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00:05:21We've got amazing people.
00:05:22And we have this crazy gold price.
00:05:27And we're dangerously close to things being really good.
00:05:31I just want to go to work.
00:05:33I just want to wash rocks.
00:05:35And, you know, get sluicy-goosey for the tiny shiny.
00:05:40That's all I want to do.
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00:08:51Parker's counting on his trusted lieutenants
00:08:54Mitch Blaschke and Tyson Lee
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00:09:03Chúng ta vẫn đang nói chuyện về nó, nhưng chúng ta phải làm nó.
00:09:08Khi muốn bắt đầu tổ chức này
00:09:11Wow
00:09:13Tuy nhiên tổ chức tổ chức đó
00:09:16Hãy trở lại cậu trong lúc trước
00:09:19Bắt đầu chúng ta đã sẽ truyền bãi
00:09:22Do you know how it is when that happens
00:09:23Yeah
00:09:24I know
00:09:25I know that there's gonna be a lot of challenges
00:09:26I'm not
00:09:28I don't disagree with you
00:09:29Tyson
00:09:31I need you on Dominion
00:09:33Running a whole operation
00:09:34All right, so good luck.
00:09:40Thanks, I'll need it.
00:09:43I don't know what's going to come out of sulfur, and it's going to be a difficult project,
00:09:48so I need you to go over there, Mitch, and get that sorted out first.
00:09:52We only have a partial season on the water license, so we need to get it done in a hurry.
00:09:58Parker's sulfur water license, a permit to pull water from creeks to wash gold,
00:10:04expires in just 10 weeks.
00:10:07After that, he can't mine the claim.
00:10:10So what kind of crew do we have to get this done?
00:10:13We've hired a bunch of new people.
00:10:16Okay.
00:10:17One big thing is people who can't do their job, we need to fire.
00:10:22We want to have the best of the best,
00:10:24but you guys are the ones that are going to be able to make this happen or not.
00:10:28It's brutal, right?
00:10:34It's going to be a stressful year for you two.
00:10:38Yeah.
00:10:40I know it's a bit of a daunting task, but, like, I'm excited.
00:10:43It's going to be exhausting.
00:10:44Yeah.
00:10:44No days off.
00:10:46You just had six months off.
00:10:49Yeah.
00:10:52Thanks for coming back.
00:10:53Yeah.
00:10:53I appreciate having you guys here.
00:10:55Thank you.
00:10:55I'm looking forward to this season.
00:10:56Yeah, for sure.
00:10:57Thanks, man.
00:10:57All right, let's do it.
00:10:58There's a lot of work to do.
00:11:03There's a lot of gold to find.
00:11:05Now it's up to Mitch and Tyson to get the job done.
00:11:10Hopefully.
00:11:13The job will get done.
00:11:15Hopefully it's the two of them that does it, is what I mean.
00:11:16Things are already starting off a little bit different here.
00:11:25Parker made it very clear that, you know, everybody's got to pull their weight and then some.
00:11:30We got no room for air.
00:11:33Last year, Mitch was in charge.
00:11:35This year, it's going to be on my shoulders.
00:11:37Last year, I was managing one wash plant.
00:11:40This year, I'm going to be managing three.
00:11:42So, no f*** ups, you've got to find a f*** ton of gold.
00:11:50Tyson's first mission is to start pulling in gold on Dominion's bridge cut.
00:11:57The crew has spent two years mining this spot with mixed results.
00:12:03Now, Parker's season rides on it, delivering big.
00:12:08But there's a problem.
00:12:09Over winter, water flooded the cut.
00:12:13And the gold-bearing pay dirt is buried under three feet of solid ice.
00:12:19I'm in the 250.
00:12:41Got Michael in the 390.
00:12:42Coming to work for Parker, it's kind of the dream come true.
00:12:48I like the way he runs his outfit.
00:12:50His gear is really nice.
00:12:56We got Amy here.
00:12:57First truckload ice heading out of the cut.
00:13:00First of many.
00:13:01This is my first time driving a rock truck.
00:13:07Before they can get to pay dirt, Tyson's crew needs to shift over 25,000 tons of ice.
00:13:24I think, realistically, how the hell are we going to do all this in a week?
00:13:29Right now, I'd like to be setting up the wash plant and firing it up today.
00:13:35But we're a long ways away from that.
00:13:46How are things going?
00:13:47Well, man, the ice is a lot thicker than we thought, eh?
00:13:51Yeah, there's a lot of ice in here.
00:13:53And it's really rotten.
00:13:55Mm-hmm.
00:13:55So what's your plan?
00:13:57Just keep building piles, trucking off this ice.
00:14:01Right.
00:14:03Okay.
00:14:04We have extra trucks in the yard, no?
00:14:07You got any more people?
00:14:09Any more iron you can give us?
00:14:10Yes.
00:14:10I don't know.
00:14:19Okay.
00:14:23Thanks, dude.
00:14:23No worries.
00:14:24See ya.
00:14:35If by the end of the week, I don't have the ice out of this cut and the wash plant going,
00:14:39will have failed my first task, first week of the season.
00:14:44Parker just wants the ice out and the wash plant going, the long and short of it.
00:14:52I don't really want to spend money trucking ice.
00:14:56But we really don't have much of an alternative, so we're just going to have to suck it up.
00:15:03We need to get sleuthy.
00:15:05That's going to be what makes or breaks the season.
00:15:09Yeah, here we go.
00:15:33I can't believe we're sleuthsing as early as we are.
00:15:35We started the season early, but we want to keep that up.
00:15:41Everybody's in their eyes.
00:15:43Ten miles south at Indian River, King of the Clondon, Tony Beetz, is already two weeks ahead of his rivals.
00:15:51We're giving her s**t, and the gold price is in our favor.
00:15:55We were sleuthsing days for two weeks.
00:15:58We got the early bird cut.
00:15:59It was all taught ground, so that was awesome.
00:16:02Tony's hoping for a quick score from the 13-acre early bird cut.
00:16:07If the gold price stays where it is, and we sleuths most of the summer like we did last year,
00:16:14then f**k me.
00:16:16You're going to make enough money to set up three generations.
00:16:21When there's opportunities there, grab it.
00:16:23Forty years ago, Tony and wife Minnie left the Netherlands to seek their fortune in the Yukon.
00:16:31All we have was 300 bucks.
00:16:33I work 14 hours a day, every f**king day.
00:16:36From nothing, Tony grew a $60 million mining dynasty.
00:16:41I'm trying to build a future for my kids.
00:16:45They've got to take over.
00:16:46They're going to have to run the circus all by themselves.
00:16:53F**k, piece of s**t.
00:16:55I've never, ever, never, ever had that much horse s**t here before.
00:17:00Until two years ago.
00:17:02There's six, seven million in the hole.
00:17:04When the business descended into chaos.
00:17:07If I've ever seen a f**k up, then I'm looking at it.
00:17:10His family fractured.
00:17:11He's running it into the f**k ground.
00:17:14He told me this cat was going to be mine.
00:17:17Oh, really?
00:17:18Yeah.
00:17:20Feeling a little shafted.
00:17:22I shot down the plant.
00:17:25You just quit.
00:17:26You've got to be f**king kidding me.
00:17:28Every f**king time.
00:17:31I'll tell you one thing.
00:17:33I won't give up that easy.
00:17:36But the Klondike King pulled his family together.
00:17:40Our kids are really stepping up this year.
00:17:42Keeping son Mike and daughter Monica working for him.
00:17:46I appreciate everything you're doing to help me.
00:17:48Anything for family, Monica.
00:17:50But giving eldest son Kevin the chance to set up his own operation.
00:17:55How's that sound to you?
00:17:56That sounds very, very nice.
00:17:58By the end of last season.
00:18:00The more you make, the better we like you make.
00:18:03The Beats had reeled in a record 5,777 ounces.
00:18:09Worth $14.4 million.
00:18:12That sure is a hell of a lot better than the last year.
00:18:19It is not a time to sit back and enjoy.
00:18:22It is a time to get your s**t together and get out there in the morning and make things happen.
00:18:27You owe that to the next generation.
00:18:30People are going to have money.
00:18:31People are going to have a lot of things.
00:18:32But kids and grandkids, there's something that if you don't have that, you don't have very much.
00:18:42Tony believes his claims could deliver a jaw-dropping 6,500 ounces this season.
00:18:49Worth more than $22 million.
00:18:54Hey guys.
00:18:55Hello there.
00:18:56How's it looking?
00:18:57Well, it's yellow.
00:18:58Got yellow stuff.
00:19:00Good thing we started early, Mike, huh?
00:19:02Yeah?
00:19:03When the sun is shining, you're ready to make some hay.
00:19:06Yeah.
00:19:06Right?
00:19:07Especially at this price.
00:19:08There you go.
00:19:09Not only is Tony already sluicing, he's the first to weigh out his gold.
00:19:15I can always get more gold.
00:19:17I cannot always get this price.
00:19:20So let's weigh this s**t and have a look at it.
00:19:24All right.
00:19:25Ready, set, gold.
00:19:26Let's weigh this s**t and have a look at it.
00:19:33At Indian River, Tony Beetz is gambling on an early season score to cash in on record high gold prices.
00:19:43Ready, set, go.
00:19:44He's already sluiced nearly half of the early bird cut.
00:19:4950, 60, 70.
00:19:51Which he's counting on to deliver at least 300 ounces.
00:19:5690, 260, 290, 300.
00:20:02Wow.
00:20:03360, 390, 417 and 56.
00:20:10Ain't that a beaut?
00:20:13That's pretty amazing.
00:20:14In just two weeks, the Beetz have pulled in one and a half million dollars.
00:20:21I'd say it's a record for us.
00:20:23That justifies as to what the f**k we're doing.
00:20:25That's a lot of money right there.
00:20:28If we can keep this up, we go.
00:20:31So, how have you planned out this summer?
00:20:35Mike, you're going to be on the hill as usual.
00:20:37Monica, it would be nice if you could oversee in the gold room cleaning the gold.
00:20:43Sounds good to me.
00:20:44But I was thinking, you gave Kevin a bunch of help getting him going.
00:20:49So, is there anything you're going to help us with?
00:20:54There is some opportunities out there.
00:20:57Let's get these two places here going first and then we'll talk.
00:21:01Not making any promises until I have that in place, right?
00:21:05I'm looking okay with that.
00:21:07You?
00:21:09There you go.
00:21:10So, all hands on deck.
00:21:12We've got to go.
00:21:14I'm very interested to see what Tony was talking about in terms of other opportunities.
00:21:20I think it's really cool that Kevin has gone out on his own, but Michael's been out here since he was 12.
00:21:30Mike's really chomping the bit to do more things.
00:21:34Big picture goals.
00:21:35I would like my own mind, but right now it's not a priority.
00:21:38I have a bunch of other s**t I have to get done.
00:21:40We'll see.
00:21:40Mike and Monica, they'll be talking about getting started for themselves.
00:21:47But right now we're busy other places, so they're just going to have to hang in there for a little bit.
00:21:52Anyway, I never had that much goal that early.
00:21:56A great start to the season.
00:21:58100 miles away, in Keno, Rick Ness...
00:22:20Yeah, that's a big pile of dirt.
00:22:22...is sitting on a pile of gold at his Duncan Creek claim.
00:22:28I would say there's probably pretty damn close to 400 ounces sitting there.
00:22:32And right now that's worth over a million dollars.
00:22:34And it's ready to go.
00:22:36Our plant's sitting right there.
00:22:38The bad news is we still don't have a water license.
00:22:41And we can't touch this.
00:22:43It blows my mind.
00:22:45Rick's water license, essential to mining, still hasn't come through.
00:22:51Until he gets it, he can't mine Duncan Creek.
00:22:55I almost don't even know if I should do this.
00:23:00I'm thinking it would make me...
00:23:01I'm thinking it would satisfy me.
00:23:02I'm thinking it's probably just going to make me more mad.
00:23:03Oh, that's outrageous amount of gold in one pan.
00:23:18I don't even know what the emotion is right now.
00:23:20Normally I see a pan like that and I hit the roof.
00:23:23This is, uh...
00:23:25That's unbelievable.
00:23:28And we can't touch it.
00:23:29Rick Ness...
00:23:40I expected growing pains, but this is f***ing outrageous.
00:23:43...is a fighter.
00:23:45Booyah!
00:23:46...with a small crew of buddies...
00:23:48Paying them out each season from his haul.
00:23:53Here's one of those for each of you guys.
00:23:55You guys earned it.
00:23:56...a miner for 13 years.
00:23:58What?
00:23:59He's had highs...
00:24:00That's like an ounce right there.
00:24:02F*** them, f*** everybody.
00:24:03F*** yourselves.
00:24:04...and lows.
00:24:05No, no, no, no.
00:24:08I don't know what else to do right now.
00:24:10It's getting out of control.
00:24:11...always on the brink of losing it all.
00:24:14That's one last farewell kicking the balls.
00:24:17But last season...
00:24:19This is it.
00:24:20Now this is all mine.
00:24:22...he bought his own ground.
00:24:24Let's go.
00:24:25Vegas Valley, here we go.
00:24:27...hit the jackpot and reeled in $4.5 million in gold.
00:24:34That's it.
00:24:35I've got some bad news.
00:24:38Only to be gut punched.
00:24:40We've got a big problem with the water license being approved.
00:24:44And I can't guarantee you'll have the license next year.
00:24:47Without the water license, you can't mine.
00:24:59Now, Rick must find a way to pull a rabbit out of the hat again.
00:25:04What's up, dudes?
00:25:06How about you?
00:25:07Nice crutches.
00:25:08Yeah, you like Jose?
00:25:10Good start.
00:25:11With nowhere to mind, only half Rick's crew has made it back for now.
00:25:17Well, you guys have seen it all.
00:25:20You've seen the good.
00:25:21You've seen the bad.
00:25:22You've seen the opportunity.
00:25:24You've seen the setbacks.
00:25:26It's a mess right now.
00:25:28It's not just us.
00:25:29I mean, there's a lot of people getting screwed.
00:25:32There's no one shutting the door right now saying that, you know, your water license is never coming in.
00:25:36It's just tied up.
00:25:37So what are we doing here with no water license?
00:25:42It's not the only pile of gold out here, and that's why you're here.
00:25:45We just have to find another one.
00:25:47But it's not going to be on this ground.
00:25:53You know what?
00:25:54Gold prices are $1,000 more an ounce than when we left here last year.
00:25:58I mean, that's insanity.
00:26:00This is not the year to quit.
00:26:01No.
00:26:02We need 1,800 ounces this year.
00:26:04Yeah, I know that things seem down, but you know what?
00:26:10We are here, and I am going to find us a spot.
00:26:13At the end of the day, that's what we're going to do.
00:26:15But if this water license comes through at any point this summer, you bet your ass I want to move us back here.
00:26:20I mean, you haven't let us down yet.
00:26:22All right.
00:26:24All right.
00:26:27Hopefully, Rick understands what he's doing here, and hopefully, like, wherever we're going, it's going to be good.
00:26:32I want to start moving some dirt.
00:26:34These guys have stuck with me through a lot, and glad to see they're sticking with me through this.
00:26:38We will find a place to mine, and we're going to make it work.
00:26:41Okay.
00:26:54Okay.
00:26:55Chelsea, you ready?
00:26:56I'm ready.
00:26:58Kaden, you ready?
00:27:00Yep.
00:27:00I'm ready.
00:27:01All right, then, folks.
00:27:02Screen Jack is turning on first time for the season.
00:27:04Let's go.
00:27:15First scoop of pay going in for the season.
00:27:18Beauty.
00:27:242025, here comes the goal.
00:27:27At Scribner Creek, just like his father, Tony, second-year mine boss Kevin Beetz is ahead of the pack.
00:27:35Feels really good to sluice this early.
00:27:38Especially after last year.
00:27:40It's nice to see it running.
00:27:46So you want to look at some iron, do you?
00:27:48Can we have this one?
00:27:49Last season, with a little help from Dad...
00:27:53Three, two, one.
00:27:56Woo!
00:27:57Yeah!
00:27:58Kevin plunged his life savings into his own operation.
00:28:02This is a big gamble, so me and Faith have to make this work.
00:28:06That's looking really nice, Kev.
00:28:08So excited, bud.
00:28:10Overall, I think it's a pretty good day.
00:28:11But almost from the get-go...
00:28:14I'm trying to help you here, and you're talking over me.
00:28:18Tempers flared.
00:28:19You can stop being an a**hole.
00:28:21It's not fun to work with.
00:28:23Until foreman Brennan Ruo took control of the crew.
00:28:27You don't want to f***ing hear it?
00:28:29I want this to be squashed.
00:28:31I just f***ing help.
00:28:32And the cuts.
00:28:35Yes, finally!
00:28:37That's f***ing better.
00:28:39So nice work. Keep it going.
00:28:41Helping them score...
00:28:43Let there be gold!
00:28:44You're f***ing beautiful.
00:28:46...a big payday.
00:28:48Yay, money!
00:28:49It's nice to be in the upswing, honestly.
00:28:54We made the right call of getting away from Tony's.
00:28:58I'm feeling really good about this year.
00:28:59I think we're off to a strong start.
00:29:02Which is good, because we have a big goal this year, 2,000 ounces.
00:29:07Figured may as well go double what we did last year, ain't big.
00:29:09And with gold prices being as high as they are, if there's any time to have a good, big year for gold totals, it is this f***ing year.
00:29:18Kevin's mission this year is to double his gold target and cement his place as a mine boss in his own right.
00:29:26So our mining plan, we left ourselves a P-bank last year.
00:29:30That way we have money coming in from day one.
00:29:36So day one's sluicing.
00:29:39This is gonna hopefully continue on well.
00:29:43Last year, I was pretty frustrated out here with how much we're shutting down.
00:29:49But Brennan, he knows what he's doing.
00:29:53It's nice to have Kayden back.
00:29:55It's always good to have returners who know how things run.
00:29:59And, you know, you can rely on them.
00:30:01And Brennan should be showing up soon.
00:30:06Oh, it feels good to be back in the Yukon.
00:30:09This feels like my second home.
00:30:11Howdy, stranger.
00:30:22How's it going, guys?
00:30:22Not too f***ing, man.
00:30:24Right on.
00:30:24We're wondering where the f*** you're at.
00:30:26Nice to see you, pal.
00:30:30So, what's up?
00:30:31We're starting to wonder.
00:30:32We haven't heard from you in a bit.
00:30:34So, yeah.
00:30:34Yeah.
00:30:37Um.
00:30:38I ended up getting a phone call there that I wasn't expecting to get.
00:30:48Um.
00:30:48Of another job offer.
00:30:50Um.
00:30:53And, uh.
00:30:55It was a pretty good job offer.
00:30:57So, I've leaned towards taking that position.
00:31:08Who offer you the job?
00:31:12Well, Parker ended up calling me there, which I was completely not expecting.
00:31:17Same.
00:31:20Yeah.
00:31:21Um.
00:31:22Really?
00:31:23Back with Parker?
00:31:26It was not, you know, there's just a few things in the offer that really align to what my future,
00:31:31where I kind of see myself being in some goals that I have set, you know what I mean?
00:31:35No.
00:31:38I wish he had at least told us earlier so that we can plan.
00:31:43If I had have known a lot sooner, I would have said it a lot sooner, right?
00:31:49Uh.
00:31:50There's not really much we can offer you to get you back here this year, I guess, eh?
00:31:53I've kind of already agreed to it.
00:31:56F***.
00:31:56Okay.
00:31:57Well, thank you for stopping by telling us and f***ing wrestling.
00:32:05Okay, guys.
00:32:06Well, you guys have a wicked season.
00:32:08We'll see ya.
00:32:08See ya.
00:32:09See ya.
00:32:09See ya.
00:32:14Well then.
00:32:172,000 ounces without the foreman is going to be a bit more of a project then, isn't it?
00:32:22It is kind of hard to find someone with Brennan's experience that you can rely on.
00:32:26If they're good, they've got a job.
00:32:30Maybe we should go poaching too.
00:32:33Hmm.
00:32:34We're down to the last bit of ice here in the bridge, Pat.
00:32:53Once we get that out of here, that means I can start getting Bob ready to sluice.
00:33:00Three days into his ice-moving marathon,
00:33:04Tyson's under the gun.
00:33:07Parker's given me, and I've taken on more than I've ever taken on working here before.
00:33:14Can I do it?
00:33:14I don't know.
00:33:16But am I willing to find out?
00:33:18Yeah, it could have cost me my job.
00:33:20100%.
00:33:20But I hope it doesn't.
00:33:25If it does, I'll be flipping burgers.
00:33:27Come visit me at the drive-thru.
00:33:30And yes, I will be spitting in them.
00:33:34A 25-mile drive northwest.
00:33:40I'm down here at Sulphur just trying to get this cut opened up.
00:33:44This cut's 2,000 feet long.
00:33:47It's probably big enough to land a small airplane on.
00:33:50For a lot of miners, this would be their whole season with multiple people working on it.
00:33:59And right now, I'm down here jumping from the dozer to the excavator, back and forth, ripping.
00:34:04Mitch has a 2-acre strip to mine out in just 10 weeks before Parker's water license runs out.
00:34:13If he fails, he'll be forced to leave gold behind.
00:34:17The time frame down here is definitely my biggest concern.
00:34:20This water license is getting closer to expire by the minute, and yet I'm the only one down here.
00:34:27Who do we got here?
00:34:45Oh, hey man, what's up?
00:34:47How much, my friend?
00:34:48How are you?
00:34:49Oh, busy.
00:34:52Good to see you, pal.
00:34:53Come on.
00:34:53I'll give you one.
00:34:57Oh, just don't let nobody tell anybody that.
00:34:59Yeah, keep that off the radio.
00:35:03What's your plans?
00:35:05Well, Parker poached me.
00:35:07He sent me up here to come to work with you.
00:35:08No way, man.
00:35:11Yeah, buddy.
00:35:13All right.
00:35:14He said to me specifically, you and Mitch work so good together, I want to get that band back together.
00:35:19That's the exact words out of his mouth.
00:35:21Dude, that's awesome.
00:35:22Yeah.
00:35:22I can't believe you didn't tell me.
00:35:27Brennan and Mitch
00:35:28were mining buddies on Parker's Scribner Creek claim.
00:35:35Yeah, buddy.
00:35:36Yeah.
00:35:37Nice work.
00:35:37Yeah, you too, man.
00:35:39They became co-foremen.
00:35:41That is perfect.
00:35:42And a bromance blossomed.
00:35:44Are we good?
00:35:46What a nice feeling.
00:35:47Brennan, hurry up.
00:35:49You've had five days to get this done.
00:35:51For sakes.
00:35:53You're in charge or are you not in charge?
00:35:55Until five years ago, when Brennan quit after falling out with Parker.
00:36:01So over this whole man.
00:36:05Dude, we've moved a lot of dirt in this year.
00:36:07Let me tell you what.
00:36:08We got more than ever.
00:36:09I could certainly use some help.
00:36:11Well, that's what I'm here for.
00:36:13You can jump in the dozer.
00:36:14We just got to rip this edge.
00:36:15I'm going to start throwing everything back.
00:36:17Okay.
00:36:17Well, I'm excited, buddy.
00:36:18It's time to move some dirt.
00:36:32Dude, it's not real to have you back here.
00:36:34Christmas came early.
00:36:37In all the years, I've been gone.
00:36:39I've missed working with you every day of it, buddy.
00:36:42Oh, you're probably back because you heard we got taco Tuesday.
00:36:46You did mention you guys got a really good cook,
00:36:49so that was a big plus for me.
00:36:50Oh, that looks like Parker.
00:37:07How's it going?
00:37:09Hey, welcome back.
00:37:10Thanks, pal.
00:37:12Okay.
00:37:13The whole sulfur project is kind of an interesting one
00:37:16because it's really hard to see what is pay and what is waste.
00:37:20What you're really looking for is virgin banks
00:37:23or, like, virgin sections.
00:37:28This, to me, looks like virgin still, right?
00:37:32So you're forced to pan your way through it
00:37:36and see what's going on.
00:37:38This is a totally different type of mine than this, see?
00:37:43Three quarters of a century ago,
00:37:46old-timers used a dredge to mine Sulphur Creek,
00:37:50pulling out more than $1.2 billion in gold.
00:37:55But in its wake, it left a mystery.
00:37:59Floating in a self-made pond,
00:38:01the dredge traveled its way down the valley,
00:38:05sluicing from one side to the other.
00:38:07But above the waterline,
00:38:10the high banks were out of reach,
00:38:12so gold was left untouched.
00:38:15And where the dredge turned,
00:38:18it covered up pockets of gold-rich virgin ground
00:38:21with worthless tailings,
00:38:24making Sulphur a potential treasure trove of hidden gold.
00:38:30If they can find it.
00:38:33It's just going to take some time to figure out.
00:38:35Like, I would be panning pretty constantly.
00:38:38Perfect.
00:38:40Sounds good to me.
00:38:41Okay.
00:38:47We got so much water coming through here.
00:38:50We got all this material.
00:38:51We need to start moving it over.
00:38:53We need it dry.
00:38:54If we start just working this,
00:38:55it's just going to get wetter and wetter.
00:38:57and we're not dredging.
00:39:00So I want to just focus on the ditch here.
00:39:03Yeah, okay.
00:39:04I mean, I agree with you,
00:39:05but I just, what about Parker, you know?
00:39:08Yeah, but, I mean,
00:39:09if we just start digging in here,
00:39:11we're going to be working underwater.
00:39:13Despite Parker's rush to find the gold,
00:39:16Mitch ignores his orders to pan
00:39:18and decides to dig a ditch to drain the water.
00:39:22The first thing we got to do,
00:39:23and we're going to do,
00:39:24is get rid of this water.
00:39:25All right.
00:39:33It's going really good.
00:39:36I've got the ditch, you know,
00:39:37all the way to the top end of this cut,
00:39:39which was 2,000 feet long,
00:39:42and the cut's starting to drain out.
00:39:45At Sulphur Creek,
00:39:47Mitch has defied Parker's orders
00:39:50to hunt for virgin hotspots
00:39:52and is ditching instead.
00:39:55Parker's planning on coming down today
00:39:56and doing some panning here,
00:39:58but we got a lot of material
00:40:00that's still got to be moved here
00:40:01before it's ready to have Parker
00:40:02have a look at this
00:40:04and see what he wants to do.
00:40:05I was hoping to have all this ready by now.
00:40:20What the are you doing?
00:40:24Well, this is not good.
00:40:27What's happening?
00:40:28I thought you might need some panning,
00:40:32but I take it not right now.
00:40:36Yeah.
00:40:37Most important thing,
00:40:38just trying to get rid of the water here
00:40:40so we can actually move the dirt.
00:40:42We've got a pretty good system down.
00:40:44We're just trying to get that corner cleaned out,
00:40:46and then we'll be ready for it.
00:40:48There's a lot of work to do here.
00:40:54I mean, I just got Brennan yesterday, so.
00:41:03There are two options.
00:41:05Find some virgin ground,
00:41:07or else you can leave.
00:41:09You know, gold can buy a lot of things,
00:41:33but it can't buy patience,
00:41:35and the higher the prices go,
00:41:37you know, the less of it
00:41:38there seems to be around here.
00:41:40Parker wants things done
00:41:41in a certain way and order,
00:41:43and I get that.
00:41:43It's his business.
00:41:44It's his company.
00:41:46You know, I've moved a lot of dirt up here,
00:41:47and, you know,
00:41:49I'm confident in what I'm doing.
00:41:51Got the ditches down.
00:41:52We got the cut grain in,
00:41:54and, you know,
00:41:55in my opinion,
00:41:56that's the right move.
00:41:58I just wasted two hours.
00:42:03We just need to get panning.
00:42:08It's my first week back on the job.
00:42:10I haven't worked for Parker
00:42:11for over five years now,
00:42:12and, you know,
00:42:13he's already pissed off.
00:42:15This is the type of s***
00:42:16that made me leave the last time.
00:42:17A hundred miles east.
00:42:32We're going to have to pull the trigger
00:42:33on something,
00:42:34otherwise we're going to miss
00:42:34this whole season.
00:42:35Still waiting for his water license
00:42:38and desperate for somewhere to mine,
00:42:40Rick's on his way
00:42:41to prospect new ground
00:42:43at a nearby claim,
00:42:45Lightning Creek.
00:42:46You can go to any mine out here
00:42:48and listen to the guy
00:42:49tell you how much gold's
00:42:50on the property,
00:42:50but which one's telling the truth?
00:42:52Not a single s*** one of them,
00:42:53so if we're going to get
00:42:54any answers up there,
00:42:55it's going to be our own.
00:42:57Rick's mining
00:42:58in the Keno Mountains
00:42:59has been boom or bust.
00:43:02The unpredictable ground
00:43:03almost bankrupted him
00:43:05six years ago
00:43:06until he hit the honey hole
00:43:08at Duncan Creek.
00:43:10We do our own testing
00:43:11and see what we find,
00:43:12and we know we can trust that.
00:43:13Rick's found gold
00:43:16on his Duncan Creek claim
00:43:18in two spots.
00:43:20Now,
00:43:20he's hoping the pay streak
00:43:22extends
00:43:23to the Lightning Creek claim
00:43:25eight miles upstream
00:43:27near the gold motherlode
00:43:29at Mount Hinton.
00:43:31Lightning Creek
00:43:32is owned by Rick's old landlord,
00:43:35Troy Taylor.
00:43:36Ah, there he is.
00:43:38Hey, guys.
00:43:43Hey, Troy.
00:43:44How's it going?
00:43:45Good to see you.
00:43:45Good to see you.
00:43:46Hey, Troy.
00:43:47Ah, welcome to Lightning Creek.
00:43:49We're ready to hit the ground running,
00:43:51get some gold out of the ground.
00:43:53Six seasons ago,
00:43:54our deal is 10%
00:43:56for 100 ounce minimum.
00:43:59Rick leased Duncan Creek
00:44:01from landowner Troy Taylor.
00:44:03Ah, that's nice-looking gold there, Rick.
00:44:05Then, cut a handshake deal
00:44:08to buy the claim.
00:44:10Thanks, Rick.
00:44:10Appreciate that.
00:44:11Gambling millions of dollars.
00:44:14I'm sure you're happy to see that.
00:44:15On the promise
00:44:16of a gold bonanza.
00:44:18Holy s***.
00:44:21This is your last s*** chance.
00:44:24It was a rocky ride,
00:44:26but finally,
00:44:27the deal was done,
00:44:29bar one crucial detail.
00:44:31I have to trust
00:44:33that that water license
00:44:34is going to come through.
00:44:35Yeah.
00:44:36You're all in.
00:44:37Yeah.
00:44:39All in.
00:44:40It was on Troy
00:44:42to get the water license
00:44:43for Rick,
00:44:45but now that it hasn't come through,
00:44:47he might have other ground
00:44:48for Rick to kick the tires on.
00:44:51Looks like you've done
00:44:51a little bit of work here, right?
00:44:52A little bit, yeah.
00:44:53Dad and I did some
00:44:55sluice in last September,
00:44:57so, yeah.
00:44:58It's just you and your dad,
00:44:58pretty much, right?
00:44:59Yeah, just Dad and I.
00:45:00But what was the gold like?
00:45:01I mean, is it decent or...?
00:45:03Yeah, it was decent.
00:45:04The gold is good here.
00:45:06We had some good results last fall.
00:45:07Dad and I did some testing
00:45:09and we're pleased.
00:45:10Lightning is just like Upper Duncan
00:45:12in the sense that
00:45:13it's flowing through a canyon.
00:45:16Hopefully, gold has been
00:45:17flushed out of those canyons,
00:45:19like Upper Duncan,
00:45:20into this main valley.
00:45:21How much overburden
00:45:22is on top of, like...?
00:45:23It's not bad.
00:45:24It's just,
00:45:25so it's about five feet
00:45:26of muck and sand.
00:45:29Right to pay, then.
00:45:30Well, that's it, eh?
00:45:30Yeah.
00:45:31And I would just take
00:45:32about 15 feet
00:45:33and then we get into another,
00:45:36it's kind of like a false bedrock
00:45:37and that's where
00:45:38I would stop for now.
00:45:39So the pay layer was 15 feet?
00:45:41Yeah.
00:45:43That's more than I expected.
00:45:45I know that we're not
00:45:46the only ones fighting
00:45:47this water license stuff
00:45:48this year.
00:45:48What's the deal
00:45:49with this one here?
00:45:49How many more years
00:45:50are on it?
00:45:51Yeah, that's a good question.
00:45:53This is good till 2028,
00:45:55so you've got a few more years
00:45:56here and where we do.
00:45:59Why give us the option?
00:46:00I mean, it's just, you know,
00:46:01why aren't you doing it?
00:46:07Well, I feel bad
00:46:09about this whole water license thing,
00:46:10so I want to give you a shot here.
00:46:13Dad and I can step aside
00:46:16for a year if you want to go here.
00:46:19There's no cost on your royalty.
00:46:21Yeah, there's a lot less risk for us.
00:46:25And I don't want to sound
00:46:26like a salesman,
00:46:27but there is other people
00:46:28that have been calling me
00:46:30over the winter, so.
00:46:33But I've been holding on
00:46:35to this for you,
00:46:36so I'm hoping that
00:46:37we can work something out.
00:46:38Yeah.
00:46:41You know, I mean,
00:46:43can I trust you on this?
00:46:46Oh, yeah.
00:46:48We've been, what,
00:46:49six years now together.
00:46:51So, I think, uh.
00:46:53I mean, I just,
00:46:54there's been no shortage
00:46:56of surprises out here.
00:46:59I can't wait too much longer.
00:47:01Dad and I are going to keep mining
00:47:02or get somebody else in here, so.
00:47:05No, I understand that.
00:47:06We got the trommel here today,
00:47:08so we get some testing done
00:47:10and try to make a decision
00:47:12as quick as we can, so.
00:47:14Let's do it.
00:47:17It's definitely getting harder
00:47:18to trust people out here.
00:47:19You know, gold's at a premium.
00:47:20water licenses are rare as can be.
00:47:23The vultures are circling.
00:47:26Troy, he always seems to have the answer
00:47:27when I don't.
00:47:28So it's, uh, you know,
00:47:30it's a win-win for Troy.
00:47:32Troy.
00:47:32We need this to work out
00:47:44because we need to get somewhere
00:47:45to go mining
00:47:46and we need to quit.
00:47:46still waiting for his water license.
00:47:58Rick Ness has to move his operation
00:48:00and is hoping new ground
00:48:02at Lightning Creek
00:48:04will be worth it.
00:48:05We've already done a couple of test holes,
00:48:07but I want to do one more here.
00:48:08There's a lot of big bullies
00:48:11out of this.
00:48:13Could be nice stuff.
00:48:14Troy Taylor
00:48:15has already stripped a section
00:48:17down to pay dirt,
00:48:19so Rick's making spot checks
00:48:20on the stripped ground.
00:48:22He'll run two square yards of pay
00:48:24and is looking for at least
00:48:27a gram from the run.
00:48:28By the sounds of Troy,
00:48:29you know, it's looking pretty good here.
00:48:31But I have kind of some doubts here,
00:48:34but at the same time,
00:48:35I really hope this is going
00:48:36to turn out for us.
00:48:48That should be a good enough speed.
00:48:49Yeah, for sure.
00:48:51Yeah, I'll go get the water going.
00:48:53Okay.
00:48:58Hey, Ricky.
00:49:00Are you ready for you
00:49:01to throw some in if you want?
00:49:03I'll give her a shot.
00:49:04This bucket's kind of big.
00:49:05I'll probably make a mess.
00:49:15It's flush on the rocks really nice,
00:49:17so hopefully it gives us good breeding.
00:49:24That's the last of the dirt.
00:49:25That's how we got our tests done.
00:49:27Go out there and clean it up,
00:49:28and then get the hell out of here
00:49:29and wait and see what we got.
00:49:33Shut her down, clean her up.
00:49:34Yeah, man.
00:49:35Okay, let's do it.
00:49:38It doesn't have to be hot,
00:49:39but it's got to be hot enough
00:49:40for us to buy.
00:49:52Let's go.
00:49:53Let's go.
00:49:54Oh, hello, hello.
00:49:55Back at camp,
00:49:56the fate of Rick's season
00:49:58rests on the results
00:49:59of the Lightning Creek test.
00:50:01and get some nice pickers in there.
00:50:03Yeah.
00:50:04If the gold is good,
00:50:06it could be the lifeline he needs.
00:50:10What's the ground like down there?
00:50:11It's pretty shallow.
00:50:13Seems like only about an average
00:50:15of about five feet overburden,
00:50:17maybe a little bit more,
00:50:17and then a solid 15-foot thick pale air.
00:50:21Well, that's pretty good.
00:50:22That's a really good, you know, ratio.
00:50:23So I don't expect it to pay out
00:50:25like Vegas Valley,
00:50:27but who knows?
00:50:29Shall we see if it's even worth it?
00:50:31We shall.
00:50:32Weigh some gold.
00:50:33All right.
00:50:36I don't think I've ever weighed up
00:50:37this small amount of gold,
00:50:38but let's get it all in there.
00:50:40Rick wants at least a gram
00:50:42from his two-yard run.
00:50:44We've got .525 on there.
00:51:03Just half what Rick was hoping for.
00:51:07So is it worth it?
00:51:12No.
00:51:14We're going to be sitting here
00:51:18with our hands out,
00:51:19no place to buy it.
00:51:22We're screwed.
00:51:35We had a super-fast start to the season.
00:51:38We have clean-ups
00:51:39and a couple bucks in the bank.
00:51:41A hundred miles away,
00:51:42Tony Beetz has already banked
00:51:45$1.5 million in gold.
00:51:48There is more pressure on Mike this year.
00:51:51I mean, Mike has been running
00:51:52Paradise Hill like it's his,
00:51:54but it's not his.
00:51:54It's still mine.
00:51:56So maybe we'll have to do something with him.
00:51:59He wants a piece of the action too.
00:52:01Once he has the hill up and running,
00:52:04well, then we'll just see
00:52:05what we can pull off.
00:52:06Tony's mining operation
00:52:10is split between two claims,
00:52:13Indian River,
00:52:14where he's already sluicing pay
00:52:16from the early bird cut,
00:52:18and 40 miles away,
00:52:20Paradise Hill,
00:52:22the core of the family business
00:52:24for over 30 years.
00:52:25Hey, Mike, how are you?
00:52:35Oh, good.
00:52:36Yourself?
00:52:37No complaint?
00:52:41Last year,
00:52:41I was back and forth a bit,
00:52:43but this year,
00:52:43you won't see very much of me.
00:52:45You got lots to do here.
00:52:47I know.
00:52:47But I got quite a pile
00:52:48going on in the Indian too.
00:52:50But this gold price,
00:52:51if we don't get on it,
00:52:53boy, I tell you.
00:52:53Let's get it on the go.
00:52:57Get down the pay door this week.
00:52:59That seems a little excessive.
00:53:01Oh, really?
00:53:04Step up to the plate.
00:53:06Yeah.
00:53:07Make some money
00:53:08so I can spend some more.
00:53:09How's that?
00:53:10Don't worry, Dad.
00:53:11I'll help you with that.
00:53:12Okay, anyway, Mike,
00:53:14I can't shoot the s***
00:53:16and sit around there like you do.
00:53:17I got to go to work.
00:53:18Well, if you did your job better,
00:53:19you'd have more time.
00:53:20Oh, yeah?
00:53:21F*** off, Mike.
00:53:22I'm leaving.
00:53:23See you later.
00:53:23Catch you later, Dad.
00:53:25Yeah, I love you too.
00:53:30My gold,
00:53:31do my job well
00:53:32and get the results
00:53:34my dad wants.
00:53:35So I'm going to get
00:53:36as much gold
00:53:37as I can this year.
00:53:39Because with the prices
00:53:39as they are,
00:53:41you're a f***ing moron
00:53:42if you don't take advantage
00:53:44of that.
00:53:45While Tony's based
00:53:46at Indian River,
00:53:48he's giving Mike
00:53:49sole charge
00:53:50of Paradise Hill,
00:53:51entrusting him
00:53:53with a nine-man crew
00:53:54to supersize
00:53:56the super pit.
00:53:57More responsibility,
00:53:58more authority.
00:54:00But I want to focus
00:54:01on stripping
00:54:01before I get sluicing
00:54:02so that I can just,
00:54:04when I get sluicing,
00:54:05I don't stop.
00:54:06over the last three years,
00:54:12the Beats family
00:54:13has cleared out
00:54:14nearly four million tons
00:54:16of worthless overburden,
00:54:18creating an 18-acre super pit.
00:54:22The cut is home
00:54:24to the Klondike's fabled
00:54:25white-channel pay,
00:54:27concentrated gold
00:54:29washed down directly
00:54:30from hard rock deposits.
00:54:32So far,
00:54:34it's produced
00:54:35over 4,000 ounces
00:54:37of gold
00:54:38worth $15 million.
00:54:40This year,
00:54:42Mike plans to extend
00:54:43the cut
00:54:44by nearly 50%,
00:54:45opening up
00:54:47eight more acres
00:54:48of ground.
00:54:49Tony wants
00:54:50the first acre down
00:54:51to pay
00:54:52by the end
00:54:53of the week.
00:54:53We're going to have
00:55:02a whole whack load
00:55:03of stuff opened up,
00:55:04so we have a lot
00:55:05of work ahead of us.
00:55:09My dad bought
00:55:10six new trucks.
00:55:12We're going to strip,
00:55:13strip, strip, strip,
00:55:13strip, strip.
00:55:16Another year
00:55:17at Paradise.
00:55:18I'm glad to be back.
00:55:19We've got brand-new
00:55:19rock trucks.
00:55:20Just hauling over
00:55:22burden from the cut.
00:55:23We're trying to expand.
00:55:25To get down
00:55:26to the gold-bearing
00:55:27pay lane,
00:55:29a D11 dozer
00:55:30rips and pushes
00:55:31the worthless
00:55:32waste dirt
00:55:33called overburden
00:55:34to two excavators,
00:55:36which load it
00:55:37into rock trucks,
00:55:39haul it 2,000 feet away,
00:55:41and dump it
00:55:42on the waste pile.
00:55:46Hopefully get
00:55:47sluice in here
00:55:48in Paradise
00:55:48to get that gold
00:55:50coming in.
00:55:53to get that gold.
00:55:54Guys, guys, guys,
00:56:05we've got a problem.
00:56:05We've got a problem.
00:56:06The cat truck has flipped.
00:56:07The cab of the cat truck
00:56:08has flipped.
00:56:11Oh,
00:56:11I'm stuck in here.
00:56:16You're right on the
00:56:17edge.
00:56:17I'm stuck in here.
00:56:34Oh, my
00:56:35I honestly don't want
00:56:37to touch it.
00:56:38You're right on the
00:56:38edge.
00:56:39At Paradise Hill,
00:56:41a brand-new
00:56:42$750,000 rock truck
00:56:45has flipped
00:56:46with driver Graham
00:56:47trapped inside the cab,
00:56:50hanging on the edge
00:56:51of a 200-foot drop.
00:56:53This side is just
00:56:54I wish Mike
00:56:57could hurry up
00:56:58because if the bank
00:56:58starts to go...
00:57:00This is not
00:57:01the circus
00:57:01I signed up for.
00:57:05Do I still have
00:57:06all my windows?
00:57:07You still have
00:57:08all your windows,
00:57:08yes.
00:57:10F***, F***.
00:57:12Ah.
00:57:15Ooh, that exhaust.
00:57:18The hoses are pretty
00:57:19f***ing pulled, too.
00:57:21Oh, my hood's f***ing.
00:57:23Breaking our f***ing
00:57:24new truck right away.
00:57:25It's slowly dropping
00:57:27more and more,
00:57:28which is a little
00:57:28nerve-wracking.
00:57:31Ah.
00:57:32As long as it gets me
00:57:33pulled out of here
00:57:34before I flip.
00:57:36Okay.
00:57:38Well, he can't get out.
00:57:40Too big.
00:57:48Hey, Mike!
00:57:52Well, what the f***?
00:57:53Is he still in there?
00:57:54Yeah.
00:57:55F***, F***.
00:57:56He won't fit through
00:57:57that window.
00:57:58If you could double
00:57:59its size, he wouldn't fit.
00:58:00Rescue him, for f***ing sake.
00:58:02We're supposed to be
00:58:02pin-charge.
00:58:04Kick out the f***ing window.
00:58:08Make him stand on the
00:58:09steering wheel,
00:58:10stick his head out of the
00:58:11window, kick the f***ing
00:58:12thing in.
00:58:13That way his eyes and ears
00:58:14and everything will be fine.
00:58:16Get his fat ass out.
00:58:18Okay, you ready, Graham?
00:58:20I guess so.
00:58:20Holy crap.
00:58:38Okay.
00:58:39You can try climbing up the seat there.
00:58:49Well.
00:58:59Feels good to be out, but it's
00:59:00still a little shaky.
00:59:03Yeah.
00:59:05Glad it didn't go over the edge
00:59:06fully.
00:59:07That's...
00:59:08Wow.
00:59:10Could be fired, could not be,
00:59:12depending on the mood.
00:59:13Hey, Mike!
00:59:15Put it on the grass.
00:59:16To set the 36-ton truck
00:59:19back on its wheels,
00:59:20Tony and Mike
00:59:21use the 520-horsepower
00:59:24D10 dozer,
00:59:26while the 480 excavator
00:59:29holds the box in place
00:59:31to stop it dropping over the edge.
00:59:33I thought we'd pull the f***.
00:59:39Pull it.
00:59:41Keep it going.
00:59:42Keep it going.
00:59:43Perfect.
00:59:52I'm very sorry, Tony.
00:59:54I know.
00:59:55I'm not really thinking
00:59:55anything I do about it
00:59:57because you're on the cross
00:59:58and they're slippery.
01:00:00I still feel bad
01:00:01since it's a brand new truck.
01:00:02Well, that doesn't know
01:00:03how the f*** happens, my man.
01:00:05I was expecting it to be
01:00:06a little bit more aggravated.
01:00:09I flipped one of the new ones.
01:00:10There's no use f***ing
01:00:12firing people at his neck
01:00:14because when you fire somebody,
01:00:15there's two people that lose.
01:00:17I lose an employee,
01:00:18he loses his job.
01:00:22It's too bad we had to
01:00:23break the window,
01:00:23but so it is, I guess, right?
01:00:25Yeah.
01:00:26I mean, the hood be f***ing,
01:00:28the fender all be f***ed,
01:00:29the railing all be f***ed.
01:00:30Nobody hurt.
01:00:31That's always a big thing.
01:00:33Yeah.
01:00:33For Mike,
01:00:34it's now a fight
01:00:36to hit pay dirt
01:00:37by the end of the week
01:00:38with one less truck
01:00:40and show Tony
01:00:41he can run Paradise Hill
01:00:43on his own.
01:00:45That's enough h***.
01:00:47If you want to prove yourself,
01:00:48I suggest you get rid of it.
01:00:49Brennan and I are trying
01:01:03to get as much ground
01:01:03to open up down here
01:01:04at Sulphur as possible.
01:01:06At Sulphur Creek,
01:01:08Mitch and Brennan
01:01:08have finally drained the cut
01:01:10and exposed what could be
01:01:13their first hidden pay pocket.
01:01:15How far did the dredge
01:01:18get over here
01:01:18to figure out
01:01:19what's left for us?
01:01:21Now, they're ready
01:01:23for Parker to pan.
01:01:25Hopefully we got something
01:01:26for him to look at.
01:01:28Old Parker likes to see the gold
01:01:29and, you know,
01:01:30he wants it now.
01:01:34Like, this, to me,
01:01:35looks virgin.
01:01:41I really don't know
01:01:43what to expect.
01:01:45I'm just going to show Mitch.
01:02:03One pan out of the downstream
01:02:05edge of your ditch.
01:02:07Holy smoke.
01:02:11That's why we're doing this.
01:02:13Wow.
01:02:14And that's pretty exciting.
01:02:18Find it again.
01:02:20Yeah, hopefully there's more of that.
01:02:23That was a really good pan.
01:02:25I just need to get a wash plant
01:02:26in here and find out
01:02:28what mines like at Pan's.
01:02:3125 miles southeast
01:02:33at Dominion Creek.
01:02:36We got the ice
01:02:37out of the bridge cut.
01:02:38We got pay stacked up.
01:02:39Now it's time
01:02:41we get sluicing.
01:02:42Tyson
01:02:42is on the clock.
01:02:45Parker wants wash plant Bob's sluicing
01:02:47by the end of the day.
01:02:49I haven't talked to Alec and Liam yet.
01:02:51There will be no waiting.
01:02:54Parker has made that abundantly clear.
01:02:56How's it going, guys?
01:03:03We're ready to run dirt.
01:03:05Um.
01:03:08The hopper's
01:03:09going to be the main holdup
01:03:11for Bob starting.
01:03:12The pre-wash hopper feeder?
01:03:14Yeah.
01:03:14This feed chain system
01:03:16is s**t.
01:03:17This plant couldn't run without it.
01:03:19S**t, man.
01:03:21It would have been nice
01:03:22if you told me that.
01:03:24The feed chain system,
01:03:25which drives the wash plant's
01:03:27pre-wash conveyor,
01:03:29is broken,
01:03:30and the mechanics
01:03:31want to install a new one.
01:03:33Parker,
01:03:34he wants Bob running
01:03:35today.
01:03:38There's no getting around
01:03:39to this right now.
01:03:41Yeah.
01:03:42S**t me.
01:03:43Let's get at it.
01:03:45We've got a lot of work to do.
01:04:00Mr. Justin.
01:04:01Hey, boys.
01:04:02Mr. Bill.
01:04:04What's going on?
01:04:06We brought a, uh,
01:04:08rush-rush project.
01:04:10At Dominion Creek,
01:04:12Parker's mechanics
01:04:13are hustling to fix
01:04:14the feed chain system
01:04:16on Bob's pre-wash conveyor.
01:04:19All right.
01:04:19Well,
01:04:20let's get this thing unloaded
01:04:21and get at it
01:04:22because it ain't going
01:04:23to fix itself.
01:04:25The pre-wash conveyor
01:04:27moves pater
01:04:28into the shaker
01:04:29to be washed.
01:04:31The motor,
01:04:31which turns the conveyor's
01:04:33front drive shaft,
01:04:34is connected
01:04:35via a small chain
01:04:37and sprocket.
01:04:37But over time,
01:04:40the chain tightened,
01:04:41pulling the shaft inwards,
01:04:44breaking apart
01:04:44the sprocket
01:04:45and bearings.
01:04:47To fix this design fault,
01:04:49the mechanics
01:04:50will remove
01:04:51the small chain
01:04:52and sprocket,
01:04:54fit a new
01:04:55front drive shaft,
01:04:56and align the motor
01:04:58so it sends power
01:04:59directly to the shaft.
01:05:01There we go.
01:05:10Let the motor
01:05:11come out of there
01:05:12nice and easy.
01:05:15Okay.
01:05:16We're laughing.
01:05:19This is the final fit.
01:05:21There we go.
01:05:28Perfect.
01:05:33Right.
01:05:34So that,
01:05:35that is it.
01:05:38Copy, Alec?
01:05:39Go for Alec.
01:05:42You are ready to roll,
01:05:43my friend.
01:05:44Sweet.
01:05:45We'll come grab it.
01:05:50Boop, boop.
01:05:51Wide load
01:05:52coming through.
01:06:00Well, look at this.
01:06:01You guys pulled it off.
01:06:03What do you say
01:06:03we can get Bob running?
01:06:15Keep it coming.
01:06:18Lift it up a little bit.
01:06:21Whoa, there, buddy.
01:06:23There it goes.
01:06:25You're in.
01:06:30Beautiful.
01:06:31Sweet.
01:06:33Everything's in place.
01:06:35Okay, you guys ready?
01:06:37Yep.
01:06:37Yep.
01:06:38Well, here we go.
01:06:39Let's fireball, Bob.
01:06:40Take your necks on.
01:06:47Here goes the pre-wash offer.
01:06:53It's been.
01:07:01Here goes the first scoop of the season.
01:07:03The pre-wash conveyor delivers pay dirt to the plant.
01:07:13Water jets blast the gold and fine dirt off the rocks.
01:07:17A shaker deck vibrates a set of screens to separate out the larger rocks, while the smaller gold-bearing material washes down into two 14-by-10-foot sluices, where the riffles and mats catch the gold.
01:07:36Beautiful sight right there, Liam.
01:07:41First wash plank going on Dominion.
01:07:44That is a beautiful sight.
01:07:46With three days sluice time before the end of the week, Tyson's on the gold.
01:07:52Parker's big push for 10,000 ounces is on.
01:07:56Bob's got a lot of ground to get through this here.
01:07:59Miners across the Yukon are gathering at Dawson City for the Klondike-Klasta Mining Association meeting.
01:08:19The KPMA warn a glut of unprocessed water licenses is putting livelihoods at risk.
01:08:26What a joke.
01:08:27Desperate to start his season, Rick is in Dawson to meet the Klondike-Placer Mining Association, a local union working with miners with no water licenses.
01:08:40My back's against the wall.
01:08:42I've been up to my elbows in this whole water license stuff.
01:08:46It sucks, man.
01:08:47It really sucks.
01:08:48The state of the industry is not too great.
01:08:49A lot of people in the exact same boat as me with the water license and all that.
01:08:53I'm hoping that the KPMA, maybe they know when these are going to get approved.
01:08:58Give me some kind of reason to stick with Duncan Creek.
01:09:00Without it, I don't know what the hell we're going to do.
01:09:02Hey, that's somebody I know.
01:09:05What's going on, buddy?
01:09:07How you doing?
01:09:07I'm okay.
01:09:08How you been?
01:09:09I'm all right.
01:09:10Better than you.
01:09:11Yeah?
01:09:11I've heard what's going on.
01:09:13Oh, man.
01:09:13There's a lot of people that are pretty screwed up by it.
01:09:17And the thing is, the forces that are against the mining have so many tactics to stall things, and it's death by delay.
01:09:25Yeah.
01:09:26This is absolutely right.
01:09:27Right?
01:09:27Just shoot me in the head.
01:09:28Don't give me a slow death.
01:09:30Yeah.
01:09:31But let's see what they do in the meeting, and then why don't I buy you a beer afterwards?
01:09:35I appreciate that, man.
01:09:36All right.
01:09:36Let's just go in this meeting, and see what they say, and go from there.
01:09:50Something's got to give.
01:10:06Yeah, I've had enough of that.
01:10:09Big waste of time.
01:10:10It gets us nowhere.
01:10:12It's just a bull, you know?
01:10:13Like, well, who's ass do I put my fist up to get some results here?
01:10:17And maybe I'll be done.
01:10:18Who knows?
01:10:18Who the knows at this point?
01:10:20Probably gonna go have a beer.
01:10:21Maybe 10.
01:10:23In Dawson, with no breakthrough on his water license, Rick's hopes of mining this season...
01:10:29Best seat in the house!
01:10:30...panged by a thread.
01:10:32Whoa, whoa, whoa.
01:10:33What's up?
01:10:35Good to see you again, buddy.
01:10:35Good to see you.
01:10:39You know, the last time we were together was, um, 14 years ago.
01:10:44Really?
01:10:44You think that was the last time I was still young?
01:10:47That's a long time ago.
01:10:48I remember, I was like, I think Tony Beetz is, like, the coolest guy in the world.
01:10:56And I want to be like, Tony.
01:10:58Thank you.
01:10:59Thank you.
01:11:00That'll be a long time, but you know what?
01:11:01Be in good years, right?
01:11:03Yeah.
01:11:03Every year I have more fun.
01:11:05Good for you.
01:11:06It takes a lot to get me jealous.
01:11:08But when I roll by, you have so much equipment running.
01:11:13Yeah.
01:11:13So, how's Rick?
01:11:16Do you have any fun?
01:11:18No.
01:11:19The KPMN has gotten us nowhere.
01:11:21Basically, we can't touch Duncan Creek.
01:11:23Oh, that's not very good.
01:11:25No.
01:11:25It's kind of a slap in the face.
01:11:27Do you have that other block of ground?
01:11:30Lightning Creek?
01:11:31Yeah.
01:11:31Um, well, I don't have it.
01:11:34It's Troy's.
01:11:35So, it's a lease.
01:11:36But he's, like, a pretty reasonable landlord.
01:11:38He is.
01:11:39And, you know...
01:11:40They're not like me.
01:11:41Yeah.
01:11:43I wasn't going to say that, but yeah.
01:11:44And you've done, like, one test or a bunch of tests?
01:11:48We did a few tests there.
01:11:50Not very happy about it.
01:11:52But there's a license there for three years.
01:11:55That's pretty good.
01:11:55But I'm not sure if there's a lot of gold in it.
01:12:00But, I mean, you have one thing going for you,
01:12:03and that is, like, gold price is so good.
01:12:06Yeah.
01:12:06No, I hear you.
01:12:07But this is, uh, this is definitely a gamble.
01:12:09Oh, .
01:12:10Gold price is excellent.
01:12:12If you're lucky enough to have a license,
01:12:15hurry the up, mine the out of it,
01:12:17and leave.
01:12:18That's it.
01:12:19You just got to get out there
01:12:20and wash as many rocks as you can.
01:12:23Get the over there and make it work, Rick.
01:12:25You're right.
01:12:30Make some money.
01:12:31Oh, yeah.
01:12:33Hope it goes well.
01:12:36Well, I've got to run.
01:12:37I've got a dog that needs to walk.
01:12:40Park it up with fun.
01:12:41Rick.
01:12:41It's great to see you guys.
01:12:43Me too, for sure.
01:12:43There you go.
01:12:44Hey, let's not wait another 14 years, huh?
01:12:46Yeah.
01:12:46Yeah, do it.
01:12:48I've known Rick for 15 years.
01:12:51He was there for all the years
01:12:53where I was just, like, scared to death of going broke.
01:12:55I was scared to death of people taking advantage of me.
01:12:58I was scared to death of Tony kicking me off the ground.
01:13:01This business eats you alive if you're not ready for it.
01:13:04With Rick, I could definitely see him losing everything
01:13:12and leaving the gold fields broke.
01:13:16But I could also see him building an empire.
01:13:19And I really hope that he's successful.
01:13:22I do.
01:13:22I cut my teeth out here with Parker.
01:13:26I've known Tony since the day I walked into the Klondike.
01:13:29And they've always had good advice,
01:13:31and I'd be foolish not to take it.
01:13:33I've got Lightning Creek as an option right now,
01:13:35and we're going to take that option,
01:13:36and we're going to run with it.
01:13:37I'd like to remind all rock truck drivers
01:13:51and the hoe operator working in the cut,
01:13:53keep going, keep skimming her off.
01:13:55Strip, strip, strip, strip, strip, strip.
01:13:57After a disastrous start managing Tony's Paradise Hill claim,
01:14:03Mike Beetz is racing to get down to pay.
01:14:05Mike's doing the best with what he's got,
01:14:08but we need to move this dirt,
01:14:10get to the gold, get to the pay.
01:14:13Our guys are doing real good.
01:14:15We're moving a lot of dirt.
01:14:17Some of this like right here,
01:14:19this is not very far from the pay.
01:14:21It's so many rocks.
01:14:22That's usually a good indicator that's good stuff.
01:14:27If you want to drive in, I can grab my Kubota
01:14:29because it makes its way in.
01:14:31Ah, let's walk.
01:14:33Looks like you need it.
01:14:35Mike, do you copy, Mike?
01:14:40Yeah, go ahead.
01:14:42We're down to pay here.
01:14:44Do you want to come check it out?
01:14:46I'll be there in a minute.
01:14:49A little bit clay in it, but it's got the rocks.
01:14:54Could be a fair chunk, huh?
01:14:57Let's grab a pan.
01:14:58Now, what if I forgot how to pan?
01:15:06It'll be a ****.
01:15:08Give me a rock.
01:15:12Where would you like it?
01:15:13Right there.
01:15:15Thank you, sir.
01:15:16Look at that.
01:15:35You're a good pan.
01:15:41Nice, fine stuff.
01:15:43Yeah.
01:15:43It's fine as frog hair, as they say,
01:15:45but that's on the top anyway, right?
01:15:49But we can sluice that, Mike, right?
01:15:50Oh, yeah.
01:15:51Without a **** question.
01:15:52We hit pay in Paradise Hill.
01:15:58The Indian sluice lot is doing a good job.
01:16:00So everything is looking up.
01:16:02Everything is looking pretty good.
01:16:05Be hot in business.
01:16:06Perfect.
01:16:13We're back.
01:16:15Hold on.
01:16:16Before Tyson cleared all the ice,
01:16:19Parker turned the bridge cut into a racetrack.
01:16:25Oh, ****.
01:16:38Just push on the front a little bit.
01:16:41Come on, get in there.
01:16:42All right.
01:16:46Cody, get in there.
01:16:49Cody, get in there.
01:17:02Every light on the dash is on.
01:17:04You know any good mechanics?
01:17:06Dude, they're going to kill me
01:17:07if they find out why this happened.
01:17:09Don't tell anybody.
01:17:10We're down to foreman.
01:17:21But I think being as set up as we are now,
01:17:23it is **** doable.
01:17:25And, well, we are going to **** try.
01:17:27Tony's eldest son, Kevin,
01:17:29has been running his Scribner Creek mine
01:17:32for a week,
01:17:33relying more on operator Caden Foote.
01:17:36This is the earliest I've started sluicing in a season,
01:17:40but I feel like it's going to be
01:17:42a bit of a struggle without Brennan.
01:17:45He was an all-around great foreman.
01:17:49We really got to, as a team,
01:17:51come together
01:17:52so we can get as much out as we can.
01:17:55Kevin leases the ground from Tony
01:18:13and pays a 10% royalty
01:18:15on any gold he finds.
01:18:19So, your second year on your own,
01:18:21how are you feeling about that?
01:18:22Are you going to cross it?
01:18:25Honestly, I'm feeling pretty **** good.
01:18:28Ready to roll this year.
01:18:29You don't have to buy this,
01:18:31buy every **** thing, right?
01:18:32Yeah.
01:18:33So, that's got to make
01:18:34a lot easier start this year.
01:18:36It definitely is a lot nicer
01:18:37to hit the ground running.
01:18:39What's happening with Brennan?
01:18:41Well, we didn't know he was showing up,
01:18:43and then he finally came and talked to us
01:18:46and told us that he wasn't coming back.
01:18:49It would have been nice
01:18:50if he would have let you know that in the winter.
01:18:52It would have been nice, for sure.
01:18:53That's people for you again.
01:18:55That's people for you.
01:18:56Oh, yeah.
01:18:57So, who gives a ****?
01:18:58Next.
01:18:59That's how it goes next.
01:19:03Tay, you had a nice early start.
01:19:05And have some gold coming out of the ground right away?
01:19:08Yeah.
01:19:09What's your goal?
01:19:11My goal is $2,000.
01:19:12And we already have a little bit of chunk of gold
01:19:14at the start of the season,
01:19:16so that's nice.
01:19:18Do you maybe think we can weigh it up?
01:19:20All right.
01:19:21Are we ready?
01:19:22Kevin ran his stockpiled pay
01:19:24for one week at Scribner Creek.
01:19:2715.
01:19:2820.
01:19:3030.
01:19:3240.
01:19:3550.
01:19:3650.
01:19:4157.04.
01:19:42$200,000 in gold.
01:19:47$60,000 more
01:19:49than the same amount was worth last season.
01:19:53And that's how many hours?
01:19:5470.
01:19:5570 hours.
01:19:56So it's a little bit less than...
01:19:57So I have an ounce now?
01:19:58Yeah.
01:19:59That's still nice.
01:20:00Oh, ****.
01:20:01Yeah, that's better than zero.
01:20:02Oh.
01:20:03This year cash in,
01:20:04so you may as well get with it, right?
01:20:06Yeah.
01:20:06You know?
01:20:07Okay, woman,
01:20:09let's get the **** out of here.
01:20:10Let's go.
01:20:11We have to work,
01:20:12so we'll talk to you guys later.
01:20:14Ladies and gentlemen,
01:20:15don't work too hard.
01:20:16Bye.
01:20:16Catch you later.
01:20:18Hey, dog.
01:20:21That was a decent go away.
01:20:22Eh, not too mad.
01:20:24It's kind of nice to see
01:20:25this yellow stuff
01:20:26this early in the season.
01:20:28I'm sure the folks
01:20:28would be happy for us too,
01:20:30but the big thing
01:20:31we're looking for right now
01:20:32is the foreman.
01:20:34We'll get hiring
01:20:35and something will **** show up.
01:20:40Nice little haul.
01:20:41I mean, it's a good **** start.
01:20:43It's a couple bucks, huh?
01:20:44Royalty-wise.
01:20:45Royalty-wise, yeah.
01:20:47It's all right.
01:20:48There's nothing like
01:20:49making money
01:20:50of your kids, is there?
01:20:57What's happening?
01:20:58How's it going, man?
01:20:59Going good.
01:21:00Good.
01:21:01It's been a while
01:21:01since we've done one of these.
01:21:03Yeah.
01:21:05Pig cat!
01:21:07Hey!
01:21:07He is back!
01:21:10How's it going?
01:21:11Welcome back.
01:21:12Yeah, thank you.
01:21:13It's good having you back.
01:21:14And there's a lot to do this year,
01:21:15so we need all the help
01:21:16we can get.
01:21:17Definitely.
01:21:18It's the end of the first week
01:21:20of what could be
01:21:21a game-changing season
01:21:23for Parker.
01:21:24This is the year, huh?
01:21:26Yeah.
01:21:27We need to just
01:21:27**** shove dirt
01:21:29down those wash plants' throats,
01:21:30huh?
01:21:31It's a long road
01:21:34to 10,000.
01:21:38Tyson's got Bob
01:21:39running right now
01:21:40in the bridge cut.
01:21:43Sulphur's drying out
01:21:44a little bit.
01:21:45We've got the trucks
01:21:46upstream there stripping.
01:21:47And that's going all right?
01:21:48Yep.
01:21:51Are you ready, T?
01:21:52Let's check it out,
01:21:53doom it.
01:21:53This is Mr. Bob.
01:21:55This is your first plant.
01:21:56Well, here we go.
01:21:57All eyes are on Tyson's
01:21:59first run from the bridge cut.
01:22:02Last season's payouts
01:22:03were unpredictable.
01:22:05Parker's looking for
01:22:06at least 100 ounces
01:22:08from three days' sluicing.
01:22:1210, 20, 40, 60, 80.
01:22:20Going to break 100.
01:22:21There we go.
01:22:23100, 120.
01:22:27125.8.
01:22:34Nice.
01:22:35Very nice.
01:22:36Worth over $440,000.
01:22:42Looks like it was worth
01:22:43getting that ice off.
01:22:44Yeah.
01:22:45We're on the board.
01:22:47Yeah.
01:22:49That's definitely a good start,
01:22:50but we have a long ways to go.
01:22:52So I hope everybody's ready
01:22:54to buckle in.
01:22:57All right.
01:22:58Thank you, guys.
01:22:59Thank you.
01:23:00Do it again next week.
01:23:02Big cat is back.
01:23:04Meow.
01:23:07This season,
01:23:08we're really going to be hopping.
01:23:10Hopes are high,
01:23:12and I think we've got a good shot
01:23:13at making our 10,000 ounces this year.
01:23:15I think this year
01:23:16we've got the right recipe.
01:23:18You know,
01:23:19we've got really good people here.
01:23:21It's probably the best chance
01:23:22we'll have
01:23:23at doing the five figures.
01:23:25It's going to be a ball buster
01:23:26of a season for the boys, though.
01:23:27Go to the boys,
01:23:29who's going to be a ball buster.
01:23:30Go to the boys.
01:23:32Go.
01:23:32Go.
01:23:33Go.
01:23:33Go.
01:23:34Go.
01:23:34Go.
01:23:34Go.
01:23:35Go.
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