherlode
00:39:32at Mount Hinton.
00:39:34Lightning Creek
00:39:35is owned by Rick's old landlord,
00:39:37Troy Taylor.
00:39:39Oh, there he is.
00:39:44Hey, guys.
00:39:45Hey, Troy.
00:39:45How's it going?
00:39:46Good to see you.
00:39:46Good to see you.
00:39:47Hey, Troy.
00:39:48Welcome to Lightning Creek.
00:39:50We're ready to hit the ground running,
00:39:52get some gold out of the ground.
00:39:53Six seasons ago,
00:39:55our deal is 10%
00:39:57or 100 ounce minimum.
00:39:59Rick leased Duncan Creek
00:40:01from landowner Troy Taylor.
00:40:03Oh, that's nice-looking gold there, Rick.
00:40:05Then cut a handshake deal
00:40:07to buy the claim.
00:40:09Thanks, Rick.
00:40:09Appreciate that.
00:40:10Gambling millions of dollars.
00:40:12I'm sure you're happy to see that.
00:40:13on the promise
00:40:15of a gold bonanza.
00:40:17Holy s***.
00:40:19This is your last s*** chance.
00:40:22It was a rocky ride,
00:40:24but finally,
00:40:25the deal was done,
00:40:26bar one crucial detail.
00:40:29I have to trust
00:40:30that that water license
00:40:31is going to come through.
00:40:32Yeah.
00:40:32You're all in.
00:40:34Yeah.
00:40:35All in.
00:40:36It was on Troy
00:40:38to get the water license
00:40:40for Rick,
00:40:40but now that it hasn't come through,
00:40:42he might have other ground
00:40:44for Rick to kick the tires on.
00:40:46Looks like you've done
00:40:46a little bit of work here, right?
00:40:48A little bit, yeah.
00:40:49Dad and I did some sluice
00:40:50in last September, so, yeah.
00:40:52It's just you and your dad,
00:40:53pretty much, right?
00:40:53Yeah, just Dad and I.
00:40:54But what was the gold like?
00:40:55I mean, is it decent or...?
00:40:57Yeah, it was decent.
00:40:58The gold is good here.
00:41:00We had some good results last fall.
00:41:01Dad and I did some testing
00:41:02and we're pleased.
00:41:04Lightning is just like
00:41:05Upper Duncan
00:41:05in the sense that
00:41:06it's flowing through a canyon.
00:41:09Hopefully, gold has been
00:41:10flushed out of those canyons
00:41:11like Upper Duncan
00:41:12into this main valley.
00:41:14How much overburden
00:41:15is on top of, like...?
00:41:16It's not bad.
00:41:17It's just about five feet
00:41:18of muck and sand.
00:41:21Great to pay, then.
00:41:22Yeah.
00:41:22Well, that's it, eh?
00:41:22Yeah.
00:41:23And I would just take
00:41:24about 15 feet
00:41:25and then we get into another...
00:41:27It's kind of like
00:41:27a false bedrock
00:41:28and that's where
00:41:29I would stop for now.
00:41:30So the pay layer
00:41:31was 15 feet?
00:41:32Yeah.
00:41:33That's more than I expected.
00:41:34I know that we're not
00:41:36the only ones
00:41:37fighting this water license
00:41:37stuff this year.
00:41:38What's the deal
00:41:39with this one here?
00:41:39How many more years
00:41:40are on it?
00:41:41Yeah, that's a good question.
00:41:42This is good till 2028.
00:41:44So you've got a few
00:41:45more years here
00:41:46and we do and...
00:41:48Why give us the option?
00:41:49I mean, it's just, you know...
00:41:51Why aren't you doing it?
00:41:56Well, I feel bad
00:41:57about this whole
00:41:58water license thing
00:41:58so I want to give you
00:41:59a shot here
00:42:00and Dad and I
00:42:02can step aside
00:42:03for a year
00:42:04if you want to go here.
00:42:07There's no cost
00:42:07on the royalty.
00:42:09Yeah, there's no...
00:42:10A lot less risk for us.
00:42:12And I don't sound
00:42:13like a salesman
00:42:13but there is other people
00:42:14that have been
00:42:15calling me over the winter.
00:42:19But I've been
00:42:20holding on to this
00:42:21for you
00:42:21so I'm hoping
00:42:23that we can
00:42:23work something out.
00:42:24Yeah.
00:42:24Can I trust you on this?
00:42:31Oh, yeah.
00:42:33We've been, what,
00:42:34six years now
00:42:35together so...
00:42:36Yeah.
00:42:36I think, uh...
00:42:37I mean, I just...
00:42:38There's been no shortage
00:42:40of surprises out here.
00:42:43I can't wait
00:42:43too much longer.
00:42:44Dad and I
00:42:45are going to keep mining
00:42:46or get somebody else
00:42:47in here so...
00:42:47No, I understand that.
00:42:49We got the trauma
00:42:50here today
00:42:51so we get some
00:42:52testing done
00:42:52and try to make
00:42:54a decision as quick
00:42:54as we can, so...
00:42:57Let's do it.
00:42:59It's definitely
00:43:00getting harder
00:43:00to trust people out here.
00:43:01You know,
00:43:02gold's at a premium,
00:43:02water licenses are
00:43:03rare as can be.
00:43:05The vultures are circling.
00:43:07Troy, he always seems
00:43:08to have the answer
00:43:08when I don't.
00:43:09So it's, uh,
00:43:10you know,
00:43:11it's a win-win for Troy.
00:43:12Troy.
00:43:21We need this
00:43:23to work out
00:43:24because we need
00:43:24to get somewhere
00:43:25to go mining
00:43:25and we need to quit.
00:43:32Still waiting
00:43:33for his water license,
00:43:36Rick Ness
00:43:37has to move
00:43:38his operation
00:43:38and is hoping
00:43:39new ground
00:43:40at Lightning Creek
00:43:41will be worth it.
00:43:43We've already
00:43:43done a couple
00:43:44of test holes,
00:43:45but I want to do
00:43:45one more here.
00:43:47There's a lot
00:43:47of big bullies
00:43:48out of this.
00:43:50Could be nice stuff.
00:43:51Troy Taylor
00:43:52has already
00:43:53stripped a section
00:43:54down to pay dirt,
00:43:55so Rick's making
00:43:56spot checks
00:43:57on the stripped ground.
00:43:58He'll run
00:43:59two square yards
00:44:00of pay
00:44:00and is looking
00:44:01for at least
00:44:02a gram from the run.
00:44:04By the sounds of Troy,
00:44:05you know,
00:44:05it's looking pretty good here.
00:44:07But I have kind of
00:44:08some doubts here,
00:44:09but at the same time,
00:44:10I really hope
00:44:11this is going
00:44:11to turn out for us.
00:44:21That should be
00:44:22a good enough speed.
00:44:23Yeah, for sure.
00:44:25Yeah, I'll go
00:44:25get the water going.
00:44:26Okay.
00:44:32Hey, Ricky.
00:44:33Are we ready for you
00:44:34to throw some in
00:44:34if you want?
00:44:35I'll give her a shot.
00:44:36This bucket's kind of big.
00:44:37I'll probably make a mess.
00:44:38It's washing the rocks
00:44:47really nice,
00:44:48so hopefully
00:44:49it gives us good breeding.
00:44:55That's the last of the dirt.
00:44:56That's how we got
00:44:56our tests done here.
00:44:57We'll have to clean it up
00:44:58and then get the hell
00:44:59out of here and weigh it
00:44:59and see what we got.
00:45:03Shut her down,
00:45:03clean her up.
00:45:04Yeah, man.
00:45:04Okay, let's do it.
00:45:05It doesn't have to be
00:45:07hot, but it's got
00:45:09to be hot enough
00:45:09for a slice.
00:45:20Let's go.
00:45:21Let's go.
00:45:21Oh, hello, hello.
00:45:22Back at camp,
00:45:24the fate of Rick's season
00:45:25rests on the results
00:45:27of the Lightning Creek test.
00:45:29Some nice pickers
00:45:29in there?
00:45:30Yeah.
00:45:31If the gold is good,
00:45:32it could be
00:45:33the lifeline he needs.
00:45:36What's the ground
00:45:37like down there?
00:45:38It's pretty shallow.
00:45:39Seems like only about
00:45:40an average of about
00:45:41five feet overburden,
00:45:42maybe a little bit more
00:45:43and then a solid
00:45:4415-foot stick pale there.
00:45:46Well, that's pretty good.
00:45:47That's a really good,
00:45:48you know, ratio.
00:45:49I don't expect it
00:45:50to pay out like
00:45:51Vegas Valley,
00:45:51but who knows?
00:45:54Shall we see
00:45:54if it's even worth it?
00:45:55We shall.
00:45:56Weigh some gold.
00:45:57All right.
00:46:00I don't think
00:46:00I've ever weighed up
00:46:01this small amount of gold,
00:46:02but let's get it all in there.
00:46:03Rick wants at least
00:46:05a gram
00:46:05from his two-yard run.
00:46:20We've got
00:46:21.525 on there.
00:46:25Just half
00:46:26what Rick was hoping for.
00:46:28So is it worth it?
00:46:29No.
00:46:37We're going to be
00:46:38sitting here
00:46:38with our hands out,
00:46:39no place to mine.
00:46:41We're screwed.
00:46:53We had a super-fast
00:46:55start to the season.
00:46:56We have clean-ups
00:46:57and a couple bucks
00:46:58in the bank.
00:46:59A hundred miles away,
00:47:01Tony Beetz
00:47:01has already banked
00:47:03$1.5 million
00:47:04in gold.
00:47:06There is more pressure
00:47:07on Mike this year.
00:47:08I mean,
00:47:08Mike has been
00:47:09running Paradise Hill
00:47:10like it's his,
00:47:10but it's not his,
00:47:11it's still mine.
00:47:12So maybe we'll have
00:47:14to do something
00:47:14with him.
00:47:15He wants a piece
00:47:16of the action too.
00:47:18Once he has
00:47:19the hill up and running,
00:47:20well,
00:47:20then we'll just see
00:47:21what we can pull off.
00:47:22Tony's mining operation
00:47:26is split between
00:47:27two claims,
00:47:28Indian River,
00:47:29where he's already
00:47:30sluicing pay
00:47:31from the early bird cut,
00:47:33and 40 miles away,
00:47:35Paradise Hill,
00:47:36the core of the family
00:47:37business for over
00:47:3930 years.
00:47:41Hey, Mike,
00:47:41D copy, Mike,
00:47:42D copy.
00:47:43Try to catch him
00:47:44with you, please.
00:47:44Hey, Mike,
00:47:48how are you?
00:47:48Oh, good.
00:47:49Yourself?
00:47:50No complaint.
00:47:53Last year,
00:47:54I was back and forth a bit,
00:47:55but this year,
00:47:56you won't see very much
00:47:57of me.
00:47:57You got lots to do here.
00:47:59I know.
00:47:59But I got quite a pile
00:48:00going on in the Indian,
00:48:01too.
00:48:02With this gold price,
00:48:03if we don't get on it,
00:48:04boy, I tell you.
00:48:06Let's get it on the go.
00:48:08Get down the pay door
00:48:09this week.
00:48:10That seems a little
00:48:11excessive.
00:48:12Oh, really?
00:48:13Step up to the plate.
00:48:16Yeah.
00:48:18Make some money
00:48:18so I can spend some more.
00:48:19How's that?
00:48:20Don't worry, Dad.
00:48:21I'll help you with that.
00:48:22Yeah, anyway, Mike,
00:48:23I can't shoot the shit
00:48:25and sit around there
00:48:26like you do.
00:48:26I got to go to work.
00:48:27Well, if you did
00:48:28your job better,
00:48:28you'd have more time.
00:48:29Oh, yeah.
00:48:30off, Mike.
00:48:31I'm leaving.
00:48:31See you later.
00:48:33Catch you later, Dad.
00:48:34Yeah, love you, too.
00:48:38My gold.
00:48:39Do my job well.
00:48:41And get the results
00:48:42my dad wants.
00:48:42So I'm going to get
00:48:44as much gold
00:48:44as I can this year.
00:48:46Because with the prices
00:48:47as they are,
00:48:48you're a moron
00:48:49if you don't take
00:48:50advantage of that.
00:48:52While Tony's based
00:48:53at Indian River,
00:48:54he's giving Mike
00:48:55sole charge
00:48:56of Paradise Hill,
00:48:58entrusting him
00:48:59with a nine-man crew
00:49:00to supersize
00:49:02the super pit.
00:49:03More responsibility,
00:49:04more authority.
00:49:05I want to focus
00:49:06on stripping
00:49:06before I get sleucing
00:49:08so that I can just,
00:49:09when I get sleucing,
00:49:10I don't stop.
00:49:14Over the last three years,
00:49:16the Beetz family
00:49:17has cleared out
00:49:18nearly four million tons
00:49:20of worthless overburden,
00:49:22creating an 18-acre
00:49:24super pit.
00:49:26The cut is home
00:49:27to the Klondike's
00:49:28fabled
00:49:28White Channel pay,
00:49:30concentrated gold
00:49:32washed down directly
00:49:33from hard rock deposits.
00:49:35So far,
00:49:36it's produced
00:49:37over 4,000 ounces
00:49:39of gold,
00:49:40worth $15 million.
00:49:42This year,
00:49:43Mike plans
00:49:44to extend the cut
00:49:45by nearly 50%,
00:49:47opening up
00:49:48eight more acres
00:49:49of ground.
00:49:50Tony wants
00:49:51the first acre
00:49:52down to pay
00:49:53by the end
00:49:53of the week.
00:50:01We're going to have
00:50:02a whole whack load
00:50:03of stuff opened up,
00:50:04so we have a lot
00:50:05of work ahead of us.
00:50:08My dad bought
00:50:09six new trucks.
00:50:11We're going to strip,
00:50:11strip, strip, strip,
00:50:12strip, strip, strip.
00:50:15Another year
00:50:15at Paradise.
00:50:16I'm glad to be back.
00:50:17We've got brand new
00:50:18rock trucks.
00:50:19Just hauling overburden
00:50:20from the cut.
00:50:21We're trying to expand.
00:50:21To get down
00:50:24to the gold-bearing
00:50:25pay lane,
00:50:26a D-11 dozer
00:50:27rips and pushes
00:50:28the worthless
00:50:29waste dirt
00:50:30called Overburden
00:50:31to two excavators,
00:50:33which load it
00:50:34into rock trucks,
00:50:35haul it 2,000 feet away,
00:50:37and dump it
00:50:38on the waste pile.
00:50:42Hopefully get
00:50:43sluice in here
00:50:43and Paradise soon,
00:50:45get that gold
00:50:46coming in.
00:50:51Guys, guys, guys,
00:50:59we've got a problem.
00:50:59We've got a problem.
00:51:00The cab truck has flipped.
00:51:01The cab of the cab truck
00:51:02has flipped.
00:51:04Oh,
00:51:05I'm stuck in here.
00:51:09Right on the
00:51:10edge.
00:51:10At Paradise Hill,
00:51:32a brand new
00:51:33$750,000 rock truck
00:51:36has flipped
00:51:36with driver Graham
00:51:38trapped inside
00:51:39the cab,
00:51:40hanging on the edge
00:51:41of a 200-foot drop.
00:51:43This side
00:51:43is just
00:51:44I wish Mike
00:51:47could hurry up
00:51:47because if the bank
00:51:48starts to go...
00:51:50This is not the circus
00:51:50I signed up for.
00:51:53If I still have
00:51:54all my windows,
00:51:55you still have
00:51:56all your windows,
00:51:57yes.
00:51:57that exhaust.
00:52:05The hoses
00:52:06are pretty
00:52:06pulled too.
00:52:08Oh, my hood's
00:52:09breaking our
00:52:10new truck right away.
00:52:12It's slowly dropping
00:52:13more and more,
00:52:14which is a little
00:52:15nerve-wracking.
00:52:18As long as it
00:52:19gets me pulled
00:52:19out of here
00:52:20before I flip.
00:52:22Okay.
00:52:23Well, you can't get out
00:52:25too big.
00:52:27Hey, Mike!
00:52:36Well, what the
00:52:37is he still in there?
00:52:38Yeah.
00:52:40He won't fit
00:52:41through that window.
00:52:42If he could double
00:52:42his size,
00:52:43he wouldn't fit.
00:52:43Rescue him, for
00:52:44sake.
00:52:45We're supposed
00:52:46to be pinched
00:52:46hard.
00:52:48Kick out the window.
00:52:51Make him stand
00:52:52on the steering wheel,
00:52:52stick his head
00:52:53out the window,
00:52:54kick the thing in.
00:52:55That way,
00:52:56the eyes and ears
00:52:57and everything
00:52:57will be fine.
00:52:58Get his fat ass out.
00:53:00Okay, you ready,
00:53:01Graham?
00:53:01I guess so.
00:53:17Holy crap.
00:53:18Okay, you can try
00:53:27climbing up the seat
00:53:28there.
00:53:33Well,
00:53:35feels good to be out,
00:53:38but it's still a little
00:53:39shaky.
00:53:40glad it didn't go over
00:53:44the edge fully.
00:53:45That's...
00:53:46wow.
00:53:48Could be fired,
00:53:48could not be,
00:53:49depending on the mood.
00:53:51Hey, Mike!
00:53:51Put it on the grass!
00:53:52To set the 36-ton truck
00:53:55back on its wheels,
00:53:57Tony and Mike
00:53:57use the 520-horsepower
00:54:00D10 Dozer,
00:54:01while the 480
00:54:04excavator holds
00:54:05the box in place
00:54:06to stop it
00:54:07dropping over the edge.
00:54:09I thought we'd pull the
00:54:10and keep it going.
00:54:11Oh, my God.
00:54:12Oh, my God.
00:54:13Oh, my God.
00:54:14Pull it.
00:54:16Keep it going.
00:54:16Keep it going.
00:54:20Perfect.
00:54:25I'm very sorry,
00:54:26Tony.
00:54:26I know.
00:54:28I'm not really thinking
00:54:29anything I do about it
00:54:30because you're on the frost
00:54:31and they're slippery.
00:54:32I still feel bad
00:54:33since it's a brand new truck,
00:54:34but...
00:54:34Well, that doesn't matter
00:54:35if this happens, my man.
00:54:38I was expecting him
00:54:38to be a little bit
00:54:39more aggravated.
00:54:41I flipped one of the new ones.
00:54:43There's no use
00:54:43firing people at his neck
00:54:45because when you fire
00:54:46somebody,
00:54:47there's two people
00:54:47that lose.
00:54:48I lose an employee,
00:54:49he loses his job.
00:54:53Too bad we had
00:54:53to break the window,
00:54:54but so it is, I guess,
00:54:55eh?
00:54:56Yeah.
00:54:57I'll be the hood
00:54:57be f***ed,
00:54:58the fender will be f***ed,
00:54:59the railing will be f***ed.
00:55:00Nobody hurt.
00:55:01That's always a big thing.
00:55:02Yeah.
00:55:03For Mike,
00:55:04it's now a fight
00:55:05to hit pay dirt
00:55:06by the end of the week
00:55:08with one less truck
00:55:09and show Tony
00:55:10he can run Paradise Hill
00:55:11on his own.
00:55:14Enough h***.
00:55:15You want to prove yourself?
00:55:17I suggest you get rid of it.
00:55:29Brennan and I
00:55:29are trying to get
00:55:30as much ground
00:55:30to open up
00:55:31down here
00:55:31at Sulphur as possible.
00:55:33At Sulphur Creek,
00:55:34Mitch and Brennan
00:55:35have finally drained
00:55:36the cut
00:55:37and exposed
00:55:38what could be
00:55:39their first
00:55:40hidden pay pocket.
00:55:42How far did the dredge
00:55:43get over here
00:55:44and figure out
00:55:45what's left for us?
00:55:46Now,
00:55:47they're ready
00:55:48for Parker to pan.
00:55:50Hopefully we got
00:55:51something for him
00:55:51to look at.
00:55:53Old Parker likes
00:55:53to see the gold
00:55:54and, you know,
00:55:55he wants it now.
00:55:58Like this,
00:55:59to me,
00:55:59looks virgin.
00:55:59I really don't know
00:56:06what to expect.
00:56:20I'm just going to show Mitch.
00:56:25One pan out of the downstream
00:56:26edge of your ditch.
00:56:27Holy smoke!
00:56:32That's why we're doing this.
00:56:34Wow!
00:56:35And that's pretty exciting.
00:56:38Find it again.
00:56:40Yeah, hopefully there's more
00:56:41of that.
00:56:43That was a really good pan.
00:56:45I just need to get a
00:56:45wash plant in here
00:56:46and find out
00:56:47that mine's like
00:56:48it pans.
00:56:5025 miles southeast
00:56:51at Dominion Creek.
00:56:53We got the ice
00:56:55out of the bridge cut.
00:56:56We got paste stacked up.
00:56:58Now it's time
00:56:59we get sluicing.
00:57:00Tyson
00:57:00is on the clock.
00:57:02Parker wants
00:57:03wash plant Bob
00:57:04sluicing
00:57:04by the end of the day.
00:57:07I haven't talked
00:57:07to Alec and Liam yet.
00:57:08There will be
00:57:09no waiting.
00:57:11Parker has made
00:57:11that abundantly clear.
00:57:13How's it going, guys?
00:57:19We're ready to run dirt.
00:57:21Um,
00:57:23the hopper's
00:57:24going to be the main
00:57:26holdup for Bob
00:57:27starting.
00:57:27The pre-wash
00:57:28hopper feeder?
00:57:29Yeah.
00:57:30This feed chain system
00:57:31is f***ed.
00:57:32This plant
00:57:33can't run without it.
00:57:34F***, man.
00:57:36It would have been
00:57:36nice if you told me that.
00:57:38The feed chain system,
00:57:39which drives
00:57:40the wash plant's
00:57:41pre-wash conveyor,
00:57:42is broken
00:57:43and the mechanics
00:57:44want to install
00:57:45a new one.
00:57:46Parker,
00:57:47he wants Bob
00:57:48running today.
00:57:51There's no getting
00:57:52around to this
00:57:52right now.
00:57:53Yeah.
00:57:55F*** me.
00:57:56Let's get at it.
00:57:57We got a lot
00:57:58of work to do.
00:58:09Mr. Gustin.
00:58:12Hey, boys.
00:58:13Mr. Bill.
00:58:13Gentlemen.
00:58:15What's going on?
00:58:16We brought
00:58:17a rush, rush project.
00:58:20At Dominion Creek,
00:58:22Parker's mechanics
00:58:23are hustling
00:58:23to fix
00:58:24the feed chain system
00:58:25on Bob's
00:58:26pre-wash conveyor.
00:58:28All right.
00:58:28Well,
00:58:29let's get this thing
00:58:30unloaded
00:58:30and get at it
00:58:31because it ain't
00:58:31going to fix itself.
00:58:33The pre-wash conveyor
00:58:35moves Pater
00:58:36into the shaker
00:58:37to be washed.
00:58:38The motor
00:58:39which turns
00:58:40the conveyor's
00:58:41front drive shaft
00:58:42is connected
00:58:43via a small chain
00:58:44and sprocket.
00:58:45But over time,
00:58:47the chain tightened,
00:58:49pulling the shaft
00:58:49inwards,
00:58:50breaking apart
00:58:51the sprocket
00:58:52and bearings.
00:58:53To fix
00:58:54this design fault,
00:58:56the mechanics
00:58:56will remove
00:58:57the small chain
00:58:58and sprocket,
00:59:00fit a new
00:59:01front drive shaft,
00:59:02and align
00:59:03the motor
00:59:04so it sends
00:59:05power directly
00:59:06to the shaft.
00:59:08The chain is up.
00:59:14There we go.
00:59:15Let the motor
00:59:16come out of there
00:59:16nice and easy.
00:59:19Okay.
00:59:20We're laughing.
00:59:23This is the final fit.
00:59:30There we go.
00:59:31Perfect.
00:59:32Right, so that
00:59:36that is it.
00:59:40Copy, Alec.
00:59:41Go for Alec.
00:59:43You are ready
00:59:44to roll, my friend.
00:59:46Sweet.
00:59:46We'll come grab it.
00:59:47Wide load
00:59:53coming through.
01:00:00Well, look at this.
01:00:01You guys pulled it off.
01:00:03What do you say
01:00:03we get Bob running?
01:00:04Keep it coming.
01:00:16Lift it up a little bit.
01:00:19Whoa, there, buddy.
01:00:21There it goes.
01:00:22You're in.
01:00:27Beautiful.
01:00:28Sweet.
01:00:30Everything's in place.
01:00:31Okay, you guys ready?
01:00:33Yep.
01:00:34Well, here we go.
01:00:35Let's fire bomb up.
01:00:40Take your necks on.
01:00:42Here goes the pre-wash offer.
01:00:49It's spin.
01:00:55Here goes the first scoop
01:00:57of the season.
01:00:57Here goes the first scoop
01:00:59of the season.
01:00:59The pre-wash conveyor
01:01:04delivers pay dirt
01:01:05to the plant.
01:01:07Water jets blast
01:01:08the gold
01:01:08and fine dirt
01:01:09off the rocks.
01:01:12A shaker deck
01:01:13vibrates a set of screens
01:01:15to separate out
01:01:16the larger rocks
01:01:17while the smaller
01:01:19gold-bearing material
01:01:20washes down
01:01:21into two 14-by-10-foot sluices
01:01:24where the riffles
01:01:26and mats
01:01:26catch the gold.
01:01:29Beautiful sight
01:01:31right there, Liam.
01:01:32First wash plank
01:01:33going on Dominion.
01:01:34That is a beautiful sight.
01:01:36With three days sluice time
01:01:38before the end
01:01:39of the week,
01:01:40Tyson's on the gold.
01:01:42Parker's big push
01:01:43for 10,000 ounces
01:01:44is on.
01:01:46Bob's got a lot of ground
01:01:47to get through this here.
01:01:48Miners across the Yukon
01:02:01are gathering
01:02:02at Dawson City
01:02:02for the Klondike
01:02:03Glastor Mining Association
01:02:05meeting.
01:02:06The KPMA
01:02:08warn a glut
01:02:08of unprocessed water licenses
01:02:10is putting livelihoods
01:02:11at risk.
01:02:12What a joke.
01:02:14Desperate to start
01:02:15his season,
01:02:17Rick is in Dawson
01:02:18to meet the Klondike
01:02:19Placer Mining Association,
01:02:21a local union
01:02:22working with miners
01:02:23with no water licenses.
01:02:26My back's against the wall.
01:02:27I've been up to my elbows
01:02:28in this whole water license stuff.
01:02:31It sucks, man.
01:02:31It really sucks.
01:02:32The state of the industry
01:02:33is not too great.
01:02:34A lot of people
01:02:35in the exact same boat
01:02:36as me with the water license
01:02:37and all that.
01:02:38I'm hoping that the KPMA
01:02:39maybe they know
01:02:40when these are going
01:02:41to get approved.
01:02:41Give me some kind of reason
01:02:42to stick with Duncan Creek.
01:02:43Without it,
01:02:44I don't know what
01:02:44the hell we're going to do.
01:02:45Hey, that's somebody I know.
01:02:48What's going on, buddy?
01:02:50How you doing?
01:02:50I'm okay.
01:02:51How are you, man?
01:02:51I'm all right.
01:02:52Better than you.
01:02:53Yeah?
01:02:54I've heard what's going on.
01:02:55Oh, man.
01:02:56There's a lot of people
01:02:57that are pretty screwed up by it.
01:02:59And the thing is,
01:02:59the forces that are
01:03:01against the mining
01:03:02have so many tactics
01:03:04to stall things,
01:03:05and it's death by delay.
01:03:06Yeah.
01:03:07This is absolutely right.
01:03:08Right?
01:03:09Just shoot me in the head.
01:03:09Don't give me a slow dab.
01:03:11Yeah.
01:03:11But let's see what
01:03:12they do in the meeting,
01:03:13and then why don't I buy you
01:03:14a beer afterwards?
01:03:15I appreciate that, man.
01:03:16All right.
01:03:18Just go in this meeting
01:03:19and see what they say
01:03:21and go from there.
01:03:29Something's got to give.
01:03:30Yeah, I've had enough of that.
01:03:46Big waste of time.
01:03:48It gets us nowhere.
01:03:49It's just a bull, you know?
01:03:50Like, who's ass
01:03:51do I put my fist up
01:03:52to get some results here?
01:03:53And maybe I'll be done.
01:03:54Who knows?
01:03:55Who the knows at this point?
01:03:56Probably gonna have a beer.
01:03:57Maybe 10.
01:03:59In Dawson,
01:04:00with no breakthrough
01:04:01on his water license,
01:04:03Rick's hopes of mining
01:04:04this season
01:04:05hang by a thread.
01:04:08Whoa, whoa, whoa.
01:04:09What's up?
01:04:10Good to see you, buddy.
01:04:10Good to see you.
01:04:14You know,
01:04:14the last time
01:04:15we were together
01:04:15was 14 years ago.
01:04:18Really?
01:04:18You think that was
01:04:19the last time
01:04:20I was still young?
01:04:21That's a long time ago.
01:04:22I remember
01:04:25I was like,
01:04:26I think Tony Beetz
01:04:26is like the coolest guy
01:04:27in the world.
01:04:29And I want to be like,
01:04:30Tony.
01:04:30Thank you.
01:04:31Thank you.
01:04:33That'll be a long time,
01:04:33but you know what?
01:04:34Be in good years, right?
01:04:35Yeah.
01:04:36Every year I have more fun.
01:04:37Good for you.
01:04:38It takes a lot
01:04:39to get me jealous,
01:04:40but when I roll by,
01:04:41you have so much
01:04:42equipment running.
01:04:44Yeah.
01:04:45So, how's Rick?
01:04:47You having fun?
01:04:49No.
01:04:49The KPBA
01:04:51has gotten us nowhere.
01:04:52Basically,
01:04:52we can't touch Duncan Creek.
01:04:54Oh, that's not very good.
01:04:55No, it's kind of
01:04:56a slap in the face.
01:04:57Do you have
01:04:58that other block of ground?
01:05:00Lightning Creek?
01:05:01Yeah.
01:05:02Well, I don't have it.
01:05:03It's Troy's,
01:05:05so it's Elise.
01:05:06But he's like
01:05:06a pretty reasonable landlord.
01:05:07He is.
01:05:09They're not like me.
01:05:11I wasn't going to say that,
01:05:13but yeah.
01:05:14And you've done
01:05:15like one test
01:05:16or a bunch of tests?
01:05:17We did a few tests there.
01:05:18Not very happy about it,
01:05:19but there's a license
01:05:21there for three years.
01:05:22That's pretty good.
01:05:24But I'm not sure
01:05:25if there's a lot of gold in it.
01:05:28But, I mean,
01:05:28you have one thing
01:05:29going for you,
01:05:30and that is like
01:05:30gold price is so good.
01:05:32Yeah.
01:05:33No, I hear you.
01:05:33But this is definitely
01:05:35a gamble.
01:05:35Oh,
01:05:36gold price is excellent.
01:05:38If you're lucky enough
01:05:39to have a license,
01:05:40hurry the up,
01:05:41mine the out of it,
01:05:43and leave.
01:05:44That's it.
01:05:44You just got to get out there
01:05:45and wash as many rocks
01:05:47as you can.
01:05:47Get the f*** over that
01:05:49and make it work, Rick.
01:05:53You're right.
01:05:55Make some money.
01:05:56Oh, yeah.
01:05:57Hope it goes well.
01:06:00Well, I've got to run.
01:06:01I've got a dog
01:06:02that needs to walk.
01:06:03Park it up with fun.
01:06:05Rick.
01:06:05It's great to see you guys.
01:06:06You too.
01:06:06For sure.
01:06:07There you go.
01:06:07Yeah, let's not wait
01:06:08another 14 years, huh?
01:06:09Yeah.
01:06:09Yeah, do it.
01:06:10I've known Rick for 15 years.
01:06:14He was there for all the years
01:06:15where I was just, like,
01:06:16scared to death
01:06:17of going broke.
01:06:18I was scared to death
01:06:18of people taking advantage of me.
01:06:20I was scared to death
01:06:21of Tony kicking me
01:06:22off the ground.
01:06:23This business f***ing eats you alive
01:06:25if you're not ready for it.
01:06:27With Rick,
01:06:28I could definitely see him
01:06:30losing everything
01:06:33and leaving the gold fields broke.
01:06:36But I could also see him
01:06:37building an empire.
01:06:39And I really hope
01:06:41that he's successful.
01:06:42I do.
01:06:44I cut my teeth out here
01:06:45with Parker.
01:06:45I've known Tony
01:06:46since the day I walked
01:06:47into the Klondike.
01:06:48And they've always had
01:06:49good advice,
01:06:50and I'd be foolish
01:06:51not to take it.
01:06:52I've got Lightning Creek
01:06:53as an option right now,
01:06:54and we're going to take that option
01:06:55and we're going to run with it.
01:07:03I'd like to remind
01:07:07all rock truck drivers
01:07:08and the hoe operator
01:07:09working in the cut.
01:07:10Keep going.
01:07:10Keep shaming her off.
01:07:11Strip, strip, strip, strip,
01:07:12strip, strip.
01:07:14After a disastrous start
01:07:16managing Tony's
01:07:17Paradise Hill claim,
01:07:19Mike Beetz is racing
01:07:20to get down to pay.
01:07:22Mike's doing the best
01:07:23with what he's got,
01:07:24but we need to move this dirt,
01:07:25get to the gold,
01:07:26get to the pay.
01:07:28Our guys are doing real good.
01:07:29They're moving a lot of dirt.
01:07:32Some of this s***,
01:07:33like, right here,
01:07:33this has gone very far
01:07:34from the tank.
01:07:35It's so many rocks,
01:07:36that's usually a good indicator
01:07:37that's good stuff.
01:07:41If you want to drive in,
01:07:42I can grab my Kubota
01:07:43because it makes its way in.
01:07:44Ah, s***, let's walk.
01:07:46Looks like you need it.
01:07:51Mike, do you copy, Mike?
01:07:53Yeah, go ahead.
01:07:54We're down to pay here.
01:07:56Do you want to come check it out?
01:07:58I'll be there in a minute.
01:08:01A little bit clay in it,
01:08:02but it's got the rocks.
01:08:03It'll be a fat chunk, huh?
01:08:08Let's grab a pan.
01:08:14Now, what have I forgot
01:08:15how to pan?
01:08:16It'll be a s***.
01:08:18Give me a rock.
01:08:21Where would you like it?
01:08:23Right there.
01:08:24Thank you, sir.
01:08:25Look at that.
01:08:46A good pan.
01:08:47Nice, fine stuff.
01:08:50Yeah.
01:08:50It's fine as frog hair,
01:08:51as they say,
01:08:52but that's on the top anyway, right?
01:08:55Well, we can sluice that, Mike.
01:08:56Oh, yeah.
01:08:57Without a s*** question.
01:09:01We hit pay in Paradise Hill.
01:09:03The Indian sluice lot
01:09:04is doing a good job.
01:09:06So everything is looking up.
01:09:07Everything is looking pretty good.
01:09:08We're all in business.
01:09:11Perfect.
01:09:18We're back.
01:09:19Hold on.
01:09:20Before Tyson cleared all the ice,
01:09:23Parker turned the bridge cut
01:09:25into a racetrack.
01:09:26Just push on the front a little bit.
01:09:42Come on, get in there.
01:09:48Cody, get in there.
01:09:50Cody, get in there.
01:09:51Every light on the dash is on.
01:10:04You know any good mechanics?
01:10:05Dude, they're going to kill me
01:10:06if they find out why this happened.
01:10:08Don't tell anybody.
01:10:17We're down to foreman.
01:10:18But I think being as set up
01:10:21as we are now,
01:10:21it is f***ing doable.
01:10:22And, well,
01:10:23we are going to f***ing try.
01:10:25Tony's eldest son, Kevin,
01:10:27has been running
01:10:27his Scribner Creek mine
01:10:29for a week,
01:10:30relying more on
01:10:31operator Caden Foote.
01:10:33This is the earliest
01:10:34I've started sluicing
01:10:35in a season,
01:10:36but I feel like
01:10:38it's going to be
01:10:38a bit of a struggle
01:10:39without Brennan.
01:10:40He was an all-around
01:10:42great foreman.
01:10:44We really got to,
01:10:46as a team,
01:10:46come together
01:10:47so we can get
01:10:48as much out
01:10:49as we can.
01:10:55Hey, man,
01:10:56got some yellow s***.
01:10:59Hi, guys.
01:11:00Hey, man.
01:11:00Hey, guys.
01:11:01How's it going, pal?
01:11:02How are you?
01:11:02Not too bad.
01:11:03Good.
01:11:04Kevin leases
01:11:05the ground from Tony
01:11:06and pays a 10% royalty
01:11:08on any gold he finds.
01:11:10So, your second year
01:11:13on your own.
01:11:14How are you feeling
01:11:14about that?
01:11:15You're going to cross it?
01:11:17Honestly, I'm feeling
01:11:19pretty f*** good.
01:11:20Ready the roll this year.
01:11:21You don't have to
01:11:22buy this,
01:11:23buy every f*** thing,
01:11:24right?
01:11:24Yeah.
01:11:24So that's got to make
01:11:25a lot easier start
01:11:27this year.
01:11:27It definitely is a lot
01:11:28nicer to hit the ground
01:11:29running.
01:11:30What's happening
01:11:30with Brennan?
01:11:31Well, we didn't know
01:11:33he was showing up
01:11:34and then he finally
01:11:35came and talked to us,
01:11:37told us that he
01:11:37wasn't coming back.
01:11:39It would have been nice
01:11:40if he would have let you
01:11:41know that in the winter.
01:11:42It would have been nice
01:11:43for sure.
01:11:43That's people for you
01:11:44again.
01:11:44That's people for you?
01:11:45Oh, yeah.
01:11:46So, who gives a f***?
01:11:48Next.
01:11:48That's how it goes next.
01:11:52Uh, Tay,
01:11:52you had a nice early start.
01:11:54And have some gold
01:11:55coming out of the ground
01:11:56right away?
01:11:56Yeah.
01:11:57What's your goal?
01:11:59My goal is 2,000
01:12:00and we already have
01:12:01a little bit of chunk
01:12:02of gold at the start
01:12:03of the season.
01:12:03So, that's nice.
01:12:05Do you maybe think
01:12:06we can weigh it up?
01:12:07All right.
01:12:08Are we ready?
01:12:09Kevin ran his
01:12:10stockpiled pay for one
01:12:12week at Scribner Creek.
01:12:1315, 20, 30, 40, 50,
01:12:2657.04.
01:12:28$200,000 in gold.
01:12:32$60,000 more than the same
01:12:35amount was worth last season.
01:12:37And that's how many hours?
01:12:3870.
01:12:3970 hours.
01:12:39So, it's a little bit less
01:12:41than...
01:12:41So, I announce now.
01:12:42Yeah.
01:12:43That's still nice.
01:12:44Oh, f***.
01:12:44Yeah, that's better than
01:12:45zero.
01:12:45Oh.
01:12:46This year cash in,
01:12:48so you may as well get
01:12:48with it, right?
01:12:49Yeah.
01:12:49You know?
01:12:51Okay, woman, let's get the
01:12:52f*** out of here.
01:12:53Let's go.
01:12:53We have to work, so
01:12:55we'll talk to you guys
01:12:55later.
01:12:56Ladies and gentlemen,
01:12:57don't work too hard.
01:12:58Bye.
01:12:58Bye.
01:12:59Catch you later.
01:13:00Hey, dog.
01:13:03That was a decent
01:13:03call, eh?
01:13:04Yeah, not too bad.
01:13:05It's kind of nice to see
01:13:06this yellow stuff this
01:13:08early in the season.
01:13:09I'm sure the folks
01:13:09would be happy for us to,
01:13:10but the big thing we're
01:13:12looking for right now
01:13:13is the foreman.
01:13:14We'll get hiring and
01:13:15something will f***ing
01:13:16show up.
01:13:16Nice little haul.
01:13:21I mean, it's a good
01:13:21f***ing start.
01:13:22It's a couple bucks, huh?
01:13:24Royalty-wise.
01:13:25Royalty-wise, yeah.
01:13:26All right.
01:13:27There's nothing like
01:13:28making money of your
01:13:29kids, is there?
01:13:35What's happening?
01:13:36How's it going, man?
01:13:37Going good?
01:13:38Good.
01:13:39It's been a while
01:13:39since we've done one of
01:13:40these.
01:13:41Yeah.
01:13:43Hey, cat!
01:13:44Hey, he is back!
01:13:47How's it going?
01:13:48Welcome back.
01:13:49Yeah, thank you.
01:13:50It's good having you
01:13:51back, and there's a lot
01:13:52to do this year, so we
01:13:52need all the help we
01:13:53can get.
01:13:54Definitely.
01:13:54It's the end of the
01:13:55first week of what
01:13:57could be a game-changing
01:13:58season for Parker.
01:14:00This is the year, huh?
01:14:02Yeah.
01:14:02We need to just f***ing
01:14:04shove dirt down those
01:14:05wash plants' throats,
01:14:06huh?
01:14:08It's a long road to
01:14:1010,000.
01:14:13Tyson's got Bob running
01:14:14right now in the bridge
01:14:15cut.
01:14:17Sulfur's drying out a
01:14:18little bit.
01:14:19We've got the trucks
01:14:20upstream there stripping.
01:14:21And that's going all
01:14:22right?
01:14:22Yep.
01:14:24Are you ready, T?
01:14:25Let's check it out,
01:14:26do you, man?
01:14:27This is Mr. Bob.
01:14:28This is your first
01:14:28plant.
01:14:29Well, here we go.
01:14:30All eyes are on Tyson's
01:14:32first run from the bridge
01:14:33cut.
01:14:34Last season's payouts
01:14:36were unpredictable.
01:14:37Parker's looking for at
01:14:39least 100 ounces from
01:14:40three days' sluicing.
01:14:4110, 20, 40, 60, 80.
01:14:51Going to break to 100.
01:14:53There we go, 100, 120.
01:15:01125.8.
01:15:04Nice.
01:15:04Very nice.
01:15:06Worth over $440,000.
01:15:11Looks like it was worth
01:15:12getting that ice off.
01:15:13Yeah.
01:15:14We're on the board.
01:15:15Yeah.
01:15:17That's definitely a good
01:15:18start, but we have a long
01:15:19ways to go.
01:15:20So I hope everybody's ready
01:15:22to buckle in.
01:15:25All right.
01:15:25Thank you, guys.
01:15:27Thank you.
01:15:27Do it again next week.
01:15:28That cat is back.
01:15:31Meow.
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